* WEATHER * Portly cloudy Tuesday with widely scattered thundershowers occurring mostly in the south por tion. i Ehr E scixy KMW THE RECORD If IS FIRST DUNN, N. C\ TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 15, 1956 VOLUME 6 TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 FIVE CENTS PER COPY " ‘i""1 <■ PAINT STORE SOON READY — Several earner* men, who Rave been bussing around pretty steadi ly as Sherwin-Williams paint company prepares t* open a branch here, paused momentarily this r moraine to listen to Bill Klnlaw, sign erector (far left) tell a fish story. I-awrencr Marshburne, far right, will be manager of the new dor* which is going up beside Quinn’s Shopping Center. Grover ( Headmen, owner of Quinn*, is second from the rifht; in the middle is Dewey Godwin, con tractor, and A. J. McGraw, area manager for Sherwin-Williams, is next to Kinlaw. Marshburne expects construction to he finished in two to three weeks. Inside and outside paint, enamels, wallpaper and other products win be sold. (Daily Record Photo by Ted Crafl.) ELABORATE FAIR PLANS UNVEILED- ' I Legion Will Erert New Exhibit Hall At Fair Jh*M Juitlfi JhinqA Bt loom ADAMS BANANA SANDWICHES AND SHOCKING NEWS OF WtMMIN Chairman Fred Byerly and mem ber* of his committee are making plans to welcome a crowd of at jeast 1500 for the Lennon rally here Wed. night , Mr. and Mrs. Abe Elmore are back home after a few days of rest and visiting in Georgia . . Dunn has a new flower shop . , It's operated by Thomas Aman, formerly with Fairview . . .Loca tion of the new florist is on South Clinton Avenue Banana sand wiches are listed on the menu of the Village Grill. . .First time we ever saw them on a menu any where Wonder why local drivy ins don’t use girl car hops instead of boys .Pretty glris dressed in those real short ballerina skirts, like they wear ’em out in Holly wood and in Miami, would draw a lot more biz . Never Underesti mate the power of a Woman. . . But here's a piece of shocking news . . A survey Just completed by the Veterans Hospital in Oulfport, Miss, tends to prove that "Women are the Inferior sex,” unquote. (Those words aren't ours, girls.). . Tests undertaken by leading socio (CaattmwA O* Pace TWW) Construction will get un derway here soon on a big new permanent exhibit buil ding at the American Leg ion’s Four County Fair - grounds on the Dunn-Jones boro road. Plans for the permanent Improve ment program at the local fair grounds were announced here to day by George Franklin Bialock. chairman of the Legion's fair com mittee, and C. M. Rumley of Dur ham, promoter - manager of the fair. Mr. Rumley was here fir a con ference with Blalock and other fair officials. Also present was Garland Norris of Goldsboro, who is in charge of the commercial exhibit displays at the fair. The locaf fair, which each year attracts thousands of visitors from Harnett, Johnston, Sampson and Cumberland counties, will be held this year the first week In October, about two weeks later than last year. The change In dates, pointed out Chairman Blalock, will allow more time for the elaborate arrange - menta being made for this year's exposition. The new permanent exhibit hall is being erected at a cost of several thousand dollars and will be the last word in modem exhibition LONG-RANGE FLANS This first permanent building is the first phase of the Legion’s plans to make the locai* fair the greatest in this part of the State. Other buildings will be erected later, a race track is to be added and long-range plans also call for a big stadium which couid be used throughout the year for other big (Continued On Tags Two) MAD MAYTAG MARATHON AT STAR Ed's Maytags Came By Land And By Sea Ed Black’s Star Furniture Company in Dunn will be among appliance dealers in the Middle Atlantic states selling sea-going washing machines, starting Thursday of this week. , The occasion U “Operation 64" in the four-state area of the Maytag Company’s Richmond sales branch. Maytag dealers In Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and North Ca rolina are participating. Mr. Black and the other dealers are planning a trading spree calcu lated to place att entire trainload of Maytag appliances in customers' homes by Saturday night. Star Fu rniture Company is offering a number of unique attractions and customer - Inducements during this three-day sales event. PAST OP HUGE SHIPMENT The Maytag appliances now or display at Star Furniture Oompanj awaiting the “Mad Maytag Mara thon" were supplied by a tralrubec shipment valued at over a mittiox dollars. Mr. Black said the washers aiu / Teenage Beauty Charges Rape GASTONIA W—City court hear ings ware adbeduled today tor two men charged w*th rapine a high school beauty contestant in a woods Sunday night. The men. John Lunsford. 22. and Ralph Boldin. 25, both of Gaston ia. were held in jail last night without bond. Rape is a capital of fense in North Carolina. The girl. 16-year-old Starlene McKeehan. Identified Lunsford and Boldin a» her attackers. She told police the pair and another man stopped to helo her and a trid friend Sunday ni that reached to the nose. A big area . of skull was exposed, and the hack ol his head was also cut. i Dr. Corbett said he expected the r child would be able to leave the y hospital In three or four days. The . cuts may leave a mark said Dr. j Corbett, but he does riot believe - the scars will be disfiguring. The accident served as a warning i to children and adults as well that t fans without adequate safety guards are dangerous. 1 1 Child Goes Head First Into Fan Police Find Knife In Prisoners Boot \ James Faison had a bad dky yesterday. First he re ceived a 30-day sentence on the roads in Dunn Court, and then police discovered what might have been his ticket out — a knife that he had hid in his boot Police Chief Alton Cfcbb reported that another prisoner tipped offi cers to the knife in Faison’s boot, as the latter was being led away from court. Faison, though he did n’t have much chance, made a fight against being searched. Two or three officers joined to take him down on the floor and remove the boot so they could get at the knife "He’s mean, all right," Chief Cobb, who was undisturbed by the incident. He drew the sent ence of 30 days for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. It was considerably calmer up stairs than downstairs at city halt. The regular Monday session of Dunn Recorder's Court was run through with nothing more spect l Continued On rage Six) Shriners Plan | Ladies Night 1 The Shrine Club is one of Its big events of On Monday, May 31, the ladies night program win take i Continued On ~ A PLUMP SPINSTER'S FIRST TRIAL SET Million—Moochin g Goes On Trial NORFOLK, Va.