+ WEATHER * Generally fair and oool today and Thursday. High temperatures 40 to id oyer the mountains and • 40 to M elsewhere. V THE RJECORD IS FIRST VOLUME • TELEPHONES Sill-lilt , DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 4, 1956 FIVE CENTS PER COPT “•» senior warden and J. E. (Fats) Williams, etty tax ooilector. la Jontor warden. Left to right are Thmnas and Master Johnson In front and R-w-d Ph^T*1 mBd W*U‘*ms ,n r**r- inal,f (Jo Jo) William* say* hell Ms old friend, Congress Ertel Cartyle. when th« mite •attwasi regardless ol r oppose him . ..Tm * MB first, test and always,’ to. . . flmi real toyaltj f. B. fMetroooBUn life) Three-Weeks Bride Is Critically Shot A bride of three weeks, Sara Ruth Johnson, was crit ically wounded by her husband last night, apparently be cause he decided to be cautious and remove a cartridge from his gun after shooting some target rounds last night. Sifting With Girl In Dark No Grounds NEW HAVEN. Conn t«»ch-born singer wl l rano Lily Pons, the tiny but dim figure Inspired the trend Lebrated the 25th anniversary debut last night as star and » S 5 S on Jan. 3. Ufl, niter einftac opera in Pranee. She was an ovejplshl sensation with her ability to hd!4 T above high 7 for a* loaf as i minute, end her dainty appearance on the state. But her W* sensation came whez she appeared la "Lakme" wear ins a scanty costume in her rob as an Vast Indian maiden ineteac at the usual aH-enveloptn* cloak Two little gins, related to tnt Injured 18-year-old, were In U* bade seat of the car when a revol ver In the hands of Dalton John son, 23, accidentally discharged The bullet passed through the nos* and cheek of his wife who was sit ting In the front seat. WAS REMOVING CARTRIDGE Johnson told Dunn police. wh< talked with him at the local hoe pita), that he had had the revol ver about three weeks. He he cetved it from a buddy who weni overseas. He wa* In the process o removing a cartridge when it ac cidentally fired, he said. His injured bride Uvea at lining ten. Route I, After eramlnatioi at Dunn Hospital, where she wai treated by Dr. J. R. Johnson, si* was removed to Memorial Hoeptta at Chapel Hill. Dalton Johnson Is attached b the headquarters detachment. Psy chological Warfare Center, For Bragg Police said no charges haw been made against him as ytt Rural Policeman B. E. Sturgill i Investigating. Julius La Rosa To Wed Girl In Como Office NEW YORK W — Julius La Rest a baritone who shot to fame on i swan song, announced today tha his next big number would be wedding march. The 38-year-old Brooklyn-bon singer, who was fired in Octobe 1853. by Arthur Godfrey for a lac of “humility,” said he soon woul wed Rosemary Meyer, a secretar in Perry Como's office. Miss Meyer, 34, described as striking brown • eyed brunette b - her friends, hails from Manitowc* WIs. She has Uved in New Tor . for the past four years. La Rosa, who worked 33 month far Oodftey before his seckfc* onoe was linked romantically t Dorothy McOulre. one of a trio ' singing sisters still with the Ood frey show. At the time of his fli . ing. both La Rosa and Godfrey dt i Died that a romance with Mias M< Quiff was the cause of his mistin S Homecoming, Founder's Day At Campbell On January 14 alumni of Campbell College and the old Buie’s Creek Academy, its forerunner, will make a sen timental journey around campus again, nostalgically visiting old spots and reliv ing some of their experiences But Campbell plans somethin? which should sharply up-date ail who a tended. The college has an nounced that the main event of many scheduled will be asympos ium on “Campbell against the back ground of contemporary education.” Homecoming and Founder’s Day is an Important event at Camp bell. Student representatives of campus organizations are prepar ing themselves to show the guests around and answer questions. President Learie H. Campbell has announced that homecoming will officially begin with a meeting of the Board of Trustees in Room 4. Kivett‘ Building at 10 ml SKJMT IN GOO/S DORM Registration will be held in the parlor of the New Girl’s Dormitory from 10 a. m. tog p. m. Student Council members Wlli conduct guided tours from 10 o’ clock until noon. Thoughtfully, the program planners have left an hour and a half unscheduled time (4:30 to 6 p. m.) for “general fellow ship.” , 04 Jj Clyde Turner,.; of Raleigh. ■ noted, J&lgious WrttePand reti&d minister, will deliver the tradition al Founder’s Day address. It will be given foliowing luncheon hi the college dining hall, 13:30. At 3:30. a general meeting of the Alumni Association and friends of the college will be held in D. Rich Memorial! Auditorium with H. P. Naylor, principal of Roeeboro High School and president of the Alumni Association, presiding. The 75-voice student choir, un der the direction of Campbell’s music director Charles Horton, win sing Alumni President Naylor and a number of others — Including Ean Westbrook. Dr. Blackmon, Edgar Lynch, Mrs. E. H. Lasater and D. W. Amburn — serve on a com mittee which will report on pro (On tinned On Page Three) VIRGINIA TURLINGTON Dunnf High Girl Gets / High Honor Miss Virginia T ter of Mrs. H. C. the late Dr. Tuxli! [ton, (laugh ling ton ulty to represent the echoed In the state-wide American Good Citizen ship contest sponsored each year by the Daughter* of the American Revolution. The winner is Judged do her outstanding Abilities in de pendability, leadership, service, and patriotism. •'* | The state winner is named by a committee who will select her from the judging of scrapbooks cover ing activities of the candidate in the church, home, school, and community during her ftp- years of high school. The state, winner receives a $100 United StatOa Sav ing Bond from the DAR \ An active member of the Divine Street Methodist Church with! 1 years Sunday School Perfect At tendance. Miss Turlington hk# Pope Orders Return To Simple Chants i Pope Pius XII has directed, according to a special | report in The New York Times, that “the Gregorian chant should be restored in its unadorned and severe i original form in Roman Catholic churches throughout the world.” „ Father Stokes of Dunn's Catholic | Church suggested today that there was nothing unusual in the pro clamation. and that It was essent ially a reminder to keep church music appropriate to its purpose. "Churches sometimes get away into fancier stuff in their music,” said Fattier Stokes The encyclical issued from the i Vatican went into detail on matters of orchestration according to the , Times' Paul Hoffmann, who wrote: i “ ‘Profane,’ ‘noisy’ and ‘romor i ous' musical instruments should i be banished from the churches, it said. The classic church instru ment, according to the Pope, re mains me organ Tttioae grave and sweet sounds till the soul with al most heavenly Joy.’ ” While catling for universal ad option of the Oregorlan Chant In Latin, the Pope upheld the permis sions granted in the past to Roman Catholics in various countries to sing popular religious hymns in church In their own national lan guages. But popular religious, hymns, he added, should interpret the lath ings of the Christian faith, use un complicated words and simple me lodies. shun emptiness and bombas and "even If short and easy, ob serve a certain religious dignity and gravity" served as a member of the Com missions of Education and Mem bership and] Evangelism, and four year* to the' church choir. She has represented J the Methodist Youth Fellowship at Senior Youth Con vocation of Methodist Youth, and at the Annual Conference Session of the MYF. She has aiso served as a staff member at the Senior Youth Assemblies, and Annual Conference Session. Miss Turling ton has held the office of secretary, treasurer, and fellowship chairman in the local MYF. In the subdistrict Miss Turling ton was the representative at the Southeastern Jurisdiction Leader ship Workshop. She has -also held the office of treasurer. Outreach chairman, and chairman of the r-H-lstlari witness V1-slrm *s di* t-*ot Wonth Wrvnhssts Committee S *S#— **•-- delacrata to TS<* •on-f isr(»n««e ifl-sion ft, — -1—— at .T a»* itM — *ha sewed the (Uatrt-t a< ..watdpir. and this -e— -ha !• amMant nf iSetlta* 'ivy ta *A«iAnaiHan of those ptta*4« Miw *T*..«,Sn»rtr«n hss. hear, h*m*oht to th an-'aWTtfA level where «h» Is now i>. HiHtlee merit-d Win OfSt—1Hneton ♦ha eowoted nns1ta of thl-tw_*lT noun* rvaonla In the ringed State* to he rhoaan »« a eonfo-ene* delegate to the Itvt Mnited Nations-Washington Sem te»r, ho- fl—t —aa— of 4 In hlah aohoot Miss flirltne+on W«* • mem ber of the toitnre MomemaVe-* ol twarfes and cemod «s rfa«e -e. norter Other nnrsnlraMon aftU'a Hnn, c——lad ts-otiirS tSa ramqjn|nc three veers. Her snuhomore vaqi -ear aha wqs homa-oom Trefisnrer She was a member nf th* Alllei' Youth In whl'*’’ »he served A1 treasurer end a* de'—«te to th< Allied Youth Interstet“ t-onven* tlon. The Dunn Hhrh School Bant welcomed Miss Turlington during (Continued On Pag* Two) Record Roundup PLAINVIKW P. T. A. TO MKBT— The Phdmriew School P. T. A. will meet Monday night, January 9, at 7:90 In the school auditorium. The guest speaker vili be Mr. M. M. IMlUgkn who Win talk on his trip to kurope All parents are urged to attend. ckajkmIj wrm shooteho — Two Harnett county Negroes were arrerted yesterday by Cumberland County polios on charges aI wound ly Sunday, shortly after be ans wered a knock on the door of his residence. Charged with secret as sault with Intent to kill were Per ry Chance, 38. at Brwta, Route I, and Dallas Mitchell. 36. of Bunn level, Route 1. Both are befog held In Jail without bond pending out come of the Injured man's condi tion. .Meanwhile, J. O. Jernigan, about 30. Is reported to be In a satisfactory condition tn the Ve terans Hospital. He ba* been re moved from the Dunn Hospital. School Contracts were signed yes terday by the County Beard of Education for improve ment'and addition to two school plants in the Dunn area. Harnett High School for negre etudent* will get eight now ofow rooms and new hiaeh room MM spam for home economics ctaai room end laboratory. , Welfare HeadAwa Letter From Board Specifying Charges By LOIS BYRD V _And TED CRAIL Record Staff Writers Harnett’s Welfare Board was expected to fire H Wilma Williams, the Superintendent of Public Welfare a meeting this morning — and fire her they have. out u*ey rcrvrrsiru uuw, action lo discharge her was taken at a meet ing, hitherto a secret from the press, released this week. Miss Williams has maintained ever since the controversy reached a head a few days ago that she will not resign, and she will fight the discharge. Her Intentions have not changed. Her staff, which had rallied to her defense, -had a lengthy statement for the press following this morn ing's meeting, when the board’s move to fire her became publicly Acknowledged. STAFF IN TEARS Several members of the Welfare Superintendent’s staff were re portedly in team during the stormy session which was witnessed ’ by Harnett County Oommlwianers. A member of her staff asked the Welfare Board Chairman, J. E. fBarly) Womtole, tf at any time he had ever made any complaint or request that Was not taken care of. His answer was "No.*’ TATLOR APPEALS as spokesman for individuals who had criticism* of the welfare sup erintendent. Taylor, telling the board and commissioners who were present, that he appeared as a private cit izen. said his criticisms bed been based on personality and not on fact. He said he had no complaints against the efficiency of the de partment as run by Mas Williams, later told the Record’s Ullington reporter Lois Byrd, "Too often in this county we have a tendency to act on personality." BAR FAVORED OTJTSTNG Taylor revealed that the Harnett bar recently voted «hree-to-one. with other members abstaining, to favor Mis* Williams’ firing. He had been one of those who voted In favor of the resolution, said Tay lor, but had a change of heart. "On due reflection, four people seems like a small number to vote on whether anvone rfiould be fired from their position" Miss Williams, superintendent of welfare in this county since 194* (Continued On Bfi Three) Capture of 14 stills and December by county rural p pec ted holiday boom in illej Sheriff O. R. Moore In his re port offered this week to county commissioners showed that rural police made ad captures except one before Christmas Day in an effort to cut the flow of illegal whiskey during the holiday week end. Rural police found 14 stills, cap tured nine condensers, 131 1-3 gal lons of whiskey and destroyed 5, 150 gallons of beer. The men ar rested at stills and charged with illegal whiskey manufacture were arrest of four men during >lice put a crimp in the eat ;al liquor sales. Douglas Lee McNeill, Gordon God win, Walter Williams, and Robert Elliott. The whisker making apparatus was seized on the following dates; Dec. 13, one tin still and one man. Douglas Lee McNeill, In Anderson Creek Township; Dec. 14, one tin still tn Grove Township; Dec. 14, four tin stills in Averasboro; Dee. 15. two tip atids in Averasboro; Dec. 21, two tin stills in Johnson (Continued On rags rear) ■ ■.. " 1 11 1 '' 11.. . Contracts high school band. An derm tea cher classroom addition to serve chiefly elementary pupils will be 'built near the high school. ^ Low Udder on the general con tracts for aQ three lob* was Player Realty and Construction Company otf Fayetteville. Players combined bid was 1366375 Individual bids submitted by the same oooeera were as lollows: Harnett High $98,430: Dunn Elementary $146, 880; and Dunn High School $130, i MO. , Two Harnett County firm* wm .fMNi ®