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+WEATHER+ Clearing today and becoming much warmer this afternoon. Fair and cool tonight. With “Prestone” Anti-Freeze You’re set, you’re safe, you’re VOLUME II Thousands Expected Friday For Christmas Parade TO RIDE IN PARADE Old Santa Claus, the hero of the season, will ride in the big Christmas Parade to be held here Friday night at 6:30 to formally usher in the holiday season. The Christmas Story, depicting the birth of Christ, will be decipted by a series of floats and carol groups. Don't.miss the big parade Friday night. And, for your convenience, Dunn stores will remain open until 9 p. m. ‘•“•s Model Heard At Vice Trial Cabinet Members Sizing Up Jobs WASHINGTON (IP) John Foster Dulles started breaking in today on one of the world’s toughest jobs. The 64-year-old New York at torney, who will be secretary of state in the Eisenhower cabinet, arrived in the capital for change of-administration conference with top diplomatic and defense officials and congressional leaders. He met first today with retiring I 'Secretary of State Dean Acheson, who returned last night from the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Close on Dulles’ heels came an Masonic Observance Slated For Sunday Members of the Dunn Masonic Lodge today were completing arrangements for the celebration of the lodge’s 100th anniversary. The first event will take place on Sunday night when citizens of the town will join in a city-wide union church service in honor of the lodge. Speaker at this service will be tie Rev. Robert L. Pugh of New Bern, superintendent of Craven County schools and Senior Grand Warden of North Carolina. On Tuesday night, Dr. Glenn Elackburn, chaplain at Wake Forest College, will address the lodge.. Varied Items Facing Vunns City Council Dunn’s city couAcil will face a busy session Thurs day night at their first meeting of the month. Discussion will range all the way from running ditches to sick leav and vacation allowances for em ployees. Following Is the agenda, as re- Aased today: w Discussion of Tax Map. Mar sheets in binding would cost abou’ $160.00. (Sanborn Insurance Map) Settlement and placing on tax books' of Lots Nos. 26 and 27 on TELEPHONES: 3117 • 3118 - 3119 other member of the Eisenhower cabinet. Cleveland industrialist George M. Humphrey, who will take over the Treasury Department on Jan. 20. IN STEADY STREAM With a little more than six weeks to go before the change-over from Democratic to Republican rule, Eisenhower appointees were show ing up in a steady stream to size up their new responsibilities. • ( •munued Un Page Twoi SUNDAY NIGHT PROGRAM The program for Sunday night’s union service was announced jointly today by Bert Alabaster, master of the lodge, and Bill Car roll, publicity chairman for the centennial celebration. The'union service will be held at 7:3o'at the First Baptist Church. Dr. George Cuthrell, president of the Dunn Ministerial Association, will give the Invocation. Scripture ' omliHiPfl Ml) fv») ’ Cook Street at interaection with S. Wilson Ave. Ext., belonging tc Mrs. Herbert Taylor. (See page 29 In Book Maps, J. A. Cook property). Sick leave and vacation allow ances of employees. Bills for fighting- fire outside City Limits. * Report of Committee on ditch : running south from W. Bivins St. (Contimei On Page (era) (thv & ailu, fiitmrfr NEW YORK (IP) The j vice trial of millionaire dress maker Samuel Chapman moved into the private! chambers of Judge Hyman Bushel today, where the prosecution played a record ing allegedly carrying the voices of Chapman and bm nette call girl Nancy Haw kins, arranging dates for the dresmaker’s playboy friends. * The press and spectators were barred from hearing the transcrip tion on grounds it contained the names of night club celebrities who were clients of Miss Hawkins and red-haired Jerri Maxwell. MISS MAXWELL RECALLED Miss Maxwell was recalled to the stand today for cross-examina tion by defense attorney Paul O’Dwyer, whb painstakingly re viewed her association with seven John Doe’s mentioned in a 17 count information brought against Chap man. The shapely model’s testimony revealed that dates for prostitution in case society circles were as delicately arranged as a debu tante’s coming-out party. She testi fied that she met and had inter course with all seven men without discussing the price for her serv ices in advance. PRICES VARIED Miss Maxwell pointed out that (Continued on page two) Lighter Side Os The News DETROIT IIP) Mrs. Carolina Grzeszczyszyn sought a divorce today from her husband. Mike, a factory worker. She charged he never kisses her. WHITBY, Ont. OP) James McGuire. 41, was sentenced to six months in jail and six strokes of the strap for beating his 78- vear-old mother. NEW YORK IIP) The St. Moritz Hotel hunted today for a new cashier, one who wouldn’t want $3,455 for a day’s work. An applicant for the job went to work for the St. Moritz Monday. Both the cashier and the cash box were missing Tuesday. SHENANROAH, lowa (IP) Bert Funkhouser, 67, solved the problem of finding a place big enough for a family Christmas party by renting the Shenandoah Armory. Funkhouser has 12 child ren, SI grandchildren and one great (Continued on Page Bight) DUNN. N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 3, 1952 Stevenson Sue Is Confer iith Truman Today WASHINGTON (IP) Pres ident Truman and Gov. Ad lai E. Stevenson get togeth er late today to plot strat egy for rebuilding their par tv, whch soon' will be out , of power for the first time in 20 years. It will be the first meeting be | tween .the two top Democrats since the election in which Ste venson was swamped by Dv.ight D. Eisenhower. The Illinois governor was sched uled to arrive in Washington late this afternoon after addressing the CIO convention at Atlantic City, N. J. He will be a White House guest until Friday. FAREWELL DINNER He will have a quiet dinner with President and Mrs. Truman to night and attend a "farewell" din ner Mr. Truman is giving Thurs day night for his cabinet and staff members. The main political conference will take place during the day Thursday around ,'the President’s desk. Democratic National Chair man Stephen A. Mitchell will ; participate. TO PLAN COMEBACK After conducting the inevitable 1 post-mortem on the reasons for I their defeat, the Democratic lead ers are expected to devote most of their time to planning a party comeback in the 1954 Congression al elections. Stevenson, who will retire to private law practice in Chicago next month, has said he wants to j have a hand in "strengthening i some of the weak spots" in the party. Mr. Truman is known to j have (deas of his own on that Mr. njr»m*n fßatfinoM in' ad- I ( viKinooA a j» e.Wot t : School Officials Off To Meetings Top officials of the county schools are going to various parts of the State this week to attend pro- f fessional school conferences. County Superintendent G. T. j Proffitt will leave Wednesday for f High Point to attend ML Annual i winter conference of the Super intendents Division of the N. C. E. A. State Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction Charles Carroll, W. A. Murphy, FBI chief in charge of ! the Carolinas. and Guilford County Legislators will be among the visiting speakers. Superintendents will also discuss building problems, athletics, tea cher certification, and the legisla tive program. Beaman Kelley, assistant super intendent, will go to Chapel Hill on Friday to attend a conference de signed to improve the teaching of reading at all grade levels. He is expected to report on the recent successful reading school conduct ed this fall for Harnett Teachers. Miss Bessie Massengill. county elementary supervisor, will attend a conference of the professional services committee of the State NCEA on Saturday in Greensboro. BULLETINS CHICAGO HP) A reluctant draftee was collared by the FBI after reports of his death turned out to be greatly exaggerated. Alfred C. Zaccone was held in lieu of $2,500 bond today as he awaited arraignment on charges of failing to report for a pre-induc tion examination. CHICAGO IIP) An accused hijacker was shot down in gang land style early today, and police said he may have been killed by nervous hoodlums who feared he would turn stool pigeon. Daniel Ryan, 23, was murdered as he started to enter a bar known as “The Snake Pit." ROME HP) Vittorio Emanuelle Orlando, 92, Italy’s “grand old man” and sole survivor of the AlHd Big Four at the World War I Versailles peace conference, was buried today after a state funeral. 'Continued on wan two) + Dear Santa Claus + 404 N. Magnolia Ave. Dunn, North Carolina December 2, 1952 Dear Santa Claus: I will write you to let you hear from me. I am eleven years oM T have been sick a long time with heart trouble. I haven’t been able to go to school a day this year. I hope I will get well so I can go to school next year. Santa, will you please bring me a bathrobe andia pair of bedroom shoes. Bring me some fruit and candy. Don’t forget the other little boys and girls. I stay with my <. i flir JIB '^j FRED M. BYERLV EARL JONES J. I. THOMAS Byerly To Head Dunn Masons Fred S. Byerly, prominent, Dunn insurance man, busi- A I • • * f ness, civic and fraternal f\ POHm leader, last night was elec- * ■ I ted as Master of the Dunn . . > “ » the m Given By Uzzte Mr. byefly. a leader in the Dunn ; lodge for the past decade, was the | unanimous choice to succeed Re- j I tiring Master Bert Alabaster, who ; I has enjoyed a very successful year. ! i ! The lodge is now busy making , preparations for celebrating its 100th anniversary next week. Earl Jones was elected senior . warden of the lodge and J. I. > Thomas was elected junior war- j I den. Raymond L- Cromartie, Jr. | j was reelected treasurer. STOREY RETIRING An important change took placa i ir» the office of secretary. Alter J serving for 14 consecutive yeats, : Secretary Charles R.„. Storeys re- f quested not W be re-selected. Mr. | Storey pointed out that his other i duties and responsibilities have in- j I creased, making it impossible for j , him to continue serving. Officials and members of the j lodge alike offered high praises for [ ' the long and efficient services ol f Mr. Storey. Curtis Ennis was elected as sec ; retary to succeed him. I Other are: N. M. John tson, Jr., ses(B deacon: Howard ; Johnson, junior deacon: J. Edwin j Williams, senior steward: Lonnie j R. Norris, re-elected tiler. Mr. Byerly said he would ap i point the new chaplain and junior j steward later. The new officers will be inducted in January. I C. W. Bannerman was relected to a three-year term as a trustee of the lodge. Other trustees are Henrv Whitehead and Thad H Pope, whose terms have not expired. Mr. Byerly, who is a partner with Ellis Barbour in operation of Bar bour-Byerly Insurance Agency here, has resided in Dunn since 1933. He was local representative of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Comp any until three years ago when he and Mr. Barbour established their own business. Mr. Barbour is a member of the board of trustees of Stewart Metho dist Church and is active in other affairs of the town and county. grandmother at the above address. I hope you won’t forget me this time. Many thanks, Hilda Gray Wood. Lillington, N. C. Dear Santa Claus, I am a little girl 8 years old. I am in the third grade in school. I am a smart little girl. , I help my mother work. My name is Linda Whittington I would like a Toni doll and coat for Christmas. I would like a sur (Cen tinned m page twe) City Manager A. B. Uzzle today i prepared for the city council the j following report of his activities and other activities of the city, i for the past month: Wrote letters to 15 people who have failed to pay for fire calls | outside City Limits j Inspected with . Mr. J. V. Bass j and Mr. I. R. Williams the ditch , from W. Divine to new ditch behind houses on W. Divine, cut recently ( by Mr. Latimer. Prepared sketches I and report on this inspection. Legion , Auxiliary j Plan Joint Meeting | Dunn Post No. 59 of the American j. Legion and members of the Am erican Legion Auxiliary will hold a joint meeting Thursday night at 7:30 o’clock in the Legion building | on West Broad Street. Plans for the meeting were an nounced today by Commander Carl 1 E. Fitchett, Jr. of the Legion and Mrs. Vann Stephens, president of the auxiliary. The meeting will inaugurate reg ular joint meetings of the Legion and Auxiliary to be held each Hill Is Recaptured By South Koreans SEOUL, Korea, Thurs. IIP) . Tough South Korean | riflemen scrambled up the icy slopes of Sniper Ridge last | night and recaptured the crest after hours of savage i hand-to-hand fighting against Chinese Communists who had held it for less than a dav. American Sabre jets shot down two Communist Mig-15 jets as new air battles flared in northwest Ko ' rea’s clearing skies. Republic of Korea troops, bat tered off dominating Pinpoint Hill on Sniper Tuesday night, launched a powerful counterattack at 2 p. m. i yesterday midnight EST and ! surged back to the top after four hours of batUe in freezing weather It was the 18th time in six weeks that ROKS have recaptured Sniper after losing it to massed Red at tacks. Yesterday was the first time since Nov. 15 that they had lost ,the crest, a vital central front height guarding the invasion route to Seoul. Allied artillery and warplanes threw a crushing avalanche of bombs, shells and flaming jellied gasoline at the Chinese to soften up their defenses. Then the dogged MR FIVE CENTS PEK COPY Cuil? Ferguson, long employed by City, placed on Social Security Traffic light installed 11-22-52 at corner Broad & Magnolia. , Attended N. C. Institute of Gov ernment meeting Monday night j Nov. 4th on City Planning and Tuesday night Nov. sth on City Zoning in Fayetteville. Attended meeting in Salisbur y ' on Rural Fire fighting problems on Dec. 3rd. in company with: Mayor Ralph E. Hanna, and Councilman (Continued on page two) month. Speaker for Thursday night’s meeting will be Dr. John W. Baluss. Jr. of Fayetteville, widely-known bone specialist. Dr. Baluss will speak on “Rehabi litation” and will show a rehabili tation movie. The program will oe of unusual interest to all veterans and their ladies. In charge of the urogram will be Mrs. Vann Stephens, Mrs. Earl Jones and Kie Hudson. Mr. Hudson is handling the arrangements. ROK troops, struggling up the ice coated slopes, began their counter attack. Local WOW Camp Names New Officers Eugene C. Hood, district manager of the Woodmen of the World, has been elected consul commander of Dunn Camp No. 894, it was announced here today. f : | The election of took rla.e at the weekly business session jjjb*f’’- 1 j's- 'C ' of the local Woodmen. Mr. Hood, who came to Dunn l|l|||||| about two years ago is one of 1 the outstanding Woodmen district Mjflt■•'-JBEH managers in the state. In addition ~' fflH to his duties with the Woodmen mBBmI: tie is also active in various othei organizations of the City. ~~ WEEKS IS RETIRING ' '‘JlSi Hood succeeds Jesse Weeks wlm H'-g? assumed the title of past consu’ commander. Other new officers are Ear ■'-/V• „ Taylor advisoi lieutenant Roj Weeks, banker. Carl Faircloth watchman; O. W Weeks, sentry; Co .’fl Landon Barefoot, first year audi- H tor. and Floyd Barefoot recording ■ i secretary. {ggSggffiS* L. C. Langston will continue as ■■■■HL financial secretary of the camp. Vv®, &&'•s V* -.S’iV; These officers will be installed at ■ the first meeting in January. A Hl' 1 State official will be present to induct the new officers. MCI. lABOWWI • -raj ‘ '• -7h*‘g' o- : : .IT '• iViih The Daily Recorci Gets Results NO. 256 Stores To Stay Dpen Until 9 Friday Evening ! Thousands of people are expected in Dunn Friday night to see The Christmas Story Pageant Parade, and to greet Old Santa Claus. The parade will begin sharply at 6:30. The story of Christ’s birth will be depicted by 24 floats and choral groups. More than 20 churches throughout this section are parti cipating. Various church groups today were busy at the Bi| 4 Warehouses building beautiful floats for the parade, and choral groups were en gaged in rehearsing their numbers for the big occasion. The parade, something entirely 1 new and different for Dunn, is being sponsored and financed by the Dunn Chamber of Commerce. As a special convenience for vis itors who wish to do their Christ mas shopping, practically all Dunn stores will remain open Friday night until 9 o'clock. A few stores will be unable to do so because of labor shortages. Each of the floats will portray a different scene in the Christmas story. It will be a big colorful ex travaganza, the like of which this section has never seen before. SANTA IN PARADE The big attraction for children,, I of course, will be the Santa Claus ! Float, which will come right after : the last float in the Christmas story. Old Santa will be riding in the float and has sent word that ' he wants all children in a 50-mile area of Dunn to be here to greet him. Manager Norman Suttles of the Chamber announced today that the parade will form on North King Avenue beside Supreme Sort ice Station. The parade will travel down Baoad Street all the way to Wash ington, will go around the block on Cumberland and ’return to Broad and travel the same route back to North King. j Adult* are requested to remain on the sidewalk and to allow all ’ children to stand in front so they can witness the great spectacle. Dunn stores are stocked to the hilt with Christmas merchandise and will offer outstanding values especially for Christmas shoppers. . School Board Plans Visits The Harnett County Board of Education today served notice it intends to be a "go-and-see for it self” group. At its regular monthly meeting ■ on Monday night at the county ed ucation building, the board set dates for visits to several schools. Con ferences will be held at each place with the local district school com mittee members. I First stop on January 5 will be I in the Dunn-Erwin area. The county | members will meet with the Dunn I district committee at 10 a. m. and ' with the Erwivn committee at 3 p. m. School plants at both places , ' will be inspected. The itinerary for Tuesday, Jan. 6, will include Angler, Buie's Creek and Coats. The county committee (Continued on Page Eight)
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