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+ WEATHER * Cloudy and cool Wednesday mWn occasional rain tonight, Thursday, cloudy and mild with showers liKcly Jn mat portion. « TM »B; , Jy KMW THE RECORD IS FIRST VOLUME | TELEPHONES 1117 - tllS DUNN, N. C.. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 2. 1956 FIVE CENTS PER COPY W" , .. NO. 10$ ANNOUNCE POSTURE WEEK — Mayor Ralph E. Raima had just completed sif nln* a ‘"Proclamation for Correct Poet ere Wpek" when thl* picture was taken. Dr. Gerald June* repreoerted the chiropractic profession, which designated May 1 to May 7 'as Pos ture Week, as the signing. (Dally Record Photo) Maid Of Cotton In Capital For Visit WASHINGTON «P) — Pert Patricia Ann Cowden of Raleigh, N. C, the 1956 Maid of Cotton, flew here today for a three-day round of receptions, lunches and fashion shows. JhsiM Jjtfls JhmtjA By lOOm ADAMS A KINDERGARTEN. THAT SONG, GUTS. DOLLS, ETC. A theft in the office of Billy Wei • Ions bu the prominent Dunn busi ness man puzzled . .Billy left SIM in cash in * drawer in his office and went out of town for a fw days..When he returned, $100 of the money was missing. .He can’t figure out why they »eft him the eight bucks Unless there s a change of hearts among Dunn's city oouncilmen it appears, as of now. that City Manager Archie Uncle is going to get the axe regardless of how the water plan squabble comes out , , Commis sioner Bill Bryan reportedly has been confiding to dose friends for sometime that Mr. Uzsle is on hi* way out .. . The same sentiment has been voiced by a couple of the other board members .Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hood have arrived in San Francisco on their western trip and now will head for home via another scenic route . .The ICmsttaaed On Pag* Two) Her busy schedule also includes a visit with Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson tomorrow after noon. She will present him a cot ton (naturally) suit The green. - eyed and brown haired winner of the lftth annual Maid of Cotton contest is near the end of her tour of 37 cities as the cotton industry’s ambassador of -good will and fashion.” She will make her report at the Mem ' phis Cotton Carnival May 14. Miss Cowden, 21, goto to keep her all-cotton wardrobe of 43 out fits — dresses, suits, coats and sportswear plus lingerie and sleep wear and her 20 pieces of ootton covered luggage. Also, she will drive off from the Memphis carnival in a IMS con vertible, and later will take a four-week trip to Europe by plane with a side visit to Canada. In addition to her chat with Benson tomorrow, Miss Cowden will meet at a, mammoth recep tion all the Agriculture Depart - ment employes who handle cotton problems. Another reception, which threat ens to he even bigger, will follow ' for members of Congress st s I downtown hotel. A benefit lunch and fashion show is on deck for Friday be fore Miss Cowden Is off again — this time for three.day stops in Cleveland. She flew here from New York, following triumphant v. sits there and at Los Angeles. Beat tie, 8L Louis, Philadelphia, Miami and other cities, FORMER BENSON MAN WANTED \ Daly Disappears As Suit Threatens A police search ie underway for Vincent J. Daly, Southern Pines Psychologist who formerly was secretary of the Benson Chamber of Commerce. Duty and two staff members are | sought. The United Press reports that he was convicted last wee* on a charge of criminal libel, turn ed up missing yesterday when a deputy went to serve a civil sum mons. Mias Edwins Hallman and Mrs. Martha Dixon Underwood, also' missing according to the press M* sociation, testified on Daly’s behalf at the Hbel trial iast Tuesday. The summons carried by the de puty was notification to the three that newspaperwoman lira. Valerie Nicholson was instituting a $60,000 damage suit against them for con spiracy. Mrs. Nicholson was prosecuting witness in the libel action. Although allegations in the civil action have not been made public, Mrs. Nichol son's attorney. P. H WUson, said they cover events of several weeks Ike Leads In Final Tribute To Barkley WASHINGTON (IF) — A Mournful capital said a sor rowful farewell today to its beloved “Veep” — Sen. Al ben W. Barkley. president Eisenhower led the throng of notables and plain folks at funeral sendees Mr the home spun Kentucky orator - state men who "went down in full armor' of the political battlefield. * The President, in a last-minute change of plans, canceled a scheduled news conference to join in the capital'-' last tribute to the former Democratic vice president. The Senate and House, where Barkley served for 40 yean, also were represented by a large dele gation of Democrats and Repubii cans. Service* were held In Foundry Methodist Church, with Dr. Fred erick Brown Harris. Senate chap lain. presiding. The 7S-year old Barkley who had appeared in robust good health, died suddenly of a heart attack late Monday while performing his favorite chore — making a politi cal speech. He waa delivering the keynote address to a mock po - Utical convention at Washington and Lee University, Lexington. Va. _ * AT TEAK OF TOWEK < Dr. uuili tank note of this to his eulogy. .. . *. .. He went down In full armor Willi unabated power." The eulogy, while simple, ex pressed in glowing term* the love and respect with which Barkley held by his countrymen and by his colleagues in the Senate and in the political world in gen eral. Dr. Harris said Barkley was •a partisan with deep conviction | and yet without a blind spot trat cannot see the integrity of arty opponents position . . . one who counted It as a part of his religion to help •»% that his country was well-governed.'’ Harris, who had known Barkley for years, commented that he Tost with unbowed head and un embdttered heart life's losses’’ and “found constant fun in living and reveled' In laughter.' Within the white-waned sanctu ary. Bartdey’s broom casket rert ed at the communion rail benwdh a large spray of red rosea Other flowers, including a croes of white carnations, lined the rail, f OUbdde. on the sign where Sun day services usually are announc ed. were the last words Barkley 1 uttered: •T would rather be a servant in the house of the lord than sit in the seat of the mighty." POLITICAL HONOR Barkley, though beloved by his country and his party, failed to achieve his greatest political am bition—the presidency of the United State*. He lost out for the Demo , erotic nomination in 1953 when organised hdwr refused to support him because of Wa age. I But every other political honor w*» his. And he easily returned to the Senate from his native Ken tucky after serving four years as vice president. Movie Stars In Domestic Difficulties HOLLYWOOD IW — Comedian Alan Young revealed yesterday that he and his wife, the former Virginia McCurdy, had agreed on a trial separation but neither would file for divorce. They have two children, a son, Cameron, 6, and a daughter, Wendy 3. HOLLYWOOD flit — Actor Keefe Brasselle, 32, today sought to set aside a divorce decree granted his i wife, Nonna, 2t, leas than two Dunn Stock Show Is Big Success; Winners Listed By TED eRAIL Record Staff Writer Twelve-year-old Bobby Warren and a steer named Bill took top honors — and top price — at the stock show and sale held at the Big Four warehouse in Dunn yesterday and Monday. The grand champion hog belong ed to Laura Ann Turlington of Dunn, Route 3. . .Like Bobbyjhe if a 4-H club member. Bobby’s sister, one of three anl maia given' the grade of “Choice." and Lauri Ann’s hog both brought fifty cents a pound. The 232-pound hog brought $110 to its owner, while Bobby’s 940-pound steer turned out to be worth a flat $470. "I’m going to put the money la the bank.” he said — a fair enough ieturn, for it was the First Cltlien-* Bank and Trust Company and the Commercial Bank of Dunn which collaborated in purchasing the steer The top hog was bought by Lundy Packing Co. of Clinton. County Agent Cliff Ammons de scribed the show and sale—a yearly event in Dunn for the past nine years—as highly successful. Good crowds were on hand both yester day and today, the quality of ex hibits was high, and most exhibit ors went home happy. RUTH WINS AGAIN Bobby Warren, who entered the reserve champion steer, lives on Dunn, Route 4. The »oww cham pion was owned by 4-H’er Ruth Sexton of Liilington. Route 1 Weighing 1080 pounds, her steel sold for 31 cents a pound to John son Cotton CP. and Oodwin Build ing Supply. Selling price: $334.80. Another steer graded “Choice” — only three received this designation belonged to W. E. Tew. Jr., 4-H LENNON HERE—Fanner V. S. Senator Alton A. Lennon of Wil mington. candidate for CM|rfM arrived today for another round ol campaigning In Harnett. Tonight be will address a Mothers' Night banquet of the Godwin Lions Out at Godwin. He will spend Thursdaj campaigning in the Dunn area anti will spend Friday in the Lillingtor area. On Friday night, be will hoki ah organisational meeting ol friends and supporters in tbe county courthouse at jLUUngton. GIRLS NOW SELLING FOR $200 Brides Too High So Marriage Boycotted Suva, Fiji Islands (IPS — Native officials from New Guinea and the New Hebrides threatened today to boycott marriage because the price of brides is getting out of hand Tribai chiefs protested to the six-nation South Pacific confer ence here that nowadays a woman is scarcely worth the financial ef fort. M. Kalsautu. chine f of a tribe at Mele, Spate Islands, threatened to ban all marriages in his tribe un leas the price of brides came down. He said a bride that cost $25 before the war now runs as high as $200. Ashed whether he could enforce the ban, the 64-year-old chief re plied: I "By golly right she be effective. I chief Mele tribe and when I say something going be she going be.' The situation is even worse in New Guinea, Papuan delegate Bo: Kapena complained. In some areas, he said. It now costs $250 just to get engaged and another $1,500 for the bride, tc say nothing of $250 for a wedding feast. I Kapena said he realized that the stxnation commission, com (Continued On Page Three) Parnell Becomes Partner In Firm Carl Parnell, an accountant with the firm of Thur man C Ennis and Co. for the past three years, has beer elevated to a partnership. The handsome Wake Forest grad uate, who served in the South Paci fic during World War II. was re cently accredited as a Certified Public Accountant. In November he took the exam given by the American Institute of Accountants through the Ijbrth Carolina Association. Notice came through in January that he had passed. Only about one in eight of the 250 who tried the exam wers successful. Parnell becomes the third partner in a trio that includes Thurman C. Ennis and Harold E. Linder of Fayetteville. The home office of the firm is located in Dunn, a bloc* from the city in hail In a red, manslon-Uke building. Two branch offices are in Fayetteville and Clin, ton. | Ennis founded the firm here in CARL PARNELL Estes Says He Had Expected To Lose D. C. BIRMINGHAM. Ala OP — Gov. James E. Folsom, swam ped in a Democratic primary test of strength over his mild handling of the Autherine Lucy case and the Montgo mery bus boycott, pledged party harmony today. Voters apparently took into con sideration the Mistering (attacks fiery pro-segregation opponent m | the race for Democratic national Rep. dfafles McKay a ma)ority of more than three to one over Folsom Unofficial returns from 1.795 of the state's approximately 2,700 precincts Save McKay 153.601 and Folsom ^7.3*5 A third candidate Oadsden I attorney Roy McCord, poded 26,233. Folsom made no statement last' night as the votes mounted against him but today he congratulated Mc Kay on his victory and said “T stand ready'to help you in any way to further the work of the Demo cratic Party." Sen. Lister Hill (D-Ala.t won easy renomination over retired Navy Adm. John O. Oronmelin. FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (PI Sen. Estes Kefauver said today ted all along" he would to Adiai Stevepson in the of Columbia primary. :y. I went into the pri mary with some misgivings." sa d Kefauver. who returned here to day to resume his Northwest Flor ida campaign after a visit to Miami Iasi night. But the Tennessee Democrat said he believes he “contributed very much toward getting home rule for the District of Columbia" by enter ing a slate of delegates to oppose the Stevenson slate. He added that one of the decisive factors in the »ry was Mrs. Eleanor Roose pampaigning for Stevenson. 1 about one-fourth of the counted, Kefauver was trail ing fouT behind Stevenson in his bid for the district’s six Demo cratic convention vote. REUNION TO BE HELD—The 28th annual Smith-Hood-Peaeocfc Reunion will be Sunday. May 6 at 10 a. m in the American Legion Building in Benson. Everyone is invited to bring picnic lunch, ail talent, and family history—event* happening to youy family since last reunion. Wafer Plant Hearing Held The town board of Dunn held a special hearing at the water plant, outside of Erwin, today. They are convening to consider testimony by employes of the water plant. Earlier the board unanimously recommended to City Manager A. B. Uzzle, Jr. that the three men — Jimmy Bales, plant manager, Joe Jackson, Jr., and Angus Monds — be fired. There have been reports that the city manager who chose not to act immediately on the council recom mendation (nly he has the right to hire and fire), is a target of the board. Percy Walton, an employe of the water plant who, was transferred to meter reading by lizzie follow ing an encounter t* Monds, was slated to appear a. the hearing. So was Kenneth West, who re turned to a job he had-held,at the water plant two years previously after Walton was transfersed The meeting began at 3 p.m. KISSING RASH LONDON (W — A British doctor writing in a medical Journal said today that some men can tweak out In a rash fast by kissing their wives. ) They might be allergic te Up I stick, he said. THE LONG PLUNGE — Skidding on a rain-soaked road, this M Ford driven by William H. Moore, a negro soldier at Fort Bragg, took a long plunge into the river. It catapulted over the steep em bankment at the Little Kiver Bridge. Moore suffered mostly cuts. When this picture was token, Lee’s Truck Terminal was preparing to lift the ear back on to the highway. (Daily Record Photo By Ted Crall.) , . Thought Murdered PANAMA CITY, Fla (IP) — Two small boys disappeared on a “short boat ride” with a stranger late yesterday, and police said today “it looks like murder.” | Sheriff’s deputies arrested a drunken man, wearing bloodstain ed clothes, shortly after the young sons of Mr and Mrs. W. E. Wilson climbed into an outboard motor boat for a "Short ride down Em bayou." Sheriff M. J, Daffin refused to identify the suspect because of a fear of possible mob violence. Hundreds of volunteers, police airmen and a helicopter pressec a massive search along 15 milei of waterfront from the spot when the boy8 left their trailer harm to the place where the man’s boa was found. ~,'LOOKS LIKE MT'RDER” "It looks like murder if I've eve *een tt," chief criminal investiga tor Floyd D. Nixon said. Mrs. Wilson, wife of a clviliai employee at Tyndall Air Fore Base, said her two sons. Davit Bari. 7, and Douglas Cecil, 4. war holding the man's boat for bin late yesterday in the waiters o Watson Bayou at this beach re sort. She told police she called t them to come home, "but the; yelled back. We're holding th boat for this man’." later. *=h looked out again when she hean (Continued On Page Three) Dunn High Will Choose New Prexy Dunn High School will elec* ft president of the student associa tion next year, and unless there is , a big write-in vote, al-la-(Kafcu« ver, it's pretty sure to he a bojr. Although the graduating dent is Virginia TurUn«ton, no gfel nominee is facing tomorrow’s elec tion battle. That* fair, though. Virginia succeeded a male presa dent, and her predecessor had suc ceeded a girt, Katherine White. It’S the boys’ turn again. Presidential nominees on whom the high school’s 375 students will t ballot tomorrow are a pair of “ris ing seniors', (present member* of the junior claw), Jimmy Thomp son and Butch Powder. At a rousing session in the 4b ditorium this morning, all the can didates for offices in next student association made (Continued On Page Two) PRESS ABANDONS OTHER STARS Onstage Or Off, She Is A Clown NEW YORK (W — Martha Raye is an onstage clown, trapped in an offstage tragedy. She Is, perhaps, cne mas suc cessful female jester in show bus iness. She earns an estimated $150,000 a year and NBC says she plays before an average audience of some 30 million when she capers on TV. She rapidly is socking away enough in annuities to insure her financial future, own a $00,000 bouse in the chi-ehl social Jungle* of ChnneoUcut wad ■ hae reached that ’ headgr paint In her career wmera me can check into • fa*« ionable hospital tor a two-day after her TV show. But bar personal life U a flop Uka moat entertainers, the ia surrounded by peuple—mands. a qfuaintanoes. gtad-teandera. Bit "Ma^me", as her friends call her. is at# a lonely woman who wouSrt prefer to ptvoh her Oft around her 11-year-old daughter, Melody*. PIV* TArtB MARRIED "4 (OaaMMMd On Ifcge Twe)
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