The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-09
Brilliant Future Faces
Enterprising WhiteuiHe

etdUle trucking lrdQe mere. With
six of the largest tobacco ware
houses in the east already locat-
ed here, a seventh is going ur
now, and an eighth is in the plan.
ming stage. Both will be ready fol
next August, when out-of-toWners
stream into Whiteville for the
wealthy tobacco sales.
A Merchants Association COM
bining the Chamber of Commerce
and the Tobacco Board of Trade
keeps a finger on the pulse OF the
town, with Walter H. Paramore.
the secretary one of. the chic
pulse-takers. Paramore is com
paratively a newcomer to White
vile, but he's one of the towns
most active boosters now.
A distributing center for dry
goods. groceries, and automobile
parts, this town takes advantage
OF every possible source of in
come. S. Lee Braxton, who heads
the Braxton Auto Parts company,
also is a director of, the second
bank to be established here, and
has a loud voice in the 25O-watt
radio station. A director in the
Merchants association, Brarton
provides much of the motivatine
force behind Whiteville's growth.
For the encouragement of more
industry here, the Greater White
vile Development Corporation
was organized with a capitol stock
of 500, 600. This progressive out
fiji keeps in close touch with pro
motion schemes that will bring
additional industry to it's home
town.
Whiteville is a chubby town.
Light active clubs, four of them
federated, ana the Congress of
Civic Clubs in which all eight are
combined. bear testimony to the
civic-mindedness of this town. The
newest organization along these
lines is the Lions club, establish
ed last summer, and immediate
ly welcomed by the other organ
izations which include: Woman's
Club, Rotary, Civilian, Junior
Womans, Garden Club, Business
and Professional Womans Club.
Chroal Club, as we'll as an active
American Legion post. a Masonic
Lodge, and an Order Of Eastern
Star. With these many facilities
offered it addition TO the two the
aires, residents here have their
spare time filled pleasantly.
Situated Oh the eastern edge of
Whiteville is the Columbus Coun-
ty hospital, something citizens
here are especially proud of, since
the current Good Health drive in
North Carolina cites SO many
counties without proper hospital
facilities.
Whiteville is air-minded, recog-
nizing at ice the air age makes
il mandatory that a good airport
be established here to keep pace
with business and industry. A be
ginning in this direction has been
made in the construction of a l.
82l foot airstrip just outside the
city limits. and the Whiteville Fly
ing club has been organized to
promote aviation interests among
the residents. Meanwhile good bus
and train service erves the
"Farmer's Town." as Whiteville
is called.
One of the things that strikes
the motorist here with the great
est impact, is the lack of restrict
ions while at the wheel of a ar.
Despite the main street being
one of the busiest paths of traffic
in the county there isn't a traffic
light around. and no policemen
watch the traffic at the ~intersect
ions. There are no parking
meters, and few signs that shout
"No parking, b space seems
to be available at every few
yards. The traffic moves along
with no difficulty, a veritable
drivers paradise, and the White
vile police seem to say, DO it
your own way" 1t works too.
The first session Of a new ad-