+WEATHER+
Fair today but becoming cloudy.
Warmer with high ranging from
50s in the mountains and the coast
tc the 60s elsewhere. Cloudy with
rain or showers tonight and Thurs
day.
Ehr B aity Kewrd
THEY SCORED ON SMITHFIELD — These
front-office employes of Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph scored what division headquarters de
scribed as an 18-0 win over Smithfield. They
made their yardage by outselling the Smithfield
phone force on vaiious ‘‘extra services.” Mafiager
Henry Bridges had his not-too-brawny winning
team suited up to commemorate the occasion to
day. Left to right are Mrs. Betty Lou Caldwell,
Mrs. Mae Parkers, Mrs. Madeline Stanley and
Mrs. Geraldine Byrd. (Record Photo.)
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By HOOVER ADAMS
KNOW ANYONE WHO HAS
A PICTURE OF THESE?
Herman P. Green, who recently
wrote a very excellent history of
the 107-year-old Dunn Masonic
Lodge, has made remarkable pro
gress on a project that seemed
next to impossible.
A few years ago, the Dunn lod
ge decided to hang large por -
traits of each past master on the
wall of the lodge hall. Easier said
than done, when you stop to think
that the organization dates back
to 1852,
Most of the past masters are
deceased, of course, and in some
cases it has been difficult to even
locate their families or anyone
who knew them.
But Herman, the live-wire man
ager of Dunn Production Credit
Association, is not a fellow who
lets a tough job stop him. He got
to work on the project about a
year ago and since has written
dozens and dozens of letters, made
Innumerable phone calls and per
sonal visits in search of the “miss
ing mugs.’’
He reported today that of the
56 men who headed the lodge, he
has secured portraits of all but
six of them. Getting blow-ups was
another problem. In one case, a
small newspaper photo had to be
enlarged.
Pictures are still needed of An
son Parker, who served the lodge
as master for 12 years, from 1860
to 1871; Isaac Taylor, master in
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Dr. Gayle Johnson
Heads Medical Staff
Dr. Gale D. Johnson, surgeon
son of the founder of Betsy John
son Memorial Hospital and grand
son of its namesake, today was
named president of the institu
tion's medical staff.
At the regular monthly meeting
of the staff this morning, he was
named to succeed the outgoing
president, Dr J. R Johnson
Hospital administrator lloyie
1
Green cnnounced that Dr. M B.
Poole was named vice-president,
Dr. W. H. Lilly, secretary-treasur
er and Dr. Charles W. Byrd, chiei
of staff.
Dr. Lilly, it will be a consecu
tive term as secretary-treasurer.
Dluring the past year he has al
so held the post of chief of staff.
Dr Poole succeeds Dr. C. L. Cor
bett vice-president.
Homes on North King Threatened
Dunn Firemen Stop
Broom-Straw Fire
A broom-straw fire that raged
through two hug's vacant lots and
threatened an entire line of houses
along North King Avenue was
brought under control short of the
houses yesterday afternoon.
Firemen used water and big
flat fire-brooms to cut it off w'hile
it was still several yards from the ,
nearest home.
Howard M. Lee, secretary-treas
urer of the Dunn fire department,
said only prompt action can the
fire, of unknown origin, from hav
ing extremely serious consequen
ces.
Four trucks and 11 men fought
the fire which raged through the
ten and 1100 blocks on North King.
The property belonged to Miss Lily j
Hodges of Dunn. The fire-brooms
used to stamp out the flames have
large rubber flaps on them.
Firemen were called out at 2:10
p.in. and had the blaze under con
trol in less than 20 minutes.
Sandburg Likes
Windy City Best
CHICAGO (UPD — Chicago still
has it all over Los Angeles or
New York, according to poet Carl
Sandburg, who or.ee immortalized
the Windy City as the “city of
big shoulders.”
“New' York — why, it’s tired,’’
Sandburg told newsmen. “And
Los Angeles — why, traffic is so
bad out there the mayor won’t let
the city buy any more Cadillacs
because other cars aren't as long
and don’t take up so much room
'on the streets.”
Jim's Wife
Charging
Adultery
Jim Thornton, hillbilly band
leader of Garner, is being sued
for divorce on grounds of adultery
and extreme cruelty, according
to court papers filed in Jackson
ville, Fla.
Thornton as of yesterday had
not filed an answer to the com
plaint. Today is the deadline lor
the defendant to file, the Jack
sonville court clerk said.
Mrs. Wandaline Thornton filec
the action last October 30 and al
leged in the complaint that hei
husband has an annual income oi
$75,000. Court officials said she
charged Thornton with “commit
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The turkey skeleton had hardly
been picked clean when the first
Santa letters arrived at the Daily
Record office.
As local youngsters know, the
Record is glad to see that their
communications to St. Nick reach
him in time.
And each letter received here
at the newspaper office is print
ed (just the way it’s received, in
cidentally, and without those an
noying changes in punctuation and
spelling which the sender has a
right to resenti.
Here are 1959’s first Letters to
Santa:
Dear Santa Claus.
I want a cow boy suit.
I want a set of maverick gun s.
Would youD ear Santa. Clause
bring this to me
From Junior Jernigan
Dear Santa Claus,
I want a tiny tear doll, a car
riage, clothes, crinolin, basketball
From Mary Jernigan.
Other Towns
Have Exceeded
Goal Quotas
By J. SHEPARD BRYAN
Publicity Chairman
There are a lot of "reasons'’
stated for the failure of the Com
munity of Dunn to meet its United
Fund requirements, but the sad
fact remains that other communi
ties of our size and financial
standing have raised their quota—
and have done so 30 days ago.
It might be interesting to know
that the following named towns
had raised more than 100'. of their
United Fund quota by November
jo. 1959: Wilmington, Burlington,
j Clemson, S. C.. Asheboro. Rocky
I Mount. High Point, Hickory, Ra
i leigh, Reidsville, Salisbury—and
by this time dozens of other towns
have gone over the top 100%.
Major Blalock, Campaign Chair
man, prophesied that the United
Fund would be abandoned in fav
i or of multiple drives if this 1959
year did not meet with success.
That abandonment of the United
Fund would not look so bad if it
were not true that failure of Unit
ed Fund this year would cause
industries seeking progressive
towns in which to locate their fac
tories to pass by Dunn in favor of
the community of town which did
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5100,0(10 Suit ~
Being Tried
FAYETTEVILLE — A $100,000
damage suit against a Harnett
County Marine entered its second
day in Superior Court this morn
ing and court officers said the
ease may not end until sometime
Thursday.
The parents of a four - year
eld girl, seriously injured in a
two-car collision in front of her
home near Lillington in October,
1956, are seeking to collect dam
ages from 22-year-old Rex Bell
Johnson.
: Thu youngster, Damon Lynn Ma
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Bradley Mason, suffer
ed a sever head injury when the
cars collided at the intersection
of Highway 27 and Spring Hill Rd.,
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BEAT HIS DAD — Taylor Stephens, Jr., shows score-card,
neatly drilled in middle, which won a turkey for him while his
pop, Taylor. Sr., (right) was frozen out. (Record Photo by Ted
Crail.)
— He Wins Again ~—
At 9, A Baffling Marksman
It's hard for turkey shoot men
to understand — especially those
who never did manage to draw a
perfect bead on their bird
Taylor Stephens, a 9-year-old
who last year outshot a dozen a
dull marksmen to win himself a
fine fat turkey, has done it again
He placed a slio* dead center,
against another eld of twelve,
at the Godwi ..ons Friday night
•hoot at *•' ,n Bi'"S. store
Anion • use beaten hLs daddy.
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YOUNGEST CLOWN — Tcu-month-old Loretta
Sue Jones, the youngest clown slated to ride in
Dunn’s Christmas parade land probably anybody
else'*', is tickled beyond words at her own fancy
costume. Her mother, Yvonne Jones, whipped It
up. (Record Photo by Ted Crail.)
Beauty Queens and an Infant Clown
Santa Comes For Xmas Parade
A 10-month-old clown, a roller
skater in his sixties, that foun
tain of youth. Captain Five, and
ageless, matchless old Saint Nick
himself will all be in the Dunn
Christmas parade which starts
at 5 p.m on Friday.
It was a harried Wesley Coates,
general chairman of the parade,
who raced about town todaj’, put
ting a final touch on arrange -
ments.
This year’s big Christmas jump
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Truck-Thief Not Apprehended
$15,000 Cotton Load
Stolen, Then Found
A stolen truck loaded with 50
bales of cotton and valued at $15.
000 was recovered this morning
on a curve of the river road near
: Erwin.
i "Nothing had been touched,’’
said Police Sergeant K. M. Fail of
Dunn. "The key was in the truck.
Apparently somebody just went
for a ride.”
The truck and its valuable load
were sneaked off last night while
Webster Baldwin of Fairmont, N.
C.. stopped to grab some supper
at a Negro restaurant on East
Carr Street. The restaurant is
known as the "Old Hotel.”
When Barfield finished his sup
per. he discovered the truck,
parked on a side-street, was miss
j mg. Dunn police issued an alert
and the abandoned vehicle was
found this morning by Highway
Patrolman W. C. Grady.
Sergeant Fail said it would have
16-Year-Old Boy
Ambushes Ma
NEW YORK (UPH - A 16-year
old boy ambushed his mother
when she entered their darkened
home Tuesday night, firing two
bullets into her with a 22 caliber
rifle equipped with a home-made
silencer.
The wounded woman, Mrs.
Marie Murphy, 39. staggered
across the street to a neighbor's
; home.
1 "My son shot me. I don’t know
! why,” she gasped to the neighbor
Mrs. Elizabeth O'Malley.
Police said the shooting appar
ently climaxed a feud between
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boon almost impossible to market
the cotton without a marketing
card and the thief presumably die
not have it in mind to convert the
pay-load into cash. The truck was
owned by Barfield Trucking Line*
of Nichols, S.C.
Says It Would
Be Morally
Disastrous
WASHINGTON 'UPD — Presi
dent Eisenhower today firmly op
t posed involving the federal gov
ernment in any way with assisting
other nations with birth control
advice.
Eisenhower told his news con
ference he could not imagine a
subject more improper as a ma‘
ter of government responsibility
or function than birth control.
Furthermore. Eisenhower said
that as long as he is president
the United States government will
have absolutely nothing to do with
advising other nations on their
birth control problems. If another
country wants birth control ad
vice. he said it could seek pro
fessional information,
i The birth control controversy
i flared anew after the Roman
Catholic bishops of the United
i States charged last week that a
"propaganda campaign" was be
ing waged to pave the way for U.
S. support of "artificial birth pre
vention" programs in underdevel
oped countries which are experi
encing population pressuies.
Declaring that this would be a
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Girl Kisses
Stranger
■Wins $618
CHICAGO (UPH — A farm girl
kissed a stranger Monday and
won $618 for her fiance.
As a result of that kiss. Black
Jewel, the grand champion steer
of the International Live Stock
Exposition, (sold for $22.35(5 and
its owner, Roy Maass. 21, o f
Remsen.rowa. will plow a few
I extra acres next spring.
The kiss climaxed the bidding
on Black Jewel, a 1.050-pound
Aberdeen Angus, at the exposi
tion auction. The top price of
$22,356, or $2160 a pound, was
paid by rthe Howard Johnson
restaurant chain.
The bidding had reached nearly
$20 a pound when Ellard Pfaelzer,
representing the Johnson chain,
pointed to Maass’ fiance, Darlene
Hansen. 21, and announced:
"If this little girl will kiss me
I'll raise it a dollar.”
Darlene, a pretty, auburn-hairs
ed farm girl obliged happily, and
the bidding continued until Black
Jewel was knocked down to
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Honored At Review
Col. Bill Terr all
Retires From Army
FORT BENNING, Ga. _ Fort
Benning’s Chapel Field was the
scene this morning (Nov. 301 of
a review honoring Lt. Col. WiLlliam
S. Terrell of Dunn, N. C’., and Ma
jor George A Worth of Jackson
ville, Fla , as they retired from
active duty, each with more than
20 years of service.
Mrs. Terrell is the former Mi'S
Margaret Johnson of Dunn
Music for the parade was furn
ished by the U.S. Army Infantry
Center Band An honor guard, com
manded by Capt. Raymond P. Sin
ger of Chicago. 111., was formed by
Company C. First Battle Group,
29th Infantry.
Brig. Gen. Chester A. Dahlen,
assistant commandant of the U S.
Army Infantry School, was re
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Joseph New Master
Of Masonic Lodge
Nick Joseph became the mast
er of Palmyra Lodge here last
night. He succeeded druggist VV
W Carroll, Sr., ;o the top Mas
onic post.
A jeweler who moved to Dunn
a decade ago md has been a Mas
on here for a half d<'/eu \ears,
Joseph is currently associated
with B & J Jewelers in Lilting
ton. He continues to make his
home here
H. A Westbrook succeeded Jo
seph as senior warden last night
and Curtis Ennis is the new jun
ior warden.
Re-elected were R L Cromart
ie. Jr., treasurer, and Ralph Wa
de, secretary. Howard Johnson
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