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SGT. AND MR6u PERRY BASS
4 Dunn Soldier Back
From Korean Duties
Btaff Sergeant Perry Bass oft
Dunn, Route 2, a combat sol
dier who has spent nine out of
IS years of his Army career over
returwni {rum Korea to
tog for overseas duty again and
for assignmment to Germany so
lie and bis bride can get back to
her home for a few years.
Sergeant Bass and Margot Paula
Hennrlch of Mannheim. Germany
were married on Seotember 16.
I*4B. but he’s actually seen very
little of his wife since he only had
1 months in the States between
M overseas tours of duty.
w Mrs. Baas, who has held a posi
tion as a waitress at Johnson's
Restaurant here, says she and her
sergeant are really having a sec
ond honeymoon. She’s been all
excited since she learned several
weeks aeo that he was returning
to the States.
THEY’RE VACATIONING
He came home about a week ago
and they.’re on vacation.now. They
plan to take in New York, visit
m friends there and do some sight
v seeing before Bergeant Bass re
ports on February 26th to his new
station at Fort Ord. California.
The Dunn soldier has applied
for assignment to Germany, but
figures it’ll be the latter part of
the year before they get there.
Both he and Mrs. Ban are
hoping to’spend Christmas with
her family in Mannheim.
of their vacation will be
spent with his parents. Mr and
• Mrs. Perry A. Bass of Dunn. Route ■
2, well-known Sampson County
residents.
“SHE’S THE BOSS"
In away, he confessed, he hates
to leave his family for another
tour of overseas duty, but smiled
at his wife and conceded: “She’s
the boas, you know."
“WeH, after ail,’’ replied Mrs.
• Beautiful Costumes
In I Playmdker Hit
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' Brilliant settings, richly colored
costumes, and dassttog lights are
the order of the day, when Tbr
Carolina Playmakera.present their
sing* Campbell College, Buies
A Creek, showing of e new musical
P comedy, -Spring For Sure.” Per
at the door, patron* ate advised
TELEPHONES: 81M - 1118 - lilt
I Baas slyly, “It’s been three years
since I saw my family.” *
Sergeant Bass volunteered to:
the sendee just before Pearl Hgr
hcr and. after 12 gears of it. he
and hemis enough decorations to
cover his cheat, but he modestly
refuses to wear most of theft.
SOME CLOSE CALLS
He’s 'fought on' both sides of
the world, picked up about a see re
or more battle stars and other dec
orations and can tell you about
battles ranging all the way from
the air battle of England to the
bloody fighting of Korea.!
Sergeant Baas figures he’s a
mightly lucky fellow to be alive. He
was one of the smell group
evacuated out of North Korea on
December 23, 1950. That was the
time when his outfit, the 11th
Regimental Combat Team of the
Seventh Division, suffered a 65
per cent casualty loss.
It .was a battle he’ll never for
get. but he’d Just as soon not talk
about it. The thoughts and mem
ories are too horrible.
Sergeant Bass fought to practi
cally all the major battles of
Korea from Inchon to “Heart
break HiU” and beyond.
It was on September 19th, 1950
that he went into Inchon from
Japan and he was to the thick
of things until he left to return to
the State*. Over to Kcgea. he
picked up another combat infan
try star, a snecial Korean medal
awarded by Sigmor. Rh** a Pur
ple Heart, a UN ribbon and sev
eral others. /
His Army carter started 12
years ago and his first overseas
station was in England with the
16th Infantry Regiment of the
2®th Division. He returned to the
States in July of 1045.
PLENTY OF BATTLE BTARB
That trip, he earned battle stars
lOaUnued eta Pan Tm<
It 4 great perfectionist, Mr. Oault
has spared no labor or Ingenuity
In recreating for the stage the
- vivid beauty of Smoky Mountain
■ vistas. There are the hill cabins.
I the rocky bluffs, the vast expense
of clear, blue sky, and the flow
ering dogwood trees.
I COLORFUL COSTUMES
i Smart, another member of
! dm' of°these doUwT'u'modefed^n
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(Site Bailu lUtmrd
Byrnes Hits Non-Essential Spending
PTA At Benson
Raising Funds
For Lunchroom
A basketball program, a barbe
cue supper and a group of short
players are among the events Sche
duled by the Benson Parent-Teach
ers Association in order to raise
' funds for the new lunchroom at the
Benson School, it was reported to
day by Mrs. Chrystelle Parker, sec
retary.
The projects were discussed fully
at the recent meeting of the Ben
son organization and committees
appointed to arrange for the various
events.
The first event will be a series
of basketball games to be played
during February in the Benson
American Legion Building. Thr
(school teams will compete with
teams made up of fathers, men
teachers, mother* and women teach
ers.
The program will be under the
overall direction of E. D. Strickland,
who with A. H. Ryals are the com
mittee for fathers. Other commit
tees are: men teachers. Mitchell
Nance and J. F. Hockaday; mothers,
Mrs. Will Woodall and Mrs. R. G.
Adams; women teachers, Miss Dor
othy Hasty and Miss Ann Johnson.
General chairman for the barbe
cue supper, to be held in March is
Kyle Stephenson. Committee mem
bers are, Jesse M. Denning. L. A.
Massenglit, A. K. Pleasant, Mrs. Vi
vian Bailey. Mrs. Mabel D. Wood
all Mrs. W. H. Slocumb, Mrs. J.
C. Woodall, Mrs. C. N. Bostic. May
nard Coats and Mrs. M. G. Johnson.
Mrs. Lorene 8. Jeffreys heads the
play committee. Members are. Mrs
Furman Woodllef. Mrs. W. J. Lam
bert and Mrs. Rosa Penny. They
are to announce definite plans for
the plays, which will be produced
to April, at the March PTA meet
ing- J
-vwßßmßbtm. BTft in ihiiig i
Jact. and they' urge the residents
of the community, whether they
have children in the school or not
to cooperate with them in raisin*
funds far the equipping of the
lunchroom.
STATE NEWS
WHETS
RALEIGH —— Three Fayette- '
ville firms were ordered today to i
appear In federal court here and I
show cause why they should not be i
stopped from doing bsulness untill
they comply with Office of Price 1
Stablization rules. I
Named in the action are Albert ■
V. Richardson, a Sinclair Service I
Station man; B. Fay Ridenour of'
the Ridenour Studio, and Ernest I
B. Collins of Collins Radio Service) l
and Repair.
DURHAM —OT— State Sen. Tom I
Sawyer announced today as a can- J
didate for Congress from the Sixth j
District. J
Sawyer, president of the Public i
Information Corp. which operates!
radio station WSSB in Durham,
said he is “answering a call over I
toe district for new blood and new ,
faces In legislative halls to Wash-,
ington."
(Sawyer UEniwd a Dunn vet
erans meeting Monday night).
Dr. Ray Lindley
To Preach Sunday
Dr. D. Ray Lindley of Wilson,
president of Atlantic Christian Col
lege and on of the best known
preachers In the South, will fill the
pulpit Sunday morning to Hood
Memorial Christian Church here.
Dr. George Cuthretl, pastor, said
Dr. Lindley win speak at the 11
o’clock service. Dr. Cuthrell will
preach to the evening. A large crowd
is expected to hear Dr. Lindley.
RALEIGH - » - Today’s egg
and live poultry markets: '
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Esavv h*r» steady suddUm ad*
WSSSLS"FOB &
DUNN, N. C„ FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1, 195?"
COATS GYMNASIUM Pictured here is the handsome new Coats school rymnasium which
is nearing oampfetlaii. The stnetnre, which will cost over 51M,004, should be readyfor use bv early
SS"?, .f rt “ clp * 1 Hal 8 ? U Il “7 s the basketb * U t**” l •* Planning a game in it no matter how
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Button Leads To Arrest
Os Seven In Theft Cases
Button, button, who’s got the
button, turned out to be more
than a game when a missing but
ton led Sheriff W. E. (Bill) SaMi
mon to a group of-Colored boys
who, during December and Jan
uary, are alleged to have been in-
to a jjries of about-. 15.
The button, found at a store op
erated by Walter Tucker, in Shaw
town, after the place had been
entered and a small amount of
money stolen, broke the case.
Checking on the missing button.
Sheriff Salmon and his deputies
traced the button to the overcoat
of one, Benjamin Bailey. Under
pressure, he admitted complicity in
a number of the unsolved break
ins and named hit companions in
the various enterprises.
He is alleged to have broken in
to the Grevn Heights Grill on
Dec. 31th and stolen cigars and
money. Accomplice named on this
burglary was Norman Ferrell. On
, January .1, the pah are alleged to
( have broken Into the A and W Rail-
I road station and stolen a box of
! cigars.
j On January 14. Bailey, alone this
I time, is alleged to have broken into
I the Club Cleaners and stolen watch
i es, money and trousers. On Jan.
1 18, this ttmfe accompanied by Fer
i rell, he Is alleged to have taken
j money from the B and A grill. An
i other burglary charged to the pair
I on Dec. 18 at the Johnson Cotton
i Gin and Sales office.
| Again on December 18. the pair.
(Ferrell and Bailey, with another
; Negro hoy, Bobby Spencer, are al- |
( leged to have broken into toe Wal-
I ter Tucker olace and made off with
[some eatables. The three were also
. supposed to have been Involved in
I th* Two Way Service Station bur
alary on Dec. 14.
j, BUSY NIGHTS
Four now members. Alexander
Buie, Buck Pearson. Willie Suggs,
John S[uggs and toe original trio
were alleged to have spent a busy
tC—ttaaed sa* tw«> I
BULLETINS
NEW YORK'«! Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski, JT7*
year-old wile of 69-year-old conductor Leopold Stokowski,
gw Mrth to her second son at New York Hospital yes
'' ®Tj; PAUL, Minn, li Gen. Dwfeht D. Eisenhower
JHac Arthur were today in the
WASHINGTON ffi : a now plagi to start a “real”
Arnall Is Expected
T o Beplace^DiSalle
WASHINGTON Wl Former
Gov. Ellis Amall of Georgia is
slated to replace Michael V Di-
Sale as director of the Office of
Price Stablization.
Informed ' sources said Arnall
agreed tentatively to accept the
job before he left here last night
for Atlanta, after two days of con
ferences with Mr. Truman and
other top administration officials.
They said he probably would
make a final decision next week,
after he talks it over w|th his wife
and his Atlanta law partners. To
serve as price stabiliser, Arnall al
so would have to give up, at least
temporarily, his present position as
president of the Independent Soc
iety of Motion Picture Producers.
LIBERAL DEMOCRAT
The 44-year-old Arnall a liberal
Southern Democrat who achieved
national prominence when he beat
the Talmadge political organiza
tion to Georgia to the 1942 gub
ernatorial campaign, refused to
comment on the price control job.
But it was learned that he re
ceived a tentative offer on Wed
nesday, when he called at toe
White House for a talk with the
I President.
Economic Stabilizer Roger L.
Putnam made the' offer definite
yesterday at a private luncheon
with Arnall, and the Georgian in
dicated he would take It.
DiSalle announced last week that
he was quitting as soon as Mr. Tru- ,
man could find a successor, be
cause he wants to run for toe U.
8. Senate. from Ohio against Re
, publican incumbent John W. Brick
er, .u
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Ingrid Bergman
Is Expecting
Child In June
ROME im ltalian movie di
rector Robert Rossellini announc
ed today that his wife, actress
Ingrid Bergman, is expecting a
child in June.
Rossellini said he and Miss Berg
man had turned down offers to
attend the Bombay Movie Festival
because the trip would be “too tire
some’’ for the actress.at tola time.
The couple’s first child, Roberto,
was born in Rome. Feb. 2, 1950.
Rosellini said Miaa Bergman
would remain in Rome for the
birth of the expected child.
HOPING FOR GIRL
Rossellini said they hoped the
next baby would be a girl.
The director said he had turned
down an offer to go to India to
make a new film “because I want
to be here with Ingrid when the
baby arrives We both want a girl.”
He said he whold start a new
movie here to April
The actress recently completed
work on a new movie directed by
Rossellini, her first since she “re
nounced” her career to 1949' follow
ing strong criticism of her ro
mance with the director.
MET IN HOLLYWOOD
< The couple met to Hollywood in
1940 when Rossellini interested
Miss Bergman to starring to
“Stromboll”, a movie shot on the
bleak volcanic island of Strom
boll off Southern Italy. During the
making of the movie, their ro
mance developed.
They were married after Mias
Bergman obtained a divorce from
her first husband, Dr. Peter Lind
s'trom, who retained eustody of
theta* daughter, Pi*. Mias Berg
man saw her daughter last year
for the first time since the div
orce and her remarriage when
Lindatrom and the girl visited Eng
land.
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Sampson Lady
71, Ends Life
With 22 Rifle
Miss Rena Lee Royal, 71, died
at the home yesterday from a self
inflicted bullet wound in her right
temple. She had been in ill health
for several years and has attempt
ed to take her life before.
Miss Royal was a native of Samp
son County and spent ail her life
in that section. A member of Shady |
Grove Baptist Church, the funeral
will be held at 3:30 and the body
will lie in state at the Hatcher and
Skinner Funeral Home from 2:30 till
3:30 prior to the services.
A note was found pinned to Miss
Royal’s sweater explaining reasons
for her death. The note said: “Good,
bye all. I can’t stay here any long
er.”
Surviving are three nephews tnd
four nieces, they are: Gunthre
Jackson. Rt. 5, Dunn. Claple Jack
son, Rt. 1. Godwin. Harmon Jack
son, Rt. 1, Dunn Mrs. Leslie Strick
land, Newton Grove, Mrs. Rand
Wilson, Newton Grove, Mrs. James
E. Vann, Newton Grove and Mrs.
Ted Schwartz of Baltimore, Mary
land.
The services will be conduoted
by the Rev. Minot Godwin and
burial will be in the Royal cemetery.
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Porter Under
$1,300 Bonds
Bob Porter, 30-year-old announ
cer for Fuquay Radio Station WFVG
and manager of the station’s studios
at Erwin, today was free under
binds totaling *I3OO on charges of
criminally assaulting Jfna Mae
Wood, I>-y(y-old grwiTj girl and
father and twowitnSk'"
Deputy Sheriff Claude Avery dla
olosed today that Porter, already
tinder SI,OOO bond for assaulting
the girl, had voluntarily surrender
ed on toe second warrant atuj was |
put under S3OO bond for .that of
fense.
The officer said that as soon as
Porter learned the second war
rant had been sworn out foF him.
he went to his home in Erwin and
gave himself up.
OCCURRED IN CAR
Porter allegedly committed the
assault on toe pretty yoqng Erwin
girl in an automobile between Er
win and Benson on the night of
January 21st.
He allegedly lured the girl out of
toe skating rink and told her that
a boy friend wanted to see her
and offered to take her to the boy
friend. She claims that he got her
into toe car and kept going and
attacked her between Erwin and
Clinton.
The warrant charging assault
With a deadly weapon accuses Por
ter of assaulting her father, John
Mack Wood, and her two brothers.
John, Jr., and Robert, with a pis
tol.
Porter has also swam out a
warrant charging the three men
with trespassing in the Erwin stu
dio of the radio station and with
assaulting him and making threats
on him with a pocket knife.
A hearing has been aet to the
county recorder's court for Febru
ary 19-
Graham Will Preach
From Capitol Steps
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WASHINGTON W Evange
list Billy Graham completed ar
rangements today to use the Capi
tol steps as his pulpit Bunday for
the first Mg open Mr rally of his
Washington revival crusade.
Only sub-freezing temperatures,
snow
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Urges Loyalty
To Country,
Not To Party
WILLIAMSBURG, Va.
API South Carolina’s Gov.
James F. Byrnes today at
tacked President Trqjnan’s
roposed hike in the govem
ernment’s non - military
spending as unnecessary.
“Because we are forced to in
crease our military expenditures
is no reason why we should in
crease non-military expenditures,”
he declared in a speech to a Joint
session of the Virginia Oeneral
Assembly.
Byrnes called for a slash of
$10,000,000,000 in the non-military
budget under the administration’s
proposed $85,000,000,000 budget.
The former Secretary of State;
war mobilizer and Supreme Court
justice made no direct reference
to the forthcoming presidential
election.
Some had expected Byrnes, long
considered a spokesman for South
ern conservatives, top provide a key
to the as yet undisclosed plans of
the South's anti-Truman bloc.
IGNORE PARTY LINES
He did reiterates stand be took
at the Southern Governors Confer
ence. He said voters should disre
gard party lines and vote for the
better presidential candidate re
gardless of party.
“Americans, whether Democrats
or Republicans, should place loyal
ty to country above loyalty to any
political party of any political
candidate." Byrnes said.
Byrnes said when the national
budget reached $50,000,000,000, the
that rpn-military items are only
Thirty per cent of 56 billipa' •
dollars 4s 15 billion dollars, but 36
per cent of 85 billion la 25 bilHon.”
Byrnes aso expressed opposition
to a number of administration pro
grams. including the Brannan farm
plan, federal aid to education, any
FEPC law, and socialised uedi
ment finances without paying tri
through the years, has ean|Qstent
ly fought for intelligent economy |
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