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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26
Thanksgiving
Services Set

The Rev. Bob Ledbetter. past
or of the Tabor City Presbyter-
ian church, will deliver the mes
sage at the community wide
Thanksgiving service to be held
in the Tabor City Baptist Chur-
oh at $3.50 a. m. Thursday.
The Rev. p. F. Layficld, past
or of the Saint Paul Methodist
Church, will offer the Thanks
giving prayer, the Rev. J. p.
Jones, pastor of the Emmanuel
Holiness Church, will give the
'"nediction and the Rev. Joseph
Chambers, pastor of the Church
of God, will also lead prayer.
The church choirs in the COM
nunity will present special
music.
Church officials have an
nounced that the service is slat-
cd for $50 a. m. so those wish
10 TO make trips will have the
opportunity TO attend.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26
Lee Greer Namet
To Welfare
Advisory Board

Lee J. Greer, Clerk of the Sup
erior Court will represent the
Association of Clerks of Super
Tor Court at the Dec. 9th meet
ing OF the Child Welfare Ad-
viSory Committee of the State
Board of Health.
He was named by MIR. B. F.
Mcmillan, President Of the
Clerks Association.
The Association of Superior
Court Clerks have a representa-
tive d, 10 the ;act that most
Clerks are also Elk Officio
Judges Of the Juvenile Courts in
their counties. This interest of
the Organization is very import
ant IN the total picture for the
planning Of Services to Children
IN the State.
The meeting vii be held in
the Education Building in Ra-
leigh.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26
Mrs. Ward Heads
Band Boosters
AT Williams

Mothers of Williams Town.
ship Band Students meet with
Mr.. Bob Hodges at 2:30 Monday
afternoon, November II, 1858,
to organize Band Boosters
Club.
Mrs. j. c. Ward was elected
President, Mrs. Paul Stephens
ice President and Mrs. Neil
Stanley Secretarf and Treasury.
Other mothers present were:
Mrs. Leava Williams, Mrs. lila
IarrelSon, Nh Dorothy Cham
oen. Mrs. oetn hlnson, Mrs. Es-
sic Powell, Mrs. Geneva Hardie,
Mrs. Mary Williams, Mrs. Ruby
Gore.
The main business of Mon
days meeting was to select a
uniform for the young Drum
md Bugle Corp which Mr..
Hodges organized during Octob-
er, of this year.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26
Pistol Goes Off
Kills Horny Man

A 30 year old resident of
Pleasant Union community near
Aynor was accidentally killed
Thursday when a pistol he was
cleaning discharged. according to
Coroner Littlcjohn Blanton.
The victim was identified as
Abraham Rabson Of Ri. 2. Aynor.
The incident occurred about
noon on Rabon's porch. Blanton
said.
Mrs. RADON told officers her
husband walked about 25 yards
toward a pickup truck after the
shooting. then fell. The slug.
from a % caliber automatic, hit
RADON in the chest. the coroner
said.
Funeral services were held at
3 pm. Friday at the Pleasant
Union Baptist Church with the
pastor. the Rev Tommy Hughes
officiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Coroner Littlejohn Blanton
said no inquest will be held.
Mr.. RADON was born in Horny
County Aug. 25. 1923. a son of
Mrs. Tula Freddie RADON and
the late George w. RADON.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Virgie Lee RADON. a daughter.
Gerldine RADON; his mother. two
sisters. Miss Temple RADON and
Mrs. Sally RADON: two half
sisters, Mrs. Ella Ray and Mrs.
Rene Jones; and a half-brother.
Gilbert RADON.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26
Woman's Club
Holds Session

Plans were furthered for the
clubhouse rcdecoration program
at the general meeting of the
Tabor City Woman'S Club held
last week with Mrs. Fred NJ.
Jcrnigan, Sr. presiding.
Committees were also appoint
cd to provide yulc decorations
for the meetings to be held in
the clubhouse during the holi-
day season.
Clubwomen heard Mrs. Eve
lyn Leonard give a breakdown
on the financial report of the
Carolinas Yam Festival and
plans were furthercd for the
clubs part in the annual event.
A social period with refresh
ments was held climaxing the
monthly session.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26

sl.00 in cash for providing the
refreshments.
Club Presidents Of Whiteville
and Conway will also be invited
to attend.
Directors Of the country club
named a committee from Loris
and Tabor City to study the
swimming pool proposal and
bring back a recommendation to
the directors several weeks ago.
The study group made a thor
ough survey and made its re-
commentator two weeks ago.
Directors then decided to make
an all-out effort to make the
project a reality.
Detailed drawings of a pool are
in the hands of the directors and
at least one bid on the con-
has been received.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26
Swimming Pool Project Is
Launched BY Country Club

The Carolinas Country Club
has launched its movement to
raise between $4,000 and $25,-
900 with which to build a Nmod-
ern and up-to-date swimming
pool on the golf course property
between Tabor City and Loris.
AT another called meeting last
Friday night with directors, int
crested parties and Swimming
Pool Committee Chairman E. E.
Prince present, definite it was
decided to make an all-out eff
fort to build the pool.
Funds for the construction are
proposed to be raised through
the sale of interest bearing bonds
which will eventually mature
and the investor reimbursed. A
copy of the proposed bond was
secured by Mr.. Prince and SUBJ
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26

mitted to the Country Club
board Of directors Friday night.
In an effort to better acquaint
the public with the project, an
Open House has been slated for
the Country Club Clubhouse,
Wednesday, December 3, from
400 to 900 p. NJ. Light refresh
ments will be served and a meet
ing will be called TO order at
600. Proposed details of the pro-
ject will then be outlined to
those in attendance. All present
stockholders, potential club
members and interested parties
from Loris, Tabor City and sur
area are invited to at
tend.
Wives of stockholders will be
asked to make cookies for the
Open House or else contribute
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26

had reached 100 percent Of their
quotas.
The Rev. Paul Carruth, execu-
tive director Of the statewide
drive, said a large report was
expected this week. He express
ed optimism that the IS million
goal would be reached by Sum
day, November 80.
Churches in the Wilmington
district reporting 100 percent
were Shiloh, St. Paul Carolina
Beach), Bladen Springs, Cary
er's Creek, Bluefield, Council,
Fair Bluff, Lake Waccamaw,
First (Pembroke), CAROLS
Chapel, st. Pauls (Tabor City,,
Lebanon, Pireway and Seagate.
The local drive saw pledges
and contributions come from not
only Methodists but also memb-
ers of other churches who evil
denced an interest in the educa-
Itional program.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26
Vans Nuke Hit In
New York Cifv

The delegation consisting of
Ms Barbara Mishoe 1857 Yam
Queen from Conway, S. c., Miss
Brenda Eddings, Miss National
Rural Identification Queen, the
Honorable Lloyd Bell, Repre-
sentative Of the State Legisla-
ture from Horny County, Tally
Eddings, Executive Secretary
Merchants Association of Tabor
City, Mrs. Arthur Tate, wife OF
z. Arthur Tate, Executive Sec
r0lry Conway Chamber OF Com
merce, and Philip Cronkhite,
Manager Of the Horny County
Farmers Market, Loris, was Civ
en- royal welcome upon arrival
at the Idlewield Airport, New
York City, Wednesday, Novemb-
er 10.
They we're met by a large
group of photographers and news
men and dignitaries; Jack Fried,
oocial host, the New York ST.
preme Court Judge, Mr.. Salava-
dor, New York State Marketing
Specialist, Jules Cherniak from
Albany, New York, President Of
both Bronx and Brooklyn Pro-
duce Terminal Markets and Nor
rison Krus, Public Relations Of
fetal for District Attorney Of
New York.
Forty five minutes were spent
King pictures at the airplane
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26
Rotary Will
Hold Auction

The Tabor City Rotary Club
VIII hold an auction sale at its
regular meeting on December g.
with each member bringing
some article that will be sold to
member, Proceeds will
be contributed 10 the Rotary
Scholarship fund.
District Rotary President Jcs-
$" Moyc. OF Farmvillc. N. c..
VIII visit the local club next
Monday night.
Monday nights program was
brought to the club by Rev. Bob
Ledbetter, pastor of the Tabor
City Presbyterian Church.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26
G0refoWn Youth
Gets Prison Term
For Death Ride

Charles Strickland, Is year
old Goretown youth, was found
guilty of involuntary man.
slaughter in the highway death
of his brother, Lester, 30, in CO.
lumbus County Superior court
last Wednesday. Judge Leo Carr
pronounced sentence at from
three to five years for the Horny
youth who denied driving the
death car that crashed between
Tabor City and Chadbourn with
Officers in hot pursuit.
A Superior court jury that had
spent many minutes out of court
while attorneys argued conrIov-
ersial evidence, before Judge Leo
Carr returned the verdict late
Wednesday after debating about
AN hour and a half
The trial of Strickland on
nanSlaughter charges occupied
all but few minutes of the
Tuesday trial day.
John j. Burncy, Jr., proSecut-
ing for the State, used the evil
dencc Of Magistrates Constable
George Buddy Fowler, of the
FInklca district, and Tabor City
Lcamon Sing in direct prosecu-
ton.
In rcbutal he brought Tabor
City Police Chief H. E. Epps.
and Highway Patrol Pfc. J. E.
Greene to the stand.
The defense, directed by ]. B.
Lee and J. X. Powell put the
young Strickland on the stand,
along with a brother. Liston,
their mother. Mrs. Claude
Strickland: sister, Mrs. Horace
Prince: a Self-s;yled preacher
Clifton Small.
The defense also used A. M.
Stanley, Paul Hodge, Bill Will
son. Billy Fipps as eye-witnesses
as to who was driving the death
car.
Defense tactics were aimed at
proving both by the eye wit
ncSSes and by statements made,
according to testimony, at the
hospital by Lester, that he, Lest
er, was driving, not Charles.
Sing and Fowler as state eve
witnesses and the peace officers
directly involved in the chase
definitely identified Charles as
the driver.
Greene as the investigating
state officer, and Epps testified
that Lester told that Charles was
driving. Epps said Charles adj
mittcd to him he was driving.
Much Of the legal controversy
which caused the jurors to be
excused at least three times, CEN
tered on whether defense evil
ccnc" consisted Of deathbed
statements or not.
Lester Strickland was injured
the night of Aug. IL when the
car he was occupying overturned
about two miles from Tabor City
on NC 4i0 north. He died about
7 a. m. Aug. IS.
The uncontcstcd evidence indi-
Gates, Fowler began chasing the
Stricklands when they pulled
from Elk Wards, a State-line
establishment.
Fowler chased the car. with
siren open, to the state line. Sing,
who was at the Tabor City police
station, heard the siren, estab-
lished a road block.
The Strickland car eluded the
block by going through a service
station. Sing took UP the chase.
Continued On Page ~
Help Fight TB
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26

ramp and terminal, some which
Appeared Al the N. Y. Daily
newspapers, after which O lunch
con was held at the terminal
Brass Rail, one of New York
City's outstanding chains of res
taurants. Additional pictures
were made Of Miss Mishoe and
Miss Eddings eating sweet pota-
toes with the many dignitaries
present. The entire group then
proceeded by motor caravan 10
the Empire Hotel, 83rd and
Broadway where Accommodations
had been provided for the visit
ors from South Carolina, North
Carolina and New York State.
The delegation were the guests
of Jules Cherniak, Market Spec
ialist OF New York State at din
ner Wednesday night at the ho-
tel dining room, after which
they were taken on a trip a.
round Times Square and Radio
City Bright Lights Area.
Thursday morning Mr.. Chern-
lax directed a tour Of Washing
ton Street Produce Market and
the Brooklyn Produce Terminal
Market. At eleven o'clock the out
of town guests along with Mark
ct specialists, produce brokers
and commission men and the di-
rectors Of the Mental Health
Program met at New York City
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26
Sentence Chadbourn Youth In
Death OF Fowler AT Lake Tabor

An l8-year-old Chadbourn
youth, Freddie Hammonds, emit
cred a plea of no defense to
manslaughter in the death OF
Toby Fowler and received four
to six year sentence.
Fowler drowned after being
pushed off the pavilion at Lake
Tabor on October 10.
Two other Chaubourn youths
charged in the drowning were
Junior Guyton, %, and Carlton
Leonard, II. Charges against
them were mol pressed with
leave. Both were state witnesses
and testified against Hammond.
The drowning married a sue
ceSSfIl Yam Festival in Tabor
City. On the night of the mishap
the Chadbourn youths had gone
to the Lake Tabor pavilion fol-
lowing the Tabor City-Chad-
be ~ football game. A host Of
young people Were on t,.e Uavil-
ion at the time Fowler was
pushed backwards into the wat
or but none witnessed the actu-
al pushing by HammondS.
After Fowler was pushed the
SIX youths from Chadbourn fled
despite pleas of several for them
TO 90 back and rescue Fowler
because they thought he was
drowning.
HammondS was on probation
for assault to rape. The 3-5 year
sentence given him in May, 1857
was ordered to be served con-
with the new sentence.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26

Executive secretary.
The club will meet twice
monthly after an installation and
Bosses Nigh dinner slated for
early December.
Other officers and committee
chairmen are to be named at an
executive session prior to the
installation program.
Membership for the club will
be open for an indefinite period
and all business women dealing
in any phase Of bookkeeping or
credit are eligible to join.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26
TURKEY SHOOT

The annual turkey shoot at
Lake Tabor will be held
Thanksgiving Day, beginning
about 900 in the morning on
the millpond property. A
number of turkeys, chickens.
ducks, guineas and other fowls
will be given away to winners
In the shooting contest. Prizes
have been secured by Ted
Watts and the shoot Is in
charge OF Bolton Soles. All
profits from the shoot will 20
to the Tabor City Recreation
Commission, Inc.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26
FLORIDA VISITORS

Mr.. and Mrs. G.. c. Jacobs and
children, Toni 10 and Nick, are
spending the Thanksgiving holi-
lays in Florida While in the
distant state they will visit his
brother, w. NJ. in Jackson ILL
and another brother Joe. a patti
ent in the Veterans Hospital,
Lake CITY. Fla.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26
AIDES FETED

The Mems Club OF the Fair
}luff Methodist Church enter
aimed with Ladies Night recent
v with an oyster roast and fish
upper held in the Scott Motor
club building.
a number Of special guests
we're in attendance with club
and their ladies.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26
BURLINGTON VISITORS

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Elliott
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Elliott of
Burlington are planning to spend
the Thanksgiving holidays with
the \. V. Flliott'S.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26
FOREIGN TOUR

Mrs. O. l.. Marsh, formerly
Evelyn Harrelson, who is in the
PHILIPPINES with her Air Force
Husband, Major Marsh, and chill
dren Cheryl and Teri, recently
toured Japan and China.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26

Miss Martha Harrclson left
/. >. '"5@7y for Lexington, Ky
where she holds a position with
n" Fourth Street Tobacco Ware
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26

Provide very little bedding for
'owS at narrowing time.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-11-26
BACK TO DELAWARE

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Manahan
and Mrs. Fred Townsend left
Monday for their home in Della
ware following a visit with Mrs.
Letha Butler and Mrs. Mary
Todd. The Manahan's live in
Camden and Mrs. Townsend re-
sides at Rehboth Beach.
NEW YORK VISITORS
Mrs. Lacy Eacker and grand
son. Peter, are returning to Silv-
or Creek, N. Y. this week follow
ing a visit with Mrs. Dan Dun
can in the Grassy Bay section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20

conviction that the masters Of
the Kremlin desire only peace"
Mr.. Eaton said at his farm
estate near Cleveland that he
will be delighted To appear.
Cites Red Conspiracy
Mr.. Arens explained that
Chairman Walter had two main
reasons for requesting TV time
to answer the Eaton state
ments.
in the first place." he said.
the international Communist
propaganda machine is using
Mr.. Eaton's statements all over
the world against the United
States and our internal Sc
curity system. Secondly, al
though Mr.. Eaton's statements
will not mislead the overwhelm-
ing majority Of the American
people who have implicit faith
in the FBI and its director, j.
Edgar Hoover. these statements
are typical Of a campaign OF
vilification which the Commu-
mist conspiracy is promoting in
the United States against our
security agencies and will ac-
celerate in the future by all its
devious devices to weaken our
internal defenses."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
Senators Say Cruelty
CousedHungoryRevoIt

and their hostility to the Soviet
regime"
In other conclusions in its
report. the subcommittee said :
Thousands Of Hungarians,
mostly young people, were de-
ported forcibly TO Soviet prison
camps. In some instances, the
Hungarian people stopped the
deportation trains and freed
the incarcerated victims.
Leaders Kidnapped
Communist agents have in
fiItrated into the ranks of the
Hungarian refugees in order to
kidnap leaders, make possible
the victimization of relatives
within Hungary and to create
mistrust between anti-Com-
munists within Hungary and
abroad.
THE HunRrian people be-
lieved that the United States
and the free world could not
have given decisive aid to the
Hungarian revolution"
Expressing concern for the
plight of refugees from Hun
garian communism, the SUBJ
committee said they are liv-
ing proof Of mans unsuitable
devotion to the principles OF
freedom in the face of ruth
less, totalitarian oppression"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
Nehru Sturts
l0-Doy Holiday

NEW DELHI. May 20 R.-
Prime Minister Nehru today
started the holiday he is taking
instead Of the retirement pc
Rod he wanted.
The To-day vacation in the
Himalayan foothills Of North
India is the longest Mr.. Nehru
has taken since he assumed Of
fice nearly IL years ago.
Mr.. Nehru several weeks ago
created CONSERVATION In his
Congress Party by announcing
he wanted TO quit once TO pom
der on midas future. Party
leaders dissuaded him from re-
firing.
The Prime Minister left by
plane. accompanied by his
daughter, Mrs. Indira Gandhi.
a personal assistant. q security
oficer and . small party Of
servants.
He planned to stay in q rest
home in the Kulu Valley of
Punjab State until May 81.
when he returns to the capital
for a. cabinet meeting. He will
depart again June 5 for q sec
ond holiday in which he will
trek for three weeks through
the l0,000-foot-high Lahaul
Valley, also in the Punjab.
Routine government affairs
will be handled in his absence
by home minister Govind Bal
labh Pant. Mr.. Nehru win re-
main in contact and will be
ready TO return In an emer-
gency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
RackeisQuiz
ToProbe Pact

Senate investigators called
today for details Of q secret
pact which assertedly bound
New York area workers Of
A. A. p. stores 10 q 4s-hourI
work week for nearly ive years.
Resuming hearings after q
long week end recess, the Sem
ate Rackets Investigating Com
mittee announced plans 10 ouiE
some top ofacials Of A. a P,s
Eastern division. including
Burton A. zorn. labor counsel.
The 45-hour week has been
described ~ part OF an agree
ment which took 10000 of the
big grocery chains New York
area store clerks into the
Butchers Union. The Retail
Clerks Union was seeking q
40-hour week at the time.
Charles A. Schimmat. the
company's labor relations chief.
told the committee Friday he
negotiated the 45-hour agree
ment with the union In 1882
without telling other A. a. p.
ofiicials. He said II expired
about q year ago. when the
stores went on a 40-hour week.
Committee spokesman said
they also will look into allega-
tons that someone forged the
names Of some A. q p. clerks
10 Butchers Union membership
cards. Prior testimony has in
dicated many clerks resisted
Efforts to recruit them into the
Butchers Union.
The committee plans later in
the week to explore the han
ding Of Butchers Union funds
by the brothers Max and Louis
Block. Both union bosses are
scheduled as witnesses. Max
Block Is an International vice
president Of the union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
- the Associated Press

The Hungarian revolution in
the fall Of 1856 was q spon-
taneous uprising against the
nations Communist regime, the
Senate Internal Security Sub
committee said today.
The uprising, 1t said, was
provoked in large part by the
cruelty Of "the hated secret
police" described as controlled
either by Russian officers or by
Hungarians trained under So
Wet auspices.
The subcommittee, in anoth-
er inStallment of its annual re-
port to the Senate, said the
Hungarian people had been
subjected to "the most inhu-
man tortures" by the Com
munist regime.
Soviet torture specialists
supervised and controlled this
system of organized cruelty"
the report said.
Heard Refugee Stories
These were among the con-
illusions drawn by the subcom-
mittee from public testimony it
took last year from Hungarian
refugees, defectors and others
some Of them witnesses to
the uprising crushed by Rus
sian troops.
The subcommittee said the
use of Red troops was planned
in advance land was based
upon the Importance of Hun
gary in the scheme of Soviet
military strategy"
However, 1t said that ION
many occasions the Soviet
troops, including ofiicers, dem
onstrated their sympathies
with the Hungarian revolution
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
optimists to Meet

The National Capital Optim-
list Club will meet at 1915 pm.
tomorrow in the Washington
Hotel. Luncheon speaker will
be George @. Wyland of Char
ter Life Underwriters, who will
discuss Can We Have Sound
Social Security"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
'PEEpING TOM
HAD REASON FOR
POLE PERCH

Metropolitan police raced
10 the scene last night Of
a reported ''peeplnE Tom
on a telephone pole" A.
described In q cryptic
radio dispatch.
Arriving al the 900 block
OF Taylor street NE. they
took one look at their sus-
pect--and kept right on
going. The man on the
telephone pole, who had
been reported by an indiR-
nant neighbor. was q tele-
phone lineman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20
HOSPITAL TO SELL
COWS, CHEAPER
TO BUY MILK

KALAMAZOO, Mich.
(P.-A herd Of lis regis
tered Holsteins at the Kala-
mazoo State Hospital goes
on the auction block to-
morrow because it's
cheaper to buy milk than
produce it.
A hospital of1icial says
the present practice Of
getting milk by hand can't
compete with the cost Of
milk obtained by machine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-20

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