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BARBARA REAVES
The seventh annual Miss t
Columbus County pageant, j
featuring the appearance of ,
• Miss Janet McG"·.·, Miss South j
f Carolina. will be staged Friday
ι ifrht, April 20, at the Tabor (
City high school auditorium. |
The event, under the spon
sorship of the Tabor City Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, is
M.id to promise the biggest and
t>fst yet held here.
Nine young ladies from thro
ughout the county have enter
ed the pageant end will dis
f play their variety of talents
including piano, accordion,
dancing, modeling, singing, art
and dramatic reading.
This year's winner as "Miss
JI1HTII WILSON
Columbus County" will be giv
en :m educational scholarship,
a week's vaation at Myrtle
Iii ach, trophy, prizes and a trip
to Charlotte where she will
compete in the Miss North
Carolina pagenat July 11, 12.
13 and 14.
Reserved tickets for nex*.
week's big event are on sale
b> members of the local Jay
cees. The public is invited to
attend the pageant.
The nine entries in the con
test are: Elaine Odum, Bolton;
Judith Wilson, Chadbourn;
Dorothy Hinson, Cerro Gordo:
Shirley Jean McPhereon. Wil
liams Township; Barbara Rea
ves, Nakina; Angelia Powell,
Btthel; Sarah Ward, route 3,
WhitevUle; Betty Muriel Cox,
Tabor City; and Cheryl Cart
er, Evergreen.
SHIRLEY MrPIIERSON
STOKES OPEN
Tabor Clly store»* will re
main open all day next Wed
nesday for the convenience ,
of Easter shoppers and will
rema η open until 8:00 P.M. |
Friday nicht for the late |
shoppers. Stores will be .
rl sed a'l day Easter Monday,
April 23.
Mrs. 'Γ. E. Smith Sr. of Pire- j
way was admitted to Com
munity hospital in Loris, S. C.
Tuesday morning ol last week.
Mrs. Smith is reported to be
getting better now.
Father, Son
Banquet Held
At Williams
The Williams Township
School Future Farmers of A
nerica held their annual Fath
L-i and Son banquet last Fri
iay night with a good turnout
>1 fathers, sous und guests.
Miss Margarette Shelly, dau
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyi
Shelly, of Clarendon, was pre
'tuted at the FFA Sweetheart
jf 1 »Iii-62. Miss Shelly is a
renior, member of the Gle<·
Club, the F. Η. Α., the 4-H
ind staff of the annual. She
teas elected sweetheart by
jopular vote.
Gregory Stanley gave his
:alk, "Agriculture — Yester
iay. Today and Tomorrow,"
.nd was presented the public
»peaking award. Stanley won
itcond place in the WaccKinau
F(.deration for public speaking.
Other awards were present
ed as follows:
Star green hand awards:
Billy McPherson and Johnny
Pardee. Livestock farming a
ward: Roger McPherson. Star
hapter farmer awards: Geo
'ge Ward and Waid is Perritte.
Farmer degrees were present
ed to the following: Harold
Dean Cartrette, Billy Wayne
wribb. Elgin Cribb, Gene Dud
Ity, Earl Fowler, Perry God
win, Gary Gore. Gary Dean
McPherson, Roger McPherson,
Fete Sellers, Larry Simmons,
Jackie Spivey, Gregory Stan
ley, Jimmie Tyler, Georg'·
Ward. Larry vVhite, Larry
Wright and Jesse Beck.
Dr. Hardy Opens
Office Tuesday
In Tabor City
Dr. Winfield 1 Hardy oponcJ
his office for »he general prac
tice "of medicine in Tabor City
yesterday morning.
The new doctor who has lo
cated-in Tabor City after a
widespread search by the Mer
chants Association and others
for additional medical doctor?,
Is located in the building form
erly occupied by the late R. C
Harrelson, Jr., at the corner of
4th and Lewis Streets .
Dr. Hardy attended the Quart
erly meeting of tne iwercnant«
A>sociation last Thursday night
in the Cherry Grove commun
ity and said, "This is the
friendliest town that I liavc
ever sew and I am looking for
ward to practicing medicine
here."
Dr. Hardy and his wife and
daughter visited in Tabor City
last week and made arrange
ments for opening his office.
H< returned home Friday and
came back to Tabor City Mon
day.
The 41 year old general doct
or has been practicing in Flet
cher. N. C., since last July.
"On behalf of tlu merchants
of Tabor City, let me say tha*.
we are happy to have Dr.
Hardy in Tabor City. And w·
want to thank him for his de
cision to come here. Also, wo
went to express our apprecia
tion to Howard Harrelson foi
making the building available.
1*. was constructed for a doct
oi'r. office and we feel fortun
fct«· to have it available for thl·
new doctor." W. Horace Carter,
piesident of the Met chants As·
yociation, said today.
NO DRIVER EXAMS
The automobile license
drivers examiner will not be
in the office at the town
ball on April 17. bat will
retarn and reopen the office
at the usual time April 24.
W. Α. (AI) Williams, of Tabor
City, has filed for reelection a.s
Judge of Columbus County Re
j corders Court in Whiteville.
subject to the May 26. Demo
cratic Primary. Judge Winiams
is prominent in county politics
and in civic affairs. He is a
kolarian, Baptist and Mason.
He is a former Mayor of Tabor
City.
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Jaycees Name
I New Officers
New officers fur the Tabor
ι City Junior Chamber of Com·
j p-erce were elected last nigh!
} öt a meeting held at the El
; Ranch« Restaurant.
I Clifford Gore, an active and
I energetic Jaycee for a number
I of years was named president,
succeeding Bill R >gers.
Eldred Dudney was elected
I first vice president and Gene
1 West, second vice president.
Earl Duncan was elected
treasurer and Travis Wright,
secretary.
I Others elected were: Bill
1 Rogers. State Director; Harold
j Ward and Robert Dale Inmar·,
1 directors; Joel Watson, corre
sponding ;>ecre.ui> and Joseph
1 Ray, jaybird.
LeRoy Stocks
To Oppose Demo
' For House Seot
!
LeRoy Stocks of Whituville,
barber and businessman, filed
Tuesday as a candidate for the
House of Representatives ot
I the Republican ticket. He wil!
oppose the winner of the Dem
; ocrat Primary, either Arthur
(VV. Williamson or Bobby Ses
l sions, in the November voting
I 1(>ι the house seat.
In announcing his candidacy.
Stocks said that unlike many
ether candidates, no one repre
! senting any special interest
j hsd come to him on his knees
ι begging and pleading with him
to seek the office. Stocks con
I tinued:
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American Foods Slates Open House
For Farmers At Pre-Cooler Monday
Big Easter Egg Hunt
< ι « mil IK 19 III |
l«»i the second annual bit·
Golden Easter Egg Days event
in Tabor City on Friday ami
Saturday, April 20 and 21, A!
Whitehead, executive - secret
ary of the Tabor City Merch
ants Association, announces
today.
More than 400 valuable
prizes will be contained in thai
many ping pong balis that will
b< dropped from c low-flying
a:i plane in the main business
streets of Tabor City at 4:00
y. M. on tViday April 20.
Those retrieving the balls can
reoetini iru in Ior nierehundist
ι 'jriy.fs ;il tin- slmv named in
in pii·« ponji bull.
Iii addition t<> tin· pint' poiiu
halls that eontain prizes, 100;)
numbered ιifki t> will be
i.mped friim the airplane.
Li.til of these tickets will eii
, title the persons κ· ttinu it oil·.·
, ι.·: an«.·»· tit a Ογ.ιικΙ Prize draw
in»; to be held Saturday after
noon at 5:0(1 1'. M. in Talx-v
City. I his grand p' ize winne"
A-ill be given his choice of
portable television, π fri;.erat
; ι ι or electric stove.
And many otiui items will
be <'ιιιιι|η·(Ι iroin tin plat:·
.,ι Friday alterno·Ίι. iii.-ludin
cigarettes. ami clnw
• I« gum. Th. sc items wii! b·
1 < wi ii'il down ·*ιι tin· crowd
,ii ■ Under? will I)·.· keep· rs.
The ping pong balls may lis·
j» taken to the stores
I,< prizes on Fridas afternoon
< 1 lowing the airplane drop or
nought back on Saturday.
Ail local stores will remain
>p« η on Friday night unt i
::Cti to give shoppers ;.mpl ·
im· to buy their Easter me: -
.I1; ndise and to ledeam tlv
iitg ponti balls 1·>r prizes.
Ι'1 -ι persons under 1H yea; -
ni :·κ>. retrieving pint: pout.
. !!s must have :.ι· adult a<·
« mpany them when redean.
tin balls for prizes.
The promotion is townwHe
ι· .ih most members of the
Merchants Association partiei
I alms». Last year's event was
fifthly successful in spite of
ihe fact that it wa; delayed a
'.\ et k because of rain and wind
or the planned day ol the
drop.
Should weather conditions
make it impossible to drop the
1'iiiK pol»« balls and merch
andise on Friday, this year's
illi;p will be held Saturday ait
ertioon at 2:110 lint barring
unusually bad weather, tli ·
Golden Easter Eggs will flow
L>ut of the airplane on Fridas
afternoon at 4:00.
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BEAUTY PAGEANTS.
DON'T BE CONFUSED
Willi two locally schedul
ed beauty pageants Rettin«
publieity, there has been a
degree of ronfusion anion«
'lit* public as to which is
η hielt and when. Here's the
way they work:
The Aliss Tabor City Con
test will he held in the Tabor
City School auditorium to
morrow nicht (Thursday)
April 12. This is the annual
cyent sponsored by the Ta
bor City Civitan Club.
The Miss Columbus Coun
ty Contest will be held in
the Tabor City S< hool Aud
itorium Friday niifht of next
week, April 20. and this is
the annual event sponsored
by the T.ihor City Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
J.Η.» Ceinigliu. president of
Am· rican l·'« mis. inc.. ha;^ ι>
lled all illVIUltioll to i« 11 SliaW
Di ι iv growers <»t tin.· area to
. Ii Opell I lllUM' at Iii«· ncv in» —
loading i on?»· and pre-cooler
in Tabor Cit> on the afternoon
«·! Monday. April Hi.
Mi. Cc-n.glia wil! pciMjnal
1_\ Iji «Ί. hand t«» talk ιινι·|· th·.·
ι Li Γ! \ svii.-nii with |,iowri's an«!
1.· -how tin· iitw and modern
I ic-cooling facilities tu all
who wish tu attvn'i.
Aft«·! tin· open house in th«
it. i iHnin. the American foods.
Inc.. organization will have a
number (<i Γι presentatives 0:1
h: tid to talk to growers in th<?
•■In>ul auditorium s<t 7:30 P. M.
Ι'ίιι new berry handling oru
.1 i/ati« η hi- bei-ii in constant
contact with the Lirrv situa
tion iii tlii? ova lor several
wi i ks . iivl expv.t to handl·.·
a< · < or more i f the local
crop t:.i Mas n. C< miglia has
lold {.l'owcis at pi vious meet
ings that while berries might
not bring the top price every
ciav when .-old through Ameri
can F<m if Is. that he could as
miiv growers who sold with
thi m throughout the season
that they would take mora
money home than by selling in
< ther way.
The new prc-eoolcr. bi-st ο
it; kind in tin· area with 2(
ton; of cooling capacity ana
th«· latest in insulation, is Hear
ing completion and will be
re;.dy lor the open house and
the first truck loads of berries
that a;«.· i«mi1v for market here.
The ent. y of American Fouds
in the bei ry business in Tabor
"City marks the revival of a
.bury market th*J has been
fv.m of operation here for two
.years after having flourished
ι lor more than half a century.
I —
Mrs. Henry Forniy Duval ol
\Miitevlllc spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hardie.
I Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gore and
Jeff visited Mr. and Mrs. Es
mer Ward of Lebanon Sunday.
BROTHERHOOD MEETING
Rev. Lewis McCormick.
pastor of the Frist Baptist
Churdi of Mullins. S. C.. will
be the speaker at the Broth
erhood meeting of the Tabor
City Baptist Church next
Tuesday nicht at ":00.
The prog ram will be en
titled. "Foreword of Church
Finance." All men of the
chureh are invited to attend.
The Columbus County 4-11 Club ha* undertaken a project to
provide the Council with a Utile financial support for the cur
rent year. One of the prominent goal a for the Council in to te
rcel cnintv 4-11 welcoming signs al the major county entrance*,
rhis project I·« Ihe selling of I ir'*i Aid KHs which can be very
usclul and helpful in the home, automobile, on farm tractors.
• nd even in the fishing tackle bo* or hunting vest. The kit
.ndudca adhesive bandages. adhc«ivc tape, mercurochrome.
«lies pads, antiseptic first aid dressing*, and Breakwater somp
■onlaining hcxachlorophene. You «ill probably be contacted by
young 4-11 member In the next few day*; If not. why don't
■ on contact a 4-11 member antl call for one of these Hrst Aid
vlls. I'icturcd Is C. D. Iluper. buying the first one of the Find
ltd Kits to be sold by the 4-11 Council. >1r. Raper stated, "iliii
ne will be placed in my car." Don't forget the hunting coat.
i). Ii. Patrolman Horace Wllklns purchased a close second kit
mm the Council President Hon en staling he was glad to nee
he 4-11 club offer aid kits that need to be In automobile* In
cane of need.
Miss Τabor Contest
ι
On Thursday Night
Eleven local young ladies
will vie for top honors in to
] morrow (Thursday, April 12)
j :»ght's "Miss Tabor City" at
thi school auditorium at 8:00.
Mrs. Billy Page in announc·
i mg the complete list of beaut -
i ie:· in the contest has urged
local folks to turn out and
set the 19(i2 crowning of the
j"Miss Tabor City." The event
has been highly successful in
the past.
i
The following beauty con
testants have entered ,the pag
eant:
Wanda Fowler, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Fowler;
Ei.ibara Cox, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Garland Cox; Judy
Coleman, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Coleman, Jr.: Chris
tine Canady, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Austin Canady; Pris
cilla Mercer, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Noah Mercer; Bar
bara Reaves, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Reaves; Lenoro
Beck, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson Beck; Carol Ann
O'Conner, daughter of Mr. and
P,1is. Charles O'Conner: Shiri
; ev McPherson. daughter of Mr.
jj.i.d Mrs. Carson McPherson:
Patsy Watts, daughter of Mr.
:*iid Mrs. Avon Watts: and
Γί tsy Hodges, da'iL,hter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. E^Hodges.
Program Slated
By Williams
Thursday Morn
A program expl: inin:·, tli ·
way Ideally c*<»lI·Tied school
ii.nds an· spent in (he Wil
liams Township School will bo
broadcast by the Tahoi City
I.roadcusting Company Thnrs
<:5i\ afternoon. April 12. at
4:45.
The program will give the
c'nmunt collected in each gracie
i:nd the way it is spent to:·
in:tractioiinl supplies.
Teachers participating on
the program are: VV'nifred
Stout. Elizabeth VV:'!teis. Jess·.·
Harper, Kathrine Cooke, Ruth
ilinson, Letlui Mercer. R. .1
; Glaesner, Vernon Thompson,
Jisse Vaught. Mar> B. Lewis.
Flangie Huckaby. Eugene Sas
s.er. W. O. Jackson, Jr.. and
ι Clayton Lewis.
Jobs-For-Men
Industry Sought
Stuck holders of Loris Indust
rial Developers, Inc. voted
Monday night to push full
steam ahead in an intense Ut
fort to obtain .mo her new in
dustry for Loris—and industry
that would employ some 285 f
men.
I .'Ana knowing that such a>t (
industry her-· would benefit all {
of upper Horry lounty. they '
voted to give everyone in thei
upper part of the county an
opportunity to participate ii.
bringing in the industry.
Plans were mapped lor :i
strategy meeting of directors of
the Loris Industi i:-l Develop
ers. Inc.. the Loris Merchants
Association and the I .oris Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce
Thursday at 1 p. ni. at The
Col fee Shop.
Later a meeting will be held
, with leaders from all rural
areas in the upper part of the
county so that they, too, may
air) in the all-out campaign !··
bring to upper Horrv what
many people havt said tor a
long time is badly needed: ai'
industry that will put men t·· ·
work.
Ί hi stockholder heard a re
port from Ε. K. I'rince. presi
iitn! and chairman of the board
of directors en the progres·
made during tin pi st year.
"A year ago." hi sai !. "wt
were dickering with beth t\v·
manulacUires. wondering which
one we would get to (Uiiii1 here
Today «me of them opened a
plant that will einpi.iy some 75
women and \er> shor'ly the
other will open a plant thd
Ά i* 1 hire at least twice that
m;'ny."
The stockholders, despite
pleas for release from those in
\ olved, unanimously re-elected
the board of directors to serv · I
another year: Ε. K. I'rince. P..
K. Stabler. ,J. C. Hipp. iVlance
Wat kin.- and Tom Stanle>.
Subsequently the director;
I":let aim rc-clcctvd Ε. K. Prince |
president and ch:i"man of the
board; named Β. Κ Stabler
vicc-chait man to succeed Tim-|
nifis E. Duke; rind re-elected
Hod Sparrow secivtarv-tri asur
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