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THE ONLY PULITZER PRIZE WINtlINC More Than 10.000 j jf ΤriKune Every Week (ftC (d .WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES People Shop From The Pages Of Their Hometown Newspaper ~I"4wor City — The Town With A City Futuren ν ».» μ; xv χι Mm κ to tabor city, north Carolina Wednesday, may it. i96i fwmm lie PER COPY—$3 00 A YEA· MR. AND MRS. TABOR HIGH — With the arrival of the Tabor v'ily High school annuals, students learned the identity of the couple of seniors named to this year's honorary titles of "Mr. and Miss Tabor City Hitch." They are Annette Mills and Scott Lowrimore who also received the distinction of being voted the school's "most popular" students. OI.FNN SMITH . . . lsi Honor Graduate OWEN WRIGHT . . . 2nrt Honor Graduate Honor Students, 4 ' Commencement Gleim Smith received th" tumor this week of being re J as Tiib»r City's t<·ι> honor £»radi.:itt «if tin- year, h.-ving aU.i.nel the highest scholastic aver ■««· «Ί . ny m«>m φ Ix-r <>f tii«· graduating class. (!%v < ι u!« Iy 11 Wright maintained ι he >·■<·(,m her cla;s' μ In 1 »tu Irrings, making her, 1«:k>, an hi t>. r student. J»« th will be «'I'ienlly h««n i»r«.t! - in ι . the school's com ini p. «·:ηι η! .·ν reis -s. slated ί" begin Suae", v. Μ iy 21, with the biicralauivate si'rm«m. The final day of cnrnmencement will be 'Γιι ■» lay, the gradua 4 Iii η ceremoni s. T'oth programs will beirin at 8:00 p. m. Smith is th.· son of Mrs. Marguerite Smith, and a can didal· for th«· Morehe id schol arship. He has been active in the sliK'ciit body, president of the Beta club, and a member of the varsity football team. Miss Wright, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wright, is tre :-uier of her class, and has participated in the "activities of the Beta, chorus, and Future Hi-nu'iniikers organizations. Bac« alaureate Rev. P. H. Layfield, pastor of St. Paul Methodist Church, ·· ν 111 deliver th«.· baccalaureate •emon Sunday. The invocation will be made by Wayne Stev tns and benediction by Eldon Russ. During the Tuesday night proji'-am. those included on the program include Scott Lowri more. Bonnie Norris. Carrie Jean Wray, Sue Layfield. and Richard Mills. Other* Honored From the school's campus came this week that Scot Low rimore and Annette Mills have been elected "Mr. and Miss Ta bor City" by their fellow class j members. They wore earlier j elected the school's most popu lar students. Lowrimcre is the president of the student government and served as marshall of last< year's commencement pro el ams. Too, as a junior he was 1 president of his class. He has j been active in the athletic pro grams. as well as other clubs, j His parents are Mr. and Mrs.: Λ. L. Lowrimore. Miss Mills is the daughter of; Mr. and Mrs. Brice Mills. In-> luded In the list of school of ficers which she has held are the presidency of the senior j class and Future ^Homemakei s.! Like Lowrimore. she was one of last year's marshalls, and is a member of the chorus and Beta club. BRAXTON r.RAINGRR Braxton Grainger is home after receiving treatment in j the Dozier Memorial Hospital, Southport and the Loris Com· j munity Hospital. NEW YORK VISITORS Mrs. Mary E. MeLain. Mrs. Martha Dunbar. Solomas φ nd WilMam Hall "f Now York City spoilt the Mo ther's Day wookond with thi-ir moth# ι is;d *is'«;r. Mrs. (iiis.-io Chestnut and Mrs. Augustus Steward also Mrs. Kfina Price. I JOINT CIVIC MEETING The Tabor City Civitan Club and Hotaary Club mot jointly at the Cherry Grove Commun (ity Development building Mon φ day nißht. Randall Burleson was In charge of the program and ho presented four high M'hoo! students who spoke briefly on the student govern ment at the local h*gh school, j FOOL TO OPEN The swimming pool at the Carolina« Country Club will | be open euch Saturday »nd ,San lav afternoon, beginning 4 with thl» week, if the weath ^ er permit«, official* af the elnb announced today. The pool will be opanad regular- j ly beginning Jana 1. Ward, Waddell, Harrelson Signed For Mayor's Race Twee men have filed foi the caiuiidtiiy of Tubor Cit> mayor's office, according it Mrs. Murion Garrell. town cleik. The mayor, as '.veil ··. tvvii commissions wil! be u; irr elect.ι>η on *.li»e i.1. Although Harold Wurd mad·· known intentions ot tiling s»-\ :.il wi vits ugii, he «lid not nimm the ciott it-line anil pay the •Slti.lHl ι cgistratiiui fee until fhu:sday. Two days luter Kln e'l (Sappy) waddili filed jniii*,i:it, the number ol cami (.it«·?. up I«· three. Howard Hur rel.-on. whose term v' may:» j.\p:re.·· with the coming elec tion. was tir.st to bid for tin office. Two commissions to b^· cuiiie vacant are those oi Ken· • iit:i Kay and W. W. Woody The only person to file foi ι commission thus far is Mr Woody. Ward is the only new-comei HAROLD WARD · ' (v tovy'i political ! scene, Woody hns served four terms as commissioner, and Hariel •ion one l*rm as commissioner and two terms as mayor. Sev eral years ago Waddell made an unsuccessful bid (or the town's 'mayorship. Ward is married to the for mer Ν,ιψηί Williams of White ville and they are the parents of one child. He is a past pres ident of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and received that organization's Disting uished Service Award in 1957. He was also instrumental in a town wide move to get city mail de livery here, and effort which was successful. Wails Elected To U.N.C. Post Mitchell Wayne Watts, soli «if Mrs. Emma Watts, Tabor City, was recently elected secretary of the University of North North Carolina dance commit tee. The announcement of his election was made by the Beta Xi chapter of Kappa Psi phar maceutical fraternity. The committee on which he serves is in charge of officiating at all university dances and cn for.ing the laws governing these dances. Kappa Psi is the oldest phar maceutical fraternity in the United States, It was estab lished at Carolina in 1915 and since that date has played an outstanding role in the ad v ancement of pharmacy-edu cation in the state. Watts is currently the social ί chairman of this fraternity. H<.· I Is now in his third year of ί pharmacy and is scheduled *o j graduate in June 1962. ' CHAPEL HILL VISITORS Miss Jane Smith, student et JNC. visited her mother, Mrs. \. M. Smith during the week end. With her was Hank Pat lerson also a student at the University. Strawberries Bring $5.26 Per Crate Horry and Columbus co unty farmer* *rr doing well on itriwhrrrln sold on the Lorta-Tabor City Strawber ry Market this year. Through last Saturday the market, located at the Horry County Farmers Market her·, had sold 1.745 crates of karrte* for a total of M4.· 752 ?7. or an average of 95·· Μ φι 34-plnt erat·. Two Officers Held In Death Of Fipps ^ I I.I rich jailies r ipps. 20 vear-old Tabor City airman, died early the morning of Sun day. April 30, of a bullet in the I brain, a coroner's jury found Friday night at an inquest iii the courtnouse at Conway. The jury ordered Sgt. George O. (Buduy) Fowler and Police man Willis Baust·, both oi' the Horry County Police depart ment, "helil for tu.lher invest igation." No charge has been lodged against the officers. They are at liberty under $2.000 bond eaeh. I Fipps died at 5:20 a. m. April I 30 in Conway hospital after being shot in the ba.k of the head during a 120-miles-per hour chase that started north 1 of Conway and ended near j Howard, between Loris and Tabor City. At Loris. an offic j er testified, he skidded on two I wheels through a road block which had been set up uy Fowler and Gause. Six witnesses were called Friday night by Coroner Lit tlejohn Blanton in a courtroom placed to the last inch with spectators: Dr. Edward I.. Proctor, Conway general sur ;eon: Dr. C. W. Delia, Conway >athologist; I.ifjt. Μ. N. ball stics expert of SLKD: County 'oliceman Olin I. Blanton, Jr.: J. C. Gasque, Service Station operator; and SLED Agent Colin King. . Drs. Proctor" ..afid Delia ; stablished the cause of Nieath. Lieut. Catu testified that the ouuei laxen from Fipps hn»i»» had been tired (rum the .31) calibre carbine which Fowl-.-r iind Gause had with them. I\> liceman Blunton told of start i ing the chase north of Conway, ! testifying that when Fipps sped away from him so rapid ly he thought "it was a stolen car or had a load of whisky or something." Casque told of finding a bullet in a tail light and said the 1954 Ford convert ible was powered with a Mer-1 cury Engine with a four barrel I carburetor. SLED Agent Kins j testified that skid marks showed Fipps had swerved | through the road block at Loris j J on two wheels and that after Fipps was shot his car rolled; a long distance between the highway and railroad, hit a slight rise and sailed through^ the air 100 feet before coming down υιι all four wheels and rolling even further—a total, distance of "800 long steps" from the point where the car left the highway. Assisting District Solicitor Richard Dusenbury were At— | torneys Frank McGougan of Tabor City: M. C. Tyndall, if Marion: and Ed Williamson, of Whiteville. No questions were asked bv Chief Defense Counsel Η. T. Abbott. Sitting at the table with him were L. B. Dawes. Charles Dawes and Reuben Long. three of a number of Horry attorneys who volunt eered their services. Dr. Proctor testified as fol lows: At 4 a. m. April 30, he was called to the emergency room of Conway Hospital where he found a young man, brought by ambulance from Loris, suf- ι fering from a severe head in- , jury. The man was "deeply un- ί .onscious." The left side of the head was badly swollen as was j the left eye. There was a tiny j hole in the left side of the scalp at the back of the head through which blood and brain tissue exuded. There were multiple fract ures along the whole left side of the head. The patient's pup- i ils were dilated and fixed.— ι "another indicati« η of deep unconsciousness." The patient ί was "in deep shock." No blood pressure could be recorded. Λ vein was opened and a pint of pla.oma substitute and two pints of blood were administered. It was impossible to move In patient to the X-ray room be cause "we were unable to get him out of shock." "He expired at 5:20 a. m." | After death further »xemin-l1 was :n.ide of the head. Λ foreign b.Kiy shapped like t bullet ill the left side ol' tht* lead \va.- seen υπ X-ray film, .s were Imctures »>1 the skull in th: t sk!e. Dr. i'i odor showed the cor ner's jury two X-rays. Λ side . iv \v showed an opening in til«· I· nl! ijir.iiitn the hole in the ■call: at the back side ef t'o lead iiiul .slightly to the lcit. Fhis. hi· sakl, was the wound >f entrance; there was no >vound of exit. Along the left >ide of the skull, he said, the >C-rav showed "cracks like ail .•gg shell, when you crack an •gg. In fact, they're called egg »hell cracks." Asked if he had determined ihe cause of death, he said: "In my opinion the immedi ite cause of death was acute «hi ck due to blood loss, second ed to a brain injury due to a ;un shot wound." (Continued On Page 6) Fund Drive To Solicit For Cemetery A drive to raise fun.*.·; to im prove an.! permanently main Lain the Myrtle Green Ceme :ery on the Emerson Road is Slanned in the near, future, ober» C. Soles, said this week. "There are a number of loca/ families with close relatives md friends buried at Myrtle 3 rceii. This cemetery needs X'l'petual care and some perm inent improvements liiadi·. I'his topic lias been discussed >y a number of folks and we dan to raise $1200 to $1500 it iossible to put an ornamental et ice around the cemetery, >lant grass and make other im »rovements," Solus said. "We also then plan to make ;ome kind of annual arrange ment for having the cemetery aken care of. particularly iu he summer when it needs nowing." Soles stated. He indicated that Arthur 'rince was going to assist him η making the solicitation a nong relatives of persons buri cl at Myrtle Green. Chip Cox Wins Second In Regional Bee Chip C'»x, s«,n of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Cox, was second place winner i:i the regional I spelling bee held at Brogd'.-n ; Hall. Wilmington. Friday night. | He is a seventh grader in the Tabor City Schools and is| twelve years old. Twice winner of the Colum bus County "Bee" Chip has received two scholarships to Wilmington College. As second place winner Fri day evening he received a $400 | complete volume of Encyclo pedias Britainnica with 11 competing in the regional con test. The encyclopedia com-1 panv will also send a film t<»| T. Ward C5uy. superintendent,' to be· used in the Columbus I County ..chools. Brenda Oayle Tripp of Shal lotte was first place winner] ;ind will represent this region | in Washington. D. C. at the national contest. VISIT MISS JONES Mrs. J. A. Huffham. Jr., Mrs.; Nettie B. Hammond, Mrs. A·! C. Edwards and Mrs. J. C. 1 Singletary visited Miss Kate Jones at South Eastern Mem orial Hospital early in the week. Visiting her Saturday were Mrs. Η. H. Bell. Mrs. A.l M. Smith, and Mrs. C. H. Pin ner. NAGGSIIEAD Miss Martha Brooks Bell spent the weekend at Nagt! Head with a group of Meredith i College friends Ed Cartrette Dies Scddenly Wilüi-m Ed Curt rette, 55. farmer und brick mason of Route 1, Clarendon, died at his ncme Sunday at ti:45 p. in. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 3 p. m. in the Clu» - endwn Free Will Baptist Chur ch of \\ hi eh he was a member by the Hev. Raytord Harper •■in! the Rev. Jesse Hilburn. Burial was in the Clarendon Cemetery. A native of Columb us County he was a son of the late Alva Cartrette and Viola Cribb Cartrette. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Martha Cartrette: throe sons. Selmon ot Charlotte. E.irl Wilmington, Jerry of Clar itndon; lour daughters. Mrs. Lucille Perritt of Clarendon Mrs. Haztl Hinson. ol Tub.«· City. Mrs. Annie Ruth Sealy, of Newport N't ws. Va.. Mrs Mayaleen Todd of Bladenboro: 16 grandchildren; one brother. John S. Cartrette of Clarendon four sisters. Mrs. Gussie Turn er of Roekymount, Mrs. Lula Belle Cribb of Charlotte, Mrs. Sarah Sellers of Route 1, Chad bourn and Mrs. Daisy Richard son of Chadbourn. Rev. Reaves To Attend Meeting Rev. R. L. Reaves, pastor of Tabor City Presbyterian Chur ch, and Mrs. Reaves will at tend a meeting of the Synod ι i North Carolina at Raleigh June 13-15. The meeting is the cen tennial of the Southern Pres byterian Chur.h which was or ganized in Atlanta, Ga.. in 1861. Highlighting the meeting will , be an address on June 14 !j.· the Rev. William B. Mos ley missionary to Brazil since 1945. Mr. Mosley is known through out northern Brazil for his work among farmer» during a period of unprecedented' drougfhs and floods, one after another. His efforts are credit ed with having saved many lives by establishing relief ag encies. as well as introducing1 ways of irrigation by use of j windmills. In addition he pro ™»ed jobs fur the unemploy ed, In an area where modern i medicine is lacking, he over-! sees medical and dental work of a minor character. Mrs. Eleanor Spivey Passes At Home Mrs. Eleanor Dare Spivey, 76.1 died suddenly Thursday at her home, Route 1. Tabor City. A native of Horry County she was a daughter of the late1 Albert Cannon and Virgini.i ι Dare Wellington Spivey. She was the widow of Lennox Spi vey. Funeral services were held ( Sunday at 4 p. m. in the Inm.:n Funeral Home by Ihe Rev. ι ι Clyde Prince and the Rev. Cro | well Powell. Burial was in the Forest Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers were Harry Ste phens, Elbert Strickland. Har old Mills. Cub Watts, Wy.itt Mills and Lynwood Norris. She is survived by six dau ghters. Mrs. Thelma Ward of Columbia. S. C., Mrs. Lula Watts, of Baltimore, Md.. Mrs Alma Stephens of Jacksonville, Fla.. Mrs. Eva Mills of Loris. S. C\, Mrs. Zettle Norris and Mrs. Edith Norris of Tabor City' One sister. Mrs. Belle Jackson of Lumberton. Cousins To Complete Three Tabor City youths are to graduate from Pembroke State College May 29. accord ing to President Dr Walter J. Gale. Commencement will be gin at 2:30, with the Dr. Moorl and the PSC faculty for the program. From this area, the following will receive degrees: Jerry Lynwood Cartrette, 3.1 S., son of Mr. and Mrs. W.j Horace Cartrette. Rt. 2, Tabor City. Hubert Dale Tompkins. B. S.. \ und James Thorval Tompkins. | B. SS., son of Mr. and Mrs ! Don nie Tompkins. Tabor City. | Th«· brothers are cousins to 1 Cartrette. After graduation each will be qualified to teach 1' health Λ physical education; 1 biology and history. j' MRS. DAIMAH STANLEY II Mrs. Dalma* Stanley is home. I 108 Jones St., after being a pa tient in Columbus County Hoi- 11 pital. I LINDA BEST IS MISS COLUMBUS COUNTY Whiteville Girl Is Miss Columbus Enrollment in Woman's Col leke is now a sure thing for Linda Best! The oarn.ng, >f her victory m Fru.ay nmht. MUs Columbus County pag eant were a $75» educational scholarship and the chance tο compete in the Mis* · ® Carolina pageant later th.. yea\ · ·, ♦ v· - " Miss' Best, - who gavt scholarship as the reason lor entering the contest, is «' Whiteville High school senior. She added another victory to her record Friday evening her fellow contestants nameo her their "Miss Congeniality too. She IS the daughter of Mi. and Mrs. Leo Best. Judy Nix of Tabor City was the first-runner-up in the com petition and Jaye Moore Solos was second-runner-up: bo J ι are Tabor Citians. Judy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Nix. and Jaye Moores parents are Mr. and Mrs. John Soles Jr. Miss Columbus 1961 was crowned by Dixie Cox of Tab or city who won the title UM year and presided a> the reign ing Miss Columbus. Other entries included Lou ise Gilliland oi Lake Wacca rr.aw, Mary Louise Towne ' f Whiteville. Barbara Moser of Acme and Ricki Jean Norris of Tabor City. The theme of the program was "Spring Time In Dixie. Winner of 38 beauty pagean s, Miss Robin Williamson, wis director. Invocation was given by Howard Fowler and Bill Ro<*. i<rs welcomed guests Master >>f ceremonies was Oi! Burnett»'. Wilmington attorney. Judges were D vid Willet'. commander of Myrtle Beach air force base: Ja.ob Jeiining.·». former representative from South Carolina; Claude O'Shields. general manager f WECT: Ben McDonald ·>ί WECT: Mis. Mary Turbevill". lormer "Mrs South Carolina:" Rosalind Turbeville. represent ing her Florence. S. C. dancing school. Among the special guests were Gayle Miller. "Miss Lakeview": Carol HeweU •Miss Brunswick County : Ranee Williamson. "Miss Lime stone College:" and "Miss Myrtle Beach." "The Sextet" of Shallotte i High School sang two selec tions. . ι Prior to the crowning. Mis< :„x told briefly what the hon •r had meant to her. Ben Nesmith. vice president >f the Waecamaw Bank and j Trust Company, explained the •ducational scholarship clauses j vhich the winner receives. If he $7SO is not used by the re- I ipient for educational purpos es it will be added to the am nount presented at the 1902 lageant. Miss Kate Jones is a surgery »ntient in South Eastern Me-1 norial Hospital, Lumberton. Rep. Williamson Helps Defeat Re-district Rill I \ ' r j I _ tii the combined efforts I of Representative Arthur Wil liamson and Sen. Bunn Frink of Brunswick, a bill which would cut the senatorial repro I sentation of Columbus county was killed today. Fiom :i report direct from Rep. Williamson in Kaleigh, it was learned thai the bill, orig inated by Sen Leonard Lloyd of Graham county, (with the 1 Ban/et ummendment), had been passed by the senate, and then went to the House Redis tiicting Committee where the Columbus legislator and his Brunswick colleague confront ed committeemen. Sunbeam Focus Week Planned Sunbeam Focus Week will be observed ai the Tabor City Baptist Clmrch next week with a birthday party being held on Monday in the Fellowship Hall of the church at 3 p. m. All Sunbeams and the it mother's are invited to attend. Other activities foi the week include visiting shut-in's and guts t<. tin· underprivilege. Mrs. Eugene Cook is Sun beam director ;,nd on June 12 she will no willi :ive Sunbeam members to Umsteod Park. Sunocam Camp, in Kaleigh. for the week. Mrs. Rruton's Pupils To Present Recital Wednesday evening. M..v 24th. at 8 p. m„ the pi mo stu dents of the Tabor City Schools, private class of Mrs. Martha B. Bruton will appear in the annua] Spring Hecital in the school auditorium. The program for the eve ning has been divided into four parts. The second year students' compositions have all been chosen from the contemp orary composers. Students in grades six thro ugh eight will play music from varied schools such as Ibert, Schubert, and MacDowell, All members of the begin ners' class will render arrang ed popular times, with students from the high school conclud ing the program with familiar compositions such as Malagu ena and Clair de Lüne and the technically difficult but lovely Stüde" by Franz Liszt.
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