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THE ONLY PULITZER PRIZE WINN I More Than 10.000 People Read The Tribune Every Week 74e J, NC WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES People Shop From The Pages Of Their Hometown Newspaper VOLUME XV. NUMBER 37 u..:aj τ_ι "Tabor City — The Town With A City Futuren TABOR CITY. NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY. APRIL 26. 1961 10c PER COPY—53.00 A YEAR ww ui ivu ■ UICIII IΟ Be Displayed In May 12th Pageant _ -""wo uiiu mree "•hoofers" will be seen in the Μι-s Columbus County pageant Mau ft 12. a·, well as a cloth« s il« signing mod»!, a pianist, an actress, and one contestant who lia- yet to decide winch she wili make the best showing in. Talent, extremely important , in the beauty pageant this j year, will not be lacking with I the nine contestants who have j jlr.adv agreed to grace the ) Tabor City school stage that Infill. The two songstresses will be Utamie Mercer, 18. Chadbotirn; and Jaye Moure Soles, 1H. Ta bor City. Miss Mercer is th·· daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.l roy Mercer, and a Chadbotirn senior. She aspires to be a doct ure or laboratory technician. Oiatine is sponsored by Charm ^eautv Shop, Chadbuurn. Miss Soles is a Tabor gradu ate. and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Soles Jr.: she is sponsored by Marie's Beauty Shop. Tabor City. The three dancers to appear in the talent-parade are Linda Joan Best, 18: Mary I.oins·· Towne, 18; and Mary Louise Uilliand, 18. Miss Best, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo ( lest. Whiteville. is a senior and plans to attend Woman's College next year. Mary Towne also hopes to attend W. C. next year, or East Carolina. She graduates this year at Whiteville and is spon sored by the Town's merch ant's association. She is the, (laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gfy J Towne * , \ Mis* Glllland, lh-d Cirtc- j fr scheduled, want* to attend Tlast Carolina too after she: leaves Hallsboro high. She is1 the daughter of Mr. Μ. M. Gilliand, sponsored by Lake ι Waccamaw's Lions club. Jarnsie Williamson, daughter "•t Mr. and Mrs. Tom William-! M»n, Evergreen, is the only keyboard artist scheduled for, this year's pageant thus far. Jamsie is in Bladenboro's A:raduating class. Interesting — yet unique —| will be the appearance of Ricki J· an Norris as - a "quick-1 change" artist when she mod- > els garments from her ward robe which she designed her self. She is a Tabor senior, daughter of Mrs. Ruby Norris. Ricki hopes to take hair styl ing as her career. Jean Fuller's talent will be demonstrated with a dramatic reaümg. Jean. y Whiteville l-tn grader. is planning to ent « I· Campbell College in th.· · Hill. Mr. und Μη, [. κ. ΚιιΠιτ .·ιν her parents. Claia Mae I'rince has not yet decided which tali in she! will titili/,· in tl»i> phase of th»· ί tont,st. She too a -|a(jor graduate, the daughter 1.1 Mi and Mrs. Car Prune. 1 aboi City Jaycees, .sponsor of the event, are still looking for more contestants. Accord ing t" Jimmy Oarrell, chair man. deadline inr entering is next Saturday morning. April Kindergarten Sets Program Graduation exercises will be held Friday at 7 ρ m. in the Chapel of the Saint Paul Meth odist Church for Kelly's Kid die Kindergarten class an nounced Mrs. Nell Rultkin. di rector. W. Horace Carter will be the , guest speaker. Members of the graduating i class in,lüde David Cook. Jim my Mercer. Sandy Rogers. Kay Spivey, Sally Sweeley, Russell Grainger. Mark Mucks. Glenn Cartrette. Nelson I.ee, Johnny i Sarvis, Anne Shelley, Kathy Grainger. Brian Harrelsoii, Fred Jernigan. Jr. and Lenoxj1 Jernigan. Baleigh Tigers In Whiteville | The Raieigh Tigers will meet! the Kansas City Monarchs in Whiteville at Legion Memorial; Field. Friday May 1, at 8 p. :n. I Alumni of the Tigers include Charlie Neil and West Coving ton of the Milwaukee Braves who played with the Tigers in; 1949 The Tigers have high pros-; pects for this year and the Monday game is expected to j be a thriller according to of- ( ficials. j All High School students are1 urged to attend the game and baseball players will be admit ted at half price. Food For Needy Soon Available I! The first shipment of sur ^>ltis food to be distributed in W'olumbus County to the needy arrived in Whileville this week, according to Eldred Buffkin, director of the program, but organization of his offiie is yet incomplete. Securing adequate facilities to house the program offices has been a main prob- J lent, Buffkin said. Buffkin was appointed by | the county commissioners to I head the program which was Anadc possible by the govern-1 ment's accumulation of a back log of surplus foods which < President John Kennedy has made available for distribution to needy persons. At a meeting earlier this year, the commissioners voted to participate in the program> which is administered by the I United States Department of ^Agriculture. The county is re-; Sponsible for hiring and payin* I the administrative personel, and for transportation of the foods to local warehouses. The county's department of! welfare, headed by Mrs. Alice Wright, ia responsible for certi fying those persons seeking the food·. Mrs. Wright stated earl ier thU week that she hopes that an added case-worker will be assigned to her department φο assist with the surplus foods program . Those seeking the surplus foods must make application J? the welfare department. Pmens eligible include those who are receiving public a· -is well as others nut «η the | assistance rolls now who the welfare department deem eli gible; these include unemploy ed, parttime employed and oth er persons in need of food-as sistance . "However, the final determ ination of need will be the re sponsibility of the county sup erintendent of welfare," Buff kin noted. Items to b« distributed are corn meal, flour, rice, milk, lard, dry eggs, butter, peanut butWr, pork and gravy, and rolled oat·. KL DK KI) Bt'FFKIN Program Director sist.incc and et-neral assistance J ΑΛΙ SI Κ WILLIAMSON MARY LOUISE CJILLIAND j dianne mekcek K1CKI JEAN NORMS Pinal Victor Announced For "My True Security" Contest r<»\vii>hip senior, was announc-1: •d winner of the Jaycees an- h lual "My True Security**' heine-writing contest after a in.il reading Tuesday after U)oii in the studios of VVTAB ( ν here the reading was record-i| •d tor broadcast this afternoon i it 5 o'clock. I' Competing against her was! Jarrie Jean U'ray, winner of lie Tabor City phase of the. ' •ontest Miss Powell won. how- ' •ver, by a margin of only one ' K>int. The "My True Security" 1 ■ontest is promoted by the : lunior Chamber of Commerce ; ο foster deeper thought on ' rue value, as well as con itructive writing. Miss Powell is the daughter ' if Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Pow- ' ;11, Clarendon R 1. and Miss ■1 Ν ray's parents are Mr. and ] tfrs. J. C. VVray. Tabor City 13 The winner will be present-; ■d a plaque denoting the hon-Γ ir. Williams Township school iri 11 also retain a trophy re- \' eived last year representing ' he largest number of students ' larticipating in the project. 1 Judges for the finals were I · Irs. Harold Rogers, Loris: Miss 1 darthu Harr el son, Whiteville j' ligh school teacher; and Ed ι IThII. probation officer assign- | >■ mm - . - VliUlli;. I\. C. V Jules. Jr. was Jayeee chairman ' >f the project. J Mi-.-.s Powell stated in her heme that she believes that 1 ture security is bansed only < >t: tlie spiritual and mental ι thuses of life. "True security! s found only in God," she j vrote. I "After one has found sccur-j ty in God he will learn to' mow himself better. Than, I chen hi· has learned to know ( ι im sell he will find that he' losseses self-reliance and per-' mial integrity-atributes which j ire necessary for one to lind my real security." Miss VVray stated, "To me ccurity is not what you have tut what you are." Later in icr theme she stated. To me a nan's security is only as def nite as his character is strong, through our lifetime we must cork to build strong char act is by which to mold strong »eliefs." "Of course, God is the only rue security in the end." she iffirmud, but we cannot obtain ι his final security by merely aying we believe After stating uch it is up to us to live a ife that will keep us worthy if final security." new uiiicers Warned By Group: Charles Enzor. retirini^Jres- Ü ifiit, called the Fair Bluff P. J A. to order Monday night 3 Γ tor the reading of the min- I tes by retiring secretary, P. P. ; tenfiew. Mrs. .Jimmie Scott | ave the devotional. New officers for the Ρ.Τ.Λ. | lclude Mrs. B. A. Powell, 1 resident; Mrs. Harold Turner, ν Ice president; Mrs. James j labon, secretary. The program for the meeting res a talk on Cancer research nd a film "Horizon's and lope" presented by Leslie H. low, County Chairman of the Crusade. Many forms of Cancer can >e cured if treated in time Mr. low pointed out. He also tressed that 270.000 will die his year, many of them need essly. "The American Cancer S«cl >ty supports research, gives »eople life saving facts about dancer and eases the burden of dancer patients and their fam lies" he said. In conclusion he said "Mon >y talks when you give to the rancer Crusade our dollars an save lives and spread the vord that many typt» of Cart er are now curable If detected 1 ind treated In time " ANGELIA POWELL λ. Α. Wright's j Funeral Today i Arthur Augustus Wright, 87, etireit saw mill superintciid nt. died at his home here I'uesday morning. A native of Pembroke. Maine, it* was a still of the late David Vright and Mary Smith Vright. He was a member of | he Tabor City Baptist Church. Funeral services will be held ι his afternoon, (Wednesday) at j I p. m. in the Ininun Funeral! 4onie with his pastor, the Rev. ι lames 11. Johnson, officiating, issisted by the Rev. R. I.. Pugh. Burial will be in the rtyrtle Green Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Charles Leggette. Velloy Step- | hens, Monroe Ijee, Wood row, sarvis, Garland Fowler and ί ieece Burroughs. Honorary pallbearers include Feuiiini>s Strickland, Robert •"owler. G. L. Dorman, Or. j flubert Todd, M. D. Thwmp lins. Ben Nesmith, Dr. C. F. Simpson and J. A. Hufham Jr. He is survived by his wife: he former Bertha Mae Craw ord; one daughter, Mrs. Ja wn Harrelsun of Barnwell, S. seven sons, Howard and rreeman of Detroit. Mich., 'hillip of Baltimore. Md., Olin >f New Bern, Kenneth of At anta, Ga., Granville of New foik City and Pembroke oil Petersburg, Va.; 11 grandchil Iren and 11 threat grandchil-l Iren. Body Of Drowned Nan Discovered At Fair Bluff The body of English Darwin 'ook. 37, Chadbourn. - White 1111- insurance man. who Irowned in Lumber 'River, at 'air B'Mff nearly nine days arlier, was found early Thurs ay. Capt. Elmo Hammond uf the lewly-organized Fair Bluff i tescue Squad, discovered the iody floating in about 2'-j feet f water at about 7 a. m. while latroling the area alone. The iody was located at a spot ailed Hinson Landing, about a <<lt mile downstream from 1 .•here a light motorboat bear ng Cook and a companion. Walter Havnes of Fair Bluff, vei turned April 11. Haynesj managed to swim ashore. The two had been on a fish tig trip on the river. swolh*i υ overflowing by continuous ains. The drowning set off one of he most extensive searches. nd rescue efforts ever known] η North Carolina and the [reutest ever held in this part >f the state. Rescue groups rmn Chadbourn, Lake Wacca naw and Lumberton, in North Carolina, and Marion, Mulliiis., ,oris and Horry County, South | Carolina as well as the Twin; rJity (Loris and Tabor City) CAP Squadron joined with1 Fair Bluffs new group in the| t'ffort. Members of the Coluni-I bus County sheriff's depart-1 nent. Civil Air Patron and ■itate Highway Depaitment joined in the search, which ■niplnyed several scores of ■vorkers. Divers from Harts /ille, S. Camp Lejvtine and Wilmington also tried to lo :ate the body. wn Wils a general agent for ''irst National Lift· Insurance Zu., with offices in Whiteville. It· had lived in Chadbourn for ibout 15 years, though a na ive of I^ke View, S. C. He was a member of Chad lourn Baptist Church fr<-rn ihich services were hel<l Fri ay at 3 p. m.. the Hev. Leo lawkins and the Rev. Jimmy ohnson officiating. Burial was \ Columbus Memorial 1'ark in Vhitevilh. Cook was a member of Chad ourn Masonic Lodge No. β()7 n<l was a veteran of World' ^ar II. Masonic rites were held t the funeral. Surviving are the widow, , Irs. Marie Mercer Cook: a son, d Cook; three daughters, Rita o, Debbie and Jackie Cook, f Whiteville; his parents, Mr. i nd Mrs. Eston Cook. Mullins, I nd a sister, Mrs. W. H. Grov-J r, Mulltns. Imagination dispose* of ev rything; it creates beauty, jus ice, happiness, which is every hing In this world. He Who has imagination! without learning, has wings j nd no feet. ' School Committee Includes 2 Women Α committee of Sevin per sons Λ·ι·η· m»n»it»i«t*-«4 Mond.-y night Ii» serve <»ιι the Tabor City School board of education, by Dr. II G. Dameron, newly appointed intnibcr of Uu· coun tv board. Λ chairman of the commit tee will be elected at an organ izational meeting Thursday night in the school's otfiee. Nominated by Dr. L)amero;i. and uiianimously approved, were U. Wallace Soles, Ben Nesmith III. Mrs. Ralph I it— man, Mrs. Davis Button, town residents; Albert S. Wright. Paul U. Gore, and Kalph Nor rie, residents of Tabor City R 3. The Humiliations were unan imously approved by Damer on's tellow board members. Later he said. "1 tried to divide the selections into three groups, businessmen, women, and far mers.' ' Soles and Nesmith are busi nessmen; Wright, and Gore, and Nortis, farmers. "Mrs. Bruton and Mrs. Inman are both highly qualified lor the job." said Dameron, tor they both are college graduates and parents ot school-age chiKl teti." Nominated to the committee posts for Douglass school were L. D. Melvin, Clayton Chest nutt, Joe Bellamy. Vernon Long, William K. Slupman and Sam Stanley. WILUA.MSON BII.L Yesterday (Tuesday) Repre sentative Arthur Williamson submitted a bill to the House nl Representatives asking for the termination of terms to which the Old Dock school committeemen were appointed Friday night, and asking for the appointment of another L-ommittee. His bill was immediately (Continued From Page 3) ΡΛΓΓΪΤΤΙΤ W.A.Inman Dies Sunday Morning William Alcxandi r Innu.n. !)t), retired farniei ·.! tin· 11■ ■ ·ι Hill Section died at home Suii da\ morning alter at: illiit's.s .>1 MX weeks. Λ native <>| Columbus Coun ty It*.· was a son o( ill«· l.ite Allen Inni.iti at!<l Cahsta B.tld win Inniati. Funeral ser\ it i's were hel i Moii<ia> at ft i> lit in tin· Iioii iiill Baptist Church. ot which 1κ· was a member. Ijv tin· I*e\ Fon-st Stf<lt· .mil tin Uw James 11. Johnson. Burial was in til«· Spivey C'iini'ti'fv 11 ■ IHu·.iii'l's wt'fi' Hubert Dili' lnmau. Wayne C"X. Allen C"ox. Bob Cox. Sammy Intnan and Billy lnmau. Surviving are lour sons. Fred. Thomas. Ford and I.citi ιιί Tabor City; two daughters. Mrs. Jack Strickland and Mrs. Burr.1141· M. Cox, both of Tabor C'it\: 12 grnnochildivn and iivc| great grandchildren. Associaiional W.M.U Meet Sei The annual meeting of the W. M. U. of the Columbus Baa list Association will be held Thursday, April 27. at the I.ak· Waivamaw Baptist Church Ssessions will he belt! lrom 111 ι. in. to 2:3(1 p. in. Speakers for the meeting; in clud·· Miss Virginia Highfill Mission.try tu Japan, and Mis> Deloise llamrick. Sunbeam Director. The ho. ι church will serve unch and the nursery will be •pen. Green Sea Youth Drowns During Fraternity Snitiation Τ ho b<< !·. ·· J·«· Ilenij Dei fuiiii, Ji . l!·. was loiind this nornn.y in :t lake <·!ι or nea; Ίι·ηι-'Ι!1 Co!· μ«·. S. C\. I·» .•..•.ich Ii W.I declared IMI Mil« \. ι. ';ι\ ν hili· undergo :, < .: V > " in.' tti<iii-ex • i ··. . c< r.liiiv . an tir·<<f:ι - ;<iw. Γι l l Κι' Iii. 'II S··;· youth v.. . i'lshiiian ;it I'loins· m urn ι w:i -•-•-king int inborsliip it: tin. Iratei nity conducting Iho 'Hill Week" initiation. L';iu>i ni his <lc..th was attrib uted 111 drowning. Iii- ι> 1);· son ot Mr. and Mr- Jim· Henry Derham. Sr, iin l ;i liMilt graduate ul Croon So;i H uh school. His lather i? iho oninniuiiity's |»>s'.master, i> u merchant anil larnior also. Young llorham's hoilv was liiscuvi ro i around o'clock this morning. I-iinor.il arrangements an· to bo ;ιΐι*'ΐιιιΐΐΓ(·ι| by llardwiek Klint ι.il Home, (.oris, later. lie ι·- .-invived by his par i-iits of tin home: two sisters. Mrs Κ: r.l; i.oii|H*r ni Kloren.-e • ml Mr> Wiibur Brown. Lake Jit\ juc McLclland Is 'Miss Cerro Gordo" Sue Mcl .ollantl, 1G year old [lauuhtor of Mr. and Mrs. Jool MeLollaiui. was named "Miss Ceire Gordo" Monday morn ing at a conti st held in tlw -civ ι·ι1 auditorium. Judges were Mrs. Eugen« Grainger of Tabor City. Mrs Γίιΐν liaiiey. Jr. and Mrs. Carl Μ<*:iies o| Fair Blufl. Kurmors-up were Linda and Sherry Joan SU'feJiland . Vieing lor the crown were 1(! girls. WIZARD S( 1IOOI. Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Roger: • wnors of the local Weston Auto Associate Store wore in riioensboro last week whore hey atlendod .1 two day Wiz ird Appliance School. L M. C'uriie. store managet ittonded the school at an earl er ft.iic. J KsKjixtLULRATΕ SOLDIER Wee Man With The Bin Mnmo By H'RAY THOMPSON Probably the smallest man to serve in the Confederate army had the longest name - J. J. Prosper For Me D. \V. Doctor DeVowell Conner Conner, who died in I91U. lies beneath a stone in th<· Porter Swamp cemetery in tin Columbus County area where „ he was reared, four miles east *1 of Fair Bluff. λ Following the name inscrib- Ε ed on the marker is the epi- I taph, "Born Nov. 9, 1830. 1 JOINED THE CONFEDERATE I AHM V 1K«1. R Κ Γ V Κ Ν F. Π ■ HOME JUNE 26. I«t55. All things to the glory of God." v That he w;·? involved in the saga of a famous Confederate -pv. Mrs. Rose O. Greehow. is β a faet that the remaining rnember of his family had de clined to disclose until recent years. Mrs. Greenhow was a viva cious Washington hostess who, during the Civil War. was im prisoned for assisting the cause >f the South, and later <iii I , while making a desperate at- * tempt to consuinate trade ar- , rangements between the Con federate and Em-land, ot which '.he success might have been -r he economic salvation ot the 'j South. 1 JOINS ARMY I "Doc" Conner was em ot the 9 •leven children born to James η ind Airie Nobles Conner :n he Porter Swamp community. .« Mthough he was less than fi\;· reet tall, at his mother's insist - nice he volunteered for service η the Confederate army; be cause of his size, was refused two times before acceptance iftcr the third try. His daughter, Mrs. Mn.k Nobles, 83. who lives in Fair Hluff. says that when her fath er entered the army, and re ported to duty at Fort Fisher, be wore only a size-four shoe. When he was uniformed. It (Continued On Page 2) MARRLK MARKKU from which the author copies Important dates, identifies Ihr grave of J.J.P.F.M.D.O.V. ('«inner, a Porter Swamp native who served the Confederacy as a soldier at Fort Fisher. Conner had the stone created before his death and placed in the Powell Cemetery, Fair Bluff, hut it was moved to the Porter Swamp site after he died. Members of his family never did have the date of his death inscribed on the stone. (Note the tattered and sun - bleached Confederate flag.)
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