The Long-Hair Craze Is Not New
By CUnt Fuller
Tennyson once wrote: "How many
a father, have I seen, A sober man
amMig his boys, Whose youth was
full of foolish noise."
How many fathers have said to
themselves how glad they are that
their young son could not get a peek
at old pop's report card,? How many
rnnrp .trn happier still, tint jnmnr
cannot know of their own youthful
follies?
These thoughts, and otheTs like them,\re bruu^it to mind
by the pictures accompanying this article. These are photo
graphs of Mr. J Robert Weathersby of Bunn. Che shows Mr
Weathersby when he was 15 years old. . and with long hair.
While this could well be.a picture of most young boys today,
it was taken In 1904. The other picture shows Mr Weathersby
at the manly age of 21, in 1910. His hair was shorter. The
young ladies in his life, undoubtedly, liked it better that way,
both he and them having grown more mature?-"" * ~
ThejJopular long hair found on most "in" boys nowadays is
proving a most unpleasant thing among parents. One needs
only to mention the subject and many will bentt an ear on how
troublesome it is to get junior to the barber shop, (lice there,
one must envision a weary barber tackling the monumental
task of shearing enough off Junior's bangs to suit mima and
leaving enough to suit Junior. .
Franklin County has not escaped this nation-wide fad.
Indeed, from- the looks of things, on*- would think it Auld
have gotten its beginning here. .
One mother reported that while sjhe deplored the long hair
-on her son, her daughters defended him whenever a barber
shop was mentioned. Ttyfc ^irh> reported that the "sweet
young things," Junior's *s "Cute " Therein may
_4Ui the set- ret ? Roys trw going Uidu u hat girl;', think are ento.
Don't the girls?
If the young girls should suddenly decide that long hair was
out, there would be a run on the clipper parlors unlike any
thing since the ladies started objecting to. the tickling of
mustaches some years ago ' ~
There is a thing among some fathers, which must to a
degree, restore their own assurances ot maturity. Reports
of some having forcefully taken their offsprings to the hair
clippers and having the golden locks sheared all but com
pletely off, have made the rounds *
Sorne more moderate papas are going through the measuring
stages. This is when the hair is allowed to gi;ow Just so long
and no more. These seem to.be in the majority, if one counts
heads around the county.
The fad seems to be more prevalent among the sub-teens
and teens. Few are noticed below the ages of eight or nine or
over the ages of twenty-one There are some exceptions, of
Abandoned Well Filled
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State Highway maintenance crews promptly filled the aban
doned well along N. C. Highway 56 this week, following pic
tures of the hazard which appeared in last Thursday's issue
of The Franklin Times. The uncovered well was reported to
The Times by Louisburg Town Councilmtri S. C. Foster, who
had discovered it some time ago Tim ?s Editor Clint Fuller
expressed the newspaper's appreciation for the quick action
by county highway maintenance officials in doing away with
what, as he termed it, "could have been a tragic trap for
some unsuspecting youngster."
Bum Lions Celebrates Charter Night
Lions from nine cities in
North Carolina, their wives
and friends gathered in the
Bunn School cafeteria last
Saturday night to take part
In Charter Night for the newly
formed Bunn Lions Club.
The 35 charter members of
the Bunn club became the 37th*
club in District 31-G, Lions
International. Rolesville -be
came the 36th club Friday
night.
Over a hundred people Joined
the Bunn Lions in the celebra
tion of the presentation of the
charter. Officials of Lionism
came from as far away as Bur
lington to participate in the
program.
Gene Mullen, president of the
new club, presided. The prin
cipal speaker was Judge Cole
man Cites of Burlington and
District Governor Frank O.
l^emp of the sponsoring Zebu
Ion Club presented the
Charter.
Mullen read a letter of con
gratulations from head
quarters of Lions Inter
national The Incoming presi
dent of the Zebulon club pre
sented the Bunn club with a
dong and gavel.
Judge Cates, hlmseLOalincl.
spoke on the wtortk of Lions
Clubs In aiding the blind and
said, ""the Lions\ do more
work than any other civic or
ganization in the world
Llonism means sort o / re
ligion; wfc believe in freedom,
liberty and Justice for every
man as long as it does not
interfer with the welfare of
the majority."
Judge Cates, introduced as
"Mr, Lion of the 31-G Dis
trict," also gave a brief his
tory of Llonism He told the
audience that there'are Lions
Clubs In 132 nations with
around 800,003 members. 01
the 15,000 clubs, 1,600, are in
District 31-G, according to
Judge v^ates.
He alW) spoke on the Lions
work with Boys Horn ? at Lake
Waccamaw, N. C. and his own
project, Camp Dogwood, a re
creation project for the blind.
OtheVs on the program in
cluded A Lion (Rev.) Howard
Silver \> f Bunn; Lion LeOn
Jones, Lion (Rev.) D. P.'Mc*
Farland, Toast master of Ra
leigh; President Frank Wall
of Zebulon and Nell Kemp and
Dorothy Ellington who pre
sented the entertainment
Mullen, in accepting the
Lions Get Charter
Principal* attending the Bunn Lions Club Charter Night celebration last Saturday night are
shown abore. Pictured left to right, Judge Coleman Cates of Burlington, featured speaker;
District Gorernor Frank Kemp of Zei^ylon' who presented the new charter to club President
Gene Mullen, and at right, D. P. MtTariand, Toast m ister of Raleigh
Charter from the District
Governor, stated, "It is a
great pleasure as President
of the Bunn Lions Club to
accept (this charter) on the
club's behalf and to express
the gratitude we feel at of
ficially becoming a member
of the fine fam'ly of Inter
national Lions Clubs."
In addition to Mullen, other
officers of the new club are:
Declmo Gay, secretary; Wil
bur Green, Tail-Twister and
W. H. Kelly, L^ion Tamer
Past District * Governor
Little john Faulkner of Wilson
and Green acted as Tail
Twisters'at the Charter Night
celebration, charging a
quarter to everyone not wear
ing a toupee.
Clubs represented at the
affair were: Burlington, Wen
dell, Frankllnton, Youngs
vflle, Raleigh, Zebulon, Hen
derson, Rolesvllle and Wilson.
Dirksen On Vietnam
s. Everett Dirksen, Senate
Republican Leader has In
formed President, Johnson that
Congress wants more answers
to what's happening in Vietnam.
The Illinois Republican pro
posed a bipartisan White House:
briefing for congressional!
readers.
On Federal Workers
The Joint Committee on Re
duction of Nonessential Federal
Expenditures has reported that
33,4?4 government civilian
workers hatve been added to
federal payrolls during April.
Total workers now total 2,644,
244, a 1 per cent Increase over
March
Boxscore
RALEIGH - The Motor Ve
hicles Department's summary
of traffic deaths , through
10 a m Monday, June 27, 1966:
KILLED TO DATE -J 729
KILLED TO DATE
LAST YEAR 654
course and a jreat deal of them
in the larner rlties ?FVrtnr if?ly
the boys in this area have
steered clear of tlie beards.
Properly dressed and
groomed, a youngster doesn't
look ti>o bad with the bul locks,
although most of us would pre
uncombed and improperly,
dressed youngsters might
appear "avte" to their Ktrl
friend^. but to no one else.
Perhaps the best advice on the nutter coines from Mr
Weathersby tin -elf Even at the young a-t:.e of 71 years*, Mr
Weathersby ays^ "Leave the teen-ager alone Von can't
make anything else out of them." %
And if o^^-memory is anywhere near as good as his, ue
fcnow this to be ^rue When we were a teen-ager (c enturies
ago), who could tell us anything? It is a part of growing up
Adults m ist discourage any extremes on the part of our
youth, but as Mr Weathersby so aptly puts it, "What else
can we make of them?" And .besides, far too soon, they'll
be over twenty- one. :
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Investigations
Being Held In
Weekend Robberies
Franklin County Sheriffs 1
officers are investigating
three break-ins which
occurred over the weekend,
according to reports.
Duke's Farm Equipment
garage was entered sometime
Saturday and officers were
checking leads and getting
fingerprints Sunday. Deputy
Raymond Wilder coiiducted the
tnfestigatton at the garag^iQ
cated just off N C. Highway)
561, three miles east of Lowi^/
burg.-*
Deputies Dave Batten and
Tom Powell were investi
gating break-ins at. Catlette's
Service Station-Grill on U.S.
Highway 1 near Youngsville
and entry of the office 6 f Dr
Durwood S. Stalllngs, Jr. on
U.S. 64 at Pilot.
Nothing was reported miss
ing from the Doctor's office
and only vending machines t\ad
been entered In the other two
places, according to reports.
Other news from the
Sheriffs Department dis
closes that Sheriff Joseph W.
Champion Is expected to re
turn from a hospital confine
ment today. The nature of the
Sheriffs illness was not an
nounced. Jailer W. L. Faulk
ner was back on the Job fol
lowing an absence due to .1
head InJury&jich hospitalized
him for s**0eral days
Joyner Edges Strickland
In Harris Runoff
\ Incumbent Joseph W. Joyner
ellged Karl Strickland In Sat J
u^day's runoff In Harr/s
Township for Constable.
Joyner- polled 166 votes to
Strickland's 151, according to
unofficial results of the bal
4
Attends
School At 117
Chattanooga, Tenn -- Born a
slave, about 1849, Mrs. Mary
Walker Is attending school. She
attends classes provided by the
Chattanooga Area Literacy
Movement. Mrs. Walker has
learned to read, write script,
add and subtract since 1964, and
enjoys reading her Bible and
newspaper dally.
Smart Policeman
Chattanooga--When police
Capt. Bill Nelson came upon a
house being ransacked by bur
glars, he raced to the back
yelling, 'Til cover this door,"
He yelled the same at the win
dow, then went to the frontdoor
and ordered them out or he'd
turn the dogs on them. The
burglars filed out with their
hands up.
lotlng.
Joyner led a three-man field
In the May 28 Primary, polling
260 Strickland was second
man with 199 and El no Cash
polled 99.
Harris Township voted 543
In the May Primary and Sat
urday's 317 fell short' of the
almost record turnout In May.
In the runoff between Joyner
and Cash In 19G4, the Town
ship voted 4C2 giving Joyner
243 to. Cash's 219.
This was the only voting In
the county Saturday
M iss Tucker And Mayor Peoples
Teen-ager Prompts
Louisburg To Observe
"Bells For Freedom"
Throjgh the efforts of oi)e Louisburg te.Mj-at'.ej , the Fourth
of July will l>e observed here this year in a somewhat different
manner than in the recent past. Letters to The Franklin ?Times
and WYRN Radio and to Louis burr Mayor V. A, Peoples from
Miss Tucker Meyer,
rising senior at Louls
burg. High School,
started what is fast be
coming a town-wide ef
fort, headed by the ,
teens, to celebrate the
Fourth by ringing the
"Bells for Freedom."
From Miss Meyer's
efforts has come the
appointment by Mayor
Peoples of her as Com
mittee Chairman for the
'?Dells for Freedom"
Committee. She is to 1
organize the rising
seniors and recent graduates in trie comrn inity, witn tne mil
aid of the local newspaper, radio station and the town of
Louisburg and stage a l>vll -ringing observance on July Fourth
beginning at 2 p'.m and lasting for four minutes.
Also through the efforts of Miss Meyer and her friends,
Citizens are being asked to display the flag on the Fourth and
to read their Declaration of Independence on that day
The Franklin Tim will run portions of the Declaration In
Thursday's ' issue and WYRN" Radio will broadcast excerpts'
from the Declaration plus the ringing of the bells for four
minutes on the- Fourth. 4
Miss Meyer's letter refers to an article in the June issue of
Reader's Digest which suggests the idea of the l?ells
"The hour is late, but Louisburg still has time to i-et on the
"bell-wagon" this year and to ring out the old version of the
freedom that is in such ferment all across our United States,"
Miss Meyer stated in her letter '
All churches. Including those hn the county, are being re
quested to cooperate in the bell rlngln . Churches in town will
be contacted by the Committee.
Radio News Director Asher Johnson told Miss Meyer, "This
Is a wonderful thing," referring to her actions and her
assurance of the assistance "f a number of loc.rt t?'eii-.?; ?-i
To this statement Mayor Peoples and Times Editor Clint
Fuller added their hearty agreem ent
The Mayor Is expected to issue a Proclamation later this
week railing for the observance and praising the Louisburg
teen-?*ers for their patriotism.
4 H ers Leave For Camp
Forty-three 4-H members
left Monday morning for a
week of camp at the Betsy
Jeff Penn 4-H Center at Relds
vllle, N. C., according to C.
T. Dean, Jr., County Extension
Chairman. The Franklin
County group will be camping
with a similar group from
Nash, Granville, and Vance
counties.
4-H Camp provides an
opportunity whereby club
members may become better
acquainted with each other and
the 4-H program tn general,
said Dean. The camp program
is a cooperative project with
members sharing together
work, recreation, athletic
events, classwork, tours, na
ture study, evening programs
and vespers - all planned to
provide opportunities .tor the
social development of the In
dividual member.
Dean said that Mrs. Polly
O'Neal, Asst. Home Eco
npmlcs Extension Ageht? and
Jimmy Stephenson, Asst.
Agricultural Extension Agent,
accompanied the group to
camp. The club members will
return to Franklin County Sat
urday, July 2.
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