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Three Nights Of Entertainment Feature Yam Fpctivnl
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awl Friday night will feature
ihre« consecutive evenings of
entertainment unparralled in
jhc 14 year history of The
Corulinas Yam Festival in
Tabor City.
Deviating from the pattern
of the festival in the past, this
year's big event will have no
exhibit hall but instead there
"very niS.niW',Un and '«>»*
Starling the Carolinas Yam
ft »»!' rollin, lh?s J™
ng Planf ir*u KO·S,,e, Sin«"
wfdnL? nter* Warehouse on
Wednesday night. Featured in
Blue*k?Vlar Show wiU be th
in.^ 8e Quarlet· Of Spar
where 8a S' C*· known every
where as one of the «nest
professional gospel singing
{roups in the country. These
lingers have performed in 30
states and attract huge audi
ences everywhere they *«.
1 he Serenaders, prominent
quartet of Lumberton that
stars on television and radio
in this area, will also be ..n
.i?..: A,so aPP«aring will be
the 1 win States Trio and other
singing κ roups from the uro».
This program i.s being offered
free of chirgt, sponsored by
'he I.ibor City Merchants
Association.
I his is the first time a gos
| Pel singing ol this nature his
I been put on in this area.
I hursday's big day begins
with the parade at 3:30, and
ι it promises to compare favor
ably with those of past years.
Immediately fololwing the
parade, the first performance
of the Beers-Barnes circus will
Met underway. This will be fol
lowed 8;00, Thursday night
with the second circus per
lormance.
At 9:3(1 Thursday niKht the
annual Queen's pageant will
in and from the contestants
will come the 1961 Carolinas
Yam Quwn.
This Queen will be crowned
(fui iiig the Qneen's Ball that
begins at 9:30 Thursday night.
Music for this year's big ball
was originally to have been
directed by the Tommy Dorsev
Orc hestra. However, failure «:
the booking agency to return
the signed contract by Wed
nesday of this week has result
»■d in a cancelation of this· nm.
tract by the directors of the
Merchants Association.
Instead of the Tommy Dor
sey orchestra, the prominent
EH Turbeville orchestra, a nine
piece band that was enjoyed
at the recent Sun-Fun Festival
at Myrtle Beach, will provide
the music lor the big uueeiTs
ball.
Several outstanding vocal
ists are featured with «h..
I
Turbeville orchestra that w*iit
»rtsunizvd in lU-te and has
;jleased mure people in the
Carolinas since that time than
any other band.
Rounding out the three days
i»f entertainment will be the
popular rock and roll dance
un Friday night. This event
has been successful every year
ind promises to be even more
this season.
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"Tabor City
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1961
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People Shop From
The Pages Of Their
Hometown Newspaper
»cnool Stoplight
Is Old Proposal
Of Town Board
.... r.vrv0«M ai
the school crossing at the int
ersection of highway 701 and
the Hireway road, mentioned
frequently by observers as a
location much in need of safe
ty precautions, has lung been
.under consideration by the
^'ubur City Town Board, May
or Howard Harrelson disclos
ed this week.
Following the newspaper's
suggestion of last week that
study should be made of this
situation to guard against ac
cidents to the smaller children
leaving school daily at 2:00,
Mayor Harrelson searchod
through the minutes of past
jiioiiths and found where ac
tion had been taken on this
problem .
While the stoplight still isn't
erected, the board on March 8,
19ÖU on motion of Phil Hughes
and seconded by Kenneth Kay
voted to obtain stoplights from
the State for this cro—fog. Μ
well as the crowing at Fifth'
afrd Lewis Streets. -j
• "The next reference toVw
£st<$llght in the minutes m w
' August 17, 1961 when Wlllard
Wright reported on his 'visit
to Halcigh concerning the
stoplights'. It was noted then
that these lights would cost
between $1200 and $1400. The
board approved the purchase
of the light.«.
Again on September 12, 1961,
some two weeks ago, the board
was advised by authorities in
^ Raleigh that they could not
supply a light for Lewis and
Fifth street intersection and
would advise later on the pro
posed light at the sch<>ol cross
ing .
Mayor Harrelson pointed
out that the town's finances
are always involved in such
a project as this but that the
board has voted to erect this
school light and has been
# working on the project for
more than a year, as shown in
the minutes.
Judy Corbett
At Salem College
Mis* Judith CorbeU. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Corbett,
Sr.. has been enrolled as a
freshman at Salem College in
Winston-Salem. This year is
the 190th session of the wom
ans college.
Miss CorbeU was a marshall
and a cheerleader in high
school In Tabor City. She was
a member of the chorus and
served on the Monade staff.
She was president of the
French Club and was a mem
ber of the Beta Club and the
ι. Monogram Club.
At Salem College, Miss Cor
< bett is In the School of Music.
MAGAZINS SALI
Junior class studtfits at the
, Tabor City High School have
begun their annual magazine
subscription sale. A percentage
of the money from the ȟb
■ rerlptions will be awarded the
I class, and will go toward pay
ment for the Junior-Senior
Banquet to be hel* in the
Spring. The sale la scheduled
for two weeks.
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Ben Duke
Announces For
Reelection
Ben Duke, incumbent sher
iff ο Γ Columbus County, an
nounced today that he would
be a candidate for reelection
in next May's Democratic pri
mary.
"I am going to run on my
record and hope that the good
folks of Columbus will see fit
to reelect me," Duke said in
making the announcement.
Duke has been sheriff since
the last election and was chief
deputy under Hugh Nance for
four years. Λ native of the
Kvtrgreen - Chadbourn area,
Duke is a member of the Wil
I liamon's Crossroads baptist
[ H» fc married arid the fath
-•r uf two daughters, Joan and
Lftpaifia
Cernugel Named
To School Board
The county Democratic exe
cutive committee named Dr.
Albert Cernugel of Cliadbourn
to the county school board Fri
day night to fill the vacancy
resulting from the death of
Mac Brown.
Dr. Cernugel brings to the
board two years of teaching ex
perience and two years as prin
cipal. He is a 1947 graduate of
Wake Forest College where he
received his BS and in 1949
he received his masters in edu
cation from the same institu
tion.
From Wake Forest he went
into the teaching profession. Me
held his first post in Kocky
I Mount for a year. Then he ac
I cepted the position of prinic
pal of Fairmont schools, which
he held for two years.
From Fairmont Dr. Cernu
gel taught In the Charleston.
S. C. city system for a year.
There he began his medical
profession. He entered Char
leston Medical college of South
Carolina and completed the re
quirements for his medical
doctor's degree in 1956 and
following two years of intern
ship he set up offices in Chad
bourn.
He Is married to the former
Edna Smith of Fairmont and
they have three children Sam
my 11, AI 8, and Kim 2.
In naming Dr. Cernugel the
executive committee was in
session only five minutes. Nor
man Peal of Chadbourn nomi
nated Dr. Cernugel and Dr.
I Ross Williamson seconded the
I nomination.
Immediately, the nominations
were closed and Dr. Cernugel
received complete support ol
all the members. Twenty three
of the »-member body were
present Including four proxies
Proxies read at the session in·
eluded: M. L. Ross. Harvey
Coleman. Mack Canady and I
C. Gore. Jr.
The two absent members
were Μ. K. Long and 1. J.
Powell.
No other business can· up
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GREEN SEA FFA OFFICERS—Newly electcl officers of the Green Sea Chapter of the Fut
ure Farmers of America are shown above. Seated, left to right, Clyde Hooks, Secretary; Carlta
Causey, president: Ronald Williamson, vice- president and Windell Nealey. treasurer. Stand
ing: Arnold Ward, reporter; Leo Ganis, sentinel; Lonnie Ward, Chaplain; and Jumm.v Fowler
parliamentarian.
Yam Growers Vote In Favor Of Crop Fee
County sweet potato growers
went to the polls Saturday and
overwhelmingly approved a
crop assessment fee to be used
to promote the Yam Industry.
Growers voting in Tabor City
registered an 82 per cent fav
orable vote, compared to the
83 per cent average through
wuljthe »yunty. }
The Local vote was 45 for.
and .In the county,
138 glvfrers voted to pay the
fee, wtth 26 opposed.
Λ two-thirds majority of
those voting was necessary to
have the program go into ef
, feet.
By approving the program.
! growers a« reef I to pay two
cents per bushel on fresh mar
' ket sweet potatoes, and two
! cents per hundred pounds on
I cunnery stock.
I ,The referendum was the
1 iijrst to be held by sweet pota
to growers for promotional
purposes. It was requested by
the North Carolina Sweet Po
tato Association.
The assessment will provide
funds to be used for an exten
sive promotional and advertis
i ing program for the purpose of
boosting the sale of North Car
olina yams.
Growers who do not wish t<;
support the program may ap
ply for a refund.
Miss Priscilla Oranger spent
several days with her mother
Mrs. Nell Granger of. Tabu]
City, prior to leaving foi
Bethesda. Maryland where slu
has accepted a position at Sur
burban Hospital.
Mrs. Wendell Prince and son
Wendell Jr.. of Florence. S.C
and Mrs. Rudy Ward of Con
way also visited in the home
Funeral Home Ambulance Service On Way Out
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Ambulance Service, tradi
tionally the function of a fun
eral home, may soon be a
thing of the past in Tabor City
and Columbus County.
It is already on the way out
in many cities and towns and
counties in the state.
The reason for this passing
custom is that funeral home
I directors have been losing
money in the deal, and in such
increasing amounts in succcse
sive years that they are be
coming less and less inclined
to continue the practice.
And although the service
has been in effect for many
years, there is no legal respon
sibility on the part of funeral
homes to provide the service.
Further, there is no law in
the state which covers respon
sibility for the service.
In towns across the state,
where funeral homes havs dis
continued the service, the most
common result is that munici
pal governments have taken
over, and run ambulances as a
tax supported function.
But they are not required
by law to do so.
In a few places, private
companies provide the service,
But so far these business vent
ures have resulted in heavy
financial losses in most cases.
A combination of factors
has produced the widespread
mood 'among funeral home
owners to Ret out of the busi
ness.
The steadily rising costs ol
equipping and operating nn
ambulance is one major cause
Another—and perhaps the one
which is most difficult to cope
with—is the fact that only s
very small percentage of peo
ple who use ambulance serv
ice are willing to pay for it.
Ralph Inman, owner of In
man Funeral Home In Taboi
City, welcomes the opportun
ity to talk about the situation
"We never refuse to answet
■ call for an ambulance. Qu
η we were providing the serv
ice in a strictly businesslike
manner, we couldn't afford to
answer more than 10 per cent
of them. That's about all we
ever get paid for.
"We average making about
250 calls a year, and we're
lucky if we get paid for 25
of them.
"It costs about $7000 a year
for me to run an ambulance.
The best we can hope to do
is get enough in collections to
pay the gas bill.
"It takes anywhere from two
to 12 hours to complete a call,
from beginning to end. At the
hospitals they won't take a
patient off the cot until a room
is ready for him. So the driver
is stuck there. He has to wait
around several hours doing
nothing, when he could be
ba-.k here.
"Most of our calls go to
Whiteville. Loris and Conway.
We charge $5 for the trip to
Loris. and $10 to Whiteville or
Conway. In Wilmington, a pri
vate operator charges a flat
$20 for calls in the city, even
if it's just across the street.
He charges fifty cents a mil*i
for out-of-town calls.
"Our rates are pretty cheap.
We couldn't come out on it
even if we got paid for all
calls.
"Then there's the additional
expense involved in accident
cases. You can't wash blood
out of the sheets, so there goes
two sheets and a pillow cast
on the garbage heap. Sheets
cost $4 eath and pillow cases
$1. In almost every case you
have to throw the sheets out.
That's 59 Plus another $1.50
for getting a blanket cleaned.
"Accident calls arc the hard
est ones to collect for. Usually
some passerby puts in the call,
and then we bill the patient
and he refuses to pay We can't
bill the caller.
"Whoever tows in a wrecked
car puts an attachment on il.
t and the hill has to be paid bo
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fore the car is released. Bui
we're not permitted by law tc
hold a car until the ambulance
bill is paid.
"Most people seem to figure
that the ride in an ambulance
is free. Very few of them ever
worry about paying for it.
"So what happens is. people
call for an ambulance ever
when they don't really need it
They could go to the hospital
in a car or a taxi just as well.
"I've got a file full 01 cases
1 could show you. It makes you
wonder what people are think
ing about.
"We had a case not too long
ago where a man was way out
in the woods and he fell down
and cut his wrist and hand
pretty badly on a jar of whisky
he was carrying. He was aloiu
and he nearly bled to dead'
before somebody found h.tr
and called us. It took us six
hours to get to him and «el
him out and to the hospital
We haven't seen or heard from
him since we got him there,
"In 1958 we got a call »«
come pick up a man who gr.l
shot out here on the Stau
Line. We took him to the hos
pital at Mullins. But after !he>
fixed him up they woulHn'l
let him out until he paid hi;
bill. He didn't have any money
so he asked us for it. and wc
advanced him $104 Thai's
been three years now. He':
paid us a total of §10 I've se τ
him several times since then
He's driving a new car around
"In November of last yeai
we picked tip twin babies thai
were born at tjie Loris Hospit
al to take them to Wilmington
They were born prematurely
and they had to get there ir
a hurry if they were to be sav
ed. Well, we got them there
giving them oxygen all th<
way And their lives were sav
ed. The father was as happy as
he could be when he fount
otit they would live. The tota
charge we made for the whoh
thin»; was $30. So far he's pai·.
us $.V
"Here in Tabor City not loir
ago. a man had a heart atta.i
and his wife called lis to eumi
get him, to take him to ttv
hospital. Stic· wanted lis t<
hurry and we did. When wi
got to the house, the yard wr.i
filled with cars The only wn
we could get in close was '<
back the ambulance across thi
yard. We got him out and go
him to the hospital. Late!
when we saw him, he was mat
at us. and he told us we h:i<
no business driving over hi
grass. He never paid us.
"There ar«· .ill sorts of cases
Most of them never make an;
attempt to pay They just tel
you straight out that thcy'r
not going to pay. We seldon
even get thanked.
"A solution? Well, I don'
know if ihere is one. except t
get out of the business. C<>
lumbiis and Robeson Countie
are two of the few countie
left in the state still operatin
this way.
"It might help if there wi
a bill put through the Stat
Legislature which would mak
it legal for the ambulant:
owner to put an attachment >
cars involved in accidents.
"But I don't really kno·
what the solution is. Thei
have been any number t
things tiled But nothing yi
has worked very well. I tl
know this though, somethin
has got to be done. We can
keep going like it is now."
For the present, the peopl
in Tabor City and Columbi
County may be assured that
they need an ambulance, on
will be available to them. Bi
it is fairly certain that if th
current financial loss con tin
ties, the tuneral home nwnei
will have little choice but !
wash their hands of the who!
thing
If this happens, regardlei
of what resulting actien ma
be taken, it is likely that th
public will find that an ambul
ance will no longer serve as
glorified taxi.
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Loris Lions Here Friday
For Battle With Red Devils
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Miss Grainger
Is VFW Queen
Miss Mi.ryie Grainuer. dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Grainger of Tabor City, was
named Miss VFW Queen at ii
meeting oi the organization
I last Thursday night.
The 16 year old local beaut ν
! will enter the Carolina Yam
Festival Queen contest nexl
; week and then will be a con
j test ant in the VFW State com·
I petition in Wilmington it
ί June.
Runner up in the VFW con
test was Lenore Beck. 17 yeai
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Wilson Beck of Tabor City
] She is a senior at the loca
ι high school as is Miss Grain«·
I er.
i Second runner up honor:
( went to Miss Carol O'Connor
I of Tabor City. Miss O'Connoi
j is the daughter of Mr. an<
! Mrs. Charles O'Connor She :i
, j 15 yVars old and a sophomon
, at TiAjor City hiuli school.
I
The Sweet Home P. T. A. i
, sponsoring a flounder supper
* Monday night. October 2. fron
tf.OO p. rn. until 9 p. rn. Adul
plates will be SI 00: childrer
50c. Come and bring a friend
Η. Β. Todd
Promoted By
Liberty Life
Η. B. Tudd, Liberty Lift· In
surance representative in Tab
I or City for the past five years,
has been promoted to Associ
ate Manager of the Eastern
North Carolina District lor the
company.
The announcement came
from the insurance company's
home office at Greenville,
S. C.
For the past two years, Mr.
I odd has held the position of
Assistant Manager of the Fay
etteville Branch, which in
cludes Tabor City.
Mr. Todd, a native of Tabor
, City, has been an outstanding
representative of the company.
I and has won the highest a
: ward given by the company —
• membership in the President's
Club—for each of his five
years here.
Membership is restricted to
those members of the organiz
ation who met a high produc
II tion requirement. This year,
there were only eight men in
ι ! the company's network of of
, ί fices who received the award.
Mr. Todd attended Williams
Township High School, gradu
ating in 1942. Two years in the
U. S. Navy followed, during
which time he served with the
Atlantic Fleet.
r After his discharge from
military service, he attended
. the National School of Com
. ! merce in Charlotte, where he
ι studied Advanced Accounting
and Business Administration.
; In ISM" he took a position
j with Carolina Power and Light
, Company. VVhiteville. He serv
, ed as office manager of that
t j company from 1948 to 1957.
having responsibility for the
I VVhiteville and Elizabethtown
ι offices.
1 ..
i! look his first position
with Liberty Life in February
1957 In 1957 and 1958. he took
two short courses in life in
I surance marketing at Purdue
, University.
. j Mr. Todd is married to the
former Esther Ward of the
t A1 it inch Section. They have
( three children, two girls and
a boy. They ;ire Sonja. IS;
Meredith, 13; and Terry. 7. The
' Todds live in Williams Ti.wn
Λ ship .
Mr. Tot Id is a member of
i the National Association of
s ( Life Underwriters, the Tabor
t. i CHy Civilnn C'lnb. the Tabor
,. j City Masonic Order, and the
L, j Williams Township Ruritan
, Club.
He is also a member of the
,. ι Ir<>n Hill Bawtist Church,
where he is superintendent of
'he Sunday School.
1 1 KNMSTF.I»
(> 1 Jimmy Wayne Mincey. son
- , cf Mr. and Mrs. U. J. Minccy
' ' of Tahor City. Ν C. tins en
listed In the United Slates
l* Navy, according to Ihr l.ocal
s : Navy Recruiter Chief P1easan;>
, 1 Minrry is a graduate of Tabor
: City Hieb School, and qualifi
( cd for enlistment under Navy's
_ ι I!<eh Sehool Graduate Train
s | inu Prneram He will he a*·
ί, I -iKneri to a Sehool in the Avla
t. tton Field, on completion oi
basic trainine at the United
s'States Naval Training Center
ν Sin Dleeo, California. Chicl
ι· I Pleasants invites anyone in·
- ι terested In the Navy to contact
a ! him at the local Navy Recruit
If,Κ Office located. Pnat Offlct
, Bldi, Whiteville. Ν C.
games in many a moon awaits
tootball fans in the Twin City
area Friday night when the
Loiis Lions and the Tabor Cily
Fieri Devils tangle at Taboi
City at 8 p. in.
As usual, comparative score»
nt-an nothing in this gam·',
ince oot'i teams always play
over th^ir hearts in this annu
al set-to, but for the record,
Loris has a record of three·
j wins and one loss while Tabor
j has a record of two wins and
i one loss.
1 Loris's most recent win was
Friday night at Aynor over th;·
Aynor Blue Jackets 12-6.
Friday night Tabor lost to
I an air-minded eleven from
Bladenboro by a close 13-12.
So far this season the Tigers
have demonstrated a stn>ni>
I ground attack, sparked by
Tackles Sammy Williams and
1 Jerry Soles, with Halfback
! Larry Fowler and Quarterback
! Roger Small as the principal
ground gainers.
Loris has shown strength a
giound. with Marshal Carter
and Douglas Cox as the prim*»
; movers,' but has also displav
' ed, particularly.. ^itinst And
lews, an effective air attack.
' with both Larry and Kenny
Kapps taking turns at chunk
, ing .
Tabor City opened the seu
I son with an 18-0 win over a
comparatively weak White
ville, looked even better de
feating Massey Hill 19-0 and
looked equally good against
Bladenboro, even though the
Tieers lost. It appeared that
the Tigers knew every play
Bladenboro planned but just
couldn't break up an unbeat
able passing combination.
Loris opened the- season with
a 6-21 loss to Hartsville, 1960
runners-up to the Pee Dee
champs. The Lions then de
feated Wampee-Little River
, 14-7 and Andrews 18-2. Fri
day night tliev defeated Aynor
12-6.
Garden Club
Meets At Home
Oi Mrs. Page
The Tabor City Garden Club
met September IK atthe home
<•1 Mrs. Billy Page, with Mr*.
II I). Huff kin. Jr. as hostess.
Mrs. Frank Hoswell presid
ed. in the absence of president
Mrs. W. A. Williams. Mrs. Billy
Page gave the devotional, af
ter which the Lord's Prayer
I was recited, and the club col
] lect read in unison.
Mrs. Β. E. Hughes brought a
beautiful arrangement of vege
tables and fruit. She also gave
a very interesting prouram on
drying of weeds and "lowers
! I«.t dried arrangements. A des
j scrt course was served by the
J hostess.
FARM AWARD
Thr Ralph Jolly Family,
of rout«· 3. Tabor City, will
be Honored Thursday with
the Master Farm Family
Award. The ceremony will
be held at the Jolly home,
three miles East of Tabor
City. The Jolly family «11
recently chosen one of the
master farm famlllea in
North Carolina for 1MI.
Following the award cere·
mony, there will be » tour
of the farm and home.
. A number of celebrities
from the county aa well Μ
Raleigh and other iwtlwi
of the Μ tat« «IK attend.