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VOLUME XVI, NUMBER t|
«Tmbor City — The Town With A City Futur*»
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 19G1
Me PER COPT—SS.M A TEAR
vaiue lit Athletics
Is Great - Murdock
Jackie Murdock, irishman
tyasketball and baseball coach
«it Wake Forest College, lauded
the benefits of athletics to the
iodividuul und the institution
X an appreciation night ban
quet tor the local football team
here Monday night. . ·
Murdock, a star basketball
player at Wake Forest in .the
late 50's, also briefly described
taih ol the big four basketball
teams prospects this year. He
■expressed tl»e belief that Wake
* Forest, Duke and Yi. C. Stato
would have excellent aggrega
tions.
* Sponsored by the Rotary ant:
Civitfcii Club.·-, the banquet wa.»
attended by more than 80 per
sons.
Gold miniature - football»
were presented to each of the
members of the football team.
Token gifts of· appreciation
, vert also presented to H««d
' Coach Bermey Stevens and
Assistant John Small.
ί Gifts were also presented to
i«gs Powers, of the White
ville Newt-Reporter, and
Lester Rudisill and Charles
Young, of The Tabor Ciiy Tri
bune, for "their excellent
sports reporting" of the Tabor
City team during the season.
Dr. H. G. Dameron present·
? cd the gifts to coaches and
writers. S. P. Smith, overall
chairman of the event, pre
sented the footballs to the
players .
Willard Wright introduced
tl»e speaker and W. A. Wil
liams served as toasUnaster.
Ben Nesmith, Jr., t>re*ident
ot the Rotary Club, and WIN
liam Shelley, president of the
Civitans, were recognized and
'members of each club weft
asked to seand.
, Leon Fonvielle, father of
^hree members of the team,
was also recognized.
Young Formers
f 0f6r«fn $if S;
Win Top Honor
§ The Green S$a Young
Farmer Chapter was named
the outstanding chapter hi
the 6th Young Parmer District
of South Carolina· last Wed
nesday night at the ρηΐφ$1
meeting held at Hemingway.
Approximately ,100 Υομ'ηκ
Farmers representing· chapter«
in Agricultural Education Sup
ervision throughout the eight
tf county district were on hand.
In addition to the outstand-.
ing chapter award, Green Sen
Yuung Farmers Clayton Hug
gins and Hubert demons took
first and second place respec
tively in the Three-Acre Corn
Contest.
I Huggins received a first
place prize of |50, and dem
ons was awarded $25 for sec
^md,
Huggins won the prize on
the basis of his yield of 141.11
tnishels per acre . of com.
demons' yield was J37.19.
The Green Sea chapter, a
group that has won 'numerous
awards for its outstanding
work in the past has Wilson
Lovett and H. W, Rankin, Jr.
* as its chapter advisors. ·
Milton demons, another
Green Sea chapter member, is
I currenlty serving - as State
President of the Young Farm
ers.
Speaker for the award pro
gram was Edward L. Young,
a former president of the
South Carolina Association of
Young Farmers.
£ Young reviewed the many
* changes in farming during the
past 10 year», and urged that
'armers keep pace with future
'changes as they occur.
The individual award, Young
Farmer of the Year, went to
John G. Dinkins of Manning.
Others taking part in the
program included representa
tives of the firms which spot»·
sored the awards, and W. E.
I O'.re, state supervisor of ag
ricultural education.
Selection of the Green S<?a
chapter as the outstanding
* group in the 6th District au
tomatically placet It in .tbe
state competltloin to bo bold
December 1 «nd t at the WS*
Hampton Hotel Iß Colwobi·.
Ο
Jock Hymon
Also Eogl* Seoul
Of Tobor Troop
Inadvertently omitted. iron:
last week's story on the twe
Eagle Scouts receiving then
awards here Tuesday night
was the fact that in addition
·,ο V. K. Burrough, Jr., Jack B.
Hyrn.n received his Eagle
.ward with the Tabor Citj
' rroop in 1947.
j Hyman and Burroughs are
die only two Scout« ever to
receive Eagle awards in Tabor
City prior to the Tuesday
awards. Both Hyman and Bur·
i roughs received their awards
at the Saint Paul Methodist
Church in' a memorable cere
mony on September 25, 1947.
Burroughs was Senior Patrol
Leader, and Junior Assistant
ι Scoutmaster of the troop at
I the time and Hyman was
1 Scoutmaster. The troop then
was Nu. 60.
Hyman, row in · the insur
ance business in Florence. S.
C.. in adding of last wee's
omission sMtes." Troop No. 60
I was one of the finest units I
I have ever had the pleasure nf
working with durihg my years
i in the Scouting field. Not from
! a leadership standpoint but
from boy interest, willing to
work and the fine leadership
of patrol leaders and our
junior assistant Scoutmaster.**
'Ί would like to offer my
congratulations to Sammy A"
eritt and Phil Dellinger for
their untirfng work in order
that they can be among the
few Scouts who have achieved
and will chprish this high
rank," Hyman said.
liyman- also said the Efgle
honor is "unforgettable and
highly treasured award."
Tribune is grateful to
Air. Hyman for advising us of
Jestf week's, «mission.and for bis
iHfo^rvations · of the outstand
ing könor 'thvolVed *ih receiving
the. El^ge Scout _ award .·
Extended Illness
Fftal 3ο· Mr·, Long
.Mr«: Wey Frlnk Long, 68, of
Rt. 4, Clarendon. died Friday
morning after'an extended 111
Aes*.' The '*ife 6f Jlfn Lone,
sha Was,· member of the Bethel
Methodist Church.
» Funeral services were held
Sunday * It» the Inrnan Funeral
Chapel, and burial was at the
Bethel Cemetery. The Rev. Ed
Armstrong officiated at the
services. ·
She is jfUrvlved by her hus
band; 3 sons, James' Long of
Clarendon, Leo Long of Wilm
ington, and Brooks Long of
Laucenburg; 2 daughters, Ruth
Long of the home, and Mrs.
Gene Newman of Wilmington;
1 to-other. W. Sims Frlnk of
Chadbourn; 2 sisters, Mrs.
Wiley Hayes and Miss Sue
Vrink, both of Whitevllle; and
13 grandchildren.
Bleeding Wound
Endangers Lion
Tamer At Loris
Lion Tamer Gus Gossing
narrowly escaped death in
Loris' Saturday afternoon
when he suffered a painful
knee injury during .the grand
finale of „his show, the Inter*
national Lion Arena/ presented
at the High School Athletic
Field under auspices of the
Loris Rescue Squad.
Few spectators realized the
danger that resulted when
Gosling, jumping over the
next-to-last jungle lion to
leave the arena, · gashed his
knee pn the iron-bar door of
the cage and began bleeding
freely.
. The knee injury, painful and
requiring four stitches, was
dangerous because of the flow
ing blood, wh^h makes even
trained Ilea* react.
After treatment at Loris
Cofhihunity Hospital the in
trepid Belgian Uon tamer went
back Saturday night to put
oa the final ahow la Urii
FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW
Lawrence Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Hughes, and Phyllis
Dameron, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. (J. Dameron, set the tone of this
Thanksgiving Season, praising God for His many blessings. (Staff phoot)
Congo Missionary To Speak
At local Methodist Church
A young ^Nfethodist ministe
who has taught in. secondar;
schools in .'the central Con#
and on the'faculty of the firs
Protestant seminary in ull υ
Congo, will speak at Sain
Paiul Methodist Church oi
Sunday, Nov.' 26, at 11 a. rr
aad 7 .p. m.
The Rev. Edward F. Smith
whose American home is Ra
leigf), N. C., has returned t·
the United States for a year'
furlough from missionary ser
vice.
The Rev. Mr. Smith, well
known in this section afte
conducting a revival in Tabu:
City last year, makes hi:
American home in Raleigh
He was obtained as speake
for the Monday night meet
ing by Albert Goldfinch of Ta
hor City.
• ι During the last year, Mr.
' Smith has taught at the new
» ι Faculty υί Protestant Theology
11 at Elisabethville. capital of
f · Katanga (Congo). Sponsored
11 by six denominations includ
i j ing the Methodist Church, the
. ; seminary gives training to Λ Γ
Ι rican ministers on the univer
, I sity level, the tirst Protestant
• j school to offer such advanced
» theological education.
; Before being api>ointe'l to
■ the seminary faculty, Mr.
Smith taught at the Union
■ Secondary School at Katubue
: in the Central Congo. He has
• also been in charge of rural
• schools in the villages around
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• the Tunda mission station and
• has taught at the pastor's
•! training school and the teach·
! er-training school at the Wem
: bo Nyama station.
Born in Cheraw, S. C.. Mr
, Smith spont his early life then
I and attendee! Louisburg (N.C.,
Junior College and Duke Uni
versity, Durham. N. C. Ho wa<
graduated trom Duke in 194."
with a bachelor of arts degre«
ι tie eontinued his studies a
! Duke in the field of theolog]
: ind in 1 »47 received the bach
elor i>f divinity degree. F.>i
six years before becoming :
j missionary. Mr. Smith vva·
P<isti>r i>i Methodist churche:
l in es. tern North Carolina.
special Board Meeting Called
For Conference With Driller
A specially called meeting of
the Town Board of Commis
sioners was held Monday aft·
ernoon to hear an offer from
a Sanford well-drilling com
pany to drill a new well for
the town, and also do the ne
cessary repair wrtrk on anoth
er well which is currently op
erating at less than capacity.
A representative from Car
olina Well Company of San
ford came to town unannounc
ed Monday morning, accord·
ing to Mayor Howard Harrel
son, and requested that tho
Board members be callcd to
gether tor the meeting .
Harrelson said that the dis
cussion at the meeting center
ed around the cost of drilling
a new well, and the cost of
completing repair work on th··
500-gallon-a-minute well that
for the past several months
has been producing only 150 to
1*0 gallons a minute.
No figures were made pub
lic, pending, the outcome of
other bids now being made by
companies interested in doing
th· work for the town.
Harrelson said that no ac
tion was taken at the Monday
afternoon meeting, and that
no decision has been made |
by the Board as to whether or
not the Town w ill undertake j
to have a new well drilled at i
this time.
In earlier meetings of the ι
Board, it has been mentioned j
on several occasions that the ,
Tabor City water supply is in
adequate except under ideal
conditions. This situation
comes abou» mainly as a result
ι of a malfunctioning well which
j was designed to produce a
I large part of the town's water.
. C. C. Hildebrand, Wake For
' est well-drillins contractor,
drilled the well for the Town,
and performed extensive re
pair work when the well began
giving trouble.
In the regular monthly
meeting of the Town Board
earlier this month. Hildcbrand
met w'th the Commissioners in
τη effort to work out the dif
ferences involved
I
The meeting ended in a
stand-off, however, when an
agreement could not be reach
I ed as to where the responsi
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Mishop Springs
Leader Chosen
Tops In 4-H
Μ. T. Bowen. who was namec
the outstanding adult loader it
Columbus County 4-H work ai
the Achievement Porgram last
Wednesday niuht at Whitoville
was further honored Saturdaj
nigh? at Wilmington when hi
was chosen as the outstanding
male adult leader in the eight
county competition.
Bowen has been the leadet
of the Mishop Springs Com
munity 4-11 Club since its in
ception eißht months ago.
During the 4th Annual 4-11
Honor Program, several Co
lumbus County 4-H member»
were announced as winners ir
(heir respective areas of 4-11
work.
Carol Hullard. Evergreen 4-H
member and county Junior
Dress Revue winner, was nam
od first place winner in Ihe
.Junior Division of the Honor
Program's Fashion Show.
Third place in the Senior
Division was awarded to Hilda
fJroinger. of Williams Town
ship. who was the county Sen
ior Dress Revue winner.
County club members ex
hibited 59 project entries, re
ceiving a total of 2ft ribbons.
Milton Coleman. Columbus
County's most outstanding 4-H
member of I960, presided dur
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AI Whitehead Accepts Post
As TC Merchants Exec.-Sec.
t muvn ΛΐιιιΙΙΓ |/\ll WHIIC'·
I hc*at1, presently the personnel
i director <>i Newljerry Mill;
11 lie-.» Newberry. S. C., has ac
cepted the position of Exmi·
ι ' "e Secretary of the Taboi
I City Merchants Association. \V
Horace Carter, president, an
nounced today.
Whitehead will succeed Ker
t Lovell. who has resigned t<
become assistant manager o;
radio station WTAB in Taboi
r'ity. Whiteneact will assuiru
his duties January 2.
The new executive secretary
j is well known in Tabor City
having married the formet
Odessa Watts, a native of this
, area. He was also in this sec
lion fur u number »f years
while· employed by the North
Carolin;· Emplovment Securi
' t.v Commission.
' A native of Louisville, Ky
lie attended hiah school in
! Trenton. Ohio, ne was sai en
j lineerinti student at the Uni
versity of Pittsburg from 1039
i t«> Ιί»41 and attended City Col
let*· of New York from 1044
45. He also attended the Uni
versity i»f North Carolina from
, 1947 until 1954 and studied
; accounting at Henderson Busi
ness College in 1954-55.
A veteran of World War 11.
Whitehead has been active in
' civic at fails in Newberry
when· he heads the textile
firm's personnel department
that has more man 7Utl em
ployees. He is a member of
the O'neal Street Methodist
! Church and is on the finance
committee. He is a member of
'the Newberry Exchange Club,
1 is a committeeman on the
j Newberry district Boy Scouts
1 of America. and the Blue
Kid tie Council BSA (inancu
I and planning committee.
I He has been active with the
Newberry County industrial
ι development organization.
; In addittion to his present
1 employment. Whitehead has
j worked with General Mills,
• Inc.. as assistant personnel
I managt r. and a> a field repre
I sentalive with the N. C. Em
| ployment S< curity Commis
' sion.
I In announcing the hiring of
Whitehead, Carter said, "The
directors of our association
' feel that our new executive
secretai \ has great qualifica
' lions for the job. Ho has a
great deal oi office experience
i that should be of assistance to
the growing credit bureau. He
has been closely associated
with industry and industrial
prospects and should be well
qualified to help us in secur
ing new industry. In addition
to these things, he knows many
1 of the people ot this area and
; should till the post adequate
ly."
i "Also, Whitehead is well
versed on most phases of tax
I at ion and tjovernment require
ments tor retail business firms.
We think he can be of con
■ siderable assistance to local
I business in this respect," Cart
er said « M
Whitehead has notified his
present employer that he has
, accepted the positiuu and in
| formed the Merchants Associ
i at ion here that he would be on
the job January 2.
The association expects to
hold its annual banquet and
election of new officers short
ly after the arrival of the new
executive secretary.
. ι .
Richard Bowen And Linda Nance
Are Named Outstanding In 4-H
I Selection ill the most out
standing Columbus County bo>
t and girl >u 4-H work high
lighted the Annual 4-H Aeh
; it-vt ment program held in the
i auditorium of Whiteville High
; School last Wednesday night.
Kichnrd Bo wen, Rt. 3. White
1 \ il 1«·. and Linda Nance. Rt. 2.
I Clarkton. were named winners
; ol the coveted positions .
Tin two most outstanding 4
• H. leaders chosen were Mr.
: and Mrs. Μ. T. Bowen, Rt. 3.
! Whiteville. parents of Richard
I Bowen.
Young Bowen, who virtually
carried off everything in sight,
; was honored with a total of 38
i awards, ranging from a blue
ι libbou for an exhibit of to
bacco smoking leaf, to another
for an exhibit of a chocolate
layer cake.
Winners Ί»ί -medals for first
! place in the various categories
: were:
ι Achievement — Wilton Cole
j man. Rt. 2, Tabor City .
I Agriculture — Mike Norris,
I Rt. 3, Tabor City .
Beef — Richard Bowen, Rt.
3. Whiteville
Dairy — Allen Hooks. Rt. J,
ι Whiteville.
Electric — Richard Bowen,
Rt. 3, Whiteville.
Field Crops—Richard Bow
j en, Rt. 3, Whiteville.
j Forestry — (Overall) David
Finch. Acme.
j Forestry — Veronica Carolyn
j Dawsay, Rt. 2. Chadbourn.
Gardening — Nancy Suo
j Yates, Rt. 2. Chadbourn.
Health — I^irry Thompson,
! Rt. 3. Whiteville.
j Leadership — Linda Nance.
Rt. 2. Clarkton.
Recreation — Linda Nancc.
Rt. 2. Clarkton.
Safety—Richard Bowen. Rt.
3. Whiteville.
Swine — Mike Norris. Rt. 3,
Tabor City .
Tractor — Billy Ray Ham
mond. Rt. 3. Whiteville.
Public Speaking. C. B. Sel
lers. Tabor City.
Grain Marketing — Richard
Bowen, Rt. 3.Whiteville.
Home Grounds Beautifica
t i« »Ii—Milton Coleman. Rt 2,
Tabor City.
Knfiimiilnnv— 0·/·Κ···Ί n
Rt 3. Whitcvilie.
Jr. Clothing—Hannah Smith
Chadbourn.
Dress Revut—Hilda Graing
■i. Rt. 3. Whitcvilie (Sr. Divi
sion ) .
Dress Revue—Carol Bullard.
Ht 2. Chadbourn. (Jr. Divi
don).
Dairy Foods—Sandra Greene
Chadbourn, Carolyn Harris.
Chadbourn (Team).
First plaee ribbon winners:
Crafts — Carolyn Ann Har
is. Chadbourn; Hill Viets, Rt.
'. Whitcvilie.
W'ldlife — t.inda Nance. Rv
\ Clarkton; Robert Wayne
.one. Rt. I. Nakina.
Overall Poultry — Kenneth
Vlercer. Chadbourn .
Citizenship — C. B. Sellers.
Tabor City; Linda Nance. Rt.
Clavkton.
Child Care — Beth Avant.
Chadbourn.
Home Management — Jan
""artrette. Tabor City .
Frozen Food — Jane Cart
•ette. Tabor City .
Better Grooming — Hannah
Smith. Chadbourn.
Baking Unit—Judv Home.
It 3. Whitcvilie.
Cooking the 4-H Way—Beth
Avant. Chadbourn.
Adventures in the Kitchen—
Gail Bunn, Chadbourn .
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Frankie Fowler (left)
and Harvey F ο w 1 e ι
(right) are shown heri
with their fice dot? and s
20 pound otter that thej
chased for an hour and a
half and finally .shot Fri
day night on the Wacca·
maw River. The black
otter, held by Harvev
Fowler, is difficult to see
The little dog, a specialisl
at chasing otters, ran the
I animal in and out of the
water and through thf
swamp, always close or
' him and bringing a con
tinuous squeal from tht
fur bearing otter. Tht'
: Fowlers hunt otters and
i mink frequently and sell
j their kills to fur buyers.
I Only One Free
I Of 218 Tried..
Police Report
Horry County Police hit <>
new high in effectiveness i'i
October when of 218 cases tri
ed they got 217 convictions.
Sentences meted out totall ■
i ed IK years and 10 months
ι imprisonment; fines of 6.734.
The County Police made a
total of 247 cases, of which 29
j are still pending.
Total expense of the force
for the month was $5,230.48.
Of the total arrests, well
j over one-third involved in
toxicating beverages: Public
drunkenness 32: violation of
the liquor law. 23: drunk and
disorderly conduct. 36; drunk
on the highway 1: and driving
under the influence. 7.
Seven stills were destroyed.
Other causes of arrest were:
Possessing illegal weapons,
7: disorderly conduct. 14; reck
less driving 4: driving too fast
for condition*. 2; no driver's
license 5: petty larceny 7;
breaking and entering 2; as
sault and battery 11; simple
assault 1: grand larceny 2:
malicious injury to real prop
erty 3; disposing of property
under lien 4; driving left of
center 1: discharging fire
arms 1: bogus check 42; hit
and run 1; statutory rape 1;
nor.-support 3; Peeping Tom 1;
defrauding 3; trespassing 2:
and forgery 2.
Rotary Club
I Is Honored
Tor Project
For its contributions of a
j minimum of $io per member
ι to The Notary Foundation, the
Notary Club of Tabor City has
been designated a ·* 1(H)'-. Ro
tary Foundation Club." it has
l>een announced by Hnlary's
world headquarters in Evans
ton, Illinois.
The objective of The Rotary
Foundation is the fostering of
j projects to further understand
ing and friendly relations
among the peoples of different
nations. One of its principal
! programs is the awarding of
I fellowships to outstanding col
' lege graduates for one year of
I study abroad as Rotary am
bassadors of good will.
In the past 14 years, more
ι than 1,450 of these fellowships
ι l.ave been awarded to student*
I from 70 countries for study in
! 50 countries with grants total
j ing in excess of $3,900,000. On«:
North Carolina student is cur
rently studying abroad under
this program: Jerry W. Millard
of Salisbury at the Victoria
University of Manchester. Eng
land.
CHICKEN BOG FRIDAY
The WMU of Mi, /.Ion
Baptist church will serve a
Chicken Boc at the Legion
Hoi Friday nicht, Dec. 1
from 5:30 p. m. until 9.
An advance sale of ticket«
is being conducted by WMl'
members.
THANKSGIVING
SERVICE
A community - wide
Thanksgiving service will
be held on Thanksgiving
morning at 9:00 In the St.
Paul's Methodist Church.
The Rev. J. f. Jones of
Emanuel Holiness Church
will deliver the Thanh··
giving mesaage.
This annual service la ·
Joint effort of all the pro
totoat ehurchc· la th·
community. Everyone to
coedially invttod to attend.