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* WEATHER + Hhawen *n dseattered thunder shower* and little change in tern* peratures this afternoon and to Tuesday considerable cloud* In** and becoming somewhat cooler with rtianoe of Showers ' THE RECORD IS FIRST VOLUME 6 TELEPHONES 311T- 311* ' ■ " -— ~T“ DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 7, 1956 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NO. 108 SALl 11 TO CONFEDERATE DEAD — A large crowd was on hand FMtcrdar for a program sponsored by the Daughters of the Con federacy at Chicora Cemetery. Among thorn who took a prominent part were (left) Mack Jernigan, master of ceremonies, Ree. Jack Daniell of Hood Manorial Christian Church who gave the inro cation, Mi*. William Newsome, president of the Daughters, and ***• Leslie C. Tucker of the First Presbyterian Church. Her. Tucker was the mate speaker at the colorful ceremonies honoring the Confederate soldiers who are buried at Chicera. (Daily Record Photo) JhstM JhinqA Up loom ADAM MARJORIE, A POSTMASTER. TERRY, ESQUIRE. CHURCHES . Hank Hanna and Marjorie Giover report that they already have about 35 dolls enrolled for their new beauty college, which will open in Dunn at an early date '’Any pretty ones?" we asked . ."You bet.” exclaimed MArJorie, "real pretty, too.” "And young?” ”Uh. hah,” she replied, indi cating there wouid be plenty in their late teens and early 20s. all of which sounds real interesting . , Are they gonna accept any male students? . “Well” replied Mar- , jorie. a very clever girl, “we have n't had any applications from men yet, but that's an idea ”. We told Marjorie about a friend of ours who operates a beauty parlor in another section of the State and opens it one night a week for the men—for manicures, massages, hair washes, and facials. . .It's In a • small town and after the town got accustomed to the idea. Men'# Night went over big isjth th(* men claiming the gal operators were more conscientious and more thor ough than barber shops. “ft probably would take a town like Dunn a little while to get accustom ed to the idea.” agreed Marjorie, who reacted favorably . . As we see it. the big advantages would be that in a beauty panor you smell perfume and sweet lotions instead of pine tar and Wild root; girl op erators wouldn't blow smoke Into your face; and you wouldn't have to listen to talk about politics and baseball and hear a lot old men (men who are years too oid for such! sitting around bragging about nightly conquests that never took | (Cantina** O* Pace Tea) LIGHTNING HITS MANSION Mother, 3 Children, Maid Die In Fire DEAL, N. J. (W— A mother, her three children and i maid died early today when lightning struck and burned their two-story mansion. The dead were identified as Mrs. Estelle Redicker. about 46; two sons. Kenneth, 13, and Stuart, 12; uid a daughter, Bonnie Joy, 5. The maid ua* not identified. Police said Mrs. Redicker-s h un wind. William, was spending the weekend at MontlceUo, N. Y. when lie tragedy occurred Firemen said the five persona were trapped behind aluminum storm windows which expanded 'ram the heat of the toiaae Firemen found the bodies of Mrs. Redicker. her daughter and the mid In a second-story bedroom, flhe bodies of the boys were found n a southeastern wing bedroom. Firemen used an aerial truck to reach the dead. The biaae earned an estimated 125.000 damage, to the 15-room house fire chief George E. Wood said He said the lightning struck the ione's metal roof and was con flicted into the kitchen by an out side drain pipe. The blase started in the kitchen. Dog Owners In Doghouse Get Fined Some Harnett dog-owners were in the dog-houee today — and all because County Dog Warden Bui Wells believes that the law is the law. Although he ha« Issued frequent (Continued On Page Two* —I-r*-*--——. Assault, Liquor Cases Are Heard A medley of assault cases, traf fic and liquor law violations were heard Thursday in Harnett Re corder’s Court. v Judge M. O. Lee was on the bench in the morning, and Vice Recorder L. M. Chaffin in the afternoon. Solicitor Nehl Row prosecuted the docket ASSAULTS Thomas McLean, Coats. Route 1 was cleared of assault with a dead ly weapon, but the warrant against him was amended to charge engag an affray in which a deadly was used. Judgment wak until May IT. Another con charge against McLean of assault on Beatrice Jones was no! pressed, because there was no prosecuting witness to prove the charge. Eldon L. Thomas was freed of the charge of slapping his wife and causing her and their children 4o flee the home while he was in a drunken condition on April 23. The wife refused to testify and was taxed the costa A second charge against Thomas of driving under the influence of whiakey, and in a careless and reckless manner, was I dismissed with leave to re-open. The warrant against Thomas was Judo Threat Used In Rape CHARLOTTE aft — James Mont* «omery. 24. was held today on a rape char*** filed by a 15-year-old »rtrl who said the man threatened to use judo tactics learned in the armed forces if she didn't submit i Police said the girl bold them the incident occurred Friday night i on a dirt road on the outskirts of the citv. The girt said Montgomery had offered to take her and some friends home from- a skating nr*, i but She soon found herself alone with him. The girl told police her alleged attacker threatened several times to strike her on a vital nerve in the neck and "put me to sleep" if *e didn’t submit to his advances. Harnett Han Ends His Life Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon for Hickman 8. Til lev, 49, of Angler, Route 1, who killed himself Friday with a 23 caliber rifle at the store he oper ated on Angier, Route 1. Harnett Coroner Grover C. Hen dcreon of Dunn said TOley shot himself over the left ear and died almost instantly. Members of . the family said he had been worrying a ereat deal recently. The coroner ruledit was a plain caae of suicide and no inquest was held. Tilley was the eon <of the late W and Let tie Ecteerton TIUev. Funeral services were held at the Sandy • Grove Primitive Baptist Church, near Angler. Elder Jimmy Collins officiated. Burial was in the church ceme tery. „ Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Ella Williams Tilley: three daughter*. Mrs. John Payne cif Norfolk, Va.: Virginia Ruth and Elizabeth Aim. both of the home; four stepsons, Edward, etacy, Perrie anud James Partin, all of Angler. Route 1: three step-daughters, Mrs Jaime* Tew of Fayetteville. Edith Mhe Bonnie Partin of the home: one brother. Ben T. Tilley of Angler. Route 1; three sisters, Mrs. Willie H. Smith and Mrs. Vaden Smith, both of Angler, Route 1; and Mrs Bruce Gregory of Angler; also two 1 Daniel And Bride Back In N. Y. NEW YORK W — Mr. and Mr*. E Clifton Daniel Jr., an “old mar ried couple,” returned to New York nut jugfat from a two week honey moon in Nassau. "We’re an old married couple and we’re not news anymore.’’ said Daniel, assistant to the foreign news editor of the New York Tim es. . . His bride, the former Margaret Truman, let newsmen meeting the newlyweds at Idlewild Airport last night know who was the spokes man for the family. TO RESUME CAREER ‘‘He does all the talking.’’ she I said, smiling and pointing to hei ' husband when reporters asked for an Interview. Margaret said she j Planned to resume her radio and | television career “as long as it does n’t Interfere with my husband's ’ i Mrs. Daniel is to appear June 2 ] on the George Gobel television 1 show and the following week will play the role of a spinster school teacher in “Autumn Crocus,*" on I the TV Matinee Theater. She per formed in the play in summer stock last year. 4/ Are injured As Milwaukee Cars Derailed WAUKESHA, Wis. W — A gravel truck smashed into! a train carrying 1.000 grade; school children to a Mil -I waukee baseball game to - day and knocked it off the tracks, near the village of Duplainville, 17 miles west of Milwaukee. Forty-two persona were injured but there are no lcnown dead. Ten of the 16 car Milwaukee Road train jumped the tracks. A railroad spokesman said the gravel truck passed six other trucks and went through, a warning flasher system at the crossing. It hit the third unit of the Diesel I locomotive and the lead unit of 1 the coaches The impact knocked over the first two coaches. The next six were piled across the track and the last two were derailed and lean ing. All available doctors, ambulances and emergency equipment were rushed to the scene. ' The injured were taken to Wau kesha Memorial Hospital, which sen* to Milwaukee for extra blood plasma. A spokgesman for" the Milwaukee BraVes said, "We are very sorry to hear about the wreck. We re keep ing our fingers crossed. Man field On Rape Charges GASTONIA OP — Police held textile worker Charles Gilbert, 22, without bond today on a charge of raping a 18-year-old _girl while taking her home from a dance Saturday night. Officers said the girl, Donna Sue Helms of Cramerton, told them she met Gilbert at a dance at a fish camp near here and she ac cepted his offer to take her home She said instead, he drove to an isolated spot near the camp and raped her, "putting me in fear of my life” if she didn't submit to him. Police said Gilbert denied the charge. NOTTCB—All Hospital Auxiliary workers wlB continue their same hours until further notified, It was announced by Mrs. Pat Lynch. + Record Roundup + TO MAKE TOUR — Participat- , ing in the Thursday, May 10 week • ’ ly invitational tour at the Erwin1 N. C., plants of Erwin Mills will be1 George Joseph, Howard M Lee an-i! George Blalock. W. H. Miley, Jr. manager of the Erwin Mills, will personally conduct these Dunn - Erwin area people through the mills. t Continued oa Page Eight) Anderson Creek Has Nominee At Last Although Anderson Creek Is part of Harnett County’s District Four, there hasn't been a county commissioner elected from there in over 40 years. SHERRILL WEST i a ju-year-oia ianmer will try to reverse that in the Democratic pri maries on May 36. SheriU West of Anderson Creek is running against J. Early Wamble, the in cumbent, and Worth Byrd, a for mer member of the county board, for the commissionership from District Four. He admits he has tough opposi tion. Nevertheless, says West, he win make a race of it and would sin cerely like to become the first com- I misaioner from Anderson Creek \ since Archie Shaw held that post i 42 yeerax ago West, a young and personable man who is fanning the saspe land that his father did before him, has never run for public office before. He says that if chosen in the primary ‘(there** no Republican (Centtnaed Oa WITH FRESH DETERMINATION — Mayor Han na (left) and BlUy Wellons, head of Wellons' Mer cantile, talked over plana this moraine for a highway safety campaign. They are spearheading efforts to enlist local motorists' in a pledge to watch their driving habits, death toll was cited y from now on every cannot and must not high accident Mayor Endorses Campaign For Road Safety Mayor Ralph Hanna today issued a proclamation de -j signating every day of the' year as “Safe Driving Day,” | pointing out that Dunn has been contributing its share to the annual national death toll of 38,000 lives lost on the highways. It was an unusual official do cument in that it did not specify any single day or week for the community observance. Instead the Mayor's declaration put the full official weight of the city admin istration behind an all-out, year round observance of “Safe Driving Day.” William S. Wellons, manager of Wellons Mercantile, told Mayor Hanna that not only motorists and truck drivers but even children with bicycles are urged to join the “Safe Driver League” and receive a re Clectorized emblem to display on their vehicles. The League is sponsored by B. F. Goodrich Company and Its re tailers throughout the nation <Wel lons is a local outlet) In an effort to emphasize the need for more careful driving as a means of cut ting down accidents. “last year," Wellons said, “38. 900 persons were killed in motor ve* hide accidents. This was an int crease of 2300 over 1954’s traffic fatalities and more than the total number of Americans killed In the Korean War. This year, unless (Continued On Page Two) EX-EMPLOYEE SURRENDERS Church Shooting Suspect Gives Up NEW YORK (IP) — A former Romanian Orthodox Church employe suspected in the sniper slaying of a church1 warden surrendered to police today and was book ed on a charge of homicide. uist. Ally, f rame Hogan ordered the charge be made against To durchi Sava, 61, after the Romanian immigrant gave authorities a state* ment. Sava was described as a mal content ex-empioye of the Church of St. Dumitru where a warden was shot fatally and five other persons were wounded Saturday. He surrendered to the district at torney this morning, telling a de tective: “I understand I’m wanted for questioning." Just four weeks ago, using the name of Tony Tudorache, Sava rented a room opposite the church, trom which the bullets were ap pareptly fired. tAKM AID oLUvKcD BY 50L0N Cooley Blamed For Farm Bill Foul-Up RALEIGH — Congressman Har old D. Cooley was blamed today by W E. Debnem, bis opponent In the Fourth District Congressional race, for “completely fouling up” legis lation to give financial aid to far mers. “Since last January’ Mr. Cooley has seemed utterly confused about the farm situation and the best way to remedy it,” Debnam said. “After playing a devious game of politics ixj a futile attempt to fur ther his awn political ambitions, Mr. Cooley finaBy has introduced in his awn name the Republican sponsored soil bank bill, and even on Uhls he has succeeded in furth er hurting the farmer by knocking out the provision for pre-payments now for farmers who pledge to take land out of crop production laker." “The admtaietraitton presented the soil-hank bill to Onagri— early in January, and had Mr. Cooley not blocked it then the farmers would have been profiting from It by now." Debnam also rapped Cooley tor introducing a bill early this year to cut 1956 tobacco acreage by 3Q POLITICAL WRITER SAYS . Harnett May Hold Key In Hot Congressional Race EDITOR’S NOTE: Arthur Johnaey, chief of the Raleigh bureau of the Greenaboro Daily News, last week. made a survey of the Seventh District in an effort to detect trends in the heated cam paign between Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle and his opponent, Former V. S. Senator Alton A. Lennon. He was in Dunn Wednes day and heard M- »••»«n »t GodWin Wednesday night. The following story by Mr. Johnsiy report* his findings. By ARTHUR JOHNSEY In The Greensboro Daily News FAYETTEVILLE — Alton Lennon has drawn the Cerr Scctt leaders into a strange alliance in Harnett Coun y. Here in neighboring Cumberland, the backers of Sher ff L. L. Guy. the embattled crime-buster, were joining aennon’s forces by the score These were a' few of the sign* of j wlltical wind-shifting that stirred he aeven counties of the Seventh] 'ongreesional District under the . ttack of the fanner XJ. S. Sfenator j oar on the trail of a political j i ;"■ r' . • i / xKueback that could take Lennon to Washington again, this time to »cupy Rep. F. Brtet Carlyle* eeat n the Coogrem. Campaigning through territory w as familiar to him aa the hack of his hand. Lennon had Introduce ed a few surprises into Ids strate gy- mixing them with his old hand shaking techniques Most ef the subtle new approaches were out growths erf the situation that arose two /eats ago when Lennon cam paigned hard and made himself known throughout the jrtate in a futile attempt to defeat Scott for Junior Senate mt * JUXUW <w'\
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