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PLAN OPTIMISTIC CLUB A group of Dunn
business and .civic leaders met last night with
three representatives of the Raleigh club to dis
cuss the formation of an Optimist Club for Dunn.
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OTHER LITTLE NOTES
State Highway Patrolman N. H.
Parrish had a hard time a few
days ago trying to arrest Tony
Lanza of Rosemont, Quebec for
§ speeding up near Benson.
He stopped the French-Canad
ian all right, but talking to him
jMKtwas something else. Lanza speaks
but no English.
• The patrolman took him to Ben
son’s police station for booking.
Nobody there, could converse in
French, either. .
Finally, the officer called on
Miss Ella Starling, French teacher
in the Benson school to serve as
Interpreter. She made Lanza un
derstand that he could either post
a bond or sign a waiver and plead
guilty to the charge.
The visitor decided to plead
guilty—and paid off in good U.S.A.
currency. The folding stuff, they
both understood.
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’ BIRTHDAYS: Today is the
birthday of Marva Lett Tew of
jf Dunn, Route 5, Windell Jemigan,
. Elaine Purdie, Blake Warren, Mrs.
s Valarie Referson and Norman Sut-
JtJes—Celebrating Saturday Will
' Dunn, Windley Dunbar, J. A.
| Yount, Bill Thompson, Mrs How
ard A. Johnson, Mrs. L. F. Mims,
Mrs. H. A. Parker and Sidney Ed
-- wards ... And Sunday will be, the
birthday of Christine Green, Hal
lie K. Price, Larry Godwin and
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Inquest Unlikely
*ln Death Os West
Assistant Harnett Coroner Ed
Black of Dunn said this afternoon
it is doubtful whether or not an,
inquest will be held into the death
of William Beckman (Bill) West,
22, of Spring Lake, Route 1, Har
nett’s second highway victim of
the year.
West died in Hlghsmith Hospital
at Fayette Ville Wednesday after
noon as the result of injuries re
ceived late last Thursday night in
Western Harnett.
He was pinned beneath his auto
mobile all night long on one of the
coldest nights of the year and was
almost frozen to death. He never
\ regained consciousness. His car
f turned over and rolled under a
culvert as he started Out on a
hunting trip.
Assistant Coroner Black pointed
out that West was the oply known
occupant of the car and said at
this time it does not appear an
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Left to right are, seated, (Charles Lee Guy, Jr.
of Dunn; C. L. Haney of Raleigh, and Bob Price,
who presided; standing are, R. E. Godwin, left,
and Morris Todd, both of the Raleigh Club. ,
Optimist Club For
Dunn Is Discussed
Organization of an Optimist Club for Dunn appeared
a certainty today following an enthusiastic meeting of
i group of local business and ccivic leaders held Thursday
light at Johnson’s Restaurant.
Three Members of the Raleigh
Optimist Club, which has expres
sed a desire to organize and sponsor
the Dunn club, met with the local
group.
Heading the local movement is
Bob Price, manager of Leder Bro
thers Department Store and mem
ber of Optimist clubs in Jackson
ville and Concord before coming
to Dunn.
Mr. Price, who presided over the
meeting, had high praises for the
work and services rendered by Op
timist, Clubs throughout the nation
and pointed out that he feels there
is a need for such a club in Dunn.
“It would mean a lot to the
town," said Mr. Price, “and would
give many men not now affiliated
with other civic clubs an opportun
ity to render service to their town
and community.”
Raleigh Optimists here for the
dinner meeting were: Past Presi
dent R. E. Godwin, Former Presi
dent C. L. Haney and Morris Todd.
All three of them spoke and told
of the organization, its aims and
purposes.
MUCH ENTHUSIASM
“I am delighted with the enthus
iasm shown here tonight.” said
Todd. “Never before in any other
town have we met with so much
interest and enthusiasm.”
The group decided to meet again
next Thursday night at 7 o’clock
at Johnson’s. Each of those present
Thursday night agreed to bring
another interested citizen to next
week’s meeting.
Local citizens who a tended the
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Drop Due
In Weather
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The winter’s most severe cold
wave stabbed into Dixie today,
plummeting temperatures as much
as 25 degrees within an hour and
bringing forecasts of a hard freeze
all the way to the sunny shores of
Miami Beach
North Georgia braced for a low
of 10 degrees. In Atlanta the mer
cury skidded from 58 at 5 a. m.
today to 26 at 11 a. m. At Memphis
the red line shrank 25 degrees in
a single hour as frigid winds blew
the oold wave into the Deep South
out of the nation’s midlands.
Floridians hunted for warm
clothing and pulled out electric
heaters. Motorists and farmers
sought anti-freeze as they heard
this forecast: “All crops, water
lines, tractor and car radiators
should be protected.”
Only Key West at Florida’s
southermost tip was expected to
escape freezing weather. A fore
cast of 15 was made for the East'
Coast farm section. The heart of:
Central Florida’s citrus belt ex
pected a low of 17 to 24.
TONIGHT'S LOW
It was raining in Florida today,
raising hopes that the moisture
would prevent a disastrous crop
freeze.
A 30-degree drop in temperatures
was forecast for -North and South
Carolina late today, leaving them
iat a 10-degree low by morning.
Nashville, Knoxville and Cross
ville In Tennessee had up to two
inches of snow and near zero tem
peratures were forecast for that
state tonight. Many roads were
hazardous under wheel and foot.
One-Pound
Baby Dies
MONTREAL (ff) Doctors lost
a fight to save the life of a seven
day-old girl who weighed one
pound and measured only 11 inches
long.
The baby was bom early this
week nearly three months pre
matured ly to Mrs. Yvon Gohier, 38,
who has one other child.
A spokesman at children’s me
morial hospital safd It had been
expected the perfectly - formed
baby, smallest doctors there had
seen, would live after she started
crying two days ago. She died yes
terday.
DUNN, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 11, 1955
Courthouse
Office Space
Big Problem
Office space, or rather the lack
of it, proved to be the toughest
problem the county commissioners
faced Monday when the health
department moves into its new
health center, quarters vocated
will be in great demand. Three de
partments asked for the space last
month, renewed requests this
month. They were the home agent,
the library and state revenue de
partment.
After lengthy discussion, the
commissioners agreed to give the
major portion of the space to the
county home demonstration clubs
who through their representatives
had made a spirited personal ap
peal for the quarters.
Mrs. W. R. Langdon of the Tur
lington Club and Mrs. Delmer En
nis of Oakdale Club, past and pre
sent president of the county coun
cil of home demonstration clubs,
spoke for their group.
They pointed out that present
office of home agent is inadequate
and space is needed for demon
stration kitchens, visual aids, dem
onstrations of many kinds. They
stressed that as an agricultural
county, improvement in this work
is necessary and since the agricul
tural building was erected for this
purpose extension agencies should
get first choice.
Embarrassment of commissioners
arose from the fact that last Fall
the board promised verbally the
same space to the county library.
No record was made on the min
utespf this, agreement, but M#s.
STHTMcKay, county librarian and
state library officials had been
planning their work with assump
tion the library would have the
space.
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Mrs. Byrd Given
$15,000 Award
Mrs. Luke Byrd of Dunn has
been awarded $15,000 in a compro
mise settlement in her suit against
her husband, Luke Byrd, and Auto
Sales and Service Co. as the result
of an automobile accident In which
she was injured on May 14, 1953.
It was reported to be one of the
largest compromise settlements
ever reached in this county.
Mrs. Byrd had sued for a total
of SIOO,OOO. She was represented
by Attpmeys Everette L. Doffer
myre and D. K. Stewart.
At the time of the accident, Mr.
Byrd was an employee of Auto
Sales and Service Co. and was op
erating one of the company’s cars.
Mrs. Byrd was a passenger.
FATHER NOT NOTIFIED
Adoption Os Child
Hits Snag In Court
Efforts of a Jonesboro-Heights couple to legally adopt
a nine year old girl hit a snag Thursday in Harnett Supe
rior Court when Judge Chester Morris discovered that the
papers had not been served personally on the natural
father of the child, a man now living in Arkansas.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cooper who
have cared for the child for sever
al years had brought suit to legal
ize the adoption of Betty Jean
Davis. They" alleged that the child
was abandoned. Under N. C. law
if this can be shown, consent of
the parents is not necessary if any
child is over 12 years of age the
court takes into consideration wish
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MUSICAL VARIETIES Mrs.
Reta Whitten ton has announced
who will appear on her radio pro
gram, “Musical Varieties” next
week. On Monday, Mrs. Warren
Mitchell of Benson will be the
featured soloist, while on Tuesday
Miss Joyce Lee will sing. Wednes
nesday. Miss Edith Grey Jernigan
will present piano selections, and
Miss Carolyn Jackson of Erwin will
sing Thursday. An organ program
will be presented by Mrs. Whitten
ton Friday.
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FLORAL VALENTINE—Pret
ty Joyce Chrest of Miami, Fla.,
holds a floral heart of bloom
ing hibiscus blooms, just to re
mind you that St Valentine's
, Dav is on Feb. 14.
Man Cleared
At Inquest
Freeman Heath, 35, of Four Oaks,
driver of a vehicle in which his
wife was killed and three other
members of the family injured,
was cleared of All blame at an*j»-
qUeSfc conducted here Thursday af
ternoon by Harnett Coroner Grover
C. Henderson.
Members of the coroner’s jury
ruled after brief deliberation that
it was “an unavoidable accident”
and Heath was released of all
blame.
The accident occurred January 8
when the automobile driven by
Heath crashed into the rear of a
truck driven by Charles Eider Sti
mely, 36, of Delray Beach, Fla.
Mrs. Donnie Heath, 36, was kilted
almost instantly. Heath, the driver,
and two of their sons, Noel and
Frederick, were badly injured in
the crash. The inquest had been
delayed pending their recovery.
Heath testified at the inquest
that 'he pased one vehicle, met
another approaching car and was
forced, to cut back behind the
truck. His car ran under the big
truck trailer.
Stimely, the truck driver, and
Fred Mossop of West Palm Beach,
Fla., his relief driver, also testified.
Members of the jury were- Gene
Bracey, Sam Dorman, Bruce Byrd,
Charles S. Core, Edward Godwin
and Bill Twyford, Jr.
es of the child.
However, when the matter was
called late Thursday, Judge Morris
wanted to know if notice had been
given, to Norris Davis, the father.
Attorneys Neil Ross and A. R.
Taylor representing the Coopers
pointed out that they had the clerk
of court serve notice on the counsel
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ALLIED YOUTH Members of
the Allied Youth in Dunn enjoyed
a wiener roast at 'Tyler Park last
night, followed by a dance at the
D-Hi Hut Dickie Bass and Mere
dith Cromartie were in charge of
arrangements.
MOTHER DIBS C. H. Hood of
Lillington. county school bus main
tenance chief, has been called home
to Sandersvllle, Ga. by the illness
and death of his mother, Mm.
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Ike Expected
To Win On
Proposed Cuts
WASHINGTON (IP) The
White House was reported
confident today a majority
of Republicans will join in
beating down a GOP-led at
tempt to cripple President
Eisenhower’s tariff-cutting
program on the House floor
next week.
But Democratic House Leader
John W. McCormack (Mass) told
a reporter “from the information
I’ve received, President Eisenhow
er had better do some work among
the Republicans—or more than
half of them will vote against the
bill.”
The controversial bill cleared
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee by a 20-5 vote Thursday.
But it still faced grave danger of
being crippled by amendment on
the House floor, where there is
considerable tariff protectionist
sentiment.
CLOSE FIGHT SEEN
Two committee backers of the
bill —Reps. Hale Boggs (D-La) and
Robert W. Kean (R-NJ)—predict
ed it would clear the House with
out change. Boggs said it wouldn’t
“even be a very close vote.” Others
foresaw a nip and tuck fight over
revision of the measure with the
outcome too uncertain to forecast.
The bill would extend for three
more years to June 30, 1958, Pres
ident Eisenhower’s power to nego
tiate lew tariff-cutting agreements
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Leaf Notices
Are Delayed
If you are one of around a thou
sand Harnett farmers who have not
received official notice of your 1955
tobacco allotment, there’s a real
reason.
Kyle Harrington, manager of
the county agricultural stabi.iza
tion and conservation office, said
today that the reason is that many
farmers have forgotten to return
their 1954 marketing cards. This
is a must before the new acreage
allotment notice can be mailed.
And he added this friendly word
of warning. Under new federal
regulations, unless a farmer turns
in the 1954 card he is subject to
penalty where it hurts most, further
reduction in the new acreage.
5 PER CENT CUT
, A uniform five percent cut in
tobacco acreage was applied uni
formly to all weed growers, Har
rington explained. Under govern
ment regulations one-half of one
percent was permitted Harnett
County for adjustments in acreage
complaints. This meant that Har
nett had a total of 106.7 acres for
allotment adjustments. This am
ount already has been apportioned
to various community committee
men who administer the program.
Harrington reported that this
month has brought many farmers
to his office seeking information
on their allotment of tobacco, but
he pointed out that all adjustment
of tobacco acreage is left entirely
to discretion of community com
mitteemen in the area where a
farmer resides.
This year Harnett County will
have approximately 21,000 acres
Harrington said.
Judge Tells Lawyers Cases
Will Be Tried Or Removed
By LOIS BYRD
RECORD STAFF WRITER
Judge Chester Morris of Currituck County will return
to Lillington on Monday morning to preside at the second
of a two weeks civil term of Harnett Superior Court.
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But the judge served notice late
yesterday that, "Next week is go
ing to be different from this
week,” he said referring to the
small number of cases removed
from the docket. “We are either
going to try these suits, or non
suit them,” he warned the lawyers.
“We will try these cases as we
come to them on the calendar,"
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RULES RUSSIA —Marshal Nikolai Bulganin is Russia’s new
premier, succeeding Georgi Malenkov. Malenkov resigned, citing
his own "inexperienced leadership" as the reason for the action.
Bulganin, former defense minister, is shown above in a photo
taken in 1946.
Finer Carolina
Committee Named 1
Chairman Hubert Peay of Dunn’s 1955 “Finer Carolina”
Committee today announced selection of the steering
committee which will help direct this year’s program.
The committee was named at a
meeting Thursday night of offi
cials who were elected on Wednes
day night.
Chairman Peay said the steering
committee would meet with the
officials on Monday to adopt five
projects and one alternate project
for the town to complete during
the year.
A long list of recommended pro
jects will be studied in making the
selection.
Members of the steering com
mittee selected representative of
the various civic organizations and
WANTED MONEY - NOT LOVE
Intimate Trial Os
Astors Postponed
MIAMI (IP) Circuit Judge Vincent Giblin banned
newsmen from what was booked as an “intimate” hear
ing into the marital woes of John Jacob Astor 111 today,
then abruptly postponed the proceedings.
Giblin said after the brief hear
ing in his private chambers that
Astor and his third wife, blonde
Dolores Dolly Fullman Astor, had
informed him they might be able
to settle their differences out cf
court.
Giblin said no figures were men
tioned and no testimony was given
at the closed hearing.
Mrs. Astor claimed she left the
said Judge Morris. “You will be
ready, or we will just try the case
without being ready.” The judge
went on to explain he felt it was
his duty to make every effort to
dispatch as much business as pos
sible.
jurist that several cases had been
seddled which might easily have
settlel which might easily have
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other fields qf endeavor in ’ the
city-
THE COMMITTEE
Members of the steering com
mittee are: Mrs. Billy Hodges,
Frank Belote, Mrs. Frank Spruill,
Herman Green, Hoover Adams, W.
M. Bryan, John G. Thomas, Louis
Baer, Earl Mahone, O. W. Golwin,
Jr., Hal Jordan, Mrs. Pat Lynch,
Charles Hildreth, Mrs. Mary Libby
Fowler and Tommy Godwin.
Mrs. Pat Lynch is vice chairman
of the organization and John
Thomas is publicity chairman.
heir to the Astor real estate, for
tune for reasons that were “so
intimate in nature” she didn’t want
them revealed in her separate
maintenance petition.
Astor, who arrived at the court
house in a powder blue hard-top
convertible surrounded by a cor
don of attorneys, and his 26-year
old estranged spouse were expected
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taken more than a week to -Kaor. ~ J||
Meantime, all regular juraatgtiot |§| j
selected to hear the landSHß|agl I
brought by J. K. Stewart I
ers against 'Dannie
gers were excused. A special qggttre :&ss!
of 15 had been necessary to fIHjCO . .|| I
a jury for this case. Othecjfjjßa j
divorce suits, only one ~ j
had reached the jury |H|fo . '*l|
prompting the judge’s commdfl|jpP. 1 1
STEWART-JAGGERS 1
This will mark the secaodCiflNt j
that the Stewart-Jagg«*
one of the most unusual tnr linirt V v
in Harnett County, has
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