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There would not be 10 many
open mouths II there were not
so many open ears.
T?l. 0Y 6-3283
(Ten Cents)
Lou'Sburg. N C Tuesday December 15 1964
(Eight Pages Today)
,95th Year ? Number 85
Girls Dorm Door Decorations
Pictured above are seven of the many doors which received
Christmas decorations last week in the girls' dormitories at
Louisburg College. Those shown above were awarded prizes
by the Louisburg Garden Club in their annual contest. Fir.st
Place,? receiving the Grand Prize Tri-Color Ribbon, located
in the New Dormitory, is pictured in the center of the above
picture. Left to right: Second Place, New Dorm; i nira j'lace.
New Dorm; Third Place, Wright Dorm; Tri-Color Winner;
Second Place, Wright Dorm ; First Place, New l)orm and First
Place, Wright Dorm. See article below for names of the girls
responsible for these attractive decorations.
-Times Staff Photos.
Garden Club Judges College
Dormitory Door Decorations
A committee o{ Louis burg
Garden Club members com
posed o{ Mrs. Louis Scoggln,
chairman, Mesdames John
Mills, Louis Wheless, Rafaela
Peoples, Mary Lumpkin and
H. C. Taylor Judged the many
attractive, original and signifi
cant doors" decorated by the
girls of the Loulsburg College
dormitories. *
The committee found the de
cision of choosing winners to
be a very difficult one. They
offered blue, red and yellow
ribbons for the 1st, 2nd and
3rd places, respectively, of
each dormitory. A trl-color
(blue, red and yellow) ribbon
was given for the overall best
door.
The winners by dormitories
were: , jj
New Dormitory, 1st; place:
MADONNA AND CHILD*, drawn
free hand and painted in lovely
colors, covered with glitter by
Nancy Prevatte, Whitevllle.and
Margaret Muller, Durham. 2nd
place: JOLLY SNOWMEN, a
broad styrofoam qlrcle with fa
cial features .of broad smile,
green glitter eyes, protruding
red nose with bushy pine needles
for hair. Beneath the face were
two styrofoam balls with pine
needles for hair and Jolly paint
ed faces, representing the
roommates, by Alice Browder,
Lawrencevllle, Va., and Mar
Franklinton
Man Takes
Own Life
A 42-year-old Franklinton
man took his own life Satur
day night around 8:45 p.m. with
a .22 caliber pistol. Ernest
Kelton Grlssom of 22 Ramey
Circle, Franklinton, died a
short time later In Franklin
Memorial Hospital where he
had been taken following the
shooting by private ambulance.
It was reported that his wife
was In another room In their
Franklinton home at the time
of the Incident. Franklin
County Coroner James Ed
wards said there was no note
left and no reason for the ac
tion was given.
Funeral services were held
Monday at 2 p.m. at Sandllng
Funeral Home by the Rev. T. N.
Dautery and the Rev. E. M.
Powell. Burial was In Oak
Level Church Cemetery. He
was a member of the Oak Level
Christian Church and a veteran
of W. W n.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Majorle Young Grlssom;
one daughter, Miss Coleen
Grlssom of the home; hlvpar
ents, Ernest and Mamie D.
Grlsson of Youngsvllle; and two
brothers, Joe Grlssom of Ro
chester, N. T., and Robert
Grlsson of. Raleigh.
tha Gantt of Albemarle.
3rd place: HAPPINESS E
CHRISTMAS, drawn free hand,
showing a very shy little girl
In pink stripped Jumper, stand
ing under mistletoe with droop
ed eyelids and feet crossed
expressing her thoughts. This
display was by Ray Ann
McEwen, Petersburg, Va., and
Celeste Meade, Norfolk, Va.
Honorable Mention for New
Dormitory went to THREE
STOCKINGS HUNG IN A ROW ?
beautiful Christmas stockings
packed with attractive toys. A
crocheted Santa head covered
the door knob. This scene
was by Dottle Williams, Hick
ory, Sally Mountcastle, Weldon,
and Reld Barrow, Weldon. Hon
orable Mention also went to A
RED CHRISTMAS DOOR cov
ered In solid red Christmas
paper bound In red ribbon, com
plemented with a neat bow and
red Christmas balls, by Sandra
Berrler, Winston-Salem, and
Janice Pardue, Winston-Salem.
Winners In Wrlfht Dormitory
were:
1st Place: WHAT WILL SAN
TA BRING? This scene was
a blue door with Santa and
his sleigh and three white rein
See DECORATIONS Page 8
rirst-utizens lo
Honor Employees
Twenty-three ataff members
of the First-Citizens Bank and
Trust Company offices In
Louis burg, Bunn, Frankllnton,
and Spring Hope are to be hon
ored next week for their years
of service to the bank and their
neipiuinebs iu me u?iik ? *,u?
tomers.
According to Lewis R. HoM
lng, president of the statewide
banking Institution, unique ster
ling service pins will be award
ed to the twelve women and
twelve men at special cere
monies during the bank's
Christmas (unction at the
Loulsburg Country Club on De
cember 23.
The twenty-three are among
408 Flrst-Cltliens employees
throughout the state to be recog
nized for their service at
twenty-eight separate (unctions
during December. The group
has ^missed a total of 4,#47
years of service, averaging
more, than twelve years each.
From Loulsburg those to re
ceive awards are Eleanor P.
Alston, James H. Boone, Jo
seph E. Gilliam, Geraldlne W.
Gill, Charles H. Loan, Edward
W. McGhee, Margie H. Mullen,
Maude L. Nowell, Henry E.
Pearce, Jr., Betty H. Smith,
John Harold Talton, John K.
Tharrtngton, James A. Weath
ers and Dulcle G. Williams.
Frankllnton personnel to be
honored are Margaret L. Hill,
James S. Joyner, Margaret J.
McGhee, Hal B. Perry, Jr.,
and Beverly F. Ramey.
W. A. Andrews, Jr., form
erly of the Loulsburg Office
and now manager of the Bunn
Office, will receive a pin as
will Lucille W. Pace, Sarah
B. Purkerson and Joseph B.
Woodard of the Spring Hope
Office.
" It has long been our conten
tion that people make a bank
and their helpfulness to cus
tomers, dedication to the bank
and over-all service creates the
bank's image in each com
munity," Holding stated. "We
are extremely proud of the
large percentage of our person
nel t^ut remains with the' bank
/or a long period of tlm?. The
service pin program Is one way
the bank exhibits Its apprecia
tion."
Accident Victim
The Louisburg Rescue Service
is shown above, around noon
Monday, loading an injured man
into the ambulance for trans
porting to Franklin Memorial
Hospital. Frank Graham, a
workman with the construction
crew at the Gay Products plant
here, was injured when a pres
sure valve exploded in his face
Monday. Graham reportedly
suffered a broken nose and was
hospitalized.
-Times Staff Photo.
I The women, we admit, have It
Three Capital Crimes Net
Weekend Arrests In County
Three capital crimes were
commuted over the weekend
In Franklin County and two
Negro m*n and a Negro wo
man are being held without
bond In Franklin County Jail
awaiting trial In the separate
cases. A third Loulsburg Ne
gro man was arrested during
the same period in a knifing
Incident.
Melvln Green, 12-year-old
Louisburg man, Is charged with
raping Mrs. Shirley Jean Walk
er, 18-year-old Negro woman,
Saturday afternoon in a tobacco
storage house in Blacktown.
Green is also lacing charges of
assault with a' knife against
Sail le Taylor, Loulsburg wo
man, shortly after the raping
GOP Conference
Washington, D. C.? House Re
publican Leader Charles A.
Halleck of Indiana has cleared
the way for an early party con
ference to discuss changes In
leadership procedures ? If not
In leadership personnel. The
meeting had been set for Jan
uary 4, the day the new Con
gress convenes. Halleck was
quoted as saying that if enough
members requested an earlier
meeting It could be arranged.
The 1960 census listed popu
lations In the towns of Franklin
County as follows: Bunn, 332;
You ngsv tile, 596; Franklinton,
1,513; Wood, M; and Loulsburg,
2,862. Total county population
was listed as 28,755 in 1960.
Incident.
Curtis Richardson, 30, Rt.' 2,
Lou Ls burg Negro, was arrested
bjr Deputy Sheriff Tom Powell
and Cedar Rock Township Con
stable Vann Champion Monday
morning on charges "of raping
a 14-year-old girl Sunday af
ternoon. He also ls charged
with shooting at his wife sev
eral tiroes Sunday. All the
shots missed.
Franklin County Sheriff Joe
W. Champion and Deputy Pow
ell arrested Annie Ruth.Crudup
Sunday night and charged her
with the fatal stabbing of her
husband, George Thomas Cru
dup, In their home near Frank
Unton early Sunday night.
In Louisburg, Henry Lewis
Alston, 21 -year-old Negro, Is
lodged in the local jail charged
with a knife assault on James
Dunn in Ophelia's Place, a ne
gro night spot.
All Involved In these cases
are Negroes. The three capi
tal charges are expected to
be given preliminary hearings
today/ before Judge W. F. Shel
ton in Recorder's Court.
More Cash Donations
Needed By Welfare
Dept. For Christmas
Donations to brighten the
Christmas season for the needy
are slow in coming in, accord
ing to Mrs. Jane M. York, Wel
fare Director. Mrs. York said
Monday that a number of people,
and local organizations had
come forward to take families
to aid at Christmas, but that
Cash donations thus far had
reached only $30.
The local Welfare Depart
ment Issued a plea some time
ago for donations of cash In
order that they might purchase
Items for needy people. "The
money," says Mrs. York, "Is
needed to take care of children
In foster homes and Institu
tions."
" Many people like to take
families. They like to go out
and deliver, their gifts In per
son. This is good and very fine,
and fce are grateful for them,
but we don't know what we will
do for the others unless we re
ceive more cash donations,"
Mrs. York added.
Time Is running out for those
in Institutions and anyone wish
ing to add to the Christmas
cheer of the children and adults
in these places should make
their donations at once to the
local Welfare office.
on the men when it comes to
| dressing with good sense in the
| good old summer time.
County Farmers Vote
Today On Future Of
Tobacco Program
Today Is a special day for
tobacco and cotton growers In
Franklin County since they will
be deciding what type of pro
grams they want for the coming
years. If 66 2/3% of the tobac
co growers in the flue-cured
area vote In favor of marketing
quotas, then the program they
have had In the past will be
In effect for the next three
years. If It Is rejected, there
will be no program and no lim
it In production for 1965. Also,
If cotton growers accept the
present program, they can ex
pect to have a similar type
program In 1965 and they have
had In 1964.
It Is anticipated that there will
be a large vote In the two pro
grams since farmers have
shown a great deal of interest
In these referendums. In 1961
a total of 2495 voted In the
flue-cured tobacco quota ref
erendum and, of this number,
only 49 were opposed to the
program. It Is estimated about
6000 producers are eligible to
vote In these referendums. Any
person, landlord, tenant, or
sharecropper, who engages In
Bunn Post
Office Open
All Day Sat.
Mrs. Evelyn- B. Gay, Bunn
Post mister, has announced
that- the Bunn Post Office will
remain open until 4:30 p.m.
on Saturday, December 19, lr
order to assist the public lr
their Christmas mailing. - The
post office normally closes at
12 o'clock noon.
the production of flue-cured to
bacco and or cotton Is eligible
to cast a vote, and the polling
places will remain open until
7:00 p.m. The reason the poll
ing places will remain openun^"
til 7:00 p.m Is to give eligible
voters an opportunity to visit
the polls after working hours
and cast their vote.
County-wide
Tobacco
Meet Called
A county-wide Tobacco Meet
ing will be held at the Court
house In Loulsburg Thursday
afternoon, December 17, at 2:00
o'clock, according to C. T.
Dean, Jr., County Extension
Chairman.
Dean said that S. N. Hawks
and F. A. Todd, Extension To
bacco Specialists at North
Carolina State, will be guest
speakers for the meeting.
Four new varieties will be
offered for planting for the
first time in 1965. These new
varieties, plus old varieties
most commonly planted, will be
discussed. All production prac
tices will be discussed and new
information on the effect of
too much chlorine will be pre
sented.
All Franklin County tobacco
growers are Invited to attend
this meeting, said the county
i ?gent.
' A little confidence In a per
t son can often produce great
results.
Local Woman Suffers
Injuries In Wreck
A Louisburg woman suffered
minor Injuries Saturday morn
ing when the far she was driv
ing skidded jout of control at
the Intersection of Dickett Blvd.
and Noble. Street and hit a pow
er pole.
Mrs. Doethea W. Collier, 39,
of 102 Noble Street, Louisburg,
was alone In the car when she
lost control of the vehicle in
a down pour of . rain. She was
taken to Franklin Memorial
Hospital for emergency treat
ment and was later released.
The 1963 Chevrolet was
completely demolished, ac
cording to Louisburg Police
Chief William Dement, suffer
ing damages of $1500. The
accident tied up traffic on the
busy by-pass for several min
utes.
Boxscore
??
Ralelgh--The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traf
fic deaths through 10 a.m. Mon
day, December 14:
KILLED TO DATE * 1482
KILLED TO DATE
LAST YEAR 1290
Jaycees Sell Christmas Trees
The Louisburg Jayeees are
holding their annual Christmas
tree sale and Mrs. James
Champion, left, Is shown above,
aided by her sister. Dale Allen,
i i
selecting one from Mr. Jesse
Moon, who handles the sales
for the Jaycees. The trees are
located in the old Ford Ware
house on W. Nash St.