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VOLUME 5
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DUNN BEAUTY PACKB FOB PAGEANT
Pretty Miss Peggy Ruth Barfield, “Miss Dunn of
1955" is shown here at her home Tuesday night
as she packed to leave for Wilmington to repre
sent Dunn in the “Miss North Carolina” beauty
pageant. At right she’s shown with one of the
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By HOOVER ADAMS
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TOMATOES, CARL, PEGGY,
NUDES, WATER, PEOPLE
O. W. Godwin, Sr.,, prominent
Dunn contractor, is i big operator
who builds big buildings , . . He
also grows big tomatoes . . , He
brought us a tomato the other day
that we think must break all re
cords, both local and world-wide,
for size . . . The luscious red, ripe
tomato weighs nearly two pounds—
one pound, 12 ounces to be exact—
measures 16 and a half inches
around and is perfect in every re
spect ... All those who have seen
the tomato declares it’s the largest
they ever heard of . . . It’s nearer
the size of a small pumpkin than
a tomato . . ,'Rev. Ernest Riissell
and Mack M. Jernigas. who are
touring Europe, write that they
had “a wonderful surprise” when
they reached Heidelberg, Germany
.... A big pacfcageYpf Daily Re
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NO WILD SPENDING SPREE
Granny Prays, Keeps $32,000
By H. D. QUIGG
United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK (IP) Mrs. Catherine E. Kreitzer turned
to prayer for guidance on whether to keep $32,000 won an
swering Bible questions on a television quiz, or risk los
ing it in trying to double it on a final question.
“I prayed for guidance twice, a
tew days ago,” she said, “and the
answer seemed to me to be take
the *32,000 and quit.”
Tuesday night she did Just that.
Early today she drove with her
husband, James, 55, a carpenter,
to their farm home in Possum
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dresses she’ll wear. At 12:30 o'clock today citisens
of Dunn gave a luncheon in her honor at John
son’s Restaurant and then gave her a rousing send
off, after a motorcade led by a police escort
through town. She’s the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. (BJ1) Barfield. (Daily Record Pacio.)
Dunn Entry Off
For Big Pageant
After a luncheon and a rousing sendoff from the home
folks, pretty Miss Peggy Ruth Barfield, “Miss Dunn of
1955’ left Wednesday afternoon in a new Holiday Oldsmo
bile to Depresent Dunn in the “Miss North Carolina” pag
geant to be held this weekend at Wilmington.
Mayor Ralph E. Hanna, various
civic leaders of the town, Dunn.
Jaycees and others gathered at
Johnson's Restaurant at 12:30 for
a going-away luncheon honoring
the Dunn beauty.
Bob Leak, president of the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce, presi
ded over the event and also spoke
in behalf of the Jaycees express
ing confidence In Dunn’s entry and
wishing her luck.
Other speakers included Lonnie
Baldwin, president of the Dunn
Rotary Club, Ed Carroll, managed
of the Dunn Chamber of Com
merce and Mayor Ralph E. Hanna.
MAYOR SPEAKS
Mayor Hanna, representing both
the town and the Lions Club, made
his remarks short sweet and eloq
uent.
”1 just want to tell you Peggy
Ruth," he said, “that I’m making
arrangements now to meet you in
Atlantic City for the Miss America
pageant in September.”
Dressed in a chic-looking outfit
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Hollow, near Harrisburg, Pa. James
Kreitzer had the check for *32,000
in his inside coat pocket, and it
will be deposited In the Lemoyne,
Pa., Trust Co.
Deposit Money In Bank
Mrs. Kreitzer, 54, a grandmother
. who became nationally famous In
Wxt JJ ttihi Jltmrd
Hems Os Fall
Dresses Drop
Four Inches
NEW YORK W—Pauline Trigere
has dropped hemlines a startling
four inches ip a group of “inter
mission length” fall dresses which
may forecast the begin® tug of the
end for short skirts,
The designer, jrfto has started
other new afcyles sci the past, show
ed the dresses with skirts only 16
inches from the floor yesterday to
200 fashion writers here attending
National Press Week, sponsored by
the couture group of the New York
Dress Institute.
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answering questions about the
Bible on the CBS show •‘The *O4;-
000 Question,” had won the largest
cash prize in radio-television his
tory, according to the network.
What will she do the money?
“Put it away against the tirye
my husband and I aren’t able to
work,” she said. “We aren’t going
out on any wild spending spree.
We’ve never lived that way and
we don’t intend to start now.”
Mrs. Kreitzer, who is something
of a Pennsylvania pixie in her own
way, stood the television audience
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DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 13, 1955
Folsom Named ]
To Succeed ]
Mrs. Hobby
WASHINGTON (IP) Mrs/
Oveta Culp Hobby resigned
today as secretary of health,
education, and welfare. Pres
ident Eisenhower selected
Marion B. Folsom, under
secretary of Treasury, to be
her successor.
The President accepted the Tex
as-born Mrs. Hobby's resignation
in an extraordinary public cere
mony at House in a room
crowded try reporters and photo
graphers.
As Mrs. Hobby stood by, the
President paraphrased Secretary of
Treasury. George+M Humphrey and
bade an admittedly sad farewell
by dubbing her "the best man in
the Cabinet.”
Folsom, 61-year-old former exe
cutive in the Eastman Kodak Co.
at Rochester, N. Y.. will be formal
ly nominated later in the day.
Mrs. Hobby’s departure from the
Cabinet has been expected for
some time. The administration has
sought to repress the idea, voiced
particularly in Democratic circles,
that her departure would be due
to her handiung of the Salk polio
vaccine program.
HUSBAND'S ILJLNESS
The President has praised her
publicly for a "magnificent” job in
handling the vaccine program. He
said she is being forced to leave
government service because of the
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Mrs. Hobby, second woman Cab
inet member in -the nation’s his
tory, issued a statement express
ing “regret” and "a deep sense of
sadness” in leaving the government
service.
But she said she leaves with the
knowledge that "this government
is being guided by men and women
of high principles who are capable,
dedicated and selfless With their
time and energy."
She lauded President Eisenhow
er’s “strength, vision and leader
ship.” Shir also praised .her Cabinet
colleagues and the men and women
in her department as “public ser
vants of a high order.”
The President told how the Cabi
net received the news of her de
parture when the President told
the members of her decision.
He said Humphrey exclaimed,
“What?—the best man In the Cab
inet?”
It was an emotional leave-taking
for the handsome, 50-year-old wo
man —a conservative Democrat
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Man Gets Irritated
Kills Three People
FLINT, Mich. (IP A drink - crazed truck driver told
poligetoday he shot four persons through the head, kill
llptf tforee of them, because “their laughter irritated me.”
Kenneth Kuzner, 30, entered a
local saloon shortly before mid.
night and sat at the end of the
bar for a few minutes. Then he
got up and fired “about a dozen”
shots from a .38-calibre revolver at
the four persons, who were seated
in a booth nearby.
The were identified as Said
Farah, 86, a prominent local gro.
eery wholesaler; his wife, Jean
nine, 26, and Mrs. Margaret S.
.Cross, 31 a divorcee who operated
a women’s clothing store here.
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PERMIT SUSPENDED The
Malt Beverage Division of the
State ABC Board has suspended
the beer permit of Ivey N. Rainey
for ‘The Spot” in LUlington. The
suspension is for 60 days for allow
ing beer to leave the premises on
Sunday.
CORPORATION Secretary of
State Thad Eure of Raligh has te
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HER EXCELLENCY -Nancy
Boss, 17, of Akron, Ohio, lias
been elected "governor” of the
Buckeye Girls’ State at Capital
University, Columbus.
Geisha Girls
Threaten To
Sell Bodies
TOKYO (IP)—More than 250 gei
sha girls threatened to strike or
‘sell their bodies" today unless
they get more money for tbeir “ar
tistic services.”
Japan’s newest labor dispute—
which some Tokyo males blames on
too much democracy brought ijtby
. J monisQft forces —jffi
raging Tn the gay Maruyaina dfe
trict of this capital city. The of
ficial demands of the geisha girls
were made public by their spokes
man after an emergency’ meeting.
The geisha union said the girls
now are getting about 75 cents an
hour for twanging their three-string
samisens, dancing, singing and en
tertaining the customers.
They are holding out for $1.25
an hour.
Some members of the restaurant
owners association said they
thought the girls had been unfair
when they threatened to “sell their
bodies” if they didn’t get a raise.
The geishas said the cost of liv
ing is too high and they need more
money. They said they wear out
one brightly colored kimono per
month. an<i these run from SSO to
SIOO each.
"Then we have cosmetics and
other extras." the geisha spokes
man pointed out. “and have noth
ing left to live on honorably.”
James R. Dollar, 26, a student at
Flint Junior College, was critically
wounded.
Police said Dollar regained con
sciousness this morning but could
add nothing to the information
they had gathered earlier from
witnesses and Kuzner.
They said Dollar told them he
had “never seen the guy before.”
Police said they believed Kuzner
had interpreted the laughter of the
group as ridicule of him because
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suel corporation papers to the
Coats Cigar Company, Inc., of
Dunn “to deal in all kinds of mer
chandise.” Authorized capital stock
was set at *IOO,OOO with subscribed
stock *3OO. Incorporators listed are
L. L. Coats, Sr;, Thelma S. Coats
and L. L. Coats, Jr„ all of Dunn.
ANSWERS CALL A soft drink
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Ike's Request
Is Modified
By. Committee
WASHINGTON OP) The
Senate Armed Services Com- j
mittee today approved a mil-!
itary reserve program which!
was a compromise between
■compulsory and voluntary j
reserve training.
The measure modified substan-!
tialiy the request made by Presi
dent Eisenhower in asking creation
of a 2,900.000 man military reserve
through compulsory methods.
Under the Senate committee's
bill, reserve training would be re
quired only of men entering the
service 30 days after enactment
of the legislation. Men already In
service or discharged could vol
unteer for active reserve training
and receive a bonus.
The adminr.Ttration’s original pro.
gram which had been approved in
modified from by the House, would
have required all men who entered
military service after the Korean
truce to participate in the reserve
program after their release from
active duty.
DEBATE TOMORROW
The reserve bill—termed a legis
lative “must” by the administra
tion—now goes to the Senate flooor.
Debate is expected to start tomor
row. Committee Chairman Richard
B. Russell <OjG».) predicted quick
approval. • / -
Othfcr than the compromise on
ii Hjaniput’ory, feature, the com
mittee bill conforms generally *t?ith
the administration’s recommenda
tions and in some details Is strong
er than the House bill.
The committee restored the overl
all military obligation of all youths
to the current eight years. The
House had run it to six years.
The Senate bill provides—as does
the House bill—that the obligation
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Man Admits
Slaying Os
Mother, Baby
1 JAMESTOWN, N. Y. (IP) A 25-
year-old man with a record *f
[ sex offenses broke down under
, questioning Tuesday night and
confessed to the sex murders of
his brother’s wife and 19-month
old daughter.
Joseph Reade told police he as
saulted Mrs. Bjjveily Reade. 25,
and her daughter) Cheryl Lynn, in
their home and then strangled
them. The murders occurred while
Reade’s brother, Francis, was at
work Monday night.
When informed of his brother's
confession, Francis Reade gritted
his teeth and said: “Just give me
I ten minutes with him .” ■
The grief-stricken husband, who
i found the battered bodies at 7 am.
Tuesday when he returned home
from work, told police "certainly
6 there Is a special kind of hell for
r anyone who would do a thing like
this.”
Police said they could charge the
i short chuoby killer with first dc
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PRETTY DUNN BEAUTICIAN ARRESTED
Rural Police Make Raid On
Sex Party; 7 Found At Scene
Robert Porter, 31-year-old Erwin resident, today was!
formally charged with operating a bawdy house and boot-,
legging and Mary Belle McPhail, pretty 33-year-old Dunn j
beautician, was charged with immorality as the result of
a raid made on Porter’s place during an alleged sex par
ty last night by Harnett rural police officers.
Policemen Clarence Moore and
B. E. Sturgill, who made the raid
said action is pending agatnut five
other men found at the scene of
the drunken sex party.
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perogative. As far as we know, she and Joe haven't thrown their
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studio or anything. But we think she’s kinds cute and ee, well, er —-
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Renames Officers
Stockholders of the Lillington Industrial Development
Corporation, holding their first annual meeting last night
in the courthouse, jje-plecteff. with acclamatitop the nine
member board of directors under whose guidance the coun
ty seat has secured its first big industry.
Members include W. A. Johnson.
D. P. Ray, Jr., Sion Wilborn, W.
K. Sexton, Joel Layton, Jr., O. S.
Atkins Robert Womtole, C. S. Lov
ing, and Selwyn O’Quinn.
This group of directors will in
turn meet shortly to name a presi
dent, vice president, secretary and
treasurer. In its first year of
operation the new corporation has
EXECUTED FOR KILLING PLAYBOY LOVER
Pretty Blonde Dies
At End Os Noose
LONDON OP Pretty Mrs. Ruth Ellis, 28, a platinum
blonde divorcee and mother of two, was hanged at grim
Holloway prison today for the Easter Sunday murder of
her lover.
The one-time model and night j
club hostess broke down as she >
went to the gallows for a crime j
of passion that provoked the great-1
est outcry for mercy in recent Bri
tisH history.
Despite thousands of petitions for !
a reprieve inexorable British law j
sprung the gallows trap beneath I
The snail one-room tin building
is located less than 200 yards
from the South Erwin Baptist
Church and officers said church
members had complained bitterly
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been piloted by W. A. Johnson,
presidnt; D. P. Ray, Jr, vic«-
president: W. K. Sexton, secre
tary; and Sion Wilborn, treasurer.
Within a span of 12 months the
Lilington corporation has sold 1,-
255 shares of stock to raise $125,-
500 with which it purchased a
site, and erected a modem in-
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the feet of the beautiful blonde
! exactly on schedule at 9 am.
Convicted of slaying David
j Blakely a 25->year-old playboy lov
er who Jilted her Mrs. Ellis made
little effort to save herself.
| She admitted at her trial that
! she shot him six times and meant
j to kill him. She insisted until her
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| about conduct which took place
( there.
: Policeman Moore said they found
' Miss McPhail completely nude am l
had a difficult time pern, Ufc
her to put on clothes for the I trip lb
the county Jail. She is employed #
a Dunn beauty parlor.
T told her three thneg to •*
dressed,” related Policeman Boom
“and the last time I told her JM
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