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jJTOtmjiO LASTS FOREVER +- The Christ
tecidsr on a wide screen. Alas, alas, along with
Christmas trees and Santa’s beard, they an on
the way oat for another year. Joan won't actually
hare to do the Job of washing the big windows
Trial Os Judge Lee Set
Take A Tip ;
Guard Your
Heart In '56
NEW YORK (W The American
Heart Association asked every adult
today to resolve to “guard your
heart” in 1956.
The association suggested the fol
lowing New Year’s resoluUons:
1. Learn the facts about the
heart and its diseases and avoid
needless fears and worry.
2. Shun self-diagnosis in favor of
regular heart and health check
ups.
3. Ouard against excess weight.
4. Get plenty of rest and sa'eep
to lighten the heart’s work.
5. Keep fit bay exercising moder
ately and regularly.
9. Be alert to the dangers of
respiratory infections, which might
strain the heart
IKE HITS BACK
KEY WEST, FU. (V) Presi
dent Eisenhower today hurled
back at the leaders of Commu
nist Russia a flat denial that her
Is an exponent of interference In
the Middle Europe. Tho.Pmtdeot
■aid Soviet Communist Party le
ader Nikita Khrushchev was
wrong in his analysis of Ameri
can foreign policy.
Three Quints Given
Big Welcome Home
CALLANDER, Ont. «P> Three of the Dionne quin
tuplets, Yvonne, Annette and Cecile, arrived home early
today and were affectionately greeted by their parents.
Olive Dionne Jr.. 19. called for
hit three Bisters at their Montreal
apartment last night on hla way
home for a weekend leave from
the RCAF station at St. Hubert,
Qu«
He said the girls were happy to
be home and warmly
hugs bnd kisses with their parents.
TELEPHONES 3117-3118
Sff (there are four of. them) because she did hea t
share in painting then. But somebody's in for Iff
arm-ache when they- start to dismantle herVon
derful manger scene (shown here) and the wise
men riding on camels (not shown) which made
Quinn’s just about the most decorated place in
town.
Superior Court gets un
derway in Lillington once
more a week from this com
ing Monday, A number of
murder and manslaughter
cases are on the trial dock
et. Public attention is most
likely to focus, however, on
a case described in the cal
endar as “2240 State ver
sus M. O. Lee Misconduct
in Public Office.”
This Is the second half of the
big show which began in the last
term of Superior Court. Curtain
raiser was the dull, occasionally
sensational trial of Neill McKay
Ross, solicitor of Harnett Record
er’s Court.
Ross was acquitted on ah’ of se
veral counts of misconduct includ
ing the allegations that he had
been drunk while prosecuting and
dismissed eases without cause.
Judge Lee, who presides in Har
nett Court, has only one count
hanging against him. It was brou
ght by the same Orand Jury which
made a scorching report on Soli
citor Ross and brought his Indict
ment. Judge Lee is accused of In
toxication while presiding
In the last term of Superior
Court, Judge Lee’s attorneys at
tempted to get his case aired theta
and there. B ufc Solicitor Jack Hooks,
who prosecuted in Superior Court'
was Intent on trying Rom first.
The subsequent trim/ of the Solid
(Con tinned On Page Two)
The parents were glad to see the
girls and had been traHing for
them, he said.
Oliva said he didn’t know what
the family plane were far the
weekend.
The warmth of the family greet
inf irtdicated whfls tae girl
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Sfephenson
Is Facing
Prison Term
The way of the straight and nar
row apparently proved too difficult
for David Stephenson, Dunn man
who has already spent IS of his 37
years in prison.
He was convicted in Harnett Su
perior Court last month on charges
of breaking and entering. A Dunn
man had offered Stephenson em
ployment. He begged the court for
a chance, said he was ready to go
straight.
Judge George Fountain gave him
a chance; Stephenson said It was
the first break he ever had.
Judge Fountain gave Stephqpson
five to seven years in prison. One
of the conditions of probation was
that he not possess or drink any
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Ready for Anything!
Captain Easy laves nothing
better than a gead scrap—
bat he doesn’t negleet ro
mance aad honor. The ver
satility of Leslie Taraer’s
ramie strip here has made
him a universal favorite
with every type of reader.
Ten’ll find exciting enter
tainment for the whole fam
ily isithe comic strip
CAPTAIN EASY
Begins January 9
fn The Daily Record
DUNN, N. C., FRIDAfiAETERNOON, DECEMBER 30, 1955
President Editing
Speech To Congress
KEY WEST, Fla. (IP) —Resident Elsenhower today
edited an “almost completed’*'‘draft of his State of the
Union message which will be dispatched to Congress for
reading on January 5, *
An Air Force courier during the
night rushed a new draft of the
message from Washington to Key
West. Riding with the court*, was
Kevin McCann, the chief "White
House speech writer.
During the morning, the.Pijbi
dent planned to run over thfjflk
sage draft with McCann tthflKfe
mes C. Hagerty, press seci*Ettßn.o
the President. Once a fimwMgß
ing- draft qf the message Mratt
pleted, McCann will fly
Washington during this sfSwfr
Today’s program appetw®*#?
leisurely than that of his fki(|l
day here Thursday, whicbgQmflpt
mostly in a session of
swings, a long stroil abotWKle K'
and jn work on two paife||;si>*
- After clearing weathjPsJied
%IM from ' thu vmdsrtr . SE-i Ifae
take fS TbiTt full golf sfclfi^diWfc
his heart attack.
STROLL FOLLOWS GOLF
After 30 minutes of this perform
ance before a gallery consisting of
his brother, Dr. Milton S. Eisen
hower, Maj. Qen. Howard McC.
Snyder, the White House physician
and Hagerty, the President took a
leisurely stroil about the base.
The President seemed in a pleas
ant, relaxed mood during the hour’s
walk in which he was conducted
about the base by his naval aide,
Cmdr. Edward L. Beach, and trail
ed by reporters.
Beach pointed out a route along
side the quarters once occupied by
ex-President Truman and which
now serve as the home of the base
commandant, Rear Adm. H. H.
Henderson.
Mr. Eisenhower paused briefly
and said to beach:
“You lead on the sign says
no passage and I don’t want to
get shot.”
Dignity And Hamor
Beach, a former submarine com
mander »f imperturbable dig
nity but not without humor, re
plied drify, “The admiral lives here
and if he shoots you, he’s got to
answer to me.”
The President returned to his
quarters to rest before dinner.
Hagerty then announced the Presi
dent had declared flood-disaster
(Onittaaed on Page Two)
Pat In New York
Does South Proud
NEW' YORK (W—Pretty Pat
Cowden. who will reign as 1966
Maid of Cotton, did the Southland
proud today in the opening 34
hour* of her visit to New Yortc.
Lightly dad in a lacy cotton
dress, Pat was led onto an outside
balcony of a hotel by photogra
phers eager for a “skyline” sil
houette picture of the 21-year-old
Raleigh, N. C. beauty.
She glanced at ominous clouds
on the horizon and predicted: ”Mv
goodness, it’s going to snow again.”
But the cold winds and 31-degree
temperature failed to ruffle the
Maid of Cotton. She did confide
* Record Roundup +
MUSICAL VAKDETEBB Mrs.
Beta Whittenton announces the
schedule of her “Musical Varieties”
radio program ter next weak which
is heard each evening at 3:00.
Monday Mrs. Whittenton will
play the organ; Tuesday-Oean
ette Warren will be the vocalist
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QUITS HOLLYWOOD Lovely,
t. urvaaeous Ann Sheridan, the
“Oomph Girl” of the movies and
One of Hollywood’s most durable
glamour girls, now spends all of
leisure time in Mexico City, where
she has a home. “I fell in love with
Mexico long ago,” declared Mias
Sheridan.
Girl Steals
To Buy sth
Ave. Clothes
NEW YORK (IP—A young woman
told police today she had stolen a
dress, coat and accessories from a
department store so she wouldn’t
look too shabby to shoplift in a
smart Fifth Avenue shop.
Lillian Squassina Bow, 34, was
caught in the act in the second
shop—s4ol along toward a fancier
wardrobe, police said.
The young woman said she work
ed sometimes as a photographers’
model and other times as a scrub
woman. She had her heart set, she
said, on some new clothes from
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; letar she was glad to come back
I inside for a cup of coffee. Then
she told reporters of her joy and
t surprise at being chosen 1956 Maid
of Cotton over 22 other finalists at
Memphis, Tenn., two days ago.
Pat, whose full name is Patricia
Anne, will spend the next few
weeks completing a cotton ward
robe in preparation for a special
appearance before the fashion
press.
WILL GO TO NASSAU
On Jan. 31 she will flv to Nassau,
Bahamas, for a four-day visit at
the resort before officially begin -
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accompanied by Olive Gray Her
i ring; Wednesday Deane Lou
' Hanna will sing; Thursday Mr.
Jack M DanJeD wtH read with a
soft music background; Friday—A
small boys band will play under
the direction of Charles Holmes of
Benson.
Miss Williams ;
Defies Board;
Won't Resign
By TED CRAIL
Record Staff Writer -
Harnett’s Superintendent
of Public Welfare, Miss Wil
ma Williams of Angier, head
of the office since 1942 and
periodically under fire, yes
terday received a letter from
the Welfare Board request
ing her resignation.
The letter asked her to state her
intentions to the board by January
1. Miss Williams told the Daily Re
cord today “I have no intention otf
resigning because they (the board)
have not given me any reason to.”
County Commissioner J. E. Wam
ble, who is chairman of the three
man board, said her resignation
was requested because of com
plaints against her from groups in
the community who don’t approve
her handling of welfare cases.
RAPPED BY DOCTORS
Most /active opposition to the
welfare f superintendent has come
from tfte county medical associa
tion, which recently held a meet
ing, closed to the press, at which
the welfare program was discuss
ed.
Earlier still, three doctors went
before the county commissioners to
discuss the welfare program. Re
portedly, they claimed that admin
istration of the welfare money ac
tively encouraged women to have
Illegitimate babies.
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New Reliqious
Feature Slated
Beginning Monday readers of
The Daily Record will be Invited to
join ten million people around the
world In sharing a Bible text and
a brief prayer each day The prayer
and Bible verse are already being
used in 28 languages on every con
tinent and many Islands of the
sea
The verse and prayer are taken
from THE UPPER ROOM, dally
devotional guide which is distribu
ted in more than seventy thousand
churches in the United States and
Canada and In thousands of church
es in other lands. Those who write
the prayers and select the texts
come from all parts ofg the world
and from all walks of life as wefl
as from every denomination. Select
ions are made without regard to
denomination, nationality, race or
language of the writer.
Languages in which THE UPPER
ROOM is currently available In
clude Arabic, Armenian, Cebuano
(Philippines), Chinese, Finnish,
French, Oreek, Gujarati, Hindi,
Hungarian, Locano (Philippines),
Italian, Korean, Japanese. Norwe
gian, Persian, Portuguese, Rus
sian. Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog
(Philippines), Tamil, Telugu, Thai,
Turkish, “Urdu, English, English
Braille, English Air Mail, Austral
asia English, British Isles English,
and India English.
(Sunday School Teacher
Steals Nearly Million
NORFOLK, Va. (ffl A motherly 52-year-old Sunday
school teacher with a reputation for benevolence has ad
mitted taking what officials said may amount to almost
one million dollars from the accounts of a building and
loan company.
Miss Minnie O. Mangum, assist
ant secretary treasurer of the Com
mon wealth Building end Loan
Association here end a feeder in
the Sunday school of the Port Nor
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Takes Reporter Role
In Local Productions
Robert Hodges, 19, who graduated from Dunn High
School in 1954, will play one of three leading roles in
“Bom Yesterday,’ the first Little Theatre presentation.
Director-Manager Lee Crail an
nounced today that he has been
selected to play the part of Paul,
an idealistic newspaperman who at
tempts the conversion of a dumb
blonde into a beautiful brainwave.
“Born Yesterday,” one of the
great hits of the Broadway stage
in recent years and a movie which
won an Oscar for Judy Holiday,
whose career has been permanent
ly identified with the role, will go
into rehearsal after casting is
completed.
The part which Robert Hodges
will play was taken by William
Holden in the movie.
During the holidays, the little
theatre group formed In Dunn and
known as “The Players” has sus
pended its weekly meetings, but
Mrs. Crail has had run-throughs
with a number of persons trying
out for parts.
Those who will fill the Judy
Holiday and Broderick Crawford
roles (from the movie production)
will be announced shortly.
FINED $1,600
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. <lP> So
utheastern Conference Comm is
sinor Bemie Moore fined the Uni
versity of Alabama SI,OOO today on
a charge university alumni gave
gifts to a high school quarterback
as an tnticement to play for Ala
bama.
folk Baptist Church for the past
SB years, was charged with grud
larceny after an audit of the com
pany's books.
She was charged specifically with <
taking about SIOO,OOO during the
Free Chest X-Rays
Start In Dunn
On January 10
Harnett County citizens wili have
an opportunity to have free chest
x-rays during the month of Feb
ruary.
Dr. W. B Hunter, county health
officer, said today that two mobile
x-ray units will go Into action next
Thursday, Jan. 4. X-ray technici
ans are furnished by the state
board of health. . *
There will be two clerks to eacty
of the truck-trailers housing the
equipment. The individual x-rays
takes only a matter of minutes,
Dr. Hunter said, and alt persons
in the county are urged bo take
advantage of this opportunity for
a check.
Persons who receive notice that
their x-rays revealed possibility of
an unsatisfactory condition are re
ferred to their persona! physicians.
Angler, Jan. 4, 5. 6,7; Olivia,
Jan. 4,5; Dunn, Jan. 10, 11, 12, 12,
and 14; Boone Trail, Jan. 6; And
erson Creek, Jan. 7; Bunnlevel,
Jan. 10; Buie’s Creek, Jan. il;
Coats, Jan. 12, 13; Lillington, Janl
14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21; Erwin, Jan.
17, 18, 19. 20, 21.
past 12 months, but Roy F. Phil*
lips, president of the firm, said
about SBOO,OOO more is believed to
have been taken over a five-year
period.
A police court hearing tor MIM
Mangum. called “Mi* M” by her
fellow workers, was postponed to
day until Feb. T to permit Htrt
examiners to investigate beg so-
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