Fishing Rodeo Planned by Jaycees for Beach Piers
Jaycees announce a Wednesday June 30 fishing rodeo for 9 to 15 year olds at beach piers with prize for largest fish, second largest, or most catches. Transportation and weiner roast provided. signed permission slips required. Nesmith and Harrison co chair transportation.
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Tribune
Jaycees
Ben L. Nesmith
Nesmith
al Harrison
Transportation Committee
Harrison
Fair Bluff Youth Wins Four Year Talent for Service Scholarship
Fair Bluff resident stoward Gorgon Small Jr has been chosen as a four year Talent for Service scholar at North Carolina State College Raleigh starting fall term. Twenty NC graduates share $42,000 in scholarships with each award worth $2,000 over four years. Small, a Fair Bluff High School honor graduate, was Beta Club and FFA participant, class officer, Citizenship award recipient, and will study agriculture. son of Mrs Rhoda Small.
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Stoward Gorgon Small, Jr
Fair Bluff
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
North Carolina
Small
Fair Bluff High School
Beta Club
FFA
Rhoda Small
Musicians Attend Two Week Summer Music School At ECU
Larry Williams and yoet Clem of Tabor City join nine Columbus County musicians and director Bbb Hodges at East Carolina College for a two week Summer Music School. The group studies theory conducting and choral works while performing twice daily in a 125 piece symphonic band. Other Columbus County members include Betty Long Nakina Idwn Jones Hallsboro Jimmie Warlick Louis Sauls Billie Tucker and Bettie Lou Smith Whiteville.
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Larry Williams
Yoet Clemmons
Tabor City
Bbb Hodges
East Carolina College
Columbus County
Betty Long
Nakina
Idw'n Jones
Hallsboro
Jimmie Warlick
Louis Sauls
Billie Tucker
Bettie Lou Smith
Whiteville
Miss Louise O'Tuel Joins Devereux Camp Staff
Miss Louise O'Tuel leaves for Philadelphia to join Devereux Schools staff. The Devereux unit and students head to summer camp in North Anson Maine, where she will counsel small children for the season through late August. O'Tuel resides on route 4 Nichols.
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Louise O’tuel
Maine
Louise O'Tuel
Philadelphia
Devereux
North Anson
O’tuel
Route 4
Nichols
Mullins
4-H Talent Contest Set For Whiteville Center
A 4-H talent contest is planned at the Whiteville recreation center on Friday June 25 at 8:00 PM to pick a blue ribbon group for the district contest on July 7. Any 4-H member may compete and the public is invited.
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Whiteville
Summer Program Shows Progress in Tabor City Recreation
Enrollment has nearly doubled in one week with 36 children to start and 65 currently attending. The 6-10 age group received new equipment and a unified schedule, two new see-saws built with two more planned, and swings to be installed this week. Donations from A P Counts funded art supplies, while the older group keeps active with softball, ping pong, croquet, and horseshoes awaiting equipment. Beginning June 28 the younger group meets 9 to 12, older group 9 to 11:30 and 1:30 to 4:30.
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Tabor City
A. P
Cinemascope Debuts at Ritz Theatre This Month
Ritz theatre installs Cinemascope screen covering the entire front with four sound tracks. Renovated projection room and new booth gear enhance the viewing experience. The Robe will open the new system on June 27. Van Jones, manager, notes the Ritz is part of an 11 house chain and calls Cinemascope the most forward step in 59 years of motion pictures.
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Ritz Theatre
van Jones
Jones
Rits Theatre
Stewart and Everette Theatre
Choemexcape
Cinemascope
Tabor City Grill Reopens Under New Management
The Tabor City Grill, located between Dicus-Fowler Co and Fowler's Barber Shop, will reopen Saturday July 26 under Mr and Mrs Billy Wilson after remodeling. The menu features a special fried chicken dinner for 65 cents during opening weekend.
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Tabor City Grill
Dicus-Fowler Co
Fowler's
Billy Wilson
Coleman To Attend Tobacco Meet
Roscoe C. Coleman will attend the Bright Belt Warehouse Association convention at Virginia Beach Sunday through Wednesday. He serves on the board of governors and will take part in setting the tobacco market opening date. Also attending are Joe Coleman J. L. Lewis and Mrs Harriett L. Sikes. Mr. and Mrs F G Kelly visited Ashe ville and Spencer last week.
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Roscoe C. Coleman
Bright Belt Warehouse Association
Virginia Beach
Board of Governors
Joe Coleman
J. L. Lewis
Harriett L. Sikes
A L Wright Produces Many Strawberries at Vinegar Hill
A L Wright of Tabor City Route 1 in Vinegar Hill reports picking 508 1/3 crates of Albritton strawberries from 2 and 3 year old plants plus November set, averaging $9.29 per crate for a total gross of $4,722.35 while market average was $7.75. He plans to plant sweet potatoes on the same land this summer.
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A. L. Wright
Tabor City
Vinegar Hill
Mr Wright
Safety Program On Brink Of Folding
Columbus County safety program teeters on cutoff due to mere six cents in treasury. Officials urge fundraising as highway deaths compare 1953 to 1954, with eight so far this year and six of those in a recent collision. Jerry Soles, treasurer, calls for public support. WTAB radio set to open July 1 with call letters WTAB.
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Columbus County
Robert C. Soles
Tabor City
Soles
N.C. Braxton
Whiteville
Wyche Receives Bank Award for Savings Bonds
Henry Wyche assistant vice president at Wac naw Bank received the President's Prayer award for achievement in the Savings Bonds program. C E McIntosh Jr Deputy Director North Carolina presented it. lumber from the inaugural Eisenhower platform framed the award. Wyche noted Columbus County savings bond sales since 1941.
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Henry Wyche
Wac Naw Bank
Mr. Wyche
C. E. McIntosh, Jr
U.S. Savings Bond Division
North Carolina
Eisenhower
Wyche
Columbus County
Ten Pay Cost In Mayor's Court
Ten persons paid court costs and four other cases were transferred to Recorder's Court at the Monday night Mayor's Court. A total of 135.50 was collected. Transferred to Whiteville were Ace M. Soles, Lester Goss, Frances Parker and Robert Nealey. Cases tried here for public drunkenness included Arthur Gibbs, Moody Stanley, Addison Smith, Alton Chapman, Gaston Soles, Jerry Jackson and Lewis Watts. Nathaniel Boyd paid court cost for disorderly conduct. Avis Strickland and Dewey Sellers paid cost for speeding.
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Recorder's Court
Whiteville
Ace M. Soles
Lester Goss
Frances Parker
Robert Nealey
Arthur Gibbs
Moody Stanley
Addison Smith
Alton Chapman
Gaston Soles
Jerry Jackson
Lewis Watts
Nathaniel Boyd
Avis Strickland
Dewey Sellers
Reverend Newton To Address Local Methodist Men
Rev P F Newton pastor of Whiteville Methodist Church will speak at the Methodist Men’s Club meeting Thursday night June 24 at 7 00 p m at St Paul Methodist Church All members urged to attend and those not yet signed the Charter will be offered a chance to do so Horace Cox attendance chairman reports the club organized February 25 with a 35 member roster
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P. F. Newton
Whiteville Methodist Church
Methodist Men's Club
St. Paul Methodist Church
Horace Cox
Wheat allotment deadline set for nonseeded years
Farmers with land not seeded to wheat in 1952 1953 or 1954 must apply to their county ASC committee by June 30 1954 to be considered for an allotment. Forms are available at local offices for use in the application.
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Wheat County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Cherry Resigns Brunswick REA Electrification Advisor Post
Hugh B. Cherry resigns from Brunswick Electric Membership Corporation as Electrification Advisor effective July 11 1959. Since 1950 he promoted co op relations and education, planned membership meetings and power use programs, and worked with agricultural leaders merchants schools and community groups. He holds Lions Club roles and Scout positions and will move to Raleigh with his family after joining Prudential Insurance Company.
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Hugh B. Cherry
Brunswick Electric
Cherry Bean
Co-operative
Brunswick
Columbus
Cherry
Cmic
Shallotte Lions Club
Camp Methodist Church
Shallotte
Raleigh i
Prudential Insurance Company
Rankin Joins Green Sea High School Agriculture Faculty
Wilson Rankin, native of Allsbrooks and Clemson graduate, joins Green Sea High School Agriculture Department. He will work with Don Johnson and has taught Vocational Agriculture at Lake View for seven years. Rankin and his wife Esta Norris Rankin have two children and plan to move to Tabor City.
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Wilson Rankin
Agriculture Department
Green Sea High School
Rankin
Don Johnson
Allsbrooks
Lake View
Clemson
Esta Norris
Conway
Fredrick Ross
Mary Esta
Tabor City
Escapees Captured After Prison Gang Break Near Tabor City
A trio from Columbus County Prison Camp 602 escaped Wednesday afternoon near the Tabor City Lumber Company and were recaptured by early Thursday. A 25‑man posse including county officers and bloodhounds hunted them after the escape from a road project. The men were Willie George Williams 31 of Wilmington John McQueen 27 of Fairmont and J C Pierce 31 of Angier serving sentences for breaking and entering larceny and life preching or related charges.
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Tabor City
Columbus County
Whiteville
Willie George Willams
Wilmington
John McQueen
Fairmont
J. C. Pierce
Angier
Joffies
Bill Truitt to Attend National Methodist Men Conference
Bill Truitt of Tabor City will represent the St. Paul Methodist Men's Club at Purdu e University in West LaFayette Indiana July 9 11. More than 2 000 Methodist Men are expected to participate in the meeting to become more effective churchmen and learn their Methodist heritage. Discussion groups will be led by skilled laymen and church officials from states across the Union.
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Bill Truitt
Tabor City
St. Paul
Methodist Men's Club
Purdue University
West LaFayette
Indiana
Green Sea Cannery Announces Opening
The Green Sea Cannery will be open on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the Summer months. Food can be accepted for canning from 8 00 a m to 1 00 p m. The boiler has undergone major repair and equipment is available for canning in cans and in jars. The cannery will be operated by the Beal Home Economies and Agriculture teachers.
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Green Sea
Beal Home Economies and Agriculture
First cotton blossom found in county area
Mr C C Bullock of Route 1 brought the first cotton blossom to The Tribune. He found the blossom in his Jane 17 field, indicating a promising crop and suggesting overall good conditions for the season.
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Tribune
C. C. Bullock
Taborius
Second Primary Set For Saturday June 26 Sheriff Runoff
Columbus County voters return to the polls on Saturday June 26 for a sheriff runoff between Hugh Nance and J R Pridgen. The second primary follows Pridgen’s 500 vote Democratic Primary defeat on May 29. Polls open 6 30 a m to 6 30 p m, with only May 29 registrants eligible to vote.
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Columbus County
Hugh Nance
J.R. Pridgen
Pridgen
Tom Angle
South Williams
Annie
Nancy Hardie Wins Junior Red Cross Leader Award
Nancy Hardie of Columbus County is named Most Outstanding Junior Red Cross Leader and earns an expense paid trip to Camp Green Cove for leadership training August 19 to 28. Selected by Mrs. Mae Young, the honor cites her leadership, school record, and community activity including Red Cross work and journalism.
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Nancy Hardie
Columbus County
Red Cross
Camp Green Cove
Tuxedo
North Carolina
Mixs Hardie
Mae Young
Tabor City
American Red Cross
Hardie
J. L. Hardie
Route 1
Clarenone
Secant Eiaciate
Whalias ‘Township
Collins Reunion Set for June at American Legion Hut
More than 200 people are expected at the Fifth Annual Collins Reunion on Sunday June 27 at 11 oclock at the American Legion Hut near Marion South Carolina. Mrs R R Rogers secretary urged all members of the Thomas Elizabeth and Caroline Collins families to attend hoping for perfect attendance.
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American Legion
Marion
S. C
R. R. Rogers
Tabor City
Thomas
Elizabeth
Caroline Collins
Green Sea Home Economics Department Summer Hours
The Green Sea Home Economics Department will be open each Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. during summer months. Equipment is available for use and butter holes will be worked. Assistance in sewing or any other phase of Home Economics may be received from the Home Economics teacher.
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Green Sea
Tabor City Legion Post 101 Meets to Install Officers
The Tabor City American Legion Post 101 will hold a meeting on Thursday June 24 at 8 30 pm at the Legion Hut. Installation of new officers will occur during the session and all members are urged to attend.
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American Legion
Tabor City
Legion
Carter Wins Editor's Award for Courageous Journalism
Horace Carter of Tabor City North Carolina received the President's Award of Merit from NEA President Alan C McIntosh in Baltimore at the 60th Annual Convention. The honor recognizes his fearless opposition to the Klu Klux Klan and threats of violence, cited alongside his 1946 founding of the Tabor City Tribune and his broader publishing career. Willard Cole shared the award. Carter had earlier won a Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for Klan exposure.
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NEA
Alan C McIntosh
Horace Carter
Tabor City
Ncc) Tribune
Convention of Nations Editorial Association
Baltimore
Carter
National Editorial Association
North Carolina Weekly
Willard Cole
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Ritz
Coleman
Tobacco Meet
F. G. Kelly
Asheville and
Spencer
A.l.wright
WTAB
Arthur Nix
Bank Award
Rev. Newton
Brunswick Rea
Green Sea School
Paul Ray Soles
Camp Carson Army Base
Colo
31St
Dixie Division
Pfc
George Soles
Dothan
Eunice Powell
Sin Mahoney
Tay
Reef Tae Sper
Jr. Red Cross Award
Williams School
Meredith College
Clyde A. Erwin
Future Teachers of America
Future Homemakers of America
Glee Club
Te Jongime
Nancy
Collins
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