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Generally fair and warm this af ternoon and a little cooler tonight and Tuesday. THE RECORD IS FIRST VOULME 9 TELEPHONE 3117 — 3118 DUNN, N. G. MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 6, 1959 FIVE CENTS PER COPT NO. 84 icking r —n iriwi BftCdu; U' at, but a bos’* heart wasn’t. Looking like a convertible after its plunge over an embanknient, the car kilted one youth, left two other passengers in the hospital, slightly injured two more. Bank employe Ermon Godwin photographed the car shortly after the wreck which left it crumpled and worth less on the edge of Mingo Swamp. Bridge-Plunge Everything .was in readiness to day for the formal reopening Tuesday of Dunn’s big FCX Store, completely rebuilt and remodeled since hit by a disastrous fire last winter Plans for the reopening were (Cantiapeit On Page Two) ( -4- r '-----‘ Free-wheeling off a bridge for a plunge toward Mingo swamp, a car shed all five of its passengers and killed the driver, Kirby Ray Tart, in an accident near Dunn. The 17-year-old Tart died in the pe on the way to the hos sTTorW ** oonFA sopho 1:30 Sunday aft^noon* more at Meadow School, his skull was crushed and he suffered in ternal injuries as the car hurtled toward th“ swamp. Highway Patrolman Robert Beck said there were indications that the car was traveling at high speed when it went out of control on a concrete bridge just inside th£ Harnett County line on Highway 55. Still in Betsy Johnson Memorial Hospital here are Fernie Tart, 50 year-old owner of the car and an uncle of the youth who was" killed, and Russell Lee. 17. Lee has several fractured ribs and a collapsed lung. Tart, the patrolman said, suffered internal injuries. Both are in serious con dition. Two youths who were treated at the hospital but released were Shelton Knowles, 17, and J. C. Raynor. 15, of Dunn, Route 2. Funeral services are to be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock from Holly Grove Advent Chris tian Church for the boy who was killed. The Reverend Mr. J. W. Smith will occifiate. Burial will follow in the Young family ceme (Con tinned On rage Two) Mas Quarter Century As College President . ~ _ " ' " ■ • Campbell Honored For Long Service Campbell college In a special morning program Friday honored Leslie H. Campbell for his com pletion of 25 years as president of the Baptist two-year school in Harnett County, The occasion was Dr. Campbell's 67th birthday. Praising Hie courage and vision of the , veteran administrator, Claude P. Gaddy of the Baptist Council on Christian Education sa luted him as “dean of North Caro lina College presidents." Gaddy, as principal speaker, represented the Baptist denomination. Spokesman for - the> Campbell faculty was G. A. Tripp, head of the social science department. Berles E. Johnson, president of the Buies Creek Civic Club * brought greetings from the community. Dean A. R. Burkot, himself a fac ulty member of 24 years’ standing preseated- a bound volume of con Eory letters from numbers Campbell’s business and onal associates in the Southeast. ^ Mentioned as sharing honors ■with Dr. Campbell for long service to Eastern North Carolina through membership on the Campbell fac ulty were his sister Mrs. A. E. Lynch’ of the music department; Miss Mabel Powell, instructor in English; Rev. C. B. Howard, re ligion; B. P. Marshbanks, business manager emeritus; and Rev. John Ayscue, professor emeritus of His tory. Among the visitors in attendance was Dr. Campbell’s brother, Dr. Carlyle Campbell, who is president oi Meredith College. The formal program held in D. Rich Memorial auditorium was fol lowed by a reception for students, visitors and faculty held in the re ception room of New dormitory on the woman’s campus. President and Mrs. Campbell entertained the faculty informally at the Campbell home in Buies Creek Friday even ing. Girl Kills Wed Loyer,. Then Herself NXiSHWLMl^TlraBf^W) — A 25 year old medical student killed ! her married boyfriend here Satur. ' day then killed herself a few hours later in a car wreck in an apparent love triangle, authorities said Sunday. Miss Anna L. Jackson, of Greensboro, N, C.t a senior at Me harry Medical College^ here, died Saturday after shoatin?^herself with a pistol while driving on Highway 12 about 15 miles east of here. The car plunged down a 100 foot embankment. She died sxjeral hours later from “inter, nal bleeding.” The body of Vernal Joseph Roberts Jr„ 27, of Galveston, Tex., also a senior at (the college was found Saturday in Miss Jackson's apartment. He was shot through the heart with a 32-caliber bullet. John W. Cole, special investi. gator for the Nashville district: attorney, said Roberts’ wife, Bar. bara, living in New York City is expecting twins “momentarily." Benson's Primary Will Be Tomorrow The biennial municipal primary elections will be held Tuesday (April 7) in Benson. Benson citizens will vote from 6:30 a,m. to 6:30 p.m. this Tues day at the fire department in the Town Hall to nominate a mayor and town constable for a two-year term and two commissioners for a four-year term. The three candidates for mayor are J. Ed. Johnson, Whitley Hood, and Jesse McLamb. Mayor C. M. Blackman, who has served as the town’s top official* since 1955 after being a commissioner 1949-53, is stepping down. Town Constable W. David Wood who has held the office since 1949 is being opposed by Sherrill Ray nor. Nine candidates are seeking the two commissioner posts. They are Commissioner Garland McLamb, whp has served since 1949; Young Ira Tart; Raymond D. Jernigan; Garland D. Mangum; R. G. Adams; Shelton Moore; Olin Campbell; Horace Ryals; and Mack Johnson. Commissioner Brantley McLamb, who went on the board in 1955, ia not seeking re-election. The other two commissioners on the four-member board are Emory Miller and Ralph B. Whittington, whose present four-year terms do not expire until 1961. * Dudley Norris is registrar for the Benson primary. Election jud ges are Roy Jones and Joseph O. Dixon. Speedy Session In Dunn Court, Drivers Fined It was a tame, quick session of Dunn* Recorder’s Court this morn ing with a few traffic violators fined and Galloway Surles con victed of assault. Surles was accused of hitting Ida Bell Jones, drawing a revolver on her and threatening to kill her. He pled not guilty but Judge H. Paul Strickland decided for the state. He fined the defendant $5 and costs with 30 days on the roads suspended. Bruce Allen, 24, of Dunn, Route 2, pled guilty to speeding 65 miles per hour and paid costs, Prlvaite First Class Frank A. O'Brien, 21, of Fort Bragg, pled guilty to driving without comply ing to restrictions on. his license and he was fined with court costs. James Williams, Negro, 26, of Route 1, Bunnlevel, pled guilty M speeding 52 in a 45-mile zohe and was fined with costs. Carl Denny Baker, 30, of Dunn, Route 5, charged on two counts— running a stop sign and possession of whisky with the seal btofcen— pled guilty to stop violation only and the other charge was dismiss ed. He was fined with costs. Armon Holt Tyner, 18, of Clin ton, Route 5, pled guilty *o care less- and reckless driving and was |ined with eourt costs. , ' <• • ~ ?! -Vjr v ‘ ' DELHI (tlP?T '— Peiping i radio stepped up its propaganda 1 broadcasts to India, today in an effort to discredit the Dalai Lama —a move almost certain to strain relations between India add Red China. ' i Was It Murder—Or a Fluke? Inquest Jury .._ ___ Faces Puzzler By TED CRAIL Record News Editor A strong chance loomed today that Mrs. Esther Elleit Johnson will be saved, by a medical fluke from (he charge that she murder ed her husband. The inquest will tell the story. It starts tonight at 8 o’clock in the Dunn courtroom. Wih Mrs. Johnson’s future life in the balance, there will more than likely be a clash between at torneys and no-one was predict ing todav what verdict the jurors will coe back with. If the case followed the routine the jury Would return with a re commendation for a murder in (Continued on Page Two) Chamber Intent On Choosing Good Manager Chamber of Commerce Presi dent Carl E. Fitchett, Jr., will ask fellow members to come to grips with the problem of selecting a new manager at a meeting tomor row night. - Fitchett, now Involved in an ex tensive effort to clear the way for a big Chamber push in local de velopment, has called all members to the Wayne Avenue School Tues day night at seven o’clock. ' y The Chamber Is still discussing ways and means putting a first rate manager In tha job; Wendy Hunter, the pastor’s wife who has now gone to Archdale, . told the ° membership before she fltft that it should make the em | ployment of a good, and preferably I experienced, manager its prime I cause. —;-1 GOOD NEWS FROM A TENT — Member* of Local 250 voted to a tent behind the Erwin post-office Friday, chose A. F. Lee (above) their new business agent. He was on the job early today and seeing office visitors at the onion hall just east of Erwin. (Record Photo.) A. F. Lee Wins Balloting Erwin Union Picks New Business Agent A. F. (for Fltskugh) Lee, ft loom-fixer at Erwin Mills who had worked for the company almost continuously since 1936, Friday was elected the new business agent of Local 250 of the Textile Work ers Union of America. „ In an election which turned out approximately 300 of the thousand oar so union members, he posted » victory over Denver Bethurie. Both men worked In the No. 5 Weave Room at the mill. The victory amounts to an in terim appointin'” t since Lee was chosen to se* the unexpired term of Sam R'" i-Uo. Miriello recently (Con inued on Pago Two) THE KEVEHENU MK. 4UHIN . . . . The Trumpet Sounded Visits with Pastor Emeritus Hood Pastor Here In A Texas Tie Two other Georgia pastors who had wandered north (but not too far) Joked with the new pastor of Hood Memorial Christian Church about his “Texas tie." Former pastor Dr. George F. ^uthrell and She Reverend William tNdge, who is departing from the cmirches of Mill Creek Unity, were among the first to visit the Rever end John Gardner in his study. Yesterday the new pastor preach ed here for the first time since his appointment‘to the church. He arrived on Friday but will not move his family until early June when school is out. “When does a trumpet sound in the spiritual ear of men?” he chal lenged his new-found congregation. “When love, not hatred, domin ates our lives, a trumpet sounds. “When devotion, instead of in difference, to God and church is Mrs. Williams Died Sunday Mrs. Eva Cole Williams, wife ol Virgil E. Williams, Sr., of Dunn, died Sunday afternoon in Betsy Johnson Memorial Hospital. She was the daughter of the late John and Cordelia Sessoms Sole. Mrs. Williams was a member of the First Baptist Church and active in the Sunday School and Woman’s Auxiliary of the Church. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 p. m. from the First Bapltist Ghi4rch with the Rev. Ernest P. Russell officiatnig. Burial will be in Greenwood Ce. metery. The body will be carried to the church one hour prior to the ser vices. She is survived by her husband, Virgil E. Williams. Dunn, two sons, Virgil E. Williams, Jr. of Mon roe and Johnnie C. Williams of Farmville; one daughter, Mrs. Barry T. Griffith of Hattesburg. Mississippi; one brother, Eugene S. Cole °f Philadelphia; one sis ter, Mrs. James F. Faircloth of Fayetteville; three grandchildren. the trademark of our reputation, a trumpet sounds. . “No trumpet sounds the death march of the church or ever will..” Dr. Cuthrell, who visited Mr. 'ContinueA On Page Two) Russia Rapped For Attacks On U. S. Planes WASHINGTON <UPI>—The Uni ted States, in a note made public today, charged Russia with in creasing international tensions by attacking American aircraft over international waters. The note said Russia’s “isola tion” and the “atmosphere of hos tility” arising from it had given rise to repeated clashes between Soviet and U.S. aircraft outside Russia^ territory. The United States flatly denied Soviet charges that U.S.. aircraft last Nov. 7 and 8 violated Soviet territory over the Sea of Japan and the Baltic Sea. The note, delivered in Moscow March 25, also renewed charges i made Nov. 17 that the American planes in question were far from Soviet territory at the time the clashes with Soviet fighters oc curred. “The Soviet government-is fully aware that no violations of Soviet air space were involved in these incidents in any way,” the note said. Talks Endangered American officials meanwhile said the Russians were jeopardiz ing upcoming East-West talks on the Berlin situation by issuing a series of propaganda statements. County H-way Record -- All Body BtoWs ■ This county’s accident record took further body blows in March and now has a record of ten fa talities for the year. / Compared to March of 1958. however, the total number of in juries was less than half. In 1958 the March accident toll included 22 injured while this year the month slid by with only nine hurt. 1958 had seen three killed in March; two were killed this year in the same month. The total num ber of accidents recorded was 44 in ’59. 38 in ‘58. Property damage in March, ’59, totaled $13,460 and for the year thus far it has amounted to $41, 250. Dunn Girl Becomes Top Youth Leader Miss Hannah White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard White of Dunn and a member of the Senior High Fellowship of the First Pres byterian Church, was elected Mod erator of the Young People of Fayetteville Presbytery at their spring rally held in the First Pres byterian Church of I^aurinburg Sunday afternoon. Over 500 young people, repre senting the 98 Youth Fellowships of Fayetteville Presbytery, were in attendance. Miss White is the second young person from Dunn to hold this top position in her church. Harry Tart, freshman at Davidson Col lege, served as moderator 1957-58. She will preside over the Senior Hight camps at Camp Monroe and alt council sessions. Two oth?r young people of the Senior High Fellowship of the Dunn Presbyterian Church were elected to the Presbytery Council. Jimmy Jordan, District Chair* man of th» Young People of Dis trict I, was re-elected to the office of District Chairman. Miss Caro lyn Hardee was eiected Historian of the Senior High Fellowship Council. Miss Hardee’s sister, Miss Linda I Hardee of Queens College, held the office of historian of the coun cil in 1957-58. The new officers of the council will be installed at the Senior High Camp to be held at Camp Monroe June 8-14. If Bill On Unwed Mothers Passes Sterilization Of Habituals Favored RALEIGH (UPI) — Proponents of a bill to sterilize hafoitual cri minals are waiting for a chance to follow the path which might be cleared if the General Assem bly accepts a proposal t^p steri lize unwed mothers. The bill, aimed at curbing ille gigimate children, will probably run one of the stormiest courses in the 1959 session and will, at best, have a 'slim chance of suc cess. r But Rep. Way land Sprill of Bertie says he is watching that bill with a great deat of interest because he would like to see something done about the habitu al criminals. He says he sees no (Coatiaued On men Two)
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