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Newspaper
Tabor City Tribune
Location
Tabor City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1954
Page
4
The David Kelly family spends the week at Windy Hill Beach while Wade Martin recovers from surgery at Fayetteville Veterans Hospital and plans to return here next week. Wyman Lupo of Loris and Green.
Classified notices for Tabor City list framing services by W. W. Woody and W. F. Cox, rental flats, financing for farms, new insurance agency, a seafood and banquets offer at Little Pee Dee Lodge, pipe threading services, Dorman Furniture, funeral home details, and a sale of Spencer supports and nylon slips.
Tabor City in North Carolina offers 24 hour ambulance service with oxygen equipment through Tabor City Funeral Home providing contact via phone 455.
A compilation of short notices reports patients visiting relatives and friends, weekend trips and travel by residents of Fayetteville, Salem, Marion, Dillon and surrounding areas. It lists veterans hospital stays, hospital discharges, Cadillac Motors employment, trips to New York and Detroit, and family reunions at the American Legion hut near Marion. Individual names include Sea, Mrs Al Harrison, Duckery Nealey, Wayman Cox, Frances Sugg, Sandy, S. G. Sarvis, Grover Hardee, Richie, Patsy, Ben Hux, Marion Baxter, Camp Gordon, David and Rochelle Simon, R. R. Rogers, Liston Mew, Patsy Ward, Andy Jernigan, Fred M. Jernigan, and Darlon Fipps among others.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Soles and children and Dewey Norris and Macie Norris were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Soles. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Nobles of Tabor City were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Aichle Nobles and Mr. and Mrs. Taft Nobles. Mrs. Clarida Norris and John Edwards are very sick. Mr. and Mrs. B.C. Duncan were
Sunday visitors of Mrs. Noah Dun can at Clarkton included Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Norris and children visiting Mrs. Claria Norris and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sellers. They announce the birth of a daughter at Community hospital Loris Friday June 25.
Guideway Mr and Mrs Henry Gore visited Mr and Mrs James Faulk. The Faulks hosted relatives in Loris while Mr and Mrs Lester Long hosted guests the next weekend. Various family members from Raeford Sanford Milwaukee and Wilmington visited and stayed with kin over the past and weekend periods.
Mrs Davis Bruton Jr entertained the Bic Monthly Bridge Club at her home Thursday evening. Tallies and favors were handed out on arrival and an iced drink with hot potato chips were served during play. Awards were presented to Mrs Billy Dorman and Mrs Fred M Jernigan for high and low scores.
Voters at City Hall faced a lighthearted scene as a tipsy man joked about relatives already voting while a senior questioned the limited choices on the ballot. Poll workers calmly explained only two candidates were on the second primary, prompting the man to express he would abstain.
A ragged account shows a rookie fumbling a bayonet drill while others observe. The text lists numerous local names and charges from Whiteville and nearby towns including speeding, reckless driving, driving drunk, no tail light, possession of whiskey, trespassing, and license revocations. Several defendants faced fines, costs, or jury trials in assorted cases.
Whiteville Recorder's Court convened Tuesday with a full slate of cases. Defendants include Thomas Aaron Best Jr for reckless driving, Charles E. Cathey for no operator license and improper turning, Clyde Monroe Lowery for drunk driving, Bobbie Mincey for driving drunk and speeding with license revocation, and Lonnie Pigse for improper brakes. Others faced speeding, public drunkenness, improper registration, and prior fines or costs. transfers to higher courts were noted for serious charges.
The Negro News notes the Rant erm Star joining the Masonic Ledge for St Johns Day observances. Rev V S Singletary delivers the craft message as Mrs Costalow Graham returns from Springfield after months away.
Don Copeland joins WTAB as program director and likely host of his own disc jockey show. Former WGTN announcer, he brings radio and amateur operator experience plus Civil Air Patrol piloting. Copeland expected to help launch WTAB’s new era in a town branded “The Town With A City Future.”
Evelyn McColl aged 40 a Negro resident of Floyds and Hamner was found drowned in a water filled pit near Floyds Monday at 2 pm. She appeared to have been swimming with a small group when dirt had been removed for construction. Marion and Conway scene squads arrived as she was found in about eight feet of water under water for about an hour despite respirator efforts.
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