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Newspaper
Tabor City Tribune
Location
Tabor City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1950
Page
7
A plan to construct a sandy beach and nearby harbor works aims to boost tourism. Officials discuss surveying costs and cooperation, with a possible start in early fiscal 1951, pending needs and funds.
Three cars sustained damage when E Williams of Charlotte lost control of a 1939 Ford on Nici Avenue. A parked 1950 Chevrolet owned by F Wool West of Salisbury and a Studebaker owned by WS Atkins of High Point were struck. Williams was charged with reckless driving and released on bond.
Dave Binns will headline a Myrtle Beach air show at Beach Municipal Airport on July 2 and 3 with the Thrasher Brothers, Woody Amender, and Phay Daughtrey. The event features stunt planes, cross country flights, and the comic skit Flight of Yester Year in a Curtis pusher. Georgia Neese Clark will speak at North Carolina Farm and Home Week in Raleigh July 31 to August 3.
Norfolk teen Bobbie Rankin recalls books shaping her life from childhood shelves to the poem The Land of Counterpane by Robert Louis Stevenson. She highlights The Child's Book of Christmas Carols and Nancy Drew as early influences, noting the value of imagination and solitude.
The Wilmington Outboard Club sponsors a marathon powerboat race at Wrightsville Beach D C on Sunday July 2 starting at 2 PM Entries open to all and many Myrtle Beach fans are expected to compete Six classes include 5 5 hp 7 5 hp 16 hp 10 hp Mercury and 22 hp The roughly 57 mile course starts at Ocean Terrace hotel with prizes of 25 for the first heat and trophies in all classes Information available from Stanley Edgeworth president of the Myrtle Beach Outboard Club A final jab ends the item.
Carl T. Heks of Walstonburg N C announces the annual stockholders meeting of the Flue Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation in Pullen Hall Star College Raleigh at 11 a m Friday June 30 The principal speaker will be Dr 2 president of Clemson College Poole a leader in agriculture will address an audience of growers from Virginia to Florida The Stabilization Corporation began in August 1946 and has saved millions through its loan program Every flue cured tobacco producer can obtain at least 90 percent of the auction price per pound through Stabilization operations This program is credited with supporting the tobacco belt and saving millions of dollars annually.
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints will assemble at Myrtle Beach Luna for their regular quarterly conference. Opening session at 10 a.m. with afternoon leadership meeting at 1 p.m. and final session at 2 30 p.m. Mass will be furnished at each meeting. Local leaders and representatives from mission headquarters will speak, including Elder Alber Choules and Elder Leslie D. Gleave.
North Carolina Farm People will honor Dr Schaub, director of the State Crilege Extension, at a July to August event in Raleigh. Officials announce a scholarship fund in his name. Mrs Gray and H C Shalton lead charity efforts seeking contributions from families and home demonstration clubs across the state.
About 150 Conway Jaycees and guests are set to attend a Monday evening picnic at Myrtle Beach State Park at 6 o'clock. A program of entertainment will follow with Dr J Harpe ndeau as program chair. The event also invites those who helped the Jaycees last year to attend. Officials hope to establish a scholarship fund with at least 5,000 dollars, generating about 100 dollars yearly for a top 4 H Club member at State College, with contributions sent to H G Shelton at College Station Raleigh Dean Schaub, now retiring, has served since 1924 and held key roles in State College agriculture and Southern States cooperation. Loris tobacco crops look healthy and uniform with potential good yields, though harvests may be below last year. Transplanting delays due to late cool weather and rainfall influenced early weights, but late care should improve yields near 95 percent of last year. Rufus Holmes notes 89 percent of last year’s tobacco acreage planted in Horry County, as farmers face government allotment limits and adjust planting accordingly.
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