+ WEATHER +
Clearing or fair and cool tonight.
Saturday generally fair and some
what warmer except increasing
Cloudiness to west portion late In
the day.
Miss Erwin Pageant
Saturday At 8 P.M.
VOLUME 12
TELEPHONE 3117 — 3118
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DUNN, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 23, 1962
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
NO. 75
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DUNN CONTRACTOR HONORED — V. A. Anderson, right,
president of Anderson Construction Co. of Dunn, receives from
Hubbard Sullivan of Charlotte, director of the Safety program of
the Caroilnas Branch, Associated General Contractors of America,
an award for his company’s performance in accident Prevention.
The Anderson company was winner of second place in the five
year program of the Building division for concerns with more than
one million manhours of work.
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Federal Aid
To BePebafed
At Campbell
Debate teams from six high
schools met at Campbell College
March 23 to debate the issue of
Federal aid to states for public
school education.
Affirmative teams were Mark
Caplan and Gayle Farrel, Need
ham Broughton; Phil Senger and
William Elledge, Cary; Myrtle
Wilkerson and Linda Cox, Hobb
ton; Suzanne Craven and Michael
Terry, Roxboro; Vaughn Bullard
and Thomas Davis, Selma; and
Claire Rosser and Vann Mayo,
Whitakers.
Negative teams were John Doerr
and Betty Jolley, Needham
Broughton; Curtis Finch and Clyde
Keisler ,Cary; Patricia Williams
and Allie Ray McCullen, Hobbton;
Curtis Branscome and John Davis,
Roxboro; Dan Crocker and Ellen
Blackman, Selma; and Emily Den
ton and Edwyn Whitehead, Whit
akers.
Coaches are Peter J. Beenen,
Needham Broughton; Mrs. Clare
J. Marley, Cary; H. H. Simpson,
Hobbton; Mrs. A. F. Nichols, Rox
boro; Bernard F. Proctor, Selma;
and Mrs. R. G. Payne, Whitakers.
The debates at Campbell are a
district contest in the fiftieth an
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natural Death
Clinton Parrish, 5ft-year-old Ne
gro of Lillington. Route 2, died at
approximately 7:45 Thursday
night.
Parrish died while sitting in a
chair at his home.
Coroner R. L. Pate, Sr., ruled
that he died of natural causes
from a heart attack and stated
that an inquest would not be held.
Prelimiaries Get Underway Tonight
, Jerry Ashley, president of Er
win’s Junior Chamber of Com
merce, said this morning that
everything is in readiness for the
Miss Erwin Pageant and a stand
ing-room-only crowd is expected for
the colorful event Saturday night
at S p.m. in the Erwin High School
auditorium.
Several months of preparation
have gone into the planning and
committees have left no stone un
turned to make the event a suc
cess.
Preliminary events begin to
night. At 6:30 o’clock, a rehearsal
party for the contestants, Jaycee
judges and others connected with
the pageant will be given at Chi
cora Country Club by the the Fay
etteville Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co.,
which serves this area.
Erwin Jaycees say the Pepsi
Cola representatives have been
extremely helpful and cooperative
with them in staging the pageant.
Rehearsals will get underway at
7:30 o’clock in the high school
auditorium.
MISS N. C. COMING
Susan Kay Woodall of Roanoke
Rapids, the reigning Miss North
Carolina, will be on hand to crown
“Miss Erwin’’ Saturday night. The
first “Miss Erwin” in the town’s
history will represent Erwin in the
Miss North Carolina Pageant and
will receive a $300 college schol
arship.
The first runner-up will receive
a $100 cash award and $50 will
go to the second runner-up. Miss
Congeniality will be selected by
the girls participating in the page
ant.
Jimmy Capps, WKIX radio an
nouncer, will preside as master of
ceremonies and Miss Sue Belle
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Stabbed Negro Client
Gastonia
Held In
Doctor
Slaying
It Was The
Twist, Not
Beer Shampoo
LONDON (UPI) —The manager
of a shampoo factory that uses
beer in its fromula has re-hired
four women he fired when he
thought that some of the suds
was not going into the shampoo.
Mrs. Gladys Bebbington, 47,
Mrs. Rose Graham, 41, Mrs.
Kathleen Bridewood, and Mrs.
Joannie White, 25, all were sent
home when manager Eric Lincoln
saw1 them weaving back and fortn
on tjhe job| while listening to
music over the radio.
But the women regained their
jobs when they told Lincoln they
Were merely doing the “twist. ’
“r must be a square,” said Lin
coln. “I never heard of the twist
They looked like African tribes
women doing a .war dance.”
SWEPT AWAY
CHARLESTON, Ind. (UPI) —
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bushman told
arresting officers that last week’s
i flood swept away their entire stock
of contraband whisky.
One of Most Beautiful In Area
Erwin Lions Develop Cemetery
By RUSSELL GODWIN
The Erwin Cemetery under man
agement of the Erwin Lions Club
is rapidly becoming one of the
most beautiful cemeteries In this
area. It is now known as the Erwin
Memorial Park. The Lions Club
is sponsoring this cemetery und
er a perpetual care program fin
anced by an adequate trust fund
that will guarantee the upkeep
and maintenance df the cemetery
Indefinitely.
Upo visiting the park you will
1 immediately notioe the many im
' provements that have already
been made. Columns have been
erected at the entrance and a
considerable amount of land-scap
ing has been done. Plans are now
being made to have the road pav
id. The Lions Club has been work
ing on' this project for over four
years, and it’s goal is to make this
one of the most beautiful ceme
teries in the area.
Thurman Gaster has been nam
ed grounds manager with Rose
mond Godwin as office manager.
Lots went on sale last month
on a pre-need basis. The need for
this project has already been pro
ven by the great response of tho
se who wish to purchase lots.
Any questions you may have
pertaining to the cemetery should
be directed to Rosemond Godwin
at the Erwin Insurace Agency.
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GASTONIA (UPI) — Superior
Court Judge George B. Patton to
day found probable cause to hold
Dr. Harry D. Riddle on first-de
gree murder charges and denied
a petition for habeas corpus.
Patton’s action thus a wiled bond
in the case of the prominent Qa
stonia physician charged with the
stabbing death of Leonard Patten,
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Fighter Planes
Zooming Low,
Fire Warning
ALGIERS, Algeria fJPI) —The
French army clashed with French
civilian extremists in open war
fare in Algiers today with ba
zookas, mortarg, machine guns
and Molotov cocktail bombs.
Flashes of searing gunfire light
ed up the pre-dawn sky. Moslems
cowering in their homes dubbed
the fierce action “the white
night.”
The battle started about 9 o'
clock Thursday night with attacks
on French troops by commandos
of the Secret Army Organization
(OAS). It stopped four buors lat
er, but began again at 2:40 a. m.
today.
It appeared to be the biggest
operation to date by the OAS to
sabotage the French - Algerian
cease - fire. It came as France’s
Mediterranean fleet steamed to
ward Algeria.
The battle flared in all parts of
Algiers, including the OAS strong
hold of Bab-el-Oued where French
troops defied an OAS warning to,
keep out or be regarded as
“troops of a foreign power.”
There were no reports of Mos
lem demonstrations while French
fought French.
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Erwin Baptists
To Hear ChoiL,
The Campbell College choir will
sing a concert of sacred music for
the Sunday morning service of
the First Baptist Church at Er
win.
Classics of the Christian church
and traditional anthems and spir
ituals will comprise the program,
which is to be taped for broadcast,
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REHEARSE FOR FESTIVAL — Polishing
their roles in Susan Ulaspell’s “Supressed De
sires” are Erwin High School plavmakers Linda
Weaver, Nixon Aman, and Carol Sessoms, who
will appear in the one-act play daring the regional
drama festival at Campbell College Saturday
afternoon. Director is Mrs. Dorothy Lambert.
By State Supreme Court
’jjKiUJGH (UPI> — The state
Supreme Court today granted Ra
leigh businessman Kidd Brewer a
stay in an order requiring him to
appear for a tax hearing next
Monday.
Chief Justice E. B. Denny
signe the orer staying execution
of a Superior Court order signed
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BULLETINS!
WASHINGTON (UPI) — President Kennedy won a victory Friday
in the first congressional skirmish over his plan to force farmers to
accent tough production controls or lose government price guarantees.
A House agriculture subcommittee, on an 8-5 party-line vote, approv
ed the key feed grain production control section of Kennedy’s oranibns
farm bill.
GENEVA (UPI) — Secretary of State Dean Rusk accused Russia
Friday of paralyzing the nuclear test ban talks to satisfy its own
military need of further atmospheric testing. He said hopes of a test
ban now virtually have vanished.
Boosted Harnett Farm Income $229,916.08 In 1961
Grain Program Helped
Farmers in Harnett received
$229, 916.08 for diverting 9,107.9
acres of com, barley, and grain
sorghum during the 1961 crop
year. To date 1006 farms have
signed to participate in the 1962
Feed Grain Program as compar
ed to a total of 1047 farms in
1961.
The prime objectives of the
Feed Grain program are to in
crease farm income, reduce stocks
of Government-stored grain, and
provide Feed Grain at a (fair price
to participating farmers. In the
years prior to the Feed Grain Pro
gram the Government offered
price support on feed grains with
out any controls on how mucn
would be produced. This resulted
in an almost unbelieveable surp
lus of feed grains and great stor
age cost. The 61 program reduc
ed this surplus, increased farm in
come, and is offering corn for sale
at about $1.38 per bushel in Selma
and Greenville, North Carolina
In addition to the above accom
plishments, $500,000,000 was sav
ed, as compared to the 1960 price
support programs. Records show
that the 1961 Feed Grain Program
was a success in every respect,
i There has been a definite m
crease in interest and confidence
in the Peed Grain Program by
Harnett farmers. The same is
true in the whole state of North
Carolina. The farmers in Harnett
have shown more interest by di
verting. on the average, more
acres per farm. The ASCS Office
is quite confident that participa
tion in 1962 will far surpass that
Ctf 1961.
March 30 1962, is the last day
to sign up to participate in this
year’s program. The ASCS will
be happv to assist farmers in di
verting their Feed grain acreage.
DAIRY QUEEN TIME AGAIN — The weath
er was Arm here today and that means it’s
Dairy Queen time. Mr. and Mn. Thomas Stan
bouly are bolding their Grand Reopening of the
Dairy Queen this weekend. It’s located on the
Dunn-Erwin highway- (Daily Record Photo.)
Erwin Students
In Drama Festival
Five one-act plays and a one-act
opera will be the bill of fare Sat
urday, when the Campbell Col
lege Players arg host to high school
actors at Turner Auditorium for
a district drama festival of the
Carolina Dramatic Association.
7eatured in the event, which is
scheduled for two sessions, be
ginning at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., are
two casts from Durham High
School, one from Chapel Hill High
School, and two from Erwin High
School.
The Campbell Players’ contri
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Five Children Die
In Baltimore Fire.
BALTIMORE, Md. (UPI) — Two
multiple alarm fires raging at the
same time Thursday night claim
ed the lives of five children and
destroyed more than a half-million
dollars worth of railroad equip
ment.
The children, all of the same
family, died when flames swept
through a four-story apartment
■home. At least twelve other per
sons escaped but four were hos
pitalized, one in critical condition.
The railroad equipment was de
stroyed when fire gutted the Balti
more & Ohio Railroad’s giant Mt.
Clare locomotive erecting shop.
Authorities identified the apart
ment five victims as Larry Hfcks
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I No Opposition Seen For Tart
County ChairmanJ
Asfcs Another Ternt
! Lofton A. Tart of Dunn, chair- '
man of the Harnett County Board
j of Commissioners for the past 18
years, announced today that he’s
a candidate for re-election as
Commissioner of District One,
comprised of the four Averasboro
precincts.
The announcement came as no
surprise. Even ilc-^tr. Tart wanted
to step down, the citizens of Aver
I asboro would probably elect him,
| anyway.
He has served long and well and
j is by far one of the county’s most
popular officials.
In announcing today, Mr. Tart
■ pointed out, “There are still a few
' things that need to be done and
| I'd like to help do them.”
During Mr. Tart’s long tenure
on the board, Harnett County has
shown much growth and progress, i
One of the big projects during the i
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LOFTON A. TART
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