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Weather Fair today and Wednesday. Mild In afternoon. Low today, 40; high, 70. The Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving y\ll Of Franklin County Tel. OY 6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg. N C-. Tuesday November 10. 1964 (Eight Pages Today) Comment The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good to others. -Publlllus Syrus 96th Year ? Number 76 Local Man Injured In Plane Crash Here A 29 year old Franklin County businessman Is hospitalized In Raleigh with a broken neck, resulting from the crash of an airplane at the local air field last Friday afternoon. J. Jackson "Jackie" Dean of 104 Loy Drive, Loulsburg suf fered the neck Injury and facial bruises when the PA 11 Two seater Cub type airplane quit on takeoff around 5:30 p.m. last Friday and landed Just off the end of the dirt runway. Dean was alone in the plane at the time of the crash. Dean, a licensed pilot, was flying a plane belonging to Dor sett Finch and Forest Poy thress, local flying enthuslsts. No explanation has been given as to the cause of the crash. Dean was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital by private car following the accident and later transferred to Rex Hospi tal In Raleigh, where he Is re ported to be In " good con dition." >? Election Brings Out 56% Of Registered Voters The official vote count for Last Tuesday's General Elections was set at 6,638 bjr the Board of Elections. This number fell short of the record 6,789 cast In the Democratic Primary last May. The balloting last week topped the 6,371 votes cast In the second Primary In June. The county had 56.13% of those registered, voting, leaving 5,189 eligible to vote, that did not cast their ballots. The total registration In the county was reported officially as .11,827 last week by the Board of Elections. Here Is a listing of each precinct, registered and the number voting in the General Elections: PRECINCT Dunn No. 1 Pearces Harris YoungsvlUe Frankllnton Hayesvllle Sandy Creek Gold Mine Cedar Rock Cypress Creek Loulsburg TOTAL REGISTERED 1111 483 969 131 2565 671 672 624 994 347 2670 11,827 VOTED 599 243 430 493 1346 339 376 311 528 170 1743 Historical Committee Sets Plans For Organization On Thursday, November 5, the steering committee of the Franklin County Historical So ciety met at Loulsburg College with L. S. Butler, Mrs. E. F. Griffin, Mrs. M. B. Joyner, T. E. Pearce, W. J. Shearln, and Dr. G. H. Shlnn present. The committee, meeting for or ganizational purposes, ap proved a constitution and by laws, which will be presented for adoption at the next meet ing of the historical society on November 19, at 7:30 p.m. In the Loulsburg College cafe teria. The historical society Is open to anyone Interested In the his tory of Franklin County. The purpose of the historical so ciety Is the creation of Interest In the history of Franklin Coun ty by the collection of histori cal documents and the preser vation of historic sites. The Immediate objective of the his torical society Is to assist In the preservation of the Frank lin Academy building (1804) as a museum for the county. The academy building, located on the campus of Loulsburg Col lege, Is one of the oldest acad emy buildings In the country. Kosygin's Message Washington, D. C.? President Johnson has disclosed that he had received what he consid ered an encouraging message from Premier Aleksel N. Kosy gln of the Soviet Union. The message relayed by Foy D. Kohler, the U. S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, was reas suring and In general line with Mr. Kosygin's other remarks that "peaceful co-existence" remained the basis of Mos cow's foreign policy. Families Return Washington, D. C. ? Since Cuba shut off the Guantanamo naval base's water supply last winter, about half the American ?omen and children have re turned to the United States. Families leave the base as their menfolk finish two-year tour periods. New men are sent to Guantanamo on one-year tours, without their wives and chil dren. Wreck Scene Scene above shows overturned car In which Mrs. Randy Alford of Bunn narrowly escaped seri ous Injury ??4y Monday morn ing. The accldentoccurredfour miles east of Louisburg where State Rural Road 1606 meets Highway 39, about 8:30 a.m. Monday. The manner in which the convertible landed with the top In the ditch Is credited with saving the occupant from seri ous injury. Mrs. Alford was hospitalized with sllghtinjurles. -Times Staff Photo. Sadie Haivkins Day At College Pictured above," left to right, top to bot tom, mostly characters. The strange scene looks like an invasion of residents of A1 Capps' Dogpatch, but in reality, they are students at Louisburg College observing their annual Sadie Hawkins Day rituals last Friday. Students above are attentively lis tening to a quartet of musicians entertain ing in front of the Main Building. Other features of the day included the Hootenanny, above, the Sadie Hawkins Chase, the Mar riage Ceremonies, the Powder-puff football game and a dance. No injuries were re Ported. -Times Staff Photo. Over 250 Methodists Attend College Fund Rally At Louisburg College Ministers and Laymen f rom the Raleigh District of the Me thodist Church met at Loulsburg College, November 9, to discuss Christian Higher Education with particular reference to the three colleges In the Raleigh area ? Methodist College, Fa yettevllle; North Carolina Wes leyan, Rocky Mount; and Louls burg College, Loulsburg. Over 250 were present at the meeting which was presided over by Reverend N. W. Grant, superintendent of the Raleigh District. Invocation was given by Rev. P. H. Layfleld, Jr. of Zebulon. Representing the conference laymen on the program was Walter Anderson, of Raleigh, who urged Methodists to pay pledges made In 1962 to the colleges. Reiterating words spoken by Bishop Garber, he said, "When we know, we care, when we care, we share." Dr. Cecil W. Robblns, presi dent of Loulsburg College, in troduced Loulsburg College Trustees present, as follows: Bishop Paul N. Garber, Rev. J. W. Llneberger, Dr. John T. Lloyd, Rev. Troy Barrett, John H. Hodges, Judge Hamilton Hob good, Dr. C. P. Morris, and William D. Payne. Dr. Robblns AUMAN GARBER ROBBINS GRANT then presented the Loulsburg College Chapel Choir who sang, "None Other Lamb" and "How Excellent Is Thy Name." James Auman, executive di rector of the Association of Methodist Colleges, presented an up-to-date report of the Ra leigh District of the College Crusade, Indicating that of the *323,472.00 pledged, *198,005. 21 had been paid by some sixty congregations. Bishop Garter was Introduced by Mr. Grant. The Bishop stated, "I am so proud of what we have been able to do here In our conference. First, I want to thank you for what has been done for our three col leges. I want thank those people who are willing to underglrd Methodist Higher Education In Eastern North Carolina. Se condly, we want to give our people Information. We have three marvelous colleges with excellent faculties as a result of our stewardship. Today, our three colleges have over 1800 students enrolled." Bishop Garber continued, "Higher Education and Evange lism have gone hand in hand from the beginning of Metho dism. We must keep the tradi tion of the past by maintaining church-related schools. If the p rp to have a choice between church-related and state schools, then Methodists must support our churjh schools. We must live up to our pledges. We must do our part before we can expect help from other sources." Legion To Observe Veteran's Day Throughout the country, people will be observing Ve teran's Day tomorrow. In Loulsburg, the American Le gion. _|s planning a supper for all Veterans tomorrow night at the Loulsburg Armory. There Is to be no parade here this year, but Post Commander Vas sar Perry has requested all businesses to display the (lag during the day. The Post Office will be closed as will other federal offices, but all county offices will re main open. Businesses In town will also be open ans usual. George Champion, Adjutant of the Jambes Post 105 here, said the supper meeting Wednesday night will feature entertainment by the Tar River Playboys plus some speaking. The speakers were not announced, Champion said because of incompleted plans. This day Is set aside each . year on November 11, to cele was originally designated as 1 Armistice Day following World J War I, but was changed to Ve- ] teran's Day following World Warn Youth Arrested For Shoplifting In Three Louisburg Stores A shifty 16 year old shoplifter from Washington, D. C. has been turned over to the local Welfare authorities for possible return to the nation's capital, It has been reported by Louis burg Police Chief William Dement. Eddie* Dean Evans, Negro youth, whose home address Is given as 519 M. St., Washington, D. C. was arrested Monday afternoon on the streets of Loulsburg when he attempted to sell stolen goods, by Police Officer Earl Tharrlngton. Evans Is charged with shop lifting after raiding at least three Loulsburg stores. When arrested, Evans had In his possession, two watches and a transistor radio reportedly taken from Pope's Dept Store and some jewelry, reportedly taken from Rose's Dime Store. He was also wearing a new pair of shoes, which he said he had purchased In Washington. Investigation showed however, that these had been stolen from Leggett's Dept. Store. Evans had gone Into Leggetfs on the pretense of buying a pair of shoes. He was shown a pair by the clerk, but said they cost more than he could afford. While the clerk's back was turned, Evans Is alledged to have placed his old shoes In the box and walked out wear ing the new pair. His old shoes were discovered later when one of the store personnel, serving another customer, opened the box to show the shoes to the new customer, and found Evans' old shoes Instead of a new pair neatly placed Inside. Evans said he arrived In Loulsburg by bus Sunday night around 11 p.m. and was planning to return to Washington Monday. He had once escaped from a reform school but had recently been released to a foster home. He left Washington without ob taining his release. He remains In the county Jail awaiting word from Washington authorities. Local Democratic Party Contributes To State Fund The Franklin County Demo cratic Party has submitted $700 to the state organization to help take care of expenses of the recent campaign, Walter Ful Former County Man Honored Car W. Day of 7937 Halleck Street, S. E. , Washington, D. C., has been presented the Sus tained Superior Performance Award for his work as Traffic Management Specialist with the Defense Traffic Management Service (DTMS). The presenta tion was made by Major Genera] Rush B. Lincoln, Jr., USA, Commander, DTMS, In a special ceremony at DTMS Headquart ers. Although born In Henderson, N. C., Mr. Day moved to Frank llnton, N. C., at an early age and graduated from Frankllnton High School. He has attended George Washington University, American University and Strayer College. Entering military service In October 1943, Mr. Day served with the Army until April 1946. He Is married to the former Emily Woodllef of Frankllnton. He Is the fifth of six children of the late Charlie W. Day and Bessie Marshall Day of Frank llnton. DTMS, the traffic management ?lement of the Defense Supply ler, treasurer of the county organization, reported today. The local quota was set at $1100 several months ago, but the Executive Committee voted to contribute $800 as Its share or $300 less than had been re quested by the state head quarters. Five hundred dol lars had been sent from the organization's treasury some time ago, according to Fuller, most of which had been raised ' by the annual dinner. , The $200 was sent in last' ! week, leaving the local unit a , hundred dollars short of its , committment. Fuller said, , "We are still receptive to any ^ one who wishes to participate." The local party usually raises its share of funds for the state organization. Boxscore Ralelgh--The Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traf fic deaths through 10 a.m. Mon day, November 9; KILLED TO DATE 1320 KILLED TO DATE LAST YEAR 1127 Agency, Is charged with the procurement of commercial transportation services to move Department of Defense passen gers and freight within the con tinent^) United States. In A Rut? If you've ever thought of get ;ing out of the day to day rut you Ive In, you might want to try a lew one. The ones above can be 'ound In the street leading from l.oulsburg College to Blckett Blvd. The Academy Buijding is shown in the background, but it. Lb doubtful that the Histori cal Society Is trying to restore the street to its 1804 status. It looks as If it never changed. -Tiroes Staff Photo.
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