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h'OLl'ME XV. NUMBER 39
"Tabor City — The Tow* With A City Future"
TABOR CITY, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY. MAY 10. 1961
Inquest In Fipps'
leoth Friday Night
Αιι inquest into the death ··Γ
!ι;ιι Ικ I-ipps. UO-year-old Ta
,u City Airman, shot while
leeinu t «ι »in Horry County pu
ce officers early the morning
1 April 3d. will he held at 7:30
. :i\ Friday at the iourthouse
λ Conway, according! to Cor
Φ*ι l.ittiejohn Hlantoii.
h ipp uied ill uonwiiy hos
ital. He hi.il been shot in the
le.i.i An autopsy was per
iii iiit'd but the results have
ot been made public.
At liberty under Sil.000 bond
tiuNi .inJ suspended from tne
fit ry County Police force are
Uuddy Fowler and Police
nan Willis Ganse. No charge
las been lodged against them.
4#· tigating officers said that
jause was driving the police
ar iruin which Fowler i'hot :.t
>ipps' speedin· car during a
lion-th.iii-Hld-iniies - an-hou»·
•hase on Hwy. 701 north of
.oris.
The chase actually oegan sev
n miles north of Conway
i-hen Policeman Olin D. Blan
nn attempted to catch F'ipps'
needing ur. Failing. he radi'i-,
♦ through County Police j
leadqunrters for Fowler and
iause to set up a road block ι
"hey set one up just south of
.oris but F'ipps swerved around
and raced away. It was in
lie subseGuent chase between f
.oris and Tabor City that ■
ipps was shot, being struck
y one of three or four bullets
ired at hi^ car.
Community Give
Thal Hospital
Way Grow Better
The new addition to Loris/
ommumty Hospit*,. to be op>
§•<1 formally Sunday at 2:30
• ni. with appropriate cere-1
is a monument to coin
un..y solia.1r.ty as evident!
mi - v llfK'"pk' uh" worked 1
rllcS." " miBl" ·»· «ο«
Some· three score individual.!
mi's t S^,up.s contributed
.v Possible! ° ,MfW ,ac"
Joon Si,Vine beßan wi,h a
ic.'nb r Y;>nti'l>wti«»„ fr„m
a! staff hospital's med
uT/,V,r',»'UI«V.ishing looms in.
r U,,,Klrr'«·'· of the
' • I Camp ιυΤ5: The South i
• Jlma Public Serv.ce Auth
ty. farmers Bank. Loris
ri, / , Essic Derham.
rin t· Chevrolet r\, τι»-, ι
Tabor"Γ,Κ
Kris' D-,atki,1S Lu,nber Co..
•iiii Uii Carolina De
nt Store. James F
onney. architect; L. ρ e '
■,Z"V ■ Blackburn and
dd Insurance Agency, the
•.bur §,* c&," and
Lv ι» .. i«f v,"uway Pharm
Κ ,inHal HTmt' "r Tab"r
η Brothers S. F. of Loris.
G of Conway.
:< r contributors includ ?d
• Pr„„„, n„ ,,s ,,f
f V-hr iV Sll,«l"tar> and Sons
tal R .rn· S(,l,thern Hos
"al Records of Charlotte c
tore ι \t β ^ Associate
(· J M. Soles, Jr. Harr-I
Pn Pharmacy, w. H. Shelley"
&*·1« ,,nd Sons. Harriet
{aidee, nhr'.f,Wair· Su**8 and
(ore w· "ind WhH'· food
• n' . 0 ani»w Lumber Co
:· Ga>-I»"d Fowler AKencv'
nger Block Co.. Troy Ε
herson, Dilmar Oil Co. Latta
ZZ niT",', p""· Ä
riib, 0 Coffw Shop. A. D
• Γ ck land, Leder-Potter De
'firtment Store. Green Sea
"nd Mr'· °r*
rAYFTTEVILLE VISITOR I
Mrs. Mildred Reeves visited ]
in Fayetteville Sunday.
Violence Sends
Two To Hospital
From Slate Line
Violence broke out again on
State Line Saturday night and
two men were taken to Loris
Community Hospital for treat
ment.
Fentress Foley. 28. of Thom
asville. was taken to the hos
pital for treatment of pistol
wounds, suffering from one
bullet in one leg and two in
the other leg.
SLED Agent James Ander
son. said his investigation
showed that El wanda Ward,
wife of Ε. Π. Ward, shot Foley
but that the latter refused to
press charges- The shooting
occurred about 8:30 p.m.
About 11 p.m., Anderson said.
Elbert Stroud. 29. of Rt. I.
Fair Bluff, was severely cut
and was taken to the hospital
where, Anderson said, he nam
ed Keith Fowler as his assail
ant. Anderson said Stroud was
carrying a pistol. Stroud was
released from the hospital af
ter treatment.
Anderson said both the
shooting and the cutting oc
curred at Elts Place, operated
by Mr. and Mrs. Ward.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward and Mr.
and Mrs. Jlggs Waddell left
Sunday for Florida. Mrs. Wad
dell is Ab Ward's daughter.
Coroner Littlojohn BlaiUon said
Jiggs Waddel promised to re
turn in time for an inquest
into the death of Charlie Flpps,
of Tabor City, shot while flee
ing from pursuing Horry Coun
ty Police early the morwnpiipf,
April 30. The inquest has tieen
set for 7:30 ρ m. Friday at the
courthouse in Conway. „ , ·
2 Bootleggers
Sent To Prison
For Two Years
Two more Horry County
bootleggers began serving pri
son terms at the Federal pen
itentiary at Tallahassee, Fla.,
this week.
A. U. S. District Court judge
in Florence Monday ordered
that Tim Strickland and Day
Ion Strickland serve two years
L-ach, revoking a five year pro
bation under which they had
been at liberty.
Several weeks ago stifle and
county police officers arrested
the pair after finding a 10,000
pound load of sugar being dis
charged near their home.
They were tried in Horry
county on charges of possess
ing supplies for the illicit
nanufacture of liquor but were
treed when A. B. Small claim
ed the still near which the
<ugar was found.
Later Small was released ,
Irom the Horry County chain1
?ang when an uncle paid his'
fine. ATTD agents presented in
court a statement from Small.!
John Dudley (Dud) Grains- j
cr another widely known Hor
ry bootlegger, began serving a
two year sentence at Tallahas
see on April 4.
Rupert Prince
Funeral Today
Robert Prince, 32 farmer of
Route t. Tabor City, died un
expectedly at his home Mon
day.
Funeral services will be held
today (Wednesday) at 3 p. m.
η the Inman Funeral Home
with the Rev. Zeddie Ward of
iciating. Burial will be in the
Forest Lawn Cemetery.
He is survived by his moth
er, Mrs. Ella Stroud Prince of
Route 1, Tabor City; five bro
kers, Carl. Ralph, Leon, all
of Tabor City: Gleon of Ccrro
Gordo and Oscar of Baltimore,
Md.; four sisters, Mrs. Ora
Strickland and Miss Stella
Prince of Tabor City; Mrs.
Gladys Strickland of Fair
Muff, and Mrs. Vera Heath oi
Wilmington.
8. Judith Laverne Nix
....
3. Ricki Joan Morris
4. Mary Louise Gilliland
9. Barbara Moses
1. i.intla Join B»«t
I». .luimir Uillianisun
5. Jaye ΛΙοογο Soles
2. Diana Μ error
Beauty Pageant
Set For Friday Nite
Τ. Mary Ella Lotiliir Townr ·
Miss Columbus County num
ber-5 will leave the Tabor
City school static $750 00 rich
er aftir Friday night's pan
cant, sponsored by the Tabor
City Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
Nine girls are bidding for
the title, representing virtually
every main area of the county.
They are Linda Joan Best and
Marv Etta Louise Townc. both
of Wluteville: Hi,-ma ivi crcer ,
Chadbourn: Rickie Jean Nor
ris. Tabor City; Miry Louise
lilllland, Hallsboro; Jaye
Moore Soles, Tabor City; Bar
bara Moses. Acme; Jamsic Wil
liamson, Evergreen; and Jud
ith tjDverne Nix. Tabor City.
The pageant will l>c directed
by Robin Williamson, a Con
way native who has had exten
sive experience as an actress,
model, and cover girl; hor
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Honor 5 At Athletic Banauet
W. W. Woody
Eyes 5ih Term
On Town Board
Tabor City's political pact·
! quickened this week with the
i tilniM >·< :> second candidate for
lone o! tlu· thrt't· public offices
' up for election June 13. Tues
day found \V. W. Woody filing
ι with Town Clerk Marion Oer
rel with intentions of trying to
ket-p his seat on the Town
Commission. Mayor' Howard
Harrelson and Commissioner
Kenneth Hay's terms also ex
1 pire this year.
I Hurrel son filed as a mayn
toriul candidate a week as·».
1 and t<> date remains unoppos
| ed. At least one other cantli
1 date is expected to enter the
race. Harold Ward. However,
although Ward says that he
wants to run, he has not yet
: tiled. Ward is 31, employed by
I the post ι iff ice, and refers to
j himself as politically "non
• partisan."
Horace Cox, 35, another Civil
Service employee, has stated
publicly that he will make a
bid for one of the commission
ers posts, but has not filed.
Registration books will be
open each Saturday through
: May 27. according to Registrar
i Frank Nesmith. Challenge day
j has been set for June 3.
Chip Cox Is
Winner Again
Chip Cox. son of Mr. and
Mrs. James C. Cox, was judged
the Columbus County spelling
champion for the second con
secutive year in Whi*e*'!is
Thursday ctorninjr. )
The Bee Contest was held in
the Columbus County Board of
Education building with ent
ries from six schools partici
pating.
Chip, an eighth grade student
in tne Tabor City School, was
first place winner and will re
j ceive his second two year
j scholarship to Wilmington Jun
I ior College. Wilmington.
j Plans are now in the making
! to change Wilmington to a four
year college. If plans are en
j forced within the next six
years Chip can use both schol
arships.
"Besides spelling I really
like reading and science," sai(!
Chip He also likes stamp col
•ectinsi, baseball, football, and
basketball.
When asked what he wanted
to major in as a college student
ne said .'I haven't thought
much about it but 1 want to
be an airplane pilot someday."
Chip will compete in the
!»strict spelling "Bee" on May
12 at 7:30 p. m. in Brogdjn
Hall. Wilmington.
Runner-up in the county
contest was Roy l,ane. sixth
flauer from Acme Del-.-o
S. hool.
Other entries were Janet
j Dalton, Fair Bluff; Cheryl
j Floyd, Cerro Gordo; Cvnthi i
! Stanley, Williams Township:
j and Jeanette Yow, Hallsboro.
Pronouncer was Mrs. Rach
i II Woodard, supervisor of ed
j ucation for the Whiteville
I Schools system.
Judges were Miss Ruth Mear
I es. Mrs. Horry Edwards and
j Mrs. Jim Walsh.
8PELLIN* CHIP COX
I.EON EDM. FONVIELLE
SAMMY WILLIAMS
ROGER SMALL
JI'DY r.RAINOEK
Local Youngster Is
IndktedForMurder
A thirteen-year-old Tabor
City student will appear l>vi«rc
! Lee J. Greer, judge <>f Columu
| us County's juvenile court, on
I charges of murdering his step
) father on Nov. 6, 1960.
A grand jury returned a true
I bill against the youngster Τ ues -
i day for the murder of Alton
! Lee Cox, 29. Earlier a record
I er's jury had exonerated young
' ster after hearing his mother
I testify that Cox arrived at the
j home of her parents. Mr. and
' Mrs. Jack Hardee near Tabor
I City, and tried tu force her to
return to their own home. Mis.
C'ox's statement that the sun
j fired the fatal rifle shot into
John Kanipe, Jr.
In Fraternity
John Kanipe. .Jr.. son of Mr.
and Mrs. .lohn K.impe. Si of
Fair Bluff was tapped inlo
Blue Key Honor Fratnrnitv at
Ν C. State College recently.
John is one of " 1Γ»" new memb
ers selected for this honor He
is a junior in Agricultural ed
ucation.
The Fraternity was founded
in October 1924 to perpetuate
the belief of God to preserve
the principals of good citizen
ship and to promote the best
interest of the students.
The members selected are
considered to be the outstand
ing members of their class. Se
lection for this membership is
the highest honor a Junior can
receive at the College
The Fraternity recognizes
outstanding qualities in char
acter scholarship, and service,
placing equal emphasis upon
leadership in student activit
ies. Membership is composed
of graduate and under gradu
•ite students of all departments
of American C< liege and uni
versities.
Each year Blue Key co-spon
sors the homecoming celebn
•ions nt State. Annually thp
fraternity presents the Citizen
ship award 1»» the senior who
has distinguished himself a*
•he foremost citizen of his
■•lass.
In addition B'ue Key coop
rates with other campus org
anizations to perpetuate a
more meaningful campus life.ι
her husband as ho was abusing
her was verified by a sister.
Mrs. Thelma Hardie.
Prior to the coroner's inquest
of Nov. 13. Mrs. Cox's father
had claimed firing the rifle,
according to Sheriff Ben Duke
who conducted the investiga
tion of the truck-driver's
death.
The grand jurors, in session
in Whiteville this week, deliv
ered their decision after leng
thy consideration of new facts.
After the bill of indictment was
read before Judge William Y.
Bickett. a motion to quash it
was made by Attorney D.
Frank McGougan. Jr.. repre
senting tin· youngster.
Judge Bickett allowed the
motion and the case was re
manded to juvenile court for
proper disposition with a hear
ing probably to be set within
the next ten «lays
Hail Siorm
Strikes Area
(Irren Sea. seven miles south
of Tabor City, was haragod
with hail stones Tuesday nicht
leaving many fields blanketed
with iee and the small tobacco
plants beat flat to the earth.
An electrieal storm which
prevailed similtaneously. oc
curred around 10:30. worst
damage was done in a half
mile strip where the John
( Irmmons farm is located, liall
fell In great quantities in an
area covering approximately a
mile, including the communit
ies of Carolina. Green Sea nd
Zion. Reports of broken wind
ows in homes, as well as in
automobiles, were received.
An unofficial estimate made
by an insurance adjuster plac
ed the damages In one tobacco
field at flfty-perrent. Had the
f«bacco been mature, he said
total loss wou;ii have beer
possible.
Although the torrential rain«
had subsided by davllrbt Wed
nesday, some of the hall w.o
stl'l Ivinr In the area.
Autry Rarnhill, weather re
"orter for W'l.SC, said that hr
Indeed many of the hail stones
«re-half Inch in diameter. Re
sidents In the Clemmon* faro»
irea said, though, that some of
the stone· were the site of an
err. and many the sice of a
coif ball.
Leon Edward Fonvielle was
named Tabor City's must valu
able football player at the an
nual athletic banquet held
Monday evening 1:1 the school
cafeteria. and was presented
the H. G. Dann·ion Award by
its donar.
The Kotary Award, given t ι
the most improved football
player, was presented to Sam
my Williams by Richard Gor
don.
Judy Grainger was selected
as the most outstanding player
on her basketball team and
was granted the Jack Strick
land Award by Sam Jackson.
The Civitan Award, given
for the most valuable basket
ball player on the boys team,
.vent to Roger Small, with
ί nresentation made bv William
Shelley.
Konvielle has been a member
I of the varsity football team lor
three year- and described by
Coach Hermey Stevens as "the
fastest man on the squad."
"He is also a good academic
student." said Stevens. Leon
•arrived at the banquet just as
the awards were to be given,
having been on a restricted
s.heriule for several months
while ill.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leon C. Fonvielle, and a
member of the junior class.
Other athletic endeavors in
clude 2 years as the catcher
on the baseball team and track.
Williams, a freshman, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Williams. According to his
; coach he was a defensive
: tackle during his freshman
I year, but this season played
both offensive and defensive
positions. Too, he was a first
j baseman 011 the baseball team
last year.
"He wasn't on our basketball
: team this year," remarked
j Stevens, "but he would have
; been mighty good material."
j He added, "We are expecting
two more/years of good playing
from Sammy."
Small is also a sophomore,
j and a member of the variety
team for two years; a quarter
; back, and an agile passer.
"We were very pleased with
his record this year," said his
coach, "lor he made more
points than either of his other
j team-mates."
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
j Ernest Small.
Judy Grainger, the only girl
, tu receive an athletic troph.v
Puesday niaht. is a senior and
j the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
, Kiefer Grainger.
I Coach John Small said Tues
| 'lay. "She's a fine guard, and
ί we certainly hate to loose her.
Along with the athletes re
! cciving recognition for their
work by way of letters mid
stars, Alice Wynne Kelly was
acknowledged as the season's
outstanding cheerleader. Both
coaches agreed that she "is al
ways attentive at practices
and Karnes, well-liked by her
classmates, and shows an a
bundance of school spirit."
Alice is the daughter of Mrs.
Wister O. Jackson, Jr.
Κ ANNAPOLIS VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Weasl
and daughter, Ann. of Kanna
polis visited in the home of her
brother Lloyd Hipps, Mrs.
Hipps and family during the
weekend.
NOT SOI'PF.D VP!
The automobile in which
Charlie Fipps was shot while
being chased by Horry Coun
ty Rural police was "not soup
ed up" according to his moth
er. "The motor was a regular
Mercury motor in a Ford car,
she said.