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IN DECEMBER 6, 1965
DUNN, N. C.. MONDAY A1
4 Crowd Was One of Largest Evar i
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Dunn Christmas Parade Draws Acclaim
Beauty queens, professional and
locally entered floats, tends,
clowns, and lovely young girls, to
taling 34 units, composed the an
nual Dunn Yule parade Friday eve
ning.
Billy Pope, president of the
sponsoring Merchants Associaton,
and over-all chairman of the
event, said today that the parade
was well-executed, began prompt
ly at the designated time, 7 p.m.,
and ran smoothly throughout
Described by some of the spec
tators as the best parade in the
history of the Dunn spectacle, the
procession was led by town digni
taries, Mayor Bill Marshbift-n, the
mayor pro tern, town commission
ers, Chamber of Commerce execu
tives, and N. C. Commander of the
American Legion, Alvis Carver of
Dunn.
Area title bearers, Miss Dunn,
Miss Angier, Miss Benson, Miss
Coats, Miss Hobbton, and Miss
Midway, rode in open convertibles,
while approximately 50 other love
ly young * ladies adorned the Id
professional and 14 locally made
floats. Interspersed throughout the
procession were antique cars.
Scout troops, and clowns, includ
ing the popular Dunn Clowns.
As the parade progressed the
route was lighted by the Christ
mas street decorations, garlands
stretching across the streets awT
glowing lanterns attached to utili
ty poles.
Pope, said that the success of
the parade was largely due to the
efforts and assistance of the As
sociation members and local Jay
cees.
Ponies Cause
Death of Tourist
A Newark, New Jersey, woman
died instantly Sunday as the re
sult of a car accident on Interstate
95 near the Pope Road exit.
Mrs- Virginia Branch, 2 year old
Negro, was operating a 19«0DeSota
when she tried to swerve to miss
some ponies on the Highway and
lost control of the br
others Injured wer Prank
Wright, and his mother, Mrs
Marv Ann Wright, who were all
admitted to Betsy Johnson Hospi
tal h«re His U year old son, Bar
ney Wright, was uninjured.
Mrs. Branch, who is a friend
of the family was driving the care
while thev were enroute to a fu
neral in Sumter, S. C.
There will be 00 inquest since
the death was ruled accidental.
Troooer Rovce’ Prye assisted by
the local Police Dept, and Coroner
Paul Drew investigated.
teen-age contest
The seventh annual "Miss Amer
ican Teen-Ager” Contest and Pag
eant, open to all single girls IS
through 17 who are American cit
izens, will be held at Palisades
Amusemen Par, N. J., Sept. 9,
1966. '
Current “Miss American Teen
Ager” s Lynnell Raye Bass of
Virginia Beach, Va.
Ceremony Set For Dec. 14th ,
First Citizens Bank
To Honor Ten Here
Ten staff members of Krst
Citizess Bank and Trust Company
S Dunn are to be honored on
SraTpIrtlcStioTin °a
in charge of the banking,
firm's local office.
Barbara A. Byrd will receive a
tsrx’sr;
pin. They are among 131 First
Citizens employees throughout the
state to be honored for their serv
ice to the bank and its customers.
The entire group has compiled
2277 years of total service, aver
c«h
•J±ftsin£.sy®
son, Shirley *. Bass, Maxine Whit.
, ; (Conttaoed o> Fage «*)
GALA EVENT — There was
something for everybody in Dunn’s
Christmas parade Friday night
-old Santa Claus for the child
ren and pretty girls for the
grownups. Santa Is shown above
'on fhe Johnson Cotton Co. float
and pretty Slyvia Ann Stri
ickland, the current Miss Dunn,
is shown in the photo at left.
(Dally Record Photos by Rus
sell Bassford).
Channel 9 Will
Televise Game
GREENVILLE, N- C. (DPI) —
WNCT-TV, Greenville, will tele
vise the Dec. 11 Tangerine Bowl
game between East Carolina and
Maine.
The station anounced today it
had won exclusive rights for
broadcast of the game in North
Carolina.
The game will be played in Or
lando, Fla. A netwoiTc of sta
tion in Maine will also broad
cast the game.
On Legislature Reapportionment
Special Session Set For Jan. 10
RALEIGH (UM) — Gov. Dan
K. Moore today called the North
Carolina General Assembly into
special session January 10 to re
apportion the legislature and the
state’s congressional districts.
The call tor the special session
came In a joint statement from
Moore, House Speaker Pat Tay
lor, arid Lt. Gov. Robert Scott.
They recommended that the
subject of he session be limited
solely to action designed to com
ply with an order from the fed
eral courts setting January 31 as
the deadline for reapportion.
The statement also said it was
not practical to consider the pos
sibility of increasing the mem
bership of the General Assembly.
The three also said it appeared
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CHRISTMAS PACKAGE _ W. HL HarHngtOl^ J<
for development of Campbell Collet*. The College o:
V. McCotter. director of development. (Photo by Jim'
from hi* neighbor* Of firwln *10.
v are, President L. H. Campbell and ^
0 Million
II Bo Saved
The Action
or
SHINGTON (UPI) — Defense
ary Robert S. McNamara an
ti today that he plans to close
duce 149 military bases at
and abroad at an estimated
1 saving of |410 million.
Namara told a news conference
the 126 domestic bases invol
in 39 states and Washiniton,
would be identified on Wed
>y
23 overseas bases, at which
lllion Of the total savings will
identified after consultation
the foreign governments in
ti.
Namara said that, more than
10 military and civilian jobs
d be eliminated and an ad
ditional 29,000 milltany and civi
lian personnel would be relocated
as a result of the closlnigs.
A31 civilians affected will be of
fesOd other government jobs. Trans
fertd nother government jobs, trans
portation and retraininp expenses
will be paid where necessary.
ItcNamara said the closings wh
ich affect bases employing more
than 250 persons - distinguished
frcim reductions _ would be “sub
ject to congressional review.”
tinder this year’s military con
struction act. Congress must be
30 days prior to the close
of a base with more than 250 per
sons. Full reports called for by the
law will go to Congress Jan. 10,
McNamara said. There will be no
closures until 30 days later.
Firemen Answer
Weekend Calls
A discarded 1949 Plymouth caught
fire Friday afternoon and threat
ened a home at 7®* Moore Street
occupied by Mamie Parrish.
The car was parked immediately
behind the house. Howard M. Lee,
secretary-treasurer of the depart
ment said.
Lee noted firemen received the
call at 5-50 and reported back at
the station at 6:10.
Origin of the fire is unknown,
Lee added.
Two trucks and 25 men were sent
to the scene.
GRASS FIRE
Grass fires have been plaguing
the area for about a month, and
Saturday morning about 12:40 fire
men were summoned to a fire at
Resthaven Cemetery here.
Town policemen discovered the
fire on a routine patrol of the
town. It took the 24 men almost
two hour* to completely extinguish
the Are.
Three trucks were also sent to
the scene, Iiee concluded.
Chain Has $75 Million Assets, Strong Farm Program
Southern Natl Given
Strong Backing Here
TOP EXECUTIVES — Executive Vice President J. E. Sandlin and
Pres. Hector McLean on visit to Dunn.
Strips To His Longjohns
Astronaut Soaring
In Space Strip Tease
SPACE CENTER, Houston (TJPI)
—Doffing his space suit, astronaut
James Lovell soared through space
ln his “longjohn” underwear today
in a "apaeial strip tease”. Com
mand pilot Frank Borman remain
ed suited up as they guided Gem
ini 7 toward the million-mile mark.
Going into the third day of the
epic two-week space voyage, Gemini
control at Houston wafted up such
tunes as ‘‘Fly Me To The Moon”
and the voice of Frank Sinatra to
help while away the long hours.
Lovell squi-roed out of the bulky
space suit during their 29th or
bit.
Paul Haney, voice o- -emini con
trol at Houston, called it a ‘‘spacial
strip tease act.”
“Jim’s all out of his suit and
comfortable,” Borman radioed.
Chipper and cheerful after a
solid seven hours sleep - the first
time two American astronauts haae
slept simultaneously in space-the
37-year-old space twins decided
Loaell would doff his 16 pound
pressurized suit while Borman
keot his on.
The astronauts sailed into their
28th orbit at 11:16 a.m„ EST, and
had covered a distance of about
320.000 miles.
Their heart beats rose abruptly
State Democratic Chief Joins R oss For Harnett
Hospital HeariM To Be Friday
or Court
_ __ f <arr
'£yt Friday morning at 10
5<Is time to hear tesimony.
and arguments on an in
against local town
officials to prevent
„ tfte ^county’s entire allot
n«nt Of State and Federal funds
'qj; construction of a new hospi
^ in Dunn.
«- — .len tnansfPrrAH t.hP
hearing from Johnston Superior
Court at Smithfield, where he is
presiding, to Harnett Superior
Court in Ullington for the corv
venience of Harnett citizens in
volved.
The action was taken Monday
afternoon at a conference between
lawyers for both sides and Judge
Carr at Smithfteld.
The suit was thought by Coun
m
ty attorney Neill McK. Roes tor
the County of Harnett, on Instruc
tions of the county board of cony
■tUssioners at the request of citi.
*ens residing in the rest of tlhe*
county who feel that a large, coun
ty hospital should ,b® quilt arwt
that all the available money
should not be used for a local
shortly after midnight, Gemini
control said. The beats rose from
60 to 80. while both were asleep.
It was one of those minor space
mysteries. Neither Bormar nor Lov
ell knew anything abor1 :t and said
nothing had disturbed them as
they slept.
At Cape Kennedy, technicians
raced the clock and appealed to
be beating it in efforts to set up
Gemini 6 for a liftoff and “ap
xw-tag” rendezvous with Gemini 7
by Dec. 13.
Clown's C ar Catches Fire In Parade
The Crowd Laughed
But It Was No Joke
The crowd attending Smith
field’s Christmas parade thought it
was great fun, just part of the
act, when the 1930 Chrysler owned
by Dunn clown Enos Parrish
caught fire.
Spectators jumped up and down
with glee, laughed and clapped
their hands when flames shot
from the motor of the antique
vehicle.
But it was no joke to Parrish,
and clowns Whitley Hood. Wil
liam Tart and others who were
performing near the car.
The fife started when Parrish
fired hi« shotgun (blank ammu
nition, of course) as part of the'
act. The blast ignited some fuel
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The Southern National Bank of
North Carolina, which has assets
of $74,928,724.00 and one of the
strongest farm programs of any
banking institution in the state,
is receiving strong support in its
application to open a branch in
Dunn.
A number T ’ r''.ci„ nest Dunn
business leaders ar - several ofr
ficials of the town and county are
spearheading the campaign in be
half of Southern National, which
has its headquarters at Lumberton.
The Southern National applica
tion was filed with The Comptroller
cf the currency in Washington Oft,
October 27, just nine days after
the First National Bank of East
ern North Carolina filed an ap
plication to open a branch here.
State Senator Hector McLean of
Lumberton, son of the late gover
nor Angus McLean, the bank’s
second president, now heads the big
j banking chain as president.
President McLean, J. E. Sandlin,
his executive vice president, and
Vice President Jack Watson have
been in and out of Dunn during re
cent weeks conferring with local
I business groups and others regard
j tttg tts applicatton to open a branc^
| here.
WOtJLD BOOST ECONOMY
Meeting local citizens In small
groups, the bank executives have
outlined to them Just What It would
mean to the Dunn community for
Southern National to ».ave a branch
here.
“Bank competition is Important
to any community,” President Mc
Lean told business leaders last
week, “and helps any community
to grow faster and attain a sound
economy.”
They point to the success of
their branch at Lillington and
their unique farm management
program as examples of how theif
bank can help the entire Dunn
area.
Dunn attorney William A
(Bill) Taylor, local counsel tat
Southern National, declared today;
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GAME RESCHEDULED _
The Hope M<lls-Erwin game pre
viously schedvied for Tuesday niglU
will be played Wednesday night at
the Erwin High gym. The game waf
set to be played at Hope Mills, but
due to repairs being dene to the '
gym floor it was decided-file gMMg
would take place in Erwin. The girls
game will get underway at TrOft