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Newspaper
Tabor City Tribune
Location
Tabor City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1947
Page
1
CARTER'S COLUMN notes town election interest and announces warehouse associates for 1947 season. A vivid account recalls a fatal vehicle wreck on a rural road, detailing a rescuer’s effort, road damage, and questions about the victim's fate while urging cautious driving.
Garrell of Garrell Sales announces P D McMichael and Dewey Hulfheim will join as sale lead and auctioneer for the 1947 tobacco season at two Garrell warehouses in Tabor City. Both men come from the Reidsville tobacco market and will arrive ahead of season to meet farmers and townspeople.
Mrs Bruton thanks customers as Carolina Beauty Shoppe marks an anniversary. An advance sale runs for two weeks beginning Monday June 7th at the Columbus location. Margaret Grant and Miss Spivey assist with shop operations and both are graduates of local schools.
Vague notes indicate church funds gathered for a new campsite project at Clarendon. The item mentions contributions to a building campaign labeled for a Baptist church and a planned event this week. Details are unclear in the fragment.
Local agriculture teacher will attend the state agriculture conference in Raleigh. The session runs from Tuesday through Saturday June 14, with participation in the teachers and methods sections.
The Ta bor City Homemakers met Sunday at the church with Mrs. residence dietary in charge of Bible study and business. A Biblical spelling contest, won by M Singletary, followed the session. A social hour featured a sandwich course. Mrs. Crickett Butler, widow of Sheriff George Butler, is reported ill but improving at home, with eight children listed.
The Mount Tabor Baptist Church in Tabor City will screen the film Dec on Friday June 20 at 8 PM under the sponsorship of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the local American Legion. A War Department representative will attend to answer questions about graves and cemetery care for next of kin in Horry and Columbus counties.
Oakdale Baptist church youth groups from the Sidney Goldfinch Intermediate and Grace Wood attended a fish fry at Cherry Grove Beach with a 4 site seeing tour to Brook Green Gardens on Saturday. Attendees included Billy Herring John Mishge Derl Hin son Sedrie Wright Gale Phillips and many Cartr rette Hinson Herdee Fowler Hil burn Williamson and Graham family members. Counselors listed were Mrs Elwanda Cartrette Mrs Carlie Herring and Thom Mishoe visitors included Miss Corina Cartrette Bobby Herrring and Donnie Herring.
At Mount Tabor Baptist church the Ladies club voted to drop the absentee penalty and adopted new regulations. North Carolina Federated convention reports were given by Mrs. Singletary who also oversaw installation of officers for 1947-48 led by Mrs. Deland Leonard as president. A list of department heads and hostesses followed, with next official meeting set for September 18 and business sessions announced.
About 25 members of the Mount Tabor Baptist Training Union left yesterday for Ridgecrest to attend the annual North Carolina BTU week. Rev. and Mrs. Winfrey Davis and Mrs. A Paul Rogers accompanied the group.
The old market in Tabor City is praised as unequaled by neighboring towns and a true friend to farmers. It notes that prices vary with market conditions and crop quality, praising local buyers for fair treatment and a history of favorable profits for sellers at this market.
Bobby Wright crushed two home runs in his first two at bats to power Tabor City to a 24 2 victory over Evergreen. Eleven batters in the eighth and ten in the ninth produced the surge as the locals used four pitchers while Evergreen failed to tag any. Joe Steed earned the win on the mound.
Rev Winfrey Davis announced a special worship program for 11 o'clock Sunday service at Mount Tabor Baptist Church. He will be at Ridgecrest ending the state Baptist Training Union convention. Dr George W Truitt will deliver a racial sermon via the new public address transcription system to aid the church's visual education program. M Claude M Boyd visited Georgia last week. Mrs Boyd, formerly Virginia Porter of Tabor City, is a former pupil and commercial teacher in Loris.
Lieutenant Colonel John Hall of Wilmington will visit Tabor City Friday at eight to discuss forming a National Guard unit there. He is to command a Wilmington regiment and a company may be established in Tabor City.
Funeral rites for John Pickens Derham, prominent farmer and South Carolina Tax Commission member since 1915, were held at his Loughrea Plantation home after his Friday death. Interment followed at Green Sea Cemetery. he left a large family including five daughters and four sons with seventeen grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren.
The Colored First Baptist Church hosts the Daily Bible School commencement this evening at 8 30. Velma Graham, a Shaw University student, directs with help from the Mount Tabor Women's Missionary Union. Rev Winfrey Davis and other guests are invited to perform. About 100 students enrolled.
Rev. W. S. Singletary of the colored First Baptist church will attend the North Carolina Baptist conference in session at Shaw University in Raleigh next week. He will be accompanied by his wife and a number of delegates.
A benefit baseball game is planned Sunday at 5 o clock on the thigh school grounds between Tudor City and Clarendon to aid Don Jernigan who was badly hurt two weeks ago while making a catch. He was treated at Columbus county hospital and confined to bed for days before being allowed limited movement. Tudor City players organized the event to help with his recent difficulties and urge all to attend.
H Phillips Harrelson and Robert Fipps presided as local Legion officials for a Poppy sale held last week. Proceeds benefited disabled veterans and widows with a portion to hospitals. Elliott led sales, Spivey runner up. Legion Auxiliary officials thanked volunteers and noted funds for veterans in need.
The Columbus county American Red Cross held its annual meeting at F L Vinson's club house near Whiteville. Officers were elected including Vinson as chairman and Mrs Harriet Sikes as secretary, with Wyche and Paul Woodall cited for recognition and rosters approved for the fiscal year.
Seven men run for mayor including R Nelson and W A with Harrelson seeking re election. Board of commissioners fields seven candidates Dr Potts H D Stevens Robert Soles Jack Strickland Torace Roberts B W Fonvielle and Fred M Jernigan. Voters pick the three top finishers to fill three vacant seats with no second primary.
Father Paul Byron, cur ate of Sacred Heart in Whiteville and assistant at St Francis in Tahar City, moves to a parish in Waynesville. The transfer announced Sunday by Bishop Vincent of Raleigh extends across the state. Byron served in Whiteville and Tabor City after his ordination last year. a new priest ordained in Raleigh will replace him.
J P Brown town clerk of Tabor City announced a two percent discount for all residents paying their taxes in June. The incentive aims to encourage early payment and speed collection.
The Tribune apologizes to Robert C. Soles for omitting his political announcement last week. Soles is a candidate for the town board of commissioners and his notice appears this week. the paper states no favoritism and regrets the error in missing the ad scheduled.
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