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Paula Justice Clayton, N. C David Miller Lexington. N. C Homecoftiing Queen & Escort Hundreds Attend Homecoming Day At Louisburg College Hundreds of alumni and friends attended the annual Home coming Day events here at Ijouisburg College Saturday. A release from the College states. J hat it was one of the iargest groups in many years. *\ The visitors were kept busy touring the campus, including the new library facilities, and dined in the College Cafeteria Saturday evening. Miss Paula Justice of Clayton was chosen Homecoming Queen by the panel of select judges Her escort was David Miller of Lexington, N. C. Miss Justice was selected from a field of eleven contestants. The Queen and her court ^rere presented to the crowd at halftime of the tiasketball game. Two basketball games followed the dinner meeting. The first pitted former players of the 1956-60 era agajnst the "Dixie Classic Champions," a group which won the Intramural championship at the College. The oldtifners lost in a close contest, 49-46. , The varsity Hurricanes walloped Danville Technical Institute 85-65 to the delight of the capacity crowd of partisan rooters. ThfS was the tenth win out of the last twelve games for the Hurricanes. A dance for students and alumni followed the basketball games and was held in the Benjamin Duke Student Union Building. ' Vance Representative Not To Run, Speed, Drake Silent On Race \ ' \ ,/i - One of the three expected candidates for the two seats in the N. C. House of Repre sentatives from the 16th Dis trict of Franklin, Vance and Warren counties announced last week' that he would not seek the office. A. A. Zolllcoffer, Jr., Hep derson attorney, who has served in the House for five terms as the Vance County represen tative, gave no reason for his' decision not to seek reelection to the office. Zolllcoffer's announcement leaves two Incumbent members of the House, Rep. James D. Speed of Franklin County and W. R. Drake of Warren County, 'as likely candidates to fill the two seats. Mos^ observers believe, however, that others will run, including some Vance County aspirants. Under the recent House re uistricting pian, r raniuin, Vance and Warren Jwere al lotted two. representatives for ' 'foe three counties. This means that In the absence of a ro tation system, every candidate will be vcijed on frorfl tlte entire district, and anyone seeking the office may run, regardless of his residence within the dis trict. Zollicoffer's resignation may strengthen the chances ofSpeed and Drake should they make another bid for reelection. Neither has made any state ment on his Intentions, even though the primary Is little more than three months away. Scholarship Hopefuls To Be Interviewed Chapel Hlll--Finallsts (or the Alston - Pleasants Scholarship to the University of North Caro lina will be Interviewed In the law office of Hill Ya r borough In Louisburg March 5 (not -Feb -5 as ? previously an bounced.) Young men and women who plan to be freshmen here in the fall may still apply for the four-year scholarship which Is restricted to residents of Criminal Court Docket The following cases were dis posed of during a term of Franklin County Criminal .Court last week. Judge E. Maurice Braswell of Fayette vllle presided, and W. G. Rans dell, Jr., prosecuted for the State. ?? ? ? ' . Charles Kearney, c/m/25, as sault with deadly weapon. Nol Pros with leave. " J Arthur Alston, c/m/td, mur der. State accepts a plea of guilty of manslaughter. 3 years In Jail, suspended on payment ? of $100.00 ftne and costs and placed on probation for 5 years. Harrell Jackson Pearsall, w/ m/16, breaking and - entering. State takes a nol pros with leave. Clyde Abbott, w/m, assault on female. Upon payment of costs, defendant Is discharged Bob N. Leonard, */m, worth less check. 30 days In Jail, suspended on payment of costs and check and beln( of good behavior for five year*. Bobby Nelson Leonard, op erating auto Intoxicated. 6 months, suspended oft payment of $100.00 fine and costs and to be of good behavior for five year*. Graver Gupton, c/m/42, op erating auto Intoxicated; Im See COURT page 4 Franklin, Halifax and Warren Counties. Information concern ing the fllOO a year scholar ship Is available from the Of fice of Student AM. at UNC. All finalists will receive at Mrs. Missouri A. Pleasants, who was born In Walrren County, established the trust fund for the scholarships In- 1958 In memory of Willis Alston. Finalists will be Interviewed by four members of the Uni versity Scholarship Committee. Students * currently holding Alston- Pleasants scholarships Include Dennis Wayne Organ of Roanoke Rapids, senior; Jo seph A. Pearce, Jr., of Louls burg, junior; Jacob Leon Dickens of Halifax, sophomore; and Helens. Nethercutt of Roan oke Rapids, freshman. Boxscore Ralelgh--The Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traf fic deatNs through 10 a. m Mon? day, February 7: KILLED TO DATE 133 JKILLED TO DATE 132 LAST YEAR " ?V Hearing In Clinton Today i Members of the Franklin County ^oard of Education, Superintendent of Schools War ren W. Smith, and Board At torneys E. F. Yarborough of Louisburg and Irvin Tucker of Raleigh are in Clinton, N. C..,J today for a hearing on a pre liminary injunction motion brought against the Board by the U. S. Department of Justice. The hearing, scheduled to be gin this morning at 10:30 a.m. i before U. S. Eastern District Judge Algernon Butler, relates to a request by the Justice De- | partment to have^the Court en join the Board from continuing to deny admission of^O Negro children to schools of th?ir choice under the lateral trans fer provisions of the Board's Plan of Compliance to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. t The Board has contended that the children did not meet cri teria set down for such trans fers involving grades other than those planned to be desegregat ed under the Compliance docu ment. The Justice Department and local Negro parents are seeking to have the children admitted j at once in the middle of the ' school year by means of a tem porary injunction. The hearing on this Is being attended today by Mrs. T. H. Dickens, Chair man of the Franklin County j Board of Education, and Board members, Horace Baker. Lloyd , West, Jones Winston and Clint Fuller. Hungarian-Born Artist To Teach Ijere John Fogarassy - W a 1 1 n e r," popular Wake Forest1 resident and talented portrait painter, will teach the fine art of por trait painting at Louisburg Col- j lege, it was announced today. Mr. Wallner will instruct in pastels, black and white work, and oils, offering a general three months' course to in terested adults. Several residents In Louis burg heard of Mr. Wallner some time ago, took his course ir) another city, and now want the course to be offered here. A demonstration meeting will be held on Thursday morning, February 10, at 10:00 In the Art Department on East Campus. The following Thurs day, classes will begin and will conti/ue each Thursday from 10:00, a m. until 1:00 p.m. No prior training in art is required. All persons interest ed in Ihe program should be present for the demonstration meeting on Thursday, Febru ary 10 For further, infojmji tlon, contact the Office Of Col lege Relations at Louisburg College. Meet Dr. John Vassey Pictured abov?*'is Dr. J<>hn \assev, Kadi 1 . ist . p. sition with Franklin Memorial Hospital herW Dr. Va ss?n-, a !Uti\? t Br?.ird, N C., now resides" in Garner, N. C. He is 40 years eld Dr Vassey is married to the farmer Lorraii** .? r - ?: Durham He received his A.B. degree in Chemistry- from thexl niversitx v>i N rtt ? liru in I' ">2 and his Nl. D. from the U.N.C. School of Medicine in l.'GC^ He served his internship at City Memihrial H -pital W -:ist? r, ?Salem, was a general practitioner in Garner for f> I 2 years audN^as in reside ? it N C,.. Memorial Hospital at Chapel Hill. Dr. Vassey, who plans to move to Louisburg itatl;? 4**ar future, will work in'the field of radio active isotopes, i-rays and eventually in x-i\\ Meapj He expressed his pleasure at being associate# with th< local medical fat iht\ i\; ?.-r?-M ih?- n?-w facilities to be built this. year ? Hospital* Administrator M. M. P-i\ .Jr ? i.>?lf a patient, stated a short while ago that he a imI the Board of Trustees felt thf hospital w.?>. fortunate in l>eing able to obtain the services of Dr Vassey ?T1 County Board Of Education Sets Snow Make-up Days The Franklin County Board of Education, meeting special session last Thursday after noon, set the schedule for mak ing up lost school days due to the recent inclement weather. County school students at tended reopened schools last Friday and made one lost day last Saturday. The Board approved a short day schedule on all Saturdays, with schools closing at 2 p.m. Seven days wt^re lost due to the weather, aftd the Board announced the following sched ule of make-up days: Saturday, February 5, Saturday, March 5; and Saturday, April 2 Three days originally set for Easter Holidays were canceled, but Easter Monday remains a holi day. A four-day vacation was originally set for Easter, ^>n ditlonal upon no lost days. The seventh rhake-up day comes at the end of the original school closing. This will put the last day of school on Wednes day, June 8, and will allow teachers, who are required to work two* days following the close of school, to finish the year on Friday, June 10. The Board's regular monthly meeting, scheduled for Monday, was canceled because of the special session ?d the fact that Board memberVtare to ta in Clinton, N. C., this^norning lor a hearing in U. S. East ern District Court. The hearing is on a preliminary injunction motion made by the Justice Department asking the court to enjoin the Board from pre venting thirty Negro students from attending schools of their ctfolce under the lateral trans fer provisions of the Board's Plan of Compliance to the Cfvll Rights Act of 1964. In other actions, the Board Tax Listing . Notice Kenneth Braswell, Franklin County Tax Supervisor, an nounced Monday that this Is the final week for listing taxes In the county. Braswell urged everyone, not having already done bo, to list before the weekend and avoid the penalties. ac I'pted the rt-Mgiutionof Uur- I wih<J Pegram, who has bwn 01 i a six-mouths It-avf (rum mill- ' tar) . sprvice as alt>-ndanr. ! Times Writer Scholarship Candidate Nlary Ann Fleming, daughter of Mrs. George M. Fleming and the late Mr. Fleming of 119 Perstfft Street h?Te, :s a candidate for one of the Katha rine Smith Reynolds Scholar ships, worth $4,800. Miss Fleming writer, the popular "Teenage Chat" Column In The Franklin Times. Fft>m 212 candidates nomi-, nated by their high schools throughout the state, 12 young women will he chosen On March 4 and 5 at University of North Carol lrfa at Greens boro for the Katharine Smith Reynolds Scholarships, each with *a $4,800 four-year value. The schqlarshlp central com mittee met at UNC-G Wednes day with district chairmen to receive the . Information folders on the nominees. The nominees will now be screened to select two from each district for in terviews at the March meeting' of the central committee. Miss Sadye Dunn, t"NC-G dean of women, is chairman of the central committee. In addition to the 11 district scholars to be chosen, one will be a chemistry scholar from Forsyth, Stok'es. or Surry county. The scholarships were es tablished in 1962 by the Zach ary Smith Reynolds Foundation of Winston-Salem in honor of 1 the wife of the founder of the I Reynolds .Tobacco Company. Mrs. Reynolds was an alumna of Woman's College, predeces sor to UWC-G. Each scholarship Is for $1,200 annually and Is renew able. There are now 36 Reyn olds scholars at UNC-G, 12 In each class. The March selections will Increase the 1066-67 holders to 48. ' \ counselor W. H Colli<\. who has l?een serving in a tenfyor ary capacity as counselor, was :::.? i?- th?- permanent attendant iifflAr Mitchell Elfertri( and Plumb ing Service of Bunn was grant ed the contract for toilet in stallations at Gethsemaoe Srh' 1 .it, a cost of $1,300. TV Board approved a reqilest for 10 placements in the Vo <fca^i??nar .Education Program for n\xt school year Ma E. F. Yarborough, at torney to the Board, appeared and briefly explained the status of the suit now pending against the Board by a group of local Negro parents and the federal Justice Department. On Food Stamp Ptogram Official To Hold Meetings With' Area Grocers County Commissioner Chair man Norwood Faulkner stated that he ha (J been informed by Mr Sam Pope, representative of the U. S. Department of Agri culture's Food Stamp Program, that two meetings will be held here to .inform grocers of the Food Stamp program soon to be started in franklin County. Faulkner said ?arlier\that a number of grocery store op erators had inquired about par ticipation in the program and said, ? ? 1 certainly would like for all store operators to have a chance to participate in the program." The meetings are Scheduled for Monday, February 14, in the courtroom of the Franklin County Courthouse Meetings Snow Cost Town $1,000 The cost to the Town of Lotilsburg of the recent snow was estimated Monday at $1 ,000 by Town Administrator E. S. j Ford. Ford said the town was lucky that the cost was not higher He added, "We got along pretty good/' referring to snow re moval. I * Ford estimated the loss of | $400 in parking meter revenue due to the meters not having been read from January 26 until Monday of this week. The balance of $600 was esti mated as the cost of overtime and other aspects of the giant task of removing the snow from the streets. The loss in revenue to local .businesses cann?t be estimated, but a sizable loss was experi enced as shoppers were unable to come to town and movement was slowed in the entire area. Car Tag Warning / Louis burg Police ^.hief Wil liam Demerit issued a Yeminder today to all local motorists that town tags must be displayed on all cars within town not later than February 15. \ Dement said anyone not dis playing tags* after that date would be Issued a citation. Tags maj be obtained from thy Town Off ice., on West Nash Street ?tll .1* held, at 2 p.m. in the afternoon and aPi :30 p.m. Mon day night. F.wii store* operators will be told at the meetings what they must do .to qualify tor partici pation in the program and will be given application blanks. Certification of'appUcants for the stamps began yesterday here by the Welfare Depart ment, and a long line appeared early Monday morning at the local office. Mrs Jane York director of the department, said earlier that her department would process thirty applicants , day Monday through Friday. The sale of the stamps is slated to begin on March 1 and will be handled through local banks. Authorization and Identification papers must be shown before stamps can be purchased. Stamps may be used to purchase food items from any participating mer chant in the area. Chairman Faulkner urged all trocers to attend one of the two meetings with Mr Pope and expressed his desire to have as many; as possible throughout the county as co operating merchants In the stamp project. Another Police Officer Resigns Kyle Prince, veteran Louls -burg Police Officer, Is resign ing from the force, effective Saturday, February 19, accord ing to reports. Prince, It was reported, Is resigning to accept a position With Dean Farms, a local egg distributing concern. Prince lias been a member of the department for just over four years. His action follows the resignation a few weeks ago of Charlie Lambert, another experienced officer l.ambert also accepted a position with Dean Farms. - Chief William 'Dement could not lie reached for comment at press time. It fas reliably reported, however, that Prince's resignation was due to an Increase In pay afforded by the change* and It is be lieved that Lambert resigned for the same reason. Weather Partly cloudy and warmer to day. Chance of scattered show ers and mild Wednesday. Low, 36; high, 61. "Express" Derailed Unidentified Seaboard Railway personnel are shown above as they took turns working o get the "crack" Loulsburg-To-Frankllnton Express back on the rails after the train lumped the tracks last Thursday near Allen's Gin In' Loulsburg. The Incldant occurred iround 4 p m and was back In action around 10 p.m. Thursday night. Caus* of the accldant vas believed to have been 'lee and snow on the tracks. -Staff Photo by Clint Fuller. f
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