ü ONLY PULITZER PRIZE WINNl NC — SERVICE — • WITHOUT SELFISHNESS • WITHOUT FEAR • WITHOUT FAVOR Tl»«· Goal of The Tribune Now and Forever IL· 7 WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE V Ν1TED STATES DON'T MISS • NEWS • FEATURES • PICTURES • ADVERTISING Every Werk In 'Ihr Trihmir "Tsbor City — The Toum With A City Future" VOLLME XVI, NL'MBKR 1" WEDNESDAY. XEVEMBER 1. i:»«i TABOR CITY. XORTlTcAROLINA 10c PER COPY—$3.0· A VEAk 11960-61 School ^Financial Report I Μι operation «.} the Tab· r City Schools is bij> business .is tin riiiunt'iul report lor the viur itiUiiig July 30, I9Ö1. re cently released oy t.ie loc.l -»liool board, clearly nidicatv . The auuitor'i ri jxirt tor the last schiMil year shows a total ;nnual rtceipt of $70,278.30 at JJ'abor City Seht κ <1 with $:{>». *15.82 coiniuii ιΙιΙόιικ» lunch K.uMi receipts and S.lfi.Hßli.'JJl ι. ceiveil through the activity IuiüI ■ Tin· auditor's report shows a IuiicIihim.i) balan » uf £3,085.7". ami .in .ctivity tuti'l balanv Ol $3.r,li2.2:>, lor :i |·,I'.iuii tola! b. Ι:.ιι<·«ί ot $7,248.03 at thi «•loso κ] tin- sellout year. 'Πκ· balance al th» beginning uf tin year vva> S7,Ü7::.8«. riu' lunchroom t'i'ci.'ivH . i 0111 Stale* uivl I itU'ral assist · aniv iiurins the year a total >1 ."•rt.HT4Sttl'iclils «ml tea ch» ι> ι itinu at tin· itnichroom uaid iti .1 total of .S31.4IO.U3 I.ai n» · t single cale^uiv uf »·χ I pens.· was the S27.3155.48 pu'rl j hi» fi»i food, a total «»Γ sD.ynr,. ! vas mi: for liihor in the ; 'nnchroom. j Athletics look in a total .i S">,704.4(» diiiiiii; the year for j the activity fuiwl. The school store took in »7,482.78. K» pentliturcs for athletics during j ill»· year totaled $3.888.12. Iiisuranct' was one of the bi·.·{jt-r items oi expense with a total 1.1 i>l.728.i»0 lieiiiv Au.In.ι. ι·..ι...ι . ■. ii·.. :ιιι ial report the following: "Thi· books :.nd financial re citrds of tin· individual schools should Ik1 kept in a manner as outlined ill a booklet Άιι Ac counting System For Individu al Schools (Rcvis»-d 195» published and furnished or mace available t" all schools· by III«· North Carolina State* Hoard of Kducutioii. The re cords o| your (Tabor Ci'y Schoo!) have been substanli;il ly i*i accordance with the r«. tiuiremenls of this booklet." Jury Says Speed Killed Cooper, Cox In Car Race S|>eed Kills. .1 coroner's jury said here Thursday night. The jury louud that two men who di« «I when a car disinte grated alter hitting a pecan tree on the old Coiiway-Whito villi n.ad the night ol Oct. 15 came to their deaths a? ttie lesult of an uceident involving a «.ar driven at a high rate of speed. It found Irom the evidence that Lloyd Cox, automobile salesman, was the driver of the and car that Howard Edward Cooper was a passenger. Cox died instantly in the crash: Cooper died four hours later. The jury's verdict made no mention of Hartford Preston Holmes 01 of Carl Jerome Buv loughs. who, evidence showed, were the driver ami pussent$»-r respectively of j> car with which Cox was racing. The evidence tended to show that Cooper hail attempted to make a bet ol sib with Holmes •hat the 1!1(>1 Chevrolet he and , ,,t,V Γ,ίΙ,,·8 in won kl g(, t.f-stej than Holmes' l»6(i Κοκ) h ι κ Holmes refused Hü bet but said ho would trv his car against th,· oilu.r -gllil " from zero to fi»." t ,h?' t,K' tv'd«nc<· . . . d to show. Cooμ<_·ι wa< liiving the Chevrolet but just before the race started Cox jj (i .,per changed places and Cox was driving at the time e . ""<> " .»c an , 1 disintegrated over a two acre area. Holmes said that when his on ,κ K" ß0· hr sluik«··' "II on the gas and Cox smcl , round him. A second later, he tail licht SaW lhe Chevrolet's Jf'. !gh 8" »«I of siKht and nw · ■ r",n tht" highway." Physical evidence at the scene indicated the Chevroi.·! ο th y"?,x °n th° ri«ht **<««-· Of the road, veered sharply let rtruck tin· pecan lJe of? thi left side of the highway in κ· yard of the home of Arthur Marlowe, farmer. Marlowe testified that he vh"." !' P,t'Co ,ht' ««wrine wheel horn rim of the Chevro let in Cooper s hand and lh;.t 1 C..o,j«., moan, ·■] couldn t help it." Ilm* Wt'S AT°SS 0X;,mi,1«J by ton V r> Chw,|,,u". o| Clin ΪιΪ'μ*. ni'y f,,r 0r;,i" 1 Motor Co.. Cox's employe,·· ;"Kl bv L Dawes. Loris" .,t V,' 'U' o, ,ep^'stnting Mr. and th.. π ι'"" C"°|Mir· Parents i inc dead passenger s.nVl°H 'Τκ Lit,k'^n Blanton sa d that because then· was no evidence of contact between he cars rlurin« the race, there would be no charge.·« Lilo Watson To Teach Class I.IIa Watson, former mis nonary to China. Taiwan and llonK Kon«. «ill teach the foreign mission study nook. "Your Guide To Ku ήΤ 'Λ* the Grprn Bap Met Church Monday, No vember e, at 3:0«. On her last trip home from her mission field. Mi»» Watson visited Europe The W. Μ. V. of Green »*■ is fortunate In obtaining Watson for this class. a spokesman for thr «roup has said. P A native of the Pee Dee ar*a of South Carolina. Miss Watson at one time taucht In the Finklea School and was a member of the Green Sea Baptist Church. She is ■ »Uter of Mrs. I.. Β Dawes Vi ι . "n*1 '»rrentlv ••fing In Delund, Ha. AT WHITEV1LLE RALLY . . Snnford Stumps For Schools SANFORD SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS AFTER TUESDAY RALLY ^ About 2Γ>0 Columbus County 1 citizens, including dose to 10« school children showed up .it the courthouse in Whiteville Tuesday to hear Governor Ter ry Sanford re-emphasize the need for greater quality in North Carolina primary and secondary education . In a rally that had been var iously hilled as having to do with the $61,665,00(1 November 7 bond referendum, or the need for greater educational opportunity in the State. S:»ti lord chose to stick ι>> the edu cational approach. No mention was made of the upcoming bond vote, which i: passed will provide over till million dollars for capital im provements in 10 divisions of State tacilities. Sunford's visit to Columbus #'-'ounty had hern originally publicized as a part of his pledge earlier this year to visit each of the 100 counties in Ihe Slate to explain why he thou ght North Carolinians should vote for the bond issue . In a 30-minute spctch, San ford issued a challenge to all citizens of the state, »nil prin cipally to s ΙιυοΙ children, to "du your part in helping u achieve a standard in our schools second to none." j Π»· singled out school chil i »In n .is being "the inost im ί port ant group of all" in realiz | ing this goal. I "In our fast changing world." ' >ie said, "our best chance for : survival is through education. Not only technic.il training, but ; als·· understanding and aware ness of the most important is i sues facing us." "The Quality Education Pro ' gram will be successful only if the school children want it to be. and < nly i! they are willing to work for it." Iii C'Iiihvtion with the hop ed-for improvement of our >chools. a printed leaflet Iisi — ι ing 111 items for consideration ! and evaluation by iudividti.'.l schools was presented. The list i.idudes Community Climate, Level Of Expectation, Agreement On The Hole Ol The Schoi 1. Local School Con trol. Organization And Admin istration. The School Staff. The Curriculum, The Instructional Program. Pupil Personnel, und School Plant And Eacilities. The November 7 bond refer endum includes 10 divisions of state facilities in line for cap ital improvements. These are Capital Area Buildings, State Training Schools, State Educational In stitutions. Community Col legos. Archives And History And Stute Library Building, Stute Ports. Stale Mental Institu tions, Local Hospital Construc tion. Natural Resources Con servation And Development, :.nd State Agricultural Re search Stations. At the Tuesday rally, music was provided by the White villc High School Band, with J. Marion Martin us director. The Salute to the Flag was led by Eagle Scout Edward Shearin. Dr D G. Dunn, member of the Citizens Committee For Better School.«, conducted Hu mecting. Raymond E. Stone, executive secretary of the North Caro lina Citizens Committee For Better Schools, spoke for ui few minutes al the beginning of the program. J. B. Lee. Whiteville attorn ey, introduced the Governor. A number of local, county and state officials were in the audicn.c. The rally in Whiteville was the second stop for Suuford on Tuesday.He was at a similar meeting earlier in the day at Shallotte. He was scheduled t > make stops at Elizabcthtown, Lumberton and Fayettevllle before the day was over. Ability Grouping - Tabor City School's Stop Toward Education On An Individual Lovel » Going »Ion« with the na tional trend toward attempt ing t<» meet educational needs on an individual level, tw> major steps have been taken in the seventh and eighth erode? in the Tabor City Schools. For the first time in the school's history, these junior high student* are changing changing classes, much as their hi»· brothers and sisters do in , high school, and arc grouped * in each class according to th«-ir individual abilities in each subject. Hand.dl Huilc-on pntiri ip.'il of the Tabor Citv schools, xplained the purpose of this hitnw. "This is an effot t ve're trying out this year to .<.·« il i' be ttor moots the needs »( the students on an indivi ual level Our only aim is to m;n"ove the methods for teach ο« these children so that they ■n ·■>· tirf't more frim Ih«··t schooling." Ability (ironpine f-asi year the seventh and *«hth κι »de students we.·« grouped recording to over-all ibilitv The students remained in thtir homerooms all day I under the* same teacher with i classmates who were suppos edly comparatively similar in ibility . This over-nil ability group ing had its drawbacks. The most important was that, nl 'I'.ugh a students might he a little weak in one subject, the ame student might excel '·η mother. Under this year's system, the student attends each class with ι group of students on his own .ibility level. This means that a student could |χ· in a cla:s (Continued On I'age 7) DESTROY ED BY FIRE — Shown is what was left after the fire Thursday nijrht which jrutted Coy Brothers lurnture plant. At the ri>rht is the iron works which was saved. (Staff photo) Thursday Fires Destroy Furniture Plant And Newly Remodeled Home v*;,?l7'·· ,,UI·-· has mit as· tt Un, determined t|) „ which destroy·.,, Cnx !},·„,i,r:x '•Her", V.7"' bv"p;,vs <>H1 - Iniih· C"-V Thu«l,.}. "J'ul·"»"'«nur Am« ι if' «η E;.rl} κ·,„ι «u sij-n. w.-nt up ,n , ! ·1'<Η ΐύ<·ιιΙ." blaze with Ham -s Llr K ,5(' !o ~(,n »" til·· tt'uv!l of h,,|iihly nam,n;,'olt· ■ £ ,,u- »«'terials used in | . ' H P«'«»<1»i.tion - :>a.nt; τ- , Γ! l' ai,d dr>· lumb t)l· «•xir.a.K· hi-ai t<. the vorjd η ΐ,ί1 Ui,-S "hvadv be iivid. w,Mf" η {„·. ROOF CAVES in ' ·,χ"' Wait.,·. socTftrtry-tre-i : »"»«·. „Γ the Tab), Ci j ;· - ! J™™. Fire· ,V, ,πηκ£ ! "·«*· was ehance V, I ...M"»« ;,"y,hj,,s jn th(. ■ the i(„,f ,,, ,(){. 4 <·. '•jruclur^. had „„J ^ «» ,!Äi,h" ,u~ ■»···'·" , Ä'S!* "" lin.il« available V Wi'* not rfÄ 1 '«ι· nearest hvili-im ,nrdi"« «' Watts, wis , "" P« Wreway i:„, "'•"«•ly tin, ·,ρ'" · >·' , r^VF.\ VOLt\TFERM , Tub· c*i J ν' 'in· "H· ' I he scene wit·.' " I 'i'« ficht, is Heining 7,h,"t,vr 'h- blaze « er,"V,Π Wit " fil?ht u!'«us!' jt.,r'v cjjr;;·· S-SÄÄS SSa&SS* '<■·" -L· "Zn^\ » CSf ,hV »»ι '""s *«· ■"» im ™ scene. They had been at And erson's Barbecue nearby ai.d had iien the hiaxe. "Those buy.- deserve some .red it," W .it:> said. "They kicked in the door of thi foundry and carried some of the equipment out. I? wouldn"* have be», ο damaged anyway, but they were doing all tlvy could t<> save something." Stockholders in the corpor ation · ι Cox Bro'hers. lni are Chai i· s, Horace and Rtchjrd C>»x. of Tabcr City. Owner of the iron vorks next door is Gene Watson, also of Tabor City. Horace Cox said Friday morning that work had been going on in the furniture plant until about 9:30 Thursday night, but had no idea how the fire started . No cause has been determ ined as of today. PLAN TO RKKt'ILl) C..x Brothers. Inc. has been in operation for a little less than one ve.u. The brothers have indicated that the> intend to rebuild ii at all possible. They have not, however, indi cated when they might get started. "It's been a lunsj hard strug gle." Horace C<«x said. "We wer«· iusi getting t<· tin· ( '.act while we thought we would be able t«> make :i g" of it and show :i profit We etoii'1 know exactly how we're going tu d«> it. but wo certainly hope to bt able to rebuild." A SECOND FIRE Earlier th.it same day. an . ther liiH- juM beyond the town limits destroyed a house be 1 longing to Civorge Buffkin ol' Tabor Cily. A remodeling job had just l ο··· Ii completed, and the hous'j was not inhabited at Iii« time of ihi i::v. Mr. Bulfkin said Tuesday that no definite value had been established. The house was located on the Fair Bluff road at the edge of town. Although it was situat ed outside the fire district of the Tabor City Fire Depart ment. the volunteer group an swered the call. The house was approximate ly 20ti() feet from the nearest hydrant. The Tabor City fire truck carries 800 feet of hose The fire alatm was turned m ..t about 1:30 a. m. Thurs day. When the firemen arrived. Ihe house was too far Rone to ' sa ;e. Water was directed on a ι house next door, to prevent ii fron catching fire. Piano Students Of Mrs. Bruton Stage Musicale The piano class t.t Mrs. Mar 1 thu B. Bruton of tin; Tabor I City Schools will present i's I tirst afternoon musicale of th«· school year in tin· s;l.-.">| aui'·* iloritun next Wednesday after· ! nnun, November 8, at 3:15 I P. M. Donna Hughes, a third-year ; piano student, daughter ol Mi. ! and Mrs. Don Hughes, will be leatured soloist of the after noon. Her program will con sist of such varied composers as Bach. Beethovan, Mozart, Schumann. Tschaikewsky and a contemporary section bv I Ernst Bacon. Other pianists from the class . performing will be Angelii ' Gore. Deborah Walts, Sherry Coleman. Cynthia Carroll, Bonnie Dal«· Shelley. Charlotte Mercer. Jan Cartrette. Lucia Woody. Melody Roberts, Katie Fipps and Margie Suggs. Mrs. Bruton cordially invites the public to attend. These af ternoon nnisicales. she states, are informal and arc conduct ed primarily for public per lorman.e training of the stu dents. There are several plan ncil throughout the yiar at which time various students Irom tin· class will perform. Loris Fair Will Run Through Saturday Night The Atlantic States Shows moved onto the fairgrounds .it j the Horry County Farmers ! Market in Loris Monday to be i gin a five-day stand of enter tainment and exhibit. The Loris Fair is being stag ed in conjunction with a F«i11 bargain festival .sponsored by the l.oiis Merchants Associa tion . Featured in the show is a man who is "buried alive" for the five-day period. Hi· is Don ild Spillman from Berkley Springs. West Virginia He was out into the six-foot-deep hole Monday night, to be dug up it » p. m. Saturday . Loris merchants will givv n wav a number of cash und merchandise prizes dttt trig the est Iva I . A drawing on four of the ive nights will be held at the airgrounds. where » $25 cash Tize will be eiven nightly, in iddition to several merchiin lise gifts. On Friday ι ight the riraw •itf will be held downtown, .'!t ft p. m . Tin grand prize of $200 will be etVfii awuy Saturday nigh* Bevε is Clash With Elizabethtown in Toe Gsme Of 1961 Grid Season Tin· Tu! or City I!od Devils. snr;.'.i'.j{ .iltiT tl'.r defeat by l.uttibi ituii last week. take th< li'Hj« awaited journey to F.li/.a bethtown F'uia> l«.r a contest ' billed as the t«·(> nam«· <·! the WAA conference I'M* the si! i s«>n. The defeat at the hands of a si rung l.umberton team. 13 <«> • H. lias in>t dampened the h«>|" s of th«· local eleven in their hid this week for the conference championship. Eii/abethtown i* currently riding the crest on top oi ihc league with four wins and η ι Iosms Tabor City has posted ί Ihre«· and one conference mark, Should Tabor win th«· game, bringing about a in· in the con Ι«·ι«·ηι·<·. the Ked 1>«·\ lis would represent th«· Wa camaw Ath letic Association in the region al A A playoffs, due to a state ruling which slates that if two clubs end the season in a tic tor the championship, the team which ha* won between th<· two will be declared th«· champion. The Yellow Jackets are i»i puss: sion of a perfect seas« η j . ecoul 1«· date, having won nine games and lost none Thev have not been scored on by the opposition. The Red Devils have a six and two r« cord and have given up four touchdowns They arc I unscoied-on in f«>ur appear I ances on their home field. The gam«· at Elizabethtown is expected to prove or dis .«pprnvt th«· widespread opiii· ι ion that the Jackets; have post ed their impressive record i· uainsl somewuat less than top nut h teams. While Tabor City eomment titors are nut discounting the ' irt that the .Jaikcls arc· •»mart and tough and last, attention is being called to the narrow margin of 13 to υ that fcliza· bethtown was able to record last week against a c*impara Mvely wenk ShalMte eleven. The Kfd Devils gome at l.umheeton last Friday pavu >:ood indication of how well th·.· local learn can play in the lace of competition from a much larger school Tabor City was rocking n Ioiil· wit η <ι β to t; tie virtually assured late in the game whi.'Ti an unfortunate pass intercep tion enabled Lumberion to push across a late score. The Devils's lone touchdown a me on a 45-yard run by quarterback Ro(icr Small