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The Franklin Times
Published Every Tuesday & Thursday
Comment
A man who does not think
for hlmsell does not think at
all. Oscar Wilde
Serving All Of Franklin County
Tal. 0Y 6-3283
Five Cents
Louisburg. N. C-. Thursday April 16 1964
(Eight Pages Today)
96th Year ? Number 16
Democratic
Precinct Meets
Announced
Meetings will be held in each
voting precinct in Franklin
County on Saturday, April 25,
at 11 a.m., according to James
D. Speed, Chairman of the
Franklin County Democratic
Party.
The purpose of the meetings
will be to elect precinct offi
cers of the Democratic Party
for a two-year term and to e
lect delegates to the county
wide Democratic Convention,
which will be held in the Frank
lin County Courthouse on Sa
turday, May 9, at 10 a.m.
All registered Democratic
/oters are eligible to take part
in these meetings and are urged
to attend.
Each voting precinct shall be
entitled to cast, in the County
Convention, one vote for ev
ery fifty Democratic votes or
major fraction thereof cast by
the precinct for the Democra
tic gubernatorial candidate at
the last preceding gubernatorial
election.
Similar meetings will be held
throughout all of North Carolina
on these same dates.
League Of
Women Voters
To Meet Here
The April unit meetings of the
Loiiisburg League of Women
Voters have been cancelled In
order to give the local re
search committee adequate
time to outline the group's new
study item - the Louisburg
school system.
Members will be notified by
the unit leaders atyrnt the May
meetings.
? Beauty Contestant
Sandra Wright Goswick, 17-year-old
Franklinton High senior is the first an
nounced contestant for the fourth annual
Miss Louisburg Pageant sponsored by the
LOuisburg Jaycees. Sandra is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs; J. W. Goswick of Route 1,
Louisburg.
Sandra was the winner of the "Miss Fran
coa" title earlier this year.
At Franklinton High Sandra is a bus driv
er, glee club member, and F. H. A. mem
ber. She was homecoming attendant and
was in the senior play.
Sandra lists cooking and horseback rid
ing as her hobbies, howling as her favorite
sport, folk and rock n' roll as her favorite
music, and shrimp as her favorite food.
Sandra is a Baptist.
For her talent presentation in the pageant
which will take place in the College Audi
torium on May 15, Sandra will do a dance
routine.
Yarborough Rites Held Here
Funeral services for William
Henry Yarborough, Jr., former
Louisburu resident and Raleigh
attorney, were held Wednesday
at St. Timothy's Church In Ral
eigh. Burial followed in Louis
burg's Oakwood Cemetery.
Yarborough died Tuesday
morning in the Lawyer's Build
ing in Raleigh of a heart attack
while talking on the phone. He
was taken to Rex Hospital. by
ambulance, but was dead on
arrival.
Mr. Yarborough, 55, had prac
ticed law in Raleigh since 1932,
first as an associate of the late
Gov. J. Melville Broughton and
later with William T. Joyner.
He entered the Army in 1944
and returned to Raleigh in 1946
to open his private law firm.
He graduated lrt 1931 from
the University of North Caro
lina, where he was editor of
The Daily Tar Heel, and from
the Wake Forest Law School
the following year.
Mr. Yarborough was a past
commander of the Raleigh Post
No. 1 of the American Legion
and a former chef de gare of
the Raleigh unit of the 40 & 8.
He was a vestryman in St.
Timothy's Episcopal Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Jeanie Boat wright Yarborough;
two daughters, Miss Mary Wi
att Yarborough of the home and
Mrs. James W. Armfield*of
Jamestown; three brothers, Hill
and Edward, both of Louisburg,
and Kemp P. of St. Mary's
City, Md., three sisters, Mrs.
Richard Chance of San Diego,
Calif. Mrs. Elenor Krawinkel
of Bergneustadt, West Ger
many, and Mrs. Joseph L.Carl
1
W. H. Yarborough, Jr.
ton of Winston-Salem; and three
grandchildren.
Schools TV
Oo Sunday
Mrs. Evelyn J. Williamson,
president of the Franklin Coun
ty Unit of the NCE A today called
attention to a television pro
gram "Our Schools Have Kept
Us Free", which will be pre
miered over State television
stations on Sunday, April 19,
and again on April 25.
The film, which should be of
interest to all persons interest
ed in our schools, may be seen
on April 19 over WTVD, Chan
nel 11, at 1 p.m. and over
WNCT, Channel 9, at 1:30
p.m. WRAL, Channel 5, will
carry the film on April 25,
at 2:30 p.m.
Rescue Show Success
The Louisburg Rescue Ser
vice's "Guess the Price Show"
was a whopping success Wed
nesday as they played to over
750 people packed into the
Louisburg Armory. In what
was described by Chief V. A.
Peoples as the largest crowd,
ever, hundreds of dollars in
prizes were drawn for or bid
on.
Mrs. Barbara Alston won the
big prize, a real live pony. It
was not learned how Mrs. Al
ston got the pony off the stage
and home. Donald Davis of
Louisburg won the reclin
er chair, which was the other
door prize.
Clyde Gupton won the used
automobile _??_abonus when he
bid nearest the retail price of
an assortment of automobile ac
cessories. Mrs. Allen Thar
rington won an expensive living
room suite and Phylis Jeffreys
won a radio and a bonus of a
ladies pipe.
The vacations to Carolina
Beach were won by Thurston
Allen, including free bus tickets
there and back and Walton
Hayes, who won a dozen sport
shirts as his bonus. Mrs. C.J.
Pruitt *won a modern dinette
suite and Mrs. Robert Goswick
won a diamond ring.
On the lighter side, Mrs. Paul
Stewart won a coop of bantam
roosters and Daly Phillips won
a real live pig. Harvey Stroth
er, whose hair is thinning won
an assortment of hair olls<and
Joe Shearin, the rescuer hand
ing them but, was lucky enough
to have his young son win a
dog.
Second Polio
Vaccine Due
Here Sunday
The second big step to elimi
nate f>ollo in Franklin County i
will be taken this Sunday. Type !
Ill Sabin oral polio vaccine will ;
be distributed at the eleven |
Stop Polio Clinics throughout!
1 Franklin County between the
| hours of 12:00 noon and 5:00
p.m.
Campaign officials stated this
week that sufficient vaccinf has
been ordered to vaccinate
21,000 people and in case of
a shortage a helicopter will
be standing by in Raleigh to
fly in supplementary vaccine.
They also pointed out that
steps will he taken to elimi
nate th& few flaws that were
present in the first Stop Po
lio Sunday a month ago.
Dr Doyle Medders, Chair
man of the campaign, empha
sized the importance of all re
ceiving the vaccine, "To real
ly do the job of elimination
polio," he stressed, 44 we must
reach at least three fourths of
the population of Franklin Coun
ty which would take 21,000 lm
minizations."
A contribution of 25? per dose
will be requested of those who
can afford it to help meet the
expenses o\ the drive. But
no one i will be denied the vac
cine. The sole purpose of the
drive is to eliminate polio.
The eleven Stop Polio Clinics
will be located at the following
school gymnasiums: (1) Louis
burg, (2) Riverside, (3) Frank
linton, (4) B. F. Person,
(5) Bunn, (6) Gethsemane,
(7) Edward Best, (8) Perrys,
(9) Gold Sand, (10) Youngsville
High School and Elementary.
Beasley Files
For Register
Of Deeds
Ralph Beasley, 35 year old
Sheriffs Deputy, has filed for
the office of Register of Deeds
In the May 30th Democratic
Primary, ^easley will oppose
veteran Alex Wood, who filed
earlier.
Beasley Is a former Justice
of the Peace In Louisburg,
having held that position for
six years. He also formerly
operated a business on Mar
ket Street here. For the past
year he has been a member of
the Franklin County Sheriffs
Department.
Beasley is a graduate of Mills
High School and Is married to
the former Nancy Holden,
daughter of Mrs. Otis Holden
and the late Mr. Holden of
Youngsvllle. Both are Bap
tists and life long residents
of Franklin County. He^ Is
the son of Mrs. Gladys Beas
ley and the late Mr. Elias
Beasley.
Beasley resigned his posi
tion with the Sheriffs Depart
ment effective the last of April
In order to seek a public office.
He had been the subject of much
speculation, s?nce his resigna
tion announcement did not dis
close which office he would
seek. He paid his filing fee of
$55.53 Wednesday.
OES To Meet
Wm. B. Barrow Chapter No.
39, OES, will hold a regular
meeting on Tuesday, April 21,
at 8 p.m.
All members are urged to at
I
:M> l il<- Fop
May Primary
I Thirty candidates have filed for office ini
the May 30th Democratic Primary as the'
Headline for filing nears. Filing deadline j
is twelve noon . Friday, April 17'. t
The largest number to file in any race
have filed for the seat now held by Norris
Collins on the Franklin County Board of
Commissioners, for District 2, Franklin
Horace W. Baker
Mrs. T. H. Weldon
Lloyd A. West
Incumbents, One Newcomer
File For Education Seats
Two Incumbents and one chal
lenger filed this week for seats
on the County Board of Educa
tion in the May 30th Democratic
Primary. Mrs. T. H.Weldonof|
Hayesviile-Sandy Creek Dis
tricts and Horace W. Baker.
District 1, Harris-Bunn, both
New Blood Bank
Shown above, A. G. Mashburn, Chief
Technician of Franklin Memorial Hospital
sh'owing the new Blood Bank recently in
stalled. j -Times Staff Photo.
Hospital Gets New Blood Bank
Franklin Memorial Hospital
has recently instSrited the latest
in a new Blood Bank unit. "We
are fortupate to have this
modern equipment in our .hos
pital/' said A. G. Mashburn,
Chief Technician.
The unit is a controlled tem
perature refrigerator type,
insulated structure. It has
an automatic recording de
vice which records the tem
perature on a paper jjisc for
24 hours, seven days' on ia single
disc. These discs can be stored
for a permanent record.
A two light alarm system is
also included, which will sound
an alarm at anyr time the tem
perature is affected or the cur
rent goes off. The sunlt is
one recommended by the Medi
cal Care Commission and is
the latest on the market. It
will keep blood stored for 21
days, the maximum allowed by
State health authorities.
presently serving on
the Board, filed as
did newcomer Lloyd
A. West, seeking the post held
by Mrs Weldon.
Mrs. Weldon has served on
the Board for .the past eleven
years and has been a member
of Governor Sanford's Commit
tee of 100 for Better Education.
She is the mother of six and has
been active in her church, New
Bethel Baptist. She has been an
officer in the State Grand Chap
ter of Eastern Star and has teen
active in this work for the |>ast
40 years.
Baker has teen a member
of the Board for the past six
years. He is 38 years old,
married to the former Rebecca
Mangum of Wake Forest. They
have two children, Vicky 15, and
Donald, 11, both students at
Bunn School. Baker is a past
deacon and Sunday School teach
er at Harris Chapel Church, a
Mason and a member of the Bunn
Boosters Club.
West, a newcomer to politics,
is a member of the Franklin
County Industrial Development
Commission. He is 40 years
old, married to the iormer
Daphine Cash of Sandy Creek.
They have two boys, Donnie
17 and Kenneth 12, both stu
dents at Gold SandSchool. West
is a member of the Citizens
Committee for the Study of
Consolidation in Franklin
County, Chairman of the Board
of Deacons of Sandy Creek
Church, a past Sunday School
Superintendent and the Mu
sic Director of the Tar River
Association.
Mrs. Weldon is a past Sun
day School teacher and lead
er in the Women's Missionary
Society. She has also been ac-4
tive for a number of years in
Home Demonstration work in
the county. Her interest, she
(See EDUCATION Page 8)
and Youngsvilie. six
have filed for this of
fice and in the order
of filing are as follows: John
W. House, John P. Mangrum,
Charles' H. Pergerson, Carl
M. Bell, Richard H. Cash and
W infield Garrett.
In the race for the House of
Representatives, the name of
Incumbent James D. Speed
is missing, but two have filed.
Norris W. Collins, present
County Commissioner ana
James T. Moss, YoungsviUe
farm leader have filed.
W. F. Shelton Is the only can
ddate for the post of Judge of
Recorder's Court thus far. Oply
other major candidate unop
posed is Horace W. Baker for
the County Board of Education.
Hubert H. Senter filed to op
pose W. H. Taylor, present
Soilcltor of Recorder's Court.
Taylor filed last week. Alex
T. Wood, present Register of
Deeds, has opposlton as Ralph
Beasley filed Wednesday for,
that office. Wood had filed
earlier.
Mrs. T. *H. Weldon of Epsom
is being opposed by Lloyd A.
West for the seat on the County
Board of Education for the
Hayesvllle-Sandy Creek Town
ships. In the only other Com
missioner race, Chairman.
W. P. Chllders, Incumbent, has
opposition from E. M. Sykes,
who ran unsuccessfully last
time.
Twelve have filed for the vari
ous Constable Jobs, with three
at Harris leading the list. Harry
Martin, Dennis Eakes and
Warnton Pearce are seeking the
Job there. Grey Moon, Louis
burg; Johnny Horton, Dunn;
Lloyd Gupton, Gold Mine; Van
(See PRIMARY Page 8)
Elections Board
Rules On Race
The Franklin County Board
of Elections met Wednesday af
ternoon to act on the scramble
in the Sandy Creek Constable
race. The Board ruled that'
Harold House lives In Sandy
Creek Township and is eligible
to run for Constable in that
district.
The Board is composed of
Taylor Boone, Chairman and
Harry Rogers, both Democrats.
The Republican member of the
Board was not present. The
member appointed, reportedly
declined to serve and a new
member is to be selected at the
Republican Convention set for
April 25.
, The misunderstanding on
House's eligibility had come
about when it was reported that
he lived in Lou isburg Township.
He is registered in Cedar Rock
Township, but his registration
will be changed since his resi
dence has changed. House re
ported that he purchased his
property from Fred C. Hlght
and presented a statement from
Hight that it was part of a tract
known as the R. R. Radford
place. The Tax Department In
formed the Board that this land
was recorded as being in Sandy
Creek Township.
Everybody Hod A Good Time Winning
Dogs
Ladies Pipe
Boats
Sporty Rescuer . . .
Pony
Tired M. C. . . . .