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Five Cants
Louisburg. N. C-, Thursday, January 23. 1964
(Eight Pages Today)
94th Year? Number 96
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Forestry Service's Franklin County Unit
County Forest Ranger Joseph E. Smith, W. C. Huntpose with their forestfire fight
center, Smokechaser Willie Frank Bartho- ing units at the Franklin County Fire Tower
lomew, left, and Heavy Equipm ent Operator - Times Photo.
County Forest Ranger
187,500 Acres Of Responsibility
Joseph E. Smith, Franklin
County Forest Ranger, has the
responsibility of protecting the
county's 187,500 woodland
acres.
His primary duties are (Ire
prevention, detection and sup
pression. This Includes every
thing" from actually fighting
fires to filling out reports and
records.
He Is responsible for the care
and maintenance of all the
Forest Service equipment In the
County, enforcing the forest
protection laws of North Caro
lina and aiding the District
Service Forester In forest
management work with local
landowners.
While Smith's position as
County Forest Ranger Is rela
tively new, he has been work
ing with the N. C. Division of
Forestry for the last ten years.
County Ranger Smith has four
assistants to help him in car
rying out his responsibility of
controlling wood fires in the
County.
W. C. Hunt, Rt. #3, Loulsburg
is the full-time equipment op
erator. His main job is to
operate the TD-9 tractor and
fire plow on larger or more
serious fires.
Maintenance on this tractor
and plow Is a daily require
ment as he must be ready at
all times while the tractor and
plow Is stationed In Franklin
County, it Is also available for
plowing fires in adjoining coun
ties If needed.
Wllle Frank Bartholomew, Rt.
#2, Loulsburg works on Smoke
chaser for seven months dur
ing the year. He works dur
ing the period of the year that
Franklin County usually has
the most fires, that is from
October to May.
His main job is to check
smokes' sighted by the tower
operator or to check on fires
reported by telephone and to
take Immediate action to sup
press these fires.
Mrs. Edith Gilliam, Rt. #2,
Louisburg acts as the "eyes"
for the Forest Service in
Franklin County. As Tower
operator she keeps a watch
ful eye for suspicious smokes
which might mean a wild fire.
Upon seeing such smoke she
can "cross it out" with a tower
in an adjoining county to get
the exact location of the smoke
before sending someone to
check on it. Mrs. Gilliam
works from September to
June.
Mrs. Eilwen Perdue, Rt. #2
Louisburg, operates the tower
on the week ends and whenever
the regular tower operator is
not available.
All Forest Service vehicles
and the fire tower are equipped
with two-way radios. The pick
up trucks are also equipped with
portable pumps and water tanks,
fire rakes, fire flops, axes,
shovels, back-pack water
pumps and other fire fight
ing equipment.
The two-way radio is an ex
tremely valuable tool and
assures the Rangers of a fast
initial attack on woods fires;
The forest protection laws of
North Carolina require that a
permit be obtained before burn
ing brush or other material
within 500 feet of any woodland
between the hours of midnight
and 4:00 p.m. Obtaining a per
mit does not relieve a person
of the responsibility of con
trolling tiie fire. Safety mea
sures, such as raking or disk
ing around the fire, must be
taken to prevent the fire from
spreading.
Ranger Smith solicits the help
of every person in Franklin
County in helping the Forest
Service prevent, detect and con
trol woods fires. One careless
moment may start a fire and
Notices Of Feed
Groin Bases Out
Franklin County producers
should have received their 1964
feed grain bases, yields per
acre and diversion payment
rates from the A5CS office In
Loulsburg.
The total feed grain base will
consist of corn, barley and grain
sorghum. Any producer may
divert the larger of 25 acres
or 50% of the farm base, which
ever Is larger. Those who
wish to divert the entire acre
age will be paid at the high
or additional rate.
Anyone Interested In divert
ing at least 20% of the farm
base will be paid at the low
and high rate U more than
20% Is diverted. If a pro
ducer wishes to divert a part
of the farm base and plant the
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remainder two payments will
be paid the producer. The
first payment will be for di
verting some acreage and the
other will be a price support
payment on the acres planted.
For example. If a farm has
a feed grain base of 20 acres
of corn and diverts the mini
mum acreage (4.0 acres), pay
ment will be made at the lo*
rate. If the producer plants
the permitted acreage of corn
(18 acres) an additional pay
ment will be made on the plant
ed acreage based on acres
planted times the normal
yield per acre times $.15
per bushel.
The program will be basi
cally the same as the one In
effect for 1963.
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destroy timber that it took years
to grow.
The Forest Service Is ready
day or night to fight forest
fires In Franklin County. Be
careful not to let your fire
escape, but If It does, or you
see a woods fire, Immediately
call the Forest Service. You
may call County Ranger Smith
at GY6-4095 or the fire tower
at GY6-3665.
Fire Tower
Mrs. Eilwen Perdue, Relief Tower Opera
tor, scans the horizon for smoke from atop
the 100 ft. Fire Tower several miles east
of Louisburg. - Times Photo. -
Arrest Clears Up
Break-in Wave Here
A 40 year -old negro prison
parolee has been charged with
breaking, entering and larceny
In connection with break-Ins at
the Tastee-Freez, Village
Texaco Serv ice, Shearon's Gro
cery, Burnette'sServlce Station
and Moore's Service Station
here, according to Louisburg
Chief of Police William T. De
?jpent-Soday.
Dement said that Garland Mc
Gelger, a parolee at Leonard
Bros. Farm who has been In
and out of prison for the past
twenty years on various charges
Including safe cracking, Is also
being Investigated in connection
with break-Ins at the Louisburg
Milling Co., where a sate was
ripped open, the Murphy House,
Tonkel'i Dept. Store and the
Village Drive-In.
Dement said that McGelger's
arrest came about as the re
sult of a trip from a local
merchant following a police re
quest that merchants be on the
look-out for anyone spend
any large quantities of coins.
Assisting Dement in the In
vestigation were SBI Agent L.
M. i Harton of Henderson and
Gene Hartsville, State proba
tion Officer. Indications are
that Hartsville will attempt to
revoke McGeiger's parole andj
that he will have to complete
his current 10 year term in
addition to facing the additional
charges.
Award
Carolina Telephone this month
will honor Isaac L. Cooper of
Loulsburg for having completed
5 years of telephone service.
He will receive a miniature
gold emblem award signifying
the number of years of service
attained.
Cooper is employed by the
company as a Janitor In the
Plant Department here.
On City Council
Thomas Named To
Replace Johnson
Ernest F. Thomas, 69 year
old semi-retired local news
paperman, was named to fill
the un-expired term of Council
man A. F. Johnson, Jr., on the
Louisburg city Council at a
special meeting of the Council
Tuesday night.
Johnson, who is moving to
Sanford, N. C#, resigned from
the Council earlier this month.
A native of Loulsburg, Tho
mas attended Louisburg High
School and Loulsburg College,
and has been employed at The
Franklin Times oontlnously
since 1911. He is a veteran of
World AVar 1, a charter mem
ber of the local American Le
gion Post, member of the 40
Food Application
Dates Announced
The>W?kli? County Welfare
Department Wednesday an
nounced the schedule by town
ships for application? for cer
tification vst^recelve surplus
foods under the Commodity Dis
tribution Program.
Mrs. Jane M. York said that
nearly 450 households had been
Interviewed and certified eli
gible to receive the free food
to date and that less than 10
per cent of the applicants ap
plying had been found Ineligible.
The first actual distribution of
the free surplus foods was made
last week.
Applications from needy fami
lies In Loul'sburg Township are
being taken this week at the
Surplus Food office upstairs
over the Welfare Office on Court ;
Street and the schedule of per
sons In other townships is as
$100 Reward
Posted For
Wanted Man
Franklin** Sheriff joe W.
Champion today announced the
posting of a $100. cash reward
for information and conviction
of Willie Frank Roberts, 50
year-old Rocky Ford Com
munity negro.
Roberts Is wanted In con
nection with the rape and kid
napping of a young Rocky Ford
negro girl and with severely
wounding the girls younger
sister some several months
ago.
Anyone having any Information
as to the whereabouts of Ro
berts is requested to contact
Franklin Sheriff Joe W.
Champion Immediately. g
follows:
Cedar Rock, January 24 and
27; Sandy Creek - Gold Mine,
January 28 and 29; Cypress
Creek - Hayesvllle, January
30 and 31; Youngsville - Har
Tls, February 3 and 4; Frank
linton, February 5 and 6; and
Dunn^ftlo.'! and 2) February
7 and 10/\^
Mrs. York stated that under
the program the County Is re
imbursed at the rate^f $2 per
head for the first 1,000; $1
per head for the next 1,000;
and 50$ per head thereafter to
help defray the cost of ad
ministering the program.
The next food distribution date
Is set for January 27.
Fuller Takes
Oath As
Water Boss
Walter E. Fuller was sworn
in Tuesday as director of the
State Department of Water Re
sources at a ceremony In the
old Senate chamber of the Ca
pitol.
The oath was administered by
Associate Justice William H.
Bobbltt of the State Supreme
Court. Fuller succeeded Col.
Harry Brown In the post Jan.
2.
Gov. Sanford told the gather
ing, "I regard this as one of
the most Important endeavors
of the State of North Carolina.
Water is one of the great
wealths of our State."
He said that industries need
water and that some states have
had water Shortages while
" North Carolina has an excel
lent supply."
Top Performance Bull
MSF Mesa Domino 25, out
standing yearling bull from
North Carolina's top perfor
mance tested herd of Polled
Herefords, is shown above with
breeders Roger Moss (left) and
Clifton Moss (right), Kittrell,
N. C. The yearling was pur
chasedby Armour and Company
and will be put through about
three years of rigid progency
testing as a candidate for the
company's Beef Cattle im
provement (BCI) stud at Den
ver, Colo.
& 8 and the Louisburg Meth
odist Church, where he has
served on the official board
for many years.
He and his wife, the former
Ruth Webb, reside on North
Main Street.
Thomas' appointment follows
the long standing custom to
appoint the next highest can
didate in cases of vacancies
occurring on the Council. He
is expected to taVe the oath of
office on or before the next
Council meeting.
In other action the Council
heard a representative of the
R. D. Cole Manufacturing Co.,
erectors of the town's new over
head water storage tank, In
relation to a contract con
struction penalty. The matter
was taken under advisement by
the Council*
E. F. Thomas
Dog Returned To
Franklinton Man
A Great Dane dog wa? re
turned to a Frankltnton at
torney, after the animal was
spotted In a northbound vehicle
on U. S. 1 bypass at Hender
son Monday afternoon.
Henderson police Sgt. P. L.
Ellis, jr., said local officers
were alerted by Frankllnton
police radio to watch for a 1960
model station wagon believed
to have been carrying the dog
Monday afternoon. Capt. A. P.
I^rd spotted the vehicle, which
he said was driven by An
son Reginald Burllngame, of
Hudson Falls, N. Y.
Burlingame was quoted as
saying he had found the Great
Dane lying In t*he road, ap
parently Injured, and when he
was unable to locate the own*
er he placed the dog In his
station wagon and headed north
ward toward his New York
home.
The dog's owner, Frank llnton
attorney Hubert H. Senter, was
contacted and arrived here to
claim the animal. No charges
were filed In the case.
Local Rescuer Is
Honored At Party
A veteran local Rescuer was
honored at a surprise party at
the local Rescue Headquarters
Building Friday night.
A. F. Johnson, Jr., Chairman
of the Loulsburg Fire Depart
ment Committee which or
ganized the Loulsburg Rescue
Service back In 1948, and his
wife, were guests of honor at
the party, hosted by Dr. John
T. Lloyd and attended by mem
bers of the Rescue. Service and
local Medical Society and their
wives.
Veteran Rescuer and Mayor
Pro-Tern Robert M. Hicks,
himself a charter member of the
organization, outlined the pro
gress of the unit since its or-"
ganization and presented a large
framed photograph of Johnson
which was hung In the Res
cue Building. At the bottom
of the photo was a bronze plaque
bearing the following lnscrip- -
tion, *' A. F. Johnson, jr.,
Founder Louisburg Rescue
Service, 1948."
In acknowledging the tribute,
jonnsun, wnu is leaving
burg to Join the Robei^^. Com
pany In Sanford the first of the
month, gave credit for the unit
to local volunteer firemen, who
sponsored the organization of
the unit and bought the origi
nal rescue truck, the dedica
tion arid hard work of the mem
bers of the Service, the co
operation and backing of the
local medical society and staff
at Franklin Memorial Hospital,
.and tlie acceptance aijd whole
hearted support "By the people
of Louisburg and Franklin
County. ^
"All of the people of Frank
lin County have contributed to
and can take just pride in this
service organization" he said,
"and what little I may have
been privileged to contribute
has be?|i repaid in full mea
sure in the knowledge of what
this organization means to this
area/'
The occasion was brought to
an abrupt end by an emergency
alarm that sent the Rescuers,
dressed In their Sunday best,
out to a muddy, blogdy, acci
dent, to continue th^ir life- 1
saving work* begun 16 years
ago.
No Choice
Little' Nellie was asked the
difference between the quick
and the dead. I
"The quid are those who
get out of the way In time,
the dead are those who don't."