| ^rhilenfe sates In North Carol
yn *bove the four billion
|M(rk in 1964—more than a third
filter «»»" they were In 1948.
! In Harnett County, 43 establish
ments figured among firms survey
id by the Department of Com
merce. Tl» wholesalers' payroll for
ST» Harnett ren to 8541 fiOO
That means Barnett wholesalers
Were putting neany 811300 a week
m the tends of their employes
The total Of employes was 306.
The Department of Commerce,
Which dubbed these figures their
‘•Preliminary Report on WhoHe
saie Trade" for the 1954 Census
of Business, summed up on the
^•Wtelepate sales in North Caro
lina amounted to 94.185.7M.000 In
UM an increase of 36-3 percent
over saiee of 83.066324.000 In 1948.
“A total of 4,750 wholesale estab
lishments In 1964 reported 50,660
employes and had an annual pay
roll of 9183359.000. compared with
3,S90 establishments. 41,037 em
3,mo establishments, 41,037 em
ployes and ted an annual payroll
8102530.000 in 1948. ._
“Merchant wholesalers numbered
SJ67 and had sales of 91314.173,000
in 1964 compared with 1384 mer
chant wholesalers with sales of
81.022.714.000 in 1948. Otter whole
sale establishments numbered 1.
793. with total of 93351585.000 in
1984, compared with 1,708 estab
lishments and sales of $2,034,110,
000 in 104ft.*9
The North Carolina county with
the highest percentage of the
State’s wholesale business: Meck
lenburg. In 1954 it did 21.4 percent
of the merchant wholesale busi
Lte lTade. and 37.1 per
MASON1C NOTICE
An emergent Communi
cation of Palmyra lodge
.will be held In the Lodge
(Hall Tuesday. January
17, 19M at 7:30 P. M tor
wort on (he second Degree. AD
reUoworafte and Master Mtoons
are invited. ' * ;
NATHAN M. JOHNSON. JR.
COJtrna B. ENNIS. Secretary
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MB CHILDREN
Miss Universe
PRETTY ADDITION TO OUR
POPULATION — Pretty HlBevi
Pambln, Mbs University of 1955.
has registered at the U. S. Imrai
gration and NainraJlasUon Serv
ice in Los Angeles to become a
eitiaen of the U. S. A. The beau
ty from Sweden is one of the first
of 245,999 aliens to fUl out an ad
dress report card, as required by
law. (NEA Photo.)
cent of other types of wholesaling
Other counties which rank high
for Wholesale operations are Guil
ford. Wake. Gaston. Buncombe.
Forsythe. New Hanover, Wilson and
Durham
Benson Miffed
i Continued from fur One
and west of Benson. Broadslab
cannot be pinpointed as no section
admits to being the exact site. The
name is thought to have derived
from the wooden slabs once used
to this area for roadbuilding..*
Said the Chamber of Commerce
directors In their letter to the TV
station: the term Broadslab refers
not so much to a specif ic neigh
hood “as a type of individual, and
It always has a derisive connota
tion.”
“While there may be an element
present to which the term could
aptly be applied.” said the directors,
“this certainly isn’t true of the
majority of our rural residents
“These farm folk in recent years |
have produced at least one college
president, several outstanding mill
tary leaders, doctors, lawyers and
me of the moat successful farm
ers in eastern North Carolina.”
Since Thornton has a TV prog
ram, and Benson doesn’t, it seems
likely that he may get the best of
the argument Unless, that is. the
Benson Chamber has something to
i directly counteract ‘Hie Broadslab
Drag.” Something like—
f Up in the holler, and down by
the lake
Everyone’s asayin’ that Jim
Thornton is a snake.
Oh. he better wrap up warm to
Record
Roundup
OOCONEECHEE OFFICIAL —
William Roth, explorer specialist of
the Occoneecftee Council. will be
present for the Boy Scout program
at Erwin Methodist Church. 7:30
tonight. Roth wiU explain the "ex
plorer program" of the Scouts. AM
interested members of the public
»re invited.
SCOUT HEADS—HArnett District
Boy 8cout officers will be Installed
tomorrow night (Jan. IT) at the
Erwin Episcopal Chuirih. (Homer
Eggers, district scout executive, an
nounces this will be the first meet
ing of the new year and plans for
a full year of scouting will be made.
H. H. Hamilton of Lillington, re
elected chairman of Scout activi
ties in thia area. wiU preside.
SHRDtERS MEET—The Dufin
Shrine Club is expected to have
a good attendance tonight. 7 p. m.
at Johnson's Restaurant, as new
officers are Installed. Past Poten
tate Lester GilUkin, now serving as
assistant Recorder, will make a
special trio from New Bern for the
occasion. Ben B. Hartsfield. Shrine
secretary, said Oillikln “is a dedi
cated Man son. and we are sure his
remarks will be an Inspiration . . .*•
CONVOCTED—Smithifield s Re
corder'* Court has Judged James
Jackson Wiggins. 19. of Route 1.
Angler, guilty of careless and reck
less driving. He was sentenced to
oay court costs. Henry Arthur Bi*
xeH. 60. of Route 2. Newton Grove,
and Young B. Stanley, St. of
Route 2, Four Oaks, were convicted
of disregarding a stop sign. They
also were saddled with court coots.
Hubert Butt
DUNN NATIVE
Mr. Butt was a native of Dunn
and attended Dunn High School
After completing his education,
he worked fur several years in
New York City and 12 years ago
went to Miami. Florida. He return
ed to Dunn about four years ago.
He was a member of the First
Baptist Church.
Mr. Butt married the former Miss
Chloe Routh of Sanford. Florida.
Surviving in addition to Mrs.
Butt are two sons. Gary Joe and
Johnnie Butt. Jr., of the home: his
mother. Mrs. George Upchurch of
Dunn; and his grandmother. Mrs.
John B Holland of Dunn, Route t
FUNERAL TUESDAY
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at
the Hatcher-Skinner Funeral Home
those long, stay flannels
For he’s going to get the shivers
when we tune to other channels.
A cordial “thank you for a wonder
ful time” by Long Distance tele
phone it sure to leave favorable
impressions ... bring second invita
tions Now while the holiday season
it still a warm memory, re-y^'t
your holiday host and h*
a thoughtful thank y<
CAROL
COMPANY
PAJAMA GAME GAL TO WED
— Pretty Actress Jania Paige,
shown here, has announced her
engagement U Arthar Slender,
who prodaeee her TV «Jmw. “IP»
Always Jen.’* The wedding is set
for Wednesday in Lee Vegas Ne
vada. It will he the second mar
riage (or each. Mini Paige sky
rocketed to feme aa the lee ding
lady in the New York hit show,
“Pajama Game.1* (NEA Photo.)
in Dunn. The Rev. Ernest P. Rus
sell. pastor of the First Baptist
Church, and the Rev. Leslie Tuck
er. pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, will officiate. Burial will be
in Greenwood Cemetery.
LILUNGTON
PERSONALS
ILL AT HOME
John Ballard suffered a stroke
of paralysis on Thursday around
noon at his home on Lillington
Route 2. He it the father of Mrs
Duncan Ray of LiUlngton.
TEA AND TOPICS CLCB
The Lillington Tea and Topics
club, meeting last Friday after •
noon with the club president. Mrs
Joel G. Layton heard a program
on government of three church de
nominations.
Mrs. Charles Ross, who was in
charge of the program, presented
Mrs. David Huffines*. Jr. and Mrs
E. C. Shoaf as guest speakers, had
Mrs. A. M Shaw from the clut
membership . Mrs. Hufflneas out
lined the organisation of the Pres
byterian Church. Mrs. Shoaf dis
cussed the plan of organisation of
the Methodist Church, and MM.
Shaw described the Baptist system
ot local church autonomy.
Beautiful arrangements of white
chrysanthemums, snapdragons and
carnations decorated the home and
at the social hour the hostess, as?
sis ted by her daughter-in-law. Mss
Joel Layton, Jr. served strawberry
shortcake and coffee. Mrs. Ralph
Izard was a guest of the club.' '
BIRTHDAY PARTY 1
A sunwise birthday party was gi
ven fa." Nelson Ftav Wallace on
Ids birthday on Jan
• »• ■ -y 8 ti the home of Mrs. J. M
i V’adlacr on LLllngton, Route ».
t S-yeral games were enjoyed dur
ing the evening, consisting of bin
go. party stunts, the donkey game
and balloon blowing contests. Pris
es were awarded.
Afterwards refreshment* of in
dividual cakes, pimento cheese
sandwiches, potato chips, mints and
cokes, were sr-ved to the follow
ing: Sherry Ly-n Raynor. Pat
Brown. Mabel Mason. Kate Mc
Donald, Heten Holder, Frances Kel
ly. Master Roy Black, Weldon Pee
de Wallace. Tommy McDonald.
Glenn Messer, Charles Black, and
Nelson Ray Wmhce.
The guest of lunar also receive*
several attractive gifts.
BRIDGE PARTIES
Several bridge parties were gives
in LiUlngton this week. Mrs. S
R McKay was hostess to the Wed
nesday Club, and on the same night
the Ace of Clubs group met with
Mrs. J. A. Walker. Mrs. George
Norwood entertained at bridge on
Thursday night, and Friday night
Mrs. H. B. Ligon was to fete the
Victory Club in an out-of-schedule
meeting. Last week this same out
was entertained by Mrs. Harolc
Morgan. At that tune Mrs. H D
Carson, Jr. waa high scorer. Mr*
Ligon second high and Mrs. Im
mar Simmons low scorer. Mrs. W
H. Byrd and Mrs. James Morgan
were special guests and congeaie:
salad, crackers, coffee and nut
were served. Others standing wen
Mrs. Hooper Bt.uuu. ill.,. J. O
DUNN
FURNITURE
COMPANY
FR1GIDAIRE
Mrs. Sutton Yfas
Honoree At
Family Dinner
Mrs. Janet Sutton Vaider
honored with a family dinner from
6 to 10 p. m. Sunday at the home
of her grandmother, Mrs. Callle
Tart on route fire. Dunn Mrs. Ber
nard Sutton, mother nf 'he honoree.
Mrs. Craven Tart and Mrs. Jack
Tart we*e oo-hoe^c tses.
Mrs. Valdea will leave at I p. m.
Tuesday from the Raieigh-Durham
airport, for Panama, where she
WU1 Join her husband First Lt. Ben
iamin K Valdea They will make
their home In Panama, where Lt
Valdez is stationed with the United
States Army.
The ham and chicken dinner was
served from a table covered with
a lovely whit* Unen cloth centered
with a beautiful arrangement of
greenery.
Guests present were: Mr. and Mrs.
F. Craven Tart of Rocky Mount,
Mr. and Mr* W. W Mitchell, Jr.
Miss Darye Tart and Mr Alton
Clements, all of Orlfton: Mr Ber
nard Sutton, Mr John Sutton. Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Tart, Mrs. Cora
Blackman. Miss Jean Blackman
Mr and Mrs. Crafton Tart and
children, all of Dunn.
Hoover
•CMttawed from Page Oas»
Woodrow Wilson suffered a
stroke and was a semi-invalid be
fore he left office. President Hard
ing and Franklin D. Roosevelt died
in office. President Eisenhower suf
fered a heart attack September 24.
Hoover said an administrative
vice president, such as he proposes
could relieve the President of 25
specific duties, plus settling con
flicts among 1.900 government a
gencies
BETIKLEHEM. Pa. IP—The "iron
man" of the Lehigh University
'ootball team last fall was sopho
more tackle Llewellyn Williams of
Milford. Conn. He played 421 min
-tes during a nine-game schedule
’4M captain-elect Alex Maelowsky
yaa next in minutes played with
«00.
Johnson and Mrs. Jack Temple.
CLUB TO MEET ,
The Lillington B and P. W. -Clui
haa invited Dr Clarence Poe o.
Raleigh, tong time editor of thi
Progressive Farmer to speak cm
•Rural Industries” on Monda;
night, Jan. It at 7:30 pm. at tto
•JlUngton Community enter. Mrs
Hubert Byrd and Miss Maml
Haigbwood witt be the hostesses.
Manager
ranks among the top IS variety
store organizations In the U. S.‘ will
switch over to -eltservtce stores al
most everywhere, he knows of no
immediate plan to do so in Dunn.
Moss checked into his new Jab
Friday. He has not yet had time
to move his family here, but will do
so In the near future. The family
eonists of his wife. Louise, and
twin boys. Bobbie and Rickie,
three years old.
That means both Ma«s and Wal
ker are somewhat in the position
of advance scouts for Walker, too,
left his family behind when he left
for Henderson: he will make a
place for them, and the family wjll
move from Dunn a little later.
Walker’s *bb at Henderson is as
sistant personnel supervisor for the
entire chain of 138 retail outlets
Moss, who golfs in the eighties
the hit an 85 at Lumberton this
weekend, hasn’t had a chance to
try out the local course yet. but he
is looking forward to it. He said
he didh t mind at all moving from
big Columbia (pop., about 100.000'
to Dunn.
”1 think there’s an entirely dif
ferent attitude in a small town*
he said. “I expect to enjoy it very
much here.”
CM Plans
iCsathMet from Far* Owal
leaders at a luncheon that out
standing leadership" of tin- Eisen
hower administration whs one of
the •’fundamental’’ reasons for ex
pecting continued prosperity.
‘That leadership has produced
widespread public confidence not
only in this nation but throughout
the free world." he said.
Curtice said the billion dollar:
General Motors will spend thi.
year is 65 per cent more than tlu
capital expenditures for the com
pany in 1955.
NEW YORK W—tight heavy
weight Tony Johnson of New Yorl
is favored at 11-6. to beat England
Johnny Sullivan, former Brit is]
I middleweight champion, tonight ii
i; their TV 10-rounder at St. Nichola
f Arena. Johnson. heavier an
1 stronger than Sullivan, was hr
1 pressive in his last bout on Nod
' 38. when he knocked out Bill
McNeeee in the eighth round. Ea!
i lier last year. McNeece had he)
I him to a draw.
POSTMAN SNOWED UNDER
TOYO ![J>) —A 50-year-old Japan
ew postman who nstetrtl on deliver
ing hi* mali during a blizzard ha*
bean rescued from a snow bank
where ha was trapped for almost
four days, it was reported today .
46 DROWNED
BOMBAY. India. W — Forty-six
women were drowned when a ferry
carrying them across the river Go
davari capaaiaed In the Abilabad
district of India, officials reported
today.
IN DUNN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Louise Jemigan who recent
ly underwent an operation in Rex
Hospital in Raleigh has been trans
ferred to the Dunn Hospital.
TO RALEIGH
Mr. and Mrs Lewis Oodwin. Mr
and Mrs Derwood Godwin, Mr.
and Mrs. Tommy Godwin. Mr. and
Mrs. Corkey Cretini. Mr. and Mrs
Landon Barefoot and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Page enjoyed supper at
the Canton in Raleigh Saturday
night *
STILL ALIVE — MUST
PAT TAXES
SAN QUENTIN. Calif. IP —
The Internal Revenue Bureau to
day served notice on prison author
Caryl Chessman to pay up $3 433 -
63 in delinquent 1954 Income taxes
or he’ll be in trouble,
j Chessman Is appealing a death
sentence from San Quentin prison.
WASHINGTON — Herbert Hoo
ver aay* nation’s prr-J dents must
be relieved of some of their bur
dens.
MAY QUIT CAREER — Ursula
Thiesa, lovely wife of actor Rob
ert Taylor and mother of a six
months son, Terence, Has just
finished making "Bandldo" with
Robert Mitcham and it may bo
her last movie. She says her has
band wants her to retire from
acting to become a fulltime moth
er and housewife. INEA Photo.!
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DUNN. N. C.
Loans - - Financing
Wi Make Loan* On New and Used Automobile*
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Phone 3173 Dunn. N. C.
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