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κ - SERVICE - • WITHOUT selfishness • WITHOUT FEAR • WITHOUT FAVOK The GmI ot The Tribune Now and Forever THE ONLY PULITZER PRIZE XT t Ν ΝI Ν C WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE CT Ν IT ED STATES böNT MISS I 7^6 7< "7*u4uHe • NEWS • FEATURES • PICTURES • ADVERTISING tvery Week 1« The Tri VAl KUd v··· v·..« ~~ "Tmbor City — The Toum With Λ City future" 1»C PER COPY—X3.M A TEAR " no mil Be The Queen? BILME FOWLER Linda Mcpherson JACQULLYN GORE ALICE EI)WAKD6 PHYLLIS STANLEY CAROL CAMPBELL IRENE SIMMONS SHIRLEY McPHEKSON .MARGARET SIIKI,I.FV »mi- attractive giris will compute for the Homecoming Queen crown at the third an nual homecoming basketball game at Williams Township School Friday night, Januarv 1!>. The new queen v**" be crowned at a special program ;it half-time of the game be tween the Williams Tmvnsi..|> Aggies and the Evergreen Wildcats. A large turnout of former Williams students and others interested in seeing good bask etball is expected. The candidates for t h e queen's crown are: Shirley Jean McPherson, .sponsored by the senior class. She holds membership in the glee club, the F. Η. Α., ana was recently appointed to the Stay - In - School committee. Shirley is vice - president of the glee club and song leader in the F. H. A. She is the dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Carlos McPherson of the Beaverdam community. Margaret Shelley is sponsor ed by the F. F. A. She holds membership in the F. H. A. and is on the school annual staff. She is the current F.F.A. sweetheart. Margaret is the daughter of Mr. aiid Mrs. Hoyt Shelley «if the Clarendon com munity . Phyllis Stanley, a high school junior, is sponsored by the Future Teachers of Ameri ca club. She Is a member #f the F. Τ. Α.. ί. h. Α.. and is the F. H. A. historian. Phyllis is the daughter of Mr and Mre. Neal Stanley of the Clarendon community. She is also the winner of the biology and jyhome economics awards. Alice Edwards, a junior, is sponsored by the Monogram . Club. Last year she received ■ honorable mention in 111· flp· lections for the Columbus c iintv basketball team, Alice (sr the daughter of Mr. an<*. 14rs. home economic awards dam community. Carol Sue Campbell is sponsored by the junior class. She holds membership in the F. 'Γ. Λ., the F. Η. Λ., and the Monogram Club. She is the reporter for the junior class and is the associate busi ness manager for the . school yearbook. Carol Sue is the laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Her bert Campbell of the Claren don community . Billie Fowler is sponsored by the sophomore cla»e She helds lembprshlp in the F. H. A. Silly is th« daughter of Mr. (Continued Ort Pag« 51 Williams And Fonvielle Will Be Honored At Rocky Mount Banquet I ........ * ι ,.ν J> I WO ΙΠΟΜ oil! - j standing high school football i players for the 1961 season ■ will be among those honored at 'the ΛΙΙ East banquet to be held Thursday night at the Rio ! Restaurant in Roiky Mount. Junior tackle Sammy Wil liams and senior halfback Leon Kdward Fonvielle, were chosen as members of the All East 2 A team by the Raleigh News and Observer. The banquet is being held in honor of all first team play er» selected in the five divi sions of high school football— Class 4-A. 3-A, 2-A, A and eight-man. In addition to the 53 players, the banquet will also be at tended by the players' parents and coaches. Players will be given minia ture footbatls and certificates signifying the honor bestowed upon them. : Featured speaker for the banquet will be .Ilm Hlckey. head football coach at the Uni versity of North Carolina. Bermev Stevens is the head conen of th,. Tabor Cil.v teani I whic h posted a highly success ful 0-3 season mark, good for ! second place in the Waccamaw Athletic Association standing. In the coaches' balloting Tor the first team 2-Λ selection.;. Williams was cited for his stel lar defensive play for the Red Devils Fonvirlle won his first team berth on the weigh of his outstanding breakaway run ning ability. Fonvielle has been contacted by several colleges including the University of North Caro lina and Duke University re garding athletic scholarships, but has not as yet revealed any difinitc plans about where he may do Iiis future playing. | Williams is a junior, and h*.s I ι ne more year of high school1 football before he will be able | to consider scholarship offers, ι The complete line-up for All Kast 2-A team: Ends—Ruffln Odom, Ahoskie. and Richard Anstin, Cary. Tackles — Chuck Sledge, Morehead City, and Sanuny Williams. Tabor City. Guards — Dick RarnhiH, Λ pex. and Bill Harris, Reaufort Center—Bud Fisher. Elizp bcthtown. Backs—David O'Neal, More head City: Carroll Forehand. Edenton; l^eon Fonvielle. Tab or City; Earl Capps. Ahoskie ond Bobby Brannon, Cary. FIRE ALARM TESTS Tabor City Fire Chief Bruce Watta ha· announced that the fire alarm will be tested each Wednesday at 1 p. a. In eonjunetlon with the cloalnf of the downtown itorw, Attendance Is Another Factor in Drop-Onts By CLAYTON LEWIS Principal, Williams Township (third in a series> Schwei attendance i.s anoth er factor which contributes to st udents dropping out of school. Foor attendance re-ul'.s j in loss of skill and knowled'n'. The jMH>r atlendtr gets behind and Kims interest in school work and activities. Of the 58 boys who dropped i out ot the Williams Township School, ever 50 per cent of them were absent more thiin 30 of the 180 school days. Girls are better school at tenders. Twenty-two. 50 per cent, of the 44 girls studied were ab sent 23 or more days during tli·.· last year they wer·.· en rolled in school. Kegulai school attendance is vital to the success of stu dent- in school. Parents are ι urged to make it possible for ; their children to be good j school attenders. Mayor's Court Mayor's Court. Monday night, January 1: Kiser Brown, 49. Holly Hill i S. C., paid $18 85 for briny under the influcn ο of alcohol, ι I Ahrain Boyd Face, 35. HI J j 2. Dillon, S. C., possession of < fireworks, iiu disposition, due to extenuating circumstances. Clayton Duncan. 30. lit. l.i I Clarendon, paid S17.50 for fail-i ure to yield light of way. James Edward Lacewell, 20 ' I Rt. 2. Whiteville. speeding 55 m. p. h. in a 35 m. p. h. zone | no disposition, due to extenu- | ,*iog circumstances. James Llroy TyVor, 20. Rt j 1, »Cerio Gordo, speeding 50 ni. p. h. in 35 m. p. h. /one, no' disposition, due to extenuating circumstances. . George Scott. 25. Tabor City, fined $20.00 for being under1 the influence of alcohol, work I for town. llobcrt Godwin, 22. fit. 1, Chadbourn. paid $17.9.» for1 possession of fireworks. Dewey Godwin, 25. III. 1,. Chadbourn. paid $17 95 for be- j ing under the influence of al- , cohol. . Bobby Godwin. 23. Rt. 1, Clarendon, paid $17.50 for be- ι ing under the influence of al cohol. Floyd Jones, age unknown. | Tabor City, fined $17 95 for being under the influence of alcohol, work for town. L. D. Milligan, 3«. Tabor City, being under the influ-1 cnce, no disposition, due to ex tenuating circumsttnces. ,.CIyd(. Johnson. 47, Ilt. 1, Fair Hluff. being under the influ ence of alcohol, no disposition, due to extenuating circumst ances. Laverne Nobles. 18. Tabor City, paid $24 95 for being un der thc influence of alcohol j and damage to jail. .' Wallace Scott, age unknown. Tabor City, fined $24 95 for be ing under the influence of al-' cohol and damage to jail, work for town. Davis H. Livingston. 18. Rt. 1, Loris, S. C.. speeding too last for conditions, no disposi tion, due to extenuating cir cumstances. Feston Nobles 16. Rt 2. Tab or City, paid $17 80 for bein?! under th(. influence of al'-ohol. 1 Chester Bi-ook* 25. fit. I. Lorls, >S. C„ being under th«· influence of alcohol, no dis position, due to extenuating circumstances. B. J. Williams, age unknown. Green Sea. S. C„ being under thc Influence of Alcohol, no disposition, due to extenuating circumstan· cs. John Rosco Norris, 22. ad dress unknown, paid $17 50 for being under the influence of alcohol. ^ Frank Mitchell, age unknown Tabor City, assault on a fe male, placed on probation. Jerry I). Shelley. 19. Rt. 1. Clarendon, pa!«l $17.50 for speeding too fast for condi- ' '.ions. James L. Ncaly. 19. Tabor City, fined $17.50 for appearing ι In public while under the in- , (luence of alcohol, appealed to ι Superior Court. ι Thomas R. Smith, 16, Rt 3,1 rabor City, paid $17.50 for a :lop siiin violation. Warren Jernigan. 38. Tabor ■ ity. rreklcM driving, carryine ι concealed weapon, poMcsnion >f tax.paid whiakey with the '<*•1 broken, no dUpoeltlon, due ο extenuating circumstance». Annual Merchant Banquet Monday Whitehead Assumes Exec.-Sec· Post 'Πι·· annual banquet of thii Tab«'!* Cit\ Mtrciiants Associa tion will be held next Mondaj oight at 7 :i»0 at the school cat«.*« jtciiu. All members ot the as 1 social ion and tht ir wives art I invited to the banquet, j New officers for 1902 will be ekcted at the meeting and ! th«· new executive secretary Λ1 Whitehead, will talk brief· ; ly· The proposed rebuilding ol the Tabor City Strawberry market will also be discussed, Members of the .Tabor Cit> Rotary Club and Civitan Club have been invited to hold the'i meeting with the Merchants As ociation on this occasion Wives of Rotarians and Civi· tans are invited to the meet in a aNo. Ken Ixivell, the outgoing ex ecutive secretary, will make ι report on the projects under taken during the past year and note some of the progress that has been made. "WE are hopeful that at least 120 persons will b·· present for this bit; annual banquet. We feet that the association has had a successful year and would like to kick off 19u2 with» an enthusiastic gathering for \his election of officers,"' W. Horace Carter, president, said today . "The directors of the pa^t year have been dedicated m«.·*.! who have attended th«· meet ings well and made many worthwhile suggestions that have been a help to the eco nomic life of the community. I want to take thit, opportuni ty row '.«» thank ther fnr their t 'lie cooperation and patience," Carter said . L - Serving on the board of di rectors iHirin!} the year were: Arthur Prime. Ruey Hewitt. S. T. Rogers. Elwood Dornum, Albert Goldfinch and Claude Boyd . Old Zion 4-H Club Formed With 13 Members The organization;·! meeting of tin» Old Zion Community 4 H Club was conducted Tues day evening at 3:30 p. m. In the Guideway School Library. Thirteen members were en rolled with three boys am' airls sending word that thev would begin attending the meetings »> January. These three will be enrolled during their first attendance. The adult leader for the cltth is Mrs. Addie Gore, who ha? been the teacher sponsor of the Guideway School club f'ir several years. Officers for the 1962 year were elected as fol lows: President. Sandra Cox, R* 3. Tabor City. N. C. Vice President. Patsy Ham monds, Rt. 3. Tabor City. N. C Secretary, Gaylc Gore, Ht. 3. Tabor City. N. C. Treasurer. Elroy Suggs. Rt. 3. Tabor City. N. C. Historian. Sue Nortis. Ht. 3, Tabor City. N. C. PROSPERITY Prosperity is only an instru ment to in- used, not a deitv to be worshipped. —Calvin Cooluigf Prosperity and civilization are far from bein« synonvmous terms. TOWN* TAOS Mayor Howard HarrrlsOn has anmranerd that liMJi Tabor CHy town lirensr platrs are now on «air at the Town Hall for 81.00. lie Pointed oat that a town or din.inee require* that every automobile that Im rrcNtrrrri 1» ■ person living inside thr town limit·· musl display a eity tag. Failure to rompl.v wlth this requirement rould result in a fine of $17 50. Former Tabor City Doctor Popular At Mountain Clinic ι j BAT CAVE — A bushel o:" I :>vivi potatoes on the Moor ol ι :ι doctor's offic»· rniuht -eeni I out οΓ place in most cases. Cut not so id the otlici· ot I Dr. I'hilip I), buiick. resident physicial '«t the Valley Clir.i·.· and Hospital her«. His patients olt· η bring him apples, preserves and produ< e . of esteem and appreciation, services but simply as a token Mit'tsteem and appreciation. II is the way of many moun tain people to say. "We're glad ! juu're here." Dr. Zu lick has be< η at tl c ' iittk* hospital sine*· kite Oct« b er. 196*1. An'l the inU'i venrig months have b· on busy ones lor this tall, graying, qui·?'. <l>oken man lli.s office iti the hospital ib open every nay, Sunday in I eluded. On Sunday, Dec. 3. ftv instance, he saw 29 patients. Hi· also keeps his oft ice op.-it Irom 7 to 9 o'clock on Tuesday and Fiiclay nights, so that poo pie in the area who have day time jobs they cannot bre"K j away irom tan come in toi treatment after work. In the past year, more than 3.000 out-patient visits have been paid to the hospital and Dr. Zulick. more than double the figure for the preceding year when the hospital was without a doctor. Df. Zulick treats an ave··· u«c ^»t * |is available tin immediate call. His heme is perched high atop the same hill where the ho< , pital rests. Normally, he takes Wednesday afternoons off. "But i! 1 manage to get a wa.v for three or four hours ( on Wednesday. Γιη lucky," b>.· I says. The nature of practice tor «τ general practitioner in tnis ; mountainous area lias changed somewhat in the past few years. Dr. Zulick is called tij — , on to make on.y about' four or five home visits a week now. Occasionally, he will journey to the small commun ity of Mill Springs—15 mi Jo.; I away — or to Fairview. "12 J or 13 miles across the lnoun I tains." I tl't· ■- * *· Even ....... ... uiun VIIHI a pam rularly out-of-the-way Place he tackles the ruEtrd terrain in a jeep nu n«·«) by tin- hospit al. "But mo. tly. ihe people have ί moved ιitit of 11:<ise hi'.r<i-t'> j4et-1o places," lie says. "Most of them eome here to the hos pital now." Payment ol bills poses pn problem for him. Collect it»r ■: . are made through the hospital. "I don't know who owes me I sind who doesn't." he says. Dr Zulick practiced with an other doctor at the Valley c!m- j J ic f'«r aboii< six months sev- ' oral years ago. Then he U" j and set up practice in Tabo"| I City. ι 'Hie other doctor left thj' j Valley Clinic in Otober. H>.i91 ι and for more than a year »he | I small hospital was without a i J doctor. The number of pafi» I cuts fell off and financial prob- ! I lems arose. The pharmacy—which now J dispenses medicines to out patients as well as patients in the hospital—could not oper ate. Other medical serviees « ere curtailed. flut a year ago. community leaders got together and entic ed Dr Zulick to return to Valley Clinic They fixed up the house above the hospital and thev raised money to pay off the debt Pr Zulick had ..v sumed 'or new equipment in | Tabor City. How long will Dr. Zulick rc- 1 main at the little hospital'' "I" stay around forever. I ' guess." he says with η smile. WILMIMCSTO* PRESBYTERY Th" executive board of the Women of The Church of Wil mington Presbytery will me»t at eleven o'clock. January II at St. Andrews Covenant Church, in Wilmington. Mrs J. Nelll Clark of Clerfcton will preside Youth Jailed In Saturday Night 'Shooting Case i Earl Bnrnes. Jr., 18. former j !v of Chadbourn and now liv i iny in Wilmington. was arrest 1 i"l late Sunday afternoon and ' pla ed in Columbus County jail in cnncction with a week i mmI shooting. The victim. Samuel Sellers. 19, was shot once with a .25 . caliber pistol at about iKi'l Sat urday night while siltiny ί·.ι an , auto in front of the Sandbox, a nightspot in the .Macedonia section of the county. He was taken to Columbus County Hospital at Whiteville for treatment. Deputy Sheriff Spurgetfn Nobles said that the bullet ent ered Sellers' arm, passed thro-1 ugh, and then entered his 1 stomach and pierced the liver and lodged in the large intest- j ine. At the time of the shooting, Sellers was sitting in the driv- ( er's side of the aut«l and, Harnes was sitting besifte htm. I Nobles said IJar«e« 1<jt3 himi i.i· s'm t Si lU !s,'la »ÄI defense,] as Sellers had ^ KSilft. Barnes turned himself inflate : Sunday afternoon. His father! brought him to Whiteville; from their Wilmington home. Sellers is listed as being in j satisfactory condition. P. O. SETS Λ1ΛΚΚ Postmaster Kichard Cior don has announced that th<? Tabor City Post Office had | an all-tim,. high in transar· lions during the year 1961, , amounting to $3:1.737.65. In ! ΙίΙΰΟ, the previous high year, (lie total amounted to S32. (IHK.72. Gordon said that j some of the increase could be attributed to the increase ' in the cost of postage during 1961. AI Whitehead has begun his duties jjs executive· siiwtary οΓ t u* Tabor City Merchants As succeeding Ken Lov «.'.I who resigned November 1, to accept other employment, W. Horace Carter, president of the association, announced to day. Mr. Whitehead, who is in the proc -ss ot building a home in Tabor City, began work Mon day morning. He had accept ed the post several weeks ago when directors of the associa tion offered him the job . Mr. Whitehead has been as sociated with Newberry Mills as personnel director. Hv was * emoloyed by that Newberry. S. C., firm for tht· past two years. He has also had wide experi ence with other personnel jobs smd was at one time assigned to this .district as a hoi I re presentative >' the N. C. Em piyyment Security ^We feel fortune^· to r.üV? itemed the services of Al Whitehead and believe he will be an outstanding exe cutive secretary. He is now making rounds of Tabor City business firms in an effort to gel acquainted with as many folks as possible. He is also studying the Credit Bureau, that is operated in conjunction with the Meichants Associa tion. and we believe that he will help t.) put tili» part of the merchants' business on a busi ness-like basis," Carter said. Whitehead has expressed delight with the new post and confidence that he tan per forin the duties satisfactorily. Λ life spent worthily should be measured by deeds, not By-Stander Slain By Shotgun Blast •fames Devon Godwin. 42, of the Lebanon community is be ing held without tiond in Co lumbus County jail pending η coroner's inquest into the shot gun death of .tames Duncan, 38. of Chadhourn. Rl. I Duncan was killed instantly by a single blast from a 16 gaugc shotgun Sunday night nt about 9 o" lock at the Godwin home. Deputy Sheriff Charlie Smith said that Duncan was a by stander and witness to an are umcn and struggle over n shotgun between Godwin and his yon Eugene In Ihe course of the struggle the ttun discharged, and the full load of shot caught Dun can near the top of his head, killing him instantly, according to Smith's investigation. Smith gave the following ac count of events leading tip to the death. "James Duncan and Maggie Todd, riding around Sunday afternoon, picked up Kcnnia Gore nt her home, and then rode to Vhiteville. There the.v saw Godwin, and also picked him up "It was suggested that they all go to the Godwin home in the Lebanon community and have a drink of wine At the (loduin home they drank wine for approximately two hours. "Their party war. Interrupt ed when Godwin's »ση Eugene, 19, and James HONWard Noblen. 18. stopped by as they passed the house. ι - Nobles is said to have sug gested th<· stopping for a drink 1 of wine. "All of the wine was soon consumed and the elder God win told his son to go get an other half-gallon. He soon re turned with the ja·" and thc> had another round of drinks. 'Devon Godwin got irritated with Nobles and told him to leave the house. Nobles walked out onto the porch and began waiting for the younger God win. "Devon told his son he want ed to talk with him and they -sat down on the Vied in the front room. Their talk was int errupted by a rail from Noblop who asked Kugen»» Godwin. 'Let's go.' "Devon cursed at Nobles and told him. Ί told you I'd get .vou II you came back in thi· hour.«, • The elder Godwin is said to have reachcd under the bed, pulled out the shotgun. "As he did, his son grabbed the gun barrel and they grap· pled with it. "The gun went off as It lev eled near Duncan's head who was squatting near the heater in the front room. When the gun went off It was only a few feet from Duncan's head. "Duncan was Juat an Inno· cent byatander. according to the testimony we have heard." Coroner J. V. Long Mid that an Inquest would be botd at an early date.
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