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PAGE SIX [frfOr- 1 "" - 1 * y Lillington News-:- LIIuNGTON TEA AND TOPICS CLUB I MEETS AT HOME OF MRS . SHAW St/ LUiington's Tea and Topics Club. R’piMUg on Friday afternoon at the | -ham. of Mrs. A. M. Shaw, made rWKL for the club’s annual spec meeting on April 9 and heard !Tp|ok review by Mrs. W. R. Cran ■/;* Mrs. Cranford reviewed the novel “The 'Sojourner,” by Marjorie Kin ca.SJl‘pawlings, a story of one man’s guest in his native Florida. S£ Mrs. Alton Johnson, program |jjtiraipan, announced that Mr. and pPSpRp Lillington News |v ■* N. Y. VISITORS 8 Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Estep, pro prlctors of Pleasant Valley Inn, Wa- iervlUe, N. Y., stopped in Lilling ‘i, ton on Wednesday for a visit with Mrs., ,W. P. Byrd en route North, BLflrnnu.a vacation in Florida. Mrs. BftrtMf.iS the sister of Mr. and Mrs. ffiMmin Reynolds of Endicott. N. \Y, who made their home for sev i eral '"years during World War II in the Byrd apartment. -'-HOME FROM HOSPITAL §'■ Wtetnie Johnson, who suffered a serious spinal lnjurv several week, ago in an automobile accident near ithe CApe Fear River bridge in Lil * Unglor,. returned to his home here i ’ this week from the Dunn Hospital. ;} Ah present his back is in a cast. Mr., and Mrs. James Renn and * daughters, Ann and Jenny, have re ’ turned from Durham where they WertfTfeekend guests of Mr. Renn’s IlgiSter.jMrs. W. H. Lawson and fam ! iiy. !f X: -*v Byron O'Quinn Celebrates His iftth Birthday fC'lTyyon O’Qulnn, son of Mr. and sliim.. B. C. O’Quinn celebrated his u JJth- birthday-anniversary with a Mfto-ier roast given on Friday night •ddßtfhome. : His brithday falls on March 4 but the celebration was delayed for breather suitable for outdoor cook ftng. The occasion also marked the birthday of J. T. Milton, son of Mr. i and Mrs. Roy Milton, whose birth day was observed on the same day of the party. t After singing “Happy Birthday" | to the two guests of honor, the / guests played baseball and then iguasted wieners and marshmallows i|ever a camp fire. A decorated green white birthday cake was cut fc and served with ice cream for des • and Mrs. O’Quinn, parents Rdf Byron, Frances O’Quinn, sister B-jof the guest of honor, and Rosa Bnttm Miltpn, sister of the other EbojT'Oelebrating a birthday anniver- Kafcry, were special guests. H Others enjoying the supper were ■MMeUowfng 17 boys: J. T. Milton, ■iwildy Morgan, Larry Coleman, An ■Mjg Jackson, Jr., Jimmy Jackson E Jobpny and David Harrington. Ri llch»rd Bradsher, Donnie Kelly, Rob- KCrt Ward Winston. Jan Roberts, pjbe and Clarences Hudson. Joe Da- Rvis. Billy Watkins, Jack Temple ■MsAhnnle Williams. Btilftngfon Club I Women Met Tues. j-gSftHHngton Junior Woman's Club. I *|t its March meeting on Tuesday |plgbt' ’at the Community Center, R Spewed the Kellogg Committee Aims Ijjfc a program feature and durlnv BnjCf'bßslness session made plans to mmtlA a terrace at the Community Profflt, countv superinten ■ tent’hf public instruction, made a ■ grief .introduction exolairlne the {■M Which picture the good and ■ jjffi-Wf the county school system. P Bfogram was arranged by Mrs. KBNwfth Berrier and Mrs. Roger ■Bhreri of the club’s literature and ■ ■KBeation committee. Mrs. Mann M&rpdt’ced the speaker. ■fWßgWr the business session. Mrs. ■WteJtordesux, club president, an ■jksinced that Walter Johnson of ■ Uilington was the low bidder on ■ the, erection of brick retaining wall BSfcHMttaur of the Community Cen- Johnson’s bid was *240 and ■jprtr|P»wadv has started on the BKpig, Building the brick wall will the club's donation to ■ Mg-Finer Carolina* Contest. corresponding in length ■it'-tH&I of the center itself, will be SmMh-ffi feet out from the building HFjtrms the first step toward iJSljrtfik terrace. Once the area is ■HH| ,1b with dirt and levelled. HMpMWtek terrace will be laid with |feb r labor. a «W|jflßbors of the terrace point out ■ |ftet,«|nce It extends around the cen ■ip%-outside chimney and on a I «WP‘With the center’s basement HUkTR will afford an inviting ■Rtoc for outdoor suppers, picnics I f|'*ctlvliies for people of all ages Jlwisrrsrevs: pr °” " Mrs. David Smith, members of the music faculty of Campbell College, will appear as guest artists for the club’s annual special meeting next month. Each year the study club, which customarily presents its own mem bers in programs each month, ar ranges one special meeting feat uring a guest speaker or artists and invites a number of guests to join the club for that occasion. Paul Green and Richard Waltzer among literary critics and musicians from Campbell have been among the literary and musical celebrities brought to Lillington by this group. This year Mrs. Joel G.' Layton and Mrs. W. M- Bryan will be joint hostesses to the April meeting at the Bryan home. Each member will be privileged to invite one addition al guest. . Mrs. B. P. president, pre sided and a social' hour followed the program. The refreshment table covpr-d with a white linen cloth, had a floral arrangement of red quince and the same flowering shrub was used In oth-r parts of the Shaw home. Mrs. W. B. Hunter served a cheese cake topped with srawberries, and Mrs. W. R. Cranford poured cof fee from a silver service. Sand wiches and cookies were also ser ved. Members attending included Mrs. W. P. Byrd, Mrs. Neill McLaugh lin, Mrs. W. M. Bryan, Mrs. Joel G. Layton, Mrs. R. K. Footman Mrs. Alton Johnson, Mrs. B. P. Gentry, Mrs. W. R. Cranford and Mss. W. B. Hunter. Mrs. H. D. Carson Sr., was a guest, and three members were ab sent. Spring Branch News The Just-A-Mere Garden Club had a Joint meeting with the Lions Club of Dunn. Mrs. Wavne Lee, president of the Garden Club, wel comed the Lions, and Mr, Jesse Capps responded to the welcome. He then took charge of the pro gram. Guest speaker was F. B. T. Agent, William Gibson of Kinston. At the close of the meeting the Garden Club ladies served a fried chicken dinner to their husbands and the Lions Club mem bers. Billy Bass is in the Dtinn Hospital with pneumonia. S. Sgt. J. O. Godwin left Ft Bragg by plane Sunday morning He is going to Japan for a nev assignment with the air force Hi wife, the former Rachel Jacksor plans to live in Raleigh with he’ sister, Mary. Mrs. Earl Core was hostess to the Y. W. A. of Spring Branch Sunday afternoon. After the meeting Mrs. Core served refreshments to mem bers and guests present. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Godwin who were married Friday, March 12, were the week-end guests of Mr. Godwin parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Godwin. The wedding was per formed at the home of the bride, by the Rev. Colon Godwin. Mr. Godwin is in school at Chapel Hill and Mrs. Godwin is employed in Durham, where the couple will make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Strickland Jr., are at home at East Pearsall St., Dunn after having returned from a wedding trip to Nlagra Falls and Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barefoot and son are new members of Spring Branch Sunday School. Henry and Wildon Strickland spent the week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Strickland. Both boys, and anothe<* brother, Russell, are stationed at Ft. Jackson S. C.. Mrs. Lula Summerlin, Miss Agasta Williford, Mrs. Roland Early and children visited Mrs. Saran Alderman and family Sunday. Mr and Mrs. O’Dell Williams an nounce the birth of a daughter. Linda Kaye, at Dunn Hospital. S. Sgt. and Mrs. J. O. Godwin Mary and Earl Orey Jackson sur prised their parents, Mr. and Mrs Liston Jackson, with a "House warming” March 11. Many friend.’ called to see the pretty new home and offer good wishes to the Jack sons. Mrs. Viola Strickland was hostess to the Womens Missionary union Tuesday night. Mrs Elbert Glover presided in the absence of the president. Mrs. Richard Smith, who is ill. Mrs. Strickland was in charge of the program. The next meeting will he held April 13 at the home of Mrs. David Herring. When Mr. Casper Phillips reached his home after church Sunday, he was surprised to find 300 members of the Phillips family assembled for the purpose of sur prising Mr, Phillip* with a birth- happy their daughter-in-law Mrs. Earl [ Wade “Ki grandchildren at Salem- SCHOOL ADDITION Meadow High School, largest school in Johnston County, near Benson, is enjoying * new lunchroom and home economics department this year. The new $48,000 brick building is pictured above. Equipment costing more than $48,000 has just been installed in the lunchroom, and several thousand dot- Heavy Court Docket Tried At Benson Thirty-three oases were tried in the Benson Recorder’s Court, most. of them for traffic violations. Following is a list of the cases: George Robert Holly, Smith field, R. 1, publicly drunk costs. Gladys Stinson, Smithfield, Rt. 1, no operator’s license, 30 days suspended on the payment of a $25 fine and costs. Bill Joseph, Benson Negro, as sault, costs. Malcolm Burnell, Benson, Rt. 2, aiding and* abetting abandon ment, not guilty. Proyer L. Fair, Fayetteville, publicly drunk, costs. Billy Joe Matthews, Lillington, Rt. 1, failure to stop at a red light, costs. Paul Johnson, Benson. Rt. 3. disorderly conduct, costs. John Bonner, Benson, possess ion of beer for purpose of sale., not guilty. Charles Beasley, Benson, pos session of beer for purpose of sale, sls and casts. Early Johnson Tuck, Gates, careless and reckless driving, $o and costs. Albert Green Pollard, Benson, It. 3, failure to stop at a stop gn, costs. David Henry McCullenf Rose ille, speeding, costs. Sherman G. Sherman, Bronx, I. Y„ speeding, costs. Benjamin Ernest Pittman, Jr., -.umberton, failure to stop at a •ed light, costs. Leslie C. Byrd, New York, N if., speeding, costs. ' Finer Carolina Workers Meet Dunn’s Finer Carolina Committee of the Chamber of Commerce met tills morning to make plans for work on six projects for the year Earl Westbrook will head the gen- j eral committee again this year. Included In the projects to be undertaken this year are: 1. Improvement of the public library facilities. 2. Continued improvement of pu blic recreation facilities. 3. Establishment of local welfar; council and provide local office space for same. 4. Set up a traffic safety program 5. Continued industrial, commer cial and agricultural development 3. Clean-up, paint-up, and fix-up program. The committee decided to leave the development of projects one uid three to the Civic Affairs Cotn nlttee 6f the Chamber of Com merce with a special committee composed of Grover C. Henderson Jarl Fitchett, Jr. and Louis Baer ippolnted to check into facilities chat 1 might be available for hous ng the library and welfare counc- ‘ U. f Roy Lowe, chairman of the Dunn Recreation Commission, was nam ed chairman of a committee in charge of continued development >f recreation facilities. Appointed to develop a safety program were, A. B. Dade, Jesse Capps, and Herman Green. Pro tect number five was left to the appropriate committees of the Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. Dorothy Lynch was ap-; pointed chairman of the dean-up paint-up, fix-up committee, with Mayor Ralph Hanna and Chief of Police Alton A. Cobb serving with her. Earl Wade will come for them Sun day and the~ family win return to their home in Washington D. C. ,n— run Sir. and Mrs. McKee MErwto ,r_ cenfclv undergone surgery. TUB DAIt.Y RICCOICD, MTWN. Ft C. J. H. Sanders, Jr. Willow . Springs, worthless check, nol pros. James Pleasant Barfield, Ben son Negro, speeding, costs. Allen Westbrook Johnson, Ben son, publicly drunk, casts. Bobby Sanders, Dunn, Rt. 3. publicly drunk, costs. Thurman Lockamy, Benson Negro, speeding, costs. Richard Boone Barkley!, San ford, speeding, costs. William A. Rham .New York. N. Y„ passing on curve, called v and failed, bond forfeited. Jesse Elton Hudson, Benson, Rt. 2, driving after license re voked and no license plates, not guilty. Joyce Shultz. Raleigh, public ly drunk, not guilty. Harlan Ray Butler, Rochester. N. Y., speeding, costs. David Meltzer, Newark, N. J. speeding, costs. James Haley, Benson, Rt 3 fluence of alcohol, four month* on the roads. Kelley .Greene Raynor, Benson, speeding, not guilty. Mack aewart, Benson Negro, resisting arrest, profanity, inter fering with officer making ar rest, 12 months on the roads. Ed Byrd, Selma, - fornication and adultry, 60 days on the roads, suspended on two year’s good behavior, $lO and costs. Bertie Harper. Four Oaks, for nication and adultery, eight months in Women’s Prison. Charles Pascal, Raleigh, care less and reckless driving, nol pros. Pfc. Autry Arrives At Camp Pendleton CAMP PENDLETON, Caßf. (FHTNC) Marine Pfc. Calvert E. Autry, son of Mrs. Mamie Autry of Route 3, Lillington, N. C., has joined the staging regiment at this 1 huge Marine Corps base in prep aration for duty in the Far East. I The staging regiment handles last minute details in getting men ready for foreign duty. A Marine's few weeks in staging are filled with clothing and equipment in- : spections. dental and physical ex- ; aminatlons, refresher courses on weapons, and physical condition- , ing. Murder Trial (CiMliml (mb gaga were excused at the close of court ' on Thursday. Two other murder eases on the same docket were continued. James Howard Phillips, a young white man of the Anderson Creek section, was expected to be tried for the murder of his brother. John Harvey, in an argument over disciplining • a child, but the case was continued I due to the Illness of the defen dant Another murder case, again*, Charlie Ferguson, was also continu ed for the term. Ferguson alleged ly skilled Norman Oatney on Aug ust 30. 1952. This marks the sixth continuance of the case. Pfc. Parker Is At Camp Hale CAMP HALX, Colo. Army Pfc. Dennis R. Parker, 30, son of Mr. 2. Benson, N. is at Camp Hale. Colo., taking part In pMm Ufa I Parser, wno entered tne Army | borne Anti-Aircraft ArtUiay^Bat-j lan worth es new equipment has also been placed in the medern hoaw SHSIIn department The tanchroMn was purchased by the school and cemmanity. Mbs Margaret McArthur of Griftau to di rector of the home economics department and Mrs, 1. B. Tart of the community to director of the lunchroom. (Dally Record Photo) Defendants (Oenttnnad Pram Pag* «na» around, cursing and claimed she drank excessively.” One man said he had heard, but not verified the report, that she left her children ranging from two to 7 vears in care of a Negro fam ily and failed to come back for them. Another told how Mrs. Mills In the company of two men and an other woman appeared in the road outside his home, dad only In a skirt. He said she used such “vile language” he ordered his children inside and called the law. By the time the officers arrived the four who were tussling, had got in their parked car and driven away, the witness-said. V "Throughout this trial,” said the Judge, “this defendant has appeared very unconcerned. She seems to think it U a lark and dees not realize the seriousness. of the charge." CHILDREN WONT SUFFER In imposing sentence the judge pointed out In open court that he had requested an Investigation made by welfare authorities. “The report convinces pie that the child ren will not suffer because of the absence of their mother,” said the judge. Defense attorneys pointed out that the woman was living with her husband, Raymond Mills, a saw Mill worker, and that the family ia very poor. Earlier the same day the Mills woman was tried, jurors found two other defendants. “guilty as char ged." - : : ROUNDTREE SENTENCED Emmanuel Roundtree, Lillington negro, drew two years to state pris on for assault on Mildred Bailey. The prosecuting witness, a allm ybung woman, said Roundtree hit her trith a chair and broke both RoaaArw, unrepresented ffjy counsel, insisted on his innocence Re claimed thd blow that’landed on the woman Was intended for a man he found at her house. The attack took place- M the home of the prosecuting witness*’ stepix: Ri gors Canady, wbb was «wto,aij»* time. Six year old Bobby Cankdy testified Roundtree kftoc&ed ;<»' window, climbed in pnd the attack °Roundtree absolutely denied en tering by the window, v- ■s. Henry EBWard Lee 38-year-old Dunn negro Was convicted of cut ting Neill Spencer, : fcn olderi Dunn Negro. Lee Was sentenced, to four to sis yegrs In Mate jerifimt... . , Spencer said on the stand he was -slashed ia the hack, throat and right chest after he atoee in, hia uuluAaaVufl mitv! ‘a the Spencer home. Spencer, jfauf fled as *£er*T others were piaylng records J in an adJOMng room and that l£e noise awafcet*£.&>&-#• said when he ordered Lee to stop the noise aimjeST• n|'pggf en tered in etfchtiMe. However! !* lb sis ted he only Struck after Spencer hit him «r the head with a has. mer. The blow, Lee said, “addled my head,” On eras examination by BoUcftardaeb Rooks Lee admit ted he tofCkntfeJn ’ for tow awandertog*toofflcenM*ywal Jims^yhoe^on negroes this week in Harnett Su perior court solved two Dunn break up at the Dunn Wholesale Com pany and at Wellons Candy Com pany. James “Smokey” Thompson, who was convicted of breaking and en tering the wholesale company and stealing a safe, money and sugar, drew seven to ten years In state orison. This sentence Judge George Fountain later cut to three years. William McNeill, who was tried on two separate counts of receiv ing goods stolen from the whole sale company knowing them to be stolen and a similar charge of rec eiving cookies and sugar missing from the candv company, was found guilty each time by a Jury. In both cases McNeill had claimed he was innocent. He drew 12 months In state prison on the first charge and 18 months on the second. He will serve the second sentence at the expiration of the first. But the case of the missing sugar, which kept Dunn police officers on the jump many days, was not without its humor. nsmokey* Thompson, who ad mitted his nleknime came from his prematurely white head, insist ed McNeill made negotiations to sell tfae sugar to John Barefoot, “a “white bootlegger," near Clinton. “Mr. John lave me S3B in money gnp -one case or ‘unpaid’ whiskey, from out of his smoke house.” tes tified Smoker. *T gave McNeill two jars and I took the rest." Then Bmokey sdded this Item to his testimony: 8 "After McNeill end l-rsdp back to ©unn. I was kind Os -MfhflT gars hlnj two, Jars of the whiskey, then I went down along the railroad and poured the rest of the whiskey in a dish pan, but not at one time. I gave every body some! It wasn't long before that case was gone ." Darroch Promoted To Corporal t 3RD DIV , KOREA - LaUd e W. Darroch, 33, #oh- of Mr. and *£»- X>. lOlarfoch.. Route 3. hUlihg; ton. N. C.. recently Maa promoted I to empora) white srrhn« Jflth the 3rd 5 Infanfft Wvlslon to »*«.* V The “Rock’ of.-the Marne" divi- Utterly fighting In the Iron Triangle- alto pt Out post .-Rawy,. te : te*w ttmtaing as part of the U. S. security force on the penburato: A mortar gunner with the Uln Regiment's Company E, Corpora) Darroch-entered the Army to No vember l|B3 and arrived in Korea test May. ■ V',- - ;■; ■ ■ - ■■■ II " " ' || VOTE . For Lonnie B. II iF 1 *" /'Oil® II jacicson For■! Constable Averasboro Township gt I B I WAS THE FIRST TO ANNOUNCE FOR THIS II I! I If mStmb AlfllCio Any, | AT IrImEA/xAI Ala !*• II I |’H : '>;TV- 1 bf * '* r . II FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 19, 1954 Property Owner May Be Indicted City Attorney I. R. Williams in dicated last night that* the Town Board has but one course to take against W. B. Warren tor failure to comply with the local and State fire and building code—that is crim inal action. In a lengthy report, Williams stated that he had spent consider able time studying the law on the building code and had found that criminal action is the only method to be used in the' case under con sideration. Warren Is charged with failure to construct a building on W. Cum berland according to the rules and specification set forth In the State building code. Should the State move Into the case, fire insurance -ates of everyone in the area of Warren’s buildlne would be in ~reased, Mayor Ralph Hanna has indicated. The building under consideration was first tawed In November, 1953, when City Building Inspector John E. Norris told Warren he would have to compTv with the State code. Again in January, the question came before Citv Council and Warren was given 60 days to comply. The 60 davs expired March 8. Council voted last night to In ■ «truct Norris to gather aU of the ■ facts and confer with Solicitor J " Shepard Bryan tor beginning legal ' action against Warren. Charles Storey, city clerk, told » the Board last night that Warren ‘ called yesterday to say he was about 1 to begin work on the building. How • ever, Council had Indicated that e work should have been completed e by March 8. I- Norris was told to proceed with 1 criminal action even though Warren • begins Immediately to correct the ' building. e I News Shorts ® rwHffiil Vram Wave Owe* f tional Youth Administration dlrec . tor, was colled to testify today be , fore a Senate InveatlgaUon of “al leged Communist influence” in his . Southern Welfare Conference Fund. t LONDON (VI Britain lowered the boom today on Alan Wlnnlng . ton, British journalist who repor i -tod the Korea War from the Rod . point of View and tried to sell eom -1 monism to American and other sol 3. (Hen captured by the Reds. The i. Forrirn Office announced that the l r British consulate in Yelping has r, refused to renew Wlnnlngton’s poss - port. 3 1 ■ ~ MILWAUKEE, Wtt. Ml Sen. » Joseph R. McCarthy (R-WU) was 1 “holed ap" In the home of a friend t today, working over his counter s stack against Democratic spokes z man A dial E. Stevenson, e McCarthy tonight will answer, in >. a speech before the Milwaukee - Young Republican Club, what he e calls a personal stack upon htan . self by Btevenson. WASHINGTON (8) —. Chairman W. Sterling Cole of the loint House-Senate Atomic Eqergy Corn mi toe sold today that "greater pre cautionary steps” will be taken be fore mere atomic weapons ore r . tested In the Pacific. S' STAR-VUE ; DRIVEIN - 4|QwKMf, N. O. ■BOffiWAY an Hum 1 11’.. -. .. .... —— ■' Our to extensive damage l done by the storm, we will “ lie closed until further no- BUILDING TIME! CHECK THIS LIST AND CALL NU- HOME BUILDERS For New Roofs And Repairs New Window Screens "Ar Painting + Brick Work if Concrete Work if Screened Porches if Car Ports if Cabinets if Disappearing Stairways if Side Walks if Drive Ways if Pfastic Floor Tile if New Dens it New Kitchens if New Bath Rooms if Insulation i if Rework Doors . V " & Locks if Floor Sanding if Replace Broken Window Glass NOW IS THE TIME TO GET YOUR HOUSE FIXED UP FOR THE SUMMER PE RIOD. WE HAVE EXPERT WORKMEN TO DO ANY 6F THE ABOVE WORK, OR ANY OTHER BUILD ING PROBLEM THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. I TAABIfI 1 i align w 1 [J W I I mm HABIB ' 1 I DUllilrClmd I I aHh f nfini I j ■ - % ' ’ Jjy
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