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dJsuodthstfi Cloudy At Warm Tonight Sc Tom orrow. Thunderstorms Likelp. VOLUME IS Stt-SlU DUNN, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST M, 1965 FIYF CENTS* FEE corr DISCUSSING PROCEDURES — Mrs. Betty Brand inburg Orff), director of nurees, discusses with Mf«. Wijjunn Orfwrn, 'kjL' laborstspey^proewhtfeS at X»HWia1 Hospital. Mxjt. Ogbusa, a *#• cent graduate at fBWman-bray Baptist Hospital, fkgUtou-Salem, Is serving as a relief nurse at the hos }>iial m Dunn wnile her husband attends Campbell College, CPhoto by Jim Blevins) Mrs. Brandenburg Ukespunn and Working At Betsy Johnson * v/i i § v urse ForYoung Women OnHerStaff Student women and student wi ves who are registered nurses or licensed practical nurses should have no trouble this fall in find lng part-time or full employemnt in the general area of Campbell College. Authority for this report Is Mrs. Canopy Standards Discussed Revised City Hall Plans Are Accepted A special meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Dunn was held last night. Mayor W. C. Marshburn, Commissioners W. O. Cameron, O. W. Godwin, Jr., Sallye B. Whitehead, Howard Hardy, Mayo Smith and Paul Perry attended. Also present were Town Mgr. A. B. Udzle, Jr. Town Clerk T. P. Harrall and Town At torney E. L. Doffermyre wer all present. This meeting was heJd to meet with George J. Jernigan, Jr., ar chitect for the new city hall to discuss changes in the plans which would reduce the coot of the new city hall. The Kjjeting was ealled to order by Mayor Marahburn after which Conunissioner Oameron gave pray er. George J. Jernigan, architect from Wilmington, was present and revised plans for the new city hall. He erplained the changes which would reduce the cost of the Continued On Page Sight Betty Brandenburg, R. N., director of nuses at Betsy Johnson Mem* oriel Hospital in Dunn. Mrs. Bran denburg cites a pressing need- at her own hospital for qualified as sistance in almost every division of the Dunn hospital -- medical, surgical, obsetetical, emergency, and general floor duty. The hospital, she says is eager to broaden its co-operative rela tionship with the college and will be happy to entertain applications from students and other Camp bell-related people who are quali fied in nursing. Mrs. Brandenburg, who is her self a newcomer in Dunn (having joined the hospital staff in April), uses her own recent experience as basis for suggesting that young nurses will find Dunn a pleasant place to work. "I came as a (Continued on Page S) COUPLE DIVORCED Let* Grey Allen of Benson was awarded a divorce from Rufus Al mon Allen by Judge William God win in Johnston County Domestic Relations Court at Smithfield. For Killing Brother-In-Law And House Breaking D. Young Gets 40 Years Delma (Dee) Young, 45-year-old Benson, Route 2, farmer, was given prison terms totaling 40 years Tues day in Johnston County Superior Court for the murder of his broth er-in-law and housebreaking. Judge Howard Hubbard gave Young 30 years for the rifle slay ing of Wilbert Capps, 50, of 808 Peace Terrace, Raleigh, last Feb. 10 and then ordered him to serve an additional ten years for break ing into the home of Mrs. Laura Thornton, where the killing occur red, and threatening tfce life of Mrs. Thornton, **£• Young claimed Capps was med tiling in his affairs. Defense Attorney W. A. (Bill) Taylor of Dunn pleaded Young guilty to second degree itiurder and to the charge of housebreaking. He pleaded mercy for Young, but Judge Hubbard gave him the maxi mum for second degree murder and ordered the housebreaking sentence to begin at the expiration of the 30-year term. . District Solicitor Archie Taylor put on only two witnesses, Mrs. Thornton, and fceputy Sheriff George Hayes, who investigated. The slaying occurred that after noon about »:1» in the front yard at the home of Mrs. Thornton, who was caring for Mrs. Young’s child ren by a previous marriage. Testimony revealed. that Young had left his hospital bed in Dunn, where he was to undergo an opera tion the next day, and drove to the Thornton home and asked to see his wife. Mrs. Thornton testified she told him Mrs. Young: was not there and that he left. About 15 minutes later, she continued, Mrs. Young drove up with her brother, Capps. She went into the house apd Young drove up a moment later. Continued On Pag# ®ght Tobacco Ranges From $51 - $72 At The Opening The rapidly-growing Dunn Tob acco Market opened its 1965 selling season this morning with heavy volume and high prices ranging from |51 to $72 per hundred. ■ Sales Supervisor John O. Tho mas reported that the first row sold at the Big-4 Warehouse av eraged $62.03. Tht sis about ter cents a pound higher than last year’s prices. • - The two Dunn warehouses hat about 306,000 pounds or more on their floors at the opening today, a good part of which was loose leaf. Pampers generally appeared U be extremely well pleased and happy with the prices they re ceived Beth warehouses had. tobacco foi Thursday morning’s sales on floors already. There was Sale on the floor today w mart opened for the season U Of the tobacco was lopae leaf M much was MmI leaf ' the was tied. l«f& The government if J wpportipa te price of tied loaf as usual. S-ct s of farmeM( their famOM sweet to the ears of on lookers flm ouses this morn $1 .open th« op Audla Warblipg the song house drew a"iargfc' crhwtt Wf'a crowd almost as large found its way Intb' the planter’s Warehouse at the second sale. Tomorrow the first sale will be at the Planters Warehouse, the second at the Big Pour. This is the first tint* i» some years the market ;ha$„'qP*0ad f Wednesday. Usually it has open ed On a Thursday with two self tng days the first week. i i Jh President Norman Hardee Tobacco Board of Trade said that tobaCco was of a good 4ual«y that fie continued td predict top j>« oes for the week. Dunn Students Are Assigned Dunn district principal A. B. >hnson today announced pupil as gnments for the first three grades i local schools. Assignments for her grades will be published on hursday and Friday. Following is the Wst: Jury Couldn't Agfee On Other Charges Percy Free On 13 Counts WILMIKOTON (UPI) — A fe deral court Jury found J. Percy Flawera innocent on 13 opunts of conspiracy to avoid paying liquor twees today and came to “no ver L diet" in the other counts against the Johnston County merchant - farmer. Defense attorney Robert Gavin mmedlately moved to acquit F- j >wers on the other counts. Judge Thoiras Mitchie had >verruled such a motion before .he case went to the jury, but ■od Gavin after the jury’s verdict it » menjjferr^^uqUogton, C^^puijicJJJg shown presenting vlfey to the cit] <Mirn, Borneo/pt Opnp,-. lffqrti&jpsrpHn%>,%* Walter Krieder. of Bemco of Chicago looks on. All three manu (theturere are members ,,f BW1S9: Associates. Mr. Kreider is the group’s current president. Presentation of the fceynf® the icMVilloajkfrplJKte at,.the sUmmer|B*emco Asso^ates meeting in H^fthwton. ^ « ' West IviffiWw apA, ayor William Marsh* ner*B*e * 4* k sso©ates mee prt Attack Wat To M - &w Johnnie B. Bryant, 40, of Erwin, ROut* 1 died Tuesday, night »gbout fht «bn 12 o'clock at . home- of Leslie Whitehead on^pwln,;' Roufe f j COroner Paul Drew ordered an autopay conducted by E>r.*W. W, Stanfield. The, autopsy ^shanted death resulted from a heart attach Mr. Bryant was a fanner. Funeral services will, be held Thuim, from Pleasant Grove Fdee Win Baptist Church at 2 pjn. Of ficiating will be Rev. W. O. Lassi ter, paetor, and burial will follow (Continued on Page Eight) Leggett To Study Law At WF Buie s Creek Youth . Y'-V . Given Scholarship Carroll Harden Legyett ha* been awarded a Babcock 8cholraship at the Wake Forest College .School Leggett was a member of the first class of seniors to graduate from Campbell 6oHege after the former academy and Junior col lege made the change' to senior status. He had been a member of the Student Council and, for two years, co-editor of the campus newspaper. For excellent service to the college through the newspaper, he received the school’s Ernest R and Edna Cart Sams Award in Journalism. In his first year after gradua tion Leggett served as a teacher of English at Buies Creek High 8chool, and during that year he was awarded the Babcock Scho larahip for graduate study of En . Continued On Face Eight .. CARROLL LEGGETT Presem&tKeys to HVntm&ior, c:j it _ Budj Moser, President of Bemco oj|j:Ki|ntington, West Virginia, re cently hosted the mid - summer conference of Bemco Associates. Tills fast-growing group of bed rfirig'”manufacturers is comprised olf member plants from all over the United States; Canada and Mexico. A highlight of the three - day meeting took place at a formal dinner given for the group by Mr. and Mrs. Moser. Mr. Moser, who is a member of Huntington's City Council and Huntington’s "Man of the Year” for 1965, rep resented the mayor in the official presentation of the key to the city to Mr. William Marshbum. Mr. Marshbum. in addition to re presenting the member firm of Bemco of Dunn, North Carolina, received the presentation in- his official capacity as the mayor of Dunn. | During the business portions of the meeting Bemco’s first six mon ths sales showed an overall in crease of 25 percent with super size bedding showing a substantial increase over last year. This meeting also provided members the opportunity to in spect the recently eypanded faci lities of the Huntington plant. A large portion of the conference was devoted to round table discussions on the complete marketing, inerch andisinf and promotion of the rey ular Bemco line. HUMPHRIES NAMED Ronald S. Humphries of Falcon, Route 1 has been announced as manager of Farm Equipment Co. of Fayeteeville. The new dealer for John Deere farm machinery has zust been opened by Humphries and a group of others. Johnson Cotton Co. gave up the dealership two yeads ago. Another important facet 6f the meeting' was the approval of future advertising and promotional plans. It was decided that emphasis on color in the production of televis ion commercials would be impor tant in future production and that the preparation of these color films would also be utilized as general sales aids. The next scheduled conference of Bemco Associates will be held during the first week of December. he would entertain sucn a mo tion at his chambers in Charlotte*, v ile, Va. In December. The counts on which there were no verdicts included posession of whiskey stills and removal and concealment of non-tox paid li quor. 1. Flowers had been faced with more than 100 years in prison as maximum punishment on all the counts against him. It was a tremendous victory for Chief Defense Attorney Robedt L. (Bob) Gavin of Sanfrd. Attorney Gavin said today h* is .bgnfident Judge Mitohie will non-suit ii* other, cases against found he was not ispiraey and if he y of conspiracy, he ruilty of «he other gu:it||H wasn't^; couicWt charges.1 ingency •‘If a manicaif be corivjewd ot any crhhe such evidence a» that offered >T> ibis case, then all Of us had better start running,” Brother Named > RAliEi&fl (pPIt — Dani<* kelly % ‘ Muss' ‘of Mebrffce Tuesday^ Was ap pointed new burial commissioner of North Carolina by Gov. Dan Moore; f Muse succeeds C- E Jake Wal ker, Who iesighed In May. The new icommidsiorier is.(with the sales dipision of Mebane Lumber . Com pany and serves as bedding in spector for the State Board of Health. The new burial commissioner is a brother of Locke Muse, prom inest Dunn merchant and owner of. Muse Super Market. Mr. Muse said today his bro ther's appointment came as a sur pdise to him. “I didn’t learn until about two weeks ago that he wanted it and I had no idea he’d be appointed, but I'm happy for him,” said1 Muse. It was the most sought-after Job (Continued on Page E’ght) Mixon Leads Her Un I our First Lady Visits Harnett's Projects Mrs. Dan Moore, wife of the Governor, paid a brief visit to the County today. As a trustee of the North Carolina FuacL Mrs, Moore was on a tour of several counties to view the activities of the North Carolina Volunteers, a project spon sored by the Fund. Accompanying Mrs. Moore was Mr. Jack Mansfield, Project Dires :or for the Fund, and on hand to greet her were Mr. Willard Mixon, County Commissioner; Mr. C. R. Ammons, Chairman of Harnett’s Community Action Program; and Mr. Vem Porter, .Community Ser vices Consultant. Mrs. Moore was particularly in crested in a Day Care Center that las been organized and developed jy the Volunteers. Observing the ictivities of some twenty small try, Mrs. Moore expressed pleasure at ;he obvious progress being made by the children under the expert handling of Volunteers Julllette Douglas, Chotsey Eugenes and Ann Evans. -Obviously enjoying the attention of theie visitors, the children dis played their facility with scissors and paste and presented a short program of newly learned songs. The Volunteers, who will be de parting the County at the end of this week are making extensive ef forts to insure that the Center will continue after they leave. Im provement* have been made to meet (Continued Of, Page B) GET MARRIAGE ruwn Marriage licenses have been is. sued at Fayetteville to Curley MacArthur Jones of Dunn. Route 1 and Peggy Ann Wiliams and to £ Harvey Wayne McLean of Fay etteville, Route • t omarry Brenda ! Lee Bowden of Linden, Route 1.
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