Candidate Moore with Vice Pres. Earl Mahon*
and M. J. McSorley of First Citizens Bank.
I'
Former Superior Court Julie Howard G. God
win, right, introduced Moore, an old college mate
Sylva High School
taugbt Moore at the
ears old.
Candidate Moore whispers a compliment into
the ear of Mrs. William A. (Bill) Taylor.
Judge Woodrow Hill introduces youth officials
Jack Tew, Jonathan Hill and John Watts.
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tonight. Lows around 40 in moun
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continued cool.
fOLUME 14
TELEPHONE 892 - SlU — 892 - 3118
DUNN, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 19, 1964
FIVE CENTS PER COPT
NO. T8
THESE
Little
Things
By Hoover Adami
I lINN MEN IN POLITICS;
HOSPITAL, OTHER NOTES
Public opinion polls, of course,
leflect the trend In any political
campaign. But supporters of no
candidate should be too concern
ed about them at this early point
in the governor’s race.
The late U. S. Senator Willis
Smith didn’t announce for office
until March 4 and ended up de
feating possibly the most beloved
man in the State, a man who
everybody said couldn’t be beaten.
Candidates in the current guber
natorial race announced so early
that they’ve almost worn them>
selves out already, and the people
as well.
So it’s still early, anybody’s
race and, as in any political fight,
the tide could turn overnight.
LITTLE NOTES: A lot of Dunn
natives, it seems, have political
ambition. Their score in State
politics today was: One in, an
other out .... Columbus Tart, 33,
Mebane school teacher who grew
up in Dunn, announced late yes
terday that he is withdrawing
from the governor’s race due to
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MOORE GREETED BY A KING — Gubernatorial candidate Dan Moore is greeted by King Roberts,
popular Harnett tobacco warehousemen. Mr. and Mrs. Hank Currin are at left, his manager, W. B.
Williams, at right. (Record Photos by Russell Bass ford)
Candidate Gets Big Reception Here
Moore Calls For Economy
Gubernatorial candidate Dan K.
Moore today advocated greater eco
nomy in State government and call
ed for relief of the small business
man, “whose problems are so many
that sometimes he hardly knows
which way to turn.”
At Presbyterian Church
Dr. Julian Lake
Will Speak Here
Dr. Julian Lake, pastor of the
Brownson Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Southern Pines, will lead
the Holy Week Services at the
First Presbyterian Church of Dunn
beginning Sunday evening at 7:45
DR. JULIAN LAKE
o'clock and continuing each even
ing through Wednesday.
The services will be conluded
with a Maundy Communion Ser
vice, Thursday evening, led by the
Rev. Leslie C. Tucker, Jr., pastor
of the church.
Dr. Lake a native of Atlanta,
Ga., is a graduate of Davidson
College and Union Theological
Seminary in Richmond, Virginia.
He received the honorary D.D.
Degree from Davidson College in
1945.
He has served pastorates in
Warrenton, Va„ Bristol, Tenn.,
Rock Hill, S. C., and his last
pastorate was the First Presby
terian Church of Winston-Salem.
He came to Southern Pines two
years ago.
He is a member of the Board of
Trustees at Union Theological
Seminary St. Andrew* College and
Queens College and a member of
the Synod’s Council.
He married the former Eliza
beth Gilmour, whose father, at
the time of his death, was the
minister of the First Presbyterian
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Bringing his campaign to Harnett
County for the first time, the Can
ton attorney and former Superior
Court judge addressed an enthus
iastic crowd of about 150 citizens
at an informal coffee hour at Por
ter’s Restaurant.
Declaring that the tide has
changed and that he is now con
fident of election, Moore told his
applauding supporters:
Sees Victory Ahead
“Up until now, I’ve been saying
that ‘if I am elected.’ I now say
that after I am elected because with
the support of so many good people
like those of you gathered here
today, I am confident we shall be
victorious.”
Moore was introduced by an old
college mate at Carolina, former
Superior Court Judge Howard G.
Godwin of Dunn. Among those in
the audience was Miss Lillian
Draughon, who Moore recalled in
his address, taught him in the pub
lic school at Sylva 42 years ago.
Miss Draughon, happy to see her
former tenth grade student again,
told newsmen that, “He was a nice,
polite boy and a good student.’’
In pleading for economy, Moore
recalled that he worked his way
through school by serving as its
janitor.
“I say this to you,” he said,
“simply to impress upon you that I
know the value of a dollar and after
I am elected as your governor, I
shall try to see that you receive a
dollar’s worth of value for your dol
lar in tax you pay to the State.”
Would Sell Plane
Moore’s loudest applause of his
entire speech came when he dec
lared: “I believe that the place
where economy should begin is in
the governor’s office and I pledge
to you here today that one of the
first things ! shall do the day after
I take office is to put up for pub
lic sale at auction the present gov
ernor’s private airplane.”
He said the governor ‘‘doesn’t
need a private airplane half as
much as people of the State need
other services.”
Pointing out that he has been in
private business for the past five
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Johnson Sends
Smallest Aid
Budget Ever
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Presi
dent Johnson asked Congress lo
dag for a “no waste, no retreat"
foreign. aid program of $3.4 Pil
lion. Hi: promised to cut bureaj
cracy and to speed up efforts to
put recipient nations on a self
supporting basis.
It. was the smallest foreign aid
uquest since the program was
started in 1948. Johnson, aware
of the growing tendency in Con
gress to cut foreign aid funds,
warned the lawmakers against
his request.
“We will be laying up a harvest
of woe for us and our children if
we shrinks from the task of grap
pling in the world community with
poverty and ignorance,’' he said in
a special message.
Will Be Cut
But the initial reaction in Con
gress was that the proposed pro
gram would be cut anyway. Rep.
Otto E. Passman, D-La., chief
House critic of foreign aid, said
he was sure there was “plenty of
fat in it’’ and Senate GOP Lead
er Everett M. Dirksen, 111., pre
dicted It would be cut.
The President requested new
legislation to permit the foreign
aid agency — known as the Agency
for International Development
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E. W. SMITH
I
REID MITCHELL
Favor Bonds
Tell Why
Reid Mitchell, Vice President of
George Carroll Chevrolet Com
pany, said this afternoon,
“I think that if the Bond Is
sued is passed .. over a period of
years the Hospital will pay for it
self if properly administrated. I
believe that it will be one of the
greatest assets to Dunn, and the
economic advantages it will bring
cur people . . . second to none!”
E. W. Smtih, President of the
Commercial Bank stated this af
ternoon, “Essential services of a
progressive community must keep
race with the potential growth of
the community. I believe that our
hospital is one of the most essen
tial parts of this community’s wel
fare and that the current expan
sion {dans are necessary in order
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Military Bonds, Other Units To Parade Wed.
Hospital Parade Set
F. Wesley Coates, local Restau- I
rant and Real Estate Businessman
announced today plans for a Gala I
Hospital Bond Program Parade to
held Rf, 4:00 p.m.,.^Wednesday,
March 25.
Mr. Coates, having worked on |
virtually every civic project Dunn
has had over the past years, is
well known for his skill in organi
sing successful parades,
The tChaicoaan of the Harnett
NOW ITS THE LADYBUGS—Yep, the whole bit—goofy
wigs and costumes, a la the Beatles—and the Ladybugs are
spawned for an indeterminate life in the entertainment
world. The “Bugs” are, left to right: Jeannine Riley, Pat
Woodell and Linda Kaye of television’s “Petticoat Junction’^
and Sheila James of the Dobie Gillis show.
County March of Dimes said, in
releasing the parade announce
ment,. ;
"This Hospital Bond Program is
the greatest project I have ever
‘ joined. The future of our town de
pends upon the outcome of the
f lection March 28. I most sincere
ly hope that -the parade we will
have March 25th will help stimu
late the community’s interest in
the new, modern hospital we need
so badly, and thereby encourage a
large ’Yes Vote’ at the polls.
“In keeping with the extreme
importance of this project to
•Build For a Greater Tomorrow’
ir Dunn, we are preparing what I
believe will be the largest parade
ever held for our families!”
MANY BANDS COMING
The initial units invited to par
ticipate are the XVIII Corps Band,
Fort Bragg; the Sudan Oriental
Band of Fayetteville; the United
States Marine Corps Band, Cherry
Point; the Dunn Senior High
School Band; the Dunn Junior
High School Band; the Benson
High School Band; the Harnett
High School Band; the Band and
Drill Team from Edwards Military
Institute in Salemburg; the Dunn
Clowsn; Erwin Rescue Squad; the
Dunn Fire Department; the Jun
ior Core Professional Skaters;
Antique Auto Club of Fayetteville;
the National Guard and the Na
tional Guard Color Guard; the
Girls Scouts; the Brownies; the
Boy Scouts; the Cub Scouts, and
the “Local Beatles.”
Many beautiful professional
Floats are expected to make their
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Dunn Jurist Running On His Record
Judge Hill Seeks Second Term
Dunn city Judge Woodrow Hill
formally announced today that he
is a candidate to retain the Averas
boro court bench for a second term.
In making the announcement,
Judge Hill expressed his apprecia
tion to the voters for the support
given him in the past and pledged
that if re-elected he will continue
to mete out justice "to the best of
my ability.”
Judge Hill, a longtime Democratic
party leader and known as a hard
and tireless campaigner, is a lay
man who four years ago topped
veteran Judge H. Paul Strickland
from the bench after 12 consecutive
years.
Hill won out over Strickland by
a one-vote margin in an election dis
pute which went to the State Sup
reme Court and atfracted State
wide interest and publicity.
Another hot race appeared to be
shaping up for the office today.
Young Will Run
Former State Senator J. Robert
(Bob) Young, who has served the
court previously both as solicitor
and judge, said today that he will
definitely be a candidate for the
office and plans to make his an
nouncement around the first of
WOODROW HILL
April.
Mr .Strickland reportedly has told
friends that he is not interested in
opposing Hill again.
"The fact that I am not a lawy
er,” said Judge Hill today, “has
caused me to work even harder to
serve the people, who knew when
they elected me that I do not have
a law degree. X feel that other qua
lifications are just as vital to this
office as a law degree and I be
lieve my record of service will bear
this out.”
"I fully realize,” said Judge
Hill, "that I have made mistakes.
Judges with law degrees make
mistakes, too, because it is only
human to err. "But the mistakes
I have made were on points of
law and perhaps in judgment at
times, but they were not mistaken
of the heart because I have con
scientiously endeavored at all
times to do the right thing. The
people who know me and who
have attended my court know this
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