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97th Year? Number 43 Louisburg. N. C . Tuesday. July 19. 1966 (Eight Pages Today) (Ten Cents) Paula Captures Miss Congeniality Title In State Pageant Paula cried again Saturday night. She had cried here when she won the Miss Loulsburg contest. It was a bigger cry Saturday and a bigger award. Miss Loulsburg, Paula Belle Justice, Loulsburg College coed from Clayton, N. C. was elected Miss Congeniality In the North Carolina Pageant. Stunned, the petite college freshman could only let go a htgh-pltched squeal, as she accepted the coveted award from Miss America, Deborah Bryant of Kansas City, Mo She did manage, however, to express her appreciation al though the words themselves seemed to escape her vocal cords. Former Miss North Caro lina, Jean Swanner, Mistress of Ceremonies for the week long Pageant, announced the award before a capacity crowd In Greenboro's War Mem orial Auditorium. and millions more watching by television. Miss Charlotte, Nanette Minor, a tall blond-haired beauty, won the Miss North Carolina title. ' This Is the first recognition received by a Miss Lou Is burg In the state pageant, although all have done well . In the competition during the six years the Loulsburg Jaycees have sent a representative. Miss America, Deborah Bryant, said In making the award, "You are the one the contestants have chosen as the most considerate, thoughtful, and helpful." The Miss Con geniality award Is the most coveted award given short of the Miss North Carolina title. It Is to beauty pageants what sportsmanship Is to sports. Some comments hadjbeen re ported from Jaycee escorts that "their girls were going to vote for Paula" before the final announcement Saturday night. Ninety -four girls par ticipated in the voting for Miss Congeniality , and to win this title is, considered a very high honor. Jean Swanner won it in the Miss America Pageant at Atlantic City in 1964. Miss Justice, who works as a model at Hudson- Belk's in Raleigh, could not be reached Monday for comment; how ever, Jaycees attending Sat urday's finals report she was very happy over the award. The new Miss Congeniality of North Carolina Is 18 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy A. Justice of Clayton, N.C. and a rising sophomore <at Louisburg College. She has been, perhaps, the most active of the six Miss Louisburgs in local appearances and. as one Jaycee put It, "She beams personality." She has Haiel eyes, is 5* 2 1,2" In height and weighs 10 8 pounds. She1 graudated from Qayton High School on June 3jf'1965 She has had training in piano and .voice for over seven years She was first runnerup in the Miss Smithfield Pageant in 1965 and also won the title of Miss Congeniality In that contest. She was a member of her school yearbook, the Monogram Club,' Glee Club, French Club ami Science Club. She has been a member of the Home Methodist Church Choir and Fellowship Chairman for the district and subdlstrlct of Methodist Youth. She Is a past president of the local Youth Fellowship In Clayton and she attended two years of annual conference sessions of the Methodist Youth Fellow ship at Duke. Last year she was a member of the Louis burg College Glee Club and the Chapel Choir and was chosen Homecoming Queen. She performed with two young college men as the "Whiskey Hill Singers" here at Loulsburg College and has auditioned for WRAL-TV in Raleigh. Paula Belle Justice MISS LOUISBURG Franklinton Man Dies Irt Accidental Shooting A 55-year-old Rt. 1, Frank - llnton farmer died almost In stantly Monday morning around 9:30 a m. in th^ yard of his home when struck In the left armpit by a blast from a 12 gauge shotgun, according to County Coroner James H. Edwards. Carl Morton Kearney had ?ntered the yard "to shoot a chicken," according to re ports, and propped the shot gun against a nearby tree The gun fell and discharged. Coroner Edwards has ruled the death accidental. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. today at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Byrd Houch. Burial will be at the church ceme tery. Mr. Keirney was a native of Franklin County. Surviving are, wife, Mrs. Mary Kearney; three daughters, Mrs. Howard Pearce, of Frankllnton, Mrs John Day, of Tlmberlake, and Mrs. Donald Gooch, ofCreed moor; three sons, Jim Kearney, of Wake Forest, Carl M. Kearney, Jr., of Frank llnton, and Leonard Kearney, Jailed James Gary Alston, 17 year-old Loulsburg Negro youth was Jailed here Monday charged with multiple traffic violations and placed under $200 bond, according to re ports. Alston was charged with tra veling 6S miles per hour In a 35 mile zone, careless and reckless driving, falling to Atop for stop sign, falling to stop for a siren and blue light. He was arrested around mid night Sunday at the Inter section of Kenmore Ave. and Dent Lane by local police of ficers. ' Notice Loulsburg Electric Superin tendent Harold Foster has re quested that any cttlien In stalling an air conditioner or an electric range to please notify his department.' Foster explained the reason was so that he might check to make sure that adequate vol tage could be furnished for such an installation. Health Notice ' The Franklin County Health Department corrected an ear lier announcement today, by reporting that x-rays will be made at the Health office throuch August 11th. of the home; mother, Mrs. Gertrude Kearney, of Louis burg; one sister, Mrs. Clyde Wheeler, of Franklinton; one brother, Nick Kearney, of Creed moor, and 10 grand children. Crosses Burned In . County At least three cross burnings were reported In the county last week, all coming, at about 11 p.m. Thursday night. t i Two were fired at Frank linton following a loud blast, which officers say %as de signed to take tjiem away from the scene of one of the burnings at the Franklinton HlghS^iool On Main Street. The second was burned on the lawn of the home of Franklinton School Superintendent Fred Rogers. Rogers was home at the time and quickly extinguished the flaming cross and called of ficers A third cross was discovered early Friday morning almost totally destroyed, on the lawn In front of the Franklin Coun ty Board of Education building on Blckett Blvd. Reports have It that the crosses were burned In pro test to the Head Start program being conducted at the Frank linton School. The program, according to reports, -Was first an Integrated pre-school fed erally sponsored project, being held In the formfrly all-white school. Recently, according to reports, white students have withdrawn, making the project an all Negro project being conducted In the previously all-white facility. Benton I ?. J Benton I I Weekend Marked By Mishaps One Dead, Many Injured At least one death resulted from violence over the weekend and a number of other persons were Injured as a result of an assortment of mishaps, Including shoot ings, fires, and automobile accidents. Larry Eugene Brodle n/m/36 was shot and killed at a Negro night spot 3 miles south of Frankllnton Friday night around 10:30 p.,m. following what Sheriff's depu ties s.ay was an argument Involving "giv ing a woman companion a drink. Jailed on charges of murder In the shooting Is McCoy Wiggins, n/m/24, Rt.' 3, Wake Forest. Robert Lewis Estes, Negro male, Is hospitalized at Wake Memorial Hospital, Raleigh with bullet wounds in the arm and side, according to Deputy Sheriff Dave Batten. Batten said Cstes has not been questioned, but that witnesses report that Estes was shot by Brodle shortly before Bro die was killed in the night spot known as the "Chicken Shack." Brodle was hit in the sto mach with a .22 caliber pis tol. Five atuomoblle accidents, two of which involved children being struck, netted injuries to several, but none apparently serious. ? YOUNGSTERS HIT J. Wesley Perry, in, son of Pearce Community merchant J. W. and Mrs. Perry was struck near his home Friday evening around 9 p.m. when, according to reports, the youngster darted Into the highway In front of a car being driven by Joe High, a Wake field communjty Negro. Young Perry was rushed to Wake Memorial Hospital, but later released. The accident was reportedly unavoidable. A 5-year-old Nsgro girl, un identified by name, was struck on East Nash Street here - around 4 p.m. Saturday when she reportedly stepped into the path of a car being driven by BUI Hlght, w/m/18, Rt. 2, Loulsburg. The child was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital by the Loulsburg Rescue Service and was, re portedly, released a short time later. Her Injuries were not believed to be serious. TWO OVERTURN A single car accident Sat urday night around 9:45 p.m. on N. C. 39 four miles west of EUnn, netted the driver minor Injuries and a charge of drunken driving. Otis Yar borough, n/m/51, Rt. 2, Zeb tilon , received minor lacer ations when the 1956 Ford he was driving ran off the high way and overturned In a tobac co field owned by Isaac Horton. An unconfirmed report has it that there were four Negro men riding with Yarborough at the time of the accident, but all left the scene before officers arrived. Yarborough was Jailed by State Trooper D. C. Day following first aid treatment by the Loulsburg Rescue Ser vice at the scene. Another single car accident occurred on State Rural Koad No. 1611 between the Mar garet community and Seven Paths Sunday night around 8:30 p.m. A 1964 Ford, driven by Donnell Earl Hackmond, n/m/19 of Rt. 4, Loulsburg, was demolished when It left the road and traveled 96 feet before striking a fence. The vehicle knocked down 228 feet of 4-foot woven fencing, according to investigating of ficer, State Trooper Gary Kearney. Kearney reported that Blackmond was thrown from the car. He was taken to . Franklin Memorial Hospital by the Loulsburg Rescue Ser vice who reported him In a sem l-conclous condition at the time. Kearney said that although the vehicle was equipped with seat belts, they were not In use at the time. He theorized that since the driver's side of the vehicle was the least damaged, Black mond might have auffered less serious Injuries had he been wearing his seat belts. HIT AND RUN A 16-year-old Rt. 2, Louls burg youth has been charged with driving on the wrong side of the road and hit and run In still another accident near Hart's StoM late Saturday night. Gregg Perry Collins Is reported to Jia?e struck a late model Chevy 11 driven by Thomas J. Lester on the rural s IDA State Treasurer Franklin County Industrial Development Director W. J. Benton was elected Treasurer of the North Carolina Indus trial Developers Association In the (roup's organizational meeting held last Friday at Southern Pines. Benton and Industrial Com mission Chairman J. Harold Talton attended the day-long meeting. The organisation is the first such group In the state, although there Is a Southern association and a national association. The abated purpose of the new association is to "Increase effectiveness of lndlvlduala practicing Indus trial development In North Carolina. It la to also "en courage cooperation, ex change of Information and de velopment of professional skills," according to the re port The Association will "pro mote, ethical practices among Industrial developers and will advise governing bodies on matters of concern to the association." Benton, who has been director of the local office See BENTON Page S TOBACCO PATCH ON N C i? paved road between LouiSDurg and Youngsville. Reports say that Collins, failed to stop and later reported to the Lou Is burg Po lice station that someone had hit his car. The hit and run had already been reported to Raleigh State Patrol head quarters and later Collins ad mitted that he struck the other car, according to reports. Witness said that Lester had pulled two wheels off the road Just before being struck by the Collins vehicle. Kearney, In commenting on the accident, stated the charges would have lieenmore serious had anyone been In jured In the accident/ He said hit and run Is a felony punish able by a minimum of one year or a maximum of five years Imprisonment. THREE FIRES Three fires were reported In the county over the weekend. Lightning reportedly struck an outhouse near Ayscue's Store In the Epsom commu nity late Friday afternoon. The Epsom Fire Department extinguished the blaze. The hpsom Department Man Deen called earlier Friday morn ing to fight a blaze at the stables of Robert Murphy, Rt. 3, Loulsburg. Rep jrts said the stable was totally de stroyed. Loulsburg firemen were called out around 6:30 a. m. Saturday to a garage-apart ment fire In the Mineral Springs section. The garage was reportedly destroyed but the living quarters of Willie Murray, local Negro, was saved, although the contents were lost, according to re ports. Just prior to the Mineral Springs fire, an automobile fire was reported ofi Hckett Blvd. However, the blaze was quickly extinguished and local firemen were not summoned to the scene. The overworked Loulsburg Rescue Service answered another call early Sunday evening to Elm Street here to aid a Negro woman Identi fied as Ora Wllklns, who was apparently suffering from a heart attack. The victim was transported to the local hos pital. DOWNED 228FT OF, FENCING HIT AND RUN Local Scouts Take First Place Honors Boy scouts of Loulsbtirg Troop 555 took first place as "the best Scout troop at the W. D. Campbell Camp this summer" following their week-long encampment at the Kerf Lake site last week. The Troop won a Kayak Cance as first prize. The eleven local boys parti cipated In luch activities as' swimming, canoeing, camp ing, cooking, archery, nature study and evening camp fire events. Hoke H. Steelman, lo cal Scoutmaster. accompanied the troop on the camping trip. The locals weri Instructed by a group from the Green Beret Special Services Corps. Robert Versteeg, drama In structor at Loulsburg College, visited the camp Thursday and assisted the boys In producing a show for the entlte en campment. Several parents visited there Wednesday. "I am proud of the boys for the work they have done during the past year and especially this camping weak," Steel man said "It has been quit* some time since Loulsburg has had any boys attaining this honor," he stated, referring to his predictions that aorne of the boys will become Eagle Scouts. The eleven boys attending the event! and their achievement* are as follows: Bobby Puller - Advanced In rank from 2nd Class to 1st Class Scout. Received a Camping Merit &dge, and an Archery Merit Badge. ? Woody Warren - Received a Camping Merit Badge, Arch ery Merit Badge, Swimming Merit Badge, and Canoeing Merit ftdge. Woody also ac complished the difficult Mile Swim Award. Jack Versteeg - Advanced In rank from 2nd Class to 1st Class Scout Received a Camping Merit Badge, Swim ming Merit Badge, and a Canoeing' Merit Badge. Jack also accomplished the diffi cult Mile Swim Award. Bennett Steelman - Advanced In 'rank from 2nd Class to 1st Class Scout. Received a Camping Merit Badge, and a Merit Badge. In Nature Kirk House - Advanced In rank from 2nd Cla^s to 1st Class Scout-. Received a Camping Merit Badge, a Merit Badge in Swimming, and a Merit Badge In Canoeing. Kirk also accomplished the difficult Mile Swim Award. ? Will Wilder - Advanced In rank from 2nd Class to 1st Class Scout Received - a c Camping Merit Badge, arid r Merit Badge In Archery. c Chuck Ltft|a - Received a Merit Badge In Camping, and a Merit Badge In Nature. Larry Lloyd - Received l' Merit badge In Camping and a Merit Badge In" Archery. ' Roy Pleasants - Received ? ^ Merit Badge In Camping, and . ' a Merit Badge In Archery. Roy also made much progress In his work toward advancement to 1st Class Scout. Paul Shuplng - Received a Merit Badge in Clmplng, a Merit Efedge inSwImmlng, and a Merit Badge In Archery. Paul has completed all re ^ulrements to become a 1st -lass Scout; however, he has vorked hard and advanced so 'ast between 2nd Class and 1st Ulass rank, that his 1st Class ?aiik will not become effective intll the September Court of tonor. Tommy Phelps - Attended ?amp. but due to Illness could lot complete the week at imp. Weather Generally (air and warm to lay with a 10% chance of rain. Wednesday partly cloudy. Low oday, 66; high. 92.
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