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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 4
99Tabor City — The Toum With A City Future99
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 2. 1961
TABOR CITY. NORTH CAROLINA
19c PER COPY—S3.·· A YEAR
BURNED OUT—A severe electrical storm t ook a heavy toll on property in the Tabor City
area Thursday night, including the home of Mrs . Carolyn Henderson. The home, located a mile
west of town, a rustic frame structure was comp letely leveled when struck by lightening around
10r80 p.m. The entire contents of the home were lost, including Mrs. Henderson's clothing and
money, and the clothing of the children picture d (left to right), twins Linda Fa ye and Brenda
Kaye; Susy, Kenny, and (not pictured) Ronnie. Shown with them is Betty Buffkin, a friend of
the family.
During Storm;
Work Thru Nile
A severe electrical storr
struck the Tabor City area lat
Thursday leaving one lamil.
homeless and others with thei
home and electrical equipmen
damaged.
I Mrs. Carolyn Henderson wn
away from her home when i
was struck by lightening a
round 10:30 that night. Thi
frame structure, known as th<
Guthrie Fowler house, wa:
completely reduced to ashe
with only three chimney:
standing when Mrs. Hendersoi
returned to her home.
Household furnishings, m
well as the clothing of Mrs
^ Henderson, her twin daughter:
who are one year old; anothei
daughter, 3; two sons, 5 arte
8, were burned.
The mother, who is employ,
ed at Corbett's Commissary
said inat there was no insur·
ance on their home.
Utilities Damaged
All toll circuits of the tele
phone system were not func
tioning Thursday night for an
hour and a half, according tc
a company spokesman.
"This was due to commercial
power failure," haa^d." "Wt
rushed an emergency jgenerat
or to Tabor City and UMed out
own power for six hotiM until
the damaged lines of the,com
mercial power company were
repaired," he explained.
A firm specializing in elec
trical repairs reported that
most damages reported to their
offices were on electric water
heaters and washing machines.
Television repairmen of the
town aserted that no reports
of damages to sets were re·
ported. "Most people know to
disconnect their TVs during
bad storms," one repairman
stated.
Instrument Melted
. Η. M. Leaman, manager of
the area's Carolina Power and
Light company, disclosed to«
day that the reason for Thurs
day's power failure was attri
buted to lightenning striking a
control instrument between
Tabor City and Williami
Township school. Difficulty in
locating the broken circuit
caused residents to encounter
a blackout from 10:30 p. m.
until 3:00 the next morning.
/ "This has been the worst
year for electrical storms that
I have experienced in my 3«
years with utility companies,'
Mr. Leamon noted. He ex·
plained that severe lightening
I storms are expected every four
I years .
"This was the year for such
bad storms," he said, "but we
didn't expect such bad ones."
He also revealed that verti
cle lightening, such as is pre
valent this year, is most dam
aging as compared to hori
zontal lightning.
Mr. Leamon reported that a
twister struck Lake Wacca
maw Tuesday night, creating
damages to trees and utility
lines in the canal area.
HELD IN SLAYING
A coroner's jury ruled Fri
day night that Odell Duncan,
18. of Wananish; Olin Ward.
18, of Hallsburo; Edward Mack
Cause, about 18, of Hallsboro;
ind David Anson Martin, 18,
Wananish, be held for grand
lury action for the slaying of
Robert Freeman, Negro, on
July 16.
Mrs. Lennon
Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Leoria Lewis Lennon,
50, Tabor City native, died
unexpectedly at her Summer
home at Crescent Beach Sat
urday.
Mrs. Lennon, the widow of
Wayland Bagley Lennon, form
er vice president of Waccamaw
Bank and Trust Company, was
the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. John Leon Lewis.
She resided in Fairmont.
Final rites were heid Sun
day at 4 p. m. at Trinity Meth
odist Church in Fairmont by
the Rev. Paul Browning with
burial in Floyd Memorial
Cemetery.
Survivors include a son,
Wayland Bagley Lennon, Jr. of
Fa'rmont a daughter, Mrs. J.
Edward Hill of Richmond, Va.,
and a sister, Mrs. Harriett L.
Sikes of Tabor City.
CASE OF THE CORNY CAT — Blackie, a—
kitten owned by the J. Arthur Thompsons
of hadbourn Rl, is an unusual feline for she
does not like milk; however, she craves fresh
from-the-field green corn. She is shown tackling
the uncooked kernels, and with ruffled fur is
defying a tabbied brother to »hare it.
Short
Stories
' ATTENDS CAMP
Among the 90 boys attend
j ing the North Carolina Forest
; ry Camp this week at Single
! tary Lake is William E. Hall
| man of Fair Bluff.
KILLED ON HIGHWAY
Leroy Nobles, 32, of Chad
bourn Rl, was killed by an
automobile driven by Sam
Pink Ward, on a rural road
near New Hope Saturday. No
charges have been filed and an
inquest has been sei for Aug
ust 15.
FILES CIVIL SUIT
George McPherson has filed
a civil suit of $20.800 for in
juries received in a two-car
wreck near Tabor City on NC
410 on July 3. Ezra F. Harrel
son has been listed as the de
fendant.
BACK FROM TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Wright
and son, Russell, Mr. an« Mrs.
William rf. Shelley. Jr. and
daughter. Bonnie Dale, are
:ome from a several day tnp
to Washington, D. C.
CANCER SOCIETY
The Columbus County Can
cer Society will meet Tuesday.
August 15. at 8 p. m. at Hotel
Whlteville for election of offic
ers and other important busi
ness announced Dr. J. E.
Wyche. president. All board
members are urged to attend..
MELVIN THOMPSON
Melvin Thompson is a pati
ent in Southeastern Memorial
Hospital, Lumberton, where he
underwent major surgery Mon
!ny.
TAYLOR'S VISIT
Mr. and Mrs Jack Π. T'tylor
and children. Tommy and Bar
•«•r. of Cincinnati. Ohio visit
ed Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Rogers
• nd Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Rog
ers last week. Mr. Taylor is a
nephew of the Rogers.
WESTERN TRIP
Miss Marti a Harrelson and
Mrs. Robert Davis have re
turned home from Colorado
Springs. Colo, where they vis
ited Miss Harrelson's sister
and family, Major and Mrs. O.
I«. Marsh. They also toured
places of interest in the West
while on the trip.
Silver Dollar Days Begia
Dollar Days will begin tomor
row (Thursday) marking tin
fourth year that shoppers her
will-..have the chance t«> wij
cash prizes to go along vitl
the bargain·.* being offered b;
local merchants during t n<
special promotion.
Thirty-five stores and busi
η esses are participating in thi
big giveaway, which will rui
from 1 hursday's tobacco mar
ket opening through Septemb
or 8.
A published list of partial
ι , p<umg merchants and complete
• ι contest rules appear elsewhere
j ill this week's Tribune.
;| Outright gifts totaling $1000
ι ι Silver Dollars will be given
) away. Prizes will be divided
ι in the following manner: The
five first prizes will be for
j $100 each. The next Jour win
■ j ners will receive $50 each. The
following 12 winners will get
ι $25 each .
Everyone is eligible to enter
the contest with the exception
of store owners and managers
■ and their immediate families.
Clerks in stores are eligible
to enter only when they re
ceive tickets in stores othui
than the ones in which they
work.
As has been the custom in
past vears, tickets issued by
the participating nurchants
will be exchanged for master
tickets at the rati* of ten for
one. Only the master tickets
will be used in the drawing for
the $10(10 Silver Dollars.
'l'wenty-one master ticket4-'
will be drawn and placed on a
curl wheel. Darts will be cast
at the wheel t«i determine the
' winners .
Individual merchants are al
: so donating additional prizes
which will be given away on
Sept. 8.
lti addition to local merch
ants, Tabor City tobacco ware
houses will also be giving Silv
er Dollar tickits.
The $1000 Silver Dollars to
: be given away are on display
in the lobby of the Waccamaw
Bank and Trust Co., Tabor
City .
High Weed Prices Foreseen
Warehousemen Are Ready
For Tomorrow's Opening
looacco was lulling into the
Tabor City Tobacco Market to
day from all parts of Columb
us and Horry counties. The big
warehouses are ready and the
chant of the auctioneer will be
heard at the first sale tomor
row (Thursday) morning at
Planters Warehouse hearlding
the official beginning of the
1961 sales season.
Second sales will be at Car
olina and third sales at New
Farmers.
Sales Supervisor Ken Lovell,
at the helniof the Tabor City
leaf auctiutf^for the second
year, noted today that the loc
al market has been the top
market in the Border Belt for
11 or 13 ye«rs, average-wise.
Last year's at »rage was $62.94
per h und .yd (or t»e 9,260,808
pounds of'leaf soft in Tabor
City.
"We have led in average in
11 of the past 13 years; that is
led all markets in the Border
Belt," Lovell said, on the eve
of the 1961 opening. "And, I
certainly see no reason why
we won't lead it again this
year. Wt· expeci 'n have the
same good tobacco coming
here and we have the same
good tobacconists ready to get
the high dollar for the grow
ers."
Four Houses
The houses that will operate
on the Tabor Market this year
includes New Farmer's, Caro
lina and Garrell's Warehouses,
all three of which will be op
erated by R. C. Coleman. Sr.,
R. C. Coleman, Jr.. Joe Cole
man. O. L. Coleman, and Har
riett Sikes, and Planter's
~p '
Warehouse, which will be op
erated by Don Watson, Sr.,
Dun Watson, Jr. and Cliff
Stevens.
Auctioneers who'll be chant
ing the high dollar at the Yam- j
town market are Joe Coleman ι
at the three houses to be oper- j
ated by members of his firm; j
Harry Nunn at the Planter's
house.
First sale on opening day,
Thursday. Aug. 3, will be at
Planter's Warehouse, starting
at 9 a. m.
Everyone is optimistic about
the Tabor City market, and its
anticipated sales this year.
Both farmers and the above
named tobacconists agree that,
despite the cold Spring and the
rainy growing season, produc
tion is not expected to be down
more than 10 percent if that
much.
j And, all seem to echo "Share
. cropper's" words about leading
I the Border Belt . . . they don't
I "see any reason why Tabor
j City won't lead the belt again"
j in average money paid out.
THOMPSON'S VACATION
The M. C. Thompson's re
cently spent a week's vacation
at Cherry Grove Beach. Dur
ing their stay there Maurice
Buffkin visited them also Mr.
and Mrs. Johnnie Hewell of
Lumberton. Their recent din
ner guests at home included
1 Mr. and Mrs. Murray Jackson
of Bennettsville. Mrs. Jack
Whitley and daughters. Lillian
and Sandra, of Bennettsville.
also Mr. and Mrs. Murray
Jackson, Jr. and children. Bill
and Susie, of Conway.
. >v;· ■••V ; ■ . vr·.
CD Program Is
Suggested For
1961 Jaycees
A program promoting Civil
Defense was suggested as a
major project lor the Tabor
City Jaycees in 1961 Tuesday
night by 13th District vice
president Marvin Wilson of
Wilmington.
Visiting the local club at its
regular meeting, Wilson was
the featured speaker, and
talked to the members about
goals and rewards in jteycee
„ work, both local and on a
statewide basis'. I
Current projects of the; club
include a membership drive—
designed to increase the num
ber to 25—and a birthday cal
endar.
The next project to be und
ertaken is a bicycle safety pro
gram which will include in
spection of bicycles, riding in
struction and classroom in
struction in safe operation.
This program is expected to
begin shortly after school op
ens this year.
Clifford Gore, first vice
president of the club, presided
at the Tuesday night meeting
in the absence of president Bill
Rogers .
Stores will remain open on
Wednesday afternoon each
week for the remainder of tin
year. according to the merch· ί
ant* association.
* " i
REUNITED — The eight sons and daughters of Mrs. Mary Ward Norris
Fiiedman were together again Sunday for the first time in 14 years.
Mrs. Friedman, who is deceased, was a resident of the Chadbourn area.
Descendant« came to the reunion from all over the country. The cele
bration was held in the recreation park of CP & L's Lumberton power
plant. Members of the original Nori,· and Friedman families were David
Friedman, El Monte, Calif.; Paul Friedman. Chadbourn; F. Edgar Norrie,
Chadbourn; Mrs. D. M. Thompson, Gretna, Va.; Mrs. Frank Sutton, Lum
berton; Mrs. Amber Causey, Little River, S. C.; Mrs. Azilee Sims, Ocean
Drive, S. C.; and Mrs. J. R. Eason, Savannah, Ga.
Young Girl Dies
Lana Sue Richardson, 12,
daughter of Ciena Shaw and
F-rvin Richardson, 518 Sandy
Valley Road, Fayetteville, died
it> Lous Community Hospital
Sunday at 7:30 p. in. She was
visiting with her family at her
paternal grandmother's home
in Clarendon.
The youth became suddenly
ill in the afternoon and was
admitted to the hospital at 3
p. m. where physicians report
ed that she had suffered a
heart attack.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday at 11:00 a. m. in the
Inman Funeral Home by the
Revs. Charlie H. Hall and Joe
Stanley. Burial was in the For
est Lawn Cemetery.
In addition to her parents
she is survived by one brother,
George Michael Richardson;
ont sister, Anna Richardson of"
the home; paternal grandmo
ther. »»; is. Annie Shaw, Ever
green.
ν —1
Ν ?gro Boy Drowns
f ear Sandy Plains
A IV'-yew-old Negro bo>
drowned in a pond two miles
east of Sandy Plains Monday
about 5:30 p. m.
The Loris Rescue Squad was
called to the scene bit the
body was recovered just about
the time they arrived.
The drowned man was ident
ified as Robert Bracey of Bis
hopville .
He and two other Negro
boys, all unable to swim, were
playing in the pond, jumping
from shore onto an inflated
inner tube. When Bracey
jumped on the tube it popped
out from under him and he
went down in 10 feet of water.
Federal Authorities
Hold 3 Horryites
FLORENCE t Special)—Three
Horry County men have beer
released on bond to face
charges of violation of inter
nal revenue laws in federal
court here the first week in
December.
Arrested by federal and coun
ty agents were Jimmy Buffkin.
Lindwood Roy Buffkin and
Dewey Small. They were
charged with possessing prop
erty intended for use in the
manufacture of illegal whisky.
In addition. Jimmy Buffkin
was charged with possesison of
illicit whisky, transporting il
legal whisky and carrying on
the busincs of a distiller with
out a license.
The defendants were ar
raigned before U. S. Commis
sioner W. B. Tyson Jr.
MESSAGE TO MOTORISTS
I'olice Chief Jesse Barker
extended a request today
that merchants and their
employees and all Tabor
City residents make use of
off-street parkin* facilities
as much as possible during
the tobacco market se..
In order to allow space for
farmers and other out of
town visitors.
Barker Indicated that the
most critical parking situa
tions occur on Railroad and
Fifth Streets during this
period of heavy congestion.
Parking ordinances will be
enforced, but it is hoped
that It will not be necessary
to give citations.
"If we get full coopera
tion from merchants and
their employees. I dost
think we will her· to write
any ticket·," Barker said.
The I era! thne limit far
street perking la the busi
ness district la two hews.