+ WEATHER +
Thursday partly cloudy with
widely scattered afternoon and
even tint thundershowers mostly in
the west portion, hi*rh 87 to M
l”Hday partly cloudy and warm
with scattered afternoon and eve
ning thundershower*.
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THE RECORD
IS FIRST
VOLUME 6
TELEPHONES SI 17 - 3118
DUNN. N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 14. 1956
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
NO, II|
WOODHEN PRESENT FLAG — Woodmen of the
World of Dunn Camp SR recently presented a
flag to Cub Scout Troop 751 at the Second Bap
tist Church. Left to right In photograph are
Leslie Surles, Cub scout master and member of
the ffoadtarn; Mm. F,. C. Keller, d«n mother;
Robbie Creech; Paul Franklin Bans; Charlie Tuck
er; Dale Bennett; Jimmy Penny; Larry Snipe*;
James Tew; and J. V. Jernigan of the Woodmen
of the world. (Daily Record Photo.!
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Bt loom ADAMS
A LONG COLITMN
ABOUT A RIGHT GUT
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Famed orchestra leader Tony t
Pastor told an Interesting story 1
here the other day of hi* first ride
to one of the Air Force'# faster than
fast new Jet planes It was ,
about a year asro while Tony and (
his band were entertaining the Am
erican troops In Alaska. , .The i
general of the base wanted to show ,
his appreciation so he sent the ,
hand leader^up in a let “Abso- )
h<telv nothin? like flying in a Jet." ,
said Tonv, "You go so fast you
don't even realise you’re flying—
no noise, no bumps, no nothing." ■
. . "There I was 40.000 feet up in i
the air In a Jet going 515 miles an
hour." relates Tonv. “We were fly
ing over Mt. McKinley I couldn't
think of anything else to say so I
Jokingly suggested to the pilot
“How about some music? To his
surprise, the pilot flipped a switch
"And what happens?" continues
Tony, “out came the music and
there it was—old Duke Ellington
and his boys! . .How did I
know you couM pick up music In
a Jet?. . You couldn* knocked
me cold."
SCORES HIT — Tony and his
hand scored a tremendous hit at
the dance here Tuesday night
It's doubtful that any dance ever
held here received so much favor
able comment . . Everybody had a
wonderful time and went away
raving about the band Several
In the crowd—Mrs John Henry
Wilson of Erwin* and Nancy Wei
born, for instance-said the Tony
Pastor dance to Dunn was far better
than the June Oerman with Ralph
Flannagdn’s band at Rocky Mount
. . . A lot of those present request
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Sen. Scott Opposes
Coats Mail Change
Coats residents, not reconciled tp the prospect of a
rhange in their mail service which would probably mean
x slow-up in delivery, had good news from State Legisla
tor Carson Gregory yesterday. ....
Gregory returning from a vaca
lon trip to Washington said Sen
itor Kerr Scott "assured me he’d
io everything he could to keep
he mall route for us.”
A survey made by the post-office
lepartment recently suggested that
he 40-mile Coats route be combin
'd with the Angier Dunn and
Jibing ton route. If adopted said
3regory this would mean tha t mail
could come into Dunn and be slow,
-r In arriving at its ultimate (Coats)
lestination.
"If you had anything special you
vere watching for you’d have to
:ome clear into Dunn to get it”
said Gregory. “Th«f* would be
ccnklerable inconvenience to those
of us who who are involved."
The state legislator said he un
derstands a petition protesting the
proposed change is now being cir
culated among Coats resident*.
“Senator Scott told pie to ted the
people that he would be right wt'\
them" said Gregory,
Gregory's main re***'*' * *> -
Washington was *
Jack a buihiirs wauaetr H e-ak
in two big league ball gam's saw
the sights Senator Scott, he saw*,
was in "the best shape I've seen
him in a long time ”
MOCK WEDDING CEREMONY
Doctor Ordered
To Support Child
FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. (W
—A 28-year-old mother tes
tified here Wednesday she
thought she was a doctor’s
wife until she found out the
“justice of the peace” who
married them was really a
registrar of dee^s.
The court ruled that Dr. Charles
Frederick Simpson. 42, Ja the fa
ther of her illegitimate child and
ordered him to pay support.
The woman, Dorothy Moore, said
die met Simpson when he was a
medical student at Wake Forest
and Chapel Hill, N. C. She said
she lived at his home for several
weeks in 1963 because his elderly
parents needed care
She said die and Simpson went
through a wedding ceremony July
6. 195?. before a man represented
as a justice of the peace. She
later learned, ghe said, that he
was a register of deeds.
LIVED TOGETHER
She said she and Simpson lived
together at her mother's home in
Smithfield as man and wife for a
while. The son, named Charles
Frederick Simpson, Jr., was born
in a ^hospital there March 19, 1954.
ATU AGENT CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
Coats Calls For Early Hearing
ATU Agen C, 8. Coats,
contending there has been
an effort to delay his case
until the Johnston County
grand jury meets June 26,
has demanded a hearing in
recorder’s court no later than
June 19.
Elmon Jemipan, the 20-year-old
Meadow farmer who lives on Dunn.
Route 2. has charged the law offi
cer with assault with a deadly
weapon. Jemigan has lost the
*ight In his right eye as the result
of a bullet wound.
The warrant charge# the assault
occurred on May 29, but Coats has
said the shooting he did happened
in the early hours of May 30.
Other officers and himself. Coats
said, found a still in Banner
Township shortly after midnight
and were returning to the road
when a track drove up.
JUMPED ON TRUCK
Coats raid he jumped on the
truck and ordered the driver to
halt. Instead he aped off. Coats
fired two shots at the truck, he
said, before being thrown off.
There wore three men in the
truck, the ATD agent believes. All
made their get-away. Coat* said
he could not identify any of tb«
men.
Jemigan has said he was not li
the truck—that he was waUdne
along a road when the bullet hti
him.
NO BOOTLEGGING RECORD
Coats said he didn't know wthe
ther Jemigan was in the area dur
ing t=lje raid. He added that th<
young roan “has no reputation" a
a bootlegger, but he lives In ai
area “that has the most lUfuo
violators'’ of any section in th<
state.
It a hearing indicates that i
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Angier Chamber
Forging Ahead;
Want Dentist
An5!»r aims to send its new
Clamber 8f Commerce manager—
22-year-old Harold Benton Thorpe
—to fche Chamber of Commerce
Institute in Chapel Hill next week.
This week, the newly formed
chapter of the C of C, Which ia \
starting a campaign to revitalize
Angler, set up their preliminary
plans. v
Publication of an industrial bro
chure and folder which will ilium- J
mate Angler and it* wetting is j ,
currently projected The Chamber j
also intends to hold a paper as a
dean-up measure; a safety
drive in cooperation with the Ki
wanis Club; and a drive to beau
tify—or at least improve—the area
along the railroad track* in An- J
gier. . . j
They are especially anxious to
attract a dentist to town.
The board voted to purchase of
| fice furniture for the Chamber-?
i headquarters, to print membership
I cards, and enroll both chapter and
I manager In the North Carolina
! Association of Chamber of Com
merce executives.
Miss Maxine Pleasants, well
known Angler businesswoman, is
president of the Chamber. Other
officers include J, J. Barnes, vice
ivesiden* and Haywood Hall, sec
retary and treasurer. Directors in
clude D. W. Manning. jr., Henry
Strickland. Sr. Roy B. Harrell,
Joe Ourrin. Don Wimberly, Jr., j
Jack Marley. Gerald Pate, H. D
j Honeycutt. Fred Hock ad a v and W
I L. Woodall
RALEIGH flP — Directors of Ca
rolina Power and Light Co. have
dec!, ted quarterly dividends ofi
*1,? per share of *5 preferred
*r sare of *4 20 serial
■' * 27 1-2 cents per
m are of common.
Preferred hock dividends are
payable July 2 to stockholders of
record June 20 and common stock o
dividends will be paid Aug 1. to a
holders of record July 8. a
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+ Record Roundup +
ON DEANS LIST — Marjorie
Jackson and Patricia Johnson of
Dunn are among the 61 students at
Meredith whose names are includ
ed on the Dean’s List for the work
of the spring semester. The aca
demic requirement for this honor
makes it necessary for a student to
take at least twelve semester hours
and earn a number of quality
points equal to twice the number
taken plus three.
SHUCK FIRE — Thad Smith,
farmer who lives South of Ulling
ton near the Bethune stockyard,
was baling shucks with a hoy baler
this morning when the shuck?
caught fire. The big pile of dry
shucks was near a tobacco bam
and a 560 feet gasoline fuel tank.
The LiHington fire department,
called to the fire, succeeded to
sawing the bam and firemen were
keeping a watchful eye at noon on
the hot fuel tank
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NEW FIRE RATES — Lilling*
ion, which is serviced by one fire
truck, has set up new regulations
for use of the fire fighting equip
ment. The new town ordinance
passed last week, makes it permis
sible for the truck to go within
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SHE'S OFF TO GET DIVORCE
Marthas Flame
First At Her Fire
NEW YORK (IP—Comedienne i
Martha Rave left for Miami Beach
today to secure a divorce from ac
tor Ed Begley. She told newsmen
that she intend* to »eU her West
port, Conn., home.
Pointing out that theS-e have
been three fires in the Westport
home within the past two years,
the latest of them three days ago.
and that she face* an alienation
of affections suit filed by the wife
of a Westport policeman, Mis*
i Raye said:
i "I want to get out of the state
i of Connecticut. It’s just not lucky
■ for me. I have nothing against
i the state or the people of Con
necticut. but it is just unlucky for
k me * *
Adas Raye Mid her attorney in
Miami Beach, Shirley Wolff, filed
for the divorce a week ago, and
'W Martha is a resident at Flor
ida. she expects to obtain the di
vorce by next week.
She .said Begley is not contest
ing her action.
Miss Rave told reporters it was
“quite a coincidence’' that the
first cpp to appear on the scene
in response to the fire in her bed
room Monday was Robert Shea,
the policeman who allegedly was
romantically entangled with her.
But sue reiterated mat she bad
no romantic Interests in the hand
some O'Shea and expressed the
hope that be “succeeds in his
reconciliation efforts’* with his
wife.
NO COMMENT—Playwright Arthur Mflte, rij^ra&gdto
comment on any marriage plana with actreea Marilyn Miming
as he talked with reporters on his arrival in W«w ion.
V swering reporters, Miller conceded • J*1JrV? ,
) “might happen in a day or so," but be added firmly, Tl 1
\ business, frankly.” The playwright recently
contested divorce from his wife in Nevmaaj __.
•RISON SUSPENDED IN THEFT
Harnett Teenagers
Put On Probation
iwo Harnett county teenagers wno last wees, were
etumed to Durham by Sheriffs deputies on charges of
lorebreaking and larceny, were given suspended five-year
irison sentences and were placed on probation for five
ears yesterday in Superior Court at Durham
Auer n»i mu * *,
nd John H. Moore, 16 both of
rwin entered ideas of guilty to
le charges they were told by
ucUre Raymond Mallard that
soth of you are getting the same
. . five years in Central Prison,
jspended on five years probation
. . tbf' probation showing both
“fendants to be home before 11
fclock each night for five years
nd not to drink any alcoholic bev
•ages for five years."
After explaining the conditions
f the probation. Judge Mallard
ided, “and if you So much as pass
stop sign within the five years,
auu wuuic uic, uiab iifc
years win go into effect.”
Both youthes were charged with
the breaking in and larceny of
merchandise at Wendell’s Gulf
Service and some six miles south
of Durham on Highway 55 June 8.
Deputy Sheriff T. C. Leary, who
along with Deputy J. M. Mangrum
brought the two back to Durham
from Lillington to stand trial, tes
tified that both boys admitted the
breakin when questioned. He said
that Harvey Lunsford, operator of
the service station, reported five
tires, a bag containing 150 pennies,
and four cartons of cigarettes
stolen from the station.
It was brought out in court later
that three tires and the 1 0 pen
nies were recovered bv nolice of
ficers, and the boys denied steal
ing the two remaining tire*. One
of the tires recovered, however,
had been sold to a service station
in Harnett County and was picked
uo there, Leary said.
Attorney for the two bov* pre
sented five character witnesses on
behalf of the youths. AJl the wit
neees testify that up until now
tiie character of each bov and his
family had been superior. Also
presented to the court was infor
mation that the two had no previ
ous notice records.
In passing sentence. Judge Mal
lard said "tuvenile delinquency is
not caused-toy one thing, it is the
responsibility of the home, the pa
rents. the school and the whole
«ocietv in general.” He asked both
bov, if their families knew where
they were at 3 a. m. in the morn
ing. (the time of the Durham
breaking and the bovs replied that
their families thought they were
visiting Moore's si-der.
Produce I
Smallest Chef
To Visit Dunn
A midivt chef named Oscar
and his “WlenermobUe” will be
in Dunn on Saturday June 16,
from two to four p. m.
The) Muse Supermarket W
sponsoring Little Oscar’s arrival
in the 22-foot-long vehicle that
looks like a cross between a Grey
hound bus and a hot dor.
There'll be free sanvcnlrs for
the kids when Oscar hits town.
He and the WtenarmebBe have
wherever they go.
Iniman Aides
Convicted
Of Fix Charge
ST. LOUIS <IP> — Two high
Truman administration of
ficials were convicted today
of charges of conspiracy to
defraud the government in
the handling of a tax case*
A Jury of eight men and four
women deliberated nine hours and
five minutes before reaching Its
verdict.
\ Judge Rubey M. Hulen an
nounced after the verdict was
read he would sentence Matthew
J. Connelly. White House aide to
former President Truman, and T.
Lamar Caudle, former head of
the Justice Department's tax di
vision, on July 19.
Conviction carries a maximum
penalty of five years in prison
and a $10,000 fine. The Judge
couid order a lesser penalty.
CAUDLE’S COMMENT
Caudle declared later that “my
conscience is so clear and so open
I can face my God. my sweet
children and my friends. I have
no apologies for anything I have
done."
Attorneys for both men were
caustic in brief statements about
the verdict. John Lashly. counsel
for Connelly, said "my belief in
my client’s innocence Is unshaken
by the Jury’s verdict. I propose to
go as far as necessary to vindt
cate him.’*
Charles Margiotti, former Penn
! syhrania attorney general and
counsel for Caudle, declared “I
have always believed in the inno
cence of my client and I still do
irregardless of the jury's verdict.
I hope and pray tha tthe time
will come when there wiU be vin
dication for himself, his family
and his friends."
FRAUD CHARGED
Ctorinelly and Caudle were found i
guilty of conspiring with Harry L,
Schwimmer. a Kansas City attor
ney, to allow a tax evader, Irirtng
Sachs, to escape criminal trial or,
if Sachs were tried, to avoid a
prison term. He did later plead
guilty and was let off with a fine.
The Jury members began delib
erations at 11:20 a. m. yesterday
and twice called for letters and
documents introduced by the gov
ernment.
JUdge Rubey M. Hulen. in his
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Body Of Nude
Girl Is Found
LEESBURG-. V*. HB-Hie
body of a young girt, apparently
between the ages of 18 and 18. wis
found in a creek today 10 mibfs
from where the nude body of an
other girl was located six day* ago.
The body found about 11 a. jn.
today was face down in six ,bgfebt
of water about 30 feet from a
bridge that crosses V. 8. # near
here, and near a state road that
also goes near where the first was
found.
Hie spot is about 10 miles **>*1*
of Brunswick Bridge, where an
other young girl’a nude body 8M
taken from the backwaters of the
Potomac last Saturday morning.
That body was tentatively identi
fied as Mary Elizabeth Fellers, 18
year-old BeltsvlUe, Md. girl.
Police said no trace hag been
found of Miss Feller’s companion,
16-year-old Shelby Jean Venable
of North Laurel, Md. Hie two wen!
away together about two week*
ago and have not been seen since.
Police refused to speculate that
the second body was Mlsg Vta-*
able’s.
W. P. Penn Frazer, acting med
ical examiner, said the body found
this morning apparently had bant
in the water about two week*. Po
lice said the find girl died of
drowning.
Lillington May Take
In New Residents
Residents of a wide area
want to be officially annexed
A petition, signed by 58 residents
and four non-residents property
owners, requesting annexation has
been presented to the Town Coun
cil. Mayor Henry Hamilton said
the board has taken the petition
under advisement, and filed it, pend
ing a look at th« 1956-57 budget.
Alex J. White, well known con
tractor, who lives in the area seek
ing annexation presented the peti
tion to the board at its last meet
ing. White pointed out that the
North and West of Lillington
to the Town of Lillington.
* _
area, which includes many She
homes, needs better fire protection
and other city services. It includes
some of the most attractive, rolling;
and wooded building sites in this
part of North Carolina.
The petitioners ask that the
town limits be extended in three
general directions, North, North
west and Southwest Going North
I the new area would indude exten
jsion of Front Street (the county
Mart To Open Fri.
I The Dunn Produce Market wiH
I open Friday morning at 10 o'clock
' its second season with more
buyers, better facilitiee and a
bright outlook for the future.
General Manager Enoch X. (Sod
win .-aid today that everything Is
in readiness for the opening and :
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HARNETT MAN DROWNS
App Messer, about M. of the
reported drowned Wed. afternoon
jf
Medical Official
Speaks Tuesday
Dr. Westbrook Murphy of Ash
rille, member of the state board of
nedical examiners, wiU speak be
fore the Harnett County Medigal
Association this coming Tuesday
light.
The president at the county or
lanization. Dr. Win. Adair of *r
-in said that Dr. Murphy wtti 4e
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