+WEATHER+ NORTH CAROLINA Consider able cloudiness and mild today, to night and Tuesday. Chance of light showers in mountains Tuesday. With “Prestone” Anti-Freeze You’re set, you’re safe, you’re sure. VOLUMN 3 " - .' V... . ’?! * ' . , • |R“* ™ ' be wK '“'‘ftSfXy V ~ 1 1 •' ■ ‘ mm 11 •>% ; V, H- eg > Bp. II \ // mf 1 NO ROOM AT THE INN That was the title o f the float shown here which was entered In the Christmas Parade here Saturday. Taken from Luke 11-7, it depicted the turning away from the inn of Mary and Joseph. Those in the tableau were; C. W. Buries. Jr., as the innkeeper; Ruby Suries as Mary! and D. B. Register Jr. as Joseph. This was one of the many beautiful floats that depicted in tableaux some of the events connected with the birth of Christ. (Daily Record photo by Louis Dearborn). Parade Proves Big Success Churches Are Given Praise Campbell Planning For Carol Festival The second annual Christmas Carol Festival will be held in the D. Rich Memorial Auditorium on the campus of Campbell College Sunday, December 14th at 8 p. m. This program, which was begun last year, is sponsored and «nro moted by the Campbell College Concert Association, and is a com munity-wide event designed to help preserve and to revitalize the true Christmas spirit. The attraction received such wide acclaim last year that the assoc iation. at the request of the mem bers, voted to make it an annual event. t • Firemen Will Hold Banquet On Tuesday Howard M. Lee, secretary-treasurer of the Dunn Fire Department announced today that the department will hold its annual Christmas banquet next Tuesday night, December 9, in the Stationhouse room of the Fire De partment. . The banquet will begin at 7:45 and highlights of the meeting will be the distribution of checks to the firemen. Chief Ralph Hanna will preside. Guests will include the firemen their wives and sweethearts. Dr _ George Cuthrell, associate chaplain ■ and Mrs. Cuthrell, Dr. A. R. Me Byrne Will Address Catholic Breakfast It was announced this week that Tommy Byrne, pitcher for the Chicago White Sox Baseball club of the American League will give theprincipal address at a Com munion breakfast in Dunn on Sunday, December 14. breakfast is being sponsored by the Sacred Heart Unit of the North Carolina Catholic Laymen’ Association. The breakfast will b° Wild in the General Lee Room of 4ohnson’s Restaurant at 10:15 a. m. TO HONOR CONVERT The Communion Breakfa'st will" honor the new convert of the v Sacred Heart Church of Dunn. Mrs. JOseph Freda who was received into the Catholic Church on Saturday December 6. Mrs. Freda made her First Holy Communion on Sunday December 7. She is a native of Dunn. Her husband is with the V United States Armv in Korea. Mrs Virginia Patrick. NCCLA Chairman the Sacred Heart Unit will han fgjp the role as Chairman of ’t h breakfast proceedings. Mrs. Nathan Canady, and Miss Evelyn Gainey V are Co-Chairmen of Arrangements ; RESIDENT OF N. C. 3Tommy Byrne resides in the wln t* at Wake Forest.'N. C„ is a gr» ngied of Wake Forest College and is (Continned On Pace Four) TELEPHONES: 3117 • 3118 - 3119 many churches PARTICIPATE i Mrs. E. h/ Laaater. secretary of the association, advised' today that letters had gone out to the church pastors of the Harnett County area inviting the churches of all de nominations to take part in the i huge Christmas program. Many of | the churches have already an nounced a cancellation of their I Sunday night service in order to I (Continued On Page two) Queen and Miss Flora McQueen, M:. and Mrs. J. C. Andrews, Miss Louise McGugan, Mr. and Mrs. David Smith, Dean A. K. Bukot and Mrs. Burkot, Paul Ferrell and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Stewart. TO EXHANGE GIFTS The wives and girl friends of the (Continued On Page Four) Tommy Byne aiitj Jitxnrfr The largest crowd ever to 1 attend a Christmas Parade in Dunn thronged the town ; Saturday night and hailed I The Christmas Story Pa- j geant and Parade as the best ever staged here. Chamber of Commerce officials \ and the police department estima- j ted the crowd from 10 to 20,000 people. The story of Christ’s birth was depicted by 24 floats and choral groups, with more than 20 churches of this section taking part in the j religious .event. + V With th4 exception of ‘me Santa ] Claus float and two Dunn fire trucks, the parade carried out a : religious theme. A different scene j in the Christmas story was por trayed on each of the floats. Each of the floats showed much ingenuity and that many days of j work and effort had been spent on I each. There were no outside decor ators, the floats having been en tirely bulit and made by the church groups. The parade formed on North King Avenue, proceeded down Broad Street and then back again. HUNDREDS PARTICIPATE Hundreds of people rode on the floats, either as choral singers or as characters in The Christmas Story. Many of the floats were brilliantly lighted and some had loudspeaker units to carry the voices to the crowds. Spectators not only lined the sidewalk and streets several deep, but stood on steps, in store win- I dows, in trees and on top of build ings. ! Some had expressed the fear that a religious parade magnifying the true spirit of Christmas might not draw as large a crowd as the usual type purely commercial Christmas parade, but these fears were dis pelled hours before the parade. At least two hours before the parade j started, the town’s business district (Continned on Page Elgbtl JJuzm atiUls JhirufA By HOOVER ADAMS LITTLE NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS LITTLE NOTES: Mrs. Dick Gam mon says that the pageant pre sented at the Presbyterian Church last year will be repeated this year by popular demand .. Mince Mc- Lamb is making plans, to attend the inauguration of President Ei av£n County and Senior Grand Warden erf North Carolma emphasized character building in a Sunday night ser mon at the Dunn First Baptist Church, opening the 100th anniversary of celebration of Palmyra Masonic Lodge. Character, he told the group, is not due to something without but| something within. He spoke of the •virtues of the Masonic philosophy and pointed out that their appli cation would inevitably lead to the building of good character. Approximately 85 members of the Dunn Masonic Lodge occupied the section in the church that had been reserved for them. More than 200 members of the other churches .in the community were present for the occasion. BANQUET TUESDAY Tomorrow night the main even of the centennial celebration will be held at the High School cafe teria, with members and their wives invited to the banquet which starts at 7:45 o’clock. - Principal speaker for the occas ion will be Dr. Glenn Blackburn ■chaplain at Wake Forest College Dr. Blackburn, a native Tarheel attended Wake Forest College and the Baptist Seminary in Louisville. He served as pastor of the First Baptist Church in Lumberton be fore Joining the Wake Forest, fac ulty. | Another feature of the banquet .will be the history of the lodge dur ing its 100 years of activity, pre- 1 Rented by Curtis Ennis, newly elec- j jted secretary of the Palmyra Ma sonic Lodge. j ERWIN MASONS TO ELEtJT Neill S. Stewart Masonic Lodge of Erwin will hold its annual election of officers at a stated communi cation tomorrow night at 7:30 p m. All members of the Lodge are urged to attend. Mike Crawford is the retiring master. Erwin Juniors Will Give Play A play, reminiscent of high school days, will be presented by the Junior Class of the Erwin High School under the direction of J. L. Honeycutt on December 12 at the Erwin High School auditorium. The play “High School Hero” Is set in a principal’s office and the majority of the cast are boys and girls of high school age. The story is particularly fascinating for the younger generation, because it is concerned with their own kind of every-day problems; many of the scenes parallel in their own exper ience. It tells the story of Bill Rockwell, the high school hero, Class Presi dent and Football Captain, who is prepared to sacrifice his good name to protect a younger boy. It also tells the story of Sue KtadmC m psfft tvt) FIVE CENTS PER COPY Tilghman Will Attend Meetings Myres W. Tilghman of Dunn, president of the Carolinas Ginners' Association, will fly to Memphis, Tennessee tomorrow to attend two important cotton industry meetings. Mr. Tilghman. prominent Dunn | ginner, will represent the two Car- j olinas at an Insect Control Panel | of the National Cotton Council and . a meeting of the board of direct- IContinued on pace two) + Dear Santa Claus + Dear Santa Claus. I am a little girl seven years old. I am in the second grade. I am glad it is about time for you to come again. I want you to bring me a baby doll and some fruit and candy Be sure and go see every little girl and boy. Love. Linda Kay Smith Dunn. Rt. 1 Dear Santa, I am a little girl six years old Sonny Carr Winner Os Science Award A. B. Johnson, Principal of Dunn High School, announces that James Owen (Sonny) Carr is this year’s winner of the Bausch & Lomb | Honorary Science Award Medal for achieving the highest scholas tic record in science subjects dur ing his high school course. Onlv winners of this Award are eligible to compete for three Scholarships sponsored by Bausch A Lomb Op- { tical Co. at the University of 1 Rochester. The Science Award Medal is i presented upon graduation. How-1 ever, the winner must be selected' at an early date because applica- I tions for Bausch & Lomb Scholar- 1 ships must be filed on or before I March 10. “The choice of the win ner is based upon scholastic ac hievement in science subjects, with incidental consideration of records in other subjects, qualities of lead ership, and extra-curricular activt-1 ties. (CewUnwad Om Fa«a FMr> L The Record Gets Results NO. 1 Way Is Sought To Break The War Stalemate ABROAD CRUISER HEL ENA WITH EISENHOWER IP) President-elect Eisen hower and his chief foreign policy and economic advis ers explored today the vast problem of breaking the Ko rean stalemate without in volving the United Statse in a costly and expanded war. Eisenhower met with John Fos ter Dulles, the next secretary of ; state, and other men who will form his cabinet in the admiral’s cabin i of the 17.000-ton heavy cruiser He lena as it sped toward Honolulu. The Eisenhower party was due at Honolulu Thursday morning. It will lose a day crossing the interna tional date line between Wake, where the Helena anchored earlier today, and Midway. The seas today were choppy, but the sun was out. Eisenhower looked rested after taking a day 1 off from his duties Sunday. OTHERS PRESENT Also present at today’s meetings were George Humphry, the next Treasury secretary; Interior Secre tary-designate Douglas McKay; the next attorney general, Herbert Brownell, and Joseph M. Dodge, | Eisenhower's representative to the 1 Budget Bureau. | The talks were in the convena i tional stage today, but staff mem bers said it would not be long be fore Eisenhower and his advfaera i will be able to formulate plans ! on paper. However, there was no word on what Eisenhower and his aides thought about Korea. "We will make no statement on Korea at this time,” said James (Continued On Page two) Officiars Home Is Entered Here A bold thief entered home of City Councilman B. A.- x Bracey ' Friday night and made off with 1 a i container filled with pennies from | a cedar chest in the Bracey tied : room. Mrs. Bracey first heard the In* trader, when he dropped the lid 1 on the, chest. She called Bracey who asked the man "What are you J doing here?” The intruder, a Negro, who was ' j standing alongside the chest, mut -1 tered something and dropped his - hand toward his side, at the same I i time starting toward Bracey In a I threatening manner. Mrs. Bracey, alarmed for her ' 'Continued on Faro Two) I and go to school at Bunnlevel. I like my teacher fine. She is Mrs. Renn from Lillington. Please bring me a big doll, some white fur mittens, coloring ,4)ook and crayons, also a surprise. Thank you. Love, Jo Ann Temple | Bunnlevel, N. C. 1 Dear Santa, I am a little boy. I am five yeai old. My name is Donald Waym (Continued On Fage Six) 17 ± Tdjjjl