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07th Ywr-Numbtr 85 Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C., Tuesday, December 13, 1066 L I * li.fkt fifti Today) New Plant Announced Officials of Composite Structures Corporation are shown above with Industrial Development Director W. J. Benton, last Friday, following the announcement that the company la to locate here. Pictured, left to right, are: Frederick C. Schlerbaum, Vice President; W. Burdette Wllkrfis, Pres ident; w. L. Lumpkin, Secretary-Treasurer and Benton. The plant will operate in the Youngstown building on South Main St. and Kenmore Ave. -Staff photo by Clint Fuller Plastics Firm Second In Two Weeks Plant To Locate Here Loulsburg and Franklin County landed the second new Ipdustry In the past two weeks with the announcement last Friday that Composite Struc tures Corporation Is to locate here, In the gliding formerly Occupied b]F Youngs town Man ufacturing Company. The first plastics designed to mold plastic houses will be manufactured In the new plant. Molds valued at more than 9X00,000 installed In the Loulsburg Plant will form four-room prefabricated bouses haying a floor area of 834 square feet. The heart of the plastic house Is Its tWee reinforced plastic beams. Outlining the functions of the new plastics company, W. Burdette Wllklns, president of Composite, said "We believe that the production of this new all-plastic house will open up an entirely new era In the field of home building." Mr. Wllklns noted that, In addition to plastic prefab homes, Composite will also manufacture and sell struc tural beams up to 48 teat In length plus a line of compo site plastic tanks and con tainers. Composite Structures Cor poration, located In Louis burg, ti. C., and at 2513 N. Broom Street, Wilmington, Delaware, was formed InSep tember this year. Key execu-i tlve personnel Include: Fred erick C. Schlerbaum, Vice President; Willie L. Lump Jaycee Tree Sale Starts Loulsburg Jaycees are hold ing their annual Christmas Tree Sale. Trees are on sale at the old Ford Warehouse across from the Armory, from 8 a.m. to S p.m. each day. Trees of all sizes are avai lable. Proceeds from this sale will be used to assist with the Christmas Toy Drive for needy children. kin, Secretary ? Treasurer; John D. Schoreder, Sales Man ager. Manufacturing facilities tor Composite Structures arelo cated In two buildings at Ken more Avenue, Lou Is burg, and cover approximately 40,000 square feet of area. The first plastic prefab homes are scheduled for delivery In early April 1967. Mr. Wilklns, who Is expect ed to move his family to Louts burg as soon as suitable quar ters are found, said the pro cess to be used In the manu facture of the houses Is a "modular-type construction", which can be added to. The panels and other parts of the units will be reinforced with other materials. Wllklns Is the only manto hold a Fellow ship of American Society of Mechanical Engineers without having a college degree and started his career In the re inforced plastics Industry from a beginning In machine design. He has lived tor the past nine years ln'Roxboro, N. C. serving as Director of Engi neering (or the Reinforcement Plastics Container Corp. He has five children. Frederick C. Schlerbaum, vice president of the firm, Is a young likable promoter. He say* he' IS the "huckster" for the company. His home Is In Wilmington, Deleware where he is a part ner In an advertising firm. Mr. Lumpkin, a Loulsburg at torney, Is secretary-treasur er of the new corporation, the only one of Its kind in the Industry. Schlerbaum says of Wllklns, "He's the oldest and number one man In our In dustry". He also praised Lumpkin tor his aid In lo cating here. The three company officials, present tor the announcement, expressed their appreciation to W. J. Benton, Industrial Development Director for his assistance. Schlerbaum said of Benton, "Every time I com* to Loulsburg, there Is BUI with his hand out ready to greet us. I can't even slip In". Mr. Benton and company of ficials praised Bruce Strick land of the State Department of Conservation and Develop ment for his work, saying that It was Strickland who led the community and company In Joining together. The buildings to be manu factured here are to be sold through dealers and all will be white In color. It was an nounced that four men could erect a four-room unit on a prepared site In 3 to 4 hours. See PLANT Page 5 Speakers At The 100 Meeting Principals at the annual meeting of The 100 last Friday night, are shown above. The or ganization consists of persons supporting Loulsburg College locally. Pictured are left to right, David Daniel, Director, College Relations, who originated the Idea; J. H. Talton, President of the club; Dr. Cecil W. Robblns, President, Loulsburg College and Superior Court Judge Hamilton Hobgood, who spoke at the gathering in the College cafeteria. . -Staff photo by Clint Fuller Carter Attempts Suicide Former Frankllnton Police Chief, Frank W. C?rter, 54, attempt ad suicide In his pri son cell at State Prlslon Sun day, following his return to confinement last week. Carter, paroled In October this rear after serving ten years at a commuted life sen tence, slashed his throat with a rasor Made, according to re ports, shortly after noon. Re was discovered lying on his bed by a fellow prisoner and was rushed to the prison hos pital. The wound required IS stitches and Carter's condi tion was listed aa satisfac tory. The former chief was sen tenced In IMS here In Frank lin County In a second trial, tor life In prison for the murder of his mother-ln-lsw, Mrs. Janle Btherldge Wilder In 1M4. He also dref a 40-year sentence for arson stemming from his baring fired ? barn or the Wilder farm to lure Mrs. Wilder to the house where 1m, reportedly, murdered her. judge Malcolm Seawall spe cified the life sentence was to begin at the expiration at the 40-year sentence "to Insure that be spends the rest o I his ill* In prison". Former Oovernor Terry Sanford commuted Carter's Ills sentence to '40 years and this year he was (Ivan a pa rale. Carter was returned to prl son on parole violation when The 100 To Expand To Cover County \ The 100, i club composed of local supporters of Loulsburg Collate Is trowing and will expand to take In all of Frank lln County, members were told In a meeting here last Friday night. President J. H. Talton, expressed his gratitude for the support given the Collate and announced that contributions have reached $27,000 this year. Talton reported that in 1M5, Stolen Truck Found \ The new 1967 Dodfe pickup track, stolen from Thomp son's Feed and Hardware Store In Frankllnton during a holdup- robbery November 21, has been found, accordlnt to reports. Two hunters came up on the stolen vehicle last Saturday a mile and a half south of Frankllnton Rupert Pearce, local Insurance atent and Rowland Evans, a teacher, slthted the vehicle, which had been the object of a wide spread search for the past few weeks. Pearce drove the pickup Into town and turned It over to local police. Two men are awaltint trial in Charlotte, charted with the robbery of the Frankllnton ?tore and a third la still belnf sought ha broke provisions of the pa role by returning to Franklln ton and becoming drank, ear lier last wttk. the total was In excess of $16,000 with 1966 exceeding the $27,000 mark. College Relations Director, David Daniel, Introduced guests and welcomed the ca pacity crowd In the Student Union cafeteria. Judge Ham ilton Hobgood spoke, praising the members of the County In dustrial Development Com mission with particular plau dits for Chairman J. H. Talton and Director W. J. Benton, whom he said did the "yeomen work." Judge Hobgood also read a prepared release, announc ing the location here of a new plastics firm. He pointed to several parsons, "whom I know personally helped In lo cating this Industry here", In speaking of the recent an nouncement by Carolina Fine Woods Corp. that It would con struct a plant here. Among those mentioned by Judge Hob good, in addition to members of the Commission, were Loulsburg attorneys E. P. Yar bo rough, W. M Jolly, Charles Davis, and Willie Lee Lumpkin. Also mentioned was W. B. Joyner, local building supply executive "This was one of the greatest united ef forts I have known", Hobgood said. "Things look bright and look brighter every day", he iddtd. Dr. Cecil W. Robblne, ex pressed the gratitude of the College for the support of The 100 members and announ ced that the College has "sue See Tm too Page S Henderson Woman Killed In Ingleside Crash A 52-year old Henderson woman died en route to Frank lin Memorial Hospital Satur day night, following a fiery crash of a 1954 Ford on US 401 seven miles northeast of Louis burg, near Corinth Church around 11:30 p. m. Mrs. Magdalene Evans Faulkner, College Street, Henderson, died of multiple Injuries received when the car in which she was a passenger, ran off the highway, severed a 12-lnch tree, overturned and burned. Also Injured In the crash were Mrs. Elsie Mae Evans, 42, sister-in-law of the deceased anrf'Samuel Bruce Dlckerson, 23, both of Rt. 2, Henderson. Dlckerson's brother, Robert Lee Dicker son, 28, a passenger In the car was not seriously Injured. The younger Dlckerson, suf fering Internal Injuries, was reportedly the driver of the car. Both he and Mrs. Evans were Injured seriously and were treated at Franklin Memorial Hospital and trans ferred to Wake Memorial In Raleigh. The older Dlckerson said his brother ran off the shoulder of I the road and could not get the vehicle back onto the highway. The younger man and the two women were thrown from the car at impact. Dlckerson es caped possible death by craw ling out of the vehicle Just as It became a biasing Inferno The Lou Is burg Rescue Ser vice rendered first aid at the scene and transported the In jured to the local hospital. The Epsom fire department was called and extinguished the blazing car, but not before it was declared a total loss. The death Is the . ninth on Fqinklln County highways this year, three more than the en tire output In 1905. R Is the se cond within the last 18 days. Ninth Fatality Scan* above shows 1934 Ford being consumed by (Ire following a single car accident on US 401 around II :1S Saturday night. Mrs. Magdalen* Evans Faulkner, 52, of Henderson was killed In the accident, three other persons were Injured, two seriously. This was the ninth highway fatality of the year for the county, the second In the past 15 days. -Staff photo by Clint Fuller Franklinton Parade Winners Announced A crowd of several hundred, described by Chief Leo Ed ward! u the "largest ever" witnessed the annual Frank llnton Christmas Parade last Thursday night In Ideal wea ther. Sponsored by the Frankllnton Township Chamber of Com merce, the parade marked the official opening of the Yuletlde season In Frankllnton. Of ficials of the Town and the Chamber of Commerce rode In the parade which culmina ted wlth-Santa Claus arriving atop the tallest float In the pa rade. Pour youths, dressed as clowns stole the show, as they performed all sorts of wild charades alon( the parade route. To the delight of the crowds lining both sides of Main Street as far as the eye could see, the clowns marched WKKm Santa Arrives In Franklinton with the bands, Jumped on and rode the floats and occasion ally, kissed the many beau ties adorning the entrlei. Youngsters were featured In the parade, with several being outstanding. Among these was one young boy pulling adog In side a baby play pen; one blonde-headed little girl dressed as an angel and look Bunn P. 0. Open Late Mrs. Evelyn B. Gay, Post master, announces the Bunn postofflce will be open until 5 P. M. Saturday, December 17, for the convenience of the public. Sheriff Gets Two Stills Sheriff William Dement cul minated his first week In of fice with the destruction of two liquor stills In the Poko moke area last Friday with aid from Deputy Raymond Wil der and ATU officer Charlie Farve. Sheriff Dement reported no I arreats were made, but two I submarine type atllla were j found and destroyed. One was i a BOO gallon unit and the sec- i ond was a 750-gallon opera- ] tlon. The location was report- I ed as four miles northwest of i Youngsvllle. lng the part u she seemed to be swallowed up by the wide street. Still another striking entry waa the youngster riding his bike, sitting Inside a dec orated box. Winners In the various divi sions were announced follow ing the parade as follows: Pets Division, Karen Coats, Alan Julian and Pat Isenhour; Class n Bikes, Derrick and Teresa Blanton, tony Phll pott" Sherry Cartledge and Jeff Greene; Class IH Bikes, Rommle House, Debbie Wright Chuck Julian and Ken Jcton son. The best non-commercial float award went to B. F. Per son Vocational Class and the best commercial float honors went to Lee's Hairstyllqg. South Oranrllle was voted the top band and honorable men tion for outstanding floats went to Frankllntoo Fabrics, Hall's Furniture and Bragg's Oln. BUI Johnson, President at the sponsoring Chamber at Commerce, expressed the or ganisation'^ appreciation to everyone asalstlng In the pa rade and oontrtbutlng to tta sue c?sa. Two young majorette* with the South Granville High School band succumbed to the high humidity sod long hike by tainting. One struck her head "hen falling and had to be rushed to Franklin Memorial Hospital by Chief Edwards. Her condition was not believed lerious.
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