Tabor City tribune., April 03, 1963, Image 8

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I ihKt'K HKti EATS AWAY AT TIMBER—A wind-excited fire that ate lte w»jr remorselessly through r .200 acres of
Horry Cuunty woodland Saturday cast a pall of smoke over the countryside as fire departments from Loris, Tabor City. Mar
ion. .MuUins and Conway the Loris Rescue Squad, a dozen Forestry Commission fire fighting units and County Police battlfd
courageously. The fire ate its way from a point a mile and a half down the «Id Conway-Whiteville road to Hwy. 9 and
·* "sUvarii to tl»«· citv limits of Lorts.
IS L>by Κ. Johnson
()ί> Duty In England
SCUL.TIIORPE liAK STA
TION. Airmail First
l I s·; Cubby R. Johnson of
l.oiis, has arrived here for a
period of temporary duty und
er thi? Air Force's new over
sows rotational assignment
program. Operation Short
Spurt.
Airman Johnson, a ware
housing specialist, will return
to his permanent assignment
Hi l.oring AFB, Μ tine, follow
iiiji Iiis Short Spurt tour. Ov
erseas assignments under the
l>r- gram are of only a few
months duration.
lie is the son of McKinley
Johnson of Rt. I. Loris. A
graduate of Green Sea lii^h
School, In· entered the service
in May ί955.
Mis wife is the former Jac
(■uihne Soucire of Fort Fair
lield. Mi:ine.
Ce.ich Chamber
Of Commerce
W'ns Award
MYRTLE BEACH — The
Cti i·; t ι Myrtle Beach Chamb
er · f Commerce will receive
a top national recognition a
waiii for tiie third time at the
51st niuial meeting of the
Chamber < f Commerce of the
United States, it was announc
ed today by Ladd Pluml;y.
National Chamber President.
A ti ρ award will also be
presented to the Greater Co
lumbia Chamber of Commerce.
Thus. South Carolina will ac
ο uut for two of the U. S.
Chamber's 1963 awards tu be
conferred to local Chambers
in ten different population
brackets.
The Greater Myrtle Beach
Chamber also won the top re
cognition award in 1958 and
1961. Only two of 2,800 other
Chambers affiliated with the
National Chamber have won
lop recognition as many as
three times. No organization
has received the top award
more than three times.
The awards are presented to
local chambers of commerce
for outstanding achievement
in conducting a well-balanced
and productive program of
«voik.
President Bill Gasque and
Manager Fred Brinkman will
be guests of the U. S. Chamb
er at a special ceremony of a
Leadership Recognition Din
ner on Monday, April 29. Pla
ques will be presented to each
award-winning organization.
In the field of travel pro
motion. the Greater Myrtle
Beach Chamber's advertising
and publicity program gener
ated substantial increases in
inquiries and helped raise
Myrtle Beach-Grand Strand
tourist income to an all-time
high of S45 million in 1962.
The Sun Fun Festival and
Miss Miss Sun Fun USA Pag
eant, the Grand Strand Fish
ing Rodeo, and other special
promotions were among the
projects cited in the area cf
travel promotion.
Business development activ
ities—which included retail,
convention, and retirement
— ——i—
I promotion— were instrument
al in balancing the Grand
Strand's economy and leveling
the seasonal slumps. By 19C2,
Myrtle Beach's per capita in
come had risen above the na
1 tional average to $2,015. high
est among all South Carolina
cities.
The Chamber's program in
clude many activities in the
areas of community better
ment, public affairs, and legis
lative actiot..
A new aeparimenialy sys
tem was established in 1962
to coordinate and increase the
effectiveness of the voluntary
efforts of 3B different commit
tees. The Chamber member
ship and budget showed a sub
stantial increase duHng the
1962-63 year. Duting the past
seven years, the membership,
dues income, and budget have
more than tripled.
County Extension Schedule
April 3
Weyman HD. 2:30 p. m.
Hallsboru HID 3:00 p. m.
Lebanon Community Deve
lopment meeting, 7:30 p. m.
April 4
South Whiteville HD, 3:00
p. m.
Tobacco meeting in Durham.
10:00 a. m.
April 5
New Life HD, 2:00 p. m.
April 6
Radio program WENC, 10:15
a. m.
Stainless steel is the most
practical, tarnish-proof mater
ial for weight standards ac
cording to the National Bur
eau of Standards«
Fierce Forest
Fire Rages
East Of Loris
A fiercely-hot wind-fanned
forest fire raged wildly east
of Loris Saturday, destroying
some 1,200 acres of valuable
timberland.
Fire Departments from Loris.
Marion, Mumns, TaOor City
and Conway sped to the scene
as did nearly a dozen fire
fighting units of the S. C.
Commission on Forestry, Co
unty Police, the Loris Rescue
Squad and hundreds of volun
teers.
Tricky winds mad»· back
firing a difficult and dang
erous procedure end several
times fire-fighting parties
were nearly trapped by blazes
which turned on them.
One group was trapped but
fought their way through the
searing heat to get another
firetruck load of water and
returned to continue their bat
tle to save the home of Char
les McQueen on Hermitage
Road. Members of the group
included Edsel Paul. Worley
Mishoe, Junior Tyler, Albert
Marsh and Don McQueen.
The fire was first reported
by Bill Wooten from his homt
on the old Conway - White
ville road. Loris firemen rush
ed to the scene and saved tw«J
tobacco barns and thought the
fire was extinguished. How
ever, moments later they saw
it blaze up a hundred and fifty
yards to the east.
r rom tnen on tue fire burn
ed fast and furiously, spread
ing to Hwy. 9 and ultimately
coming within 300 feet of th*
home of Harold Hardwick on
the eastern edge of Loris .
Viewed from the fire tower
at the eastern edge of town
the conflagration was an awe
some thing. Great towers ol
black smoke would rise high
above the wooers and sudden
ly explode into fireballs that
would set fire to trees 50 yards
away. Ground flames would
rush to the foot of a tree,
race up the tree and soon the
top would be flaming like a
light wood torch.
Miraculously apparently only
one structure burned—a dog
house—though the hot flames
came within feet of homes a
long Hwy. 9 and to Boyd's
Builders Supply.
Late Saturday afternoon the
fire apparently had been turn
ed by fire lanes cut by earth
moving equipment and by
wetted undergrowth but it
continued to burn far into the
night, casting a pall of smok?
over the Loris area. Sunday
the fire continued to smoulder
but by Tuesday apparently
had eaten its heart out.
Woolen said he had no idea
of just where or how the fire
started.
"I had gone into the house
for a wrench," he said, "when
the children came running in
to say a fire was coming down
the ditch bank. I called the
fire department and they sav
ed the two tobacco barns.
Then as I started into the
louse to write them a check.
I saw that the fire had caught
up about 150 yards out there
(pointing toward Hwy. 9) in
the wood·."
BIIIP TO DATE I
RALEIGH — The Motor Vc
licles Department's summary t
if traffic throu#*» 10 A. '
M. Monday, April 1, 1963: ' j
KILLED TO DATE 240.
KILLED TO DATE LAST I
YEAR 282.
Seniors Give Play , ,
On Thursday Night
Tomorrow (Thursdayι j
nirht the Seniors cf Ltrli '
nvh S<<hcol v'Hl pr-trnt for
IMr nitrtalMttni a Ikrw·
Mt einiy — the uaiiil
Smlw Fla v.
The play. "ΙΊρι Say· No."
tells äff Um eveata that ac·
our üben wealthy· dictator
ial Mr. Pace, a widower,
decides to end tala da achter
Janet's romanee with Jaek
Pre·««'tt by takln* ber on a
trip to Florida.
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