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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-10

the estate was divided; the house
and S acres sold to DR.. Mcneil.
Another, that it was sold for tax
es, DR.. McNeill bidding it in for
S84. In any event, it fell finally
to the widow of DR.. John McNeill,
Ben's brother.
SOLD FOR $500
DR.. John Mcneil, incidentally,
was the father of George R. Nc
Neill, present day Whiteville
druggist. Mister George" as he
is fondly known through Column
bus County, now in his seventies,
recalls that his mother was easily
persuaded that William Edgar
!fipp had a strong sentimental
claim upon the home of his fore
bears, and she sold it back into
the Trip family for what it had
cost the McNeil'S in taxes and
upkeep-which, as Mister Geo
'ge" recalls il. was about $4OO.
William Edgar and Cora Mill
ken Trip lived thirty of their
happiest years in the old house
to put it in the words of Miss
Cora" 1t was in the old house
that she Doe Ava, now Mrs. War
rem Milligan; Ervie, who married
Hilton Todd; Ernest, her bache-
Tor son; and Edison, who married
Margaret Holden. Miss Cora"
now SO, still runs the general
store which she and her husband
built about 80 years ago at one
corner of the five acres on which
he old home stands. She Lives
across the highway in a comfort
! ably modern house which she
shares with Ernest, and with Mr.
and Mrs. Edison Trip Edison
and Margaret had built an at
tractive home on another corner
of the home place." but when
Miss Cora" was widowed they
moved back to help with the store
and with the home.
Miss Cora" and her daughter
in-law rode out the hurricane in
the little country store over which
Mrs. Trip presideS. 1t came thro-
ugh unscathcd, but there were
times that it rocked on its founda-
ton and both the younger and the
older woman expected to be blown
|
suggested that they might be SAT-
cr across the road, at home. Miss
| Cora'S" heart dictated her reply
I'D rather be in the old house. ;
1t wouldn't be the first storm she
and the old house had bravec
| together.
Since the Trips moved out o.
the old house, it has begun tc
rom the old hand-hewn laths
from the old hand-hwn laths
Blown glass panes have faller
from the windows. Here and Their,
a clapboard has gone with tn,
wind, providing an opening fol
pigeons who are happy that Ne.
)hronius Russell erected such ar
deal dove-cote. But the basi,
house is still there, capable O.
Drawing many storm on tn,
nance that an antiquarian may
:ome along and restore it to tn,
harm and loneliness with which
t has surrounded much graciou.
living.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-10

Van Jones. manager of the
damaged theatre, said that most
of the equipment and furnishings
were damaged beyond use. Oper-
alton of the theatre business was
switched to the New Tabor Thea
tire located on the Green Sea
Road
Firemen and policemen who
rushed to the scene were hinder
cd in their efforts by the large
crowd milling outside the theatre
Joe II. Anderson owned the
building that housed the Ritz but
It was leased to the Everett Enter
prises of Charlotte.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-10
Student From Nova
jcotia Visits In
Tabor City Home

Vivian Morrison and Macei
OK, freshmen at Flora MacDon-
Id College spent recent week.
md with Macel's parents, Mr..
nd Mrs. w. A. Cox of Tabor
City.
Miss Morrison of Baddcck. the
ounty seat Of Cape Breton Island
in Nova Scotia, Canada played
pccial music, bagpipcs, for the
Presbyterian Church on Sunday
morning and for the Mt. Tabor
3aptist Church on Sunday night.
Miss Morrison is majoring in
business and Miss Cox is majoring
in Bible and Christian
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-10
Christmas Decoration

\ strong movement was under
way this week to obtain Christmas
decorations for the community
Merchants throughout Tabor City
will be solicited today and tomor-
row in hopes that enough money
will he donated to provide ample
street decorations.
All merchants and other persons
interested in the Christmas decora-
ton project are urged to contact
Richard Gordon before Thursday
night. *
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-10
Ted Watts Named
Columbus Deputy

Ted Watts of Tabor City was
one of five deputies appointed to
Columbus County duties by Sher-
iff-elect J. d. Pridgen who as
sumes duties on December 6.
Other deputies named were w.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-10
SAW MILL ERECTED

When the ChadwickS settled on
Village Point, in 1.-THE old Russ
place." they erected a steam pow
srcd saw mill on Shalotte River,
within a stone throw of their
nome. Here, they converted into
lumber cypress logs from Green
5wamp-to be carried in sailing
hips to Nassau, in the West In
dies.
All evidence of the old saw mill
las disappeared. "Uncle Jim"
Tripp-92 years old; oldest in
labitant of Village Point"-con-
;iders the mill of primary import
lnce to the history of the COM
nunity. He can remember that,
as a boy, he played in the crumbl-
ng ruins of the saw mill and a
.'ound the piles that had once sup
ported the dock at which sailing
nips were loaded with cypress
blanks.
1t is not clear how many gener-
.tions of Chadwicks lived in the
Id house before ii became, by
Inheritance, 1.-The Pigott place." a
Chadwick daughter having mar
led Pigott. BY a similar route,
became the "homc place" Of
nc Trip family. Curtiss Trip,
grandfather of the recently de-
.cased William Edgar, wooed and
Won Miss Charlotte Pigott-and,
the course of time, became
master of the home inherited by
is wife. From him, it passed to
is oldest son, Jonn (brother of
Uncle Jim" and father of Will
lam Edgar Trip.
Upon John Trips death the
I'D house, with acres of "the
place." came into the possession
# DR.. Ben McNeill of Shalotte.
he transaction by which is pass
ID from Trip to McNeill isn't
known. One version has 1t that
the heirs gave II to DR.. Mcneil
in lieu Of payment for profession
al service. Another relates tnat
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1954-11-10

smaller room behind the parlor.
1t can only be conjectured that
the room behind the parlor was
an office; behind the kitchen, a
dining room.
The foundations are of stone
that is said to have been brought
from Europe as ballast in ships
that sailed to America light" to
pick up cargoeS destined for Eu-
ropean ports.
The original, hand wrought
hardware is still functioning-ex-
cept for the look to the front
door. Judging from the number
Of key holes that have been bored
In its frame, the old door has
known at least six different locks
since Nephronius Russell first
moved in.
LITTLE KNOWN ABOUT
Whatever impact Nephronius
Russell had upon the history of
the Carolina Colony, little has
oeen handed down through the
Iore and legend of Brunswick
County. Contemporary belief has
II that he was a man OF means
and had travelled widely. His trav-
els brought "i5n to the Carolina
coast, and he was entranced with
the beauty of the outlook from
the high land that borders the
Shallotte River to its mouth. He
Aent back back TO England and
commissioned skilled builders 10
fashion timbcrs that would form
home from which he would enjoy
mat view through his remaining
ears. Some say he was a ship
worker; others say he was a man
of leisure.
Just how or when the house
aSScd from Russ to the Chadwick
family is not known. The Chad
amily is not known. the Chad
Nicks moved to Brunswick CO.
unity from Beaufort early in the
nineteenth century. The family
was known as shipbuilders before
4 branch of it settled or Village
Point. Even today-perhaps a CEN
Jury and half Observation-Disclosures
are still building boats that sail
or chug-chug out of Shallotte Riv~
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-26

he probably stayed with the plane
too long.
Mcconnell, who said his pre-
maturely grey hair came from
being the father of three young
children and not from his flying,
served as a bomber navigator
during World War II and later took
flight training.
After the fighting broke out in
Korea he repeatedly requested
combat duty despite being told he
was too old. His request finally
was granted and he became an
ace in just 80 days last year.
After downing his eighth MIG,
his Sabre was hit by cannon fire
at 1000 feet near the Manchurian
border. He bailed out over the
Yellow Sea and q rescue heIicopter
pulled him from the frigid water.
After bis 18th kin, the Air Force
grounded him and ordered him
home with the comment that he
was "much more valuable alive
than dead"
The plane he dew yesterday
was . modified version Of the
Sabre Jet he used il Korea.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-26
Death On Test
Flight Ends
Ace'sCareer

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE,
Calf. RDeath on a routine test
fight has ended the spectacular
career Of Capt. Joseph Mcconnell
IT., the nations leading jet ace.
The s2-year-Old pilot, credited
with downing 1S MICS in Korea.
was killed yesterday when his
FISH Sabre Jet crashed on the
Mojave Desert, IL miles northeast
Of Rogers Lake.
His body was found beside his
election seat, half a mile from the
shattered plane. Nearby was his
unopened parachute. An Air Force
spokesman said apparently be had
elected himself from the plane at
low altitude.
During the flight Mcconnell had
radioed that he had lost control
Of the plane partially, but thought
he could make a landing on the
dry lake bed. Soon thereafter ne
reported he had lost the cockpit
canopy. He was advised to bail
out. Edwards base officers said
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-26
POliticOs Vie In Battle For Senate Control

Hall said that despite the narrow
Republican margins, the accom-
plishments of the Republican Con-
gress which just ended "match
those of any Congress in a gen.
Grafton"
"Think what this Republican
team - the President and COP
Congress - could do with a sound
working majority" he said. with
an economy to be. brought firmly
on to the pathway of American
free enterprise after 20 years of
wandering off into Socialist expert
mentS and with prosperity-with-
peace at long last within our grasp,
we still have a tremendous job
to do"
Nixon, in announcing yesterday
that he win make an eight-state
campaign swing beginning Sept. Is,
said he wants to help the Republi-
cans complete the job started with
Eisenhower's election in 1852.
II feel that we only did half the
job in 1852 and that we must put
forth at least as much or more eff
fort this year to assure that we
have a Republican majority during
the 84th Congress-" he said.
Nixon has been assigned by Eli
SenhOwer to make several cam
paign tours before the Nov.
election.
Beginning with a speech at the
Ohio State Republican Convention
in Columbus Sept. Is, he said he
win visit Kansas Sept. 16, Missouri
Sept. II, South Dakota Sept. IS,
Nebraska Sept. 20, Michigan Sept.
FL, Minnesota Sept. % and Indiana
Sept. 2S.
Party leaders expect him to
make a New England swing fol
lowed by a later visit to the Rocky
Mountain states.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-26
Soldiers jailed
After Battle
With Teen-Agers

GRANITE CITY, III. Soldiers
at the Granite City Army Engi-
neers depot are confined to the
base for two days after a near
riot involving civilian teen-agers
in Granite City.
1t. Col. Frank E. Lambert, who
heads the 593rd Engineers Group
at the base, said last night he was
told that 100 soldiers and about 200
young civilians met near a skating
rink Tuesday night to settle dis
putes of previous nights in which
several soldiers were beaten.
Police arrived in time and pre-
vented trouble, Lambert said.
The confinement period began
last night.
Lambert said the young civilians
apparently esent e d dating Of
Granite City girls by the soldiers.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-26
Indian Leader
Raps Nellru
By EUGENE LEVIN

NEW DELHI, India H-The
leader Of midas so million un-
tOuchables criticized Prime Min
lister Nehru in Parliament today
for his insistence that coexistence
with the Communists is necessary
and for his hostility" toward the
United States.
b. r. Ambedkar, Nehru's law
minister until he broke with the
Prime Minister three years ago,
spoke up in a foreign policy de-
bate which Nehru had launched
with 4 call for the world to accept
peaceful coexistence with the Reds
as the ''only alternative" to a
world war.
This principle, said the leader
of India's lowest caste, had been
adopted without much thought by
the Prime Minister"
The former Cabinet member
said Nehru has q certain hostili-
ty'' toward the United States and
shows ''repugnance" at anything
suggested by America. This, he
asserted, is one reason Nehru is
against the u. S.-proposed South
east Asia Treaty Organization
project, adding that the Prime
Minister also fears Russian reac-
ton.
''The keynote of our foreign pol
icy is to solve the problems Of
other countries, but not our own, "
Ambedkar said.
Earlier in the debate Nehru
found himself in the unusual role
Of defending the United States
when he told Communist question
ers he does not believe the Ameri-
cans are sending or will send arms
to the Portuguese Indian settle
ments India wants to take over.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-26
Hungary Ger'ics
Invite Council


EVANSTON, III. Churchmen
from Communist Hungary invited
the World Council of Churches Ia
hold q future executive meeting
there, with the promise Of "full
freedom. "
Bishop Albert Berecsky Of Buda-
pest extended the invitation last
night at q session Of the councils
assembly. He said:
without doubt the members Of
the assembly understand the far
reaching significance of the fact
that such an opportunity for an
ecumenical meeting is offered in
Hungary"
There, he said, within the
framework Of the World Council
of Churches, the churches of the
Western and Eastern parts Of the
world may confer with full free
dom"
1ASnVp 0cEccSAyi SENIOR plSn0p
Of the Reformed Church of Hun
gary, expressed thanks to the as.
sembly '.for the signs Of open
hearted Christian love and atten.
ton which we have received"
There are five delegates at the
assembly from the Hungarian
Lutheran and Reformed churches.
Two of them were elected last
night to the councils Central Com
mittee, its Interim governing
body.
Presumably, Berecsky's invita-
ton was for this group to meet
there.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-26
BY JACK SELL

WASHINGTON IN Republicans
and Democrats are putting their
political blue chips down in II
states in an all-out battle for con.
troll Of the Senate in the S4th
Congress.
These same states, along with
nine others where there are mar
ginal districts, also may prove to
be the major backgrounds in con-
tests for command of the new
House.
As the situation now stands, with
active campaigning just starting,
the two parties appear almost
evenly matched in their chances
to alter the present hairline mar
gins in Senate and House.
The Senate lineup is now 4S Re
publicans, Al Democrats and / in.
dependent; the House count, 21S
Republicans, 213 Democrats, In
dependent and 3 vacancies. Thirty.
seven Senate and all 435 House
seats are at stake this fall.
As party leaders analyze the
matter, nine Senate seats now held
by Republicans and eight held by
Democrats are in varying degrees
Of danger.
Republican incumbents who ap.
parently face stiff challenges in.
clude Senator's Cooper of Kentucky
Gordon of Oregon, Dworshak Of
Idaho, Ferguson Of Michigan,
Mundt of South Dakota, SaltonStall
of Massachusetts and KucheI Oi
California. Republican-held seats
in New Jersey and Wyoming also
fall within this category.
Democrats likely to be hard
pushed by their opponents include
Senator's Anderson of New Mexico,
Douglas of Illinois, Frear Of Della.
ware, Gillette of Iowa, Humphrey
of Minnesota, Murray Of Montana
and Burke Of Ohio. The seat be.
ing vacated by Sen. Johnson OF
Colorado also is among these.
House seats in most of these
states will be hotly contested. In
addition, there are marginal dis
tricts in Virginia, West Virginia,
Florida, North Carolina, Maryland,
Missouri, Pennsylvania, New York
and the Nevada at-large contest
where both parties figure they
have q chance.
That doesn't mean that states
like Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas,
Washington and Wisconsin viii be
overlooked. But the parties major
national efforts are likely to be
turned elsewhere except perhaps
for a few individual congressional
districts.
In Senate races, Democrats are
claiming q 14e edge over Repub.
licans in what they regard as al.
most certain victories. Republicans
contend they are certain to elect
two senator's in New Hampshire,
two in Nebraska and re-elect Sen.
ators Schoeppel Of Kansas and
Margaret Chase Smith of Maine.
Democrats figure as safe the
=
seats they now hold in Alabama,
Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mis-,
sissippi, two in North Carolina, Ok
lahoma, Rhode Island, South Caro-.
lima, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
and West Virginia.
While Republicans wiz concedt
most Of these, they haven't giver
up hope of upsets in Oklahoma
Rhode Island and West Virginia.
Republican National Chairman
Leonard w. HaM said in q state
ment today that the 'tfinal blue
print" for the Republican effor
win be drafted at q COP Nationa
Committee session in Cincinnati
Ohio, beginning Monday.
He said the committee, meeting
with Vice President Nixon, win tr.
to pin-point basic issues, makl
plans to get out 4 record vote and
discuss ways to "get the Eisen
hover administration Republi-
can Ssrd Congress story before tn
people
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-26
KLEIN APPOINTED

WASHINGTON Up - Chairman
Bridges (R-NH) of the Senate Ap.
preparations Co m m lite today
named Brig. Gen. Julius Klein Of
Chicago as a special consultant to
the subcommittee on military ap.
preparations.
Klein will make study in Eu-
rope this fall on matters pertain
ing to our military establishments
there" Bridges said.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-26
YMCA Head
Dies Wednesday

EVANSTON, III. IN - John
Forrester-Payton, II, of Alloa,
Scotland, the president of the
World Alliance of Young Mems
Christian Associations, died late
last night.
He was here as delegate from
the United Free Church of Scot
land to the Assembly of the World
Council of Churches.
He collapsed on bus and was
taken to Evanston Hospital, where
he was pronounced dead shortly
thereafter, apparently of a heart
attack.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-26

Dacron thread, available in 2O
colors, can be used to stitch gar.
ments of Dacron, Orion, nylon, ra.
yon, acetate, silk or wool fabrics.
The thread is shrimk-resistant and
quick drying.
The Key West citizen., 1954-08-26

Isaac Allerton who became a
merchant in New Haven, is desig-
mated as the only passenger on the
Mayflower to settle in Connecticut.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Church Association
Elects in Fairfax

Lloyd S. Millegan, a resident
of Fairfax County since 1946
and an active church worker,
yesterday was elected president
of the Fairfax County Associa-
tion of Churches.
Mr.. MiIlegan, a layman, is
currently vice president for
Fairfax County of the Northern
Virginia Council of Christians
and Jews. He is president Of
the Young Adult Fellowship of
the Alexandria District Of the
Methodist Church.
Also elected to posts in the
association were the Rev. Ar
thur Parke. Roach Of Falls
Church and F. Shield McCand-
lish of Fairfax, vice presidents;
Palmer G. Lynn of Fairfax, sec
retary, and Amos L. Lewis Of
Vienna, treasurer.
Evening star., 1954-05-24

Mr.. Hassell is 80 years old. He
has the support of Organization"
Republicans. This is the group
known in the county as sthe
United Republicans. In effect, he
is on the slate put up by the
county's Republican State Gen.
tral Committee.
Seeking public Office is a new
experience for him. He has been
active. however, within various
young Republican groups.
Mr.. Hassell now lives at 319
Taylor avenue, Rockville. He is
married and has two children.
He formerly was president Of
the Montgomery County Young
Republicans and also vice chair
man Of the State Federation of
Young Republicans.
While in Bethesda, he was
vice president of the Bethesda
Junior Chamber of Commerce
and a State director for that
organization.
Mr.. Hassell was born and
reared in Miami, Fla. coming to
the Washington area and then
the county Ia the same year
1946. He attended schools in Mi
ami, and Is q graduate of Fork
Union Military Academy in Vir-
ginia. He later studied at the
University Of Florida and George
washington University he now
Works- fos-tlse Stern -OfzeerFur-
nitnre Go. in WashingtUn
In World War II, he spent
three years in the Navy.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Fairfax Town Candidates
Invited 10 Voters Meefinu

Candidates for municipal posts
in the Fairfax, Va, town election
June 8 keve been invited to a
voters meeting" at, 8 pm. to-
morrow at the Fairfax Elemen-
tary School. The meeting is be-
ing sponsored by the three town
citizens associations.
Association officials said all but
two Of the 13 candidates already
have announced their intention
of attending.
Incumbent Mayor John c.
Wood is unopposed. Candidates
for the six council seats are Ro-
land M. Clark, e. A. Pritchard,
Ashby Graham, Robert B. Walk
er, Albert r. Sherwood and Fred
M. Everly, Incumbents, and
Donald L. Bryan. Tom johnson,
jr., Franklin D. Mosser, Jack B.
Sagendorf, Culver I. Gates and
George r. Weaver.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Rotary Club Gives $500
To County Youth Camp

A check for $500 has been
presented by the Silver Spring
(Md.) Rotary Club to Camp
Echo Lake. the Montgomery
County Youth Opportunity
Camp.
The sum will pay for one of
the 10 cabins being erected.
Opening has been scheduled for
July /.
Some 160 boys and girls are ex-
pected to attend the camp this
summer in two week periods.
They will attend at no ex-
pense to themselves.
A fund drive is now being con-
Quoted to pay expenses. Head
quarters for the Montgomery
County Youth Opportunity
Camp, Inc, is at 7942 Wiscon-
sin avenue, Bethesda, Md.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
Montgomery Units Push
Play Yard Contest

The Montgomery County
Council. Safety Board and Po-
lice Department are urging par
ents to take part in the annual
Safety Play Yard and Play
Room Contest, now in progress.
Prizes totaling $500 will be
awarded to parents who have,
or construct. the most attractive
off-street play yards or play
rooms, designed to prevent child
traffic accidents, at a minimum
cost before the closing date, Sep
tember l. The contest began
April Is.
Thirty-five thousand contest
application blanks will be taken
home to their parents by school
children. Blanks also will be
available at the three police sta
tions-Bethesda, Rockville and
Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1954-05-24
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

NORFOLK, Va. May pa
wooden transfer bridge and sup
porting towers at the Norfolk
terminal of the Norfolk Newport
News ferry were badly smashed
here yesterday by the ferryboat
Norfolk.
Witnesses said the 702-ton
ferry came into the slip at a
fast clip. She slammed into the
heavy pilingS. showed them aside,
pushed into the 54,000-pound
transfer bridge and finally
halted with an end of the bridge
astride her bow.
Nobody was injured in the
Evening star., 1954-05-24
State Jaycees Elect
Melville Peters
Special Dispatch 10 The ssor

OCEAN CITY, Md. May "a
Melville Peters. 81, president of
the Silver Spring Junior Cham
ber Of Commerce, is the new
president of the State Junior
Chamber of Commerce which
concluded a two-day convention
here yesterday.
The Bethesda Chapter won
the Henry Giessenbier Memorial
Award as the Outstanding jun
,ior Chamber of Commerce in
the State of Maryland during
1953-'54."
Mr.. Peters, 81, lives at 1929
Montgomery road, Beltsville, with
his wife and two children. He
is a broker at the Capital Realty
Co., 1926 Colesville road, Four
Corners. He succeeds Roland
Hebb Of Hagerstown as head Of
the State Jaycees.
Elected vice presidents were
William Lowery, Cumberland; ;
Jack Kelly, Bethesda: Thomas
HennesSy, Baltimore; William
Surles. Prince Georges and Will
liam Galloway. Salisbury. Cor
don Naigle, Salisbury, was elect
ed treasurer.
Mrs. Angela Barrett of An
napolis was elected Mrs. &c" in
the beauty contest for wives Of
delegates. About 500 members
Of the junior chamber and their
wives attended.