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* WEATHER * Cloudy to partly cloudy and quite warm today and tonight. Saturday scattered showers and thunderstorms; turning colder at night. VOLUME 5 ERWIN PROMOTES MILEY, RRUTON HOSPITAL RECEIVES LEGION GIFT Chair* man Myres Tilghman, left, of the Uunn Hospital na board, is shown here receiving from Chairman B George Franklin Blalock, center and Post Com * mander Keith Finch, right, a check from Uunn’s JJwM dtitiJe JhiwfA By HOOVER ADAMS TWO HELENS, PAT, FISH, RADIN AND DOT ELMOBB Congressman F. Ertel Carlyie la really looking after Harnett Coun . Ajty Right after he named Frank ' ’Campbell of Dunn as an alternate fT. to West Point, along came the an jMtopuncement that he has named pJHyßobert Edward Lee of Dunn. Route 2 as his principal nominee for ap | pointment to the first class of the ; U. S. Air Force At the same * time, our distinguished congress man is fighting hard to get a bill through Congress to set up a me j morial here to Gen. Bill Lee. .Cit ; izens of the Seventh District have j a right to be proud of the able | representation he’s giving them in Washington... Buck and Hank -> Currin both married girls named' j Helen, and both are in public life | . -Buck’s Helen assists him at the ' .. tobacco warehouse and Hank’s | A Helen is bounty tax lister for I Ayerasboro . .They’re both very V very popular young ladies—and L ' pretty, too.. .District Solicitor Jack Hooks says Ruby Tart’s bootleg ging case definitely will be" tried i at the March term of court.. .As s ter spending so much time worry- I: ins about financing the new Ben £ jamin ad Johnes building, direc :? tors 'of Dunn’s chamber of com * merce last night turned their at g; tention to the chamber’s finances. Manager Ed Carroll says the f : • chamber treasury is low—mighty j lpw—and he’d appreciate it great 1, (Continued On Page Two) Atkins Is Promoted By Insurance Firm H: * Nelson Atkins, for the past two Hp, years manager of the Dunn office || . of State Capitol Life Insurance Bp. Company, has been promoted and , | transferred to head the Gicenville, II W ®‘ C ’ office of the company as dis- Bj trict manager. Mr. Atkins, who came to Dunn Bib from Raleigh, has already gone to K Greenville to begin his new duties. ■K -H At Greenville, he heads a staff of ten other aggnta | OUTSTANDING RECORD i j BpC His promotion was in recognition jj gp-Of his outstanding sales production Bjffl and management record with the Ho is a native of Cameron, son ■p of Mr. and Mrs| A. B. Atkins of Q Atkins has been with the in surance company for the past ten B’ years and served as special agent ' at Raieigbr before coming to Dunn. ■yt ’ (Continued on wn six) TELEPHONES 3117-3118 American Legion Post for the purchase of a new operating room light for the local hospital. The light will cost over SI,OOO and is being contri buted by the Legion as a public service. (Daily Record Photo. FBI Agent Freed In Assault Case s Robert B. Hurley, a FBI agent stationed at Fayette ville, has beei\,,cleared in Federal Court on of 'falsely‘'arresting and assaulting' alkarfretf’ Cciunty man.* Federal Judge Don' Gilliam of Tarboro ordered the FBI agen ac quitted after the evidence in the case in U. S. District Court at Ra leigh. The charges were brought against the officer of Lakin Nuckol Crissmaa of Broadway, Route 2, who is awaiting trial in Federal Court later this month at Ricking hma -for* violating the Selective Service Act. CLAIMS GUN DRAWN The accused draft-dodger charged in his warrant against Hurley that he and another officer went to his home and placed him under arrest without a warrant, and that Hur lay drew a gun on him 'without Return Os S/ayH Strikes New Snfl Efforts to extradite a 22-year-ol.d Detroit ~ her lover to Harnett County to stand trial ■ the her young lm fill Hill 111- # a new snag today VMIIIiIIU ■ Earlier this wefek, Governor G. Mennen Williams of Michigan signed an extradition warrant for the return of Mrs. Dorothy Long and Edsel Heslip to Harnett in the murder of Pfc. Samuel Long. Harnett Sheriff Claude R. Moore received a telegram from the Chief NELSON ATKINS (Eh? jp&tlij reason. The FBI agent contended that Crissman’s refusal to comply with the draft board law in their pres ence constituted a crime and that no warrant was necessary. He is charged with failing to re port to the Lee County Draft Board for induction. Afterwards, Criss man moved to Harnett. A few weeks ago, Crissman filed suit in Harnett Superior Court seeking . $25,000 punitive damages against Hurley and Charles E. Chapman, the FBI agent who ac companied him, for putting him in fear of 'his lift and false arrest without a warrant. This case has not yet been heard. ■hmmh of Detectives in Detroi(^Hpgsj&g| . him that the couple’s i had secured awrit of appealing the governor’s HIS »4* i ; that a hearing has • Friday, April 8. * DELAYING TACMl§|§||| » District Solicitor W. H f of Kenly conferred b^B with the governor’s other Detroit aut f advised that the ha hearing was delayed fact that the presiding just left town for a mo^B tion. , Solicitor Hooks ■ Moore said they were to Detroit, if ' at the hearing to deJH|B|R£Ml U return.. El "We intend to do Everything in | our power to have them returned II gs soon as possible,” they said. So il licitor Hooks said Detroit authori n ties told horn they regarded the || habeas corpus proceeding as merely I (Continued On Page Two) “*' f ’ v 4..._ : DUNN, N.C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 4, 1955 City Election Dates Set; Hall Is Named Dunn’s city council last night set April 19th as the date for Dunn’s Gity pri - mary, May 3rd as the date of the general election and also appointed officials to conduct the elections. A. N. Hudson was renamed as 4-egistrar, and Robert Draughon and Mrs. Cooper Jackson were ap pointed as judges. , Mrs. Jackson replaces Tommy P. | Harrall, who asked to be relieved j of the duties. Registration books will open on March 26 and remain open for 20 days. The last day was designated as Challenge Day. Books will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and the voting hours will be the same. The filing time for candidates will open on April 1 and close at noon on April 11th. A number of other matters were disposed of last night. Empie D. Hall was appointed to the city recreation commission to 1 succeed Willie Biggs, who resigned. BEER QUESTION A delegation headed by Bill Marshburn appeared to protest is suance of an on-premises beer per mit to Johnnie Brett, owner of Village Grill. During the meeting, Mr. Brett withdrew his request for an on-premises permit and asked/ for an off-premises permit. Action -was postponed. - tefif Tax Collector j. e: vfii * liams reported collections totaling $20,513 during the month and pen alties and interest totaling $375. Crowds Jam Garden To Hear Graham NEW YORK (IP) Huge crowds jammed Madison Square Garden and overflowed into the streets out- Evan- H H great ■ 8,000 rain H the Hit now Hefforts Hr the de- H grade with Hoi sot Hts who read the H par title Publish Peales New Book Dr. Nqrtnan Vincent Peale’s great new book,- “The Power of Positive Thinking .For Young People” will be published in serial form in The Daily Record* beginning Monday. * ’ , Author of the book which lor the past two years has outsold all otter non-fie tion except the Hedy Bible itself, Dr. Peale, famed New York minister; has rewritten his great best-seller, “The Power of Positive Thinking” especially for young "ftZ *„ o, mast popular bpok will be of un usual interest to readers of The ERWIN, OFFICIALS PROMOTED Manager E. H .Dost, left, of Erwin Mills, Inc., is shown here extending congratulations to (Woof his top aides on promotions announced today. W. H. (Bill) Miley, center, was promoted (o the position of assistant plant manager, and J. K. Bruton, Thomas Sued For mm A suit for SIOO,OOO damages has been filed in Harnett Superior Court against Herb Thomas of Oli via, nationally-known stock car racing champion and operate# df a saw mill, c . J The suit was brought by Pete Allen, a former employee who al leges that his right leg was smash ed because of Thomas’ failure to replace a defective edger belt at th sawmill. He claims he never again will have full use of his leg. Allen charges in his complaint that on Ndvember 21, 1953 he told Thomas the belt was defective but' that Thomas refused to put on a new one. "That belt will saw 100,000 more feet of lumber,” the employee al leges that Thomas told him at the time and refused to discard the defective belt. Allen contends that Thdrrvis then put the mill in operation and that later the same day the belt broke and smashed his leg as he was at his work. The plaintiff alleges that his medical expenses have already cost him SI6OO and that he is still hav ing medical expenses. He claims permanent injury and sets out in the suit that he never again will have full use of his leg. FOR PRE-SCHOOL CLINICS This bulletin for parents is designed primarily to supplement the work of the pre-school clinics which are due to be held this month and next throughout the county. Cooperation of the health department, parents, and present primary teachers is expected to give children coming for necessary examinations before they enroll in school next fail a happy first impression of school. SECOND BULLETIN This outline is the second one distirbu (Continned On Page Two) Record, particularly to young ]feo pie. ‘The Power of Positive Thinking for Young People’’ carries' to the youth of America the tame forceful and dynamic message which has brought two books, ’The' Power of Positive Thinking” and “A Guide to Confident Living,” to the top of the best seller lists for record breaking periods and caused a (Centlnwed OA Page Twe) right, was promoted to succeed Mr. Miley as general superintendent of both the No. 2 and the No. 5 mills. Both Mr. Miley and Mr. Bruton have long and distinguished records of service with the company and are also leaders in the com munity. (Daily Record Photo) Harnett Children Will Get Vaccine • • ■ i Dr. W. B. Hunter, county health officer, said today th ‘4f department is getting ready to distribute ftee the Sdlk polio vaccine to children in grades one and ffro, IT and wlien the vaccine receives the approval of the Na tional Institute of Health. Full-Course Meals For Only A Dime GARDENA, Calif. (IP)—Hungry Southern Californians trooped to this small poker ilaying commun ity today to tak advantage of a stradge price iv.<r in which full course meals a r selling for 10 cents. Gardena, a small town on the outskirts of Los Angeles, has legal draw poker, a 1 its lavish card houses provide the town’s major industry. Competition between the card palaces started a price war over the cost of lun.-h and dinner. One club offered 50 Vent meals to any one who sat at the poker tables. The Embassy <?lub quickly follow ed with the 10 cent meal to any. one who asked By noon Thursday, prospective diners were lmeJ|HNiMj|M|^wait t<> Dunn To 4caly-.vL;j WM iB 1 ’ i- . a warded to Air EoH&l ters the name of Lee of Dunn, Ronte 2 as cipal nomination for appoint- ’ ment to the first class of the new U. S. Air Force Academy. Lee is now stationed at Pope Air Force Base. The entrance ex aminations win He hwithin the next ten days. “I am following the progress of this young man with consider able interest,” said Congressman Carlyle. Mrs. Roy Siqith and daughter, Mrs. Julietta Smith White spent Tuesday in Durham with Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Hunter Stephenson who recently transferred from Sanford to Durham. ' The flowers in the Amorpho phallus plant release a penetrating odor of rotting fish or meat tS,. ■ -- • •;.*>£ .-j The Record Is First IN CIRCULATION... NEWS PHOTOS. . ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES FIVE TENTS PER COPY At Ann Arbor, Michigan, tfie po lio researchers, including Dr. Salk, for whom the vaccine is named, now are busy compiling results of sample tests given last year in se lected test areas throughout the United States. If the result of their findings due to be made public an •April, show thaat the vaccine ap preciably influences immunity to polio, the vaccine will be made' available to state and local health departments. However, Dr. Hunter pointed out that the number of requests for the vaccine will determine the amount each county will receive. (Continued On Page Two) Legion To Donate Light To Hospital The Dunn post of the American Legion today an nounced plans to donate to the Dunn Hospital 4 big nor operating room light which will cost the post morellMfl s l ,°oo. decision to donate the nev^^^B| ■taaLto ill. i. Dunn tuwfl| BBtfu > el "o ■ o f; > StSyiyos'o.vo vV./’' !' o ■ has successfully doH examination and fl SB diplomat. In order to a surgeon must minimum of zed training in nized teaching series of ations given by foremost Diplomats of versaliy with exceilenttriH Dr! Johnson, Nathan M. JohndH is associated Ml <*«« J |jj I NO. 64 C Bost Reveals Promotion Os Two Top Aides E. H. Bost, manager of Er win Mills, Inc. at Erwin, to day announced the promo tion of W. H. Miley and J. It. Bruton, two of his top aides. Mr. Miley, who has been serving as general superintendent of Ear win Mills No. 2 and No. 5, has been promoted to the position of assistant plant manager. ’ Mr. Bruton, who has been serv ing as superintendent of the No. 5 mill, was promoted to succeed Mr. Miley as general superintenr dent of both the No. 2 anq No .5 , mills. In his new position, Mr. Miley succeeds Merchant Cottingham, "* ; who earlier this week was named general manager of the entire company and transferred to the headquarters in Durham. ‘ DAVIDSON GRAD r j | Mr. Miley is a graduate of E*Ty ' idson College and his first exfUSr ience with Erwin Mills began at Cooleemee plant n 1922. He teas transferred to the Erwin plan twin 1928 as superintendent of the Ifo. 5 mill and in 193,4 transferred. ■s» No. 2 mill as superintendent. ■’’’(£ s In 1941, Mr. Miley became gen eral superintendent of both the mills and retained that position. Until his promotion today. g .ll air FORCE CAPTAIN. Mr. Bruton is a native of Mt, Gilead and a graduate of the N. C. State College of Textiles. After graduation he morked in the Er win Mills plants in Cooleemee until enlistment in the Army Air Coup. B -j Upon being discharged as Cap tain, he returned to the mills et Erwin as overseer of the No. 2 card room. In 1948, Mr. Bruton was pro moted to -’the position of superin tendent of the No. 5 mill, which .■ position of superintendent of the No. 5 mill which position he held at the time of his promotion to day. Both Mr. Miley and Mr. Bruton are prominent in the civic, social and religious life of the Dunn- Erwin section and Harnett.
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