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DUNN, N. C. THURSDAY
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NO. 166
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NUMBER 13 OMITTED FROM
WILL OF MRS. BUTLER
Mrs Malissa Butler, who died
here last week, left an estate val
ued at an estimated three quarters
of a million dollars. The exact val
ue isn’t known because an inven
tory hasn’t yet been filed.
September 13th was a lucky date
for at least some of the many
heirs and other beneficiaries list
ed in the will of the wealthy
Dunn woman.
For it was on the 13th that
Vicp President Norwood Stephen
son of The Commercial Bank op
ened her safe deposit vault and
took out the will in the presence
of Court Clerk Elizabeth Matthews,
John Ballance Lee, Mrs. Myrtle
Lee Wilson, Mrs. Juanita Lee
Tart, Mrs. Katie Lee DeMal and
Mrs. Ada Lee Fly. some of the
heirs.
Mrs. Butler might not have
wanted her will opened and read
on the 13th day of the month
because she was careful to omit
the No. 13 from the document
While numbering he bequests, she
wrote after the No. 12:
“There is no 13, because I am
superstitious of that number.’’
Mrs. Butler wrote Wt/* o'wn Will
In longhand - 15 pages of It, with
little notes, additions and dele
tions here and there. And some of
those little words here and there
meant thousands of dollars for
some heirs, thousands less for
others
But It appears that Mrs. Butler
remembered just about everybody
who might have expected to be
remembered, Including several ch
urches.
And she also remembered her
self, too.
MrsButler left $25,394.21 cash
in the bank and directed that it
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IN DURE
Miss Katie Mae Turner of Er
win is a patient in Duke Hospital
where she is undergoing physical
therapy. Miss Turner is on the
fourth floor in Strudwick Ward.
MARTIAL MUSIC — With a non-issue Item, hts guitar, conspicuously slung over his shoulder, a trooper
of the U. 3. First Cavalry Division debarks from a landing craft at Qui Nhon, South Viet Nam. (NEA
Radio-Telephoto) _ _
With Defunct Tractor Firm
Farmer Explains His Dealings
_____;--i Rnbpson Countv farmer Ted
As Sampson Sheriff
Watt T& Retire
With next year's primer*to Still
nine months away, Sheriff W.
Hall disclosed this week that
will not be * candidate for
election next year.
?£e
Hall Is now serving his third
four _ year term in the office.
He was first elected sheriff in
1954 and has served since that
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County To Ask Local Support
Buie s Creek Zoning
Study Is Proposed
The Harnett Coanty Board of
OommlBaionerft; h«8 asked assis
tance of th* State Department of
Conaervatton In a study of
the Buie’i CrMfc area with a view
Actor On Critical List
Spencer Tracy III
HOLLYWOOD (UPI) — 8pen- ,
0er Tracy was reported In critical
condition Thursday In Good Sam
aritan Hospital following surgery
earlier this week.
A spokesman for the hospital ta
id the two-ttfme Academy Award
winning actor vm admitted for
medical observation last Aug. SO.
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toward the possibility of aoning
the area.
Before such a survey is under
taken, however, full cooperation
of community leaders and other ci
tizens will be sought, Chairman
Jack Brock stressed.
Although no municipal election
has been held at Buie’s Creek in
recent years, the town’s charter is
still active, granted first time In
1903 and renewed in 1931.
Citizens of the town may decide
they want to reactivate their lo
cal government and hold an elec
tion, pointed out Brock
Victor Benton of the commun
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Miss Angier Pageant Saturday Night
Angier Event Begins Friday
Angler’s third annual Harvest
festival gets underway Friday night
as the “No-mads” swing into action
for a street dance from 9 p. m. to
midnight
Highlights Saturday will include
a parade, a rodeo and the crown
ing of the new Miss Angler of 1866
during an official Miss America con
last at the school auditorium Sat
urday night.
Festivities will end Sunday aft
ernoon with a Jaycee rodeo at Col
lins Arena in Angler.
Miss North Carolina. Penny Clark
of Sanford, will make guest ap
pearances at the parade and the
pageant Saturday. Miss Clark will
arrive at the town hall at 11 *• m.
with her escort. Mr. and Mrs. Ger
ald Young will assist the Tarheel
queen during her Angler visit.
A $100 US Savings Bond will be
awarded to a lucky door-prise Win
ihe parade, starting at l p. m.
lurday, will feature marching
during the street dance Friday
il. Admission to the dance will
bands, floats, etowna, the contest
ants for the betyty contest and
Miss North OMdttalfl,
Beginning at >:M p. m. Saturday
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and Sunday at the Collins Arena
on Wimberly Road, the Jaycees
will sponsor their first rodeo as
an official part of the annual fall
event. There will be fun for the
entire family. Among the events
will be Bronc-riding, calf roping,
barrel racing, bull riding and steer
wrestling.
Seven Angler lovelies will com
pete for the Miss Angler crown
Saturday night at 8 o'clock in the
school auditorium.
Miss Angler of 1965, Martha Cur
rin, will be on hand to crown the
new queen. Gerald Young will serve
as master of ceremonies. Included
in the evening of swimsuit, talent
and evening gown presentations will
be another appearance of Penny
Clark. Admission will be $1.50 for
adults and 75c for children.
Vying for this year’s title is a
bevy of Angler beauties Sheila Du
pree, Debbie Broadwell and Vir
ginia McLeod, Martha Campbell,
Winder Adams, Jane Monday, Un
da Olasgon,
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Robeson County farmer Ted
Smith explained why Fayetteville
Tractor and Equipment Co. wrote
to and for him checks totaling more
than $10,000 between November 1963
and eerly 1966. T,M££:
Smith told his story as Doiph
Berry held another of a series of
hearings at Fayetteville into the
operations of the tractor and farm
implement dealership.
The company has folded. Berry
was appointed receiver, and has
liquidated the firm.
Berry’s attorney carried Smith
one by one through the series of
checks that had drawn much of the
interest during earlier hearings.
Produces Checks
Smith explained what each was
for. He produced checks written
against his own account to prove
disposition of the money.
These are the purposes for which
Smith said the checks were writ
ten:
— The major portion were writ
ten to him as payment for used
equipment which Smith had Fay
etteville Tractor sell for him.
— Some were written to pay off
prior liens on used equipment which
Smith traded in on new.
— One $20,000 check was a loan.
Near the end of the examination
Berry asked Smith if he had actual
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Guerrillas Being;
Sought By Troops
Of Four Nations
SAIGON (UP!) — Strategic Air
Force bombers stacked suspected
Viet Cong strongholds in the Me
kong Delta for the first time to
day, It was the 25th attack of the
war for the Quam-based B52s and
their third in three days.
In the ground fighting thou
sands of infantrymen from four
nations pressed a search for gu
errillas in the Jungles 30 miles
north of Saigon but the Viet Cong
troops faded away beofre their
advances and the only contact was
sniper and mortar fire.
A South Vietnamese airliner
clashed moments after taheoff
trom Qtiang Ngai airport 330 mi
les northeast of Saigon today,
klUiifcg the 21 persons aboard.
An American and a Vietnamese
cabinet minister were killed - Ger
ry A Rose and Minister of Rural
Reconstruction Nguyen Tat Ung.
Rose was a correspondent for
the Saturday Evening Post who
took j a leave of absence tovseni
as an advisor to the VfffigjSteney
government.
American officials disclosed to
day that about 2,500 more U S.
troopis landed in South Viet Nam
Wednesday, boosting American
military strength to well over the
126,000 man mark. The latest ar
rivals are U. a Army logistical
and*Support personnel who went
ashore at Cam Ranh Bay Wed
nesday from the troop ship Breck
enridga.
The target of today's B62 raid
was an area of mangrove swamps
and flooded rice field# In Vin
Binh province.
Driver Charged
After Accident
Thomas Eugene Johnson, 28, of
Foui Oaks, was charged with fail
ing to yield right of way following
ar accident Wednesday about three
miles west of Dunn on Highway 421
at the intersection of rural paved
road 1703 near Zola's Barbecue.
Johnson allegedly pulled into the
path of a 1068 Chevrolet operated
by Mrs. Zelda Gray Barefoot of
Route 1, Newton Orove. Mrs. Bare
foot and a passenger In her ve
hicle, Mrs. Wesley Barefoot, were
treated for injuries at the Good
Hope Hospital in Erwin.
State Trooper E- W. Horton said
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Fannies Not on Welfare Can Qualify
Surplus Food Now
Available To More
Harnett’s surplus Mod program
has been expanded to provide a
limited amount to families of low
income with children not already
receiving welfare aid.
At present, the food distribution
is limited to those children whose
parents are drawing welfare ch
ecks. Approximately 200 families
are receiving this aissstance. Bill
Warren is in charge of distribu
tion
Harnett Welfare director Wet
cjier O. Hubbard, pointed out to
the county commissioners that
some-parents with children are in
the hardship class although they
have not asked tor welfare assis
tance and that they are deserving
ot help.
Commissioner J. E. Womble mo
ved that those in cases whese pah
ents “still have pride enough not
to apply tor welfare but are in
the economically, low income gr
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For Exceeding Membership Goal
Dunn Legion Cited
Information received here from
Department Headquarters of The
American Legion in Raleigh in
dicates that Dunn Post No. 89 has
conducted a highly successful
membership drive.
Glen Cox, Commander of the
Post, has received a letter from
Department Adjutant Nash McKee
reporting that Post No. 59 has
exceeded Its Legion Membership
incentive goal for 1986. The Leg
ion Adjutant expressed congrat
ulation* and thanks to the Post
leaders and membership workers
for their effort.
A statement of high praise for
the local fhwt was issued by J
Alvis Carver, Dunn, North Caro
Govf. Makes New Requirement of Harnett Schools
Harnett Seniors Can Integrate
FAIR JO ANN—The radiant smile of Jo Ann Pugh, 18,
of Ferris, Tex., is becoming a regular fixture at state
Sirs in the Lone Star StSTe.' v EatT yeXF Jo Ann was
Sweetheart of the Ferris Chapter of Future Farmers of
America and the year before she reigned on East Texas
Day as Miss Ferris. This year she’ll be on hand for the
Oct. 9-24 events in Dallas as a plain fair goer, although
there’s clearly nothing plain about Jo Ann.
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Toll Still Rising At 421-55 Intersection
Board Asks Signals
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At Dangerous Spot
The Harnett County Board of
Commissioners has esked the St
Me Highway Commission to erect
efectrlc traffic signals at the dan
gerous Intersection of Highways
4g) and 55, on the hill at Village
Open Air Market, Just north of
Erwin.
“This is one of the most dan
gerous traffic hazards anywhere
in this part of the state," declar
ed Chairman Jack Brock today.
“I have personally witnessed three
accidents there in recent weeks
and Commissioner Willard Mixon
was with me when two of them
occurred.”
Chairman Brock said he had
Just received a report from the
highway commission which shows
that 16 major accidents have oc
curred at the intersection bet
ween July of 1963 and July of 19«5
Two people were killed, 18 were
serloukly hurt, property damage
totaled over $100,000 and 14 drivers
were cited to court in these ac
cidents, he said.
And the report doesn’t cover do
zens f)t smaller smash-ups there.
"What we’re trying to do,” said
Chairman Brock, ‘‘is to have the
dangerous situation corrected be
fore a major disaster occurs there. .
It could happen at any time,”
A traffic count shows that more i
than one vehicle a minute crosses |
the Intersection.
Chairman Brock said he and '
other officials expect to confer
Personally with the highway com- i
mission at an early date regard
ing the need for traffic signals
there.
Harnett public schools, to meet
Federal civil rights requirements,
are mailing letters today to some
BOO seniors offering them another
change of schools.
The board of education followed
Instructions orf the office of U. 8.
Education Commissioner Francis
Keppel. in making the re-opening
the school assignment matter.
The board made its decision fol
lowing instructions from Keppel’s
office. The government made the
move mandatory in'order to meet
the requirements of the Civil Rights
Act
Harnett County schools had been
operating for two full weeks when
the board was faced with the fed
eral push.
Asst. Supt. Alton Gray said that
some 800 seniors will be Included
in the government’s instructions.
Letters are being failed today to
their parents, he said.
Actually, all Harnett students had
i right to attend any school they
iesired this year if they formally
requested a change from the board.
The new forms being mailed are
similar to forms mailed last spring
to parents of students of first,
second and ninth grades thia fan.
They simply allow a student to re
quest any school he chooses.
Gray said that the new offer
for seniors U not expected to re
sult in any major changes. Par
ents of seniors will have until 3
p. m. Thursday, Sept. 23, to return
the ’forms to principals of the
schools which their children now
are attending.
The earlier action by the board,
when it was faced with a court
srder to plan a racial integration
program, resulted in only some 60
sjegro students actually transferring
:o previously all-white schools.
The local board’s original plan
:or the first, second and ninth
grades was adopted and set up prior
,o the federal requirements of in
sluding freedom of choice for ths
2th grade, Gray said.
The Keppel order to Include the
,2th grade came Friday.
Gray said the new letter will give
jarents of 12th graders “the right
o choose the school they wish their
:hild to attend. That’s without re
tard to race, creed or color.”
"Hie federal guideline also in
cluded requirements that parents of
itudents al all grade levels be
[ivert a freedom of school choice by
968.
The Harnett plan, adopted pre
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since earlv Wednesday. Judith Carol Hyama, 23, was last seen by
her mother as she headed for Jackson Memorial Hospital in her
car. She was wearing a white hospital uniform.
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — Thirty American women and
children were evacuated by a U. S. Air Force plane today from this
capital which was the target of one samll Indian air raid.
HEIDELBERG, Germany — A D. S. Army sergeant in an
intelligence unit is missing, an Army spokesman said today. The
sergeants car was found near the Communist border. U. S. Ary
European Headquarters said Sgt. 1C Glen R. Roher of West Allis,
Wis., has been absent without official leave since Aug. 16.
Willi mas Pleads Guilty, Begs Mercy
10 Years For Wife-Abductor
Robert F. Williams, 30-year-old
Sanford car salesman originally
charged with kidnaping his es
tranged wife, Mrs. Ruth Williams,
28, threw himself on the mercy of
the Lee superior court.
Re pleaded no contest to four se
parate misdemeanor charges and to
violation of a probationary Judg
ment, imposed for assault on his
wife at the last superior court term.
|>u« to the legal inability of the
wife to testify against her husband
Ih 4 felony charge, Solicitor A, R.
Taylor dropped the more serious
kidnaping charge.
Judge Leo Carr sentenced Wil
liams to a total of 10 years in state
prison. The defendant received a
series of five two-year prison terms
on separate offenses, each term
ordered to begin at the expiration
of the other.
On August 10, the bizarre inel
dents out of which arose the kid
napping charge took plaie.
Williams was accused of abducting
his estranged wife by force from a,
parking lot of W. KoUry Company
and forcing her to accompany him
an a wild 14-hour ride over Cha
tham, Harnett and Wake counties
before he released her unharmed
at his brother’s house near Dunn.
Mrs. Williams testified the pair
separated June 14. They are not
divorced. .
Specifically. Williams through hfa
attorney Jim ftoyle, submitted •»
iulity to assault3 oh his wife, as- -
aault with a deadly weapon cm bis
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