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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-20

Clyde Prince.
Intermcnt will be in Pleasant
Meadow Cemetery.
Mr.. Small was 80. He was
born in Horny County, son of
the late julius Calvin and Addie
Fender Small. He was a U. S.
Navy Veteran, having served 10
months in the Pacific Theater
during World War III.
Survivors include his widow,
three sons, r. J. Small, Jr.; Dick
Small and Harry Small, all of
Loris; four daughters, Mrs. Geo
rye Leong of Tampa, Fla, Mis-
SEES Geraldine Small, Clarabelle
Small and Marilyn Small; all
of Loris; three brothers, Junior
Small, U. S. Air Force, Idaho;
Dayton Small, u. S. Air Force,
Hawaii; and S. A. Small, Rt. 3,
Loris; two sisters, Mrs. Buddy
Suggs, Ri. 2, Tabor City; and
Mrs. Mona Currie, Leland, N. c.
Pallbearers will be Floyd
Granger, Dewey Small, Steve
Small, Vernon HARRISON, Corlie
|Bullard and Liston Sarvis.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-20
Six Convicted OF Conspiracy In
Sll9,O0O Theft AT Paper Company

Six men. all former employees
of Reigel-Carolina Paper Com
pany, were sentenced yesterday
in the criminal term of Column
bus Superior Court for their
parts in dcfrauding the paper
company of $4,000.
Judge Qsincey K. Nimocks
sentenced the following men:
Lawrence NJ. Jenkins. four to
five years; Edward Scott Glib
son. four to five years: F. L.
Mcdiin, two years; f. E. Medlin,
two years; J. b. Carter, two
years; and David Simpson, IL
to 10 months. Sentences were to
run concurrently.
Four charges of conspiracy
had been filed against Jenkins,
a Wilmington resident, and Glib
son, a Bladen County native.
F. L. Medlin faced two counts
of conspiracy and f. f. Medlin
was charged on one count. Both
men are from Brunswick Coun-
ty.
J. f. Carter and David Simp-
son also faced two counts In
connection with the fraud.
Horace Shaw, Columbus bu-
.resu Of identification chief
testified that the men defrauded
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-20

the Rcigcl-Carolina Paper Com
pany by issuing false purchase
Payment on the tickets
was made by the paper COM
pany. Shaw offered evidence
that the men had split the mon
ey defrauded from the company
with weekly loot running as
high as $500.
The defendants entered pleas
of nolo contendre.
John r. Thompson, assistant
comptroller at Reigel-Carolina,
was one Of the star witnesses
for the prosecution.
He testified that officials be-
gen their probe after the pro-
duction figures indicated the
pulpwood yield was unsatisfact-
ry. The investigation began
March 10, 1855.
It was estimated that 1000
false purchase tickets had been
used during 1854. Each ticket
was valued at nearly $40.
The bonding company repre-
sentative reported that they had
paid Reigel-Carolina Paper
Company $4,000 in connection
with the fraud. Pulpwood deal
ers reimbursed the paper com
pany $4,000.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-20
l9 True Bills
Returned By
Grand Jury

The Columbus County grand
jury returned true bills in 10
cases yesterday. A report was
made by the grand jury yester-
day during the criminal session
of Superior Court being con-
Quoted by Judge Quincy K.
NimockS.
True bills were returned
against Paul Chestnut, assault
with a deadly weapon with in
tent to kill: Oscar Junior An
tone, assault with deadly wea-
pom with intent to kill: Oscar
Antoine, burglary: R. ]. Bellamy
and Doug Williams, larceny;
Acey Devon Mcpherson and
Cleon Crib, perjury; Burris
Gore, larceny; Louise Scott, as
sault with deadly weapon with
intent to kill; two cases of forg-
cry against Bobbie Jean Watts,
ct al; NJ. l.. Wilkens and w. M.
Powell, larceny of automobile;
and Frazier Pemberton, narcot-
les,
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-20
Fish Fry Ducats
Enjoy Brisk Sale

Advance ticket sales for the
Civilian Fish Fry, Thursday,
were brisk this morning.
Proceeds from the evening
event, five to eight p. m, will
be used to further the summer
recreation program.
The program consisting of
pony league and little league
baseball is being received en-
Enthusiastically. 1t is sponsored by
the Rotary, Civitan and Jaycee
Clubs.
Any one desiring tickets from
the fish fry is urged to contact
any member of the Civilian Club
or by phoning 1921.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-20
Monkey Bites
Small Child

A five-year-old Alabama girl
was bitten Sunday afternoon by
a monkey at Fair Bluff service
station.
Joyce Elaine Price. daughter
Of Lanier Price of Birmingham,
WAS bitten about the legs and
head by a monkey repeatedly
owned by Thomas Bryant, gar
age and service station operator
who lives near Fair Bluff on US
rs.
Price, who took the injured
child to the Columbus County
Hospital for treatment said he
and his family were enroute to
Camp Lejeune TO visit his broth
ayr when they stopped at the
Bryant garage for auto repairs,
The child was looking at the
two monkeys chained on the
Bryant lawn when the attack
occurred
The youngsters screams
brought her father to the rescue.
The monkey was biting her on
the head when her father reach
ed the scene. He struck the
monkey with his fist, freeing
Us daughter, The monkey then
attempted to attack Price.
Sheriff Pridgen said the mon
key would be confined for 10
days to watch for rabies or 9TH
err developments. At the same
time, Bryant vas told to keep
it penned.
The youngster was said to
have been the third person at
tackled by the monkey.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-20
Local Newsmun
May Face Charges
For Whiskey Story
Al Harrison, local newspaper

AL Harrison, local newspaper
man, was advised yesterday by
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Agent
. formerly ATU) Jack Layne of
Wilmington that indictments
could result from the story pub
liShed last week in the Tribune
regarding the bootlegging in
dustry.
The story, titled "Ringside
seat at still convinces deporter
bootleggers are for removed
from easy money, concerned the
operation of a still.
Agent Layne told Harrison
Chat seven charges, each a fell
ony, could be brought against
him. He was unable to specify
the charges.
Layne questioned Harrison
about the still.
81 paid no attention to the
road we travelled and haven't
the faintest idea as to the loca-
ton of the still. Neither did I
know any of the men involved
in the operation of the STILL"
<iarrison told the agent.
Layne said, I'm not indicting
you and not saying that you will
be. l was instructed by the
Charlotte office to contact you
and see what you knew about
the still and to learn your atti-
tude toward the subject"
He further stated that he
didn't know whether or not the
Charlotte office would pursue
Che matter further.
Il didn't expect the story to
receive this much attention al
though / admit it was unusual.
However, due to the nature of
the subject, I made a point not
to look up from the floor board
of the car. / asked no questions
about names or locations. Know
ledge of either was not pertin-
ent to the story" said Harrison.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-20
Chadbourn Man
Held Followinu
Knife Attack

A Chadbourn man who stab
bed his neighbor with butcher
knife about 1:3O a. m. Saturday
was charged with assault with
deadly weapon with intent to
kill.
Herbert Frink, 2O-year-old
Negro of Route 2, Chadbourn,
fled from the home of Sammy
Howard, "a, also of Route 2,
Chadbourn, after stabbing How
ard in the back with the knife.
Deputy sheriff w. B. Roebuck
reported that Frink was found
at the home of a brother about
an hour after the stabbing.
BlOodhoundS from the prison
camp were used to track him.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-20
Highway PutroImun Subdues
Attackers After Gala BruwI

A quiet, conscientious high
" ay patrolman burst into action
here last night when attacked
by three men he sought to ar
rest at the 904 Drive-In on the
Fair Bluff road.
Highway Patrolman Jesse r.
Braker reported today that war
rants were served on Jesse
Fipps of Chadbourn, James
Buster" Benton, of Cerro Cor
do and Royce Billiard of Chad
bCurn.
FippS was charged with inter-
fering with an officer while in
performance of his duties. Bull
lard was arrested for public
Drunkenness and resisting arrest.
Benton was lodged in Columbus
county Jail on an immediate
capias issued Monday in Super
ior Court by Judge Quincy K.
Nimocks. The capias was issued
when Benton failed to appear
for hearing on charges of OPP
Grating a motor vehicle without
operators license. He was ex-
pected to be charged with pub
lie drunkenness and resisting
arrest.
The following chain of events
led to the hour-long brawl that
saw Trooper Barker battling
the three men inside and out
side the cafe.
About noon yesterday, the
men repeatedly drove their car
at high rate of speed down the
Green Sea Road. AS they passed
Corbett Canning Company, they
almost collided with a car driv-
en- by Cecil Corbett, owner of
the company.
Quickly turning around the
three men stopped the car driv-
zen by Corbett, who was accom-
panied by one of his daughters.
After cursing violently, threats
were allegedly made on Corb-
IettS life by Jesse Fipps.
Corbett did not know the
liGenti > of the men 'ut h. Pat
rolman Barker serve John Doe
Warrants on Fipps for threaten
ling his life and on Billiard fol-
careless and reckless driving.
After searching for the men
Jail afternoon, Patrolman Barker
spotted the automobile at the
904-Drivc-In about $50 o'clock
last night.
Barker said he approached the
car and found Fipps and Benton
seated inside. Bullock was not
! in the car. AS Barker told Ben
ton to get out of the car he
noticed he was in highly in.
toXicated condition. Bentor
cursed Barker and refused L
, So "''ll illlll. lIltIl, DulldIu dtlC
J FippS joined Benton in fightinG
the patrolman.
The battle began on the out
side Of the building where the
three men ripped the patrol
mans gun holster from his side
He managed to hold his pisto'
but made no attempt to use it
The brawl continued until the
men were inside the cafe. With
fists, legs and chairs flying
Patrolman Barker managed tt
Subdue the three men.
The inside of the cafe look
led like a wreck when we got
through but not too much dam
age was DONE" said the friendly
officer this morning as he re-
counted last nights episode.
During the heat of the battle
local policeman bright Stephen.
arrived at the scene. He left tc
secure the help of policeman
Ted Watts.
Watts said today the fight wa.
over when he arrived; however
IPatrolman Barker credited hin
ICODtInnad IN noua airbtN
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-20
DIAL PHONES

Fair Bluffs privately-owned
telephone system will be con-
verted to dial according to plans
announced by J. l.. Cutrell,
owner and operator of Service
Telephone Company.
Cutrell said complete dial
system for local service and re-
placement of many lines were
on the list of intended improve
meutS.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-20
Shoe Store
Opens Here


DOR-MAR'S SHOE STORE is
all set for the grand opening
Thursday morning and Tabor
City will then have its first bus
mess devoted exclusively to the
sale of shoes.
Men, women and children's
shoes will be sold by the new
firm. all acknowledgement pro-
ducts.
The modern building was re-
Gently completed on Railroad
street and is among the most at
tractive stores in the commun-
lty. II. f. Dorman and c. II.
Martin, both natives of Horny
County, are owners and operat-
orS of the shoe business. Dor
man has been employed in Lum-
bcrton in recent years and Mar
tin operates a similar establish
Iment in Conway.
The public is invited to visit
the store during the grand OPEN
ing and to register for free gifts
that will be given away on July
a.
The attractive building was
constructed by F. K. Fipps, loc-
al contractor, and the wiring
and plumbing was handled by
McGougan Electric Company
here.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-20
urlner Slain;
Wife Is Held

r. ]. Small, farmer of near
Loris, is dead and his wife Is
under a charge of suspicion of
~,rder as a result of family
Alteration this past weekend.
The sheriff's department said
investigation showed Mrs. Small
shot and killed her husband
Sunday morning after he thre-
atened to kill her. The depart
ment said the investigation
showed Mr.. Small had beaten
his wife on several occasions
during drinking bout over tn
,tveekend and was shot as he lay
AVN on b bed after telling her
that when he arose he would
kill her.
$1,000 BOND
Mrs. Small, the former Miss
Letha Edwards, is free under
$4,000 bond. Date for an in
quest has not been set.
Funeral services for Mr..
Small will be held at 400 p. m.
Wednesday at the Hardwick
Ineral Home by the Rev. Has
kell L. Sides and the Rev. @.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-06-20

would be short. He noted that
every good vine of potatoes that
farmers can sell will be profit
able to them.
IF there is any way we can
help the -armer to acquire ad-
ditional plants or vines, we will
be happy to assist him without
charge" said Corbett.
Regarding the current produce
market, Corbett noted that an
extremely heavy amount Of pole
beans were being brought here
from Brunswick County.
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Zoning for Research
Institutions Draws Fire

the amendment. The staff said
that it would mean that any
l0-acre residential tract could
be taken over by a research or
.ganization regardless of the type
of work it does.
Councilmen. in questioning
residents. indicated that there
was some feeling for limiting the
amendment to a special excep-
ton whereby a research organi-
zation would have to win ap-
proval of the county board of
appeals before establishing in a
residential area.
The cemetery ordinance, which
the council said had been
brought up for hearing on an
exploratory basis" only, drew
fire from representatives of a
number of cemeteries in the
county.
j. Hodge Smith, representing
Parklawn Cemetery in Rockville.
took the ordinance to pieces sec
ton by section and scored it as
Impractical and unnecessary"
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Intimidation in CIosinq
Monroe Street CHARGED

The Maryland State Roads
Commission yesterday was &C
cused by a Rockville attorney
of trying to intimidate the Mont
gomery County Council into clos
ing Monroe street at the New
National Pike.
The charge was made by
James R. Miller. as he urged the
Council to stick by its previous
decision to keep the street open
The commission already has
won an agreement from the
Rockville City Council on the
temporary closing of the street
that links the old town business
center with the new developing
Cabin John Valley.
The commission promised the
town to build an overpass at the
pike if funds become available
in the future. Cost of the over
pass was put at S165.000 by
Frank Dyer. commission spokes-
man.
Mr.. Miller said the roads COM
mission originally had warned
1t would do no work on Tucker
man road if the overpass we're
to be built at Monroe street.
More recently. he said. the COM
mission has shifted this warning
to Montrose road, asserting that
it would not build an interchange
there if the streets were not
closed.
Suggests Investigation
That is a threat the COM
mission has to be put back in its
place, and now is the time to do
it," Mr.. Miller said
What thew are saving is that
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Robert Howard to Head
Alexandra School Boord

Robert c. Howard. son of one
of the founders of the Alexandria
parent-teacher associations. last
night was elected chairman of
the Alexandria School Board.
The new chairman is 48 years
old and a native of Alexandria.
He is food broker in Washing
ton and has been a member of
the school board for five years.
Mr.. Howard succeeds j. S.
Everly, an Alexandria funeral
director, whose term ended last
Saturday. Mr.. Everly was not
reelected to the board by the
City Council.
Mr.. Howard's mother. the late
Mrs. Minnie Howard, was one
of the founders of the parent
teacher associations and long
active in other civic work in the
city. One of Alexandria's ele-
mentary schools is named for
her.
Mrs. Kerbel Vice Chairman
Elected vice chairman of the
board was Mrs. Dan E. Kerbel
who is beginning her ninth year
as school board member. In
addition to her activities in edu-
cation, Mrs. Kerbel is a past
chairman of the Board of the
Mental Hygiene Clinic, former
member of the Executive Board
of the Welfare Council, past
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chairman of the Family Service
Society of Alexandria, and past
president of the Sisterhood of
Agudas Achim Congregation.
Mrs. Kerbel succeeds Edward
D. Reed, whose term also expired
Saturday and who did not seek
reelection to the board.
Mrs. Marguerite Wallace, who
has been clerk of the board for
Is years. also was reelected. All
of the elections were unanimous.
School Plans Approved
The board approved prelim-
mary plans drawn by Joseph
Saunders & Assoc. for a 20-room
replacement for the present
Lyles-Crouch School, to be erect
ed on the same tract occupied by
the existing building.
In addition the board viewed a
preliminary study drawn by Will
COOS and Chase for an eight
room addition for the Charles
Houston School. After viewing
these the board asked Dwight
g. Chase, who represented the
architectural firm. to proceed
with the architectural work and
requested School Supt. T. c. Will
lliamS to seek a meeting with the
City Council, so that the addi-
ton may be discussed with that
body in the light of changes re-
quired by a new State building
code for schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-04
Woman Sentenced
In Bad Check Case

A Maryland woman was sem
fenced to serve nine months in
the Arlington County Jail yes
terday after she interrupted her
jury trial to plead guilty to a
forgery charge.
The sentence was meted out to
Mrs. Louise M. Mclean. 26, of
Bay Ridge. Md, by Arlington
Circuit Court Judge Walter T.
Mccarthy.
Mrs. Mclean had entered a
not guilty plea and the Jury trial
was under way on the charge
that she forged a check for SIS
and passed it at Safeway store
in Arlington May 10.
Assistant Commonwealth At
torney A Albert Balavage said
Maryland authorities have filed
detainers against the woman.
involving bad check charges in
nearby Maryland.
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7 ruffic Island
PIun Opposed

Proposed construction of traf-
fic islands along a portion Of
Bladensburg road in the Colmar
Manor-Cottage City area drew
protests last night at a meeting
of the Colmar Manor Town
Council.
A delegation of business men
and property owners appeared
with a petition signed by about
As persons opposing construction
Of the islands on grounds they
would constitute a traffic hazard
and would adversely affect bus
mess establishments by prevent
ing left turns.
Mayor Harry w. Hill and
council members voted to send
kilograms Immediately to the
Maryland State Roads Commits
sion and Representative Lark
ford, Democrat of Maryland,
lodging protest.
Mr.. Hill said the State Roads
Commission plans to build is
lands 8 inches high and 2 feet
wide from Forty-Second avenue
north to the new bridges across
the Anacostia River, a distance
of some three blocks. The work
is planned. he said, as part of
the Bladensburg Peace Cross
flood control project which in
cludes elevating the roadway
2l2 feet in that area.
In the kilograms, the council
asked for a meeting with COM
mission officials and Mr.. Lark
ford to discuss the problem.
Last nights session was the
first regular meeting at which
Mr.. Hill presided as Mayor since
being installed two weeks ago
after a court order ousted Mayor
John N. Torvestad as a result
of an election mixup last year.
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Stanley Sees Southern
Delegates Uninstructed

make a concerted effort to get
their views written into the
party platform.
AS for his new duties as chair
man of the Governors Confer
ence, Gov. Stanley said he prob
ably would get together with the
executive director in the near
future to discuss those duties.
High among them will be the
choice of a date for next years
conference at Williamsburg. He
said the date probably would be
late in June.
The Governor, holding his first
press conference in more than
two weeks, said he still held to
the 90-day time limit which he
set a month ago for a special
session of the Legislature to deal
with the segregation problem.
That would mean q session no
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A coming code amendment
that would permit non-commer-
cial research institutions to To-
cate on 10-acre tracts in resi-
Dental areas in Montgomery
County drew bitter fire in Rock :
vile yesterday.
A proposed ordinance that
would license and regulate ceme-
terieS in the county also was
protested by residents.
Led by citizens associations
spokesman, residents from the
Bethesda area urged the council
to reject the coming amendment
on grounds it would break down
residential projections and be
worse than spot coming.
The amendment was proposed
by the county council at the
request of the Johns Hopkins
University operations research
Office.
Plans to Build
The research organization
now located at 7l00 Connecticut
avenue. wants to build its own
building on l5-acre tract off
Cedar lane near the National
Institutes of Health. 1t must
vacate its present Offices in the
old Chevy Chase Junior College
by next July /.
Unless the amendment is
granted and building plans are
pushed, the organization will
have to abandon its proposed
construction. Joseph DiMarzo.
business manager, said.
A spokesman for the research
organization suggested the coun-
eli make the amendment more
stringent by limiting it to organ
izations that are nuisance
type with little noise, non explo-
sive experiments and without
smoke.
Charles Cutler, spokesman for
six civic associations in the Be-
thesda area. carried the attack
on the amendment. He SUBJ
mitted a written memorandum
criticizing it from a number OF
points.
Mr.. Cutler said that as now
written the amendment "coult
result in a sea of asphalt with
a concrete building in the mid
die" in any residential section
Planning staff Opposed
The staff of the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission also opposed
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If you don't play ball with US
we'll take our ball and bats anc
go home. It's time for some
inquisitory body to start investi-
eating the commission again.
The commission, recently
shaken up by Gov. McKeldin
drew sharp criticism over lano
speculation scandals in Mont
gomery County involving former
commission rights of-way en-
gineer Ben DuPre
The commission is ready tC
let the contract on the next
section of the 81 million-a-mile
pike from Route % in Rockville
to below Montrose road.
Agreement Urged
Lester T. Burn, a developer ir
the Rockville area, urged the
council to agree to a temporary
closing of Monroe street to speed
UP construction of the pike
Morrissey Swilling. a Monroe
street resident agreed.
Mr.. Miller, however, presented
a petition signed by Mrs. Swil-
ling opposed the streets closing.
"She would not have signed il
if I had been home" Mr.. Swil-
ling retorted.
Mr.. Miller commended the
Council lacked authority to agree
to a temporary closing. He added
that the Council could not close
the road If it damaged residents
He held that he would lose
thousands Of dollars if the street
is closed.
Mr.. Miller owns a two-scre
tract on Monroe street between
the pike and the Rockville bust
ness section.
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RICHMOND, July 4 (Pl-Gov
Stanley, just back from the Ma
tional Governors Conference al
Atlantic City last week, tolo
neWsmen. he found no con-
.certed effort among Southern
Governors there for any one
candidate for President.
Everyone I talked with SAID
his States delegation is going to
the national Democratic con-
vention uninStructed." Gov
Stanley said. The convention
will be held in Chicago Au-
gust 13.
He said some eight Southern
Governors got together in At
lantic City after the conference
and exchanged views.
1t was his understanding, he
said, that this group would con-
vene again in Chicago before the
Democratic convention opens to