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The Record
Gets Results
DUNN, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, fccTOBER 25, 1965
NO. US
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DUNN BEATS LUMBERTON 14
WINSTON SALEM, N
SEE STORY ON PA&
E. Baear & Sons, Inc. Badly Damaged By Smoke
Fire Destroys Dunn Pharmacy
Both Business
Firms To Reopen
Soon As Possible
F:re early this morning de
stroyed Dunn Pharmacy, one of
the t>wn’s oldest and lurgest drug
stores, and heavy smoke damage
was done to E. Baer & Sons, Inc.
nextdoor6
It was the worst and most
costly fire to hit the main street
of Dunn’s business district in
years.
Damages to the drug store and
building were estimated at from
$(>0,000 to $80,000 and damages
done by smoke to E. Baer & Sons,
In:., a department store, applian
ce and furniture store, were esti
m ited by firemen at from $25,000
to $50,000, possibly more.
The drug store and Its con
, tents were owned by C. Otis War
ren, one of the town’s oldest drug
store operators, and his daughter.
Miss Allene Warren. The build
ing was- owned bv My. eafid Mrs.
Otis Warren and J. 'W. Whitehead
III and his brother, Preston, of
Richmond, Vfl. E. Baer and two
sons, Sam’ and Bob, own the other
firm' and its building.
Dept. Secretary Howard M. Lee
said the call was received at 5:52
this morning- When firemen ar
rived, they found the building fill
ed with dense smoke and entrance
had to be made at the rear. Part
of the roof had already caved in
and firemen had t® force their
way through heavily barred doors.
Interior of the modern drug
store was left a shambles of burn
ed debris.
The Baer firm was also forced
to close but owners said both bu
siness firms will be reopened as
soon as pohsible. Stanley Jeweler’s
on the west side of the drug store,
also suffered smoke damage. Hu
ber Register, the wner, said dam
age there was small and the jew
lry store is still operating.
Mr. Warren said the fire had to
originote in the furnace. It came
on for the first time this fall dur
ing the coldest night so far and
Mr. Warren expressed belief It
must have exploded when it cut
°n
The local Rexall dealership Was
a complete loss. Nothing was
saved. Mr. Warren said the loss
wos partially covered by insur
COIN CLUB TO MEET
The Dunn Coin Club will hold
its annual meeting Wednesday ni
ght at 8 o’clock in the Community
Room of the Home Savings &
Loan office. A dcor prize of a 1938
D BU Buffalo mickle will be given
away. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
ance.
Neither Warren or the Baer
brothers would give any estimate
as to the amount of damages.
The figures came from firemen
and others.
Police Sgt. Hood Alphin dis
severed the fire- Chief Ralph
Hanna ena a men wurwu
hours to extinguish the blaze and
prevent Us spread, to other firms
iri the block.
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OWNER OTTIS WARREN SURVEYS THE DAMAGE
. . A Lifeimte of work gone up in smoke
t
INTERIOD VIEW OF SHAMBLES
Agena Launched
Smoothly And
Then Disappears
| CAPE KENNEDY (UPI) — His
tory’s first attempt to couple two
space craft in orbit ended in fail
ure today when engineers lost
radio contact with an Agena ro
cket.
The Agena, whose role was to
serve as target to a separately
launched Gemini 6 spacecraft,
rose smoothly in which looked at
first like a perfect launch. It
soartd firm Pad 14 Just four sec
onds after the 11 a.in. EDT lift
off time.
? Astronauts Walter M Scliirra
and Thomas Stafford had been
scheduled to leap in pursuit 101
minutes later aboard the Gemini
6 capsule.
But at a critical moment en
gineers lost contact with Agena’s
main radio transmitter and there
was no way of determining' whe
ther its engine fired as planned
to kick it into orbit, and no way
to tracking it past downrange
4a t ions. v
• The radio loss came at 11:(K
pm. EDT.
- jft 11:54 a.in. EDT, W»»Vj^p<
tracking Station at Carnarvon
Australia, had reported failure to
spot the Agena. the mission was
officially oanoeled.
“We oai, assume the Agena ve
hicle went into the Atlantic,” an
official said
The failure, which came as a
heartbreaking surprise after a
perfect countdown, meant that the
meeting and mating mission, cru
cial to future moon flights, would
have to be delayed until I960.
Sacred Heart
Plans Bazaar
The Sacred Heart Catholic Ch
urch will have a bazaar on Thurs
day, Oct. 28 at the porish centert lo
cated corner of Cumberland Street
and Ellis Avenue.
Barbecue pork and barbecue
chicken will be served for $1 a plate
Serving time begins at 11:00 a. m.
until 2:00 p. m. and from 5:00 p
m. until 8:00 p. m. Tickets can be
purchased from any church mem
ber. The meals may be eaten three
or ordered to go
Following the bazaar, which be
gins at 8:00 p m, a drawing will
be held for a $100 and a $25 saving
bonds t® be given away to the lucky
ticket holder
Rev. Roger Patterson, the min
ister of Westfield Baptist Church,
will speak at the business men’s
weekly prayer service at 10 am.
Tuesday in the conference room
of Home Savings & Loan. It is
open to the public.
Officers And Workers Announced
SymohonyDrive O pens T onighf
m -
Tie membership drive of the
Dunn Chapter of the North Caro
lina Little Symphony will begin to
night with a kick-off meeting at
the home of Mr* E P Davis, Jr at
8:30. The drive will end Friday,
October 29
Memberships will not be available
after the drive is over
Officers and workers who will
participate in the drive are:
Pres.., Mr. and Mrs. E W. Smith
children’s chairman - Robert Can
' nadv: secretary - Mrs Taylor Ne<w
ton; treasurer - M J McSorley;
Arm
memberhhip chainnflTj-Mrs, Vaug
han Hutaff and Mrs William Tart;
publicity - Mrs John Snipes
The workers include A B John
son, H Paul Strickland, Taylor
Newton, Vera Lee Thornton. Rev
Wallace Kirby, Charlie McCullers,
Bessie Massengill, Mrs Leon Me
Kay, Mrs James McD Johnson,
Mrs George Carroll, Mr and Mrs
Ernie Black. Mrs. C. D Hutaft, Sr,
Mrs, Pam Davis, Mrs. Ed Purdie,
Mrs. Jack Jordan, Mrs. Bobby Bry
an Mrs. Bverette Doffermyre, Rev.
i Carlton Best. Mr. D. K. Stewart,
Mrs Leon Kittrell. Mrs Clarence Ro
berts, Mrs. Roy Tew, Mrs. Fannie
Belle Smith, Mrs. Hoover Adams,
Mrs. Charles Highsmith, Mrs. Earl
Westbrook, Mrs. Wiley Forbes, Mr.
and Mrs Henry Hutaff
Also, Erwin - Mrs D. C. Wood
all, Mrs. J. K. Bruton, Miss Blanche
Bruton; Coats - Mrs Haywood
Roberts; Linden - Mrs. George El
liott; Buies Creek - Mrs. D. H.
Pearce and Mrs. Fronk Belote:
Falcon, Mm. Annie Randflll.
Dr. Mem lobpeaK a
Erwin First Host
To Baptist Meet
The 90th Session of the Little
River Baptist Association gets un
erway at the Erwin First Baptist
Churrh tomorrow night ot 7:16 p.
m. The thirty-three churches will
convene this first night to focus
thein . attention on Associational
and Worln Missions
Featnre speakes fr the orrasion
is Dr. David Mein, Southern Bap
tist Missionary, who has served as
Presieht of the North Brasil Bap
I tist Seminary In Recife, Brazil, since
' 1953. He also serves as pastor of the
icordelro Baptist Church and is se
lond vicepresient of the Brazilian
Baptist Convention
"Dr. Mein is a born leader and
a religious statesman, and every
whert he has gone hos inspirs
confidence, admiration, and respect
in people with whom he has work
ed Presient of the Brad than Bap
(Centtnued On rage «)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Donald W. Sawyer, left, Central district sales manager for Ford Motor Com
pany's Tractor and Implement Operations, congratulates Oliver O. Manning, vocational agriculture
teacher at Midway High School, Dunn, N. C , on his selection for the Future Farmers of Americas
Honorary American Farmer Degree. Mr. Manning and 24 o:her teacherh of vocational agriculture who
received the Honorary American Farmer Degree at the recent FFA convention in Kansas City will
have Ford engines donated in their names to schools of their choice. Ford anneunctd the engine
donation program at a dinner honoring the teachers.
Dcjman Held in Slaying
Ira B. Dorman 32-year-old Dunn,
Route 4 carpenter, Saturday af
ternoon was formally charged
with murder in the rifle slaying
of Edward Chance, a 45-year-old
Indian farmer.
Chance was fatally shot late
Friday afternoon as he and his
wife were feeding hogs at their
home on Dunn, Route 4.
Harnett Coroner Paul Drew said
a .22 calibre bullet passed through
his brain and lodged in hs skull
Mrs. Chance managed to get
her husband into the house near
by but Dr. W. W. Stanfield, who
extracted the bullet at Cromartl*
Funeral Home, said Carter no doubt
had died instantly
Deputy Sheriff Carson Hall, who
arrested Dorman at his home at
7 o’clock, approximately two hours
after the slaying, signed the war
rant against him late this after
noon after hours of questioning by
Sheriff Wade Stewart, Coroner
Drew and himself.
Witnesses had seen Dorman in
the area and a .22 rifle was found
in his 1950 Green Ford.
Officers said Dorman admitted
he had been hunting and fishing
at a pond about a half mile from
the Carter home and had fired
his rifle a few times, but insisted
he knew nothing about Carter’s
death and did not know he had
died.
Deputy Hall said the shot was
not fired from a speeding auto
mobile as previously reported, but
had been fired ori the ground.
, Authorities all agreed there was
I no raical angle involved in the
' killing of Chance, a well-known
and respected Lumoce Indian.
Both men were employed at
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School Blown Up
MICRO, N. C. (UPI) — An all
Negro elementary school was da
maged by an explosion today in the
' crossroads community of Bayley
in Johnston Connty.
The Johnston sheriff’s office re
ported there “has been a bombing”
at the school. Thert were no re
ports of injuries.
The explosion at Baffley elemen
tary school was being- investigate
by county authorities and the fed
eral and stats bureau* of inves*
gation.
Principal E. L. Williofs seported
the txpiosion tore out » wall of
windows from one classroom, ap
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Williams Killed
In Auto Crash
An auto accident Saturday ni
ght claimed the life of Lutrell Wil
liams, 29, of Erwin, while a pas
senger in the car, Wallace McLeod
of Route 3, Dunn, received serious
injuries and is a patient in Betsy
Johnson Hospital
According to State Trooper, E.
W. Horton, the Investigating offi
cer, and Harnett Coroner (Paul
Drew, the accident occurred 3%
miles north of Dunn on rural
paved road 1722 just off the Old
Fairground Read about 8:20 p.m.
Williams was apparently driv
ing the car, they said, and he lost
control of his 1960 Chevrolet In a
curve. Both occupants were tsi
rows from the car. Williams re
ceived a fractured skull and death
was instant.
He was employed by Erwin
Mills in the weaving department.
He was a member of the Erwin
Rescue Squad and the Erwin Vol
unteer Fire Department.
Funeral services were held «t
2 p.m. toda ayt the Erwin Church
of God by the Rev. Joe Whittenton.
Continued On Rage Pour
Lillington Woman Is Killed
Mrs. Ruby Wilbourne Cotton,
53 of Route 2, Lillington, was kill
ed instantly early this morning
after being struck by a pickup
truck driven by John B. Morton
of Route 2, Polkton, N. C.
The accident occurred in front
of the Cotton home, which Is lo
cated on Highway 27 four miles
south of Lillington, while Mrs.
Cotton was raking leaves in her’
vard in the ditch area looking
for money that had blown from
her baifold Saturday.
Apparently, she had crossed the
road back toward her house when
the pickup truck headed north str
uck her.
The driver applied his brakes,
and the vehicle skidded and struck
Mrs. Cotton while in the south
bound lane. Tttie accident was wit
nessed by her husband, Charlie L.
Cotton, who was standing: in the
yard at their home.
Morton, an employee of R. H.
Boul«ny Construction Co. of Ch
arlotte. was en route to work
near Lillington from Polkton.
Coroner Paul Drew said an in
quest would probably be held next
weekl i
Trooper Dwight Padgett is the
Investigating officer
Mr. Cotton had peen employed
for many years by J. E- Womble
& Sens in Lillington.
She is survived by her husband:
two daughters. Mrs. Betty Mason
of Annadale, Va. and Mrs Carol
Adcock of AJezandria, Va; two step
daughters. Mrs. Mary Ellen Ma
theny of Raleigh and Mrs. Patri
cia Lee Reynolds of Denver, Colo;
one brother, Terry Wilbcurne of
Route 2 Fuquav; one sister Mrs.
‘ ~ ' of Phoenix, Ariz., whs
jto arrive today to