Columbus Baptists to Launch Weeklong Missions School
Seventeen Columbus Baptist Association churches join a weeklong missions school beginning Sunday at the Whiteville Hotel. Speakers include Rev Abraham W. Gantt, Rev Robert L. from Home Mission Board, Rev Larry Potter, Rev George Bow, and Miss J Foreign Missionary, with five foreign missionaries and six home missionaries among the lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Baptist Churches
Tabor City
Cherry Grove
Clarendon
Bluff
Hallshoro
Hinson’ Roads
Mt. Zion
New Hope
Ok Date
Piney Forest
Pleasant Hill
Smyrna
Home
Union Nd
Air Force
of Foreign Mission Board
Argentina
J. C. Pipes
Citizens Vote on Amendments in Saturday Special General Election
Voters will decide four constitutional amendments at the special general election Saturday. Polls open 6:80 am and close 6:30 pm. The measures include school funding power to local districts, a married woman’s autonomy, and changes to legislative sessions and boards. Columbus County chairman Jack Hooks reports readiness and urges timely result reporting.
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Eral Assembly
Jack Hooks
Columbus County
Sections
Trans
Wrecinet
Sible
General Officers Named At Baptist Church Waccamaw Bank Boosts Savings Rate
General church officers and department leaders were elected Sunday for the new year at the City Baptist Church. Bank president Tate announced a three year boost in savings account interest to two and a half percent effective October 1 1956, citing higher rates on government securities and a large customer base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Church Waccamaw Bank
Hor City
Waccamaw Bank
Fay
Vite
Waccamaw
Camaw Bank and Trust
Treasury
Tate
Waccamaw Bank & Trust Co
Clackton
Raarmontssoort
Shattotte
Feulaville
Ros
Drunk Floyd Jones Struggles With Police in Jail Fight
Local man Floyd Jones faces a drunk and disorderly charge after a scuffle with Police Chief J E Epps while being escorted to jail. Jones allegedly kicked at the chief, damaged a police car windshield and radio, and will be tried in Mayor's Court on September 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Epps
Epps
Floyd Jones
Jones
Devils Open Season Friday At Tabor City
Devils begin the 1956 EAA football season Friday under new coach Green. The Red Devils have trained since August 15 and expect a sturdy forward wall. Green is optimistic about the team’s chances and says they will give a good account of themselves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor City
Ted Devil
EAA
Prices Jump As Buyers Return From Weekend
Prices rose as buyers returned from the weekend at the local market. Sales data show pounds sold and average prices shifting, with noted workers and players mentioned in partial lines. The report includes figures for several days, noting absences and farm work affecting outcomes.
Jewish New Year Rites Begin Wednesday Sunset
The Jewish New Year observance known as Rosh Hashana begins sundown Wednesday, marking ten days of reflection until Yom Kippur. The period includes local services and holiday customs observed by Jewish communities.
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Nd Laeinwarnds
Welidiays
Aimax
Yom Kippne
Fishing Trip Ends With River Rescue and Bank Robbery Link
A river fishing trip near Pireway ends tragically as one man drowns while another survives after aiding a bank robbery suspect connected to a Jacksonville crime. Horace Shaw ties the events to a $28,872.95 theft recovered partially. Stocks, Hedgecoe, and others feature in the manhunt and rescue effort. A Lake Tabor board meeting is announced for Friday night at the town hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbu
Superior Cours Clevi
Ogomet Dewes
Nea
Dacksanville Fir National Bank
Riles
Ville
Columb
Bureau of Menuferion
Horace Shaw
Rus
Jacksonville
Russie
Aleate
Rnk Hedge
Hedgecoe
Emnall Log
Pireway Bridge
Stocks
Ross Williamson
Tabor City
Hergecoe
Stoele
Ideworks
Pare Tabor
Board of Directors
Lake Tabor
Alton Cribb Dies Of Heart Attack
Alton Cornel Cribb aged 35 dies of a heart attack Monday while returning from a fishing trip near Nix Cross Roads. He is survived by a wife, one daughter, and numerous Cribb relatives in Columbus County and nearby towns. Funeral services are planned at Cribb Town Church with the Rev Nant J Hilburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Cornel Cribb
Cribb
Gehrig
Carl Mrubaker
Bonnie
Dolly Worl Cribb
Columbus County
Hilburn
Corry
Wooibur Lana
Saint Paul Methodist Church Meeting With Mrs Everett
Parish notes indicate Saint Paul Methodist Church will meet with Mrs Everett at her home at 6 48 pm to discuss community service plans and outreach activities for the month.
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Wasatt's Society of
Wrestling showdown set in Rootals on September 14
Grunt n Groan Experts stage a wrestling match in Rootals on Friday September 14 led by Il be held here. The event features Australian tag team George Hecker and Jack tes versus Buddy Lee and Jak Wormky Becker framed as a major spectacle drawing near 1000 fans with tickets on sale for rinkside admission and children discounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erskine Young
Leet Junior Charter Commercel
Sven
Pat Sherry
Geenin Fecker
Witz
Buddy Lee
George Hecker
Jack Tes
Jak Wormky Becker
South
Broelyn
New York
Bobby
Jack Witzig
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Witzig
University of Wisconsin
Buddy Jee
Adonis
Jayeers
Jomet Culy
Iweal Javeens
SLO
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Abraham Wright
Willard Wright
Trainin
Claude Hugains
A.M. Smith
Young People’s
Sam Marshall
Harold Fonvielle
Lonnie Wileloughby
Plc. Gantt
Begin
Nellie Spivey
Kenneth Ray
Gena
Sunda Schwal
Clavar Huggins
E W. Fonvielle
Iirarian
J . Rogers
Richard Gordon
John Dorman
W.W Woody
Young Peoples
Lonnie Willoughby
Marry Bryant
C. Gantt
Billy” Dornan
Howard Harrelson
M. C. Sarvis, Jr
D.C. Spiv
Don Hughes
Lewis Harrelson
C. C. Leggette
Harry Bry
Ant
Ey Wright
Tilly Dorman
Harold Fayt
Boginner
DE Spivey
Lewis Harveon
Supt
Westmoreland Wartan
Senios
Robert McCormick
Wptimin
E.W Fongiente
GC. Leate
F. Bow
Cantee
Peggy Carter
Robert F. McCormick
Charlotte Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Wilmington
Devils
Freemg Lane
Fenhes
Fuesday
Bob Bisek
Sanery
Red Devils
Poungeter
Willis Hil
Hughs
Wayne Miller
Nosoles
Mickey Gore
Mickeys
Mitchell Anderson
Green
Hugh Gorespraive
Mickey Watts
Kenneth Edd
Alton Cribb
Niswater
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