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IKE, WINNIE WILL PRESS FOR PEACE
Claude Moore Nominated For Sheriff; Womble Wins
AT DEDICATION Lofton A. Tart, left, and
' Dr. George Cuthrell, right, are pictured here at
the exercises held Sunday at Hood Memorial
Christian Church dedicating the new Lofton Tart
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YOU GET FREE WATERMELON
and Mrs. Johnny Eugene
mby. who said “I do” Thursday
ht at the Baptist Parsonage, had
plenty of tough luck to start off
their marriage.
Mr. Hamby Is one of two techni
clans at Dunn Hospital. Mrs. Ham
by. the farmer Dee Stephenson, also
works at the hospital.
Both had arranged their vaca
tions so they could take a honey
moon.
Just before the wedding, the other
hospital technician, Ann Rouse War
ren, became ill so Johnny's vaca
tion and honeymoon had to be post
poned.
j- They got married anyway.
' Some of their friends found out
where they were spending their
first night here and kept them a
wake Just about all night. The
friends were they said Just
helping them celebrate their wed
ding.
Anyway, Johnny and Dee say they
will take their honeymoon later.
Just when, they don't know.
LITTLE NOTES: Dr. Randolph
t'Ooffermyre spent several days last
r week in Raleigh attending a meet-
I tog of the State Board of Medi-
I cal Examiners. . . .He's one of the
I doctors who decide whether or not
I new phyaicians are qualified to prac-
I tk*. ... A number of Dunn people
I (Cawtinned m pan two >
Bensons 34th Sing
Is The Biggest Yet
! Singers came by th& hundreds and others showed up
Ilf the thousands to hear them Sunday and broke all rec
ords at Benson’s 34th annual State Singing Convention.
k From early until late, one group
■liar another stepped up to the mi
[fioatujntw to sing the old songs of
tijlttfe, and frequently the huge
KalarJdined in a mighty chorus
I Benson's big grove was overflow
ling and for Mocks away hymns and
PA «h of the biggest and most
oMto kind held anj
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Educational Addition. They are standing beside a
portrait of Mr. Tart hanging In Memorial ChapeL
(Daily Record Photo.)
Church Addition
Dedicated Sunday
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The newly completed education addition to the Hood
Memorial Christian Church of Dunn was dedicated in a
brief ceremony Sunday afternoon at five o’clock with the
pastor, Dr. George Cuthrell, presiding.
Dedicated to the honor of .Lofton
A. Tart, the new building was wen
yesterday afternoon for a general
Inspection by the guests and mem
bers of the church.
During the service, Dr. Cuthrell
gave the dedicatory prayer, and
Helen Taylor rendered a solo en
titled, "Bless This Church”
In addition to the building itself,
a number of pieces of furniture
were officially accepted and dedi
cated to the memory of outstand
ing members and friends of the
local church.
Dr. Cuthrell made brief remarks
in which he referred to the church
as being a unique institution in the
community one which upholds
the dignity of man.
Prior to the afternoon service, at
file 11 o’clock service, the Rev.
George Downey, Director of Religi
ous Education for the Disciples of
Christ Churches, was guest speaker.
Using the topic, “The Rich Fanner,”
Rev. Downey pointed out that the
“rich farmer” of the Bible was
a producer, planter, and a builder,
but that he made poor use of his
goods.
“The rich young fanner worked
for himself,” the minister told the
congregation. He added that he
lacked proper motives, and that
alone could be given as a reason for
his failure.
Following the morning worship,
three new members were taken into
the church. They were. Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Jordan and their daughter,
Carolyn. V
and corner of the state and from
more than SO other states. In the
crowd were a few old-timers who
haven’t missed a tingle session of
“The Sing,” as everybody calls It,
since the first one was staged 34
yean ago. i-C
The crowd is one of the largest
to assemble in Eastern Carolina
each year. They gather for one
main purpose—to sing and hear
■intiM »nH to enjoy am Ins friends
they haven’t seen sinoe the last
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16 Die In
Air Crash ;
36 Escape
By UNITED PRESS
, Sixteen persons died Sunday in
air crashes near Columbus, Ohio,
and Riverside, Calif., and 36 others
escaped in the crash landing of
a DC-4 passenger liner at New
York.
An American Airlines Convair
and a Navy twin Beechcraft
crashed in the air at Columbus,
Sunday night. Two men aboard the
Navy plane were killed, but the
34 passengers and crewmen aboard
the Convair escaped with minor in
juries.
Fourteen were killed at River
side when a huge Air Force gaso
line tanker smashed into a mount
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Shriners Ready
For Convention
ATLANTIC CITY, N.. J. IW
Thousands of Shriners from the
United States, Canada and Mexico
arrived here today to begin the
five-day annual Imperial council
session of the Shrine of North
America.
A total of 68,000 were expected
to jam beachfront hotels and room
ing houses by midnight. Eighty
special trains were scheduled to
reach the city before the end of
the day.
Three Dunn Shriners, Maysr
Ralph Hanna, Thad M. Pope and
Willie MoH, are among them at
tending the convention.
A mammoth parade tomorrow
morning will mark the arrival of
Imperial Potentate Rommie L. Ar
nold from Richmond, Va. The line
of March, to include dozens of
bands, drill units, floats and clowns
will proceed along the boardwalk
to convention h,U and poM to re-
DUNN, N C\, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 28, 1954
Ballots i
Are Cast In
Second Primary
Claude R. Moore, 46-year
old Dunn dairy operator,
Saturday won the Demo
cratic nomination for Sher
iff of Harnett County by 38
votes in one of the closest
races in the county’s his
tory.
Moore, who came within 400
votes of winning four years ago,
defeated County Commissioner D.
E. (Dick) Lasater of Erwin, Route
1 by a vote of 2967 to 2929.
Immediately after the votes were
counted, Moore issued a state
ment expressing appreciation to
the people and promised that, T'll
do my best to make all the people
of Harnett County a good sheriff.”
In the first primary, Lasater had
led Moore by 14 votes.
TO SUCCEED SALMON -
Moore, big • good - natured man
towering more than six feet tall,
will be Harnett County’s first new
sheriff in 22 years. Sheriff W. E.
(Bill) Salmon is retiring from of
fice after serving longer than any
other man in the county’s history.
The vote was close in practically
every township. Moore carried one
precinct in Lasater’s township and
Lasater carried one of four pre
cincts in Moore’s township.
The vote was surprisingly large
for a second primary. A total of
8,896 votes were cast. More than
8,000 (Voted in the first primary.
■i WOMBLE WINS ,
Voters In District No. Four elect
ed a new county oommiMoaer for
Harnett. J. Early Womble, promi
nent LilUngton business man and
farm leader, defeated County Com
missioner Worth Lee Byrd by a
vote of 768 to 589.
The district is comprised of An
derson Creek, Lillington and Stew
art’s Creek townships. Byrd has
served four years and was seeking
his third term. Womble carried
each of the three townships.
J. EARLY WOMBLE
State Reducing
Highway Deaths
RALEIGH IW North Carolina
was looked upon today as a state
that is succeeding in curbing the
automobile’s rampant slaughter on
highways.
Three persons were killed in traf
fic accidents in North Carolina dur
ing the weekend. The death raised
the state traffic total to date for
1954 to 408, but It was a figure 191
less than the number of persons
! killed during the same period last
year.
+ Record Roundup +
ARRESTS Twelve persons were
listed on the Dunn Police record
of arrest over the weekend. Charg
ed Were: Jerry Lee Janet, 307 N.
Washington, atop sign violation;
George W. Benton. Roseboro. drunk;
William J. Marsh, Dunn, drunk;
James A. House, Dunn, drunk; Ha
rold Corbett Norris, stop sign vio
lation; Paul HolUday, 1006 N. Lap
ton, worthias* chart* Howard B.
Johnson. 31* W. Johnson, aamult on
a female; George T. Leech, 000 N.
Smlthfield, no license; Don McKoy
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THE WINNER Claude R. Moore, left, of
Dunn will be the Democratic candidate for sher
iff of Harnett (County in the Fall election. Here,
Moore is seen Saturday night in the sheriff's of
fice as he received the congratulations of his op
ponent, Dick Lasater, Jr. of Erwin as final re
turns in the run-off primary showed Moore 38
Board To Qecid& On Ammons
Reappointment Tuesday Night
Chairman Lofton A. Tart
of the Harnett County
Board of Commissioners pre
dicted today that County
Farm Agent C. R. Ammons
will be reappointed when
the board holds a special
session Tuesday night at 7
o’clock.
But farm leaders and other citl- !
'sens of the county said today that j
they were taking no chances and }
predicted the board session would (
turn into a mass meeting of county
farmers, as it did a year ago.
The board at is first and se
cond meetings held this month fail
vi to reappoint Ammons, who has
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Dr. Royster
Found Guilty
Dr. Dan Rotate:, prominent phy
sician of Benson, was found guilty
of simple assault In the Benson
Recorders Court today and taxed
the cost of Court by Judge Ed John
son .
The well-Known physician was
charged with assaulting Evltte Bare
foot of near Duim with his fist
several weeks ago. The case had
been continued several times on
motion of the defense and prose
cuting attorneys.
Dr. Royster took the Mend in his
own defense today and declared
that he thought Barefoot was going
to hit him, so he protected himself.
However, Barefoot told the court
that the Doctor followed him to
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to State property; William A. Rid
dle, Ml N. Layton, driving drunk;
Nathaniel Royall, Clinton. HOute 3,
public drunk.
FIRE Dttim firvnm. prero called
to a storage barn fietonitag to Mm.
J. B. Altman, <U N. Orange, Fri
day afternoon, according to Howard
iyvaracwa:
with its contents *«a completely
enveloped in fin. OjarttepMe da
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FIVE CENTS PER COPT
votes ahead. In the May 29 primary Lasater was
high man in a field of six candidates, but Moore
who then trailed second by 14 votes called for a
run-off and emerged the winner. Moore’s Repub
lican opponent this Fall will be |Gene Stewart of
Coats. (Photo by T. M. Stewart)
Scouts Advanced
At Honor Court
Bill Joyner, 15 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sandlin, and
20 other Harnett Scouters were giv
en advancement badges at the Joy
ner Court of Honor held Sunday
evening at the First Baptist Church
of Dunn.
Named in Joyner's honor, the
court of honor was held in order
to present him with the Eagle Scout
badge. During the court, however,
the other scouts received various
merit badges and advancements, Bill
Twyford, Sr., was in charge of the
ceremony.
Joyner has been an outstanding
scouter since he first entered the
movement five years ago. He en
tered scputing as a member of the
Methodist Church Cub Pack under
the leadership of Worth Vannoy.
Climbing up the ladder of ad
kk'lS Mr. JtWuTtLZ, H. Sandlin, last
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vancement, Joyner completed his
highest honor with 34 merit badges
for service in the community and
for special training in scout work.
Opening ceremonies of the Court
of Honor were conducted by Troop
766 of Dunn.
In addition to the Eagle Award
presented to Joyner, other presen
tations included;
Tenderfoot award to Jim Hender
son, by Russell McLean.
Second Class ranks: Troop 711,
Richard Manning; Troop 766.
Charles Tripp, Larry Dudley, Jim
my Jordan, Elton Tripp, George
Neighbors, and Jimmy Mattox.
These ranks were presented by
Hugh Prince.,;
First Class jpank: Troop 766, Lar
ry Stephenson, ana Robert Lee.
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night after (te tuTctofl Eagfe iiffti
highest award In scanting, bt a emnns at Uws
Find Baptist OM4 (Hatty Haiti Ffcda)
NO. 147
Plan To Issue
Declaration Os
Aims Tuesday
WASHINGTON (IP) Pres
ident Eisenhower and Prime
Minister Sir Winston
Churchill promised today to
“press forward” with plans
for “collective defense” in
Indochina.
They delayed until tomorrow,
however, the issuance of a full dec
laration of Anglo - American aims in
this period of world crisis.
The President and the Prime
Minister, who have been meeting
at the White House since Friday,
; issued a terse and highly general
• ized communique.
The communique dealt with three
specific subjects Western Euro
pe, Southeast Asia and “atomic mat
ters.”
“We discussed Southeast Asia,”
the two leaders said, “and in parti
cular examined the situation which
would arise from the conclusoin of
an agreement on Indochina, We
also considered the situation which
would follow from failure to reach
such an agreement.
“We will press forward with
plans for collective defense to meet
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THE VOTE „
Here’s how Harnett County De
mocrats voted Saturday in the se
cond primary race for Sheriff and
Commissioner in District Four:
FOB SHERIFF
MOORE LASATER
Anderson Creek 224 203
Averasboro I 130 27
Averasboro II 192 07
Averasboro 111 89 94
Averasboro IV 217 128
Barbecue 78 135
Black River 92 218
Buckhorn . 159 13
Duke I 161 147
Duke II 172 127
Duke 111 166 154
Grove I 104 10*
Grove II 136 140
Hector’s Creek 82 84
Johnsonville 44 f. 74
Lillington 301 v 381
Neill's Creek I 135 43
Neill’s Creek n 80 190
Stewart’s Creek 94 148
U. L.R.L' 270 364
U. L. R. H 39 91
TOTALS 2987 2929
FOR COMMISSIONER
WOMBLE BYRD
Anderson Creek 229 283
Lillington 413 203
Stewart’s Creek 133 117
TOTALS 765 880