THE ONLY PULIT ZER PRIZE WINNING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE ü NITED STATES More Than 10.000 People Read The Ί Tribune Every Week VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 1« *75(e «Tabor City WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1961 — The Toum With A City Future" TABOR CITY. NORTH CAROLINA People Shop From The Pages Of Their Hometown Newspaper lie PER COPY—»S.M A TEA· NEWLY ELECTED Future Farmers of America officers for the 1961 - (>2 school year at Tabor City High School are: Lane Buffkin (seated) president; others, left to right, Gene Duncan, vice-president; Ronald Ward, reporter; Buck Bullard, sentinel; Larry Herring, treasurer; and Charles Strickland, secretary. Leaf Prices Remain High -—_ - w Rotary To Fete Local Teachers The Tabor City Rotary Club |ers of the Tabor City School will be host to all (lie teach at a dinner nt the Pine Lakes Country Club in Myrtle Beach next Monday night. Arrange ments for providing transport ation for the teachers were made at this week's meeting of the Rotary. President Ben t^lesmith as signed vnrious* teachers U> members of the club who wlfl ► be responsible for transporta tion to the Pine Lakes dinner event. The program will also be a ladies night affair for wives of Rotarians and is in keeping with an annual night held by Rotarians honoring the faculty and the local school. Members of the Tabor City club will also be invited as ^will widows of former Rotar ians in Tabor City. At the Monday night meet ing. two new members were accepted in the club. Ed Her ring, a former Rotarian of Chapel Hill where he served as treasurer and now manager of the Cooperative Savings and Loan here, and Roger Earp. of radio station WLSC in Loris. both were approved for mem bership. Funeral Held Sunday For Frank Norris A. Frank Norris. 82, of the 0F.morson Community, died at home Saturday morning after an extended illness. Death was attributed to natural causes. Funeral services were held Sunday at 4 p. m. at the Em erson Free Will Baptist Chur ch, with burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Survivors Include the wife. Mrs. Elnita Norris: four daughters: Mrs. Hessie ^Coleman Small of Tabor City, Mrs. Ruth Royals of Raleigh: Mr». Annie Ryals of Erwin; and Mrs. Louetta Edwards of the home. Also, four sons: J. I), of Tabor City; Rasha of Thomasvllle; James of Boston. Mass.; and Ralph «of Whiteville. One brother: Louis of Tabor , City; Three sisters: Mrs. Clara Norris and Mrs- Willy Boyd of Tabor City; and Mrs. Crettle rOwler of Mulling, S. C. MAKES TRIP Mrs. Maryland Johnson has! returned home after spending a week in Orona. Maine, where ι she attended the National Home Demonstration Council convention. She was sponsored by the home demonstration club at Sweet Home. On the ih-turn trip she stopped off In New York City. Mrs. Johnson Is the daught er of John L. Clemons of Green See. Probable Cause Fonnd Against Willery Gerald Probable cause was found in Mayor's Court here Monday in the case gainst V'illery Ger ald who is oharged with assault vith a deedly . Tobacco on the Tabor City Market continues to sell high, with Monday's average stand ing at $69.03 for a total sale oi 362.756 pounds Sales Supervisor Ken Lovell reported today (Wednesday· that at the end of this selling day. the volume of the 1961 market will exceed the total 9.200,000 pounds of last year. Through Tuesday's sale. 9. 114.000 pounds have been sold, and there is no indication that there is any shortage of tobac co for the floor. Lovell said there is a possi bility that the market here will close in the latter part of next week, but notlung official is ι now known. I "If bard to judae," Lovell I said, '"fhi· .iun^e iif aUU göod and the prices arc still setting records, und I (Ion t know oi any reason why anyone should be consideiing a closing date as long as this keep up." Lovell said there are many Horry County growers who i have begun bringing their leaf ! to Tabor City duiTto the clos I ing of the markets in Loris and I Conway. ! "We're glad to have them." ! lie said. 'We're treating them j the same as if they had been , bringing their crop here all J during the market. We can get them the good prices." Three Escape Injury Three boys who came to Loris Friday night to see football game narrowly escap ed death on the Daisy highway as they returned home. County police reported that a car driven by John Nelson left the highway on a curve and overturned. The car was a total loss. Kenneth Nelson, a passeng er, suffered injuries to one hand but the other boys, John son and Richard Sendler, were released after emergency treatment at Loris Community Hospital. Police Chief Warns Against "Go-Cart" Use Numerous complaints have prompted Police Chief Jesse Barker to issue a stern warn ing to those persons who are driving "Go-Carts" on town streets. Chief Barker points out that it is against the motor vehicle law to operate this type vehi cle on the public roads. In addition to the violation of the law, the Chief stresses the danger involved in oper ating undersized vehicles on streets where drivers of auto mobiles are not accustomed to seeing them. "In most cases, operators of the carts are young Lots," Barker said. "Their parents are responsible for the viola tion." Regional Conference Attended Williams Township Teacher Mrs. Plangie P. Huckaby, J. R. Glacsner. and Clayton Lewis of the Williams Town ship School attended the re gional conference of the Na tional Science Teachers Asso ciation at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, September 7-9, 1961. The Conference theme was "Learning Science as an Indi vidual Experience" and the program consisted of two gen eral sessions, nine seminars and one banquet. Some persons appearing on the program were: Dr." I. E. Ready. Y. A. Taylor. Science ^Supervisor of the North Caro I lina Department of Education, Kenneth Vordenberg, Science I Supervisor pf the Cincinnati ' public Sr'jwoU, JVMss Helen l^lale. Supervisor of the Balti 'imore County Schools, and Dr. Clairborne S. Jones, Professor • of Zoology, University ο f North Carolina. Garden Club Dirt Dobbers The Dirt Dobbers Garden Club met Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Paul Rogers. Jr.. Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Harold Fonvielle were hostesses. Sixteen members of the elub attended the meeting which featured a program on the rat ing sheet for ased on the I960 census fie jrges. Previously, from the begin ilng of the Powell Bill in 1981, he census figures obtained in !9S0 war» used. The population figure for Tabor City in the 19K0 census stands at 2.338. Circus Will Be In Town For Yam Festival Merchant' Association Secre tary Ken Lovell has announced that the Beer-Barnes Clrcu* will he In town for a one-da\ stand Thursday. October ,1. if connection with the annual \pr>\ Festival. Festival dates have been set as October S and β. The circus will be sponsored by the Merchant's Association The 1961 edition of the show, according to their advance ag ent. will bring a new program in mass entertainment. A col orful panorama is promised. Included In tne circus are performing elephants, trained seals, horses, prancing ponies, talented canines. aoriallsts. wirewalkcrs, clowns and girls. The Beers-Barnes circus is reported to be the oldest ap pearing under canvas· The circus will set up on the parking fot behind W. F. Cox Company, at Railroad and Sixth Streets. Two perform ances will be held, on e at 3:19 and the other at 8 p. m. Twelve members of the Be thel W. 8. C. 8. met al tto church Sunday nigh, loi u.«. regular mnntMv meeting. Mr· Ad« Long presided. Mrs. Mat lie Oore joined the Society .-md Mrs. Blanche Bloodgood of Wilmington was a visitor. SOME OF THE luckier ones. These are the folks who carried home the 1000 silverdollars given away by local merchants here last Friday. Names of winners are included in the adjoining story. Merchant's Asociation Executive Secretar> Ken Lovell, who was in charge of the drawing, waves from the right. Forty-One Persons Win S S And Merchandise As Silver Dollar Days Reach Conclusion Here ! Nrs.DavidSimon Passes Tuesday Mrs. David Simon, wife of David Simon, owner and oper ator of Simon's Department Store in Tabor City, died in. the Duke Hospital in jChirham, N. C.,< Tuesday evening abvat 6:00. Mrs Simon had been I seriously ill at home and In I the hospital for many weeks, j ; She had been on the critical list at the Duke Hospital for several days . Funeral services will be held in Wilmington this afternoon (Wednesday) at 2:00. Mr. and Mrs. Simon have lived in Tabor City for abbout 12 years, and have been active in business and civic projects. Surviving are two daughters. ' Mrs. Bennett Ginberg. of At lanta, Ga., and Rochelle, now I residing in Texas; one sister, ' Mrs. H. Moskow, of Whiteville. Staffers Take Other Positions Wray Thompson and Eve- i lyn Leonard, associated wit!) the Tabor City Tribune as managing editor and society editor respectively, have ac cepted positions with other newspapers. Thompson, who has been with the Tribune for two years, is a native of Chadbourn. He has accepted a job as roving reporter with the Wilmington Star-News. Mrs. Leonard, who served in a number of capacities with The Tribune, is now associat ed with, the Latta Observer, in Latta. S. C. The Observer is ' one of the newspapers printed I by the Atlantic Publishing' Company in Tabor City but it ' Is owned and operated by Hal Watson, of Latta· Gloom settled over approxi mately 4959 people in down town Tabor City Friday after noon, but the sun shone on 41 uthers. These 41 were the lucky winners of money and prizes as the fourth annual Silver Dollar Days came to an end. Tbc crowd, estimated at a bouV 5000 persons, filled Rail road, Street and spilled over into1 store fronts and side streets as Merchant's Associa tion Secretary Ken Lovell call- | ed the names and numbers of j ticket holders who shared in a | total of 1000 silver dollars and j 20 special prizes from 35 local merchants who participated in I the giant giveaway. The five persons who won S100 each were: Mrs. Hubert Lee, Loris; Μ. M. Elliott, Tab or City; Donald Morris, Rt. 1, Cerro Gordo; Eddie Dean Tur- | beville, Rt. 1, Tabor City; J. G. Ward, Rt. 2, Tabor City. ] Winners of $50 prizes were: Mrs. Τ. H. Eddings. Tabor City; Lewis Gore, Tabor City; Dorothy Godwin. Rt. 1, Chad bourn; Α. V. Elliott, Sr.. Tab- | or City. Winners of $25 prizes were: ' Tinker Norris. Tabor City; Dozier Watts. Tabor City; Mrs. B. C. Strickland. Rt. 1, Fair Bluff; Richard Johnson, Rt. 3, Loris; Oscar Watts, Tabor City; W. K. Todd, Bladenboro; Bail ey Wright, Rt. 2. Tabor City; Sadie Fowler, Rt. 2. Tabor City; Leo Hinson, Clarendon; Ross Spivey, Rt. 1, Tabor City; Earl Watts, Rt. 1. Nakina; Ruth Brown, Rt. 1, Tabor City. Winners of additional prizes were: Rosa F. Fowler, Tabor City, an electric blanket from C. C. Soles and Sons; Mrs. Yancie Nobles, Rt. 2. Tabor City, a mattress from Prince Brothers Furniture Co. ι Troy Worley, Tabor City, a 55 gift certificate from Davis Jewelers; Ronald McKnight, Fair Bluff, a gift certificate from Carolina Dept. Store: Killon Batten, Rt. 1. Tabor City, a $15 food certificate from Bakers Red and White Store. Jeannette Harrelson. Rt. 1, Tabor City, an electric iron ONE OF THE FIVE $100 winners was little Eddie Dean Turbeville, age 6, who came mighty close to losing his winnings when he failed to show up when his name was called. He was found down the street, eating an ice-cream cone (chocolate) and was hustled back by his mother in time to collect. irom McGougan Electric Co..; Mrs. Bill Lancaster, Tabor City, a $10 gift certificate from J Schild's Dept. Store. Laverne Spivey, Rt. 3, Tab or City, an ironing board from she Old Dime Store. Hoyt Floyd, Rt. 2, Tabor ] City, a S10 trade certificate from Robert's Grocery Co.; J. D. Wright, Tabor City, a bedspread from Rucy's Cloth .iig Store; Marvin Spivey, Rt. 1, Tabor City, an electric blanket from Ruey's Clothing Store: Be sie Mae ripps, Tabor City, a radio from Western \uto Store; Toby Burleson, Tabor City, wheel alignment from Dun can's Garage; James Hammond, Tabor City, a pair of shoes from Dor Mar's Shoe Store; Joyce Buffkin, Rt. 1, Fair Bluff, a S5 trade certificate from Strickland's Producc Co. V. A. Bnrnhill, Rt. 2. Tabor City, a table lamp from Lee's 5 & 10; Melon Watts, Kt. 2, Taboi City a fountain pen from Har relson's Pharmacy; Bonnett Fowior, Rt. 1. Tab or City, a biiycte from Dor man Furniture Co.; Sterling Sarvis, Rt. 1, Loris, an elcctric grill and a ham from Sarvis Farm Supply; Mrs. James L. Page, Tabor City, a 25 pound bag of flour irom Harrelson's Feed and Seed Store. It was reported iv, Ken Lnv ell that the tickets issued by Tabor City nvrt chants for the drawing represented a quaitcr of a million dollars in sales during the period tiom August 3 to September 8 Although local and visiting automobiles filled every town parking spot, and were lined along the shoulders of the roads leading in all directions into town, police reported no accidents or incidents. Assistant Police Chief Ted Watts said, "It was quite a jam-up." Red Devils To Defend 1-0 Record Here Friday Against Massey Hill The Pirates from Massey Hill will be the visiting foot ball team here Friday when the Red Devils take the field in defense of their 1-0 record, resulting from the victory over Whiteville in the opener on >eptcmber 1. As of today (Wednesday) Head Coach Bermey Stevens reports that the team is in top physical condition. Light workouts are on tap for the balance of the week, with particular attention be ing paid to defense against play-patterns which Masse Hill has used in its first two contests. The Pirates have a 1-1 re cord thus far in the season. In their opening game they lost to Wadesboro. 12-0. Last Fri day night they beat Pine For est. β 1-0. It is reported that Massey Hill will field a team boasting * line somewhat larger than Tabor City's. Coach Steven· hai Indicated Mt the Pirates have a defen 've tackle and an offensive ullbatk of exceptional ability. The tackle weighs in at 235, nd the fullback at 220. Λ stroke of good fortune last veek resulted in the return to 'τ team of tackle Buddy Fon vielle and halfback Leon Ed •vard Fonvielle, who had beer 'nactive earlier in the year due to illness. Although the two brothers will most likely see action in Friday's game. Coach Stevens pointed out that neither of them has had time to get in shape for a full game, and will only play in spot«. "ft will be a tough gamine," Stevens said. "But if we play as hard and as well as we did against Whiteville, we will win it." The starting line-up for the Red Devils is expected to b· the same as for the opener. Game time is 8 p. m.