Weather
Partly cloudy and continued
warm with widely-scattered al
, ternoon and evening thunder
showers today and Wednesday.
High today, 94; low, 70.
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Louisburg. N C.. Tuesday June 23, 1964
(Twelve Pages Today)
95th Year ? Number 35
Firing '"'Honest John " Rocket
Scenes above were taken last Thursday at
Fort Bragg where National Guardsmen fired
the "Honest John" Rocket. Top photo
shows the rocket at moment of launch trav
eling at estimated speed of 600 miles per
hour. Lower left, Lt. Col. Colin McKinne of
Louisburg explains the firing to spectators,
with a dummy rocket and launch in the
background. LoWer right, the "ready"
rocket, with blankets in tact to hold proper
temperature, receiving last minute going
over by troops. More photos page 6^
-Times Staff Photos.
Local Guardmen Fire Modern Rocket
As Two Week Encampment Ends
"Honest John" is a cartoon
character In Ltl Abner, the
comic strip by A1 Capp. "Hon
est John" Is also a rocket.
It Is a weapon of great de
struction. So destructive Is it,
that its devastating power is
still a military secret.
It is known, however, that" one
"Honest John" rocket will de
stroy more tlian every other
weapon combined in the 30th
Division. This modern weapon
is the responsibility of the 113th
artillery, a military unit made
up of Loulsburg, Youngsvtlle
and Zebtilon National Guards
men.
As a climax to their two-week
encampment at Fort Bragg, the
local units fired the "Honest
John" rocket last Thursday af
ternoon. It was a perfect fir
ing. The actual firing was un
der the direction of the Zebu
Ion unit, with Capt. Jack Tip.
pett in command.
Youngsvllle personnel demon
strated how the firing, was to
take place for the several hun
dred G. I.'s and guests gath
ered to witness the event.
Loulsburg unit, this year, was
taking care of the range section.
The Rocket unit is made up
of a Headquarters Battery and
two rocket Batteries. It has
two Rocket Sections and four
launchers. The "Honest John"
has a range of ten miles. The
shot Thursday was approxi
mately six miles, Thejthree
town unit Is capable of firing
eight such rockets per day.
Major Jack Potter of Zebulon
was commanding officer for the
operation under Col. Colin Mc
Kinnee of Loulsburg. Capt.
Robert Hill was in charge of
the Range Section and Capt.
William Bass of Youngsvllle
was In charge of the Demon
stration unit. - Lt. Williams
Bloodshed
Boxscore
Raleigh? The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traf
fic deaths through 10:00 a.m.
KILLED TO DATE 655
KILLED TO DATE
LAST YEAR 548
of the 82 Airborne Div. was
Safety Officer.
The firing was under the
supervision of an advisory
group from 1st Batt. 12th Arty.,
Fort Benning, Ga. The rocket,
or "round" in army language,
weighs 6000 pounds; and car
ries 100,000 pounds of thrust.
The entire launch vehicle
weighs 17 tons. Burning time
of the fuel that hurls the rock
et into space is 4.5 seconds.
The rocket is traveling at 600
July 4th
Closings
Mrs. Juanita Pleasants,
Secretary to the Loulsburg Bus
iness Association announces
that "Many ol our merchants
will remain open Saturday, July
4, and will be closed on Monday,
I July 6." ,
Business
Permits Due
\ Loulsburg businesses have
until July 1 to buy Privilege
Licenses for the coming year
Town Tax Collector R. Lee
Johnson said Monday.
He reported that $1,256.75
has been collected since the li
censes went on sa^. May 15.
His office expects to collect a
total of $3,800 from sale of
the licenses by the end of the
fiscal year, June 30, 1965.
Johnson estimated a total of
250 business and tradespeople
doing business In the town must
purchase licenses.
Businesses which do ndt buy
a license by July 31, 1964, will
be charged a monthly penalty of
5 per cent of the original cost
of the license, as set up by
State law.
Johnson said the cost of a li
cense ranged from 50 cents,
the rate for a shoe shine stand,
and up to $67.50 for pool rooms.
The charges vary as to the type
of business one may be ope rat
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always coats the method with
words about reason and lair
play.
miles pet* hour when it leaves
the pad.
The Guardsmen returned
home Sunday after spending two
weeks at Fort Bragg in their
annual summer training en
campment. About 25% of the
contingent returned on Satur
day with the main body arriving
on Sunday.
SAMPLE BALLOT
Official Democratic Primary
Ballot For County Officers
INSTRUCTIONS
1. To vote for a candidate on the ballot make a cross
(X) mark In the square at the left of his name.
2. If you tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot,
return It to the registrar and get another.
FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
(Vote for One)
? james D SPEED
C] JAMES T. "Joe" MOSS
Primary Election June 27, 1964
Chairman Board of Elections Franklin County.
Sample Democratic Second Primary
Ballot for State Officers
INSTRUCTIONS
1. To vote for a candidate on the ballot make a
cross (xj mark in the square at the left of his
name.
2. i If you tear or deface or wrongly mark this bal
lot, return it to the registrar and get another.
FOR GOVERNOR
(Vote for One)
? DAN K. MOORE
? L. RICHARDSON PREYER
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
(Vote for One)
? ROBERT W. (BOB) SCOTT
? H. CLIFTON BLUE
Second Primary election June 87. 1004.
Chairman State Board of Election?.
5 Applications Withdrawn:
Board Rejects Bids
For Reassignments
The Franklin County Board of
Education disapproved applica
tions for reassignment of five
Negro children to the all white
Louisburg High School ami three
white children seeking reas
signment from Youngs v ill? to
Burtn School, in a special
meeting last Friday morning.
Three of the eight original
Negro 'applications had been
withdrawn prior to the meeting.
Two more were withdrawn!
on Saturday, after being turned
down by tt?e Hoard. The fath- j
er of Hunter and Charlie Mayo,
named on the applications as
Rodwells, withdrew the re
quests. The applications liad
been filed by Christine Rod
wen, a widow, with whom the
Mayo children had been living.
Their father lives In- Newport
News, Va.
Moon Eclipse May Be
Seen Here Wednesday
People In the Franklin County
area will be able to witness a
total eclipse of the moon next
Wednesday evening, informa
tion released by the Morehead
Planetarium In Chapel Hill says
the eclipse will be visible here
around 8:07 p.m. Wednesday.
The eclipse will be visible
everywhere else In the country
except the Northwest, where the
moon will not have risen when
the eclipse has ended.
? The moon will enter the edge
of the earth's shadow at 6:10
P.M. EST, and will start to
enter the darkest part of the
earth's shadow at 7:16 P.M.
EST. Because moonrlse In
North Carolina Is not until 7:30
P.M. EST the night of June 24,
the beginning of the eclipse will
not be visible here.
But the middle of the eclipse,
when the moon Is completely
centered In the earth's shadow,
will be visible at 8:07 P.M.
EST. The total eclipse will
end at 8:58 P.M. EST and the
moon will be completely sepa
rated from the earth's shadow
at 10:04 P.M. EST.
An eclipse of the moon oc
curs when the moon passes
Into the earth's shadow. The
orbit of the moon Is Inclined
to the orbit of the earth by 5
degrees, so most of the time,
as the moon circles the earth,
it will pass above or below
this shadow.
Because of the way the at
mosphere of the earth bends,
or refracts, the light from the
sun, only the red part of the
sunlight will fall on the moon's
surface during totality and the
moon will look deep red.
New Saturday
Banking Hours
Harold Talton, Vice President
and manager of the local First
Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
office, announced that the bank
will begin closing on Saturdays
at 1 p.m. starting this coming
Saturday, June 27.
Rangoon, the capital of Bur
ma, derives Its name from
Yangon, "end of strife," the
National Geographic Magazine
says. King Alaungpaya named
the city in 1755 following his
victory over the Mons, inhabi
tants of southern Burma.
St. Clarence Arlington and his
wife, Susie C., withdrew the
applications for their three
children to 1h? reassigned from
Riverside to the Louisbur
School earlier in the week.
Booster White, YoungsvilU
tobacconist, -and his wife Ruth,
filed applications for their three
children to be reassigned from
the Youngsvllle High School to
the Bunn High School. The'
103 Degrees
Sets Record
The record breaking hot
weather continues in Franklin
County with little hope for re
lief ..within the next few days.
Saturday's high of 103 degrees,
recorded at the Louisburg
Weather Station by G. O. Ken
nedy, official weatherman, set
a new record.
The previous recorded high
for the month of June was on
June 23, 1060, when the tem
perature rose to 99 degrees.
That record was broken on
June 10 this year when the
mercury reached the 100 de
gree mark.
Sunday's high was 101 de
grees before a late afternoon
thundershower brought some
relief. The hottest tempera
ture ever recorded in the state
was on July 28, 1940, ut Albe
marle when the mercury
climbed to 109 degrees.
Kennedy reported that the
Louisburg area received .38
inches of ralnSunday afternoon.
Many of the county areas re
ported a great deal more, with
some areas being hit by hail.
Coffee was first eaten, later
used as a wine and medicine
(supposedly good for sore eyes,
dropsy, gout, and scurvy), and
not until some 700 years ago
sipped as a beverage.
White children are: Randolph
Hewitt, 13, 7th grade; Donnle
Mtcheal, 17, 9th urade; and An
thony Dale, 1st grade. The
White's applications were a^lso
disapproved.
The Whites sought reassign
ment on the basis of "Better
opportunities and more chance
for advancement" at the Bunn
school. ?? ? .
The requests for reassign
ment of the Negro children,"
which were denied, concerned
?the children of Irent* and Len
wood A rrlngton of Loulsburg Rt.
3 and Christine Rodwell of Hen
derson Rt. 2. The Arringtons
allied for transfer of three,
Lenwood, Jr; Joe Beunle; and
Norlne.
St. Clarence and Susie Arrlng
ton withdrew applications for
three children, Raymond Earl,
Larry Doynell and Fred Tru
man. A rrlngton Is reported to
hive said he did not understand
what he was signing, and added
tliat he thought it was something
to do with the Riverside Prin
cipal, Carl Harris.
All of the requests for reas
signment of the Negro children
to the all white Loulsburg
School were notarized by John
P. Mangrum, Frankllnton Ne
gro minister who recently ran
third In the race for a seat on
the Board of County Com
missioners from the Youngs
ville-Frankllnton District.
St. Clarence Arrington Is re
ported to have said that he
signed the applications at his
home and not before the No
tary. The law requires that a
notary public witness the sign
ing of documents to which he
sets his seal.
All of the Negro applicants
gave as their reason for seek
ing reassignment for their chil
dren "That Loulsburg High
lias l>etter facilities and Is near
er." No reason was made public
See BOARD Page 7
Hail Damage
Pictures above show hail damage suf
fered around the county, top, last Friday
on H. Perry Dement farm near Center
vllle tobacco, left, and corn. Dement es
timated 4.3 acres of tobacco and 15 acres
of cotton were dam aged. Lower photo, left,
shows*. Asst. County Agent, Bob Shillinglaw,
examining damaged tobacco on Edward
Boone farm at Justic^fend right, G. B. Ball
farm. Justice area was hit Sunday after
noon. Hail hit 3-mile square area Sunday.
-Times Staff Photos.