Baseball Tournament Onens Here Thursday
The Eastern District Baseball
Tournament opens at the Louls
burg College field on Thursday
of next week.
The tournament wTll deter
mine the team to represent the
Eastern District In the National
Tournament In Grand Junction,
Colorado, May 27-June 1.
Participating teams will be
Ferrum, Gardner-Webb, Win
gate, and Hlawasee. Ferrum
won the Cavaller-Tar Heel
Conference, Gardner-Webb and
Wlngate are "the two top clubs
In the Western Conference, and
Hlawasee is the Region 7 win
ner from Tennessee.
Gardner-Webb will meet Hla
wasee In Thursday's opener
at 1:00, followed by Wlngate
and Ferrum at 3:30. Friday
morning at 10:00 the two Thurs
day '^sers will meet. Thurs
days winners will meet at 1:00
Friday. At 3:30 Friday the
Winner of Friday mornings
L
gams will meet the loser of
Friday afternoon's game. The
two remaining teams will meet
at 1:00 Saturday for the cham
pionshlp. If a second game Is
needed it will be played lmrn
needed it will be played imme
diately after the first.
Hurricanes Win Two From Ferru
Louisburg College's Hurrl
cames jtook a pair of extra
Inning thrillers from Fermrri
yesterday at the Hurricanes
field. Both games were sche
duled for seven Innings but the
first game went 9 and the- 36*
Carolina's (iary Hill
To Face Hurricanes
Here Saturday
Carolina's sensational Gary
Hill will toe the rubber for
the Tar Heel's Saturday when ;
they meet Loulsburg's Hurri
canes In a doubleheader begin
ning at 1:30.
The games will be part o'f the
May Day festivities at the col
lege. The two teams split
two games at Carolina earlier i
,, in the seasoi}.
'.J. Hill, a fireball lng righthander,
("d^yieui
t mm tun it wvi-bi ? a com cm
FRI -SAT
avenger
who
scourged
all
?/ Dorado'
J wmi
In EASTMANCOLOR
JEffin HUITTR ARTHUR KEMEDY
/TOEAN JERRYS
P MARTIN LEWIS
lumen up
Sunday & Tuesaay
(No Show Mon.)
V'"
SHIRLEY MacLAINE
PETER USTINOV
RICHARD CRENNA ,
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WED.-THUR
JO&viA
has pitched 5 shutouts this sea
son Including a no hitter against
State and a 5-0 win over Caro
lina's varsity. He pitched Char
lotte's American Legion team
to the national championship
last year. He was drafted by
the Washington Senators, but
turned down a five figure bonus
to enroll at Carolina. "He
Is one of the best I have seen
In a long time," says coach
Russ Frazler. "He throws
the ball real hard-, has a fine
curve and change up, and is
as smart as you will see on
the mound. We are certainly
going to try to end his string
of shutouts and pin his first
loss on him."
cond 8.?
Phil W irislow , who has been
Injured most of the year, pitch
ed a 6 hitter In the opener, a
2-1 victory, for his first de
cision of the year. The big
righthander gave up a home
fcyn- to Ted Mise In the 3rd
inning, and shut them out the
rest of the' way.
Loulsburg's Wayne Vlck
doubled In a run in the 4th
to tie-Vhe game, and won it in
the 9th with a 350 foot homer.
Pete Eyer pitched his second
2 hitter In a row In the second
game for his 4th win of the
year. He helped win his own
game by leading off the 8th
with a Single. A walk and
wild pitch' put men on third
and second. After an intention
al walk to Frank Mobley, Steve
Mldgette forced- Eyer at the
plate. Jim Lanier was picked
off third for the second out.
Two consecutive walks follow
ed to force la the only run of
the game. It was the third win
against one defeat for the Hur
ricanes overFerrum.
Ferrum ended Its conference
record with 5-3,^,ouisburg4-4,
Leave Me Out
Wlfey: "Mort, wake up!
There's a burglar going through
your pockets!"
Maintenance Foreman:
"Leave me out of It, Mabel.
You two Just go ahead and fight
It out yourselves!"
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SUN -MON -TUES -WED MAY 8-9-10-11
He's no secret agent...
he's a c rook!
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HORST BUCHOLZ "THAT MAN IN ISTANBUL"
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and Chowan 3-5. Ferrum will
represent the Cavalier-Tar
Heel Conference In the Eistern
District Tournament opening
here next Thursday. Louls-'
Good Linen
Nashville ? A local hotel has
received a letter on the "ex
cellent" quality of the linen
it uses. The woman wrote she
and her husband 'spent their
honeymoon-there 31 years ago
and inadvertently took a pillow
slip. It lasted through three
children and four grandchil-,
dren..
Some Toy
London? Six-year-old Prince
Andrew has been given an
$11,000 model of James
Bond's souped-up sports car.
Aston Martin, who made the
original for Sean Connery, had
this scaled model fully
equipped.
Awards
Presented At
Franklinton .
(Frk. B.W.) The annual Frank
linton High School Monogram
Club banquet was held in the
school cafeterla--en Friday even
school cafeteria on Friday
evening.
Danny Burger extended the
welcome' after which Supt. Fred
Rogers gave the Invocation.
The Lions Club Sportsman
ship Award was presented by
Dr. Richard Whitfield to Danny
Burger. The American Legion
Post #52 Award to the Out
standing Freshman in Football
was presented to Freddy
Coats.
Mr. Becton Corbln presented
the Rubert Pearce Blocking
Trophy to David Robbins,
winner for the second year.
Mr. Floyd Bell presented the
Franklinton Fabrics Supervis
ors Club award to Tommy Cooke
for outstanding basketball a
ward for boys. Mr. Bell pre
sented the following awards for
Franklinton Fabrics: Outstand
ing Football Player- Don Mor
ton; Qitstanding Track Player
Charles Goswick; Outstanding
Baseball Player - Larry Kear
ney and Outstnading Basketball
award for girls-Ella Woodlief.
The following students were
inducted as newmembers: Mike |
Collins, Jerry Hedrlck, Susan
Johnson, Donna Collins, Cathy
Sherrod, Martha Whitfield,
Annette Ball, Ruthle Pearce,
Betty Ann Wilder, Pam Rad
ford, Hlly Johnson, Jim Hefner,
Freddy Coats, Brooks Bennefte,
Larry Goodwin, Dennis Career,
Martin Harper, Andrew Fra
iler, Donald Day, Kirk Joyner^:
Ricky Shirey, Harold Woodlief,
Mary Pat Weston, \Kay Pergu-j
son, Sheila Steed, Karen Jones,
\peborah Moore, Donna Hol
mes, Hope Medlin, Kathy Toler,
Mary Gordon East, and Nancy
Currjn. Mr. Hiram Guedalia
presented letters to the new
members.
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burg travels to Duke Friday,
meets Carolina here Saturday
in a doubleheader, and ends
the season Monday at home
against Southwood.
Cruel Thief
Bolton, England?The Health
Service Council has been asked
to replace a set of lower den
tures for a 61'-year-old man.
The man, who asked not to be
identified, ? said the "dentures
rflust have^fallen to the floor
<&rh*re mice carried thqm away.
Still A Loser . ;
Frlend-'-Dld ydu get any re
plies to your advertisement
that a .lonely maiden sought
light and warmth In her life?
Spinster -- Yes, two from
electric light companies and
one from a gas company.
Local Drivers In Sunday's
Franklinton Speedway Opener
At least four Franklin County
drivers are expected to com
pete In Sunday afternoons open
ing program at the Franklinton
Speedway. Driving in the late
.model Sportsman's Division
will be Franklinton's Sandy
Tharrlngton and William Perry
of Pilot. Tharrlngton will be
at the wheel of .a newly built
1961 Plymouth), having, demo
lished liis Dodge In an earlier
race this season on another
track. Sunday will be his first
appearance'in the Fury. Perry
will be at the wheel of his 1956
Ford.
A Franklinton man Odar Wil
son will be driving his first race
Sunday, irva Ford Hobby car,
owned locally. .It will be the
first appearance Mr both car
and driver, so anything could
A Good Idea
Berlln--West /Berlin police
can make a quick check of
suspected drinking drivers.
They carry a glass tifbe'filled
with yellow 'crystals. The
suspect blows into the tube and
if the crystals turn green, the
driver has been drinking.
happen. 4 Also competing in the
Hobby Division, but for his
second season is Loulsburg's
Foots Arnold. Arnold will be
at the wheel of a 1953 Dodge
which should rank right up
front in the Hobby Division.
Another Hobby driver, George
McGhee is a fromer county
man, now racing out of Raleigh.
The opening of the new track
was scheduled for last week,
but had to be postponed because
of wet parking areas. Track
owners state that this weeks
rains have come as a blessing
to them, being greatly needed
to properly condition the new,
four tenths of a mile, high
banked, clay oval, for high speed
driving.
Thirty five to, forty cars are
expected to be on hand for
Sunday's six event program.
Some of the top Chevrolet dri
vers whoiiave entered are Hen
derson's Eddie Royster; Buck
Thomas and Mack Mangum from
Roxboro and Benny Davis from
Burlington. ?ord pilots will
include such chargers as Bill
Hall and Hal Buckner of Burl
ington and Roy Murphy from
Durham. Murphy was one of
the state s top Hobby stock car
drivers last season, but recent
ly purchased Bill Hall's No. 33
Ford and Is continuing his
charging style of racing In the
Sports ma ns division. Hall has
built a new mount for himself.
None of the above mentioned
drivers are strangers to the
winners circle and Sunday's
thirty lap feature could be won
by any of them or by one of
the other top drivers expected
to be present.
Most of. the states top rank
ing late model Sportsman drl-s
vers will be on hand attracted
both by the top prize money
being offered and by the-Chance
to be the first winner on a new
track, a happening that Is sup
posed to bring a driver good
luck. Another factor attracting
drivers to the new plant IS the
fact that It Is. the only one
operating, that offers bonus
money to the first three drivers
finishing the Sportsmans fea
ture In makes of cars, other
than the winner. ?
Two p.m. Is starting I
what promises to be one i
most exciting pragran
seen on -any track ap
Let the
good grays
protect you !
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vided-the owner has (1) the engine oil changed and universal joints (except sealed-type) lubri
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J. H. TA1T0N
HAS BEEN A
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FOR 10 YEARS
MAYOR ' ? EXPERIENCED IN FINANCES
TOWN COUNCILMAN . CIVIC LEADER
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPEMENT . FARMER
VOTE FOR LEADERSHIP
VOTE FOR
J. H. TALTON
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 5
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