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sunny and bet.
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HARNETT TO NAME SHERIFF SATURDAY
[ PRIEST WELCOMED AT RECEPTION The
\ Vincent Stokes, new pastor of the Sacred
Heart Catholic Church, was welcomed at a pub-
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LTTTLE NoS3T: *BRwyn O'Quinn
reports much progress is being made
toward getting the big new Industry
for Lllllngton. . . .That's good news
. . . .Marvin Raynor says It took
enough brick for the elevator pit
I at Balk’s to build two dwelling
' bouses. . . -Mrs. Eunice Trogden,
-formerly with the newspaper in
/jbuth Boston, Va., has Joined the
Hjmrertitlng -department of The Dal-
r 'Ty Record. . . -She’s a native of
Coats. . . . .Charles Maynard of
the The Record staff has enlisted
In the Air Force and will report
far duty next week . . .County Tax
Collector Duncan Ray says there
Seems to be little interest In Satur
day's second primary. . From all
Indications, it’ll be hard to get a
big vote. . . .Mrs. Thurman Emils
a proud Tennesseean, says that
State has three Imaginary dividing
lines and that each of the three
sections are Just as different as
ether states. . . .She’s from the
central division. . . Bays it’s the
| beat part, of course. . . .Harold Med
r lin phoned to say that the Ben
' eon Sing this year will be stream
lined and shortened. Vocalists who
■tag on Saturday won’t be eligible
to sing Sunday unless they win
one of the top three prises. . . .
About SO or 70 vocalists and groups
are expected to compete . . James
Thornton will save as master of
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jP. A. Lee Retiring
As Local Bus Agent
After 34 years service, P. A. Lee, Sr. of Dunn has re
l tired as the Dunn agent of Carolina Trailways, Queen
[ City Coach Company and the Southern Coach Company.
i- * He waa one of the oldest bus
L station operators in the State, from
l! standpoint of years service, and
[. also one of the best known.
| I; fir. Lee recently became ill. He
f didn’t want to retire, but his fami-
I ly finally talked him Into It.
f Doug Thigpen has taken over
1 operation of the bus station, which
I la owned by Jerry Butler.
[; The Coachman, official Organ of
I- Carolina Coach Company in its
| 1944 July issue wrote of Mr. Lee
I as follows: ■ *
It. “In choosing a man of the month
A for July, your editor decided to
ME§Mf the Trailways family for
lit pun who had chosen more than
■«» Wf the 90,000 different occu-
I pations and a person who had un-
I selfishly given the beet of bis ener-
TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118
lie reception held last night at the rectory. He to
shown here with Mrs. Nancy Albergine, left, and
Mrs. Henry gheU, right (Dally Record Photo.)
Church Dedication
Is Set For Sunday
The newly completed education addition at Hood Me
morial Christian Church will be dedicated to the honor of
Lofton A. Tart during the morning services Sunday morn
ing. Guest minister fpr the occasion will be the Reverend
George A. Downey, State Director of Religious Education.
In addition to the building, a
number of pieces of furniture In
the modern brick addition will be
dedicated. The new addition cost
about $35,000.
Prior to the sermon by Rev.
Downey, W. W. Carj-01l will give
the call to worship, and Herman
Godwin will read the scripture les
son.
Dr. George Cuthrell, pastor of
the church, will Introduce the speak
er of the morning, and will give the
dedicatory prayer. Helen Taylor
will render a solo entitled “Bless
This Church."
, ITEMS DONATED
Besides the bluldlng , items of
furniture and decorations to be de
dicated will include:
Bookcase, In memory of R- F.
Jernigan, by his family. Communion
Table, in memory of Mr. and Mrs.
N. A. BeU by their children. Bible
for the pulpit. In memory of Mrs.
Bettie Jernigan. by Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Hemingway.
Cross and candlesticks In sanct
uary, in appreciation of Dr. Cu
threll’s services, by friends. Cross
and candlesticks In chapel, in me
mory of George L. Cannady, by Mr.
and Mrs. N. D. McNairy. Dosser, In
memory of Mr. and Mrs. P. T.
Massenglll, by their daughter, Miss
Bessie Massengill.
Flowerstand, in appreciation of
Herman Neighbors, by his family.
Fountain, in memory of Mrs. Lulu
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DUNN, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 25, 1954
Angier Store
Is Held Up ,
Robbed Today
Three men armed with a sawed
off shot gun and two pistols, walk
ed Into Hallie Parton’s all-night
store Just out of Angler on Highway
55 early this morning, held him up,
and rode off with $l5O.
Rural Police C. E. Moore said that
after spending the first part of
the evening assisting In the search
for prisoners escaped from the Clin
ton camp, he, and Rural Policemen
Wade Stewart and B. E. Sturgill
were called out to investigate the
robbery. -
Parton told the police that the
three men, identified as weighing
around 135. 145, and 175, walked
into his store about 1:45 o’clock
this morning and ordered him a
gainst the wall. They stripped the
cash register and went out.
As soon as be thought it sa£,
Parton said he looked out to see
two men In a car and the third
getting In. Positive identification
of the car was not made, but Par
ton thought it was either a 1941
Chevrolet or Pontiac. The vehicle
was light blue, he said.
Two of the men carried pistols
and the third carried a sawed off
shot gun, it was . stated.
Parton guessed the men *to be
about six feet; five feet, three In
ches; and five feet, four Inches
tall. The tallest man placed a mask
over his face, Parton added.
Officers stated today that the
robbery took place next to Horton’s
store where a robber was shot early
.this year while attempting to make
a hold up.
Parton said the men told him to
“stick ’em up and turn your face
to the wall.”
As the car drove off, H beaded
In the direction of Raleigh, Par
ton reported to the police. Invest
igation of the holdup was being
continued today by rural police.
Oraham Is 111
In Duesseklorf
DUSSELDORF, Germany (II)
American evangelist Billy Oraham
suffered A “nervous reaction” to
day as s result of his grueling
[preaching tour of Europe and waa
confined to ted.
The 86-yeer-oM Preacher took
rick early this morning and was
Democrats Say
50P Deserted
Ike's Program
UNITED PRESS
Democrats sniped at Republicans
for failing to support President Ei
senhower’s liberalized trade pro
gram today after the Senate voted
a one-year extension of the pre
sent Reciprocal Trade Act.
Two Democratic senators. Estes
Kefauver (Term) and Hubert H.
Humphrey (Minn.), accused their
Republican colleagues of “running
out" on the President’s proposal
which they said the Democrats
tried to enact.
The Senate rammed through the
one-year extension Thursday night
by a 71 to 3 vote following defeat
of a Democratic bid to substitute
the President’s original three - year
trade program. The Democratic
move lost, 45 to 32.
The measure now goes back to
the House for action on two minor
amendments tacked on by the Sen
ate.
The one-year extension would re
new the Reciprocal Trade Act be
gun in 1935 which empowers the
president to cut U. S. tariffs in re
turn for trade concessions by other
nations. The program technically
expires June 12.
OTHER CONGRESSIONAL NEWS
Atomic: Chairman W. Sterling
Cole (R-NY) of the House-Senate
Atomic Energy Committee predict
ed early congressional approval of
the first steps toward President
Elsenhower’s world atomic pool for
peaceful purposes.
Far East: Key congressmen are
applying heavy pressure to make
sure the administration rejects Bri
tain’s,' prosal that the Allies sign
A nplUggtaesim pact with the Com
munists In Asia.
TVA: Chairman William Langer
(ft - ND) of a Senate Monopoly sub
committee has ordered an Investi
gation into possible monoply be
tween a. private power group and
the Atomic Energy Commission in
volving the Tennessee Valey Au
thority.
Temple Sought
On Money Count
A warrant was Issued here yester
day by Solicitor J. Shepard Bryan
charging Robert Temple, around 25,
of Erwin with embezzling $252 from
from Supreme Service Station in
Dunn.
According to Oscar Strickland,
manager of the station. Temple was
hired two weeks ago after he re
turned to Harnett County from
Charlotte where he had been em
ployed in a Charlotte service sta
tion.
The young man, who lived on the
Dunn-Erwln highway, was on the
night shift at the 24-hour a-day
station when he walked off with
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BULLETINS
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo. (IP) E. D. Crippa, Wyoming’s
new United States senator, refused to speculate today on
his political career after he has served out the interim
term of the late Sen. Lester C. Hunt. Crippa was appoint
ed yesterday by GOP Gov. C. J. Rogers, giving the Repub
licans their first voting majority in the Saute since the
death of the late Sen. Robert A Taft (R-O).
DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, Fla. (IP) Mass gamma globu
lin injections to prevent spread of a polio outbreak will be
Sven here Monday to all children under 15 yams old. Wal
n County Health Officer R. N. Nelson said yesterday the
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JAYCEES’ LADIES NIOHT
Member* of the Dunn Jayeee* Will
hold Ladles'* night tomorrow even
ing at the Legion Hut in Lilting
ton. The affair will be a picnic
lunch with everyone bringing hi* ;
own basket lunch.
BOARD MEETING Dunn’* City
Council will meet tonight at 7JO
to discus* a new ordinance for the <
construction of water and sewer
Una. and street*. -
BIG CROWD AT OPENING Pictured here
U just a small portion of the big crowd on hand
this morning waiting for the doors to open on the
big Bargain Basement and Expansion Sale at
Prince’s Department Store in Dunn. The sale is
being conducted by Floyd Shields, widely-known
Churchill Arrives To Clear-Up
U. S. - British Relationships
By MERRIMAN SMITH
WASHINGTON (»
Prime Minister Sir Winston
Churchill flew here today to
patch up U. S. - British mis
understandings and brought
with - him the comforting
declaration that nations “on
the other side of the Irolt
Certain face even greater
problems than we do our
selves.”
OhurchlU and British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden arrived by
plane at 8:55 am. for crucial talks
with President Elsenhower and
1 Pfcretery of State John Foster Dul
les on the future of free world ac
tion against communism.
The 79 - year-old statesman said
, frankly after stepping off the big
, four - engine transport that he was
here “to talk over a few family
matters” and to try to make sure
there are “no misunderstandings”
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IN GEORGIA
Mrs. Howard Godwin and child
ren are visiting her family in Au
gusta, Ga.
has Joined the recreation staff as
playground director, Henry Hutaff
announced this week. He will be
assisted by Catherine White.
SOFTBALL PRACTICE Girl's
•oftball practice Will he held at
the Dunn tea park Monday at
WRTWo taams^have^ already been
| was Irott* Thursday for the new
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
mercantile sales promoter. Prince's today opened
the only bargain basement in Dunn and the store
was quickly filled by customers taking advantage
of the bargains. Owner Hugh Prince said It is
his biggest sale in 20 years. (Daily Record Photo.)
Belote Takes Over,
Names Committes
Frank Belote, manager of the Men’s Shop in Dunn,
was installed as president of the local Lions Club last
night to succeed Jesse Capps. The installation was made
by Mayor Ralph Hanna, a past president.
Lillington Sets
Mass Meeting
Every adult Lllllngton citizen to
day waa asked to attend a mass
meeting on Monday night, June
28th, at 8 pm. In the county court
house to talk about the county's
proposed new Industrial building.
Billy Sexton, president of the Lil
lington Chamber of Commerce,
said this morning, “We want every
body to be there and hear our fi
nancial report”
Lillington Is now engaged In the
largest financial proposition In the
town’s history, the raising by po
pular subscription of $137,000 to
build a modem Industrial building.
TO HOUSE NEW PLANT
The building will house a new
manufacturing plant seeking to lo
cate In the county seat.
Individual shares of stock are
priced at SIOO each.
“We want every single person
who has subscribed any stock to
be present,” said Sexton. “This
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Lots Os Smoke,
But No Blaze
There was plenty of excitement,
little smoke, and almost no fire
this morning at Sears and Roe
buck on East Broad Street as the
air condition motor boiled smoke
out and Into the store.
Howard M. Lee. sectrfe-w-tr**-
surer of the Fire D;p"~t nc:",
trucks were called out, but that
tittle damage resulted.
Smoke was beginning to seep
all through ttw store when the fire
trucks arrived, but the fire was out.
Meanwhile, crowds Jammed the
streets to attend Mg sales at Prin
ce’s Department where a new ter
sain basement was ooened todav
and at Baers’ whoeVtfewSS
sale was undwwap.
Thethron*. temporarily moved
down tiie street to Sean, however,
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The Record Is First
IN CIRCULATION... NEWS
PHOTOS . . . ADVERTISING
COMICS AND FEATURES
Others taking office were: Ted
Biu-well, first vice president; Glenn
Hooper, second vice president; Bob
Dickey, third vice president; George
Exum, secretary-treasurer; and
Dan Matthews, assistant secretary
treasurer; Charles Whitten ton. Tail
Twister; Paul Waggoner, Lion Ta
mer; and Paul Hester and J. E.
Jackson directors.
During the meeting Mack Jerni
gan, a charter member of the Dunn
Club, made a report on the State
Lions Convention held at Raleigh.
The club has grown to a popula
tion of 13,000 In North Carolina,
Lion Jernigan reported.
In appreciation for service to
the district and State Lions or
ganization, Gene Hood, retiring
secretary-treasurer, was presented
a placque from the district gov
ernor. Glenn Hooper, district zone
chairman, also received a placque.
The presentations were made by
Jernigan on behalf of the district
governor.
As part of the Installation, Mayor
Hanna presented retiring Presi
dent Jesse Capps with the. presi
dent’s pen; and gave Hood the re
tired secretary’s pen.
The club recognized J. D. Barnes,
owner of Johnson’s Restaurant, and
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Swimming Pool Has
Hike In Attendance
Hairy Hutaff, Dunn)* recrea
tion director, indicated today that
»rej ft* of the pool two days each
weeks has given a boost to attend
ance. Already 4,017, or an average
of 222.5 persons a day, have used
the pool In the II days of (vexa
tion, he said.
Children of Dunn use the pool
without coat on Mondays and
Thursdays.
tot I timT^Mt^te!r l £s ( J
NO. 140
Race For Board
To Be Decided
In District Four
Harnett County Demo
crats will go to the polls, in
a second primary Saturday
to nominate a sheriff and a
county commissioner in Dis
trict Four.
The race for sheriff is the only
county-wide race, while the cone
test for commissioner in District
Four will be voted on only by citi
zens of Lillington. Stewart’s Creek
and Anderson townships.
Candidates for sheriff are Dick
Lasater, Jr. of Erwin, Route 1, and
Claude Moore of Dunn. Mr. Lasater
is now a member of the county
board.
In the first primary, Lasater led
Moore by 14 votes. The vote was
1954 for Lassater and 1943 for Moore
Four other candidates for sheriff
were eliminated in the first prt-,
mary.
The two candidates for comtnlSr .
sioner in District Four are: Worth
Lee Byrd, the present commissloqpr,
and J. E. Womble. In the first pri
mary, Byrd received 442 votes anR.
Womble received 400, a difference
of 42. Three other candidates were-,
eliminated in that race.
Commissioner Byrd is seeking his -
fourth term oh the board. ■: *
SMALLER TOTE SEEN
Harnett cast a record vote of more
than 8,000 on May 29th but a miKtr
lighter vote is expected in the riWaJ
off despite the heated sheriff's race.
Chairman Roger Mann of the
county board of elections -baa de
livered to the precincts a total aC
[22,600 ballots for the runoffs, as
compared with 30,860 delivered In.
|tl»e first primary. ji&K
\ -The polls will be open in tiw
21 precincts from 0:30 sun. to 9JO
p.m.
Some political observers are pre
dicting that the total vote cast
may not exceed 4,000. Others point
that a sheriff’s race always brings
out more voters than any other
contest and predict a heavier vote.
The same elections officials wife
served in the first primary will ante
be on duty Saturday. *)
ON BUYING TRIP j
Lynwood Harris, manager of . *7
ftrd’s Department Store at BrWth,
has just returned from a fall bay
ing trip to Charlotte.
Man Fined S6OO
For Driving
Without License J
Walter T. Baker, who lives near
Dunn on Godwin, R*. I has team
ed that driving attar revocation of
license east prove mpedw. '
Baker was fined 9819 and eenrt
costs far the offense by Judge
Sesvy A. Carroll In the Cumber
land County Recorder's Court.
Baker, ale *4, was found tsfltij
of driving after Us Hums s fegf
revoked twice on the fIHM dny feu
and in Eastever Township and
again on June 99 in Eaetfelife
th Th e °fh**£ betived te be tee
tteiMeb
in the State. . »
Pope and Tommy Waggoner a«t- ,
tag as his assistants.
at the pool with students jfe
9 30 Hutaff said today that »pfe-