30 Apr 1952
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Newspaper
Tabor City Tribune
Location
Tabor City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1952
Page
1
The Best Civitan Minstrel of the year is planned for Friday at 8:00 p.m. in the gymnasium auditorium here. Local acts include a senate orvershop quartet and solo numbers, with several named performers and a community troupe contributing to the program.
Four hundred trained voices from ten glee clubs and the 100 piece Columbus County Schools band perform sacred and classical works on Sunday May 4 at Williams Township High School. The event opens at 2 30 P M with county superintendent T Ward Guy welcoming the audience.
Tabor Homemakers announce a Manless Wedding program at the Whiteville school auditorium. Officials of the club will speak at the event. A quilt will be given to the timber holder during the program. Public is invited with no admission charge.
G W Crutchfield presided the Tidler City Woman's club executive meeting held Tuesday afternoon to lay plans for the upcoming activities. Attending were Mrs J C Singletary Mrs B B Sillis Mrs Fred M Jernigan Mrs Monice Roberts Mrs Le lint Lennard Miss Anne Brooks McGuuran and Miss Kate Jones.
Food G Youmans county ref eling sergeant announced that quotas may enlist for 3 and receive 18 weeks of training. After completion they choose from 30 schools for 2 to 18 week courses. Graduates may also apply at Candidate School. Youmans visits Tabor Post Office Wednesdays 10 to 11 a.m. at headquarters in Whiteville.
The New Life Home Demonstration club met at Mrs. A. D. Fipps home with Mrs. Alton Fipps. A dress review awarded first to Mrs. Vernon Morris, second to Mrs. Ralph Jol ly, and third to Mrs. Norman Stephens. Nutrition leader Mrs. Douglas Mills spoke on Better Meals For Your Money and Miss Grady Patterson discussed clothing.
Dr William Randall dean of Wilmington Junior College spoke to the local Rotary Club at Mrs Todd's Monday night recounting service with Army intelligence in Egypt during World War II Publicity director John Sikes attended and introduced him. Mr and Mrs Eugene Grainger and Mr and Mrs Levi Grainger spent the weekend in Washington DC on a sightseeing trip.
Tabor City FFA teams finished second in Chadbourn livestock judging with Whiteville first in beef heifers and dairy cows. Bolivia FFA won dairy and heifers, Bladenboro second. four teams advance to Elizabethtown on May 10. Tabor City members include Wright Ward Gore Cartrette Ward Jackson and Johnson coached by local ag teachers.
The Tabor City Woman's Club scrapbook won third place at the state convention in Winston Salem last week, earning a ribbon. Mrs. G. W. Crutchfield chaired the scrapbook. Miss Helen Butler, Miss Maude Butler, and Miss Anne Brooks McGougan attended the Delta Kappa Gamma State Convention in Pinehurst on Saturday.
The Tab or City Negro High School senior class stages a three act comedy Saved By the Belle on Monday May 5 at 8 00 PM Oddie Belle Gause will play the lead Thomas Sutton the author is praised for broader lighter portrayals of American life The play promises rapid fire humor and continuous laughter with admission priced at 25 and 35 cents
A Columbus County judge paused a special one week term to hear a defense motion to quash indictments against 13 of 27 alleged Ku Klux Klansmen. The delay, tied to a disputed 1949 rotating grand jury law, may delay all four flogging cases slated for the week.
A large crowd gathered Thursday for the formal opening of the Pireway Bridge spanning the Waccamaw River linking Brunswick and Columbus counties. State and local officials praised the structure for cutting travel time, while bands from Shalotte High and Columbus County played. Tabor City merchants distributed about $1,000 in trade certificates, and speeches by Mayor Al Williams and state officials highlighted expected regional benefits and long term utility. A preceeding fresh water fish dinner in Tabor City welcomed highway officials and dignitaries from Brunswick and Columbus counties.
Peggy Carter won first place in the World Peace Essay Speaking contest at the Tabor City Woman's Club PTA meeting. Mary Jo Pinner received honorable mention. The club will enter the winning paper in the 1952 53 North Carolina contest for a possible 1953 federation award. Mrs. R P Counts was re elected president with Ralph Inman as vice president Kate Jones secretary and F C Norris Jr treasurer. Attendance trophies were awarded to Mrs Smiths third grade and Miss Britts seventh grade. Door prizes went to Mrs F C Norris Jr and S L Jackson.
The Tabor City Merchants Association will close all member stores at 1:00 PM each Wednesday starting next week. President Oliver Prince announced the plan, with closures continuing through August per a long standing resolution.
Mrs J C Singletary president of District 10 NC Federation of Women's clubs attended the convention in Winston-Salem last week and presented the district annual report. She was accompanied by Mrs Fred M Jernigan official delegate from the Tabor City Woman's Club.
Leinwand's store will reopen Saturday morning at its new Railroad Street location next to City Cafe. The building formerly housed Meares and has been renovated with modernized equipment. Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Leinwand started in May 1947 and this week opened their Emporia Virginia second store. Mrs. Odessa Pucket becomes manager, former Odessa Watts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Watts.
Mrs. Alton Stanley was honored with a stork shower at the home of Mrs. Clinton Wright this month. Hostesses served a sweet course after gifts were opened by the honoree. The guest list features numerous local women including Mrs. James Puckett, Mrs. Lester Watts, and Mrs. Paul Stephens.
Canvass for funds for the American Cancer Society drive in Tabor City is under way led by local officials and the Woman's Club volunteers. Tabor City aims to raise 800 of the county's 2200 goal with the Cancer Home in Lumberton adding urgency. Rainbow Girls plan Tag Day in the business district to educate and solicit funds.
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