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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23
Fifth Yam Festival Planned

The Fifth Annual Carolinas Yam
Festival will be held in Tabor
City this year on October 9, TO-
and IL, and Oliver Prince will
serve as overall festival chairman,
it was announced this week.
Prince, local businessman cur
rently serving as president of the
Merchants Association, was nam
ed to succeSd A. c. Edwards as
overall chairman at meeting of
the directors of the association
last Thursday.
Prince Immediately named FL
wards as honorary chairman, and
lie will assist as much as his heal
tn will permit. Edwards has had
the overall Craftsmanship for the
past two years and was scheduled
to handle the job again. However
ill health IL. recent months 10,
made it inadvisable for him to as
sumo full responsibility for the
festival arrangements.
1t was also announced that d.
rectorS of the merchants associa-
ton would serve as committee
chairman for the various func-
tons which the festival presents
and that each director when as
signed a specific duty would be
responsible for appointing his own
committee.
Mrs. B. A. Carroll, who has
handled the important booth SELL
ing committee for the past two
years, has again taken over that
task and letters to various pros
poets will be mailed out this week.
1t was also announced that a
group of farmers from this area
along with County Agent Charles
D. Raper and Sam Jackson, local
agriculture teachers, are expected
to meet with officials of the N. c..
State College Extension Service
in the immediate future to outline
the educational booth schedule
this year.
Prominent sweet potato farmers
county agents and agriculture
officials will man the booths and
participate in the lectures this
season.
The merchants association has
also decided to hire a full time
girl secretary to handle CORE
sponoence for the yam festival
and other projects during the re-
manning summer months.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23
AUTO DEALERS
NAME OFFICERS

The Columbus County Automo-
bile Dealers Association named
the new officers for the coming
year at a meeting at the White
vile Hotel lest Thursday after
noon.
Noah Braxton WAS elected prcsi-
dent; A. E. Goldfinch, vice presi-
dent; and Norman Peal, secretary
and treasurer.
The group discussed the closing
of the license bureau in White
vile which makes it necessary for
persons desiring automobile Ii
cense plates to go to Lumberton,
Wilmington or order them out of
Raleigh. It is understood that The
association Will make an effort to
have license bureau recpened in
Whitevi;le.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23

c. H. HARRISON, local Hoo'
| Farmer" retired business man and
Justice of the Peace, is celebrat-
ing his 83rd birthday anniversary
today, Wednesday, July %.
Overcoming a recent illness Of
low blood pressure and hardening
Of the arteries, MIR. HARRISON
'fee,,5 tina: Ne is a yoang man OF
49," and he is back to his field
of tall corn and poultry yard.
Besides the corn, he grows must
ard, turnips, sweet potatoes, peas,
okra, watermelons, and number
! of garden vegetables o. us two
acre spread which he sei1s locally.
He also markets chickens and
eggs.
A native of Marion County, S,
c., MIR. HARRISON and his wife
moved to Tabor City about Is
years ago, coming from Clarendon,
where he owned a general mer-
chandise store, operated a saw
mill, did produce farming and
performed Justice of the Peace
duties. He made his Justice of the
Peace practice a profession here
until about six years ago.
A member of the Mount Tabor
Baptist Church, he attended Sun
day School and morning worship
service regularly until this sum .
T1er. Prior to cs; lishing resi-
dence here lie WAS a. active mem
Der of the Mount Siani Baptist
church.
Mr.. HARRISON married the for
mer Mary Jane Cox who died in
1914. Eight children were born to
their union of which six survive.
They are G. L. HARRISON of Will
mington, S. S. Harrelson of Lom-
bard, I'LL, H. P. HARRISON of Cam
den, S. c., Mrs. D. NJ. Currie Of
route 3, Whiteville, Mrs. V. c..
Ward, and Mrs. C. J. Martin of
Tabor City.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23
TROY BENNETT RESIGNS
FROM LOCAL TOWN BOARD

Troy c. Bennett, a member OF
the Tabor City town board for
a little more than a year, resigned
from the office at d special called
meeting of the group at the town
hall Saturday.
Although giving no reason for
resigning, Bennett presumably
elected to resign because of the
current unrest of local citizenry
following the request for the res
ignation of Police Chef L r. Wat
son. Just one week prior to his
resignation, the town board had
voted to ask Watson to resign.
A protest meeting of townspeo-
pie last week indicated that the
vast majority of people favored
the police chief who has been
here for more than five years
Watson had originally handed in
his resignation when asked to dc
so but at the request of the citi-
zens attending the protest gather
ing, re withdrew his resignation
Although under no obligation tc
do so, some persons voiced the
opinion that Bennett may nave
resigned because of his indictment
on Ku Klux Khan charges. He is
scheduled to appear in the specia.
term of court now in progress ano
has entered plea of no contest
With Bennett off the town board
replacement will be left up tc
the two remaining commissioners
Willard c. Wright and J. M. Nc
Cougar. Should they fail to agree
upon an appointee, the Mayor will
be permitted to cast a deciding
vote.
No appointment has been made
to date but Mayor w. A. Williams
said today that one would be nam
ed at the next regular meeting o
the board which is scheduled fol-
August 5.
With the change of events, little
is known of the future status Of
the police chief. However, it is as
sumed by most people that the
board as it will be constituted al
ter August 5, will make some de-
ciSion regarding the police matter
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23
New INDUSTRY APPLICANTS
WILL TAKE APTITUDE TEST

Aptitude tests for persons Wis
have made application for err
ployment in the proposed shirt
and pajama factory that is con-
sidering Tabor City for location,
will get underway here on July
%, C. D. Brothers, manager of the
Lumberton branch of the U. ),
Employment Service announce,
today.
Mr.. Brothers was in Tabor City
last Friday and discussed the lab
or situation in this area with Of
ficials of the Merchants Associa-
ton and said that & II ~: -
and tests would be started as SOC I
as his office had had time to check
the list of applicants against the
present files to determine how
many had been tested previously.
1t was believed that about 80
percent had had aptitude tests
previously and would not have
to be rechecked.
More than 400 ladies from the
area have made application Cor
jobs in, the new plant. All will
be called in for interviews unless
records are already available in
the Employment Office files.
Mr.. Brothers stated that all ap-
plicantS would be notified by mail
when they would be expected to
appear for the sewing tests.
Officials of the Merchants AsSo
citation pointed out that there is
still no iron clad guarantee that
the industry will hcate here.
However, the management of the
factory has requested that this
aptitude tests be held and that
the information he presented him
in detail, The results of the survey
and the tests are expected to have
big bearing on whether the plant
is located here or rot.
Meantime, local persons have
set into motion the necessary
machinery for forming an indust..
rial corporation which will even
tually build the building for the
plant should full agreement be
reached between the two parties.
The proposed building would be
1900 square feet and of brick cor
Struction.
Local businessmen are also
scheduled to meet with another
industrial prospect in Charlotte
tomorrow (Thursday) for the pur-
pose of discussing textile mill
here.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23
JOHN HENRY
NEW SHERIFF
OF HORNY

John T. Henry. businessman ano
livestock market operator, swept
into the Horny county sheritt's
office with comparative easy as
result of yesterdays runoof
Democratic primary when he OPP
posed Sheriff c. Ernest Sasser.
Ending dynasty in the sheriff. S
office of nearly ten years Henry
licked Sasser in all but seven of
the county's 81 precincts rolling
up 1924 votes as compared with
1850 for Sasser. Henry's margin
was 3,434, nearly two to one.
Sheriff Sasser conceded defeat
early Tuesday evening and con-
graduated Henry on his victory
Henry in turn thanked the people
for their confidence and pledged
to fill the office to the best of his
ability. He will take office on
January /.
Henry's election turned the
tables on the first primary results
when Sasser was high man in the
eight man race. Apparently Henry
received the majority of the votes
which went to Woodrow Medlin
and Tull Floyd in the first pri-
mary.
Also startling was the fact that
more people voted in the second
primary than voted in the first
one. The count showed that 247
more people voted Tuesday than
voted on July 8. A total of 11,116
voted in the second primary.
Other officers elected TuesdLy
were Fred G. Graham, incumbent
clerk Of court, who sneaked b.
John H. Atkinson, Jr. by only 256
votes. The vote was 1896 for Ora
ham to $40 for Atkinson.
Alton D. Lee upset incumbent
E. B. Johnson for chairman of the
county board, winning with : big
majority of 1872. Lee had 6,544
votes to Johnson's 1872.
In the only magistrates race,
C. H. Granger defeated Hobson
Smart 2,799 to 1878, a margin of
1921.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23

posed of Joe Coleman, Jack Nc
Cougar, Otis Carroll, S. P. Smith,
S. T. Rogers and Ben Nesmith III.
New sales supervisor Don Hughes
has also helped in arranging the
advertising program.
The Tabor City tobacco market
has had a steady rise in total
poundage sold for the past two
seasons to keep the market on the
upgrade,
However, drought and excep-
tionally hot weather in this area
damaged the crop to some extent
and the amount of tobacco that
will be sold is a matter of specula-
ton at the moment.
Tabor City will again have four
warehouses in operation and SC
far as is known at the present
the same operators will manage
them as in past seasons.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23

throughout the area encouraging
them to shop in Tabor City and
to sell their crops with local ware
housemen. He is fortified with a
quantity of gift pencils enscrlbed
with "Sell Your Tobacco In Tabor
City" He also, along with man.
others, have been busy for several
days distributing automobile
bumper stickers with the same
wording as the pencils.
On Friday August l, two huge
motorcades made up of local bust
nessmen will tour the entire coun-
tryside including most parts q
Brunswick and Horny count =;
in addition to Columbus, with
gayly bedecked cars also inviting
farmers to sell and trade in TabC.
City.
Arrangements for most of thl!
tobacco market advertising ha!
been handled by committee com
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23
LEGION MEETING

The Tabor City American Leg
ion Post 1O1 will hold its regular
meeting at the Hut he-e Thursday
niobt at 7:45. New officers who
1vere elected at the last meeting
w;u take office Thursday night.
Legion members and other vet
Grams are urged to attend the
meeting.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23
District Governor
Of Rotary
To Visit Here

Stanley Woodland, of Morehead
CITY, district Governor of Rotary
International, will visit the Tabor
Citv Club next Monday night. 1t
will be the new governors first
visit to the local CLUB.
The Tabor City Rotary Club
voted Monday night to ask the
secretary to compile a history OF
the organization since its charter
inc IS years ago. Secretary Don
INCHES agreed to gather the in
formation and preserve 1t.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23
Sunday School Meet
Changed To August

The Columbus Baptist IAssocia-
ton Group Sunday School meet
ings scheduled to be held Sunday
afternoon, July 81, have been
postponed until August "a officials
announced this week. No meetings
will be beld on the 9th.
Announcement was made by
Charles Leggctte, Superintendent
and Rev. John T. Biddle, Mission
ary.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23
BY " HORACE CARTER

w,e. Businessmen like Aloert
S,,,,j suddenly ask "when OIL" {.
~ -,,ye back tc Tabor CITY
- se...as Tine to write another
~. n .aese columns. You see'
~ .,v,a,. moved away but have
5aao D. ..e 20 50 much in recent
,,,,o.,, ID. il night appear we
.,i ~a3-v eft the country. Now
as p.-..cularly disturbing when
s,oi advertiser like Mr.. Schllo
~.la> SIS. , slater .ent. He might
y.iea.y te,.ie ne didn't want to
= 49, ,l.ar.iSing with me, a
scaagec
g.. wae@ YOU get involved with
s4v4-a, oaWs2aperS, and the COM
2a.y is ..rrently publishing five
weas..ss. !. becomes quite a PROB
an . De i. all the places you
2e45 % oa II the same time.
TIA. has been particularly true
= racaU. weekS with the rock
'oc,-S9ct--'en Democratic Trim
a. ii Ho~~y county and us with
: handful u newspapers down
.aece
Ee @i.a %. a great deal of
pleasure o. u the elections this
Taa- ANYWAY The Horny county
e,e->,o0s 3ca always worth ones
~ce They Sill have a series OF
&-coo speeches by all candid ties
=, a@co Office and the countryside
.~'o5 ~. . near the politicians
1,,,@ on Vow the process is hard
u ne -aadiiateS because they
;ea.,T aaI'e % keep on the go with
S,-'2o .rireSs every night. Some
-a.5 - nave two speeches to
make
is pre-. hard to be in tine
~@"spap"~ o,.SineSs and not sin
,sIe'y van. some particular can
1'aa'e 70 wln. Such as usual our
.ano!a3.e 1ldn't come through,
,,-'''.'sH INNING , good close
80 "D.1, never side with 4
t:',1,''a'e .oa. we didn't honestly
~ "aS tae best man. We would
..'e' 5,'a with ~ individual tt at
o2'.'E@i vas dishonest or in
Ya'!e LII (. becomes more and
~ ,,s appaoent With each election
-. "a ec-". that t lis a diff
.a'1 -" real good man to
-. .-.. T"oEl2 Just naturally
80. ~, b.. s.an lTho makes the
,,o 70" upon them or the
D. ,'''' SOMA friend says should
.'1c.'1 : good honest man
70, '''.' -'. enough OF a show
81, - 1-@a~' enough votes to
.. gu .. BAD or indifferent,
60, amos certainty that who
g. ~. We ."n, 20 win. will surely
9, s Looking back we remem-
zD, ,,a.',.1g Frank Graham fer
&e ,,, MI, u Ills Smith was elected.
ssgspao .l scr Joe Tally for the
cssI Sg Of Rcp~esentatives F. Ertel
lara e. va e!ected. We worked
a:e = t. S'' E!dr:d E. Prince for SEN
2ao,o M III HorTy county. Frank A.
''o "a5 elected.
~ WI ne election Tuesday in hor-
The :" sI. %aoted john Henry to win.
his election s results aren't in as
doins1 :. Written but if we were
ths nor -, betting. we would put
'ey On Ernest sasser
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23
CHARLES ANDERSON, JR.

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Charles
Anderson. announce the birth Of
a son, Charles, Jr., weighing eight
pounds and four ounces, Sunday,
July l3, Columbus hospital,
Whiteville.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23
raTHYE LAVEE DAVIS

Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford A. DAVIS
of Dillon, formerly of Tabor City,
announce the birth of a daughter
Cathve LaVee, on Monday, July
ID, Dillon hospital. She weighed
six pounds.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23
MARTHA ANN NESMITH

MIR. and Mrs. Ben L. NeSmith,
III, are happy to announce the
adoption of a daughter Martha
Anne, Tuesday, July %, three
months old.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23
PROMOTION OF LEAF MART
GETS UNDERWAY IN TABOR CITY

With the opening City tobacco market less than
away Board of Trade and Merchants Association
the greatest tobacco promotions that
been n effect several years.
Starting last week. H. Primer began calling on
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1952-07-23
RACK FROM EUROPE

Mrs, Harriet L. Skies and son.
lewis, returned yesterday from a
,o,,a,aI week tour in Europe
Kodiak mirror., 1952-11-01
KoDIAK's FAME CD SPREADS

recent editorial in the Fairbanks Daily News Miner urged residents there to eradicate the prevent an cpl dem To give emphasis his point the writer to the rat problem Ill Kodiak in this Over Kodiak where she city tolerated ras serious outbreak of Wells disease reported
 We couldn't find anything wrong with the statement 1t appears to be straight job of reporting facts and any newspaper that facts should be criticized or sored However going object the use of the word tolerated until looked up in Websters dictionary Webster said the word ") bear up under to en- dure 2 to suffer to be- be done without prohibition or hlnderance to allow permit by preventing guess we did just like Webster said for awhile
 The writer of the News Miner editorial also said: 'the Townspeope (kodak had to open concerted drive to Germnate the rodents stop the spread of this serious disease"
 The writer was right again. w did havea concerted arve and did kill lots of rats There have been few any, reported cases of Wells disease recently.
 Only this week the city police department repenished ehe batting stations Before winter arrives with freezing temperatures residents should clean up debris around their homes and businesses Such collections of refuse are 1.-the living quarters of rats.
 By ceanngup and stamping out the rats we not only protect our health but may help make Kodiak known m the territory other than the the bgat race and Wells disease epidemic
Kodiak mirror., 1952-11-01
! .an1n1es Write About Trip

Several friends of MT. anc Mrs. Bill Lamme recently re ,eived letters from them post marked Antwerp, Belgium The Lammes are currently or A round the world tour. The travellers recently re- turned to Antwerp after a trip to Copenhagen. Stockholm. Oslo, and to London England. They stayed in London sever al weeks and then returned to
 Antwerp. where they main- tained their headquarters. The Lammes are planning a trip to Southern France and
 have promised to write to their friends when they set up new neaQquarterS.
 The couple left Kodiak in March of this year and flew to Seattle where they boarded la boat for the Orient. They visited several countries and finally took ship in India, l travelled the Indian Ocean
 Red Sea and through the Suez
 Canal to Europe.
 They said they would be
 gone a year when they left
 Kodiak last March.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-11-01
Seirco' Carnival To Be Held

An all school carnival spon- sored by the Kodiak Parent Teachers Association will be held Friday, Novembet 21, a. the school building.
 The purpose of the carnival is to raise money for new school equipment and to fin ance several projects now in the planning stage.
 Each class is planning an activity. Last year the school carnival made aronud $500.
 A cafeteria will be set up in the Home Economics room to serve dinner. At the first re- gular meeting of the PTA fol- lowing the carnival the group will decide which project to spend the money on. Further details of the event will be published in a later issue of the MIRROR.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-11-01
Newsmen Find
 Territory Prepared

Anchorage(P)- Lieut. Gen. William E. Kepner. chief of Aalaska's combined ground, sea and air command told a group of visiting newsmen the Territory's defenses are in far better condition of read mess than any time since the end of World War II.
 Newsmen, touring Alaska's Defense Projects, visited El- mendorf Field Thursday. Elton Fay, Associated Press military affairs writer, re- ports there is more evidence of preparedness at the sprawling air force base than at any in stallation in the continental United States.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-11-01
Truck Wreck On Chiniak Road

Don Crawford suffered a sprained back Wednesday in the wreck of a Shupp, Chase and Tolbert truck on the Chin iak Road.
 He received treatment at the hospital and renamed there overnight and was per- mitted to go home yesterday.
 Crawford was returning to Kodiak alter delivering sup plies and equipment to the Shupp Chase and Tolbert camp at Chiniak. The truck over- turned and he had difficulty in getting free from the battered cab. Bob Rice, also en- ployed by the company, came along later in another truck and brought Crawford to town.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-11-01

Mrs. Max LaLande plans to leave tomorrow for North Bay, Ontario, to visit her mother who is ill.
 She will travel via Pacific Northern Airlines and North west Airlines.
 Will liam J. Rapdin. 51 Ko- diak fisherman, died at his home Thursday. He is a cousin of Mrs. Sophie Anderson.
 Rapdin has lived most of his life in Kodiak. He lived on Tagura Road near the KEA.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-11-01
1esor Vi
 oeadIine Near

Oregon veterans or thelr ext of kin have only one nonth in which to apply for he Oregon bonus. The dead ne is December 1.
 Any application filed after December 1. will be invalid.
 The Department of Vete- ran's affairs has received about 114, 900 applications, against 140, 900 potentially en- titled to apply. For further information write Department Service Officer, A. l.. Zenger, ST., box 3051, Juneau, Alaska.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-11-01
Election Results
 'hS Will Be Aired

Election results will be broadcast over Navy Radio Station WVCQ at Kodiak Naval Station from 3 pm Tues day until the result of the elec- tion is known.
 The broadcast will be con- tinous and will be the counts as compiled by the Armed Forces Radio Service in Los Angeles, California.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-11-01
NOTICE

Your Fuller Brush Repre- sentative suggests you give a long lasting Fuller Brush pro- duct at Christmas. Will call at your convenience. Phone 2361 or write Helen King, Box 5O4, Kodiak.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-11-01

The local office of Rent Stabilization was "tempor arily" closed October 24, by Mrs. Dorothy Smith of the Anchorage office.
 Landlords or tenants are re- quested to write to the Office of Rent Stabilization, 20. Box 939, Anchorage for further in formation, Mrs. Smith said.s,
Kodiak mirror., 1952-11-01

Business houses, organizations and persons are notified that all display advertising must be in the office of the MIRROR by pm Tuesday to ap- pear in the followino Saturdays paper
 Classified advertisements will be received at the office or by phone until Friday noon but must De pad for by pm to appear in Saturdays paper.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-11-01
1>odlak lju0r 6Veqvs of o4n1erica's $ Last 9rontfer

Published Every Saturday at Kodiak Alaska
 Yearly Subscription Rate S5 O0 Entered in the Postofice at Kodiak Alaska as Second Glass matter under act of Congress of March B. 1878
 MIRROR PUBLISHING COMPANY
 Melton L. Crawford, Editor and Publisher
 Jeanne R. Crawford, Associate Editor
 Candace Crawford Executive Editor
 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication Of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein
Kodiak mirror., 1952-11-01

MT. and Mrs. Roy A. Clement have announced the marriage of their daughter. Sondra Elaine, to James Will lard Ellington.
 The wedding will take place December 6, at ' pm at Hill side Chapel on Kodiak Naval Station.
 The Woody Island Recre- ation Club will hold a Hallo- ween costume party tonight in the Recreation Hall. Last night the Woody Island Parent Teachers Association gave Halloween party for the children on the Island.
Kodiak mirror., 1952-11-01
NOTICE

Game night at the VF'W is now Wednesday and Friday nights.