Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1962-10-31

way 1t the intersection of West
Railroad Street and West Fifth
Street III front Of Stephens
builders Supply. Is sure tina:
most of you know the place.
Despite the fact that it's an
intersection, only one stop sign
las been erected. Traffic going
out is allowed To continue on
its way. The only hitch is tina
two other lanes of traffic can
Go the same thing. Therefore
enc line must stop and let
three others proceed. If you're
beginning to think I'm the only
enc confused, why don't you
drive past the place sometime?
You'll see what | mean.
Another traffic hazard exists
IN our uptown business district.
Whenever there Is heavy in
fun of traitiC-Such as on Sat
uIdayS-the results are traffic
Jams III various parts of our
business section.
One day | tried To devise
some way that traffic could be
directed through the area in
front OF WaccamaW Bank. AL
most any mutOrist who has
been caught III this place dur
ng Il rush hour will know how
lard II is To drive through.
Our town officials could do
roth!ng better than To call ia
q rra!tl, expert 10 solve the
situation. | wouldn't be Il waste
Of tax money. In IaCt. it would
&C 4 wise Investment.
CONTRIBUTIONS: In this
column Il few weeks back.
leaders were invited to send
IL their estimates concerning
the date that Tabor City and
L"riS. 5. G., would cease To be
two towns and would be one
slant. tccmlug CO metropolis.
Incc then. almost every date
between now and 2Ol5 has
been suggested.
one letter which was partic-
ularly interesting very defin-
l,clN declared that we're no;
>"Iu to grow together no time
soon. In the same letter. the
writer (whu didn't sign his or
ter namc) stated that we
would have some problems 10
',mc up. The exact quote: 1t
y Guild be pcrty funny if they
could sell beer in one part of
the city and a couple of feet
away they couldn't. Yes. were
coin To- have woTryS."
Some ui the letters. Su IA as
thc one quoted nom above.
were h Dug h I provoking
MORE QUOTES: Some of the
best bits II humur have come
from pooplr-not from joke
books. Last Thursday | asked
Mr.. Billy Whitfield. editor of the
FdlrmUnt TimeS-MeSScnger. if
he had any troubles. None
that a nuclrdr bomb couldn't
get rid of" ne replied.
If YOU happen To be the par
cnt of a school student. you
rave undoubtedly heard of the
Few grading system now used
80 schools. At a recent ball
same. Miss Judy E1rp. who
possesses a Wry sense of hum
rr. remarked tina, the attend
ance at the ballg1m was low.
When asked what she thought
tie reason for poor attendance.
she quippcd: "Everybody'S
thinking out of school,"
Another joke concerns what
Il tourist told a friend: I'VE
we're hungry when VS. arrived
IN Moscow: SOVIET. Don't
Zee! embarrassed il you don't
understand this joke at first.
If usually takes a couple o.
seconds. If at first YOU don't
understand, try reading il
again.)
BEACHES: | believe that
the beaches are the prcttiest
during this fall season than
any other time of year. The
uuStllng. puShy crowds have
returned to their respective
habitatS and left .hc beaches to
the birds and the residents
rot necessarily in that order.
The noisy atmosphere has re-
ceded and quiet has once again
returned to this three-month
pleasure place. The wind blow
ing off the ocean is cooler and
more penetrating than in areas
farther inland. At least, il
seems TO be this way. Now is
the best time TO stroll along the
beach. Hardly does one ever
encounter another person dur
ing these excursions. Just
sOopy sea gulls AMI loud break
trs disturb any thoughts you
may have. Sand hills drift and
water seeps into your tracks
when you trek along the wat
cr's edge. Only the cold wind
and the lack of people tell the
season. The natural beauty of
the beach rarely changes. year
after year, those who return
TO the beach are greeted by the