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THE RECORD
IS FIRST
VOLUME 6
TELEPHONES 3117-3118
DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 12, 1956
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BACK IN HOLLYWOOD— Actress Grm Kelly, wen nog black bat. whose engagement to Prince
Rainier III of Monaco was recently announced, teas almost mobbed by Hollywood columnists, news
men and photographers as she arrived in the film capital by train to fulfill a picture commitment.
The Academy Award winner told the press, “1 nil I have no plana as to where the wedding will
be,“ and added, “it will be formal with a mats and after Easter.”
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Kb aOOVEJR ADAMS
it wjir ifn a merer.
DOT SOUNDED TOO SEAL
. there was a
day afternooc „.....
We just happened to answer the
phone and it was a reporter on the
Wilmington Star.
“We got a report that a man
named Hoover Adams died up
there this afternoon and I wonder
if you Could give us some inform
ation about his death and the
tunerai arrangements" said the
voice at the other end of the line.
We were just a little taken back,
to sa3 the least.
- "Who did you say died?" we
asked him. Just to make sure.
“Hoover Adams," he repeated,
and then in newspaper fashion he
spelled it out: “H like in house;
Hoover as in 3. Edgar Hoover. A
as in apple" etc, etc. He thought
we couldn’t hear.
“I could hear you aQ right the
first time," we assured the news.
"Yeah." he went on glibly to
explain. “Adams has a couple of
sons living here and they got the
message about his death about
an hour or two ago?”
Those three words, "Hoover Ad
ams" and “death" didn’t go to
gether too well to suit us. Certain
ly didn’t cheer us up any. not at
the end of a hard day.
“There’s a mlxup somewhere."
we tried to tell him, but he butted
back in before we could explain
tt«W he must be wanting to know
about the death of E. H Bost of
Erwin, whose two sons. Henry and
Edwin, live in Wilmington.
“Well, that’s fumy," he aald In
WILLIE GETS 20-30 YEARS
Fuss Over Dollar
Led To Killing
Willie Strickland pled guilty to the murder of Stan
back McDougald when he appeared in Superior Court this
morning for trial.
Hi# attorneys. Robert Morgan i
wnd- ArcttM Tatter of mungtoit, t
entered a plea of guilty to murder
in the second degree, and it was
accepted by the court.
Before Judge W. if. 8. Burgwynn
passed sentence, Willie took the
stand to tell how It all came about
They were on their way home, he
said, and drunk, when Stanback
accused him of stealing a dollar.
That made Willie so mad he
picked up a brick and a piece of
pipe and beat Stanback over the
head with them. After awhile, he
thagged him into a tobacco bam
and left him them.
He didn’t know Stanback was
desd. WUlie said. He didn't know
that until Monday which was more
than a day later when die officers
came and got him.
FOOTPRINTS MATCHED
Officers testified they were pret
ty sure they had the right man
because of the clothes they found
where WUlie bved. They had blood
on them. It was known that Wil
lie and Stanback had started off
together Satig-day night. Then
there were, the footprints around
the bam—which matched Willie’s.
Appearing for the state were
Rural Policemen B. E. SturgiH and
J. Stanley Byrd. Judge Burgwynn
asked some questions before sen
tencing Willie, apparently on the
feeling that tt might have taken
more than one man to drag Stan
back into the bam—limp like he
was.
Then he sentenced Willie.
Bank Of Lillington
Officers Re-Elected
Officers of the Bank of Lifting -
ton were re-elected yesterday by
the board of directors.
They include John Aaron Senter,
president, H. T. Atkins, vice-presi
dent, and John W. Spears, cash
ier.
J. Grady Johnson will continue
to serve as assistant cashier.
Xkrll#n stockholders, in their
annual session, re-elected the same
board of directors that they had
in 1964. There was a special lunch
eon at the bank on Wednesday
morning for the stockholders, who
heard reports on the year’s busi
ness from bank officials.
On the board of directors are
Senter, Atkins. W. M. Pearson,
Chalybeate Springs, C. Reid Ross,
Fayetteville, Meredith 8. Senter.
Cashier Spears, and Marshall T.
Spears, Durham.
.
Blue Crutch
Tag Day
Is Saturday
From Manteo to MUrphy, men of
North Carolina Ameni&n Legion
Foot* today Join the fight against
polio by celebrating “Blue Crutch
Tag Day."
On city and village streets across
the state, Legionaires will “sell”
miniature crutches, symbol of the
crippled child. They are giving this
ooe day to the Marcn of Dimes
campaign, which opened In the
state and nation Tuesday morning
and will continue through January.
Harvey Williams of Erwin, Har
nett Chairman and spark-plug of
"Blue Crutch Tag Day,” appealed
to all Post Commanders m the
county to adopt this street activity
“to raise funds for this worthy
caaae."
"We all want to help finish the
fight against this threat to our
young people,” Williams said.
Pointing out that while great
strides toward victory over polio
have been made through the dis
covery of a vaccine. Williams em
phasised that “much must still be
done before polio is licked."
Willis ms said, “The American Le
gion has here s great opportunity
to be of service.” -
Record
Roundup
MUSICAL VARTTTES -r Ml*. Re
ts Whittenton announced the sche
dule for her radio program, "Mu
sical Verities" Monday — lira.
Whittenton will give an organ pro
gram; Tuesday — Mr*. Uoyd Coats
will sing; Wednesday — David Pin
nix at Ltlllngtcn will play the pi
ano; Thursday — Gloria Smith will
be the vocalist, accompanied by her
slater, Jennie Smith; Friday — Mrs.
Frank Core win give readings, with
a soft organ background. The pro
gram may be heard each afternoon
at 3 pm.
STUDENT PLAYERS — Lffllng
ton High seniors met with their
sponsor, Miss Belle Hockaday, and
decided to give the play, "Glamor
Boy." )ater this spring. It will be
given sometime in April rehearsals
starting Immediately after the
county h—PHIiall tw—nu nt in
(Osntfaeei
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Dunn's ADP Branch
Has New Manager
New manager of Dunn’s A and P store is H. T. Comer,
until recently the assistant manager In the Lumberton
branch.
Thirty years old an ex-business
administrator student at Wake For
est, Comer started with A*P at
Rockingham five yean ago and
has worked up.
He is a native at EUeifce, North
Carolina, and graduated from high
school there. From 19*3 to lMd he
was a radio operator with the Na
vy, and served in the Pacific thea
ter during World War H. He ia not
married.
As the -ucceasor to Glen B. Spi
vey, A&P manager for four months
who has gone to the Lumtoerton
branch. Corner inherits one of the
thriving grocery chain’s most po
tent outlets.
A Presbyterian and active in such
service chibs as the Lions before
moving to Dunn, he intends to fol
low these activities in his new
home.
• He currently lives at *00 N. Wil
son Avenue in Dunn.
Judge Favors Death
As Murder Penalty
FAYETTEVILLE - Capital pun
ishment laws help protect aociety
and nfurderers should be executed
Judfe Clawson L. WilUama of Baa
font, yesterday* declared irr» cterfa
S* to the Cumberland County
rand Jury.
"A man who deliberately takes
the life of another deserves to die,’
the Jurist, a former solicitor and
a veteran of JO-years service as
a North Carolina superior court
judge, asserted at the beginning o*
a one-week term of criminal court
here.
“He (a murderer) seeks to de
stroy the very society set up to
protect us by destroying one of its
members.” Judge WUUams said.
Murders and violent crimes have
increased in localities where the
death penalty has been abandoned,
he told the Grand Jury.
"Vou hear people say that the
eye-for-an-eye - tooth-for-a-tooth’
doctrine is antiquated.” he said.
But, he aserted, human life is more
secure and better protected in those
states and countries where capital
punishment is practiced.
CITES ENGLISH EXAMPLE
“England Is in exempt* of stern
punishment for murder," the Jurat
declared. "Therefore, there are
fewer murders there,” he pointed
out, "England” he said, "is an old
country. It has lived In the wortd
long enough to know the Import
ance of orderliness and recognise
the supremacy of the law.”
The Jurist’s remarks came after
iOmttuMg « Pam Two)
Suicide Threat
A/o Bother-She
Just Watches
KOUBAIX, France AS—A house
wife was charted today with
failing to help a person fat dan
ger of death—her husband.
According to police, Julian Le
febvre told his wife, Germaine,
Tib going to hang myself."
“At jour leisure," pioice quoted
her -as replying.
She watched while he fashioned
a noose, slipped It arewad his
neck and hanged himself. Two
hours If ter she called police. ..
"It It hadn't been hfan. it
would have been me," she said.
HOG MARKET
RALEIGH (HI—Hog marketer
Rich Square; Steady at 1255.
Kinston, Stm Rem, Benson. Tar
boro. Rocky Mount, Goldsboro.
Clinton. Fayetteville. Siler City,
Mt. Olive; steady at 12.
Florence, Marion: Steady yet
11.75. ©
Smithfield. Dunn: 50 lower at
11.50.
Big Building
Program Is
Given Congress
WASHINGTON <IP> — Pres
ident Eisenhower asked Con
gress today to provide a total
of $1,250,000,000 in federal
grants over the next five
years to help build badly
needed school rooms.
He said in • special message to
Congress that the grants—at the
rate of 260 million a year—should
be matched with state funds to
supplement local construction in
the “neediest” schgbl districts.
The request was the chief fea
ture of a four - point federal aid
program which he said “should
overcome the nation's critical
classroom shortage within five
years.”
The shortage now is estimated
I at 209,000 classrooms.
The total program would amount
to at least $2,020,000,000 in federal
aid to public schools over five
years.
Less far Laggards
For the federal grants, the Pres
ident proposed a formula under
which states "noticeably lagging"
behind their ability to support
public schools would get Iras fed
eral aid. He said this feature
“should act as an Incentive for
the lagging states to increase their
effort."
He also proposed that federa1
funds be distributed “according to
relative need."
He also called for:
A total of 160 million dohars]
over five years for federal pur
chase of local school construction
bonds When* school -district* can
not sell them In private markets
at reasonable interest rates.
Federal advances to help pro-1
vide reserves for bonds issued by
state school financing agencies.
The President but no price tag on
this feature of the five-year pro
gram. He said these bonds would
finance local construction of
schools to be rented and eventual
ly owned by local school systems.
Twenty million dollars in match
ing grants to the states over five
years for planning ways to over
come obstacles to financing school
construction.
The President also asked for a
"major” but unspecified increase
in funds for the Office of Educa
tional Research. He said "this has
been a sorely neglected field."
He also asked Congress to con
tinue providing federal funds for
school construction in districts
near federal bases and other gov
ernment installations where school
enrollments have increased sharp
ly, The present law aiding such
districts expires next June.
Tniflml Control
“I am confident the federal gov
ernment with this program can
help construct schools without in
anyway weakening the American
tradition that control of education
must be kept dose to the local
communities." the President said.
“Any legislature enacted should
embody this principle."
The President told Congress that
"action on a broader scale and at
a more rapid rate is clearly Im
perative” to overcome the class
room shortage.
"Today, hundreds of thousands
of children study under overcrowd
ed conditions, in half-way or dou
bled-up school sessions, or in mak
shtft buildings not designed as
schools.” he said. "Further, many
classrooms In use today are obso
lete, inadequate—and each year
more rooms become so.”
In proposing that grants be dis
tributed according to relative needs
he said government funds “will
most quickly aocor ^Ueh the most
good” if a relatively larger share
goes to areas with the least finan
cial resources.
He proposed a three-way formula
for determining need:
1. Larger amounts per school
age child be allotted to states with
lower income per child.
2 8tat*s with
would not be rre- j. -* *.-•« -.■»,
large a proportion of matching
funds as higer income states.
S. States sbiould give highest
priority to poorest school districts
in distributing the grants.
AND THEN HIS CAR
BRANTFORD. Opt. Rh—Owen
Munro of Peris. Out. was out driv
ing when he looked down an em
bankment and saw the wreckage
of an automobile 12S feet below.
He got out to look at the wrack
age and then eaw another ear
plunge down the embankment—
it waa hie earn.
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ROUGH AND TOUGH — WITH CHARM — Tough** costing
problem In “Born Yesterday” was Hi* port of Brock, » iniWswalr*
who gets rich through the sate of junk, then trice to run the com* >
try with his money. This week Captain David (Nick) Nicholson of
Fort Bragg was announced to play the part. Said Director Lee Crall: .
“Nick can be rough and tough and still keep his charm. Thai’s what
we wanted." (Daily Record Photo by Ted CraiL) t
Chief Roles Cast
In "Bom Yesterday"
A long series of tryouts was just about over this week
as casting was completed for the four principal roles in
“Born Yesterday,” hit Broadway play which the newly
formed Dunn Little Theatre group will put into produc
tion locally.
The part of Brock, a roughneck
millionaire hungry for power, will
be played by a captain of engineers
from Fort Bragg who flrat became
familiar with the part by seeing
Broderick Crawford do it in the
movie.
Billie Own, the dumb Monde
who eventually prevents Brook
from subverting official Washing
ton to the service of his junkyards,
will be played by a tall brunette
who recently graduated from Dunn
High School, Joan Jemigan.
JEFFRIES HAS ROLE
Lewi* Jeffries of Dunn will take
the part of a high-toned Washing
ton lawyer who work* for tow
toned Brock because of the big pay
it bring*.
MAPPING STILL AHEAD
What Route 421?
It looks like local property owners will have to wait
for awhile before they will know how, and if, a rerouting
of Highway 421 is going to affect them. F
Surveys have been made by the
Harnett, Pearsall and Weat Divine
Streets, but the results of those
surveys are not known. The high
way department says It is just too
early to telL
W. H. Rogers, chief enginer of
the department In Raleigh, report
edly told a newsman it would be
some time "before we can tell what
we’re going to da"
A spokesman fa him office said
the curve on
berland wld be
and until this
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Nu-Home Builders
Now Wholesalers
m
JIMMY PATRICK
Nil-Home Builders and Supply
Company of Dunn has opened a I
new wholesale department and JL
my Patrick, well-known
youth, has been named as tfc
wholesale department manager.
The Dunn concern serves as dis
tributor for manufacturers of seve
ral nationally-known lines of paid*
and other building materials.
Tommy and Dewey Oodwtn. own
ers of the fast-growing company,
out today that because
f in bugs quantities and
they are distributois they
to sell goods to the pubhp
— price that dealers has*
Patrick, who will
an outside
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and
Mrs. W.
the
is tbs sen or
O Patrick of