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(jJsmdhsh Partly cloudy with widely scatter ed showers today. Turning a little cooler most of the state by even ing. Pair and colder tonight and Friday. t VOLUME IS TELEPHONE 892-S117 - 892-3118 DUNN, N. C„ THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRILS 1963 FIVE CENTS PER COPY N*. 85 I Four Liens Total $174,820.80 Largest Filed In Harnett Uncle Sam Slaps Heavy Tax Liens On Ivevs And Beb Lee The United States government today filed federal distillery tax liens totaling $174,820.80 against three residents of the Dunn area who have figured prominently in the bootleg liquor industry in re cent years. Mrs. Inez Harrington, longtime Harnett Register of Deeds, said the liens were the largest liquor tax liens ever filed by the govern ment in Harnett. Two liens totaling $87,410.40 were filed against Marion Lee (Bill) Ive$r of Dunn, Route 2, who just a few days ago began serving a three-year prison sen tence for manufacturing non tax paid whiskey. One lien was for $54,492.67 and the other was for $32917.73. The government filed a lien against Ivey’s uncle, Alton Ivey of Salemburg, for $32,917.73 — the sam6 amount as one of the liens against his nephew, Bill. A lien for $M,492.67 was filed against Robert tit (Bob) Lee of Benson, Route 2. -Thl$ Uen 4s also in the same amount as one of the liens against Bill Ivey. This would indicate that Bill Ivey al legedly was engaged in an opera tion with each of the men. Details Not Listed The government tax liens, which take priority over any and all subsequent judgements or actions against property, did not list any details except the fact that those amounts of money are now owed the U. S. Government in distillery taxes. When the government files a lien, no trial is necessary. It is equivalent to a judgement a warded by the court. Both the Iveys and Lee are regarded as big operators. Officials said they assumed the government liens resulted from li quor . making charges against the trio. REVIVAL STARTS SUNDAY Hodges Chapel Free Will Bap tist Church will hold revival ser vices beginning Sunday night and continuing each night until Sunday night April 14. Rev. Tom Dorman of Raleigh will be the guest speeaker and special singing will be rendered nightly. The Rev. W R Andrews, pas tor, invites the public to attend. Services begin at 7:30 nightly. Beginning Sunday Night /['/ff Dr. Edwards Will Lead Dunn Holy Week Services Dr. Albert O. Edwards, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, will lead the pre-Easter services at the First Presbyterian Church In Dunn beginning Sun day evening April 7 and continu through Thursday, April 11. yards was bom in West Scotland and came to pted States at an early age. ended Georgia Tech and graduated from Presbyterian Col lege, Clinton, 8. C. and Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virgirtia. He has served as pastor of the Orange Presbyterian Chigrch, Orange. Virginia and the First Presbyterian Church df Har risonburg, Virginia. He came to the pastorate of the First Pres byterlan Church of Raleigh five years ago. Dr. Edwards will speak on the theme; “The Challenge of the Cross”, each evening at 7:45 p. m. On Thursday evening the Sa crament of the-Lord’s Supper will be administered by the pastor, the Rev. Leslie C. Tucker, and the Session of th^ church. There will be a church nursery each evening for children six months through five years of age. The Men of the Church will sponsor Prayer Breakfasts each morning, Monday through Wed nesday, with Dr. Edwards speak ing on Monday morning. On Tues day morning William O. Cameron will have charge of the morning service on Wednesday the Rev. M C MacQueen of the Graves Me morial Presbyterian Church, Clin ton, N. C. will speak. The break fasts will be held in the fellow ship hall of the church at 7:15 a. m. and Mickey Rouse, president of the Men of the Church, is In charge of the arrangements. The public is invited to attend the evening services led by Dr. Edwards of Raleigh. The Women of the Church will hoqor Dr. Edwards with a coffee hour immediately following the Sunday evening service in the church parlor. Under the process used, a sam ple of the bootleg whiskey is sent to a government laboratory to determine proof of the liquor in volved. The size of the distillery and the length of its operation are all used to compute the tax lia bility of the defendants. SENATORS CLARENCE STONE, Left, TOM WHITE, Right. Stone And White Coming May 7 States Top Solons To Address Rotary North Carolina’s two most in fluential legislators, Senate Presi dent Clarence Stone of Stoneville, and Senator Thomas J White of Kinston, chairman of the Appro priations Committee, will visit the Dunn Rotary Club on Tuesday night, May 7. Plans for the big “Legislative Night” program were announced today by Dr. Glenn L. Hooper, the club’s program chairman. The visit of the legislators was arrang ed by Rotarian Hoover Adams. Harnett Senator Robert B. Mor gan of Lillington and State Rep. Dr. H D Mabe of Erwin will also be special guests at this meeting. Senator Stone is presiding offi cer of the Senate and would be come Governor on the resignation or death of Gov. Terry Sanford. White Principal Speaker Senator White, next to Sena tor Stone, is regarded as the most influential member of the legis lature, as well as one of the ablest. He is the one man, more than any other, given credit for North (Continued on Page 0) Rival Leaders Meeting For A Settlement BUENOS AIRES (UPI) —Rebel navy leaders ordered warships back to base today as government troops mopped up die-hard strag glers winding up Argentina’s lat est military crisis. The submarine establishment at Mar del Plata and its surround ing shore installations surrendered without firing a shot and navy rebel chieftain Adm. Eladio Vaz quez ordered the battle fleet to return to moorings at Puerto Bel grano. Vazquez orde rapparently avert ed an all - out attack on Puerto Belgrano by a mass of govern ment forces moving toward the port 300 miles south of Buenos Aires. A motorized engineers group which rebelled at Bariloche sur rendered under threat of attack. The capture of Mar Del Plata found the base deserted. Most of its troops apparently fled to sea. At least 25 men had been killed and 50 others wounded In two days of scattered resistance by rebel diefcards. Most of the fight ing was Hpnited to air strafing and | bombing.; There was little Jiand xoi^iat. Child Is Born To Prisoners RALEIGH fUPI) — An illegiti mate child has been born to two state prisoners assigned to the governor’s mansion, it was reveal ed in Domestic Relations Court. The case, heard Wednesday/ in volved Rosalee McIntyre, and Mil ton Lane, both Negroes, who were assigned to duty at the Executive Mansion. Lane, now on parole, agreed to pay $5 a week to support the child. The mother, now In the staite women’s prison, said the two had sexual relations following a Christmas party at the mansion in 1961. Domestic Relations Court Judge Mason P. Thomas Jr. said he left the case open for two years In order not to interfere with Lane’s parole. Revival Begining At Robert's Grove Pre-Easter revival services will be held at Robert’s Grove Original Free Will Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev. David Charles Han sley. Hie services will being Sunday evening at 8:00 and continue for a week. Special singing will be pre sented nightly. The pastor and the church have extended an Invitation to the pub lic to attend. Dupree Heads Educo Incoming president H T Dupree of Coats and other new officers will be installed when the Har nett County Educo Club holds its annual dinner pieeting Mfcmday night, April 8 at 7 p. m. in the Angler lunch room. Plans for the meeting were an nounced today by Retiring Presi dent C D Baggett of Erwin, who has enjoyed a very successful year. Minister T» Speak The Rev. C Franklin Grill, pas tor of the LiUington Methodist Church, wUl be the speaker for the occasion. Mr. Dupree wag advanced from the vice presidency. Other new of ficers to be inducted Include D L Johnson of Anderson Creek, vice president and R B Whitley of Lilllngton, secretary - treasurer. C H Hood of Lillington is the retiring secretary - treasurer D L Johnson of Anderson Creek was program chairman for the year and Donald Leggett of Buie’s Creek served as athletic chairman. Members of the Harnett County board of commissioners, the coun ty board of education, the State’s legislators, former school princi pals, personnel of the board of education an drepresentative of news media will be special guests. Radio News Director Makes It A Three-Way Race John Thomas In Mayors Race; Sees Bright Future For Dunn SHE’S “BUGS” OVER BUNNY AND PAL—Debbie Reed, of New York City, enjoys a tryout of two new hand puppets which will have kids goggle -eyed in toy departments this fall. Each spouts 11 phrases at tug of a plastic ring. At top, “Bugs Bunny.” Fellow he’s horsing around with is “Mr. Ed,” named after the talking television horse. Littlejohn Named' Erwin Mills 'Sect. The board of directors of Erwin Mills, Inc. at a meeting yesterday elected Carl W. Littlejohn, Jr. se cretary of the company. He will continue to serve as director of safety and employee insurance, the position he has held since joining the company In October 1996. Littlejohn Is a native of Spar tanburg, South Carolina. He at tended the city schools, Wofford College and received an LLB de gree from the University of South Carolina. Following this, he prac ticed law In Spartanburg and was a representative In the South Car olina legislature from his home county. He was a member of the Spar tanburg City oning Board; chair man, Spartanburg County Cru sa edfor Freedom In 1954; editor, South Carolina Law Quarterly, 1952; “Who’s Who” among stu dents In American universities from University of South Caro lina, 1952-53; and served approxi mately three and a half years In the Air Force during World War n. Since moving to Durham, he has been an active participant In reli gious and civic affairs. He is a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Just completing a term on the council, and was superinten dent of th eSunday School for four years. He is serving on the City Board of Adjustment, and is a (Continued on Page 6) Famed Violinist Scores Big Hit; Visits Schools Rubinoff Here For Concert A capacity crowd is expected to hear Rubinoff, the world-famed violinist, in a concert of popular music Friday night at 8:15 o’clock in the Dunn High School Audi torium under sponsorship of the Dunn Lions Club. Rubinoff and His Violin became famous on network radio shows, in ooncert appearances here and abroad, he has drawn crowds as large as 225,000 ana has been des cribed by Life magazine as "one of the handful of authentically great showmen now on earth.” The popular concert violinist arrived in Dunn last night, accom panied by Paul Sargent, his pian ist, and Phillip R. Smith, his busi ness manager. Mayor Ralph E. Hanna, Presi dent Paul Drew of the Lions Club and other citizens were on hand to welcome Rubinoff this morning at a press conference at Porter’s Restaurant. "A delightful fellow” exclaimed Mayor Hanna. "I think It would be wonderful to have a couple of hours to sit and talk with him.” "He's terrific” declared Henry Bridgers, chairman of the recep tion committee. Dunn and Erwin school child ren were equally enthusiastic when he made brief appearances today (Continued On Page Six) KUBINOFF AND FRIEND St tvntr Declares Major Improvements _ Up To Citizens John O Thomas, News director of WCKB, said today he would be a candidate for Mayor of Dunn in the April 23 Primary. he said he had reached the deci sion for two reasons. 1- He wished to be Mayor of Dunn. 2- He believed It was time that Dunn ‘‘got out of a rut” in its elec tions, insofar as the Mayor's race Is concerned. He mentioned neither the cur rent Mayor nor former Mayor George Franklin Blalock by name in his statement about his can didacy. "Tn'fact he emphasised that “this la -not apscaonality issue. Neither shall i point to the past. That is done with.” “It is the future I am concern ed with” he said “in this decision to .run for Mayor.” Thomas pledged his support of good government and a brighter future for Dunn but pointed to the fact that the real answer to Dunn’s future Is not in the hands of elected officials, but' in the hands of the people In Dunn. Mr. Thomas’ Statement His full statement is as fallows; “I shall be a candidate f(^May or of Dunn Ih the April ’$$63 Primary. . IjL “I have reached this declkfon; mainly, for two reasons. “(1) - I want to be Mayor of Dunn. “(2) - I believe it is time that Dunn got out of a rut in Its elec tions in the race for Mayor. “As for wishing to be Mayor of the town they live in, most men usually eye this honor with hope. Deplores Lack of Interest “But it is the second reason I have given that is my prime motiff for running. Like some Democra tic - loving people of today I am getting tired of that fact that not more persons are interested JOHN G. THOMAS In government. And when the time comes when a community such as Dunn apparently comes to the point where it gets Into a rat as' to those running for office, no matter how good the men who have heM the Job, may be. It is time that additional interest, no matter how small, be Injected Into local government. “I believe I can carry out the post of Mayor of Dunn. But I shall leave that to the voters of Dunn at the polls. Whatever their answer is on April 23 It shall not change my mind or attitude toward Dunn or its cltiaens. I love the town and love them. < “Insofar as I am concerned this is not a personality issue. Neither shall I point to the past. That is done with. Sees Bright IMm j. “It is the future I am concern ed with in this decision to run for Mayor Dunn can have a bright future. And I shall work toward making it so. “Frankly, it would be foolish for me. or anyone else, to say that I shall see to it that Dunn gets more industry, that it expands its recreation program, its park fa cilities...that it gets a new city hall ..an expansion at the Betsy Johnson Memorial Hospital.a lower, or higher, tax rate...a better paid police and fire department... a greater growth In the next two (Continued On Page Six)
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