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Partly cloudy, warm and humid
today, with widely scattered thun
dershowers. High in the 80s in
the mountains and 88 to 93 else
where.
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THE RECORD
IS FIRST
VOLUME 7
TELEPHONE S117 — 3118
DUNN, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 24, 1957
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
NO. 141
BRIGHT FUTURE—Sam Yaffe (second from
light) predicted an impressive future for the Bien
Jolie plant here. Here he looks over one of the
garments being turned out at the local plant with
Emmett Aldrttlge, former head of Dunn Investors
(left). Miles Friedman, vice-president of Benjamin
and Johnes (next to Aldredge), and Sam Lazara,
factory manager (right).
Has Facilities To Double Payroll
Bien Jolie Aiming Higher Yet
I
Jhinqjy
ED SULLIVAN HOST
TO A DUNN FAMILY
Corporal Rofhmie Williamson,
commander of the State Highway
Patrol in Harnett, has received
orders to report to Manteo this
coming weekend to serve as an
aide and escort to one of the visit
ing governors who will be there
attending a conference-. Rom -
mie has received similar orders
to assist visiting dignitaries be
fore...One of them a decade or so
ago happened to be a fellow by
the name of Dwight David Eisen
hower, who was visiting the State
with his wife, Mamie....The popu
lar Dunn officer spent three days
squiring the Eisenhowers around.
....Cute little Dolly Peay. eight -
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Hubert Peay of Dunn, will make
her television debute Wednesday
afternoon at 4:30 o’clock over W
MFD, Channel 6, at Wilmington...
Dolly, a student of George Mark’s
School of Dance, will sing and
dance on a kiddie program..
She’s got talent-plus.Mr. and
Mrs. James Snipes and their two
sons, Jay and David, had a fine
time in New York last week.
They didn’t just see the Ed Sulli
van Show — they were on Mr.
Sullivan’s personal guest list and
occupied reserve seats at the big
broadcast.. .They also saw a loi
of other good shows.The same
iContlnneel On Pief Sir)
“Our ambition in Dunn is
not to stop with this build
ing,” said Benjamin and
Johnes president Sam Yaffe.
On Saturday Yaffe and other
high officials of the Bien. Jolie com
pany were on hand for the house
warming at the new plant Which
has been in operation here for sev
eral months.
Noting that ithe payrou at the
Dunn branch of the famed founda
tion garments organization has
surged to $375,000 annually, Yaffe
remarked.
“We have the capacity and space
for double the present employ
ment ”
Yaffe said that he expected the
local payroll would soon reach half
a million dollars annually.
A major factor in the build-up of
the output from the local plant,
Yaffe Indicated, is the labor force
available to do the work. The Bien
jolie head said that girls and wo
men hired here “have really grasp
ed our way of doing things and we
like that.”
“Pass the wrod along to any of
the girls that you know” that Bien
Jolie might be able to give them
employment, he advised, the assem
bled guests. Local supporters and
some out-of-town guests were on
hand to hear Yaffe and other spea
kers, eat a barbecue luncheon sup
plied by the company, and inspect
the plant during the Saturday
housewarming. I
A front-row audience for Yaffee
and the local speakers were a long
line of Bien Jolie’s leading oper
ators—ladles who had dressed for
mally and acted as a receiving line
to welcome the guests a^ they ar
rived.
Earl Westbrook, president of the
Dunn Chamber of Commerce, acted
as master of ceremonies and
brought a number of local men to
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Arson Suspected
In House Burning
The house was falling in as the fire department ar
rivd. Throwing flames high into the sky, the burning
building roused a large crowd fo curious spectators early
Sunday morning and they stood about as firemen pumped
water on the roof and sides of the blazing dwelling.
It was at 708 North Layton Ave
nue and belonged to Mrs. O. T.
Wilson.
Afterwards, it was reported that
the house had been empty since
the morning when the occupants
reportedly moved out.
Fire Chief Ralph Hanna said
he suspects arson, but stated there
was no physical evidence uncov
ered to prove this nor any indi
cation of the supposed perpetra
tors.
John E. Norris, member of th
fire department and the town’s
fire marshal, said some neighbors
living nearby had allegedly heard
a car drive up shortly before the
fire was discovered at 1:35 a. m.,
Sunday morning.
Mrs. WHson, the owner, said
she was sure “no-one is angry
enough with me” to have delib
erately set fire to her house as
an act of destruction.
The residents of the house, she
said, were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sea
e (O—tt—< Oa rage Ms)
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Delay Hearing
On Bond For
Bobby Pope
The hearing to determine whe
ther bond will be allowed for Bob
by Pope, Dunn youth accused in
the fatal shooting of Harold Ma
yo, has been indefinitely post
poned.
Attorneys Everett Doffermyre
and D. K. Stewart had originally
expected to as kfor bond at a
hearing last Monday. Postponed
until this Monday, the hearing has
now been delayed till some un
specified date.
Pope was arrested on June 2
for the night-before slaying ol
Mayo, 21-year-old Four Oak;
youth, whom he described as his
best friend. The shooting took
place in Mayo’s car. Otis West,
claiming he was in the middle
seat of the car when the shooting
occurred, said the two were argu
ing over a gun.
Bobby is the brother of Dunn
Policeman Red Pope and well
known in town. The shooting ol
the Four Oaks youth, Bobby’s dis
appearance and subsequent reap
pearance, only to be arrested bj
his brother, electrified the town
Boxing
Combine
Smashed
NEW YORK (IW) — Federal
Judge Sylvester J, Ryan today or
dered dissolution of the two In
ternational Boxing Clubs and com
plete divorce of Promoter Jim
Norris and partner Arthur Wirtz
from the Madison Square Garden
Corp.
Those two orders were the most
important punches in today's de
cisions on remedies to smash the
most powerful boxing combine in
ring history, which already had'
been found guilty of monopoly in
its promotion of title fights.
The divorcement of Norris and
Wirtz from the Garden corpbro
tion will be achieved by forcing
them to resign as president and
director of the garden, respective
ly, within 30 days after July 1
and lose all voting power on their
stock.
They are ordered to dispose of
their 2 million dollars worth of
Garden shares within seven years.
Special Meeting
Called On City's
Budget Problems
In a quiet session of the Dunn
City Council, the hoard deferred
until Monday night any further
action on the proposed city bud
get.
Preliminary approval must be gi
ven by July 8 and final approval
20 days thereafter.
Board members heard from W. F
Morrison, execfutiMe secneitary of
the North Carottaa board of ex
aminers for plunSSfcig and heating
contractors, on the state licensing
laws. Local plumbsrs have com
plained there are unlicensed free
lancers at work in Dunn.
They approved curb and gutter
for a property owned by Bob Baer
on Cole St., and afcfo for the James
Snipes property at Granville and
Gen. Lee.
Only one bid was received in re
sponse to a board request for es
timates on private upkeep of the
Greenwood Cemetery, work present
ly undertaken by the town with
its own workers. This bid, from
house-moved Addison Brewington,
was • not even opened, the council
deciding so little interest had been
shown they would postpone action
until later.
A request for traffic signs on Guy
Avenue was tabled. Postponed for
later action was a request from Mo
tor Credit that a parking meter be
Thoved. At the Gulf station, no
meter will be taken but three will
“slide forward.”
Since the regular meeting would
faii-on July 4. CouncUmen resche
duled their next regular session for
July 1, a Monday instead of the
usual Thursday.
A new shipment of city tags has
arrived, said City Manager Uzzle,
who has advised all motorists who
haven’t bought them they’d better
hurry. A list is being prepared for
Dunn police of those who bought
state tags but not the city tags.
Those convicted of skipping this
little item will be fined with court
costs instead of the mere dollar it
costs to get the tags before police
| haul them in.
COMES ROLLING IN—Elmore’s new feed mill,
Jusit off 301 south, held an open house Saturday,
showed off its facilities to local farmers who
have been invited to bring their grain there for
processing Photo above was snapped as the first
load of corn was sent through the firm’s neatly
arranged processing unit. Lifting bag (right cen
ter) is James Elmore. He runs business with his
father, J. H. Elmore (seen just behind him). (Rec
ord Photo.)
To Restrain Man From Sin ...
Billy Says ; Hell Necessary
NEW YORK (UP)—Evan
gelist Billy Graham said
Sunday night that Hell is
necessary to keep man from
sin as the electric chair is
necessary as a deterrent tq
murder.
Graham discussed his concept of
hell before some 18,000 persons in
Madison Square Garden.
The North Carolina preacher
said he did not know what hell
was like “but I know the word
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Princess Meg s New
RomanceBrings T alk
LONDON (UP)—Princess
Margaret’s frequent dates
with Lord Patrick Beresford
touched off new speculation
today about her marriage
plans and brought a gossip
column comment that she
might be poaching on an
other woman’s romatic pre
serve.
Anne Edwards, columnist for
The Daily Express, suggested that
the 27-year-old princess and the
23-year-old peer might be getting
serious. She also said their age
differences would not matter.
The “poaching” remark came
from Ephraim Hardcastle of the
Sunday Express who reported that
socialite Joanne Smith—Bingham,
21, was “mortified” when Beres
ford entered the royal box at As
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PRINCESS MARGARET
Nineteen Escape Without Injury
17 Persons Killed
In Plane Crashes
Stevie Stone
Hurt As
Jeep Wrecks
A four-year-old Lillington boy
and his father were both Injured
on Friday night when an oncoming
car failed to dim its lights and the
jeep in which they were riding
ran off the side of a road into a
ditch.
The father, Allen B. Stone, said
today that ‘he expects ms son to
be out of the hospital in two or
three days. Stevie Stone, 3,‘ suf
fered a fractured collar-bone and
a minor skull fracture. The fath
er received a couple of cracked
ribs but was not hospitalized.
Stone said the wreck occurred
three or four miles from Lilling
ton. After the wreck, a car behind
took them to Good Hope Hospital
in Erwin. Highway Patrolman Ro
bert Beck investigated the accl -
dent which occurred about 10:30
p.m. Friday night.
By UNITED PRESS ..
An airliner crashed with i
heavy loss of life at Por
Hardy, B. C., Sunday, bu
another liner made an em
ergency belly landing a
Minneapolis without
scratch to its passengers c
crew.
At least 17 persons were kllle
In two plane wrecks Sunday.
Nineteen other persons escape
unhurt In crash landings Sunds
and today.
At Port Harty. 14 persons wei
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Today's Blast
Was Biggest
One Yet Fired
ANGELS’ PEAK, Ney.,
(UP)—The Atomic Energy
j Commission unleashed the
fifth and heftiest atomic ex
plosion of its 1957 expri
ments today—a blast so
powerful it ripped off a door
and cracked the concrete
wall of the control block
house 14 miles away.
' j Its mighty flash shamed the
post-dawn daylight and momen
tarily blinded unguarded witness
es 45 miles distant. Its sound
wave bounced off a stratosphere
layer and was heard in Reno, Nev.
300 miles away.
The detonation was set up as
the first major test, in the sched
uled 20-shot series, of a totally
new approach to civilian under -
ground shelters. 1
In addition to testing the survi
val characteristics of civilian shel
ters beneath concrete domes; ex
periments were conducted to de
termine the most suitable radia
tion-protective clothing for soldiers
and civilians and the effects of
radiation fallout on foodstuffs.
Interior doors at the control
point swung freely in the earth
quakelike shock, wave, the AEC
reported. No one was Injured.
The door went flying off its
hinges and a four-foot long crack
split the thick concrete wall.
i . Men In Trenches
A total of nearly 1,000 military
observers occupied trenches 5 1-4
miles from ground aero, the first
use of troops close up in the cur
1
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t
t
a
r
d
d
y
rent series. >
Troops have been used in tests
during previous years. They have
been stationed up to one and one
fifth miles from ground zero, al
though undergoing less powerful
blasts.
Military items for testing in
cluded field fortifications, fox hol
es and gun emplacements and
battlefield equipment in addition
to various types of protective wear
for the soldier of the atomic age.
“Only light fallout readings are
anticipated” along Highway 93
and “for further distances into
Utah,” the AEC said after the
blast. It’s announcement said the
cloud, which had started out to
the southeast, had taken a firm
course as scheduled slightly north
of due east.
Held by Balloon
A thunderous roar shook the
Nevada proving grounds 45 miles
from the observer’s site as the
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Erwin Value Days
Begin Tues. At 9
Erwin Value Days, designed to
be even bigger and better than
the tremendous money-saving ev
ent sponsored by the friendly bu
siness firms of Erwin, last June,
will get underway Tuesday morn
ing at 9 o’clock and continue thro
ugh Saturday night, with business
firms of Erwin offering outstand
ing and almost unheard-of values
during these five days.
The slogan is “Bigger and Bet
te
a
n
Ci
c!
n
c
n
r” than before and merchants
•e busy bringing out their finest
;w merchandise and slashing pri
;s to the bone.
Merchants on the committee in
large this year are:
Roy Cameron, retiring chair -
lan; George Joseph, incoming
lairman; Ty Thomas, J. A. Hol
ies, Buck Godwin.
They’re pulling out all the stops
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Supreme Court Bars Sending
Obscene Material In Mails
WASHINGTON (UP) —
The Supreme Court # today
upheld the constitutionality
of the federal law that bars
sending obscene material
through the mail.
Justice William J. Brennan Jr.,
speaking for the court majority,
said “obscenity is not expression
protected toy the First Amend -
meat’’ guaranteeing freedom of
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the press.
At the same time, the court up
held the validity of a California
statute enacted in 1870 which
makes it a crime to write, ad -
vertise or distribute Indecent lit
erature.
The court division
scenity law was 6 to
eral case. It was 7
California case.
Justices Hugo
Ham
on
the ob
fed
the
Wil
instances. Justice John M. Har
lan dissented In the federal case
but concurred in the California
case.
Chief Justice Earl Warren con
curred in the result. He wrote a
separate opinion.
Not Synonymoos
Brennan emphasized that “sex
and obscenity are not synony -
Obscene material U matai
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raous.