^1
Weather
Increasing cloudiness and a
little warmer today. Low, 20;
high, 38. Rain likely tonight.
Wednesday, lair and rather
cold.
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Published Every Tuesday & Thursday
Times
Serving All Of Franklin' County
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Comment
Tel 0Y 6-3283
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Louisburg. N C . Tuesday February 1. 1966
(S<* Pages Today)
Principle must be above ex
pediency 11 our political system
Is to endure.
96th Year ? Number 98
Food Program To
SfnrI Next Week
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The Food Stamp Program, i
recently approved by Wash- 1
lngton after having been adopt
ed by the County Cprrfmisslon
ers, will begin the first stages
on Monday, February 7. Ac
cording to Mrs. Jane^l. York,
Director of Welfare for Frank
lin County, that's the date
certification of applicants will
begin.
Mrs. York stated that her
department will process thirty
applicants per day, Monday
through Thursday. There will
be none processed on Fridays
and no more than thirty on the
other days. Mrs. York said
tha/[ persons applying will be
given a number when they en
ter the office, and only the first
thirty will be handled each day.
This will be done on a first
come-flrst-served basis, she
seated.
Issuance of authorizations to
purchase the Food Stamps will
be based on the family income
and the number of persons in a
family. Only heads of house
holds can apply, Mrs. York
said.
Once a person is processed
at the Welfare Department, au
thorization notices will be sent
each month during the certifi
cation period. This notice,
plus an identification card, may
be taken to the bank and stamps
may be purchased. The stamps,
of course, can be used to pur
chase food In any cooperating
food outlet.
The assistance to. the needy
in the program comes from the
Issuance of bonus stamps.
For instance, when an applicant
purchases $10 in stamps, he
may receive a bonus of $50
worth of stamps, thereby ob
Former County
Official To
Seek Post
Melvln Holmes, former Ac
countant for Franklin County,
has Indicated he Is interested
In making the race for Clerk
. of Court In Northampton County
in the upcoming May primaries.
/ Holmes, who has lived In
Northamptor for the past six
years. Is presently County Man
ager. He moved up to this
position after serving as
\ County Accountant.
\ Miss Reba Long, present
KlerkT has announced her re
tirement, from the office. ABC
Ch^lrtnan Bartletl Burgwynhas
""also expressed an Interest In
the race Neither has made
formal announcements nor filed
for the elections.
taining $60 worth . of food for
only $10.
Mrs. York said the entire
program and its procedures are
very complicated, and some
aspects of the pl^n are subject
to change. The present eligi
bility schedule, however, Is as
follows: For persons not re
ceiving assistance from the
county presently - If the com
bined net income for the entire
family is -- 1 person, $85; 2
$110; 3-S125, 4-$140; 5-$155;
6-$170; 7-$185, 8-$195; 9-$205;
and 10-$215.
Depend^jg on ,the number of
persons In a family and the total
family income, the Food Plan ,
can be a big help to a number
of local people. The Food
Stamp Program, under the di
rection of the U. S. Department
See FOOD Page 6
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Firemen Answer Six
Calls Durinq Weekend l|
Almost always, In the Icy,
snowy weather such as Frank
lin County is now experiencing,
a rash of fires break out. This
latest seige of bad weather
proved no exception, as county
units answered six calls dur
ing the weekend, with most of
them coming last Sunday.
The worst fire was at Frank
linton, where flames destroyed
the home of the James Ray
Family on Mills Street around
6:30 a.m. Sunday, Franklinton
firemen battled the blaze in
sub-freezing weather, hamp
ered by frozen hydrants arid
the. lack of water. The home
and most of the furnishings
were lost.
Franklinton citizens and ct\
clubs and churches hurriedly
banded together to^ aid the
stricken family in an outstand**
ing show of community goodwill.
The Justice Fire Department
was kept the tjusle^t sundiy
with three calls. All the calls
involved chimney burnings. The
first call came at 11:30 a.m.
to the home of Mrs. S. D.
Snowmama
_ Snowmama Is shown jibove holding snowbabe In the yard
of Mr and Mrs Johnson Burnett* on John St Met here. This
was one of the most iwvel creations of the many exhibited here
In the two recent snow". -Staff Photo by Clint Fuller*"
Harris near Mapleville. No
damage was reported. At
2:25 p.m. the Justice volun
teers .were dispatched to the
Bunnie Pearce home neat Stal
ling^ Crossroads on Highway
56 to extinguish a blaze in a
one- room tenant house. The
dwelling was slightly damaged,
but the building was saved.
The Justice unit was again
called at 3:17 p.m to a tenM
house on the Mort Harris farm
See FIRES Page 6
ftorth
Any Way You Go
-- It's Snow,
Snow, Snow
South
local Businessman Aids In
Capture Of ABC Burglar T
Alertness on th*? part <Ha
Louis burg businessman ha\
l>eeri credited with Riding in the
apprehension of a /34*- year-old
Alert man, accused of breaking
into the ton is burg ABC Store
last night.
Wood row Warren, local oil
distributor, returning from a
late delivery around 12:30 a.m.
today, spotted a car parked be
side the local ABC Store on
Bickett Boulevard'. Upon clos
er inspection, Warren dis
covered someone crouching
Inside the front door of the
establishment.
The man. later identified by
College Prof.
Gets Fellowship
Dr. Gerald Harris Shlnn, pro
fessor of Philosophy and Re
ligion al Loutsburg College,
has been granted a Fellowship
for the summer 1966 session
of the Southeastern Institute
of Medieval and Renaissance
Studies. Professor Shlnn will
be working on "The Church and
Society In the Middle Ages,"
to be held at Duke University
In July and August'
The Southeastern Institute
Of Medieval and Renaissance
Studies Is established for the
advancement of scholarship and
the Improvement of teaching In
t|ie southeastern region.
Through the Institute the re
sources of Duke University and
the University of North Carolina
are made available to scholars
and teachers throughout the re
gion.
Dr. Shlnn Is married to the
former Louise Wlnstead, and
they have one daughter.
Loutsburg Police Chief William
lament as Ernest Newell Ays
cue, w/m/34, Ht 3, Louisburg,
David Qantal
\
Daniel Heart
Fund Head ...
David Daniel, DlrectorofCol
lege Re\ations at Loulsburg
College, has be?n named local
Heart Furtd Chairman, accord
lnf to announcement by
County Heart Chief A1 Goodwin.
Daniel, In a letter Ao local
businessmen today, reminded
the reader that February is
Hepurt Month and ptolnted out
that heart disease takes more
lives than any other single cause
of death.
"If every businessman par
ticipates in this most worthy
effort, our quota will be easily
acquired," Daniel's letter stat
ed.
J
rarV out -the door and entered
his \car. Warren stopped ami
when\ the man headed north
on Brckett Blvd., Warren fol
lowed and after a high-speed
chase, finally got close enough
to the accused to ?et the license,
number of the car.
, Warren reported the incident
to local police and a search
was launched Meanwhile, Ays
cue had reportedly been stopped
in Wake Forest for operating
a vehicle without proper
license earlier in the evening.
Taken U> the Wake Forest Police
Station, Ayscue ran "Wake
officers began 4 search.
Around 3 a m. this morning
Ayscue was found inside his
car in a ditch near Wake For
est. Taken again to the police
fetation, Ayscue was confronted
by Wake Officers and Loulsburg
and Franklin- County officers.
An unidentified woman, found
with him, was lodged in the
WakfiL-fcocest Jail; and Ayscue
was llfou^ht to the jail in Louts
burg, charged with breaking and
entering and larceny and placed
under $5,000 bond.
Loulsburg Police Chief Wil
liam Dement credited Warren
and Sheriffs Deputy Tom
Powell and Constable Perry
.Tharrlngton with aiding hlrti and
local police officer Gerald Eury
in solving the case.
M. C. Joyner, manager of the
ABC Store, said he had not
determined the amount of loss
early tfiis morning. He did
say that only merchandise was
taken. Warren reported that
It appeared to him that there
were two cases of whiskey. In
the trunk of the Ayscue Car,
plus one dropped at the store
entrance.
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Second Snow In 4
Days Hits County
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In the wake of one of the
largest shows' in forty years,
which fell last Wednesday and
Thursday, F ranklin County was
hit again Saturday with what
Mr G O. Kennedy, local
weatherman, reported to l>e .1
2 1 2-inch snowfall Accom
panied by freezing tempera
tures and high winds, the latest
blanket piled orj top of eight
inches which fell earlier, for
a total four-day snowfall of
10 1 2 inches
Some parts of the state re
ceived up to eigljt inches Sat
urday, and early predictions
had Franklin County slated for
around four to six inches.
Kennedy reported that around
two inches of the. earlier snow
had melted before Saturday's
deluge.
Temperatures stayed below
e1
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DePorter To Head Fund Drive
Winston-Salem ? A 1 f r ed I).
DePorter of YoungsVllle has
been named chairman for
Franklin County in the coming
drive to raise $2 4/2 million
for a new football stadium for
Wake Forest College
Goal for the county is $H,000
Over-all chairman for the fund
drive is Hert ' Bennett, Winston
Salem jius iness man and former
head of the State Democratic
Executive Committee Joe
Branch of Enfield, legislative
counsel for Gov. Dan Moore,
lis co-chairman.
The drive for special gifts
will !>egin in late February
Bennett said he hoptjs to wind
up the campaign in the state
and nation by April 5
Plans call for a 30,000
seat stadium on a 77-acre
tract near the Wakv^Forest
| campus. Target date for com
pletion of the project is Oct. 1.
1967. The building committee
hopes to let a construction con
tract around June 1 .
Estimated^ cost will be $2 1/2
million Most of the money is
expected to be Raised in North
Carolina, but }he fund drive
will be carried into all r?0 states.
Notice
'The Franklin Coimty Fire
men's Association meeting
which was scheduled for Wed
nesday,. February 2, at> Bunti,
N. C., has been cancelled until
February 9 at 7:00. p.m. at
Dunn High School CafgUuGia,
I Bonn, N. c.
freezing 'during Saturday and
Sunday, and in most places
Monday the thermometer read
in the low twenties. The pre
dicted low of five degrees below
zero for the area Sunday night
fell short, and the local weather
station reports a low of 6 de
grees above zero
The coldest temperature , in
the area, according to the files
of The Franklin Times, was
during the winter of 1917-18,
with no date given. The ther
mometer reached 10 degrees
below zero back then. Kennedy,
who has kept local weathersta
tion records since 1960, reports
the following lows since taking
over: December 22, 1960, and
January 22, 1961, A degrees;
January 11, 1962, and Janu
ary 29/ , 1 963, 3 degrees; and
December 13, 1962 and Febru
ary 1, 1965, the thermometer
fell to 1 degree below zero
at Louisburg.
The snow kept town road
crews and State, crews busy
clearing the highways, and
shoveling snow was the task
of the day. No accidents were
reported in the county over
the weekend; however, several
cars could be seen in ditches
along many of the roads.
There were six fires report
ed, with the greatest damage
being at* the James Hay home
in Franklinton, where the dwel
ling was a total loss, as were
most of the furnishings. Epsom
Fire -Department, answered two
calls, and Justice Fire Depart
ment answered three
Heavy snow caused a canope
to fall at a supermarket in Ford
Village here, with some minor
damage to cars parked nearby.
Considerable damage was suf
fered by the canope and the
north wall of the building. This
occurred last Friday afternoon,
before the latest downfall.
Schools remained closed to-,
day for the fifth consecutive
holiday, although chances for
their opening Wednesday appear
somewhat brighter today. Most
businesses are operating full
force today following a shortage
of help in many establishments
since last Thursday.
The latest forecast is for
somewhat warmer weather and
the likellhotxl of rain later
Itoday.
Enjoy It Now, Kids
Lost Days Must Be Made Up
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While th* 0,000 schopl chil
dren \of Franklin C'junty are
enjoying the holidays caused,
by theVnow, the days mis ed
from srnool most l*? made up.
The opening ? of school in
the Franklin County system was
delayed last fall, ^nd holidays
at Christmastime were cur
tailed in order to alleviate the
180 -day requirement How
ever, the County Board of Edu
cation gave in to numerous re
quests for more time at
Christmas, and this moved the
closing date for schools to
June 7. This represented -ne
>f the latest closings in recent
yea rs
Now, facing the? make-up of
five days, the closing of schools
could run well pa t the enroll
ment date for teachers in their
summer school classes. This
has '>een?one reason behind the
attempt each' year by school
, officials to close schools in
late May Teachers are en
couraged to attend summer
Tax Listing
Extended
Kenneth Braswell, County Tax
Collector, announced today that
-the deadline for tax listing has
been extended through Febru
ary 11, 1966, because of the
recent lncfement weather. Th?
original date was January 31.
Education Meet Reset
The Adiflt Education meeting
scheduled for February 1 has
been postponed until Thursday
night at 7:30 In the_Audltorlum
Classroom Building at the col- ]
lege I
I
st h'?nls vHierever fKis jl>l<- and
usually are ,^lven a few days
out of sch.ml 'lefore summer
classes 'w({in
"ffuTt arc three ways Inw^hich
the lost dajfs may mi*' up.
First, some i/l them can :>e
taken from the flftr-day Ea-iter
or Spring holiday. The opera
tion of the schoils on Saturdays,
while tiever popular, might
another alternative; and the
third possibility Is t > move up
the dosing date until later In
June.
Th?' County Board of Educ a
tion is experjed to meet within
t ho *ext few days to tarkle
the problem. Chances are that
a combination ? jf th** three al
ternatives will be adopted.
Much will depend on windier
schools are abl* to opef*te
Wednesday and whether or not
more diys are missed between
now and any scheduled closing.
Greeter
Mammoth snowman holds greetlnj 10 passersby on Blckett
Blvd. here is he stands In the yard of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Denton
?t the Nash Street Intersection. -Staff Photo by Clint Fuller.