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* WEATHER + Oenerady fair, rather cold this afternoon and tonight, becoming warmer in afternoon Thursday, THE RECORD IS FIRST FIVE CENTS PER COPY VOLUME • TELEPHONES S117 - Silt DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 29, 1956 NO. 60 - 4.. ...i - L / : 15-YEAR OLD EVANGELIST RENEE MARTZ ... As she observed 9th year In ministry * gnpr* ■ LOVE IS SERMON TOPIC AS CROWDS GROW LARGER NIGHTLY Ministers, Teenagers Join In High Acclaim For Renee JhsAQ JhingA •f Hoorn* AD AMU BOTH DABS, JAMES, BENEE AN FBI MAN, OTHER NOTES Mr. and Mrs. Paul h. (Buick Ponttec) Strickland of Dunn, Who bare been vacationing with Her. and Mrs. Tom Fryer In Miami, attend- | ed a performance of the Black Hula Passion Play In the big out door amphitheater at Lake 'Wales, Fla. Saturday night . When the Dunn couple left home, the veteran Dunn automobile dealer told his two sons, Pam, Jr. and Bobby, "We don't know when we'll be back. We've got a lot of resting and vaca tioning to do and we’re In no hurry. Just look after things until we get (Continued On rage Twal I xiic wcca ui apcvuu uiccv-ui^o wiui iu-jrcai-viu nciicc Martz is moving into high gear spiritually in the local court room at the Courthouse. Several rows of teenagers were heard to remark that ‘we sure wish we could sing like her’ . . . and she sure can preach!” Last night a large crown came to hear the celebrated teenager preach on “Love Is A Many Spier, 4ored thine" or "The Greatest Feeling In The World Drawing part of the preliminary remarks from the Readers Digest she told of a man who had experi enced no pain in his Bfe of any kind. This man could be stung by a bee, stuck by a pin. and have what other folks caAsd a severe toothache, yet he never frit any of It* Renee said she always frit he was a lucky fellow until' she thought it over, and cgme to tbs conclusion that pain la necessary in our lives’ For ipstanoe, he never felt pain In his tooth which was actually a warning that a cavity was forming and thus lost the tooth. The mm never fait a stab warning of pain to let him know that be should slack en up on straining himself, or waten his weight. Pain, she declared wae (Oeathraed «a Page Two! Coast Line Will Narrow Its Choice The Coast Line continue* to ploy “eeny, meeny, minety, moe" with the 46 communities who want then to their hospitable arms. It StUt hasn’t decided Who'S It. City Manager A- B Uarie. Jr. acknowledged yesterday that 1m bad received a letter tram ttu president ai the Coast line. Cham pion McD. Davis, which said Um railroad may presently narrow Hi field tt survey to “three, four <m possibly five communities" out o) those which have extended invita tions. (Ponttnaii aw Faae Two A Thornton's Gang Coming Fri. “Country Style Day,” a March of Dimes benefit, has been in the works ever since Jim Thornton, Dunn and Benson started a three-way i wrangle about the Broad slab. On Friday night, Thornton and aU hie gang trili be at the Dunn Armory to put on a h% trm «how— m «no admlMtona la ftaa - fea> cause Dunn said It would be glad to wear the title, •'Capital of the Broadsiab.” Mayor Ralph Hanna who has headed arrangements for the eele bratlon, along with Herman Lynch representing the RetaQ Merchants and James V. Jernigan, Dunn’s March of Dimes chairman, said to day that plenty of people are hep ped up about the show. It starts at 8 p m Friday ow ning in the Armory, sad may pe m and on. There wm he ootn ronnc and square dancing, plus a Hooi show. Although the program will not b< on TV, as hoped. Thornton w» have his entire TV gang of Country -StyVers with him. and they wil sing and play to brighten a Broad slabbers’ heart todden tatty, they*** calling l' “Country Style Day” Instead o > (' Lillington Votes To Get Water From Cape Fear Lillington voters yester day went to the polls and solidly endorsed a $145,000 bond issue to link the coun ty seat to the Cape Fear Riv er. The vote was 283 to 55. .The total vote at 341 repre sents a high percentage of eligible registrants. Mayor Henry H. Hamilton, who hacked the bond issue, add the re sults were highly gratifying to the town council. The council meets at noon today to make an official can vas of the election returns and to lay pians for the construction of the new waiter system. lillington had long desired to tap the nearby Cape Fear River to replace its water supply from five welts which historically have given the town its water. tods water mains wOt be laid from the filtration plant to the inter section of lSth and Front 8t.’a In UUington. From this point, an eight-inch mam will be constructed along Front Street to Ninth Street. STAGE PLAY—The Raleigh Lit tle Theatre presents a suspense murder drama. "Uncle Harry," on Friday. March Id (to run through March 22). Director Dick Suavely claims the setting devised by George Bireline, technical director, is highly unusual. (Ofttuaid an Page Two) BEST-KNOWN PACE — Practically everyone in the CaroHaae hit IwunM U reeoyniae Jim Thorn ton's face atece hie Country Style TV ahow climbed to the top. But Biy Jim tan't >1 oryetUrf Me r raMe*" aa he hae aeeaaed Bdnaea ef dolny. He'll bp bed| near home * tewllacj an NMagr nlyht, play a benefit In Baum Mr the March ef WASHINGTON LAWYER LOSES CASE Farmer Routs Govt. In Tobacco Ruling By LOIS BYRD Record Staff Writer Superior Court Judge Hamilton Hobgood today set aside the findings of a review committee for the crop compliance program. In the first case of its kind ever to reach the courts in Harnett County, the Judge ruled that the three-acre tobacco allotment granted R. E. Roberts was wrongfully canceled. Roberts is a small farmer in Western Harnett. Archie Tmylor sad State Senator Robert Morgan o/ UlUngton repre sented Roberta. Edward Hewitt of Washington. D. C, member of the legal staff of the Department of Agriculture, and Lawrence Harris. Oenttamag an Page Stal I Hodges Says He's Surprised RALEIOH <m V -Frankly I am a little surprised,” said Democrat ic Gov. Luther H. Hodges today in commenting « President Eisen hower’s willingness to seek re-elect ion. Hodges predicted earlier that the President would not choose to run again this year. Today, the governor commented, “Frankly I am a little surprised Coattnae* m Page Sts) Assuring Victory WASHINGTON (IP) — President Efsenj&wer said today he will run for a second term if the Republican convention and the people want him. Republican leaders left no doubt they want him. They took his decision as a firm yes, and jubilantly predicted “overwhelming victory” in November. THe president made nu announce- t ment at a conference that broke j records for press attendance. He will go on « nationwide radio TV hookup at 10 p. m. EST to ex plain to the American people, he said, a number of factors bearing on his decision. Then he added: “My answer will be positive. That is. affirmative.” "And I assure you of this: My answer would not be affirmative unless I thought I could last out the five years." He said he did not know for cer tain whether the Republicans con vention would want him after his speech tonight. GOP LEADERS HAPPY But the Republican leaders were more than satisfied. To a man, they predicted the party conven tion in San Francisco next August will renominate him by acclama tion—without even taking a roll call. And probably with Vice Pres ident Richard M. Nixon ad kl» run nine majp {gain, although t£e President'would not conga® him-,, self on that todag. .— . Even Sen. WHKam Jr. Knowtand —the only ogiponent for the presi dential nomination who has been on thd horison—said: “The Presi dent In my judgment will be re nominated by acclamation at the San Francisco convention.” Democrats promptly made the President’s health a campaign issue —perhaps the main l*sue. Democratic National Chairman Paul M, Butler said. “The Ameri can people will never elect a pres ident, who at 65, has had a serious heart attack and who is unable to be a full time chief executive.’1 The President said, he will give the people a report on his health in his broadcast tonight. He said he will be just as truthful as he can. He said he hadnt given any thought to whether hi* health will (Cantinned Ob Page Three) Ike On All Networks At 10 P. M WASHINGTON Republicans thoughoot the as* t!on today welcomed President Ms ?nhower*s statement that he would ae willing to run for re-election. Some Democrats also chewed the news that the President’s health was such he would be aWa to remain In politics. Former President Herbert Hoo» sr said: "I am certainly glad that President Eisenhower is willing to run for re-election. And I am sura the majority of the American peo ple are grateful for his declara tion." Page Two) Church, Cemetary, Stores Go To Dogs In the month of March, as county-wide rabies clinics begin, 35 stations in the county will play host to dogs and dog owners. I Every conceivable place — from Maggie Dorman's store to the j Christian Light Church—will be pressed into service as a temporary dog ward. Even Chicora Cemetery | will be used. Dag warden Earl wells, who an nounced there haw been two posi tive cases of rabies Infection (In dogs, not in humans) since the first of the year, will see to It that as dog-owners can plead ignorant* ot (Continued On Page Eight) Rev. Wayne G. Moore Ending Erwin Pastorate Rev. Wayne G. Moore, pastor of the Erwin Advent i Christian Church, will be closing a year’s pastorate Sun day, March 18. Mr. Moore has accepted a call to the pas torate of the Salem Advent Christian Church, Mount Olive, N. C. beginning March 25, 1956. inc iwv. mi. mwic w » i of Lenoir, North CaroH”«. He w»si ordained into the Christian •ftinii try March l. 1968, having served the First Advent Christian Church of Columbia, 8. C.. before coming to Erwin. Prior to entering the ministerial work he taught in the ptfchc schools otf Caldwell County for nine yean after receiving degree from Applachian State Teachers’ College. Boone, N. O. Then attending N««w England School of Theology. Brookline. Mass. Since being in Erwin ha has been civic affairs, and in imuditls da ins as president of Southern Board of ffwetta in the region; Vice President of the Eaiiliara North Carolina Advent Christian Confer ence He Jeeves a host of friends in Harnett and surrounding coun ties. Mrs. Moors is a farmer pt*>Uc school teacher and has been serving along with church activities as supply teacher in the Erwin schools. She also serves in the denomination fts 8up6finttti4(Ot of Juoiof work of the Southern Region which includes seven southern states. The Moores hews one daughter, Martha Wayne.
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