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Published Every Tuesday & Thursday
Tel. GY 6-3283
(Ten Cents)
Louisburg, N. C., Thursday, April 21. 1966
(Ten Pages Today)
Experience Is what you get
when you're looking for some
thing else.
,97th Year ? Number 18
Shirley I pchurch
Jane Toler
Jenny McGhee
Dorolhv McGhee
lJaula | b. st ice
\udrcc Cameron
^nn Marks
Jaycees To Choose Miss Louisburg 1966 Saturday Night
by CLINT FULLER * *
' When the lights dim on the college auditorium stage Saturday night at 8 o'clock,
seven fjeautlful girls will be ready to begin the long trip to becoming Miss Louisburg,
1966, and Miss North Carolina and even Miss America. Whether the winner makes
the latter two or not, It's a certainty there will be a new Miss Louisburg Chosen to
replace Miss Pat Taylor of Charlotte, who presently holds the crown.
The Louisburg Jaycees, staging their sixth consecutive Pageant, each outdoing the
6ther in perfection, must come up with .something truly outstanding to topr!those of the
past. They promise they have done so.
If a person allows himself but one night out a' year, this should be the night. Nothing
presented here, except perhaps some college-sponsored professionals, comes even
close to the performance, the glamour, the overall satisfactory production staged each
year by the Jaycees, their wives and the girls. '
Seven girls are vying for the title this year, with a variety of talents. They are,
in order: Shirley Jean Upchurch, a Youngsvllle senior; Jane Geneva Toler, Franklln
ton senior; Jenny Sue McGhee, also a senior at Frankllnton; Dorothy Irene McGhee,
senior at Frankllnton; Paula Belle Justice, Louisburg College coed from Clayton;
Audree Marguerite Elizabeth Cameron, college coed from Greensboro; and Ann Felts
Marks, coed from Courtland, Va.
David Daniel, Leulsburg College Director of Public Relations and a Jaycee/wlll
again act as Master of Cerefiionles.- Mrs. H. R. Chesson will perform at the organ,
and Lloyd West will sing the Mtls Loulsburg song.
Miss Judl, Hlnton's dance classes will .supply part of the extra entertainment, and a
group from Loulsburg will also perform.
Miss Loulsburg will receive' a $100 college scholarship, $100 lp savings bonds,
$50 cash donations, a $25 gift certificate, the Queen's Bouquet, and an expense-paid
trip to the Staie pageant. >
The first runner-up will receive $50 in savings bonds, plus a trophy, and the second
runner-up gets a $25 savings bond and trophy. Miss Congeniality receives a trophy.
There have been five past queens. They are: 1961, Miss Mary Jane Conn; 1962,
Miss fcUna Dawn Thayer; 1963, Miss Elaine Skyler Odom; 1964, Miss Sandra Wright
Goswlck; and In 1964, Miss Patricia Vivian Taylor. Who will be Miss Loulsburg, 1966?
Jpln the Jaycees Saturday night, 8 p.m., at the Loulsburg College Auditorium and see..
Mr. C. Ray Pruette ts shown above with Mrs. Elsa Yarborough,
college librarian, Wednesday as" he presented the library "The
Climate of Hope." a publication by the Cancer Society. The
book was presented to every library In the county this week
as part of the '^Operation Hope Day" m/rked Wednesday.
\ -Staff Photo by Clint Fuller.
County Cancer Unit
Gives Books To Libraries
Mrs. Julia Carr, President
of the Franklin County Cancer
Unit, announced Wednesday,
April 20, as "Operation Hope
Day" In Franklin County. Li
braries all over the county were
presented Wednesday with a
book entitled "The Climate of
Hope" by the Franklin County
Cancer Unit.
Presenting "The Climate of
Hope" to Youngsvllle Library
was Mrs. J. T. Allen, direc
tor; Edward Best, Warren
Smith, Supt. of County Schools;
Gold Sand and ferry's, Rep.
James D. Speed; Epsom, Miss
Gertrude Winston, director;
Bunn 4nd Gethsemane, Bill le
Andrews and Mrs. J. D. White,
directors; Loulsburg College,
C. Ray Pruette, Public Rela
tions Chairman; Frankllnton
Schools, Mrs. Carr and Dr.
Richard Whitfield, Education
Chairman; Loulsburg, Mrs.
E. F. Thomas, director; River
side, Clint Fuller, Publicity
Chairman; ami to Franklin
County Llbrari, Miss Lucy
Burt, past president of .-the
Unit. V
Mrs. Carr expresses her
deepest appreciation to all
participating tn "Operation
Hope," and to the many volun
teers over the county who are
carrying out another operation,
the 1966 Cancer Crusade dur
ing the m6nth.
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Superintendent Ut
? Schools Talks To Lions
The Loulsburg Lions Club
met at th? Murphy House last
Tuesday evening at 6:30. Lion
Warren Smith, Franklin County
Superintendent, was In charge
of the program.
Lion Smith gave a tactual ac
count of the growth of educa
tion In Franklin County,
Including the total change and
growth of Loulsburg College.
Perhaps the greatest change
affecting the growth pf the
county schools, according to
Lion Smith, has been the con
solidation of schools. For ex
.1S1U. .
ample, in 1915 there were 89
schools In the county as com
pared to 19 In 1983 aod" 13 at
the present.
Lion M. G. Wilder, club
treasurer and chairman of the
Loulsburg Park Committee, an
nounced that he had added a
table, swing, see-saw, and slide
board to the park.
Four visitors were present:
Jim Grady from the Rose Hill
Lions Club, and James Smith,
Phil S hope, 'and LeRoy Pittard,
all from the Butner Lions Club.
Goodwin
Resigns As
Assoc. Prexy
Alfred M. Goodwin, president
of the Loulsburg Business As
sociation since January, an
nounced his resignation this
week, to be effective Immedi
ately. He stated fn a letter to
the members of the Board of
Directors that additional busi
ness dutlft; Tiiade It necessary
to step, down from the post.
Goodwin had steered the or 15
ganlzatlon through two recent
crises, one In the matter of the
bank closing on Saturdays and
the other relating to a sign
placed across Main Street,
announcing that businesses
would stay open on Friday
nights.
The organization, after tak
ing a poll of Its members, voted
to remain neutral In the bank
closing affair; but some mem
bers continued to oppose the
matter. Several members had
Indicated they would like to try
Friday night openings but fol
lowing tlie unveiling of the an
nouncement sign, decided not
to do so.
Goodwin served as vice presi
dent of the Association last
year and .will remain on the
Board of Directors. He pointed
out the amount of work Involved
as president of the organiza
tion In his letter of resignation.
Clay McBrlde, program direc
tor of the local radio station,
presently is serving as vie*
president and on Goodwin's
resignation, once accepted, Is
expected to take over the or
ganization.
A special meeting of the Board
of Directors has been called for
Friday at 1:30 p.m. to act on
the resignation and to chbofee
a new head.
urange 10
Celebrate
Anniversary
The Gold Sand Grange will'
celebrate lta 25th Anniversary
Saturday evening, April 23, In
the High School Cafeteria.
Featured speaker (or the oc
casion will be Mrs. Harry B.
Caldwell, State Grange Master.
All chartjr^members of the
Gold Sand Orange will be recog
nized and given special awards
during the celebration.
The Grange has played an
Important role In the develSp
ment and Improvement of rural
living. It has sponsored such
programs as mall box beaut 1
flcatton, community clean-up
campaigns, soil sampling pro
grams, and Improving play
ground equipment. Much has
been gained through Orange ef
forts.
Justice Industry Plans
Even More Expansion
The Justice Manufacturing
Company, which began opera
tions In the Justice .School
building August 31, 1964, Is
now In the process of expand
ing, according to an announce
ment made Wednesday by J. W.
Morris of Nashville (N. C.)
owner.
The plant, which began with
?fyht employees, is already
employing sixty people and
with the hew expansion pro
gram Is expected to move to
around 110. Morris explained
the plant manufactures chil
dren's dresses for sizes from
Infancy to size 14. The plant
sews pre-cut fabrics for the
makers of Patricia Anne and
Mary Jane dresses, the trade
mark of one of the larger mall
order suppliers.
Morris, 42, who makes his
home In Nashville, where he
holds business Interests, said
his payroll has Jumped from
around $600 weekly In 1964
to "In the neighborhood of
$3300 per week now." Pro
I ductlon has Jumped from 100
dozen dresses per week In 1964
to near 700 dozen presently,
with a Jump to 1,200 dozen ex
pected when expansion Is
completed.
The company has Installed
the "piece-rate system" of
pay, which Mrs. Morris, who
. Scene above shows the main workroom of the Justice Mann- ,
faeturlng plant. The sewing factory, started In August, 1964,
with eight employees, now employs sixty people and ^ expand- <
ing. Insert shows supervisory personnel. Left to right: Mrs.
Jan Strickland, plant supervisor! J. B. Blssett, head mechanic;
Mrs. Emma Blssette, plant manager; and J. w. Morris, plant
jwner. -Staff Photos by Clint Fuller.
League Hears Desegregation Discussed
A meeting of the Franklin
County League of Women Voters
heard the question of school
desegregation discussed Tues
day night by two school people,
one from Vance County and
another from Franklin County.
The group, -meeting at the
home of^Mrs. Charles Davis
In "Green Hill Estates, heard
Mrs. Mary Murphy, a teacher
In the Henderson Schools, tell
of her experiences In a de
segregated classroom and
Clint Fuller, vice chairman of
the Franklin County Board of
Education, speak on the de
segregation of the schools here.
Mrs. Murphy explained that
she had experienced no trouble
In her classrooms, one of which
she stated was composed of one
third Negro students. She told
the League that the students
seemed to be adjusting to the
situation very well. She spoke
briefly on the Incident which
prompted a picketing of the
school earlier this year by
white students after a fellow
student was expelled for his
part In an afray with a Negro
student. She praised the stu
dent body for the calmness
exhlbitad'diirlng the crisis.
Fuller told the group of the
Free Choice plan In force this
past school year and explained
some of the thinking which led
to the plan. He stated that
"gradualism" was the aim of
the committee which drafted
the plan under last year's
guidelines. He Informed the
group that the new guidelines,
as required by the U. S. Office
of Education, were muchstrlct-r
er'than those now In force. He
also explained some of the
points in the pending court
case pointing out that, In his
opinion, the plaintiffs will at
tempt to show the, court that
Freedom of Choice will not
be allowed to work In Franklin
County.
Fuller also said that, In his
opinion, the schools would op
erate under the newly revised
Free Choice plan this year.
This, he added, provided the
court does not order geo
graphic zoning. "I do not
believe the federal govern
ment will tear down Freedom
of Choice In all schools In the
near future," he stated. "How
ever. the court can order
See LEAGUE #age 6
Candidates Program Set
Franklin County citizens will
again have a chance to "meet
the candidates" at a program 1
In the Loulsburg College Audi- I
torlum Thursday, May 19, at '
eight o'clock p.m. Sponsored ;
Jointly by the Loulsburg League i
pf Women Voters and the Louis- I
burg Junior Chamber of Com- i
merce, this Candidates Meeting
will afford an excellent oppor- '
tunlty tor' Interested persons to <
become better acquainted w.lth i
those who seek an office In the I
upcoming .election.
Questionnaires have been
mailed to all candidates, so that
biographical Information may
be complied Into booklets.
These will be available upon
request. A list of those can
didates who plan to participate
In this program will appear
loon in this newspaper.
Be sure to plan to be on hand
Thursday, May 19, at eight
y clock. Remember this to your
>pportunlty to become an In
formed voter!
keeps the office, says "enables
employees to make more than
the minimum wage." Morris
said this had Improved the. ef
ficiency of his plant and be
lieves the system will draw
new personnel. Personnel,
either qualified or trainable,
are the main delay presently
In the expansion program, ex
plained the owner. "Expansion
will progress as rapidly as we
can find suitable help," Morris
stated.
Morris Is obviously proud of
his supervisory personnel and
other employees. Mrs. Emma
Blssette of Nashville Is the
plant manager, and Mrs. Jan
Strickland of Spring Hope Is the
plant supervisor. J. B. Blssette
of tfishvllle Is head mechanic.
In a building where children
once learned their ABCs,
adult* are today learning the
ABC'^of sewing. The auditori
um of\the former elementary
school fs now a cutting room,
although yiot use3 presently as
such. It Is, being used as-~a
shipping room now. ?
The office Is In an ante
room Just f)ff the Justice School
See JUSTICE Page 6
Knott Talks
To Lions At
Franklinton .
(Frk. aw.) Clerk of Super
ior Court Ralph Knott of Louls
burg was the guest speaker at
the regular meeting of the
Franklinton Lions Club Monday
evening at the Community
House.
Introduced by Lion Tom
Poole, Mr. Knott gave an In
teresting account of the many
duties that he performs In his
office'. He Is automatically
Judge of Juvenile Court and
Probate Court. Humorous re
marks, regarding politics, by
the speaker kept the Lions wall
entertained.
in the absence of Lion Ray
Pruette, chairman of the Nomi
nating Committee, Lion John
Gonellft presented the slate of
new officers: President, 'Tom
Poole; 1st Vice President,
Charlie Cates; 2nd Vice Presi
dent, BUI Johnson; 3rd Vice
President, J. R. Hefner;
Secretary-Treasurer, John
Gonella; Tall Twister, Tarbart
Medlln; Lion Tamer, L. A.
Thompson, Jr.; Directors,
Lions Everett Moore, Ralph
McGhee, Charles Julian and
Dick Whitfield.
Ladles Night was announced
for Monday, May i, with Dr.(
Amos Abrams as guest speaker.