Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-11-07
First Annual later Day Program
In Tabor City Is Marked Success


of agricultural notables were enter
tanned Friday in day long festival
honoring the Sweet Potato "Tater
Day" in recognition of the king of
potatoes went off as scheduled with
the lively music of a marching Sand.
A half mile long parade brought
school children, Yam Queen Martha
HARRISON and Beauty Queen Jane
Parham, town officials to the plat
form erected in the downtown area
where James A. Rogers, editor CT the
Florence, S. G. Morning News and
a former resident of Tabor City OPP
ened ceremonies with introduction of
the distinguished guests. Midway in
winners of the Yam contest Judging
that was being conducted as cere-
monies progressed.
First prize a Howard radio-phono-
graph, went to Arthur Norris, Route
/, Tabor City, with his basket Of
vans being sent to President Tru-
man. Second prize. an innerspring
mattress, was achieved by the Vet
Grams Training Class of the Tabor
City school and third prize, SIS
savings bond, was won by D. l.. Gore,
Route 8, Tabor City. Second and
third prize baskets were shipped
Monday to Governors Cherry and
Thurmond of the Carolinas.
Ten subscriptions to the Tabor
City Tribune were won by other
entrants in the Yam contest who
inclad ID Alien Wright, Mrs. Pau
line Gaskins, l.. H. HARRISON,
c. L. Garrell, Lawrence Ward,
Joseph Ray, Ralph Spivey, Med.
Fowler, Stewart Huffkin, and
Howard Macpherson.
Agricultural specialists viewing Ia
ter Day activities and the auction
market here included R. S. Mel!et.e.
A. r. Howard, F. S. Robins, and j.
&c. Cobb, all of the Atlantic Coast
Line; c. ]. Nusbaum, plant pathoto-
gist of Edisto, S. c. Experiment sta
ton; ]. r. Gourlay and Bailey Pich
of N. C. division of markets; H. II.
Niswonger and c. M. Brickhouse Gt
N. C. State College station: George
Conant and Neil Bolton of Tidewater
Power company; T. A. Cole, CHIEF
of S. C. division of markets; A. FAINT
ard George Baugh of Atlantic ana
Pacific Tea company produce divi-
sion: r. H. Burns, ST.. pioneer in the
yam field with Tabor City's j. L.
| Lewis; State Senator j. K. Powell;
Highway Commissioner j. A. Bridger.
Guest of honor and speaker OF
the day was n. c. eth district
Representative to the U. S. Con-
gress ]. Bayard Clark who prais-
ed the value of the sweet potato
as a nutricius foodstuff. Rep.
Clark said the sweet potato had
little standing as food product
for many years but has now come
to great place in the FOOD
kingdom.
The representative also touched
briefly on the international situation
giving the withdrawal OF BRUSH
BUYERS from the flue-cured tobacco
markets as proof that we can ma
longer draw the cloak of lsolStlohlstu
about ourselves and lie: the rest OF
the world 60 by.
I'VE are passing through one OF
the most important periods OF tne
human race" he declared. we nave
a responsibility on which we sou','
tur,7 cur hacks or-great nation tnst
we are-ve can g."e az account vi
our talents and play mans part III
world affairs.
Press and radio representatives
from over the stG.e were mucA III
attendance with pho' 19r9nhers snap
ming pctures OF NJ Clark and the
Queens. WPTF recorded a nan
hour broastca.t for play-back the
next dav and Columbus County's own
WENC broadca,t ne Ste "eEesnou-
los and the HallsborC-Tabor CITY
football game in the afternoon;
Rep. Clark and distinguished WIS.,
itors we're feted at luncheon a'
Mrs Todd's at noon Wire the Yam
nlaved an important delectaDle part
Of the fried chicken and ham meai.
Tabor City persons attending VIC
lnrch were sicHally iced by beng
asked to stand and Introduce them-
4. ,,,,oheon g,lests and then
we're applauded for The WORK l,ies
had given to making tie fes'l'al
success. -. for
Home county visitors were not 1or-
qot in the celebration OF the uay.
Columbus Countvs own trounaool
Happy Sam Fowler was on haho ~
take charge of the amateur contest
in the afternoon at the stage Oh
Railroad street. Three prizes were
piven for the hes: interpretations Oh
home talent. .uoo,a,,
The night brought Halloween
Carnival at the high school gym
sponsored by the Womans oiu'
where cake walks. bobbing 1or AZ
niles and the usual Halloween luz
was presented for all ages. 49,.
SQUARE dancing at the Legion iiu1
ended the festivities with uncle rev
and his Smoky Mountain BOYS Oh
Dillon, S. c., providing the music
DAILY WITH CAFE