BULLETINS
NEWTON <1F> — Thieves stole the safe from a new car
showroom here early today and took a new car to haul it
away. j
GREENSBORO (IP/ — Caesar Cone, treasurer of Cone
Mills Corporation, has been elected president of the com
pany to succeed his brother, the tote Herman Cone who
died last December 10.
TOKYOIVI-AU.S. Marine Corps FJ2 Fury jet fight
er crashed and burned in a residential area of Tokyo to
day, fcnilng the pilot and injuring at least three Japanese
civilians.
DTERSBURG, Tenn. (IF) — The Forked Deer River con
tinued to rise here today and about 100 families had been
forced from their homes by high water.
The river was expected to keep rising through tonight.
ATLANTA W — The trial of two poker-faced broth
ers charged with the savage sexual attack on a middle
aged spinster went into its final phase today.
The government demanded the death penalty for
George and Michael KruU for the abduction and rape ot
a clerk in a Chattanooga. Tennessee drug store.
WICK, Scotland IP/ — Helicopters rescued all 41 crew
men aboard a grounded Norwegian tanker before a rising
gale could rip it apart on rocks off the rugged coast of
Scotland today.
RALEIGH (IB — Atty. Gen. William B. Rodman will
take legal action against the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People if the organization does
not register with the secretary of state.
RALEIGH (IF) — State Revenue Commissioner Eu
gene G. Shaw today credited better compliance with the
increase in January sales tax collections, the greatest col
lection in any month in the history of the tax.
RALEIGH (IF) — Trustees of a proposed new merged
Presbyterian college today began sifting the bids of 17
Eastern North Carolina communities seeking the college.
Teener And Aunt
Take Love Jaunt
HEW YORK—A strapping, 15
year-oki boy, who ran away with
his aunt, the mother of three, and
Bred as her husband during a
three-week Florida idyll, yesterday
was sent to the Hudson County
Parental Home in Bayonne, N J„
by Juvenile Judge Morris Barrtson
in Jersey City.
The woman, red-haired June
Morairity, », of WOT Adam* St.,
West Hew York, is at liberty in
$1,000 hail pending action by the
Hudson County grand Jury on a
charge of impairing the morals at
a minor.
Mrs. Morairity and the boy left
Wert Hew York Jan. 11 in her car
and Used in a Miami trailer camp
When their *m in cash ran out,
Mrs. Morairity worked in a restau
rant. Then She telephoned her
startlingly understanding husband.
Daniel who forgave her at once
and wired plane fare home, police
At the same time, the boy tele,
phoned his mother, a sister of
Daniel Moriarity. and his plane
fare was forwarded. Both were ar
rested on police oompteintB.
The youth. # feet tan, rtood with
downcast eyes as his aunt was ar
raigned before Magistrate Bay Otis
in West New York Municipal Court
and muttered:
“I still love her."
Date Not Set
For Hearing
Date has not been set for a hear
ing- before Mi's Mallie Jackson of
| three Benson men and a Wugram
■ woman, now free under >300 bond
following th«ir arrest on liquor
charges.
Those arrested last week by fed
eral agents in Johnston County
were Murray Ballenger, 26, Arthur
l Webb. 36, and Howard A Spence,
40. and Viola Lee Halre, 25.
Also arrested in the Benson area
last week was Charles Hood Beil,
26-year-old Benson Negro, He was
order.-d held for Federal Court un
der $500 bond by Mrs. Jackson. The
charge was possession pf three gal
lons of bootleg liquor which offi
cers said they found in his car.
Bell had been released, the day
previous to his arrest, from the pris
on camp at Goldsboro.
An air-conditioning unit, which
made it possible to operate a still
In a second floor over a shed, was
seized In one raid last week by
Federal ATU Agent C. 8. Coats
Harvey Tart, arrested in Mead
ow township, was charged with vi
olation of the liquor law and re
leased under $600 bond, pending
appearance in Benson Court.
CAUGHT A BOATFUL — Briddie Porter of Dunn. Route 4,
rare his wrists s food workout by suspending the day s catch on
a chain holding them for the camera. Briddie u-cnter )land
ed two Mach bam (* lbs. II osa and I lb*. 5 ozs.) as well as a
four-and-a-half pound Jack at Hollands Lake on Tuesday. Mal
colm Hodges (left) mid a lot of fish are being taken out of the
lake at present Tl] bet it’d run a thousand pounds in the past
(looker, from car window, is 12-year-oid Ray
of Briddie, The fish were caught with a cane
Teacher Bares 18 - Year Love
For Wed Doc Who Saved Her
SET FOR A BIG LOOK at a small object is Vartan Davtdlan.
Southfield, right, Campbell College sophomore, as he prepares mi
croscopic photographs of crystal cultures. Assisting Davidian are
Melville Reid. Smith field, left, and Weaver Wrrnn, center. The stu
dents are preparing scientific demonstrations that they will make
during the program Incidental to installing the Zeta Chapter of
Alpha Beta Gamma, national honorary chemical society, at Camp
bell College, February 4. (Photo by D. W. Amburn.)
Roundup
(Continned from f»|» One)
of Dunn, member of the Erwin
faculty. Is president of the county
unit and will preside. At the busi-1
ness session, teachers are due to j
difcus* constitution changes and to:
make plans for the annual banquet
meeting later In the Spring.
FIRST MONDAY—The county j
commissioners and the county!
board of education are both sche- i
duled to meet on Monday, Fdb. 8 in
Lillington. The commissioners will
meet at 18 a. m. in the courthouse,
and the county school board at the
same time at the education build
ing.
AWARDED CERTIFICATE —
Carl M. Parnell of Dunn was among
25 of the 29 successful Candida? -
taking the November examination j
to be awarded a Certified Pu'ohc
Accountant certificates from the
North Carolina Association ot Cer
ttfifed Public Accountants at the
University of North CaroUnt, Cha
pel HiU. i
AT KIPLING—A Christian work
] ers school for the Cape Fear sub
! district of the Methodist Church
will open Monday night at 7:30 p.
m. at the Kipling Methodist
Church. Six courses, each with a
different teacher, will be held for
three consecutive nights, Feb. 6-8.
Classes will meet from 7:30 to 9 30
j p. m. Teachers will include two
Duke University professors. Dr.
j Robert Osbom and Dr. A. J Wal
] ton, the Rev. E. C. Shoaf of Lil
! lington, the Rev. 3. I. Joyce of
! Four Oaks, and Mrs. Ernest Smo
j therm an and Mrs. V. E. Queen of
: Wilmington. The school is spon
sored by 18 local Methodist Chur
ches, which comprteee all of Har
riett County and FiKjuay Springs.
BOY SCOUT ANNIVERSARY—
As part of the nation-wide cele
bration of the anniversary of Boy
Scouting, the Lillington Boy Scouts
| will attend the church of their
choice on Sunday morning and
Monday night there will be a court
of honor at the Pre-*byterlan
Church. A. R. Jackson, chairman
of the committee on advancement,
and Scoutmaster Don Allen will be
In charge.
REGISTER NOW — Lillington
| voters will go to the polls Tuesday,
Feb 28 to decide if they want to
issue 8145.000 in bonds to finance
a new water supply from the Cape
; Fear River. All voters are urged by
the town council to check for the
next three Saturday, and see If
j they are registered. The registra
tion books will be open in the Town
i Hall from 9 a. m. to sunset for
three consecutive Saturdays, Feb
4, 11, and 18th. The Local Govern
ment Commission has placed its
approval on the bond issue. “The
Commission is of the opinion that
the town, with It* depleting water
supplies, la presently in no position
Erwin Honor
Roil Announced
The Erwin School honor roll for
the third reporting period is an
nounced by the principal, D. T.
Stutts as follow*:
First Grades r- Willie Avery.
Brenda Barefoot. Joey Denning,
Bruce Gomedelhi, Patricia Hawley,
Edna McLeod. Joyce Turn age.
Wanda Turnage.
Second Grades: Diana Bennett,
Carolyn Byrd, Cara Lee Dorman.
Bill Home, Michael Johnson, Kaye
Lasater. Patricia Pst ye Moore,
Jane Odom, Joseph Powell, Marcia
Stewart. Elaine West, Judy Ann
WSwins, Jerry Williford.
Third Ocades Hannah Carpen
ter. Charlotte Crawford. Julianna
Denning, Elaine Dorman, Susan
Enr.K Deborah Hall. Dorothy
K: v.jy, hidy ifewley, Judy Horne.
N.vncr due Johnson, Sandra Lee.
Larry McLamb. Carol Phelps.
O argia Roudebush, Scott Steph
ens, Cathy Thomas. Sylvia Turn
age, Jane Wade. Tommy Lee West,
Barbara Wiggins. Rosemary Wil
liams, Johnny Woodruff,
Fourth Grades: Ray Balter, Edna
Burnsides, Louise Core, Gloria
Deck, Judy Hall. Sue Hall. Shelton
Horn. Carolyn Jchnson, Susie Mor
gan Elliott Parker, Susan Parker,
Robbie Pate, Cara Lee Seasons.
Jimmy Sampson, Linda K. Smith.
Barbara Tart. Barbara West, Bren
da West. Martha West, Rebecca
Whittington, Carol Wood, Gail
Wood. ■' I
Fifth Grades: Ann Adair. Sammy!
Bryant, Dwight McKee. Larry
Whitman, Jimmy Woodruff.
Sixth Grades: Jimmy Bruton,
Elizabeth Faircloth, Wiley B. Tew.
Seventh Grades: Willard Bar
bour, Caron Bethune, Margaret
IJeck, Gayle Ennis, Bobby Fair
cloth. , Anne Niedzwfch, Sandra
ftaiph, Vivian Smith, Judy Strick
land. Carolyn Whittington, Woody
Woodall.
Eighth Orades: Rosemary Adair,
Linda Autry, Johnie Baker, Larry
Barbour. Bob Boat. Mickie Craw
ford. Betty Doud, Janet HoUings
worth. Sandra House. Brenda
Johnson. LaVerne Johnson. Paid
McClanahan, Elizabeth M ore, Ju
dith Stephen . Stewart,
Carolyn Strickland. Pat Turling
ton.
Ninth Grades: Judith Avery,
Joyce Lee. David Steinberg, Bud
Strickland. Stephanie Taylor, Dal
ton Tyndall. Marian Whittington,
Beth Woodall
Tenth Orades: Kenneth .Byrd,
Charles Caklyell, Buddy Otover.
Brooks Hamilton, Westa Hawley,
Jeanette Morris. Wilbert Royal.
Jerry Williams.
Eleventh Grades: Delores Avery,
Larry Avery. Patsy Brantley.
Louise Cummings, Marie Morgan.
Mary Page, Kenneth West.
Twelfth Grade: Sherwood Abery,
Stella E Bradley. Carl Byrd, Mar
gie Eanes, Sylvia Keene.
to invite new Industry and that the
matter of alleviating this condi
tion should rest in the voters ei
the town.' Only one petitioner, Jos
SAN FRANCISCO IB — Lorraine
Staker, 43. a spinster 5 -hool teach
er. pleadim Innocent to receiving
stolen goois. today pnbitcly pro
claimed h >r lo\ e for a w.-althy, mar
ried doctor who rescued her from a
life of prostitution nearly 20 years
' ago and has offered hex a>C. In her
present _ trouble.
She was arrested yesterday with
three other women and s m.»n In
what police described as an elabor
ate fencing opemtion for a ting of
shoplifters.
Today, however, the criminal
charges faded into the background
as the 18-year-oid romance between
the prominent marri surgeon an
the schoolmarm came to light.
"I am very .much in love with
him. He Is the most wonderful
man in the world—but I think we
Stake? sobbed.
Dr. Rodney A. Yoe’.l, 82. came
immediately to the teacher's aid
when she was arrested and freely
admitted a clandestine love af
fair that he lasted for 18 years.
Father of three grown children,
he and his wife. Helen, have been
separated for years, but were never
divorced because of religion.*, be
liefs.
**I never hid her fxun my fri
ends.” Dr Yoell said. "I dvr.'t know
if it's right or wrong But I wouid
be a heel if I didn't >.«ck by her ”
The doctor said he indue rl Miss
Staker to give up the life of a call
giri in the 30s and financed ner
college education so she could be
come a school teacher.
Police said the ri-.ig to wnich
Miss Staker is accuser of belong
ing fenced thousand.i of dollars
worth of furs, jewelr * and other
goods stolen from major stores in
the Bay area.
Youth Sunday
WII Be Held
On Sunday, Febrcary 5. Youth
Sunday will be observed at the
Hood Memorial Christian Church
here. During the day. the young
people will conduct all the services,
including teaching Sunday School
classes, and having change <rf the
morning and evening worship
hours.
On Sunday morning, the youth
choir win sing the anthem. "My
Lord And I." Yearth will also par
ticipate as elders, deacon* and
ushers. James -Albert Lewis krill
| deliver the morning warship ser*
■ mon. Lynwood Thornton will con
duct the worship service, the theme
of the service being, “Our Cltiasen
ship Under Christ.”
Russell Carter will be to charge
oi the "Evening Bells" hour on
Sunday evening. Special music will
be provided by Judy Wood and
patsy Temple, who win *tog a duet,
“Are Ye Able.'*
The public is cordially invited
to attend these services.
Wives Indict
Their Husbands
A very brief docket of ten cnees
was tried on Thursday in Harnett
Recorder’s Court, the majority of
cases stemming from domestic
difficulties.
Leonard Henry Hooeer, TT year
old Negro soldier of Ft. Bragg paid
ten dollar fine and coats for speed
ing 66 miles. A second charge of
using improper registration plates
was dismissed.
Marian Bass, Coats, Route One
was acquitted of assault on his
wife, and non-support Wvi his
wife refused to testify aga’nst him.
Queenie Oaks, who had Indicted
her husband. Adam Oaks for non*
support, was taxed the costs when
the court found her com^nticns
were frtvtlious and malicious.
Will Monk, 30-year-old Negro of
Chalybeate Springs was charged
with abandonment and non -sup
port Of his two minor ch'Wircn by
their mother, Mary V. Knight The
case was. dismissed with leave to
reopen on payment by Monk of
eight doLar weekly payments be
ginning Feb. U.
Dianna WUkeraon, 24, of Lfl
lington. Route 3 a yound Negro
woman, was. found guilty of ab
andonment of her one year old dau
ghter. She was ordered to pay five
dollar a week for the child’s •-■are
to Moliy WUkeraon, Lilllngton,
Route 3.
Charges that W. M. Pearson. 76,
of Chalybeate Springs failed to
yield right of way and made an
improper turn, were dismissed with
leave to re-open.
Charges of assault lodged-again
st TerreU Shaw were dismissed
James Thomas. Sanford, Route 7,
was acquitted of intent to defraud.
PROBABLE CAUSE
Probabte cause of forgery war
found against Norman Turpin of
' Erwin, who was charged with is
suing a check In his favor signed
I by Vance L. Ammons, knowing 1*
1 was a forgery. The warrant war
P. Smith wrote the Local Govern
ment in apposition, claiming the
present flat deep wane property
mamflirl and Altered are sufficient
AT CHAMBER BANQCET — Speaker Charlie
McCuIler*. left, of Kinston, to shown here at Thurs
day night's Chamber of Commerce banquet with
Broadslab
CnntlnnH from fuff ltd*
Durham television station a letter
protesting that it didn’t like for
Benson to be associated with the
term, •Broadslab.'’
Mayor Hanna quickly picked up
where Benson left off. «aid he and
other Dunn citizens are proud to
be known as Bioadslabbers and
that the town would be delightful
to have the Broadslab section of
Johnston become a part of the
Town of Dunn.
"We just love Broad slabbers,"
said Mayor Hanna.
Thornton replied. “We Broad
slabbers love Dunn. too. and it's
our home from now on.” He pro
claimed Dunn as the capitol of
Broadslab.
Thornton now displays—and
proudly—a Dunn city license plate
on his automobile
. Novelty auto license tags bearing
the words: “Dunn, N. C., Capitol
of the Broadslab” have been or
dered. *
Broadslab hats and button* are
also making their appearance here.
TO INVITE CITIZENS
The Dunn civic and business
leaders will appear on the program
Satarday night to express their
delight at becoming Broadslabber*
and to Invite visitors to come here
on ‘'Broadslab Day” to help honor
the new Broadslab section.
Those who win apoear, in addi
tion to Mavor Hanna, President
Charlie Hildreth at the Chamber
of Commerce. Chairman J. Edgar
Black. Jr. of the Retail Merchants
Association. Broadslab Mavor Pro
tom Mince McLamb, Buck Mr.
Tobacco) Currtn. local tobacco
warehouseman. City Manager A- B.
Uzzle. James Surles. local dairy
man. and Police Chief Alton Co**.
TheyH an help whoop It for for
Broadslab.
HOC MARKET
RAUnOH SB—Hog market*:
Rocky Mount: 50 cents lower at
13.50-14.25 for good and choice 180
240 0). barrows and gilts.
Tarboro: 25 cent* lower at 1350
14.00.
Kinston, New Bern, Benson,
Goldsboro, Clinton, Fayetteville.
Mount Olive, Siler City, Lumber
ton. Florence: 26 cents lower at
1350.
signed by Earl F. Ferguson. Turpin
was bound over to Superior Court
for trial, and his bond was set
at 5500.
SATURDAT CHILD — Seen through the eye*
of u child who visit* it only on Saturday, Dunn
can mmb like a hie, strange and frightening city.
Six - year • aid Anna C hristine McLean of Newton
Grove seemed to mirror Ihb ft she wae photo
graphed on a buoy Saturday afternoon. Her
Retiring: President FmmrU Al«trrd*e. renter, *nd
nrw President Charlie Hildreth. rtr^t: iDiilf Rec
ord Photo.)
I
Banquet
frnm P*r* Ox*|
ALDREDGE PRESIDES
Retiring President Emmett C.
Aldredge presided over the ituiiai
chamber banquet, held in the high
school cafeteria and attended by
approximately 200 citizens.
Charlie Hildreth is the incotr.in?
president.
Mu hone has been a wheeihurse in
the affairs of Dunn since coming
here. 19 years ago. In presenting the
cup to him, Former Superior Comt
Judge Howard Godwin said eloq
uently, “He not only is a man >t
the year, but of all these years.'t
Mrs. Bill Carroll. Dunns "Wo
man of the Year" in 1954. jjeqsen*
ed the trophy to Mrs. Johnson and
paid her a similar tribute as a
"Woman of all the years.”
Malting the presentation to God
win was Norman Suttles, former
manager of the Dunn chamber and
"Man of the Year" in 1954. He is
now manager of the Fayetteville
I
Chamber of Commerce.
ACHIEVEMENTS GIVEN
As each presentation was made '
a iong list of the recipients' achic- ,
ments was given.
Principal speaker at the banquet
was Charlie McCullers, manager j
of the Kinston Chamber of Com
merce add former president of the
Southeastern Association of Cham
ber Manners.
McCullers told the group that.'
"You can make Dunn just the sort
of town you want it to be. It's Up
to you.',’
He said a citizes in any commu
nity can play the role of a ouJder
or of a wrecker. He had high prais
es for the Town of Dunn and also
for the chamber. Hu address was
excellent. i
The speaker w&s introduced by
Herman P. Green, manager of th -
Dunn Production Credit Associa
tion and Dunn's “Man of the Year’
far 1954.
Incoming President Charlie H‘l
dreth, other new officers and di
rectors were Introduced by Retir
ing President Aldredge.
HILDRETH SPEAKS
President Hildreth pledged his
esbt efforts to the big task facing
ham and reminded, “It's not a one
man job. It's going to take a iot
of help from the rest of you.”
Other officers are: Frank Belote,
vise president, Earl Mahone, treas
urer, and Louis Baer, James Snipes
R. N. Hadley. Dennis Strieki&nd,
Thad Pope and 3. N. Stephenson,
| directors; Mayor Ralph E. Hanna.
Bob Leak, Jaycee president, and
Aldredge, ex-offlcio members of
the board.
Special guests includede- Mrs.
Elizabeth Ferguson, manager of the
B'nsoa Chamber of Commerce;
Miss Naomi Smith of Benson, R.
M. Barnett, president of the Dur
ham and Southern Railroad. Char
lie Phelps, freight agent for the
railroad, and County Agent CJ'ff
Ammons and Mrs. Ammons.
Mrs. R. L, Warren, manager of
the cafeteria, served the dinner.
Rev. J. W. Lineberger gave the
Invocation.
Duke Alumni
Elected New
County Officers
The Harnett County alumni asso
ciation met for a dinner meeting
Wednesday evening at Johnsons
Restaurant.
Following the dfnner. new offi
cers were elected during the busi
ness session. New officers include
Frederick Thomas of Erwin, presi
dent; Oeorge Franklin Blalock of
Dunn, vice-president; Mrs. Winston
of Lillingtom, secretary; and Mrs.
8 i a Lockhart, representative to
the Alumnae.
Guest speaker for the evening
was Mr Clarence Parker, a coach
at Duke University. Approximately
40 alumni attended the meeting
Benson Boy
Will Graduate
Willie L Gilchrist, son of Mr.
and Mrs I «o Gilchrist of Route 1,
Benson, is scheduled to graduate
from recruit training center Feb
ruary 4 at the Naval Training Cen
ter. Great Lakes, 111.
The nine weeks of "Boot Camp"
Includes drill and instruction In
seamanshio. gunnery, life saving,
sea survival, boot handling, and the
use of small arms.
Following two weeks leave, grad
uates will be assigned to shiaboard
duties or service -ehools depending
on tre qualifications each has dem
onstrated.
JT'ST A BOWL OF SOFP
KNOXVTIXF. Tenn. W—'“Not
so." was the reaction of Mrs. Har
Hnd Jacobs to charges In domestic
relations court that are hurled a
radio, telephone and other such
obtecta at her rusfoand.
Mrs. Jacob*, who is seeking a
divorce from her spouse, said “all
I ever threw at him was a bowl of
soup.’’
WASHINGTON — Treasure Se
cretary Humphrey my% dollar baa
retained moat of its barter power
under Eisenhower rdministratien.
mother (right rear) had wearily wt down for a
few moment's rest from the grind of shopping.
Watch for an account of the farm families who
live and work around Dunn, and trade here on
Saturdays; it will appear in an early issue of Um