THE ONLY PV LITZE Κ Ρ A/2 £ WINNING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE Ο Ν IT ED ST ATCS — SERVICE — • VVITHOI'T SELFISHNESS • WITHOUT FCAI • WITH OL'Τ FAVOR The Goal of The Tribune Now »■< Forever VOLUME XVI. NUMBER 21 ^74e ^iiCAeute "Tabor City — Τ be Town With Λ City Futur*» WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 29. 1«M»1 DON'T MISS • NEWS • FEATURES • PICTURES • ADVERTISING Every Week In The Trlbaae »:"»"· ' ■■■·■· ··»· ·* ■· -- l#c PER COPY—fS.·· A TKA| _ — oiiuiiiiy rtverm, ine rscout on the left, and Phil Dellinger on the right, receive their new Eagle Scout badges from their mothers. Mrs. S. F. Averitt and Μη». I). F. Dellinger, while their fathers look on. In the center is Rill Williamson of Chadbourn, who con ducted the Tuesday night ceremony. (Staff photo) Averitt And Dellinger Become Eagle * Scouts In Cnurt Of Honor Ceremony i • ■ι >ι tvmnuiiy impressive in reverence and color last Tues day night, Boy Seouls Sununy Averitt and Phil Dellinger .f Trooji 508. Tabor City, were a· warded the highest rank in Scoutinig bciore an audience of ^ about 300 gathered in the Tab or City High School auditor ium. i he climax oi the occasion came when the mother of each ,ot the boys pinned the newly won Eagle Scout insignia on the left breast pocket of her son. I he Eagle Scout ceremony brought to a close the program known as the Court uf Honor. ρ It was the first such Couri held in Tabor City since Sep tember of 1947. One of the new Eagles, Sam my Averitt. is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Averitt. He is IS years old and has been in scouting tor the past two years. He currently holds the posi tion oi Junior Assistant Scout master of his troop. In the past he has served terms as Assist I ant Patrol Leader. Patrol Leader, and Assistant Senior Patrol Leader. Averitt has 40 merit bad»es. and was recently named chair man of the 1962 Junior Lead· els Conference, held each year at Camp Tom Upchur.h i>ι t aycttoville. He is a freshman in high school and attends the Tabor City Baptist Church. The other new Eagle, Phil * Dellinger, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Dellinger, of Marion, S. C. The Dellinger* only recently moved to Marion, however, and young Dellinger is still a member of the Tabor City troop. He earned the rani; of Eagle through work whil» living in Tabor City . When he left Tabor City tie was serving as Senior Patrol Leader of Troop 508. '·" Dellinger has been in scout 1118 for three years, and has earned 37 merit badges. The Court of Honoi program Tuesday night included pro motions to the ranks of Second Class, First Class. Star, and Life Scouts, in addition to merit badge awards, trophies and banner for outstanding Iroops. and Camporee ribbbon* 9 for special accomplishment a mong individual patrols . First place for udvanccmciit, camping and inspection went to Troop 50C, Shallotte. That troop was also awarded the banner. Promoted to the rank of Second Class were Rod Sand ers, John Goldfinch and Daniel Linley. First Class went to Terry Thompson, Kenneth Gore, » Mendel! Watts. W. T. Runs, Jr, Allen Holden, Greg Hewitt and Wayne Bellamy, all of Troop 500. Shallotte The lone Star award went to Jimmy Marshall, also of I Shallottv. New Life Scouts art· Jnn ι Bus well. Chip Cox, James A. I Huiham. Frnnki( Stanley and Sandy YVoody, .ill of Tabor City. The 'ji'·"· Seoul rank ijr th·: highest next to Eagle . Attending the program were scouts ami those interested in ι scout ins from Η a 11 s b ο ι o. ; Whitevill··. Fair Bluff. Chaii j bourn, and Shallotte. in .iddi • timi to Tabor City. Tabor City hiid the highest attend.mil·, with Shallotte sec ' e nd. . ^ Lee J. Greer, chairman ot I this Boy Scout district, presid ed over the program. The Eagle Ceremony was conducted by Bill Williamson, chairman of the district board j of revue. ! Representing the five ranks pvlow Eagle were John Gold ' fj^ch. Tenderfoot: Mackie S«i in town 1«·ι « totul of tour days, betweef '.h<· «täte of fii.s initial arriva anil Christina.-. On the «ith, he will make hi: irst visit at 11 a. in., and wil •|ji ι id a good part of tin- d*, in the heart of town, distrib uting candy and fruit and as sorted fan.ies to the children and will also take time to list on to the secret requests of ai children who can put forth year-Inn« record of good be ha\ lor. lie will return to town or Saturday, the ΙβΙΙι for auolhci session with the children. an< the following week will b. here Friday and Saturday, tin 22nd and 23rd. The arrival of Santa Clan: marks the official opening ι til«· Christmas Shopping Sea son. The town's Christmas light: and other decorations were pu up on Monday, extending thi length of Railroad Street. Tabor Is Third In Boy Scout Fund Campaign A report from the financi chairman of the Cape Foa Area Council of the Boy Scout of America fund raiding drivi indicates that Tabor City ha contributed a total ot $71.75 and ii third high in thefMjddi Scout District. Whiteville leads with $2,R1' reported. Chadbourn is soconi with $778. Of the four districts, thi Middle District has accounted for $6905.17, and is leading thi other three. Total pledges and receipt so far total $15.897.22. Reports from other towns ii this district include: F.lizabethtown, $875; Fail Bluff, $523; Bladciiboro, $457.· 25; Sha llotte, $354.42: Clark ton. $270.50; Lake Waccamaw $177.50; Acme. $110; Cerr< Gordo, $25. Duplin. Bolton and Hallsbor« have not as yet reported theii collections. College Fund Campaign Over 5236,000 Nark Teachers of Horry county recognizing tin· increasing need for higher education f.»i the young people of the coun ty. got wholeheartedly into thi Coastal Carolina College Cam paign this past week an< pledged $17.071 to push th< total above the $236.000.l>( mark. The minimum goal of thi campaign, designed to givi Coastal Carolina College it: own quarters on its o*t campus, is $300.000. At week's end the Conwaj area had pledged $111.509 the Myrtle Beach area $34.522 the I.oris-Green Sea - Floyd area $43,097 and firms opera! ing in the county with head quarters outside the count' $10,300 With the $17.071 lea chers in the county pledged the total stood at $236.589. Ivc than $64.000 short of the min imum goal. Ε. K. Prince, chairman of thi Coastal Education Foundation beamed with happiness as hi reported the figures and ex pressed particular delight ι the part the teachers of Oi< county are playing in the cam paign. Fight TB — Us· Christmas Seals 1 Tabor City Loses Furniture Company To Laurinburg Lux Urotncrs. Ini-or|>oiaUn, ! .Ii tmsinis.s in Tubor City for a iltl«· It.-* thi.» «luv year when it was dv-Mruyrd by lire on tin.: night of Octobut* 2t>. i.v back in ' business. Hit not in Tabot' v'itv. Charlys Cox. oiu· ot the pritt eipal .Moikhoiiii-rs in tlie corp oration. .-aid Tuesday that tin turniture making company is .low in the prncc.ss of f*t 11ifn* ι slablish'il in π- new home- — . i.auiinburg. Cox .said that business int»·!· ! ests from Laurinburg contact- ι ed Inn) shortly after the fictf her». and made offers ol finan cial and other assistance which j made any attempt to rebuild in Tabor City impractical. "We will be in a building three times the size of nur old building here." C«»x said. I "We've already started getting I oiders lor furniture, and wv hi.p· to be in production by the lirsf ol the year." 'lhe new plant will employ 1(! persons. At the time of the lire, nine persons were turn ing out the Early American! style furniture. "We kind of hate to leave' Tabor Clly." C'ox said, "but we I eel that tins is a real ^ood opportunity, and we believe that l.aurinburg has a lot show us they want us therv." Representative's from Burl ington also contacted tin· local company following the tire, ollri ing assistance in rebuild ing it tin brothers would lo cüli1 then·. "Tin > both made good oi ler.»." Cox said, "lint we think Luurinbuig is the IxtUr choice." Another brother in the busi ness, Richard, is due to Ut separated from the service on December 15, and will join the company in its new location. The third brother, Horace, will remain in Tabor City, with other employment. The buildint; that Cox Bro thers will occupy is ill the Airpine so.tion. situated just off U. S. highway 74. east of the city. It is an area th«t is ciesign.-ted for industry. Ex-FBI Nan Heads Clinic I On Shoplifting A clinic fur preventive shoplifting, eloigned to ail store owners a: κ I their em ployees in cutting down losses: by familiari/.ing them with sonic of the gimmicks used by amateur anil professional pil ferers. will be held tomorrow (Thursday) after ιι ο ο η hi Whiteville. Two training sessions will ! be presented, one in the after noon and one later in the eve ning, according to S P. Smith. Tabor City merchant and co ordinator of the event. J Paul f>. Schiller, head of the ι organization which has been operating a private investiga ' live and security consulting ■' I service in North and South • Continued On Page *1 Carolina {or the past three ! j years, will provide the instru s I tion. • Prii^r to entering this busi ® , ness, Schiller Was for eighl ι years a member of the Feder 1 al Bureau of Investigation, t with seven years service in North Carolina. "My organization has done ; a considerable amount of work [or the retail and wholesale industry in Nortli Carolina, " and have assisted them in their internal ami external security 1 problems," Schiller said. Included in the training i= a discussion of internal secur ', ity problems, with recommen dations on how they might best • be handled, and a demonstra ' tion of techniques commonly used by shoplifters. I The first session of the clinic will begin at 3:30 in the after noon, and will be designed especially for employers and managers. The second session will be a dinner meeting, be ginning at 6:45. and will con ' sist of instruction to sale per sonnel. Tickets are being sold for the dinner mceti-.ig at $2.50. , Anyone interested may pur· ; chase a ticket. Included among the invite · guests are poli e chiefs from ι several of the surroundiim communities, os well as the I Recorder's Court judge and ■ solicitor . I ί Tickets may be purchased in Tabor City at the Merchant/ ■'Association office. Mrs. Bill Pige New Employee At Cooperative Mrs. Bill Paae, 24. is the; new secretary - teller of Coop erative Savings and Loan An- 1 sociation in Tabor City . Mrs. Page succeeds Mrs. ' Charles Cox, who has resigned to accompany her husband to j Laurinburg where he will open ι a furniture manufacturing business. The former Shelva Kipps, Mrs. Page is a native of tin· . Clarendon section. She at tended Williams Township School, graduating in 1955. She attended Palmer Busi ness College m Columbia, S. C. lor one year in 195(5. whort she tr a period ot three month.·», ι She is married to Bill Page ! a sales representative for Cal ifornia Chemical Company. They live· on McDec Avenue. United Jewish Appeal Is Now In Tabor City The 1901 United Jewish Ap peal is now underway in TaD ur City and the surrounding area. Albert Schilds. local chairman reported today . The nationwide fund drive to raise money to be used 10 help alleviate the problems of the many thousands of hungry, oppressed and needy Jews in 26 countries in addition to the United States, has a goal of S39.212.00(1 t<> meet the needs of the ,current mass immigra tion im Israel, plus an unde termined amount to finance the member agencies of the organization which operate bisic programs. The campaign is being con ducted under the slogan. "We'll Sec- Them Through." It is in reference to the one million immigrants who reach ed Israel in recent years, on« third of whom still depend on the UJA for assistance. "We have this emergency situation in Israel, and we also have the continuing needs of tiie agencies, so I hope every one who can will make a con tribution." Schilds said. Contributions should b<; sent to Albert Schilds. Tabor City. CAP Members Plan Christmas Party Dec. 11th Plans fur a Christinas parly for till members were mapped Monday night by the Twin City Squadron of the Civil Aij Patrol. The plans were mailt' at η meeting at the Squab on'»· headquarters at Twin City Airport. The party is to be held Dec. 11 at Wright's Rest aurant . Monday night at the airport at 7:3n p. m. A Look At The Drop-Out Situation At Williame Srhnnl < Kditor's not*: The follow ' inn in a special rrport from Clayton l.rwh. principal of the Williams Township Ι ι School). ι I On Iht· first day ol school , • this year ;it Williams Τ«·\νιι- | , ship School 71 first grader* |, • enthusiastic» My enrolled. , Twelve years from now fewer { [ than half or these buys an{ , Iropout*. Unless a concerted effort is ι Ttade by home, nchool. and « community to solve the truclal . problems of dropouts, the lus.* will continue. In studying Iropout» in the William« Township Schtol District, the < ollowing problems were noted is recurring: 1. Children who fail one or nore grades in the elementary >r high school are among hose who most often drop out j if school. They most frequent y fail in the elementary school ind dropout in the ninth grad·'. 2. Children who attend sev eral schools are more likely to Irop out of school than thofcc vho are allowed to attend the ame school. Thus, the studetit vho moves from one school listrict to another does not de« •elop a sense of belonging. 3. Students who do not bc οηκ to school clubs or take >art in school affairs usually Irop out of school. 4. Students who live in com· nullifies or sections of th*r chool district where a higi | chool diploma is not valued ire likely to drop out of school. 5. Children of parents who lo not place emphasis on edu· ation are potential dropout». 6. Younger children of par ents who permitted the older children to dropout of school ure almost always dropouts. 7. Girls who are allowed to go steady with older hoys are potential dropouts. 8 Students with poof at tendance records are lik«j!y to become dropouts. 9. Children who are poorly prepared for the grade they are in usually become drop outs. Students with three or four of these problems may be con sidered possible dropouts at the age of 16. Parents and school personnel should use these problems as danger sign als in identifying potential dropouts. Through counseling from parents and teachers they might be saved from the need less waste of dropouts. One way to help an individual, a family, and a community U to keep an Individual in "-jchool until he graduat·».