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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-24
An Editorial
This Sheriff Business

Since the Columbus County Board of Commissioners
nave seen fit to reduce the appropriation the sher
department. thus allowing for only futme deputies
we wonder two factions aren't hurting the people
than anyone else sc Ms
Repeatedly the commissioners made their move be.
cause the proposed new deputies all lived within seven
mile radius OF the county seat. Certainly the appointment
OF all the law enforcement officers for the county should
not have been drawn from such small circle the long
rum It's the rural areas that need the deputies than
the munci palities who have their police forces
The deputies should have been drawn from North,
~ placed to serve the people the best And yet they should
nave been closely allied with the police forces of the
to carry out State officers duties in these areas
But in reducing the number of law enforcement Off
GERS to two instead of five the commissioners doing
the people an injustice If this is planned as tenn
poray and if sufficient deputies are be named
later to cover the county properly then perhaps good
will come out Of the chaos.
Columbus County still has far too much violence al.
though the record much cleaner than it has been the
distant past BuS there be of increased
violence large county like Columbus going expect
a sheriff and two deputies to do the job
The episode rings of politics and such is unfortunate
Where law enforcement is involved there should be no
politics. The lives and safety of the people and their
property is at stake and only adequate rural police can
offer protection.
Most of the rural totally lacking of tele.
phone service Without local deputies to report awless
ness quickly. most would be cold by the time the
word was received.
The incident looks like political factions falling
where along the line We feel that the county needs is
tive deputies and that they should be chosen from outlying
rural sections.
The sooner the sheriffs department and the count,
commissioners get together with little harmony aloni
this line the better for the people.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-24
Move To Reduce
Sheriff's Force
Not Permanent

A recent order passed by the
Columbus County Board o. Com
missioners to reduce the number
of sheriff's deputies from five to
two was declared mot permanent
yesterday.
Sheriff-elect ]. R. Pridgen, who
was attending a police school in
Chape, Hill at he tine ofS,he
original order, declined to COM
nent on the action taken by the
Commissioners.
Commissioner Charles Council
stated that the action was taken
n view of the proposed locations
of deputies and their nearneSs to
the center Of the county. The ord
er was slated to go into effect on
December 6 when Pridgen takes
over the Sheriff'S office from H.
Hugh Nance.
Commissioners said that there
were no personalities involved in
their action and it was primarily
directed at spreading the deputies
throughout the County in an eff
fort to afford protection to the
isolated communities in the coun-
ty
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-24

work out various problems that
have arisen. The board has speci-
fic proposals now that must be
acted upon and they have decided
the entire body of stockholders
should make the decision.
The millpond project was begun
in the spring with an eye to de-
veloping one of the foremost fish
ing, swimming and boating lakes
in Eastern North Carolina. A con-
siderable amount of money has
been spent in rebuilding the dam,
piers, and spillway that is now
complete and ready to catch wat
er. When sufficient rains fall, the
lake is expected to cover some
thing like 700 acres.
A great deal of work is still
planned for the projevt outside
the lake itself but every thing mas
been postponed pending sati3fact-
DRY arrangement for settling cur
rent Indebtedness.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-24
Edward Coleman
Wins Statewide
III Yam Project

Edward Coleman, Ri. 2, Tabor
City, has been named as State
Winner in the All Sweet Potato
Project. AS State Winner. Edward
viii represent North Carolina at
the National All Club Congress
TO be held in Chicago during the
Week of November 29-Decembcr
4 and will receive an expense
paid trip. .
Edward is a Senior at Cerro
Gordo High School and has been
an outstanding All member for
the past seven years. He has re-
cCived many local and district
honors in Sweet Potatoes. corn.
poultry, farm and home electric.
and baby beef projects. This year
he was the Southeastern District
Winner in Sweet Potatoes. Field
ODe ard was on tie District
Winning Livestock Judging Team.
He also received the top award
for Achievement in Columbus Co
unity.
Edward is the first boy ever to
be selected as State Winner
from Columbus County in All
Club work. Majorie Ward from
Clarendon is the only other All
member from this county to re-
cCive state honors.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-24
Mrs. J. L. Gore
Elected Prexy
OF Pireway Club

Mrs. j. Lester Gore was elected
president OF the newly organized
Women'S Society of Christian
Service group that held its mi
tial meeting Thursday, November
IL, at the Pireway Methodist
Church.
Other officers elected during
the meeting were: Mrs. R. J.
Gore, vice-president; Mrs. Albert
l.. Gore, secretary-treaSure Mrs.
Grady Frink, secretary of pro-
motion work; Mrs. B. NJ. Ward,
secretary of missionary education
and service: Miss Lucy Mae
Brown, secretary of Christian So
cial relations; Miss Ruth Duncan,
secretary student work; Mrs.
r. j. Gore, secretary children'S
work; Mrs. James Sarvis, secre-
tary spiritual life; Mrs. Fred
Duncan, secretary supply work;
Mrs. Albert Gore, publicity chair
man; Mrs. A. l.. Lowrimore, status
OF women; and Mrs. Cecil Duncan,
secretary of publications and lit
erature.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-24
Mill pond Stockholders Slate
Meeting AT Hut Monday Night

Directors of the Tabor City Re-
creation Commission, Inc.,, have
called special meeting of stock
holders of the corporation for next
Monday night, November 20, in
the American Legion Hut at 8
o'clock.
The meeting is being called to
clarity the exact amount of money
that has been spent in developing
the millpond project and to out
line ways and means of raising
the additional funds needed to
pay off the Indebtedness.
Every person who has paid for
share of stock is urged 10 attend
the meeting and they will be
properly notified by mail. How
ever, any person who has paid
for share Of stock but who by
error doesn't receive official mott
fication, is requested to attend.
-.c Oman board OF directors
has been meeting almost weekly
in recent months in an effort to
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-24
Bup tisfs Will Build
$4,000 Sanctuary

Members of the building and
finance committees at the Mt
Tabor Baptist Church were busy
yesterday and today raising mon
ey for the new sanctuary ap-
proved Sunday by the congrega-
ton.
Cost of the new building, the
third and fina! unit in a three
unit building program, has been
estimated between $4,000 and
$4,000 Other bids on the con-
struction will be accepted before
actual work begins.
When approval of the new
sanctuary was given it was re-
quested that actual construction
be delayed until such time as
there was $4,000 in the building
.und. AT the present time there is
$4,000 in the fund but members
Of the finance committee are ex-
pected to raise the remaining fund
very quickly.
Despite the brief delay author
IZation was given for ordering the
steel structures and windows to
oe used in the new building.
Rev. p. c. CAN'T, pastor of the
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church, said
today that there were only three
memorial windows remaining to
be sold. Twelve of the windows
awe Dcen sold at a cost of $500
each.
in making definite plans for
&C construction of the new sanct-
larry, the Mt. Tabor Baptist
Church brings TO a 4 Sc its ire
nendous building program. The
previous two new units were
Quilt within the past three years
at total cost of approximately
100000.
Members OF the finance COM
mittee are A. c. Edwards, E. w.
Fonvielle, Garland Fowler, Rob-
ert Soles, Jimmy Dicus, L. S. Par
nam, Mrs. B. A. Garrell, Mrs.
Billy Dorman, Mrs. l.. w. Bullard,
md members of the Board of
Deacons.
Those serving on the building
committee are c. c.. Westmore-
land, chairman, F. G. Kelly, c. c.
Leggette, Mrs. B. L. Nesmith, Jr.,
Mrs. A. p. Rogers, Mrs. B. A. Gar
rell, j. M. McGougan, L. S. Par
Aam. A. c. Edwards, and Paul
Rogers.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-24
Carfretfe Gets Spot
On AA All Star cam

iSo lbs, g. l., Junior (3)*
Tackle, Ted Royal, Clinton, 205,
g. A., Senior (D*
Guard, Andrew Cottingham,
Laurinburg, 1876 lbs. g. -, Senior
(O"
Guard, Allison Richardson, IT'S,
5 TO-, Senior (5)*
Center, Cliff Gaddy, Rocking
ham, l65, s. To-, Senior (8)*
Back, Jimmie Williams, Lumb-
crton, ITS, g., Senior (9)*
Back, Bobby Crummie, Clinton,
$50, s. H., Junior (8)+
Back, Spencer Herndon, Rock
!ngham, 100, s. 81, Senior (6)*
Back, Jerry Cartrette, Tabor
City, $50, j TO-, Senior. i4s
G Number votes received.)
HONORABLE MENTION (and
votes received): Ends - Freddy
3urney, Wadesboro az; Edit
lyons, Laurinburg (3); Zane Bris-
son, Lamberton (2); Nathaniel
Campbell, Hamlet %. Tackles
3ichard Turner, Wadesboro CD;
Zen Spivey. Tabor City (2); Raj
n Jacobs, Rockingham (2);
Lacey Koonce, Raeford (2).
Guards - Bobby Wright, Tabor
City (2); Ronald Thompson, Lum-
,erton (2); Bobby McKeel, White
lille a.; Johnny Peele, Laurin-
burg %. Centers - Donnie Mac
Queen, Clinton %; Terry Morton,
Wadesboro D. Backs - Charles
Roosk, Whiteville go; r. J. Rog-
ers, Wadesboro (3); Gene Cox,
Sanford (3); Bobby Jackson,
Laurinburg %; Jimmy Shaw,
Hamlet %; David Anderson,
Tabor City U; and Gene Thomp-
Jon, Rockingham "a.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-24

Jerry Cartrette, one of Tabor
City's most outstanding gridder
in several years, has been voted
a spot on two All-Star teams. He
was named captain of the CO.
lumbus County All-Star eleven
selected by Jisgs Powers, sports
writer for the Whiteville News
Reporter and landed a berth on
the All-SoutheaStern IA Honor
Team which was selected by the
conference coaches.
Three other Red Devil gridder
wee named to the All-ColumbuS
squad while three were on the
honorable mention" list for AA
honors.
Named to the Columbus County
center; Bobby Wright, guard, and;
Ben Spivey, tackle.
On the honorable mention list
for AA honors were Ben Spivey,
tackle; Bobby Wright, guard, and
David Earl Anderson, back.
Cartrette won his backfield slot
by polling four votes from the
coaches. He shared honors with
Spencer Herndon Of Rockingham,
Bobby Crummie of Clinton, and
Jimmie Williams of Lumberton.
COACHES 1854 ALL-SOUTH-
EASTERN AA ATHLETIC AS
ISOLATION
FOOTBALL TEAM
Position Player, School, Weight,
Height, and Class listed respect
lively.
End, Carl Billy Everette, Rock
ingham, 100 lbs. s. To-, Junior
(5)*
End, Almond Shew, Clenton,
1875 lbs. g. T., Senior (5)*
Tackle, Bill Averitte, Hamlet,
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-24
CAN'T To Conduct
Union Services
On Thanksgiving

Union Thanksgiving Services
will be observed Thursday morn
ing at $50 at the St. Pauls Meth
odist Church with Rev. p. c.
CAN'T, pastor of the Mt. Tabor
Baptist Church, in charge of serv-
ices.
Rev. CAN'T will be assisted by
Rev. F. c. Hutchinson, pastor of
the Tabor City Presbyterian
Church and Rev. p. Carruth, past
o. of ST. pauls Methodist Church.
we are urging everyone TO at
end this THANKSGIVING gorv....
aid Rev. HutI csoi..
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-24
Stunt Nigh"
Will Be Staged
Tuesday. Nov. 30

Stunt Night" a fund raising
project to purchase new furniture
for the Lebanon Methodist
Church, will be held Tuesday
night, November 80, at 1870 in the
Williams Township School audit
orium.
Sponsored by the Labanon Meth
odist Youth Fellowship club the
event will have 25 members of
the club in the cast.
mo charge will be made but
contributions will be appreciated"
said Sarah Watts, chairman of the
program committee.
"All of the participants will be
young people of the church." said
the chairman.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-24
State Board Will
Act On Powell's
Resignation Today

The North Carolina State
Board of Elections will meet
to-day IN Raleigh to certify win
ners in the Nov. 2 Seleral cleo
ton and to hear disputes which
have arisen over the balloting.
Business Of importance to
Columbus County residents will
be the action taken on the re-
signatiOn of A. Elmo Powell,
Jr., chairman of the Columbus
County Board of Elections.
Action was scheduled on
POwell's resignation earlier in
the month; however. the Board
postponed its regular meeting
until today.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-24
Name of Calabash
Has Unique Origin
BY ETHEL AND CHARLIE
RYAN


Before there was settlement
or a village at the southeastern
tip of Brunswick county, Gnere
was d large and preten .iOuS
home, surrounded by a wooden
Tense, on which grew a prOiu-
sion of gourI vines.
IL wlS the homt ~ a veil
proSp cred s.An-ay ".
TODD merchant, who ha d
prosepered by selling whiskey
and chewing tobacco. and buy
ing turpentine.
The gOurds were of the vari-
ETY. known as "calabash." Haly-
ed and dried out, they became
the conventional drinking cups
of the time and locale.
Fishermen and farmers
Whereabouts came to know the
home and the store as Gala
bash" When other homes were
built in the neighborhood, the
entire vicinity was called Gala
bash.
As a place-name, "CaIabash"
has an unusual sound. Many
have wondered what it meant
and how it came to be adopted.
As with most place names, tho
explanation is very simple -
and the wonder is that the
rInc should seem odd or unu-
SIT! to anybody seeing it on
a read map.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-24
Sandy Plain Club Wins Trophv
For Outstanding HID Service

Sandy Plains Home Demonstra-
ton Club was awarded the REA
Most Outstanding Club of The
Year" trophy at the annual Home
Demonstration Achievement Night
held Thursday, November ID, at
the Delco School.
New Lies Home Demonstra-
ton Club won the gavel for hav-
ing the largest percentage of at
tendance. Weyman's Club was
runner-up for the gavel. The
Homemakers Club was third in
competition for the gavS'.
Three members were recogniz-
ed for having served as club
members for over 80 years. Those
honored for their long member
ship were Mrs. j. A. Wyche and
Mrs. John Hall of Hallsboro and
Mrs. Willie Jacobs of Pireway.
Guest speaker for the annual
event was w. Horace Carter,
editor of the Tabor City Tribune.
Members receiving perfect at
tendance certificates were:
1 Year: Mrs. Clifford Gooch-
Hallsboro HID Club; Mrs. Grady
Jordan-Western Prong HID Club;
Mrs. Dalton Russ-Bolton HID
Club; Mrs. Walter Shaw-Ever-
green HID Club; Mrs. Ruey Hewitt
-Homemakers HID Club; Mrs.
Jack Icard-Evergreen HID Club;
Mrs. Nellie Woodburn-Weym
HID Club: Mrs. Lawrence Moore
Weyman HID Club: Mrs. Jesse
!tarper-LCbanon HID Club: Mrs.
N. c. Currie-Lebanon HID Club;
Mrs. Vernon MorriS-New Life
HID Club; Mrs. Osro Mills-New
Life HID Club; Mrs. Versia Jones
old Dock HID Club; Mrs. A. L.
Gorc-Pireway HID Club: Mrs. r.
j. GOre-Pireway HID Club; Mrs.
Leroy High-White Marsh HID
Club; Mrs. Marvin Thompson -
Mishop Springs HID Club: Mrs. B.
G.. Walters-Western Prong.
Year: Mrs. o. o. Watts-New
Life HID Club; Mrs. Ralph jolly
New Life HID Club; Mrs. Marvin
LcwiS-Sandy Plains HID Club;
Mrs. Docia Cartrette - Sandy
Plains HID Club; Mrs. Ralph Har-
per-Lebanon HID Club;
3 Year: Mrs. Ressie Norris -
Sandy Plains HID Club; Mrs. Col
umbus Fowler-New Life HID
Club; Mrs. w. E. Jacobs-Pire-
way HID Club;
4 Year: Mrs. Earl Cartrette -
Sandy Plains HID Club: Mrs. c.
d. williamsburg Plains HID
Club; Mrs. Luther Norris-Sandy
Plains Hid Club; Mrs. Homer Ad-
ams-Sandy Plains HID Club;
Mrs. Lester Watts-New Life HID
Club; Mrs. d. r. Nance-Western
Prong HID Club; Mrs. Joe Brown
Western Prong HID Club.
Members receiving book certi-
ficates were: Mrs. Rosa Lee
Moore, Weyman Club; Mrs. Lille
Stanley, Homemakers Club: Mrs.
Ebert Wright, Homemakers Club;
Mrs. j. A. Jernigan, Homemakers
Club; Mrs. J. ID. Spivey. Home
makers Club: Mrs. Arthur Cart
rite, Sandy Plains Club; Mrs.
Earl Cartrette, Sandy Plains Club;
Mrs. j. T. HARRISON, New Life
Club: Mrs. Garlic Simmons, White
Marsh Club; Mrs. T. b. Cole,
Weyman Club: Mrs. Whit Wright,
Homemakers Club; Mrs. Humph-
rey Hewitt, Homemakers Club
NrJ. Jessie 3. Harper, Lebanon
Club; Mrs. Marvin Lewis, Sandy
Plains Club.
Mrs. Eugene Smith of Western
Prong, president Of the count,
: council, presided over the Achiev,
cement Night program.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-24
Ralph Fipps
Wins Turkey

Ralph Fipps of route 2, Loris,
was the winner of the turkey Civ
en- by the Carolina Department
Store in Tabor City Saturday.
Tho gobbler weighed 81 pounds
Roy Buffkin, store manager, re-
ported.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-24
H. B. Buffkin, Jr.
On Way To Japan

H. B. Buffkin, Jr. who recently
visited his parents here in en-
route to japan, with his Army
company for service.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Eisenhower Addresses
0ccupationaI Safety Group

President Eisenhower yester-
day assured delegates to his
Conference on Occupational
Safety that they can work to-
ward a goal free from criticism.
The three-day conference will
end tomorrow.
In a welcoming address in
Constitution Hall, President
Eisenhower told the delegates
that days of work lost last year
because of occupational acci-
dents would have been sufficient,
if poled, to build million six
room houses.
If you help reduce this ap-
palling bill then you will
indeed be doing something for
the United States," the Presi-
dent said.
He told the delegates that
nearly all foreign and domestic
problems the administration
faces are subject to conflicts of
opinion.
But on the problem they are
tackling. he added, among us
there is no difference about this
one thing"
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Congress Assistance
On Surplus Butter
Sought by Benson
BY the Assoeioted Press

Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son appealed today for help from
Congress in developing plans for
dispoSing of a Government
owned surplus of $50 million
! pounds Of butter.
The Secretary told the House
Agriculture Committee the de-
partment has been unable to hit
on a plan that did not have
many drawbacks.
He estimated that efforts to
halt the accumulation of dairy
products under price support
program and to dispose of pres
ent surpluses will in all prob
ability involve cost. over the
next IL months, of half a billion
dollars or more.
Mr.. Benson said the depart
ment had gone into several pos
sibilities of pushing the surplus
butter into consumer channels
at reduced prices.
Cent Plus Plan.
Included was a 1-cent-a-
pound sales plan under which
the consumer would get l pound
OF surplus butter at cent
every pound of commercial but
ter bought at the regular price.
Another was a blended price
plan under which the Govern
ment would sell it's butter at low
prices to distributors and allow
them to sell it, along with COM
mercial butter at an average
price of the two.
Secretary Benson said the l
cent sales plan-which would re-
,quire use of coupons-had been
put aside because it would be
awkward" to administer and
would require much time to put
in operation.
/ He said the blended price plan
/ would not do the job because it
would not move all the surplus
into consumption. He estimated
that under this plan Govern
ment stocks at the end of the
current marketing year would be
about IS million pounds larger
than at present.
He said that without any dis
posal plan it is likely that stocks
at the end of the year would be
double the present 800 million
pounds.
Could Use Brannan Plan.
Mr.. Benson said it would be
possible to halt further Govern
ment buying of butter by use
OF the production payment plan.
along the line advanced several
years ago by former Secretary of
Agriculture Brannan.
Under it, butter prices would
be allowed to drop to whatever
level that supply and demand
would carry them.
But Mr.. Benson said the De-
partment does not have legal
authority to use the production
method. Congress rejected the
Brannan proposal when pre-
Sented in 1949.
The Secretary did not indorse
the payment plan, saying it has
its particular hazards"
Evening star., 1954-05-05

do on a 21-inch screen, except
bigger
The idea Of VistaVision, as
explained by Loren L. Ryder of
Paramount Pictures. is to take
pictures twice the size of regu-
lar 35-millimeter frames, then
reduce these pictures. optically
to normal size for projection.
This reduces the grain in the
images. Mr.. Ryder said. and
makes the picture more clear.
Front-row sitters needn' t
strain their eyes. Fewer empty
seats, more profit. said Mr.. Ry-
der.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
|Now Vista Vision Is Added
To Moviemokers' Repertoire

The latest in big movies
Vista aVision-came to Washing
ton yesterday.
Demonstrated at a session of
the Society of Motion Picture
and Television Engineers in the
Capitol Theater, VistaVision Of
fered scenes from forthcoming
movies in the process: white
Christmas" Three Ring Cir
Gus" and an epic on the Air
Force.
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
jumped and screamed through
one scene. On the 44-by-24-foot
screen, they look and act as they
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Orunaes First in Cities

LOS ANGELES.-Oranges are
the most popular of the fresh
fruits for city families with
bananas raking second and
apples third. Peaches are the
most popular of the canned
fruits.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Surprise in q Prom

A London mother took her
baby indoors the other night
leaving the baby buggy outside,
A few minutes later she returned
and found someone else's child
in the "pram"-a blue-eyed girl
about three months old.
The Nome nugget., 1954-03-17

tinuance of the public works pro- gram to- assist Alaskan communi- ties in providing needed public facilities. He said that these neces- sarY facilities are proving to be beyond the ability of the local communities to supply, ''even though most of them have now reached or are near the bottom of the barrel in obtaining funds through taxation and bond issues. ]"
 Governor Heintzleman remind ed the committee that the 50 per cent federal participation in the Alaska public works program merely brings Alaska communities down to the same level of con- struction cost prevailing in the continental United States. He said that construction costs in Alaska are twice as high as those outside the territory and attributed this condition in part to the immense amount of military construction now being rushed forward in AL aska. He said "this, in turn, means extra high wages and high mater ial prices
 The governor told the committee that the records show Al million dollars of the 70 million authorized by the Alaska Public Works Act has now been appropriated and that this was spent on TT projects such as schools and other public buildings, water supply lines, sew CTS and health conters."
 Gov. Heintzleman informed the committee that applications for 54 additional projects which will more than use up the remaining authorization have been filed or are in the process of filing.