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The Record
Gets Results
VOLUME 14
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DUNN, N. C. MOND.%1 AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 30, 1964
FIVE CENTS PEH COPT
NO. *52
THREE QUEENS — Gayle Daughtry, newly crowned Miss Hobhton, is flanked by two beauties who
took part *n her coronation ceremony Tuesday night. At left is. Sharon Finch, Miss North Carolina,
while Carolyn Raynor, the past Miss Hobbton, i» at Gayle’s light.
State Solcns Will Meet With City Council
Recreation Director Sought
Chairman Melvin Bass and oth
er members of the Dunn Recrea
tion Commission will appear be
fore Dunn’s city council Wednesday
night at 7:30 o’clock to request
funds to employ a full-time recrea
tion director for the town.
Hamett’s two legislators. Sena
tor Robert Morgan of Lillington and
Rep. Carson Gregory of Angier,
will also meet with the city offi
cials to discuss legislation favored
by the town and the N. C. League
of Municipalities.
Other matters will also come be
fore the board.
City Manager Archie Uzzle said
today the town is now allocating
$9,500 annually to the recreation
commission. Of this amount, $7500
comes from ABC store funds and
$2,000 from beer and wine taxes.
Legally, pointed out Mr. Uzzle,
•the town can’t spend a dime for
recreational purposes since State
law provides that'only accumulated
At Norris Home
Fire Strikes Again
Fire struck for the second time
in five months at the home of
the A. L. Norris, Jr., family short
ly after 11:00 Saturday morning.
Their home, located about
miles south of Dunn on highway
301, was razed by fire causing
damage estimated at $9,000.
The house was completely en
veloped in flames when firemen ar
rived at the scene,” said Howard
M. Lee, secretary-treasurer of the
Dunn Fire Department. Nothing
was saved.
Mr. Norris is proprietor of Nor
ris Glass Co. here.
Origin of the fire is not known,
Lee said.
The first fire did considerable
damage, but the house was not
destroyed.
The contents were valued at
$3,000, noted Lee, and the house
at $6,000.
At the time of the disaster, no
one was at home. Mrs. Norris and
her children returned about the
time firemen were departing.
Ten men and two 'trucks were
sent to the scene while IS men
remained on call at the fire sta
tion.
Revival To Open
At New Center
The Rev. A. Jones of Pinehurst
will open a revival tonight at the
new Dunn Revival Center located
on the corner of Carr Street and
Fayetteville Avenue. The services
ire nightly at 7:00 and will con
tinue through Friday.
Rev. Jones has termed this re
vival “Strictly non denomination
al and open to people of all races.”
He will be praying for the heal
ing of the sick.
Operator Held For Driving Drunk
Mrs. Ethel Butler
Is Struck By Car
Mrs. Ethel Butler, 71, of N. Mag
nolia Ave., longtime resident of
Dunn, was seriously injured Sun
day night as she stood beside the
curb near the N. Clinton Avenue
Baptist Church.
Police Chief Alton Cobb eaid
Ernest O. Clifton, 45, of Benson,
Route 2, driver of the automobile,
was arrested and charged wtth
driving drunk.
Mrs. Butler was treated at Betsy
Johnson Hospital in Dunn and
then transferred to Rex Hospital
v at Raleigh for surgery. The full
extent of her injuries was n&t
determined immediately.
Chief Cobb said Mrs. Butler and
Mrs. K. M. Fail were standing be
side 'the curb, right up against
It, engaged in conversation when
the car operated by Clifton
careened and struck her.
He said witnesses who had been
driving behind the Clifton car
reported he had been doing “some
bad driving.” They will appear to
testify against him when the case
comes to trial Dec. 7 in the Dunn
court.
Chief Cobb said Mrs. Fail was so
emotionally shaken up by the ac
cident that she also required
treatment.
Mrs. Butler is a member of a
well-known Dunn family.
surpluses can De spent i«r sutu
terns as libraries and recreation
»nd that the town has “no accumu
ated surplus.”
In addition to the $9,500, the re
lation commission also receives
iny profits accrued from opera
ion of the swimming pool.
Members of the recreation com
nission feel that a full-time direc
:or is one of the town’s important
leeds.
Charles Turnage, a member,
pointed out today that local re
creation officials felt embarrassed
luring the weekend when the town
olayed host to a midget football
team from South Plainfield, New
Tersey. He said a comparison be
tween the recreation program of
the two towns made it look bad for
Dunn. He pointed out that equip
ment of the visitors was much su
perior to that of the local play
ers. It was reported, however, that
funds in South Plainfield are se
cured by public subscription.
ManHeld For
Tractor Theft
J. C. McDonald, 46, Negro, of
113 N. King Ave., Dunn, was be
ing held in Jail here today await
ing a preliminary hearing on char
ges of stealing an Allis-Chalmers
tractor from Nick DeMai, prom
inent Dunn citizen.
The theft occurred last July 15
in one of Mr. DeMai’s farms. De.
Vlai charges that McDonald took
the tractor from his farm and da
maged the vehicle before It was
recovered. He said McDonald had
igreed to pay for damages to the
Allis-Chalmers tractor but had not
lone so.
A hearing has been set for
rhursday.
FIRST SNOW OF SEASON
The first snow of any eonse
luences this season began falling
here about 3:30 this afternoon.
Flurries were light and no heavy
mow was forecast. The tempera
ture was 32 degree*.
Dear
Santa:
Dear Santa,
I would like a hostess buffet and
t chatty Cathey and part of her
;lothes.
Margaret Barefoot
Puns
(Continued on Page Six)
Hopes Dimmed
For Rescue Of
500 Hostages
LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo
(UPI) — A chartered Belgian air
liner Sunday night crashed and
burned during a takeoff from Stan
leyville Airport, it was reported
today. There were conflicting re
ports of the death toll.
In Brussels, the Belgian govern
ment Institute for Information and
Documentation (INBELi, said the
plane was shot down by rebel gun
fire and that 44 persons were be
lieved to have been killed.
Reports received here said sev
en crewmembers and passengers a
board the four-engine DC4 were
killed. Other sources said 33 per
sons were killed and seven injured.
The reports said the plane had a
crew of four-three Belgians and
Congolese steward.
One report identified one of the
injured as a Col. Leigeois, Belgian
commander of a white mercenary
unit.
The plane had transported am
munition and supplies to Congolese
army troops in Stanleyville. It was
owned by the Belgian Internation
al Air Service (BIAS) and charter
ed by the Congolese government.
The plane crash report came as
hopes dimmed for saving more
than 600 white hostages la rebet •
held territory. New bloodbaths
were feared.
24 Killed, 37
Hurt In Trample
JALAPA, Mexico UPI—Twenty
four persons were trampled to
death and 37 injured in a stadi
um here Sunday night when a
crowd of 5,000 stampeded for the
exits at the end of a political rally.
They had been Invited to a fes
tival.
"The people were like a pack
of wild animals,” said Mayor Fe
lipe Lagunes of Atopan. “I lived
seconds that seemed like years.”
Christmas Parade Friday Night Will Be Biggest
Parade Plans Shaping Up
Dunn’s Retail Merchants Associa
tion will present its 1964 Christmas
Parade Friday night at 7 P. M. It
will be one of the biggest, brightest
and most colorful ever.
The parade will have eight bands i
and fifteen professional floats. All 1
the bands are from the surround
ing are:i. They are Edwards Mill-'
'.ary Institute, Hobbton High. Mid- |
t-ay High, Four Oaks, Erwin-Coats
High, Harnett High, and the Jun
ior and Senior Bands of Dunn High
School.
The second “Miss Christmas
SEEKING TITLE — These three girls are amon g eight contestants who will be seeking the title
of Miss Christmas Cheer for Dtmn’s Christmas par ad.- ‘.his Friday night. They are left to right, Mildred
Annette Beasley, 16, daughter of Mrs. Clyda Beas ley of Benson, and a freshman at Benson High
School: Linda Louise Hairr, 17, daughter of Mr. an d Mrs. J. S. Hairr of Route 1 Godwin, a senior at
Clement High School; and Glenda Lee Smith, 17, a s emor at Clement High and daughter of Mr. and
end Mrs. Harold B. Smith, Route 1, Salemburg.
Admitted Three Rape-Killings; Accused In Four Other Rapes j
Boy, 16, Gets Three Life Terms
CLEARWATER, Fla. UPl—Steve
Washington, 16, was sentenced
Monday to three life terms in
state prison, the terms to run
consecutively.
The young St. Petersburg Negro
had pleaded guilty to three courts
of first degree murder in the rape
-(Strangulation deaths lsvst year
of three elderly white women.
Judge Allen C. Anderson told
the husky youth that he made
the sentences consecutive "’to ex
clude the possibility that you will
ever be paroled."
Washington, who also was ac
cused of four other rapes, sat
News Hound up
Temperatures fell to 30 below zero in the northern Midwest
today and a sprawling snow storm dumped up to 18 inches of snow
on the Great Lakes region. Cold wave warnings were posted from
Tennessee to Pennsylvania. Snow fell from Mississippi to New
England.
UNITED NATIONS (UPI) — The Soviet delegation an
nounced today that it opposes any postponement of General Assem
bly debate to afford time to solve the problem of financial respon
sibility for U, N. peace-keeping operations.
LONDON (UPI) — Britain today gave U. S. presidential
envoy George Ball the outlines of a hitherto secret plan for an At
lantic nuclear force, diplomatic sources said. The officials said
Prime Minister Haiold Wilsor plans to discuss the project per
sonally with President Johnson at their scheduled Washington talks
next Monday.
ror Harnett Counfy
Spears Is Named
As "Key Banker"
A leading Harnett County bank
er has been named "County Key
Banker’’ for Harnett County He
will coordinate the farm activities
of the N. C. Bankers Association
in this area
NCBA President Robert P Hold
ing, Jr, of Smithfield. has an
nounced that John W Spears will
serve as County Key Banker dur
ing the next 12 months Mr. Spears
is Executive Vice President of Bank
of Lillington and has been prom
inent in State banking circles for
many years. He is also a member of
the State Banking Corporation
Noting that the NCBA continues
to spend more time and money on
its farm programs than any other
phase of its activity. President
Holding thanked the 100 County
Key Bankers for the significant
role they play in banking's service
to agriculture.
He called attention to the pro
jects sponsored by the Association
such as the annual farm credit con
ference, the two-week school at
North Carolina State for 150 young
farm leaders from every section
of North Carolina. These scholar
ships have totaled over 1,400, all
expenses being paid by their home,
town banks. Another project is the
land judging contest in the inter
est of soil conservation.
Meanwhile, the banks of North
Carolina continue to lend more
money to farmers than any other
institutional group of lenders
V
silent and motionless through the
morning-long hearing. When asked
by Judge Anderson if he had any
thing to say before being sen
tenced, Washington shook his head I
no. _'”^J
“Your answer is no?’’ Anderson
asked.
“Yes,” the you»th whispered in
a barely audible tone.
To Hog Advisory Group
Gov. Names Gregory
Governor-elect Dan Moore has
appointed State Representative
Carson Gregory of Harnett to serve
on a snccial advisory committee on
pork production in the State.
Rep. Gregory, who resides on
Angier, Route 2, is one of the
State’s best-known breeders of
Spotted Poland China hogs- His
entries at the State Fair have been
winning for the past two decades
or longer.
The new governor’s pork advisory
committee will meet with him on
Dec. 21 at 1C a. m. at the Hotel
Sir Walter in Raleigh and he has
asked Mr. Gi egory to speak for five
minutes on the opportunities and
problems now facing swine produ
cers in the State.
Rep. Gregory 'has also been ap
| pointed to serve on a special Har
nett Cotton-Tobacco referendum
committee formed to help carry
the vote on those two crops in
this county. This group will meet
i a>L Lillington Tuesday night.
Sunday ASA Raid Pays OH
Liquor Still Found
Woman Arrested
Carrie McLean, 40, Buie’s Creek
Negro woman, is facing trial in
Harnett Recorder's Court at the
Dec. 10 session for possession of
a whiskey distillery and a size
able amount of whiskey.
She was arrested during a raid
conducted Sunday by Rural police
man Lemuel Gregory, Carson Hall,
and Sherwood West and Dunn
Constable Lonnie Jackson.
The officers said 'they found a
very complete liquor plant set up
in an abandoned dwelling house
owned by the McLean woman and
located Just a short distance from
her home.
Apparently in operation for four
or five months, the four-barrel dis
tillery was well concealed and
the smoke from the plant was
piped out the chimney of the
house to avoid suspicion. Water
for the distillery was piped in
from an outside well.
Liquor Is Smashed
Officers said there was a well
trod path leading from the Mc
Lean home to the liquor plant.
The woman said she was pushed
as to how the liquor still happened
to ba located on her property.
Officers said her husband, Dave
McLean, has a record for deal
ing in whiskey.
A sizeable quantity of bootleg
whiskey was found in sacks hid
den in bushes near the home. It
was smashed at the site. About
250 gallons of fermented mash
found inside the distillery house
was also poured out.
Cheer” contest is being presented
with the contestants arriving In
Dunn Friday afternoon. The win
ner, first runner-up, second run
ner-up will be selected at a ban
quet at 6:0C P. M. All of the
princesses will then participate in
the parade
The nationally famous Dunn
Clowns will be on hand to de
light the kids and grown-ups as
well.
Also, there are special cash a
wards to be made to persons or
organizations wanting to enter
“homemade floats”. Children are
asked tt» enter their pets and to
decorate their bikes. Cash awards
will be made for the best dressed
pet, most unusual pet, and for the
best decorated bike for boy and
girl, nicest horse and rider, cutest
pony and cart.
Anyone wishing to enter the par
ade should contact the office of
the Dunn Chamber of Commerce
(892 3350) by 5:00 P. M. Wednes
day, December 2, 1964.
Santa Clause will arrive in Dunn
on the last float, officially opening
the 1964 season.
The parade route will be from
North Orange Avenue on to West
Broad Street The parade will come
down Broad Street to Magnolia
Avenue and turn left and return
on Edgerton Street back to the
Dunn Armory.
Virginia Atkins
Awarded
Life Membership
Virginia Dare Atkins, daughter
ot' Mr. and Mrs. Benny Atkins
and a junior at Campbell College,
has been awarded life membership
in the Roanoke Island Historical
Association.
There are only fifty members in
the United States to receive this
honor and Miss Atkins was the
fiftieth.
Membership is awarded to per
sons with the name Vrgna Dare
in commemoration of the first wh
in commemoration of the first
whfte baby bom here.
MRS. JERNIGAN HONORED
Mrs. Bessie Jernigan of Rt. 3,
Dunn, was honored at a dinner
;iven for her by her children, her
;on and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Vfrs. Y. T. Jernigan of Rt. 3, Dunn,
aer son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
ind Mrs. R. F. Lee of Selma. Mrs.
Lee was formerly Nola Pearl Jemi
jan. Mrs. Jernigan was 74 years
)ld.
PRAYER SERVICE
Sig Butler, a layleader and mem
ber of Divine Street Methodist
Church, will speak at the busi
ness men’s weekly prayer service
ruesday at 10 a. m. in the con
ference room of Home Savings
Sc Loan. It is non denominational
ind open to the public.
TO MARCH IN PARADE
All Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and
Explorers are invited to March in
Dunn’s Christmas parade Friday
light. The boys are asked to bo
n uniform.
Solon Will Speak
In Dunn And Coats
Congressman David N. Hender
son of Wallace will address Dunn
Rotarians Tuesday night at 6:30
at Potter’s Restaurant, President
Pete Skinner announced today.
Dr. Glenn L. Hooper has charge
of the program and will introduce
Henderson
The Third District solon, just re
elected by a big majority, is ex
pected to discuss legislation coming
up at the next session.
Members of the club will be given
an opportunity to ask Rep. Hender
son any questions they desire.
Congressman Henderson will re
turn to Harnett on Sunday to speak
at the dedication of the new Coats
Post Office