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Newspaper
Tabor City Tribune
Location
Tabor City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1949
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a forum meeting with committees and discussion of affairs at a national level. The readable words mention a session name and sponsors but lack clear actions or outcomes.
A fragment notes 143 tobacco sold and duns paid. It mentions a vehicle received and crops grown in the Wespy section near Ring Haven, with harvest details unclear.
Local notes report multiple Strickland family visits and social calls across Oak Grove Loris Mount Olive and Whiteville. Guests include Mr and Mrs W H Turbeville Mr and Mrs Grady Terbeville and Mrs Connie Herring among others with birthday dinner for Horace Strickland Jr and gatherings at several homes.
Roscoe Coleman and C. L. Coleman leave this weekend for Louisville Kentucky for the Burley Warehousemen Association meeting set for Monday and Tuesday. They will return via Asheville to attend the North Carolina Burley Warehousemen Association meeting in Asheville on Thursday. Roscoe Coleman is president of the North Carolina group.
The local juniors head to Wik on Friday for a second scheduled game after a tough stretch. Wilmington downed Whiteville 2-2 in a tense Tuesday clash, with next week’s league game set at Legion Field as Whiteville visits.
W A AL Williams, mayor of Tabor City, is profiled in the VC News May issue in a four page photo feature titled Citizen Williams. The piece covers his daily life, home, business and field activities, and notes Tabor City as the Sweet Potato Capital.
Pic George O Cartrette USAF son of Mrs Dessie Cartrette R I Tabor City NC has arrived in Japan for his tour in the Far East Air Forces. Airman Cartrette attended Tabor City High School and entered the Air Force in Dec 1948 at Wilmington NC He has one brother Howard Cartrette and one sister Myrtin Cartrette both in Tabor City Pfe Cartrette is assigned with Headquarters Far East Air Material Command Fuchu Japan.
After approving the Better Schools and Roads bond issue, residents will vote on town officials next Tuesday June 14 and then statewide July 11 on ABC stores for whiskey sales. The piece notes voter weariness and hints at rumors from club meetings.
Diplomas were presented to 38 seniors at the annual commencement exercises at Tabor City High School Friday evening in the school auditorium. Principal C H L Pinner presided. Rev H L Kree Surratt and Rev Robert C Foster spoke. Awards included keys for Bus, Math, English, Science, History, Citizenship, and General Monograms. Jane Parham honored as Honor Student. Hazel Buffkin as second honor graduate.
Green Sea News reports J H Derham and Joe Henry at Columbia College graduation with Lula among the graduates. Martha Harrelson and Milton Clemons of Carolina University visit home for summer. Birth announced for Mary Ann to Rev and Mrs RE Russell on June 1 at Florence Infirmary. Numerous local visits and church activities noted including Sunday school party at White Lake and a General WMA meeting at the church Wednesday.
North Carolina official says the death toll from traffic crashes costs widows about eighteen thousand dollars per fatality. He argues improper maintenance causes about 16 percent of fatal accidents and promotes a May safety campaign to encourage drivers to double check their cars.
The Daily Vacation Bible School at Mount Tabor Baptist Church opens Monday morning June 13 and runs through Friday for ten days from 830 to 130. Headed by supervisor Leggette, the program includes worship Bible study handiwork and recreation with departments for Nursery Beginners Pri tary Junior and more. Additional workers are expected to join as the school starts. The Whiteville headline notes also report Maury Cole winning both local and State Civitan scholarships for her essay Basic Virtues of Citizenship and her 17 year old achievements while attending Whiteville High School.
A crowded field for four town board seats in Tabor City includes eight men and one woman. J. M. McGougan filed Saturday joining candidates like Major Al Williams and G de Dorman, with voters facing a quiet, personality driven campaign ahead of the June 14 election.
The Columbus County 4-H Dress Revue will be held Friday June 6 at 3 0 P M at Whitesville City School. About eighty girls from across the county will compete for 100 in prizes from Leder Brothers of Whiteville. State College officials Miss Jane Gibbs and Mrs Mary Le McAllister will attend as guests.
The North Carolina Methodist Conference will run a Laboratory School for Church School teachers on June 19 at Duke Memorial Church in Durham. Delegates from Eastern North Carolina will attend. expert teachers will lead observation classes for student teachers followed by method discussions. A nursery class will also be conducted as planned.
Announcement from Louis G. McGill executive secretary of the Carolinas Ginners Association lists 1949 district meetings in June. Central District June 14 Pinehurst Country Club Lumberton Eastern District June 22 Overton's Rocky Mount Piedmont District June 23 Gardner Webb College Boiling Springs All ginners and cotton industry members invited. Meetings run 10:00 to 1:00 with lunch served.
Veterans in GI Bill training must inform the VA when training ends or is interrupted to avoid subsistence payments for months not in training. If a payment is improper it must be returned to the Treasury. the VA will pursue overpayments. The VA also notes that honorably discharged status is not required for benefits, but discharge must be under non dishonorable conditions. The June 24 annual meeting of the Flue Cured Tobacco Stabilization Corporation is set for State College Raleigh.
The Brigit Belt Tobagee Ware house Association sessions at Myl Ue Bend drew a large turnout of warehousemen and businessmen from Tahoe City for the annual meet. Attendees from Tabor City include Mrs Harriet L Sikes John J Levis Don Watron Roswoe Golewan and several others.
Albert Henry Dryer age 38 of Route 2 Yakor City died recently. Funeral services were held last Thursday at Gapway Baptist Church with Rev. L L Todd and Mo w W ieklund of Hallsboro assisting. Interment followed in the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife Anne Bradley Dryer two sons Francis and Billy two daughters Gladys Anne and Lonitz and a brother Romaine vy of Spartanburg SC.
A fragment describes a path linking northern traders with southern India where traders swore to uphold terms of their transactions. The piece mentions a creation called Trading Path and a place named Swearing Creek, suggesting a historical oath-bound trading route.
In the Lake Waccamaw region travelers may expect hurrah bushes yet search in vain for a sole plant. When four lumbermen work amid a dense mix of criies myrtle bays laurel bamboo and huckleberry the individual forms blur and all blend into hurrah bushes. There are uncountable millions rather than one.
American Legion officials announce the 31st annual North Carolina State Convention in Raleigh on June 18 to 20 with a grand parade featuring the Gastonia Drum and Bugle Corps Asheville and Wilmington units. Registrations and hotel bookings proceed with cooperation from Raleigh civic groups and posts.
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