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L6u>sburg N Thursday. April 9. 1964
(Ten Pages Today)
95th Year ? Number 14
Primary Filing Deadline Nears
Seventeen hopeful candidates
have paid their filing fees for
the upcoming Democratic Pri
mary on May 30th, according to
Mrs. Susan Gupton, who is serv
ing as filing clerk. There is at
least one candidate for ever\>
race already filed, except for
Beasley Resigns
To Seek Office
Ralph Beasley
r Cancer Fund
Drive Starts
The annual American Can
cer Society Crusade to save
more lives through research,
education and service, was
launched on a nationwide scale
the first of April. Franklin
County Crusade Chairman,
Mrs. Richard Henderson, re
ports that the annual fund rais
ing drive for the Cancer So
ciety is now well underway
in the county. Citizens are
urged to respond to the ap
peal of the ASC volunteer work
ers as they make calls to dis
tribute informative literature
and to solicit funds.
Volunteers for areas In the
county are: Mrs. Norma Lewis
of Pilot; Mrs. J. D. White 6f
Bunn; Mrs. Coleen Wilder of
Bunn-Loulsburg Road; Mrs.
Joel Wester, Mapleville; Mrs.
Julia Carr, Franklinton; Miss
Gertrude Winston, Loulsburg;
Mrs. Willis May, Ingleside;
Mrs. T. H. Weldon, Epsom;
Mrs. Elsie Timberlake and
Mrs. N. A. Brown, Youngsville;
Mrs. Carl Harris, Royal; Mrs.
Henry Wiggins, Louisburg-Ral
eigh Road; Mrs. Graham Nelms,
Gold Sand; Mrs. Owen Wilder,
Mitchiners.
Mrs. Howard Griffin, Cen
terville; Mrs. T. H. Dickens,
White Level; Mrs. C. T. Dean,
Sr., and Mrs. T. O. Nelms,
Cedar Rock; Mrs. Onnie Bow
(See CANCER page 6)
Deputy Sheriff Ralph Beasley
has resigned his post with the
Franklin County Sheriff's de
partment effective April 30th,
according to local reports.
Beasley has been Chief Depu
ty and has held the position
since May 1, 1963*
It is reliably reported that
Beasley resigned in order to
^epk a political office in the
May' aoth Democratic Primary.
The exact office he plans to
seek has Niot been reported.
One report haS^im seeking the
office of Constabk* probably
of Louisburg Township where
he lives. \
Other offices mentioned and
coming up in the primary are:
Register of Deeds, Solicitor,
Judge of Recorder's Court and
the House of Representatives,
Two Commissioner spots are
open in- districts outside Beas
ley' s present residence.
Beasley was out of town this
morning and unavailable for
comment and Sheriff Joe W.
Champion was also unavaifa
ble when called. Beasley Is
the son of Mrs. Gladys Beas
ley and the late Elias Beasley
and a lifelong resident of Frank
lin County. He is married and
he and his wife Nancy live on
Highway 561 near Louisburg.
Fire Dept.
Offers Film
Chief W. J. Shearln of the
"tonistoirrg Fire Department an
nounced this week that his de
partment now has a motion
picture projector and plans to
offer the department's service
in showing fire prevention mov
ies to groiips throughout the
area.
The projector, one of the fin
est made, was acquired in or
der to make this service avail
able to the county, said a
spokesman. The movies which
will be available by request will
run about 45 minutes.
Civic clubs, church groups and
school groups, and any other in
terested parties are urged to
contact James Johnson or Wil
lard Morton inLouisburg. "Al-j
low about three weeks in mak
ing plans for this program,"
Johnson said.
the two seats on the
the County Board of
Education.
Mrs. T. H. Wei don,
Epsom District and Horace \\\
Baker, Bum-Harris District,
are expected to file- for re
election to the Education Board.
Both are now serving..
In the race for the House
of Representatives, incumbent
James D. Speed has fiot filed
and has. not yet announced his
intentions. County Commis
sioner Norris Collins and
Youngsville businessman-far -
mer James Moss have filed for
the House seat and have already
started their campaigns.
Frankllnton Attorney Hubert
H. Senter has filed for the
Solicitor of Recorders Court
attorney W. H. Taylor. Tay
lor has not filed and has not
announced his intentions. Re
corder's Court Judge W. F.
Shelton has filed and thus far
is the only candidate to suc
ceed himself in the position.
Tt^ District 2 race for Coun
ty Commissioner has three can
didates wltl^ rumors of more to
come. John W. House, farmer,
John P. Mangrurtty minister, and
Charles H, Pergerson, busi
nessman, all of Frankllnton are
seeking the seat now held by
Collins, who is stepping down ih
order to run for the House.
In the other Commissioner
race in District 4, only Incum
bent W. p. Chllders has filed.
No other candidate has an
nounced for this post.
Veteran Register of Deeds,
Alex Wood is unopposed for
reelection to his post thus far.
With the deadline for filing
approaching, a host of filings
have been made for the Con
stable jobs in the county. In
Sandy Creek Township, Thad
deus W. Bobbitt and Harold
House have filed and in Youngs
ville K. B. Hill Is opposing
Sanford Pearce for thte post.
Harvey Martin, erroneously
reported as Harry Martin in
Tuesday's Times, Is the on
ly candidate for Constable In
Harris Township.
Others are unopposed in their
townships, Grey Moon, Louis
burg filed, withdrew and has
now filed again; John Horton is
the sole candidate in Dunn
Township and Claude T. Satter
white is alone in the race at
Frankllnton. Lloyd Gupton Is
thus far unopposed for reelec
tion in the Gold Mine race.
The filing deadline for all
offices is next Wednesday, April
15th, in the office of the Indus
trial Development Commission
on Court Street. The office
closes at 5 P. M.
Five Escape Injury In Wreck
Five people escaped serious
Injury In Ji head-on automobile
collision Tuesday night near
Mltchiner's Crossroads around
7 p.m. Henry Jones, 16-year
old Rt. 3, Loulsburg youth, was
reportedly driving a 1960 Pon
tlac that collided with a 1961
Plymouth reportedly driven by
Mrs. Lurepena Blockson, 52
year-old negro woman of
Franklinton.
Nancy Allgood. 17, Rt. 1, Klt
trell and William Burnette, Rt.
4, Loulsburg, passengers In the
Jones car, were treated and
released at Franklin Memorial
Hospital. Bert Blockson, 52,
husband of the driver of the
Plymouth, suffered facial cuts
but was also released. His
wife, the m<*st seriously in
jured, was admitted to the hos
pital with severe facial lace
rations.
The accident occurred on the
crest of a slight hill and a
slight curve. The highway was
wet from recent rains and driv
ing conditions were termed
poor. The cause of the acci
dent, however, has not been de
termined. Both vehicles suf
fered considerable damage.
The impact ripped the hood from
the Blockson cai1. The Louis
burg RescueServtce was called,
but the injured had been moved
to the Jjpspital by private am
bulance, before theRescueSer
vice arrived.
The alarm, however, brought
out a large number of sight
seers, causing a traffic jam
on the rural road.
Wreck Scenes
Shown above left, is 1960 Pon
tiac and right, 1961 Plymouth
that were damaged in Tuesday
night's collision near Mitchl
II
ner's Crossroads. None of the
five occupants of the two cars
were seriously injured.
-Tlnresrstaff Photo.
Franklinton
Group Votes
Industry Bid
W. J. Benton, Director of
'Franklin, County Development
Commission, met with a group
of Franklinton civic and busi
ness leaders in Franklinton
Town Hall Tuesday night to dis
cuss the Industrial picture in
Franklin County and in the
Franklinton area in particular.
G. M. Beam, Jr., Louisburg
attorney- insurance man, ex
plained to the group the steps
necessary in organizing an in
dustrial development corpora
tion for Franklinton. The group
decided to organize such a cor
poration and planned other
meetings for the near future.
Benton said, "In my judgment,
such a corporation is neces
sary for Franklinton in order
for my office to have someone
to take prospects too, discuss
and arrange financing with and
some group to hold title to
property." He added, "Lo
cal initiative and leg work are
a must and l am extremely
happy with the group's action
Tuesday night."
Davis Gets
GM Award
A local automobile man, Mr.
W. Winston Davis was awarded
a GM Corporation Certificate
for his satisfactory completion
of the GM Dealer Manpower
Development Conference at the
General Motors Training Cen
ter this week.
Winston Davis was one of
15 professional automotive men
from GM dealerships in the
Charlotte Zone area who par
ticipated in the two day meet
ing.
The Conference he attended
is one of 12 such seminars
being offered this year to GM
dealers, their managers and
staff specialists. Each year
all advanced conference ma
terial Is brought up to date
through a continuing national
survey of the professional needs
of retail automotive people.
Professional Conferences
similar to the one attended by
Mr. Davis are regularly held
at all 30 GM Training Centers
throughout the country.
Consistency is the last refuge
of the unimaginative.
Rescue Receives Car
Sunday, April 12 is the final
date for securing tickets for
Bar-B-Que Chicken for the
'?Guess The Price Show" ac
cording to the Louisburg Res
cue Service, sponsors of the
Annual program. Pork bar
beque tickets may be obtained
after this time.
Chief V. A. Peoples announced
the Service has received a do
nation of a used automobile from
Louisburg Motors to be given
Superior Court
Jury List
Jurors drawn by the Com
missioners, with th^ assistance
of the SheHff, for a two-week
term of Franklin County Civil
Superior Court1 beginning on
April 20th, 1964, are as fol
lows:
FIRST WEEK
DUNN - Nelson Stone, M. T.
Ray, Jr. ^
-HARRIS - n6nE
YOUNGSVILLE - - James
Smith, William Monroe, Jr.,
Claude Frazler, James Burke.
FRANKLINTON - B. a Per
son, Wheeler Brodle ,~ Ephram
Woodllef, Robert Easter Perry,
Marshall Ross, Harold F. Simp
son, Johnnie Piper, J. Y. Black
ley.
HAYESVILLE - Walter Jones,
Robert Henry Wilson, Mrs.
W. W. Ellington.
SANDY CREEK - Priscilla
Alston, E. Norrls Perdue,
Henry T. Edwards, Foster M.
Harris, Perry Mooj-e.
GOLD MINE?**- Vernon Lee
Cothran, Wilbur Benton, Perry
M. Gupton, Burl Denton, S. V.
Burt, Robert Burnette.
CEDAR ROCK - Elliabeth C. J
(See JURY page 6)
at the show as a Bonus Prize.
Peoples had already announced
the receipt of a live pony and
deluxe recliner chair as door
prizes.
The ? ( prizes continue to
come into the Rescue building
from local merchants. The
latest lists of donators is as
follows: Harris Pharmacy*
Seaboard Stores; Mullen's Dept.
Stofe; , Farmer's Tractor &
Truck- Co.;* Howell's Vulcani
zing Co.; Strickland Electric;
Topkel's; Leggett's; DickeT
son's Garage; First Federal
Savings & Loan; and the Bame
Hotel, Carolina Beach, N. C.
The "Guess The Price Show"
is scheduled for next Wednes
day, April 15th in tHe Louis
burg Armory. The' Shipper
starts at 5:30 P. M. with the
show getting underway at 7:30.
Tickets are available from all
Rescue Service members.
Masonic Notice
Work will be In the Master
Masons degree at the stated
communication of Loulsburg
Lodge 413 AF & AM on Tues
day night, April 14,- at 1:30.
There will be a practice ses
sion on Monday evening which
Is also part of the lecture ser
vice. All Master Masons. are
cordially Invited to the meet
ings.
Cancer Clinic
The Cancer Detection Clinic
for April will be held at the
Franklin County Health Center
Wednesday, April 15th, starting
at 1:00 P. M.
This Is a free service and
anyone wiihlng to have the
examination may obtain an ap
pointment by calllng.MlssEst
her Andrews at GY6-3553.
* t.
Board Votes
Halt To Food
The Franklin County Commissioners vot
ed to abolish ihe Free Food Plan in a .Spe
cial Meeting-Tuesday. The Board could not
reach a decision in their regular session on
Monday and the final action was delayed un
til the special meeting.
The program had supplied free food to
7,359 people through the month of March.
River Rises
Scene above is of Tar River
at the Main Street bridge show
ing the rising waters. G. O.
^vyjinedy, Louisburg weather
man, reported the river -at a
high of 15.55 ft. this morning
at the above point. The normal
-is between 4 and 5 ft.
-Times Staff. Photo.
Rescue Calls
The Louisburg Rescue Ser
vice answered a call to the
scene of a head-on collision
near Mitcheners Crossroads
near Mitcheners Crossroads
Tuesday night. The injured had
already been moved to the local
hospital. The Service assisted
In directing traffic at the scene.
Later, Tuesday night, the Res
cue Service was called to the
home of Bill Duke on Highway
56, where Duke was ill. A
local physician was called.
Moss Pays Filing Fee
James T. "Joe" Moss of
Youngsvllle, who recently an
nounced his candidacy for the
House of Representatives, |>aid
his filing fee Tuesday to Mrs.
Susan Gupton, Filing Clerk. He
was accompanied by his wife,
Margaret, and their three sons,
Jimmy, Billy and David.
In seeking the office Moss
[made the following statement:
"As a candidate for the House
i of Representatives it is my
desire to represent the citi
zens of Franklin County, and
'give -Just consideration to all
their needs and problems.
"By financing my own cam
paign, I believe I shall be free
to make decisions in the best
interest of the entire county.
"It is my opinion that( our
state government should be
operated on a sound business
like basis in order that the
taxpayer may receive maxi
mum benefit from each tax
dollar. I am not in favor of
any new taxes or any increase
in present taxes.
"One of n>y primary objec
I tives will be the continued im
I provement of public schools and
institutions of higher learning
because the future of our coun
ty aitd state depends upon well
educated citizens.
| 'I shall propose and endorse
programs which will improve
the agricultural economy qf
our area. Special emphasis
would be placed upon solv
ing the problems of tobacco
producers and encouraging ad
ditional, sources of farm In
come.
"Good roads are a necessi
ty to the growth of our coun
ty, and i shall exert every ef
fort to improve the public high
ways of Franklin County.
"Realizing the need' for more
job opportunities, I shall pro
mote* additional industry for our
county.
"As I solicit the support of
my Franklin County friends, 1
wish to emphasize that all of
my -efforts will be directed
toward a better and more, pro
gressive Franklin County."
It began in January
after approval of the
Commissioners in a
meeting on December 30th.
In the action token Tuesday
the Board said, ' After a long
discussion on the Commodity
Surplus Food Program as out
lined in the contract with the
North Carolina Department of
Agriculture, dated 30 December
1963, it was the wishes of the
Board of County Commis
sioners to discontinue the con
tract on and after the 30th
day of April, 1964 and the
County Attorney was instructed
to notify Mr. M. J. Pierce,
Assistant Director ?r Mr. Jay
P. Davis Director, Commodity
Distritxitlou Program of Ral
eigh, N. C., stating the request
of the Board of County Com
missioners".
The contract calls for written
notice of thirty days for dis
continuance by either party.
The Board was unanimous In
the decision, it was reported.
The minutes do not show how
each meftiber voted ju in earlier
votes, taken MoiMay, which
were not adopted and are not
official, it was reported that
Commissioner Norwood Falk
ner moved the program*l>e dis
continued", with Commissioner
Claude Arnold giving second to
the motion. When the vote was
called, Falkner and Arnold
voted to stop the program.
Commissioners Norris Collins
and W. P. Childers voted in
favor of the program and Com
missioner George Harris ab
stained from voting. This re
sulted in a tie and led to the
ultimate defeat of the program.
A motion by Commissioner
Harris to continue the program
another thirty days passed, with
Collins and Childres voting for
and Falkner and Arnold voting
against. Later study revealed,
however, that it would take
thirty days to revalue the ap
plicants under such an exten
sion and this motion was not
adopted.
.The program will continue
through the month of April under
its present system. Pressures
from some businessmen and
instances of misuse of the pro
gram were generally the rea
sons given for the discontinu
ance of the program.
The Board Instructed the
County Attorney to advertise
for bids for the Job of re
evaluation of Franklin County.
The new evaluation is due next
year.
Missed opportunity is the
price of total Yeliance on com
fortable security.
Lowlands Flooded
The Tar River is Shown above
spreading to low grounds, as it
rises-, to 15.55 ft. this. morning.
Jr.' O. Kennedy, Louisburg
veatherman, reported 1 .20 in
ches of rain fell Tuesday and
1.34 inches Wednesday. Weath
erman promises fair and cold
er for this areai
? -Times Staff Photo. ?