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The Franklin Times
Comment
Carelessness Is responsible
for many accidents but you can't
make careless people believe It.
Published Every Tuesday 4 Thursday
Serving All Of ^Franklin County
Tel. 0Y 6-3263
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Louisburg, N. C-, Tuesday, May 5, 1964
(Eight Pages Today)
95th Year? Number 21
That Smell
For the past several issues,
there has been a quaint odor
to The Times. Many of our
readers have noticed it. We're
working on it. We appreciate
your patiehce. It is believed
to be in the ink. There have
been a number of complaints
from newspapers throughout
this section.
The ink company says a,rbad
lot of ink has caused it. The
Times is getting a new ship
ment. We hope it will rectify
the problem.
Read Gets
Certificate
Mr. Frank A. Read, Jr.,
Branch Manager - Assistant
Vice President, First Federal
Savings & Loan Assn., Louis
burg Branch, 104 East Nash
St., LouisburR, North Carolina,
was among 80 students who
received a graduation certifi
cate of the American Savings
and Loan Institute's School for
Executive Development at cere
monies conducted in Athens,
Georgia on Friday, May 8.
Read has completed a two
year course of study at the In
stitute's Georgia School for Ex
ecutive Development and has
completed intensive study in the
general subject areas of fi
nance, real estate, manage
ment, economics, behavioral
science, and communications.
Moss To
Speak In
Chicago
James T. "Joe" Moss of
YoungsviUe has been Invited
to speak to the National LP
Gas Association Convention in
Chicago, Illinois. The con
vention is being held at the Con
rad Hilton Hotel and will t>e
attended by several hundred
LP -Gas dealers and equipment
manufacturers from all over
the nation.
He will appear ontheprograni^*
on Wednesday afternoon, and
will speak on "How to Build
Farm Sales".
In recent months Moss has
spoken to the Editorial Con
ference of the Progressive
Farmer In Birmingham, Ala
bama and to the Southern Farm
Forum In New Orleans, Louisi
ana.
Moss, who is currently a can
didate for the House of Repre
sentatives from Franklin Coun
ty, plans to return home Wed
nesday evening. (J. J. F.)
A workman should be worthy
of his hire, conversely, his
hire should be worthy of his
work.
Beauty Contestant
Annie Faye Might, 21-year-old secretary
for the Franklinton City Schools, is the latest
in the list of contestants in the Jaycee spon
sored "Miss Louis'ourg Pageant", She is
txie daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank B.
Hight of Franklinton.
Ann has been active in the work of the
Baptist Church. She is the associational
Y. W. A. song leader and for the past two
summers has been a staff member of the
Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly. While at
Ridgecrest, Ann has been a dorm officer,
choir officer, member of the staff choir,
and soloist.
Ann lists collecting music and setting hair
as her hobbies, basketball as her favorite
sport, broadway musicals as her favorite
music, and shrimp as her favorite food.
Ann has chosen a vocal selection for her
talent presentation in the pageant which will
beheld on May 15 in the Louisburg College
Auditorium.
Pageant Tickets Go
On Sale County Wide
The Louisburg Jaycees have
announced that tickets are now
s^n sale for the "Miss Louis
bitrg Pageant of 1964" in which
seveiN^ovely and talented con
testants w^ll be competing for
the honor ^sof representing
Franklin Coumy^ln the "Miss
North Carolina Pa&e^ntM. The
girls will be displaying their
talent, poise, personMjty,
looks and charm in the presence
of qualified judges. The judges,
who will not be announced until
the night of the pageant, will
include celebrities one of whom
is a former Miss North Caro
lina.
Ken Corbit, well-known tele
vision personality, will be the
master of ceremdnles for the
pageant which will take place
on May 15 in the Louisburg
College Auditorium. The even
ing of entertainment will In
clude along with the presen
tations of the contestants, the
organ music of Mrs. H. R.
Chesson, dances by the Gold
Sand Rockettes, folk music by
the Hi-Landers of Louisburg
College, and a song by George
West.
Tickets may be obtained in
Louisburg from any member of
fhe Jaycees. Tickets are also
available at the Corner Drug
Store Henderson's Drug
Store in l^anklinton, L. S.
Ward's in Cellterville, Wayne
Win stead's Stor?\in Bunn,
Woodliefs Supply Co. i*n
Yotingsville, Perks Barber
Shop on Hwy 561, Ronald
Tharrington's Store, Hickory
Rock.
Wrecked Scout Car
Scouts Injured In Castalia Wreck
The Louisburg Rescue Ser
vice was called out of the coun
ty Sunday afternoon to the scene
of a wreck In NashCounty three
miles east of Castalia. Six
Rocky Mount Boy Scouts were
Injured, one seriously, when the
car In which they were riding
ran off N. C. 58 and overturned.
All the Injured had been re
moved when the local Rescue
Unit arrived.
State Trooper John Lynn said
the car, which was bringing
eight scouts home from a camp
ing trip In Franklin County, ap
parently flipped over from the
excess weight of the boys and
their equipment.
Injured were Julian B. Bob
bltt, Steve Parker, Charles
Byrne and Josh Munden, all
age 12, and David Hewett and
Alwyn Phillips, both 13
Bobbttt was seriously Injured
and was taken to N, C. Memo
rial Hospital In Chapel Hill for
further treatment. The others
; were treated at Parkview Hos- |
pttal and ROcky Mount Sanator- i
lum In Rocky Mount. "
Lynn said the driver of the
car was Thomas Edgar Jenkins
III, 17, of Rocky Mount. He
said there was apparently no
element of speeding involved
in the accident.
One of the scouts in the car
was not Injured.
Getting rich quickly often
turns out to be the worst way.
Board To Study Plan
For Consolidation
%
The Franklin Count.\ Board of Education
in a meeting Monday, began a study of
long-range planning lor the schools of the
county. Included in this study is the possi
bility . of consolidation of all the high
schools in (lie county into two units.
The Board released the School Survey
report made by members of the State De
Harris School
Board Sells Harris School Property
The abandoned Harris School
property was sold Monday by
the County Board of Education
to Miss Mattie Lou Robblns
for $8,100.00. Miss Robbln.s
had made the high bid on the
property in March. The Board
deferred action on acceptin;
or rejecting the bid in its April
meeting In order to give furth
er study to the use of thebuiio
ing.
In a special meeting last
Wednesday, the Board sold the
Justice School property so that
it could be used for a new in
dustry. A group In the Harris
Community had been working
to secure some type industry
for that section, hoping to house
the plant in the Harris School
building. Miss Bobbins was not
available for comment on what
use she intends to make of the
property.
In other actions of the Board
Monday, bids were approved and
awarded for the construction of
a new cafeteria at Riverside
School in Loulsburg. All bids
were approved except the bid
on heating the building, which
was left open for further ne
gotiation. The building is ex
pected to be completed by the
end of the year.
Demo Convention Here Sat.
Dem. Party leaders through
out Franklin County will as
semble in the County Court
house at 11 a.m.; on Saturday,
May 9, for the biennial County
Democratic Convention.
Hon. W. S. Staton, who re
presents N. C. on the Execu
tive Committee of the Nation
al Democratic Party, will key
note the convention.
Staton, a Sanford attorney, is
a former Trustee of Wake
Forest College, a Lt. Colonel
in the National Guard and a
Past President of the N. C.
Young Democratic Club. He
is past president of the Sanford
Chamber of Commerce, and
Sanford Executive Club. He was
an alternate delegate to the
191)2 National Democratic Con
vention and a delegate from the
8th Congressional District to
the 1956 Convention.
He was the personal Campaign
Manager for Governor Sanford
In the general election in 1960.
. Preceding the speaker, ap
proximately 100 delegates and
alternate delegates elected on
April 25 at the precinct meet
ings, will hear a report of the
activities of the party during
the past 2 years, act on reso
lutions, elect delegates to the
Series No. 4:
Duties Of Ed. Board
Tied To Children
State Convention, have pre
sented Democratic candidates
for office and act upon such oth
er matters that may be pre
sented to the convention.
Party leaders extend a spe
cial invitation to all elected
delegates and alternates to at
tend, and in addition extend a
cordial invitation to all Demo
crats of the county to attend
both the business session and
the keynote address.
Commissioners
Hold Meeting. [
The County Commissioners
heard a request from the N. C.
Board of Welfare for informa
tion' on Franklin County's pro
posal to the N. C. Fund. The
Federal Department of Health,
Education and Welfare is giv
ing Grants to certain areas in
the Tight against poveijty. The
Board complied with the re
quest.
In other action, the Board re
appointed Jackson DeSan, Jr.,
to another three-year term on I
the Industrial Commission and l
interviewed prospective firms
for the devaluation project for i
the county. ?
This Is the fourth In the se
ries of eleven articles on the
duties, salaries and other per
tinent aspects of the public of
fices being voted on In the com
ing Democratic Primary on May
30th.
These articles are expressly
for the information of our read
ers and In no way are endorse
ments of any candidate, Incum
bent or challenger for any race.
THE COUNTY BOARD OF EDU
CATION
The Franklin County Board of
Education Is composed of- five
members, elected from five
combined political districts in
the county. Each member "is
elected for lix years. The
terms are staggered in order
to preserve continuity on the
Board. Two run every two
years and one member runs|
the third two years.
The Board meets on the first
Monday In each month in the
office of the Board of Educa
tion on the county hill at the
Intersection of Blckett Blvd. i
and the Rocky Mount Highway.
The County Board of Edu
cation operates th? schools of
Franklin County. The only
schools in the county not un
der their Jurisdiction is Frank
llnton High School and B. F.
Person-Albion In Franklinton.
Members are paid $10 per
meeting and If a mile travel
to and from the meetings. The
same applies for special called
meetings.
It is the duties of the Board
to hire a Superintendent ev
ery two years; appoint local
school committees. They also
approve all teachers, princi
pals and other school personnel.
They are responsible for the
operation of. school buses and
the office. All vocational train
ing in the county comes under
? their jurisdiction.
! The Board of Education as
signs every child to a particu
lar school. They approve the
school budget, which the law I
requires the County Commis- '
sioners to appropriate money i
for. They rule on requests for |
reassignment of students and
the Board selections from the
capital outlay fund w;here and
(See BOARD Page 8)
Rescue Calls
In addition to the wreck call
near Castalta Sunday afternoon
the Loulsburg Rescue Service
answered a call to the home of
Mr. G. B. West on Highway 561
Monday afternoon. Mr. West i
was later taken to Franklin Me
morial Hospital.
Tuesday morning around 3:30
the Service was called to aid
Norman Harris, 50-year-old
Rt. 1, Loulsburg negro. Harris
died enroute to Franklin Me
morial Hospital of an apparent
stroke.
partment of Public?
Instruction. Copies ot the re
port are being sent to mem
bers of the Citizens Committee
for the Study of Consolidation
in Franklin County. Mr. Frank
Read, former Gold Sand School
Committeeman, is Chairman of
the committee.
The Read Committee, after
studying the schools, requested
the Board to have a survey made
by the State Department. The
survey began in December and
lists twelve additions to pre
sent facilities as recommended
projects. Of the twelve, cafe
terias at Gold Sand and River
side Schools have already been
started by the letting of bids
for their construction this year.
The Board of Education has
called a Joint meeting between
the Read Committee, the Board
and Mr. Dwayne E. Gardner,
Educational Consultant for the
State this month to formulate
plans for the first major step
in the long-range program.
The Board spent the major
portion of their meeting Mon
day in going over many aspects
of consolidation. Changing the
present 8-4 system to a 6-6
which would place grades 7
through \1 in the consolidated
schools was one problem dis
cussed. Brief mention was
made of where the two or four
proposed schools would be lo
cated. Where the money might
be. obtained was another prob
lem discussed. One suggestion
called for a county-wide bond
issue to finance the plans.
Warren Smith, Schools Su
perintendent, informed the
Board that there are 2,328 stu
dents in the system attending
grades 7 through 12. The two
school proposals would place
the students about equally di
vided into the new schools.
The Board was unanimous in
its expression of the need for
action at this time. The Sur
vey pointed out the need for
immediate action on the part
of the? Board in several county
schools. The Survey reported,
"Only Louisburg High School
has facilities that 'do not re
strict the educational program
offering." \
The Board agreed to wait
until the Head Committee has
made a study of the Survey and
renders its recommendation.
The purpose of the committee
was to make a study of the
schools,* talk to the people of
their communities, and to come
before the County EL^ard with a
recommendation.
One Board member said, "It
Is a long range program and ,
It is late in its coming. How
fast it can now be carried out j
Is dependent upon the people of ]
the county. The Board intends 1
to take the leadership in bring
County Leads
In Injured .
Franklin County led the dis
trict in the number Injured
in automobile accidents dur
ing the month of April accord
ing to the State Motor Vehicle
Department. Franklin had 16
accidents reported and ten in
juries.
No deaths were reported in
Frauklin County although there
were five in the district, four
of which occurred in Granville
j County. Total property damage
in this county was listed at
l$4, 174.00'. Granville led with
$11,470.
The district is made up of
Vance, Warren, Granville and
Franklin Counties. The other
fatality happened in Vance
County. There were 129 ar
rests made during April for
motor vehicle violations.
Jimmy Allen
Allen To Be
Blue Manager
A local oil dealer and former
town councilman has been
named Campaign Manager for
the 40 and under ape group
for Clifton Blue for Lieuten
ant Governor. Jimmy Allen,
20, President of the Loui^burg
Jaycees, was named 1st Friday
by J. Elvin Jackson, Blue's
State Co-Manj^fer.
Allen te. Vice President of
the Loiiisburg and Franklin
County Development Corpora
tion, a member of the Ad
visory Committee of the Louis
burg Branch First Federal Sav
ings and Loan Association. H<6
is a member ?>f the Governor's
Committee on the 'Employment
of the Handicapped.
Jackson said in announcing the
appointment, "We are delighted
to have Mr. Allen in our cam
paign and feel that he will do
us a real good job in Franklin
County."
Fire Call
The Louisburg Fire Depart
ment quickly extinguished a
grass fire Monday afternoon
around 3:45. The call was on
West Noble St. and no damage
was reported."
ing to the people, the true pic
ture of their schools. In the
final analysis, tt will be the
people whor decide the quality
of Franklin County education."
The entire contents of the
Survey is expected to be made
public after the ReadCommittee
has had an opportunity to make
Its study. ^
m> Km m
Demo Women
Shown above are the princi
pals in the Democratic Women's
Club meeting here Monday night.
Pictured are members of the
Executive Committee and the
guest speaker, left to right.
Mrs. Betsy Lavender, Mrs.
Dorothy Knott, Mrs. R, A. Cotten
of Fuquay, guest speaker, Mrs.
Selema Oxnevadand Mrs. T. H.
Weldon. See story Page 2.
* -Times Staff Photo.