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tfTmbor City — Τ be Town With A City Future"
ΤΛΒΟΚ CITY. NORTH CAROLINA
WED.. JUNE 28. ISC!
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CHKEN HOLLAHS— R. Frank Young* (right) is justly proud of liHil
ι·π»ρ tor it has been described as one of the "prettiest patches" in the
Tabor City area bv tobaccomen. L. C. Duncan, pictured left, began
transplanting the White Gold plants on the Young farm in early April
and cropped t'.e lugs June 12. Both Young and Duncan expect high
production this year.
FA Λ! I UAH SCENE — Until the deluge of
tonvutial rains this week, scenes like the one
alic.t' v.'i s'e typical in the area. Most farmers
have removed their primings and arc currently
curing their first and second croppings. Shown
string the healthy weed above is Mrs. Bessie
tirainger on the Floyd (iraham farm between
Trbor City and I .oris. James Bennett Jr. is on
her left.
S4ct. Buddy Fowler
Keeps Nimes Secret. I
In WeeU-End Arrest.1,'
Α number of persons were
arrested by Horry County Po
lice over the week-end .if ,
Smith's Place at Ba.vboro after
a couple of altercations ·:ι ι
which L. Buffkin was shot, ι
φ· County Policeman Willi··
Ganse snid Keith Lawson and
Buf'.in became e .-"iroiVd with!
some other persons there an.l j
Buffkin was shot. Then, hi· ,
said, they went to State Lin.·
and came back with some bud
dies, armed with pistols and 1
i'uns.
When cotiAly police arrived j
at Smith's Place, he said. Law
son had a number of rusto
* mers of the establishment ;
lined up against the side of
the building with their hands 11
in the air.
Sut. Buddy Fowler over-!
ruled («attse when the latter
attefiptcd t<· tell The Loris
S«'ittiii'·! t»·.· n"mrf of th<~r
unvested. took the record book
from finis«· /in-l placed it in ·
drawer lit sold th.it ho -'H
Λικ>· < h'wisc Mi make tlx· nam···;
public heraus'· the men hid
not b'cn tried "and they ^ave
(.unities.'
Hcrry Covnty Gets
9.6 Miles Of P.oads
Horry county will act ft
miles of grading and surfat In»
of secondary road · roc n.
^ The project i> included in
road and bridge projects "list.
inE SI.Ä00.000 on which senle·'
bid« will be ppened by the St itc
Highway Department in Co
lumhia on Tuesday. July 18
East Vaughn In
lienor Croup
I Kiii Vaughan of VVhiteville,
Slate Motor C. liil> district iiuim
ikit fur Coluuibiis Comity,
Mined membership in the
•oinpany's most ex.lusive ho»
>r group, the Founders Club,
luring a recent new sales con
est in the state.
To qualify for the club. .1
cprescnt.itive must produce a
inn'inrrn of "»(» 1·· \v mas'· 1
ncmbership sales in a five
vcek period. Vaughan lopped
his goal with 52 and will be
jresented a distinctive lapel
jin and honored in special
•ereinonies ;it the club's annu
al meeting in January. The
Founders Club was formed last
mir m memory of John <'·.
•"razier. Jr.. who founded the
notor club in 1929 and served
is its president until 1955.
Vaughan's achievement drew
ligh praise from Thomas B.
Λ itkin . president of the mot
>r citib nnd of the National
Automobile Association. with
which it is affiliated, and ^nm
I e wis IV ScrtiflRji» state sales
upcrvisor and manager of the
Rocky Mount division.
Vauj'han consistently places
lugh in the company's annual
iw nds and last year captured
I' " motor club's most coveted
lienor, the "Mr. Motor Club"
rophy with a large cash" *
,ν.ΊΓΊ. for the most outstanding
a)t around performance.
nutzes bis home in Whitc
i-il'e \eith his wife Beverly and
five children.
t'ORBF.TT FAMILY
The cfiarlie Corbett's are
tow at home here after a stay
II Louisiana.
Leaf Crop
Future Is
Hopeful
Heavy mins have swamped
Coiumbus County ii.r the p„..i
week making harvesting of the
area's precious money oup
near to impossible; yet. County
Agent Charles D. Rüper says
that lie bei it· vi s "Wc are Mill
soiii·.· to have a normal mm
son."
ile explained, "Tobacco
e«*i as to have a high degree
of resistance this Vear. Right
alter our crop was' set, hlong
came a heavy frost. "Most fields
, Mood tiiis. Then more cold
weather, and later a bunch of
stickers. I: the crop can stand
.t!l of this, it will probably
recover from the wet spell
; we're now having."
! Raper said thai it will be . t
.. a. t a week before a curate
knowledge of damage to crops
. a;i be ascertained.
Although several streets in
Tabor City were near to im
pas. ,ble Tuesday i'.ue t<· th··
! downpour by evening most or
' the excess water had subsided.
Cluiebourn, however, was not
•o fortunate. Pleas for motor
ic's to stay off the town's main
I (Brown) street were broadcast
roughout the evening. Stor-s
•it one street were flooded
, -ach time an automobile p i«.·:·
' d through the water-filled
streets causing cost Iy damage
to merchandise.
Olivers were required !;
•'ord Highway 410 f· r several
miles Tuesday which ap
maching Cli n.bourn trom the
•oiith even though a new canal
» ι beer. du_; to remove excess
water.
One Lake Waccatnaw resi
dent reported Tuesday that the
level of the canal and lake
ivci· the same wilh water run
ning across the man-made
penninsula where many siim
mer cottages were damaged.
Λ bridge on a rural paved
load two mi'fs n· rtheast of
VVannpnish. near l.ake VVac
;>m'iw. was wash·· \ ι υ1
Four Arresfed
After Fracas
Three men and a woman
were arrested Saturday after
noon by Tabor City oilicers
after reports that they were
annoying a resident here, Mrs.
D. W Ί·.' .Jr.. whose home i<
on Kif.bth street.
Charged with public drunk
enness wele Woldon Todd, 20;
Hoy I.ee Todd, 27; Ralph Ben
nett Moore, 33, all of Bladen
tjoro: and Edna Johnson, 25.
whose address was listed by
oilirers as MuMlns. S. C.
\frs. Ward told Chief Jesse
Parker an I Officer Ted Watts
thai the quartet came to her
home and created a disturb
ing and that she asked them
to leave several times befo.e
she summoned the law.
The officers said that tin
Todd* resisted arrest and had
to be taken to jail forcibly.
In a hearing in Mayor's cour'
, Monday earn defendent enter
j ed a nle/i of guilty to all of
the enarges.
Mayor Howard Harrelson
continued judgement.
merry Man
Oets tideway
&liosl Post
\V Itunkin, 2"-year ol«l
ι»;.ι. o; tii«.· Allsbrook urea near
l.o. . has Lein appointed
p'o.eip ! of liiaeevay school;
·. ι·ι·ι·ι.Γ·.. to Clyi.o Ii. c;. n.
. iiü.iMH .·: t ic Guitu tt jv
schont committee.
,· ..k 11 Ml·. V l!i W. N'. "Hill"
V. 11 · iti 11 .! w:in resigned t<·
aec, >1 t'u |ji'iii[;i|)ulshi|j at
i'ouinport Ιί'-,'.ΐι School in
Lrun.swick county.
iiui.icvvav's new principal
iittetic.t· I I n. is High School
and was a inembei of the foot
ball squad. l.utcr he attended
We.-ti π· Catolina College. Cu!
iowin-e. ansl received a B. C.
•.'••«ιim in eleimntary ciluca
ii. m. iii I·.is also spent some
time working toward a :aii~-t
i'.'s degree at tnc same eol
i 'ego.
itankin is a Navy veteran,
i having s| < nt four years (19511
54) on tiu'.y in Europe, South
America and Africa. During
ihe Kummers he has spent
most of tiie time on his par
I ents' farm at Allsbrook. They
j are Mi. and Mrs. Harry Kank
; in.
The ιie\v principal lias spent
■ ι'-·: · %· ι - i:i s.hool adminis
, t live work. Me i* married to
• .he 'oriiii·:· Cnielinc Jones of
j'.ori.-. T;.ey have one daught
1 RC\A! 1) HARD
1 Π. I.alt! Ward returned home
w '.er.! ν from the Conway, S.
i.'. il< spit ii where hi· undcr
·· < iil a skin gr ift following the
·ι:ι; iitatή of the greater tue.
ϋι· re : 'es with his parents.
Vir. air' Mrs. Eugene Ward, an
the I.ori>-Tabor Cily Koad,
ι just lvlow Howard.
I JUI.Y 4TII SCIIEDt'LE
AM Tabor City stores, as well
; as the bank and postaffice. are
ι ärbeduli'd In lit· closed 'furs·
»lay July 4. according to Hon
Ltivrll, executive secretary of
the merchants association. T'-ir
«•rp;.it bureau ofiice will also
tie i'Iiisrd in observance of In
fi.·»» nf(«T.re it·!·,·.
Teds Arrest
Nine In Jam
Liquor Sales
F1a_»HI£NCE — Federal Λ1
cohol and 'lubaccu Tax agci.is
I arrested nine defendants in
the Jam section oi ilurry eu
unty early Friday morning as
the result of undercover work
i iiiu'in . the last nine weeks,
i Brougni bolore U. S. Com
I mis.-ioiur V.. L·. Tyson Jr., t:.c
iniio «·!ύΐ·.· men were release«·
on bonus totaling .ss.500 for
ι their appearance in Federal
couit here Dei . 4.
All were charged with pos
I session of non-tax paid whisk
I ey lor the purpose ot salt.· and
■ lor transporting non-tax paid
whiskey.
Four motor vehicles and 50
I ases of empty one-half gallon
i jars were also seized in the
I well-planned activity.
Λ total of 228 gallons of
I whiskt\ had been bought from
I the defendants by a Federal
Agent since April 21.
Released t.n $1.500 bond
• were Guy and M. C. Lovett.
Putting up SI.(J00 bond were
|Gately Hammond, Avis Strick
land, J. L). Strickland and Na
inon Hulfkin. while Jesse
Benttm and Douglas Ruffkin
and Robert But!kin were re
leased on $500 bond eacii .
A 1900 pickup was seized
from Avis Strickland; a 195(1
pickup from Hubert Buffkin; a
1959 car from Hammond; and
' a 1953 car Inno the Lovetts.
Each of the defendants re
questel a preliminary hearing
which was set by Commission
er Tyson for 3 P. M. July 7 in
the Federal building in Flor
ence.
ι
Special Program
caet For Emmanuel
Fmmanuel Holiness Church
ι will host a special inisjon pro
tram rhurr^ay night beginning
• i«t 7:30.
1 l.e si-rvice will bo conduct
ed by eight students of Holmes
Bible College. Greenville. S. C.
They are visiting many church
es while enroute to Mexico.
For the program the Holmes
Frio will present special mu
sic.
Tries For State
!
FFA Award Tonite
.'\s ι mis rowier was rcady
ini! himself for discharge from
Uli· Navy lato in 1359. hp be
c.11110 mor? and more concern
ed about I he work which ho
wanted to choose for Iiis post -
(TVice life.
j His preferences boiled down
to one—the North Carolina
Highway Patrol. Hut the Tabor
City native was told lie was
not qualified to apply because
he had not finished high school.
Itcturning to school was more
problematic to (»«lis than it
would have been to many nth
< rs. for. being married, and
father of a small child, he had
to provide a living for Iiis fam
ily.
But. having been discharged
from the Navy in January
he enrolled in Tabor City
High School to add to the two
\ hours of school credit he had
attained before entering ser
vice.
Fowler graduated in May
with honors. He wns named
«Inner of the ΚΓΛ Farm Elec
trification prize and the oppor
tunity to try to capture the
State prize.
While Fowler was in school
he was employed in the after
noons and summers by PiggW
Wiggly; Mrs. Fowler worked
at the Columbus Manufacturing
Co., Inc.
With diploma in hand Od is
was finally able to send his
application to the Patrol, fol
lowing the schol's closing, lie
hopes that he wil be notified
of being accepted soon.
Tonight the 24 year old man
will represent the local FFA
Federation at the FFA Farm
and Home Electrification
Awards Hanquct in Raleigh
The awards event is a high
light of the annual State FFA
convention held In Knleigh
and designed to recognize vo
cational agriculture students
who have made outstanding
I applications of electricity in
Ihe home and on (he farm
If Fowler should be named
the state winner, he will re
ceive $123 from electric com
panies sponsoring the banquet
'Including CPAL·. another $100
from thp National FFA Foun
dation. He is already assured
of receiving $30 for being the
Waccamaw Federation winner
and $100 for having been the
district winner.
Teachers of the state win
ner will also be given an
award of $125. In Fowler's
■ case, his teachers are Sam L.
i Jackson and Fred Lay, Jr.
Grape Growers
Find Two Types
Of Market For Crop
Members of the Horry Co- I —
uiity Grape Growers Assoc ia- I g
tiun were really heartened , J
Thursday night when they
took a bit oi an advance look '
.it marketing conditions for J
this year's Concord grape crop.
Two types of outlet will be 1
open to them this year, they J
learned: a market for the fresh
fruit and a market lor process
grapes. η
Last year most of the grapes c
were sold to neighbors who ύ
came and picked them for t,
themselves, yet grape growers ' s
tin that, their first crop of the ^
then two-year-old vines, reap- j.
ed enough profit to pay the j,
entire cost of the vineyards, j
This year, they fvere told by Ί
Joe McCormick, vocational ag- (
riculture teacher of Loris High {
School, a New York commis
sion merchant wants to handle
all the top quality grapes from s
this area as fresh grapes, pack
cd in two quart paper con
tainers. 16 quarts to the ship- ^
ping container.
And, lie said, there will also (
be a market f<;r process grapes ι
. of 16 percent >ugar content ,
j through the Palmetto Crape 1
j Marketing Association, which '
hgfe a juicing pl^nt at Spart- ι
aqburg . j j
j In order to sell through the .
! Palmetto association, he said, j j
a grower must tirs' become a (
member by purchasing $50 in k
common stock anc! S50 in pre
ferred stock per acre. .
The Mew York commission :
merchant has said that if the
grapes are of the quality he 1
understands them to be, h.· *
believes growers can get $8 '
per 24 quarts (42 pounds).
The Palmetto Marketing As- '
sotiation, McCormick said, 1
will pay growers a down pay- I
ment of $75 per ton when the t
grapes are delivered and later «.
will send them dividend |
checks representing their share ν
of profits made by the associ- j
ation. <
It was not made entirely λ
clcar whether it would be j
possible for growers to us · > ^
Doth the fresh and the process ^
outlets, as a member of the
Palmetto Association said the \
by-laws of that organizat'on *
require that a member sell j
grapes only to the association, j
■Π-1 II
«dour ACQUIS
Attend Camp 1
Ten members of Tabor City's :
Boy Scout Troop 508 will re- (
turn home Saturday after '
spending a week or more at '
Camp Tom Upchurch near {
Hope Mills. With them for th·· '
camping session has been '
Scoutmaster James Co\.
Attending the camp are Jim I
Bos well, Phil Dellinger. Hustv *
Carter. Gordon Smith. Al
Brlcc, Chip Cox. Alan Thomp- *
<"n. Sammv Averett, Eddie '
Gore and Eddie Wright. The ·
first three Scouts arrived at '
Camp Tom Upchurch a week; 1
earlier than other members oi
their troop ]
The camp registration this
week also Includes Trop
of the Methodist Church of
Whlteville with Stanley Shear
rin as Scoutmaster; and Troop
R27 of the Bladenboro Jaycee«
with C. O. Bridger as Scout
master
Scoutmaster Cox. who re
turned briefly to Tabor City
yesterday, said that local Scout*
are all having a good time and
working hard on their advance
ment. Scouts Eddie Wright and
Alan Thompson are working
toward the completion of their j
Second class requirement<. j
while the other attending mem
bers of the troop are worMnc
on merit badge requirements. |
Mrs Belle Bruton ig home
I from the hospital after under
going surgery.
Soles Speaks
\1 Rotary
Ladies Night
R. C. Soles. Jr.. local attor·
L*y, spoke on the law anil tin
langes that have been mad<
ι its purpose and interpre
ition at a ladies night and in
allation of officers of the T;i
t»r City Rotary Club at Mos
ins Restaurant. Ocean Driv
each. Monday night.
Ben L. Ncsntith. Jr.. bankc
nil charter member of the Ro
iry, was instated as presidenl
aul Rogers. Jr.. is the ne*
ice-president. Randall Burk
on. secretary: and R. C. Sole.·
r.. treasurer.
Nesmith succeeds Richar
iordon as president.
Spivey Passes
In Gastonia >
Funeral services wire hcl
Saturday. Ju^e 17, <>t 2 pit
t Pisgah Presbyterian Churc
η Oastonia with full Masoni
ites for William McKinle
pivey. formerly of Tabor Cit>
>fficiating ministers were th
!ev. Μ. B. Grier and the Hex
iobei t E- Craig.
He died on June 15 in th
last on Memorial Hospital of
cart attack at the age of 5(
Survivors include his \vif<
he former Elva Clark of Chai
litte: one son. Mack Spivey ο
laltimore. Md.. and a daugi
er Mrs. Bob Random of Pcnn
ylvania; his step-mother. Mr·
lelle Spivey of Tabor City; als
ix brothers. Hubert and Jo
ipivey of Tabor City. Doe
•pivey of Del.and. Fla.· Nov
ood Spive.v of Exetlcr. Calif
"layd Spivey of Hampton. S.C
'laude Spivey of Miiuaukei
Vise., five sisters. Mrs Brod
is Turbevillo. Mrs. Bostai
iarvis. Mrs. .lohn Gary McMil
tan Mrs. Dayton Causey c
'ahor City and Mrs. Lind
'ayne of Milwaukee. Wise.
3utstanding Rccord
cor Gore's Holstein
"Ilona I'ontiae." a llolstei
wned by Lacy fire of Clären
on, produced IS 790 pound
f milk in 305 days, aeeordin
ι» the Holstein-Friesi; η As.vi
iation with which the Colum
his County dairyman is
umber.
The eow also produced 53
>ounds of butterfat du rinn th
ame period.
North Carolina State Collet;
upervlsed the weighing am
I'stinu of milk production a
part of the official herd test
nc prograamas of the natlotu
lolstein organization
4cCumbee Joins
ichilds Staff
Fred McCumbee. formerly ii
he insurance business in thi
ire«, has joined the sales fore
it Schilds in Tabor City. Λ
»ort Schilds, owner, annoutx
d today.
McCumbee was associate
yith the S liilds sales for«
ome years ago and is we
«now η throughout this sei
lion. "We are happy to ha'
Vir. McCumbee b«ick with t
ind be welcomes his frien»
md former customers to fire
η and see him." Schilds sai
MASS OBSERVED
Saint Francis Catholic Chn
"h In Tabor Cltv Is holdli
Hai* each Sunday mornir
rommencln* at 9:4).
All parrlfthnero and the pal
le hi Invited to participate.
Road Chase Begins Here,
Ends In Robeson County
j Λ road chi»se which began
In Tabor City early Sunday
morning and ended in Itobeson
1 county icsulted in multiple
chariies of traffic violations by
i George Larry Cox. 18. of Luin
berton.
Cox. driving a i960 pickup,
halted at tin· intersection of
Kailroad avenue and Highway
Till in front of the Tabor City
police station, having conic
irom tile direction of Loris.
Then, according to officers, the
vehicle abruptly .screamed in
to motion heading toward
Whitevile. Officer Ted Watts,
who was parked in front of
Prince Motors, noted the flee
in« pickup and beiian pursu
ing it. As the truck departed
from the town limits Watts
called ahead and requested ;<
road block It was furnished
by Trooper F. D. McLean..
McLean said that he blocked
tlu* highway with his patrol
car at the by-pass intersection
south of Whiteville but to no
avail as the pickup swerved
around hi-; vehicle and con
tinued down tiie by-pass. Mc
Lean reported that the truck
soon went through the red
light at the Pine Log road wide
open and turned left at th·.»
intersection of US 74-7ti and
701
The chase was continued
, through Chadbourn and then
on down 74. In the meantime.
McLean called ahead for a road
block in Robeson county. Λ
state trooper there managed
to pull a running road block
and the youth finally stopped.
C McLean charged the youth
ί ι with jp-edi'iu I Oft miles-per
i. jie· :, r«.-V.es driving an-' fail
h ing to stop for a red light,
π Oficers in Whiteville and
\· ι Chadbourn mfiy later add charg
j es to the list.
r , McLean, after asking why
the youth's haste, said he was
told the boy wanted to see how
ι· j fast the pickup would run "and
;i ι just never stopped.''
I The lauoi L.uy ponce tiiaig*
* cd Cox with speeding Kb m.p.h.
- j in a 35 m.p.h. zone, [ailing to
f stop lor siren and stop light,
•; .ind spinning wheels. In May
- . tir's court Monday he pleaded
1.1 guilty to spinning his wheels
ι j ,md lor thisTilfertse was charg
ed the tost of court,
ζ Chadbourn officers have on*
. tered charges for the same of
i tenses .
In Recorder's court Tuesday
:he tiefend» nt was tried for
.'the violations listed by the
,1 Highway Patrol, found guilty,
-i ixl required to, pay a $50
j. lim·, court c<> is. and his driv
t fi-'s In cn.-c was suspended.
Clayton Lewis
At Seminar
Clayton I^-vvis. principal of
Williams Τ ο w η s h ι ρ Η i g h
s School, is one of the 3li prln
* cipals in the state selected tu
attend the Simlnar at the Un
" ivcrsitv of North Carolina,
' Chapel Hill.
Classes will begin the week
* I July 3 under Dr I. C. Riedie
* for a period <>f six weeks.
Mrs. I ewis plans to go ίο
Chapel Hill July Iii for sum
■ mer school classes in business
' administration Their son.
- j Hti«rh. will be with his grand
1 parents, Mr and Mrs. Η. H.
Lewis at Green Sea.
Several Are Hurt
Several person suffered mi··
ι nor Injuries Monday night
s when two automobiles were ln
«■ volved In a head-on side-swipe
- on the Lorls-Tabor City high
- way.
Highway Patrolman Eddie
! Jones said his Investigation
'' showed that Benjamin Lorry
Harnhill, Rt 2. Tabor City, was
* driving η 1951 Ford north and
' that Robert Wayne Harrelson,
Is Rt. 2. Loris. was driving a
* 1056 Ford south when the side·
J swipe occurred.
Roth cars were practically
total losses, he said, bul th^
P. ι occupants, including Ruby κ
Tyler. Rt. I. Lorls, who he sold
iK was a pasenger In the Barn
hlll car. were treated at Loris
>. Community Hospital tmergen
1 cy room and dipmlaed. 1