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THE ONLY PU LlTZEK PRIZE WlNNl • WITHOUT SELFISHNESS • WITHOUT PK A Κ • WITHOUT FAVOR Tbe r>nl mi Tkr Tribune Now $rn4 rw*v*r 74e «2 VOLUME XVI, NUMBER 18 Μ · .« "Tmbr City - WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1961 NC WEEKLY NEWS PAPER IN THE UNITED STATES t>ÖNJT Mitt • NEWS • FEATURES • PICTURES • ADVERTISING Every Wf»k in Tbr Tribun« lfte PER COPT—IS.M A YEAR .Hpprecimion Night Banquet Set For Local Football Team Tin· Tabor City Rotary and ('Ivltan Clubs will jointly spun Mir uii appreciation night ban quet at the school cafeteria .Monday night. November 20. φ honoring the lied Devil fool-, l>ail team and coaches who have lUxi'd out the most successful season in many years. Ί he six wins and three losses . record of the Tabor City grid licrs earned for them the Co-· liiinbus County title and runner; ι:μ honors in the Waccamaw conference. S. I'. Smith, overall chairman λι·Ι the event, said today that an ..utManding sportsman speaker would be sought for the bun· «Inet program. lie said Hotarians. Civitansj and members of the football team would attend the meeting and that any other interested local sports boosters are invit ed but would have to secure. tickets at Dameron Drug Store! hy Wednesday, November 15. j Φ Tickets will be $1.50 each. | \V. Α. ·Α1> Williams will, serve as master of ceremonies al the banquet. IVillurd Wright will be pro- ι gram chairman and will intru- : duie the speaker of the eve- i ning. Wright is in charge of securing the speaker and cf- j lul ls are being made to get | ISoiie.s McKinney. basketball fi, roach at Wake Forest College. II McKinney cannot come, a speaker of equal popularity will be sought. Randall Burleson is chair man of the arrangement cum- ; mittee and Ed Hurting und Kdwiu Wright chairvwn ο/ the decoration committee. Ag Teacher* Me 0 Local Cannery The monthly meeting of vo litional agriculture teachers I rum Columbus, Bladen and Brunswick counties was hel'.l Monday afternoon in the agri culture building at Tabor City High School. Λ highlight of the afternoon 1 M-s.Moii was a conducted tour through Tabor City Foods. Inc., with cannery representatives Kalph Norris, Jimmy Garrell and Tally Eddings providing instruction and explanation in tannery procedure. Tabor City agriculture teach ers Fred Lay and Sam Jackson avted as hosts for the event. The cannery tour was de signed to acquaint the visitinj teachers with the latest in ' i.inning practices, in addition to furnishing them with in formation about the current most desirable varieties of sweet potatoes for cannery purposes. Ν. B. ChesnuM, vocational agriculture district supervisor for southeastern North Caro lina spoke U> the group about new teaching methods and materials in the production of sweet potatoes. Brought under discussion was tile comparative desirabil ity of various types of pola toes to be used in canning. It was pointed out that at the present time, the "nugget" variety is the most popular, although there are a great number of "kandees" being brought in also. There were 24 teachers in attendance. Two Die, Two Hurt In Friday Wreck; Manslaughter Is Charged vuu.»i> 11m η way deaths number 12 and 13 were re curded Friday when a two-car c rash took the lives of a prom inent YVhiteville and Colum bus Ciunty businessman and α Whiteville. Route 1 Negro. The accident. which occurretT shortly after noon about five and a half miles northwest of Whiteville. resulted in the death ol { larence Gordon Townsend, 43. operator of WhiteviUe Trading Company, and John West George. 48. Patrolman F. D. McLean said that two others involved in the wreck were hospitalized for treatment of injuries. They are John Hichard Brown. 48, 908 South Lum brady Street. Richmond. Va„ and Mildred Banks. 25. 1201 N. 19th St.. also Richmond. The injured two were in the auto with George, a 1953 Pon tiac. Townsend was alone in a I960 Volkswagen. Trooper McLean ssid that Townsend was killed instantly as a result of a chest injury apparently received when he struck the steering wheel at the time of th«. crash. Coroner J. B. Long said that George died of head and multi ple injuries. One of the injured. Brown, aufiered a neck injury and is said to be in satisfactory con dition. The other. Mildred Banks, is report«'J su (■ ir rin dition, with a broken ifi-m and internal injuries. Μ Lean said investigation showed that the Pontiac was moving east on rural paved road 1002, better known as the old Luinberton Road, and was meeting the Volkswagon head ing west. He said the driver of the Pontiac lost control, apparent ly went off on the right should er of the road, cut back onto the road and went into a skid. The Pontiac slid sideways into the front end of the smaller auto. Townsend was still inside his car after the wreck. The three passengers in th«· Pontiac were thrown out. Coroner Long has indicated lhat an inquest into the two deaths will be held as soon as the injured pair are out of the ttospital. Trooper McLean said that Brown will be charged with manslaughter, although Brown contends that the dead man. George, was driving the I'on iac. Waccamaw River closed To Fishing The Waccamaw River and its tributaries from Red Bluff bridge to the North Carolina state line is closed to fishing because of low water. James W. Webb, director of the Division of Game, 8. V. Wildlife Resources De partment, said the waters have been closed to fishing until Nov. 11. Rally Remarks Reviewed By School Students Four students who represent ed Williams Township School at the educational rally on Tuesday, October 31. 1961, in the Courthouse presented be fore the student body Friday in an assembly program a re view of what Governor San lord said concerning the newly created program calling for excellence in education. The four students on the panel were: David Ward, pres ident of the Student Council, Kotiald McPherson, president of the Junior Class, Ann Ward, president of the Sophomore Class, and Linda McPherson, president of the Freshman Class. The program was ended by a brief discussion by Clayton Lewis. Principal of the school, who summarized the two-day proncipal's meeting which he attended in Charlotte on No vember 1 and 2 with Μ. M. Jones of the Nakina School and Randal Burleson of the Tabor City School. Rotarians'P«s > Resolution On Β. H. Cottage The Tabor City Rotary Club endorsed the building of a cot tage at Boys Home at Lake Waecamaw by the Kotarians of this district at the regular weekly meeting at the school cafeteria Monday night. The district Rotarians are endeavor ing to raise funds to construct a cottage similar to those now being used at Boys Home. Jack Strickland, chairman of the employer-employee rela tions committee of the local club, was in charge of the pro gram. He spoke on this subject as it pertains to employers and employees who are members of the local club. The Rotary also discussed the unfortunate burning of the Cox Brothei-s Furniture plant here and asked that Rotarians as individuals do everything possible to assist the owners of the plant in getting back Into production. The club appointed S. P. Smith to make arrangements for a banquet honoring the local football team. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hardle and daughter of Mollie, Earl Hinson of Beaverdam and Miss Ruth Duncan of Pireway at· tended Revival Service one night at Bethel. John Nealey small spn of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Nealey has ing a patient at Columbus County Hospital in Whitevllle. Grainger New Operator Of Tabor Hardware ENGENE GRAINGER Tabor Hardware and Furni ture Company, founded over 50 years ago by the late J. L. Lewis, lias changed manage» ment, it was announced Mon day. . Eugene G rainger, well· known local businessman, is the new manager and owns half interest in the company. The remaining 50"· is owir.-d by the estate of the late Mr. Lewis. Mr. Grainger replaces Lewis Sikes, grandson of the late Mr. Lewis, who has been manager of the firm since Mr. Lewis's death in 1H58. Mr. Grainger will be assist ed by his wife, who will be bookkeeper for the company. Mr. and Mrs. Grainger both are natives of this area and have been in business her« since 19^7. The Grainters owned fS operated Grainger's Grocery in W?et Tabor for ten yean. From ^954-61 Mr. Grainger was affiliated with Grainger Motor Company, and during that time, Mrs. Grainger man aged Baker's Super Market for ten months in the absence of Bryant Baker. "We invite former customers of Tabor Hardware and Com pany to continue their pat ronage and pledge them the excellent merchandise and ser vice they have found in the past," said Mr. Grainger. "We also invite new customers to visit both our hardware and furniture departments." BOND VOTE Votini in Ihr South Wil liams Township on thr $61.β million bond issue rrsultrd in defeat of all 10 categories in question. Registrar Ben Nesmlth ΠΙ reported that a total of 304 voters east their ballots. All categories on the bal lot went down to defeat at approximately four to one. The vote on $7.396,000 for State Mental Institutions was the most favorable, with 63 in favor and 230 against. The least successful cate gory was $2.858.0#· for Cap itol Area Building Improve ments. with 40 In favor and 256 against. Slightly more than 2000 voters are registered in South Williams Township. FUhlnK and fish fries are very popular with many fami lies in our community lately. North Whiteville Is Biggest Winner In Community Development Awards Awards night was held Thursday fur the Columbu? Community Development Pro gram, with the North White ville club walking off with the largest share of the prizes. Judging in the county or Wednesday and Thursday re sulted in a $200 award to North Whiteville as the community making most progress during: the year. The club also picked tip IUI add it ion« I $.160 in other awards . White Marsh-Red Hill plac- j od second in the progress cuto ι -'ory and rtwived $100. Western Prong was third for $50. A $25 award was given to all other organized communities participating in ihc program. Additional cash awards giv »n as inducement prizes for Farmer Confesses To Extortion Try Eleven agonizing months of sheer terror have ended for the family of a Loris business man with the confession of a respected farmer that it was he who demanded SIO.OOO.OU to let the family live. Rυius Boyd of the Daisy sec tion of upper Horry was taken into custody last Friday, ad mitted Sunday night that he attempted extortion by phone threats of death by dynamit ing, and Tuesday was taken to the State Mental Hospital in Columbia for observation aft er relatives opined that he was insane . Objects of the annonymous telephoned threats that came irregularly for almost a year I were Mr. and Mrs. Douglas I Bailey and their son. Singleton, who live on the east end of Main St. Bailey owns and op erates Loris Drug Stor?. Tar get of the phone calls was Mrs. Bailey who during the eleven r "*ths of taut nerves moved progressively from states ef panic to terror, to reasoning fear and finally to something more than mild apprehension. Loris Police Chief Paul Ray Jones, who headed investiga tion efforts of town, county and state police (SLED), said that Boyd signed a statement Sunday night admitting that it was he who attempted to ex ( tort $10,000.00 from the drug gi.s· and his family. Tho threattning phone vails began Dec. 2. 1900 when Mr·. Bailey, at home, received u j call from a man who refused I to identity himself but de j manded $10,000.00, threatening 1 to dynamite her home it' it ! were not paid. The caller reminded Mrs. • Bailey of the dynamiting in 1 1947 that demolished the Wil loughby home near Finklea, west ol Loris, dismembering a j girl fatally and seriously in | juring her father. That dynu 1 miting was one Horry folks 1 will not soon forget because I of the horror involved. Since the first call. Chief Jones said, there have been 18 ; to 22 more, some made from Myrtle Beach, Red Hill just outside Conway, from Con way, Marion, Tabor City, N. C., and «through the Loris ex change of the Horry Telephone Cu-Op. During one call in January the man demanded that $10, 000.00 in bills be placed in a j tile drain in front of the Daisy school at 4 p. in. Friday. At noon that Friday polier began to drift into that area inconspicuously. They kept watch over the dummy pack I age of money all afternoon a.id I (Continued On Page 3) Dispute Süll Unsettled Between Town Board And Well Contractor • uv iu«v^i ια ναιιμιιΐΓΐιι ι·ι | the long standing dispute bo- I tween a well-drilling contract or and the Tabor City Board of Commissioners regarding responsibility for ü m.ilfunct- i ioning town well failed t.> bring about any progress to- j ward a solution last night. In the regular monthly Board i meeting, the commissioners: met with C. C. Hildebrand, contractor from Wake Forest who has done extensive work for the town, in an effort to reach a solution to the prob | lem. The Town Board has for th·· past few months been of th·.· opinion that Hildebrand is re sponsible lor the reduction ot water from the well he drilled for the town in 1956. and should take some measure :·( | action to alleviate that respon sibility. Producing Sand The well in question, one which produces 150 gallon* u 1 minute, was originally drilled ' to produce 500 gallons a min ute. Repair work done in th·.· spring οι tnis year was necess ary because of a heavy amount of sand entering the main line from that well. Following the repair work, the amount of water dropped from 500 to 150 gallons. Prior to last night's meeting, the last conference between Hildcbrand and the Board was held in August. At that tinie. a proposal was made by the Board that Hildebrand drill a new well fur the town, an.Η not charge the town for ihe labor involved. Hildebrand refused to ac cept these terms, and the is sue was tabled, to be acted upon at a later date. At last night's meeting, the Bo'ird requested that Hildc brand turnish an estimate i>f what he would be willing to drill a new well for. in addi tion to some other work which the Board is contemplating. Hildebrand discussed the costs of such work, but re fused to offer a standing bid on the work until the old d< bt (Continued On Page 4) urganiml community activities were presented 011 the basis of first, second and third places in each of 10 categories. Iii order of presentation. tliu winners were: —Community contribu t i n »;! most to increased farm income 1 through improved practices and new sources of income, in cluding ACP participation: First. Smyrna, $50; Second. Western Prong, $25; Third, North Whitevilic. SIS. —Community having highest 1 ι»ercent of families producing land conserving one-half or more of total food needed: First, Smyrna. S25; Second Le banon, $15: Third. Sandv Plain. $1(1. —Community contribu tins i most to home improvements: First, North Whitevilic, $25: I Second, White Marsh. $15; , Third, Lebanon, §10. —Community sponsoring » ' 4-H Club which contributes most to community program: Hubert Graham Fatally Shot At Night Spot One man was killed and two I others eut in an altercation at I a jukebox dance spot on High I way 701 midway between Loris and Tabor City early Sunday j morning. Shot fatally was Hubert Day ton Graham. 37, of Rt. 1, Loris. a worker at the Tabor City i Iron Co. Heid f»r a coroner"* inquest was Woodrow Soles, ί operator of "the dance spot. who. Coro ner T.itt'^john BlanWon said, adinittad that he shot* Graham The coroner said Soles told him he had been called by his ; daughter who said that Graham ! was cutting James Kabon with a knife; that when Soles told Graham to leave, Graham : threw a bench at him and then 1 cut Soles in the stomach. Graham was shot at 12:30 a. m. and was pronounced dead at Loris Community Hospital at 1:32 a. m. after the car in which relatives were taking him to the hospital broke down in front of Dan's Radio and TV Repair and had to be push ed as quickly as possible by town tmlicc lo he hospital. The coroner said "raham j died from a .38 calibre "»istol I wound of the left chest. The coroner said an inquest «111 be held at a date to he set later Funeral services for Graham were held at 3 p. in. Tuesday at the homv» "f bis parents, Mr and Mrs. Arn Graham of Rt. 1. Loris. The Rev. Anson Smith and the Rev. Dayton Fowler officiated. Burial was in Graham Cemetery. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are the widow. Mrs. Gernldine Grainger Graham I two sons. Rocky Graham and Robbie Lee Graham; five broth ers. Oliver Graham. Klhcrt Graham. F.arl Graham and Herbert Graham, all of Rt 1. Loris. and Curtis Graham of l)unn, N. C.: three sisters. Mrs. 1 Let ha Dawsey and Mrs. Jean ttte Fowler, both of Loris. anil Mrs. Bobbie Dunn of Conway. First. Mishop Spring. $25; Se cond. White Marsh. $15: Third. Western Prong. $lt> —Community with Future Farmer* and Future Home makers·· contributing must to community program: Firs', North WhiteviUe, s25: Second. White Marsh, $15: Third. Beth el. SHI —Community doing nidit Community projects: First, White Marsh. S25; Second, North Whiteville. $15: Tiiird. Smyrna. $10. —Community con ducting most farm or home demonstra tions: First, North WhiteviUe. $25: Second, White Marsh, $15; Third. Western Prong, $10. —Community having high est perient participation in other organizations (Church. 1*TA. Farm Bureau. Grange, Home Demonstration Clubs, etc.): First. Bethel. $25; Sec ond. White Marsh. $15; Third, North WhiteviUe, $10. —Community doing most to promote health, safety an<1 sanitation: First. North White viUe, $25: Second, White Mar sh. $15; Third. Smyrna. $10. —Community having most 10(1 bushel corn club members: First. North WhiteviUe, $25: Second, Sandy Plain. S15". Third. Western Prong. S10. All of the cash awards aiifl inducement prizes go to the organized community clubs for community improvement. Named to represent the co unty in the competition for SENCland awards are North WhiteviUe in the home beauti fication category. White Mar sh-Red Hill in the youth work category, and Smyrna in the increased farm income cate gory . The 4 district competition, ι wtjjch φΜφ· held November . 14# is amongnix counties: Cc luinbus, Bladen, ""Brunswick, 1 New Hanover, Onslow and Pender. I The awards program was held at the Hallsboro School. I Pat Wooten. president of the Columbus County Development I Association, presided. Services Held For Mrs. Lee Funeral services wert· held Saturday for Mrs. Ettie Card j Lee. 78. who died Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. I Ruey Hewott. in Tabor City I Mrs. Lee was the widow of the late Genend Walter Lee. ' The Rev. P. H. Layfiild <>f | filiated at the services held I Saturday morning at 11 Λ. M., ! ind the Rev. Joe Stanley con | ducted services at the Bethes da Cemetery at Aberdeen at I 3:00 Ρ Μ. I Mrs. Lee is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Ruey Hewett I <»f Tabor City, and Mrs. Drew j ry Troutman of Pinebltiff: five ι sons. Hector Lee. Tabnr City. I and Carl Lee, Octavious Lee. John Lee. Purv is Lee and Kii by Lee. all <>i Burlington; two sisters, Mrs. C. S. Stanton ot ' Red Springs and Mrs. Kattii. j Gibson of Rockingham: two brothers. B. G. and Calvin 1 Farmer, of Hamlet; anil 2J> grandchildren. Mrs Dorctha Cox. Mrs. Wil lie Anderson. Mrs. Caspei Ganus and Mrs. Carrie lacobs visited Kelly Jjicnlts at l.oris recently. Principal Making Study Of Student Dropouts At Williams: Meeti na Frirfnv »y—w. tior»<v rarwr 11 Why du teenagers with απ I1 opportunity tu get u free high school education drop out of school? That'* the question ι 1 that Clayton Lewijf, principal of Williams Township, ia try- ι ing to determine with nil ex- ι haustive study he U now mak ing in completing requirements for his advanced principal's certificate beyond his master's «legre»·. Iii an effort to point out to parents the drop out problem as it exists in this area, Mr. I*wis has called a meeting for . Williams Township School Fri day night. In addition to a dis cussion of the problem, a film will be shown to those par ents and community leader· iiuiHium ana nn enort win oe nade to organize α Lay Pro esyionol Committee working vith the I<h'uI Ruritan Club •ducationiil committee to meet vith potential drop outs and ;ncourage them to remain in ichool. Throughout the Stale of North Carolina, the average number of drop out· from the flrat grade to graduation la about Μ percent. But the percentage la much higher In Celumb·· County. The drop out pereentage at Wil liam· Towiuhip I· about »τ· erage for Columbus county and that drop out percent age la an aatoundlng Μ per· rent last year «ad ·! percent the year before. rrom Mr. Lewis* accurate study. there is the encouraging fact that the drop out percent age is decreasing at that school. The 1957 year showed a drop· out percentage there of 70 per cent and 69 percent in 1958. Lut Year's Figure* Looking over last year's fig ures at Williams shows that the largest number of drop outs i/ccur from the ninth to the ft nth grades and from the eleventh to the twelfth grades. With 84 students enrolled last year in the ninth grade, there were only 45 in the tenth. And with' 43 enrolled in the eleven th grade, there were only 28 In the graduating twelfth grade. Williams had a total enrollment last year of 771. Mr. Lewis has made a min· ute study of each Williams graduating class for the past five years. The figures coming from that study are revealing io say the leust. Here are some of the things they show: Last year's graduating clans entered the first grade In 1·«· with IM enrolled. The average attendance of that etau was 93 with aa average of 11 being out ef rlasa every day. Br the tine that claaa reached the ninth grade, there were only 75 of them left and when they graduated taat year that number had been reduced lo 39. Take the 1959-60 class sta tistic·. That group entered school iu 1948 with 113 in the first grade. When it reached the ninth, there wore HI and only 42 graduated. The 1959 graduating class had 40 donning caps and gowns. But there were 68 o( them in the ninth grade and 102 when thev entered the fii it in 1947. The 1958 graduating class had an even worse record. Of the 119 in the first grade in ί 1946, only 58 remained when ! they reached the ninth and j only 36 graduated. The year before that in 1957 there were 40 graduates from u first grade enrollment in 1945 of 130. There were 59 of them when they reached grade nine. Why Do They Drap Oet? Another thin« that Mr. Ltwiu is studying is the reason* why students drop out of school. Ami.i\e those things listed are: I—Laik ο/ proper encourage* tneiit at home, 2—Lack of int erest in education and failure to realize the importance «if an education, 3—Some become discouraged because they fail to pass their school work, 4— Some get married, and Ä Some feel the desire to earn money. Also of some importance in the study is the fact that a number of pupils leave school daily to go home and work. Mr. Lewis's records show that 37 Williams Township student·: left school last Friday, N«· vutnber 3, to go hom· to work Mr. Lewis hopes that by co.i j ducting this study, and he plans to interview hundreds of Williams dropouts, their par ents and former teachers, th.it i some progress ran be made Ιο ί ward keeping boys and girls I in school until they get thoir diplomas. I ' " ' III" I III·. POSTMASTER RICHARD OORDON Postmaster Richard Gord on has announced thai Ihr pott of fire will be closed Saturday, November II, and that there will be no rural or town delivery on that data. POWER SERVICE INTERRUPTION Power service» will be In terrupted Sunday morning, November It. 1961. from 5:3· to 1:3» A. M. from White vllle to Tabor City. All customers on lllthwtjr 7Φ1 from Whlteville to Tabor City will be * Ithout power Including Brunswick. New Hope. William» Townehlp. Clarendon, and Tabor City. Η. M. Lfiman. Loral Mm· iter, stated thin Interrup tion of service Is neeenaif for the safety of the me· working. We are making I·· provements so that we rM render better service In Uie future.