Tabor Merchants Banquet Slated For January 6
The Tabor City Merchants association plans its annual banquet for Thursday night January 6 at the Legion Hut. Guest speaker will be Thompson Greenwood, with Past President A. A. White as toastmaster. Ticket sales are managed by S. T. Rogers and others. committees include Finance, Advertising, and Membership. An unrelated police action involved confiscating 10 half gallons of white lightning found in the woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor City Merchants Association
Legion Hut
Thompson Greenwood
State Merchants Association
A. A. White
J. E. Bell
S. T. Rogers
A. E. Iafineh
A. A White
Ruey
Nto
L. R. Watson
B. B. Courtney
West Tabor
Civitan Ladies' Night at Windy Hill Wednesday
The Tabor City Civitan club invites members to an annual ladies night dinner at the Windy Hill club on Wednesday evening. Proceeds and event details are announced for attendees and guests.
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Civitan Ladies
Windy Hill
Tabor City
Fire Chief announces new gasoline fire fighting equipment
Fire Chief Frank Young announced the department has purchased specialized gear for gasoline fires and instruction on its use was given at the regular meeting. Workmen prepared the right of way for paving the Chidbourn Tabor City road. Mrs Mavis Cox wed Ned Butler at First Methodist Myrtle Beach on Sunday November 23. Mr and Mrs J C Bell Jr announce birth of James Ronald December 2 at Thompson Memorial Hospital Lumberton. The newborn weighed seven and a quarter pounds. Tom Lloyd Hipps and Mrs Davis visited Lloyd Hipps at Fort Bragg Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Young
Fire Department
Mavis Cox
Ned Butler
First Methodist’ Church
Myrtle Beach
S. C
J. C. Bell, Jr
James Ronald
Thompson Memorial Hospital
Lumberton
Tom Lloyd Hipps
Davis
Lloyd Hipps
Fort Bragg Hospital
Found Guilty In Mock Trial Kiss Case
Mayor Al Williams was found guilty on a charge of kissing babies during a mock trial at the Rothy meeting Monday night. The jury chaired by P. C. Gantt recommended mercy. Judge Raymond Mallard reserved judgment until the next court session. Paul Rogers and A. A. Whi prosecuted. Jimmy Husham and Ed Funvielle defended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Williams
Rothy
P. C. Gantt
Mercy
Raymond Mallard
Paul Rogers
A. A. Whi
Jimmy Husham
Ed Funvielle
Green Sea News From Sea Baptist Church Gatherings
Mrs Edgar Clemons reports activity at Sea Baptist Church with pastors and families attending Christmas events. Guests include Mr and Mrs A G Hayes and Ernest Hayes enjoying oyster supper. WMS circles meet December 15 at 7 00 pm. Readers note charity efforts, school events, and family visits around Tabor City and Rocking Mount area.
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Edgar Clemons
Russell
From Sea Baptist Church
Ain
Winsie
A. G. Hayes
Ernest Hayes
Clemmons
F and Johnson
JL Clemons
Gen and Baby Hospital
Sr Baptist
EP Russell
Walter Graham
Sea Baptist Ehurer
Mick
Dale Clemons
Tabor City
Tom
Guy McLend
Vhe High School
Gibson
Meon-Citadel Foot
Tabor
Bundy
P. L. Woodard
Rocky Mount Con
Charlotte
Genola Woodard
Ross
Alton Garrell
Britt
John Clemons
Puffkin
Wet Cow
Conway
Saint Paul Choir To Give Cantata There Were Shepherds
A Christmas Cantata by Elsie Duncan Yaie and Louise E. Stairs will be presented by the Saint Paul Methodist church choir Sunday night December 19 at 8. The 15 voice choir directed by Mrs. Walter P. Cox features soloists Miles Manteen Winstead Mary Jo Cole Rebecca Floyd Eloise Elliott J. L. Winstead and S. T. Rogers.
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Saint Paul Methodist Church
Walter P. Cox
Miles Manteen Winstead
Mary Jo Cole
Rebecca Floyd
Eloise
Elliott
J. L. Winstead
S. T. Rogers
Elsie Duncan Yaie
Louise E. Stairs
Little Miss Janice Strickland Returns From Tonsil Surgery
Gapway News notes Janice Strickland has left Mullins hospital after tonsil removal and hopes to return to school soon. The item also lists multiple local Sunday visits and family guestings among the Strickland and Turbeville families, referencing towns like Mullins, Whiteville, Green Sea, and Conway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Strickland
Mullins
Janice
E. J. Wilson
Junior Causey
Duston Strickland
Frank Dryer
Frankie
Frances Buffkin
Vera Mae Turbeville
Wilidine Cooper
E. B. Strickland
Horry County
Social Notes From Wilmington and Atlanta Visits
Mrs. Roland Baldwin and Mrs. N. H. Jenerette with daughter Jean Tweed spent Tuesday in Wilmington. In Atlanta Dr. and Mrs. S. J. Potts and children Maureen and Sam Gayle are visiting relatives. Mrs. Harry Butskin of Nichols is here with her mother Mrs. Rosa Garrell for several days.
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Roland Baldwin
N. H. Jenerette
Jean Tweed
Wilmington
Atlanta
S. J. Potts
Maureen
Sam Gayle
Harry Butskin of
Nichols
Rosa Garrell
J. B. Sidbury
Tabor City
Harry Bell
Good Response Reported To Red Cross Drive
Mrs. Fran's Young reports strong cooperation from schools and many residents in the Columbus County Red Cross drive. She urges continued effort to aid local families during the holidays and notes all donated clothing food and toys stay in Columbus County for those most in need. She welcomes information on possible cash donations or needs at this time.
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Fran's Young
Prevent
Cas
Ange
Tabor Officials At Basketball Clinic Last Week
S. L. Jackson Hoyt Currie Bill Truitt and Charles Kalaf of Tabor City attended a Whiteville clinic for Columbus county basketball officials. The event aimed to standardize officiating across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor
S. L. Jackson
Hoyt Currie
Bill Truitt
Charles Kalaf
Tabor City
Whiteville
Columbus County
Yam Festival Feature Captures Tabor City Event
The December Atlantic Coast Line News features a full page on the Carolinas Yam Festival held in October in Tabor City. Photos include the Columbus Courtly band parade speakers stand and Larry Ashby crowning Yam Queen Fay Gooden.
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Atlantic Coast Line News
Carolinas
Town Auto Tags Now Available For $1 At City Hall
Town Clerk Percy Brown announced Tabor City auto license tags have arrived and may be obtained from City Hall. The ordinance requires automobile owners to purchase and display license tags by January 1.
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Tabor City
Percy Brown
Abor City
Basketball Committees Named For Coming Season
Committees were named at a Monday afternoon meeting of Coach Mae Young's All Star basketball team. Miss Pat Hessee was elected captain with Miss Aline Cox as co captain. Publicity chair Evalyn Waddell treasurer Mrs Morris Garrell and several assistants were named to support team operations and refreshments.
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Mae Young
All Stars
Pat Hessee
Aline Cox
Evalyn Waddell
Morris Garrell
Tabor Cannery Plans Christmas Week Closure
The Tabor City cannery will be closed Christmas week after a Thursday, Dec. 16, shift and will reopen Thursday, Dec. 30, with no operations during the holiday period.
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Tabor Cannery
Tabor City
Tabor Area Men Answer Call To Army Air Force
Tabor City residents enlist in military service with several men joining the Army and Air Forces. Ronie J. Carlyle re-enlists as a Pfc in the regular army while Albro F. Stevens Billy W. Norris and George O. Curtrette enlist in the Air Forces. Thurston Stocks and Edgar A. Bellamy also volunteer for army duty. Local teachers from Tabor City plan to attend the county classroom teachers dinner in Chadbourn, with several couples and teachers named as attendees.
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Tabor
Army
Air
Ronie J. Carlyle
Tabor City
Albro F. Stevens
Billy W. Norris
George O. Curtrette
Air Forces
Thurston Stocks
Edgar A. Bellamy
Nakina
Tabor City Planning
Chadbourn
C. H. Pinner
FL F Thompson
Ann Brooke McGougan
Kate Jones
Helen Butler
Edith Stafford
PTA Meeting Draws Eighty At Tabor City School
The Tabor City Parent-Teacher Association met at the school with about 80 attendees. Principal C. H. Pinner led in Mrs. J. C. Singletary's absence. Plans for beautifying the new grounds were discussed and a piano purchase committee was formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor City
Parent-Teacher Association
C. H. Pinner
J.C. Singletary
F. Smith
Ralph Spivey
Caroline Murray
Ma Pinner
Miss Roberts McCullock
Elwood Carter Opens Radio Repair Shop
Elwood Carter opens a radio repair shop in the former City Laundryette building behind Coastal Motor Company. He has been in operation since last week and offers repairs for all types of radios.
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Elwood Carter
Coastal Motor Company
City Laundryette
Carter
Kelvinator District Meet Highlights New 86 Cubic Foot Models
W F Cox and W W Woody attended a Kelvinator dealers district meeting in Pinehurst to view the 1949 line. They note design shifts to larger capacity refrigerators without extra kitchen space, adding 16 cubic feet in two 86 cubic foot models. Visitors include the Bakers and Fowlers families with Faythe Fowler connecting Tabor City.
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W. F. Cox
W. W. Woody
Pinehurst
Kelvinator
Cox
Woody
Robert Quillen Obituary and Eve Statue Tale
Longtime Fountain Inn writer Robert Quillen dies at 61 after a protracted illness. He was famed for humor, satire, and a famous mocked wedding story that warned editors against formula wedding notices. His funeral was held at the local Baptist church with a brass band.
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Robert Quillen
Fountain Inn
S. C
Tribune
Quillen
Hendersonville
Eve
Het
Willie Willis
Fountain Inn Tribune
Baptist Church
T. H. McGee
Robert Chetway
Alice Broadkin
P. D Broadkin
M. L. Gassoway
Cantata Set For Thursday Night
The Loris Choral Club will perform The Chimes of the Holy Night in Tabor City on Thursday night at 8. The event is sponsored by the Womans Club with free admission at Mount Tabor Baptist church. Singers hail from Tabor City Loris and Myrtle Beach and Dr Kenneth Baldwin directs.
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Loris Choral Club
Tabor City
Womans Club
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Chiiz
Myrtle Beach
Loris
Jund
Kenneth Baldwin
Pireway People Share Local Business and Visits
Pireway News notes visitors and moves across nearby towns. Donnie Canady, W. C. Puckett and Melvin Long traveled to Shallotte Wednesday. Kie Long stopped in Tabor City Monday.
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Donnie Canady
W. C. Puckett
Melvin Long
Shallotte
Kie Long
Tabor City
Guy Buck
Olivia Harper
Marie Elderdice
Loris
Macy Long
Little
Bill
Whiteville
Lacy Long
Dulah
Lula Buck
Pearl Buck
Joe Stenley
Bill Hooks Again Heads Triple A
Bill Hooks was elected chairman of the Columbus County Triple A committee for the 16th time. J. Hubert Nortis and Clyde Wayne also named to the committee with local community officers listed for South Fair Bluff North Fair Bluff Cherry Grove and other areas. The note also mentions visits and travel, a funeral attended, and a medical care survey in Greene County in a North Carolina Experiment Station bulletin.
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Bill Hooks
Columbus County
J. Hubert Nortis
Tabor City
Clyde Wayne
Wanaaish
South Fair Bluff
T. Enzor
Yates Worley
M. N. Dudney
North Fair Bluff
Frank Waddell
Keenan Meares
Joe Stanley
Homer Tucker
Hicks Huggins
Buy Hill
E. H. Long
C. C. Williamson
G. F. Register
Greene County
North Carolina
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Tabor Merchants
Finance
B. W. Fenvielle
Chawan
Hen L. Nesmith, Jr
Billy Garrel
Jack Strickland
Wallace Stiles
ST. Rogers
G. Garland Fowler
Robert Soles
Billy Witted
Woodrow Sarvis
R. R. Rogers
Joe Simon
Lewis Gore
Arnold Jessup
Elroy Bell
the Tribune
Chidbourn-Tabor City
Green Sea News
Saint Paul Choir
Charlotte Trip
Mrs
Fayetteville
J. W. Peay
Jean
Jack
Ben Nesmith, Jr
Fayettevile
Paul Jacobs
Leon Cannady
Lynwood Mills
Fort Jackson
Florence
Marguerite Smith and
Glenn
C. B. Walden
Florence Vis
Austin Jackson
Erushi Gaskin
Florida
Walter Britt
Mary Ann
Turkey
Angus Blue
Gapway News
Robert Strickland
Jacket Strickland
Tucker Coleman
R. W. Strickland
Zola Harrelson
Green Sea
Polly Strickland
Charlie Powell
W. H. Turbeville
Grady
Morehead City
J. C. Turbeville
Hubert Jernigan
Horace Strickland, Jr
Grover King
Toby Watts
Henry Strickland
Horry
M. W. Strickland
Albert Dryer
Bladenboro
Roland
Rex Lovett
Baldwin
Myrtle Koons
Made
Robert Faulk
W. G. Worley
Fair Bluff
Turbeville
Jacksonville
Fla
Duston Strickland J
Virginia Turbeville
Clarence Causey
Scarber Bell
Gapway Church
Beach
J. C. Singletary
Jimmy Rogers
Doc Harrelson
Crescent Beach
Wattard Garrell
Horace Strickland
Cerro Gordo
Jennings Strickland
N. H
Lions
Ting
Red Cross
Coast Line News
Leo Thompkins J
Tudor City
Lare
JB. G. Baldwin
Vernon Averitt
Inter
Calvin McCahtun
F. F. Thompson
Frank Thompson, Jr
Raleigh
PTA
Kelvinator District
Robert Baker
Barbara
Billy
Indiana
Ralph Fowler
Danny
Arnold
Beaufort
N.C
Worth Fowler
Baker
Faythe Fowler
Sshe
Santa Claus
Santa
Tami
Larry Gene Gore
C. D. Garrell
Duke Garrell
Jack Cox
Pireway News
Paul C. Gore
Effie Hewett
Whitville
J.T. Williams
Rocky Mount
Primitive Baptist Church
Georgia Buck
Duke Hospital
Durham
Iron Hill News
A. Hatley
Iron Hill
Ottis Cox
Frances Cox
Sarvis
Frats
8. T. Rogers
Woodrow Grainger
Jerry Bailey
Columbia
Garrell
Henry Buffkin
Harkin
Veteran's Hospital
W. C. Truitt
Seaford
Del
Mr. Truitt
Tally Blackman
C. L. Fuller
Ted Hughes
A. E. Goldfinch
Larry Ashby
J. B. Prince of
Durie
Paul Garrell
Raleih
B. L. Nesmith, Sr
B. E. Hughes
Carlyle Hughes
W. F. Spivey
Gause
S. W. Glover
A. V. Elliott
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