*Tnbor City—Λ Town With A City future"
Published Every Wednesday in Tabor City. North Carolina
Hy The Atlantic Publishing Ci>.
W. IIORAt J. ( AK lUi
Editor Sc <·('ΐι. Mcr.
t jllAKLKS S. VOi'NG. Associate Editor
LESTER RUDISILL. Business Mcr.
UNV \V ALOEN, Woman's Editor
Admitted In the postofficc at Tabor City, North Carolina, lu
transmission through the mail as 2nd class matter under act <·(
Congress. March 3. 1897.
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Carter's
Column
By—XX. Horner Carter
KEVENGE: We had a seige of pleurisy last week. and still have
it 1 guess, and went to see Dr. C. F. Simpson for treatment.
When we get to hurting bad enough to go to a doctor, we are
hurting pretty badly and seldom stop long enough to visit a
doctor almost regardless of the aches and pains. But in spite
of the needle that Dr. Simpson inserted between our ribs to try
to stop some of pain, it was the usual pleasure to talk with
him. He always has some conversation available other than
that which concerns your immediate ailment. And we think
this is good. It kind of gets your mind off >our troubles.
At any rate, our conversation got around to the fact that
we have been trying to get some additional doctors in Tu bot
City without any degree of success so far. He pointed out that
in a few more years we had some Tabor City boys whi· stiou! !
be graduating trom medical schools and who perhaps would
choose to locate in this area.
He then pointed out some difficulties he tnd .1 close doctor
triend of his had getting into medical school a iter their gra ·
nation from pre-med undergraduate school at Wake Forest
College. Both had finished their school in the top ten schola -
tically in their class. Both had applied for admission to Bow
man Gray Medical School and been rejected for 110 known
explained reason.
Dr. Simpson's friend, whom we won't mention here, took
the rejection pretty hard. He and Dr. Simpson went on t ·
George Washington University and gut their medical schooiin,·
and degrees, but the rejection at Bowman Gray kind of stuck
111 Dr. Simpson's friends throat. He took his rejection letter an !
had 1000 copies made of it. Now whenever he gets a request
trom Wake Forest for a donation to expand or help finance
something at the college, he simply takes one of the rejection
letter copies, folds it up, and mails it back to the college with
out comment.
And just to carry the revenge theme further, on his «·ffi 0
wall hangs his medical degree from George Washington and
right next to it hangs in a nice frame'the letter of rejection
from Bowman Gray.
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GOLF: We said it couldn't be (lone. Bel us InU rested in play
ing golf. that is. But we citd <;et interested und still ai>·. Had
to miss playing this past week because of illness, etc.. but the
last round we managed to get in. we finaliv ^"t a nine ho!·?
score of 49 and broke that 50 that seems to be a magic number
among golfers trying to learn the game. It was a thrill to sho.v
a little improvement for a ciiangc after getting much wiiim·
the thirrt, fourth and filth times we played as comparer! w-'h
th«· £i>-«t and second times. But tho.-e old timer;: say that's the
way it goes.
ADVERTISEMENT: We haven't put in a good plug in the
column lately about some of the things we sell that trilks seem
not to know about. Among those items are bookmatches, add
ing machines and typewriters. When you get interested in
those things, give us a ring and let us quote you some price-.
NEW TYPE: You may have noticed a slightly new appearance
to last week's and this week's Tribune We hope you did any
way. We have added a new 18 point font of type to our he o1
ittler machine and you will find it throughout the paper in
headlines and advertisements. Also recently installed is a new
slug strmper and a new router-planer. All these items are de
signed to improve ihe appearance of the paper, and we hope
we have succeeded to some extent and thsit you have noted it
TIME FL.1KS: If ynu »lon't believ · time Hies, just top atirl
think a moment—it's only m"»re days until Christmas nnJ
shortly thereafter it will be 19β2. It seems like only a fen
weeks ago when we couldn't remember to date our letters lifcil
instead of I960. Always takes us awhile to get used to the η··ν.
year. We have heaid that other people have the same problem.
NEW CARS: All tin local automobile dealers are now showing
off the 1962 models and stirring up comment as usual. Ein η
car manufacturer is making so many styles, and what hav·
you that it takes some one pretty well hepped on autos to kn··«·
who makes what. But the experts believe this is going t·· b
another Rood year for car sales and it probably will be. Men
and more families are g-tting to be two-car families an«· tIn···
there's the ever present tact that there's getting to be mole
and more families.
MVEKTHKARTH — Miss Sara Jean Floyd, left above. wm win
ner In the Mlm FFA Sweetheart content of »he Green Sea FF.l
chapter. Daughter of Mr. and Mr*. John R. Floyd, the I« ι
Senior and a member of the F"^A. FHA. Octette, Basketball
Team. Echo «Uff. Spanlnh Club, Speech Clnb and la a bun
driver. At right a bore la Mian Barbara Hewitt, run net-up. AW·»
a Senior, «he la a danrhW of mr. and Mr«. I.ary ffcwttt of
II. h Lorlo. gfec la a Member of HA, FHA and tbe Echo ataft.
Editorials ...
THINGS HAVi2 CHANG HO
Can you remember when: Tabor
City had two theatres in operation
competition for the entertainment
dollar and television hadn't found its
way into the lowlands of Carolina
j · · · When the only paved street in
town outside the business district of
Kailroad and Fifth streets was the one
that passed by the late W. F. Cox
resience and the road to Chadbourn
was so rough that you almost took
your life in hand to make the trip . . .
: When most places of business had
the old corrugated tin awnings in
; front that were rusted out and made
us look like a Western gold rush
town where the ore had played out. . .
When the school gymnasium was like
wise an old tin affair with potbellied
stoves and the high school building
in use had been condemned by the
State fire warden for many years . . .
When there was not a single church
! in town as nice as the poorest one
here now . . . When the sweet potato
market sold half a million bushels
in one season and when the average
was more than $4.00 per bushel . . .
When bean lines were a mile long
at the auction market . . . When the
Negro school was so run down that
you could throw cats out through the
cracks in the walls . . . When the
electricity went off every time it
thundered .. . When town elections
created considerable competition and
excitement .. . When the KKK parad
ed down the streets on Saturday night
and held meetings throughout the
countryside . . . When only those in
the higher income bracket played
golf and then had to drive miles to do
it . . . When to advertise on the radio
meant on the Whiteville station . . .
When there was a direct telephone
line to Loris trom Tabor City, but it
was down about half the time . . .
When you could ride the train out
of Tabor as first grade children did
every year just lor the thrill of a train
ride . . . When seeing a helicopter
pass over was a sight to see and jets
were unheard of . . . When- the
Tribune operated with just two
people ... j
These are the changes of less than
twenty years. What will the next de
cadu bring?
SCHOOL CHILDREN BILLON Ii IN SCHOOL
in a speech to teachers in the
Whiteville school system last week,
Whiteville Mayor J. K. Powell tagged
as "tin cup begging" the numerous
and seemingly endless excursions into
the business and residential districts
by school children seeking contribu
tions for one thing or another.
His criticism of the practice hinged
mainly on the fact that it is improper
to take school children away from
their primary work for these extra
curricular activities, even though
many of the "causes" are worthy and
entitled to public support.
We are in full agreement with
.Mayor Powell on this point.
That same criticism can In· applied
in Tabor City as well as in Whiteville.
Few if any towns escape this solici
tation practice.
A chaperone is someone who never
made the team but is still in there
intercepting passes. , ) ,m.
, L·
It scums that while almost everyone
spends a lot of time these clays talk
ing about how limited the space in
colleges will be in the near future,
and how important it is that our chil
dren work harder in preparation for
the stift'er competition they will face
when they apply for college entrance,
still there are countless occasions
when it is considered acceptable that
children take time out from iheir
school work for work on selling cam
paigns, fund drives, and so on.
It is not enough to exclude only
those solicitations which are obviously
unworthy of our support. The worthy
ones as well should be eliminated.
For, regardless of how worthy a
"cause" is, none is worth the time and
effort of school children.
Most people think you have a per
fect right , to your opinion provided
it agrees with theirs.
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Willie F. Ford
Finishes Course
FOItT l .ΚΟΝΑΚΙ) WOOL),
MO.—Anny I*vt. Willie F.
I· onl, sun «iff Mr. and Mrs.
Chanclor Ford. Route I, Ccrro
fiord«». N. completed the
uutomotivc maintenance help
ers course at tort Leonard
1 \V o·«. Mn.. O.t. 5.
i Ford was trained to assist
' in in« |>ογι·ιιίι·.'·ιιι'«' of organiz
ational. (ι··Μ .tinI d«-|»ot ιιι.ιΐιι
frnaiiiv <>n track ami whci'lyil
I \ ehiclcs and similar c«|ulp
' m· nl, und in tlu· evacuation
I mo recovery of all types ·>Ι
• automotive material.
lie cnt«*re«i tlit- Army last
Μ ly ;m<l π π ived Itasle traui
ιιικ :it F>>rt Jackson. S. C.
•'lie 18-year-olil soldier is a
IMtiI graduate of Westside t«i|*ii
School in Chadbourn.
Magnolia Club
Holds Meeting
In Fair Bluff
Ml" . Κ.·'θ Ι \ν.ι<Ι<Ι«·ϊι i.nl Mr .
\Va«idelt Ι*ον\··ΙΙ ser\ nl as ι ο
liostesses In the Magnolia (ί:ιγ
ι den Chili when they met in
, Hi«· home of Mrs. Waddell in
1 Fair Bliif recently.
! Mrs. Car* F.lvini'ton, presi
; «Ieiil. |in·· ided, und reports
j wer«: given hy Mrs. B. A.
j l'ow«'ll. s«•rrelary. and Mrs. II.
Λ. Meares. Ire.isiirer. Thirteen
members repeat«·«! together the
cluh «'ollect Hii'l answered to
the roll c ill with names of
1 tall flowers.
After a talk on t!i< topic
! "preserve. Prot« et. Knj«>y" by
I Mis. M. A Wadde'l. an exhibit
I :«rriinu«il l>v Mrs. WaddeJi was
ι diseusscd by Mrs. G. L. Bailey
I .<n.i mrs. v. «ry M\ ingtoii, who
j served as critics. Tin· them«* of
I th«· «·χΙιϋ»ϊΙ was "Sntldenly It
j Is Seph-mbcr."
Aft«-r the ιη«·«·ίίιικ. a salad
course was served by the lios
tess«*s.
M.Y.F. Meeting
Woyman Church
Thursday flight the Colum
| bus County Sub-District Meth
ί oc'ist Youth Fellowship met >t
' the Way man Methodist Church
! «»f Bolton.
The Wayman «roup prcscut
• ed th«· program on various
' Christian symbols.
David Ward, president. ask
ed that all youth urt.ups be
Mil'«* I·· Μ II'I sollioolu· |n 111·· ι
County M.Y. K. Council ιιι··«Ί- I
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;is Hi· iliiti· for III·! ιι··χΙ bi
monthly C'ouiH'il ηι··«·ϋιΐ}ί· ΤΙκ· ,
nu'tliiiu will !><· Ιι··!«1 ;il III«·
Mclhoilisl Church jii White
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ii. i>. sciiijii i.i:
ciii'iry f»n»v«· II. I)., 2:1 Ml .p.
in.. dublinus·· i'ri.. Oct. 21.
Bet In I II. n.. 3:0li 11, ni. Club
Ιι· us«.·. Mon„ < )ιΊ. 23
IJoMon II I).. 2:3» p. in.. Club
house. Weil.. Oct. 24.
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islr;iti\«· spi-riallsl.
Airman llall is a ura<ltiati·
ut hiist Atvailia ΙΙϊμΙι School.
"Tin· two-party sy.-.tom is
icisi'd <>ii llir, as.iiiin|itjnii tli.it
lu-ilhor in.v way or your \\.i\ ·
ι > n«c«ssarilv tin· rijilit v.av
of (.'Ηίίΐΐχ till· joli riolii'." "J
Dorothy S. Si-ott, Sinithtowu
(Ν Y.) Mi •ΝΜ'ΠμΓΓ.
ANNOUNCING
A NEW CORPORATION
with an unchanged policy
Tabor City Trading Co.
— formerly Horncc Roberts Grocery Company is now
operating .it the location previously occupied by Roberts
Cirocery. Wc want all our fine customers — old and new
— to Know that past policies ;>f high quality merchandise
at low prices will be continued unchanged. Also, liberal
credit practices will continue for those customers of the
late Mr. Roberts whom he served so long and well in the
past. We invite vou to visit us, and we welcome your
t
continued patronage.
We Will Continue To Carry
VC, Pearsalls and Golden Eagle Fertilizers
NOW FILLING PMA ORDERS
RAILROAD STREET TABOR CITY PAUL MILLS, MANAGER
COIRTCHICM.es byi.ii.iEW ~
i f WELL* WELL / IT SURE APPOROS^
r ME GREAT PLEASURE TO HEAR.
THAT SINCE I SPOKE TO YOUR
HUSBAND, HE'S A CHANGED MAN. A
STAYING AT HOME EVENINGS VJ
AND ACL THAT. . ^ J
/υε&,υοο*.
/ HE FINOS IT MUCH 1
f EASIER TO STAY /// 3
[ THAN TO rs
EXPLAIN
vwy ne
S'Jt
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By CHARLES YOUNG
Out At The Mill Pond
It was a perfect day for silting on a slump WV
wont along a winding dirt road and into the woods.
We ended up close to the mill pond.
It was cool along the hank and we walked close
to the water, watching the water bugs dart ahout,
and stopping now and then When the surface of the
water was broken, trying-to spot the fish that did it.
There wasn't a suitable stump to be found. How- i
ever, we did lind an old jelty that stuck out a little '
way into the water. We spotted it from down the
lake, and from there it looked like maybe it would
do as a stump-substitute.
We didn't get a vhance to try it. When we go!
closer, we heard the men talking.
There was a house going up nearby. Λ large
one. It was aimost hidden by the heavy undergrowth.
We went on to it, and saw the men we had heard.
They were working on the house. ,
They were two laborers who were keeping mortar- "
mix and brick supplied to a mason. The mason was
up on a scaffold, laying 1he wall of the upper part
of the house. One of the helpers was up there with
him. The other was uu the ground below them.
The two laborers were arguing about which of
them should be on the scaffold, and which should
be on the ground. There was the problem of getting
brick up to the level where the mason was working.
"Vou was up before," the one on the ground said.
"Whaddava mean? I was up here only for about .
five minutes. Go on now, get them brick and toss
'em up here."
"Who?"
"Vou."
I'Yom the ground, the mail squinted and gauged
with one eye the height. It was a pretty long toss.
'■Man, i can't throw them brick up there. I've
done throwed too many now. My arms is all kinked
np.'l. I
ι ικ> mason sioppiMi what he was doing and looked
down "I'm· irot to havp some brick up ticrc ami I *
don't ran· win» throns and who catches, but just
gpt in·· sunn· κ ρ hprc." 11«· went back In the wall.
"Now you heard what (Iip man said," Iii«: one
above said, smilinir, showing most all Iiis teetlr.
"I lipard liini."
"Tli row." >
'Now mail, don't run around nip. <■«·< oil duwu
here while I clinib up."
"Conn· on In-rp .we ain'l »rot linn· for thai. This
man up here needs them brick." ' , t
"I nppds .some rest too, but 1 ain'l getting" iione."
"Von can ipsI after while. Throw."
"I'll throw," the man on the ground said, 'but
I ain't say in κ whichaway they'll go."
At. this,; the mason turned around again and
looked down. "Make sure you don't hit me with
them," he said. /
"My arms fpels so flighty, I don't know as how
I ran nay where they'll go," the man below said.
The mason turned to the man beside him. "Can
* nu catch them?"
'•If Ii" throws to me I can."
"I hopp I can," the man on the ground said,
shaking his head. "I only just hope I can do it."
The mason looked down at him from the scaffold
for u moment, and then he turned to the one beside
him. "You κ«* on down, there and do the throwing,"
he said.
There was a guffaw from below. The man above
seemed about to object. "Go on," the mason said.
Dejected, the man started down. The other Mart- "
ed up. When they passed each other the man who
had been on the ground grinned, and the man who
had been on the scaffold said something under his
breath.