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NEW NASH ON DISPLAY L. F. Watkins, owner of the Larry’s Nash Motors, is shown explaining
the fine points of this newest of Nash convertibles to Mrs. Ruth Johnson, who works in his office. The
car shown went on display at the showrooms on North Fayetteville Avenue today and is but one of the
many beautiful models for 1953 manufactured by Nash. The new models combine many exclusive and
worthwhile features, not only in mechanical, but in structural details as well. (Daily Record photo by
r.ouis Dearborn).
Chamber Banquet Is Success
Represent Harnettl
*At Ikes Inaugural
Harnett County will be well rep- i
resented at the inauguration of
President Dwight Eisenhower in
Washington next Tuesday.
Several delegations from Dunn
and other sections of the county
will leave during the weekend to
attend the warious inaugural events.
Harnett Republican Chairman J..i
- Q_Weat dt-Bunn will head Har-i
W nett’s delegation. Some will • leave
on Saturday and some on Monday.
Mr. West pointed out that there’ll
be both Democrats and Republicans
in the group attending the inaugu
ration.
Among the prominent Democratic
Americanism Talk
Made At DAR Meet
Tom Godwin, 71,
Dies Suddenly
William James (Tom) Godwin,
71, of Dunn Route 4, one of the
best known citizens of this section,
died at his home Friday morning
about 2 ; o’clock. He suffered a heart
attack and lived only a few min
utes. , ’.
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at
the Long Branch Free Will Bap
tist Church. The Rev. J. D. Capps,
pastor, the Rev. Charlie Johnson,
•.the Rev. C. A. Jackson and the Rev
V J. Edward Johnson will officiate.
Burial will be in Greenwood ceme
tery.
Nephews of Mr. Godwin will serve
as pallbea-ers.
The bodv wdl lie in state at the
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PRINCIPALS AT CHAMBER BANQUET tore pictured «• *»»*.,fft *«**■#”. 1 “
Williams, Speaker George Colclough of RnrUngton, PIrsdMpAWMT H. Bay» awgr-jjga.
traduced the speaker; Retiring President CtorwMO E. McUmh, and ExecuUve Vice rreWWnt Norman
Buttles. (Daily Record Photo). i !, ...j ;j
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i leaders attending will be: Nathan
M. Johnson, Sr. and A. M. (Minee)
McLamb.
Among the Republicans attending
will be: Chairman West, Thad H.
Pope, secretary of the executive
committee, Archie Burns, Roy J.
Brown, Emmett Edgerton, Oliver
i W. Godwin, Sr., Donald Langdon,
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Mr. West saw today that others
from various sections of the county
would also attend. He said he pre-*
ferred not to (try to list them for
fear he might leave out some, that
his list was not complete.
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“At the moment Americans are
. the chief enemy of Americanism,”
the Rev. W. Robert Insko, Rector
of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church,
told the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution in Erwin last night.
Mr. Insko outlined three ways in
which h? feels Americans are the
enemy of Americanism. First, we
are an ehemy in our participation,
on national and local levels, in
“character assassination.” Leaders
of America, from the President on
down, have warned against the
evils of this practice. Mud slinging
on the national and local level,
and general character assassination
is already curbing free speech and
threatening all our other freedoms,
St. Stephen’s Rector said.
The second way in which Am
ericans are the chief enemy of
Americanism, he said, is in their
lack of keeping themselves inform- I
ed. If our democracy is to meet the |
difficult and baffling problems it
faces, we must be informed citizens. |
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I Members of the Dunn
Chamber of Commerce, at
their annual banouet held
here last night, heard offici
als review a year of progress,
applauded the selection of
Waite Howard and Mrs.
Grace Swain as Dunn’s Man
and Woman of The Year, in
ducted President Henry
Sandlin and other new offi
cers and enjoyed an out
standing program.
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WAITE HOWARD
The banquet concluded one of the
most successful years in the his
tory of the chamber, under the
'eadership of Retiring President
Clarence E. McLamb.
In taking over the presidency, Mr.
Sandlin praised Mr. McLamb as
‘one of the greatest presidents we've
ever had” and pointed out that he
is a man who recognizes the res
ponsibility of holding such an office.
Attorney I. R. Williams served as
toastmaster at the banquet, held in
the Dunn High School gymnasium
and attended by approximately 200
members and guests.
Principal speaker was George Col
j dough, manager of the Burlington
Chamber df Commerce and presi
■ dent of the Southeast Institute
jof chamber managers.
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DUNN, N. C„ FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 16, 1953
State Spending At New High
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j ike’s Defysa!
i To Wear Topper
Breaks Custom
WASHINGTON (IP) The
first Republican presidential
inauguration in 24 years is
running afoul of sartorial
crises.
Tile fnaje. - crisis is in men's hats
bit there’s another problem, too—
a shortage of full dress suits for
'allie s : e t entr-n.cn who Want to
dive into the big iiu.tgn- al soiia'
vlvrl.
president-elect Eisenhower’s de
cisioh to wear a black homberg
instead of a silk topper for both
day and evening inauguration cere
monies next Tuesday came as a
shock lo some practicing huberdash
ers.
TRUMAN SILENT
President Truman, himself a for
mer haberdasher, kept quiet abou f
- hat he plans to wear on his head
during his ride up Capitol Hi!’
with Eisenhower for the noon-time
oath-taking ceremony.
Twice at his news conference
yesterday, repo'ters tried to smpke
out Mr. Truman on his hat plans
He wouldn't say whether he Will
wear a traditional “stovepipe” silk
topper or whether he will go along
with Eisenhower, who is breaching
custom to don a black homburg.
Four yea- s ago. Mr. Truman —
like most presidents for more than
a century before him—wore a black
silk “stovepipe" and formal day at
tire, cutaway coat and striped pants
For his swearing-in, Eisenhower
will don a dark club coat—a one
button sack-type garment with
striped trousers, and of course, the
black homberg. That is known as
Informal day dress.
Arbiters of social fashion here
agreed that. Eisenhower's oostpipe.
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with tradition.
Eisenhower’s decision to wear a
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City Council To
Meet Tonight
Dunn’s Town Board will meet to
night for its regular bi-monthly
session. Several important matters
are set on the agenda for cons! '.el -
ation and the p-ospects are that
tbp meeting will run to some length.
The members of the new Plan
ning Board will meet with the town
group briefly, and possibly set a
date for a joint meeting that will
be convenient for the members of
both groups.
A public hearing will be held- on
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BULLETINS
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (IP) Symphony conductor
Arthur Lange stepped to the podium, raised his arms in
front of the orchestra—and down fell his pants. Eyewit
nesses said the conductor missed only two beats as he
hauled up his trousers and finished the number. Fortun
i ately, it was a rehearsal.
BOSTON (IP) Bank teller Louis Kimpel shoved a
pencilled note back to the man before his cage and said:
“I can’t read this thing. Take it over to the manager,
please.” The man crumpled the note and fled. The note
. npiiniifd on Par* Two)
WOMAN or THE YEAR Mr*. Grace Swats to shown here re
ceiving the "Woman of the Year” sward from Mack M. Jernigan,
Sr. She's executive secretary of the Rod Crorn. (Dally Record Photo).
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SETS GOOD EXAMPLE R. L. Cromartie, Sr., 81-year-old retired
Dunn business man is shown taking his chest X-ray at the mobile
unit here, and setting a good example for the younger members of
the community. He is the oldest person so far who has taken the
test here. Although he is in excellent health and wears his years
lightly, he believes (he test should be taken by all eligible persons.
(Daily Record Photo by Louis Dearorn). b
Angier Club Hears
X-Ray Survey rtevtd
With 12 more days to go before
the close of the county-wide cam
paign to search out tuberculosis,
F. W. Sellers, Public Health Edu
cator, said today he is confident of
the project’s success. Speaking at
the meeting of the Angier Kiwanis
Club, he predicted that almost 65
per cent of the county’s entire
adult population would receive chest
X-rays.
He estimated, however, that
18,000 residents have not yet gone
to one of the units for their free
chest X-rays.
“Some people feel that they do
not need an X-ray to check the
: i health of their lungs because they
| look and feel healthy. Tuberculosis
, has no apparent symptoms when it
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Dunn Chamber
Karnes Chairmen
Appointment of new committee
chairmen to help direct the activi
ties of the Dunn Chamer of Com
merce* for the coming year were
announced last night by President
Henry H. Sandlin immediately
after taking office.
In taking over, Mr. Sandlin of
fered high praises for Retiring
President Clarence McLamb and
hailed him as “one of the greatest
presidents we’ve ever had.”
Pointing to the splendid reputa
t!on which Dunn has as a fine and
progressive town. President Sand
lin told the group it will be the
aim of the organization to live up
to this reputation.
In appointing the committee
chairmen, the new president em
phasized the necessity for work and
work'ng together.
“When these chairmen call on
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Howard Infant
Buried Today
Graveside funeral services were
held this morning at 10 o'clock In
Greenwood Cemetery In Dunn for
Bruce He'ms Howard, one-day-old
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THEIR SERVICE RECOGNIZED Waite Howard, who could not be present, to the
Year,” and the three men pictured here with Mrs. Grace Swain, the “Woman of The You* reaatWMKfm
honorable mention for their rervice during the past year. Left to right are; Al Wulleaweber, Mre. SwiNgM a
Bill Biggs and Clarence McLamb. (DaSy Record rbote). .; ;
FIVE CENTS PEK COP»
Assembly Gets
Far Tws Tears
Ralei»h (IP) The Advi
sory Budget Commission re
commended to the general
assembly today a record 1
$602,415,356 state spending
program during the 1953-
55 biennium and stressed
that funds are not available
to “embark upon new pro
grams or materially exoand
state services.
The commission recommended a
balanced budget with expenditures
Including: $390,794,636 from the gen
eral fund for on»rations: $199,739.-
063 from the highway fund: and
$2,231,924 through the agriculture
fund.
Advocating a fiscal belt-tighten
ing on mest items the budget com
mission write into its recommen
dations appropriations to carry out
Gov. William B Umstead’s plans
for 10 per cent salary increases
fer public school teachers and state
employes and higher minimum re
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Highway Patrol
Had Busy Year
The seven members of the State
Highway Patrol force in Harnett
County had a busy year during
1952, according to a report released
today by Corporal Rommie William
son of Dunn.
Corporal Williamson’s report al
so reflects some of the driving
trends in Harnett, the safe months
and the unsafe .pnesr '. * . _
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907 miles on routine patrol, arrest
ed 2,642 violators of motor vehicle
laws: warned thousands of other
violators, and rendered varied other
duties.
Os the 2.642 arrests, 742 were for
speeding, which was the greatest
cause of accidents: 308 were for
driving without operators' license,
212 were for driving drunk. Other
, arrests were for public drunken
' ness, reckless driving, improper
eouipment and other miscellaneous
, offenses.
The arrests brought into the
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Bond Is Allowed On
Murder Charge Here
Roger Massey Negro waived a
hearing before Judge H. Paul
Strickland on murder charges in
Dunn City Court yesterday morn
ing and was bound over to Har
nett County Superior Court.
Charged with the shotgun slay
ing of Bobby Lewis McNeill, an
other Negro, he had been remand
ed to the County Jail for action by
the Grand Jury, which was then in
satoion, by Coroner Grover Hen
derson.
The Grand Jury, however, had
adjourned without making any dis
position of the case, and Massey
was returned to the Jail here. He
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THE RECORD
GETS RESULTS
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Ike W ; kOp
Affairs Before
Capital Trip
NEW YORK it?) Presi
dent-elect Eisenhower made
one of his last trips to the
“White House” on 42nd St.
today while aides packed up
papers and belongings at his
home on Morningside Drive.
Eisenhower set aside most of the
morning for chats at his Commo
dore Hotel headquarters with visi
tors and old friend o beginning with
Indianapolis publisher Eugene C.
Pulliam.
He planned to return to his resi
dence for a few hours rest before
attending farewell ceremonies ar
ranged by students and faculty
members at Columbia University.
Eisenhower will speak briefly to
night in the ballroom of the Astor
Hotel at a banquet honoring Dr.
Young B. Smith, retiring dean of
the Columbia L”*v School. Gov.
Thomas E Dewe” ”’(i) preside.
SEES STASSEN
Mutual Security Director-desig
nate Harold E. Stassen, a frequent
caller at the Commodore, had an
appointment with Eisenhower at
the conclusion of the President
elect’s talk with Pulliam, publisher
and president of Indianapolis
Newspapers. Inc.
With Stassen were two of his
personal friends, Clarence Francis
and William Rockwell.
Stassen, leaving the 45-minute
conference with the president
elect, said the five men who ac
companied him “are some of the
key men who are going into the
mutual security program with me.”
He introduced them to newsmen as
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Farm Meetings
Are Schedule
Two farm meetings which will
prove helpful are scheduled In the
near future, it was reported by
County Agent C. R. Ammons, who
urges farmers of the area to make
pvery effort to attend.
A very important meeting for
tobacco producers will be held in
the courthouse in Lillington on
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Roberts Given
Ike's Approval
NEW Yi 'IK IIP President
elect Eisenhower today approved
the Republican national commit
tee’s choice cf C. Wesley Roberta
of Kansas as its chairman to suc
ceed Arthur Summerfield, who to
to become postmaster general in
the new administration.
Harry Darby, national com
mitteemen from Kansas, announ
ced the selection of Roberts after
be and a subcommittee of the na
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