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DUNN, N C FRIDAY AfTERNOON, NOVEMBER 6. 1964
FIVE CENTS PE* COPT
NO 237
School Having
BBO, Proceeds
For New Bus
Dunn High School is sponsoring
n barbecue supper next Friday night
(Nov. 13) wi'h proceeds being used
to help pay off the debt of $3000
Still owed on the activity bus.
Superintendent A B Johnson and
Milton Bass, chairman of the sup
per said several local people are
donating pigs for the feed. Tickets
arc being' sold by all Dunn stu
dents.
It will be held in the high school
cafeteria beginning at 5:30.
This is also the night of the
Dunn - Erwin football game and
fans from both towns are invited
to attend the supper prior to the
game.
Terf Awarded
$301) In Lawsuit
A jury in Harnett Recorder’s
Court yestei'day awarded Sher
wood Ray Tart, 30, of Dunn-Erwin
road a verdict of $800 for damages
‘o his automobile against Mr. and
Mrs. John Henry Wilson of Old
Post Road, Erwin.
At Ah-? same time,. the jury
denied $5,MX) to Mrs. Wilson for
hnr Injuries and $1600 damages
to the Wilson car- Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson had brought a counter
suit against Tart bift jurors fail
ed to find him negligent.
Tart, who had sued for $1600,
was involved in a wreck with the
Wilson car or Oct. 27, 1961. Each
party blamed the other for the
accident.
Dunn attorney D. K. Stewart
represented Tart and Ed McCor
mick of the lawr firm of Morgan
and Wiliams at Lillington re
presented Mr. and Mrs. Wilson
Burch Won't Quil
As Party Chief
WASHINGTON UPI — Dean
Burch sail today that he would
itmain as chairman of ‘the Re
publican National Committee as
long as the party wants him.
In a statement, Burch said he
would call a meeting of the nat
ional committee after the first
of the year for a discussion of
questions of Interest 'to the party
including his chairmanship.
TWO ARRESTED
WASHINGTON (DPI) — The
Justice Department announced to
day the arrest of two Mississippi
white men on charges of killing
two Negroes from Meadvllle, Miss
last spring.
NEW HOME OF DUNN POST 59 OF THE AMERICAN LEGION
Open House Sunday From 2 to 5
Legion To Open New Building
The handsome new $40,000 home
of Dunn Post 59 of the American
Legion will be formally opened to
the public Sunday afternoon for
t hp first time.
Comrr.-ai’.Jer James Hall an
nounced today that Open House
will be held Sunday afternoon from
2 until 5 p. m. and extended to
all citizens a cordial invitation to
sep and inspect the modern new
f'aclttties. 'i
Members of the American Legion
Auxiliary, headed by Mrs. Alvis
Carver, piesident, will serve as
loint hosts with the Legion for
this event and will serve refresh
ments.
Presiden t Hall said dedication of
Ihe building will take place later
and many Legion dignitaries and
other out-of-town guests will be
invited to thaft event.
The new Legion home is locat
ed at tho Legion fairgrounds on
the Jonesboro road, on a 25-acre
tract owned by the Post of sev
eral hunded members.
Facilities for Hundreds
Constructed of brick, the new
building is 125x38 feet, with an
assembly 3iea large enough to seat
600 people or 300 alt tables. Its
big stainless steel kitchen fea
tures all wh latest innovations and
is completely equipped »to handle
any typft occasion.
At' the entrance is a large lobby,
lounge and cloakrooms. Also in
cluded in the building are separ
ate offices for the Legion and
Auxiliary. The building is complete
ly air-conditioned.
The committee in charge of
erecting the new building was
headed by Belvin Strickland, well
known Dunn contractor, a form
er commander of the post and
currently Sergeant-at-arms of the
State Department.
Serving with Mr. Strickland on
'he committee were: Alvis Carver,
a key figure in ’the State Depart
ment who has held numerous
State-wide and several national
legion posts; Paul G. White,
Local Strikes At Nine Plants
Ford Hit By Strikes
DETROIT TJPI — The United
Auto Workers Union called crip
pling local strikes at nine Ford
Mcrtor Co. plants around the coun
try today. More than 26,000 work
ers were involved in the walkouts
tnat began at 10 a. m. EST.
The walkouts occurred despite
a national agreement between the
> ompany and union nearly a month
ago. Plants involved were locat
ed at Sterling Township Detroit,
Ypsilanti and Wayne, Mich.; Shef_
field, Ala.: St. Louis; Chicago
Heights; Louisville; Dallas and
Buffalo, N. Y
Shortly before the strike dead
line, the UAW came to agree
ment at a key stamping plant aft
Bedford, Ohio. But Stamping
piants at Chicago Heights and Buf
falo were 'the key operations and
the shutdown of either of them
would eventually have a drastic
effect on Ford’s production cap
abilities.
A Ford spokesman said the
Cleveland enginft unit would be
allowed to work without a con
tract.
Ken Bo:;non, TJAW Ford De
partment head, said: “There are
nine plants wfth unresolved is
sues I assume they are now
walking out.”
Unusual Case Being Tried In Harnett Court
Gives Away Her Property
Now Suing To Get It Back
A Harnett County woman who
give her property to a grand
daughter last year and then decid
ed she wanted it back is suing to
recover in an unusual lawsuit now
being heard in Harnett Superior
Court. „
Trial of the case started Monday
end there were indications today
it might not be completed this
7’ek.
Attorneys said it Was the first
. case o.' its type ever tried in Har
nett. Judge Q K Nimocks is presid
ing
A tract of 16 acres of land valued
[ at approximately $8,000 is involved
Mrs. Mamie Kennedy, eo-year
olci widow, is plaintiff in the case
and Mrs. Pat Barbour Fore, the
granddaughter, and her husband,
D J Foie, are the defendants
State Senator Robert Morgan, re.
presenting Mrs. Kennedy, has sent
a parade of witnesses to the stand
to show that Mrs. Kennedy was
wrought with grief and emotional
ly upset almost to the point of
being out of her mind when she
deeded the tract of land to the
granddaughter.
It happened just a few days after
the death of Mrs. Kennedy’s bro
ther, Watson Cameron, who was
aescrioea as ne1 iiiracai. icumrc
and the one she had depended on
most since the death of her hus
band about ten years ago.
Witnesses testified that Mrs.
Kennedy was highly emotional,
that she was so grieved that
she fainted at her brother’s
funeral Testimony also brought out
that she had a disagreement with
her sister. Mrs. Maggie Price of
Raleigh, mother of Mrs. Fore, and
had changed her will and made
the granddaughter heir to her pro
perty
Eight days after Mrs. Kennedy
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Glenn Cox and C. T. McGugan.
Officers of the post, in ad
dition to Commander Hall are:
Mott Thornton, vice commander;
Lewis Le3 Whitten ton, adjutant;
and Robert Lee Smith, treasurer.
Trustees are Alvis Carver, Belvin
Strickland, Paul White, C. T Mc
Gugan and Glenn Cox.
Dunn Legionnaires will climax
Veterans Day next Wednesday
night with an Armistice Day Sup
uer at 7:30 p. m. for Legionnaires
and 'their wives. State Senator
Robert 3. Morgan will be the
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Jpiinson Victory
Is Praised By
New Red Leader
MOSCOW (UPI) — Soviet lead
erfLeonid X. Brezhnev today called
foe a world Communist unity con
ference
i Srezhnev, who succeeded the
ou ted Nikita Khrushchev as first
se( retary of the Soviet Communist
pa ty, made his appeal in a speech
marking the 47th anniversary of
tha Bolshevik Revolution.
Among the 6,000 persons listening
to him in the Kremlin’s Palace of
Congresses was Red China’s Pre
mier Chou En - lai, who sat on
the speakers’ platform.
rezhnev, in a major policy
speech, today praised the election
of President Johnson.
hinese Communist Premier
Chou En - lai listened impassive
ly as Brezhnev repeated many of
the policy points on which Moscow
differs from Peking.
JOHNSON CITY. Tex. ) (UPI) —
The White House said today there
are no plans for a pre-inaugura
tion trip to Europe by either Presi
dent Johnson or Vice President
elect Hubert H. Humphrey.
It knocked down speculation
that either or both of them might
make such a visit in an effort tc
help firm up the Atlantic Alliance
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Vice
President-elect Hubert H. Humph
rey and his family flew to the Vir
gil: Islands today for a two-week
vacation — to “unwind” from the
election campaign rigors.
News Roundup
WASHINGTON — The GOP found itself in a chair-throw
ing family fight today over the blame for Tuesday’s election dis
aster and ways to rebuild or remodel the Republican party.
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Sen. Barry M. Goldwater headed east
today for a short stopover in Washington, to be followed by a
post-election vacation — probably in the Caribbean
JOHNSON CITY, Tex, — President Johnson continuing as
indefinite post-campaign rest at his Texas ranch today, had a
schedule free from callers. But he’s been keeping the telephone
lines humming.
AUGUSTA, Ga — Former President Dwight D. Eisenhow
er said Thursday the Republican party had been hurt “but not ir
retrievably” by the landslide vote for President Johnson.
O. W. Godwin, Sr. 1st Vice Pres.
Hanna Renamed By
Dunn Meat Packers
Ralph E. Hanna, former mayor
and prominent local business man,
has been reelectled president of
Dunn Meat Packers, Inc., the town’s
new million-dollar meat processing
industry.
Officers were elected and four
directors whose terms had expired
were reelected at the annual stock
holders meeting.
O W Godwin, Sr., retired Dunn
contractor, was elected as first vice
president of the company, succeed
ing R R Edwards, manager of
South River Membership Corpora
tion
Mr. Edwards has been in poor
health, was unable to attend the
meeting and officers said they
made the change to relieve him
of the burden.
Harold Russell of Raleigh was re
named second vice president.
Directors reelected were: Dj\ W
W Stanfield, Bill Corbin, John Wel
lons and R R Edwards. Jesse Alp
hin was re-elected secretary and
Emmett Aldredge was renamed
treasurer
Directors whose terms had not
expired are: Emmett Aldredge, Jes
se Alphin, O W Godwin. Sr., O O
Manning, Harold Russell, Paul
Perry.
Operation of the big plant has
been leased to Burrows Lundy of
Clinton, who also operates Lundy
Packing Co.
A financial report on the busi
ness was not made since the fiscal
year did not end until Oct. 31 and
auditors had not had time to pre
pare their report.
RALPH E. HANNA
Poundage Up Over 1 7-2 Million
Dunn Tobacco Market Closes
After One Of Best Years
TENSE MOMENT — Fellow students drag a hysterical girl demon
strator out of the reach of police during a riot at University of
Puerto Rico in San juun. Students were protesting alleged brutality
by police in repressing student political demonstrations. (NEA
Telephoto)
Saturday At 3 P. M.
TWUA Executive
To Speak In Erwin
William Dechessi of New York,
national vice president of the Tex
tile Workers Union of America
(AFL-CIO) and director of COPE,
the union'? political arm, will ad
dress members of Erwin Local No.
2.r0 Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock
p.t the union hall in Erwin.
It will be Vice President Deches
ri’s first visit to Erwin and Busi
ness Manager Lloyd Byrd said to
day he was expecting a large at
lendance to give him a big re
ception.
Mr- Deehessi will discuss the
new one-price cotton legislation
with the Erwin union members.
The union contends that mill own
«rs throughout the country have
failed to pass on to workers a
lair share of the windfall of profits
resulting from the one-price sys
tem which is financed by the tax
payers.
“This will be a very important
meeting and. I urge all members
to be present,” said Mr. Byrd in
his announcement today.
President Joseph L. Smith will
preside at the meeting.
Dunn’s Tobacco Market closM
yesterday after one of its most
successful years in its history.
It sold 1.639,336 pounds more
this year than last and sold a to
tal of 12.240,170 pounds for a total
of $7,223,424.04 or over a million
dollars more than last year.
Even the last dwindling days of
the season, Dunn sold a total of
350,000 pounds
Averages during the season con
tinued to keep up well all season
and good leaf sold as high as the
$70 a hundred mark and went at
times up into the $80 brackets.
It was the second biggest sea
son in the last ten years of the
market. The biggest season was two
years ago when the mart sold over
13 000,000 pounds.
Dunn Tobacco Board of Trade
P-esident Norman Hardee said he
was satisfied with the way things
turned out
He said that buyers, graders,
warehousemen and farmers had
cooperated wonderfully during this
year to make the mart one of the
top markets in Eastern Carolina’s
| sprawling 17 market belt.
Dunn Han Gets
Prison Term
Johnnie Alvin Jackson, 17, of
Dunn, convicted of breaking and
entering in Wake Superior Court,
was sentenced Thursday to two
to three years in prison.
The prison sentence was sus
pended, however, and Jackson was
placed on probation for three
years.
Jackson and another Dunn res
ident, Herman Glenn Dunn, were
convicted Wednesday on charges
of breaking irtto C. P- Oollin’S
Score at WiUow Springs.
Dunn was sentenced Wednesday?,
to serve two to three years in
Prison.
First Federal
Group To Miami
President John H. Wellons and
three other officials of First Fed
eral Savings and Loan Association
will fly to Miami Sunday for the
annual convention bf the tJ S
Savings & Loan - League.
The other officers are Execu
tive Secretary John T. Simpson,
Dr. W W Stanfield and Dr. Ran
dolph Doffermyre, directors Mrs.
Simpson, Mrs Stanfield and Mrs
Doffermyre will accompany them.
About 5,000 delegates represent
ing combined resources of 110 bil
lion dollars will attend the Miami
sessions.
"You Hove To Fight 24 Hours A Day/' Says Blalock
Mayor s Life No Bed Of Roses
Dunn Mayor Franklin Blalock can
g.vc first-hand testimony to prove
the fact that the life of a mayor
is no bed of roses.
Discussing the hospital issue,
which he cites to prove his point,
Mayor Blalock emphasizes his be
lief in democracy. ‘‘X am honest
and sincere in my efforts and I
accept constructive criticism if it
is based on knowledge and not ru
mor.”
“But in return for honest pub
lic service,” he continues, ‘‘an of
ficial should not be subjected to
villification and criticism just for
the sake of being butted.”
Citing his service to tht town as
a councilman and mayor since 1947,
as well as 24 years of military
service, Blalock reviews some of
Ms accomplishments and head
aches.
In return for his forthright, hon-1
est stands, he says he’s been vili
fied on the street corners, via ra
dio and from the pulpits.
“I have no apology for my pub
lic record and what I have contri
buted in every phase to my town,”
he said. “But no one man should
have to fight 24 hours per day
to give his town clean, honest gov
ernment.”
Following is part of the text of
hi. statement:
My friends, I have served off
End on in public life since 19*7..
I have taken abuse, criticism and
vinification for many stands. I re
call some of them to you. Cumber
land Street picked in 1947 for the
city bypass, now the only adequate
street in Dunn. I helped put in
177 blocks or 12 miles of pavement
then to get this city out of the
irgid.
I assisted on a $425,000.00 bond
issue in I04o to build a sewage
plant and eliminate outside toilets
from our town and provide in
side water in every house, after
it becain, necessary to pump raw
sewage into open ditches. My fam
ily had the largest pavlnt and
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