Tabor City tribune., July 18, 1962, Image 10

About Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991

Image provided by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Chapel Hill, NC

                
Tkbor City—A Town With A City Future
Published Every Wednesday in Tabor City, North Carolina
By The Atlantic Publishing Co.
W. HORACE CARTER .....Editor & Gen. Mgr
LESTER F. RUDlSlLL Business Manage·
ItAY B. WICKER Associate Editor
C. B. SELLERS Asst. Associate Editor
SUE LAYFIELD Society Editoi
Carter's
Column
I
NEW WELL: The Town of Tabor City, ever on the move as
growth necessitates progress and improvements, has contracted
another deep well for the town. The two locrl canneries are
giant users of water and this, along with the expanding resi
dential areas, has brought about the need for a greater water
supply. We are happy to see this expansion of the water system
and hope that before too many years slide by. the sewage sys
tem can likewise be expanded to serve all the people. This must
come some time, and we are sure that town officials v··ill move
in that direction when they feel that the financial condition of
the community can stand it. In so far as water is concerned.
Tabor City is most fortunate to have the fine quality water that
is available. Few Eastern North Carolina towns have water as
desirable as that in Tabor City.
NEW DRINK: Last week a new dring suddenly began a huse
promotion in this area. The new dring, resembling ginger ale
but with some new flavors and tastiness. is bottled in Robeson
County and has the unusual name of "Mountain Dew." This new
drink is almost sure to be a hit throughout this area. Those
with whom we have talked who have tried it. are most compli
mentary of its flavor and froecast a successful future for ii.
Some retailers locally have already reported it's quick success
and note that considerable volume is already being sold. We
won't be surprised to see this Mountain Dew in a big bottle be
come populai beyond that of any new drink introduced in re
cent years.
FISH: We meant to say something about this several weeks ag<.
but it got pushed aside in the rush, but it is a true story of fish
ing. Jimmy Hufham and his son James Austin were doing some
salt water angling down at the beach trying to catch, 1 guess,
anything that bit. James Austin ..anie out with a nice flounder
and a little later pulled in a fine winter trout about 26 inches
long. His Dad still didn't catch a fish. And that's the way it
goes sometimes. Reminds us ot the time we went tlounder fish
ing with AI Harrison, who was with The Tribune for many
years but not nearly as ardent a fisherman as we are. We were
istiing at Pawley's Island from the strand, casting out and
slowly retrieving i.ie minnows. 1 nat Harrison houdked a
flounder weighing over six pounds in the back and got him in.
All we had was a couple of little fellows hooked properly in
the mouth.
SILVER DOLLARS: Beginning in August, local merchant;*
again will be promoting the town wide Silver Dollar Day event.
Again 100 silver dollars will be given to the lucky persons who
buy. sell, and trade in Tibor City. This is a promotion th.it has
long been attractive to local customers and it promises the same
this year. More merchants than ever are enrolled in the promo
tion this time.
AUTO LICENSE TAGS: For many mouns now. the merchants
association here has been trying by hook or crook to procure
the rights to soll automobile license tags in Tabor City. Thus
tar, the effort has been unsuccessful but there has been a prom
ise maue that we will get due consideration next year. Iii pre
viously writing about this need, and it is a rial need for the
people and a time ,;aver. we have indicated that each county
hau such a license bureau in the county seat. The truth, is there
are only HI bureaus maintained by the Carolina Motor Club
under contract with the State for handling this license plate «.nd
other auf«) matters. Thus, there are 19 counties with 110 su.h
facilities at all. Brunswick is one of the counties without this
service. We art grateful to Mrs. Puily Geticlie. ot the Carolina
SV'otor Club offi« m Whiteville. tor this information. Mrs. Getl
die says she hopes we get the opportunity to set up such a bai
eau in Tabor City. Certain!} we hope su to«·. And we are grate
ful to her also for the compliment tn*t Tabor City is a real pro
gressive Community. We try to ue.
CONGRATULATION'S: The tin imiei Holiness Church in Tabu
City has made phenomin.il progress in thi past two decades
and oesiiws the jppluusc oi the public. From a little churrl.
with a baneful of members to a splendid church building and
an expanding membership that is a .redit to the Co the com
munity 111 1 lew short years is the story of this church organiza
tion. ['he ne-.v ,-anctuary that w.is dedicated recently is beauti
ful and so is the rest of the new huildinu. It took a great deal · I
effort by the pastor ..nd the lav leaders of the church tu rai;\
the funos and construct such a nice edifice We arc proud for
them ynd are assured that there's real Christian religion in a
congregation that has accomplished so much.
PICTURES: Since <«.·«· bought ·«ιιr present newspaper press near
ly thrc« vc»rs ago. we have struggled tu set good reproduction»
from our pictures. Frankly, wo have never bn η satisfied with
the < 111«11 i t y of the printed pictures v< have· run so many of i'i
roo' iit years. But in an effort to improve this feature, last De
cember we purchased our own engraving machine. That helpi'
us in so far is speed was concerned but the pictures still havi
been ol poor quality. Recently we began building and lullv
equipping a modern darkroom for pictures, replacing th·· ok
picture developing and printing equipment we had. Last week'.·
paper carried the first of the pictures coming from the new
equipment. You may not have noticed, but we felt that we im
proved the picture quality a great deal. You take notice this
week and see if you don't agree.
' Editorials . . .
—^mmmm^Hfc
DEATH RIDES THE AOÄD
The two persons who wer« injured
when their car struck a wrecker two
weeks ago on Highway 904 west of
Tabor City were lucky.
The man whose car the wrecker
was towing was also lucky; he only
faced a fine for driving while intoxi
cated.
Other North Carolina citizens
were not so lucky.
1294 lost their lives on North Car
olina highways last year .
The State Department of Motor
Vehicles reports that some of these
victims were in the prime of life.
Disease preys on the old and the
very young, but war and highways
seek out the young and active. We
have lost many more on the highways
than in all the wars this country has
ever fought all put together. V
These are hard facts.
We know we are singing an old
tune, for all the mass media continu
ously remind drivers that "the life
they save may be their own," but
death still comes in the screech of
black tires on black pavement, and in
the tune of metal clashing against
metal. It is horrible music, büt ft ptita
somewhere Almost hourly, And attth
is always close-by listening. He rarely
misses a performance.
A smsshfed fender ein be rfcpatir·
ed; doctors can be paid.
But niatt Cannot restore life to an
other min.
Whit can be dont? Are traffic
deaths merely a necessary part 6f
modern civilisation?
As long as whiskey and wheels are
mixed, and as long as traffic laws are
merely a nuisance not to be obeyed,
we see little hope of ending the man
gling massacre on our highways, ι
Not until all of us, not just a few,
realize that our personal moral or
ethical code of living must get behind
the wheel with us will we chase death
off the highways.
Few people would, ever push an
other down on the sidewalk just be
cause they were in a hurry, but many
of these same people do not hesitate
to crowd him on the highway or pull
out in front of him.
No civil or religious code in the
United States justifies such behavior.
FAITH AND HARD WORK EQUALS A NEED fULFtLLED
The congregation of the Emmanu
I el Holiness Church has shown that
faith, fellowship and hard work can
, work wonders. They saw a drastic
need, set forth to fulfill that need, and
after four years, the need no longer
exists.
Two Sundays atro, the congrega
tion moved into a beautiful new sanc
tuary which had been built on to an
educational building constructed less
than four years ago .
The sanctuary was begun only
last March and lacks only a few fin
ishing touches to complete it, but most
important, it is now ready to fill the
housing needs of a growing and active
church. ' '
It warms our hearts to see & con
gregation which does not allow a lack
of material resources stand in the way
of an ambitious farsighted building
program. Much of the actual construc
tion work was done by church memb
ers who donated their valuable time
and talents in order to have a place
large enough to accommodate all who
wished to worship with them. Such
sacrifice deserves the congratulations
of all the people of Tabor City.
They had proven that with prayer,
faith, and hard work nothing is im
possible. ι »
αυιιη H."i 1 .it, JR.
i SHEPPARD AFB. Tex.—Ai- -
I man Third Class John W. Way
I ne Jr. of Lake Waccamaw, N.
I C.. is being reassigned to Don
aldson AFB, S. C.. following
I his graduation from the Unitei
States Air Force technical
• training course for aircraft en
i gine mechanics here. j
Airman Wayne studied the
operation and maintenance ol
reciprocating aircraft engines
and related systems.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Wood
row Wayne of Lake VVajca
maw, the airman is a graduate
of Hallsboro (N. C.) High
School.
JAMES Ε. MINTZ
FORT HOOD. TEX.—Army
Pvt. James E. Mintz. son ot Μ ι
and Mrs. Homer E. Mint/,
Route 1. Leland, N. C.. recent
ly completed the eight-week
advanced individual training
course with the 1st Armored
Division at Fort Hood. Tex.
A medical aidman in the di
vision's 46th Infantry, he ent
iled the Army l ist Dccemtwn
and completed basic training :il
Fort Gordon, Ca.
The 23-year-old solcher is s
1956 gradual«.· of Lcland liiii'i
School and was employed l»v
the American Creosoting t'oi
poration in Wilmington befor·1
entering the Army.
MITCHELL L. McXEILL
l· KANKFURT. GERMANY -
Army Pvt Mitchell L. McNeill
21. son of Mr. and Mrs. Mitch
ell G. McNeill, Route 4, Con
way. S. C.. recently arrived iti
Germany and is now assign*':
to the 35th Transportal ion
Company .
McNeill, a truck driver ii
the company in Frankfurt, ent
ered the Army last Novell»« ι
and completed basi;· trariim
at Fort Gordon. Ga.
He is a 1955) graduate "
Whittemore High School.
The lifetime quota of wate;
usage for the average person it
the U. S. is 3.500.000 gallon·..
Vastly increased use of fist
meal and oil for poultry aw
cattle feed has helped to deve
top industrial fishing, and
.-«.ores «it boats go out only lor
j this kind oi raw fish material.
An "unidentified vitamin"
from fish meal improves grow
th in chickens. It has had u
part in the fast growth of the
fish meal industry.
Oru- prime source of fisn
meal i.- the anchovy masses off
Peru. They are so dense that
they're scooped aboard oy «
paddle-wheel type of gathering
equipment.
Rice Is the most widely con
sumed cereal in the world.
a τ
African«!· Ι
i·
ÄCÜOD
By ftALLACt PAlKIR
N. C hrti Mk MimilN
Net firm income in 1962
will probably total about the
same as the improved level
reached in lAll, according to
USDA economists in their mid
year report.
Last year's realized net in
come of firm operators was
$12.7 billion. $1 billion more
than in 1960, and the highest
since 1953. With a continua
tion of the downtrend in the
number of farms, per farm
net income in 1962 would ex
ceed the $3.323 realized last
year.
Income
Gross (arm incomes in 1962
will likely rise some from the
$39.6 billion realized by farm
ers in 1961. reflecting a small
increase in cash receipts from
marketings of farm products
and some further rifcc th gov
ernment payments.
Livestock marketings will be
larger and prices possibly
slightly lower; crop marketings
will iikely be smaller and
prices will average higher than
in 1961. For the first three
months of this year, total cash
receipts about equaled those in
the same period of 1961.
Expense
Λ I Ul I IllTI IIM' III IdHIl JJiU
ductiun expenses. however,
will likely offset the prospec
tive sain in gross Income.
Prices paid for production
items are expected to continue
a little aboye 1961 and the
uptrend in charges for taxes,
interest, and farm wages is ex -
pected to continue during 1962.
Marketing
Marketings of hogs, cattle
and calves, and milk are ex
pected to exceed last year's
totals, with broiler and egg
marketings not too different
from a year earlier, and turkey
marketings smaller.
Marketings of «.rops may be
smaller than in 1961 because of
production cutbacks under the
continued Feed Grain Program
and the new 1962 Wheat Pro
gram. Furthermore, prosper
tive crop plantings for 1962, is
of March 1, indicated thcsnnll·
est planted acreage since 1929,
when records began. But witn
average growing conditions,
the uptrend in crop yields is
likely to have some offsetting
effect.
Prices
Prices received by farmers
arc expected to average about
the same this year as in 1961,
1 with livestock product prices
ι slightly lower and crops prices
' higher. In the first quarter of
1962 prices overall averaged
the same as in the correspond
ing quarter a year earlier, with
livestock product prices down
about 2 per cent and crop
prices up by 3 per cent.
Somewhat lower prices dur
ing 1962 compared with 1961
are ιν>\\· annealed I«»ι Ικ·^.-.
eggs. und milk; cattle :·»ι i
broiler prices may average ί
bout thr sain«·; and sheep ami
lamb and turkey prices aiv
likely t<· be higher.
Prices for major crop.»;, wi'h
the exception of oil-be .rin.·
crops and fruit are expecte· i" 9
{average higher this year than
last, reflecting either nnrb.iii -
I ed or higher support prices :·:ι I
j improved supply conditions ι >i
; several crops.
; Kxports
This year exports of agi i
cultural products may tut.·! t
bout the same as the $5 billi n
value recorded in 1961. Al
though exports of cotton m iv
be substantially less than la t Ο
year, larger exports of f.iti and
oils and teed grains are like;..·
to be about offsetting.
IIO.MK DKMONSTKATION
ΝΠΙΚΙΜΊ.Κ
Saturday, July 21. at 10:!»
a m. Radio Program ovt r
WENC in Whiteville
Tuesday. July '24. at |..
m. Special Meeting on ' Ί ^
(Hipsies Wny To Reduee" ι ι 9
White Marsh. Union V-dn .
Smyrna and any interest ΐ
i<on - club members .«t ι ·
1 Coin thouse Annex.
Wednesday, July 25, ;it 2 :·'·
p. m. r.oltun H. i> 11 ,\j|
A. I'room
JUANITA W. SMITH
Kiiiu-r.il service* Γ··ι λΙ ι .
.Juanita Ward Smith, II. .·Γ ~
Nflkina .iiirl (Itrcn, wen econ- "
(lucU'il Saturday al 4 t» »r·.
mm the Ii.ipv Homo I.1»·' · -
Church.
Sli< i> .survived Γ»\ her ptr
«•nts, Mr and Mrs. Μ'Ίμιι
Hard··!· <>f Grissetlown; t.'<»
sons, Kudnlph Wird «»· \1>i
■Λ-.iuki·«·. Wise, and
Ward ->f N'akina: on«· dauuiiti r,
Sandra Ward i.f otvcii an ! Ν ·
ktn.i; tun brother. . Ιί· It >n
Hardee <>l Newport News, V i
and κ· ι ii* th Hardt·«· ««( Mi -
w ink· <·. Wise.; and three i
ers. Mr.·. I.onni«* Rhodos o(
Waii.itiish. Mr;·. S C". IIold«ii '·ι
Mai um. S ('., and Mr.v (Vi ii
Π «vi · nf K'icky Point.
Ray's Ramblin's
.By Ray Wicker
Cotuervatiam And The University
The University of North Carolina at Chapel llill
19 called many things by many people throughout the V
state. To its friends, of which there are many, it in
called "the Southern part of Heaven." To others, it
is known by various names such as: "Pink Hill," "Rod
Square," or "the home of professional Liberals."
We spent four years in this so-called "don of
Reds" and came out with a rather conservative pol·
litAcal outlook. This is not to say that there is no just
ification for branding some of the faculty and stu
dents with left-wing titles, but it is to say that, person
ally, we never ran into any Reds. And we did not seek ·
to avoid liberalism, communism, or any other "ism."
We feel that the University is giving its students a
well-rounded political outiook. Here is why:
Cracker-Barrel Philosophy
We were dreading two semesters of required
North Carolina history; it just sounded dull.
The first day of class at precisely 12 noon, the door
of the class room swung open and in walked a tall
thin man in his early 60's. He had a "lean and
hungry look" about him. His name: Hugh T. l.efler. φ
We sat fascinated for the next eighty minutes
and for eighty minutes three times a week for the
next nine months.
Lefler mixes a pleasant blend of history ami
cracker-barrel philosophy which is anything but dull.
Dirt Farmer
Born in a small western county on a small farm.
Lefler consider» himself *'a dirt farmer turned Iiis- J
torian." Whether his background has any hearing A
on his outlook or not, we don't know, Init we do know β
that he is definitely against big government and
big government spending.
Roosevelt and Columbus
One of Letter's favorite wise-cracks comp,ires
Franklin I). Roosevelt and Cris Columbus:
"You know FDR and Columbus had a lot in
common.
"Neither knew where they were going..
"They didn't know where they were when they |
1 got there.
"And they did it all on borrowed money."
FOR YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS —
SAVINGS PLANS V GROUP INSURANCE
PENSION PLANS ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS
BUSINESS INSL ? \NC6 ESTATE PLANNING
^ MORTGAGE INSURANCE V MONEY FOR ESTATE TAX
G. GARLAND FOWLER
GENERAL AGENT - ATLANTIC DIVISION
South teenier η Life Insurance Company
Over |633 Million in A*set»
2091 (Öl) 148-5758
TABOR CITY. N. C. iw MYRTLE BEACH, S. C.
BIO BTtjJe CAM BE A. PROBLEM
Help Solve Your
"Bill Problem"
By Maintaining β
Savings Account
FOR EMERGENCIES
QJouVe got tt made when jjou'ue got it Sewed I
Depone! λ blc
WATCH
REPAIRING
• Electronic
Equipment
• Γγά inec'
Watchmakers
• Reason» Mr
Price*
, > ■ ! / /
1^1^ Davis
'/ < Jewelers
1.1 r»> I· ( Pro»
T»4)f>r Γίΐν, Ν. C.
Ρ honi 21 Η 1
f)
f.