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Weather Cool today with mods rate to beavy rain. EjtU^&nd a little warmer Thursday. Today's low, 40; high, 50. The Frail?!! Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving All Of Franklin County Shrine Show The Franklin County Shrine Club Is sponsoring the Central Prison Variety Show here Fri day night at 7:30 p.m. In the College Auditorium. Proceeds from the show go to support the Crippled Children's Hospi tal, a Shj-lne charity. Tal. 0Y 6-3283 Fiva Cents Louisburg. N C-. Thursday November 26 1964 (Eight Pagaa Today) 95th Year? Number 80 Former Resident Writes About W. R. Mills The Executive Director of the Governor's Committee on Em ployment of the Handicapped and former Loulsburg resident, Mr. James S. Massenburg, has re cently written personality ar ticles about the prominent men with whom he has been asso ciated. Mr. Massenburg, In a letter to the Times last week said that he felt the plan to restore the old academy building was most worthwhile. He recalled his association with the late W. R. Mills, superintendent of schools In Franklin County for many years. Mr. Massenburg enclosed an article he has written on Pro fessor Mills and It is printed here as a tribute to the Profes sor who, as Mr. Massenburg says, served the youth of this county so well. WILLIAM R. MILLS 1904 by James S. Massenburg - My mother brought out a white shirt. I knew something was going to happen to me. White shirts were used only for Sun day School. This was Tuesday. It wasn't long before I knew " what It would be. The new principal for the public school had arrived - he was at the Macon Hotel. All beginners were summon ed to be interviewed and as signed. Young Professor Wil liam R. Mills was sitting be hind a small table under a photographer's tent weeding them out. When my turn came he knew at first glance that I didn't know A from B. The only knowledge I had relating to numbers was 1? and 5? pieces. I never had occasions Epsom Lions Hear Talk By Dickerson R. C. Dickerson, an employee of the State Prisons Depart ment, was featured speaker at the regular meeting of the Ep som Lions Club Thursday night in Liberty Congregational Christian Church. Dickerson delivered an ad dress on the organizational structure and work of the Pris ons department. The program following dinner and a business session: Tollte Smith offered the Invocation prior to the evening meal. With Rev. Willis Jcjyner presiding, special guests were recognized, and It was noted that the club's sale of fruit cakes Is still In progress. The meeting closed with a benediction by the president. The next session of the club Is scheduled for Thursday, De cember 3, at 7 p.m. to know anything larger In the | monetary field. After the completed interview, 1 was given a card which read "First fl." I found out that it was the lowest you could get. Such companions as William Y. Blckett, now Judge, and WUllam H. Ruffln, now Presi dent of Erwln Cotton Mills, were placed In "First A." You see, they knew all about the Rover Boys. I stayed with Professor Mills for 11 eventful years. He con tinued to grow In the public school business. Iklndadrlfted with the tide, finally making the valedictory address In 1917. I remember now a phrase used In the address. It happened that It came from my cousin Nath Wilson, our pastor, and later Presiding Elder, nfco gave It In his valedictory address at the State University: "We have sharpened our Intellectual wea pons and molded our armor to go forth to fight the battles of llie." William R. Mills was a citizen everybody respected. He made an everlasting contribution to the welfare of Loulsburg and Franklin County. He had, as 1 stated above, continued to grow from a principal of a five or six teacher school to become an able superintendent of the Loulsburg and later the Franklin County schools, the latter position he held at his death. A school man who lived and administered schools In one community for over 40 years surely was good, wise and above ill courageous. He had the vls dom to grow with the Innova tions in educational administra tion and curricula. He will ever be remembered for half a century of service In de veloping into useful manhood the youth of the county. iiitiniiini ???? Iris Blooms The unusual weather In the area this year has brought forth another strange growth pheno menon. Earlier this year we had dogwoods In bloom out of season and it Is Iris that seem ingly have changed their habits. Mrs. Arthur Lynn Howell brought Into the Times office on Monday, four beautiful multi colored Iris which had Just bloomed in her yard. They usually bloom In April and May according to Mrs. Howell. These, she said bloomed in the spring and that she dug them up and moved them to her new home, where they did It again. This turn-about of things that grow In the spring, deciding that November Is also a good time to bloom is fine. That is, unless snow that falls In December decides to do it again in July. Milium him Receives Coitimendation Dr. Richard C. Whitfield was awarded a bronze plaque for outstanding service to the profession of Optometry during his term as president of the N. C. State Optometric Society. The award was made by Dr. John D. Costabile of Wilson during the banquet at the fall educational meeting recently held in Winston-Salem. Mew Plaques Installed Alfred D. Fox, principal of Loulsburg School, Is pictured above viewing the new plaque installed In the High School Audi torium this week. In addition to the large plaque shown above, one was placed In the W. R. Mills' Elementary building in memory of the late County Hoard Chairman and one was placed Inside the High School Huilding. Louisburg And Franklinton Parades To Officially Open Christmas Season The Loulsburg Business As sociation's annual Christmas Parade In Loulsburg next Fri day, December 4 and the Frank llnton Christmas Parade, spon sored by the business and pro fessional people of Frankllnton, on December 7 will officially open the 1964 Christmas Sea son in Franklin County. The Loulsburg Parade, which suffered an unusually rainy day plague last year will be held this year at 4 p.m., according to an announcement from the Business Association office and the Loulsburg Jaycees, who are In charge of the parade. The Frankllnton Parade, held last year on a cold but Ideal night, Is to be staged this year again at 7 p.m. Frankllnton Is also featuring a home deco rations contest which will ex tend through December 21. Loulsburg Is ottering prizes for the best non-commercial float In the parade. Entries In both events have not been completed, but Louls burg has announced that at least three1 bands will participate along with 10 commercial floats, horses, clowns, and of course, old Santa Claus, who will hang Former Franklinton Man Awarded $37,000 A former Franklin County man was awarded $37,000 In Wake County Superior Court last week In actions resulting from an accident In Wake Coun ty December 21, 1962. D. Y. Turner, formerly of Frankllnton, received, the" de cision as plaintiff In action against William S. Wood. The trial took all of last week in the Wake Court. The Jury de liberated the case for two hours, returning Its verdict last Friday afternoon. The amount represents 15% Attend Oxford Meeting Members of the' Loulsburg Branch of the American As sociation of University Women attended the Oxford Branch meeting Monday evening at the Oxford Orphanage. Dr. Margaret Swanton, M. D., of Chapel Hill, who Is State "Bridging the Gap between Science and the Layman," con ducted a "brainstorming" on Bronowskl's "Common Sense of Science" and Elseley's"The Immense Journey" for the Ox ford branch which Is centering its programs for the year about this topic. Loulsburg members attending were Dr. Ann Blumenfeld, Mrs. John Matthews, Mrs. L D. Moon, Misses Adelaide Johnson, Elizabeth Johnson, Ruth Merrltt of Loulsburg and Mrs. C. Ray Pruette and Mrs. Isabel Step hens of Frankllnton. total disability from Injuries received In the 1962 accident. Turner was represented by Frankllnton Attorney H. H. Sen ter and Raleigh Attorney Wil lis Smith. Turner now re sides In Raleigh. Girl Scout Meet Held I "The Girl Scout Neighborhood Meeting for Franklin County was held Monday night at the home of Mrs. Julia Carr In Franklinton. Mrs. W. C. Tlmberlake, Neighborhood chairman, pre sided. The Fund Drive was success fully completed and appre ciation was extended to Mrs. Hazel Beckham, Fund Chair- 1 man for Frankllnton, Mr. E J. Pearce for Youngsvllle and j Mrs. Margaret Hobgood for i Loulsburg and all their Fund Drive workers I ? Mrs. Ernestine -Ervln^-EleldJ Representative, briefly gave the Finance policies, and camp dates. Open dates for Camp, Mary Atkinson for April 11, i 2 till 5, for Camp Graham on April 25, 2 till 5 were an I nounced. All scouts and friends are invited to tour the camps at these hours. Mrs. Tlmberlake announced a Field Committee Meeting j to be held In Raleigh on De cember 10th and the next County Neighborhood meeting to be held In Loulsburg In January 1865. The date and place will be announced. around to make his appearance in the Franklinton Parade as well. Merchants in both towns are already decorating their busi nesses and many have placed Christmas merchandise en-dis play. The parades usually mark the beginning of all our efforts on the part of local merchants to obtain the bulk of the sea son's gift business. Doth Louis burg and Frankllnton lose large amounts of business to Raleigh and other nearby cities during the Christmas season. Congressman To Spend Day In County To Meet Constituents Tarboro, N. C.? Representa tive L. H. Fountain this week announced that between now and the convening of the 89th Con gress In January he will make; himself available to the people of each county In the Second Congressional District Ijy spending one full day at each county seat. This program will be In addition to his regular district office schedule in Tarboro and other community visits which he will continue to make as, time permits. Congressman Fountain will begin this special all-day visi tation program on December 1 at the County Courthouse in Warren County and end It on December 17 at the new Court house in his home county of Edgecombe. Long and exhausting sessions of the Congress in recent years have made it Increasingly dif ficult for a Member of Con gress to personally and regu larly visit the people he re presents. Last year's late adjournment (Christmas Eve) Just a few days before Con gress reconvened, prevented Congressman Fountain from making his customary tour of the Second District. Then this year Congress remained in ses sion for another long period and was followed by the general election campaign. In announcing his schedule of visits to each county seat, Congressman Fountain said: "Since so many of my visits during the course of a year are with groups in mass where the opportunity for personal chats is limited, I am looking forward to seeing and visiting personally with as many of our people as possible and discuss ing anything they may have on their mlndsv I sincerely hope that all who can will afford me this privilege. Congressman Fountain's schedule of visits to each coun ty seat Is shown below: Week of November 30-Decem ber 4; 1964 Thursday, December 3 - FRANKLIN CCtJTSTY - COURT HOUSE, Grand Jury Room Loulsburg - 9 -a.m. to 5 p.m. ASCS Office Explains Referendums On December 15, 1964, tobacco and cotton farmers wjll go to the polls and vote on marketing quotas for the coming years. There seems to be some con fusion and misunderstanding as to what tobacco farmers will be voting, on in the referendum. The purpose of -the Tobacco Referendum is to give tobacco growers an opportunity to vote on marketing quotas for 1965, I960, and 1967. They will be voting on a con trol program like they have had for the past years and will NOT be voting on an acreage pound age or just poundage type pro Mrs. Robert Hicks Named Scout Den Mother Of Year Mrs. Robert Hicks was se lected as the Cub Scout Den Mother of the Year at the an nual pot luck dinner of Sa ponl District, held last week. Mrs. Hicks was selected to receive this honor for her out standing' worj with her den, as well as her communlty'actlvi tles. She has served as Den Mother for the past two years. District Scout Executive Thom as Walnwrlght stated that they are proud of her accomplish ment and look forward to having her In the scouting program for many years to come. Mrs. Peggy Lewis of Zebulon also received an outstanding Den Mother's award. She Is Den Mother In pack 540, sponsored by the Zebulon Bap tist Church. Ernest Prlvette of Frankllnton and Richard Frady of Wendell were selected as the Outstand ing Scoutmasters of the year for the Saponi District. Prlv ette is Scoutmaster of^Troop 530, Frankllnton, sponsored by the American Legion Post, and' has been In scouting for the | past 7 years. He has served' as Scoutmaster for three years. Frady is Scoutmaster of Troop j j 515 In Wendell, sponsored by the Wendell Christian Church, He has served In scouting for the past 8 years, and as scout master for the past two years. Also receiving awards were Warren Smith for his work on the Boy Scout Fund, and Wil liam Dement for his work on the Fund Drive. There were over three hundred-scouters present for this annual event, with more than twenty attending from Loulsburg Cub Pack and Boy Scout Troop. New Saponi Officers were in- ? (See SCOUTS Page 5) gram. If 66 2/3% of the farmers voting, vote in favor of market ing, quotas,' allotments will be In effect for the next three years and price support will be avail able for those who stay within their allotments. If the refer endunr* carries, then changes can be considered; if it does not carry, there <$111 be no program to change. Any major changes will require legislation and a new referendum will then have to be held. So, tobacco growers who vote In the up-coming referendum will be voting for basically the same type program we have had in the past where acreage allotments and marketing quotas have been in effect. It is of utmost importance that every tobacco grower in Frank lin County cast a \*ote in this very important Tobacco Re ferendum on December 15, 1964. Polling places will be announced later. Cotton growers will also have an opportunity to vote on mar keting quotas effective for 1965. If the cotton referendum carries, marketing quotas and acreage allotments will 8e in effect for 1965. Price support will be available for those whp will be available for those who plant within their 1965 allot ments and the Domestic Allot ment Program ? will-apply to producers wfco plant within their domestic allotments. This is the same type program that was in effect for 1964 where producers received price sup port payment through the county (See ASCS Page 5) Outstanding Den Mothers Pictured above are left, Mrs. Page Hicks of Louisburg and Mrs. Peggy Lewis of Zebulon, who were chojen Outstanding Den Mothers at The Scouts' Pot Luck Dinner, : attended by over 300 scouters in Zebulon 1 last week. Outstanding Scout Masters Shown above are left, Ernest Privette of Franklinton and Richard Frady of Wendell who were selected as the Outstanding Scout masters of the year at the recent Scout Dinner held In Zebulon.
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