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Lucky Bill Contest Announced By Local Merchants
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DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 18, 1957 .V
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
NO. 52
AFTERNOON SNACK — Joe, a Mynah bird who acts like he was
trained in an advertising agency, pauses alter a gulp of some
Gardner’s Dairy milk. Owner James Suries, manager of the dairy,
feeds him Gardner’s products, is training him to say firm, slogans.
(Record Photo by Ted Crail.)
Mynah Bird Will
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Joe is a Mynah bird who drinks his milk good like a 1
Mynah’ bird should.
Owner James Surles, bird col
lector on the side and fuLi-time
manager of Gardner’s Dairy, has
installed Joe in his downtown ofr
fice.
Surles has nearly 200 feathered
creatures, mostly parakeets and
African love-birds, in his collection,
but Joe is the only one he wants
for company through the day.
Here’s how he happened to get
Joe and why he’s so pleased with
him.
A few months ago, Surles con
ducted extensive correspondence
with a California outfit about buy
ing a Mynah bird. Came Christmas
Eve and Surles, who had never
actually ordered the bird, received
a special smpment irom camomia.
His secretary who knew of her
boss's yen for one of the expensive
birds (they cost about $100 each)
had let other employes in on it.
Together they ordered Joe.
He almost didn’t arrive in time.
In fact, a letter had been prepared
for Surles, telling him that his
Christmas gift was ordered but
hadn’t arrived. Then, on Christmas
Eve, Joe squeaked in, arriving by
air express at'the Raleigh-Durham
airport.
The male Mynah bird is mighty
strange in his eating habits—he
likes' such diverse foods as creamed
potatoes, bananas, grapes and mix
ed vegetables—but, claims Surles,
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One Is Badly Hurt
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Patsy Bryant. 10-year-old daug
hter of Mr. and Mrs. Waylon Bry
ant of South Washington Ave., is
in the Dunn Hospital with a brok
en leg and other-minor injuries
as the result of an accident that
occurred Saturday night about 6:30
o'clock at the intersection of gas
Godwin and Washington Ave.
Police Chief Alton A. Cobb sai<
she was struck by a 1956 station
wagon being driven by Edward Bari
Hudson, local radio and TV repair
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Slater Also Hit
The station wagon also struck
her sister, Bavon Hartley, age 9,
knocking her off balance and knoc
king off her shoe and skate. Her
skate was knocked for a distance
;°f or 20 feet and'her shoe ne
ver^ has been recovered. The girl
Iwas not hurt.
The two sisters were skating near
the intersection of East Godwin
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{Dunn Bargain
Days Will Open
Thursday—
Tooling up for what tlrey
hope will be the most excit
ing Bargain Days Dunn has j
ever held, local merchants
this mortiing announced the
details of a Lucky Bill con
test.
On Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday, the serial numbers of cer
tain bills put into circulation by
local stores will be posted in the
windows of the Chamber of Com
merce office and announced by
local papers and radio station
WCKB.
Holders of those bills will be
treated to Bargain Day’s best bar-’ '
gain:
Lucky Ones will be worth ten
dollars each, on presentation at
the Chamber of Commerce. Lucky
Fives will be worth twenty dollars
>ach.
David Pope, head of the Retail
Merchants group which declared
he semi-annual Bargain Days,
said that three of the lucky one
iollar bills will go into, circulation
>n Thursday, three ones and a five
>11 Friday, three ones and two ffVw
>n Saturday.
Those who come into possession
f the Lucky Bills will have thro
igh next Wednesday to present
hem at the Chamber of Com -
nerce office and* receive their Bar
;ain Day bonus. On Saturday, the
iffice will foe open until fiye o’
lock so winners can present their ,
tills. ‘
No employes or immediate rela- (
iveg of retail establishments will ^
e eligible as holders of the Lucky
Jills. Those who do win will foe
►aid nff in cilvpr rt/\llovc
Quite aside from the free bills, c
here will be many bargains almost 1
is spectacular during the three c
lays of this trade promotion. *
Pope announced that all local
etah merchants are joining in the
vent. Each store will cut prices £
o 'the bone, feature many special 1
ales. Prices won’t be so low again <
intil next Bargain Days roll ar- ^
•und. 1
The Retail Merchants have un
ertaken this event cooperatively
nd are advertising extensively th
ough various media. Special shop
in 8 pages full of these arvertise
lents will appear in the Daily
lecord throughout this week.
)an Byrd, 74,
Juried Sunday
Funeral services were held .Sun
»y afternoon at 3 o’clock for Ro
ert Daniel Byrd, 74, of Pope Road
i Dunn, one of the town’s oldest
nd best known residents.
Mr. Byrd died at his home Kri
sty night.
The services were held at the
romartie Funeral Home oh N.
rilson Avenue. The Rev. Ernest P.
ussell, pastor of the First Bap
st. Church, officiated. Burial was
1 Old Bluff Church Cemetery in
umberland County.
RETIRED CARPENTER
Mr. Byrd a native and lifelong
isident of Harnett County, son of
le late William Bright and Mary
fcmeron Byrd. He was 4 retired
strpenter. Mr. Byrd was a member
1 the First Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, M'rs. Lija
tephenson Byrd of the home: four
>ns, Robert L. Byrd of Danville,
a : Theron Byrd of Fayetteville •
arl Byrd of Smithfleld; and Carl
yrd of Fort Riley. Kansas; three
aughters, Miss Mildred Byrd of
le home; Miss Evelyn Byrd of
sleigh and Mrs. J. W. Swanner of
ort Meade, Fla.; one brother, Ri
lard Byrd of Erwin;1 two sisters
Use Hattie Byrd and Mrs. Della
ew. both of Erwin; also 13 grand
lildrtn.
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MRS. JAMES E. FISHER
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Godwin
Benson Girl Dies
In Head-On Crash
Mis. James E. Fisher, 24, a; laboratory technician at
st Josepbs Hospitai at Asheville, was killed in a two-car
n°’lls'on °n u- f• Highway No. 1 five miles south of San
ord Sunday afternoon at 12:10 o’clock.
Mrs Ficher ic tho
lonnie Louise Godwin of Benson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Enoch
’• Godwin. Her father owns and
perates Godwin Produce Coriipany
n Dunn.
She was a sister of Mrs. Robert
Elizabeth) Tyler of Dunn, a nurse
t, the Dunn Hospital, and of Ber
:ard Godwin of Dunn, a member
f the Plain View School faculty,
■he was .also a niece of Mr. and
frs. A. B. Adams of Dunn.
Mrs. Fisher had spent the week
nd with her parents near Ben
on and was returning to her home,
he was the only occupant of the
ar.
Funeral arrangements had not
een completed this morning.
Wed Only Four Months
Mrs. Fisher, a bride of only four
ronths, was a native of the Ben
on community. She graduated
■om Meadow High School, at -
-nded Sacred Heart College at
lelmont, and took her laboratory
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Marilyn's
Husband
Indicted
WASHINGTON (IP) — A federal
grand jury today indicted Arthur
Miller, playwright husband of
Marilyn Monroe, on charges of con
tempt of Congress.
The jury returned a similar in
dictment against Otto Nathan, New
York University professor and exe
cutor of the estate of the late A1-.
bert Einstein,
Miller in a statement issued
through his attorney said he would
seek dismissal of the indictment
on grounds that refusal to answer
“irrelevant questions" of a con -
sessional committee “is not pun
ishable.”
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Fitchett Elected
Dunn Rotary Chief
Carl E. Fitchett, Jr., well-known young business and
ivic leader, has been elected president of the Dunn Ro- «
ary Club for the coming year.
The election of officers took
lace at the annual organizational
meeting of the local civic group.
Fitchett will succeed Retiring
‘resident R. Dennis Strickland.
rho is stepping down after a very
accessful' term of office. The club
as enjoyed many outstanding pro
rams during the year and has
jmpleted a number of highly siic
jssful civic projects.
Under organizational rules of the
lub, Mr. Strickland automatically
:comes the vice president.
New Directors
Elected to serve on the new board
t directors, in addition to the
resident and vice president, were."
■eorge Franklin Blalock, Bobby
ryan, Willard Mixon, James 8ni
» and Ronunie F. Williamson.
President-elect Fitchett, who
ith his father owns and operates
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Police Believe
Boy, 15, Fired
Mortal Bias!—
Fred Weldon Jackson, 27
year-old Dunn mechanic,
was shot to death Sunday
afternoon in what police de
scribed as a “free-for-all”
involving a rifle and two
shotguns at McLamb’s
Crossroads on Dunn, Route
2, in neighboring Johnston
County.
A neighbor rushed Into the Dunn
police station Sunday afternoon
and reported that, Jackson and Lee
O’Quinn Parker, 41, of Dunn, Rt.
2 had the road blocked off and
whe engaged in a shooting duel.
Policeman Harus Davison im -
mediately phoned Johnston County
authorities to report the episode
but was told: “It’s too late now. We
just sent an. ambulance after Jack
son’s body.’’
Jackson’s body, one side of his
head ripped off by the blast from
a :1£ gauge double-barrel shotgun,
was brought to the Cromartie Fu
neral Home in Dunn.
Father And Son Held
* amci it lo-year-oia son,
Henry Lee Parker, are being held
in Johnston County in connection
with the shooting and Coroner V,
J. Underwood has set ,an inquest
for Monday night at 7:30 o’clock
at the county courthouse in Smith
field.
Authorities said Jackson had
served two terms in Federal prison
for liquor violations and was under
bond nc<w for appearance in Samp
son County on multiple motor ve
hicle violations and for assault on
an officer.
Sheriff B. A. Henry, who direc
ted the investigation, said he had
gathered this version of the fatal
shotting.
Shortly before the shooting,
Jackson and Parker had. a fuss ov
er possession of an automatic .22
calibre rifle and Jacksoi\ took the
weapon out of Parker’s automobile
and refused to give It back to him.
Returned With Guns
—Parker returned home, got his
wife, two sons and a daughter, al
ong with a single-barrell shotgun
and a double-barrell shotgun, both
.12 gauge, and returned to Me -
Lamb’s Four-Way Service Station,
where Jackson’s .automobile .was
parked.
.. Jackson and Parker engaged in
a scuffle over the rifle, which was
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State Legion Chief
Comirfg To Benson
Department Commander Tim
Craig will be guest speaer at the
14th American Legion District din
tier and dance meeting to be held
n the Benson American Legion
Building Friday night; February
22, at 7 o’cibck.
A ham dinner will be served at
1 o’clock and will be followed by'
i short business session. At 9 o’
:lock a free dance will be held
vith the “Rhythm Kings’’ furnish
ng the music.
All Legionnaires and their wives
>r dates are invited to attend.
»lates will be $1.25 per person. Re
ervations may be made by con
acting - Noah Barefoot in Benson
»efore Thursday noon.
Bulldozer or Hurricane To Blame?
Tempers Flare At W ade Cemeterv
Two local attorneys have
>een retained to protest
vhat some descendants
:laim is the unlawful
listurbance of graves in the
Vade Cemetery. They claim
hat a bulldozer wreaked
lavbcamong the grave
tones. b, el m •
George Franklin Blalock, target
of their wrath, stated strongly to
day that no bulldozer broke any
head-stones and that the damage
referred to was caused by Hurri
cane Hazel and marauding dogs
and hogs. \
Attorney Bill Taylor, who Is re
presenting some of the persons who
are angry with Blalock and grad
ng contractor Lewis Godwin, plan
:
ned a meeting tonight with the
objectors.
Another Dunn' attorney,
Doffermyre, stated that he, t
has been retained to deal with <
questions of tho cemetery.
Lawyer Taylor said that
the law a cemetery cannot
turbed even if it is on -toe
ty of^the disturber. Said Blalock”
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Busy Days Ahead For HtirnettLawmaker
Rep. Gregory Gets
Important Posts
see^s 6 Carson GreS°r~v- a fellow who
ft ™t rf,?t f J Z- and thnve on hard work- has plenty of
pQ out_for h,r" during the current seSsTorTortfceNorth
Carolina General Assembly.
Harnett's veteran lawmaker, now
beginning his fourth consecutive
term, ranks high in the esteem of
! his fellow solons, which accounts
for the fact that he landed one
important committee chairman -
ship and one vice chairmanship.
He was also apponted to serve
on 11 other ‘legislative committees,
which gives assurance that he won’t
have a moment" to call his own un
til the current session adjourns.
All Citizens Welcome
Despite these busy legislative as
signments, Rep. Gregory still main
tains “Open House” at his head
quarters in the Hotel Sir Walter
and still, urges all residents of the
county to call on him to discuss
their problems and to give him the
benefit of their views and opinions
on the various issues to be decided. -
“I am never too busy to talk to
the people of Harnett County,”
said Rep. Gregory.
JHe is particularly happy over his
assignment as vice chairman of the *
Committee on Agriculture, which
lie fanks right at the top in im
portance to the State. He. was also
named chairman of the Committee
on Insurance.
Other committees to which he -
was named are: Counties, Towns
and Cities, Drainage, Education,
Manufacturing and Labor, Mental
Institutions, Penal Institutions,
Propositions and Grievances, Salar
ies and Fees, Senatorial Districts,
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County Agent Asks
$250,000 In Suit
An unusual civil suit in which County Agent C R Am
mons of Islington is suing former Lillington Mayor Joel
^r > *or $200,000 for alleged slander is stated for
trial Tuesday.
It will come before Judge Mal
colm Sea well, who started a two
week term of civil court in Lilling
ton today.
Subpoenas have been served on
a large number of witnesses and
one attorney representing Ammons
said that at least 30 will take the
stand.
A motion in connection with the
suit was due to be madd" today.
However. Attorney A. R. Taylor, re
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motion could be introduced at the
time the case is called tor trial
and the judge stated that it could.
The suit arose out of a public
hearing held June 6, 1954, at the
court-house in Lillington. County
commissioners had called the pub
lic meeting to consider the re -
employment of Ammons as county
agent. He had served in that post
from June, 1937.
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