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Gets Results
Partly cloudy and warm today, to
nl*ht and Friday with widely scat
tered showers and thundershowers
in the evenings.
DUNN, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 83, 1965
MO. M
Escaped Con, i
Two Others
Are Captured
Monroe Cummings, S0|-year-old
escaped convict and two compan
ions, all with records of breaking
and entering, were arrested early
Thursday in a stolen aotomobile
after a chase with Ullington Po.
lice Chief Paul Stogsdtll.
Chief Stogsdill took William R.
Gray, 21, Of Sanford, into custody
ime^sdiatejy; Larry Dull, 24, of
Sanford, captured a few min
utes later with bloodhounds, and
Cummin** was taken into custody
’ shortly afterwards.
Chief Stogsdill said he became
suspicious about 2:25 a. m. when
he spotted the 1963 Chevrolet with
Georgia license and started pur
suit.
He followed the car, with his
light blinking and siren running,
from the center of town out on the
prison camp road Just before
reaching a dead-end. the car driven
bv Cumminbs tried to ram the side
of the police car.
Stogsdill ran the car Into the
dead end, where it crashed Into a
ditch The police car hit a curb
at about 80 miles an hour and
swerved around. All three occupants
of the $ar ran. StogsdlHe caught
Gray quickly, then summoned
bloodhounds and Deputies Roger
Lvon and Sherwood West..
They d»vs overtook Dull and
Ciimminvs was arrested about day
brdhk. He ww charged With care
less and reckless driving, larceny
of the auto and possession of vod
ks, whiskey and a auantltv of beer.
The twd companies were charged
with aiding and abetting and as
accessories.
Cummings was returned to the
Harnett prison camp where he
had escape. Stogsdill said Dull was
on parole for breaking and enter
ing and the other naan has two
convictions for breaking and en
tering. '!
Area Students
Enroll At UNC
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dents who have ^ift-olled in the
dents who have enrolle din the
freshman class at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
They are James, Robert Adams,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Adams,
Route 1, Bunnlevel; Ronald Kemp
Ashley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kemp
H. Ashley, Angler; Ann Elaine Cole
man, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hal
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DTJNN’S NEW EAOtE STORE HAS GRAND OHENtJWS — City and chamber of commerce officials
were among the large crowd present this morning for the opening of the new Eagle Store in the Wayne
Avenue Shopping Center. Shown in top photo, left to right, are, C. J. Ftrguson, III, of Charlotte, per
sonnel director and head of store operations; Di'triet Supt. X. J. Terry of Florence. S| C.. City Coun
cilman O. W. (Bill) Godwin, Jr., and M. J. McSorley, local Chamber of Commerce official and bank
executive. Shown below are some of the company executives and store personnel gathered for the event,
left to right, Mr. Ferguson, son of the company's founder And president; J. J. Eldrich, Earl Hinson, L.
B. Maimey of Charlotte a buyer; B. R. Eason manager of the Bordeaux store at Fayetteville; Mr.
Terry; M. J. O’Sullivan, manager of the downtown store in Fayetteville; and J. R. Thomas, manager
at Bennettsville, S. C. (Daily Record Photos by Russell Bassford.) >
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Charles Beyer's Son Gun Victim
WEST LOS ANGELES, Calif.
(UP!) — Screen star Charles Boy
er’s only son, Michael, 21, died of
a self-inflicted gunshot wound at
hie home -'•arly today, police re
ported. . |
Detectives who said the young
man “had a record of doing funny
things with gun* were unable to
say immediately whether pie shoot
ing was accidental.
Officers said •oyer's girl friend,
Marilyn Campbell, 22, was with him
in the den when the shooting oc
curred but had her back turned.
Legal Status In State
School Group Without
RALEIGH (UPI)—Secretary of
State Thad Eure planned to notify
the Southern Association of Col
leges and Schools today it needs
his approval to operate in North
Carolina.
Eure based his action on an
opinion Wednesday by Assistant
State Attorney General Ralph
Moody that the education associ
ation should be required to ob
tain a certificate of authority to
operate in North Carolina. .
Though hot now authorized to
do business in this state, the as
sociation has threatened to dis
accredit State schools of higher
learning because of the law which
prohibits appearance of Commun
ist speaker*
Col. Willtpu* T. JoynW of Ra
(Con tinned on rage •)
Boyer’s roommate, John Klrsh, 22,
was in another room watching tele
vision,
. According to police, Miss Camp
bell had told -Boyer earlier in the
evening that she wan breaking off
their romance. He had then threat,
eijed to kill himself and had held
a 38-caliber anub-nore revolver to
his head.
Officers said the fatal bullet had
been the only one in the pistol.
Five others were found on a table
next to the body, Indicating he
might have been playing “Russian
roulette," they said.
Boyer, a gun collector, was known
Boosters Club
Reorganize
An organizational meeting will
be held Monday night at the Dunp
.High School gym to form an active
Boosters Club to back athletic pro
grams In Dunn. ..
in making the armouricerrierit Dr.
Bill Lilly and Wilty Forbes noted
that the present ’Organization is
inactive and with so much, invest
in athletics * Dunn j»c
ive club would be an advantage ttr
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Plans are now in full swing for
Benson's 16th AiinUal Mule Day
Celebration to be held Friday, Sat
urday, and Sunday. The towly mule,
onc.e a necessary agricul
tural ingredient who .has for all
practical purposes been ■ made ex
tinct by mechanization Will share
the spotlight during the Cour-day
event with two beauty contests, a
Crade. a epeeoh by Lt. Governor
b Scott 1 street! dance, w don*
key softball game, two rdfeo per
formance* and a fireworks display.
The Mule'Day Celebration opens'
Thursday night at i o'clock tn the
Benson High School auditorium
when the Jayceas sponsor the an
nual “Miss Benson’' beauty page
ant. ; *>- 1 "* - ■ •> % u!.
The program' Friday morning
will bt held at Bensdn's Singing
Grove. Leading off at 9:30 wfU
be a trick bore* display Judging
of individual end pairs of mudea
ie set for 10 o*«ioek. followed by
mule puffing contests at 10do.
J. M. Cutchin off Whitakers, who
had ihe Grand Champion mule at
'Benson last year, will have on dis
play at this year’s event 26 show
mute*. /'. a ,-,i n-‘..
I' • The presentation of miniature*
mule trophies to the whtoerg of
the mule judging and pulling con
test is Set for n a m. Friday.
A luncheon will be held at the
Benspn p American. Legion Building
at 12:30 pm. Friday for Mule Day
committee chairmen, out-*of-town
guests, and fudges. Lieutenant
. Conthmed On Page Mn)i-.<
to have played “Russian roulette”
before, the detectives said. Only
a few nights ago he had shot out
a large o glass window in the hou
se, which Is loiaetd In the fash
ionable Cold-water Canyon section
north of Beverly Hills.
ee Officers
fos Wrecked
LONDON (OPI) — A gang of
10 men, whooping like American
Indians and armed with guns, axe
iahdles and iron bars, today at
»oked a payroll car and its police
sscort and escaped with $89,600.
ro*r automobiles were wrecked In
lie wild attack.
Three police in the escorting pat
til car were injured. One had seri
es head Injuries but the other
wo were able to leave the hospital
tfter treatment. Also injured wore
he five employes of a bullcttng con
ractor in the car carrying the
Apron and the driver of a steam
oiler who tried to block one if
he yetaway cars. Polict captured
me man. He was carryinv a load
id revolver but apparently had
nade no attempt to use It.
Ajbout 10 men. wearing stockiny
nasks, carried out the raid with
iplit second timing at 10 a. m.
n Sorth London.
‘‘It was just like a battle field.”
lalin road laborer Fred Nutt, 22.
“The gang went berserk. They
screamed as If they were red In
dians yelling war cries.”
Tfhe payroll car. followed by the
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e’ Order
bent
The Central Prison Variety Slur
will climax a big day of event
at Coats this Saturday. The Coat
Junior Order Is sponsoring- thi
event.
Beginning at 1:00 that afternoon
a variety of games have beer
planned with prizes awarded th«
winners. A pipular string banc
will perform beside the Town Hall
HaU and a talent show will be
featured at this time, too
Refreshments will also be serv
ed
That night the Central Prison
Variety Show wl'I perform in the
Coats School auditorium at 7:30.
Tickets for this are being sold
by the Junior Order members or
can be purchased at Johnson 8c
Norris Real Estate office.
The tickets are selling at $1
under 12.
for adults and 50c for children
KING’S ARMS MANAGERS — Pictured here are Mr. and Mrs.
Wally Stephenson, managers of the King’s Arms Restaurant,
. which opened for business here last night. A large crowd was
present for tht opening and showered compliments on the new
eating' place and its management. Wally and June spread a real
• feast in the manner that food should be served. Already popular
with local citizens and making many friends here, Mr. and Mrs.
-Stephenson came to Dunn from Lansing, Michigan. The King’s
Arms features a luncheon buffet daily and a buffet all day Sun
days. (Daily Record Photos by Russell Bassford.)
LEAD LILLINGTON DRIVE — Lillington commit teemen and college officials met at Wade’s Restau
rant Tuesday morning to plan county-seat area par iclpation in the current statewide drive for Camp
bell college. Seated (1. - r.) are Jake Lamm, Archie Taylor (chairman), President L. H. Campbell,
Rev. Don Bowen, Rev. Robert Park, and Robert M >rgan, Sr. Standing are John Wilboume, Ed McCor
mick. James Goff, Ray Edwards, Bobby Wicker, Rev. Frank Grill, and George V. McCotter, director of
development at the college. *.
Harnett Drive Is Well Underway
Nothing succeeds like success
If not another dime were given
In the statewide campaign of Hen
derson Belk’s •‘Million Dollar Ca
binet’’ for Campbell College, the
results already gained since the
i movement started In mid-Julj
would add up to the school’s big
gejst s ngle financial return ever.
Campbell'* home county expect
7 to raise at least one-feroh <ST Th
l total million-dollar goal, Arch!
j Taylor, local chairman, told th
. Lillington committee for Camp
bell meeting at Wade’s Restauran
Monday morning- With the sys
tematic drive, in Harnett Just be
ginning, $44 thousand has already
been raised in Harnett, a spoke*
man for the county committee tolc
the Lillington group.
Helping the local commitee can.
vass the county-seat area will be
the Lillington Jaycees. This fact
alone, Taylor said, will assure that
the drive which is to begin here
Monday will be vigorous and thor
ough.
James Goff, Jaycee president,
and other members attended the
meeting at Taylor’s invitation.
Taylor pointed out that in helping
to develop Campbell the members
will be serving a major purpose of
the Junior Chamber of Commerce
—the economic development of
their town, A good college is a
main attraction for Incoming busi
ness and industry, Taylor pointed
out.
Goff agreed that at this point
their careers moat Jaycees have
‘‘more energy than money.” and
that the opportunity to push this
promotion gives the hardworking
Junior Chamber members a chance
for major service to the county..
The Lillington effort coincides
with similar local drives in all
other communities of the county
to help raise this fall the one mil.
: Hon dollars Campbell needs to re
tire short-term capital debt on it
R>»ienca buildins’ and the $250 thou
sand library wing now under con
struction on the campus.
Overall chairman of the county
effort is W. L. Corbin, Dunn en
gineer and contractor, who is one
of the 16 top N. O- business men on
the taUien Dollar Cabinet “Our
people realize that we are long
overdue in this effort, Corbin told
a meeting of the cabinet in Ra
leigh last week. “We citizens in
Harnett County are on the mote.”
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PHILADELPHIA UPI)—A Phi
ladelphia neuropsychiatrist said
Wednesday that about two mil
lion Americans have attempted
suicide at least once.
Dr. Morton Herskowitz told a meet
ing of the American College of
Neuropsychiatrists that his study
showed females make twice as
many suicide attempts as males but
men are twice as successful.
He said the Christmas season
and spring were the peak periods
for suicides.
Dr. Herskowitz rejected the the
ory that suicide was a longing for
death by pointing out that ap
proximately 80 per cent of all un
successful suicidals interviewed
were Triad they did not suceed
Dr. Herskowitz is assistant pro
fessor of neuropsychiatry at the
Philadelphia College of Osteopa
thy.
Baptists Will Elect
Deacons on Sunday
Each year the First Baptist
Church elects deacons and deacon
nesses to serve for a three year
term. The present deacons make
the nominations, usually three
times as many as there are vacan
cies to be filled.
At the close of the worship ser
vice. Sunday, September 26, mem
bers o f the church will vote from
the following list:
Emmett Aldredge, Sr.; Sam Ausley
Mac Barefoot, Howard Bass, Ed
win Boyette Richard Carr, James
R. Coats, W. E. Cobb, J. P Crump
lert Royee Crumpler Eugene Driv
er R O Ennis, Lewis Gavin, Howard
Godwin, Sr., Felton Holland, Kie
: Hudson, Earn F. Hudson, Ho
• ward M Lee. Sr.. C. T. McGugan
O O Manning, Dallas Matthews
Willard Mixoh Lloyd Pope, H. Paul
Strickland, J. Norman Yates, Mrs.
W M. Brannan, Mrs George Brit
ton, Mrs, Davis Catlett, Miss Aman
da Culp Mrs J. M; Dawson, Mrs.
Irene Dixon, Miss Lilian Drangh
on, Mrs Harvey Eldridge, Jr, Mrs.
J. S. Farthing Jr Mrs Herman
Green Mrs Earl Hawley, Mrs
James Hawley Mrs. Harold Jen»l
gan. Mrs J. R. McCall, Mrs Ralph
Maxwell, Miss Ophelia Matthews.
Mrs Taylor Newton Mrs. John
Parker Mrs Charles Skinner, Mrs,
W. H. Slocumb, Miss Letie Strick-1 j
land, Mrs Furman Turoage, Mrs
Luther Turner and Mrs. Albert
Watkins
Deacons whose term expires
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Stephenson, Huffman Seek Presidency
CHARLOTTE (Ut*I)— A show
down between backers of defeat
ed gubernatorial candidates I.
Beverly Lake and Ir. Richardson
Pryer was expected when the North
Carolina Young Democratic Clubs
open their annual three-day con
vention on Friday.
Vigorous presidential campaigns
have been conducted by A. J. Ste
phenson o* Lillllngton and Robert
Huffman of Monroe for the post
being vacated by George Miller of
Durham
■Stephenson has the backing of
Lake’s supporters, while Huffman
was supported by the go-called
Preyer faction. The «laction was
scheduled Saturday moraine.
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A. J. Stephenson of Lillington to
day Claimed victory in his bid tor
president of the Young Democratic
Clubs of North Carolina.
In a prepared statement. He said
"On the eve of the election of the
next president of the Young Demo
cratic Clubs of. North Carolina I
am confident of victory.
'‘After counting, my delegates and
committee votes* my total now
reaches over TOO,” he said. “With
approximately 1,000 cfenvention
votes to be cast, this assures my.
supporters of victory.** |i „
The YDC will select its next |pa
sident to succeed George MfUer
af Durham at its state cooventtpn
starting Friday in Charlotte. «
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Stephenson, supported by hacMrs
of former gubernatorial candidate
[. Beverly Lake, la opposed by Ro
bert Huffman of Monroe, supported
by the wing of the Democratic
party which backed the gubesnatgr,
ial campaign ef L. Richardson Prey