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VOLUME e
CONTRACTS LET AT 3 SCHOOLS
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JOHNSON COTTON COMPANY HOLDS
CHRISTMAS EVENT Employee* of Johnson
Cotton Company held a gala Christmas party last
night at Johnson's Restaurant In Dunn. Pictured
left to right are: Nathan M. Johnson, Sr., ex ecu
STOCK TO GO ON SALE FOR FIRST TIME
Ford's Finances Revealed Today
JhsM
JjJtib
JkinqA
By HOOVES ADAMS
MINK, SIOO BILLS, POP
AND STAG NIGHT GALS
3 WeVe keen saying all along that
fcou, cane byy lust »boUt anything
’you Want, both legal and Illegal.
In the Town of Dunn One local
storo. Pope’s Deoartment Store,
now has real mink for sale . .
Third has a beautiful selection of
iriliN «enrfs . 1 Just the thing
the little ladv would love.
The aveeaee nersou would be sur
prised to know the large number
of women who own mink coats In
this little town. And it might
also surnris* vou to know that
per cent of the neople. not only
her** hut everywhere, can’t tell the
difference between real mink and
dved muskrat when thev see It .
Even those who own the genuine
. . . The First Citizens Bank has
susf gotten in a whopnlng hi® ship
ment of criso new *IOO bills for
those who wish to give monev for
Christmas. . . The hank will ever,
give vou a nretty Christmas gif*
envelooe for the monev and at no
ebarve. . We ran into Alfred
(Pon) Blalock in the First Citi
zens vesterdav mernine and he wis*
taking out enough of those *IOO
bills to choke Ringling Brother:’
biggest elephant He must have
had at least *lO 000 worth And
he stuck ’em In. his pocket, as eye'
lessly as we would pocket a #o
ifkMittnued on P*re T**l
'that BRA CONTEST MONEY DOESN'T COME, SO
He's Dreaming Os
A Cheap Christmas
By TED CRAM.
for sheer conniving overstatement,
I don’t suppose anything would
beat the entry my wife and I work
ed out for the SIO,OOO Maiden Form
bra contest I was kind of expect
ing the ten grand to come rolling
in soon enough to apply on our
Christmas shopping.
It would almost cover it.
Mothlng has happened. Other
our entry got lost in the mall, or
a spy has told the Maiden Form
people that while we were deep
in the creation of tributes to their
TELEPHONES 31p7-311*8
tive vice president and founder of the company;
Mrs. Johnson; President Nathan M. Johnson, Jr.,'
who served as master of ceremonies, and Attorney
Everette L Doffermyre. Approximately 158 were
present. (Daily Record Photo.)
WASHINGTON OP) The
Ford Motor Company an
nounced today it plans to
offer 10,2p0,000 shares of its
cpmmon stock for public
sale the first such pub
lic offering in its 5R - year
history.
Tills would be the largest cor
porate offering in hissary. Ae regis
tration statement filed (with the
Securities and Exchange Commis
sion indicated that the common
stock wili toe offered to he public
at about *75 a share.
The actual price will he an
nounced before the securities are
put on sale next month.
The registration statement re
vealed puhliclv for the first time
in the firm’s hiriotv the Ford fin
ancial status. It shewed that from
1946 through Beot. 30. 1955. Ford s
net profits totaled *1.536.800.000.
For ; the nifte veer* 1946 'hroueh
1954 j Ford’s net earnings were
*ls24'fiOO 000. This comm res with
*4 776.000 000 by Its chief rival.
General Motors, and *688.000.000 by
Cb-vsier during the same period.
The oommnv reported its total
assets at *2.483.010.560
FINANCIAL DETAILS
A 38-page prospectus also re
vealed:
1. Rales during the first nine
months erf this year totaled *4,-
047 600 000.
2. Consolidated net income for
the first nine months of this year
was *312500.000.
3. Total capital and earnings re
tained in the business as of !a«t
4. The company plans to intro
duce a new line of passenger cars.
5 The cmrvonuv hßd* factory
sales , of 1.99*. 000 rwesenger cars
and trucks during 1964. This repre
sented 302 per cent of the indus
try's total safes.
6. Factory sales of nassenser
cars and trucks for the first, nine
months this vear totaled 1901.000
or 27.5 per cent of the industry’s
total factory safes: i
(Continued <*■ fw Tw»>
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bra. bee looked up arid said, "All
it is is a nasty old slhjg.”
We face Christmas, like every
body else, in a state of near finan
cial collapse. England has been in
the same condition for years, but
she has Churchill to sustain her.
whereas we aren’t even friendly
with a banker.
It occurred to me that other
people might be Interested in my
advice on what yttu do about Christ
mas when fflu ean*t Afford to do
anything except, maybe, pretend
(Osutinaed * Page Two)
Hhe $ ailtt %emrd
Nativity
Tableau On
Baptist Lawn
Live sheep, a cow and a horse
will have parts, along with 26 mem
bers of the congregation, in the
First Baptist Church’s presentation
of an outdoor tableau called the
“Living Nativity "
The tableau, with three complete ‘
scenes based on the New Testa
ment, will be presented twice night
ly, starting tomorrow and continu
ing through Christmas Eve.
Alice Reavis, educational direct
or of the church who has been in
charge of plans for the ’’Living
Nativity.” said that 13 members of
the church appear in the tableau,
and must stand still in the night
air for 45 minutes.
After three-quarters ol an hour,
the second shift l3 other Bap
tists take their places. The scenes
remain the same the Birth of
Christ, the Announcement to the
Shepherds by the Angels, and the
Appearance of the Wise Men Be
fore Herod.
It will be nippy, said Miss Rea
vis, but, ‘‘Costumes are large en
ough so everyone can wear plenty
of clothing underneath to keep
warm.”
The “Living Nativity" scenes
will start at 7:30 p. m.
Behind-the-scenes work has been
done on the tableau by Ralph Max
well, George Britton. A. J. West
brook. Eugene Hodges. Miss Mary
Lee Frink. Tommy Godwin, and
Miss Grace Dare Maxwell. Rev. E.
B. Russell and Mrs. W. L. Brannon
have acted In an advisory capacity.
Godwin Grocer
Chorqed With
Striking Wife
Cumberland County oolic*» have
arrested Cleo Moore for allegedly
assaulting his wife and threaten
ing her with a shotgun.
The 38 - year -old grocery store
operator of Route 1, Godwin, has
been released under S3OO for ap
pearance December 27 in county
recorder's court. A warrant charg
ed him with dragging his wife.
Elene Moore, out of bed. striking
her with a belt and his fits and
kicking her, then pointing a shot
gun at her.
MR. THOMAS DIED
Arthur Clarence Thomas. 87. died
suddenly of a heart attack Monday
night at his home on Sanford.
Rt. 7. Mr. Thomas waa barn In
Harnett County, eon of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomas.
DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 21, 1955
GIRL-MEET-BOY RIOT
Six Dolls
Takes 2Q
HOUSTON, Tex. OP) —JK
girls met some 200 boyS jin
the Rice Institute canuws
last night and it took 2sJg|p
licemen who got the
of it to separate th4m.
The occasion was the annual
girl-meet-boy riot, touched off fills
year by a screaming bunch of
Milby High School girl* ‘driving
across the Rice campus yelling,
‘‘Gig ’em. Aggies!" They meant
Texas A & M.
That was all the Rice boya need
ed. Somebody sent in a riot call
to police at 10 p. m. and police,
remembering last year and the
year before, took off in 11 patrol
cars, complete with teas-gas guns.
When officers arrived, the stu
dents had turned the girls' cars
over on their sides, with the girls
locked in them, and were letting
the air out of the tires.
Police weren’t able to dismount
from the patrol cars before the
mob of youths surrounded them,
shaking and lifting them up and
deflating the tires. Tire* on three
cars were slashed with knives.
Some of the youths were explod
ing firecrackers and one, Patrol
man R. H. Watson set off a tear
gas grenade to extricate himself.
Police finally rescued the six
girls and s*jnt them home while
Deanjof Students Guy T MCBride
qutetra the TMijgrtnt youths.
.Am* (UUS wwnWU* arid ho arrest?
were made but Police Lt. Weldon
Waycott said it was a "serious
situation".
“Luckily, none of us lost our
Ibeads.” Vjaycott said. “But we
were not going to let them hurt
us. It could have been bad.”
Tew Tried Again;
Charged With
Driving Drunk
It was once more unta the breach
today for Leals Herman Tew, who
again goes before a Jury to try and
jget a verdict on the charge against
him at drunk driving.
In late November, Tews case
ended In a mistrial when the short
Jury of five men and a woman
couldn't agree. Hie men were all
for conviction and the woman, Mrs.
Myrtle T. Lee, was for acquittal.
The new trial was still in progress
in mid-aftemoop.
Dunn Far Short
On United Fund
Headquarters for United Fund campaigns in the Car
olinas has sent through their final report for 1955, and
it shows that Dunn definitely stacks up against other
communities who have sponsored the combined campaign
as a lagger.
Dunn whs repeated by headquarters as only 70 per cent complete
on its campaign goal of $34,402. The total raised at the time tabula
tion was made was $24,123.
Alongside some other communities that looked pretty sorry. There
was Granite Falls, 21 per cent above its quota. Os course its goal was
only SISOO, and a collection of $1833 made it look in the percentage col
umn.
But Gastonia, with three times the quota set for Dunn, was well
over the top. It tried for $04,024, succeeded in raising $103,426. Rock.
Hill did even better than that. The goal of $90,979 was exceeded by 19
per cent for a total collection of $108,463.
Canton. Chapel Hill, Elkin, Henderson, Laurinburg, Leaksville, Le
noir. North Wilkes boro and Waynesville all had quotas set for them
within a few thousand of the quota set for Dunn. Without exception,
they did better than this city.
Canton had 94 per cent of its quota, Chapel Hill 96. Elkin 110, Hen
derson 83, Laurinburg 107, Leaksville 104. Lenoir 100, North Wilksboro
105, Waynesville 106.
Although United Fund workers have thoroughly canvassed both res
idential and business districts for donors, they have not been able to
put Dunn's response up with the leaders.
One of those who have been active in the campaign here remark
ed, “It isn’t a failure to reach our quota that bothers us. Our purpose
is running the campaign is not simply to make a showing against oth
er towns, or to have something to brag about.
•The unfortunate thing in our not making the goal is that the
money we hoped to raise is money badly needed. The reason we
to feed really embarrassed is because for every dime or dollar we are
short, somebody or something is going to suffer.
"Moat people have been willing to contribute to the campaign, and
do their share. But nuwt people isn't enough. What we needed and
what we still need is the ardent and practical support, right through
the pocketbook, of everyone in this community.
"After all the Fund will benefit everyone, so why shouldn't all con
tribute?"
Meet 200 Guys ;
Cops To Part Em
Ki J W i
* THAT'S WHAT MISTLETOES FQR lirry Weaver, 13- duck
ed and -weaved only attgbtly at a Christmas Party last night of The
Sub-debs, was caught wader the mistletoe by pretty Jean Johnson,
12. It was a re verse-date affair with, the girls inviting the boys to
escort them. Larry is the sen of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weaver, 210
South Magnolia. Jean’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Johnson,
Ml West Broad Street.
PARTY
Girls Wouldn't Let
Boys Watch TV
The Sub-Deb Club, which was just formed a few
weeks ago and usually has more serious matters at hand,
last night opened presents, danced, and played games at
the home of Renthia Tart, club president.
It was the first dress-up party
for the club, and one of the first
in their young lives. All the Sub-
Debs are seventh and eighth grade
girls. Most of the girls brought
dates to the party.
A minor hitch arose when some
of the boys loped off to a neigh
boring home to watch television,
but the girls soon corraled them
again and settled down to a game
of imitations.
The players scorned imitations of
movie stars like James Cagney and
Marion Brando, and instead did
imi.ations of each -other. "Linda
.Strickland getting ready to recite
one of her own poems—,’’ and,
Judy Stewart about to sing"—were
among the impromptu performan
ces.
Later there was dancing includ
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MEXICAN 808 AND HIS THINSLAB BOYS
Jim Thornton and his Broadslab Country Style
TV boys can move on now for the hotted thing
on the hillbilly circuit Is Bob Baas sad his Thin
slab boys of Johnson Cotton Company. They're
shown here last night providing entertainment
for the company's Christmas party. They gave
forth with such favorites as “Mexican Joe." "You
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Stores Open
Until 9 P. M. ;
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Attorneys Agree i
On Price; Lots !
For Buildings
Contracts to erect three
new school buildings to serve
the county’s Negro students
were let late yesterday by
the County Board of Educa
tion.
They were let with the express
stipulation that preliminary work
would be finished within two hun
dred and seventy days or nine
months and that all work be fin
ished in ten months.
Totai' cost of .he three buildings
will he finished in ten months.
Totai cost of the three buildings
will be $700,712, to be financed out
of the tiwc million doiiar school
bond issue approved by county
voters last May.
This Is he first money spent
from the sale of the first one mil
lion dollars in (bonds late last
month.
Two new elementary schools will
be built north and south of Lilling
ton. and classroom additions will
be erected at Shawtown High
School, into which he two elemen
tary schools will feed high school
age pupils
Official names have yet to be
given the two elementary schools
now called ‘North Haraet” and
“South Harnett” for drawing board
purposes. O. W. Godwin of Dunn
wa = the low bidder on general con
tracting for bo h schools. He bid
on “North Harnett" *170.835> and
on “South Harnett.” $172,663,
A Sanford contractor. L. P l Cox,
was awarded the general' coontract
for work at Shawtown at a otal of
-206,408
The electrical work will be per
formed at ali' three projects by a
Coats firm, Electric Sales and Ser
vice. The bids were as follows: on
"North Harnett,’ $14,000; on ‘Sou'h
Harnettsl3,39o; on Shawtown
SISOOO
Clyde IT. Whitley received the
contract to install plumbing In the
north and south Harnett schools.
His bid on the first was $11,678. and
on the second, *11,678, McLamb
Plumbing Co. of Dunn was the low
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Retail Sales Here
S3O Million In '54
Almost thirty million dollars worth of retail sales
were rung up in Harnett in 1954, reflecting an increase
of almost ten million dollars over the figures for 1948. .
The Bureau of the Census, which i
released this result from its pre
liminary 1954 census of business
figures, It is not known to what
extent this gain is nullified by In
flation.
Some 373 stores are represented
in the 1954 figures, while 479 retail
Are My Sunshine" and "Nine Have Dried And
Nine Have Died.’ Left to right are Tom Royal,
Nathan M. Johnson, Jr, the master of tersms
nies, Sue Belle Johnson, Mack Hobson, tocy Jack
son, Senor Bam tn his Mexican hah V. C. Few*
ler. and Anna Merle Daniels. They did a feed
Job and everybody had lets a 4 turn. (Dally Rea*
ord Photo.)
NO. 11
PIPE THAT ! —New twist in'
Christmas trees is this one made.
from 4850 pipe cleaners tipped
by silver beads, being admired
by pretty Lolly Coffee in San
Francisco, Caliif It was made
by Vem Gleasom crafts teacher
at a child care center there. ,
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Man Turned
Into Woman
Asks Divorce
OAKLAND, Calif. IFTamara Peed
CiSur land, former paratrooper who
bacame a woman through sex sur
gery, plans to divorce her husband
> dS six months on the ground of ‘ex
treme mental cruelty.’
Nathan Cohn, attorney for the 31-
year-old burlesque entertainer, said
yesterday he mailed the divorce pa
pers to Sacramento County.
Tamara and James E. Courtland
HI, former Hollywood makeup man,
•were married in July by a Nevada
clergyman.
Tamara recently indicated that
her husband was “extremely jeal
ous” and “resented deeply the
leering looks" of patrons at the
burlesque houses where she per
formed. He is a member of a
Charlotte, N. C. family.
outlets were accounted for in ttye
figures from 1948.
In 1954,. the number of store*
with payroll was 233, they had
1,369 paid employes in November,
1954 and reported a total payroll of
$2,777,000. The stores with payroll!
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