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Newspaper
Tabor City Tribune
Location
Tabor City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1960
Page
1
Tabor City Foods Inc offers job applications through Garrell Sale Co on West Fifth Street. Applicants bring security cards or nametags when filing blanks as the labor force estimated could reach around 125 workers.
Rev HL Reaves spoke to the Tabor City Civitan Club on morality and honesty urging members to amend habits before it is too late. The event, led by new president Winston Gore, also showcased recently installed officers and prior 1960 officers at a Holiday Restaurant banquet.
Jaycees sponsor a barbecue near the Town Hall in front of Town and Country Motors where voters sample barbecued chicken hush puppies and slaw for one dollar. Cub Scouts baseball team defeated by Rusty Carter's squad 14 to 5 in rain-delayed play. First cotton blossom reported by Blease Gore of route 2 Tabor City with six acres planted.
The convention board elected former Benson mayors to top posts at the 40th annual state singing convention to be held in Benson. A memorial service for the founders is set for Sunday June 26 during the two day event.
The annual Tobacco Field Day will be held Wednesday at the Bonier Bell tobacco research station four miles northeast of Chadbourn on the Whiteville Highway. The 2:00 a.m. program will showcase old and new varieties, worm control, fertilizer placement, disease control, and hail damage recovery with specialists on site to answer grower questions.
After months of planning the Columbus County Ministerial Association and the Columbus County Hospital in Whiteville start a volunteer chaplaincy program on Monday June 27. Each minister serves on duty one week from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and is on call 24 hours for patient and family spiritual needs. The nondenominational program includes ministers from all denominations without regard to church affiliation, made possible by cooperation of ministers hospital administrator Board of Trustees and physicians. Judy Coleman spent last week in Greensboro and Randleman.
The article previews Saturdays primary between Terry Sanford and Dr I Beverly Lake for North Carolina governor. It notes local turnout expectations In S Williams precinct about 1400 votes in the first primary and projected 7800 statewide as Larkins backs Sanford. Debates over school funding taxes and civil rights play a key role as polls open at 6 a m and close at 6 p m with possible extension.
Lichie Bethel residents plan a one room polling place in Mollie to be ready by Saturday's primary. The building to serve as a voting site originated from a deed describing it as primarily a "seem House" while likely hosting other community functions. Land was donated by Emory Ward with merchants from Tabor City supplying materials and local men volunteering labor. A deed by R C Soles Jr lists 30 trustees from both communities.
W Horace Carter gains nationwide byline as Guidepost features his “Love of Country” recounting his clash with the Ku Klux Klan. The article notes indictments of 89 men, trials, fines, and prison terms including Grand Dragon David Hamilton. Carter earned the Pulitzer in 1982 and many honors for Klan reporting.
Mrs. Al Harrison and daughter Cindy recently moved to Winston Salem are visiting friends this week. They stay with Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Baker and Mrs. Lydia Garrell. Mr. Harrison attends the National Jaycee meeting in Saint Louis.
Mrs C C Leggett hosted visitors last week including her mother Mrs J W Kelly and sister Mrs Waller Hood of Anderson South Carolina. They were joined by Mrs Wallace Soles during their stay at the Pink House in Myrtle Beach.
Horry County police and SLED agents cracked an 800 gallon liquor still three miles north of Homewood off Highway 701 at dawn. Five men were apprehended including Earl Harrel son and Wash Miller at the still and Jack Herring Johnny Turbeville and Leon Thompson taking supplies in. Whisky, a 1951 Chevrolet and jars were seized. Officers acting include Buddy Fowler Willis Gause Prince Strickland and James Anderson.
The Bethel Methodist Church in Mooney Swamp opens on Sunday at 11:00 with about 400 members. Pastor Rev Edward Armstrong led the drive to build the new Gothic brick and asbestos roofed sanctuary funded by local donations, church extension aid, and volunteer labor from the community led by Uncle Formy.
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