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WEATHER ♦ Considerable cloudiness and mild v with occasional showers and scat tered thundershowers today, to*,, night and Saturday. I ■■ V1 J$p VOLUME 12 TELEPHONE 3117 — 3118 • 4 DUNN, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY U, 1962 a.,,— _-U—ai—r.. n.- ■, i » - FIVE CENTS PER COPY SWEETHEARTS ALE — But only one of the lovely little ladles Shown here will be crowned M Dunn High FFA Sweatheart of 1962 at the annual FFA Father-Son banquet to be held Friday night. Left to right are: Patsy Hairr, Alice Butt, Gloria Barnes and Mary Tilghman. Oh yes, the man in the middle is Joe Downing, vocational agriculture instructor and FFA advisor at Dunn High School. (Daily Record Photo.) * To Crown Sweetheart, Award Trophies - -»--—:-1 ] Program Set At Dunn Chapel * A Special Missionary Program will be. held at the Dunn Chapel Freewill. Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at three o’clock. Twelve lady Ministers will preach. Those scheduled to ap*1 pear are: Rev. Mrs. Flora Fergu son, jFtgv. Mrs. Flora Blackmon; Rev. Mrs.'Betty Clark; Rev. Mrg. Vennie Elliott; ReV. Mrs. Ethel Align; Rev. Mrs. Breezie Wilkins; Rev. Mrs. ‘Rosetta Elliott; Rev Mrs. Anna Jane Elliott; Rev. Mrs Marie Me Kethan; Rev. Mrs. Mar garet Williams; Rev. Mrs. Boone; and Rev. Mi-s. AguSta Roper. The public ft cordially invited Mrs. Rosa Spearman is president of the Missionary Society and Mrs. Eva Minter is the program leader Action Delayed In Death Case State [Trooper L. R. Hawley said today that it would probably be next week before he would be able to talk with any of the three Hobbton students who survi ved an -auto - ambulance colli sion in front of the high school building oil February 8. “I am' waiting until the physi cians who are treating the boys tell me it is okay to talk with them,” Hawley said) “So far I have not been advised that it is all right to contact them." ,. Hawley indicated that until he does talk with the survivors he will not carry his investigation of (Oonttiwef <* Four) One of Dunn High School's bigg est events of the year. Future Farmers of America chapter’s an nual Father-Son Banquet will be -held tonight at/7 o'clock. More than 125 people are ex pected to attend the event in the Mary Stewart Community Build ing. Ladies of the Mary Stewart Development Club will serve the supper. , Joe Downing, ag Instructor and EFA -advisor, said today that the fort into the planning and indica tions ipoint to a successful and en joyable occasion'. Bay Barefoot, president, will preside. Invocation will be by Ben nie Barefoot and A. B. Parker, Jr. will recognize and welcome guests. Chapter project reports will be made by J. L. West, Larry Mc Lamb, Garry Lee and others. * Bennie Barefoot, public rela tions chairman, will crown the FFA Sweetheart. Contestants for the crown are Mary Tilghman, Alice Butt, Patsy Hairr and Gloria Barnes. Another highlight will be pre (Continued on Page Four) New Pastor To Be Inducted The Rev. William C. Crumplen will be installed ‘“Sunday night as pastor of . three Presbyterian churches in Western Harnett County. Installation rites will take place at Mt. Pisgah Presbyterian Church with members of the two other churches, Leaflet and Raven Rock, participating in the services, which will begin at 7:30 o’clock. Dr. John H. Leith of Union (Conttoned on Page Two) - -L..^ i.-^ ft'- - 4>oys have put much w Revaluation Is Discussed By Officials Henry Lewis of the Institute of Government conferred with the Harnett County commissioners and mayors of the incorporated towns Monday night about property re valuation techniques. Harnett must start its revaluation in 1964. <pom mission Chairman Lofton Tart pre sided and mayors present were Ralph Hanna, Dunn; C. J. Turling ton, Coats; Jack Barnes, Jr., An gier; J. A. Senter Lillington. Lillington and Dunn it was re ported have maps that show pro perty lines. Coats is mapped, but not with property lines. Angier has insufficient mapping said Mayor Barnes. . Tax payers and town board members from all parts df the county Joined in the discussion. AH members of the commission ers were present. MOLOTOV TAKES WALK MOSCOW (DPI) Former For eign Minister Vyacheslav M. Mol otov, who Was hospitalized Jan 24 with influenza, was seen Sat urday taking a walk in the Krem lin gardens, a Western ’ diplomat said Monday night. The diplomat said the 72-year old Molotov was alone and look ing at the new Palace of Con gress Building. It was to that building last October that Molotov was severely criticized for his Stalinist activities Group To £ —-—”7? The Capital Area Developinerit Association will put special em phasis on the organization of new communities during 1962. , The agreement to put special emphasis on new communities was agreed on at the first meeting of the officers, county directors, com mittee chairmen this week. Coun ty farm and home agents also at tended the meeting. W. D. Reynolds, community de velopment ch)airmhni said the number of participating commun- 1 ities could be easily 'doubled. John ; D, Mackie, chairman of the agri cultural committee, a&ked for marie projects (Shat would help naise inqotne in the area. . It. was announced that a feeder pig market will be started in Dunn. Cliff Ammons, Hjsrnett County Farm Agent, termed this one of the greatest things that has happened for ■ agriculture in Eas tern Horth Carolina In a long ;ime. He pointed out the high corn jroduction in the area. He also said corn brings a low pr^ce in :he (fall which would make the ieeaer pig program doubly wet :ome. A meeting of county chairmen ivill be held in February to work out further plans for the CADA organization, especially in the in ;reesed membership drive field, rhe chairman then will return (Coattned on Pm* Two) Hear Henderson Monday Night Congressman David Henderson will speak at the Erwin P. T. A. meeting Monday night at 7:30. This is Henderson’s first appear ance in Erwin and a large turn-out is expected. Following the meeting a soeial hoyr will be held giving Haifiett residents an opportunity to meet the new congressman from the third district. Folks from over the oounty are invited to attend. The meeting will be held in the Erwin School. New Policy Covers Labor Mr. Farmer of Harnett County Beginning in 1962, the USDA Fed? eral Crop Insurance is a complete ly new and greatly simplified pro gram. On tobacco, the new in surance has (1) complete protec tion against quality loss (2) the greatly increased insurance guar antee covers cash and labor in vestment in dollars (3) claims can be paid immediately. In 1962 for the first time, the tobacco farmer has guaranteed protection against a poor quality crop regardless of average market price and at such a high level of protection as to cover all expen ses including bis labor. - ^ On cotton, the guarantee has been increased and the premium reduced. Just a few pounds of average to bacco or cotton produced and sold will pay the premium cost per acre for protection with Federal Crop Insurance. If a claim for loss is due, premium cost can be deducted from the claim and pay (Continued on Page Four) State Chief Says Precinct Hour Should Be Publicited Party Rules Tightened The State Democratic Executive Committee has tightened up on rul es governing operation of party affairs and on party discipline as well. Gone perhaps are the days when a precinct chairman could stage a precinct meeting at a time and hour best suited for his conven ience and that of his supporters. And often, it is reported, other Democrats residing in the pre cincts never knew what time the precinct meeting was to be held or that it had been held. There has been criticism that sometimes if enough Democrats opposed to the incumbent chair man showed up, the chairman would merely postpone the meet ing until he could round up enough of his supporters to assure re election. NOT IN HARNETT? Some party leaders say such a thing has never happened in Har nett County, of course, but it has been reported in some places. State Chairman- Bert Bennett told the State executive committee at an important meeting in Ra leigh that precinct officials should be .“extremely careful.to • give wide publicity” to the time of pre cinct meetings.” “Don’t play into Republican hands. . .don’t let them accuse us of having unfair meetings,” Ben nett said. Precinct meetings this year will be held May 5. County conventions follow a' week later on May 12 and the State convention has been set for May 12. - On April 29, 1960, a notice was published in county newspapers calling on Democrats to attend the precinct meetings. The note stated: “Democrats, of Harnett County are hereby notified that precinct meetings will be (Continued On Page Six) MISS SHARON ROUSE Another Beauty In Erwin Pageant * \ Cart i T e r t I Russell Godwin, publicity chair man of the "Miss Erwin" pageant to be held March 24, has announc ed the second contestant as 22 year-old Sharon Gail House, of 303 East “K" Street,, Erwin, daugh ter of Mr, and Mrs. Willard O. House. Miss House graduated from Er win High School and attended Campbell College. She is present- f ly employed at King Drug Com- , pany in Raleigh. She states that j she would like to further her ed- j ucation at Campbell. < Miss House stands 5 feet and Vh ] inches tall and weighs 119 pounds, t She has dark brown hair and blue < eyes with fair complexion. Her t - (QtaUntd an Pace Four) REV. TOM M. FREEMAN Accents First Baptist Church Pastorate Freeman Will Begin Duties On April 15 The Rev. Thomas Moten tree- i man of Baltimore, iMd., 47-year- j old native of Hickory, N. C., has ; accepted the pastorate of the First i Baptist Church in Dunn and will begin his new dutitfc here on April 15. Members of the church, largest in a three - county area, Sunday morning voted unanimously to ex tend a call to the Rev. Mr. Free man, who spoke here on February 7. News of his acceptance today was greeted with enthusiasm and members of the pulpit committee, headed by Chairman W. E. (Bill) Cobb, described the new pastor as "ideally suited for our church, Just the man we had been look ing,” The long search to fill the town’s largest pulpit began last July t when the Rev. Ernest P. Russell announced his resignation after 12 years to accept the pastorate of the McGill Street Baptist Church in Concord. Recognized as a pastor “on his way up” in the ministry, the Rev. Mr. Freeman is now pastor of the Middle River Baptist Church at 610 Middle River Road in Balti more, a large church with a mem bership of more than 2100. In coming to Dunn, the Rev. Mr. Freeman is returning to his native State, where he served two pastorates before going to Baltimore in 1958. OUTSTANDING RECORD His first pastorate after re ceiving his Th. M. degree at Southern Baptist Seminary in Louisville in' 1942 was the Kenly Pine Level-Thanksgiving field of churches in Johnston County from 1942-1947. He then served as pas tor of Hocutt Memorial Baptist Church in Burlington from 1947 to 1958. He is coming to Dunn with an )Ut standing DacKgruuna, an iui iressive record of ministerial ichievement and with the highest . mdorsements and recommend a ,ions. He has made a splendid re (Continued on Page Seven) CAPE CANAVERAL < President Kennedy clasped H. Glenn Jr.’s hand and medal on his coat climax a frenzied for American’s first mao The freckle - faced wearing his 40 years Ugh claimed credit for his ma three-orbit leap around the on Tuesday. He said, “This a one-man show; it is a fort.” But this was John Glenn’s i and the President made it by flying here from Palm to award him the National nautics and Space tion’s DistinguMffCf Medal, ......, - 'Glenn flew bads-ta tfcfa, port three hours before Grand Turk Island, where he had reported tists every detail of his 81,000 » mile, four-hour and 56 - minute space flight. Awaiting him he found his wife Anna, radiant in an all-red SUtt and red pillbox hat. The first thing he did on leaving his pla&e was to throw his arms around hep. Cheering Welcome A huge crowd assembled at the Patrick Air Force base landtag ffield cheered and shouted AMI surged toward Hi* astronaut, whose next embraces were for his children, 16-year-old David and lt> year-old Carolyn. Then his father, and mother, and his in-laws, Dr.y^ and Mrs. H. W. Castor, all of NOW ' (Continued an Page Eight) Clinic Tuesday ^ On Tuesday, February 27, MW at 9:30 AM., the Erwin Public Schools will hold its annual Pne School Conference in the eletneti tary school auditorium. After a welcoming address ijp N. F. Jones, the principal, -a re presentative of the Harnett (Ma ty Health Department, and Hie first grade teacher^ wjjl talk to the parents of school begjBStijSfp about health requirements^™® first grade program, emotior^t ad justments, and physical neeahfcr A day of activity Is planned $1 all pre-school children which ineiudes Monday ivire in tiiiingron Young Democrats* To Hear Candidates * ■ The Harnett tjounty you wm neet Monday night, February 26 .t 7:30 p.m. in the courthouse n Lillington. The meeting will center around the appearance of he Democratic candidates for >ffice in the coming spmig pri nary. A. J. Stephenson, Jr., county ^resident, announced the invitation to tl>e using the papers as a means off to viting all prospective candidate* to attend this meeting," he stifr1 ed. “I believe most of them *01 attend. Time will be allotted tor any who wish to do so to address the group. I hope a majority- vt - * the Democrats in the county wW (Continued on Page Twu> ror injuries miusn mr ay vui Sandlin Is Awarded Verdict Of $6,625 A *jury in Harnett Superior Court this morning awarded damages to taling $6,625 to seven-year-old Ro bert Roscoe Sandlin of Dunn as the esult of injuries received when struck by an automobile in front >£ the Mjayne Avenue School on Hay 26, 1959. i Riley Butler of Dunn, Route 3, Jriver of the car, was defendant n the suit. The Sandlin boy, who ivas only four years old at the time, is the son of Mr. and Mr|. Henry H. Sandlin, prominent Duna residents. J.. The jury returned its verdict af ter about two hours deliberation. Trial of the case started Monday. Superior Court Judge Clarence • W. Hall of Durham denied a de fense motion for non-suit and also refused to set the verdict aside. (Continued wo Km foeri I /’ ■H • V,
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