Local Draft Board
Explains Student Status
Mr. E. T. Jones, Chairman
of Local Board No. 35, frank
lin County, has Just received
Information concerning the Se
lective Service College Quali
fication Test.
Mr. Jones said the Director
of Selective Service, Lt. Gen
eral Lewis B. Hershey, has
? announced that additional cri
teria will be provided for use
by local boards In their deter
mination as to the retention or
reclassification of students in
Class 1I-S.
Science Research Associates
. of Chicago has been awarded a
contract to prepare and admini
ster the Selective -Service
Qualification Test and to for
ward scories made to-the local
boards of ' registrants who are
college students and high school
* seniors or any potential II-S
registrants. The test will con
sist of 150 multiple choice
Items with 3 hours permitted
for completion. Generally, the
test will be divided Into four
basic categories: reading com
prehension, verbal relations,
arithmetic reasoning, and data
interpretation. It Is described
as. a general aptitude type test.
Three dates have been set
for giving the examination:
May 14, May 21, and June 3
at 37 locations In North Caro
lina. Mr. Jones says that ap
plications to take the test are
available at all local boards,
and a registrant may procure
one from any local board. The
registrant must mall the appli
cation to the Science Research
Associates, 259 East Erie
Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611,
not later than April 23, 1966.
The test will provide an ad
dltlonal criterion lor making
reclassifications from the II-S
pool In addition to the two which
are now provided. At present,
the two criteria are: (1) The
registrant Is a full-time stu
dent, and (2) He Is making satis
factory progress. The) test will
In addition provide an Indica
tion as to his aptitude with re
spect to other college students.
Mr Jones said that all regis
trants who are now full-time
students and remain as such
until the end of this school
year will have an opportunity
to qualify for a college defer
ment for the next school year.
Schools
To Operate
Saturday
The moaning and groaning you
hear Is coming from the six
thousand school kids in the
Franklin County system as they
brace themselves for another
Saturday makeup day. But they
can take some hope. This Is
the final Saturday of the three
necessary to catch up from the
loss of seven days due to snow.
The Board of Education set the
first Saturday In February,
March and April as makeup
days, took three days from the
original four-day Easter holi
day and added one more day
to the end of school. Saturday
Is the final makeup day re
quiring a six-day week. As
In the past two Saturday make
ups, schools will close early.
Mrs. T. H. Dickens
Campaign Statement
Mrs. T. H. Dickens, Chairman
of the Franklin County Board
of Education since 1961 and a
member for the past 39 years,
announced her candidacy for re
election Wednesday. Mrs.
Dickens had filed for the race
earlier.
In making her announcement,
Mrs. Dickens stated, "I have
always worked for better
schools for the children of
Franklin County." She said
she is seeking reelection
"based on her past experience
and qualifications."
Mrs. Dickens, who was ap
pointed to fill the unexpired
term of her late husband in
1927, has, been elected, with
out opposition, each six years
since that time. She is a
graduate of Louisburg College,
a former teacher with 9 years'
service in Franklin County,
and attended summer sessions
at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and
N. C. State University at Ra
leigh. Prior to her appoint
ment to the county board, she
served three years on the Ed
ward Best District School Com
mittee.
Mrs. Dickens Is a member of
White Level Baptist Church,
teacher of the Adult Women's
Sunday School Class and Presi
dent of the W.M.U. She has
also held office In the N. C.
State School Board's Associa
tion. Prior to becoming Chair
man of the Board In 1961, at the
death of the late Chairman Paul
W. Elam, Mrs. Dickens served
as Vice Chairman of the Board.
Mrs. DlckeiSs Is opposed In
the District 4 race (CedarRock
Gold Mine Townships) by W11
llajn Taylor Boone, Rt. 4,
Loulsburg farmer, and Joseph
L. Strickland, the only Negro
candidate to enter the Primary
thus far.
Royster Not
Running For
N. C. House
Fred S. Royster announced
today that he would not be a
candidate for the House of Rep
resentatives In the coming
Democratic primary.
Royster stated that a number
of citizens in the district had
requested him to become a
candidate. He expressed his
"deep appreciation" for this of
fered support and for the privi
lege of having served previous
ly four terms in the House of
Representatives and two in the
State Senate*
Royster said that because of
other obligations and responsi
bilities primarily in connection
with the tobacco industry, it
would not be possible for him
to be a candidate at this time.
Franklin is in a House district
with Warren and Vance, with
two representatives between
them. Rep. James D. Speed
of Franklin has announced he
would seek reelectioh, as have
al^o Rep. W. R. Drake in War
ren and John T. Church of
Vance . Rep. A. A. Zolllcof
fer, Jr. # who served In the House
the last five terms, or ten years,
announced several weeks ago
he would not seek reelection
this year.
Franklin is in a senatorial
district with Granville and
Vance Counties, which Royster
represented last year. It will
be Granville's time to name the
senator this year, and Wills
Hancock of Oxford has an
nounced his candidacy for the
office.
Teen-Age Club
Friday Night
The local Teen-Age Club,
sponsored by the Loulsburg
Junior Woman's Club, will meet
at the Loulsburg Armory Fri
day night, April 1.
Sub-teens are Invited to Join
in the fun from 7:30 to 9:00.
A new. Jukebox has been pur
chased and will be available
for your enjoyment. Games
will be provided for those who
are interested, or you can Just
leisurely enjoy being, with your
friends. Come to the Teen-Age
Club Friday night and bring
a crowd with you. ^ ? ,
Twenty - Four Candidates
In Loeal Primary Races
New filings this week have
brought the total announced
or filed candidates to twenty
four In local races In the
Wly 28th Democratic Primary.
Three new candidates paid their
filing fees to Board of Elections
Secretary John King Wednes
day, two of wham had made no
prior announcement.
Those filing Wednesday were
J. Harold Talton, Loulsburg
Negro Files For
District 5
Commissioner
The first Negro to epter the
race for County Commissioner
filed Wednesday for the 'Dis
trict 5, Loulsburg-Cypress
Creek Township post. Booker
T. Driver, Rt. 4, Loulsburg Is
the second Negro candidate In
the May Primaries. Joseph
L. Strickland, another Rt. 4,
Loulsburg Negro filed several
days ago for the District 4
(Cedar Rock-Gold Mine Town
ship) Board of Education post.
brlver's entrance Into the
race brings to four the number
having already filed for the
position. J. Harold Talton,
Loulsburg bank executive was
first to announce. He paid his
filing fee here Wednesday. In
cumbent Norwood Faulkner,
presently Chairman of the
Board followed Talton In filing
and A. H. Spencer, Loulsburg
farmer-real estate operator
filed Wednesday.
Mrs. T. H. Dickens, Chair
man of the Board of Educa
tion, and William Taylor Boone
are opposing Strickland In the
i District 4 school race. i
banker: A. H. Spencer, Louis
burg farmer, and Booker T.
Driver, Rt. 4, Loulsburg Ne
gro. All three are running for
the Loulsburg-Cypress Creek
Townships seat on the < Board
of County Commissioners. Tal
ton had announced earlier.
Incumbent Commissioner Nor
wood Faulkner has also filed
for reelection to the same post.
This Is the only race which
gained new entries this week,
but some campaigning his be
gun In several other contests.
Still unopposed for the vari
ous office* are: George Har
ris, Incumbent Commissioner
from District 3 (Hayesvllle
Sandy Creek); E. C. Bulluck,
Loulsburg attorney, running for
Recorder's Court Judge; W. H.
"(Jack) Taylor, seeking reelec
tion as County Solicitor; Ralph
S. Knott, seeking another term
as Clerk of Court; James H.
Edwards, incumbent Coroner,
and Walter Ball, newcomer,
seeking a seat on the Board of
Education from District 5
(Loulsburg-Cypress Creek).
The announcement by John
T. Church of Henderson that
he Is running for one of the
two House seats from District
16, composed of Franklin,
Vance, and Warren Counties,
has Insured a contest In that
race. Franklin Representative
James D. Spekd and Warren
Representative Wilton R. Drake
are also making the race.
In the District I (Harris-Dunn
Township) Commissioner race,
H. Derrell Mitchell, G. Frank
Hlnson and Brooks W. Young
have filed. One of the most
discussed races thus far Is the
contest between Incumbent
Sheriff Joseph W. Champion
and Loulsburg Pol Ice Chief
William T. Dement.
There 1* a three-way race
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In the District 4 (Cedar Rock
Gold Mine) School Board- con
test. Mrs, T. H. Dickens,
Chairman of the County Board
and a member for the past J9
years, Is being opposed by
William Taylor Boone, Rt. 4,
Loulsburg farmer, and Joseph
L. Strickland, one of th? two
Negroes seeking office In the
Primary.
Gus Stroud, Jr., Frankllnton;
John Horton, Dunn Township,
and Joseph Joyner, Harris
Township, are all unopposed
for Constable In their districts.
Filing deadline In the Primary
races Is noon, Friday, April 15.
John T. Church Seeks
District House Seat
r
John T. Church
John T. Church, Chairman of
the Vance County Democratic
Executive Committee and mem
ber of the Henderson City Coun
cil, announced his candidacy
Wednesday morning for one of
the two seats for Vance, War
ren and Franklin Counties In
the North Carolina House of
Representatives.
Church said that he would re
slfrt as Chairman of the Vance
County Democratic Executive
Committee u?on filing his can
didacy for a House Seat, and
U elected would later resign
from the Henderson City Coun
cil.
In his statement to The press,
Church said, ''Vance, Warren,
and Franklin Counties have re
cently begun to experience a
measure of economic growth.
Encouragement from local citi
zen groups and various levels
of government has provided Im
petus for our Industrial de
velopment, the benefits of which
we are Just beginning to enjoy.
Much depends upon our legis
lature maintaining a favorable
governmental climate In which
Industry will continue to locate,
expand and flourish In the State
of North Carolina, and partlcu*
larly our three counties. To
properly supplement Industrial
development, we must, of
necessity, Improve our trans
portation and recreational fa
cilities, and regardless of all
other considerations, our vari
ous educational systems. The
needs of agriculture, so vitally
Important torVance, Warren and
Franklin Coantlei musi be fully
met to further strengthen this
pert of our economy.
See CHURCH page 6
Jane Geneva Toler
Franklinton Senior
Second Pageant Entry
Jane Geneva Toler, a 17-year-old Franklintoul High
School senior, is the second contestant announced for
the Miss Louisburg Pageant to be sponsored by the
Louisburg Jaycees and presented on Saturday. A*pril 23,
in the College Auditorium.
Miss Toler will give a vocal selection as her talent
in the contest, , She has green eyes and light auburn
hair and was a runnerup in the 1966 Miss Franoca con
test at Franklinton.
She is now or has been a member of the Glee Club,
F H. A., F. T. A., and the Youth Choir at her church.
Her favorite sport is football and she likes popular
music.- She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Toler,
Rt. 1, Franklinton, N. C.
Holding Abstained On Vote
To Locate Waccamaw Here
Lewis R. Holding, president
of First-Citizens Bank and
Trust Co. and a member of the
State Banking Com miss Ion, said
Wednesday that he abstained in
the voting on Waccamaw Bank
and Trust Company's applVca
tlon to locate a branch in Louls
burg.
Holding reportedly said he
abstained from voting on the
Waccamaw application "since
Flr^t -Citizens operates the
f
Mrs John P?rnell
Elected Demo
Women Prexy
Mrs. Louis F. Oxnevad pre
sided over a meeting of the
Franklin County Democratic
Club Saturday afternoon In
Loulsburg.
Mrs. T. H. Weldon, chairman
of the Nominating Committee,
presented the following officers
who were elected: . i
Presldent, Mrs. John C. Per
nell; Vice-President, Mrs,.
Charlie Merrltt; Second Vice
President, Mrs R. W. Moore;
Secretary, Mrs. Robert Cheat
ham; Treasurer, Mrs. Baxter
Patterson.
" The new president, Mrs. Per
nell, Is a native of Franklin
County and< Is a graduate of
Atlantic Christian College.
She received her masters de
gree from East Carolina Col
lege and 1$ a teacher of Busi
ness Education at Loulsburg
College. List year Mrs. Per
nell was named one of the
outstanding young women In the
United States. She Is aCMve
In the American Association of
University Women and The
League df Women Voters. Mrs.
Pernell, her husband and two
children live on Rout? 4, Loulrf^
burg.
Freedom Of Choice
Plan To Continue
i ?
In County Schools
%/
The Franklin County Board of
Education, In special session
Wednesday afternoon, autho
rized the signing of Form
441 -B, thus continuing Its Plan
of Compliance to the 1964 Civil
Rights Act for the coming school
year.
The Board, which last year
operated under the Freedom of
Choice Plan ;of Compliance, is
faced with a suit in federal
court brought by a group of
local Negro parents ancfln which
the Justice Department has en
tered. The Board won a rejec
tion of a preliminary Injunction
motion brought by the Justice
Department and the Negro par
ents to allow twenty students
immediate entry into the school
of their choice last month.
Wednesday's aptlon by the
Board, In effect, places the
county school system under the
same plan for the coming year
which the court upheld in the
February suit. The plan calls
for Freedom of Choice in all
twelve grades this year and also
agrees to the new federal guide
lines, which have been termed
stricter than last year.
The Board authorized - the
printing and mailing of three
forms within the next few days
to all parents in the county.
The forms are required by the
Office of Education In Washing
ton as part of the new guide
lines. One, to be printed on
blue paper, explains the new
desegregation plans and re
quirements as published by the
Washington office. A second
form Is a letter to all parents.
This one, printed on pink paper,
and also required by the federal
government, explains to the
parent that a choice must be
made by a certain date; and the
third form, printed on salmon
A. H. Spencer
Enters Race For
Commissioner
only other lank In that city."
Waccamaw obtained approval
of the application last Novem
ber.
Holding and other members
of his family have received
widespread publicity since It
was revealed In Richmond,
Va.,1 bank hearings that the
Holding family owns stock In
Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co.
and other NorthCarollna banks.
B
earlier this week that the Hold
ings owned Just over 5% of the
Waccamaw shares outstanding
and had never held membership
on the Board of Directors or
had a voice In the management.
Holdings Involvement has
brought- forth an Investigation
of actions by the Banking Com
mission and Is likely to result
In some revisions of commis
sion policies.
Partly cloudy and a little cool
er today. Friday partly cloudy
and somewhat warmer. Low
loday, 44; high, lower 60's.
Weather
A H. Spencer
A. H, SpenceV, Sr., 53-year
old Loulsburg farmer and real
estate man, filed for the Dis
trict 5 County Commissioner
seat In the May Primary, here
Wednesday. Spencer Is the
third candidate for the Louls
burg-Cypress Creek post on
the board. Norwood Faulkner,
Incumbent member, and J.
Harold Talton, Loulsburg bank
er, announced earlier. Faulk
ner filed several days ago and
Talton paid his fee Wednesday.
Spencer, who, formerly op
erated an automobile agency In
Loulsburg, Is a graduate of
W. R. Mills High School and is
married to the former Eunice
Wrenn. 'They have four chil
dren. Both are natives of
'Franklin County.
Spencer said In his announce
ment, "I am a farmer and life
long resident of Franklin
County and am Interested In the
affairs of all the people of the
comity. It l? my< belief that the
recent evaluation sctiedule"
should be adjusted to a more
reasonable figure In order not
to work a hardship on the citi
zens of the county.
"If elected, I Intend to repre-.
sent all the citizens of the
county to the best of my ability
and In keeping with their de
sires as their elected repre
sentative."
colored paper, Is the Choice
Form which every student must
have before assignment for the
coming year can be made.
Superintendent Warren Smith
Indicated that all three forms
will be mailed not later than
Monday. These forms must be
returned, according to Smith,
not later than May 4, 1966.
The Board spent several hours
In going over the various forms
and procedures with the
Superintendent and Board At
torney E. F Yarborough, who
Informed the Board that he was
to attend a pre-trial conference
In Raleigh Friday. ' The confer
ence has been called by Eastern
District Federal Judge Alger
non Butler It will be a meet
ing of attorneys of record In
the upcoming school suit.
in other actions, the Board
discussed teacher applications,
contracts, setting up Begin
ner's Day and Title IV of the
Civil Rights Act. This Title
deals with federal aid In de
segregation plans, and Superin
tendent Smith was authorized
to explore the provisions of the
Title and to make a report to
the Board In Its regular meet
ing Monday, April 4.
Tippett To
Head Red
Cross Drive
Warren W. Smith, Chairman
of the Franklin County Chapter
of the Red Cross, announces
that Mr. Wallace C. Tippett will
head the 1966 Fund Campaign.
Mr. Tippett Is a farm Imple
ment dealer In Loulsburg and
past president of the Loulsburg
Lions Club. He Is married to
the former Janle Cyrus and they
have three children.
Mr. Tippett announces that
the following people will serve
as Fund Chairmen In the vari
ous communities: Bunn, Mr.
William Andrews; Centervllle,
Mr. L. S. Ward; Epsom, Mr.
J. K. Weldon; Frankllnton, Mr.
John Sawyer; Youngsvllle, Mi".
Arthur Hall. The Loulsburg
Chairman will be announced
at a\later time.
Burning
Permits
Canceled
County Forest Ranger Joe
Smith announced today that all
burning permits have been can
celed In or near any woodland
area. Smith said burnings are
prohibited until a general rain
occurs or until further notice
from his department.
Participant* In the Junior Woman's Club meeting here Wednesday nlftit are shown above, left
to right, Mrs. Thomas Dean, retiring president; Mrs. C. Gordon Maddrey of Raleigh, featured
speaker; Mrs. J. W. Weathers of Youngsrllle, District 14 President, and Mrs. Ralph Beasley,
Incoming president. See Story on Page 2. -Staff Photo by Clint Fuller.