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Bells To f ' The Two Erlcs’> — Eric Hatch | and Eric Sloane. The desire to re ! Tive the Parly American custom : • of celebrating Independence Day i | by ringing bells had a patriotic j | motive. The Two Erics hoped that j bell ringing in concert throughout j ; the nation would lead to the peo j pie’s greater appreciation of this I Great I And of Ours: America — i rnd to the stalwart patriots to day In preserving our Freedoms j and our Heritages: Wherever one Is on July 4, the bell ringing could • truly help bring about a reverent j rnd patriotic Fourth. Flags are j expected to be flown. The,, observance gained wide- : spread approval in 1963. Outstand ing programs, celebrations and meetings were held in various places throughout the U.S. July 4, 1963 — The Ringing of the Bells Program was appropriately • celebrated in Dunn under the aus pices of the Cornelius Harnett Chapter. The bell ringers gathered at the home of the Chapter Regent, Mrs. N. M. Johnson, f>'. They received their hand bells. The ringers were members of the Belle Fleming Chapter of Children of the Revo lution, the Girl Scouts of Dunn. They were assigned posts where they stood and rang the bells for 1 4 min. at 1 p.m. E.S.T. Church ' bells were rung, Fire Chief, Ralph , Kanna rang the Fire Bell, John G. ‘ Thomas gave WCKB radio publK ' cHy of the event. The Dunn Dis patch and The Daily Record gave ' excellent news coverage. Follow ing the hot chore of bell ringing . all met at the Pope Room, Por ■ ter’s Restaurant, for a delectable , luncheon with Mrs. Johnson as : nostess. " At the N.S. DAR Executive Committee Meeting, April 16, 1964, ;.the following rule was passed: f“ihat Chapters be urged to co operate and participate again this ■3ear in the Ringing of The Bells Program - Independence Day.. pn„ July 4, 1964,” ; When the two Erics inaugurat ed the Ringing of The Bells on ! Independence Day, July 4, in 1963 - the Congress of the TJ. S. estab lished the program as an annual Observance, by Resolution 25, ' passed June 26, 1963. Dunn Stores plosed July 4. The State Highway Patrol in Harnett, along with Ideal police oflcers and the sheriff’s depart ment, are conducting a special drive to promote highway safety during the holiday. t Wallace lars and %ents can't take the place of principles.” Gov. Georye Wallace of Alabama challenged the constitutionality of the new law which permits Negroe* access to public eating places and overnight accommodations previous ly denied them. Wallace indicated he would fight the legislation through the courts. ‘‘My position on this bill is well known,” Wallace said. “J believe the legislation is unconstitutional and if unchallenged will result in the destruction of individual li berty and freedom in this nation. “It should and will be tested in the courts on constitutional grounds.” Summoned For Signing Before taking off for his ranch at Johnson City, Tex. for the July | Fourth weekend, Johnson summon ed government, officials, congress-! men and white and Negro leaders to the White House for the signing J ceremony. Southern restauranteurs indi cated, however, that many of their number would comply reluctantly j wi‘h the bill' which opens the doors j of their establishments to Negroes for the first time " “We have no alternative,” said the Georgia Restaurant Association in announcing it will go along with the measure. Vem Allen, president of the South Carolina Innkeepers Associa *ion, said, “I can't foresee any trou ble in the state.” But Columbia, S. C., restaurant owner L. Maurice Bessinger ex pressed the fears that he shares with hundreds of other proprietors of eating places in the Southland: “This will mean a great decrease in. restaurant sales.” KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI) — A 13-year-old boy today became the first Negro to get a haircut in the Hotel Muehlebach’s barber shop in a test of the new civil rights bill by.. congress' of Racial Equality members. Gene Young of Jackson, Miss, sat calmly in the barber’s chair before an audience of newsmen and photographers and CORE members. About 20 minutes later he left the chair with a “butch” cut as he requested. He paid the barbee the $2.00 fee ami left with other CORE inembers. MOBILE, Ala (UPI) — Morri son’s cafeterias, the South’s larg est chain, will serve Negroes rath er-, than “buck the federal govern ment,’ its president said today. WASHINGTON (UPI) — The entire, North Carolina delegation to the U. S. House of Representatives > voted against passage ef the long pending civil rights legislation in the House Thursday. - Winn Dixie holiday Jufy as part of the North Carolina Association’s state-wick courtesy and safety cafpaign. In addition, the company will furnish a specially-marked Courtesy Pat rol Car to the efforts of the state motor farrier organization to make this the safest possible Fourth of July weekend. Including the Winn-Dixie vehi cle, a total of 103 courtesy patrol cars will be on the most heavily traveled highways of the state during the peak traffic hours 'of the three-day holiday. The. oars will be manned by experienced trucking industry personnel and will be particularly alert t omo torlst In trouble, according to R. L. Brinson, Jr. of High Point, Pre sident of the Association. Truckiag industry companies and their local employee-patrol men include: Winn-Dixie Stores; Vance Byars, Service Supt; and Harry Barrington, Traffic Suph covering highways number 1, 1» 48, 401. P TO BEACH Mr. and Mrs. Alvis Carver wijl spend the weekend at Long Beach. VACATIONING IN MOUNTAINS Mr. and Mrs. Tom B. Tart and Oladys and Edward Powers left to day to tour the mountains of North Carolina and TeiindSsee and to at tend the Grand Ole Opry Saturday night. HOSPITAL PATIENT Davis C. Catlett is a patient in Betsy-Johnson Memorial Kaspital. RETURN TO GERMANY Col.an (1 Mrs. N. L. Riggs letf by jet Tuesday from the Raleigh Durham Airport to return to Frankfort, Germany, after visit ing with her brother, Earl Bare foot an family in Erwin. Mrs. Rig gs is the fodmer Virgie Barefoot of Erwin. HOME FROM FLORIDA Mr. and Mrs. Tommie McCaus ley,-; Betty and Wayne, have re turned , from Fjprida after a two weeks visit. Dunn Beauty College Will Be Closed JULY 4 OPEN TUESDAY NOW IS THE TIME TO TRANSFER OUT-OF-TOWN FUNDS TO FIRST FEDERAL Earn More Than Just Four CURRENT DIVI&NDS FIRST FEDERAL Savings & Loan Ass oc. Of Dunn John T. Simpson, Exec. V. President 300 W. Edgerton St. DUNN, N. C. These Loose Ladies Want No Changes LOOSE, England <UPI> — The Loose women of tide Tillage have decided to stay that way. » “We are proud of It," one wo man said. “It gives us a feeling of distinction.” Sixty woman residents of Loose, a village in Kent County, Thurs day voted down aproposal for a change in the town’s name, long the target of amused visitors. “Loose we are and Loose we will stay,’> a woman said. “There is a place called Ugley. "d rather be called Loose than Ugley.*’ The name of the village has no ■ connection with its women, but comes from secveral streams ’ which lose themselves under- j ground.in the area. ; j Draft Exams For Boys, 18 ! North Carolina Selective Service Local Boards are foi-warding 18 year-old registrants for complete examination lay the Armed Forces, Mr. William H. McCachren, State Director of Selective Service said today. Mr McCachren emphasized that the examination of 18 - year - olds does not mean that they face in duction in the immediate future. The examination of these Jmung registrants who are out of school and not deferred for other reasons initiates a program announced by President Johnson on January 5, 1964. The President directed the [Secretary of Defense and the Di rector of Selective Service to be gin the early examination of 1/ year-old registrants after a presi dential task force study determined that large numbers of young men being found disqualified for mili tary service were interested in ob taining educational, vocational, and medical rehabilitation. In announcing the plan to exa mine younger registrants, the Presi dent pointed out that early examin ation will "...enable those who are qualified for military service to plan intelligently their future ca reers^Ja this respect, it will enable those found unqualified to get to work promptly on the education, training, or health services which can be'of belief it to them.” The President also noted -fhat “....early examination will liKJT mean early induction. There will be no change in the present prac tice of calling older registrants for actual induction into the Armed Forces before younger ones are Call ed." At the present time, men are'be ing reached for induction between 21 % and 22 years of'age, as a na tional average. In North Carolina the average age of involuntary In duction is about 2214 - 23, Mr. Mc Cachren said. TO GERMANY Mrs. Ute Lewis and' daughter, Chris, will leave Saturday for Darmstadt, Germany, for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Krammer, after spending three month* with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Lewis. Her husband. Gene, is In South Vietnam for a year of duty. NOW SHOWING <L«Ofc\TfiA Color by Deluxe ELIZABETH TAYLOR RICHARD BURTON ADM. 50c - 15c - $1.00 - $1.25 SHOWS 1:38 - 4:48 - 8:00 THE NEW SHOWS 2:30 - 4:40 - 8:50 • 9:00 Starts . SUNDAY I | SHOWS 1.3-S.7-9 I News Roundup OSLOO, Norway (UPI) — The Soviet Union and Norway agreed today there are chances for further relaxation of East West tension despite the world’s differing social systems. LONDON (UPI) — Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev has summoned East European Communist leaders to emergency consultations in Warsaw later this month on growing rifts within the Communist bloc, diplomatic sources reported' today. i ST. LOUIS (UPI) — Police armed with riot guns put down a disturbance in the all-Negro town of Klnlosh today. Auth orities said fires were set in retaliation to the police action. OSLO, Norway (UPI) — The Soviet Union Friday pledged to "exert efforts” to break the Geneva disarmament conference deadlock and said there are chances for a further easing of East West tension despite the world’s different social systems. RCA VICTOR <Su*d/6' U' tub* (•(•nil tftef.)— US sq. In. picture PORTABLE TV EASY TERMS $129.95 ■ Th« CARRY-ETTfc J Series 64-A-01-M TK WIT TIMTEI UK M ELECTIIHICS i«'•“»• <«•«" «■ m.pietur. HuriT’-rcmNS ' “FOR THE BEST SEE WEST" We have the best service department in this Area. WEST RADIO & TV 910 W. Broad St. DUNN, N. C. 892 - 7600 BARGAIN f DAYS , SPECIAL „ . .... _ k| ONE FULL YEAR 260 ISSUES 1 of The Daily Record Offer limited to mail subscribers (new and renewals) in Harnett and adjoining counties only. You can subscribe for yourself, for your relatives or friends or extend your present subscription at this lowest price ever offered before. 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