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VOLUME XV. Nl'MBER 3S
"Tabor City — The Town With A City Futuren
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MARY LOUISE TOWNE
Whitevtlle
JUDITH NIX
Tabor City
JAMSIE WILLIAMSON
Evrrgrrpn
JAYE MOORE SOLES
Tabor City
LINDA JOAN BEST
Whiteville
10 Candidates Vie
. For County Crown
η i<fut£u nine is promised'ine
judges of the 1961 Miss Co-;
lumbiis County pageant, sched
uled to begin at eight o'clock.!
May 12. One of the most varied |
programs of talent to be rend- 1
ered by the beauties in the;
five-year history of the pag- j
cant is expected.
The number of beauties slat
^ od to compete now stands at I
™ ten; Jean Kimball Fuller of
Whiteville withdrew from the
contest this week because of
another committment.
Robin Williamson of Con
way will direct this year's edi- j
tion, and included on the list
of entertainers are Judy Hill I
(Miss Myrtle Beach) who will I
do a specialty act. and caroll;
, ^ Hewitt (Miss Brunswick Co-!
■fcunty) with the Shallotte Sex
tet. Gail Miller (Miss Lake
View) will be a special guest,
according to the Junior Cham- ;
ber of Commerce, sponsors of j
the event.
Judges will include Gloria
Penney (Miss International]
Tobacco Queen), of Mullins;
und Jacob Jennings, a former j
Representative of Lee county, ί
The $750.000 educational ι
scholarship to go to the winner
of the crown has added incent
ive to the pageant.
Riegel wood will be repre-:
sen ted in the lineup by Bar
bara Moses, 18, of Acme Delc». |
She will demonstrate her a-1
bility with a baton. She is the!
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mil
ton Moses.
Judith Laverne Nix. daught- |
er of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nix \
of Tabor City, will be singim:
while she attempts to win the i
talent-phase of the contest.
Having studied voice for four
years, piano for eiRht, she has
appeared in numerous music
als. including the lead role in
"The King and I" recently. She
is sponsored by Tabor Hard- \
ware and Furniture Company.
Jaye Moore Soles. Tabor
City, will also sing. She has
studied voice for two years,
;ind dancing for th«· samt* num
ber: and other music lessons
>f seven. Miss Soles, th«· dau
ghter «if Mr. and Mrs John M.
Soles. Jr., has completed her
Freshman year ;it Hast Caro
lina Collen«· where sh«· was a
finalist in a beauty cont«-si.
She is sponsor«.·«! by Marie's
3eauty Shop.
Jamsi«· Williamson will b«·
sponsored by the F.vergre«·!!
liome Demonstration club. S'.k·
s a senior in the Bladt-nbi t<>
schools, and thi· daughter *»i
Vir. and Mrs. 'I'om Williams«):!.
t\ piano rendition will com
prise her tak'iit presentation.
Mary I.ouise Towtie. «laugh
er of Mr. and Mrs. Clay
Towne, Whiteville. will dance
is she has in many other con
ests throughout the area. She
vas the recent winner of th··
Hiss Columbus Theatre «»nte.-t
η Whiteville.
Unusual as it may seem.
Vlary Louise Filliand describes
ncr talent to be displayed on
he Tabor City stage as "Con
cerning dancing land fashio»
designing." She is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Μ. M. Gil
liand of Hallsboro and spon
sored by the Lake Waccamaw
Lions club .
Kicki Jean Norris, a Taboi
City entry, will also utilize
fashion designing in her act.
Miss Norris is the daughter of
Mrs. Ruby Norris. Aftei grad
uation from high school the··
year she plans to pursue a car
eer in hair styling .
Dianne Mercer of Chadboiirn
will be another singer on th.?
talent program. A former Miss
Chadbourn High, she plans to
enroll at Franklin School of
Technology next year. Her
parents are Mr. and Mrs. F.Iroy
Mercer. She is sponsored b..
the Charm Beauty Shop in
Chadbourn.
Linda Joan Best, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Best.
Whiteville. also promises t:»
dance, a talent sh«· has been
developing for seven years.
She is sp«>nsored by VVInte
k'ille's Civitan clul>.
HOW THEY SOLVE
«The Trouble With Truants
BY—WRAY THOMPSON
During (he past six weeks
six youngsters of Tabor City
have been sent to training
schools, four of them within
the month of April; the rea
son—failing to go to school.
North Carolina law demands
. that children attend schoo! j
But in Recorder's court last |
month, adult-members of three I
different families asked the
judge to believe that they were
unable to force their children
to comply with the law.
According to the law of this
state, any parent or guardian
violating these laws shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and J
upon conviction is liable to a'
_ fine of not less than $5.00 nur |
™ more than $25.00. Failing to (
pay said fine can require im
prisonment in the county jail
of not less than 30 days .
Imprisonment, however, is
rare in Columbus county when
parents are judged guilty of
failing to send their children
to school: they usually are I
granted a suspended sentence
and told to comply with the
law, as was the case of the
'ft three families cited above
when they made previous ap
pearances in the court.
The four boys involved were
summoned before juvenile
court. Ultimately they were
sent away where they will re·
main until they are 16 years of
age, or longer if the auihorit- j
ies deem necessary .
Attendance Worker
The county employs an at
tendance worker to investigate |
truancy, Mrs. Floy Parker j
of Chadbourn. Mrs. Parker. ]
known also as a "visiting tea- j
eher," was a classroom teacher j
taking up her new duties 10
years ago.
The success of her efforts is
dependant upon the coopera
tion principals, teacher.«, the
courts, and parents. Since Mrs.
Parker's employment by th'_·
county the average attendance
of Tabor City students had
jumped from 90.2 to 95.4,
which is an example of the
merit of the attendance work
er.
But when she repeatedly en
courages truants to mend their
ways and they fail to abide
by her instructions, she must
resort to the courts.
Recently her attention was
called to two boys, ages 13 and
15, who were making class
room appearances on an aver
age of one day a week. While
visiting their home the attend
ance worker found the parents
uncooperative and the boys
very arrogant. The parents
were carried to court several
times; the boys' school attend
ance failed to improve . . .
They are now in ;ι training
school.
Another case involved the
son of a woman who ;<t times
had been a patient in a mental
hospital. Probably out of em
barrassment. the boy woul<
not go to school with any regu
larity. When he was brought
before Juvenile Judge Lee
Greer the second time, he was
given the choice of training
school. Today, two years later,
the boy is an excellent student,!
having left his mother's home
and the sch«»ol of her commun
ity and joined the household ·■'
his grandparents in another!
area where few people are ,i
ware of his mother's illness.
Traininu School Graduates
Mrs Parker, while visiting
Tabor City last week, was
greeted by a woman who said,
"The years my son spent in the
training school were the mak
ing of him."
She had found it impossible
to get her boy interested in Ins
school, and eventually he was
sent away. "A business man
here in Tabor told me that I
should not have let them send 1
him to that training school,"
she recalled to Mrs. Parker
"but it did him a world of
good!" I
"Today he is married, has a
baby, and is doing real well
with his work." she confided.
Term
ι Oju· of the principals in tin·
Inn. c:us;i;li waged l)v t!..s
newspaper sev« ivtl years an-·
again: t bootlegging and c·· -
tuptiun f.'ii.i t-. justice A|j.»
I. whin John Diulliy (Duo)
Giainger t jt ■ -_i· ι τ ι M-rvmg a two
y> ;ii μ nTetice in the Kwier il
penitent i:n ν at Tallahassv*e,
Kla.
I'lvvmii lv piaeed <iti proba
tion in Ke.lei.il l.oint Hi \V: I -
t niif;).n ·.>r : n offeli.-o eminul
iιii■ -in t.u <!« !iv< l'· ana .su·.'.
ii.ι· 1.1 .ι lr.c.i· quantity ■·! η »'·. -
1··". wln>ke that n.'lte-.l him
s5i'UU line and forfeiture · f
three automobil· s, Grainger
was uniicU-d sixain in I!t.M> tor
selling white whiskey in in
formants u! the Alcoholic and
Tobac.o Tax agents.
While being tound guilty at
that tinu· <>n six counts of vio
lating the liquor laws, Graing
er ha<l managed to stay out of
prison b\ appealing to the
Fourth District Court of Ap
peals. That appeal followed his
conviction in April lüSit. He
has been free sine«· that time
pedding the appeal decision.
The appelate court dismissed
thA appeal an·' the case went
bade to Florepce where h.· --is
arrested April 4. and carried ο
the federal pentitentiary to
begin serving the -J4 mun>h
term .
He moved for a shorter term
alter the appeal filled and was
sentenced to two years instead
of the three years originally
given at the lower court trial.
Primary charge in the ix
counts against Grain;' r was
that oi trying to i'H.iupt a wit
ness by bribing him to «.bringe
his story. In the words of tin·
indictment for which lie w
found guilty it lead. "About
November I'd. 1 John I)
vfι .iiii.mT. wnii cormpi inli.
did unlawfully. knowingly an I
corruptly endeavor to iuilu
cncv one Π. O. Allui wlio the
<li tendant then and there w«.-.'I
know was a witness m a cer
tain criminal cast· then perilling
against him >ind another in the
I'. S. District Court for th
Ka· tern District <>t Snuth C'··
olina. entitled "The l.'tiit -t
States <>f America Vs.
Dudley Grainger and William
Andrews Orvil. criminal No
22371.'
"Whereas said defendant and
William Andrews Orvil wen
charged in four counts in an
indictment with violatiim St
5691-5008 and 5032 (1 ic|ii· -r
laws) of the Internal Revenue
Department and which said
violation contained in said ί·ι
»'ι tment now constitute and
are identical with counts de
signated as first, second, third
and fourth of this indictment.
That is to say that at said tim··
and place, the defendant ciid
unlawfully, knowingly, wilful
ly and corruptly endeavor '■>
influence the said II Ο Allen
to refuse* to tell (hi* whole
truth regarding his knowledge
of the (liquor) offenses charg
ed in the indictment.
In addili· η thereto and con
trary to telling the truth, said
defendant unlawfully and cor
ruptly endeavored to persuade
said II. (), Allen, whom he
knew intended to appear in
court on behalf of the United
Sta'es as a witness ;ιι: Inst hire
iti connection with the pending
charges, to appear when said
»■ase was called for tiial and
to falslv testify and thereby
c-mniit wilful and corrupt per
jury .
In another count against
Grainger the court charged
that he wilfully and Corruptly
pave the sinn of $200 to H O.
Mien whom the defendant
•new was a witness against
him.
It is motive alone that gives
character to the actions of
men.
—Bruy?r
DK.Vlll t .'Vit—The 1it.il Ford with soiiped-up entin in which Charlie J. Fipps of Tabor City
out;.i.i pursuing officers early Sunday morning only In die after being shot during tile pursuit,
is shown above. Arrow> at upper left, lower left and lower right point to bullet holes. Arn.w
at upper rirht points not to a bullet hole but to what turned out to be a clip on the converti
ble's top. ti'hoto by Twin City Studios. Loris and Tabor City).
Howard Harrelson
I
Re-hick For Office
i n nor t u> s political ;j<>t has
begun with a slow simmer
with uiily one person filing for
the three offices tip ti>r elec
tion June 13. The major's term
expires at that time, as welfj
is two commission posts held 1
bv Kenneth Rav and \V. W.j
Woody.
Howard Harrelson paid Town
Cleik Mai l· ii Garrel! Ins $10.-j
00 filing tee Tuesday while
filin« for mavotorial eandida-1
cy. Harrelson has served as'
mayor for four years and w..s '
a commissioner for two years
prior.
Frank Nesmith has been ap
poiuted Registrar. with Wayne
Baxter and William Shelley
leceiving appointments as
judges of the election.
There will be no new regis
tration of voters, but all per
sons who are otherwise quail
tied and have not registered
may register with Nesmith.
Registration books will be op
en · >n Saturday, May 13 and
will be open each following
Saturday through Μ iv L'7. Too.
books will be open lor inspec
tion and eh a Hernie of June. 3.
Area Flcrtion
Eleitioss in two other towns,
in this area of the county took
place yesterday, Whiteville and
Fair Bluff. Sam T. Gore, by a
'.er> close margin, lost to J. K.
I'oweil in the Whiteville may
or's race. Named to the town
council a* the result of the
election were A. G. Carter and
Ketie Sears.
In Fair Bluff voters elected
Bob King their mayor Willard
Small was re-elected to the
town hoard. Also setting posts!
ι.η the board were Ellis IK·-1
line Meares. Suruill Britt.
Lawrence Minton and James,
R. Rabon.
J. Bru.e Eure, who ran un
opposed. was renamed judge j
of tin· Fail Blulf Recorder's
court
County Spelling Bcc
Is Thürs. Morning
Cynthia Sue Stanley, an
•iuhth «rader in the Williams
Township School, will part Μ -!
pate in the Columbus County
Spelling "B" scheduled on to
morrow at 10 30 in tlu· Colum
bus County Board of Educa
tion.
Cynthia is the daughter o*
Mr and Mrs. Neil Stanley of
Ihe Clarendon Community. She
is a member of the Clarendon
B int ist Church and the school
4-H club.
Mr.*. Eula Johnson of Mvrti·
Beech was the Sunday guest
of Mr and Mrs Τ. E. Smith
IHSWAKl) IIAKRF.LSON
l'ir>t To HI«·
Berry Dance
Tomorrow Nile
In Chadbourn
Woody Merman and Iiis Herd
will furnish the· musi·,· tomor
row (Thursday) night for
μ II μ 'in us annual Strawber
; > !·'<··-*iv«»l dance. scheduled ti>
·. π .1 }'. p ill. in My«·!., w«*re
'i. in· Twvnty-two beauti«*s
i i North and South Carolina
·π· to be Irving for the "Miss
PtriwhiT.v Festival" crown,
it»··!«if i:ig Miss Tatjor City, ."am
Spivev.
Oi-o'Ri· Pollock, president of
'!■<· Merchant's association, is
«vrr.'dl chairman of the festiv- I
I Mis. Vara Brewer is chaii
m;m of the queen's committee
h i !loishey ΙΙίρρκ is chairman
t the princess contestant com·
mittel·.
Filtering flouts in the parade
will In- 23 organizations. Also
bands from both Carolinas will
()*·!form and try for the prize
money which is given each
year to the three most oil- j
standing b mds
The fe. ti\ al will begin with
luncheon nt 12:30 for Straw
berry festival guests ami dig
it!»: i"s. The parade will begin
it 2 p. m. and judging < f
cuteetis will get underway at
th»· six o' lock dinner.
The queen will be crown«·:!
it 8 o'clock at Myers Ware
house.
Dignitaries attending the
festival include 1, Y "Stag"
Bell· it'in«·, X«irth Carolina
commissioner of Agricultur«*. I
and County Representative Ar
thui 'V Williamson
» (Continued Oil Page 21 i
Banquet Set
For Athletes
Four outstanding athletes'
wilt be Vecognized Monday (
nigh· t'if |!c;onted ♦••■pi
represen'.-.u he- honor at the |
Tabor Cry High school awards'
night banquet. fitars and ItM- '
tors will als.ι in· presented !<>
players.
Members ,,| the Rotary. Civi-"
tan and .1 lycee ortiani/ itioas
and their wives have been in
vit<*fl to join members of tlu
foams and their triends ior the
banquet. scheduled to begin ί:ι
the school caieteria at seven
o'clock.
Th.· four main awards arc:
Η G. Danuioii award to the'
most valuable football player
Ci\ itan award to the nio-t
valuable basketball piayei on
the bov's team.
Jack Sti'iekland award tu (hi
most outstandisg girl busk^· -
ball player.
Rotary award to the mos -
improved tootball plav.i
Coaches ot tin· respective
teafs — Benne\ Stevens an«·
John Small will present the
uwti·»! trophies
The Arthur Prince award
usual I bestowed to tlu most
outstanding baseball player,
will not be given this year as
the sport was deleted from the
athletic schedule this year.
Student speakers 'will be
featured on the program, ac
cording to 1'iincipal Randall
Burleson Jackie Small. presi
''ent of the Monogram club,
will preside Speakers will in
•lüde Douglass Soles. |{acht]
CVx. Judy Grainger. Wavne
Stevens and Harold Hugh.
I hcv will discii·.* the various
phases of tlu· school's athletic
program.
Other patrons of the schools
who are not mi mhers of the
livic clubs t·. attend, are a! ο
invited, according to Prineip >|
Burleson, lie ask^. that tlvn
call his office to arrange for
reservation at si.:,η each.
ATTENDS .MARKET
Hi eh Point. Willard Wright
Wright's Fur η & Γ,as Co.. Ta
>or < ity. is attending th<
Southern Furniture Market
Focal point for the Southern
Furniture Market is the South
ern Furniture Fxpositir η Bui!
*'f High Point. The Market
»neos over an area th it
tretches leo miles along road*
known as the " Furniture ΙΙικΙι
A'ay." The area houses the
reatest concentration of fnrn
ture production in the world
buyers attend from coast to
■oast.
\TTENDS »HOW
I.ewis Sike* of the Tabor
hardware and Furniture Com
>any attended the Furniture
Show in High Point last week.
Investigatbobs Underway By Officers
lit Death Of Young Man Near Border
Chiu Ii«.· .Tarn« Fipps. L'O
« :;!—«»Jet Τ ;b<ii City airman,
lud al 5rld a in. Sunday ι.ι
Λ»ti.. . .· Iii,.-. 1 n'.ter ΜιΚ
··. · ιi'ii'»'-* a · · t> η IW'I
:ill« -p< ι -. · . r ·.. <· in ν dich
st· was s'ü·· ν. π■ .· Hurry Coun·
·. Police Wele ι:ί;.!>!ο tu fl-ip
lim.
£> · George Ο. (Buddy)
towkT iii *d Count> Puliwmsin
.Villi: Giusv ure at liberty un
:< JjU.OÜU bond pending the
iilooni« "1 ail iii<|U«st Coro
< ;■ Little john Blantun has in
i:«· ' d λ ill I). held next
ν» λ Tin ι«.· ι n<. formal
h -Va- again.-' tin· officers,
tut " ay huvt been suspended
nun liu- .· icr pending til«.*
ait.omc "I an lnve-'UKatioii.
Tr< cur..ihm ί-i«·«I an inquest
rill be held when an iiivcstig-j
ion L\ SL.F.D off.cers. request
·' !j\ C'.'iint;. P«ilice Chief H.
Β 1 i Ii·.; wick. is complete
fΙ:«*»·ΐ■.t Τ··η. ( nimm was call·
d in h\ IIa · wck t.i aid .SI.F.I)
η : County Police in tin· in·
n -v.igata·!!.
I at- - t «.·;>« ris Τικ sday al -
ι rn ι ii. the invi-sviuatioii ord
' ι b Coiintv Police C'ili.'f
H. II II irdwick is still under
lay by Stat»· Law Enforce«
iit nt «aιici'i> ami Slieiwi Toisi
Gannon.
Coroner Mlanton "ave this
resume oi < vents:
County Policeman Ol ill Illan
ton. whoso resignation was to
je effective Monday, began to
.•hnse Fipps st \ in miles north
if Conway on Ilivy. 701.
Quickly outdistanced, lie rad
ioed through Counts- Police
Headquarter* ·' > '"owler · id
Gause to stop r'i ->*:» .
Fowl -r aw (ι .ii·*· set lip a
road block at tl.e p< ait where
Hwy. 701 veers to the light at
>t- ni i'iseetioii with Railroad
Avi Fipps slowed but ax Kow
lev attempted !·> w .ve him to
::■<· side ot the highway with a
tlusl.light. swerved suddenly
ind drove around the road
jiock. nearly hitting Fowler.
The otiicet- gave chase
lown Raiiroad Ave., Main St.
■nd !>.i k on Hwy. 701 toward
I'aboi City. N· ar Howard, un
.ble to catch Fipps. who ignor
<1 tli«· flashiim red light and
lice siren. Fowler fired at
lio lhviu · ear with a carbine,
'lie of the shots hit Fipps in
Fipps. im airman at Pope
Λ ΚΙΛ. Kayctlcville. had been
.ι i!in<; his mother and step
ather in Tabor City 1«>r the
week-end He was a son «»f the
ί ist« Harr\ Kipps ami Mrs.
I Λ· Ί;ι Mc'ver Spivey.
Klim ral services wen· heM
Monday at ·) p. in. limn St.
I a u I Methodist thuich is
Tabor City by the Rev. I1. Ii.
l.aylirM. pa; tor
Interment. with full military
.«mors iii tin graveside, λ as in
Korest 1,/ί»\νη cemetery.
The airman is survived by
'lis step-lather and mother,
Mr and Mis Joe Spivey of
labor City; two sisters. Mrs.
Λ. W 11ri»T« Isoii. Jr. of Tabor
City, and Mi- Wendell Ver
i en. of Crescent Beach; his pa
tein.d grandparents. Mr. and
Mrs Charlie Kipp» of Chad
boin n: «aid by In: maternal
it.in 'mother. Mrs U>na Mer
rer. HI I. Chadlmnrn
RIGHT MOTIVES
HiKht motives give pinions
lo thought and strength and
freedom to speech and cation.
—Mary Baker Eddy
However brilliant an action,
t should not be esteemed grerrt
.inless the result of a great and
iood motive
—La Rochefoucauld