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Newspaper
Tabor City Tribune
Location
Tabor City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1950
Page
2
The district includes Tabor City Wilmington and Whiteville set to play 20 games this season with Civitan Field as the home venue. Area 1 playoffs start in late July as June through July slate features intercity games across Wilmington Whiteville and Tabor City with varied home and away matches.
A fragment indicates a local gathering or meet in Columbus involving notable individuals tied to a South paving project. Details are unclear due to OCR damage but suggest a 1950 era event connected to E.OT.C. and a person named Tabor-City.
Charles Bullock of Clarendon, a 1950 graduate, received the scholarship and agriculture award during final exercises. He is the son of Mr and Mrs C C Bullock and was the first to receive the scholarship medal. Principal Robert L Randall presented the scholarship and Wister Jackson the agriculture award. Bullock led the student council Beta Club and FPA, was active in athletics, drove a school bus, and will enter State College this fall.
Tabor City boys Fred Soles and Martin Byrd play baseball with the Fair Bluff Lumbees of the Border Belt League. Byrd is undefeated with two wins, beating Lake View and Hemmingway. Soles carries a .519 batting average and leads with 12 RBIs.
Board of Elections figures from Clerk of Court Lee J. Greer list multiple township constable counts including F Holloman 1250 Isaac L Fowler 93 Bulton W H Dow 674 Jesse J Spivey 295 Dud e 60 otante Longs J B Cumbee Milford Hardwicl 148 Jesse Jiram I M Smith 153 W H Grainger 234 Williams W C Cribb 208 Ray Wright 68 South Williams Paul Nealy J A Watts 454 J Bruce White ille J Ernest Tyree ded L R Watts 65
The Tabor City Marketing Company reports current produce season sales exceed a quarter of a million dollars led by straw beans Irish potatoes with strawberries averaging 7 15 per crate Hampers at 1 50 total sales around 1800 baskets at 1 50 per hundred. Revival Meeting Holiness Church A revival starts Sunday June 11 at Fire Baptized Holiness Church in Tabor City with Rev Chester Collins of Oxford PA delivering messages Curtiss Hinson of PA directing music Services at 8 pm daily invited to attend.
Three candidates filed with the County Board of Elections before the 5 PM deadline to enter the June 24 runoff. Sheriff H. D. Stanley seeks renomination after finishing second in May. Paul J. Williamson, former Recorder's Court judge, challenges incumbent W. E. Harrelson. C Lee Nance, a coroner candidate, ran second to Lacy R. Thompson in the first primary.
Mr and Mrs owners of the Western Auto Associate Store attend the Greensboro show this week. The event features sporting goods toys wheel goods and electrical appliances with diversified makes and models of rifles and shotguns for fall and winter. The firm displays more than 300 toy items for shoppers and notes there are 2400 Western Auto associates in the United States aided by 16 wholesale houses.
The Circles of the Woman's Missionary Union of Mount Tabor Baptist church schedule meetings on Thursday June 8 Charity Rogers leads at the church at 4 o clock Hosts are Mrs James Brice and Mrs Jimmy Cox ula McGougane at home at 4 o clock with Martin co host Leila McMillian and Mrs D J Manthy Harrelson town at 8 o clock Business Woman's meeting to be announced later
Mrs H B Bell entertained the Tuesday Afternoon Bridge Club at her home. Mrs C G Westmoreland won the high score award. After play a sweet course was served to several members including Mrs Westmoreland and other guests.
Two Tabor City men narrowly escaped death when an elevator at Inman Cox and Gore Funeral Home fell from its second story berth. Embalmer Tom Hayes and apprentice Bruce Harrelson were working in the pit when the 1500 pound elevator dropped about 130 inches. Rescue workers from Prince Motor Company freed them as Harrelson suffered a broken wrist and Hayes sustained a head laceration and minor bruises. Both were released from hospital.
Coroner H Hugh Nance ruled the May 28 fatal shooting of George Pedro justifiable homicide. Pedro, a Fair Bluff area resident, tried to enter Nora Manning’s home three times in three hours before she fired a shotgun, marking Columbus County’s third homicide of the year.
Rev Marion L Fisher has accepted the pastorate of the Methodist church in Hudson and will move from Durham this week to assume full time duties. He has supplied at Hudson since April and earned a B D from Duke University.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Saint Paul Methodist will meet at the home of Mrs. R. R. Rogers, Jr. on Tuesday evening, June 13. The meeting was postponed one week and members are asked to note the date change.
Rev John Biddle has accepted the work of associational missionary for the Columbus Baptist Association and will assume duties July 1. He is noted for study schools at Mount Tabor, pastoring roles in Rowland, Enka, and Franklinton, and leadership in church building. The association plans to support a full-time worker with 41 churches backing funding.
Local precinct supporters allege that Carlyle received more than 209 votes in the Democratic Primary and affidavits claiming they voted for him were signed and notarized, though no final impact on the result is noted. County residents express ongoing dissatisfaction with primary conduct and possible legal action.
Quarterly conference for the Tabor City charge will be held at the Zion Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 3 o clock. Rev G W Crutchfield pastor announced Rev C D Barcliff superintendent of the Wilmington district will preside Officials of the Saint Paul Methodist church will attend.
The Sea Baptist church starts a Monday morning program for children ages 4 to 16 with Miss Essie Derham as principal. Supervisors include Mrs. H. L. ilupo, Mrs. Edgar Lee McGougan, Mrs. Cora Roberts, and Mrs. Ross Clemmons. Commencement exercises are set for Sunday during morning worship on June 11.
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