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* WEATHER Today and Tuesday partly cloudy and cooler. High today near 70 in the mountains running to the mid 70s in the southeast portion. Ttir D ailg chrd THE RECORD IS FIRST VOLUME 7 TELEPHONE 3117 — 3118 DUNN. N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 4, 1957 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NO. 244 m :■ W '' ~ ■■i.N SHRINERS, DEARS, HERE’S SOMETHING —The Shriners who are coming to Dunn, three thousand strong, will no doubt have a lot to give to their willing host; but here's something Dunn has for the Shriners—beautiful girls like Faye Lee Ta'Bdve), twice the Homecoming (Jofctt at Dunn High School. She’ll ride a float in parade which Shriner prexy Paul Striekland promises will be biggest ever seen here. (Record Photo by Ted Crail.) Thousands To Arrive Thursday Shriners Heads Whirling As Big Day Draws Nearer Jhsite duHJth JhinqA By HOOVER ADAMS COURT DRAMA UNFOLDING; ED AND HIS 32 GIRLS A three-weeks criminal term of Harnett Superior Court opened this morning with cases involving just about every crime in the book sla ted for trial....There are 10 mur der cases, about a dozen cases of assault with intent to kill, 34 cases of driving drunk, 18 cases involv ing larceny; 13 cases of violating the prohibition law; nine forgery cases; and a variety of others ranging from public drunkenness to fornication and adultery....One case that won’t be tried is that of Dorothy Long, the Detroit Ne gress who met Edsel Heslip at choir practice, became rfis mist ress and then allegedly aided him in plotting and carrying out the (Continued on P»r« Two* The problem in the arrival here Thursday of from three to four thousand Shriners will be how to keep your eye on them all. Bursting with energy and so re mote from other things that they barely hav* time to worry about Sputnik or Muttnik or the queer behavior of the stock market, Dunn’s Shriners are daily work ing up new twists for the big ce lebration here. ROYAL COLOR GUARD It can now be revealed—prefer ably with a blast from royal trumpets—that the same color guard which served Her Royal Majesty Queen Elizabeth at Jam estown will be part of the big Shrine parade. That parade will start down Broad Street at 11:30 and it will mean a holiday for, among oth ers, all Dunn schoolkids who are to be let out for the rest of the day. Shriner President Paul L. Strick I land, local automobile dealer, is the vortex of the powerful energy | center which is now working up plans for the Cold Sands Ceremon ; ial. He has considered it a tribute fC*ntlanc4 On Pt|* Iw*i Club Women Plan Achievement Night County home i demonstration club women will focus attention on civil defense when the 13 clubs hold their an nual Achievement Night program on Friday, Nov. 8 at 7:45 p. m., at the Boone Trail school auditorium. In the program spotlight will be a guest speaker who has had wide experience as a civilian ad ministrator of a municipality and has served in the Army during war and peace. He will be Colonel Kalph Pearson of Ft. Bragg, now chairman of information in the replacement and school command. Colonel Pearson was graduated from Dennison University and holds a Master of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Missouri. In 1940 he wjs a mem i ber of the city council of Middle town, Ohio where his organization and direction of civil defense ' forces won him national recogni | tion. He served in World War II with the Third Army and also in Korea. He is the author of a new four-volume history of the 318th Infantry entitled," En Route to Re Doubt." During the Korean con flict he was the public informa tion officer in charge of “The Big Switch”, or exchange of prisoners (Continued On Two) Police Nab 16 Drivers Via Whammy Dunn police, who use the Wham my whenever time is available, snared 16 speeders in the month of October by checking with their mechanical time clock. This was reported on the mon thly summary of police activities submitted to City Manager A. B. Uzzle, Jr., by Police Chief Alton Cobb. ; | Cobb found that liquor was in volved in 33 percent of the ar rests made in October. That may sound high but it actually marks a come-down from the usual fig ure. Liquor frequently figures in as many as half of the arrests. Twenty persons were arrested for drunkenness on the streets, se ven for driving drunk, on'e for non-support, six for stop sign vio lations, six for disorderly conduct, six for no operator's license, one for interfering with an officer, four for careless and reckless dri ving, and four for larceny. Total number of arrests in Oc tober was 81. COUNCIL TOPICS—Only min or matters have been suggested for discussion at the regular Thur sday night meeting of the Dunn City Council. City Manager A. B. Uzzle, Jr., reported today that so far "it doesn’t appear there’ll be much to talk about.” Agenda items include the tax collector's report, discuss of water and sewer installations in the Lakeside Vil lage real estate development; a tax refund request on property owned by Bob and Sam Baer, Dr. C. E. Roberts and James Snipes. PAVING WEATHER—Kline Pa ving Co., scheduled to start last i week on some street-repairs, has to delay because of interference from the weather. Now they are planning to start Wednesday on paving for Harnett, By, Park, I Wayne and South Gen. Lee Ave. nues. Tackling Long Superior Court Criminal Term Presiding Judge George Fountain and assistant soli citor Gleen Hooper, Jr., to day began the tedious job of tackling a three-week term of Superior Court whic11 has over 160 cases calendar ed for trial. The Tarboro jurist is in Lilling ton to preside over the first week This is considered the “extra week” and Judge Hoyle Sink will be here, starting next Monday, to preside over two weeks of regu lar term. One divorce was granted this I morning on grounds of two-year 1 separation. It went to Mary B. I Dorsey from Thomas J. Dorsey. The first case called for trial was that of three Negroes charg ed with operating a liquor still. They were James Thomas Camer on, James Alvis Peterson, and Leon Jackson. All three tendered pleas of guilty. Cameron drew 9 months on the roads, suspended on payment of $25 and costs. Pet erson, who admitted illegal pos session and manufacture, denied ownership of the still; he received six months suspended on payment of $150 and costs. Jackson receiv ed the same sentence as Peterson. As court recessed at noon, a contested driving drunk case was in progress. The defendant was Willie Lee Dixon. He 'is pleading not guilty. White House Studies Muttnik WASHINGTON (IP) — The White House said today that this government is studying Russia’s rocket advances “very carefully. The statement came as con gressional and scientific leadeis voiced new fears that Russia, al ready first into space with a sa tellite and a living animal, may 1 be piling up an unbeatable lead in war missilels. Two congressional inquiries into 1 the administration’s handlings of the crucial rocketed missile race with Russia opened today. The White House, which said I Sunday Russia’s half-ton Sputnik — came as “no surprise” to Pr“- i sident Eisenhower, added this j comment today: “The executive branch is anlyz ing this very carefully, both as to what it means in terms of rock etry and, also, as to its scion tit ic significance.” N-o Special Session The President held a series of personal and telephone conferen ees Sunday with members of his staff and what the White House described as “several scientific and national security advisers.” As to a proposal by Sen. Joseph C. O’Mahoney D-Wyp. thaf the President call a special session of Congress on the missile - satellite (Contined On Page Two) Guy's Service Station Robbed Rural Police today were inves tigating a break-in Sunday night at the J. D. Guy service station and store located North of Angier oir Highway 55. Policeman James D. Griffin said $60 in cash and some cartons of cigarettes were reportel missing by the owner. Entrance was made by breaking a side door. Harnett Folks Paying Taxes Ray Brings In Cool Half Million For the second consecutive month Harnett tax payers paid their taxes in a big way. D. P. Ray, Jr., told commission ers Monday that total collections for 1957 have passed the five hundred thousand dollar mark. Ray is charged with the duty of collecting specifically $993,889. 48 to operate the county. So far, he has in hand percentage wise, 50.85 percent of this sum, or in dollars and cents, $505,250.08. Uncollected ballance remaining to be collected stands at $483,539.40 49.15 percent. During October, Ray and his aides Miss Lola O’Quinn, Miss Alice Patterson and Dick I.nsater collected a total of $139.187.10. Of this amount, $126.867.0:1 was current tax. Delinquent or long over-due taxes amounted to $12, 320.07. These delinquent taxes will go into the courthouse fund to re model or rebuild a county govern mental headquarters. Revenues, other than taxes, (Oontlnaed on P»tf Tw«> MARRIAGE WOES—Bfss Myerson, TV actress who was “Miss America of 1945,” and her husband, Allen Wayne, were all smiles when they were pictured above on their wedding day in Dec. 1946. But everything is not rosy now, Wayne, a salesman, was arrested by New York police, after Miss Myerson charged that he invaded her bedroom in their New York apartment, rip. ped her pajamas off and attempted to choke her. The couple were recently reconciled after a long estrangement. ALSO, TIIE ‘SIREN LIFT’—Mister Williams, New York hair stylist, save a lecture in Dunn this morning: to hairdressers from Harnett and surrounding areas. He appeared at the Dunn College of Beauty Culture, here demonstrated a “Sophisticate” hair mode on Mrs. Lola Simomns of Sampson County. Later he gave demonstration of such hair-raising hair styles as the French Twist and the Siren Lift. (Record Photo by Ted Crail.) New Technique Can Save Decayed Teeth MIAMI (UP)—Three dental educators said today that badly decayed teeth, even those decayed to the highly sen sitive pulp, can be saved through a new techniue. King Owes Crown To Buggy Era Halloween royalty — or least one of the Kings—at the Lilling ton school Halloween carnival ow es his crown to the interest in the horse and buggy era. Selection of a King and Queen for both the elementary and high schools is one of the carnival’s biggest features. Popularity is the basis for the selection and each vote costs one penny. Joe Hudson, handsome senior, with dark eyes and an easy smile, as the King chosen from the high school candidates. He was the first to admit that his enterprising classmate, Ruth Sexton, had a money making idea when she brought, with school permission, her father’s fine saddle horses and carts to the school a day before the carnival Ponies also' were brorowed from Roger Mann. Pupils, long wheeled to school daily on buses or private automo biles, looked with longing eyes on a pony ride. For ten cents they re alized their ambition, and Miss (Continued *n Hare Two) Dr. George G. Stewart of Phila delphia, lecturer at Temple Uni versity, Dr. Harry J. Healey of Indianapolis and Indiana Univer sity, and Dr. Morris B. Auerbach of New York University reported that by removing infected portions and sterilizing a tooth, the root canal can be successfully filled with non-irritating materials. The three dentists said this sys tem can even be used on teeth decayed to the pulp — the most • Continued On Pace SI I) Trip To Moon, Space Platform Draw Closer MOSCOW (UP)—The of ficial Communist organ Pra vda said today Russian sci i entists were planning to use anthropoid apes as the next passengers for space vehicles as a result of their success ful launching of Sputnik II. Observers in Moscow already had reported a Soviet space plat form and rockets to the moon the next most likely steps of Soviet science now that the second earth satellite is orbiting around the earth with a live dog aboard as the first space traveler. And Soviet scientists already were indicating they might try to bring back to earth safely the Eskimo Husky dog that was shot into space early Sunday in Rus sia’s second earth satellite in a month. Today Pravda gave indications of bigger things to come when it said scientists were planning to send apes into space since the an imals and their reactions would be much closer to man in preparation for future manned flights to the moon. In recent months Soviet scien tists indicated they hoped for manned flight to the moon by 1960. Preliminary investigations with living animals would be necessary before man himself can penetrate space for the first time. Sputnik A Tribute The newest Sputnik was In sci entific tribute to the 40th anniver isary of the Bolshevik revolution. There was widespread belief the Russians would cap all previous scientific exploits Thursday, the actual anniversary date, with 'Continued on Hut Two) PLAY SANFORD LATER Both Sanford and Dunn, for different reasons, were glad to cancel their schedul ed Friday night appearance on the gridiron this week end, The Sanford motive was | flu, Dunn’s was bad weather and a field in poor condition. Their encounter has now been scheduled for Novem ber 12, a Tuesday. Woman At Benson Gets Prison Term Bernice MeLamb, 28- year- old Benson Negro woman, was sentenc ed to 18 months in Woman's Pri son Monday by Judge J. Ed J inn son in Benson Recorder’s Court. She had been judged guilty of public drunkenness, disorderly conduct and assault with a deadly weapon, inflicting bodily injuries. Another case charging disorder ly conduct against the woman was nol-prossed. Frank Jones, 35-year-old Negro man, was convicted of public drunkenness, disorderly conduct and forcible trespass. He drew a six-month road term, suspended the premises of Arthur Bell for two years. Rossevelt Wade of Routs 3, Ben son, 40, year-old Negro, was judged guilty in two cases. For public drunkenness he received a 30-day road term, suspended on payment of costs. For possession of quail during closed season, he was hand -ed a 30-day road sentence, sus -pended on payment of a $10 line and costs. George Edward Wilkins, 19, of Benson, who was convicted of (Continued On Page Two) Dunn Policeman Appointed U. S. Deputy Marshal Joyce Gets Federal Post J. M. Joyce, 33-year-old i Dunn police officer, has been appointed a United States Deputy Marshal for the Eas tern District of North Caro lina and will take office on Tuesday, November 12. His appointment to the Federal Court post was announced today by the Department of Justice in Washington, through U. S. Mar shal Ray Cahoon in Raleigh. Si-1 multar.eously, Police Chief Alton ; Cobb announced his resignation from the Dunn force. It is a Civil Service life-time appointment and Joyce will serve Federal courts of the Eastern Dis trict of Nortn Carolina. The popular Dunn man has a total of 10 years experience as a law enforcement officer. He began his career as an offic er at Fayetteville and served in the police department there for ten years. I He resigned at Fayetteville to become Chief of Police at Carth , age and served there for three j years. He came to Dunn two years ago. , Asheboro Native Mr. Joyce is a native of Ashe | boro and is a member of a fami ! ly Inog prominent in the Republi can Party. He had the backing of Harnett Republican Chairman J. O. West and the county Republi can executive committee. He has made an outstanding record on the Dunn police force 'and is popular with local citizens. (Continued On Page Twe)
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