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VOULME 9 TELEPHONE 3117 — 3118
DUNN. N. V. MONDAY AFTERNOON. OCTOBER 19, 1959
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
NO 223
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THE CORN HUNTERS — Deep Fall, and the
threat of harsher weather, arrived in earnest
these past few days. At a granary near llanna's
Pond birds by the thousands swooped into these
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mountains of \vast« com shucks_ seeking little
cracked pieces of grain. Most of the provender is
fed to cows. (Record Photo.)
JhcM
JhinqA
by HOOVER ADAMS
TRAVELERS, BAPTISTS
AND ZSA ZSA ON FLYNN
Mr. and Mrs Billy Godwin are
back from a vacation to Hawaii,
which included a couple of weeks
at the plush Hoval Hawaiian hotel
in Honolulu...“Had a wonderful
time.” said Mrs. Godwin this morn
ing.See any of those pretty hula
girls? "We certainly did,” she re
plied as enthusiastically as you’d
expect a man to on such a nice
topic, “and I’ll tell you right now.
they were beautiful.”.. Did Billy
like ’em? (Foolish question, of
course.)...“You bet. he did." smil
ed his pretty boss...“How did you
ever get him away from them?”..
“Well," she laughed. “It was a
little hard.”.On November 4,
Billy's’ father, O. W. Godwin, Sr.,
his 11-year-old brother, Larry, and
a cousin. John D. Jordan, Jr. are
leaving for a tour of Europe.
Mrs. Godwin won’t make the Euro
pean trip... “I couldn’t talk her
into flying or going by boat and
that’s the only way to get there,”
explained Mr. Godwin...It was a
quiet weekend in Dunn—that is,
quiet everywhere except in the ma
ternity ward of Betsy Johnson
Memorial Hospital. Eleven babies
arrived during the weekend One of
them was a pretty new daughter
born to Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Striek
(Continued On Page Six)
Sewage Disposal is Money Problem
City Wants 4 Years
To Convert System
T. F. Armstrong, sanitation en
gineer who met with the Dunn Ci
ty Council Thursday night, report
edly had less favorable news for
the town after a new consultat
ion with his own superiors.
"Thursday night he said he felt
we would be justified in asking for
lour years to take care of our se
wage disposal system.” said Dum\
Mayor George Franklin Blalock.
'The next day he called hack
and said that four years was too
long.”
Blalock said the city will never
theless proceed to tile an applica
tion asking for the four-year delay
before it begins a program to im
prove its present system.
The mayor stated it is hoped
that in that length of time water
surplus funds could yield the need
ed money so a special bond issue
might not be required.
Another possible source of funds
is the federal government. Bla
lock indicated that Congress will
be asked to put up 30 percent of
the money which will be spent on
the anti-pollution moves.
“Cities are entitled to that mo
ney from the federal government.”
said Blalock, “but 1 don’t know
how far down the totem pole Dunn
will be.”
Last year, he said. 100 million
was asked from around the nat
ion, Ike wanted to give only 20
million and the eventual bill call
(Continued on Page Two)
!
Mrs. Bruton
Will Head
Seal Drive
Mr J. K. Bruton, assistant man
ager of Erwin Mills, was chosen
as Chairman of the 1959 Christ
mas Seal Sale at a recent meet
ing of the Harnett County Tuber
j culossis Association. This announ
cement was made by Mrs. L. B.
McKnight Jr., president of the
association,
Mr. Bruton has been active in
the association for a number of
years and is a past president
of the organization.
At the same meeting the Board
. voted to make a substantial con
I iribution to medical research at
McCain, and to a Tuberculin
! Testing program in' Pamlico Coun
| ty. A need for pajamas for indig
ent patients at McCain was pre
sented by Mrs. R».v Cameron,
Executive Secretary of the Asso
ciation, and the Board voted to
contribute $50.00 to this fund
Christmas Seals will go on sale
on Nov. 16 and all residents will
want to have a part in stamping
out i his dread disease. It can
strike anywhere just as it struck
Red Schoendienst, famous ball
player.
Expanded Facilities Asked
Harnett's Mentally Retarded
Remain On Waiting Lists
Harnett County Welfare Chief
Miss Lela Moore Hall reported
today that 18 Harnett children are
on the waiting lists but have not
yet been admitted to the state’s
overcrowded schools for the men
tally retarded.
She said that case workers close
to the situation in their own com
munities have estimated that some
28 others here need the care but
have not made application yet.
J. W. Umstead, Jr., chairman
of the citizens’ bond election com
mittee which is supporting a drive
for funds to increase facilities,
said, “Some of these cases are
tragic bat there is nothing we can
do for them simply because we
do not have a bed.”
North Carolina voters will have
an opportunity to vote for or ag
ainst the bond issue on October
27.
Miss Hall stated there is a de
finite effort here to take all appli
cations, even when it is known
the child cannot be accepted right
away.
"We're concerned about finding
out how many should be admitted
so the information can be present
ed to the general assembly by
Carson Gregory,” she said "We
know when we take them it won’t
do much good and that there is
no space open for the children at
present."
For a number of reasons, she
stated, the mentally retarded
children do not always come rea
dily to the notice of county offi
cials.
(CuBtianed on Pugr •Two)
Howard To Attend
Fertilizer Clinic
K F. Howard, Jr. of Dunn,
North Carolina will represent
Johnson Cotton Company, Inc., at
a two-day fertilizer marketing clin
ic October 26-27 at the Seandia
Village, Raleigh. N. C. He will par
ticipatei along with salesmen from
other companies in North Caro
lina. South Carolina, and Virginia,
in a training session on farmer
services. market research and
economics of the plant food indus
try'.
The meeting will be conducted
by International Minerals & Chem
ical Corporation, Skokie. Illinois,
a leading supplier of the fertilizer
ingredients phosphate and potash
Percy Leaves
Prison Today
For New Trial
RALEIGH tUPIi — .1 Percy
Flowers, identified by federal
agents as "the bootleg baron of
Johnston County,” was released
today from Central Prison.
His release came three weeks
before his prison term expired,
so he can prepare defense against
a federal tax evasion charge.
Flowers was due to be released
from the prison Nov 10, after
serving an 18 - month sentence
for liquor violations. He had serv
ed a year in federal prison in
Atlanta for contempt of court.
Federal Judge Don Gilliam sent
Flowers to the federal prison for
threatening a government witness
during his trial on federal liquor
charges in 1957.
Johnson Matthews of the State
Parole Board said Flowers had
been released three weeks early
so he and his lawyers can pre
(Continued On Page Six)
Dunn Man Ends
Life With Gun
Assistant Coroner Paul Drew has
ruled that a Dunn farmer who
had threatened several times to
shoot himself committed suicide.
William Hunter Lee, 52, appar
ently found the gun which his son
had hidden, put the shotgun to
his mouth anl pulled the trigger
Police Chief Alton Cobb quoted
members of the family as saying
Lee had been threatening to kill
himself for some time.
Lee’s son. Larry, had been us
ing the gun earlier in the day
for hunting and hid it when he
returned home.
Mrs. Lee said htr husband told
her he was going to bed and
entered the bedroom. She re -
membered the gun was in the
house and was telephoning a
(Continued On Pajrp Six)
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LONG WAY TO GO — Working on financial drive to make
Campbell College a four-year school are l ari Westbrook, chairman
of the campaign in Harnett, and Carl Fitchett. Jr., chairman for
Dunn. They were preparing for tonight's meeting in connection
with one phase of the campaign. (Campbell College photo.)
To Aioke Campbell 4-Year School
Need 2 Million
By Xmas Holidays
“By the time we go home f°r
Christmas holidays,'' said Phil
Kennedy, “we'll either have it
made or else "
Two million dollars is the g"al
of those who hope to transform
Campbell College at Buies Creek
into -i four-year institute
I Should the plan go over the
j top the freshmen .:o entered this
year cou'd e ,e from Camp
■ in tb'- ;ing of ‘63 as the
S school's four-year graduates.
(C unt.iiued On Page Two)
But Two of Flynn's Wives Present
Last Lover Avoids Rites
HOLLYWOOD iL'PL Services
for Errol Flynn today were as
quiet as his life was stormy.
Less than .VIO persons attended
the Episcopal rites at Forest
Lawn's Church of tht Kecession
al. including this last wife, ac
tress Patrice Wymore. and his
second spouse. Nora Eddington.
Absent was 17-year-old Beverly
Aadland, his most recent girl
friend a. .1 "protege." The blonde
teen-ager was at the home or a
San Francisco attorney discuss
ing her "interests" in Flynn’s es
tate.
The dark, glooms day bright
ened with sunshine atop the hill
on which the church is located as
Jack L. Warner, head of Warner
Brothers Studio, read the eulogy.
In part Warner said: "Errol
had trials and tribulations in his
life. . . as most everyone has.
But he never knew dullness. That
is one thing Errol could never
have endured. He thrived on ex
citement and attracted it where
ever he was."
Th well - mannered, solemn
faced crowd was in direct con
trast to the carnival air that sur
rounded (he funeral last year of
another famed screen lover, Ty
rone Power. Most of today’s
crowd were older people who
stood quietly outside the church.
Miss Aadland was a house guest
at the San Francisco home of
attorney Melvin Belli. Belli dis
closed he had been retained by
the girl who was with the 50-year
old actor when he died in British
Columbia Wednesday.
"I surely will protect her inter
ests in his estate," Belli said. He
would not say that he expected
litigation over division of Flynn’s
estate.
"It is a little loo early for
that,” the attorney said. "1 will
say. however, that Beverly is a
very fine girl and that definitely
1 have been retained to protect
her interests in the estate
The wives attending were his
widow, Mrs. Patrice Wymore,
i who arranged for the services
(Contin*»e<T On Page Two)
TEEN-AGE TEAKS—Beverly Aadland. the la(e Errol Flynn's
17-vear-(ild protege cries after her arrival in Eos Angeles to attend
the actor's funeral. She had tripped and fallen while leaving the
airport terminal. .
Drive Chairman Asserts
Dunn 'On Trial'
By United Fund
The ud;vance gifts division of
the United Fund campaign, which
has a local goal of $30,000, be
gan here today.
Drive chairman George Frank
lin Blalock sent a blast-off letter
to many local citizens which in
cluded a prophecy of what fail
ure would mean.
"We in Dunn are on. trial, he
said. "We constitute one of the
few communities that have fail
ed to raise sufficient funds in
the past and such a record is pro
ving to be detrimental in many
ways.
"The search for industry and
business is highly competitive and
the communities' attitude tow
ard the United Fund is a main
criteria in' selling itself
"Frankly, we will not get new:
business to locate here if we fail
in our charitable obligations. This
means a second-rate town and
slower growth in the future as
compared to our... neighbors.”
(). W. (Billyi Godw'in. Jr., heads
up the advance gifts section of
'the campaign Seven or eight
teams will operate under him in
contacting local businessmen and
asking them to set the pace for
tlie campaign. General solicitat
ion begins next Tuesday.
Blalock made tv secret of the
fact, which he has been preaching
ever since he became Dunn’s may
or, that he thinks the United Fund
is tied in with many othei fact
ors affecting the future of the
town.
This wag the way he approaeh
(Continued On rage Sixi
Ike Expected
To Take Court
Action Tuesday
WASHINGTON tUPD — Presi
dent Eisenhower's steel factfind
ing board told him today that
union and management officials
do not agree on any major issue
in the 97-day old steel strike.
The White House refused to say
if the President will seek a court
order to halt the walkout for 80
days under the Taft-Hartley Act.
It said the President wants to
study the report carefully "and
there’s no time limit on that."
A Justice Department spokes -
man had said earlier that he did
(Continued On Page Sii)
After 43
Years, She
Gets Her Man
MARLOW, England — (UPIi —
Miss Dorothy Blewitt, a 61-year
old spinster, finally got her man.
I’crseverence did it.
Back in 1916 she Fell in love
with Tom Ranee and told him so
in her love letters But he didn't
take her seriously and up and
married her Aunt Alice
Aunt Alice died in 1917 and Dor
otln made another ■-tab. but he
married another girl named Doro
: thy.
"I didn't give up." Miss Blewitt
| said.
Two veal's ago the second Mrs.
Ranee died. Then three weeks ago
Miss Blewitt remembered dhat
Ranee, now 77. was a handyman
and that she needed some work
done around the house.
"I colled on Tom.” she said.
"Within a week he proposed I'm
going to be Mrs. Ranee—at last.”
Woman Fined For Forging Welfare Check
Teacher Is Witness
At Liquor f rial
James Merritt, of Cameron, Rt
2, charged with possession of n *n
tax paid whiskey on May 31 was
found guilty Thursday in II iinett
recorder's court
He received a four months sen
tence, suspended on payment of
$50 fine and costs. He gave not
ice of appeal to superior curt
The prosecuting witness w a s
Joseph Byrd, teacher in the Shaw
town' school who is also a deputy
sheriff. The officer told Judge
Robert B Morgan he bought a
jar of whiskey front Merritt lor
$3 on May 31. Then on September
12th he went back to Merritt's
to serve the warrant He never
satisfactorily explained to defen
se attorney Neil Ross why he did
not get a warrant for Merritt
in the interim bewteen May 31
and September 14
Merritt testified he had never
seen Joseph Byrd until he went
to the school to see him after
hearing Byrd wanted t" see him
It was then Byrd arrested him,
he said.
Frivolous Charges
Graham Lambeth and David
Godwin pie .lied, in guilty to steal
ing a convertible ear from Marvin
Jernuan, at.j the etiu'-1 fcimd the
act: n frivolous end mu'... : iu • aft
er the owne. admitted h,, let t . *
two drive the car at . ~
Forged \V< fare Cheeks
Ernestine McNeill \ .1 was
charged with f r. . name 1
a welfare check foi 1 if fu loii_
ing to Delson Clegr 01 A .... .
The Clegg woman said sh; was
(Continued on Page Two)
Season Totals Far Off '58 Sales
Leaf Brings $800,000 Less,
High Average Only Comfort
The tobacco season which ended
here last Friday meant some $800,
000 less to farmers of this immed
iate area than the selling in 19f>8
Low poundage was apparently
the sole reason for the fall-off in
sales here declared Chamber of
Commerce Manager Ned Champion
served as sales supervisor of the
Tobacco Market.
“I asked a warehouseman this
morning how he felt about it." said
Champion. "He said he realized
jthat the poundage was less and
said, "1 think I handled more to
baceo but it just weighed less,"
Some tobacco was drowned by
the August rains said Champion,
and leaf for leaf the tobacco
which came in tended to be ligh' r
He did not speculate on how
badly the low sales would affect
general business life here, which
depends upon the market for a
share of its prosperity But it was
apparent that only a relatively
high average for what tobacco was
sold prevented a disaster for farm
er and businessman alike.
In 1958 when more than 7,7t>0 -
000 pounds «as sold, the average
per hundred was $53 711 and the
season's selling unounted to S-t
140,236.32. This year, poundage
was down to f> 710 030 pounds but
the average held at $58.34 and
total sales were $3,331 403
One distinguishing mark for
Dunn was the low percentage of
leaf which had to b, taken on hv
the KCC On the Kastern Belt >
a whole, the average was 2 per
cent but here it was slightly over
1 3 percent an indication of re
latively little sub-par tobacco.