Attend Louisburg Christmas Parade Friday Afternoon 4 P. M.
The Ffafijlh Times
Published Every Tuesday A Thursday Serving All Of Franklin County
95th Year? Number 82 Ten Cents Lomsburg. N C Thursday, December 3, 1964 (Twelve Pages Today)
Carroll Mode Wins National ,4-H Honor In Chicago
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Franklin County has recorded
Its first National 4-H Winner
In history this week as a Frank
Unton High School senior took
top honors at the National 4-H
Congress In Chicago.
Carroll Mode, 17-year-old
daughter of Mr! and Mrs. J. D.
Mode of Frankllnton, IS' a 4
H National Winner In Electrici
ty. She received a $500
scholarship at the electric ban
quet In Chicago Tuesday night
of this week. Carroll is spend
ing a week in Chicago and will
arrive home December 4, 1964.
This trip was awarded to her
lor being the State Electric win
ner. , ,?i
Miss Mode was the Franklin
County electric winner five
years and a district winner
two years.' She also has been
the first place winner In the
electric project In a -U-county
area prior to this year. She
has prepared 102 electric ex
hibits and presented 190 elec
tric demonstrations. One of
these demonstrations was the
state winning demonstration
this year. Carroll was asked
to present this demonstration
at National 4-H Club Congress
this week in Chicago
Along %lth this work, Miss
Mode has started and worked
very hard with the ?' Llvewlres"
here in Franklin 'County. The
"LiVewlres" Is the name of
the 4-H Electric Club. She
has guided this club In well
Informed tours, programs and
work?hop?. ?
A s^de frOm the electric pro
gram, she has completed sixty
one projects. She has partici
pated in the State Dress Re
vue two years Including this 1
year and placed second In the j
girls' public speaking In the
State this year. She also served
on the radio committee at 4-H
Club Week.
Miss Mode is the third Frank
lin County 4-H member to win
a State award and to represent
North Carolina In national com
petition. Lindbergh Bunn of
Justice, a student at the time
at Edward Best High School,
competed several years ago
In the National Congress meet
ing In Washington, D. C. Erwtn
Fuller," Loulsburg student, re
siding at Mpulton at the time,
represented North Carolina at
the Congress held In Chicago
a lew years ago.
* Some 33 N. C. boys and girls
and seven adults are among the
1 1,500 delegates to Club Con
gress, which Is being .held at
the Conrad Hilton Hotel.
Other national winners
from North Carolina are C. Jv
Reynolds, of Blscoe, Route 1;
Shirley Gene Bright, of Eliza
beth City, Route 4; Roger
Sharpe, of Harmony, Route 2;
? and C. G. Sorrell, of Durham,
Route 4. All will receive a
$900 scholarship from one of
' the more than 50 organizations
! which support 4-H work.
Carroll \tode
National 4-11 ff inner
Franklinton Christmas
Parade Wednesday
(Frk. B>W.) Fifty-four entries
have beeiK^obtalned for the
Frankllnton Ctn-lstmas parade
scheduled for We<|nesday even
ing at 7 o'clock. Entries will
assemble at the colored gym
nasium. \.
The new Miss FranocaXwlll
appear In the parade.
bands, Loulsburg High School,
Oxford High Schotfi, South
Granville High Schools Dubois
School, Spauldlng High School
and Mary Potter High School,
will participate.
Among the floats will be
Carolina Power and Lifcht Com
pany, Long Meadow Dairies,
Pepsi Cola Bottling Company,
Santa Float, floats from ten
local merchants and a church
float. ,
The parade will go north oh
Main Street, turn left on Vine
Street, turn right on Hillsboro,
turn left on Williams, turn left
Local Doings
Barbeque Supper
(Frk. B.W.) A Barbecue Sup
per will be served in the Frank
llnton Methodist Educational
Building Friday, December 11,
from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
The supper will be served
family style. Tickets are avail
able from members of the
Methodist Men's Club. Mr.
A. B. Allen, Jr., Is president
of the club.
Swine Asso. Meets
There will be a meeting of the
Franklin County Swine Produc
ers Association Friday night,
December 4, 7:00 p.m., at the
Murphy House In Loulsburg, ac
cording to M. T. Lamm, Presi
dent.
David Sprulll, Extension Live
stock Specialist at N. C. State
College, will discuss some In
come opportunities farmers In
this area have with swine.
President Lamm urges all
members to attend and bring
a guest If possible.
Bunn Supper
The Bunn Booster Club will
have a barbecue pork and chick
en supper at the Bunn School
lunchroom Saturday, Decem
ber 5, from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Emergent Meeting
Loulsburg Lodge 413 A. F. &
A.M. will hold an emergent
communication of Friday even
ing, December 4, at 7:30 In
the Masonic Temple. Work
will be in the Fellowcraft de
gree. Tuesday evening, De
cember 8, the Lodge will hold
a stated communication at which
time there will be the election
of officers for the coming year.
All Master Masons are
cordially United.
Easter Seal
Board To Meet
The Franklin County Easter
Seal Board of Directors will
meet at the Murphy House in
Loulsburg Tuesday, Decemr
ber 8, at '6 p.m.
Anyone who Is Interested In
the welfare of the crippled chil
dren and crippled adults
of Franklin County Is Invited
to attend.
I ? ?? ?^?? M
| on Cheatham Street and end at
the Frankltnton High School
Gymnasium.
Mr. John Echols Is parade
I chairman.
Are You
Eligible To
Vote Dec.15?
No abubt the question will be
asked, \lm 1 eligible to vote
In the DectHnber 15 Cotton and
Tobacco Referendum?" Ac
cording to program regulations,
any producer whd\ engaged In
the production of tobacco and
cotton In 1964 may vote In the
referendum. Engaged In pro
duction means a person *bo
actually shared In the crops
or proceeds of the crop pro
duced on the farm as owner
operator, cash tenant, landlord
of a share-tenant, share-tenant,
or sharecropper.
A landlord of a standing rent,
cash rent, or fixed-rent tenant
shall not be eligible to vote.
The Franklin County ASCS
Committee Is in the process of
selecting polllng.places In each
"community and these will be
made known to the growers
within the next few days.
Polling places will be suffi
cient to assure that all eligi
ble voters have an opportunity
to vote without having to travel
very far.
Awaiting Arrival Of Santa
Franklin Counl}^ Courthouse is pictured
above decorated and awaiting the arrival
Friday afternoon of the real Santa Claus to
replace the one made o*T plywood now adorn
ing its lawn. Business Association and lo
cal Jaycees will stage th<T\&nnual Christ
mas Parade at 4 p.m., Culminating in front
of the Courthouse with the arrival of St.
Nick, who will officially open the Christmas
season in Louisburg. The old fellow will
make another appeai-ance next Wednesday
night at 7 p.m. when Franklinton stages its
annual Christmas Parade.
-Times Staff. Photo.
New Commissioners, Other County
Officers Take Office Monday ?
Two new county commission
ers will be sworn in next Mon
day when the board holds its
regular monthly meeting. Rich
ard H. Cash of Youngsville and
E. M. "Buck" Sykes of Cedar
Rock will replace Norrls W.
Collins of Frankllqtonand W. P.
Chllders of Centervllle shortly
after 12 noon Monday.
Collins stepped down from the
board In order to run for the
House of Representatives
against James Speed and James
Moss in the Democratic
Primary last May. He was
Richard H. Cash
E. M. Sykes
i\eiv Commissioners
W. P. Chllders
Norrls W. Collins
Retiring Commissioners
eliminated In that race In the
first primary. Sykes defeated
Chllders in the Primary to win
his first seat on the board. He
had failed to win a seat against
Chllders In the last election.
The new members will take
office at 12 noon or as soon as
all old business Is taken care
of by the present board. Chll
ders, under the rotating system,
has been chairman pf the board
for the past year. A new chair
man Is exacted to be chosen
at the Monday session.
Cash was a member of the
County Board of Education when
elected to the seat on the board
of Commissioners. He was
serving his second term. Lee
Ian Woodllef of Youngsvlllewas
named by the ,, Democratic
Executive Committee to fill
Cash's unexpired term on the
Education Board.
Present Commissioners that
will continue to serve are: Nor
wood Faulkner of Loulsburg,
Claude Arnold, Loulsburg busi
ness man, representing Harris
Dunn Townships, and George
Harris, representing District 3,
Hayesvllle-Sandy Creek.
Cash will represent District 2,
Youngsvllle-Frankllnton, are)
Sykes wlll represent District 4,
Gold Mine-Cedar Rock. Both
men are tobacconists.
Other county officers, all In
cumbents, will begin their ne?
terms shortly after noon
Monday. Veteran Alex Wood,
who led the ticket in the pri
mary and the general election,
defeating former Deputy Sher
iff Ralph Beasley In the pri
mary, will begin another term
as Register of Deeds.
W. H. "Jack" Taylor, unop
posed In the primary and gen
eral elections, will be sworn!
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for another term as County
Solicitor, W. F. Shelton, also
unopposed, will enter another
term as Judge of Recorder's
Court Monday.
All Township Constables
elected In the recent voting will
take offlc? Monday, either for
a new term or another term in.
the case of several Incumbents."
Lloyd West, Loulsburg mer
chant, who won a seat on the
County Board of Education from
Mrs. T. H. Weldon to represent
the Hayesville-Sandy Creek
District, will not take office
until April, 1965, when the Edu
cation Board reorganizes.
Lions Club
Entertained
By Student
The Loulsburg Lions Club
met at the Murphy House last
Tuesday- evening at 6:30. Ken
a sophomore and 11b
e?Ul H IS !ll*jor at Loulsburg
College, entertained the Club
wiiffMs ballad singing and gui
tar playing.
Since Ken has been at Louls
burg College, he has irequentiy "
been In demand. He has played
and sung before various groups
and has been a leading actor
of the Loulsburg Players.
The Club was reminded of
the Christmas Party to be held
at the Benjamin N. Duke Col- 1
lege Union Building, the college <
cafeteria. Also, Lion Aubrey (
Tomllnson Installed a new j
member, John W. Collins, the (
manager of First Cltiiens
Installment Loan and Trust
Company In Loulsburg. <
Rep. L. H. Fountain
At Courthouse Today
Second Congressional District
Congressman L. H. Fountain is
In the Franklin County Court
house today meeting local
political leaders and his consti
tuents. Early visitors this
morning were A. E- Pearce,
Chairman of the Franklin Coun
ty Democratic Executive Com
mittee, and Simon Collie, a
Committee member from Cy
press Creek Township. ,
The Congressman is located
in the Commissioners' Room
and will be available there un
til 5 p.m. today to meet local
Citizens. Fountain visited Hen
derson Wednesday after liavlng
spent Tuesday In Warrenton.
His schedule calls for him to
appear In three counties each'
week until he has covered his
district.
Friday, Congressman Foun
tain will visit In the dlstrlct
at-large, with no definite loca
tion announced. Next week he
Rep. L. H. Fountain
will be In Northampton County
and In the Klnston-Snow Hill
area.
The purpose of the Congress- /
man's visit Is to get acquainted
with the people In the Second
District and to discuss current
problems with them.
Welfare Christmas
Program Announced
Weather
Cloudy and a little warmer
today and Friday with some
rain or showers likely. Low
today, 36; high, 54.
Mrs. Jane M. York, Director,
Franklin County Welfare De
partment, announces that the
Christmas program for the
needy in the county will be es
sentially the same as last year.
There will be no prepared
Christmas boxes given to per
sons ^coming to the office. Cash
donations are being requested
in order for the department to
bring cheer to all county chil
dren who are in Foster Homes
iand institutions which Include
those who are in orphanages
and schools for the mentally
I and physically handicapped.
Adults who are in mental hos
pitals will also be remembered
In this^nray.
There will be a worker avail
able at all times (8:30 - 5:30
Monday through Friday) to re
ceive telephone calls with re
gard to those needy families in
the county for whom they might
like to provide; however,, the
agency will be unable to re
ceive gifts at the office for
distribution.
Mrs. York said that she was
confident that the community
would cooperate as the response
last' year was most gratifying.
Contestants
rnreesoroe above, displaying
their manly physiques, are
readylngfor the "Mr. America"
show to be staged here Monday
light at 8 p.m. In the Loulsburg
-Ugh School Auditorium. The
>rogram, featuring^, the above
md other contestants, plus
lutstandlng entertainment
ningled throughout. Is sponsor
id by the Louisburg Masonic
jOdge, proceeds to go to Oxford
Jrphanage and the Eastern Star
Home. Pictured, left to ri ght,
Jimmy Weathers, George West
and Ralph Knott, all of Louis
burg. Other areas represented
are: Youngsville, Fred Wheel
er; Centerville, Lloyd Gupton;
Cedar Rock, James Wheless;
Epsom, Allie Stegall; Wood,
"Runt" Sturgess; Franklinton,
Sidney Johnson; Bunn, Candler
Strickland, and Louisburg, Wil
liam Dement.
-Times Staff Photo.