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A RED ONE, GREEN ONE OR BLUE ONE—
Pretty little three-year-ekl Meda Ude Dolfer- *
myre of Dunn U shown here out at Crafton Tart's
Open Air Market reaching an important decision
on which color Easter chick to select. Crafton is
(iring sway a lire chick with each pound of can
dy Easter eft*. In photo at left, Meda tide looks
’em OT»r ... A decision Hke that take* time, >ot
Use made it and (a shown at right fondling her
selection. Me da Lide la the daughter of Attorney j
and Mrs. Eeerette Doffermyae. And, yon will agree.
Use's quite a stick Uttle chick, too. (Daily Record
Photos.)
Mills Donate School Land
Jh&M
Mils
JhinqA
By BOOVn ADAMS
LITTLE NOTES ABOVT
PEOPLE AND THINGS
Easter will fall on April* Fool
Day Sunday (or the first time In 23
years Our authority la Dally Re
cord Photographer T. M Stewart of
Lilltngton. Talbot ought to know,
too. because he and Boots were mar
ried on April'* Fool Day. which was j
also Easter Sunday, hi 1933. . Ever
since that day the hapoily-married
couple have been wondering when
their anniversary would again fail
on Easter Sunday Talbot ad
mits he fooled Boots into that trio
down the aisle and proudly says It
was the best piece of talking Le
ever did. .Erwin Mills, Inc. is
donating 11 1-2 acres of land to
the Harnett County Board of Edu
cation for the new school building!
to be erected there. The com
pany also donated other land to
the county In years past and just a
few years ago deeded th teacher
age to the county . All of which
goes to prove that Erwin Mills has
the beat Interest of the county at
heart and that its presence here
not only helps Dunn and Erwin but
the whole county. At a local
restaurant the other night, the Juke
bos was playing a new tune called
•‘Why Do Fools Fall In Love?" . . .
(Continue* On Pace Twai
’Ttmrw» of Ub4 trtjotatof
the present Erwin School ho* been
given to the school district toy the
board of directors of *rwin Mills,
which owned tbs property.
The county school board, who
win have jurisdiction over the land,
has screed that the community can
continue to use the athletic field
which is located on this property.
Announcement of the lift was
made by Chaunoey Lever, director
of public relations for Brwtn Milk.
Claude Britt
Becomes New
Asst Prof
Claude Henry Britt Jr. of Dunn
haa been employed as assistant
professor of language* at Gardner
Webb College, it was announced
today toy Dr. P. L. Eliott. president.
Prof. Britt ia a graduate of
Campbell College and Wake Forest
College, and haa the M. A. degree
from the University of Alabama.
At Wake Forest he graduated with
high honors. Magna Cum Laude.
He la teaching this year at A. I*
Brown High School in Kannapolis.
He is a veteran of Army service in
Porto Rico, and taught Spanish
last year in the summer school at
Man Hill College.
At Gardner-Wefcb, Prof. Britt
Britt will work In the department
of modern languages headed by
Mrs. Blma H Pollock. He wtll be
gin his duties with the opening of
school next September 3. He Is one
of several additions to the Ctard
ner-Webto facility made necessary
by increased enrollment.
Wife's Love Call
Prevents Suicide
NORWALK, Calif. <W — For three hours a 64
year-old mental hospital patient sat atop a 125-foot
water tower yesterday and threatened a suicide leap.
Then ft silver - haired women
spoke slowly over ■ loudspeaker
system.
"Fred, I love you. come down,"
said Mrs. Ethel Ranney. 60. "Please
come down. Everything win be all
right. I love you so very much."
Her husband. Fred Ranney, #4. a
patient at Metropolitan State Hos
pital. remained atop the tower on
the hospital's grounds for several
minutes after bis wife’s pies. Then
he yetted, “all right.” honey. Ill
do as you say.”
Fjfcspdtal aufthcfitiw? said only
Mrs. Ranney’s appeal prevented
her husband from leaping. He had
refused to listen to the appeals of
doctors and sheriffs deputies.
When Ranney reach the ground
he embraced his wtfe end brake
into sobs;
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Hefty Fines
On Liquor,
Driving Counts
John RiUey Dockery of Holly
Springs has been found guilty of
drunken driving and given 90 days
mi the roads, suspended on pay
ment of 9100 fine and court coats.
He was convicted Monday morn
ing in Dunn Recorder's Court. Jud
ge H. Paul Strickland, who presi
ded, further recommended that
Dockery's license be revoked for a
period of 10 months.
Lonnie 8target of Route Thrre,
Dunn, announced through his at
torney D. K. Stewart that he will
appeal the sentences passed by
Judge Strickland's following Star
gel's pleas of guilty to having a
deadly weapon concealed and off
his premises, and possessing non
tax paid whiskey. On the latter
count, he was given six months, su
spended on payment of 9150 fine
and costs.
He was given 90 days suspended
on payment of 990 fine and costa.
Another count against Stargel —
operating a motor vehicle wh:ie
his license was suspended — waa
not pressed. Appeal bond was set
at 9300. in each of the two cases
in which he was convicted.
Other actions in Recorder's Court
Monday:
I. C. Barefoot. 319 E. Edgertm
St., pled not guilty to abandonment
of his wife and three minor chil
ren. was found guilty and given 12
months on the roads, suspended on
(Continned On Page Twa)
Now Now,. Gina
Don't Believe Itl
ROME — Actress Gin* Loltotori
Rida s*14 on her charges that pho
tographers publicizing her film
"Trspese" were retouched to make
her took "flat cheated."
‘5 took like Gary daoper, X look
like Frapk Sinatra with my head.
X am made to took like a man in
stead of the woman I am.”
has tv Birr no sour
TAMPA. Fla. W—Mr* Dorothy
Moody told a peace Justice that
her children were wearing dirty
clothe* became she had na mmmy
to tagr washing powder. Arrsot
Cooley, Chilham
Face Voters In
Bitter Dispute
RALEIQH «I» — Refusal of
two North Carolina congress
men to sign the JJouthem
manifesto against the U. S.
Supreme Court’s anti-segre
gation decision has involved
them in bitter political bat
tles. V ’
A political opponent yesterday
secured Rep. Harold D. Cooley
ID-NC) oif sitting with both the
NAACP and with Jwo-segregation
forces In North CaxoMna.
Cooley was one of the three
North Carolina representatives who
refused to sign the imatlesto in
which 101 Southern congressmen
pledged every legal means to cir
cumvent the high court’* ruling.
Another of the trio. Rep. Thur
mond Chatham (D-NC) fred off
a blast yesterday at the patriots
of North Carolina. Inc., a pro-se
gregation group which has criti
cised his stand on the manifesto.
The issue has not yet appeared
in the campaign of Paul A. Kitchin
of Wadesfaoro. Democratic primary
opponent at Rep. Charles B. Deane
iD-NC) the third non-signer
BIG ISSUE
W E Debnam, a RaBMh author
and radio commentator who is op
posing Cooley in the May * Dem
ocratic primary, said yesterday
Dipt Cooley’s refusal to sign the
manifesto** !* the ~altt important
Isaac* in the campaign.
Debnam said he was in “com
plete and absolute” agreement with
the stand taken by the signers at
the manifesto. Debnam is credited
(Coadnued Oa Page Twe)
C ANDIDATE — Charles Lee Guy
this week announced plans to ran
for the office of solicitor in Dunn
Recorder's Court. A practicing at
torney here since 1953, Gay is the
son of Charles Lee Gay, Sr., who
was a lawyer in Dunn for M years.
Varied Cases
Disposed Of
Paul Med!in of Micro was sen
tenced to serve a total of nine
months on the roads by Judge Ed
Johnson in Benson Recorders
Court Monday, but the defendant
gave notice of appeal to Johnston
Superior Court.
(Medlin was handed an eight
month term in an assault case and
a addttiosl 30 days in a cane of
public drunkenne* sand disorderly
conduct. He posted appeal borne
of $300 in the assault cum and |$0
in the other cam.' ~
Fred Utley Lee. Jr., of Itonte t,
Benson, wa« convicted in them
cases. For pufclic ch-unienness and
possession, he received a siymoottt
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HOME DESTROYED BY FIRE—
the besne at Mr. end Mrs. Janie
W. Tsrt^M- Route 2, Dunn was de
| attroyed lor fire Saturday afternoon,
they hav* three (iris age* 10, 0 and
1 1-2 and are in need of clothing
and furniture. Anyone who would
Ulte to help them, please leave
their gift at the home of Mr. Carl
Tart* Route 2. Dunn or at Mrs.
Archie Lee, Jr., near Spring Branch
Church on Route 1, Dunn.
GINNING REPORT—A Bureau
of Census report shows that 13,063
miles of cotton were ginned in Bar
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nett County from the crop of 1956
prior to March, 1966. ** compared
with 21440 bales ginned for the
crop of 1964.
GOOD STUDENTS—Herman A.
Godwin Jr. of Dunn and Charles
R, OBriant of Buimlevel are
among 63 freshmen and sopho
mores at the University of North
Carolina initiated into Phi Eta
Sigma, national scholastic frater
nity for first-year men. To be eli
gible, students had to make at least
half As and the rest Bs during
(Ceatlnaed On Page Seven)
DINNER FOR SPEAKER — Rev. Bert Webb (right) h conduct
ing rw-Cut* services throughout this week. Though hold st the
Firs* Baptist Church, the services are Jointly sponsored by an Bum
churches. This noon, members and wives of the Dunn Ministerial,
ituanlsllnn attended a dinner at the Christian Church at which
I Rev. Webb was the honor guest. Rev. Robert Palmer (right), pastor
of the Assemblies of Ood Church te Dunn, here told souse friends
hew Reverend Webb received bruise so his cheek — he was involv
ed in the near-wreck ef sn airplane in Illinois. (Dally Record Photo)
GOP Leaders
Accuse Demos
Of Stalling
WASHINGTON OP' — Re
publicans today accused
Democrats of stalling to
block a vote on a compro
mise farm bill before Con
gress recesses Thursday for
an Easter holiday.
Sen. George D. Aiken <R-Vt),
congressional leader of administra
tion farm forces, said Democrats
wouldn *t vote this week on the
controversial measure being worked
out by Senate-House conferees be
cause ^they know they didn't have
enough votes to get It through the
House. He Aid House Democratic
ranks had been thinned by early
departure for the 19-day holiday
WAS^HXNOTON — Farm confer
ees hand administration new rebuff
by voting to boost supports on this
year s cotton crop.
But Speaker Sam Rayburn and
other House Democrat leaders said
it would be impossible for the con
ferees to write a report before next
week that would explain adequate*
ty the compromise bill, even If an
agreement on its could be reached
today.-;;
The conferees touched off a hot
round of charges and counter
charges when they agreed yester
day on restoring high, rigid price
support* this year for com. cot
ton. peanuts, rice and wheat.
of Agriculture Bwa T.
a serious mistake ,
political logrolling" Be c
icularly wStT about the'
if the BMaUed <*«! parity nor*
nuia which forces him to calculate
jrice support at the highest pos
able price
This coupled with mandatory
imports at 90 per cent of parity
could result in higher props than
he administration had planned
or five basic crops.
Benson also complained about
Tongress (Maying action on ttie
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Hog, Hogpen
Bum In Fire
A large hog burned to death and
the rear of a storage building, as
well as the hogpen, was burned at
the home of Claudie Maynor on
Monday.
Maynor is a tenant of Alfred Bla
lock of Route & Dunn, who owns the
farm where the Dunn Fire Depart
ment was called early Monday af
ternoon.
Howard M. Lee. secretary-treas
urer of the Fire Department, re
oorted that the cause of the fire,
which took 34 volunteer firemen into
the country, was unknown.
Dave Kimmd's
Mother Dies
Mrs. Frank Kimmel, the more
than 80-year-old mother of Dave
M. Kimmel of Dunn, died at 10
o'clock last night in Richmond,
Virginia.
Her son David is the manager of
the Louis Baer Department Store
here. Five brothers live mostly
around Richmond. A sister, Mrs.
Florence Satiakcy. lives in New
port New*.
Mrs. Kimmel was living with
non Michael at the time of
' death. Funeral services will be
tomorrow in Richmond. The
Frank Kimmel, her hudband,
Anita's
Voice Surorise
MALMOE. Sweden W —Film
Anita EMbeia'a parents were
prised Tuesday night when
found out that their daughter
announced her engagement in
lywood.
-Whole the victim?" waa Ouatav
Ekberg's first reaction. “We had
no idea that she intended to get
married." When he waa told the
groom-to-be was British actor An
thony Steele, Ekfcerg aid he waa
a "very nice young man "
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Florida
To
William U. Whipple
a drive by the First Presbyterian utiurch
a large building fund.
The three-week special drive will
teat three weeks. Whipple win be
in Dunn through the closing date.
April 10. Tonight he will apeak be
fore the steering committee set up
to .lead the fund collection.
Rev. Leslie C. Tucker, the sandy
haired young minister who hat
been, at the First Presbyterian
Church K4 than a year, said the
building plans are “long-range.”
Presiding at the steering commit,
tee meeting tonight will be D».
c;wrles Byrd. The ten members
have been asked to meet to hear
Whij-ple and discuss the bulkbng
fund campaign at the Plliggbf
ian manse. 8 p. m. i
Hi PACK A WALLOP
Mr. Truman Still
Has A Salty Pen
DALLAS. Tex. Wl — Margaret
Truman's decision to many a
newspaperman apparently hasn't
mellowed her father, former presi
dent Truman, when it comes to
dealing out salty phrases.
The Dallas Morning News re
ported today that Thomas Turner,
one of its reporters, clipped an
editorial from the paper and mail
ed it to Mr. Truman.
The News hunt always agr
with Tnunan. But the edito
praised Margaret and Turner c
the clipping as a courteous geet'
the News said.
In less than a week, along ct
a typewritten note thanking Tut
for the “very Interesting" edito)
his thoughtfulness, and' then
said:
FAYE SURLES WAS '54 "MISS BENSON"
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Miss Benson Of '54
EntersD unnPagean t
Miss Benson of 1954 is going to have her try at the
title of “Miss Dunn, 1956,” Woodie Myers of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, which is sponsoring the pageant,
announced today.
Second approved contestant In
the looal show which, could send
the winner winging to state or na
tional celebrity is 19-year-old Faye
Buries <rf Angler.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hbreey
rartin of Angier, she currently
works as a receptionist with Caro
lina Power and Light Company in
Raleigh.
Her full name la Rertyn Faye
Surles but friends call her Faye..
She in five-foot six inches tall,
weighs 139 pounds, baa brown hair
and basal eyes. Hobbies are read
ing. COOkihg mii tormla
In the talent part of the pro
gram; she will deliver a drams tin
reading.
Use Pageant win take plaoe oa
April IP and » in Dunn. By tfenl
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