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: ' THE ONLY PVL IT2EH PRIZE WINNING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED STATES — SERVICE — ' • WITHOUT SELFISHNESS • WITHOUT FEAR • WITHOUT FAVOR The Goal of The Tribune Now and Forever 16c 7< DON'T MISS • NEWS • FEATURES • PICTURES • ADVERTISING flvrry Week In The Trllioue VOLUME XVI, NUMBER 16 ft— "I. H i ■■ WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 25. 1961 "Tabor City — The Toum With A City Future» TABOR CITY. NORTH CAROLINA Ite PER COPY—SS.·· A YE AB , vevns rusi unscoreo upon Home Season; Lumberton Is Friday Foe 1 ill' I uuui ν,Ιΐν Ittd UeVlls, itftor closing out the home sea son without giving lip a single point t>< the opposition, journ (y to Lumberton Friday night fur a non-conference game. So far as can be esraolished, »- last week's 20 to 0 victory over Stedman marks this as the first season in the history «.! the seh»iol that the home tram has not been scored on in games played at the local lield. It was a fitting performance lor the large Homecoming crowd. , Loris Fair And Feslival Opens Tuesday A man buried alive . . . the finest swine you ever saw . . . the thrills und rides and shows and goodies to out . . . $1,000. 00 in FREE PHIZES . . . and a townwide trade promotion I that promises to outdo any thing in the past in the way of bargains These are the things causing people to make plans NOW to attend the Greater Loris Fail' and the Fall Bargain Festival of the Loris Merchants Asso ciation. which will open sim ultaneously in Loris for a five tlay run beginning next Tin s day. > For there will be five big days of fun, frolic and bargain buying in Loris as the Loris Fair Association and the Loris Merchants Association join forces Tuesday of next week to make Tuesday through Sat urday the biggest days ever in Loris. * . Tuesday night a man will be buried aliv·· at the. Lurfc ψήβ at tW Horry County Farmers I Market and will remain buried until Saturday night. The in terment will take place under the direction of Capt. Frank Allen, who, for 35 years allow ed himself to be buried fre quently. He claims th.. "»■>·""" ionship ίιι his field, having been buried one time for a total of 127 days—a feat he says has never been equalled. Today he allows younger men to participate while he .super intends the work. , During the act, the buired man has a fan, an air mat tress and reading material. People can view him through a porthoie-likc affaii, leading down to the box six feet ling er. Allen comes here with the Atlantic States Shows, the newest show of its type in America and one which has not played in the Loris area before. The show teat tires many new forms of entertain ment. with new riding devices, several of which are designed especially for small children. The Loris Fair Association and the Loris Merchants Asso ciation are combining forces to give away some $325.00 in cash and approximately $675. in merchandise prizes for a total of $1.000.00 in prizes dur (Continued On Page 3) Girl Scout Fund Drive Underway All over Columbus County this week funds are being rais ed to support Eastern North »Carolina Girl Scout Area Co uncil «and to expand Girl Scout work in the county. John B. Singletary, chair man of the fund raising cam paign, pointed out that, "As the Boy Scouts have been a great benefit to the boys of this area, the Girl Scout org anization has also been of much benefit, and there is η great need for expansion in ^ Columbus County." Whereas Tabor City now has a very active Boy Scout troop, there Is no Girl Stout organ ization here. At present there are only two Girl Scout troops in the county, one In White ville and one combining Halls boro and Lake Wnccamaw Work toward organizing a tr«H>p in Chadbourn is under way. . ) Those Interested in assisting expansion of Girl Scout activi ties in Columbus County miv send contributions to Eastern North Carolina Girl Scouts. P. Ο Box 417, Whitevill·, Ν C. ι Λ highlight «.r the evening ! , was the crowning of Miss Ra- ι i chcl Ci>x as Homecoming ! : Queen. The lirst and third quarters of the game were scoreless,' i out several times 'Γ. C. threat : ened the Stedman yoiil and! ' \ iw-versa. ! Bobby Soles was Tabor's j i outstanding man of the game, j He made two of the touch- ! ! downs for the Devils. These! ; -cores were the result of < Sole's 52 and 80 yard runs. j The Devils outranked the! •^position in the passing de partment by completing four ! out oi seven; Stedman tried 16 •:nd made lour. In the second quarter, defen sive haltback Marshall Allen j a c voted a Stedman fumble and helped TC to start its scoring drive. The Devils urove 11 yards tt> put the ball on theii own 4.'' It was then that halfback ; Soles biokc loose and made his 52 yard run. Roger Small con verted to make the score 7-0. i In this same quarter, half back Mezingo of Stedman re ! covered a Tabor fumble and ; almost eluded the defensive team. He was stopped only 34 ' yards from Tabor's goal. The third quarter was store I less and was spent hustling back and forth with no signi- | j ficant gains on either side. In the last quarter, Sted-j man's Carter, Mczingo, and | , Hatem proved to bo the main- j stays of the opposition with their groundwork and steady ι yardage gains. They pushed to the Devil's 19 before they I were stopped by the efforts ι of Sammy Williams. Leon Foii vielle. and Allen. The remainder of the gamn was Tabor's. The Devils went to the Stedman 8 and Small shauk right end for a it*'1 pointer. There was no conver sion. The last scoring play of the j game was the 80-yard run by Bobby Soles. He went around right tackle and walked away from Stedman. For the second time in the game, Roger Small converted. The game ended j 20-0 making Tabor's record 6-1. Ken Lovell, who resigned last work as executive secret ary of the Tabor City Merch ants Association to join radio station H'TAB, has been ap pointed assistant station man ager. according to an an nouncement this morning by the station's board of directors. Bob Fowler, who for th« past three year· haa been on the aUff of radio station WTAB In Tabor -Cltjr. haa ac cepted a position with WLSC Radio In Loria and will join the ataff of that station tomor row. J JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GO TRICK-OR-TREATING—There are two little goblins at the J. A. Brice houssehold who are eager for Halloween night. Five-year-old Gayle Brice is all dressed and waiting to go witching, and shows her big brother, Jeffrey, 8, where she's going to put all her treats. Jeffrey has ideas of his own, though, and thinks his devil costume j will scare his friends and grown-ups too. Better stock up soon on Hal loween goodies, or "the goblins will get you if you don't watch out!" Steady Progress Is Being Made On Additional 1200-Ft. Sewage Line Construction of a new 1200 foot town sewage line has be gun in Tabor City, another of the hoped-for yearly projects which will eventually provide town citizens with adequate | disposal facilities. This latest line, which was given final approval by the Town Board of Commissioners j ill May* 1960, ties in with the' j -main line at McCullum and ι I Ear St feft* and proceeds past ! i Anderson .· Barbecue to ! 1 Road, across Stake Read to | Princess Street, along Princoss | I j.ast the intersection of Prii.ce ι ; Street, and on for a short dist- ' ance to the end of that stive· I ; where it will be plugged. Although the new line was approved by the Board in I960, it was specified that construc tion would not begin until tlv fiscal year 1961, which began j in July. I Commissioner Willard WriglV j said that all new sewage lines j are given priority considera I tion on the basis of the potent ial number of homes the line·? will serve. He also said that an effort is made to "spread the work around" so that all areas of the town benefit, j The next proposed sewage ; line has been drawn to extend j from Ray Street across '·> i Jones Street and into the sec ! tion served by Columbus Street. Wright said it is hoped that j a new line can be put down each year. Although the Town Board has not as yet approve«! the line for next year, the one into Columbus Street is thou ght likely to be chosen. OUR ERROR! The price of Bacon in thn Piggly Wiggly Ad on the Back Page is listed at 9c a pound. It should read i 59c. Tabor Jaycees Most District Meet Tuesday About 80 representatives from Junior Chamber of Com merce chapters in the 13th District gathered in Tabor City last night for social, dinner and business sessions. The quarterly meeting of the civic organization attracted members of chapters from Bladenboro. Clinton, Dublin, Elizabethtown, Lumberton, Shallotte, Southport, Wilming ton, Wallace, and host Tabor City. W. Horace Carter, ex-Jqycoe jnd one of the 10-Outstanding Young-Men-Of-Thc - Year in 1953 was the featured speaker. Mr. Carter spoke to the group about survival from nu clear attack, und presented a :iber review of the current vorld situation. He took occasion to commend he local Jaycee chapter for its idoption of thi· Ci\ il Defense >r«>je:t in its new program of .vork for the c< ming year. During the meeting, reports if the activities of the various chapters were given. Club presidents also outlined pro jects planned for the next quarter. The meeting was presided over by Marvin Wilson, district vice-president. PTA Dinner Slated For Friday Night Friday night is the date ft»- : the Parents-Teachers Associa- . tion's annual Halloween diri n«r. Serving will begin4 in the Tabor City School cafeterkt at 5:00 to give guests timt to eft befu*«; a*.; tiding reviyal set vices or the high school foot ball Käme. ' "We realize there is a con flict," said Mrs. Dale Wright, president of the local PTA, "so for that reason we will have dinner early for all thofe I who have other plans for the ί evening." The menu will be different this year. Oven-fried chicken j will be the main course, plus string beans, candied yams, tossed salad, rolls, and coffee or milk. Tickets for the dinner are j SI.00 for the adults. 50c fur! ihildren. They may be obtain-] «■d from school children, at | Harrelson's or Dameron's Drug Store, or purchased ;!t the door. POWER SERVICE INTERRUPTION Pou it service will be int errupted Sunday Morning, October ?!». 1961. from 5:30 (o 7:30 Λ. Μ from White ville to Tabor City. All riiHtomcrs on Highway 101 from Whiteville to Tabor City wiil be without power including Brunswick. New Hope. Williams Township. Clarendon, and Tabor City. Η. M. I.eamon, Local Manager, stated this Inter ruption of service is necess ary for the safety of the men working. We are mak ing improvements so that we can render better service In the future. FINANCE DRIVE ON . . . Scouting Is Big Business How do you start a fire without matches? That's easy. You rub two Joy Scouts together. It was a »ad joke 25 years ago, too. 3ut the fact that it's still be ng told proves that "Boy icout" is a household term. It's a household term in Ta City, in Puyallup, Wash., nd in London, England. Not ο mention Tokyo. Japan and \thens, Greece and 32 other ■ountries. Scouting is big business in lulumbus county and the Cape .'tar Area Council and this ■ear's financial drive to pay or the scouting program in the district has a goal of mor.· han $51,000. Almost any group of boys that you meet on the streets >f Tabor City will include one ut more Boy Scouts or Cub IcouU and μ Dm new ragtet ration is now in progress hero, indicntions are that 60 or more youngsters will be en rolled in the program in Tabor City. Other troops are active in the county at Fair Bluff. Whiteville, Chadbourn and Lake Waccamaw. In addition to youngsters, there are many adults regist ered in the Scolding movement in Columbus County with ten from Tabor City annually registering as promoters of the project. Leaders of the Scouting movement point out that this Is a year around character >uilding, training and citizen ship organization that also provides outdoor activities un der trained supei vision for hundreds of boys in this area. The»· leader« point out that a contribution to Scouting ig η wist· investment in the future leaders of the community. Scouting has been in process in Tabor City for more that» two decades. It has had i's ups and downs but during the three years it has enjoyed or.e if its finest troops with tw>> of the older members already certified for the Kagle award.! hignest in Scoutim». at the No vember Court of Honor. Membership in Scouting na tionwide has virtually doubled in the last ten years. During the SO year history of the Scouting movement. 32.000.000 boys and adults have been registered as members. Even President John F Ken nedy is a former Bov Scout and now by virtue of his office as President of the United States, is the head of the Boy Scouts of America also. W H C Six School Children Injured As Bus Snags Low Power Line Six students of the Oak For- ι est school at Nakina were iu- t lured early Monday when ■> I -chool bus hooked a sagging I private power line across th<· I road propelling a coke bottle · ι that was used for a "ground" ι through the bus window. ι The accident took place in front of the Ernest Long hun.e < nil NC' 19U4. a few miles from the school at about 7:30 a. m, according to State Highway Patrolman F. D. McLean. When the bus hit the wire. ' < Rachel Cox Is Homecoming Queen At TCHS Rachel Cox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Cox of Tab or City, is the Homecoming Queen for 1961. This honor seems to be the usual for the Cox family. L'-tst year's queen was Judy Cox. ι Rachel's first cousin. Rachel is a statuesque brun ette with a ready smile. "1 once thought that 1 was tall. Then · 1 went to Atlanta. Georgia and saw some of the girls there I was almost dwarfed. Some of the girls hit six feet." Since she is a senior. Rachel is making plans for college. At the moment she plans to at tend Emory University in At lanta. Rachel is president of the Saint Paul Methodist Church Μ. Y. F., president of the Sen ior Sunday school , class, -a member W the Fu'nch Cftib, ; the Monogram Club, and is the historian of the local Future Teachers ot America. She has no hobbies, only "things 1 like to do." These things include: collecting re- ] cords, playing basketball, j keeping a sports scrapbook, j and watching all types of sporting events. Church activities occupy much of Rachel's time. "I b — lieve that the church should be the guiding force in every one's life, if you don't have God. then what do you have"" vhich McLean s:ii<i Lour had si χ tended from his home across 1 « he road to a tobacco barn, the >ottlc was snatched with such *1 dree that it penetrated the ι < •ear window of the bus. scat- ί »•ring small bits of glass in ail ι lirections. Injuries to the children in- , 1 •luded slivers ot ülass in the | t scalps ol a few. a cut on trie j ight temple ol another, a tie. ( ι nie cut linger. j t All were brought to Tab.>r · t ZTity following the accident, t Potato Sales Exceed Last ΐ Year's Record j Mr. C. K. Waiden, manager , for the Tabor City Marketing ' Association, reported that 9257 bushels ol sweet potatoes wer·· j sold from opening day, Octob- I L-r 11, to October 21. 1 This figure exceeds last year's record lor the same number of days by about 5000 bushels, according to Mr. Wai den. Average price per bushel ■ over this period of time is j $3.17, which is 40c above la.it ' year's average for the early part of the season, and 20c above last year's total average. Richard Bowen Takes Two Firsts In State Fair Richard Bohren W^iiteville' Route 3 youth.' is Columbus j County's lone winner in 4-H 1 Club Exhibits at the North | Carolina State F air for 1961. ι Young Bowen won a first' place in Individual Exhibits j for a drawing utilizing pencil, ink, charcoal, etc. Bowen also won a first : place in the Fit-Id Crops De partment, entering Corn Hy brid. Dixie 18. Milk P'iductiot« on Amer·.-| can dairy farms in I960 aver-j aged above 7.000 pounds por cow for the first time in hist- ! ory. ικΙ wir«.· examined and treal (I by Dr. Ross M. W illiamson. The injured wert· the driwr, 'htUllas Claridy, Chester Moo v. Robert Williams and Kloist· rtitnky, all ot whom com luincd of stomach pains. Mary Claridy suffered a eut inner and J.iminv Claridy was ut behind the right eye. The remainder of the group f 12 students who were on he bus wure shaken up, but lid not require medical atten ion. Damages to the bus wer«; ninor. Trooper McLean said llwt harges would be tiled against *<ing for having a traffic ob truction across the highway. Services Held For 3-Year-0ld Killed Sunday Funeral Services were held Tuesday for Rickey Mathew 3rown, 3-year-old son of Mr. md Mrs. M. S. Brown of Rt. I, Bladenboru who was acci dentally shot and killed by a playmate Sunday afternoon .vhile engaged in a game of lowboys. Services were held at 3:30 p. m. at the Mt. Calvary Bap list Church by the Revs. Billy Hardee and Joe Stanley, with ourial in Columbus Memorial I'ark, Whiteville. One shot from what was ihouiiht to be an '•unloaded'* .22 ciliber rifle clainied the life of the boy. Columbus County Coroner J. B. L.«jng has ruled that the boy's death was accidental, ant! that no inquest will be held The Browns were visiting in I he home of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Brown of Chadbourn at the time of the accident. Long reported that the fatal shot was fired from a rill« which was thought to be emp ty. Harlee Brown, 11, son of the host family, took the gun from a closet while he and th«i younger boy were engaged in the cowboy game. The gun 'is< barged, striking the boy in the left side of the chest, pierc ing thi· left lung and the heait. The boy died before a doctor ,-oulri reach I.im. 2 Cars Involved In Accident Wed. An automobile accident oc cur :efi ι.η the corn··!* of Fir'h and Lewis Street Wednesday morning at iipproximotely 10:00 A 1957 Buick. driv en by Mi::s Betty Joe Bl.niton. 8 Garrel St.. Tabi.r City, and a 1956 Chevro let. owned by Mrs. Hazel S. Grainger of Rt. 2. Tabor Ci'.y were the only two riirs involv ed. No one was injured, but «tn estimated $500 worth ot d.im ages to th<- left rear fender and front end of the Chevrolet was reported Details about !ho cause of the accident have not been re ported at the time of this writ ing. Sanford's Visit October 31 has been affirm ed as the date for Governor Terry Sanford's visit to Co lumbus County to explain the upcoming bend referendum. Governor San ford will »-peak it the Columbus County Court house at 1:00 ρ m. Whitcvillc Badio Station WENC will broadcast the spee h in its entirety at 1:00. The bond referendum for $01.«65.000 includes plans for $37.000 direct benefits to Co lumbus County for the con struction of a shop building, equipment shelter and air plane hanger for the Forestry Division near Whlteville, a« well as $36.000 for Columbu* and three other counties for the construction of four equip ment shelters .... _ — . ] New Stoplight Is Now In Place At Dangerous School Intersection ι ne long awaited stop li^li! lor the school intersection :>.t Whiteville and Emerson Roads was erected Tuesday, followinc final approval from the Sta'.< Highway Department. Town Commissioner Willar<·' Wright said the Town ot Tab or City had been informed o. the approval only a lew days before. The new liaht is the result of a Ιοηκ and drawn out ef fort «>n the part of the Town Hoard, following a motion bv the Hoard in March I960, which outlined the need for the light as a vital safety measure. Wright said the light will cost between $1400 and $1600. and that it will be paid for out of "code" money set aside by the state for use by muni cipalities. Under this urrimecmunt. tiv.· nitial «' S* <>! t'· · light .nd the , luintena:.«' ·-? t"ic t.eadio ■system will be luvnished by ;e St..te. The cost «>! pmver i.'.l iiiiin ;· repair work will be ι >aid by the Town. Wright said the light is to have connections which will permit it to be tripped from either side of Emerson Road. During hours other than those when school «children are us ing the crossing, the light w'Jl remain green to Whiteville Road trafnc unless vehicles oil Emerson or Pireway Roads cross the mechanical changer. WACCAMAW GROWTH Β. L. Nnmlth. senior vie«* president of the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Cnmpan\ ehain. this week released the financial statement for the year endinc September 27. INI. The annual hank state- ι ment reflects the rapid ι growth of the Waccamaw · H;»nks showing total assets now of S15.R0e.377.20 as compared with 542..·?>5.084. 70 a year aito. This is a tain in assets of about three and one half million dollars in one year. Deposits in the Wareama»· Banks show a gain from 93K.240.599.22 on September 27. 19Γ.0 to M1.411.801.A4 on the same date In 1001. The rhain of hanks* con tinues to add to its assets with drive In banking build in«* in a number of loea- I Hon* and Improved facilities throughout the section is serves Baptist Revival Set Next Week At Local Church Revival services begin Mon day. October 30. at the Tabor City Baptist Chiirch and con tinue through Sunday, No vember 5. with two service t nil ν at 1ft 30 Α. Μ and 7:30 V. M. Rev. \V. H. Clapp. of Spart anburg. S. C.. will be the vis iting speaker and the music will be directed by Ben John son. an instructor in music at Southeastern Baptist Theologi cal Seminary at Wake Forest. Cottage prayer meetings lire scheduled at a number of homes all during this week. James H. Johnson, pas to", has issued a cordial invitation to peoples of all faiths to at tend the revival services next week and the cottage prayer meetings this week *
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