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fOON, NOVEMBER 22, 1965
DUNN, N. C. MONDAY A1
The Record ! j
Gets Results
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AT SOUTH RIVER'S ANNUAL MEETING — Donald Royal, office manager of South River Membership
Corporation, is shown at the microphone during th* 35th annual session here Friday. Left to right are:
R. R. Edwards, general manager; Marvin Marsh* it, REA representative from Washington; Kessler C.
Biitler, president of the board; L. D. Herring, L. A. Hall, Kyle Harrington and Bynum Jackson, all
members of the board, and Mr. Royal. (Daily,Record Photo by Russell Bassford.)
25th Anniversary Observed; Officers Reelected
Large Crowd At REA Meeting
Approilma ely 700 members of
the South River Electric Member
ship C&opewfctjve gathering in an
nual session here yesterday plac
ed the stamp of approval in all
present officers, increased the
board of directors by one and an
Pounced the riBWWiW BT the
longtime secretary.
The meeting attracted members
Officers Back Down
Amish Win Fight
HAZLETON, Iowa (DPI) —
Screaming Amish school children
and their weeping, parents to
day fought attempts by school of
ficials to carry the • youngsters off
to public schools.
School officials and law enforce,
ment officers backed down befoie
the almost hysterical resistance
encountered in the deeply religious
Amish community near Hazleton.
There were indications author
ities would take their fight to
the courts rather than try any
longer to run down Amish chil
dren in com fields or to get them
out of their own sect-controlled
schools.
The children screamed and
chanted “Jesus loves me" when
school authorities tried to take
Continued on Page She
Sentenced
Escape
Harvey DaVes of Fayetteville was
[ sentenced;to 12 months but had his
; sentence suspended ior two years
in Harnett Recorder’s Court when
he entered a plea of guilty to aid
ing and abetting in a prison escape.
Judge Robert B. Morgan stipulated
; that the sentence would be suspend
ed on the condition Daves pay a
[fine of $100 and the cost of court.
George D McNeill of Erwin,
charged with failure to send hia
child to school, was directed to
correct the situation, and the court
ordered Harnett truant officer Ro
bert T. Perkins to observe the stu
dent and advise the court if he
failed to attend school.
Roger Westerling of Rt- 1, Spring
Continued on Page Six
ampbell Concert
et For Tuesday
In the first pos -Thanksgiving
Dneert event on the campus in
pules Creek, prospective concert
jlanists at Campbell College will
five opportunity to compare
otes wi.h two of North Carolina’s
Inest young student pianists. The
pneert, in Turner Auditorium at
p. m. Tues., Nov. 30, will be
pen to students and music lovers
j the general community area.
I Under sponsorship of the Camp.
fell music department, the duo
ano team Nancy Norwood and
es Meredith will perform ae
ons from the music of Mozart,
ussy, and Brahma,
oth artists, undergraduates at
Uniemity of North Carolina,
studying with Dr. William ».
v/man.
Norwood, a native of Hiak
ory, has been named “Queen of
Music” for the southern district
of the Federation of Music Clubs.
She is accompanist for the UNO
chorus.
Meredith, a Blanchar Scholar
ship winner at the University,
was co-chairman of the UNO Fine
Arts Festival last year. As win
ner of the North Carolina state
contest of the Federation of Mus
ic Clubs, he compe'el in the
regional contests of the federation
at Agnes Scott college last year.
He la state president of the stu
dent division of the federation
and president of the UNC chorus.
Meredith Is familiar to audien
oes Of the Capital Area through
appearances on WtJNC-TV and
performance as pianist for the
Triangle Theat* in Durham.
from five counties of Harnett, Lee,
Johnston, Bladen and- Satmpson
Officers re-elected were: Kee
ler C. Butler of Fayetteville, as
president, and Bynum Jackson,
Godwin, Route 1, treasurer. Miss
Reliekkah Evans of Fayetteville
is retiring after 25 years service
Its secretary of the co-operative, t
The board of directors was en
larged to nine with Charles E.
Collier, Route 1, Linden named to .
this post. Later the directors will- ,
name a secretary to succeed Miss ,
Evans. ,
Directors re-elected included: 1
District 1, Klye Harrington, Rt.
1, Broadway; Dis'rict 2, Harvey
Flowers, Rt. 2, Four Oaks; Dis
trict 3, L. D. Herring, Rt. 3, Clin
ton; District 4, Bynum Jackson,
Rt. 1, Godwin; District 9, L. A.
Hall, Rt. 1, Auf.ryville; District 6,
Ralph D. Johnson, Rt. 1, Rose
boro; District 7, E E Fisher, Rt.
1, Stedman; District 8, Charles E.
Collier, Rt. 1, Linden; and District
9, Kesler C. Bugler, Rt. 7, Fayet
teville
Music was rendered by the Four
Clefs, a gospel quartet and Jer
ome Clark, Fayetteville, attorney
for the co-op read the minutes
of last year’s meeting. Highlights |
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U. S. Official
Is One Target
Dan Asks Probe
CHARLOTTE, N. C. (TJPI) 4
A series of explosions early today
ripped the homes of four top Ne
gro leaders, knocking ou; gaping
holes and spraying glass like
sharpnei through the houses.
:$o one was injured in the pre
cis ion-like bombing that went off
with'n minutes of each other ar
round 3 a. m. in the residential
amia of brick, ranch.stvle homes
Demolition experts were rushed
inti) the area amid fears that
other bombs had been planted^
Gov.; Dan Moore told Charts
Mayor Stan Brokahire the
resources of the site’s "irtv
gathie and law enforcement agen
cies” would be available to local
authorities in investigating the
bombings.:
NAACP Leader Target
Bombed were the homes of
Kelly Alexander, the state presi
dent of the NAACP, Laum Cham
bers, an attorney recently named
a United States commissioner.
Fred Alexander, the only Negro
mer.Aor of the Gharlo te city
council, and Dr. Reginald Haw
kins, a dentist who has been out
spoken in civil rights matter*.
“They’re trying to kill us,”
cried Kelly Alexander the NA
ACt> president. “It was an at
tempt at murder. If this had been
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Harnett Liquor
Stills Destroyed
c
Cumberland County and state Al
:ohol and Tobacco Tax Unit offi
:ers Saturday destroyed two liquor
till operations in Harnett County
ind arrested two men operating
>nt of them.
Arraigned before U. S. Commis
>ionetC. Wallace Jackson were Wil
iam Barney, 50, of 554 Horseshoe
td-, and Cyrus Bowen Carter, Rt.
1, Erwin.
They were bound over to U. S.
District Court for trial on a char
ge of manufacturing liquor for the
)urpose of sale. They posted $500
»ond each and were released to a
vait trial.
The stills were located In the
Earners section of Harnett County.
Destroyed along with the stills were
6 one-half gallon jars of whisky
md 1,950 gallons of mash.
Officers also seised a pickup
ruck that was aUegelly being used
n the operation.
ig Crowd Expected; Business Holiday Schedule Listed
?unn Yule Parade December 3
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: !J CEREMONIAL ENTRANCE — Opening Campbell's n w home management house to guests present for
the naming and dedication Friday afternoon, Mrs, L. H. Campbell, wife of the presilent, cuts a cere
monial ribbon. Assisting her, left to right, were M a. Bessie Campbell Lynch, Dr, and Mrs. Carlyle
Campbell Of Meredith College, and President Les-ie H. Campbell.
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large G/Ofjpl Attend^ j
Campbell House Is Dedicated
Three hundred people—teacher*
of home economics, visiting stu
dents of colleges and schools, and
other friends of Campbell Col
lege ' — signed the guest book
Friday afternoon at the formal
dedication and naming of the
Cornelia Pearson Campbell Home
Management House on the college
campus. The building, recently re
modeled. furnished, and redecor
ated, had been the residence oi
the late Mrs. Campbell, wife oi
J. A. Campbell, founder of the
college.
Chosen as dale for the oc
casion had been the one-hundrett
birthday anniversary of Mrs
Campbell, who died in Buies
Creek in February, 1963, at the
age of 97.
Honored on the occasion were
Mrs. Bessie Campbell Lynch, her
daughter, her sons Carlyle, presi
AT MAPLE GKOVE GRADUATION — County Commissioner Willard Mixon of Dunn Was the principal
when the group of graduates received diplomas Thursday night at the Maple Grove Edu
cation Center Just outside Dunn. Among dignitaries present for the event were, left to right, Chairman
Jack Brock of the county board of Commissioners; James Johnson, a teacher; Mr. Mixon; Q: T. Resaequie,
director of the Central Carolina industrial Center at Salford;1 and J. P. Crumpler, principal of the
school. (Dally Record Photo by Russell Bassford.)
dent of Meredi h College, presi
de, president of Campbell, and
other members of the family.
Dean A. R. Burkot paid formal
tribute to the woman who, first
as student, then as teacher at
Buies Creek Academy, and a.s co.
founder of Campbell’s founding
family, served Qanjpbell College,
through three-quarters of a cen
tury.
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Lee Says Meat Co. Helps Demand
25 Unweaned Pigs
Are Sold At $400 v
Arthur T. Lee, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Theodore Lee, of Route 2,
Dunn, sold 25 pigs not fully weaned
last week for $400.00 at his farm,
according to his Agriculture teacher
Oliver O. Manning. Arthur is a Jun
ior at Midway School in his third
year of Vocational Agriculture and
feeder pigs is just one of his pro
jects.
The pigs were sold to Mr. Edwin
Lee, a commercial feeder, Who .sells
his top hogs to Dunn Meat Packers
and appreciates th^ fine quality of
pigs which Arthur T. grows. In a
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Harnett March of Dimes
James E. Tux ford
Will Head Drive
Mr. James E. Ti'Xford of Dunn
has accepted appointment as Har
nej^- County March of Dimes
Chairman, according to an an
nouncement from Mr. J. Marse
Grant, State March of Dimes
Chairtnan of'Raleigh.
“I believe there is nothing more
important than making sure every
baby born in this country has
the eQual opportunity to develop
in'o a normal, healthy person.
That’s why I’m working to see
that we have a successful drive
here this January,” declared Mr.
Tuxford as he acepted the chair
manship for the 1966 campaign to
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| Santa, 7 Bands,
Pretty Girls
Will Be In It
| Dunn's Christmas Parade will
I take pla'a Friday night, Dae. )
a1 7 p. m.
A dozen or more professional
! flor>ts, scores of beautiful girls,
seven biinds and Santa Claus will
all be iri the parade, planned as
the blggrest and best ever staged
here during the Christmas sea
son.
Bands which have already ac
cepted invita'ions to march in th#
parade are: Erwin, Coats, Four
Oaks, Hobbton, Harnett High,
and Dunn Junior bands.
Dunn stores will remain open
until 0 n.m. the night of the paf-*
ade and every night thereafter
until Christmas five, when they
will Close at the regular hour.
President W. O (Bily) Pope ol
the Retail Merchants Association
is also handling arrangements for "
he parade.
Mr. Pope said today that many
entries in addition to the bands'
and professional floats would be
in the parade- He reminded that
next Monday ts the final date
to register entries for the parade.
President Pope today released
the holiday schedule of store
hours tq b? observed in the dow*.
town business district of Dunn
Most fijms wil close for Thanks
giving, of course.
The Daily Record will publish
Thanksgiving Day as usual.
Beginning Friday, Dec. S, the
date of the Christmas parade,
I stores will remain open each
night Until 9 p. m. until Christ
i maa Ewe, when individual stores
will observe their usual closing
hour.
Stores will be dosed Christmas
Day, which falls on Saturday, and
Will reopen Monday, Dec. 27th.
Dumi" stores will also remain
open on Saturday, January 1, New
Year’s Day.
ERWIN PTA TO MEET
' The Erwin Parent Teachers As
sociation will meet tomorrow
night at 7:30 in the school audi
torium. “Our Back to School
Night” is the topic and class
room wil be open for visitation.
No License Costs
Man $50 Fine
King Henry Love of Raeford
paid cost of court and a $50 fine
today in Dunn Recorder’s Court
for having no operator’s license
and presenting another as MS
own. Judge Woodrow Hill ordered
Danny Dupree, 31-year-old Red
Springs mah, to pay $25 and cost
for allowing Love to use his lic
ense.
A 34 year-old former Dunn wom
an, Shirley Stone, was given six
months:,' for abandonment of her
children. Now of Sanford, Mrs.
Stone gave notice of appeal.
Paiyng cost of court for having
in his possession tax-paid whisky
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In Slaying Of Walter McDowell
Semmie McNeill Freed By Judge
Semmie McNeill, 59-year-dd
Negro messenger in the offices of
Erwin Mills at Erwin for the past
22 years, was cleared of murder
charges Monday in Harnett Coun
ty Superior Court when Judge W.
H. S. Burgwyn directed a verdict
of ‘‘not guilty.”
McNeill is well-known in Erwin
and the case attracted much in
terest throughout the community.
C. W. Howell, manager of the
mills at Erwin, Mrs. M. C. Cot.
tingham of Durham, wife of a top
company executive; Sheriff Wade
Stewar, and State trooper Bill
Grady all gave McNeill a good
character.
He was charged with the slay
ing ->f Walter McD: *"«■/!. Ji, with
a .16 gauge shotgun Saturday,
July 3l«t as McDowel, according
to witnesses, was advancing on
him and threatening, •‘One of u»
is going to die and it ain't going
to he m«.!*
Defense Attorney Everette I*
Doffertnyre entered a plea of noth
contendere to charges of aaaner
. t* ' rued on Pa*e Six