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Louisburg. N C . Thursday. February 27. 1964
(Eight Pages Today)
95th Year? Number 2
Eagles Beat Phantoms
Tommy. Bunn, left center, and
Wesley Alford jump for the bas
ketball in, last night's Edward
Best-rYourigsville game. Others
shown, left to right, lhillipRice
,(EB), Wiley Brown (Y), Leon
btore (EB 12), Robert Harper
(Y51), the official is unidentified
Jimmy Murphy (EB22), Ralph
Brown (Y5) and James Bailey
(Y20). The Eagles won 47-43.
-Times Staff Photo.
Tourney Moves Into
Semi-Finals Tonight
The Champion Epsom Girls outscored
Bunn 7-1 in the final period Wednesday
night to move into the Tourney Champion
ship game Friday night. The Epsom Girls
won 24-22 in the closing seconds of the
game.
The Edward Best Eagles* outlasted the
Bunn Bulldogs, 47-43 to move into a semi
Horton Gets
Honor Award
, W. H. (Jerry) Horton of Louis- |
burg has qualified for mem
bership in '? Challenger Club,"
a distinction ac orded certain
members of the Nationwide In- I
su ranee agency force.
Membership in the club is
based on excellence in multi
pleline insurance sales and
service.
Horton was among nine agents
in the Raleigh sales region to
attain this honor. Others are:
L. E. Woodard, Conway; J. P.
Little, Roanoke Rapids; S. T.
Carter, Washington; Nl. C. Bas
night, Havelock; R. R. Brown,
Raleigh; M. W. Hester, Creed;
moor; J. R. Thompson and VV.
N. Bobbitt, Rocky Mount.
Horton has l)efen recipient of
this award on eleven previous
occasions during his 21-year -
association with Nationwide.
Fire
The LOitisbuVg Fire Depart
ment answered a call Tuesday
aftSrnoon at 2:50 to the home
of Nathantal Davis, 914 South
Main St. A lied had caught
fire reportedly from ap elec
tric hot plate. The bed, springs
and mattress were total losses.
Firemen removed the burning
furniture from the house.
final berth againstl
Gold Sand tonight.
With four seconds
remaining in thefirstj
game Wednesday night, Nora
White, Bunn freshman drove j
the back line for what|
seemed to an an easy lay
up that would have tied the j
game. * The Epsom Gjrls closed :
in and White was called for i
traveling, giving the ball over j
to Epsom and that was the
ball game.
Leon Stone and Phillip Rice |
paired with 18 and 17 points
respectively, to keep the Eagles ~
fiTtrtfht of the Phantoms in the
second game. James Bailey ;
was high for Yqungsville with
16 and Robert Harper had 13.
Bailey and Harper played their
last high school game; both are i
seniors.
Peggy Strickland was high for
the losing Bunn girls with 11 I
points. Sandra Ayscjue led Ep
som with 8.
In Tuesday's first round play, !
the Edward Best girls squeezed
past a spirited . Franklinton
squad, 33-38 to move into a
date tonight with Gold Sand.
The Louisburg Boys bested a
fiery EfSsom five, 61-51 to go
into a second round meet with
Bunn Friday night.
Carol Murray, last year's
Most Valuable Player in the
Tournament, led the Best girls
with 15 and Cheryll Eakes was
(See TOURNAMENT Page 8) .
Gov's School
Nominees
Are Announced
Nominees from Franklin
County to the Governor's School
are as follows: in natural
science, Reenie Edna May of
Edward Best High School and
Jerry MarshalPOf "Btmn High
School; in English, Emma Ruth
Bartholomew and Kate Allen
Huggins of Louisburg High
School; in social sciences, Jim
my Currin of Epsom High
School; and in math Susan Lloyd
and Jane Elliot McKinne of
Louisburg High School.
Nominees must come from
the present sophomore and jun
ion classes and were deter
mined by their scores on cer
tain standard tests.
The Governor'^ School is a
unique experiment . In North
Carolina to give students of
the state who have indicated ta
lent in certain subject area
fields. It is to be held in
Winston-Salem on the campus
of Salem College from June
10 to July 31. There is no
cost to the student.
Selections for students to at
tend the school will be made
by the State Department of Pub
lic Instruction from the nomi
nees sent in by the various ad-%
ministrative units in the state.
A total of four hundred will be
selected. I
August 1909
The old newspaper shown in
Tuesday's issue of The Times
was published on August *^7,
1909. The names that could
be seen in the lower right side
of the page were from an ar
ticle of tl)atj date concerning
a Lawn Party given at Epsom
for Lee and May Jones. Many
had asked about these names
and other articles showiv.
It's easy to give somebody
something that rightfully be
longs to somebody else.
6 Year Old
Third Road
Fatality IIito
Franklin County counted its third highway
fatality of the year early Wednesday morn
ing when a six-year-old school child was
killed near his home seven miles north of
Louisburg. Jesse Lee Williams, Negro first
grades was struck ai d killed instantly as
he stepped in front of an automobile on High
way 401 around 7:30. The Child was cros
sing the road to wait for his school bus.
Jesse Wiljard Smith, 48, Louisburg, Rt. 3,
was the driver of the car. Smith, who lives
near the scene, . was on his -^av to work,
Third Road Fatality Of Year
Bryant Best, left, and Kyle
Prince, members of the Louis
burg Rescue Squad direct traf
fic at Wednesday morning scene
on Highway 401. Six-year-old
Je,sseLee Williams lies dead in
the road. He was struck by a
ear on his Way to meet the school
bus.
-Times Staff Photo.
Two File For Dist.One Com.
: __ . i
Two more candidates' have
filed for the May 30th Demo
cratic Primary in Franklin
County. John P. Mangrum an<J
John W. House have both filed
for the District 1 County Com
missioner position being vacat
ed by Commissioner Norris
Rollins. Collins h*s filed for
the House of Representatives
seat now held by Representa
tive James D. Speed.
John W. House, 59-year-old
| farmer of Frankllnton, paid his
filing fee Monday and John P.
Mangrum, Frankllnton .Negro
Minister, filed last Friday.
House had announced his in
tentions to seek the office sev
eral weeks ago, but Mangrum
filed and made his announce
ment at the same time.
Mangrum has been a resident
of Frankllnton for the past 50
years, is a Democrat and is a
former school principal.
House has been a resident
of his community, about four
miles west of Frankllnton, for
the past 59 years and has
farmed during this time. He
John W. House
is engaged in the pou It ry, .cat
tle and tobacco business. *
Mangrum was in school
work for 32 years, and is a
former Rehabilitation Super-,
visor at Central Prison, where!
he served on the Classification1
Committee. At present h?? is:
pastor of the United Church of1
f John P. Mangrurri
Christ of Franklinton.
House has been a deacon in,
the Post Chapel Christian!
Church for the past 20 years,
a member of the Board of Di
rectors of F$rm Bureau and was
a ASC Committeeman ifor four
years. He is married to the
form Ernie Burnette and has %
Smith said, "The
child stepped right
out in front of the car
about five feet away.1'
Slate Highway Patrolman D. C.
Day Investigated the accident
and reported it as unavolcable.
Day said that skid marks at
the scene did not Indicate speed
ing and that no charges would
be filed ilgalnst Smith In the
accident. However, Day added,
Smith was being charged with
Operating a vehicle without a
license. Smith Is re|x>rted to
have told the Patrolman that
he had not had a driver's li
cense for the past twelve
years. He only drove, he re
portedly said, a short distance
each day to meet his ride to
work.
The Negro youth lived with
his elderly grandfather, Al
bert h. Williams, near Trinity
Church on the Uarrenton road, j
I His mother, according to hlc :
grandfather, had moved to the
north.
Franklin County went through I
January without a single road j
fatality. John Thomas Bulluck, |
Pine Ridge man, was the first
road death when he was killed j
instantly near his home on Feb- j
rnary 2nd. Hud Dunn 44-year
old Negro man, was killed near I
I'earce's last Sunday afternoon
to become the second fatality. I
Drive For
Crippled
To Start Here
The annual drive for Crip
Pled Children and Adults In
Franklin County begins this 1
week end. Mrs. Donald Grif
fin, chairman of the drive
reports that envelops withEas-" 1
ter Seals will be mailed to
county residents on Monday 1
March 2.
As there will be no school
solicitations, everyone (surged
to send a contribution for the
Easter Seals to Mrs. W. H. ?
Horton, Jr., in Louisburg
one daughter.
Mangrum said in filing, "I
have retired from these po- <
sltions, but I am not 'Tired*. I
He added, "If elected, I shall ;
work for the best Interes of :
all the people of Franklin :
County."
House said, "I am for 'the I
continued progress of our I
county and for sound, economl- <
cal government," In making his 1
announcerpent. .
William Rowe
Local Youth
Named To
Honor Guard
William Howe of Louisburg
has l>een assigned to the famed
Old Guard honorary unit in
Washington, D. C. , according
to a letter from Col. J. B. Con
my, Jr., commander of the unit.
The Lou is burg youth is the first
ever to receive such an honor
from this county, according to
Capt. Harold E. Luck, local
Army advisor.
The Old Guard is the oldest
infantry unit .in the United States
Army predating the Constitution
to 178-4. U-4S responsible for
ceremonial and security mis
sions in the nation's capital,
including guarding the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier at Arling
ton National Cemetery; con
din ting military funeral, and
various ceremonial functions,
for the President of the United
States and other American and
foreign government officials.
Because of its unique and highly
important mission, only select
ed personnel are asstgned to
The OW Guard.
"You may take pride in your
son being a member of The Old
in his letter to Mr. and Mrs.
B. T. Howe, parents of the sol
dier.
The OldGuard, known official
ly as the 1st Battalion, 3rd In
fantry, and stationed at Fort
Myer, Va., just outside Wash
ington. maintains very high
standards. Its training and du
ties are rigorous and demand
ing. The Old Guard performs
before more people than any
other unit. Millions saw them
in action during the recent cere
monies surrounding the death of
President Kennedy. The sol
diers of the Honor Guard were
from The Old Guard unit at
Fort Myer.
Rowe, 19 years old, is a gra
duate of Louisburg High School
where he was* an outstanding
athlete in football. He was
chosen one of the eleven from
an entire regiment at Ft. Gor
don, for this honor.
Rescue
Call
The Louisburg Rescue Ser
vice answered a call at Cen
terville Wednesday morning a
round 11:30 to aid J. B. Rich
ardson, 60-year-old Negro, who
suTtered a broken leg while
snaking logs near Centerville.
Louisburg answered the call
because the Centerville Res
ue Squad was enroute to Rocky
Mount with an unidentified he?rt
attack patient.
Basketball Tournaments Are For
Housecleaning . . . .
1
Cheering ,
Hugging
Worrying
Protecting
.Or Napping .