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vW EAT HER* I NORTH CAROLINA Cloudy and mild with widely scattered showers Monday. Mostly cloudy and •v slightly warmer Monday night. Showers and mild Tuesday, VOLUME 1 . BOARD APPROVES HEALTH CENTER, NAMES OFFICIALS ' Hi k NEW MANAGER J. D. Barnet, right, proprietor of Johnson’s ResUnrant, it shown here as he welcomed William Alton Fetner, left, new manager of the eating establishment. Mr. Fetner is ' wpll known in Dunn, having served as mess sergeant for Damn’s National Guard unit daring World War IL (Daily Record, photo by J. W. Temple, Jr.) ' ' y--’ ■ • New Banquet Room Honors General Lee The Town of Dunn will soon have for the first time a large,} modernistic dtnlng room and ban quet hall large enough to accom-l modate civic clubs, social functions p. and other big events and it will be ' named in honor of the late Major General William C. Lee, Dunn native and father of America’s air* home troops. Mr. and Mrs. j. D. Barnes, opera tors of Johnson’s Restaurant, an nounced this morning that, through special permission of Mrs.* Lee, the beautiful pew dining emporium will be named **lllo General Lee Room.” Johnson’s Restaurant, located on • the busy Highway 301, Is already a favorite stop foa tourists and ad dition of Oils room paying tribute to Dunn's most distinguished native will make it an even greater at traction. .' - ' Luge photographs of General Lae, airborne murals and relics will be used to>decorate the large room. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes got the idea for the General Lee Room be cause of the large number of tour lets who stopped and asked about V the famed soldier who organised, . trained and developed America’s mighty airborne army and then wrote the doctrine i used in the D- Day invasion of Normandy before his death. NEARLY READY The new dining center will be opened to the public within the next week and a formal dedication will take ]Asce later, when top (Cantlnaed On Page Three) Shell Property Token Into City Limits; Other Matters Taken Up , By LOOTS DEARBORN v ■ City Manager Oliver O. Manning f) and City Clerk Charles Storey were ■ instructed - last night to “crack Hie penalty te'nowup to asper ' S&'rgtoSZe wu £f£ ward from June to August, and monthly penalties of five per cent htnwinfi irinawa then Delinauents an S tSSt ■ meeting because there was but one j TELEPHONES; 3117 - Silt - 3110 I Johnson's Has New Manager William Alton Fetner of Raleigh has been appointed manager of Johnson’s Restaurant in Dunn and haa already begun his new duties, It was announced today by Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Barnes, the owners. Mr. Fetner Is one of the State's best known restaurant operators and before coming to Dunn managed , the Gold Leaf Resturant lb Fu- Quay Bprings. Before going to Fuquay, he ser ved as head chef at the Wilriß Hotel In Ssinford. . "I feel at home in Dunn/ de clared Mr. Fetner this morning, pointing out that he served as mess sergeant for Dunn’s National Guard battery during Wqyld War 11. SERVED WITH DUNN'UNIT He's a native of Raleigh, at tended State College and graduated in the Class of 1928. He- operated a grocery business in Raleigh un til the National Guard was mob ilized in 1940. Mr. Fetner served as a cooking Instructor at Fort Jackson, S. C., and at Fort Banning, Georgia and made an excellent record in the service. He has won a number of awards in restaurant management and is (Continued On*Page Six) FIREMEN, POLICE PRAISED My res Tilghman, owner of the Genera) Utility Co. gin, which was burned out early Monday morning appeared before the .board and ex tended his thanks, to the Police Department for discovering the fire and to the Fire Department for their prompt and efficient work. - completely gone,” he n|j| He em* Pmmd a resolution! (Eh? Bailu TXttrxxfy School Board Insurance Is Increased Insurance coverage for school buildings in Harnett County will be for 100 per cent of the value of the prop erty and its contents, under the re-valuation program of insurance, suggested by the State Board of Education. This was decided.at the meeting last night of the Harhett County Board of Education. The prenftum will be 262 cents per hundred. Schools in the county have, an as sessed valuation of approximately five million dollars. NEARLY DOUBLED The amount of insurance was . Increased from $2,556,400 carried last year to approximately $5,000,000 for this year and includes 100 per cent coverage on all new and old buildings and contents. Seventy-five per cent coverage at 292 cents per hundred would have cost approximately SII,OOO, while 100 per cent coverage at the lower rate of 26.3 cents per hundred will cost approximately $13,000. Superintendent Profflt said the buildings couldn’t be replaced for anywhere near the sum of five mil lion dollars. Three years ago the business was taken away from private agents in the county and turned over to the State, marking the entrance of the , (Continued On Page Three) Dr. Hooper's Brother Dies Swift Hooper, Jr., 47, Wtagtop- Salem Insurance man and, mother North Cari Una Sattotorlumst Black Mountain. He underwent an operation about a month ago and had never recov ered. He had been a patient.at the Sanatorium since May. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the Vogeler Funeral Ohapel in Winston-Salem. Burial will be 'in Forsyth Memorial Psrk. Mr. Hooper, a native of Winston- Salem, was the son of the late Mr. (Continued on page two) DEAR SANTA Dear Santa, * I am eight years old. This is what I would like to have for Christmas: a big doll, a nurse set. and a nurse’s uniform. My sister is five years old. She would like to have a doll and cow girl suit. Her name is Ginger. I have a tiny sister too. She is two weeks old. Don’t forget her. Her name is Wanda Jo. I hope you have a Merry Christ mas. < Love, Ann Newton Fuquay Springs, N. C. Rt. 2. Dunn, N. C. Rt. 5 My good old Santa. I am a little girl. 11. I want you to bring me a bicycle and also a (Continued Ou Page Three) stating that if the Dillon Supply Co., was . willing to build the base and complete the installs tion ter SBSO they could do so, otherwise the whole deal on the pump was Ml. An Irate overtime parher sent a letter containing a check for one DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 4, 1951 ■ ■ 1 DR. EDWIN MCNEILL POTEAT Dr. Poteat To Read Carol At Compbell The Annual Christmas Carol Fes-i tival being held in the D. Rid) Memorial auditorium on the cam pus of Campbell College Sunday night, December 9, will have as its principal attraction the reading of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” by Dr. Edwin McNeill Poteat of Ra leigh. Dr. Poteat, a distinguished min ister of the gospel, is a world famed author, poet, composer and musician. Among his works of art he has given to the world such out standing books as “Coming to Terms With The Universe,” “Jesus And The Liberal Mind,” “Rev. John Doe, D. D.” “Thunder Over Sin ai,” "The Social Manifesto of Jes us,” “The Centurian” (a dramatic poem), ’These Shared His Passion,” "These Shared His Cross," “These Lodge Will Elect Officers Tonight Officers of Palmira Lodge Num-, ber 147, AT. and' AM., will be elected for the coining year at a stated communication of the ladge tonight at 7:30, it was announced | by Secretary Charles Storey. BULLETINS CAIRO, Egypt.—(TO—A British military spokesman said Tuesday that fresh fighting had broken out in the Sues Canal tone. According.to first unconfirmed reports 20 Egyptians were killed and two Britons wounded. DENVER.— (IP) —A United Air Lines DC-3 training plane crashed and killed three pmons near Denver Tuesday Sy 10 miles from Monday’s B-29 wreck, and raised to 22 i total dead in a series of six plane crashes across the nation. * . , ‘ PHILADELPHIA— OP)— Rabbi C. David Matt, widely known in Jewish communal and fraternal circles, died yesterday in Northern Liberties Hospital. He up* 04. CHlCAGO.—<ff)—Motorists shopped for gasoline bar gains Tuesday as a gasoline price war spread over most of the citv. The local gasoline Retailers Assn, said 400 oQ 3,500 dealers had joined the war, cutting prices from two to five cents a gallon, One dealer was said to have cut his price on regular to 17.9 cents, nine cents lower thjui normal. ' LONDON —oP>—Fire broke out today in the rafters of King George’s Buckingham Palace, It was put out quickly with minor damage. The aWng king, recuperating after a lung operation, and Queen Elisabeth were ip their private apartments on another aide of the palace. an aftmy th^Sohed ■ * - Uck _ - '<*l ■ 4 Jjfl ;v** Shared His Powwft* “Fqur Frtpdome and God," "Over The Sea," "The Sky,” (book of poetry), ”<3od Makes The Difference,” and “Parables of Crises.’* Internationally acclaimed as a composer, his most recent hymn “Eternal God Whose Searching Eye Doth Scan,” has been published by Harper Brothers in their new est hymnal entitled “At Worship.” FIRST OF ITS KIND The Christmas Carol Festival Is the first program of Its kind to be held in this area. This event, being sponsored and promoted by the officers of the Campbell Col lege Concert Association, is de signed to help preserve and re vitalise the true Christmas Spirit. Sponsors and others cooperating to make tills an outstanding attrac tion Hope to make It an annual event for the people of this area. Members of the lodge *are urged make every effort to be present Ifct this meeting and a cordial in vitation Is extended to visiting Mas ter Masons to attend. FIVE CENTS PER COPI List-Takers Selected At Board Meeting BY LOIS BYRD Record Staff Writer Harnett County .Commissioners yesterday voted aporoval of the new Dunn Health Center, provid ed county funds ’for this purpose do not exceed $20,000. and re-ap pointed for one year terms the present tax supervisor, the auditor and the county home ipanager. A variety of business and wel fare matters occunied th* attention of the commissioners who held a lengthy all day session. At the eln*« they witnessed the destruction of 11 cases of bonded whisk*v and ( large quantities of beer which had been stored in the Jail. In addition 34 whiskey stills also got the axe. Need of a new health center at Dunn was highlighted bv the re port made by the Harnett County Grand Jury at its last session that facilities there w»re totally inade quate and obsolete. A delegation of Dunn citizens headed by Dr. Charles Byrd, mem ber 6f the county board of health, appeared before the commissioners and explained that 74.6 percent of funds needed to build a new cen ter may be secured through the North Carolina Medical Care Com mission provided the county and 'the town of Dunn will provide the remaining 25.4 percent. Cost of tl)e proposed center would Continued On Page Three) Church Plans Special Event First Presbyterian Church will have ; weir Joy Gift Program and a pro glam in pageant form entitled “Be ll Jjold This Child” wlll'be presented. ; Tile program is centered arounif the presentation of the Child Jesus at the Temple and the prophecies •f the aged Simeon and Anna. As a part of the program,- our annual Joy Gift offering will be received. The Joy Olft is an offer ing for the aged, retired ministers of the Chuith, a bit of supplemen .tary income for these servants of the Church. Following are some, ex cerpts from “Thank You” letters (Continued on Psge Two) STATE NEWS BRIEFS RALEIGH (ffl Police chiefs, sheriffs, and Judges and solicitors of superior and recorders courts will meet Dec. 14 at Chapel Hill to discuss ways of cutting down high way deaths. CHAPEL HILL ten David C. Wright, Jr., Greensboro High School senior, will represent the state in the finals of the Voice at Democracy speaking contest at Washington next month. STATESVILLE IV)— John Frank Sherill, 23, admitted firing on a dozen cars on a highway near here “because there were too many cars coming through the hollow,” police said Tuesday. “I decided to clean them out,” Sheriff Charles Rumple quoted Sherill. a navy vetesan, as saying. , ' ASHEVILLE (U)—Clyde and R. B. Emory of Barnardsvllle were held here Tuesday pending a cor oner’s inquest into the traffic (Continued on Page Twe) . One Dead, Four Hurt In WreA One man was killed and four , other persons injured Monday at 3 P. m. when a tractor-trailer oollid a head-on with a car on highway three miles east of LUUngton. Leman Beans, 40-yesp-otd Negro of Coats, driver of the 1948 Buick, Jured. They were: The Record | J ‘ .slilf : -1 ■ - -i-IBrSBSBB w . Hgs :'Y»| Jk K‘....» COATS GIRL DONATES ROOD Miss La Rne Costs, Sf Coats, N. C„ newly acquired secretary of the Post Public Information OtttoZ isthe first civilian on the Main Pest, to donate a pint of u t~( os' Post Headquarters took over for two weeks participation in the "Blood for Korea” campaign. Lt. C. L. Coffield, medical officer la' • % charge of the blood center; and Colonel Tyler Calhoun. Jr., oast chief of .toss, took on. («, a Army photo by fRM ~~~\ —— ——r r —— —| Woodmen At Erwin* Elect Edgar Spell Mother Smothers Baby As Husband Strangles Lover DOMODOBSOLA, Italy m— A young mother was accused Tues day of smothering her two-year old daughter while her husband was strangling her lover in the same darkened room. Italy CastqUettt, 11, told police the story. He said his mother. Glselda Pstrittl Castelletti. had a rendezvous with Edormdo Penn esi while her husband was sway from home. The bey said he and his sister, Hermes, were in a room when his mother put out the Urhts. Suddenly, the bby said, his father rushed In. The husband and lever began to fight The two-year-old began to scream. The mother pressed a pillow over her head to muffle the cries and the child suffoca ted. Castelletti ended the fight hr strangling Pennest Both husband and wife have confessed. ♦MARKETS* HOGS RALEIGH <W— Hog markets: Kinston, Washington, Lumberton, Marion, Fayetteville, Florence and Clinton: Market slightly stronger, with top 1825 for good and choice (OTutiwsed On. Page Six) Stevens and Co. M Greensboro, tex tile firm. - ON STRAIGHT ROAD R B. Leonard ed and he pulled 'across the road ‘ “no. 257 Edgar Spell, well-knowh Brwin I resident, last night was elected consul commander of the Enrtn 1 camp of the Woodmen of toh a World and will serve during tfc 1 coming year. **, 'sSffl Election of officers took place at | the annual organizational meeting 1 of the camp. J. E. (Fats) WUUnttS, j who has served for several yebrs f as puesident, presided ov»r the meeting. District Manager Eugene Hood was present afar the .event. Mr. Williams insisted 3Jaiit he not J be re-elected, but that, tile Offte 1 he given to another -membert' He .1 is retiring after rendering 'out standing service to tfi£ camp and pledged that he will -eontinud'Vto ‘ serve the camp In any way pnssfr. J ble. OTHER OFFICER* ~ Other officers elected weret.KQL- | stcr Tyson, advisor lieutenant; Ry*. (Continued On Page ThrS^L Mayor Ralph Hanna will addnus 1 the Washington. N. C. City GMMB J and other interested groups pros and cons of the City MimarOr • form of government tomom»V:lf* ’ ; temoon. . Mayor Hanna was invited to spejtk to the meeting by MkaMlHf 1 Jim McMullen of Washington. '** : will exp’ain to the citizens $ '1 estaWishing that ' I tlon. 1 Wood, the truck driver. XtMm M were taken to the I>£b he° P was°told the condtt)ic»3| 3 I Brewingtcb men re mains critical. . -..' "rMifeHß ®vans died on the my .tcWlf Dunn Hospital by ambulance! Jlm fleers said he suffered a Os both leas, a broken left nflTllß’lß internal inturiea. .. . •. ■ - -*sanßr&aß *»<*w**r 'fnttfrESZ i line. Two otbm wen
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