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F»i rand wanner today. Colder on Tuesday ■ . ISSHll IS m v THE RECORD IS FIRST > ,V|. f: jsss-ld RR }■•:W smm— VOLUME e TELEPHONES 1117-Silt ip <v*“! DUNN, N. a, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 2, 1956 FIVE CENTS PER COPY ' . fY aStt- * —— — ■r happiest new year - Afcnoot w Dunn yonngotm of the mb*(mb nrittjr had *r><* of thoir happiest Now Yoon on Setorday night. AH ihooftf n Mg private party thrown by Mr. Mi Mr*. Wooloy Coots and daughter Nkn at the E and W, biggcot of the two restaurants owned by (he femMjr. II wm i turbulent eventer for the ('Ml*, ■■pVrUlly ter W«*ley wbe Juet Mm mid night took akittery Mum tWf* the mei, with •ne foot mi the mate, ud M the whele r»nr tn sen*. thmf» Mra. Cette Mew Weetey'e elbow. JhsiM \mtts IJrinaA STARTING THE NEW TEAR WITH A BUNCH OF NOTES Mr, Mid Mrs. Mayloat ParkeT re port that they had a wonderful time ia Florida on theta* vacation, hut Mr Parker said he caught only one «eh. . Mrs. Parker pointed out that despite the high death taD an the highways, they didn't run across a single accident on the Iona trip. - .Highway Ml was really crowded this weekend . Many tourists were headed north after the holidays and others were head ed South for the winter . .Hun dreds of Maryland ears passed through enroute to the Orange Bow) game . first baby horn at the Dunn Hospital this year was a prc’tv Uttle daughter to Mr. and JMrs. William O. Tart of Benson. She arrived st S:25 last nigh* Wily Godwin got a pretty new , , wny Oociwin goi a pretty new Lincoln for Christmas . One oi those $€.000-plus Jobs. . It's real swanky. .Willie Moff missed a Dix!<* Classics championship gam* tor the first time in his life Sat urday night. . Pearl took hlrr tat tow and made him attend a local party instead . Willie was plent* unhappy about It, too. . He anc Nathan. Cannady. who took In ev ery single game until' Saturdaj night, ducked out of the party t. gut the final score. . . “Oh. me,' moaned Nathan, “now if I had Jus had that information about 2 o’ this afternoon fin time to d< 5 Children Burned To Death; 3 Hurt NEW YORK (W Three children burned to death early today In a fire which swept through a Brooklyn tenement house. , s. \ .-/ l~ ,fWk». Mi dthe fire burned through an arpartment occupied by Arthur Kin*. hie wife, and 11 children. Three person* 'were in jured in addition to those killed. The deed were identified me Beverly King, 1C Yvonne King t, and PttjWe Kin* 8 The injured were the father: Oereld King, end Marvirt Womack, M. a resident of another apartment to the taB* ment. Police said Oereld end Wo mack suffered smoke poisoning. B3ng cut hie wrist. Firemen said the Weee apparent ly started when sparks fell from e coal stove onto some bedding and linen. They said some thrunfce to the bedroom where the three chil dred died apparently blocked their The bodies of the three victims were found huddled under a bed to the gutted apartment. Two Children Die As Home Bums FRANKFORT. Ky. W — Fire which broke out early today In the home of Ben Fowler took the lives of his two children, Eleanor, 1*, and Johnnie 8., Fowler was critically burned to unsuccessful efforts to rescue the ■ children from a bedroom on the i second floor of the two-story brick ' house. He did manage to save his , wife. Mrs. Eleanor Fowier. by throw . tag her from a bedroom window > She suffered shock and an injured ankle. LOOKS IT ov*K - mrt Vmn, Tin 8«rrtee, » Ow4}W outlet, to » with Mmpr Ctautoa Oto» toe On mi iiwnr «t tt* Tmtm CSy Little Theatre Group To Meet Tuesday 8qme final casting problems will be worked out at a meeting of The Players, the Dunn Little Theatre group, tomorrow evening at the home* of director-manager Lee Ctatt,/ 310 8. Magnolia. Mtt. Crail said she has set some tentative dates for the rehearsal of “Bom yesterday,” which is to be the group’s first production. These will be discussed tomorrow night Members of the public who would like to join the group, as well as all present member*, ere urged to attend tomorrow night’s meeting. It starts at 7:30. Record Roundup CIRCLE MEETING — The Ruth Gardner Circle of the First Bap* tist Church will meet Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 with Mrs. J. L. Hatcher. ^ NO. OF FIRMS DP—Dunn and Bmdstreet shows Ustisgs in Har nett for 677 this year 13J. percent more than last year’s 640. It wasnit the same everywhere. Sampson, too, nosedive from 333 listings last to only 761 this year. (Cen tinned On Page Pear) Pope Resigns From Local Police Force Police Chief Alton A. Cobb todaj announced, the resignation of Neal] Pope from the Dunn police force and said the resignation will be come effective Thursday. • (Mr. Pope, a veteran officer ol many years experience, is resign' ing to enter private business, t former prison camp guard. Pop« has served on the Dunn force of and on for yean. He has serve< three yean this time. He said lie had enjoyed his staj on the force and appreciated tlx opportunity to serve the team. Chief CoW^Hllwwtae cxpr—si regret at losing the services of Bo lineman Pope and pointed out tha “haw « good officer and has mad a splendid incord on the force Chief COM) said be hoped * The biggest and most In tensive March of Dimes cam »ipi conducted in Harnett n recent years will be aunched Tuesday morning in every community in the county. Harnett Chairman J. Harvey William* of Krwis announced to day that worker* have been named and all other detail* of the completed. • - * "We firmly expect to raise largest amount ever before real ized from thto most Worthy cam paign in Harnett ” .iaid Williams. He panted out that the county haa always received more funds from the National Foundation than H has contributed. "We want to, show our appro* elation this year” he said, “by raising every dime possible because every dime is needed to carry on this great work. KICK-OFF MFETTNO A meeting to kick-off the drive wz held Friday night in the Com munity Building in UUtngton. Wil liam* presided over tbe supper meeting, attended by representa tives fro mevery section of the county. Principal apeakrs were: Bob Coulton of Ralelch. Central State Representative for the national Foundation: County Chapter Chair man Roy Cameron of Erwin: and Dr. W. B. Hunter, county health officer. In his remarks, Dr. Hunter la mented the feet that citterns of the county have not availed them selves of the Salk vaccine as they should have. He told the group that ail of those present should use their Influence to persuade as! he oollo season arrives next spring. Chairman Williams announced hat several special events will be onducted In connection with the reneral solicitation. January 1th ha* been designated is Blue Crutch Dav and the little due en*teh emblems will be sold yv various groups In each com nunltv. COFFEE AND POPCORN DATS January Wth ha« been set aside to Cooffee Dav and on that dav all restaurant* in the county will be requested to donate the nrofit from soffee sales to the foundation. "Poncom For Potto Dav wW be held oh January 30th. with thea tres of the countv giving proceeds from ooneorn sales to the drive. Saturday. January 31 has been designated a« "Peanuts For Polio D*v“ and varion* m*w wllr sell nearrt* for benefit of the c*”*e. foe Burnett* of Dunn area dis tribute- for the Tom Hon-ton P»a n«t Company,- la providing the peanut*. The tradlt'onsl "Mothers March for Polio" will he held thrmwhflMt the coi’ntv on Thursday ntaht, Jan uary 2*th.- , UnCAh CHAIRMEN Following I* * list of th» focal o*%«tvmen enevdnted by County Cha'-men Witltams: EIGHT RECEIVE AWARDS *T Foundation Honors Harnett Citizens Eight Harnett citizens h tkmal Foundation for Infai faithful service to the count Therlo Mum At Hearing, Faces Trial Therlo Barefoot had nothing to say in bis own defense at the hear ing on Friday where AT© officer C. 8. Costs told of a liquor raid during which Therlo was reported j ave been honored by the Na itile Paralysis for long and y chapter. . I At a kick-off meeting to launch the 1966 drive, held In the com munity building at Lining ton, four of the citizens received certificates in recognition of ten years service and four others received certifi cates for five years service. TEN-TEA* GROt'P Those receiving ten-year certi ficates for their service were: Earl MOD. Westbrook, of Dunn, who for merly served as chairman of the county chairman: Dr. W. B. Hun ter, county health officer; Mlai Wilma Williams of Angler, count] welfare superintendent; and Hoov er Adams, of Dunn, editor anf publisher of The Daily Record. Those receiving five-year certi ficates were: Roy Cameron of Er win, who has served for severs years as chairman of the count; chapter and still holds that post: Setwyn O’Quinn of Llllington apd Henry D. Hood and J. N. Ste phenson of Dunn. The certificates were presentee by: Bob Coulter of Raleigh, Cen tral State Representative, on be half of the national foundation. Ix presenting the awards, he paid hlgl tribute to the eight citizens to their loyal and unselfish services U the organization loumy Board , Asked To Attend Ouster By LOIS BYRD Record Staff Writer Staff members in the county welfare department today lined up solidly in sup port of their superintendent, Miss Wilma Williams,/who has been requested to resign from the position which she has held since 1942. They asked and drew from the county hoard of commissioners a promise that the commissioners would he present as guests when the county welfare- board meets in regular nasslon Wednesday morning at 1ft o’clock in the county welfare building. Under the law. meetings of thef county welfare board are closed to the public Board members include J. K. Womble of Islington, chair man, Who is also a member of the county board of eommtaloners; Earl McD. Westbrook of Dunn and Ted Malone of Coats. A letter requesting Miss Wil liams' resignation was sent to her last week by the welfare hoard and she was given until today to reply. (Continued On Page Two) Officials Hold Million Members of the Harnett County Board of Commissioners had an experience which comes to fdw people today. They took turns in holding over a million dollars in their hands. It was in the form of a State check for slightly over a million dollars representing half of a two million dollar bond Issue approved by Harnett voters last summer. "We ll probably never see an otrer one this Mg,” Joked Lofton A. Tart, president of a Dunn bank, and other members of the board. The money will be put to work immediately providing new class, room facilities and other buildings at Harnett schools. “I WON” —Pretty Patricia Anne Cowden, newly crowned 1956 Maid of Cotton, beams «* she telephones her hanker boss to tell him “I won," and he’d better get a new secretary. Pat, 11. of Raleigh, N.C., beat out 22 other contestants from 12 cotton-growing states to the finals held at Memphis, Term. ' . ? New Year's Bis m Ism; Not Too Strong .far Local Cops^fJsS ■#0Br drsfW» iWhor ..ip «W«I made over the New Year's week end. Dunn police reported today, but It was far from a raring-tear ing holiday. Though minor accidents were re ported, there were no Injuries and no arrests in any of these eases, it was stated at the police station. Even the firecracker thrower* were- pot too rambpnetious—possi bly having read about the boy# who bounced a lighted cigarette into the back seat of their car with1' some dynamite. “They were pretty light on us this time" reported the police. Glenn L. Hooper. Jr.. 28-year-old Gunn attorney, today waa named as Harnett assistant to District District Solicitor W. Jack Hooks and -will aid Hooks In the prepar ation and trial of cases in Harnett Superior Court. Solicitor Hooka personally ap peared before the county board of commissioners Monday morning and recommended the prominent young Dunn attorney and the rec ommendation was approved unan ; lmously by the board. The appointment was made for a six-months period and at the end of- that period the appointment will be on a yearly basis. Salary was set at $150 per month. Hooper Is associated in the prac tice of law as a partner with At torney McK. Salmon of Dunn and Lilli ngton, one of the leading tew i firms of the county. He win continue in this partner , ship. His new position, however, I Continued On Page Fear) GLENN BOOrtS PORTLAND, Ore. (W — A mother who confessed slay ing her two infant sons, one to keep it from being left alone if she was arrested, was held under observation in a hospital today. Bailee said the woman, Mrs. Naldell Mattox nWwv, S3, of Kannapolis, N. C, was arreftad oe a murder charge Friday nigh*
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