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VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 14
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 11. 1961
"Tabor City — The Town With A City Future**
TABOR CITY. NORTH CAROLINA
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TWO QUEENS — Sue McLelland of Cerro Gordo i.s the new Carolinas
Yam Festival Queen. She was crowned Thursday night at the Queen's
Ball. Gayle Grainger, 1ί)βϋ Yam Queen was on hand to reign during the
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Miss Cerro Gordo
I
Is New Yam Queen
BV LANY WAI.DEN
-I just can't believe it," said !
Susan Dina McLelland when
she was crowned Queen of the
1961 Carolinas Yam Festival
'Thursday night. October 5. at
the queen's ball in the Plant
ers Waieliou.se.
f The crowning of the new
queen was the highlight in the
beauty contest which included j
the festival parade Thursday
afternoon and a dinner for the
contestants and judges at Kuby
and Gene's Restaurant Thurs
day evening.
The 17 year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joel McLelland
of Rt. 1, Cerro Gordo, won over
I fifteen other contestants vying
for the title.
First runner-up was Miss
Getty Cotton, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. D. L. Cotton of Mar
ion, S. C. Λ junior in high
school, she was sponsored by
the Marion Jaycees.
Miss June Buffkin, second
runner-up. was sponsored by
the Merchants of Mullins. Miss
,ΒιιΓΓΜη is the daughter of Mr.
' and Mrs. C. B. Buffkin of Mul
lins. S. C.
Also among the Beauties tak
ing part in the pageant was the
I I960 Vain Queen. Miss Gall ι
Grainger of Green Sen. Mis· j
; Grainger, a freshman at Lime- |
j stone College, made her final
: effi ial appearance as the Yam
CJueen when she crowned Miss
, McLelland.
If Miss Grainger turned over to
Miss McLelland not only the
crown, but also the responsi
bility of representing the Tabor
. City Merchants Association in
I parades, beauty pageants, and
various other festivities through
out this area.
Deep brown eyes, a lovely
face and an easy, pleasant
smile were qualities which
helped win the new title for
the petite <5' 1"> Miss McLel
land.
Escorted by Roger Green of
Cerro Gordo, the young beauty
paraded gracefully for the
judges in a blue strapless eve
ning gown of nylon tulle ruf
fles. Although she stayed for
most of the dance, she said she
couldn't wait to get home and
loll her family.
While Miss McLelland is the
ffirst Yam Festival Queen from
ferro Gordo, she is not the
first title-holder in her family.
Her older sister Mary was Miss
Cerro Gordo in 1999.
In addition to retaining the
Miss Cerro Gordo title in her
family In I960, the new queen
I« also FFA Sweetheart and
Halloween Queen of Cerro
[lordo High School, where she
is a senior.
Proving the energy her per
sonality reflects, ah· play· cen
ter on her high school basket
ball team, enjoy· skating, danc
in«, and her special talint, ac- I
lobratics. She also has taught
;· Sunday school class of be
ginners at the Ccrro Gordo
Baptist Church.
In school her favorite sub
jects are business courses, but
sh»· thinks she might lilt? to be j
ι nurse because, said the radi-1
:111t Miss McLelland, "I'd like j
lo have a job caring for others.·' I
FHA Installs
Club Officers,
New Members
The Tabor City Chapter of ;
Ihe Future Homemakers of
America installed new offic
ers and initiated new members
in a candlelight service Thurs
day night, September 2B, in
the Tabor City school auditor
ium . 1
Ann Ward, out-going treas
urer, was in charge of the in
stallation of the following of
ficers: Μϊιry Jo Fowler, presi
dent; Katie Tompkins, secret
ary; Ruby Norris, treasurer;
Phyllis Watts, parliamentar
ian; Wanda Fowler, reporter;
Gayle Gore, historian; Kay
Rogers, recreational leader;
Oian Faulk and Pat Wright,
pianists.
The thirty-nine new memb
ers were initiated by the new
officers, and each was present
id an FHA emblem by the
aresident.
Also taking oart in the ser
vice was Audiea Hardee, who
read the scripture and led tlu
Lord's Prayer. Wanda Fowler
jnd Put Wright, accompanied
3y Dian Faulk, sang the FHA
Prayer .
Alter the service, a social
flour was held in the home ec- :
»nomics department. The of
ficers. wearing red and white I
.Iresses. the chapter colors,
served its hostesses. Refresh
ments also carried out the red
tnd white ».heme.
Seventy-two mothers of FHA
members and other gues·«
were present in addition to
fifty-two members.
Miss Darens Soles, student
it Limestone College, Gaffnev,
3. C.. visited her parents, Mr.
ind Mrs. R. C. Soles thir past
week-end.
RE-REGISTRATION
FOR (TBS
Announcement has been
made that a re-registration
for Cub Scout Park 50* will
be held Tuesday night, Oc
tober 17 at the School Caf
eteria at 7:3·.
John Joyner, district scout
executive will be present.
Each boy registering la ask
ed to bring 12.11 with him
to pay for the subscription
to Boy'· Life magaslne and
the registration fee.
Boys are aaked also to
bring their parent·.
Development
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NEW EMPLOYEE
.. lany Katherine Waiden of
IM Orange St.. Tabor C'ltjr.
Ii» arcrplrd a position as so·
cMy editor of Ihr Tabrr Cltv
Tribune, announced W. Horace
farter, publisher.
Misa Waiden, a 1955 gradu
ate of Tabor City High School,
rrtelved an Λ. B. dritrre in
English In 1959 from the Wo
man'« College of the Unlvera
ily of North Carolina. She waa
an editorial amlatant with
Progressive Grocer maglclnt.
New York. Ν. Y.. and taught
Engllah and ionrnaliam In A.
L. High School. Kannapolls.
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MAYOR PROCLAIMS BICYCLE
SAFETY WEEK
I
Mayor Howard HaiTelson has proclaimed
Iho second week in October, beginning Monday, 1
October i), Uicvcle Safety Week in Tabor City,
in connection with the proclamation, the Tabor
City Jaycees will sponsor various promotional
ind educational activities during the week.
Bicycle Safety To Get Boost
The Bicycle Safety Program. |
sponsor*.·;! in Tabor City by the ]
local chapter of the Junior'
Chamber of Commerce in con
junction with the State De
partment of Motor Vehicles, is I
now getting underway.
Ε Id red Dudney, .laycee chair- I
man of the program, said that
j the schools will handle the
first phases of the safety even».
This will include instructio·!
in regulations covering bi
cycles in the stale, and safety
j education.
\ Plans are now being made
[ for a Bicycle Rodeo, to be held
j on Saturday, October 28.
The Rodeo, which will offic
I ially end the program will in
I elude written exams, oral ex
ams, bicycle inspections and
riding tes's .
The riding test will be in the
[ form of a competition amon·
all those entered, with prizes
So be awarded to the winners
and runners-up in the two age
group classifications.
The two classes arc· from
ages six to nine, and I ruin ago*
nine to fourteen.
The location of the Rodeo
will be announced next week.
Bicycle Safety, a program
being sponsored statewide by
the Dept. of Motor Vehicles, !
will have state representatives
in Tabor City for the event on
the 28th .
Spurgeon Canady and Maur
ice Covington of the DMV will
partially conduct and super
vise the activities.
All bicycles entered in the
Rodeo must pass the safety in
spection. Brakes, pedals, drive
chain and sprocket, tires and
rims, axle adjustment (front
and rear) spokes and reflector
will be checked for safe opera
tion .
The competition is open to
all boys and girls between the
ages of six and fourteen. Those
without bicycles may enter
provided they can borrow a
machine from someone. I
Yam Market Opens
In Tabor Today
\ The Tabor City Marketing
Company hat. set today (Wed
nesday) for the opening of
auction sales for sweet pota
toes. Sales will begin today at
9:30 Λ. M. and continue daily
as long as volume is sufficient
to warrant such sales.
Those who are familiar with
the sweet potato crop in this
area say that the crop is again
short this year due primarily
to the exceptionally rainy
June and July. '
While ηυ sales have been
made by auction here tl^us fair
and no prices have been sei.
it was generally conceded thyt
yams would brine a better
price this year than in tin·!
recent past.
IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Dal ma Stanley of 108
Jones St. was admitted to the
Columbus County Hospital
Friday. She requests prayers
in her behalf.
1961 Festival Said
To Be Successful
KLWOOD DORM AN
The 1961 Carolinas Yam
Festival has come and gone
;Mid those who were closest to
its planning and operation
nave tabbed it another suc
cessful event.
Directors of the Tabor City
Merchants Association, who
sponsored this 14th annual
festival, met Tuesday morning
and examined the various as
pects of the promotion. Objec
tive criticism of the individual
events was noted with the aim
of eliminating the problems in
next year's festival.
Starting with the Gospel
Sing last Wednesday night,
the committee expressed satis
faction with the event that at
tracted more than 1000 persons
during the course of the four
hour sing. Many persons from
Ii ng distan es were on hand
to hear the Blue Hidgc Qup«t
i't. The Serenaders. The Twin
States Trio, and ottir-r singing
groups
Directors of the association
expressed the belief that this
was one new angle of the fes
tival that was well receiverl
and plans now call for a simil
ar but expanded fJospel Sii.g
in 1963 .
The Thursday parade, that ;
iiad some* of the most beauti- j
fill floats yet seen in a festival !
parade, left something to be j
desired in organization, dircct- |
ors felt. Some suggested that j
more people be on hand at j
subsequent parades to bolter I
space tin· floats, bands, etc..
ίΐηΊ generally help it to tVjm
and more in a more organized
fashion .
But while last week's lestiv- '
fi 1 may have left something lo
be desired, it nevertheless <u · j
trncted an estimated 5000 per
sons .
The Queen's Ball on Thurs
day night and selection of '.he
1S61 Yam Queen went off
smoothly and a good crowd
was on hand to dance and haar
the music of the Ed Turbeville
orchestra.
Friday night's show for the
rock and roll dancers was also
well attended, orderly and suc
cessful .
Both performances of the
Beers-Bornes ein tis were well
attended and the weather was
ine all three days of the fest- !
ival .
The most significant mishap
was the breakdown of the Blue j
flidge Quartet bus in Harts- ]
ville, S. C.. on Wednesday aft
inoon. This necesslated a trip
io Hartsville by Festival Com
mittee Chairman Klwood Dol
man who brought the sinfj-.-rs
back to Tabor City in his s'a- {
t ion wagon .
Following the singing, Ex
cutive Secretary Ken Lovell
*iad to carry the singers back
to Lancaster and didn't arrive ■
home until 7:00 A. M.
Ftom a financial point of
view, the festival paid its ow-i
way this year. With a few bills
still to come in, it appeared
that this year's event would
perhaps show a profit of a fftV.
ilollai s.
SEVERAL THOUSAND spectators lined the streets of Tabor City
Thursday to watch one of the higne^t parados in Yam Festival history.
Pictured is the float entered by the Tabor City Merchants Association,
sponsors of the three-day event.
Red Devils Hotch 4th Win
Chadbourn Is Friday Foe
The· Tabor City Red Devils
take on the Chadbourn Panth
ers Friday night in the only
scheduled Waccamaw Confer
ence game of the week.
The Panthers, victims of de
feat last week at the han<Ls ol
powerful and- unbeaten - fen
scored - on Ellzabethtown, will
be seeking to take over undis
puted third place in conference
play.
The Red Devils have posted
it 2-1 mark for a percentage ol
.6G7. while Chadbourn has won
one und lost one (or a .50'J
mark.
This all important game,
which if won by Tabor Cify
will put the Red Devils at the
head of the conference in
number of games won, will be
played at Chadbourn.
It comes on the heels of a
hard fought victory for Coach
Stevens' eleven last Friday
night over a surprisingly tough
Schallotte team, 12-6.
In that game, a superlative
defensive stand in the waning
moments halted what appear
ed to be a game-tying touch
Ι down drive and a possible
; game-winning extra point.
With lime running out, and
with Tabor hanging to a thin
ι 6-point edge. Pirate backs
t Charles Todd and Howard
Benton f)t'^»n hackee out 1
sizeable chunks of yardage. A:
: fifteen-yard penalty put tht j
I ball on the visiting Devils' 2'J- j
yard line.
. In four plays, the home team
was unable to gain beyond the
12, and Tabor took over, kill—
i ing the clock to ice the victory,
! their lourth of the season
against one defeat.
The game, which was some
! what lacking in offensive
spark by either team, saw only
two sustained drives, both of
which ended in touchdowns.
Tabor scored first, early in
the second quarter, after tack
le Sammy Williams recovered
a Shallotte tumble on the 47
yard line of the Pirates.
Led by fullback Ronald Fol
ey, who proved to be the
steady ground-gainer lor the I
Devils. Tabor drove to the
Shallotte four, with Foley go- '
ing over guard lor the six
pointer.
An attempted run for th&
extra point was stopped short.
Later in the same period, a
pitch-out was tumbled in the
Pir^tv backfield. and Tabo·
nalfliack Larry Fowler charg
ed into the scramble for the
ball and came out with it j«n<i
raced 18 yards for the scorc.
Another attempted run for
the extra point was unsuccess
ful.
That ended the scoring for
the Red Devils, and for the
remainder of the game they
were unable to mount a seri
ous threat.
At halftime the score <t'»od
at 12-0.
It was not until the fourth
quarter that the partisan Shal
lotte crowd had a chance to
shout about something .
Quarterback Bobby Hubbr.rd
began taking to the air. and
although he hit only one of
three passes, it was enough lo
loosen the tight forward wall
• <f the Red Devils. allow:r.g
(Continued On Page 8)
Tabor City Police Chief Jes
se Biirker has announced that
the heads.«tone for the grave of
Polite Officer Thomas 1/camon
Sing has been purchased and
has be<-n placed at the burial
cite in Long Cemetery, in the
Plrewey Community.
The stone for Officer Sing,
who Hied of a heart attack
July 19. was paid for with
funds contributed by Tabor
City merchants and towns
people.
The spontaneous campaign
to raise 1he money began a
MKS. Τ. Ι.ΚΛΜΟΝ HIN«
few Hays after Sing's death.
Chief Barker said that several
people contacted him. asking
if they mighl make n contri
oution.
Subsequently the Police De
partment sent out letters t.i lo
cal citizens who hai known
Sine, informing them that con
tributions were being receiv
ed .
"We had a very good re
sponse." Barker wld. "W»
were able to buy a nice stone
It was the one that Virginia
(Mis. Sin«) had picked out
and was planning to buy."
Barker said that letter« of
appreciation to all who ron
tributed have been sent out.
Mr*. Sing ha« added her own
expression of appreciation.
"I'm so proud he had m> many
friend» here."
Sing, AO, a native of Colum·
bus County, was the «on ol
the late William and Minnie
T,ong Sing. He had served oti
the Tabor City Polle· Pore·
tor a little over eight year*.