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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05

ing pigeons. BY spending their
profits in the town, the farmers
bring prosperity to the merchants.
who in turn invest their money in
the farmers. The circle assures
success for town and country
alike.
Civicly, Tabor City has no rival.
Civilians, Rotarians, Legionaries,
VFW's, and a score of other civic
organizations work without resi-
toward city improvement. The
Woman's Club is recognized as the
most active in the county. Re-
ligious and youth groups include
civic improvements on their pro-
grams.
Tabor City, where the vote on
the school bond issue last spring
was overwhelmingly approved.
will be the first town in the area
to profit by the issue. A new high
school will go into construction in
the fall. Thousands Ct dollars are
now being put into road improve
ments and traffic control. New
homes are started almost daily
and a plan is now under considera.
ton for a homes-for-veterans cam
paign.
BY autum, Tabor City will have
its own National Guard armory.
New shops now being built will. 60
into one~atiOn within a few -ueekc
And each week, the merchants as
ISOLATION, one of the most alert
chambers in the state, receives
inquiries from enterprises of all
types wishing to 60 into business
in Tabor City.
Like its California predecessor
of 100 years ago, Tabor City is
growing in quick and violent
strides. People who have been out
of town only a few months return
and r stunned by the towns
mushroomed growth.
Residents of Tabor City asser.
that their home is a town with a
city future. Judged from the past
ten years. the coming decade holds
unlimited progress for the town
where vision and foresight, en-
terprise, determination, skill,
and sincerity, friendliness and
civic spirit make the town an
intricate part OF every mans life
and every man is an indivisible
part of the town.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05

the Baptist, Methodist, Presbyter.
ian, and Holiness churches attract
crowds of attendants. In front oil
the Catholic church are lines oil
parked cars which bring farmers
to Mass. And in all prayers are a
Mankfullness for the rich soil
which brought prosperity to the
town.
Farmers Town
Strawberries and tobacco have
made the town. Since the turn Of
the century, Tabor City berries
have been sold in markets from
one tip OF the east coast to the
other. Large, sweet berries, they
brought local farmers high prices
unmatched by any competing
town.
In five years. 800, 900 crates Of
strawberries were sold on the
Tabor City market bringing farm.
ers over two million dollars.
Beans, ito, have brought money
into Tabor City. Four hundred
thousand hampers sold in five
years have made local farmers
500, 900 richer.
In the 1947 Irish potato season,
government agents were forced to
buy surplus potatoes in every
neighboring town but Tabor City
Almost 1000 car loads of Irish pc.
tatoes left Tabor City for northern
cities.
Since 1895, when Al carloads od
sweet potatoes were shipped,
Tabor City has been the worlds
leading sweet potato market.
'"Taborinas' have become the
choice of housewives throughout
the country.
Eleven curing and storage ware
houses and two dehydration plants
form the Tabor City yam center
which in 1916 sold a million
bushels for more than two million
dollars.
But the big Tabor City money
crop is tobacco. Since 1909 when
the first warehouse was built in
Tabor City, the market has scared
until 1916 the town was able to
boast the sale of ten and a halt
million pounds of tobacco for al
most six million dollars.
Tabor City's average price was
$53.11 per hundred pounds. the
highest in the belt. the second high
est in the flue-cured areas, and
all time record.
Four Houses
Four warehouses now serve the
area leaf growers. Stimulated by
past high prices, farmers carry
their crop to Tabo City like hon.
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MRS. MARY HIGH H

WHITEVILLE, Aug. AIRS.
Mary High Shaw, wife Of the late
H. L. Shaw, died at her home here
shortly before moo Thursday. She
was 81 years of age.
A native of Columbus county,
she was the daughter Of the late
Geo. c. High and Rosa N. Rober-
son High. She was a member OF
| Westminster Presbyterian church.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock
at Mckenzie chapel by the Rev.
C. R. Gleason, assisted by the Rev.
J. r. Kennedy and the Rev. L. D.
Hayman. Interment will follow in
W%hiteville cemetery.
Surviving are a son, Horace, and
a daughter, Miss LA Shaw, both
of Whitevile; two brothers, Dan
L. High Of Whiteville and George
High Of St. Augustine, Fla; four
sisters, Mrs. W. A. Hawley OF
Fayetteville, Mrs. Margaret Brew
er of Norfolk, Va; Mrs. Pearl
Smith of Whiteville and Mrs. ]. A.
Bragdon of Tampa, Fla.
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Obituaries
EDWIN T.

Funeral services for Edwin T,
Higgins, of 101 Keaton Ave-. were
conducted from the Chapel of the
Ward Funeral Home yesterday
morning art 1870 with the Rev.
Frank B. Hill officiating. Inter.
ment followed in Oakdale GENE.
terry.
Higgins died at his residence
early Saturday morning. He is sur
vived by his wife, Lillian Williams
Higgins; one son, Edwin Clark
Higgins of Shaw Field, S. c.; one
sister, Mrs. Douglas Barclay OF
this city; two grandsons, Edwin
Clark Higgins, Jr., and William
Champion Higgins.
Honorary pallbearers were the
Elders of the First Presbyterian
Church and Robert Scott, H. T.
Newland, DR.. j. w. Dickey, w B.
Campbell, and W. A. Whitney and
H. S. McGirt.
Active pallbearers were j. W.
Copeland, H. B. Register. w. L.
McIntire, Everett Higgins, Hamil-
ton Carroll, Henery Higgins.
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People in Whiteville concede
that Tabor City runs a close Sec
ond for Columbus county leader
ship. People in Tabor City say it's
amazing what a court house can
do fol- a village.
Tabor City, 1947, is a miniature
Of California, 1848, because with
in its borders is the same spirit
of enterprise which leads to great
ness. Unhampered by staiG con-
servatism, Tabor City is a young
mans town. The majority of Tabor
City leaders in business and civic
endeavors are men who have work
ed their way to the top through
their own initiative.
What fortunes there are in
Tabor City and the town boasts
of being emphtically upper-mid-
die class, - were made by vision
airy men within the past decade.
Unlike most small towns, Tabor
City welcomes the outsider who
wants to enter business in the
sprouting town. With 2700 people
living within its square-mile area
the town supports 100 individual
businesses, a poppy weekly news
paper, and buys more time on
WENC, the county radio station.
than any other town in the area.
Forty years ago, Tabor City
was a Baptist church, a two-room
school house, a general store,
and a few scattered houses. The
Mt. Tabor Baptist church was
organized in 1910. Growing with
the town, it passed from a small,
frame building to a towering brick
building with impressive columns.
And with it grew the town.
Tabor City is a farmers town.
Fertile soil has put the town first
in sales of tobacco, strawberries,
sweet potatoes, and beans. Realiz-
ing the importance of farmers to
its progress, Tabor City caters
to the rural needs.
On Saturdays, Tabor City streets
are damned with farm families.
Shops buzz with bargain-hunters.
Lifelong neighboss chat on corners
Cars from stripped down model
Is to snappy convertibles line the
curbs, the Atlantic Coast Line rail
road tracks, and inch through the
crowded streets.
Sunday is church day in Tabor
City. Sunday school classes at
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05
Tabor City Famous AS Tobacco
Selling Center For Over SO Years
Female lmpersonators
Banned In Boston

BOSTON,, UI- When it comes
to women entertainers, Boston will
see the genuine article" o. none
at all.
Chairman Mary Driscool of the
Boston Licensing Commission out
iaWed female impersonators in
night clubs and cafes because
normal men and women like their
men manly and the women fem
inine.'
They want to see pretty girls
IN women's pants and rugged men
In masculine roles" she said.
performances by female imper-
senators are in bad taste"
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MRS. OLLIE ANNETTE KING

LUMBERTON, Aug. AIRS. o.
lie Annette King, Is, wife of the
late John C. King of West Lumber
ton. died Monday at $3.50 am. in
a local hospital where she had
been a patient for three weeks.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed from Stephens Funeral Home
here Tuesday, at 4 p. m. by the
Rev. Jesse Hilburn of Fair Bluff.
Interment will follow in New Holly
wood cemetery.
Mrs. King, a native of Brunswick
county, had made her home in this
section about 10 years.
Surviving are four sons, S. o.
King Of ,Lumberton; John w. of
Fair Bluff; D. J. of Wilmington;
and Gordon King of West Palm
Beach, Fla; and three daughters,
Mrs. Mary Schofill of Lumberton;
Mrs. Mealey Jackson of Dillon, S.
c.; Mrs. Albert jenkins of Lee
land.
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MISS A r MARTENS

Funeral services for Miss Marie
Martens, Alb Grace St. who died
in James Walker hospital early
Saturday morning after a short
illness will be conducted from the
St. Pauls Lutheran Church Tues
day afternoon at 8 o'clock with the
Rev. Walter B. Freed officiating.
Interment will be made in the Ma
tional cemetery.
She is survived by one sister,
Mrs. Henry Habenicht, Sr. of this
city, and several neices and neph-
ews. Miss Martens was a vet
eran of World War I and served as
an Army nurse. She also served
as a missionary in Africa for two
terms, and was a lifelong mem
Der of st. Paul, Lutheran church.
Active p%allbearers will be Emory
Grubbs, Eugene Edwards, Geo. F..
Tienken, Carl Oldenbuttel, Fred
Duls, and M. Won Olsen.
Honorary pallbearers will b
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MRS. E. BERTA GORE

Funeral services for Mrs. E.
Berta Gore, SIG S. Fifth street,
who died Saturday morning at her
residence were conducted from
the chapel of Andrews Mortuary
yesterday at $3.50 p. m. by the Rev.
c.. c. Moore. Interment followed
in Brooks cemetery, Shallotte,
N. C.
Active pallbearers: John E.
Bradshaw, Cicero Vow, Ernest
Dyson, Billy Dixon, Palmer Ward,
Joe Brooks Ward.
Honorary pallbearers: Carl B.
Marshburn, Vance Gore, Porter
Wagstaff, L. L. Wood, J.. S. Cal
son, Cecil Andrews, R. E. Sander
son, Robert Kittle, Gibson Regis
ter.
She is survived by three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Mary Hales of Whining
ton. Mrs. Tom Christoff Of SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, and Mrs. Gene Pad
emski of Buffalo, N. Y; three sons
George w. Gore, E. Britt and
James A. Gore all of Wilmington;
two sisters, Mrs. Sallie Raspberry
Of Whiteville, and Mrs. Alma Dixon
Of Florence, S. c.; two brothers,
Charlie Parker of Long Island.
N. Y, and Joe Parker of Myrle's
Inlet, S. c.; step-mother, Mrs. An
ME Parker of Florence, S. c., and
four half-sisters, Mrs. Grace Har-
rell of Florence, S. c., Mrs. En-
ma Holden Of Supply, N. c., Mrs.
Margaret Hazelhurst of Myrle's
S. c., and Miss Jaunita Parker OF
Florence, S. c. and six grand
children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05
JOHN DENITSON

Requim low mass was said for
John Denitson, 80, former resi-
dent Of Castle Hayne community,
who died Thursday afternoon in
Greenburg, Pa, after a short i'll
ness, y%estrday at 10 a. m. at Saint
Stanislaus church. Castle Hayne,
by Father Roland. Interment fol.
lowed in the church cemetery.
He leaves surviving two sons,
Andy Denitson, Castle Hayne, and
John Denitson, Jr., Holly Ridge;
and two daughters, Mrs. Mary
Li@ls and Mrs. Jennie Sinkule,
bcyh of Greenburg.
Active pallbearers we're A.
Lorek, A. J. Janicki, w. Dmy.
truck, B. Bruce sJanicki, A. Le-
vandalism and J.'Globe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05

The famous "BC" formula
for the relief of headaches,
the pains of neuralgia and
minor muscular aches is now
available in both powder and
tablet form. Two tablets
equal one powder. Take your
choice, but take "BC." "BC"
tablets or powders-con-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05

tains several time-tested,
fast-acting ingredients.
Promptly soothes nerve
racking headaches, neuralgia
pains and minor muscular
aches. "BC" Headache Pow
ders, 10c & 25c. "BC" Head
ache Tablets, 25c. Caution:
use only as directed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05
Dogs Share Estate

MEDICINE LODGE, KAN, W.H -
Mrs. Sadie Clay left in her will
$25, 900 to the Phillips University,
Enid, Okla. and 1000 to build
and maintain a comfortable place
for her three dogs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05
Average Price In 1916 Was $53.ll Hundred
Pounds, Highest In The Border Belt;
Four Warehouses Serve Growers
By E D. IT.

TABOR CITY, Aug. 4EU. S. Highway 701 sweeps into
Tabor City on a wide curve from the south, s~traightens for
a black ribbon carelessly dropped, curves out of town again
northeast to Whitevil1e.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-05

M~osasaurus We're huge fossil.
reptiles or sea serpents." They
were aquatic animals furnished
with paddles, and are estimated
to have attained a length of as
much as rs feet.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1947-10-30

vided enhanced the gamey spirit
of the whole event.
= s.
This week the drivers splatte1
you and then shatter you.
=
I confess that / have been
naive enough to state that two
traffic lights, breaking the flow
of cars at intervals, would inn
prove the situation. City an0
state traffic authorities have been
unanimous in telling me that
such an installation would da-
mage the situation more than
help it.
i + s. =
I guess l was just Wistfully
thinking of that split second of
safety in which l could dart to
sanctuary on the other side. But
I apologize, Traffic Authorities,
it's really more sporting this way!
Instead of my wife wondering
WHEN she'll see me again she
wonders IF she'll see me again.
And for this life-spice I'm thank
full.
4 IS = Il =
The increasing number of park
ed cars along the teeming street
also adds a dash to the situation.
The current of cars is thus forced
into narrowed canyon at points,
and if you have to be faster, you
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From The Past
October Is. 1917

October Is. 1917
A. thrift contest conducted in the
schools produced AZ reports from
the high school and 81 from the
grades. The scanty replies indi-
Gated that total of $8,946.01 had
been earned by the students. High
school students earned $6,293.53;
pupils of the grades earned ST.
&C.,. 48.
Ladies of the Shakespeare de-
partment Of the Woman's Club
were offering tickets to the two
coming performances of the Ben
Greet Players. School children
were to be excused at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon to attend '"The
Palace of Truth" The evening
presentation was to be ''The Mer-
chant of Venice"
With a great big sigh of relief,
the district draft board wiped the
slate clean and adjourned sine die.
Since their organization on July 81
they considered and passed up
on more than 5000 cases. Unless
some of the cases had to be reop-
ened, boardS secretary CT. Hol-
comb said, the board would not
have to meet again until the sec
ond draft was made.
Arrival time of the O-W train
was changed from $40 am to 7:55
am. The latter time, it was pre-
dicted, would permit residents of
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AS
z~.e~4 &~stA
By Hal Clark

Things are steadily improving
along Avenue G. The new side
walks are going in rapidly, and
street surfacing is in the offing.
Meanwhile the heart-quicken-
ing, spine-tingling game of Jump
and Bump goes on for pedestri-
ans who frequent the thorough
fare. I'm beginning to be as cagy
as wild thing myself, and it's
quick driver who can bounce
me off his fender.
4
This week the standing pools
of rain water for which adequate
drainage has not yet been pro-
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don't have to run so far.

don't have to run so far.
= = = + 4.
MIR. Clarence Shain, Director of
highways for the State of Wash
ington, told a dinner group re-
Gently that off-Street parking is
one of the most challenging
problems confronting cities in this
state.
:. i: = = =
At first, recalling much
younger period of my life, I was
wont to take a dim view of the
situation. Because at one time I
had a number of off-street park
ing sites spotted.
Is + & +
AS time passed, they became
harder to pre-empt. Some of the
boys got started earlier than I
did.
4 *.%
However it ensued that Mr..
Shain was talking about an en-
tirely different kind of off-street
parking. And he shortly made it
apparent that towns in which
planning for suitable parking for
shoppers are not being made
are on the way to bucolic obli-
WON.
Once YOU give it a bit of
thought, it becomes obvious that
spenders are going to 60 where
spending is the easiest. In other
towns and cities that has proved
to be the super market, where
parking lures the motorist to a
one-stop shopping experience.
$50
= Super markets can be located
considerable distances from the
business heart of a community,
and still make money. Because it's
easier to drive ten miles than it
is to walk ten blocks.
The suggestion came to the at
tention of the Chamber of Com
merce, where one alert citizen
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suggested that inquiries should be
launched to discover any possible
ways of securing vacant lots on
Kennewick Avenue for off-street
parking. The matter is pending.
+ 8
If it does not pend too long,
Kennewick may still avoid the
waite of becoming the little town
just few miles beyond the
super markets of the area.
3 &
A trailer at the Benton Theatre
has been urging its patrons to
ask the Manager the meaning of
FA.
4. s. q s.
While I failed to follow in
structions, and cannot report what
the mystic meaning of this set
of initials is to the Manager of
the Benton theatre, / have de-
cided that it could very well
mean "Favorite Aversion"
= 3 +
And the niggling, naggling an
noyance that has finally raised
itself to the level of my 'Favorite
Aversion" is the neon sign at the
corner of Benton street and Co.
lumbia Avenue.
4 +
This sign, pointing its neon fin
gers southwark, says "Kenne-
wick" PROFESSIONALLY, if Kenne-
wick is to the south of that
point, then the passing motorists
have reason to ask where they
are when they see it.
&,
As nearly as I can find out,
they're in Kennewick.
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Wallula and Alfalfa to do their
morning chores, come to Kenne-
wick, transact their business, and
arrive back home shortly after
noon.
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The, The Weekly War lnfoms,i,s,
column prophesied tba, 'a''on'
would not be called upon 10 oO on.
war work. The estimate u, ~ en'e'
ed on the experience of Gas was bas,
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Hold a blotter upright next to
the mop boards when you wax
your floors. This will allow your
getting to the edge with the wax,
but will absorb excess that might
stain the mop boards.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-12-19
WRANGELL YOUNG WOMAN
 TAKES OVER OPERATION OF
 WRANGELL BEAUTY SALON

Miss Jessie Barlow, who recent ly returned from Seattle where she completed a course at the May Hell land Beauty College, today takes oyer operation and management of the Wrangell Beauty Salon. owned by Frank Young. MT Young win resume his barber shop, which has been closed for some time, near the sawmill.
 Miss Barlow. well known and popular young Wrangell woman, is qualified and licensed for all kinds of beauty work and expressed herself as happy to be able to re- turn 10 Wraugell to carry on her profession. She was educated here having graduated from Wrangell High School two years ago. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Barlow.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-12-19
BLNKLEYS RETURN FROM
 VACATION TRIP OUTSID

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 The Loyal Binkley family and the Carl Bradleys returned recent ly from a three months vacation trip which toSk them 10 practical ly all of the western states.
 Leaving right after the eanuerg season, they went 10 the Binkley and Bradleys old home in Idaho taking with them Mrs Sadie Mer- ritt. sister of MT Binkley, who had been visiting here and who lives at Stanley. Idaho. They also report that they saw W. ). Biukley. form CT pioneer WrangeIlite, while in Seattle. and the elder Mr Binkley wished to be remembered to all hi= Wraugell friends
 After leaving Idaho and Mont- ana the two families went south through Utah. Wyoming and Ars- zoua They happened by Bryce Canyon less than fifteen minutes after the recent tragic plane crash.
 aThere was just nothing left of the plane and passengers" Loyal Binkley said. They were literally blown away. The motors were as far as from The Sentinel 10 the light plant and the bodies were picked up in pieces.
 In Oakland. California, Minnie Sue Bradley) Reese was visited She is well known here, having formerly lived in Wrangell.
 Members of the two families an the party were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bradely and son Eddie and MT. and Mrs Loyal Binkley and son William The Bradleys returned to Wrangell about ten days ago and Mr. Binkley and son William ar rived here last Saturday morning aboard their own boat, while Mrs. Binkley arrived on Che Princess Norah Sunday night.
 After the first of the year young William Binkley is leaving for Corvallis. where he will take a course at a school in care and maintenance of caunery machinery which is conducted by the Ameri- can Can Company.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1947-12-19
CATHOLIC CHURCH TO HAVE
 MIDNIGHT MASS AMAs

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 The local Catholic church, with the Rev. M B Hoeh. pastor, will hold midnight mass on Christmas beginning at 11:3O p. m. Nednes- day night. Christmas Eve
 Christmas Carols will be sung by the ehildren's choir, under dir ection of Miss Josephine Brady, with Bruce Johnston as organist
 Following Carols will be sung. Silent Night. Holy Night" by Gruber. sleep, Holy Babe" Ira ditionaI Melody. "The Snow Lay On The Ground Grieg; What Lovely Infant Can This Be2' |Chudren's Carol sung by the Sem for Choir. silent Night" Organ solos "Asperges Me" Gregorian.
 High Mass in honor of St Ang- .ela. by Rene l.. Becker will begin lat midnight. with Kyrie. Gloria land Credo followed by 'Adeste Fideles," traditional melody at the .Offertory and Sanetus. Benedictus land Agnus Del. For Holy Commun- ion 70 Holy Night by Adam will be sung.
 Al the Benedietion of the Most Blessed Sacrament following the High Mass "Neni Jesu. Amor Mi, by L. Cherubini will be rendered by the choir followed by aTantum Ergo" by T. Cherubini. Adoremus and Laudate The Benediction will close with "The First Noel the An gel Did Say" traditional melody.
 Members of the Senior choir are.
 Director and organist: MT. Bruce Johnston Sopranos. Mrs. Francis Bernardo, Mrs Emma Case. Miss Marie Mullins. Mrs. Mary Church ill. Miss Josephine Brady and Miss Rosemary Kalkfns. Altos: Mrs. Ronald Schwartz and Miss Patricia Lewis.
 The second Holy Mass on Christ mas Day will be at Wrangell In- sdtute at 8:3O Christmas morning and the Rev Hoeh's third Holy Mass will be in Petersburg al Il d.. m. Christmas morning.