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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 1«
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«Tabor City
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 13. 1961
— The Toum With A City Future"
TABOR CITY. NORTH CAROLINA
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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
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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 <vccvon with in
tent to kill.
Victim of the assault! which
involved a shooting, was lvey
Lee Wilson.
Gerald, who is free under
bond for $500. is scheduled to
be tried during the October 9
term of Superior Court in
Whiteville.
Gerald was arrested here
August 23.
Community Concert
Assn. Plans Drive
Directors of the Horry Coun
ty Community Concert Associ
ation have set Sept. 18-23 as
Membership Campaign Week.
Raymond Thigpen. president,
announced today.
He said Miss Margaret Holi
han and Mrs. Murray Jackson,
co-chairmen of the member
ship campaign, are making
l'!nal preparations for the cam
paign.
Headquarters will be at St.
Paul's Episcopal Parish' House
where telephone service for in
formation will be available
ι Phone Conway 9-506» >.
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 <the elub for
1961-62.
Theme for aecorauons was
••World Series." Miniature bats
and balls were given as favors.
The salad served was shaped
like a baseball.
Trip To Hawaii
Won By Frinks
Λ 10-day all-expense-paid
vacation to Hawaii has been
awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Gra
dy Frink of Pireway by the
Western Auto Company.
Tabor City To Get $11,381
From Powell Bill Funds
Tabor City will receive $11.-,
181.27 in Powell Bill funds for
jsc In non-highway .system
street work within the corpor- I
ite limits for the coming year. |
The State Highway Com
nission has announced that u |
:beck for the total amount
Λ-lll be mailed from Raleigh
luring the latter part of this
month.
The total allocation for Co
lumbus County participati.if
.owns is $45,412.52.
The breakdown by town *·.
Bolton, $3,466.32; Brunswick.
W85.00; Chadbourn. $9.98 99,
fair Bluff. $7,174.50; Lake
W accamaw. $3,829.78; and
IVhltevlUe. $20.292 93.
The allocation· for funds arc
>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.