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youk uiy Officials
Manning Finds His
Job A Tough One
* EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a series of ar
ticles The Daily Record will publish on Dunp’s city of
ficials and department heads, and their duties.
By LOUIS DEARBORN
Operation cf the business of a town the size of Dunn
is equivalent to the operation of a million dollar business.
The job properly done, needs the full time services of a per
son'With a thorough knowledgemousiness, plus the ability
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UAMtjgn Os the business of t
town the site Os Own is equiva
lent to the operation of a minion
dollfir business. The Job properly
done, needs the full time services
of a person' with a thorough
knowledge of business, plus the
ability to deal with people and
their-problem;.
Bunn, too, Is predominantly an
agricultural community, and fa
• mlliarity with agricultural prob
lems, Vo. id also prove an asset to
V the perjon running the business
affairs of the community.
Dunn’s City Manager, Oliver O.
Manning, combines these qualities.
Be was bom on a cotton olanta
‘ tlon down near Clinton, Alabama,
owned by his father D. O Man
ning. The elder Manning also op
erated a sawmill, the community
cotton giii and a bla''kFmith shm 1
He was instrumental in getting the
first rural High School- and Voca
• tlenal Agrlcilture Department In
his cruntv. „
1 STATE FFA SECRETARY
- With this > background, "young
Manning was naturally interested
In 4-H Chib and -FFA work during
his high school days. S)e was first'
State Secretary of the Alabama
Chapter of FFA and while still in
high school attained the State
Farmer Degree. For his outstand
ing work in vocational agriculture
he was awarded the American
. Fanner, Degree, during his first
• ft year in Auburn, the State Agricul
tural College. - : ' -.
Throughout his four years at
• the Alabama
MchMgeUw wiMi
youths from all ever the nation.
Be came to North Carolina at
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Rites
Are Set For
T hr!d dY AM
Mr. Gainey, blinded bj f fog, ran
W' \ya Cumberland THliitt of f
ettevUle when his ftotoaolHie skld-4
H@°was bra^ht^ V Se Dunn Hoe- II
TELEPHONES: 3117 - 3flß - Sll»
PMA Election
Is Scheduled
PMA elections will be held Thurs
day In all of Harnett County's IB
communities. Polls will be open
from t:00 s. m., until 6:00 p. m.
Any farm owner, operator, tenant,
or sharecropper on any farm that
Is participating in the PMA pro
gram 1s eligible. " V -
The elections are held eaeh year
to select three committeemen from
each district and a delegate to the
county convention, at which time
the county Production and Market
ing 'committee is elected. . '
Every fanner is urged to get out
and vote in order to show his in
terest In the overall program. The
success of the program depends on
the farmers, and their interest ip
the election is a good barometer of
their, hdqrest In the program.
•Polling places are as follows:
Anderson Creek, HUT* garage;
Averesboro, 1, Charles Lee's store
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Band, Glee Club
Plans Prograil
The Dunn High School Band and
Glee Club will combine tq offer
a visrled program at the High
School auditorium on Friday night
at B;00 pjn„ It wp* announced to
day by W. L. Burrage, band die
ector.
Although the mugic will be main
ly. Christmas music, there *Ol N
Additional Offerings of Jwpular num
bers, a polka and a- number of
French Carols, V"V
Featured with the Glee Club wp
be Fannie Sue Turnags singing s
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CITY HAY VOTE ON RECREATION
Problem Os
Alcoholism
Is Big One
(This is the first of a series of
four dispatches on one of the na
tion’s Increasing health problems—
alcoholism.)
BY RUTH GMEINER
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON (IP! Alcohol
ism today afflicts more peonle than
tuberculosis, cancer and infantile
paralysis combined.
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It costs the nation perhaps a bil
lion dollars a year in lost wages
crime, accidents, jail and hospital
expense. The 1 additional cost in
wasted talent and break-up up fam
ilies cannot be reckoned.
There are no precise figures, but
authorities in the field use a rourid
estimate of 4,000,000 presons who
drink too much, who are “problem
dr ! nkers. M
One million of them are alcoho
lics. That is, they have drunk en
ough, long enough, to undermine
their physical and mental health.
. ahd they can’t stop just by wishing
to be being told to.
Medical science now classifies
them as sic'- people. It also In
sists that they should not be per
mitted to use the fact of this “stlck
ness” as an excuse for not doing
something about it.
The combined efforts of mutual
self-help organisation, medical
science, psychiatry. Bnd public
health agencies ar» assisting the
recovery of tens of thousands whose
cases used to be considered hope
less.
Two states, Connecticut end vir
gln'R. hs'’e o'oneered with state
systems of clinics. Three-fourths of
the states have taken some step
toward aonrovine medical care lor
the alcohol addict.
AA HAS lIMN f
100,000 “recovered” Jdpgfcmca A
new drug, antabuse, has been re
torted fqr, use by physician* In
helbinf patients to stop drinking.
The quoal-goverament National
Research Council Is sponsoring
specific projects to get at the un
derlying causes of alcoholism and
better methods of treatment. The
liquor industry itself is paying for
much of this research.
Ah increasing number of general
hospitals, but still far too few, are
opening tneir doors to patients with
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DEAR
SANTA:
Dear Santa Clang
T love you very much. WUI vou
ptea-e come to see me oh Christ
mas? We would like for yotf to
bring <>• a doll and doll carriage
and some clothes for the dollies.
Plrase do not forget the crippled
children everywhere.
Love.
Nancy >nd Donna Knott
709 W. Pearsall
Dear Santa,
I want you ’to bring me abill
fold and some kind of a car or
game. Thank you for what I got
laH year. Please don’t forget the
other-little boys and girls. I am
nine years old and In th* fourth
grade and I like my teacher fine.
And I go to Mbt Stewa-t School.
Ot*ls Carroll Miller
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Benson, H.fi
Bear Santa Clots,
I am four years old T eo loved
what you brought me last Christ
mas and I would like to have, a
tryclcle and a coloring book and
crayolas.
Love,
Sylvia Barefoot,
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Dear Santa Claus,
i lam six years old. X want you
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•MARKETS'
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1 RALEIGH —(W— Hog markets;
tarasblagton: Slightly - strong*
With top U. 25 for good and choice
j 180-240 U>. barrows and gilts.
IKlnston: Slightly stronger stJgJO-
DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 11, 1951
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Charles Ross Dies At Age 73
Governors In
Soufh Split
On President
COLUMBIA, 8. C. (W There’s
a lot of talk these days about a
“Dixie revolt,” but the fact is that
Bouthem governors, key figures in
political string-pulling, are about
evenly divided in support of an
opposition to President Truman.
Although forthcoming state prin
maries may alter the situation in
some states, a United Press survey
showed today that Mr. Truman has
some influential friends curVently
in,the highest Southern offices.
NOT AS VOCAL
. They jpat .don't make as much
noise as the anti-Trumanites. Con
trol of state governmental machin
ery by either pro-Truman or anti-
Truman forces will play a signifi
cant role as the nation goes into
next year's presidential race.
In most states, the adminstration
in power has a strong voice in the
complexion and diction of the con
vention delegates. With leadership
of Democratic state policies under
their supervision, incumbent gov
ernors can sometimes maneuver
election machinery advantageously
to their cause. That was demon
strated by both sides in the 1948
states rights revolt.
As things now stand, should the
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BULLETINS
WASHINGTON.—(IP)—-New trade practice rules for the
rayon and acetate textile industry were announced today
by the Federal Trade Commission.
WASHINGTON.—fIPI—State governments have beat
warned not to exjiect any increased allotment of steel for
schools, highways and other public works programs until
late next year.
WASHINGTON.—(IB—The government was expected
to issue an order today giving manufacturers of cri&aly
acaroe machine tods top priority for essential materials.
TEHRAN.—(lß —Government and oppoetkm supporters
clashed In and outsiSe the Banian Parliament building to
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oay wfra at least 35 persons myarea. n?-/
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Charles Ross, of Lilling
ton, “elder statesman” of
Harnett and an attorney
prominently identified in
State affairs and the Demo
cratic party for more than a
half century, died early to
day in Highsmith Hospital
at Fayetteville.
Death came to the 73-year-old
Harnett leader a, 4 a.m. He had .
been in 111 health for several years
and a patient at the hospital for
about a month. His condition be
came critical during the week end
and steadilv worse.
HELD MANY POSTS
During his long and colorful ca
reer. Ross had served as a con
gressional secretary, as Assistant
Attorney General of the State, as
general counsel of the State High
way Commission, as acting chair
man of the commission, and as a
member of the Oeneral Assembly
from both Harnett and hia native
county of Randolph.
He was best known for his work
with the highway commission and
served with the commission during
the administration of Governors
McLean, Morrison, Ehringhaus,
Hoey, Broughton and Cherry.
Under appointment by Governor
Scott, As director of the North Car
olina Research project, he pre
pared the data for Scott’s $200,000,-
000 lkiral road bond vote.
AUTHORITY ON ROADS
Ross attained nation-wide recog
nition in highway circles and after
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FIVE CENTS PER COPI
Yule Pageant
Planned By
Presbyterians
“Why the Chimes Ring,” a
pageant written by Virginia Smith
. Royal, director of religious educa
tion, from a story of the same name
by Raymond M. Alden, will be pre
sented at the First Presbyterian
Church Sunday evening, sponsored
by the Young Adult Class of the
Sunday School.
The story is about the sacrificial
gift of the young boy, Pedro, to the
Christ-Child. The story goes, that
long ago in this far-away country,
a beautiful, magnificent church
stood in a city. ■
Here, on each religious "holiday,
and particularly at Christmas-time,
thousands of people came to wor
ship the Christ-Child. The rdost
wonderful thing about .this great
church was the magnificent chime
of bells high in the stone tower,
but they had not been heard by
anyone living at that time.
It was believed that they would
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Manning To Make
Proposal As Next
Council Meeting
City Manager Oliver O. Manning today proposed that
the question of the city providing funds for recreation to be
put squarely up to the people in a special bond election and
said he would make this recommendation at the next meet
ing of the council Monday night.
He pointed out that not one
cent can be spent by the town
without a vote of the people and
said such an election would settle
Under State laws, a municipality
Unde State laws, a municipality
can vote as much as 10 cents per
hundred-dollar valuation for recre
ation. This means that Dunn could
vote as much as SB,OOO per year for
the program.
DOUBTS IT WILL CARRY
The c'tv manager «aid he person
ally would favor and support an
additional tax levy to support recre
ation. but exoressed crave doubts
whether or rot it would be approved
by the people.
He cited th» fact that already
the' Town of Dunn’s d«M is over
three-quarters of a million dollars,
and said many citizens would hesi
tate to increase the burden.
“On the other hand," he added,
“there are more voters who don’t
own property than who do own
property.”
Mr. Manning suggested that citi
zens favoring holding an election
petition the city board immedi
ately so that the machinery can be
put into action for the election.
The problem of recreation arose
again recently when Herbert B.
Taylor offered to donate his Knee
pants League to the town. Accept
ance was barred by the law.
RACIAL ISSUE INVOLVED
Manning also reminded toddy
that any funds voted, will, under
• theJxw, have to he divided between
• the white and colore(FTto)Rßßfwl
the city, according to population.
• Dunn has a recreation commis
sion named to serve in an advisory
capacity. The groufi has held a
few meetings, but has accomplish
ed little due to lack of funds and
support by the people.
In a recent letter of ruling, City
Attorney I. B. Williams pointed out
that it is doubtful that the city
could operate the baseball club even
if funds were legal and available,
due to the complex nature of such
an operation.
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STATE NEWS
BRIEFS
RALEIGH im- The Railway Ex
press Agency will start truck ser
vice between here and Norfolk, Va..
tomorrow and the Norfolk South
ern Railway will discontinue its ex
press train between the two points.
CHARLOTTE (W—Piedmont Na
tural Oas Company announced to
day that rate schedules approved
by the State Utilities Commission
will save its 35,000 customers in
I North and South Carolina $276,400
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Dunn To G*f Ift
New Service
Dunn now has a Welcome Vtopm
Hostess and the
popular Welcome Wagon < SeeVtOß
will soon be inaugurated herij,^
Mrs. David P. Clifford Qf Dunn
has just returned from HwNPk'
City, where she took fmwnMlal
course at the Welcome wUUtb
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