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IN DUNN IP ERWIN
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DUNN, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 18, 1963
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Another To Be Considered
City Hall Site Rejected Ry Board
Consideration of the Modern
Laundry property at the corner of
N. Clinton Ave. and E. Harnett
St. as a possible site for erection
of Dunn’s new city hall was ab
andoned Thursday night when the
city council rejected the asked
price of $45,000 as “too high.”
The town owns the adjoining
property and the location had
been recommended by Chairman
Willard Mixon and other members
of a special citizens city hall com
mittee as its No. 1 preference.
City couneilmen Bill Qodwin
and Bill Cameron and Chairman
Mixon, as instructed, had contact
ed Mrs. George P. McKay, owner
of the property, to determine if
she would sell and, if ao, the
price.
Mayor George Franklin Blalock
pointed out that,.“Mrs. McKay is
my aunt, but I agree with the
rest of the board that $45,000 is
too much for that piece of pro
perty.” Mr . _
The council t)M instructed
Godwin, Cameron and Mixog^jr
contact Mrs. Alfred Blalock a*KJt
the possibility of purchasing^*
half block on E. Broad sAet
known as the George Pope fc
perty and now used by a ldP®>
nursing home.
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Mayor Blalock,
council that Mrs. Blalock is his
mother, noted in the official minu
tes that because of this relation
ship he would take no part what
ever in any consideration given
this site, which is the committee’s
second choice.
The mayor also pointed out that
his mother had been contacted in
regard to selling this property as
a city hall site five years ago by
the committee named by then
mayor Ralph E. Hanna, “long be
fore I ever thought of the possi
bility of running for Mayor.”
NOT ANXIOUS TO SELL
At that time, Mrs. Blalock ad
vised city officials that she did not
particularly desire to sell the pro
perty since it Is her “old home
place” but that she would sell It
to the Town of Dunn for use 85
a city hall. She seit the price at
that time at $60,000 and repor
tedly is willing to take the same
amount now, although real estate
prices have risen considerably dur
ing the five intervening years.
Above everything else,” said
Mayor Blalock, “I want to make It
perfectly clear to everybody in
this town so that there can never
be any question about it, I am
positively not recommending that
the town buy this property from
my mother. If it should happen
to be selected, somebody else will
have to make that decision be
At N. Clinton Baptist Church
Revival Opens Sunday
The North Clinton Avenue Bap
tist Church •will begin Revival
Services Sunday night at 7:30
which will continue through Sun
day morning, October 27.
Rev. Jack Bagwell, head of the
architecture department of the
State Baptist. Convention at Ra
leigh, will be the guest evange
Bst.
The Rev. Bagwell Is widely
known throughout North Caro
lina as a dynamic minister and as
a promotional speaker on Sunday
School work. He served for seve
ral years as an associate in the
State Sunday School Department.
Music for the week will be un
der the direction of Mr. Wiley
Oakley, Mrs. Joe Lee and Mrs.
Kathryn Oakley. Special music
will be presented nightly by the
adult. Intermediate, Junior and
primary choirs, the men’s chor
ous, women’s quartet sod solos.
The Rev. Gerald Riggs, pastor,
has extended an invitation *o the
public to attend the services.
MV. JACK BAGWELL
cause I shall not, under any cir
cumstances, have anything what
ever to do with it.”
He said he had taken that same
position i nregard to the site own
ed by his aunt.
■'I did not seek the office of
mayor for the purpose of buying,
helping to buy or even suggesting
the purchase of land from any
member of my family. If any
thing,” he added, “I would be a
gainst it because of the relation
ship. I’m here to try to do what’»
best for the citizens of the Town
of Dunn whether It helps or harts
the Blalock family.”
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candidates •w" "Homecoming feliaeen’’ win De
Jt»* *$*?*,*■ Chvies JWStt P»fc.
right: Iiirtiilpwettwine-Jack Wfbod; Jennifer Godwin
Rudy Stephenson; Martha West-Eddie Lee; Barbara West-^McLeen: Site Hdll-David Raynor; Susan
Ennis-Jimmy Simpepn; Laura Beard-Lynn Tyndall amt Charlotte Crawfotti-Danny Tyndall. Not pictured
Is Sandra Byrd-Ronnie Mirlello, (Photo by Russell BaMford.)
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City Council Authorizes
400 New Parking Meters
The Town of Dunn will soon
install iOO of the new - fangled
automatic type of parking meters
that take pennies, nickles and dimes
in exchange for 12 - minute, one
hour and two-hour parking on city
streets.
Mayor George Franklin Blalock
and members of the city council
ordered City Manager Archie Uz
zle to purchase the new meters
during Thursday night’s meeting
of the city board.
Mayor protem Sallye Whitehead
and Counc Ilmen Bill Godwin, Ho
ward. Hardy, and Bill Cameron all
agreed this would be more prefer
able than spending *10,000 neces
sary to repair and replace wort)
parts on the present meters..
• Making It Easier
The officials also ordered instal
lation of 25 - cent parking meters
in the city’s parking lots for ter
hours of paridng. They also order
ed installation of curb and gutter
I and improvement of the main park
Town Agrees To Pay $1394
Godwin To Get Fee
Dunn’s city council Thursday ni
ght agreed to pay former Superior
Court Judge Howard G. Godwin a
total of $1394 for special legal
services rendered the town during
his eight years as city attorney.
Godwin .who was not reappoint
ed when Mayor George F. Bla
lock and a new administration took
over this spring, had submitted a
bill asking for $1778.10. The board
decided he was entitled to only $6.80,
reinbursement for an expense item,
and refused to pay the remaining
$1771.50.
Threatened Suit
At the council's first meeting
this month, Attorney James Mc
Daniel (Rock) Johnson, counsel for
Judge Godwin, appeared and ad
vised that papers had already been
drawn up and that the suit a
gainst the town would be filed if
the bill was not paid.
Mayor Blalock said he felt God
win’s monthly salary of $200 a
month more than covered any ser
vices rendered the town, that the
services charged for were part of
the normal duties he was expected
to perform.
The mayor also accused Godwin
of submitting the bill in anger and
spite after his failure to be reap
pointed. It was also contended that
Judge Godwin was negligent In
failing to submit bills promptly,
that collection of part of the a
mount was barred by the statute
of limitations.
Attorney Johnson blammed God
win’s failure to bill the town as
“simply an oversight in book
keeping” said it was not unusual
for a lawyer to wait months or
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ing lot at the corner of Clinton and
Edgerton streets.
Mayor Blalock observed- that,
"Parking won’t cost any more, but
perhaps these easier - to - operate
meters might ease the pain and
irritation a little, anyway.” hi de
fense of the necessity for parking
meters, the mayor noted that
Goldsboro Is the only town in the
entire State with a papulation of
over 5,000 that does not have me
ters.
Except in a few spots, present
parking meters require a minimum
of five cents. With the new meters,
a motorist can take his choice of
12 minutes for a penny, a nickel
for an hour or a dime for two hours.
The board also ordered the in
stallation of parking meters on
Fayetteville Avenue from Cumber
land to Edgerton Streets and on N.
Railroad Ate. from Broad St. to
Bdgerton, beside Machine & Weld
ing. The council also ordered paral
lel (parking on both of these streets.
Butler Again
Loses Out For
Prime Minister
'LONDON (UPI) — Prime Min
ister Harold IMfidmBlan resigned
today and Queen Eliabeth prompt
ly asked Foreign Secretary Lord
Home to replace him and form a
new government.
'The series of moves came swift
ly after eight days of agonizing ap
praisal and consultations that ap
peared to wrack the ruling Con
servative party.
In choosing Home as the next
prime minister, the queen obvious
ly followed Macmillan’s advice
ffom the sickbed where he is re
covering from a prostate gland op
eration.
The decision eliminated the pre
sent Deputy Prime Minister R. A.
(Rab) Butler, who had been a lead
ing candidate for the job many
times, but never had been able to
muster enough party support to
■Win it.
Macmillan beat thim out for the
prime minister’s role last time, and
Home was chosen over him this
time - presumably because a con
test between Butler and Science
Minister Lord Hailsham could not
t» reconciled and Home was an ac
ceptable compromise candid^. ^
> ]Dnce this was settled, W
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Letter to Queen
At 10:30 a. m. Macmillan’s re
signation in a letter to the queen
from his hospital room was an
nounced by the palace.
At 11 a. m. the queen called
on Macmillan at King Edward vn
Hospital for a final consultation
and was told that the 60-year-old
Scottish aristocrat, the Earl oi
Home, was his first choice as suc
cessor.
Home then called on the queen
at 12:21 p. m. and her invitation
to him to form a new government
was announced; at 1 p. m.
The queen and the new prime
minister-designate conferred for 31
minutes.
There was wide belief that
Home’s choice a compromise
candidate was made in hopes of
averting a dangerous Conservative
Party split - especially now, when
the new prime minister must lead
the party into general elections
before next October. The Labor
party is favored in current polls
to win a majority of seats in the
next Parliament.
Although he has had a success
ful record as foreign secretary for
three years, Home is virtually a po
litical amateur. His opponents
charged1 he did not have the exper
ience for the roe oh and tumble of
parliamentary debate nor the tough
ness requited of a party leader.
Pollock To Speak At Event Saturday
Ready For Big Day
Lloyd Byrd, business manager
of Local 250 of the Textile Work
ers of America (AFL-CIO) at Er
win, said today that everything is
in readiness, for the Mortgage
Burning Ceremony to be held Sat
urday afternoon at 3 p.m. to ce
lebrate the .fact that the local’s
handsome new Union Hall Build
ing has been paid for in full. And
over two years before the date
due, too.
William Pollock of New York
City, general prsident of the TW
UA and one of the nation’s most
powerful and most popular labor
leaders, will speak at the ceremo
ny. President Pollock also spoke
and cut the ribbon at dedication
of the new building when tt was
first opened Nov. 1, 1958.
President Joseph Smith will
preside and UfT 4yrd today ex
pressed the hope that as many of
the local’s f,000 members as pos
sible be present for the happy oc
casion.
He also urged all members, es
pecially those coming off the sec
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WILLIAM POLLOCK
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Light Vote Predicted Saturday
Harnett To Decide
School Bond Issue
VARSITY SWEETHEARTS — These lovely young ladies will be
vying for the title as “Homecoming Queen’’ tonight when the
Dunn High School oreenwaves meet Lumberton at the local ball
park. Sweethearts and their sponsors are, bottom row, left to right:
Gloria Barnes-Eddie Taylor; Rebecca Pope-Barry Dudley; Sandra
Core-Andy Barefoot. Top row: Judy Tart-George Blalock; Paulette
Drew-John Watts and Alice Butt-Cliff Butler, (photo by Bassford.)
Erwin Mills Vice
President Retires
DURHAM — CaxI R. Harris, 46
year veteran of the textile Indus
try and active in Durham civic af
fairs for more than three decades,
vas honored Wednesday night up
on his retirement as a vice presi
dent of Erwin Mills.
Mr. Harris, who has been in
charge of Erwin’s personnel and
industrial relations since 1955, was
given an appreciation dinner here
by his associates at Erwin Mills.
Erwin President William H.
Ruffin said at the dinner: “To
his church, company, college and
community, Carl Harris has pro
vided vigorous leadership and ex
emplary integrity. All of us who
have been close to him are rich
er for the association.”
Executive Vice President Mar
chant Cottingham said that Mr.
Harris ‘‘has demonstrated citizen
ship in the best American tradi
tion. We .in Erwin, in Durham
and in the textile industry shall
greatly miss him and his abilities.
But, I ami pleased that we will
soil have the benefit of his wise
counsel, as he has agreed to con
tinue to serve — when needed —
in a consulting capacity.”
Mr. Ruffin announced that Mr.
Harris would be succeeded as di
rector of personnel and industrial
relations by J. Ben Campbell, who
joined Erwin in Aug. 1862, as as
sistant to Mr. Harris. Mr. Camp
bell formerly was personnel man
age of B. I. Cotton Mills, like Er
win a division of Burlington In
dustries.
A native of Harrisville, but rais
ed in Mt. Gilead, Mr. Harris’ tex
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Harnett County will go to the
polls Saturday to decided; whether
pr not the county shall borrow $4
million to construct buildings for
consolidation of the county’s ten
high schools into three large sen
ior high schools.
Chairman Dougald McRae of
the county board of elections said
today that polls will be open in
Harnett’s 21 voting precincts frogi
5:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. n>.
A total of 17,000 ballots have
been distributed to the precincts
in case an unexpected heavy turn
out of voters should occur. Voting
in a bond issue is normally very
light and predictions are that from
2,000 to 3,000 will vote Saturday,
As to the outcome, most obser
vers say it will- be a matter of 'f
which side gets out the -vote. The j
State Pair andJSfcrea football ga
mes are expected to cut down on
the size of the vote*
County school leaders favoring
issuance iff the bonds say they
am “cawtiouaix hopeful” while
leading 'fcfponente point out that
the school officials have conducted
an Intense and highly-organized
campaign which may be difficult
to offset.
Consolidation has been the dream
and goal of veteran Harnett
school supt. Glenn Proffit for
years and h% fhas led the move
ment from its beginning.
Pointing out that the election
will be possibly the most crucial
ever held in the educational his
tory of Harnett, Mr. Proffit sees
the project as an opportunity for
Harnett schools to pull way a
head .
Proponents point out that many
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FELDER GETS 60 DATS
Rev. B. B. Felder local head of
the NAACP and pastor of the St.
John Baptist Church, was handed
a total of 60 days by Judge Wood
row* Hill today on two counts of
aiding and abetting in trespass
ing.
Judge Hill ordered that Felder
serve 30 - days to each case.
His attorney appealed both cases to
superior court and bond was set
at $200 in each case.
Will Welcome New Pastor
Mingo Baptists
Plan Big Event
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Homecoming will be observed
Sunday, October 30, at the Mingo
Baptist Church with the new pas
tor, Rev. Donald M. Price dell
yering the sermon.
The Rev. Mr. Price took over
the pastorate on October 1, suc
ceeding the Rev. Ellis Lanier,
Who became pastor of the cherry
Point Baptist Church at New
Bern.
The public has been invited to
attend the special service. Sunday
School will begin at 10:00 a.m.
and the worship service at 11 tOO.
Dinner will be served immediately
following the morning worship
service.
The Rev. Mr. Price was formal
ly pastor of Salem and FfeMog
Creek Baptist Churches near Roc
ky Mount. He is a graduate of
Oarson-Newman, and the Bate
tint Seminary at Wake Forest. He
and Mrs. Price are originally from
Charlotte and have two children.