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Weather Warmer with chance of scat tered showers this afternoon. Wednesday, partly cloudy and mild. Low today, 45; high, 74. The Franklin Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Comment The only money that goes as far today as It did ten years ago is the dime that rolls under the bed. J Serving All Of Franklin County J?l. 0Y 6-3283 (Ten Cents) Louisburg, N C.. Tuesday, April 12, 1966 (Si* Pages Today) 97th Year? Number 15 Franklinton City Board Adopts Free Choice Plan (Frk. B.W.) The Franklinton City Board o f Education acted to sign HEW 441-B and to ex tend freedom of choice to all students and parents in the system regarding the school they wish to attend during the 1966-67 school term. Parents of nearly 1500 Frank linton students will receive let ters asking them to select a school for their child to attend Tiekt year. The letters were mailed last Thursday. The parents must notify school officials of their choice of school by May 12. The lexers are part of the "freeUonk of choice" desegregation 4>lart> in effect in the local school /ys tem. Each student must choose a school before he will be en rolled at any school next year. The letters signed by Frank linton Supt. Fred W. Rogers say that "no principal, teacher or other school official is per mitted to Influence anyone in making a choice. No one Is permitted to faVoi; or penalize Any student or. other person be cause of a choice made." Once a school is selected by a student, the selection may not be changed except for serious hardship. The "freedom of ctioice" de segregation formula adopted by the U. S. Office of Education directs that a substantial rate of progress be attained next Two File For Constable Kenneth B. Hill of Youngs vllle and Van Champion of Cedar Rock are the latest to tile for the coming May 28th Demo cratic Primary. Both men filed (or Constable of their respective townships. This brings the number filing for the election to twenty-five, according to Elections Board Secretary John King. \ year. Unless the parents and students make choices that re sult In substantial integration, the freedom of choice desegre gation plan may be abandoned by the Office of Education. Parents of children who will be entering school next year for the first time will receive letters soon also. "Action was taken this week on the matter of School De segregation in Franklinton City Schools after a most thorough, painstaking and sometimes strenuously frustrating study of the 1966 School Desegre gation Guidelines in the light of sound and practical educa tional goals for this small ad ministrative unit with its unique set of circumstances. "The great challenge' with which we all seem to be con fronted is to improve education for all of our children and to desegregate the schools con slstant with the law in a spirit of good filth. This is a difficult task for the very best of men," Supt. Rogers said. "The Franklinton Board of Education has expressed itself in regard to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in this way. It Is our full intention to comply with the law in so far as we are able to Interpret it in tye light of the Franklinton situation and to execute all plans regarding it, in -the same spirit of good faith that has characterized the actions of this board from the beginning," Supt. Rogers con cluded. Masonic Notice LqulsDurg Lodge 413 AF & AM will' hold an emergent>pommunl cation Thursday evening,' April 14, at 7:45. The degree team from Wayne lx>dge In Goldsboro will confer the third degree. A covered dish supper will be served at 6:30 at the Loulsburg High School. The degree work will be put on In the Loulsburg High School Gym. All Master Masons are fraternally Invited. Wood Merchant, Leader .Passes Saturday Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Wood Baptist Church for Frank Read, Sr., 65, who died of a l^eart attack late Saturday afternoon. He was a merchant and a community leader. Mr. Read served for many year* as a committeeman of the Oold Sand School District and was chairman of the Franklin Coun ty Citizens Committee for the Study of Consolidation In 1963-04. Active In his church, Mr. Read was also a Mason and a form ?r postmaster at Wood, N. C. Services were conducted at 1:30 p.m. Monday by the pas tor, Rev. Everett L. Parsons, and Rev. Robert Ricks Boone. Burial followed, with Masonic rites, In Oakwood Cemetery In Loulsburt. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Nannie Perry Reed, two daugh ters, Mrs Rose Mercer of Whltevllle and Ml*? Nancy Read of Wins ton -Salem; two sons, Frank Road. Sr. Perry of Charlotte and Frank, Jr., of Louliburg; two slaters, Mrs. Arrlnfton Davis of Hen derson and Mrs. R. B. Roberson of Littleton; one brother, J. L. Read of Palmer Springs, Va.j and seven frandchlldrep. 1 The Winners! VHHnM. Pictures above show, the annual Easter Egg hunt, staged each year at Green Hill Country Club here. Youngsters, dressed for the Easter bunny, roam the grass-covered club grounds iji search of the brightly colored delicacies. Pictured directly above are the winners, left to right, Landis Medders, 4-"year-rOld daughter of Dr. and Mrs*. Doyle Medders; Mary Wyatt Freeman, 10-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Freeman; and B&nnett Joyner, 6-year old son of Mr. and M!rs. Mac Joyner. The youngsters won in their respective age groups by finding the largest number of eggs. -Staff Photos by Clint Fuller. Fountain Assured Freedom Of Choice Plans To Continue Washington ? Rep. L. H. Foun tain (D., N. C.) said Friday he has been assured by the U. S. commissioner of educa tion tl>at freedom of choice integration plans will be al lowed to continue. Rep. Fountain talked with Commissioner Harold Howe II after a two-hour conference Thursday with another U. S. Office of Education official Who also told him tough new inte gration guidelines ai*e not in tended to' impair freedom of choice plans. Howe told the Second l>is trlct congressman hfr-is call ing for a conference of Southern educators wyct week to discuss Choice Forms Coming In Superintendent of Schools Warren Smith reported this morning that 1846 choice forms have been returned to his office. Smith said this was out of 5S00 forms mailed to parents last week. Twelfth traders did not re ceive the forms, and children . T O'Neal To Open Realty Office Here William O'Neal; formerly with WYRN Radio Station here, has announced he will open a realty office In the Lumpkin Building on North Main Street here this week. O'Neal, a native ofLoulsburg, is a graduate of ;W. R. Mills High School, attended Louls burg College, and Is a two-year service veteran. O'Neal lives with his wife, the former Polly James, assistant Home Demonstration Agent for Franklin County, on Route 3, Loulsburg. She Is formerly of Duplin County. The new business will deal In the sale and purchase of farm and real, property, ac cording to the announcement. entering the first grade fur the first time this tall will receive their forms at Beginner's Day or the parents may pick them up at any school or the Educa tion office. Bunn school leads the list of those returning their forms early. Smith said around 80% of the forms sent there have been returned. All students must have choice forms returned for them not later than May 4, under the new guidelines set down by tfce U. S. Office of Education. Under \he guidelines, no student will be assigned to a school until a choice Is made. Once assigned, no student may be moved ex cept In extreme hardship cas es, according to the new rules. Franklinton Loan Sets New Hours The new banking hours at the Franklinton Savings and Loan beginning April 18 will be from 8 to 5 Monday -Tlnirs day, 9 to ? Fridays, and they will be closed each Saturday beginning April 23. Franklinton Savings and Loan Is .closing on Saturday in co operation with the banks In the area. ?s interpretation of the guidelines. . Rep. Fountain was contacted by the Wilson (fC C.) pally Times after he had written a letter to the editor saying the jcefrt miss loner apparently over stepped his authority under the Civil Rights Act -of 1964 In issuing the stringent new regu lations. School systems operating un der freedcftn of choice integra tion plans must sign a statement of compliance with the new guidelines or fafe a federal aid cut-off afterv April 15. Rep. Fountain, said Howe told him the statement-of compli ance, known as Form 441 B, is "not Intended as a legal contract, but as a declaration of intent" to try% to make free choice plans work. Howe also told Rep. Fountain See FOUNTAIN page 6 Alert Youths Aid In Capture Of Youngsville Bank Burglars Alertness on the part of six youths, three from Louisburg and three from Youngsvllle, early Sunday morning resulted In the arrest of three men charged with entering the Youngsvllle branch of Central Carolina Bank and Trust Co. Thomas C. Pergerson, Joel H. Pusey and Gregg P. Collins, all of Louisburg, and William B. Alford, Jerry K. Klnton and Harold Kearney of Youngsvllle alerted State Trooper Gary Kearney of the breakin after they spotted three men leaving the bank around 1 a.m*. Sunday morning. The youths followed the get-away car long enough to get the license number, which they reported to officers. The three men were charged Monday In the theft of $550 In coins from the Youngsvllle Epsom Merchant Shoots Negro Man A 30-year-old Negro man from Elizabeth, New Jersey, formerly of ^Frankllir 'County, Is In serious condition In Duke Hospital, Durham, N. -C., fol lowing a shooting spree at Ep som Saturday, Alphonso Terrell, formerly of near Ingles lde, was report edly shot by Harold Ayscue, 45-year-old white Epsom merchant Saturday around 9:30 a.tm. when Terrell en tered the Ayscue store and became arrogant when refused use of a bathroom. Sheriff Joe Champion's office reported that Ayscue told the Negro he did not have a public bathroom. Following an ex change of words, according to Deputy Sheriff Dave Batton, Terrell returned Jojiis car and obtained a pistol. Several wit nesses In the Aysciie store were forced to get down when Terrell began firing the gun. Batton reported that Terrell returned to the store three times and on the final trip, Ays cue shot him with a shotgun. The shot entered the Negro's chest. One report said the man drove his car a few yards up the road before passing out from the wound, wrecking the car. He was taken to Duke Hospital, where reports are his condition is serious. No charges have been filed against Ays cue. Terrell is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. hank. The Eederal Bureau of In vestigation said Robert Russell O'Neal, 38, formerly of Durham and now living in Maryland; Charles, Thomas Ashley, 36, of Durham, and James Callle Hamilton, 36, of Wheaton^ Md., were charged with bank bur glary. Ashley, a resident of 115 N. Dillard St., already Is charged with recent armed robberies at J. P. Harbison's grocery-ser vice station on Fish Dam Road, Compton's Service Station near Hillsborough and a service sta tion on Highway 70-East near Raleigh. A "substantial" portion of the money was reportedly re covered, and the FBI reported that several tools were found in the car of the suspects. Bonds were set at $10,000 each after a preliminary hear ing in Durham before . U. S. Commissioner Oliver Alphln. The hearing was continued until noon today at the request of FBI agents seeking time , to draw up their case. The suspects were arrested at 1:30 a.m. Monday when their car was stopped at a roadblock in Durham, some 25 pilles west of Youngsvllle, ?Zhe arrests were made only 30 rrhnutes af ter the bank was burglarized. The bank was entered by pry ing open the glass front doors, according to Kearney. The dial of the vault was knocked off and "the lock mechanism was i punched out." Elections Board Chairman Says Tests Not Administered Unfairly In Franklin County Mr Taylor W. Boone, Chair man of the Franklin County Board of Elections, stated In a letter to Sen. Sanr Ervln (D., N. C.) that the literacy, tests now abolished In the county by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, were not administered unfairly. Franklin County Is one of the North Caroltna counties re ferred to by Sen. Ervln as "falling within the condemna tion of presumptions created by the Act because less than 50 percent of the persons of voting age residing therein did not vote in the Presidential Election of November, 1-964." Referring to the fact that he has been Chairman of the Elec tions Board for the past ten years, Mr. Boone said, "To my knowledge, the literacy test that we used before the 1965 Voting Rights Act was always used fairly and discreetly and was used only to determine whether or not an applicant had the intelligence to allow hlm-to vote." 1 "The literacy test was al ways used fairly and impar tially regardless of race, creed, color or national origin, and I know of no case in Franklin County where the literacy test was unfairly administered," Mr. Boone added. Senator Eryin wrote Mr. B&one on March 31, inquiring as tOfthe Chairman's feeling on the subject. The Senator re ferred to the Voting Rights Act as "artificial and arbitrary" and stated, "i am satisfied that the election officials th your county have not u*ed the liter acy test for the purpose of denying or abridging the right of citizens to vote on account of their race or color." Senator Ervln also asked Mr. *Bo<>ne to "give your opinion as to why less than 50 percent of the persons of Voting age residing In your county failed See TESTS page 6 Wreck Victim Dies Fourth Road Fatality James Darrell Dement, 21, Rt. 1,* Henderson, an employee of a Loulsburg drive-Inn. He remains a patient In Franklin Memorial Hospital here. Funeral services tor Mr. Carter were held Sunday af ternoon at 2 p.m. from Gard ner's Baptist Church InWarren County, where the\deceased was a lifelong member,1 conducted by the pastor, Reverend Mdr rls. He 1? aurvlved by thi'e# sisters, Mrs. Christine Matthews and Mrs. Geneva Matthews, both of Henderson, and Mrs. Nathaniel Brantley of Macon; two brothers, J, M. Carter of Norllna and A. C. Carter of Roanoke Rapids; Louisburg Coed Fifth Contestant Miss Paula Belle Justice Miss Paula Belle Justice, 18-year-old coed at Louis burg College, whose home is in Clayton, N. C. is the fifth contestant jn the 1966 Miss l.ouisburg Pageant sponsored by the local Jaycees The Pageant is scfTe dulcd for Saturday, \ pr ? I 23. in the College auditorium. Miss Justiee has had special training in piano, danc ing and voice and she plans to preform a skit as her ta lent in the Pageant. She is now or has been a cheer leader. a member of the Yearbook staff, Monogram Ciub, Glee Club, Science Cltib, French Club, church choir, president of her local Methodist Youth Fellowship and the College Glee Club and Chapel Choir. She is a member of the folk siqging trio at the college) called the "Whiskey. Mill Singers" and was first runnerup as "Miss Smithfield" in the 1965 contest. She waa nam ed "Miss Congeniality" in the Smithfield contest. She has hazel eyes and brown hair. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Koy A. Justice of Clayton, N. C. \ A 68-year-old Epsom man, Injured In last Wednesday's truck-car collision near Ingle slde, died In Franklin Memorial Hospital last Thursday night. William A. Carter, a native of Warren County, became the fourth highway fatality of the year in Franklin County. Mr. Carter was 'reportedly driving a 19S7 Ford which ?truck an Allen Transfer Com pany, a Loulsburg firm's, truck on a rural paved road about one mile west of Ingles Ide around 2:3p p.m. last Wednes day. Mr. Carter was thrown from the vehicle. Injured In the accident was a passenger In the Williams car,
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