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Louisburg. N C . Tuesday November 22. 1966
(Six Page* Today)
97th Year ? Number 79
This is the week of Thcnksgiving.
It is a time when Americans let their
thoughts wander to the distant past when
things were simple though hard for the
early settlers. The problems irr.those
days were ones of a personal nature. The
most pressing problem was (constantly
one of survial.
Those people valued their freedom,
the close friendship and dependence of
their neighbor^. They placed their
greatest trust, not in money or power or
position, but in their God. The most
valued possession of' a man at that
time was flis honor, his word, his repu
tation in his settlement.
Hunger, cold, sickness* and miseries
the like of which -we today cannot ima
gine plagued'him. But, his spirit never
wavered. ? *'
Because of this spirit, we are here
today enjoying the fruits of his labors.
If these gallant people could find
reasons to give Thanks in view of all
their real hardships, surely each of us
can reach out and touch any number of
things for which we; too,- should give
Thanks.
Let us be Thankful for all the bless
ings of these d^s. Let us be Thankful
for these settlers from whom we inherit
ed so much, including the ability to
give Thanks.
How much do you have to be thankful
for this Thanksgiving Day?
Herring Scholarship Established
Lou tabu rg College Board of
Trustees In the fall meeting
set up a scholarship In mem
ory of Dr. Herbert J. Her
ring of Durham who had served
as a member of the Board
since 1952. <,
The scholarship will be
known as the Herbert James
Herring Memorial Scholar
ship and will cover full tuition.
R was established In apprecia
tion of Dr. Herring's service
both as a Trusts* and as a
General Consultant to the
College.
John W. Scott, Professor In
the La v School at the Univer
sity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, was" elected a
Trustee of the College.
The Board authorized the
appointment of a special com
mittee to Implement long
range plans already made by
the College.
Twenty-Two Expected
To Die On Highways
While you're steering your
wheels carefully so you don't
become one of the 22 persons
the N. C. State Motor Club
warns may lose their lives
In Thanksgiving holiday traf
fic on North Carolina's streets
and highways, take time to give
thanks that you were not one
of the 25 killed during the same
period last year.
The state will officially count
Its holiday toll from 6 P.M.
Wednesday, November 23,
through midnight Sunday, Nov.
27, a period of 102 hours.
The 1065 casualty list, ,ln ad
dition to the 25 iatalltles (the
exact number predicted by the
motor club), also Included L19
. Injured In a total of 1,216
accidents.
Leading driver violations
reported were: speeding, 251
failure to yield right of way,
191; driving left of center, 161;
and following too closely, 109.
"Our motor club bases Its
estimate on past experience
coupled with current driving
patterns," Thomas B. Wat
kins, president of the club
and the National Automobile
Association, said. "Fatalities
can be reduced to the extent
that motorists observe the
safe driving rules and vice
versa."
"Don't call off that trip to
grandmother's house or wher
ever you want to go. At the
same time, use extra caution
and don't spoil your holiday
by getting Involved In an ac
cident."
Reporting to the Board war*
members of the College
administration Including Pre
sident Cecil W. Robblns, Dean
John B. York, Treasurer
Genevieve Perry, and Dir
ector of College Relations,
David E. Daniel. Also re
porting was Allen de Hart,
Chairman of the 180th
Anniversary Committee who
outlined the anniversary cele
bration beginning on Found
er's Day, January 6, 1987.
Alio reporting were the
Reverend James A. Auman,
Executive Director of the
Association of Method 1st Col
leges of the North Carolina
Conference of The Methodist
Church and Duffy Paul of Ral
eigh, President of the Louis
burg College Alumni Associa
tion.
Local Implement
Place Robbed
Sheriff's deputies are In
vestigating a break-In at
Loulsburg Tractor and Truck
Company here, which netted
the burglar an adding machine
and a camera. An attempt
to get Into the company safe
proved too much for the thief
and no money was reported
missing.
The tairglary was discovered
Mayors Proclaim CAP Week
Mayor* at Franklin County'* fir* munlclpalltlw arc shown above with of fie la la of tha local
Ctrll Air Patrol following the declaration by Um Mayor' i of the WNk of Decem'jer 1 as ClrU
Air Patrol ?Nk by tha Mayors and the County Board of Commissioners. Pictured, laft to
rl?ht ara: Cap*. J. L. Oupton, head of tha 2Mh Annlveraary observance; Mayor Bill Andrews
of Bunn; Mayor Marvin Roberta of Touncarlll*; Mayor V. A. Peoples of Lou la burs; Mayor
Joe Pearce of Frankllnton; Mayor John Neal of Centervllle and Capt. Jo* Shearon, head of
the local unltam ? ? PhotobyT. H. Pearce.
Fire, believed to have start
ed from a grfll tn a Negro
tavern, completely destroyed
four businesses. op South Matn
Street here Sunday afternoon.
The blare, sighted by a
passerby shortly after 4 p.m.
had gutted the rear portions
of the massive metal sheath
ed structure when firemen
arrived
The property, owned by the
estate 'of the late Charles P.
Green, was partially covered
by insurance according to John
Godfrey local furniture store
operator .who handled the
building for the estate.
Neither he nor Loulsburg Fire
Chief R. G. Person estimated
the damage.
Destroyed In the blare was
Green's Cafe, a barber shop,
the Fran-Co. Auto Parts Store
and the tavern when the fire
was believed to have originat
ed. A Negro employee of the
Town of Loulsburg said Mon
r>?
Ruins Of Sunday's Fire
Franklinton Men Tackle Armed Bandits
A Frankllnton grocer and
feed store operator, listed
In his tO'svai slightly wound
ed In the hand Monday night
when he and a son-in-law
tackled three armed bandits
In the store located on West
Mason Street.
Chief of Police Leo Edwards
Monday morning when Jack
Hunt, manager opened (or
business. Hunt said he wa?
In the place around 7 p.m
Sunday evening and officers
speculated the robbery took
place after a nearby drive In
restaurant closed around 1
a.m. Monday.,
Entry was made by knocking
out i door panel at the rear
of the building and officers
have some clues which were
not made public. Hunt said
the adding machine was valued
at over 9400 and the camera
was worth some over $100.
The dial and handle were
broken off the huge safe lo
cated near a front window,
but the safe had not beer
opened.
Civil Air
Patrol Alerted
The Franklin County Civil
Air Patrol was alerted here
Sunday and made preparations
to Join In the search for a mis
sing Piedmont Airlines Mar
tin 404 airliner.
The locals were called a
round 7:00 a.m. Sunday morn
ing and remained at the lo
cal field for most of the day.
After the discovery of the
crashed airliner near New
Bern around 10:30 a.m. the
local CAP stayed on st the
local air field making routine
repairs to equipment here.
Three crew members were
killed In the crash.
g?T? the account of the robbery
this morning. Edwards said
that Lewis Thompson, Sr.
owner of Thompson's Feed
and Hardware Store In Frank
llnton returned to his store
Monday night shortly after
U P.M. to. cut off a motor.
Unknown to Thompson at the
time was the fact that three
armed, white men had made
entry into the store by break
ing In an abandoned rear door,
crawling Into the basement
and breaking a lock on a trap
door type closure. As Thomp
son entered the store, the
bandits working on the safe,
hid and remained qdlet.
Thompson's son -In- law,
Clement Weston, walked from
acrosi the street upon see
ing his father-in-law Inside
the store. When Weston
entered, the bandits came for
ward flashing a pistol and
demanded that Thompson open
the safe.
One of the bandits then went
outside to start a brand new
Dodge pickup purchased Mon
day by Thompson, preparatory
for the get-away. At this point,
Thompson Jumped his manand
Weston attacked the second
man. Thompson reportedly
told Chief Edwarda, "We'd
have had them If that other one
hadn't come back".
The reference was to the fact
that the third man returned
and picked up the gun off the
floor where Thompson had
knocked It when he Jumped
his man. The third bandit,
then placed the pistol at the
head of Weston and ordered
Thompson to stop his attack.
Both Thompson, who suffer
ed a slight hand wound when
the pistol discharged as he
knocked It from the hands of
the bandit, and Weston were
bound and gagged as the three
some made their escape with
onrer $2,000.00 and the new
Two Youths Hurt
When Car Flips
/>
Two county youths were in
jured Sunday morning around
2:30 a.m. when the foreign
sports car In \Alch they were
riding ran off the road and
overturned several times near
the Lou la burg Town limits on
highway Ml.
Phil Hlght, 1#, fon of Mr
and Mrs. Fred C. Hlght, Rt.
2, Loulsburg was the most
seriously Injured and remains
in serious condition this
morning In Wake Memorial
Hospital. Bill Parham, It,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Brooks
Parham of Frankllnton was
also Injured In ihe crash but
was released from the hos
pital.
Both youths were taken to
Franklin Memorial Hospital
following the accident by the
Loulsburg Rescue Service and
later transferred to the Wake
county hospital. Hlght re
mained unconcious through
Sunday. The extent of hla
Injuries vert not disclosed
pending further examination
by his physicians.
Loulsburfc Police officers
Hubert Shearlii and Charlie
Lambert, the latter having
Just recently rejoined the
force, were, patrolling |n the
vicinity of the accident and
witnessed the cat leaving the
highway and overturning. The
fact that they did , has been
credited with perhaps savlqg
the life of-Hight Otherwlsi,
it ha* been theorized, the
accident might have gone uh
notlced until dawn. The ve
hicle was a total loas after
rolling several hundred yaftls
In an open field. Both men
ware thrpwn from the car.' It
was not learned which o t Ota
two was the driver, although
the vehicle was owned by Par- .
ham.
pickup truck. Thompson and
Weston managed to b reak
loos* about five minutes lat
er and sound the alarm.
The pickup was described as
See BANDITS Page 6
Board OKs
Option
Transfer
The Board of County Com
missioners met here Monday
afternoon In special session
to act on several matters,
Including the sale of the
Boarding Home property.
On motion by Commissioner
Richard Cash and seconded by
Commissioner Brooks W.
Young, the Board voted un
animously to recognize that
the Franklin Building Cor
poration, In a meeting earlier
In the day, ha$ transferred
the lease on tife Boarding
Home property as given by
the Commissioners, to a new
ly formed, but unnamed cor
poration. It was explained
that the newly formed cor
poration will exercise the ac
tual transfer of the property.
Cash's motion Included au
thorization that the Chair
man, Norwood E. Faulkner
and Secretary Alen T. Wood
could sign the deed at what
ever time It became neces
sary without another called
meeting. f
Advertisement of property,
real and personal at the
Board Home site other than
the Home building itself, was
discussed and later ordered.
It was understood this would
be by public auction at an
announced date.
A representative from the
State Highway Patrol appear
ed before the Board In con
nection with the removal from
the Board Home property of a
gaiollne pump and tfrik now
being used by locally station
ed patrol care. It was agreed
that the pump Would be moved
within 18 dayr.
"Vi
day mornlr* that he saw a
blaze comlng^from a grill In
the place when he arrived Sun
day afternoon to build a fire
preparatory for Sunday night's
business.
Fire units from Centervllle,
Epsom, Bunn, and Justice
were called and their aid has
been credited with having pre
vented the fire from spread
ing to nearby buildings. John
Hayes, operator of Fuller and
Hayes Grocery Issued a state
ment Monday expressing his
appreciation to all the fire
units and to private Indivi
duals who helped prevent his
store from catching. He said
> his damage was confined to
slight water damage to the
walls and ceilings.
The grocery store had es
caped a raging Inferno In Jan
uary of 1963 when another des
tructive fire struck Just before
midnight. The blaze ? wiped
out Ford's Southslde ware
house, the Lee Bunn grocery
and other businesses adjacent
to Fuller and Hayes or the
south side. Sunday's blaze
wiped ;out the four adjoining
(xilldlngs to the north of the
store.'
' Fll'emen Sunday, as they had '
been. In 1963, were concerned
for awhile that the flames
would spread to Franklin Mill
ing Company across the street
or perhaps to Allen Oil Com
pany's fuel storage tanks a '
short distance from the scene. /
Efficient fire fighting on the
part of local firemen and the ,
rural departments presented
thla.
Main Street was closed off
from the Nash street liifar- -
section toKenmore Avenue for
several hours during Jhe
height of the blaze Sunday
afternoon and early evening.
Firemen were still on the
scene late Sunday nlghf pi*e- '
venting a flareup of the Maze. ''
Telephone and power lines
men were busy Monday morn- .
lng repairing damage to thefr
llnes by the flames and Chief '
Person said the portion of the
structure' still standing would
have to 6e torn down for rea
sons of safety/ ,
Hundreds of ? spectators
flocked to the . blaze, smokf ?'
from which could be seen for'
miles around. Many Joined In
to aid In the battle. One
arrest was made of' an un
ldentltled Negro man, aiding
In the battle, who continued to
used profanity after t being
warned by officials. He was
taken to the I,ocal Jail by
officers. .< Ij ?
There were no Injuries re
ported In connection with the
blaze and while no estimate
of damage, was made by
officials, Mt was apparent that
the loss would run Into se
veral thousand dollars.
Case Back
In Recorder's
Court
Superior Court Judge Wil
liam A. Johnson, presiding
over Granville County Sup
erior Court session last week -
remanded the assault case
against former Loulaburg
principal Howard Stalling*
back to Granville Recorder's
Court. The action came at
the request of defense attor
neys.
Stalling* has been charged
In warrants sworn by the par
ents of a 13-year-old 0*ford
youth with assault In what r *
the parents claim was an ex
ceaslve paddling of the young
ster. Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Elliott are the parents.
The Incident la reported to
have followed misbehavior on
a school bus by the youth.
The driver, ad unidentified
girl student, was forced to
return the bus loaded with
students to the school report
edly bectuae of Inability to
handle the 13-year-old.
In the healing In Recorder's
Court November 1, the caae , . ,
was moved to a Jury trial la
Superior Court at request of
attorney*. No date was an
nounced for the now slated \
Recorder*a Court trial. >k i *" ?*'