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+ WEATHER + Partly cloudy and mild Thursday, W»h In the 60s in the mountain* and, In the 70b elsewhere. Friday considerable cloudiness and mild with a chance of showers, possib ly beginning In the west portions THE RECORD IS FIRST VOLUME 7 TELEPHONE 3117 — 3118 DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 11, 1957 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NO. 90 THE SUNSHINE MUCH* — It was a not wpddaBy warn, morning m tWo couple arrived this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Gacques, In foreground, were met by Eldridge Lee and two daughters (rear). Said the former Indo nesian Mr. Gaoanes, "I Why the sunshine much." (Daily Record Photo jjr Ted Crail.) ■Of** Arrives From Europe / At 15, Months, He Walks on Crutches EDDIE, THE CAT-CHASER By TED CRAJL r> Record News Editor Two farrtis down from Grove Church, a few miles out of Dunn, lives a little boy named Eddie Norris who may be the youngest child ever taught to walk on crutches. Last July, when he was just sever months old, a fever that hung on for a week finally revealed itself for what it was— polio. > His mother, Sarah Jane Norris, is a large woman, bursting with health, who has lived on farms all her life. She was playing with Eddie -— jostling him in his crib — when her hands rested on his right leg and felt its limpness. / ■ ' The leg was paralyzed, and it didn’t take Dr. Ciarence Corbett long to tell her why. Just a month before Mrs. Norris had carried Eddie’s two older sisters, Wanda Sue and Emily, to the doctor for their polio shots. Eddie had Just come of age — polio shots aren’t given to children under six months — and his' mother had already laid plans for starting him on the Saik vaccine when illness struck. (Cootinned On Page Seven) Find the Cat, Eddie Driven out of Indonesia, along with other Dutch settlers, in 1946, a Nether lands couple arrived in Dunn from Europe this morning. Their sponsors in America are Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Lee, who have asked them to come here and run Lee’ Evergreen Nurseries. Caroline Gacques is 36 years old and her husband Vincent is 70. For 35 years he was a "Jungfc Officer” around Djakarta. He forested and replanted the great teakwsod trees which are a major part of the Indonesian Commerce. "In America,” said Mr. Gacques, “I Will be my wife’s assistant. Because, you see, there are no teak woods here.” Mrs. Jacques went to a norti culture school in Holland, later did floral work in France, Sweden and England. They found the Netherlands overcrowded, and she ■ Continued On Pace Three) Eight Divorce Cases Are Set For Trial Eight divorce cases and 60 other civil cases are sche duled for trial, at a two weeks civil session of Har nett Superior Court which will convene on Tuesday, April 23. The calendar was released to "duy by Mrs. Elizabeth F. Matthews^ clerk of court. Judge Malcolm Seawell of Lum berton will preside over the ses sion. No court will be held on Easter Monday. Ail of the divorce cases are scheduled to be heard on the first day as soon as court opens. Most of the divorce actions are non contested and are based on grounds of two years seperation. Those seeking a divorce are: Bettie White from George A. White; Ethel Young Stebbins from Donald Ray Stebbins; Malissa Royal Vasquez by his next friend, vs Manuel J. Vasquez; Edwin Travis Ross, Jr., by his next friend, from Mae Cooper Ross; Clawson H. Webb from Hilda Denning Webb; Jimmy Messer from Chris tine J. Messer; Shirley Lucas from Raymond Preston IfUcas; and William Henry Sander* from Bes sie Blount Sanders. (CASES ON MOTION Cues listed on the motion docket for/the opening day acfc: Laia Youhg Mason and others vs Mattie Peede and others; state of N.C. vs Homer P. Godwin; H. C. Cameron vs Grady G. Br'afford Continued tm pan cstx) Postal Service To Be Cut 8EE EDITORIAL CARTOON ON PAGE SIX Postmaster General Order 56314 dated April 5, 1957, states in part: Because of factors beyond the control of the Department, Suf ficient funds are not available to provide normal postal services dur ing the final quarter of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957. As will be separately specifically directed, the following general cur tailments will be made effective as stated unless funds become avail able: Curtailments that will effect the two local post offices in Dunn and Erwin, N. C. are as follows: Commencing Saturday April 13, 1967, post offices will be closed to Caattoaag « Paw *tx> CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE BOSS — Mrs. Ellen Eason of Dunn is shown here receiving con gratulations from her boss, Manager James Surles of Gardner’s Dairy, on her selection as Queen of the Eastern Carolina Safety Council. She won out over a bevy of other beauties in the Eastern finals held at Rocky Mount last week. Mrs. Eason Is Mr. Surles’ secretary. On May 9-tl, she wlU be in inston-Salem to compete In the State finals. (Daily Record Photo.) Police Working Around The Clock No Arrests In Dunn police stated in midaftemoon today that no arrest has yet been made in the death of Naomi Wilkins;' Lee, 17-year-old candy work er who died as the result of a criminal abortion. Intensive Investigation into the circumstances of her death has been conducted for the past several days. A local spokesman indicated last evening that there may be only one arrest in the case. There were indications that one person pre viously suspected may not have been implicated. Yesterday District Solicitor Jack Hooks had said that he had ex pected two arrests ‘‘by the end of the week.” Assistant Solicitor Glenn Hooper, who is handling the case for Hooks, said today that investigation is being pushed as hard as possible. Mrs. Lee, a young married woman estranged from her husband for a year and a half, died at a drive in restaurant in Dunn one night last week. An autopsy disclosed that she had been two months (Continued On Page llx) i In Post Office Money Crisis i ~ ' — Brundage Accepts Share Of Blame WASHINGTON (IP) — President Eisenhower’s budget director has admitted he helped bring on the Post Office Department’s present money crisis because he didn’t understand part of the federal bookkeeping system. Budget Director Perclval J, j Brundage told a House Appropri ations subcommittee recently that the post office told him as early as last July Chat it would run out of money this spring. But he said he kept turning down their re quest for rhore fund*. “I just said no, no, no, no," he said. Curtailment Looms Brundage was called on the car pet by the subcommittee May 27 to explain why he didn’t pass cm the Post Office Department’s re quest sooner. His testimony was made public today. > (Pentonaslter General Arthur E. Summertfield told Congress last month that he needed 4/7 million dollars in emergency funds to keep the post office operating through July. He threatens to curtail post office services drastically begin - nlng Saturday unless the money is forthcoming. The full House Appropriations Committee so fair has approved only 17 million dollars of the re quest. The committee is scheduled to meet again Friday to act on It (OntlsMI On mgn She) Ships Warned To Stay Out CAIRO (IP) — The inde pendent Cairo newspaper A1 Thram' said Thursday King Saud of Saudi Arabia has warned Israel that Saudi artillery will open fire on any Israeli ship trying to pass through the Gulf of Aqaba. The newspaper also said, both Egypt and Saudi Arabia had pro tested formally to the United States against the passage thro ugh the gulf to an Israeli port of the American tanker Kem H1H. Both nations said the gulf Is Ar abian territorial waters. In Damascus, Syrian Premier Sabri El-Assail told reporters all the Arab states were considering a Joint protest to the United States against what they regard ed as "violations of Arab territor ial waters” by an American tank er. First Ship Arrival The 10,000 ton Kern Hill was the first ship to take oil to Israel’s new port of Eilat since the Is raeli invasion of the Sinai Desert j broke the Arab blockade of the gulf of Aqaba. The report in A1 Ahram followed Egyptian statements that Israel has refused to withdraw troops from positions on Egyptian terri tory covering the approaches to Eilat. The spokesman said Israeli troops still occupy Tabs and Ras E1-Nakfa on the western bank of the Gulf of Aqaba and have re fused to comply with requests by the IT.'N. Emergency Force that they leave. Eilat, at the head of the gulf, is the port which Israel hopes to use to develop its Far Eastern and African trade. It Is about 20 miles from Egypt and the same distance from Saudi Arabia across the tip of Jordan which extends to the gulf. Awaiting Fortification A statement from tne Egyptian Government Information Depart ment said Israel refused to leave Taba and Ras-El-Nakb because Eilat was not let sufficiently for tified. Israel gave up positions at Sharm El Sheikh farther down the gulf early last. month. HOUSE RUNS AWAT PRENTISS, Miss. (W — A house “ran away" here Tuesday night, damaging an auto and two other buildings. The prefabricated struc ture was on a truck, which made a one-block swipe after rolling from Its parking place. Any Cat You Can Chase, He Can Chase Better f;:, ■ • Horo'g How To Catch Him ■■ ■' - \ ' I ' ' T: \ • ' A ' 'i f Huy. Slow Up, Willya? /
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