Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-09-27
Mayors In Seven Counties
Asked To Proclaim Yam
Festival Week Oct. 18th
Queen Contest
Feature Attraction

With the program completed
for the big Carolinas Yam Festi-
val, attention this week focused
on the Queen Contests" with
six entries already in and many
others expected before the Sep.
TENDER 80 deadline. Various CIV
ic clubs throughout the area have
been invited to place a contestant
in the Queen Growing" phase
of the program.
Many valuable gifts have al
ready been given to the Woman's
Club, sponsors of this contest.
and the lady who receives the
honor at the queen browning is
expected to receive at least $500
worth of valuable prizes.
Included among the fits that
will go to the winner are a dia-
mond ring valued at 5000 which
is being given by Dorman's Jew
elers and approximately $500
worth of wearing appareal, lug
gage and other jewelry donated
by many firms. A complete list
of these prizes and doners will
be published prior to the festival
opening.
The runner up will also receive
a valuable Ladies Hamilton
Wrist Watch from the Davis
Jewelry valued at $110.
Golfers Jewelry of Whiteville
is donating a piece of silver in
the chosen pattern to every con-
teStant.
The Queen will be crowned at
$50 on Thursday night, opening
night, October II, by the Honor
able F. Ertel Carlyle, representa-
tive from this district.
Inaugurating the big festival
on Thursday morning October IL
will be what promises to be the
affair with many others in the
process of being prepared. Also
the two Columbus county brass
bands will be present as will five
others from surrounding high
schools.
On this the third birthday of
the Carolinas Yam Festival, COM
mittees have functioned possibly
more enthusiastically than ever
before. The arrangements have
taken shape in record time for
all phases of the program and
the booth selling has topped all
previous years in sales even at
this early stage of the planning.
Under the guidance of A. c.
Edwards, overall chairman of
the festival planning, every COM
mittee has been active thus far
in a most commendable way.
Also taking a big part in the
arrangements thus far has been
Charlie Raper, county agent, who
has handled all the details with
the State College group which
will again have % educational
booths regarding the cultivation
of the sweet potatoes.
A. R. Howard, agricultural
agent for the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad, and Neil Bolton, agrl-
cultural agent for the Tide Water
Power Company, have been busy
with various projects since the
conception of the Third Annual
Festival. ,
A committee was appointed
this week to welcome and enter
tain Mrs. F. Ertel Carlyle VINO
will accompany her husband mere
for the celebration. Among those
making up this committee are
Mrs. w. A. Williams, Mrs. A. T.
edwards, Mrs. B. Alton Garrell,
Mrs s P Smith and Mrs. Ben
Nesmith, Jr.
Mrs B. A. Carroll, chairman or
booth selling committee has been
has been exceptionally successful
in the selling campaign thus far.
Reporting to a meeting OF all
committee chairmen at the Le'
gion Hut last Thurs. night, Mrs
Carroll disclosed that nearly
$500 in booth space had already
been sold and that even more
might be sold before the festival
takes place.
The Judging on the sweet pota'
to pies and the sweet potato ex'
hibits will be held prior to the
opening of the exhibit hall on
Thursday morning and will be
conducted by the County Home
Demonstration Agent Mrs. Keith
Blake, and County Agent Raper
Pies for the pie eating contest
will be furnished by members
of the Woman's Club, the same
organization that is sponsoring
the Queen contest, floor show ano
dance ON Thursday night.