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Tel 0Y 6-3283
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Louisburg. N C. Tuesday, June 14 1966
(Six Pag?s"Today)
97th Year? Number 33
Franklinton To
Crackdown
On Dogs
Franklinton Police Chief Leo
Edwards announced today that
his department is planning a
roundup of bogs beginning the
first week in August. Edwards
said he had received a number
of complaints recently about
stray dogs. "
"All dogs not wearing town
and vaccination tags will be
picked up," the Chief said. He
also stated that he believed that
ample time was being given for
dog owners to make arrange
ments before the. crackdown
^ began. y
"This will be a major crack
down," Edwards stated. He
said owners could "Tie their
dogs, pen them or keep them in
] the house" unless they are
properly tagged.
He also stated that more notice
of the crackdown would be given
at a later date. 1 )
Escapees
Taken Here
Louisburg Police Officer Ger
ald Eury captured two Bunn
Prison Camp escapees here
Monday night around 11:15 p.m.
Eury said he sighted the two
men on the River bridge when
he was. making a routine pa
trol. Both men were missing
when he returned.
This, according to Eury raised
his suspicions and he checked
with the office to determine if
any escapes had been reported.
When told that two men had
escaped from the prison camp
Sunday, Eury again went
searching and picked up the
two men near the Shannon Vil
lage Esso Station on Blckett,
Blvd.
The two were identified by
Bunn Prison Camp Sgt. Carter
this morning as Larry Douglas
Smith w/m/27 of Havelock, N.
C. and Russell Palmer Wright,
w/m/20 of Washington. N. C.
Rescue Call
The Louisburg Rescue Service
was called to Hickory Rock
Community last night around
8 p.m. where it was reported
that E. Maurice Strickland, 66,
Rt 2, Louisburg man had shot
himself twice in the chest with
a .39 caliber pistol,.
Strickland was later trans
ferred to Duke Hospital in Dur
ham in what was described as
"fair condition-."
His wife reportedly told Re
scuers that her husband told her
he shot himself. She also re
lated ,that he had i>een .in de
clining health for the past six
to seven years.
Mew County Machine
Franklin County Register, of De* J . )ye (jemonstrating the opera
Shearin, left, deputy Register a _ _ _ . sis taut Register. The copier
will allow the office t o reproduce copies of legal papers'by a photographi'c process, elimi
nating an old bug-a-boo of typewritten signatures. The machine is on lease with cost the
first month listed at $3T? for fnalntalnence contract plus 3 1/2 cents per copy. After the
first month, the cost will be $<?5 up to 2,000 copies and 3 1/2 cents per copy for all over
2,000. A slight charge for copies of legal documents from the office Is to be made. The
Board of County Commissioners authorized the leasing of the machine
tion of the new Xerox Copier
With Wood is Mrs. Martha i
---Staff photo by Clint Fuller
Eyewitness Report Of Crash
The crash of an Air Force
RF-101 Voodoo Jet near New
Hope last Wednesday afternoon,
which claimed the life of Major
William L. Strait, 35 of Shaw
Air Force Base, S. C., was
witnessed by a number of local
Directory
Canvas Begins
Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Plyler of
Columbia, S. C. have arrived In
Lo CTls burg ami will conduct
house-to-house canvas in con
nection with the publishing of the
first City Directory. The
Directory, being prepared by
the Mullln-Kille Company will
Include Franklinton and
Youngsvllle under present
plans. i
The Plylers are at present
selecting workers to assist in
the Canvassing in the three
towns,.
The Directory, being endorsed
by The Franklin Times as co
publishers, locally, will con
tain such vital information as |
names, addresses, phone num- I
bers and homeownership of all
citizens in the three-town area
Residents of the fringe areas of
the three towns will also l>e In
cluded.
residents. There were a num
ber of conflicting reports.
The Air Force Public Rela
tions Officer at Seymour John
son All Base in Goldsboro re
ported last week that cause of
the accident had not been der
termined. Teams of investi
gators and other Air Force
personnel were on the scene
throughout the week.
One witness, with flying ex
perience, working in the New
Hope area at the time of the
crash a?d who actually
witnessed the falling plane was
Capt. Linwood Gupton of the
Vaccinations
Extended
Thru June
Tyree\ Lancaster, County Dog
WardenAannounced today that
dog vaccinations ha?ve been ex
tended through tli *\ month of
June . "Any dog found after
Jifly 1", without a ciillaV and tag
will be subject to. impoundment
and penal ill zed," Lancaster
said.
He urged everyone to have
their .dogs vaccinated before
the deadline,
In Broad Open Daylight
Unidentified workmen are shown above "breaking Into" the night depository of Flrst-Cltlzens
Bank t Trust Co. here on the corner of Main and Nash Streets. Actually, the depository is
being removed due to a faulty door. \*\>rd around town last Thursday, however, was that there
was someone "breaking Into" the bank liibroad-opendayllght. --Staff photo by Clint Fuller.
Civil Air Patrol His account
of the happenings follows:
"Mr B. T. Bunn and myself
were standing In his yard at
New Hope when we saw the
Jets approaching from the Wi st
it, approximately 500 ft Uti
tude 1 noticed that one plane
was lagging behftid, when this,
plane passed over. I knew the
plane was In trouble from the
sound oMt, also from the speed
It was traveling, gradually
losing altitude. '
"The plane went past us lor
about one mile and started a
turn, to the left, at approxi
mately 100 degrees nf the turn
an object left the plane . It
looked to be about 6 to 10 feet
long I first thought the pilot
lad ejected, but no chute ever
opened. It did not look to lie
the canopy, so 1 decided It must
be a part of the plane, ltold
KTT. Bunn to call the Loulsburg
Rescue.
The plane was gradually losing
altitude *nd had completed a
180 degrees when the drag chute
was released. By this time
the plane was stalling out at
the edge of the woods, down
on the tree tops. Canopy and
pilot seemed to liave ejected it
the same moment Instantly
the plane stalled out, fell off
on left wing and straight In
Smoke and fire was Instant, so
instant, 1 am not sure but II is
possible that smoke came out
of plane at time pilot ejected.
1 believe the plane was touching
the tree tops when this
happened.
I was at the scene In minutes,
See CRASH Page 6
Local Super
Market Plans
Expansion
M. C. Murphy, owner of Mur
phy's Super Market here, an
nounced this week that work was
underway on the enlargement of
the super market on East Nash
Street.
The renovations will Include
the addition of 2,400 sq. ft. of
selling space when the sep
arating wall Is removed between 1
the newly acquired building and
the present structure Murpfty i
stated that four shelving units i
*111 be added, along with new |
Jalry sales equipment and addl- ,
ttonal Ice cream cases. ,1
The new area will also ac- (
comodate a gourmet section f
?lth canoplnlzed shelving com- |
plete with overhead lighting.
"The new additions will make
tor more convenient shopping
for our customers," Murphy
itated. Work started Monday
>n the project.
Eight Injured
Fifteen Involved In Three
Aceirients In County
Three weekend automobile accidents in wMdely-scattered areas of Franklin County
netted eight persons injured and property damage in the hundreds 6f dollars.
The most serious accident occured on a curve on a state rural paved road two
miles north of Mapl&ville around 10 p.m. Sunday night. Seven Norfolk, Va. Negroes
were injured, at least one seriously when their 1958 Pontiac overturned and burned.
Levis Alston, n/m/23, formerly of White Level, now residing at 533 Walnut St.,
Murray Becomes President
Of N. C. Accountants Today
Franklin County Accountant I
E. Lee Murray is being in
ducted as President of the North
Carolina County Accountants
Association, in ceremonies
being held today In -Gro^e Park
Inn, in Asheville, N. C. Murray
lias served the past year as
1st Vice President of the orga
nization.
The popular local official has
Served as Chairman of t, he Out
standing Accountant Committee
since Its start. He has also
served on the Legislative Com
mittee and on the Program
Committee at the Institute of
Government. He also spoke on
th?? National program in Wash
ington, D. C. recently.
Murray, who was somewhat
reluctant to discuss the
election, said, MI am not a
politician. Vam Just amanwlth
a job trying to apply my talents
and abilities toward fulfilling
tl*it Job."
Harry Walker, past president
of the Association from
Forsyth* County, said of
Murray , ' ' He is one of the most
popular members of the Associ
ation.''
LEE MURRAY
Murray, who Is often con
sidered public relations man
for the county, due to the readi
ness of his office to supply all
Information on county govern
ment ami answer questions
posed by citizens, Is expected
to represent the State at the
annual National Convention to
be held in New Orleans, July
17-20.
He Is the son of the late J. F.
and Mrs Murray of Route, 3,
Louisburg. He has attended all
sessions of the Institute of Gov
ernment at Chapel Hill dealing
with his office. He Is married
to the former Edith Wiggins of
Franklin County. They have
two children, PhHlip 15 and
Wendy A. The Murrays reside
on Justice Ave. in Loulsburg
Murray was appointed County
Accountant In March, 1957 and
has Served since. AHCpunty
Accountants are now appointed
except in two of the state's
100 counties.
Three-Car Crash Injures One Here
J
A three-car pileup at the In
tersection Williamson St.
and Blckett Blvd. here this
morning around 9:30 resulted
in head'lnjuries for one woman
and considerable damage to two
of the three vehicles
The accident apparently
occurred when Mrs. Claude A.
Arnold of Louisburg was at
tempting to make a left turn
off the bypass onto Williamson'
St. Qi-coming traffic delayed
the turn and Mrs Arnold's car
was rammt><] in the rear by a
state-owned station wagon, dri
ver unidentified.
The station wagon had been hit
in the rear by a late model
Chevolet driven by Mrs. Carl
Ayscue. Mrs Minnie Ayscue,
Rt. 2, Zebulon, a passenger In
the Aysciie car received severe
head and facial Injuries She
was taken to the Franklin Mem
College To Snare In
Green Stamp Grant
LoulslWg College will share
In a gra\it made by 'the S&H
Foundation* to the North Caro
lina ? Foundation of Church
Related Colleges, " Inc. The
grant, paH of a $37,000. 0Q gift
to The. Independent^ College
Funds of Ainerira v.is pre
sented to NCFCRC Executive
Director, Paul If. Kolb,
Wlnston-Saleni by S&H-' District
Manager Jo? ph Harrison. The
S perry and TTui c h 1 nsonCo m
pany, distributors of S&H Green
Stamps, sponsors the S&H
Foundation
The NCFCRC is a memljjbr of
the Independent College Funds
of America, Yin association of
39 state and\ regional private
college organizations in the U.S.
This is the sixth consecutive
year'of ICFA support by S&H
Other Independent North
Carolina Colleges sharing In
the grant are: Mars fH ill, Mon
treat-Anderson, Mount Olive,
Pfelffer, St Andrews, Salem,
Warren Wilson, Wingate, Mere
dith, St. Mary's Jurilor, Atlantic
Christian, Belmont Abbey, Bre
vard Junior, Chowan, Campbell
Junior, Catawba, Elon, Gard
ner-Webb, Greensboro, Gull
ford, High Point, Lees-McRae
aftd Lenolr-Rhyne.
Ih presenting the gift on be
half of the S&H Foundation
Harrison said "we are
sxtremtly happy to be able to
make this grant flo the Inde
pendent College Funds o 1
\merlca. It enables us to pro
vide aid to the many private
:olleges which contribute so
freatly to our country's total
>rogram of higher education."
Boxscore
KILLED TO DATE 685
KILLED TO DATE
LAST YEAR ?08
The ICFA grant is part of Mie
S&H Foundation's regular Pro
gram of Aid to Education which
Includes visiting lectureship
grants for colleges and univer
sities, national scholarships,
special grants, 4-H scholar
ships and matching contribu
tions along with scholarships
for. children of S&H employees.
orial Hospital for treatment.
Mrs Arnold and the ^Iden
tified state employee Ik >th com
plained of neck pain following
the accident. The younger Mrs
Ayscue apparently was not In
jured, although visibly shaken
by the accident. Louis burg Po
lice (Jfirer Karl Tharnngton
is conducting, the Investigation.
The June 28 highway letting of
bids on projects has be*?n Issued
l>y the State Highway Ctjmmis
sior\. It shows seventy-two pro
jects in fifty counties invol
ving more than 670 miles of
road construction. Franklin :
County is not listed. ?
in th** N^?y 25 bids lettlngs, ?
totaling ato expenditure of '
$7,206,672. 20 and involving 22 '
counties, receiving a total of I
178.406 miles of road con
struction, Frahklin County is ;
| also not mentioned. 1
Franklin
isorioiK, va. ?? s reportedly
driving the car when It ran out
ojpcontrol, hit a dftveway cul
vert and overturned. Theaccl
dent occured on what Is called
the Strickland Store Road, 6
miles east ol Loulsburg.
Six passengers In the- Alston
car received Injuries The
Loulsburg Rescue Service
transported the Injured to
Franklin Memorial Hospital
where emergency treatment
was given with most of the
group being released, while
Alston was transferred to Duke
Hospital In Durham
Others injured were: Clar
ence Tucker, n, m 20; Ellaa.
Cherry, n. m 18; Alfonzo Gld
dlns, 'n/m. 22, Chester Gibson
n m, 25; Irene M. Fleming, n/
f/18 and Rosa Lee Johnson,
n/J/16. These received *
number of cuts, bruises and
the Johnson woman receiv
ed compound leg Injuries. The
accident was Investigated by
State Troopers Bill Ethertdge
and D. C. Day.
A two-car accident near Cen
terville around 9 p.m Sunday
netted one white man tnjured
and three unidentified Negroes
unhurt. The injured man was
Identified as Willie Jenkins,. of
Nashville. A report by a mem
ber of the Centervllle Rescue
Service, who transported the
Injured man to Franklin Me
morial Hospital, says the Jen
kins car was parked Just off
the highway hear the Center
vine Huptist Church on Highway
561 when It was struck from
the rear by a 1959 Dodge being
driven by an unidentified Negro
man The Dodge reportedly
belonged to Kemp Carroll, tv m
a passenger at the time of the
accident. Jenkins car was a
1953 Ford.
An earlier two-car crash near
Wynne's Store on U. S. 401 a
mile north of the Loulsburg
town limits around 6:45 p.m.
Sunday, involved a Loulsburg
Negro man driving one car and
another vehicle containing three
unidentified women from Golds
boro, N. C.
The accident reportedly
occured when a car driven by
Percy Ward, n/m Kenmore
Ave., Loulsburg, pulled across
the highway headed west and was
struck In the rear by the car
being driven by a Gotdsboro
woman, heading south. There
were no Injuries and damage
was limited to around J100 to
iioth vehicles. State Trooper
C. Day, who. Investigated the
ircldent said no charges were
tiled.
TtMPORARY OFFICE
Waccamaw Bank
Trust
Gets Trip Award
See STORY Page 2
Edward Best School Senior Leo Stalllngs, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Stalling* of Casta] la,
Rt. 1, Is shown above second from right, receiving a check from James Grady, second from
left, manager of Waccamaw Bank & Trust Company here Monday. Young Stalllngs was award
ed a one-week trip to Resource Conservation Workshop at N. C. State Unlveralty by the banking
concern. Stalllngs' agricultural teacher, Robert Sutton, left and K. O. Weldon, Chairman of
the Board of Supe^flsers of the county Soli and Water Conservation District, right, looks on.
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