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DUNN. N. C TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 1. 1959
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
NO. 189
THE BAREFOOT DAYS are about over for
sixth-grader Carolyn Johnson. She’ll put on
shoes, pick up schoolbooks and forget the tobacco
crop on Wednesday—along with thousands of
other Harnett youngsters for whom summer va
luation has blown its wad. tRecord Photo by Ted
Trail.)
Escaped On Shoots Divorcee To Death
Children See Mother Slain
405 Slated
For Death
This Weekend
CHICAGO (UPT1 — America’s
Iasi fling at summer vacation fun
may be the last fling, period for
450 motorists, the National Safety
Council said today.
The council predicted that 450
persons may be killed in one of
the biggest traffic jams in the
nation's history during the Labor
Day week end.
Virtually every one of the 71
million automobiles in the United
States will be on the road at
some time between 6 p. m. Fri.
day and midnight Monday, the
council said.
Together, they’ll roll up a pre_
dieted seven billion miles of
travel
CHARLOTTE (UPI> — A young
escaped convict was re-captured
in a hotel room here early today
and charged with shooting a 32
year-old divorcee to death before
the eyes of her four young daugh
ters.
Authorities said Emmett Jefford
24. killed a woman identified as
Mrs.Marcellene Hatheock with a
.22-caliber pistol during a scuffle
with another man at the victim’s
home in Kannapolis.
The woman was shot through
the temple. She was rushed to a
Charlotte hospital, where she died
about two hours after the shoot
ing.
Officers said Jefford. an escap
er from the Alleghany Prison
Camp at Sparta, fled to Charlotte
in a cab after stopping off at the
home of another woman following
the shooting. Rowan County dep
uties said the arrest was made
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Gas Dealers
Hold Trade
Meeting Here
Local gas appliance and equip,
nient dealers, including bottled
gas dealers, gathered here yes.
terday with similar retpilers from
a wide area for a trade discussion
meeting sponsored by N. C. Nat.
ural Gas Corporation.
John P. Crowley, vice.president
sales of the state’s newest uti.
Fity concern, presided at the ses.
sion which was held to support
dealer participation in a sales
campaign aimed at the rapidly
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Bail Refused For Carole Tregoff
Doctor's Mistress
Loses Legal Round
POMONA, Calif. (UPI * — The
red . haired mistress of a pro.
minent society doctor charged
with murder of his estranged wife
was back in jail today while her
attorney took legal steps .o obtain
a separate trial for her
Carole Tregoff, 22. and her for.
mef paramour. Dr. R. Bernard
Finch, 41, appeared together Mon.
day for arraignment on murder
charge for the July 18 slaying of
Finch’s wife, Barbara, 33.
Finch pleaded innocent and was
bound over for trial Nov. 24 The
attractive Miss Tregoff, who ad.
mi'ted she had been Finch’s mis.
tress, entered no plea.
Miss Tregoff’s attorney, Robert
Neeb Jr., argued that the mur.
der charge against her was based
on her "simply being present at
the scene of -he crime and a few
other little factors "
Neeb also sought to have Miss
Tregoff released on bail but was
turned down by Judge James C.
Whyte. Finch made no such at.
tempt and the lovers were re.
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Doiiar Hill
Costly To
Motorists
The Dollar Hill, paining a re
putation for causing another wreck
in every heavy rain, had another
victim Saturday night.
A car driven by Lawrence Odell
i Parks, 27-year-old colored resident
of Bunnlevel, went out of control
on the hill, hit the embankment
and turned end over end.
Edward McDougal, 22, a passen
| ger, received a head gash that re
j quired six stitches.
Highway Patrolman Herman
Ward said the driver told him
that he had run out of gas as he
went into the downhill curve a
mile north of Bunnlevel on U S.
401.
| ,-The car apparently lost traction
' because of the wetrtess and began
to skid," said Ward.
I No charges have been preferred.
I _-■
Ike Given
Rave Notice
In London
LONDON (UPI) —British tele,
vision critics g ive President ELsen.
hower rave no.ices today but
Prime Minister Harold Macmill.
an did not come off so well.
The critics agreed the Presi.
dent stole the show from Maemil.
Ian in their 20_minute chat Mon.
day night
The Daily Telegraph columnist
wondered how many viewers
“shared my impression of the
outstanding sweetness of disposi.
tion in Mr. Eisenhower."
‘The man glowed with a sim.
pie sincerity which his occasional
verbal hesitations enhanced rath,
er than diminished,” he said.
The Daily Herald said the Pres
ident gave the British public a
picture of "an honest, earnies
ctcdic.ned man of peace. He’s a
great guy.”
The Herald and some other pa.
pers said Macmillan used the
broadcast for unwarranted elec,
tionpering for his Conservative
Party.
John Thomas of the Daily Ex.
press, after praising Eisenhow.
er's informal performance, com.
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Judge Orders New
Capias For Arrest
Of Former Banker
Superior Court Judge VV Heed
Thompson today- ordered a new
capias issued for .he arrest of C.
G. Fields, former Angler banker,
vice chairman' of the Harnett
County Hoard of Commissioners
and one.time prominent political
leader.
Fields, who served a term in
Federal prison fur embezzlement
oi funds from the Angier branch
of the First Citizens Bank and
Trust Company while serving -is
its cashier, was scheduled -o ip_
pear in Harnett Superior Court
today for failure to comply with
a court order to pay off a $5,500
worthless check issued to his
bonding company.
Under terms of his court sen.
tencc. Fields was to pay in.o the
court $600 a year until the $5500
I was paid off. A balance of ap„
proximately $1500 still remains.
It was the second term of court
at which Fields failed to appear
and when District Solicitor Arch,
ie Taylor . Sheriff Wade Stewart
informed the court that efforts
to locate Fields had been unsuc.
cessful.
He said at last reports Fields
was employed in the shipyards
a'. Norfolk hut has now left there
without leaving a forwarding add.
ress behind him.
Judge Thompson ordered a new
capias issued for Fields arrest
and instructed officers to contin.
ue their diligent search and bring
him into court.
Fields had served several terms
as a county commissioner, was
vice chairman at the time of his
indictment, and was also a mem.
her of thq county welfare board.
He was treasurer of the HarncH
Democratic Executive Commit,
tee and a leader in other Harae t
affairs.
Other Cases
King David Kelly, charged with
felonious assault with intent to
ravish a Negro woman who claim
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BOBBING UP — Betty Fraxce
demonstrates a new way to hob
for apples in a Florida lake. She
tries to bite into the apple while
holding her breath under water.
Four Charged
j In Fatalities
Two murder charges and two
of manslaughter were handed
down as true bills yesterday by
the Harnett grand jury which
worked steadily through the day
as a new criminal term of Har
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—In Paternity Case —
Blood Test Raises Problem
A paternity suit scheduled for
trial in Harnett Superior Court
has been delayed because, it’s
hard to get blood from a baby.
Counsel for Charles Butler, a
young printer and racing driver
accused of fathering a child by
Anne MacDonald, moved for a
continuance because a blood test
has not been made.
Solicitor Archie Taylor then
described to the court the diffi
culties discovered in try in a to get
b.'ood from the baby.
After several unsuccessful at
tempts. Taylor said, the child was
taken to a Fayetteville specialist
who said blood could only be tak
en from its jugular vein — a ra
ther serious procedure.
Judge Reid Thompson ruled
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Has Already-Thriving Family Business
Stogsdill Resigning
As Dunn Policeman
Paul Stogsdill, a member of the
Dunn police force for the past five
and a half years, will resign to
devote full-time to an already
thriving business.
For the past .several months,
Stogsdill has spent off-hours at
Jerry’s Drive-In, the combination
drive-in and restaurant in the
Quinn Shopping Center.
There has been a quick surge
in business since the Stogsdill's
took over and Paul is inclined to
credit his wife, Jerry, for that.
He said he would miss police
work but think' it’s time he be
gan to dPV°te full-time to the
restaurant.
A one-time lab technician at Er
win Mills, Stogsdill left that to
become an insurance agent and
later joined the Dunn police force
The 34-year-old officer has sub
mitted his resignation to the city
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r:... L STOG.SDILL
Ike Spending
Day On White
House Routine
(CPIl W'liit*' House Reporter
LONDON lUPI) — President
Eisenhower and Prime Minister
Harold Maemillian agreed to dis.
agree on an East - West summit
conference, it was reported on
tli(. highest authority today.
But the L. S. and British lead
ers, the sources said, would up
their cold war talks here hopeful
— though not necessarily confident
—that Eisenhower’s talks w i t h
Russia’s Premier Nikita Khrush
chev ultimately may lead to a sum
mit conference.
The President interrupted his
cold war peace mission to devote
himself to an accumulation of
Wjhile House business He spent
most of tiie day working at his
desk at Winfield House, official
residence of l s Ambassador
John Hav Whitney
Company for Tea
However, in the afternoon he
was host to India’s high commis
sioner in London, Mrs. Vijwya
Lakshmi Pandit, sister of Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and a
number of other guests at tea.
He also spent some time
knocking a roll hall around the
s pari o u s grounds of Winfield
House
Press Secretary Jain's C. Hag
er ty said the IT sirt nt also signed
27 congressional hills.
Hagerty said th(. President pro
bably will spend a few days at
Culzean Castle in Sen;land after
his trip to Paris this week. The
President probably will fly direct
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Railway Express
Ups Rates Again
| WASHINGTON (UPI) The
Railway Express Agency boasted
i.s rates today from 25 to 35 cents
per 100 pounds. The increases
apply only to less than Carload
shipments.
The full 11.man Interstate Com.
merce Commission Monday af_
firmed the action last week of a
three.member sub.group which
voted not to block the rate in.
creases.
I Railway Express said the high,
er rates would bring in about 16
million dollars additional revenue
annually.
Millie Perkins
To Be Married
NEW YORK (UPI) — Actress
Millie Perkins and actor I>ea:i
Stockwell announced their enga.
gement Monday. No date was set
for the wedding.
Miss Perkins, 20, was intro,
dueed to moviegoers in the tide
role of “The Diary of Anne
Frank.” Stockwell, 23. co.starred
in “Compuplsion.”
The brunette actress lives with
her parents in Fair Lawn, N. J
Stockwell, a member of a theat.
rival family, was born in Nortn
Hollywood. Calif.
Cubs Prove
They're Hot
Fishermen
Danny Griffith reeled in t li e
largest fish caught in a Saturday
Fish-O-Ral for Harnett's Cut)
Scouts.
But the title for catching the
most fish went to Lemuel Blalock,
who came in with no less than 103,
and the smallest fish caught was
the proud achievement of Jack
Pecora.
The youngsters had a big day
at Lake Chesterfield—great crowd
of them present for the event—
and wound it up with a picnic
supper at the Angier school cafe
teria.
A baseball game with their pops
had been tentatively scheduled but
it was rained out
a
m
NATIONAL TOBACCO QUEEN — Gloria Fenny of Mullins,
S. brown-haired. brown-eyed beauty, will serve as National
Tobaeco Queen during the coming year—an ambassadress of good
will for all the tohaeeo growing states and the entire tobacco
i industry. ShP was crowned in Mt. Airv at the annual four-state
pageant Saturday night, winning out over 22 other beauties from
tlV- Carolinas, Virginia and Georgia. She's five feet, five inches
tali—and every inch sheer neauty. Ouring her reign, she will
make personal appearances throughout the nation to boost the
| industry.
School Takes Up Tomorrow (Sigh)
At Stroke Of One,
The Kids Will Run
Harnett County senoois wiu op
en tomorrow, in the afternoon on
ly, for formal enrollment and pay
ing of fees
Fees are reckoned on a close
schedule by grades. For elemen
tary students they are less than
five dollars with $1.75 for acci
dent insurance offered on an op
tional basis to those who want
it.
School will not take up in re
gular classes until Thursday. Stu
dents are to appear tomorrow at
1 j). m. and will be kept until 3
o’clock. Buses will run on the
same routes as last year.
The regular class day, after the
Wednesday opening, will be from
8:30 until 3 p m. with a 40-minute
lunch period Cafeterias will be
open.
Teachers meetings were being
held today with faculty members
receiving briefings and last-min
ute instructions on the conduct of
the 1959-60 school year.
Only Miss Blanche Grantham
will be missing from the Dunn fa
culties at the start of the school
year. The 8th grade teacher is 1
currently undergoing convalesc-1
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'Mart Could
Get Shot
Very Easy
Harnett’s sheriff and rural po
licemen agreed that this is a sea
son for caution.
The pos.biii.v of tobacco thefts
have put many farmers on edge
although only one report of 700
pounds stolen has come in so far.
Sheriff Wade Stewart said, “I
wouldn’t want to ,eo near a man's
barns jus! now unless he kn w I
was there ’’
Said a rural policeman. "A man
could get shot very easy now.
These people are laying' with it.”
Tobacco rustlers carried off con
siderable leaf last year, coining
down on it just before the grower
had carried it off to market.
There have been reports both
this year and last that some farm
ers have taken to watching their
leaf through the night with shot
guns at the ready.
Tilghman Advises:
Pick Cotton Dry
'Farmers who pick cotton ear
ly, clean, and dry will get the
top support price for it" is the
comment ol Myers Tilghman of
Dunn, cotton grower and ginner
j Mr. Tilghman is a member of
the Quality Improvement Com -
mittee of the North Carolina Cot
ton Promotion Association H e
spearheaded the successful cam
paign of thi-■ Committee in 1958
Jto improve the farmers income
by urging quality harvesting of
cotton in North Carolina.
Pointing out that “a bale of
one-inch white middling cotton
brings $39 50 more in the 1959
support rate than a gray bale,"
Mr Tilghman urged farmers to
plan their cotton harvesting care
fully. He went on to say:
The additional money i« im *
portant. and so is the production
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