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(OQjcdJwt Partly cloudy, warm and humid through Saturday with scattered afternoon or evening thundershow ers likely. A VOLUME 13 TELtFHONE 893-3117 - S/8-S118 DUNN, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 28, 1963 _ _-_ - FIVE CENTS PER COPY WO. 1« LIONS CLUB INDUCTS NEW OFFICERS — Henry Bridgers, left, last night was inducted as new president of the Dunn Lions Club by District Lions Governor Sankey W. Robinson of Wlhiteville, cen ter. Mr. Bridgers, popular local civic leader, succeeds Paul Drew, right, who is retiring after a very successful year as president of the club. (Daily Re cord Photo by Russell Bassford.) State Planner Recommends .... > '....... Thoroughfare For Dunn John Donnelly of the Communi ty Planning Division -of the State Department of Conservation and Development, made some interest ing observations on the needs of Dunn in a session with the Dunn Planning Board. Among other things. Mr. Don-1 nelly: Said ' the central business dis trict of the town should be strong er, more competitive, more attrac tive to shoppers and more acces sible. Advised that a sound Thorough fare Plan is essential for the sound development of the town. Recommended that thought be given to moving the Atlantic Coast Line Depot northward or south ward out of the central business district. Leonard Webb In Charge Wellons Opens Music Department Leonard M. Webb has been n»med as head of the newly open ed music department at Wellons Mercantile, Inc. The music department, which includes organs and pianos, ig the ot/ly one in this area and includes instructions as well as the sale of organs and pianos. Mr. Webb, « native of Alta Vis ta. Virginia, attended State Tea chers College in Farmville, Va., and has been playing the piano since a child. He studied all types of musical instruments while at college, and also taught piano in the Virginia public schools. The Lowery organ, which is fea tured at Wellons, is the highest quality organ that can be bought for the home at a reasonable price, said Webb, and can be mas tered by the novice in a reason able length of time in order to af ford entertainment fir the family grid pleasure in accomplishment for the Individual. Webb has lived in Dunn 14 (Continued on Page Six) LEONARD M. WEBB Suggested that thought be given to converting Hanna’s Pond and nearby area into a regional or State park. He reported on a survey which shows there are 2061 houses In the Town of Dunn of which 266 or 12.9 are dilapidated and that 433 houses need minor repair. He said there are many excel lent industrial -sites in Dunn and that these should be pushed for that purpose. Following is an extract -.from minutes of the meeting giving Mr. Donnelly’s views and suggestions: The next Item on the Agenda was a discussion by John Donnel ly, with the aid of a large array of maps, of present land uses in Dunn and an analysis of these uses. A printed report of this an alysis will be furnished Planning Board members soon. In the meantime, Mr. Donnelly asked the Planning Board mem bers to be giving considerable thought to what kind of a Town they wanted to plan for Dunn to be. Mr. Donnelly stated that the Central Business District should be stronger: it should be more competitive,, more attractive to shoppers, more accessible. While it is up to the Planning Board to decide whether to plan for two or three strong shopping areas, or concentrate mostly on the Central Business District, he believed, and the Planning Board agreed, that the strong Central Business District was preferable. A sound Thoroughfare Plan is es sential for the sound development of Dunn. Thought should be given, he ad vised, to the moving of the Rail road Station either Northward or Southward out of the Central (Continued on Page Six) , , r- A - ' -*’ ’’ Gar Plunges Into River Eiaht Reported Killed ATHENS. Ga. (UPI) — A car loaded with adults and children jdUnged into the flood - swollen Oconee River here today when Its accelerator stuck. First reports said eight persons,, including six were missing and feared Witnesses said Mrs. Jewett Bar nett of Nicholson, Ga., driver of the car and one of the survivors, apparently had been shopping at a shopping center and was leaving when the accelerator Jammed. The car shot forward, and down a bank of the river Into the swol len waters. Mrs. Barnett and a 10-year-old grandson, Jerry Green, managed to reach the shore. A search was begun for the oth er eight persona in the automo bile-six children and two adults. Seven inches of rain fell in Ath ens Wednesday and the Oconee River has swollen past flood stage. All eight of the missing persons were understood to be relatives of Mrs. Barnett, whose husband, one of those feared drowned, wrote a column for a weekly newspaper in Nicholson. The missing were Barnett, Mrs. Mack Watkins, Wanda, Kathy, Penny and Chuck Epps, and Dale and Deborah Green. The six chil dren were all believed grandchil dren of the Barnetts. Powell Sees No Hope For Rights Bill WASHINGTON (UPI) — Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, D-N. Y., said today that President Ken nedy’s proposed ban on discrimi nation In places of public accom modation ‘‘doesn’t (have a chance” of passing Congress without Re publican leadership support. Powell, a Negro and leading ex ponent of Integration, said it al so is up to the Republicans wheth er Congress passes a limited ver sion of the plan. Powell told a news conference that without support from sue"’ Republican leaders as Senate OOP Chief Everett M. Dirksen (111.) House Republican Leader Charles A. Halleck Ind. and Sen. Barry Goldwater, Ark., such a proposal “wouldn’t pass the House, much less than the Senate.” Kennedy’s proposed ban would affect all hotels, restaurants theaters and other retail establish ments considered part of Interstate commerce. There has been talk of a possible compromise, however, which would exclude smaller es tablishments. MOOSE LODGE DANCE Bill Joe Aastln will play for a | danoe tonight at the Dana - Ar mory'sponsored by the local Moose Lodge. Danelng will begin at 9:W and continue ’to 1 a.m. A GE a inch color TV will be given as • door prise. Admission is R. Dunn Native Now Veep Of Big Insurance Co, Pilot Promotes Stephens Louis L7. aiepnens, Jr., a nauve of Dunn, has been elected Second Vice President and Treasurer of Pilot Life Insurant* Company Greensboro, N. C. He is the son of Mrs. Louis C. Stephens, longtime resident of Dunn, now of Greens boro and the late Louis Stephens. Stephens joined Pilot Life’s Se curities Division in 1948. He war named Assistant Manager of the Securities Department in 1952; As sistant Vice President and Mana ger of the Securities Department in 1958; Second Vice Presidant and Manager of the Securities De partment in January, 1960. He was born in Dunn, attfided public schoolr here, and graduated from the University of North Car olina with a B. S. Degree. He re ceived his M.B.A. Degree at Har vard Business School. He is a graduate of the Executive Program at the University of North Caro lina. Stephens is a member of St. Plus X Catholic Church, a Director o' Family Service — Travelers Aid, and has been active in the Great er Greensboro United Fund, es pecially in the 1963 Capitol Fund Drive. He is director of the Guil ford County dhronib Illness Reha bilitation Foundation.^ During World War EL he.area. in the U. S. Navy and was commis sioned a Lieutenant Commander. Steplwns resides at 2011 Oranvill? Road In Oreensboro with his wife, the former Mary Adams, and their Another Romar Honor Another honor has come to the Romar Mattress Co: of Dunn, manufacturers of the hlgh-*uality: Bemco line of mattresses. h The North Carolina Chiroprac tic Association announced today that it has awarded its Seal of Approval to Romar’s Bemco Health-O-Matfc Sleep Set and to also to Romar’s Quiltorama mat tresses. / ' These mattresses were tested and approved by the N. C. Chiro practors’ Association Committee on Posture, meeting the very rigid tests required for approval. Effective immediately, each of these mattresses will carry an im print of the Seal of Approval. C. A. Roberson and Bill Marsh buin, owners of Romar, received notice of the honor today. Both of them expressed delight and said they appreciated highly this recog nition of their products. \ OTHER HONORS § Just recently Bemco was award ed top '■ ^honors in • the ■ creative competition of the National Fede ration of Advertising Agencies at a meeting held in Scottsdale, Ari zona. The local Romar1 plant was pre sented a plague for the 1963 Gold Award of Excellence. Mr. Marshburn and Mr. Rober son sent out notices to all their hundreds of dealers advising of the recognition and honor accord ed Bemco mattresses by the chiro practors association. The mattresses will be on dis play at the Southern Furniture (Continued on Page Six) SO, WHAT KI.SK is NEW?—Idlewild (N.V.) Airport users are heedless of the abbreviated costume of Susan Pratt, “Miss England.” She will get her due share of »** u 1 later, as a Miss Universe contestant seven children. Pilot Life Insurance Company now has over $2,200,000,000 insur- j ance in force; more than $240, 000,000 in assets; protects more town 3,300,000 persons with life, group and health insurance plans: and ranks In the top 5ri of al' life insurance companies hi th« United States and Canada. LOUIS C. STEPHENS Woman Must Pay $100 For Possession Negro woni^n .-was given a 12 months sent?nce^ln the Dunn Re corders Court ^burgday for pos session of nop-tax‘ ’paid whiskey for sale. Judge Woodrow H1U suspend ed the sentence upon payment of a $100 fine and the costs. Probable cause was found against Claudie Elliott. 19-year old Negro youth of Benson, Route 1 Elliott was charged with larceny of an auto belonging to George Raynor from the local parking lot. The defendant was bound over to the Harnett Superior Court under a $2500 bond. Nick Melvin, 31, Negro, of 1111 E. Harnett Street, Dunn, received a 90-day suspended term for pos session of moonshine whiskey. Melvin was ordered to pay a $25 Clarence Howard McLean, 29. Negro, 803 N. King Avenue, Dunn, was charged with assault on his wife, Genevie. A 6-months term was suspended on condition that he not molest his wife in any man ner or violate a,ny laws for a per lod of 2 years. Ned McNeill, Buies Creek Ne gro, was charged with issuing a worthless check. Judgment was a 6-months suspended term upon payment of the check, $66.99, and the costs. Attorney D. K. Stewart entered a plea of guilty to careless and reckless driving for his client. James L. McGill, Negro, 306 N. Magnolia Avenue, Dunn, and the plea was accepted by the State. McGill was charged with driving while drunk. Sixty-days suspend ed upon payment of a $50 fine and the costs was the judgment. Prayer for Judgment was con tinued upon payment of the costs in a case of speeding against John Rogers Small, 22-year-old Negro of 204 W. Greenwood Ave., Dunn. Defendants receiving a 30-day term suspended upon payment of the costs for public drunkenness were: Charles McKnight, Negro, Railroad Ave., Dunn: Alex Wil liams, Negro, 600 S. Wilson, Dunn: Lawrence J. Kolodzie, Texas; and David ft. Guy, 301 S. Clinton, Dunn. United Nations To Probe Report Of Its Girls ■' * •«*»I LONDON (UPI) — Prime Min ister Harold Macmillan indicated tonight that he intends to lead the i Conservative part? at the neat ; general election despite demands for his resignation. Macmillan Indicated this in aa 1 exclusive interview with the In dependent Television News. The opposition Labor party has demanded that Macmillan resign and new elections be held. The Prime Minister must call a gene tal election before October, 19M. In a London pre-trial hearing today, playgirk Christine Keeler and Marilyn Rice-Da vies — who admitted sold their favors lor money—told spicy tales of inti macy with former War Minister Profumo a Soviet diplomat and Lord Astor. It was the illicit love affair with Miss Keeler that caused the resig nation of Profumo and a national sex scandal that has rocked the British' commonwealth. UNITED NATIONS (UPD—fleC retary General Thant said todSy he has asked U N. officials to in vestigate charges that a eall-gtri rtnp U. ogs»*Mng .tatide the head quarters of the world body. The charges have been made in New York newspaper^ over the past three weeks. A woman ac credited here as a temporary prem correspondent waa charged in a city court Thursday with prostitu tion. Thant told a press conference today he had asked the relevant U.N. authorities to conduct an in vestigation into the situation and expects a report today. He declin ed further comment until this re port has been delivered. He said he did not think the .^Bi had been Involved to invest! editions inside the U.N. Itself — wtHfjfc is technically non-American terHfdfty l CHRISTINE Unhappy Over Law Banning Speeches College Heads Defend Reds RALEIGH (UPI) — Two priv ate college presidents today Joined in the attack on a lav to prohibit certain speakers at state-support ed colleges and universities. The law was enacted the day before the 1963 General Assembly adjourned. Several legislators made formal protests against the bill which was passed under sus pension of rules and ratified in less than one hour. Consolidated university officials reacted immediately and called the law barring known Commu nists or anyone who has pleaded the Fifth Amendment In a Com munist investigation from speak ing at any state - supported col lege. Davidson College President Grier Martin today said Davidson had "never found it desirable or neces sary to have absolute rules” on speakers. Martin said “we have had speak ers at Davidson who could not have appeared on our campus W this law had applied to Davidson. We feel it would exclude sonu speakers whose views would be educational even If we did not agree with them.” Meredith College President Car lyle Campbell said he was "defi nitely opposed" to the law “and regret the action taken,...I see no necessity for it." Meanwnue enotner state - sup ported collets president today echoed sentiments expressed al ready toy consolidated university officials. Dr. Leo Jenkins of Bast Carolina College issued a formal statement; “The recently passed measure restricting visiting speak ers from appearing on campus of state - supported institutions of higher learning, has one aspect that may well diminish the great advances made toy our colleges in combatting hostile ideologies.” State Atty. Gen. Wade Bruton said Thursday he believes the la* is constitutional.
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