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Louisburg. N. C.. Tuesday. March 1. 1966
(Ten Pages Today)
Moralists, l*?nt on saving the
world, always want to tell other
people what t? think and what
to do.
97th Year ? Number 3
?Louisburg Boys, Epsom Girls Win First Tourney In 15 Years
The "long dry spell ended for the Louisburg boys Saturday night, as they downed
Conference thampion Youngs*iiie, 60-57, to win their first Tournament C amp n*>
inJ6 years, tjieir second in 25 years. nlo.,flH
Seven tinaes in the past 15 years, eight in the past 25, the Bulldogs N
Its Been A Long, Long Time
bridesmaids, but never the
bride until exceptional per
formances Friday and Saturday
nights carried them to the
crown. ,
The Phantoms (22-1), confer
ence champions, with a 11-1 re
cord, led early in the game, 8-4,
and It 'looked as though they
would make it three wins in a
row over the Bulldogs. A spurt
in the late minutes of the first
period brought the score to
10-10 at the end of the frame.
Larry" Paschall, outstanding
backcourt man for the Phan
toms and floor leader, gained
.three personal fouls early In
the .game and was unable to
play' much of the tim^. His
loss hurt the Phantoms' chanc
es. . ?
Wilbur Moore, Louisburg'sj
big man, missed a foul shot
Just i>elt>re the half that would
have tied, and Youngsville went
to the dressing room leading
28-27
The Bulldogs came back after
the intermission, and at the
5:36 time mark In the third
period managed a 35-all tie
on a field goal by Moore. . A
foul shot by Louisburg's DonnTe
Southerland and two field goals
by James Stone moved Louis
burg ahead, 40-35, with 3:57
See Louisburg Page 2
The Epsom gi rls, finishing the conference play in second place behind Bunn, downed
the Bunn girls Friday night, 28^25, to take their first Tournament title fn at least
twenty years.- Epsom,* runnerup in three tournaments since 1947, was defeated twice
by E^dward Best (1963-64) and once by Mills (Louisburg-1959) .
Tl. - L j ? ? I
i t- cnainRiuw?nip game rri
day night saw the Bunn girls
take a 10-9 lead midway the
first period after Epsom had
"taken earlier tw -point Usui.
{The first half was evenly
matched, with . both teams
staying within reach. Bunn
controlled the board* % much
of the hall and led 1\ 18-14
when the teams headed to the j
dressing rooms.
The th.rd period more"
of the same, with the lead
changing hands and Epsom be
hind much of the period. Ep
som, however , managed to bring
the score u -lrfall as the third
frame ended.
With 5:3.8 time left 'In the
game, Epsom was a field goal
ahead. 23-21 Thirty seconds
later, Charlotte Ayscue hit for
Epsom to set the lead at 25-21,
and the Epsom girls were ahead I
to stay
IX1 lores Falkuer of Epsom
fouled Nadine Gay. of Bunn with,
tm4nutes to go. Gay made ?
o foul shots to make the
|core 25-23. Nora White mis
led at the free-throw line for i
Binn,' and Anita Strickland of
Bunn >fouled Falkner. She made !
the free throw, giving Epsom a
three-point edge. Bunn took
the ball inbounds and traveled
See EPSOM page 2
Jubilation Breaks Loose
Franklin Man Has
Close Call In Spree
Ronald Davis, manager of
Hill's Service Station on U. S. 1
between Youngavllle and Wake
Forest in Franklin County, says
he considers himself ltifcky to
be alive after a harrowing epi
sode last Saturday afternoon.
Davis was kidnapped by two
Dorothea Dlx mental patients,
who are charged In the murder
of three men during a wild
blood-filled crime spree last
Saturday reaching from the
Franklin County station to
Greensboro. . ,
Joseph Eugene Sper\ce, 26,
and Glenwood O'Neal Williams,'
28, both of Raleigh, walked away
from the Raleigh mental insti
tution last Saturday afternoon,
stole an automobile and first'
showed up at Hill's Station.
Davis says the two stopped at
the station around 2:45 p.m.
Williams got out of the car,
went Inside and asked f$r a.-'
register. Davis says he gave 1
the man between $200 and $300
and was told to "get Into the
car."
A shot was fired as Davis
walked toward the car, the bul
let hitting a gas pump cement :
Hearing Set In
Preliminary -
Epsom Death
A preliminary hearing has
been scheduled for March 15
before Recorder's' Court Judge
G. M. Beam, Sr., for Mi's
Minerva Overton Ayscue, Ep
sdm housewife, charged In the
shooting death last Wednesday
of hef husband, Robert Thom
as Ayscue.
Mrs. Ayscue Is charged with
murder 'and Is .free-on $2500
bend, according to Franklin
Sheriff Joseph W. Champion.
Funeral services for Ayscu?,
52, a native of Franklin County
and a lifelong resident of the
Epson Community, were held
last Friday at 2 p.m. from the
New Bethel Baptist Church
conducted by Rev. Otis Boltes
and Rev Jesse Parker. Burjal
followed In the church ceme
tery.
In addition to his widow, he
is survived by one daughter,
Mrs, Elite A. Collins of Rocky
Mountj tyo sons, Fred Ayscue
of .Wythevllle,-' Va., and Rev.
Alfred T. Ayscue of Pine Level.
Also surviving are: one sis
ter. Mrs. Crowell Overton of
Epsom, and one brother, John
Paul Ayscue of Epsom; and five
grandchildren.
[foundation. Then followed a
ithree-mtle ride, with Davis
I not allowed to turn hts head.
| Williams held the pistol against
Davis' head, Sheriff Joseph*
; Champion reported Davis as
saying.
Davis was let out l>f the car
J and told not to look back. As
i he scampered into the nearby
j woods, two shots were fired,
neither hitting the man. Davis
I told Sheriff Champion that he
l lay flat on the ground until
the car moved away a few min
iit'es later. He then hiked
through the woods to a tele
phone. and unable to get the
station owner, caught a ride
back apd called the Franklin
.County Sheriff.
?Williams and Spenee were ar
rested by an off-duty Raleigh
policeman early Sunday morn
ing at Jim Thornton's Dance
Hall south of Raleigh. Both
men are being held In Durham
i Opunty jail, charged with the
murder of Alston Maynard, a
i Durhan}J4Xi driver, wjiose body
* nd in Greensboro last
and hear Butnter early
rning after a massive
search by law Enforcement of
fl< eiS and units of the N. C.
National Guard. The pair have
been charged with murdering
Andrew (Dink) Roberts, service
station owner In Durham Coun
See CRIME page 2
Wreck
Stolen Car
Three Massachusetts youths
are being detained In Vance
County after having wrecked a
stolen 1961 Old* mobile Sunday,
two miles north of Franklln
ton on U. S. Highway l. Stephen
Burrell 15, Is a patient In Maria
Parham Hospital suffering from
severe back and held injuries.
Stephen F. Sylvia 17, of Bever
ly, Mass. was the driver of the
vehicle when It ran off the high
way and overturned around 5:30
p.m. Sunday, according to State
Trooper D, C. Day. Gregory
B. Kulyn 15, Manchester, Mass.
Is charged with driving the car
In Vance County, where he was
stopped earlier by State B. D.
Adklns.
As Killyn got out of the car,
-after being stopped by Trooper
- Adklns, Sylvia slipped under the
steering wheel and escaped.
Adklns chased the vehicle at
speeds In excess of 100 miles
per hour Into Franklin County,
where It was wrecked.
The car was stolen from Mar
lon L. Harding of Beverly,
Mass., according to Trooper
Day. ? 1 \ 1 _
bodies of two othn/
men
Howard Stalhngs
Mrs Wiley F Mitchell
Delores Falkner
Most Valuable Players
Wiley F. Mitchell Award
Danforth Lecturer To Speak At College
Dr. Jose Maria Chaves, a dis
tinguished International lawyer,
diplomat, educator and au
School Bus,
Car Crash
Nets injury
"An early morning accident on
Highway 56 four miles east
of Loujsburg Injured an uniden
tified Negro man, who was
transported to Franklin Me
morial Hospital by the Louls
burg Rescue Service.
The victim allegedly ran Into
the rear of a Negro school bus
as the bus made a stop to pick
up some children. . The late
model Cadlallac, driven try the
man was heavily damaged^ No
children were Injured. '
thorlty on Cervantes, will b?-ort
the campus of Loulsbttrg Col
legf at 8:00 p.m. on M^r.ch 2
and '3, 1966, as a Danforth
Visiting Lecturer In the College
Auditorium.
A native of Columbia, Or.
Chaves attended the Instltuto
de la Salle and. the Superior
Normal School In Bogota, -where
he pursued studies In anthro
pology.. -He holds thf* degree
of Doctor ofjurlsprudence from
the University of Bogota and
Master of Arts and Doc.tpr of
Philosophy degrees from Co
lumbia University ln.NewYork.
In this country Dr. Chaves
has represented Colombia as a
diplomat In Washlngtop and at
the United Nations. As an
educator he helped establish
the first public high school In
Bogota In 1941, and the first
private university In Colom
bid"? the University of the
Andes? in J 948, becoming its
first dean of the faculty.
Schools Open
Saturday
Schools In the FranJUInCounty
system will operate Saturday
of this week, to makeup one
of the days lost due to the
snow. This will be the second
Saturday schools have operated
this year with one more to go,
The County Board of Education
set the first Saturday In
February, March and April as
makeup days.
The other four lost days are
to be made up with three days
cut from' the four-day Easter
holidays and one added on to
the end of the term.
Judge Denies Injunction,
Rules Board Acted In
Good Faith In School Plan
j Judge Algernon Butler of the
' U. S. Eastern District Court
denied a motion for a prelim!*
i nary injunction prohibiting the
I Franklin County Board of Edu
cation from denying transfer of
I twenty Negro children to pre
dominantly white schools last
week. The ruling has met
widespread approval in Frank
lin County.
The action was brought by a
group of Negro parents in the
county and the r. S. Depart
ment of Justice.
'. Schools Superintendent War
ren W Smith rna^le no public
statement, bukhe was obviously
pleased with tti^ ruling, \lem
bers of the Board and Attorney
E. F. Yarborough seemed to
be well ph ased with thedecislon
also
Rev. Luther Coppedge, Negro
minister and leader of th& par
ents seeking the injunction, said
this morning that, he had "No
Comment" when asked about
the decision. No indication has
'been marie as" whether or not
the attorneys for the Negro
parents or .the Justice Depart
[ ment will appeal Jud^e But
ler's ruling.
The decision,, made last
Thursday, .was the first step in
what is scheduled to be a full
scale -attack on the Franklin
County F reedom of Choice Plan
of desegregation. The Negro
group is seeking to tear down
the plan and have the court
order geographic zoning at
tendance areas.
Judge Butler's ruling upheld
the Franklin County plan of
compliance to the 1964 ?lvll
Rights Act in all eleven cate
gories. i The* Board, through
Attorneys E. F. Yarborougtt*
of Louisbuijg and Irving Tuck
er of Raleigh, successfully de
fended all points contended by
the plaintiffs.
The text of the ruling follows:
"The court now concludes as
a matter of law:
"1. That the United States
Congress, while bound by the
rule of Brown v. Board of
Education, 347 P,S. 483 (1$54),
Notice
The Franklin County Histori
cal Society wlil meet Thursday,
March 3, at 8:00 p.m. In the
Conference Room at the First
Citizens Bank & Trust Co. on
Blckett Blvd. The program
will be on the "Early Settle
ment of Loulsburg."
yet cognizant of problems en?
countered- in desegregation, in
tended by the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 in effect racial dese
gregation in public schools over
a reasonable period* of time.
"2 That Congress Invested
HEW with a limited discretion
to implement the Intent of Con
gress by requiring a showing
of good faith efforts to desegre
gate in order to qualify for
federal aid.
"3. That HEW, exercising its
discretion, lias provided for
the desegregation of public
schools pursuant ' to the c on
gressional mandate and has
specifically approved the plan
adopted by defendants.
"4 That defendants' plan ef
fect* total desegregation of pub
lic \rhools one year earlier
than the deadline set by HEW,
and will give freedom of choice
in all grades beginning In Sep
tember 1966. *
"5 That defendants have
shown their good faith by pro
viding for total desegregation
one y?jar earlier than required
by HEW.
"6. Tha4 although the court
does not sanction the failure'
of defendants to give proper
notice of the criteria for lateral
transfer, the conditions adopt
ed by defendants were cited by
HEW in its statement of policies
wtilch served as ttre gnideline
for defendants' plan, and which
was available to the public.
"7. That plaintiffs did not base
their request for lateral trans
fers upon either of the grounds
See PLAN page 2
Bunn Man Enters Kace
For County Commissioner
! A 40-year-old Bunn farmer,
fertilizer deal or and real estate
man lias thrown his hat into
the ring for County Commis
sioner from the First District
composing Harris and Dunn
Townships.
H. Derrell Mitchell, a native
of Dunn Township, is the first
to announce in the race for
three seats on the County Board.
He seeks the post now occupied
by Mrs 6Claude A. Arnold, who
was appointed to fillV the un
expired term of her lUte hus
band. k ? * I
Mitchell, active in the Frank
lin Firemen's Association and
Vice President- of the organi
sation, was Chairman 6f the
Communications Committee,
which Instrumented the es
tablishment of a county-wide
fire, -Alarm system two years
ago.
He served twelve years as
a member of the Town Board
of Bunn prior to his retirement
tw6 years ago. He did not
seek reelection to the post.
He ^s been Chief pf the Bunn
Rural Fire Department since
it was organized in 1960 and is
presently serving on the County
Better Jtoads Committee.
Mitchell, a member of the
Bufin Baptist Church, stated in
his announcement, "If elected
I. intend to serve without par
tiality to any group of people."
He added, "I feel my twelve
years' experience on the Bunn
Town Board qualifies me for
f '
H. Derroll Mitchell
this Important T?ounty position.
Mitchell also Jtated, "With
the growth of Franklin County,
1 feel a representative from our
section of the county Is needed
on the Board." Mitchell, a
1943 graduate of Bunn High
School, Is married to the form
er Frances Johnson of Dunn
Township. They have two chil
dren, Ann 14, a 9th grader
at Bunn, and Steve, 12, a sixth
grader at Bunn.
The Democratic Primary Is
scheduled for May 28 this year.
Already three candidates have
announced for the l'sth District
House seat, and two' hav* an
nounced for Sheriff of the
county.