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The Franklin Times
Published Every Tuesday & Thursday
Serving All Of Franklin County
Comment
Food, rest, mental peace and
exercise are the four golden
keys to old age. Better try
to take advantage of thjs ad
vice.
,T#I. 3V 6-3283
F ive Cents
Louisburg. N. C., Thursday. March 5. 1964
(Eight Pages Today)'
95th- Year ? Number 4
i Polio Oral Vaccine Drive To
Start In County March 22nd
A community-wide effort to
wipe out polio In FrankllnCoun
by will be launched by the
Franklin County Medical So
ciety, assisted bytheLoulsburg
Junior Woman's Club, It was
announced today by Dr. Doyle
Medders.
Dr. Medders urged citizens
of all ages to turn out at Im
munization stations on March
22 to receive their 'first dose
of the new Sabln oral polio
vaccine.
" While there has been a dra
matic decline In the number of
cases of paralytic ''polio," Dr.
Medders said, "the disease Is
not yet defeated. In the United
States, there were more than
1500 cases of polio In 1961.
More than 800 of these suf
fered either death or some sort
of paralysis from the disease.
"The Sabln vaccine may be the
final answer to the fight against
this dreaded disease. The vac
cine Is easy to administer ? no
Injection; It provides rapid ac
tion- -In about one week, and
helps break the chain of trans
mission by stimulating Intes
tinal resistance to future In
fectlon.
"Recent licensing of the Type
in vaccine," he added, "means
that the possibility of wiping out
polio as a threat to our chil
dren or to their parents Is
closer than ever before. We
have the tools. Now It's up to
the community to use them."
Polio Is caused by any one
of the three types of virus.
The government last year li
censed an oral vaccine against
Types I and 11 and recently
(ranted a license for distri
bution of oral vaccine against
Type III. All three of the oral
vaccines were developed by Dr.
Albert fi. Sabln of the Univer
sity of Cincinnati School of
Medicine.
The" vaccine will be adminis
tered at ten Immunization cen
ters In strategic locations
throughout the county. The
vaccine can be administered to
Infants by dropper, spoon or
paper cup. Older children and
adults can drink a mixture of
vaccine and distilled water or
eat a cube of sugar on which
the vac lne has been dropped.
The local registration will be
through pre-reglstration slips
given to all school children and
also at each clinic site. . ,
The vaccines will be dispens
ed at Louisburg High School,
Gold Sand High School, Bunn
High School, Edward Best High
School, Frankllnton High
School, Youngsvllle High
School, Youngsvllle Elemen
tary- School, B. W. Person
Frankllnton, Riverside High
School, Perrys High School,
Gethsemane School.
Clinic dates are March 22,
April 19 and May 17, between
the hours of 12 noon and 5
p.m.
Whatzit?
Is this the remains
of a "Killer Dingo"?
Back, maybe to haunt? What
ever It Is, It was found on the
lawn of The Times early Sun
day morning. Cans, bottles
and papers we have, but Ribs
of Beef, raw, that is, we don't
need. If It was thrown from a
moving car, hltchlkers should
beware. The driver might be
a cannibal. -Times Staff Photo.
Louisburg Firemen
The Louisburg Volunteer
Firemen are shown above in
their Monday night meeting
here. The Firemen began an
Intensive 30-hour training
course this week that will last
until June. Roy Gupton, fourth
from left standing, Chief of the
Henderson Fire Department is
the Instructor. Staff Photo.
Local firemen Start Course
The Loulsburg Volunteer Fire
Department began an Intensive
30-hour training course here
Monday night. The course Is
being given by Chief Roy Gup
ton, of the Henderson Fire De
"partment. Gupton Is a former
Franklin County resident.
Gupton Is a Certified Fire
Instructor and will conduct the
entire training program. The
course consists of three phases:
a nine-hour session on First
Aid Fire Extinguishing;' nine
hours on Breathing Apparatus;
1
Bloodshed
Boxscore
Raleigh? The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traf
fic deaths through 10 a.m. Mon
day, February 24:
KILLED TO DATE 194
KILLED TO DATE
LAST YEAR 167
and twelve hours on Hose Evo
lution. The sessions will last
three hours each night and will
be held each first and third
Monday. It is expected to last
until June.
The Instruction Is being spon
sored by the Industrial Educa
tion Commission and local fire
men voted to take advantage of
the program.
Masonic Notice
Master Sidney Johnson an
nounced today that there will
be an emergent communication
of Loulsburg Lodge 413, AF &
AM on. Monday, March 9, 1964
at 7:30 p.m. In the Masonic
Temple on Jolly Street. Work
will be In the 3rd Degree and
all members are urged to at- ,
tend.
A Stated Communication of
Loulsburg Lodge will be held
Tuesday, March 10, at 7:30
p.m. In the Masonic Temple
with work In the Fellowcrart
Degree. All members are
urgea to attend. All visitors
are welcome.
Citizens For
Const. Govt.
To Meet
There will be a meeting of
The Citizens Committee for the
Preservation of Constitutional
Government Thursday night,
March 12, In the Courthouse.
The meeting will be to take up
general business and there Is
to be no guest speaker, accord
ing to -local attorney Charles
Davis.
Rescue Call -
The Loulsburg Rescue service
answered a call early this after
noon near Laurel's Mill to aid
an apparent heart attack victim.
Joe Harris, 63 year old Rt. 2
Negro man was dead when
Rescuers arrived. ' 1
County Commissioners Hold
Routine Business Meeting
The County Commissioners
handled mostly rountlne bus
iness In the regular monthly
meeting here Monday. The
Board rented the Library build
ing on Main Street (or 90 days
to allow time (or the moving of
the library to Its new quarters
on Justice Ave.
The Commissioners heard a
report o( the Grand Jury that
minor repairs are, needed at
the County Jail. The Grand
Jury reported that new lab
ratorles are needed among
other things. The Clerk of
Court's Audit Report was
approved through December
1963 and the Free Food pro
gram was discussed. The Plan
Is In effect through April, but
no action was taken on Its
extension beyond that time.
W. J. Benton, Industrial De
velopment Director for the
county appeared before the
Board requesting their help In
providing water and sewer
facilities outside the town
limits, In the event an Industry
should desire to come here.
No action was taken on this
request.
The Loulsburg Garden Club
was given $50 to help In their
beautlflcatlon of county pro
perty, and a request from Social
Security to be allowed to use
space In the new Welfare Build
ing for their local office was
heard. In the request. Social
Security stated that 2300 county
citizens are receiving $1,400,
000 annually under the program.
The Social Security offjce Is now
located In the Agriculture build
ing.
An Item In the building of the
new Welfare office came up,
Involving the Insulation. The
contract called for double foil'
Insulation, but through error,
single foil has been Installed.
Mrs. Jane York, Welfare Superi
ntendent, asked the Board to
provide an additional door
Inside the new structure and
some discussion was held as to
th? possibility of an exchange
of this for the less costly In
sulation. However, It was
decided against such a change
when the Board Investigated the j
difference In price of the In- !
sulatlons.
It was announced at the meet
ing that Commissioner Norrij
W, Collins had been appointed
to the Legislative Committee
and Commissioner George H.
Harris had been anointed to the
Secondary Roads Committee of
the N. C. Association of County
Commissioners.
! ALA To Meet
The American Legion Auxili
ary will hold Its March meet
ing on Friday, March 6, at 8
p.m. In the home of Mrs. Vio
let Joyner on Blckett Boulevard.
All members ar,e urged to
attend.
NEWS
BRIEFS
The Military Budget
Washington, D. C.--Th?John
son Administration may hold Its
military aid request next year to j
the lowest level since the glob
bal program began fourteen
years ago, It has been report
ed.
Key United States officials
Indicate they expect a ne*
budget request for military
aid to be limited to a little
more than $1,?00, 000,000.
Hops It Hurl Lo<*al Economy?
Federal Food Plan
F ranklin County 's Free Food Program. .
Is It Good or Bad? As it is with all ques
tions, there are two sides. The recipients
and the Welfare Department say it's good.
Some merchints and citizens say it's bad.
Good or bad, it has been in progress in
Franklin County since January 15th. If it
is to contir/ue, the Commissioners must
act at their' April meeting.
The Program is a Federal Project. For|
Fire Call
The Loulsburg Fire Depart
ment was summoned early this
morning to a service station at
the corner of South MalnSt. and
the River Road. The grease
pit was discovered on fire when
the place was opened for busi
ness. By the time firemen had
reached the scene, station per
sonnel had put out the blaze.
No damage was suffered.
Franklin or any other
county to participate
in it, the Program
must first get ap
proval of the County Commis
sioners. It Is administered lo
cally by the Welfare Depart
ment and state-wide by thS'
N. C. Department of Agricul
ture.
The procedure for becoming
eligible to receive the surplus
food ts somewhat complicated
to those making application.
While rather simple, once it Is
understood, It nevertheless
takes time to fill out the blanks
and to get verification from an
applicant's employee or land
lord. To process the large
number of applicants, an office
was opened for this purpose.
For the past two months, office
this office has been open five
days each week. This has been
reduced to Tuesdays and Wed
nesdays effective March 1st.
"The rush is over," one work
er put It.
Once names and numbers have
been recorded, an applicant
must then get a verification In
writing from his employee stat
ing that he Is receiving less than
$200 per month, If a family head,
or $75 per month If applicant Is
an Individual
The applicant, once approved,
Is given a card with the date he
or she Is to pick up his surplus
food. He may receive the tree
food once a month. All this
Is recorded. Mr. J. E. Perry,
Jr., Is In charge of the distri
bution office located In the Sea
board building on South Main
St. David Terrell Is his as
sistant and handles the distri
bution to the recipient.
Mrs. M. M. Person, Jr. Is in
charge of the Application Office
*pd recently Mrs. Blanche
Rouse has been employed to
assist. Welfare' recipients are
processed thrcfcgh the Welfare
Department's regular office and
their approval or rejection
comes through the main office.
The- application office pro
cesses those not covered In the
Signing Up
Loading Up
FREE FOOD
?f
GOOD OR BAD ?
local Welfare Program.
Mr. Perry reported that Tues
day of this week, 639 people
received food from the dis
tribution point. He added, "I
processed 142 people, with an
average of 3 to 4 In their
families, on Tuesday". He
said, "Around 10,000 pounds
of food Is handed out each day
we operate here." The dates
for March are 3,4,5 of this week
and each Tuesday andThursday
thereafter. This figures 90,000
pounds of food for the month of
March. Mrs. Person Indicated
that the figure had run about
the same since the program
started or around 25,000
pounds of food given by the end
of March.
What Is this doing to the
economy of Franklin County?
"It's going to destroy the mer
chant If It last long enough",
Is one answer received to the
Inquiry, "what is the free food
plan doing to your business."
One grocery man said, "It has
cut my flour sales In half, but
has not bothered anything else."
A Loulsburg merchant said It
Democrats To
Push Dinner
Meet Tickets
James D. Speed, Chairman
of the Franklin County Execu
tive Committee, announced this
week that tickets are now on sale
for the Annual Democratic Din
ner. The meeting, to be held
March 28 in the College Cafe
teria, Is to have Edmund Hard
ing as a guest speaker.
Speed announced that tickets
could be purchased from any
of the following members of
his Committee: ? ? ^
Mrs. Thelma Hall, 1st Vice
Chm., J. Fred Perry, 2nd Vice
Chm., Jackson Dean, Jr., 3rd
Vice Chm., N. E. Faulkner,
Secretary, Walter Fuller,
Treasurer; Cameron Stallings,
Mrs. W_ H. Kelly, A. E. Pearce,
Mrs. James Perdue, Charles
Richardson;
Mrs. Howard Phillips. Jack
Green, Mrs. Robert Cheatham,
Calvin W. Brown, Mrs. Brooks
W. Parham, John P. Ayscue,
Mrs. R. G. Winn, Jr., George
D. Fuller, Mrs. Agnes Merritt,
W. D. Fuller, Mrs. G. M. Ray
nor, Jr., Thurston O. 'Murphy,
Mrs. W. B. Pearce, J. Simon
Collie, Miss Carolyn Fisher,
C. Hill Yarborough, Mrs.
Gladys Perry.
A drawing Is held each year
at the Annual Democratic Din
ner with the winners attending
the State meeting In Raleigh.
Speed said he expects this to be
the largest meeting the Demo
crats have had In tfee county.
had hurt his flour, beans and
' V
lard sales considerably. An-1
other, a few blocks away, said,
It hadn't hurt his business at
all and that he had had an in
crease since January.
A county groceryman stated
that, his business was off con
siderably In January, but picked
up In February. The free food
plan had nothing to do with It,
he added. Another Louisburg
food dealer said, "My entire
grocery business is off at least
one half." He blamed the pro
gram for It.
A local department store,
said, "It has Increased my
business. They can use the
money they have been spend
ing for food, on clothing". An
other clothier said, "I can't
see any difference. My business
is showing an increase".
One merchant said, "Its the
silliest setup ever on the face
of the earth". But added,
"It's helped some people, but
in one county where K lasted
for a year, it has ruined busi
ness".
There have been almost as
many rumors about misuse of
the food as there have been
applicants: Items showing up
in homes o f those not so needy,
working people who seemingly
"are doing alright" receiving
the food, and one member
getting approval when others
living in the same household
is gainfully employed. And
almost everyone that has ob
served the handout, has com
mented on the number of late
model cars parked at the dis
tribution point each operating
(lay.
The Welfare Department ex
plains much of this. First,
most of the needy do not have
transportation of j their own.
They, toll of some incidents
where Welfare recipients, re
ceiving a monthly allowance of
$32 is charged by "friends",
a fee of $5, to transport them
to town. Many authorize
persons other than themselves
and th?ir immediate famili*s{o
pick up the food for them. This
is allowed and accounts in part
for the model cars. When asked
about their presence, several
replied, "Oh it's not me. I
brought somebody."
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