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The Franklin Times
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Published. Every Tuesday & Thursday a Serving All Of Franklin County
Comment
Few people have the courage
to resist the crowd, evgjwwhen
they know the crowd Is off fiase.
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T?l QY 6-3283
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Lou sburg N C Thursday January 13 1966
(Ten Pages Today)
96th Year? Number 93
Federal Government loins In Suit
Against County Board Of Education
Attorney General Certifies Suit
U. S. Attorney General Nico
las Katzenbach personally cer
tified the local complaint by a
group of Negro parents against
the County Board of Education
as "meritorious" and thereby
placed the federal government
through the Justice Department
Into the suit in behalf of the
Negro parents.
The Attorney General acted
under Section 902, Title IX of
th$ Civil Rights Act of 1964,
which says:
"Whenever an action has been
commenced in any court of the
United States seeking relief
from the denial of equal pro
tection of the laws under the
fourteenth amendment to the
Constitution orraccount of race,
color, religion, or national
origin, the Attorney General
for or in the name of the United
States may intervene in such
action upon timely application
l
If the Attorney General certi
fies that the case Is of general
public Importance.
"In such action the United
States shall be entitled to the
same relief as If It had In
stituted the action."
The law also allows the jus
tice Department to Institute a
suit on behalf of the plaintiffs
when the Attorney General re
ceives a complaint in writing
and certifies the complaint as
meritorious. That section fol
lows: Section 407 of Title IV
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964:
"Whenever the Attorney
Gpneral receives a complaint
in writing ? (1) signed by a
parent or group of parents
to the effect Jhat his or their
minor children, as members
of a class of persons similarly
situated, are being deprived by
See SUIT Page 6
services I oday
For W. H. Allen, Jr.
Funeral services tor William
Henry (Hoot) Allen, Jr., 70,
former Loulsburg Tax Col
lector, were conducted today
at 2 'p.m. from the Loulsburg
Baptist Church, conducted by
Watson
Resigns At
Franklinton
(Frk. B.W.) On Monday even
ing, the FranklintQn Township
Board of Education met at the
Franklinton High School with
Mr. John Moore, chairman,
presiding.
During a short business ses
sion, Mr. F. H. Watsbn's resig
nation was \ accepted. The
chairman appointed a com
mittee composed of Mr. C. H.
Weston, Mr. Howard Conyers
and Dr. R. C. Whitfield to
present names to be considered
as a replacement for Mr. Wat
son. . ?
The board members, directed
by Supt. Frpd Rogers, made a
tour of the school buildings in
the township and found them to
be In reasonably good condition.
the pastor, Rev. AubreyS. Tom
linson. Burial followed in Oak
wood Cemetery.
Allen, attended N. C. State
College, where he starred as a
baseball player and later play
ed professional baseball for the
Raleigh entry in the old Pied
mont League. He was associat
ed for many years here wltli
his brother in the Allen Trans
fer Company.
He was Tax Collector for th?
Town of Louisburg for eighl
years and had recently retired
as Jocal rfianager for the Wake
Forest concrete firm. He was
an overseas veteran of World
War 1 and a member of the
American Legion. i
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Anne Liverman Allen; one
daughter, Mrs. Louis Strick
land of Hampton, Va ; one- son,
William H. Allen III of the
home; five sisters, Mrs. G.
M. Beam, Mrs. George W. Cobb,
Mrs' W. A. Huggins, all ol
Louisburg, Mrs. J. W. ft.
Thompson of Franklin, Va. and
Mrs. Lucy Allen White ol
Greensboro; two brothers; Jim
R. and Sam R. Allen, both of
Louisburg and three grand
children.
Neiv Broch u re Ou t
MRS. SUSAN GIJPTON, Serretar\ in th?* office <>f the Industrial Development Commission
here, is shown above showing the Jiew- brochure Just completed by the Commission on Franklin
County. The brochure is to; be \ent to industrial prospects and industry-seeking Agencies.
-Staff Photo by Cdint Fuller. \ ? . u * *
New Brochure Published
By Industrial Commission
The Franklin County Develop
ment Commission has released
Initial copies of a new, colorful
brochure on Industrial and com
'C. w
munlty data tktr
folder, which holds prepared
copy arid may be used to store
additional material, is a pastel
Masonic Officials
Officers of the Loulaburg Lodge No. 413, A.F. * A.M. ire
shown above following Installation ceremonies held Wednesday
night. Pictured, left to right, front row: Past Master Robert
W Knott, Treasurer; Hal B. Perry, Jr., Senior Wardep;
George M. West, Master; James H. Wheless, Junior Warden;
D. D. O. M. James A. Johnson, Secretary and Installing Of
ncer; ana p. m. Perry Heasiey, insitiung Marsnan. oacn
row, left to right: Candler Strickland, Junior Deacon; Douglas
F. Gupton, Senior Deacon; Randolph Alford, Jr., Steward;
Dean G. Holton, Steward; Clayton Mc Bride,. Chaplain; and
Raymond E. Burnette, Tyler, * -Staff Photo' by Clint Fuller.
green in cojor with black and
?white shadowed lettering with
superimposed maps of the
United States and North Caro
lina, both carrying an exag
gerated location of Frankllrl
County.
The brochure contains four
pages of information, hand
somely presented on Livabllity,
Community Data, Labor and
Utilities relative to the county.
There are six pictures, in
black and white, of county
churches, schools, Lou i.? burg
College, the hospital, plus a
detailed hlap of the Franklin
County area
Two other maps, pointing oyt
the milage from Lotiisburg to
large cities throughout the
country, are printed on the in
side front and back cover of
the folder. The back cover
has an impressive picture of
the Franklin County Courthouse
with the wording, "County of
Franklin, North Carolina."
The slogan appearing on the
frOnt^ls the one adopted by the
Commission, -which reads,
"There Is no llrrift to what a
Community can do? if it wants
to!"
W. J. Benton, Industrial De
velopment Director, and the
Commission have been working
on the brochure for quite some
time. It Is reportedly the first
ever produced on the county as
a whole by a -local agency.
Mailings will go out to such
agencies as the State Depart
ment of Conservation and De
velopment, the power compan
ies and railroads and to
industrial personnel and pros
pects.
Board Good Faith Questioned;
First Action Against N. C. Unit .
The federal government,
through the Attorney General,
has served notice of a motion
to Intervene, in a suit brought
by a group of local Negro par*
ent-s against the Franklin County
Board o( Education. The suit
Charges discrimination on the
part of the Board in denying
transfer of certain Negro stu
dents to previously all-white
schools.
The Notice of Motion to In
tervene was served on local
school officials Tuesday after
noon here, following an an
nouncement in Washington by
Attorney General Nicolas Kat
zenbach.
The federal action seeks to
gain from the court permis
sion to appear as plaintiffs,
along with the Negro group,
In the original suit. The ac
tion does not constitute a new
suit. It, does, however, seek
to make each Board member a
defendant In the case. The
original suit, filed by the Ne
gro group on December 1, 1965,
acted against the Board col
lectively, as a corporate body.
The new# development serves
to cloud the status of the case
presently. An answer to th??
original charges is scheduled
to be presented to the federal
court In Raleigh tomorrow.
Normally, In federal cases,
twenty days 'are allowed for an
answer,, and It has ngt been
made clear whether this new
est move on the part of th?'
Justice Department will alter
the schedule.
The federal charges include a
claim that the Board failed to
inform the Negfo "parents who
sought lateral transfers for
their children, of the conditions
upon which transfers would be
granted. Actually, the Bdard
was required by the Office of?
Education to send a letter to
each parent, dated May 10, 1965,
informing them that instruc
tions for applying for a lateral
transfer could be obtained from
their principal or at the Super
intendent's office. The guide
line, spelling out the criteria
for transfers, dated April 30,
by the Office of Education, was
not presented to the Board until
after the letters had been sent.
The only criteria contained in
the federal guideline was th<>
one which granted a transfer to
a student to obtain a course of
study In a school which was not
Fire Destroys
Home Near
Mapleville
The Zollle Massertburg home
place, near Mapleville, was
completely destroy^) by fire
Wednesday night \ around
6:30 p.m., according foa report
from the county flre\ station.
Centervllle and Justice Fir*
Departments answered the call
and Bunn Fire Department was
called to answer what was re
ported to be a fire at\Dean
Farms, on the Ro?ky Mount
road. The spokesman said
evidently someone saw the glow
from the Massenburg blaxe and
thought It was the Dean Farms
place when reporting by tele
phone.
The Bunn unit returned to
Loulsburg and stood by In case
they were needed to answer a
call for their area or to the
Centervllle-Justlce area while
their departments were battling
the blaze at Mapleville.
The two-story dwelling was
reported to be a complete loa*
and most of the furnishings
were also destroyed.
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being given in the school he
was presently attending.
The federal motion to inter
vene also charges that .the Board
caused to be printed, a. list of
names of those seeking transfer
atni thereby caused these people
to be "intimidated and threat
ened, including cross burnings
and the shooting of firearms at
homes of Negroes."
The list of nantes was not
released by the Board, accord
ing to Clint Fuller, Managing
Editor <if The Franklin Times
and Vice Chairman of the
Board, until they were an
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R E. STROTHKR
- - Sp?ok?r
\\. GOODWIN
? - N?w Pr?*y
?Goodwin New
business Prexy
A1 Goodwin, manager of John*
son Stores, Inc. here, was nam
ed President of the Louisburg
.Business Association at the
annual banquet meeting held
last night at ^ouisburg Col
lege. He succeeds Archie Lee,
local auto barts store operator,
in the post.
,J^lay McliMde, Program Di
rector of WYRN radio station
was named Vice President and.
J. P. Tlmberlake, Jr. and Clint
Fuller were elected to two year
terms as directors. Timber
lake j^s a former director and
Fuller Js a past president of the
organization
R. E. St rother, Superintendent
of Greene County /Schools was, -
the featured speaker. HegaVe
an hilarious address ^sparked
throughout with witisms and
Jokes, mostly political and
satirical la-nature. He stress
ed the point of cooperation as
the^ftiain theme of success in
any venture. He touched on
some problem*, faced in Greene
County by the schools, similar
to those being experienced here.
Strother pointed out that mefn
bers should consider thes?
points, Identification, Partici
pation, and Projection and re
lated each to the members pre
sent. 0
Outgoing prexy, Archie Lee,
gave a resume of the organi
zations activities during the
past year and gained praise
from the association, through
Goodwin, for his "outstanding
leadership" during his ierm. 1
Rural Fire Reminder
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The Justice Fire Department ]
has Issued a reminder to all i
why might need to report fires <
In rural areas. The rural 1
phone ' number to call 1* i
496-3894. , 1
In the case of the Justice De- (
partment, It "was reported that
some are continuing to call <
the fire house, which delays t
the alarm. There Is no on* ^
on duty at the Justice Fire <
Station, and the number listed i
above will cause the county t
alarm system to be put In op- \
e ration from the home station a
located In the Louisburg Fire a
House. (
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Goodwin announced that a Car
Give-A-Way Promotion is now
getting underway, with dona-"
Hook- being applied to the asso
ciation's work in community
betterment. He also announced
that a Community Activity Cal
andar will be set up in the
association's office to allow all
organizations a quick reference
to othfer activities on any given
date in the year. This, statq?K
the new president, would avoid
duplicate meetings, ^y or
ganizations. He al>6 asked that
the association^' Give careful
study to tl^e problem of opening
and closfng hours" Jn Loulsburg
during the coming year.
Goodwin introduced the speak
er and Robert Stanley was
chairman of the nominating
committee which presented the
names of the two new directors. '
County In
District With
Vance, Warren
The North Carolina General
Assembly enacted Into law the
redisricting of the State Senate
Wednesday and put an end to
spectualtlon of this phase of the
reapportionment hettle which
^as raged for several weeks.
The passage of the law, as
sures Franklin County Its ori
ginal place In the Seventh Se
natorial District with Vance and
Granville counties.
Sen. Fred S. Royster of Hen
ierson represents the district
presently and under a question
able rotation system, Granville
bounty will supply the senator
or the next term. Loulsburf
ittorney Wilbur Jolly was the
ast Senator from Franklin
bounty.
The Assembly continues to
lay to work on redisricting
he House and aligning the Con
cessional Districts. Under
committee proposals, Franklin
rould be In a two- represents -
lve district with Warren and
/ance counties for the House
ind remain In the Second Con*
;resslonal District of Con
Teas man L. H. Fountain. |