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NO. 19*
RENEWING OLD ACQUAINTANCES — Back again for another “Big Meeting" are, left to right, Dr. Louis Shauffer, Bowman Gray Medi
cal School; Dr. tVilliam M. Nicholson, Duke Medical Center; Dr. J- Street Brewer, past president of the North Carolina Medical Society,
Dr. M. E. Eyerman, secretary-treasurer of the Harnett County Medical and Dental Society; Dr. Olenn L. Hooper, chairman of the "Big
Meeting" committee since its beginning; Dr. Amos N. Johnson, past president of the North Carolina .Medical Society-end current president
of the American Academy of General Practicioners; Dr. Robert J. Reeves, Ofie of theorlgirrai Duke -University group meeting with the
Harnett County Medical Society in the late 1930’s; Dr. Luther Doffermyre, Dunn; Dr. Mason Mead, dean of Bowman Gray Medical School;
and Dr. James Barnes, executive secretary of the North Carolina Medical Society.
Man Is Fined
$35 For Two
Auto Offenses
Lentho Owens, 22-year-old Fay
etteville man, was ordered to pay
$35 tine and court cost today when
Judge Woodrow Hill, presided oven
Dtirth’s Recorder's Cotirt-.
Owens was charged with driving
with no operators license and driv
ing on the left side of tre road.
Also tried for no operator's lic
ense this morning was Willie Jones,
a 46-year-old resident of Dunn, who
paid a $25 fine and court cost.
The case of James McLamb, 19
year-Old Fayetteville youth was nol
pressed. McLamb was charged with
no operators license and GS20-141A
(traveling at a greater rate of
speed than existing conditions
maintain as reasonable and pru
dent).
Other cases heard today were
Gordon Jack Hodgins, 46, Canada,
public drunkenness, cost; Donald
Daniel, 28, Godwin, two cases of
public drunkenness, cost; andl Lor
ene Brewer Griffin, 36, Fayetteville
GS20-141A., cost.
MR. FATE DIES
Adolph L. aPte, 63, of Pikeville,
brother of Mrs. Inez Thornton of
Newton Grove, died Saturday. Fun
eral services were conducted this
afternoon at St. Joseph Methodist
Church there with burial in Deans
Cemetery. «
Harnett Doctors Host
Top Medical Brass
Attends Dunn Meet
By WES LEFLER
Once each year, deep in a pine
forest near here, time turns back.
Par away are stainless steel, sur_
gical green and air conditioning.
Just for a day, they exchange
their glass-walled offices for a
pine needle carpet and a rustic log
cabin.
It's called the ‘‘Big Meeting.”
Surgeons, specialists, dentists,
veterinarians and medical admin
istrators from the state’s three
medical schools come to Harnett
County to eat steak and ’taters
with their country cousins.
Sponsored by the Harnett
County Medical and Dental So
ciety, the “Big Meeting” was
started 20 years ago, and the
old timers says the meeting’s fla
vor hasn’t changed a bit.
This year the outing was held
on Wednesday with invited guests
from Duke University, the Uni
versity of North Carolina and
Bowman Gray as well as more
than a score of doctors from Win
ston-Salem to Wilmington.
On “Big Meeting*’ day the
crowd began to gather Just af
ter lunch for golf, dove hunting
and fishing.
Swanson Prepares Feast
The feast started about dark
under the direction of V. C. Swan
son, head man at the “Big Meet
Schedule Is Announced
Erwin Mills IsTaking
Mr. C. W. Howell, manager of
Erwin Division, Burlington Indus
tries, In., announed today a hange
in the shedule for taking applica
tions for jobs. ,
Applications are taken at the old
park center in front of the fire de
partment
The new schedule will be as fol
lows: Monday, *:30 to 10:30 a, nv
Wednesday, 5 to 7 p. m.; Friday,
•:30 a. m. to 10:30 a. m.
The only change in time Mr. Ho
well noted, is on Wednesday when
the time was changed from 1:15
p. In. to S?15 P- m. to the new time.
ing” each year.
Appetite* were partially apPeas_
still, 'five gallons of pickles, two
gallons of olives and 15 gallons
of ice-cold lemonade
‘■But even then,” Swanson says,
‘‘the first few rounds, of steaks
went as fast at I could cook
them.”
He grills 50 at a time on an
open fire.
The steaks are so big, Swanson
says that he has yet to see one
man eat two whole steaks.
“There are always a few who
try to eat two, but two 24-ounce
steaks make a lot of meat,” he
says. A retired service station
owner, Swanson is an honorary
member of the Society. Jle pre
sides at each dinner meeting.
Held each year at the Dr. Paul
G. Parker cabin and lake 10 miles
from Dunn, the gala stag party
also features entertainment and
a business session. Entertainment
this year was by the Capitones, a
Raleigh barber shop quartette. .
Dr. Glen L. Hooper looks on
the unique annual affair as a
sort of old-fashioned homecoming.
Dr. Hooper has headed the ‘‘Big
Meeting,” committee since its In
ception.
“Our aim,” he says, “is to pro
vide an afternoon and evening of
relaxation, good food and pro
fessional fellowship for our as
sociates in medical school* and
private practice.”
The only meeting of its type
in North Carolina, the "Big Meet
tng” was conceived in the late
‘30’s when a few Duke guest* were
invited to attend the Society’s an
nual meeting.
The first recorded minutes of,
the Harnet* Opwrty .Medical So
ciety are dated Masch 15, 1929
when 12 doctors held- quarterly
meetings. The only diving member
of that group is- Dr. C.;L. Coiv
bett. !>!■>>.,,i
, As early .at 1MB diiuier meeting*;
were held occasionally- on * the
farms of membeijp, ,'but it was not
until 1939 that guest* were Utfdted
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Dunn and Erwin Jaycetp will be
loin hosts to members of nine clubs |
comprising the Seventh District at
the annual dinner and business ses-1
aion to be held Wedntsday night In
the Dunn American Legion banquet
hall on the Jonesboro Road.
plans for the meeting were an
nounced today by Dnnn Jaycee
President Archie Wood end Sr
wdin Jaycee President Perry Lu
cas.
A social hour * wtil he held at
7:30 and the meeting will begin at
S o’clock.
District President Dennis Pope
of Smith field, formerly of Dunn,
will preside.
State Representative Billy Britt
of Smithfield will be the principal
speaker. Also on the program will
be Freddie Breeden of St. Pauls,
a national Jaycee director.
Clubs in this district are Dunn,
Erwin. Coats, Angier, Benson, lil
ting ton, Smithfield, Selma and
Suits Filed For
$30,000 Damages
FAV^TTEVIIXE — A civil ac
tion asking for $30 000 in damages
as a result of an auto accident
on Jan. 9 has been filed in Cum
berlarid Superior Court
According to the suit, Helen
Hubbard, a .minor.- was fUUng'Sac
’ a passenger in a car driven by
Herman Bay Bullard, 814 Southern
Ave., when the car collided with
an ambulance on Eastern Blvd.
The ambulance was being driven
by Dallas Dafford of Dunn, and
was bringing an injured man from
the Dunn hospital to Cape Fear
Valley Hospital.
Nine persons were injured in
the accident.
The suit alleges the ambulance
was speeding on Eastern Blvd.
when it was struck by the Bul
lard car, which was crossing the
Boulevard on Bussell St.
Miss Hubbard claims she re
ceived permanent and disfiguring
injuries.
Named as respondents in the ac
tion are Herman Ray Bullard,
Herman Bullard, Dallas Dafford
and Walter Dallas Dafford Jr
CAMPBELLS VISIT
Mr. and Mrs Ottfs Campbell
and Mrs. Mattie Campbell of Sil
isbury were fcveekend guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Locke Campbell.
Moore is Not 1
Considering
Special Term
RALEIGH (UPI) — GW. Dan K
Moore said today the respportlon
ment suit filed in federal court is
“unwarranted” and the present le
gislative and congressional districts
will be defended by every legal
meins.
**|r 'have directed the attorney
general to take all legal steps neces
sari to protect the North Carolina
*y»e:n of representative govem
mw” the governor said in a pre
paid statement read at his week
ly flews conference.
“The suit entered in federal
oourt earlier this month to
require redistricting of our Gen
eral Assembly and our congres
sional districts is unnecessary."
He said North Carolina’s legisla
ture is patterned after the federal
system with one House apportion
ed on the basis of population and
the other on geography.
"This system has served North
Carolinians well, and it will be
defended by every legal means.’
m answer to a question, he said
he . -definitely is not considering a
special session of the legislature at
this time.
In other action, the governor:
—Approved the appointment by
tre State Probation Commission of
, DJllfnlr~. Ctextf elter of Lexington
as rlfector He succeeds W. C. Co
hoon.
—Said the transfer of patients be
tween the state mental hospitals
and retardation centers at Golds
boro and Kinston were “made to
comply with the new federal civil
rights law enacted by Congress. The
state of North Carolina had no
choice in this matter.’’ He said a
committee had been appointed to
ingestigate complaints and report
to him.
Moore took a defiant stand on
the question of the federal reap
poitionment suit.
He said he could not predict how
the state’s resistance will turn out.
He said the state has devised no
plan in case it meets defeat and
no plan will be devised until the
court acts.
Asked why he thought North Car
olina would have more success de
fending against the law-suit than
have neighboring states Moore said:
“We have gone ahead and done
what we thought was proper." He
said he thinks the present apport
ment of the legislature is "proper.”
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Wife Is Badly Injured
Former Erwin Man
Is Killed In Kansas
The. vacation of Mr. and Mrs.
William G. Parker and family of
Denver, Colorado, terminated In
tragedy, Thursday, when the 1961
Plymouth operated by Parker was
completely smashed under a tractor
trailer, in Oberline, Kansas.
Parker- a former resident of Dunn
and son' of Mr. ans Mrs. L. C.
^Parker of Route 4, Dunn, attended
Erwin High School and William
.Carter Bible College in Goldsboro.
At one time he was assistant man
ager of McCrory's here.
'-Mr. and Mrs. Parker have been
residing in Colorado for three and
a haJfTears during which time they
have not been home.
The accident, whjch- took the life
of Parker and seriously injured his
wife, involved two cattle tractor
trailers. 1 .
The first trailer made- a left turn
in front Of the Plymouth and forced
it to Skid under the rear of the
truck crushing the; car, and caus
ing it to be thrown into the path of
an oncoming truck. The car ripped
open upon impadj. and plunged
through ■» 30 foot enbankment.
Billy suffered maaahre chest in
juries which lacerated both lunge
and crushed his entire diapbram.
He lived from 11:30 p. m. to 11:40
on the 18th.
Mrs. Parker suffered a badly
: rushed leg injury, severe cuts on
the face and chest. Both jaws were
broken and deep gashes were found
on both legs.
The children were not Injured.
Parker worked for the Great
L«kes railroad in Salt Lake City,
Utah before being transferred to
the Great Lakes office in Colorado
is conptroller. He had planned to
nove his family to Dunn if he
Found a job here.
Funeral services are incomplete
md will be announced later.
Survivors other than his wife and
:wo children include his parents,
VIr. and Mrs. L. C. Parker of Route
1. Dunn; four sisters, Mrs. Barbara
Evans of Route 1, Oodwin; Mrs.
ludith Hudson of Route 4. Dunn;
Sirs. Margie Stephens of Erwin; and
dearie Parker of the home; two
Drothers, Neill and Ray of the
iome; his maternal grandparents,
Hr. and Mrs. 3. T. Autry. Aufcry
hlle. Route 1; and hia paternal
p-andmot^er, Mrs. Minnie Parker
"ederal, State Grants Are Announced
Dunn Hospital Funds Approved
ROBERT H. JONES
First Citizens Official To Discuss Wills
Bank Trust Officer
To Address Rotary
Robert H. Jones, Trust Officer of
flrst-QtMzens Bank and Trust Com.
Benson Official
Resigns Post
The resignation of Dr. John H.
Chapin from the board of com
missioners was received and ac
cepted “with regret" at the reg
ular meeting of the town gov
erning board Monday night.
Dr. Chapin’s service of four
years and five months will be
commemorated in a resolution of
appreciation being drawn by
Tcjwn Manager Don Archer ait
the direction of Mayor Robert
A. Tart and the other members
of the board. Dr. Chapin is leav
ing Benson in October to estab
lish his practice in Sanford.
A replacement for Dr. Chapin
will be named at an early date.
Absent from the regular Septem
ber meeting was Commissioner
Charles Turlington who is expect
ed to return to his home in Ben
son this week from a four week
stay at Johnston Memorial Hos
pital in Smithfield where he has
been recuperating from a heart
attack suffered in mid-August.
Turlington and other comsnis
innntlmnH on Pare A
pany of Fayetteville, will speak to
the Dunn Rotary Club Tuesday
night. His speech is entitled, “The
Advantages of a Well-planned
Will.”
Mr. Jones, a graduate of Wake
Forest Law School, has been with
the Trust Department of First
Citizens Bank for a number of
years. He worked in Hickory and
Raleigh before he transferred to
Fayetteville. He presently serves
th Fayetteville, Clinton and Dunn
areas.
The speaker will be Introduced by
Rotarian Bari Mahone, vice presi
dent of the local branch of First
Citizens.
Federal funds amounting to $6.7
illlion and $200,000 in state money
ms allocated late Friday by the
itate Medical Care Commission for
he construction of 11 new medi
al facilities in North Carolina.
The total cost of the new prpl
cts will amount to $24 million,
fhen local funds are included, said
Villiam F. Henderson, executive
ecretary of the commission.
He said approximately 700 beds
will be added to the States hospi
tal system with the approval of
the new projects. .
With $63 million worth of medical
projects currently In the planning
stage or under construction and the
$24 million approved Friday, Hend
erson said “there’s more money
tied up in hospital construction
than at any other comparable per
iod in the history of the commis
sion’s work."
Projects approved included: the
new 118-bed hospital at Dunn, $1
million In federal funds, $100,000
in State money — total coat $2.5
million. ■ »
Alao promised from the 1966 f*d
eral allotment to N C. was an addi
tional $138,500 grant to the n*W
Dunn hospital.
In addition to this federal and
state movwy, Dunn will also hage
the following funds for use In
erecting the new hospital:
Wont Town of Dunn bonds. $550,
'906; from Betsy Johns*® Wemort*
[Hospital funds now on hand, $298,
1339.33. The hospital has also been
i given authority to mortgage the
present hospital property, if ne
cessary, for an additional $200,600
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Routine Cases
In County Court
Clennon Clay of Angler, Rt. X
was sentenced to six months on the
roads in Harnett Recorder’s Court
for larceny of a radio. The court
recommended he be examined and
treated for an epHepic condition.
Truby Richard Kye, Sanford, who
was charged with no operator’s lic
ense and driving under the influen
ce, elected to take six months on
the roads Instead of a Job on the
work release program and was com
mitted. Kye had the chance to work
on a job with pay during the day,
stay in Jail at night, but refused tt,
preferring to take a straight nofcd
sentence.
Ted Johnson, Lillinton, charged
with assault on Billy Ray Weft,
pleaded not guilty, but the coifrt
found him guilty. Prayer for Judg
ment was continued for two ymjrn
on the condition the defendant |e
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TOKYO (UPI) — Communist
China today said Chinese fighter
planes shot down a U. S. F104 Jet
fighter over the island of Hainan
Monday and captured the pilot.
The pilot was idestifled as Capt.
philips E. Smith, serial No. 4366,
in the dispatch broadcast by the
official Red Chinese New China
News Asrencv (NCNA).
The agency said the pilot was
captured after parachuting from
his plane despite attempts to es
cape.
NONA said the F104 jet fighter
was shot down over Hoihow, a
principal port on Hainan which H*b
in the South China Sea east of 4lte
Oulf of Tonkin and off the coast
of Communist North Viet Nam."?
India Ordered To Dismantle Bases
Chinese Reds Fire On
Prime Minister Lai Bahadur |
Shastrt of India dharged today'
Communist Chinese troops fired on
Indian forces in two widely-se
parated sections of their border*
ilong the Himalayas- Peking Sun
Jay announced it was extending its
leadline for the dismantling of In.
lian bases along the frontier by
:hree days.
Communist China had given India
i 72-hour ultunatium to comply -
vith its demands or fate “grave
consequences.” But shortly before
►.he scheduled expiration of the
deadline at 1 p. m. EDT Sunday,
Peking informed New Delhi the
leadline had beep moved bgc* tp
"before midnight" Wednesday noon
EDT Tuesday- uv;. .
There were reports Bed Chinese ,
troops already were massing along
the frontier. .
UP1 correspondent John A. BM
ton reported from, Gangtok. cap!tot
at the Communistjnenaeed Hima
layan state of Sikkim, that the
Chinese Communist military build
up across the border continued te
day. Barton watched the Red sold,
iers approach, towithln SO* yards of
the Tibet-SUUUm border Sunday.