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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
ROTARY CLUB
TO ENTERTAIN
TEACHERS

Plans have been completed for
the entertaining of the local
school teachers, their husbands
and wives, by the Rotarians here
next Tuesday night.
A committee has completed ar
engagements for holding the an
nual ladies and teachers night
and the program will be held at
the new Whiteville hotel in
Whiteville.
At the Monday night meeting
of the local club, it was decided
to help defray expenses of a
weiner roast for the school stu
dents who compose the Safety
Patrol.
The club had a short but lively
discussion of the MacArthur-Tru-
man controversy as the program
for the night.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
BERRY MART
PASSES 1000
CRATE MARK

The Tabor City Strawberry
market has sold approximately
1000 crates of strawberries this
season officials announced today
POI crates were sold Monday at
an average price of $9.46 and 2S1
crates were sold Tuesday averag'
ing $9.02.
Good berries sold from $500 to
$1,000 during the two day period
this week while a high of $17.OC
was reached last week.
The quality of the berries Is
moor with some showing decay
officials said. The quantity of the
fruit is picking up daily, and the
Weld per acre looks good.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
lanes Clemens
Ioins Us Navy

lanes Floyd Clemens, seaman
1rSN son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jonn
clemens of Route e. Taoor 10y 10y,
I'D volunteered for active duty
i i,a the Navy and has been assign
ed ed to the Receiving Station It sa,. nav oro.
al Base, Charleston, S. c: for pro
o. s and. further assignment:
Clemens, who is . veteran Oh
y, ,sanths service with the Navy
1,,.s stationed at Guam during
World War II.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
| Mrs. Harrelson's
Mother Dies

Mrs. Florence Mitchell Whit
new, mother of Mrs. r. G. Harrel-
son, Jr., died in a Philadelphia
hospital Monday night at 11:3O
following a critical illness OF one
week. Mrs. HARRISON went to
Philadelphia last Wednesday to
be with her mother.
Surviving Mrs. Whiteney be-
sides her daughter is a brother
L. N. D. Mitchell of Philadelphia.
Funeral arrangements were IN
complete when the death message
arrived here.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
TABOR CITY STORES TO CLOSE
ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
DURING MAY, JUNE AND JULY
Merchants Plan
Morning Specials

"In keeping with the custom
initiated several years ago, al
local businesses will close their
doors at 100 every Wednesday
during the months of May, June
and July" Ben Nesmith III
president of the Tabor City Mer
chants Association announced
this week.
Tabor City business houses
have made it a practice in the
past to close only during these
three months in the year while
farmers are generally busy with
their planting and cultivating
chores.
In an effort to give those per
sons who need to do some SOM
midweek shopping some en-
couragement to trade in Tabor
ICity on Wednesday morning
many local merchants this week
set aside choice bargains which
they will offer at reduced prices
to Wednesday customers only.
Many of the specials being OF
fered by furniture stores, depart
ment stores and grocery stores
offer good merchandise at belo"
wholesale costs and has every
reason to be attractive to anyone
in need of such materials. The
specials are being offered o5
such a wide variety of businesse:
that almost any type merchan
disc is available at cutrate prices
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
Flee Club Concert
Hated Next Week
Funds Needed
To Help Pay
For Robes

The Tabor City Glee Club, pop.
ular singing group that has made
many appearances throughout
the area during the past several
years, will present a program of
sacred music and secular music
at the school auditorium here
Thursday night, May 8, at 500.
Mrs. w. w. Woody, director of
the group, said this week that
there would also be some novelty
numbers.
A dance feature by Mrs. March
cite, dancing instructor, will al
so be on the program.
In the past, all programs given
by the local Glee Club have been
free of charge but next Thurs
days appearance will mark the
first time that an admission has
been required.
The club this year bought &C
robes for the 60-voice singing
group and this outlay of $500 has
caused the club to require some
finances. In an effort to help
defray these expenses, next
weeks production will have a
small admission charge.
The Glee Club has made an eX-
ceptionally good record for sew.
eral years and usually draws a
good crowd for its programs.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
MAIN STREET BUILDING
SOLD TO J. NJ. McG0UGAN

J. M. McGougan Electric Com
pany here, this week completed
a transaction with R. B. Britt TOR
the purchase of the railroad
street building now housing the
bus station and 'Wright's Gas
Company.
The business deal also included
the vacant % foot lot between
the building and Rogers Auto
Service. Street frontage of the
building and vacant lot is 70
feet.
McGougan said this week that
the building was purchased sole
w as an investment and that the
present occupants would remain
in the building.
In addition to the businesses
located in the building, two a.
nartments are upstairs.
No indication of the amount OF
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
scHOOL MASTERS
EJECT OFFICERS

To- Columbus county school
|,,,s.srS CLUB met last week at
f. Old Dock school with Prin'
w., n. N. Jones, principal, me
-. and elected new officers for
as year.
Tonss was named president. r
Psriar, OF Williams township
s,,oof vas elected vice president
sr5 5 ". Caruso, of TABOR City
s,a,sss6ed c : Primer as secre-
::---.l.e..s...ef rAn..ac has preVl-
nSr served as president OF the
s.o :or several terms.
Cayuso. VINO was elected 10
ns1,.seyship in the group at the
lIs,ca meeting, is holding an Of
liz II ne club for the first time
u. J. Boyer, couney superln-
,:aien, of education, MADE the
::a.Yr. address on the subject OF
.s.ooI mortality" Bogers re-
marks pointed out the factors
fading 20 students dropping out
q: school and cratic attendance,
The social facts which ne saio
nai great deal to do with the
shool mortality included parents
,:gEgence through indifference
and ignorance; failure to adap'
ne school program to the needs
q the child in upper grades; ano
trken homes.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
[,ocAL SCHOOL
10 HEAR EAR.
bR. AGNEW

=. {. Agnew. president OF
y. ~. roIlese. will deliver the
oSs ,.nrerent sermon to the To-
}, ;'' a:sh school seniors on Sun
Nav, IS. c. H. Primer, prin,
Fs,l announced this week.
r.. Agnew. one of the fore
- 49, sneakers in the South has
FSS ~, T,anv such addresses to
10 ,'aSSes and is general &C,
F,: g 4 among the most tai
I'D II the field.
D,sr,;pal Primer also announc-
IVA graduation and COM
+ exercises would be
(. ~ Nav IS with DR.. Earl
l ts n,ofesSoy of religion and
fS:,,.on,v at Eastern Carolina
.,. college as the main
gsaher. ..,.
- - held at the school on
n, and Friday May L
~ i.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
Charles Hodges
Is Promoted

Charles E. Hodges, son OF t Mi,
.nd Mrs, ]. ]. Hodges OF inns
anu am, has been promoted to the
rank of Pfc. and is now s:a' .,ain.
at &c Camp Gorden, Ga. He IS train
ing for Air Police. .,o Air
'' Pfc. Hodges enlisted in the AT
~. Feb, 5, 1851 and was sent
f f E Fort Bragg to Lakeland
i . rorce Base, Texas, and from
t taa to his present base.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
.Loris Cleaners
Opens Next Week

A new business will open IN
1oris next week by the name
1oris cleaners, under the owner
chin of MIR. and Mrs. William
Wilkins, owners of the Tabor
civ cleaners, Tabor City.
The new business will be nous
Cd in the former location OF tne
81 or;s Sex store. Buck Wilkins
Of nGl Arlington Ar Georgia, brother 81
the owner, will be associated WIN
the t,, management of the Lorls
Cleaners.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
CANCER DRIVE
WILL CLOSE
SOON HERE

The Tabor City Cancer Drive
will continue through this month,
Mrs. B.. A. Carroll, leader, an.
nounced today. ut is hoped that
all local people will make their
contributions by that time so the
drive here will prove successful
Mrs. Carroll said. She also point.
ed out that Tabor City citizens
should contribute heavily now
that the State Cancer Home, 10.
Gated in Lumberton, will oper
soon with INDECENT cancer patti
ents being admitted. The Cancer
Home is a new service made pos.
sible by the American Cancer So
ciety and the North Carolina
Institute for Cancer.
Coin cans will hold their
places, in the various bushes:
places, for the convience of shop
pers, only several more days.
Girls from Mrs. Nettie Ham
mond's home room in the Tabor
City school will hold Tag Day.
on the streets Saturday.
Anyone wishing to mail con-
tribution should make the check
payable to American Cancer So
ciety and address it to Mrs. B. A
Carroll, Tabor City.
Two educational cancer film
along with "Brest Self-examina.
ton" will be shown in Tabor
City this month. The schedule
for the public showing to women
will be announced later.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
Harold Fonviel1e
wakes A F Corporal

u
and !, Fonvielle, son of Mr..
eir, %fs' E. w. Fonvielle of this
,a NJ Ids been promoted to the
ises VI Corporal. Fonvielle en-
ar, =. N the Air Force in Janu-
Pc,, s Year and was sent from
su,so bragg to Lakeland Air
nads =, aase, Texas, where he
he ~, armament party. He held
Scr Jung -: of Pfc. for only a
Outs >. s.OnVielle is training re-
'' the Texas base.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
Lebanon Group
Enjoys Trip

Several members of the Leban
on Home Demonstration club and
their families spent Saturday at
Brook Green Gardens, Myrtle
Beach.
A picnic lunch was enjoyed on
the grounds of the garden.
Those attending were Mr.. and
Mrs. B. P. Gurganus, Vernon Cur:
ganus, Mrs. Pearl Bass, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Hayes, Mrs. D. M
C,,rrie and Miss Thelma Currie
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
Rainbow Girls
To Have Instruction

Members of the Rainbow AS
senbIy For Girls will be instruct
ed in sqaure dancing, including
the Virginia Reel, at the Wallace
Soles recreation hall Saturday
evening at 7:30.
Mrs. A. o. King, Jr., member
of the Advisory Board, will be in
charge.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
Britt's Move
To Orangeburg

Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Britt, Tabor
City residents for a number OF
wears, last week moved tc
Orangeburg, S. c. where they
purchased a variety store bust
ness and residence.
The Britt's plan to open a chill
dren's shop there at an early
date.
Mr.. and Mrs. Britt have two
sons, Louie and Danny.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
ATTENDS MEET

Herbert Fowler, employee o.
White Motor Sales, attended q
WESTINGHOUSE service meeting In
Charlotte Tuesday. He was &C
companied there by Mrs. A. A,
White and Miss Janell White and
Mrs. Fowler.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-25
Old Zion Society
To Give Program

The Young Peoples Society OF
the Old Zion Wesleyan Methodist
Church will give a missionary
pantomine, 1.-THE Heroine OF
Ava" at the church Sunday even.
ing at 7:30 o'clock.
The public is invited to attend.
Evening star., 1951-05-21
Get Back on the Beam

The Republican contingent led by Senator
Wiley should move out of the wilderness as the
committee headed by Senator Russell resumes
its investigation of General MacArthurs dis
miSsal today.
Senator Wiley has strayed very far off the
beam. His attempt to probe into confidential
conversations between General Bradley and the
President was ill-advised and foredoomed to
failure. His latest suggestion that the President
should be called as witness, and possibly COM
PEELED to appear, is even more ridiculous.
The Russell committee has had no serious
difficulty in obtaining the essential facts per-
tanning to General MacArthur's dismissal. The
reasons for it, whether one accepts them as valid
or not. are clear enough. It has had even less
difficulty in getting the benefit of competent
opinion bearing on the more important question
OF what our military policy in Korea should be.
General Macarthur, General Marshall and Gen
eral Bradley have testified at length. And the
members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are avail
able.
Senator Wiley and his colleagues may not
be happy with the way the investigation is shap-
ing up. But he has very little basis for saying
that the inquiry may wind up as mot only
whitewash but washout."
This investigation certainly is not going to
wind up as whitewash. If it proves to be
washout the Republicans will have been the
architects of that result
Evening star., 1951-05-21

scientific, the fault was not so much hers as
that of the time in which she lived and labored.
Miss Barton's residence on Oxford road re-
hected her individuality. Its architecture, its
arrangements, its furnishings, It's decorations
all these add up to something different from
other houses. They show how she made her
work the one all-inclusive interest of her mind,
her heart, her spirit. She a0as the Red Cross
from 1881 until her REIMBURSEMENT OF the presi-
dency in 1904 Then the development she spon-
sored passed beyond her own management just
as her Office and dwelling place were outgrown.
Much of her effort always had gone into enlist
ing other persons in her crusade against suffer-
ing and death. When they had been recruited,
she necessarily looked to them for the new poll
cies Of expansion which were required.
But her influence never has faded. Miss
Barton still is living force in the Red Cross.
Her name remains famous. She symbolzes the
humane ideal in war and peace alike. Her por-
trait has been reproduced on worldwide scale.
It has gone to the ends Of the earth on postage
stamps So the house at Glen Echo has the
character of shrine of a sort, since 1t was hers
and Is being maintained by its present owners
with reverence for her memory. The plaque
dedicated today merely calls attention to this
fact. It is worthy gesture of the Montgomery
County Red Cross and as such will be accepted
by 3738 other branches.
Evening star., 1951-05-21

fear appears quite. justified in view of
all that occurred later on, when he ig-
nored his earlier Judgment and allowed
the people Of the United States to send
him to Washington for two terms as
President
In early 1868. Sherman himself was
ordered to Washington. He Immediately
wrote directly to President johnson as
follows:
Generals Scott and Taylor proved
themselves soldiers and patriots in the
field, but Washington was fatal to both.
This city, and the influences that centre
here. defeated every army that had its
headquarters heres from 1861 to 1864, and
would have overWl 1elmed General Grant
:. had he not been fortified by strong
reputation y. :. whereas, in the West,
we made progress from the start. because
there was no political capital near
enough to poison -our minds. and kindle
into life that craving. itching for fame
which has killed more good men than
bullets. have bet.n with General Grant
In. the midst of de ath and slaughter i. :. +.
and yet never saw him more troubled
than since he has been in Washington
:. Therefore. with my consent. Wash
ington never"
In spite of the, above letter, Sherman
was ordered to Washington He i'm
mediately wrote Gen. Grant as follows:
II never felt 50 troubled in my life.
Were 1t an order to go to Sitka, to the
devil. to battle with rebels or Indians,
I think that you would not hear a
whimper from me-"
Evening star., 1951-05-21
BY Charles E. TroceweN

uncomfortable when another reads over
his shoulder is difficult to say. Perhaps
1t Is the fact that the extra reader is
stranger.
Perhaps some day man with good
loud voice, the famous modern voice Of
authority" will begin to read Walt Whit
man to bus load.
Poems of the good gray poet" would
be much better than some Of the stuff
one is forced to hear.
How wonderful, to hear when LilacS
Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd"! Or the
Chant of the Open Road, the Song Of
Myself, or the Praise of Democracy.
It would do people good, instead of
staring into space, trying to look un-
concerned at being squeezed tight by
strangers, If they were to hear great
tines of great writer's chanted for them
In pleasant voice.
The book has been (and believe still
ls) such a dominant thing in our cul-
ture that we ought not to permit the
school children to have almost monop-
oily Of 1t in public.
It would be better for adults, so-called,
II they emulated the man who always
carried q book, and carried one. too.
The choice Is large, the opportunity
widespread. just something else to keep
track Of In tight squeeze? True, true
but worth 1t. A good book Is always
worth It,
Evening star., 1951-05-21

that he may believe in the things of the
spirit, too.
After all, the book as symbol is not
seen often enough.
Come to think of it, it is rare.
Besides this; man with the book. no
other candidate for these honors shone
forth on the daily trip back and forth.
Schoolboys and girls had books. 1t
was true, butt then one expects them to
have books. Books, with them, are in
struments.
The real book carrier is he who does
not have to carry one.
In the daily life. few persons carry
books. Least of all they carry the Bible.
In all the years one may watch, just one
man read such a. book in public as un-
concernedly as if it were a novel.
It was in Latin, and all the watcher
caught, with his faulty knowledge Of that
tongue, was "queen Of heaven"
r.
The man who always carried book
made no attempt at display.
Those who love books seldom do.
He carried his book with title in, so
that these who like to spy on such mat
ters could not see easily. When he read.
he held his h,ok 10 that those who love
to read over lshoulders had q hard time
Of It.
Just what there Is that makes reader
Evening star., 1951-05-21
This and That /.

"What has become of your friend who
always carried book?"
II don't know" said. II miss him."
Many persons miss him, without doubt.
He was tall, thin, with keenly intel
lectual face, but not too much so. He
never wore glasses, and often he had
smile.
In his left hand, he always carried
book.
Once it was a green book, which
turned out to be copy Of Schlessinger's
"Age Of Jackson"
He carried this for several months.
but whether that bespoke him q slow
reader or not it was impossible to tell.
Perhaps he read only on public We
hicles.
If SO, he had no more than As minutes
to an hour day to devote to his IA
vorite pussuit.
In a year this would mount up. It
would mean, with many persons. the
difference between reading and not read
ing.
The very sight Of person with book
Is helpful.
Itmeans that one, at least. in sagging
human world, is standing UP to be
counted.
He believes in the things Of the mind.
AID II one SO believes there ID chSnce
Evening star., 1951-05-21
Clara Borton's House

The house at Glen Echo in which Clara
Barton made her home from 1893 until her death
in 1912 is being marked today in her memory
A plaque suitably inscribed is to be unveiled BY
representatives of the Montgomery County
branch of the great organization of service and
mercy which she founded 10 years ago. This is
altogether fitting and proper because 1t reminds
present generations Of Americans that the Amer
lean Red Cross came into existence largely be-
cause Of her peculiar genius for organization.
She was gifted with special skill in persuading
people to work together for a common humani-
tartan purpose If her methods were not exactly
Evening star., 1951-05-21
Serious Threat to Safety

Arlington County has raised another serious
objection to the State Highway Departments
plan to open Shirley Highway to through North
South truck traffic in the near future. The
Arlington County School Board, with the in
dorsement of the County Board, has sent to
Richmond strong warning that the letting
down of the bars to trucks will endanger the
safety Of children attending three Arlington
schools. This is warning that highway officials
cannot afford to brush aside lightly.
A petition filed with the State Highway De-
partment by the School Board points out that
many children who are students at the Dolly
Madison Junior High School Cater to become
an elementary school as welD, the Hoffman
Boston Elementary School and the Oakridge Ele-
mentary School cross already heavily travelled
Shirley Highway en- route to and from their
classes. The Dolly Madison and Hoffman Boston
Schools are right on the highway, and Oakridge
School Is short distance away School officials
fear that If, as is proposed Shirley Highway is
further congested with heavy truck traffic fun
neled into 1t from q. s. Route i, the accident
hazards will be gravely increased.
Through trucks have been barred from the
highway ever since its construction during the
war, except for short section near the Fentagon
network, where U. s. MOL traffic merges with
Shirley Highway as it approaches the Fourteenth
Street Bridge. But State road officials have
announced that the highway will be thrown
open to all traffic as soon as the final strip of
the divided-lane, limited-access thoroughfare
near Woodbridge is completed This work is
now being rushed. Much opposition already has
arisen to the truck plan, on the grounds that it
will increase traffic risks and will encourage
pressure for commercialization of the memorial
boulevard, posing a threat Of another service
station-and- hot dog -stand-lined No. route.
Even more persuasive is the child-safety argu-
ment voiced by the Arlington School Board. The
Star agrees with the board and other critics Of
the truck-opening plan that Shirley Highway
ought to remain free frqm through truck traffic
Evening star., 1951-05-21
Suspects FIuoride Plot

In connection with the current dis
cussion of advisability of fiuorination
of our drinking water, and the an
nounced decision of our Commissioners
to put the scheme through. it is very
evident that there Is some very per-
sistent pressure being applied through
some interested commercial organiza-
tions for the adoption of this process.
And back of this pressure is the am
bition Of some firm, or firms. to make
sizable profit out of District funds.
which means taxpayers funds. It is
extremely difficult for the guinea pig
populace Of the District to swallow the
argument that all this effort is being
expended solely with the altruistic
motive of enhancing the well-being of
the residents. .
One does not have to be doctor or
a dentist to comprehend that good
deal of the talk in favor Of fluorination
is mere propaganda. Common sense will
inform any intelligent person that zone
part of fluoride to each one million
parts of water" momentarily contracting
the teeth in the process Of drinking,
could not possibly have very definite
effect one way or another. And even so.
the claimed benefits would apply only
to children under eight years. Common
sense also informs us that the strength
and preservation of the teeth in children
depends preponderantly upon nourish-
ment from within the system. When
wesconsider that soft drinks are replacing
milk in the regular diet of many Of our
children, we need search no further for
a cause for dental deficiency.
There are so very many more essential
needs in our Capital. If the people had
any say in their own government. they
would demand that available funds be
used to clean up our slovenly streets,
dirty alleys and slums, to give us an
adequate police force so that residents
could walk our streets in safety, and
to secure proper enforcement of traffic
regulations, now violated with impunity
In thousands Of cases, at the constant cost
OF life and limb. These things are vastly
more important than the hypothetical
improvement of the dental condition of
small percentage Of the population.
Vera e. Adams.
Evening star., 1951-05-21
In Spring in Dream

Where snop of apple petal lies
on orchard DdH
And siDittly doiDn the eDe1,iag skies
Blue sD1llolDs fall, g.
Where brook beside the road is loud,
And NAPLES green
With leaUes like moths, and poplnrs cloud
The light betWeen,
A boy Is apt to 1Dalk too straight.
A boy NTH dog ,
Along the lane from, pasture gate
Hearing frog
Piping at dusk-c boy 70 free
TO smile and plan,
Thinking HON finer thiags sCsH be
When he Is man.
Cherries MoIam