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In Harnett Area
\ The editors \f The Daily Record today announced
selection of the 10 top news stories which occurred in
tn section during 1951,
1 There were no real, history-making events during the
jfWiL although there wa« significant news in a number of
UPtmpi Vtaftated in both agriculture and
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w* that vast territory served by Tftif Daily Record,
known Ss Recordland, gains were notgd In the field of
religion and civic life, but no industrial gains of note
tooklplace. •
V RASED ON IMPACT
The selection of the 10 most momentous storie* was
made lon the basis of their Impact—those which a fleet
ed thO most poop} for the longest period of time, those
V'h'eh were paramount in the piißfc interest, and those
f having On important bearing on life hi the area.
The stories, in order, were:
1. Army maneuvers held in this area.
2. The six-weeks strike of Erwin Mills employees.
3. Hiring, firing, rehiring and stripping of authority of
City Manager Tommy Hobbs, his departure to the Navy,
vote of Dunn citizens to retain the citv manager system,
and appointment of Oliver Manning as Hobbs’ successor.
4. Rale of Erwin Mills homes to company emofovees.
» 5. A bumper cotton crop, marking return of Old King
Cotton to Reign an the throne of economy in this section.
6. Municipal elections in various towns in the area,'
notable among them the election of new slates at Coats
and Benson. If
7. Rise of The Daily Record to its dominant pßltion
as Die No. 1 newspaper in this area, with its guaranteed
paid circulation more .than 37 per cent greater than that
of any other newspaper in the territory.
3. Continuation and progress of Campbell College’s
expansion program.
I 9. Resignation of C. Reid Boss as superintendent of
Harnett’s schools and appointment of Olenn T. Prof fit
as his successor.
10. Inauguration of City Manager Oliver Manning’s
community leadership movement. *
1 "OTHER BIG STORIES J
Selection of the top 10 stories was difficult, apd there
were other stories of almost equal momentum, same pos
sibly ,oL*rea ter interest—but less importfthffi-to the
Approval of a new HeSlfcli Center ror the TownSSf Dunn,
launching nf the Dnhfi' Woman’s Club campaign for a
community building; Her’-ert Taylor’s offer todSnate the
Kneepants League to the Town of Dunn.
Opening and of the new Johnson’s Restaur
ant, which provides civic and social groups with .adequate
facilities for the first time; opening of the Colonial Store,
the .town’s first super market opening of the town’s first
exclusive shoe store by Belk’s; other progress in the busi
ness field.
. Increase in highway fatalities from 12 in 1950 to 17, as
of ttocst today; the normal number of murders and other
violent deaths in the county.
The huge Family Night party staged by McLamb Ma
chinery Cp., one of the largest and most unique events of
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REDS TIrFREE CIVILIANS AFTER TRUCE
new ( OMMIs.siONER Herman E. HillrtSTef
Township, shown here, to#ay began hi* new’fnMe if
meeting of the Harnett County Board of Crthilijiliiiiera. '«WaMkS4
administered the oath of. of flee Friday afterwijefaby Clerk fMPrt'lfi
Morgan to sueceed fC. O. Fields of Angler, wkW recently reoMMA|4
The board met this afternoon to receive a final report from ®wV {
Morgan, who la leaving for the Navy, and to tort the office mmfcmk J
Mr*. Elisabeth Matthew*, who has been M*ed acting cfcMibjH
Holloway has been a prominent political, btotnaas and ei*H9pegpJ
of the county for more than a quarter of-.a cobujary. (Daily AmMll
phot* by T. M. Stewart*. i jm;
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Two Dunn Men Hmm
In Theft Os Momm
Police Chief George .
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theft of yaoo in cash from a local
minister and are free Wider bond 1
•waiting a pfeliminafy hear dig', to
be held on Hiureday. s . ; i
The defendants were Hated' as. i
Oscar C. Williams, 30, and Top cty
B, Williams, 18. brothers. ■ \
Chief Jackson said they had ad- ,
niitted s tea hug a pocketbook con
tabling s2o# from the Rev; Wilson ,
Lucas at the mitttoter’g store Von ;
East Broad Street Saturday. •„* j
Lucas told the officers he stepped '
outside « minute and left his wal-.
let. When he returned, it-was gone.
Th* polios chief said $175 of the
money had been recovered.
Both deftndats were, freed-under
S3OO bond each,
i Roberta went to look roe him,.
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DUNN, N. fr„ MONDAY AFTERNdDN, DECEMBER 31, 1951
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Head Banquet
Clarence McLamh' and-i-Riinry
TyJer were named to .plan -iw .the
annual banquet ( ;yjt the Dunn
Chamber of Commerce. aiOseet-
Ing held Friday. Wr «« >«jf
Directors. -.-.-r
Date for the banquet has bean
set fpr January 10th.' with ’■ Will
iam Ruffin, former . President #
the National Association' of-Mah
ufactureres at the principal n*ak-
The board of direetpn also Vent
on record as. In laror of the re
organibstlon of a Junior Chamber
Commerce, said Instructed President
Eugene Smith to write a letter
to the Interested parties endorsing
the project.
Nude Couple Die
In Fire During
Drinking Party
TAMPA, Ha. (fl A food
broker and a young secretary,
whose nude bodies wore fpund m
Ms fire-gutted efficiency apdrt
nwt burned to death during a
drinking party, pohee said toddy.
The Hllishoreugh County sher
iff* office Identified
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' HOLLYWOOD (V) ~ Actresg Jane gvMeU clasped
British-born Tho«MUi Kavanagh to her renowned bosom
t«*ay wad friends reported "she wants to him her-
PHOENIX, Aril, (tfi - Search planes stood by for
clearing weather today to Uko off in search of a C-47
with 27 persons aboard which disappeared la a rain storm
near here laist night
WASHINGTON (W Total national production this
year reached a record $327,000,094,090, higher hy 15 pm*
Sec^t, «y of Own®«»ce ««ries Sawyer
LONG BEACH,
ter was held today on a charge of suspicion of murder
oy strangling aer wttn Mr fat Mrs sock.
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■Wing 55
■Prisoners
JhNWUNJOM, Korea - lift
;',5Hp» Communists promised today to
flß^i 1 tnpturvd Allied civilians after
Korean armistice is signed, but
they would pot admit a United
tUßdns charge , they are holding 55
Os them, including 13 Americans,
pofth Korean Gen. Lee Sang Cho
aaid a list of 55 names submitted
•jiff the United Nations did not come
•'jßlder the prisoner of war dlscus-
Mds here but promised to give the
■Mines t# the “proper organization”
pßr investigation.
L INCULDES DIPLOMATS
jg&tbe 35 included British and
?§|rench diplomats who remained at
|»eif posts when Seoul fell, mission
j aries and educator*. They have
aben held for 18 months or more,
Bfcagmably interned in North
mTlw# said he was sure that if any
IpvUtah# were held captive they
raVere beine treated well.
■ “It Is possible that during hostil-
Klu foreign civilians could have
Been taken into custody,” Lee ad
■dtted. “because In war the anti-
Bethy of our people to foreigners is
Wery strong. After the armistice we
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flhtnn AA Unit
Hears Guests
■ Three out-of-town members of
SUcoholics Anonymous appeared at
■he Ladles Niehi meeting of the
K>unn group held in Johnson’s
■tastaurant last night and detailed
Borne of their experiences before and
gStor joining the AA. .
k Pointing out that there was
■dally nothing new in AA, one
KpWUwr. David C- said that these
•talks, where people hear of 'others
nummupces are Often extremely
I cues* I made as many slips
a* any member of AA before I
found out that I couldn’t take that
first drink, David said.” With me
there was.no borderline. I passed
the bordeiiine srith the first drink.”
David rttoUd that While in col
lege, be. found, it necessary to work
in order drink. When he found
, that achaol Interfered with his
drinking, lie gave up school.
LOST HIB WIFE
“I lost my wifa getting sober.”
he related, ne said the separation
, paper* ware served eh him while
he was In an institution sobering
up. He learned about AA at West
brook in Richmond.
“An alcoholic must work,” he
’ said, “because a confirmed alcohdUc
, needs a lot of money for drink
big. more than he could get with
! out Working.” He told of finding a
, job tn auto sales With a manager
’ who also indulged which worked
wen for both.
“I certainly owe everything to
AA,” he concluded, "and If my ex
periences wUI help another I am
-glad to pass them on.” The two
most Important of the 13 steps, he
said, were acknowledging the need
lor help from a hbffier power, end
a dally self-inventory.
Mickey R-. a nurse, told of how
she had plumbed the depths be
fore she found help through AA.
The hardest step to take, the as
serted, was to admit oelng am al
coholic. Hospitals and medicines
will help, but the aid of a higher
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DEATH SEPARATES GIRL, 5, AND HER BABY DOLL Pretty five-year-oW Sue Ellen McCuUcd#
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. McCullen of Dunn, Route 5, was killed Sunday morning when threw*- |
from this automobile a» it went out of control. The child’s body went one way and her baby doll wff£ j
found in another direction. Funeral sevices for the cMId were held this afternoon at the ML Cares*
Free WUI Baptist Church. At the left is shown the position of the car and arrow points to baby doUT
(Daily Record photo by J. W. Temple, Jr.) |
Churches Plan New Year's Rites
Five-Year-Old Girl
Killed In Acciddnt 1
Sue Ellen McCullen, five-year-old
daughter of Mr. and 'Mrs. P. H.
McCullen of Dunn, Route 5, was
killed almost instantly Sunday
morning about 11 o’clock when the
automobile tn which she was rid
ing with her mother and brother
and sister went out of control. The
accident took place eight mUes
from Dunn in Sampson County.
The child was thrown out of the
automobile and was pronounced
dead . upon arrival at the Dunn
Hospital. A beautiful baby doU she
was holding also went out the
window and was found a abort
distance from the wreckage.
State Highway Patrolman J. A.
McColeman said the accident took
place on Highway 243, 200 yards
Stasseris Platform
Getting Kind Words
WASHINGTON <W Harold E.
Stassen’s presidential campaign
platform la getting some kind words
arqund town.
Whatever happens to his hole-in
one effort to become President, hie
platform is likely to make some
political medicine within the Re
publican Party.
The young man toeaed the hard
money issue into the campaign and
it to likely to stay there.
Hard money to the kind which to
backed by gold and resists infla
tionary pressures. Hard money to
Just as good tomorrow a* it waa
last month—which to more than
can he said for the dollar In your
pocket.
Stassen to for what he calto a
“modern gold standard” and un
less he uses “modern” as a weasel
word, he also to far hard money.
HE’S CHANGED
That to ‘a conservative portion.
•MARKETS
CGTTON
RALEIGH Wl Opening cotton
quotations middling and strict low
middling baaed OB 1 and 14* tort
S *Du!m , ? n Sh»: dp: »
Monroe: 43.00: 41.00.
Lutaberton: 4100; MM. ■
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Photo* .. Advertising i*
Comics .. Features >9l
from the Intersection of N. C.
Highway No. 55, just off the Dunn-
Newton Grove highway.
. ITtire blew out
1 The mother said the 1050 two
door Dodge started pulling to the
righL out of control, ran ten feet
off .the highway and turned on its
side into a canal. The vehicle did
dot completely turn over, however,
j A tire was found blown out and
belief Was expressed that the ac
cident was caused by the blow-out
; Patrolman McColeman said the
death would be investigated by Dr.
J. S. Ayres, Sampson County cor
oner.
i: Mrs. McColeman and the other
two daughters, Diane and Frankie,
Continued On Pace Two;
It does not quite match up with
Stassen’s overall political back
ground. He has changed a hit.
Stassen also to for a limit on in
come taxation—another conserva
tive position. Reading between the
lines of his campaign proposals.
Stassen might be suspected of
leaning toward a federal sales tax.
Very conservative, that would be.
All of this adds up to a Stassen
breek-away from the left wing Os
the Republican Party, the group
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HEAD HOSPITAL STAPP - Dr. tUtaMph MlMm Wt,
•tele* Chief of Staff of the Outm Hospital Mental St«jff 3
Dr. Marvin B. Poole. right, was elected president of
—Steal staff —ethus.
NO. 17
For those inclined to usher, to ;
the New Year with reverence rather j
than with revelry, churches
Dunn will offer Watch Night Sbf
vices for New Year’s Eve tonight
-1 * At Glad Tidings Church the Rev. - I
Jr. W. Rainbow of Raleigh wffl Iff,J|
ing at 9:o# p.m.
last until midnight. 3v
The Rev. A. A. Anserine, paster, «
states that special music will com- |
' bine with the address to make Re fi
service a memorable one. Holy Com
munion will be offered as part of tffe
" service.
e Starting at 11:00 pm. a special j
1 service will be held at the DMffte
5 Street Methodist Church ij
1 was announced by the ReP: J. 3L y
'• Early, pastor.
1 The sei-vice, which will inohiii
- prayer, special music and mertßr
■ tion, will conclude at midnight
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Kinney will make *»to Mnrt flngjh*
ern appearance here NL|HMK|
principal speaker for >«e MafHt
dinner »
police and ABC
agents rounded up abdigy 1 'per
sons here yesterday on-shaggirpt
said the arrests foilowtWvarieiiOm,, -Sj
undercover work by ABC?'.agen»ff
ices were sclieduled -