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Louisburg. N. C . Thursday March 3. 1966
(Ten Pages Today)
97th Year? Number 4
School Boards Assoc.
To Hold Annual Meet
At Franklinton Thurs.
The Sixth District North Caro
lina School Boards Association
will hold Its annual meeting at
Frankllnton Thursday,' March
10, according to an announce
ment today by Dr. Richard Whit
field of Frankllnton, president
of the organization.
The theme . of the meeting
this year Is "Setting New
Courses," and registration will
begin at 3:45 p.m. In the Frank
llnton High School lobby.
The General Session is sched
uled to start at 4:30 p.m. In
the school auditorium with May
or Joe Pearce delivering greet
ings from the Town of Frank -
llnton.
John A Moore, Chairman of
the Frankllnton City School
Board, will deliver the wel
coming speech, and Dr. Whit
field will preside. Clyde A.
Erwln, Jr., Executive Secretary
of the Association, will make
Peoples
Reelected
V. A. Peoples
Loulsburg Mayor V. A. Peo
ples was reelected Chief of the
local Rescue Service In recent
?lections, and Kyle Prince,
former Loulsburg policeman,
way-named Assistant Chief. - ?
Loulsburg Policeman Ned
Lloyd was elected Captain of the
squad, and former Policeman
Charlie Lambert was selected
as Lieutenant. Wlliard Morton,
veteran member, was reelected
to the post ofSecretary-Treas
urer.
Practice
Alert Set
Thurman Johnson, Franklin
County Civil Defense Director,
has announced that the siren
on top of the Loulsburg Fire
Station will be tested at noon
on Thursday, March 10.
Johnson explained that this.
Is to be a practice only for the
purpose of testing the siren and
asked that this announcement
be made In order that the public
be notified of the alert.
his report and new officers will
be elected
The afternoon session will
consist of panel discussions
with topics and leaders as fol
lows': "Implementation of
E.S.E. A., Robert J. Marley,
State Dept. of Inst ruct ion;
"Educational Programs Fund
ed Though Office of Economic
Opportunity/' Dr. Zane E.
Eargle, Assistant Supt. of Dur
ham County Schools; "Voca
tional Education Programs
Under Clark-Long and V. E.
Act of 1963," T. N. Stephens,
State Supervisor; and "Impor
tant Changes Anticipated in the'
Federal Lunch Program,"
O. L. Searing, State Supervisor.
The featured speaker at the
dinner will be Mrs. Florence
E. Sutphin, Educational ^Con
sultant, Winter Haven Lions
I Research Foundation.
Saunders -
New Club
Prexy
Dennis Saunders
Dennis (Rocky) * Saunders,
Louisburg businessman, was
elected President of the local
Rotary Club In the annual elec
tions held last week, according
-to ? an announcement by Dr.
Carey Perry, outgoing prexy.
Elected to the 1st Vice Presi
dent position was A1 Goodwin,
local furniture store manager.
Edgar Plttman, manager ofGay
Products, was named 2nd Vice
President, and John Davis,
ASCS Office Manager, was
elected Secretary-Treasurer.
Names to the Board of Di
rectors for the coming year
were: Raymond Rarick, Rus
sell Boyd and Umphrey Lee.
Saunders and his wife, Jane,
are MYF Counselors at the
Louisburg Methodist Church,
and he is a member of the of
ficial board. Saunders is also
a member of the poard of Di
rectors of the Ltfuisburg Busi
ness Association. He is the
father of two boys, Peter, 5,
and Todd, 1.
Officers take office at the.
first meeting in July.
Annum Donation
Louisburg Mayor and Rescue Chief V A Peoples are shown above-; left, with Bryant Howe,
local Chevrolet dealer, as Rowe presents keys to new station wagon-to Assistant Rescue
Chief Kyle Prince. Each year Rowe donates the use of a new wajum to the Rescue Service.
-Staff. Photo by Clint Fuller.
Some College Students Eligible
Married Men Are Subject To
Draft Calls In Franklin County
Married men and some col
lege students are now subject
to the^ draft* In Franklin Cdunty,
according to Mrs. Mary Lump
kin, clerk of the Franklin draft
board.
Mrs. Lumpkin said the board
has received orders to include
for induction those men married
prior to Aug. 26, 1965, in the
March call, if necessary.
The March call is for 10
men, Mrs. Lumpkin said.
She said the board has re
ceived instructions that certain
college students are no longer
FHA Head
Addresses
Lions Club
The Loulsburg Lions Club
convened at the Murphy House
last Tuesday evening at 6:30.
I Mr. Tom Marshall, the Super
visor of Farmer's Home Ad
ministration of Franklin Coun
ty, delivered a brief talk on
some purposes of the Admini
stration.
Mr. Marshall explained that
the Administration (1) provides
financial assistance to tenant'
farmers to house their crops,
(2) constructs homes for people
of low Income, (3) and buys and
sells farms.
Prior to Mr. Marshall's talk,
Monroe Gardner, a visitor from
the Warrenton Lions Club, told
the local club that he was a
candidate for District Governor
of District 31-G. He asked
each Ll?n to be present at the
Convention In order to vote.
Four other visitors were
present: Mayor W. A. Miles,
Duke Miles, Eddie Clayton, and
wilton Drake, all members of
the Warrenton Lions Club.
ASC Sign-up Program Underway
1986 VOLUNTARY PROGRAM
SIGN, UP UNDERWAY: Pro
ducers Interested In signing up
to participate In the 1966 Feed
Grain, Wheat, and Cotton Pro
grams will have until April 1,
1966, to (He an agreement with
the County ASCS Office.' The
cropland adjustment program
Is available to producers who
wish to divert all of one or
more of their allotment and/or
bases to a conserving use for
a period 6f 5 to 10 years.
The final date to sign up In
this program has not been an
nounced. A producer partici
pating in the Cotton and Feed
Grain Programs may request
an advance payment equal to
one-half of the payment made
on the acreage diverted. The
remaining one-half of the pay
ment and the addltlonal'prlce
support payment will be made
In the late summer after per
formance Is certified. It will
be to every cotton farmer's
advantage to sign up In the 1966
Cotton Program
TOBACCO LEASE * AND
TRANSFER OF ACREAGE
PROGRAM: Several producers
have already (lied tobacco lease
and transfer agreements with
the county office. Tobacco
poundage will be transferred
on a pound-for-pound basis with
no loss In poundage because
of yield deferences. April 1,
1966, Is the final date to file
an agreement with the county
office.
COMPLIANCE BY CERTIFI
CATION: Each farm operator
will be furnished a photocopy
of his term showing the tarm'i
boundaries and known field
acreages. These photocopies
will be of assistance to term
ers In certifying to the acreage
he has planted. The farmer
will also be given assistance
by the county office in helping
to determine acreages. Pre
meas'urement and measurement
service Is made available to
the farmer at his expense.
By a date tq be announced lat
er, the farm operator will be
asked to visit the county office
aftd certify as to the acreage of
all crops planted on his farm
so as to qualify for price sup
port. If the farmer knows that
he has a i.rop in excess of the
allotment, he should make dis
position before certifying to the
acreage as the county office
will not accept an excess acre
age report on any farm.
After certifications are ob
tained, spotchecks will be made
as a means of checking the
accuracy of the certifications
and maintaining program con
trol. V any excess acreages
are found on a spotchecked
farm, the excess may not be
adjusted Tdt program compli
ance.
deferrable due to the shortage
of manpower available for tht
draft. __
College undergraduate stu
dents who have been In and
out of college longer than thf
formal amount o?4-ime requir
ed to receive a first under
graudate degree and who have
not received such a degree will
be reclassified, she said.
Also to be reclassified are
those undergraduate students
who because of scholastic rea
sons have dropped out of one
schbol and are now enrolled lr
another college.
[ The graduate students whe
entered school two or more
years ago and who have not ye1
graduated will also l>e eligible
for Induction, she said.
Those attending technical in
stitutes and Industrial educa
tion centers will also be inJ
eluded in the reclassification.
Men who have been attending
the institute for three years
and who have not yet com
pleted their course, along with
those who are taking a two
year technical course who have
been in and out of the institute,
will face reclassification. .
Mrs. Lumpkin said that col
lege students who are order
ed for induction but who are
still satisfactorily pursuing a
full-time college course on
the date iheir induction orders
? are mailed may be given a
1 deferment to class I-SC until
the end of their current aca
demic year.
I She explained that the I-SC
? classification cancels orders
for Induction temporarily. *'
Previously, full-time col
1 lege students were classed as
I 2-S and were not subject to
the draft. Prior to Aug. 26,
? married men were not Induct*
ed but those Who have married
? since that date haye^been ell*
1 gible to be called.
i Also to be reclassified are
some of those now in the I-Y
1 category.
Mrs. Lumpkin said the I-Y
? classification designates men
tal, physical, or mora J rea
sons for disqualifying men.
Those In the I-Y group to be
reclassified are the high school
graduates who scored from 16
to 31 on the standard AFQT
; which is administered at the
time of examination.
Now th?* policy has b<-en chang
i ed to permil calling men who
were married prior to Aug. 26,
as well as those who have mar
ried since that tirfte.
Gold was discovered In Gold
Mine Township of Franklin
County in 1838 by John Portls.
This brought a host of lusty
adventurers to th<? area, in
cluing the famous P. T. Barn
um.
Twister Season. Nears
The Weather Bureau at the
Raleigh-Durham Airport warn
ed yesterday of the approach of
the tornado season for North
Carolina. ,
Although North Carolina Is
outside the principal tornado
areas, one or mort? twisters are
reported In the state nearly
every year. , I
The Weather Bureau said 160 I
tornadoes have been recorded i
In the state sine# 1916, caus
ing 58 deaths, several hundred
Injuries and more than $9 mil
lion In property damage.
Last year, eight twisters hit
North Carolina, killing three,
Injuring 104 and causing $1 mil
lion In property damage
The tornado season In North
Carolina runs from late March
through June. Although the
storms oecur at anytime of the
day or night, the bureau sakf
they most frequently hit be- I
tween 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. . I
Most of "the tornadoes have i
Struck the Piedmont and Inter- |
lor Coastal Plain areas.
The most destructive tornado
In North Carolina history swept <
through the Ctty Ot Greensboro i
April 2, 1936, killing 13 and 1
Injuring 144. <
The Weather Bureau said ]
three safety precautions could
save your life in case a tornado i
strlckes near your home: <
1? Take shelter In a cave or i
underground excavation; If pos
sible.
2 ? If underground protection
Is not available, seek Inside
shelter, preferable in a steel
reinforced building. Stay away
from windows.
3--In open country, move at
right angles to the approach
ing tornado. If there is no time
to escape, lie flat in the near
est ditch or depression.
Henderson
Man Heads
District GOP
John Adcox, of Henderson,
Ire-elected" district chair
man for 1966-97 as Republi
cans of the North Carolina
Second Congressional District
held their biennial convention
?t Tarboro on Saprt'day. Pele
jates and alternates convened
In the courthouse at Tarboro.
The recently rearranged Sec
ond District now Is composed
3f Vapce, Franklin, Granville,
Wirren, Edgecombe, Lenoir,
Sreern, Wilson, Johnston and
Halifax counties.
The convention elected k full
?late of officers, Including Ad
:o* for another term as chalr
nan.
One Files, Others Announce
As Political Season Opens
One candidate filed Tuesday,
several others have announced,
and still more announcements
are imminent as the 1966 po
litical season has officially
opened In Franklin County
Walter Ball, R?- l.i-oulsburg
man, filed Tuesday V?h Elec-,
tlons Board Secretary John King
for a seat onthe Franklin Coun
ty Board of Education from the
Loutsburg-Cypress Creek Dls
trlct. The post is presently
held by Times' Editor Clint
Fuller. Ball was the first to
file for the May 28th Demo
cratic Primary. r
'Two For Sher'ff
Sheriff Joseph W. Champion
and LOulsburg Police Chle.
William Dement have announced
as candidates for the County
Sheriffs post Champion Is
completing his second term,
a [ni Dement was a Deputy
Sheriff under former Sheriff
Willis Perry.
One Announced
Bunn farmer ^businessman
Derrell Mitchell Is the first of
what is expected to be a long
list of candidates for the three
positions up for grabs on the
Board of County Commission
ers this year. Mitchell an
nounced for the District 1
Franklinton
Phone Work
Completed
Franklinton- A project to im
prove and expand the Franklin- ,
ton telephone exchange has
recently been completed.
Carolina Telephone Manager
Howard T. Pitts said today that
a $13,000 program Just con
cluded has expanded the com
pany's central office equipment
"'included In the project was
an installation of equipment to
provide facilities to serve ^150
new telephones for subscribers
this area and permit better
grades of service to present
subscribers.
Pitts said that the gnrwth of
Franklinton In recent years has
brought about an Increased de
mand for telephone service
This demand had taxed th?
capacity of existing equipment.
Telephones In this area have
Increased from about 460 to
more than 1,000 In the past
ten years.
"The construction program
here is In keeping with Caro
lina Telephone's continuing
programto fulfill the telephone
needs of the communities It
serves," he pointed out. ,
(Dunn-Harris Township) race.
The seat is now held byvMrs.
Claude A. Arnold, who was ap
pointed to fill the unexpired
term of her late husband.
Other Commissioner posts to
be voted on are tfie* District 3
seat from Hayesville -Sandy
Creek Townships now occu
pied by veteran member George
Harris. District 5. Loulsburg
Cy press "Creek, Is subject to
the upcoming primary,. Nor
wood Faulkner, veteran Louis
Ball Files
For Board
Of Education
Walter Henry Ball, 39-year
old Rt 1, Louisburg, farmer
was the first candidate to pay
a filing fee for the upcoming
May 28th Democratic Primary.
Hall filed for the seat on the
Franklin County Board of Edu
cation from the Loulsburg
Cypress Creek District, Tues
day. The seat has been held
since 1961 by Times' Editor
Clint Fuller of Louisburg.
IU11 attended Mills High
School and Is a member of
Plney Grove Methodist Church
where he Is presently assistant
Superintendent jof the Sunday
School.
He is married to the former
Robbie Lass iter of Rocky Ford.
They have six children.
Several attempts to reach Ball
by telephone were unsuccessful
and no announcement of his fil
ing Is available. John King of
Louisburg is Secretary of tht'
Hoard of Elections and Ball
paid his filing fee to him on
Tuesday.
Louisburg
Youth Among
Finalists
C. Randall (Randy) Fuller,
18-year-old senior at Louis
burg High School, has been
Informed by letter that he is
one of the finalists In the com
petition for an Alston- Pleasants
Scholarship at the University of
North Carolina. . ?
Young Fuller Is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fuller,
Afien Lane, Louisburg.
v"The scholarship, established
by a former Louisburg resi
dent, Is based on "competition
and character," as well as
grades, and Is applied for
lhroij/i schools In the three
county area of Franklin, War
ren and Granville Counties.
Accidents Statistics
February 1966
Acc. Fatal Acc. Injury Acc.
21
28
24 '
10
12
5
83
33
burg farmer, now holds the
post.
No announcement has been
made by Mrs. Arnold, Mr.
Harris or Mr. Faulkner pn
their plansx
Others Soon
Several likely candidates
have been mentioned, and some
have indicated they will make
announcements within the next
few days. None, thus far men
tioned, wanted their names
mentioned until a format an
nouncement has bfcen made.
Representative James D.
Speed has announced for re
election to the State House of
Representatives. Under the
new districting, Speed must run
from a three-county district.
He is being opposed by Hender
son Mayor Carroll V. Single
ton and former Macon Mayor
Wilton R. Drake, presently the
Warren County Representative.
Only two can be elected.
The State Senate post, now
held by Fred S. Royster.of
Henderson, representing
Franklin, Vance and Granville
Counties, Is open. Under 'the
three-county rotation system, .
Granville County is to supply
the candidate this year.
Other Posts
Other county offices subject
to. the May 28th primary in
clude Judge of Recorder's
Court, now occupied by Louls
burg Attorney Gaither M. Beam,
Sr., and the Solicitor's post,
now held by W. H. (Jack) Tay
lor, local attorney. Neither
man has announced whether or
not he will seek reelection.
At least one former official
has indicated interest In the
Judge's post.
Clerk of Court Ralph Knott
Is up for reelection and is ex
pected to seek a second term.
There has been no mentltfn of
opposition thus far' for this po
sition.
In addition to the District I
Hoard of Education seat, now
held by Clint Fuller, the Dis
trict 4 (Cedar Rock; Go Id Mine)
post, held for the past 39 years
by Board Chairman Mrs. T. H.
Dickens, is also subject to the
upcoming primary. Mrs Dlck
eas has been reported as saying
she will not seek reelection, but
no public announcement lias
been made.
And the 2nd Congressional
seat held by Rep. L. H. Foun
tain of Tarboro will be decided
In this year's voting. Thus far,
Rep. Fountain has no opposi
tion. Senator B. Everette Jor
dan Is seeking Another six
year term as one of the State's
two Senators. He, too, has ~no
opponents at the moment.
Generally, a heavy vote cfue .
to Intense Interest In local rac
es, is expected In the Demo
cratic Primaries. As this poli
tical season opens, it looks as
If there are going to be plenty
of candidates from which the
voter may choose.
What Issues may jylse are
yet to be determined The
primaries will, as always, deal
In great part with personalities
and past records.
Accident Scene
"Pictured above Is scene of school bus-car crash on Highway 56 east of Loulsburg Tuesday
morning. The ? unidentified Negro man, driver of the automobile, suffered Injuries and was
taken to the local hospital by Rescue Service members. No children were Injured on the bus.
_ -Staff Photo by Clint Fuller.