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ΤβΒ Ott LT PüllTZEK PRIZE ΨΙΝΝϊ NG WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IS THE U/11TED STATES i » i DONT MISS • NEWS • FEATURES • PICTURES • ADVERTISING «very Week la The Tribune 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 (Continued On Page 3) • 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 (Continued On Pag· 4) 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 (Continued On Page 3) 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 . (Continued on Page 6) 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.