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* WEATHER * Cloudy and cool Wednesday with * occasional rain tonight. Thursday, cloudy and mikl with showers likely in east portion. .sz Ehe Euklg Kemd THE RECORD IS FIRST * VOLUME 6 TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 3, 1956 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NO. 106 (HARMING THE LADIES—Wives and mothers who attended the Mothers' Night-Ladies’ Night banquet of the Godwin Lions auk last night found that Former U. S. Senator Alton A. Lennon, now run ning for Congress, Is a very charming fellow. The handsome candi date la shown here chatting with a group of the ladies after the meeting. Shown left to right are Mrs. Shelton Williams, Mr. Lennon, Mrs. Lola McIntyre, Mrs. Gordon William*. Mrs. Jesse Alphin. Mrs. Lula Alphin and Mrs. Wallace Warren. JhinqA W$ Room ADAMS RENEE. FISHING. OTHER PREACHERS AND BANANAS Pretty Renee Martz. the teenag evangelist who held a revival meet ing in Dunn several week* ago. is still making news—world-wide news . Right now. Renee and her, party are in England and to day a story circulated around the world on its international circuit by United Press tells how the lovely little lady coped with a gang of admiring Juveniles wWo stormed her dressing room over in Cardiff, j Wales. . When newspapermen asked the 16-year-old American girl - preacher bow she did it. Renee Just smiled real sweetly and replied, "I prayed with them and they're very good now”. . .(Now. Renee, doesn't that sound Just a little too easy?). Didn't know wolves were ever discouraged that easily . . But on the other hand, Renee Is a persuasive young lady She sent us clippings from The London Daily Sketch, the Soutn Wales Arena, the London Daily Mail and The Daily Record (now i (Continued On Pag* Two) AFTER 42 YEARS SERVICE • •« Dunn Postmaster Retires June 30 .Dunn Postmaster Ralph E. Wade will retire on June 30th after 42 years service in the local Post Office. Mr. Wade disclosed today that he lute requested the Boat Office' Department to relieve him of his duties as of that date. i Although only 61 years old, Mr.' Wade is believed to be one of the oldest postmasters from stand point of service in the State. He i» also one of the most popular. STARTED IN IMJ 1 He began duties with the Dunn Dost Office in 1JMJ and has served continuously ever since, except for l his yeans of service in World War i I. 1 Selection of a new Postmaster 1 will now be up to the Republicans, l Attorney J. O. West of IXmn, fc* chairman of the Harnett Reputoti- i can Executive Committee and it was reported today that there are ] already several applicants for the i Job of Acting Postmaster. Postmaster Wade receives a sal- I ary of approximately $6,000 a year but this indude« longevity pay for i long service ' ' The salary of the acting post master wilt be $8580 a year Since Mb. Wade began a* a clerk. (Continued Oa rags Two) DUNN FHT5IUAN HUNUKtU DoHermyre Named To Medical Board \ Dr. Randolph Doffermyre. prom inent Dorm physician, yesterday was re-elected to another six-year term «» a member of the State Board of Medical examiners. ihe honor came to Mm at the annual convention, of the State Medical Society held fai Pinehurat. Dr. Doffmnyre i» completing hi* first six-year term on the board and it president of the board this year. He sms unanimously reelect ed and also received high praise far the outstanding service he has rendered on the board. Ihe board paaeea on the quattfl cations of new doctor-, applying foe license to practice in the State. Daat month Dr. Ddafenmyre rep resented North Carolina at the National Board of Examiners meet ing In Chicago. One of the beat known phyai (Conttaaed Oa rage Eight) DR. doitomyS!^^ I Hubby Claims Sonja Failed Wifely Duties WEST PALM BEACH. Fill. W — Jonjft Henie's. husbaand Winthrop 3ardiner today blamed roother-ln aw trouble and the ice queen’s fail* ire to "live up to her wifely duties" or their breakup. Gardiner, 43, said in a divorce iction testimony made public today hat "X thought she ought to live ip to her wifely duties and come lome and make a home.” When asked if the actress’ fam ly had urged her to continue her career, the Palm Beach society portsman said "it seemed quite ibvious to me — her mother was sith her all the time.” "During the entire time that we vere married. Sonja and I had jnly two weeks alone together." 3ardlner and the Norwegian-born star were married in 1940. Gardiner filed a divorce April 6 charging his 49-year-old wife with iesertlon and extreme cruelty. Asked if there was any chance >f a reconciliation. Oardiner said, ‘I don't believe it Is possible at ul to live with that mother of ten’." , Special Master J. M. Farrel sad that since preliminary proceedings tiad been waived, he would recom mend that Oardiner be granted the iivorce. 9 Record Roundup MARKET IN CUEAR—The pota to market in Dunn, started last year toy private subscriptions solic ited by the Chamber of Commerce Is now clear of debt*. $1760 mas paid off, and the mart formally turned over to Dunn While the town holds the deed to the pro perty (in return for $600 voted to the martlet), the operation will continue to be run privately. gas MOVE—What may bt a de (Continued Ob Page Two) i City Board Meets Tonite Axtknag routine matters to “be dte-1 cussed by Dunn’s city board to night are the following: Action on Minutes of Regular Meeting April 19th. and special meeting April 30. 1.56. Requests by residents in 700 block Of E. Harnett St. {or “STOP" sign to stop some of speeding on Harnett St. (Consideration of hav ing Traffic Engineer make survey and recommendations on all “STOP' signs in Town). Request from Mr Earl Wells, Harnett County Dog Warden, that ( consideration be given to all Dunn , dog taxes being turned over to Hsr- 3 nett County for use in Dog control work, beginning with fiscal year , 1966-57. ] Further consideration of audit , contract. i Discussion and consideration of < abolishing second notice of water < bill-. Discussion of Natural Oas Fran- t efrise. Certificate at intervention ; mailed to Raleigh 4-30-56. Recommend putting to a few ( Mocks of 12', 8". « ’ water mains . each year to replace existing small- < is ting system. IMs work to follow master plan of water system. Action on acceptance for main tenance of E. Bay St. from Wash ington Ave. east 160 ft. Previous city tag supplier will furnish city tags for 16c each « (1 l-2c cheaper than last year); , and Firemans Tags for 35c each Tags can be bought from State through N. C. League of Municipal ities for 1 1 -3c each plus 630.00 for the First Year for Insert bearing name at Tamm. All plates would be painted same as State Tags includ ing Firemen's Tags which would (Con tinned On Page Twe) Grievances Are Aired At City Water Plant Hearing Trn a ft Record Staff Writer Grievances or every kind j and description flowed from the lips of participants in a hearing at the water plant near Erwin yesterday while 3im y in the background the plant itself quietly did the business of purifying vast jxiantities of water. The couxuflcaen who had gath ered to consider whether their rec wwnendation that three employee* if the mater plant be fired heard the testimony and departed with >ut giving any sign as to whether their minds had been changed. Mayor Ualph Hanna stated after * the meeting that he and other members of the town boards who voted unanimously to recommend the discharge of Jfcnmy Bales. Joe Jackson. Jr. and Angus Monds at the council meeting two weeks ago today, would no doubt discuss what they had heard. j At no point in the hearing yes terday was any dissatisfaction with City Manager A. B. Unde, Jr., ex pressed by the counci knen The meeting w«as cordial, and even juiet, in spite of the nature of charges that were being passed about. City Attorney, I. R. Wil liams drew out the three employes for whom the hearing was being field. and Percy Walton, a key jure in the dispute. Presumably the council will ‘de termine from wtiat they heard yes terday whether more than a mere 'clash of personalities ' is Involved —and whether the security and ef (Continued on Page Eight) Rudolph West Dies At Age 41 Rudolph West, 44, of Smithfield, ormer Dunn resident, died Wednes • lay night in Johnston Memorial lospital in Smithfield. Mr. West was a native of Samp on County and had resided in >unn until about six years ago rtien he moved to Smithfield and ,’ent Into business for himself. He >wned and operated West Machine ihop there. He held a position with Machine .nd gelding Co. in Dunn for about 5 years. Mr. West was the son of the late Chatham and Sally Britt West. He vas a member of the Presbyteran Thurch. Funeral services will be held Fri laay afternoon at 2 o’clock at the rirst Presbyterian Church in Smith# field. The Rev. Joe Landsinger, >astor. will officiaate. Burial will je in Greenwood Cemetery in Dunn, rhe body will lie in state at the :hurch for one hour prior to the lervces. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lil ian Atkins West, four sons. Bobby, Jimmy, Rudolph, Jr. and Neil West, ill of the home; one brother. Ear. West of Dunn; two sisters. Mrs Walter H. CaritJ of Lynbrook, Long Island, New York, and Mrs. Mike Williams of Dunn. WORLD'S LARGEST PAINT CO. Sherwin-Williams To Open Store Here The Sherwin-Williams Co-, world’s largest manufac turer of paints, signed a lease recently for the store pro perty now under construction at 1414 West Cumberland Street in the Quinn’s Shopping Center. The transaction was handled with Mr. p rover Henderson, owner of the property. The store premises will be occu pied by a Sherwin-Williams Branch, operating both as a retail outlet., and a service center for painting contractors and for Sherwin-Willi ams dealers In this area. rEAIBES COMMUNITY “We selected Dunn for a new branch because this is a progressive | community”, said Mr. J. L. Rutled ge, regional director of the Sherwin Williams Company with headquar ters in Philadelphia. '< "An analysis of recent residential >and industrial growth* indicated a need for a complete paint and color service center." “After construction of the bulld (Continued on Page Eight) ALTON LENNON Lennon Calls For Federal School Aid Former U. S. Senator Alton A. Lennon of Wilmington, campaign ing for Congress in the Seventh District, Wednesday night went on word as favoring Federal aid to public schools and declared there is no reason why we can t receive has aid without Federal interfer mce. Federal control or other un Aesiratole strings attached to it. The Wilmington attorney was addressing a joint Ladies' Night Mothers’ Night banquet of the Dodwin Liens Club in the Com munity Building at Godwin. A near-capacity crowd of more than (Confined On Page Eight) Lulong Is Now A Proud Mama SMITOFIKU) IW — Miss North Carolina of 1952, the former Lu long Ogbum of Smithfield. ig a proud new mama A daughter weighing * pounds. 1 1-2 ounces was bom yesterday to the blond former state beauty queen who was nmnerup in the 1952 Miss America contest. She is now the wife of Tommy Mediin of Smithfield who Is in the Navy overseas. f Arabs, Israelites Agree With Dag To Settle Down JERUSALEM OP — United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold report ed today that he has won cease-fire agreements among Israel and its four Arab neighbors. In a preliminary report to U. N. headquarters released In Key York, Hammarskjoid said the agreements include reservations lor self-defense by the nations involv ed. The report was filed from here yesterday. He planned to wind up his successful peace mission to tl»e Middle East today with a series of conference designed to wrap up loose ends. He is expected back Jt New York this weekend. Hammarskjold came to the Mid dle East April 6 under a Security Council resolution directing him to make a personas 1 survey of how well each side had complied with the 1M9 armistice agreement which ended the Palestine war. He noted that his first success was in achieving a cease - fire be tween Israel and Egypt, effective April 18. 'Negotiations flpr similar reci procal assurance unconditionally to observe a cease-fire, with a re servation as to seif defence, have been conducted with the parties to other three armistice agree (CcnUaaed Om Page Eight! Police Fear Kids Broke Into Churches The Dunn police depart - ment has re’eased nodetails as yet, but Chief. Alton J. Cobb has confirmed they are questioning a number of lo cal youngsters for breaking ' into churches and other acts. Knowledge of the questioning first came to Mght yesterday, tut Chief Oofcb requested that no statements be published until all the youngsters bedeved to be in volved could be rounded up. A councilman’s abn Is among Lines BLACK LINGERIE, RICH BACHELORS Pretty Pat Cowden Stops Congressional Activity WASHINGTON (IP) — A beautiful girl walked into the House Agriculture Commit tee room today and smiled. For a time it looked as though all progress on farm legislation would stop dead. Admiring congressmen rushed us to greet Patricia Anne Cowden, 1956 Maid of Cotton. They shook hands with the 21-year-old brun ette from Raleifh. N. C. They posed for pictures with her—group Slid individually. They served her coffee Chairman Harold D. Cooley <t> NC> never did get around to cas ing the committee into its sched uled busfness -session. In fact, the memb*1^ for got the big f'- - :i r- • -n "<3 floor today, with Che House sche duled to meet ah hour earlier than, usual. They remembered in the nick of •time and reluctantly bade the maid good-bye so they could has ten to the House floor. Patricia invaded the Capitol to display some of her 55-piece cot ton wartiijobe. With the grinning committee members looking on ad miringly. she struck a pose for photographers atop the desk of Rep Ross Base fD-Tenn' Bass admonished a committee Patricia confided to a reporter that she like* black cotton lingerie, semi-classical music and rich bach elors. She planned today to call on Secr+ary of Agriculture Ekra T. Benson and attend a reception at the Agriculture Department. SHE NEEDS RICH OUT She told a news conference her preference for rich te a practical matter. She Mid un less Me finds a “rich husband" ehe doesn't know what She win do with the 55-piece wardrobe and SO pain* of shoes the received with her title. Pat said her loyalty to cotton tent Just drees-deep. She saM her lingerie’s cotton, too, and rite likes it black. The Southern belle is on leavs from her Job as secretary to thi ▼toe president of Raleigh’s Secur ity National Bank. But rile said she tent sure ehe mute to go back to being a secretary ah?n Me winds up her tour with a lisp to Europe next month. She said Met afraid Ms to “New York struck'’ and would lito to try something in the entertain ment field. 1 love pop songs ” Me added. *teut they Just don't sound right I when I stag them.”
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