Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-10-24
Big later Day Awards Announced

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completed this week for Tabor
Citv's "Tater Day" program as
General Chairman S. P. Smith
ennonnced the grand prizes 10
he awarded in the "Tater con-
test and in the Amateur con.
test, both to be held on the o's
day. ,a.
Smith also said that arrange.
ments have been made WIN d
nrofessional decorating company
f. see that the stores and streets
are decorated festively for sew
eral days preceding the occasion
The "Tater" contest. which
will be one of the main events
of the day. will be judged by
impartial experts from the N.
C. Department of Agriculture
and Is prizes awarded for the
best hushel of sweet potatoes.
The first prize will be $500
Howard combination radio-pho-
nograph, which plays IL records
without changing.
Second prize will be an inner
spring mattress.
Third prize will be a SIS U. S.
Savings Bond and the next 10
prizes will be one-year subscrip-
tons to the Tabor City Tribune.
Growers wanting to enter the
"Tater" contest should bring
their potatoes to the show room
of Rogers Auto Service in Ia
Dor City on Tuesday, Wednesday
or Thursday of next week. They
will be kept there until the judi
ging at noon on "Tater Day."
Friday, Oct. 81.
The amateur contest will b
held at 4 PM: both individ-
uals and groups are urged TO
enter. Music will be furnished
by Uncle Pete and his Smoky
Mountain Boys.
First prize will be a $685.
Spanish guitor, second prize will
be a grand harmonica and third
prize will be box of 81 gauge
nylon hose.
Clark To Speak
One of the days features will
be an address at the noon hour
by Rep. J. Bayard Clark of Fay
etteville, the districts member
of the U. S. House of Represent.
atives.
James A. Rogers, editor of the
Florence Morning News and ma
tive of Tabor City, will be mas
ter Of ceremonies.
Other features will be the
GROWING of the "Tater Queen,
a parade in which school child
rem will participate, football
game between Tabor City Red
Devils and Hallsboro, a Halo
we'en carnival, and square dane
ing.
Dignitaries who have been in
vited to attend the days festivi-
ties include:
Hugh A. Bowers, extension
horticulturist of Clemson Col
lege; Highway Commissioner
James A. Bridger of Baden
boro; T. B. Upchurch, president
of the N. c. Ginners' Assn, Rae
ford; Frank H. Jeter, publica.
tons director of N. c. State Col.
lege extension service; J. Y. Las.
sitter of Greensboro; L. r. Sugs
of Carthage; Jim CLANCY of the
News and Observer, Raleigh; w.
E. Debnam of WPTF, Raleigh;
George Bough of Charlotte;
A. r. Howard, B. H. Cobb, F.
B. Rollins and r. S. Mellette of
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad:
J. E. Nicholson, editor of the
Carolina Farmer, Raleigh; w. r.
Sechler of Newton; DR.. c. J.
Nusbaum of the Edisto Expert
nent Station in South Carolina;
Dick Crook of Lexington; T. A.
Cole. division of markets, Co.
lumbia: Dean l. o. Schaub, d.
rector of N. c. State College ex-
tension service; H. r. NisWong-
RI, extension horticulturist Of
N. c. State College;
j. A. Winfield, Federal-State
Marketing News Service; J. B.
Gorley, H. T. Wescott and RAN
dali Etheridge of the division of
Commissioner of Agri.
w. Kerr Scott; Neill Boil.
ton, agricultural agent of the
Tide Water Power company; P.
M. Bealer, R. c. Hughes and A.
FAINT of the A & P Tea company;
j. B. Greene, George Blanchford
and N. S. Shipman of Colonial