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Tel. QV 6-3283 Five .Cents Louisburg. N. C., Thursday, June 4, 1964 (Eight Pages Today)
95th Year? Number 30
Let Us Put Our Books Aua\
"Gaily tripping, homeward
skipping, soon we'll be at play"
seems to be the theme today as
happy youngsters celebrate the
always popular "last day of
school'4. Scene above taken at
Louisburg High School.
-Times Staff Photo.
Local Teacher Named
Trustee Of Art School
Mrs. Wilbur Jolly
Mrs. Wilbur Jolly o( Louls
burg has been appointed a mem
ber of the Board of Trustees
of the School of Performing
Arts to be located in Winston
Salem. The announcement was
made by Governor Terry San
ford last Thursday.
The North Carolina School of
? Performing Arts will be the
first state Arts School In
America. The primary pur
pose of this school shall be
the professional training of
talented students in the fields
of music, drama, the dance,
and all allied performing arts
at both the high school and col
lege level of Instruction. Al
ready an advisory board of ar
tists and a distinguished di
rector have been appointed by
the governor.
Mrs. Jolly, who for the past
year has taught the accelerat
ed classes In the Junior High
Department of Loulsburg
School, holds the B. A. and
M. A. degrees In English and
Social Studies. At Wake Forest
College she was active In Little
Theater work serving as direc
tor, president, and as an ac
tress In several of the Wake
Forest Little Theater produc-f
tlons. She was graduated as'
one of the ten outstanding sen-i
lors and was elected Into Phi
Beta Kappa, an honorary
scholastic fraternity, the old
est of Its kind In the United
States. Mrs. Jolly Is also
a member of the Sir Walter
Cabinet and the Roanoke Is
land Historical Association.
Committee Tours
In Tax Study
A Committee appointed by the
County Commissioners is visit
ing nearby counties today, mak
ing a study of their methods of
reevaluation. Commissioner
Norwood Faulkner, County At
torney Charles Davis and Tax
Collector Kenneth Draswell
make, up the group making the
tour.
The Committee plans to visit
Warren, Nash and possibly
Vnnna PnonMae In nn n/fnr*
to determine the best pro
cedures to follow In the re
evaluation project due soon In
Franklin County.
The Committee was appoint
ed in Tuesday's extension of
Monday's regular meeting. In
other actions In the two meet
ings, the County Board named
Polly Lee James of Rt. 2, Wal
lace, N. C., as Assistant Home
Demonstration Agent for the
county; approved Central Caro
lina Bank and Trust Co. at
Youngsvllle as a depository for
county funds and heard reports
from heads of /County depart
ments.
The Board heard a group re
presenting the Industrial De
velopment Commission In a dis
cussion of their recent vote to
pay one half of the cost of wa
ter facilities to industrial sites
outside the town limits. On
No Jiffies
Ellxabethtown, Ky. ? A kin
dergarten teacher, using an
extra large clock, explained to
her small students how to tell
time by pointing out the hours,
minutes and seconds. When she
asked If there were any
questions, one little girl raised
her hand and asked: "Where
are the Jiffies?"
Tuesday, a committee from the
County Board met with Town
Council members In Loulsburg
to further discuss this subject.
The Town has also agreed to
pay one half of the cost of such
installations.
The Commissioners author
ized the Tax Collector to ad
vertise 1963 Tax Liens In July,
collect In August and settle In
September.
Franklinton
Telephones
To Change
All telephone numbers In the
Franklinton area will change
on June 6, 1964, according to
Howard T. Pitts, local manag
er for Carolina Telephone. To
avoid calling on subscribers
at a time which might be In
convenient, the company will
mall new number plate stickers
to subscribers who are request
ed to place them on their tele
phones.
"We don't like number chang
es?but It Is necessary to
change these numbers to keep
In step with technological de
velopments In telephone com
munications," Pitts said.
The new numbers will con
sist of seven digits and are
In keeping with the numbering
system which is gradually be
coming nationwide. This sys
tem is part of a plan which
will eventually enable more
and more telephone subscribers
to dial their own long distance
calls.
The new number plates will
Include the %rea code for the
eastern portion of North Caro
lina. As part of the overall
plan for direct distance dial
ing, the nation has been divid
ed Into areas, each assigned a
different code number. The
code number for this area Is
919.
Customers In Franklinton
should not use the number 919
when placing calls. This code
will be used on calls coming
Into this area. In comment
ing on this, Pitts said, ' ' If our
subscribers pass their area
code along to people who call
them frequently from other
dialing code areas, the incom
4og calls will be handled more
rapidly."
Franklin County Residents Lose
Money Due From Social Security
John Ingle, Manager of the
Raleigh Social Security Ad
ministration District Office,
stated today that residents of
Franklin, Johnston, Vance,
Wake and Warren Counties lost
benefits by not getting In touch
with his office. According to
Ingle, this was brought out In
a study made during the first
11 weeks of 1964.
During the period of the stu
dy, the District Office received
1096 claims. Of this total num
ber 19 (about 1.7%) had lost
benefits amounting to $32,
794.40.
The greatest amount was lost
by widows ? five of them lost
a total of $22,672.20, primarily
from Ignorance of the law, or
misinterpretation. One ? a
young widow with minor chil
dren?lost 102 months benefits
of $12,648 because she "thought
she had ' '9d."
Six 3(s lost $6419 In
benefits, again because of ig
norance or misunderstanding of
the law. One of these had earned
well over $1200 a year, and
didn't know that he could re
ceive a benefit for any month
he did not Work. He lost only
one check In amount of $121.
Six wives lost benefits of
$3218.10, and their reasons
were varied. One thought It
would reduce her husband's
check If she came on the rolls;
several knew they could draw
11 they filed, but just "didn't
get around to itj', until they
needed a little money for some
thing. One thought she should
wait until we contacted her to
file. One wouldn't admit her
age. She came In to report
the death of her husband and
said she was 62 In January,
1964. A Census Record she
obtained proved she was born
In 1896, so she lost $887.50 in
wile's benelits.
Two couples lost $485.10 in
combined worker and wile bene
lits because they Just didn't
come in to file. Both said they
knew they should have been In,
but one "didn't need *lt es
pecially," and the other "Just
thought he'd let his wile get
a little older".
Ingle says this points up viv
idly the need tor contacting the
Social Security Office when a
person reaches retirement age
or when a member of the fami
ly dies.
Replaces Cannon
Washington, D. C. --George H.
Mahon, (D. Tex.) has moved
up to the chairmanship of the
powerful House Appropria
tions Committee following
the death of Representative Cla
rence Cannon, 87, of Missouri.
Leaning Meters
Champaign, Ill.?The officials
of this city have solved the
problem of dented fenders and
broken meters that are accl
dently bumped while the
motorist Is parking. They have
Installed parking meters atop
strong springs In the place of
t'.ie old-type stationary ones.
The city saves on broken meters
the motorist is happier-even
when he has to pay to parkl
Moss Requests Runoff
With Speed For House
James T. "Joe" Moss, se
cond place finisher In Satur
day's Democratic Primary ra^e
(or the House of Representa
tives behind incumbent James
D. Speed, has called for a se
cond primary. Moss made his
request to the Board of Elec
Official
Vote Count
I Mrs. Susan Gupton, Secretary
to the Board of Elections has
announced that the official num
ber voting In last Saturday's
Democratic Primary Is 6,78?.
The figures used In Tuesday's
Times were unofficial In per
talnlng to the total vo<e, how
ever i the voting by precincts
and total cast for each candidate
were officially checked against
the records in the Elections
Board office.
Townsend
Speaks To
Local Lions
N. A. Townsend, State cam
paign manager for Richardson
Preyer, candidate for gover
nor In the Democratic Primary
declared In a talk to the Louts
burg Lions Club on Tuesday that
Preyer Is a dedicated, capabla
and courageous man with a
sound program for the advance
ment of North Carolina. Town
send's appearance was a part
of the Lions Club's schedule to
have the State managers for the
gubernatorial candidates ad
dress the Club at Its two June
meetings. The Lions Club
meeting on June 16th will I*.
allotted to Wallace Tlppett,
Moore's County manager, for
presentation of the speaker.
Townsend outlined Preyer's
proposals for better roads, in
creased educational advantages
and higher minimum wages, and
expressed the hope that Dan K.
Moore, the other contender
Would meet Preyer in a joint
State wide television debate In
order to provide the opportunity
for the voters to better Judge
the qualifications of the two
candidates. John B. York, Club
President, presided, and Town
send was introduced by Roger
B. Mitchell, member of the
Louis burg Lions Club and Prey
er's County manager.
Townsend expressed confi
dence that in the second pri
mary Preyer would again be the
leader in the voting and that all
classes of North Carolina 6iti
zens would benefit by Preyer's
progressive leadership during
the next four years.
tlpns Wednesday.
In a prepared statement, Moss
said that he had been urged
by a t;i-eat number of his friends
and supporters to enter the run
off. He added, "Also, from all
over Franklin County persons
who supported Mr. Collins have
made this request of me and
promised their support to me
in. the second primary."
In the voting last Saturday,
Speed polled 2648 votes to lead
Moss and County Commissioner
Norris Collins in the three
man race. Moss received 2530
James T. Moss
James D. Speed
Education Board Votes
To Endorse State Bond
The Franklin County Board of
Education voted their full en
dorsement and support of the
State Wide School Bond Issue
to be voted on In November, In
giiielr meeting on Monday.
"*The Wortti Carolina Asso
ciation of School Boards had
requested a decision on the Is
sue from all Its members. Un
der the proposed bond, Frank
lin County schools would re
ceive $558,049.90 should the
Issue pass. The Franklinton
School system would receive
an additional $131,915.82.
This would net Franklin Coun
ty a total of $689,965.72 for use
in its two school systems should
the bond issue receive voter ap
proval.
In other action, the Board ap
proved Driver Education in
structors for the summer pro
gram, passed a rule requiring
prior local committee approval
on school trips and heard re
ports on planned summer re
pairs to buildings.
Dr. Dwayne Gardner of the
State Department of Public In
struction appeared at the re
quest o* the Board to discuss
the State recommended plan
of long range consolidation
of all high schools In the coun
ty system.
The Board announced a Joint
meeting with the Franklin Coun
ty Commissioners; the Frank
llnton School Board and the
Citizens Committee for the Stu
dy pt Consolidation Is to be held
Tuesday night In the Board of
Education Office. Dr. Gardner
will meet with these groups to
discuss plans for consolidation.
In -our church none of the
beams have ever fallen on a
worshiper during Sunday ser
vice.
Bike Rider
Shown above is Mike Fuller, 14-year-old
son of Mr. andMrs. Charles Fuller of Louis-v
burg, with his trusty bike, which he rode to
Henderson, a distance of 20 miles last Sa
turday to visit his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Floyd. M ike took a two-hour rest
and rode from Bearpond to Henderson and
back for another 10-mile bike ride. The
trip from Louisburg took an hour and a half.
-Times Staff PKoto.
votes and Collins collected
135-1. Moss and Speed each
carried five precincts Saturday
with Collins taking his home'
district of Frankllnton.
In his prepared statement.
Moss said, "I do not plan to
Indulge m smear-type tactics.
My campaign will be taased on
my qualifications and my pro
gram for better government.
am not the chosen candidate
of any Individual or organized
group and have complete free
dom to make decisions In the
best interest, of our county."
In a prepared statement Is
sued by Representative Speed
upon Moss' announcement, he
said he was pleased to have
been the leading candidate In
the three-way , race for the
House. He stated, "Since the
number two candidate has called
tor a runoff or second primary
to settle the question, I am
ready and willing to leave the
matter to the fine citizens of
Franklin County to decide."
Speed captured HayesvlUe,
Sandy Creek, Gold Mine, Ce
dar Rock and Cypress Creek
townships, all rural communi
ties and Moss took his home
precinct of YoungsviUe and
Loulsburg, plus a 104 vo(e ,ead
In Frankllnton, which went to
Norris Collins. Moss also won
in Dunn precincts No. 1 and No 2 l
and Harris.
Moss topped Speed by 51 votes
in Loutsburg and the Cypress
Creek precinct had a close vote
giving Speed the edge by 15
jvotes. Speed walloped his op
ponent In the precincts '?rarest
his home, Sandy Creek, Gold
Mine and Cedar Rock. ln the
three Speed tallied 915 votes to
Moss' 331.
Moss stated, "It is my belief
that every man must stand on
his own merit and be willing
to let his position on various
important issues be known to
the voters of Franklin County."
Speed added, In his statement,
"As in my previous campaigns,
I will not be allied or obligated
to any special groups or organi
zation and will always remain
free to serve the best Interests
Of all the- good citizens of our
county." He also said, " I will
continue to run on my past re
cord which will show that I
have worked for the better
ment of North Carolina and'
Franklin County through an
improved educational system;
Industrial expansion; agricul
tural growth and expanded
medical care."
The 141 votes cast for Col
lins In Youngsville and the 607
In Frankllnton could be, some
observers say, the key to a
runoff.
Another runoff Is assured ln
Harris Township where Elmo
Cash, who finished second be
hind Joe Joyner ln the race for
Constable has requested a
second primary. Joyner led
the field of five with 208 votes.
Cash received 110 votes with
the other three candidates, Har
vey Martin, Dennis Eakes and
Wesley Allen getting a 'total of
150.
Rise In Income
Washington, D. C.--TheCom
merce Department has report
ed that total personal Income
rose 5 per cent last year. The
average personal Income rise
was 3 per cent which would av
erage about $77. Nebraska and
the Dakotas were the only states
not showing an Increase in In
come last year. "
Bull Travel
International Falls, Mlnn.
Former Cowboy, Carl Swanson
Is traveling from his home to
Galveston, Texas astride a
2,000 pound bull. Swanson has
Ao planned route or mileage
target, but hopes to reach his
destination by Christmas. His
purpose (or making the trip is
to stimulate the consumption of
beef and help cattle raisers.
Recorder's
Court Docket
Judge W. F. Shelton presid
ed over the Recorder's Court
session on Tuesday, June 2,
with W. H. Taylor prosecuting
lor the state. The docket:
Harold Llnwood Stalllngs,
c/m, 22, operating auto intoxi
cated. 4 months In Jail, su
spended on payment of $100.00
(lne and costs,
ATtfilf Thome c/m/20. as
sault on female. Defendant
failed to comply with Judge
ment, therefore committment to
issue.
Marguerite Washington, c /?,
assault with deadly weapon. To
pay costs.
Robert E. Eaves, Jr., w/m,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute. $10.00 fine and
costs.
Robert Curtfs ..Peaks, c/m,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute. $10.00 fine and
costs.
Vernon Homer Lowery, as
sault with deadly weapon. Case
dismissed; costs assessed
against prosecuting witness.
Elvis Harris, Jr., c/m/ 28, no
operators license. 30 days in
Jail, suspended on payment of
$25.00 fine and costs.
Robert Lee Grlsson, c/m, lar
ceny. Not guilty.
Leonard Allen, Jr., c/m/33,
no operator's license; motor
vehicle violation. 30 days in
Jail, suspended on payment of
costs and to remain of good
behavior for one year.
Gerald Vinson, w/m/21, es
cape from prison. Hearing
waived. $500.00 bond to Frank
lin County Superior Court.
William E. Taylor, w/m,
abandonment and non support.
Nol pros as to abandonment
of wife. 6 months in Jail,
suspended on payment of costs
and beginning 6/15/64 to pay
into office of C. S. C. the sum
of $20.00 weekly for support
of minor child.
Ronald West, w/m/27, care
less and reckless driving. (5
cases consolidated for Judge
ment. 2 years In Jail, suspend
ed on payment of $250.00 fine
and costs of each action, not
to opertte a motor vehicle on
the public highway or street
for such period as the Dept.
of Motor Vehicles may deem
necessary. To give compli
ance bond of $400.00 to first
Tuesday in October.
James E. Collins, w/m/22,
no operator's license. Not
guilty.
Richard Lee Parker, c/m/19fc
careless and reckless driving.
30 days in Jail, suspended on ,
payment of costs and to sur
render operator's license for
6 months.
Michael Ralph Cruser, w/m
16, speeding. Guilty? to pay
costs.
Carolyn Johnson, c/f, assault.
Guilty? to pay costs by June 16.
College Gets
$45,000
In Grants
Loulsburg College recently
has received grants amounting
to $45,000 toward Its library
building program.
The Mary Reynolds Babcock
Foundation, Inc. of Winston
Salem has made a grant of $25,
000; the Mary Duke Biddle
Foundation of New York City
has contributed the Isum of $10,
000 fqr a reference section In
the new library building; and
the Methodist Board of
Education, Nashville, Tenn.,
has made a grant of $10,000
for books.
Other funds for this project
are being received, and It is
expected that construction on
the new building will begin dur
ing 1964. *
Ben E. Jordan, Jr. of Saxapa
haw, trustee of the college, Is
chairman of the Library Build
ing Committee.
Masonic Notice
Loulsburg Lodge #413 AF &
AM will hold a stated communi
cation on Tuesday evening, June
9, at 8 o'clock In the Masonic
Temple on Jolly Street. A very
Interesting program Is planned.
All Master Masons are urged to
be present.
Tough, resilient persimmon
wood Is the first choice of
golfers for club heads.