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- NiW lOFFICBRS Shown above are" the newly-elected officers of the Junior
Woman's club which has just been organized in Clayton. Seated left to right: Mrs.
David Bell, recording secretary; Mrs. Eugene Forrester, treasurer; Mrs. C. H. Bed
dingfield, Jr., president; Mrs. D; G. Satter field, fines collector. Standing are: Mrs.
T. M. freeman, corresponding secretary, Mrs .E. E. Lambert, assistant secretary;
Mrs. boug' Bain, Jr., vice president; Mrs; Charles Barden, communication chairman.
Olver;4byodng women have enrolled-iri the club. (News photo by Barden)
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The Editor,
The Clayton News
Clayton, N. C.
Dear Sir:
You have outlined some of the
main pros and cons about the
Cotton Festival but there are sev
eral points' which I think need to
be brought out. The functions of
the Merchants Association are
very broad because the town is
small. Thus it serves as a Mer
chants Bureau to try to improve
merchant services and coopera
tion in town.; Second, it serves as
a credit bureau, offering pn
tection-to merchants against slow
and non-payers and at the
same time ' enabling them to take
on with confidence new accounts
whose credit standing is un
known to them - but can be ascer
tained v through the credit bureau.
Third it serves ., as a chamber of
commerce, promoting the town
to its 'own people and the outside
world. In larser towns each of
these functions is served by a
separate organization and staff.
It is impossible for one- or two.
people to perform all these func
.tions ' fully- and effectively at one
time.
Last year the Chamber of Comf
merce p has e took precedence.
It definitely ; established Clayton's
reputation for an, ability to - do
big things. Dallas Daily said" at
-the Merchant's, dinner that this
agressive cooperative .; spirit was
one of the "things new industries
look forin, seeking a-, place to
settle. . '' v :V.--
I : t h ink it 'would be - a
mistake for , the M e r c h a n t s
Association to undertake s another
Cotton Festival .by "itself. How
ever, I believe that it. a. statewide'
financial s uppor.t "can be en
listed; which should be possible,
i then- Clayton v can continue ' to
, have .the festival, with .'its' i bene
fits, but without the expense. If
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A roll of 44 names was compiled
of charter members of the newly
formed Junior Woman's club of
Clayton. The group was formed at
a meeting lasf Tuesday night.
The first regular meeting of the
club will be held at the club house
on February 28 at 8 p. m. with
the executive board as hostesses.
They will be Mesdames Charles
Beddingfield, Jr., Douglas Bain
Jr., D. D. Bell, Edward Lambert,
T. M. Freeman, Jr., E. N. For
rester, Charles Barden and David
Satterfield. At this time Mrs. J.
N. Jenrette, State Junior director,
of Raleigh will install the officers
of the club: ,
Charter members' include : Mes
dames Jesse Austin, Jr., Douglas
Bain, Jr., Dwight M. Barbo.ur, Joe
Barbour, Swade E. Barbour, Jr.,
Charles Barden, Charles Bedding
field, Jr., D. D. Bell, Harry E.
Brooks Jr., James Cash, Nelson
Coats, - Everett Duncan, Cecil E.
Ellis," C3borne Fields, E. N. For
rester, T. M. .Freeman, Jr., Joe
Gower, Sbelbon Hall, Swade Har
dee, Raymond; Hardee Miss Mary
N evs Co-Owner
--Citizen. of -Year-.
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k Ralph E. Delano, co-publisher of
The. Clayton News, ; was named
VCitizen of the Year" at the an
nual banquet of the Benson Cham
ber of Commerce last Friday night.
1 Delano, , who with Bud Willson
publishes the Benson Review "and
the News, ,has served as president
of the-Benson ' Chamber, 'as super
intendent of the Methodist Sunday
school, a lay speaker for the Ral
eigh . District of the Methodist
church, and is a member of the
Benson Kiwanis club. .
A Since acquisition - of the J Clayton
paper, Delano has served as editor
of the Bcnscn Review while Willson
edit3 'tHe Clayton- paRer.
Delano-, is a graduate of Colby
college and was formerly editor cl
the Bccthbay XZJe.) Register.
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Rbse Harrison, Mesdames Billy
Hinton, Jack Hoyle, H. E. Jones,
Edward Lambert, John W. Lee,
Gattis Lee, Leamon Lynch, John
W. ,Mayo, W. R ; O'Neal, Dayton
Poole, Duane Poole, Milton Rid-
dell, D. .G. Satterfield, Lynwood.
Shehdan, Buck Smith, Cooper Star
ling, Sam B. Strickland WA. Sor
rell; Miss Alice Sumrell, Mesdames
Del ma Wall, Jr., Frank Weeks,
Harold Wheeler, W. Thurman Whit
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Nabbed In Florida,
Youth Is Returned
On Brealc-in Count
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A 19-year r old Clayton y cuth,
Donald Gene Callahan, has been
charged with the January 13th
breaking and entering of the bus
station here. Police Chief Charles
Allen said . Callahan was arrested
in St. Augstine, Fla. and was
brought back here Monday after
he waived extradition. ,
According to . Chief Allen, the
youth was suspected in the robbery
and law enforcement; agencies in
the south where, Callahan was be
lieved headed, were notified he
was wanted . here.. St. .Augustine
police arrested Callahan late , last
week, : Chief Allen :and Deputy
Sheriff " J. T. Smith went to Flori
da to pick up the youth and re
turned here v Monday. :' '
Callahan is . being v held in the
County- jail in Smithf ield in lieu
of a $1,000 bond.. He has waived
preliminary hearing in Clayton Re
corder's. Court and trial has been
set for ;the February term of Su
perior Court. ;" ; : , ,
Callahan is also' , being - sought
by the Army, Chief, Allen said, on
charges 'of being absent without
leave. .y ' - y
"Aiding Allen and Clayton ; police
with solving the break' in were a
gents, of "the Ctate Bureau of In
vestigation and the Chariff'n de
partment. . , .
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; The N. C. Cotton .Festival In
bltSyton : has been! officially 'sanc
tioned as the site of " the vbeauty
contest which will send the .dinner
as 1 representative of North; Caro
lina and Virginia to the- .annual
Maid of Coton contest infemphis.
That announcement was made in
Biloxi, .Miss., Tuesday by the Na
tional Cotton Council. Attending
the meetings from Clayton were
Paul Kellerand Lawrence Cooper.
Th9 Cotton, Festival here will re
ceive official sanction after a con
tract is signed, but the pannounde
ment from Biloxi makes the of
ficial signing only a formality I
Thus theVinner of the local "title
in the beauty - contest will , repre-H
sent both Norths Carolina and" Vir
ginia as the- endorsed entrant in
the annuki beauty pageant in Mem-
phls-,-i ? &ft7tt
The Cotton Festlyal,.r which has
been underwritten by, the Clayton
Merchants aiicjiw Credit association
in the past, will also receive corr
slderable financial support from
outside sources, but the exact a
nfount.of the budget has yet to be
announced. The North Carolina'
Cotton Promotion Committer, jof
which Keller is treasurer, .has been
nvited to xise the festival .as. 3-'
pruznuuunai program. . , " .
The festival -itself :-was started
trade-promotion device , "and grew
into an. event of i state-wide noticed
The beauty- winner in 1954, Miss
Bet Taylor,,; visited several states J
and Washington, : D. : C, on behalf
March of Dimes
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Clayton's March of Dimes will
go over the top by the end of the
week, Mrs. Rob Winston, local
chairman, reported Tuesday. As
of then, she said, $950 had al
ready been turned in and several
areas had yet to be reported in.
Last year the March of Dimes
raised about. $875, Mrs. Winston
said, and although no goal had of
ficially been set for the townOhis
year, the solicitors had aimed at
the $1,000 mark which quite evi
dently will be reached now, she
added. . 1
A final report of the fund-raising
drive will be made in next
week's edition of the News, "Mrs.
Winston concluded.
Soncbir Plcy Doldycd;
To . Bo Given -EZiairs.'
The . senior ; class play , at Clay-,
ton high school was postponed last
week but it will be, presented this
Thursday night at 8 -p.m. In the
auditorium. -
The three-act' mystery comedy is
entitled 'Finers Creepers" vand
deals with a "murder" and the
search for the purported murderer.
' Nine arrests, were made by the
Clayton - police department during
the past week Two drivers charged
with careless and .reckless driving
and two charged with driving with
out licenses led the parade into the
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r,:l Other arrests fincluded one each
for driving "after license revoked,
assault, driving under the influence
of an intoxicant, failure to yield
the riht cf V7ay and fcr fcrca!;ir.
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of the local organization The win
rier'r of 'last year's 'event, Miss Pat
Cotton-rhnfpsf In MmTih! nriA Won '
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mahyjuewexpenses have - been in-!' V;
curredAdlnneiv hero : this fall: ;
iMew xork , and funds- donated by,.
iNonn vvorpiina t cottqn factions and.
Norwich Mill ,,tncv;made possible- '
ner . auenaancenin j&iempms; in . sl
sscciving iue ;Bancuoa ; ox ' uie, Aia--
tional Cotton Coyne il;. not only rec- -ognitlon
for Vthe local festival but
also financial jaids wag sought.
Keller presentedsthe petition ,tb L
the Council whlleU.t, was; sitting in
ariaCooper told :qf the , backing
which North Carolina cottvn f In-'
terests ' Vould give- the - Clayton af- -"fair.
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Additional financing is expected
to rult-Vfrom'itlje ' publicationof ;
will contain advertising from' many t
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'H4iJ30hb'ia,hipgu e prChar) st, -te
has been" selected as the v new'
Oueeri for Cotton; taWni" nvpi thfl '
throne vacated when JJIss Pat
Cowden became the 1956 VMaid of .
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The new queen was selected last
Friday in Commissioner of Agri- :
culture Li. Y. ' Ballentine's . office.
Her name and that of Miss Ardls
Messlck. of Washincrton. both run-
ners-un in the SeDtember festival
here, were placed : In a, hat y with ';
Several Clayton' residents attend-
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,Two motorists who had a minor
accident and who couldn't agree . on .
who was to blame appeared before' ;
Judge L. (H Champion in Record- t
were found guilty ,of . violaf 3 of .
traffic laws. : yy ' y'y 'y - ' -J
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way 1 Patrolman , J. - H. Sultt, who
Investigated - the ' accident, were
Miss Eleanor Pearl Newsome , of
seima, Kt. , 1, ana it. JLwnaid : I. ,
Kelly of Stallings Air Force Base '
in KinstonJ The accident occurred
Saturday at 6 xp; ' m. at the inter-a'
section of highways 70 and 42, near .
the overhead bridge. Miss New-;
some stopped - in the highway be- i
fore making a left turn and Kelly's
iwewsome's car, Buitt caid, with da-
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car and at least $100 Xo Miss ITcw
some's car. No one itras injured. ,
Patrolman Suitt indicted : Kelly;
for following ano th e r vehi cl o too ,
Closely, and charged Miss Newsome
with failing to give proper hand
signals. Both were found guilty in
Recorder's , Court . and each was
ordered to pay court costs. .
Other cases Included : , V
Bobby - Dan 'Atwccd, Cla; 'Izri
speeding, $23 and costs.1'" 'j,
John II. Godvin,' III a dies cr, Ht.
1, speeding $10 and cc:t- 5 v
Francis J. Gal! her, Hale!:::,
pst 'r.z cn hill, cc:4 t.
James (fcK:rn, c:-
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