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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-11
CIVITAN
MINSTREL
TOMORROW

Nightly rehearsals this week
have added the finishing touches
to the much-heralded Negro Min.
strel scheduled for the school
auditorium here tomorrow night
at 500.
With a cast of dozens, all local
people, and with the newly added
attraction of Ed Walden and his
famed Sermon" the minstrel by
all counts is expected to be one
of the most outstanding comedy
attractions ever presented here.
There was evidence this week
that a near capacity house would
turn out for this annual Civitan
affair. Last year the club played
to near-full house and there Is
every isdication that this year
will be a repeat performance.
Proceeds from the minstrel will
be used to purchase necessary in
cidentals for the local high school
band.
The show will also be presented
at Cerro Gordo this year. Civil
tans plan to present the show
there on Friday night and any
local persons who are unable to
make the local production, may
see it in Cerro Gordo on Friday
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-11
Trustee Offices
Being Fought For

LORIS, April II -(SpeciaD-
Following Monday nights meet
ing of school patrons in the Lorls
district, small groups gathered
throughout the area to discuss
the possible candidates for the
democratic election slated Tor
Friday night at which time eight
school trustees will be elected.
Like choosing up for a sandlot
baseball game, the entire citizen
nv found itself on one team or the
other, and there is definitely two
teams. .
Reportedly conversations in
homes and offices lasted we'll into
the wee hours and plans were
made for staging a full dress
nolitical campaign for the va
cancies on the board of trustees
That campaign was gettlng
into full swing today with actual
workers throughout the country
side presenting their candidates
and asking for support on Fri
day. +b.+ tho
sn1it had boiled down to a one
nIank platform-that is the r o,
Reerv's" and against Deerys.
The situation was so hotly con,
tested this week and in weeks
nast that it has split churches,
a;xic clubs, and even homes ana
families have found their mem
hers on opposite sides OF 'he
fence.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-11
Vicki Lewis
Wins Junior
Dress Revue

Vicki Sue Lewis won top hon.
ors in the Junior All club dress
revue at the Tabor City school
Tuesday morning. Linda Faye
Norris and Erma Jean Cox and
Dorothy HARRISON were white
ribbon winners.
Vicki Lewis was also crowned
local junior All club queen and
Ronnie Long was crowned junior
king.
In the senior 4.H club health
contest, Annie Louise Cox was
selected as queen and Gilbert
Long was named king. Both win.
ners in the junior and senior d.
visions will compete in the coun
ty.wide health queen and king
contest.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-11
CancerSocietyLaun Drive

ing, Mrs. y. o. King, Jr., Mrs
V. r. Burroughs, Mrs. G. Gar
land Fowler, Mrs. F. r. Rogers
Jr., Mrs. S. T. Rogers, Mrs. Wood
row Sarvis, Mrs. ]. Woody High
Mr.. Bromo Finson, Mrs. Thelna
IS. Fonvielle, Mrs. Keifer Grazing,
er, Mrs. Lear?on Beck, Mrs. A. c
Edwards. Mrs. Joe Coleman, Mrs.
Layc Norris 1I"s. Erskin Young
and Mrs. Garcie Herring.
Bessie Johnson was named
chairman C the colored area and
will announce workers later.
In ot--I-'5.-ance of the Cancer
Crusade the Saint Paul Method
list Church and the Mount Tabor
Baptist Cnu2cn will observe next
Sunday as Cancer Sunday"
Mrs. Carroll said.
Tag Days will be held in the
Tabor City business district each
Saturday this month beginning
April Il at which time students
will tag each person who makes
Continued On Page 10)
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-11
Loris In y proar Over School Situation
Walker Granger Commits Suicide On Monday
SHOTGUN BLAST
ENDS LIFE
OF LOCAL MAN

Leamon Walker Granger, 81
year old Tabor City farmer shot
and killed hisself at his home
here late Monday, a few hours
after a warrant charging aban.
donment and non support had
been served on him.
Granger who had been separ-
ateG from his wife for about one
week was spotted lying in the
doorway of his home by a neigh
boris daughter, who called police
Grainger's home here is located
near a funeral home and Ameri
can Legion Hut.
A coroner's inquest, called here
Monday night by Columbus
County Coroner Lacy Thompson,
ruled that Granger took his own
life. The charge of shot from
~ guage gun entered Grainger's
chest.
Funeral services for the victim
were held from the Carolina Bap-
fist Church Tuesday Afternoon
at 4 o'clock by Rev. w. c. Her
rington, church pastor. Interment
was in the church cemetery.
He is survived by his wife the
former Ida Edwards; two sons
Levon and Ronnie; his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. Granger
route 2, Tabor City; four broth.
ers, Dewey, James, Mack and
Ashton Granger, all of Tabor
City; two sisters, Mrs. Demp.
sey Strickland and Mrs. Roy
Wright, both of Tabor City.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-11
SPOTLIGHTERS
ENTERTAIN
.ROTARIANS

The Spotlighters, local high
school playmaking group had
charge of the program at tn:
regular Monday night meeting
of the local Rotary club.
The spotlighters presented a
revised version of a skit which
they recently put on in Chapel
Hill in statewide drama competi-
tion. The locals received honor
able mention in the Chapel Hill
event.
Several local Rotarians are at
tending the district meeting of
the organization in Greenville
N. c., this week. The meeting
opens tomorrow.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-11
Macarthur Fired

Radio reports early this
morning announced that
President Truman had re-
Iieved General Douglas
Macarthur of his Far
Eastern Command. Cen
eral Matthew Ridgeway
has succeeded Macarthur
as Commander in the Far
Eastern Theater.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-11
DR.. L. A. Taylor
To Speak At
PRESBYTERIAN Church

DR.. L A Taylor of Wilmington
will deliver the worship message
at the Tabor City Presbyterian
church Sunday morning at II
o'clock, officials have announced.
The public is invited to attend.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-11

Mrs. Laura Scott Welbourn
former member of the Tabor
CITY school faculty, and Mrs. T.
T Edwards of Whiteville were
recent guests in the home of Mrs
Roland Baldwin.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-11
Superintendent, Trustees
Resign;C ommunity Wide
Confusion Now Reigns
FRIDAY NIGHT MEETING SCHEDULED
RI FrFCT COMPLETELY NEW BOARD

... >..a!l-A long dormant dissatisfaction with the
~ md is administrative officials burst into full fury
80 week ana the ctizenrys democratic action brought I'M
...... ~.. i>lYcS and similar results.
-,- -a for d dSgruned public the Lors school systems
~ ave been we'll guarded and to date kept from public
" week when Board of Trustees of the Loris high
.. .. tired IS high school teachers while accepting
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-11

former businessman and former
member OF the Horny County
Board OF Education and the cen
| trail figure in the controversy
meantime had handed in his res
| ignation.
But with the townspeople or
their high horses because of the
wholesale firing of teachers, the
trustees came under severe at
tack from every side. They
promptly called a meeting Fri
day and both high school ano
grammar school trustees resign.
ed en- masSe.
But their designations had not
come in time to stop d called
community meeting for Monday
night by school patrons and
teachers. Notices had already
been circulated.
That meeting went Of. as scne-
duled but VITA . lar different
theme. Designed originally as a
protest o. the firing, its object
was changed .ttely upon
the resignation Of the trustees.
These designations made null
and void every action which the
trustees made last week. In eft
feet, all teachers still have jobs
and their reelection or failure to
be reelected will be decided by a
new group of trustees. Likewise
presumably Deery's resignation
will necessitate acceptance or re
lection by the new trustees.
Thus at Monday nights meet
ing at the high school audito'
rum. a packed house heard Sam
Lowry say that there was no
longer any need for the protest
meeting. The situation had re-
volved into a success for the PEG.
ple in that a totally new board
would be elected in a completely
democratic way on Friday night
April Is, at the high school audi
forum.
School patrons from the entire
district were urged to be present
at that time when the County
BOARD of Education in person VII
conduct the election. In reality.
persons elected at the meeting
will simply be recommendation:
to the board of education nut
they are expected to be accepted
exactly as elected Friday.
The exact method of holding
the election will be decided by
the county board at a called SEES
sion in Conway Friday afternoon
prior to the election meeting IN
Loris.
This will mark the first time
in Loris that trustees have been
named in any manner other than
a direct appointment by the coun-
tv board, usually upon recon-
nnendation of the local member
of that board. Deery himself helo
that authority while serving on
tho hoard and it has been in the
hands of Harvey Graham since
the post was vacated by Deery'
Graham is the present local mem
ber on the county board. !
The high school board %, OF
r,,stees as it was composed last
week before the designations IN
,lnded Needham J. Causey, CHAIR
nan: B. X. stabler, A. L. StrlcK-
and and C. A. Thomas. E. w.
prince former chairman OF the
hoard, had resigned several
weeks ago because of declining
health. on.r
trustees of the grammar
school were A. L. Strickland A.
= Mcqueen and A. T. Hinson:
1, eohoo1 natrons and school chill
,ron have felt the damage done
W. last weeks drastic action:
H W teachers quickly lost sign 1T
" their primary object-that IS
=, eacbing the children. Many were
Trough teaching for the re,
of the year. Chiloreh
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1951-04-11

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Never Again, : Says
Architect Who Built
Home With Own Labor

Never again!" says a Wash
ington area architect who built
his own home largely with his
own labor.
When you build your own
house. you become its prisoner
until the job is finished-and
that's a long. long time" says
John A. d'Epagnier, the architect.
1T takes every minute of your
time-and then some. But
must say there is a lot of salts
faction in knowing that you've
completed the job"
Mr.. d'Epagnier. a Silver Spring
architect, built his house on a
high knoll on Motley road, Coles
vile, Md.
The site has flve-and-a-half
acres. 1t contains 100 apple trees.
eight peach trees and an acre of
garden.
From start to finish, the job re-
quired more than four years. Mr..
and Mrs. d'Epagnier had two chill
dren when the house was begun
and five children when it was
completed.
The architect said he planned
the house to accommodate budg-
ct. and SO that 1t would be ex-
pansible as his family grew. The
family lived in the original sec
tlon two years before the owner
undertook a second section con-
tanning the present bedroom wing.
OF contemporary design, the
house has a living room-dining
room combined, three bedrooms
two bathrooms. kitchen, utility
room and a carport. Maximum
dimensions are 96 feet by "a feet,
including the 10-by-20-foot car
port. The house contains l,763
square feet of floor space. The
living room-dining room is 80 by
II feet.
Mr.. d'Epagnier said he plans to
transform the carport into a porch,
owing to the fact that the view
from the carport is too valuable
10 lose as. space devoted to car
storage purposes.
Some Skilled Help.
The architect said he had the
services of a carpenter and helper
to put up the framework of the
house, a plumber to install heat
Ing and plumbing, mason for the
f1replaces and an electrician for
wiring.
With his own labor, he built the
Evening star., 1951-11-10
For Rooms Facing West

Rooms with western exposure
are generally the warmest-par-
ticularly during the afternoon. For
this reason. it is usually wise to
select cool colors for walls and
woodwork. When choosing paint
color, remember that, towards
evening, the light becomes soft
and seems to mellow all colors.
Earlier. it is brilliant and will
make a great color change in a
room unless soft tones have been
selected.
Evening star., 1951-11-10

foundation and handled virtually
all the rest of the job.
Exterior walls are of California
redwood beveled siding placed
vertically. The roof is of the
built-up type. Over the living
room, the roof is of the shed va
Iriety, and over the bedroom wing
/ it is fiat.
Interior walls of dressed hem
lock and of plywood given a rub
bed. natural finish.
The living room has a stone
fireplace, and the master bedroom
a fireplace of brick.
At present, two of the bedrooms
serve as a single dormitory for
the family's four daughters and
one son, the oldest of whom-the
Ison-is seven. The dormitory room
/ is ~ feet long by 13 feet wide.
Picked Style in California.
Mr.. d'Epagnier started to build
the house soon after his service
as Navy lieutenant ended.
He said he decided to build a
modern house after he had seen
many examples of modern archi-
lecture in California while sta
toned there.
Il suppose I was lucky that I
attempted this job while my chill
Idren were small" he said.
IF they had been a little older,
they would have been into every
thing, and probably would never
have got the job done"
Evening star., 1951-10-12
School Festival Tomorrow

The Bailey's Crossroads Ele-
mentary School will hold fall
festival from l to pm. tomorrow
at the school.
Evening star., 1951-10-12
Columbus Descendant Honors
Ancestor Amid PIumes, Braid

Twenty = six year old Christie
pher Columbus XVII placed a
wreath before the statue of his
ancestor at Union Station Plaza
today the 459th anniversary of
the discovery of America.
The young man, who is here as
a goodwill ambassador, wore the
uniform of an admiral of the
Spanish navy, one of his honorary
titles. He is lieutenant in the
navy in actual service.
The uniform is a resplendent
one with a white ostrich plume
the length of a long black
hat folded fore and aft. The visi-
tor was Joined in placing the
wreath by the Spanish Ambassa-
dor, Jose Felix de Lequerica, while
the Metropolitan Police Band
played America the Beautiful"
Knights of Columbus Present.
Suddenly there appeared to be
more than a dozen Spanish ad-
mirals on the scene. They were
of the color guard of the
fourth degree of the Knights of
Columbus. Their hats and capes
were the same as the "admiral's."
Only the big gold epaulets on his
shoulders distinguished Senor
Columbus who has a couple of
dukedomes and nj Nrquesates
among his titles. II
Finally the knights lined up
Evening star., 1951-10-12
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Evening star., 1951-10-12
Northeast Group Protests
lntegrated Fire Department

The Northeast Washington Cit
liens Association last night in
dignantly protested the Commits
sioners' policy of integrating col
ored men into white fire COM
panies.
After heated discussion, the
group voted to send the Com
missioners and Fire Chief J. A.
Mayhem letters of protest. The
one dissenter in the association
opposed the associations stand
on grounds that "colored men are
required to fight for their country
and therefore deserve equal en-
|ployment opportunities"
A number of old issues were
once more brought to the floor.
The group again asked that
President Truman appoint a Dis
trict resident as recorder of deeds.
They protested the "unreason-
ably loud" sirens of Casualty Hos
pital ambulances and voted to
ask the Traffic Department again
for traffic lights at the corners
of Seventh and Maryland avenue
NE, Eighth and Maryland ave-
nue. NE. and Fourth and D streets
NE.
The meeting was held at Ed
monds School, Ninth and D streets
NE,
Evening star., 1951-10-12
Police Chief Barrett
Buys 22o-Acre Farm;
Retirement Hinted

Police Supt. Robert J. Barrett
has bought 220-acre dairy farm
in Frederick County. Md. about
IS miles northwest of Washing
ton. it was learned today.
Maj. Barrett repeatedly will
take possession next April l. CIV
ing rise to renewed speculation
that he plans to retire in the
spring.
The price of the Maryland farm
was $4,000. according to the deed
on file in the Circuit Court clerks
office in Frederick. He repeatedly
made a $4,000 cash down pay
ment.
Maj. Barrett also owns a beach
front summer home at Colonial
Beach, Va. and a house at 5811
Seventh street NV. in the Bright
wood section.
Seeks to Sell Beach Home.
He told newsmen he now il
trying to sell his Colonial Beach
property. valued at approximately
$4,000. The beach home, an at
tractive frame house, has an air.
conditioned second-f1oor. He sale
that since his daughters mar.
riage. the house hasn't been usec
much and he considers it a luxury
The 49-year-old chief, a veteran
of 26 years on the force, has suf-
fered from back ailments which
have led to rumors that he woulo
seek retirement for physical dis
ability. Maj. Barrett has denied
the rumors. particularly when hi,
department has been under fire.
Another Farm Sold.
His newly purchased property is
112 miles southeast of Urbana on
Route 240 and is adjacent to an
other dairy farm bought June 1a
by Raymond A. Deaner of the
Occidental Restaurant.
The deed to the farm purchased
by Maj. Barrett was issued by
Amos Hotter. attorney and trustee
under the will of Birdie j. Dudrow
who died in 1948. The deed was
dated September q and issued to
Maj. Barrett and his wife.
Mr.. Hotter said the farm has a
Washington milk permit and he
understands Maj. Barrett plans
to operate it as a dairy farm. 1t
is now operated by tenant farmers.
Evening star., 1951-10-12

with their wreaths with the
visitor and the Ambassador in the
center. There were no speeches.
X. of C. Dignitaries Listed.
Among the Knights of Column
bus dignitaries attending were
Charles j. Considine, vice supreme
master of the fourth degree repre-
senting the supreme council; c.
Eugene Nichols, deputy for the
District: Lester Moss, grand
knight of the Washington Coun-
Gil; Harry D. Utz, grand knight of
Keane Council; James P. Coll,
grand knight of Carroll Council;
Charles U. Tretler, grand knight
Of Spalding Council; Joseph M.
Huck, grand knight of Potomac
Council; Frank Appel, grand
knight of Edward Douglas White
Council (Arlington); James J..
faithful navigator of the
Washington General Assembly.
fourth degree; Joseph M. Nc
kenna, supreme commander. and
Francis B. Myers, District grand
commander of the Order of the
Alhambra.
Civic Club Gathers.
The wreath laying at the monu-
ment began with a gathering of
members of the Lido CIVIC Club
with DR.. Raphael N nganaro.
chairman of the club ivic af-
fairs committee, presid
Evening star., 1951-10-12
Commissioners Get
Gregory Custer Case

The Board of Public Welfare
today sent to the Commissioners
the case of Mrs. Mary E. C. Greg
ory, ousted superintendent of the
National Training School for
Girls.
A board spokesman said all the
material on Mrs. Gregory was
sent to the Commissioners "for
their consideration" at noon today,
The statement was not expanded,
but it was assumed that this
means the case is now out of the
boards hands.
Mrs. Gregory, who had private
nearing before the board earlier
this week, was given a choice of
accepting one of two jobs offered
her at the Industrial Home
school for Colored Boys or re-
signing. The board spokesman
said she had given no indication
OF what she wanted to do.
Mrs. Gregory's attorney. James
A. Cobb, said after the board
nearing that she would make no
decision until after the board
acted: :"