ΤIIΕ ON L Υ PULITZER PRIZE WINNING W EEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE UNI TED STATES More Than 10.000 People Read The Tribune Every Week 74e 7> People Shop From The Pages Of Their Hometown Newspaper ι My XV. .<> Ι!Π!ΐ: r>i ii ^Tmbor City — The Town With A City Future99 TABOR CITY. NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY. APRIL 12. 1961 1·β PER COPY—$3.00 A YEAS Meney Kasan! Prexy ßi Civüan C!ub William Sin II· y. in.-nranee ;·ικΙ leal estal. ; « lit. Was n Μ ι 1 U» tiK |Jl · Μ·Μ. IlCV t'i tlx Γ !»· ι C'.t\ C'iN'il in l'luh Μ !i «lav ni,ilit. mi << ^ Winst u (. f. (llhcrs nam·-*! t ι ; fit· : (H i t«; Wt'ie i t.n Avcri.lt ·. vice-pie-iitti η'; V·. ill..:· . Wh - · ι.i lai j . a.. . ι'nil Hu \s. ! ■! tüM. Λ' . i Ί Vi Ii* ! l*w · >#* 1 :!·■ ι I.;. · l k» ;i iL* 1UMI> . i.l- ' .. t *·1Ι · i Iii* ι ι v. oli.t. . Wiiittviiit· r.i^n ;.i 1 >.·, . .· recently, was elected I.t ν ' ι .. no at ;i ι ι* ι . ! 'ii;· lay A|>: Ί i. in i.UM ■ t ii. I.ci' i> plac.v Ilill Martin m the oft'iee. with t ; I π. ι ih Miinate·! fnr lh·· post t>i I2epiity-(it»vorn«>r ·· t t ie Civitau's >ta!i* oreaniza tit»ii. Martin is a resident «>ί I' Vi:lie\ iile. Tlv office I«» which he h been nominated (Continued On Paue 7) » · VM sPElÖlf PENN .AVERETT PHIL Iirr.HKS WILLARD WEIGHT Kace With Officer lets Two Charges Leslie Row Speaks To Ruritan Club Tin· Williams Township Har lan I'lub met Tliurstlav ew li'iq, April ti. at Wright's Rest iur:int in Mr. Leslie H. R->w, chair ιγ'ρ. Columbus County Unit \nieric:.n Cancer Society. nave >·ι interest ina and informative a'k <>n some «»f tlu> possible •auses nitl methods of pivvcn inii and euro of cancer. em »!«»> inj? :i film strip showing lio ii cidei-ce of I line rancor ir. I pri Λ.·»Ηίηι· j *iontific evi dence iiu'icitmn <ι connection )Lt\veeil lung cancer anci snujk ns T-.vt nty-three members were »resent. Woeien Biies Held Sunday Ai Clarkian CLARKTON. N. C—Funeral •rviccs f:»r Mrs. Johnnie Pori • W outen. wirf' w of Johl •clor \V< oten of Clarktor« • ιό held here Sunday at 3:30 in. from the C! irkton Pres .·;■ r: -η church by the Rev. W. Mi'.lei. !■ 1 ■· in nt vas in the ClarV •ii.-Urv. Mr··. V'.i !:·η mother <·' Mrs . ··.. Piir.ce. Howard Wootcn • I IUI· V.'ootcn, <>f I,oris, dj>·"' l.· l is Community H«ρii.>! ii ay nij-.ht after six months f declining health. Mrs. Wootcn was born in 'mcrson. N. C.. Dec. 1. 1888, ι daughter i>f the late Y. R. Porter and Frances Edwards Sorter. She was a member of ?larkton Presbyterian Church. Surviving are three sons, lames 11 Wootcn, Clarkton, N. Bill Wootcn and Howard Wootcn, both of Loris, four aughtcrs, Mrs. Ε. E. Prince, oris; Mrs. Μ. M. Wire, Mem it) is. Tenn.; Mrs. W. J. Bent ey. Nashville. Tenn., and Mrs. Terry Powell, Danville, Va., wo bri thers. Roland Porter. \urora. N. C.. and Riles Porter, "merson. N. C.; two sisters, Vlrs. Ε. H. Robertson, Guyton, Ua.. and Mrs. W. N. Crosby, Hamlet, N. C., and 11 grand hildren. Palbcanrs were Leslie Clark, '"harles Clark, Luther Clark, Thomas Clark. Lemuel Smith, leorge Ltnnon Clark. Nathan ~ox and James S. Singletaiy. Strawberry Market The Loris-Tabor City Straw jerry Market will open at the Horry County Farmers Market it-rc Monday, Phil Cronkhite, narket manager, announced or! ay. Cronkhite said that in addi i< >ri to the buyer.* who were •re last year—Wayne Jones >f West Jefferson, N. C., Jen linßs St.i.kland, White House »tores of Charlest'in. John A. 'rice and others — indications ire there will be buyers here bis year from New Jersey »»id one from Floria. Last year the market aver »tfel $5 10 per 24 pint crate. Cronkhite said growers would iinri containers available at the Ti:>rket. The market was operated tiere last year for the first time as a joint venture of the Loris and Tabor City Merchants As sociations. 'Γwo ycung min o( Sprint; .uK · t.arrowly escaped injury an· Saturday when a car di iv t by .-»uoeit I'li: kcr. 1!2. took iip.it ο vor the 701 bypass ju.sl s... ,-i I'l«.· N. C.-S. C. state ine, with the vehicle turning tiu· nearby railroad ihcI iiiul tumbling to a halt uft ti..Sim.»· mrough a Ιικ·Ί pole. ι base began on the Whiteviile - Tabor highway λγ.Ιι i'.lghway Patrolman Λ. i. Campbi'll in pursuit of a red SCO Chevrolet sports coup, ihr oi.irir later reported that is the race readied it's climax r. too bypass, the Chevrolet aus travelling 115 mph. "As 1 was nearing the inter-! section of Pirewuy road near the statcline. I slowed down for i knew mat the intersection was ahead," said .Campbell. 'Obviously the other driver did not know that the danger iis intersection was ahead." When Campbell reached the mUrse, ti*in the pursued car was already a crumbled heap of crimson metal. As the wreck had occurred in South Carolina. Pvt. Camp bell summoned highway pat π>l;nen of that state; Patrol man Bill Griffin answered the call . Griifin rited Parker for reck icKH driving; Campbell issued a citation for speeding 115 mph. I'arker was released rum South Carolina custody ι alter pasting a $28.60 bond. Ί he name of the passenger in the wrecked car could not je ascertained, but he is be lieved to be the owner of the automobile. Tafaor Chorus Set Dales For Production Aoril 20 and 21 art· drawing near for the Tabor City Chor prot.uctiun of "The King and " This show, as are all of tn •oius productions, is the re lit of :i great ileal of coopera >011 on the part of many pe<>. !(.·. Very deserving of note ai many costume designer ar th Harri-ls. n has taken an olive interest and has made veral of the beautiful coi unies. As usual. Louise Nix has > i: <>f givat h« "p in makii .mi··· roi only for her aught.τ, Judy, but for other '.'horus members as well. Jean Stevens has also helped wilh cOstuines and her conlribu-, 'inns to the stage design are many. Many mothers are also! making costumes. On stage, patience and co-; operation are always necess ary. As leading lady. Judy Nix.; as Anna, teacher to the royal j I Siamese children, is again dis- j I playing her talent for acting and her beautiful voice. Judy Corbett has done con-1 siderable solo work, but this will be her debut as a soloist in musical comedy. She wish iiuny enacis me roic OI rup tim, a Burmese princess, fol I lowed t<» the court of the King I of Siam by her lover, Lun I Tha, portrayed by Richard Wright. He and three othor male leads are tenth graders .ind show great promise for luture performances. The oth er three are Carroll Fonvielle, who does a convincing job as Prime Minister; C. B. Sellers, who skillfully portrays the King's M»n; and Roger Elliott,' who plays the double role of interpreter and priest. Richard Hrirdee, only a ninth grader, shows great future with his pleasing performance as An na's son. With great beauty and strength Anne Gore gives a ! delicate performance as Lady Thiang, the King's number one j Wife. The role of the King isj played by Lewis Sikes. A very ttfHal feature of the show is "The Small House of Uncle Thorn 's," an Oriental version of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." This lis narrated by Margie Grainger ι I who had leading roles In The j Mikado and "Kiss Me. Kate." It I is ounce·; and sung by mcmb- ι ers of the Chorus. 1MRÄ, «ADDIS rOLRMAN Mrs. Gaddis Coleman, sister 1 of Madison Elliott, la a patient In James Walker Memorial Hos pital. BIG SCRAMBLE — Young and old enjoyed the mummouth "Golden Kaster Egg Hunt" held Saturday in Tabor City with the merchants associ ation hosting the event. One-thousand ping-pong balls were dropped from an airplane which was piloted by Tony Leggett. As the plane repeatedly dipped down over the main business section of town, airbourne Ken Lovelle dumped the balls into the streets where visitors furiously rushed to capture them. On each ball a gift was named and the name of the store donating the gift. Lovell, executive secretary of the merchants association! described the promotion as "very successful". Tabor Native Preseated Commendation USAF Medal STAFF-SERGEANT WADE ROBERTS Receives Commendation Medal From His Commanding Officer. Λ labor City native has been I presented with one of the high- 1 est awards given to servicemen | during peace time. S-Sgt. Wade P. Roberts. 27, is the recipient of the Com- J mendation Medal, according to' Lt. Col. Dale B. Ward, his com manding officer at Cannon Air1 Force Base, New Mexico. The · citation whLh accompanied the! medal stated that S-Sgt. Rob erts "distinguished Mmse'f by ι meritorious achievement while] assigned as noncommissioned | officer in charge of inspection iind test flight section. 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron, > Cannon Air Force Base, from November 10, 1959 to Novemb er 25. 1959." During this period the squad- i ron was deployed to Chaumont j Air Base on Operation Spear head." The citation further states) that Sergeant Roberts' high | degree of technical proficiency, coupled with his outstanding leadership ability and willing- i ness to work long and ardous j hours, were primary fac tors in ι the effective and expedient j maintenance of deployed air- i ;r,(ft. "Sergeant Roberts' outstand- i ng performance and devotion lo duty contributed immeasur ably to the accomplishment of the unit mission and reflect [•»edit upon himself and to the United States Air Force," con cluded the citation. The Tabor Citv serviccman is the son of Mrs. Grace Rob erts. 300 Green Sea road. His wife is Floydeen and hi.< three children are Uvonno, Waydeen nnd Ronald . He was transferrer! to Myrtle Bcach Air Force Base in April, having been at the New Mexi co baue einet 19M. 1 Chadbourn Man Drowns Tuesday A badly swolen Lumber riv er took the lift· of Darwin Cook. 40-year old Chadbourn man, Tuesday afternoon. Cook and a fishing compan ion, Walter Haynes. started their boat on the river in Fair Uluff at a landing behind the S.ott Motor Company building. | according to Deputy Sheriff! Spurgeon Nobles. As the two men headed down the fast-; moving river, a wave washed j over the craft, knocking the ί two men overboard on oppos ite sides. Haynes, a Fair Bluff insur ance agent, told Deputy Nob-' les that he swam to the shore and called for help before be ginning a search for Cook. The Chadbourn Rescue Squad was called to the scene around ί 6 p. m. where the search was not abandoned until 10:30. Ar-! rangeinents were made to call in the rescue squads of Lake Waccamaw, Robeson county. Mullins and Marion this morn ing. At press time today Cook's body had not yet been found, but the capsized boat was loc ated approximately four miles down the river from the land ing from which the fishing ex- j pedition had been started by! the two men. Cook was an insurance men who has lived in Chadbourn for 17 years, although a native of Aerial Crossroads, S. C. He is survived by his wife, the ormar Marie Marcar; three I daughters. Rita, Debbie ami Jackie; ;md it son, Eddie. Bible School Clinic Tuesday The Columbus Baptist Asso ciation has scheduled a vaca tion Bible school dim.· foi Tuesday. April 18. in Trinity Baptist Church. VVhiteville. In making the announcement. Henry Powell. associational missionary, noted that six simultaneous conferences will be conducted by the following: Bill Alexander. VVhiteville First Baptist Church. Nursery workers; Mrs. Thurman White. New Hope, Beginner workers; Mrs. Henry Powell. Trinity. Primary: Mr. Powell. Juniors; Mrs. Maurice Gillia. Intermed iates; and Rev. To. Faircloth. Assoc. VBS superintendent, general conference for pastor? The program will begin at 3:30 p. m. and will include the conferences, demonstr a t i ο η ί and discussions, supper, and a general conference period. "All those who will be there for supper are asked to bring sandwiches and rookies." says *ϊ«ν Pcivp'l, H" nlw r>«ks t^.it leaden bring handwork samp les and textoooks that are to be used this year . "I" it most of all," says Mr. Powell, "bring your vacation Bible tchool worker·!" Stockholders Vote To Lower Water Level Lake Tabor Stockhold» nf Tabor Citv Recreation Commission, Inc., .u >!.» oimuai i.ieeung ι uestii>y night, voted to lo\v«.r the per manent high wat» r murk of Lake Tabor by six inches fol lowing «ι reqiusi by allot m.s I».: Gum ι Μ. Jolly and Baney Williamson. StocKholclers also voted to lease the Wildlife Ciub one acre ot land on the Mike Hill upon which a clubhouse will ue built. The Wildlife Club members, who are stockholders .n the recreation commission, will each pay the lake treasury ι $10.00 each per year for fish ing privileges. Other stipulations included in the lease require the Wild life Club to conduct the area is a strictly legal manner and allow Boy Scout and other de serving organizations the privi lege of holding meetings in the club house. Wildlife members plan to build a spacious and attractive home on the one acre site. Officers elected by the com mission for the next year in clude W. Horace Carter, presi dent: Venoy Stephens. vice president: Harry Bell, secre tary; Ted Watts, treasurer: and Wayne Baxter. Elbert Shelley and Wilson Beck, directors. A report was heard on the finances that showed the lake operated at a slightly better than breakeven fguue during the year. Williams Pupil !Wins Contest ' Angelia Powell, a member of the senior class at Williams j Township school, vva «announc ed winner <