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Louisburg N C Tuesday January 3 1967
(Si* Pages Today)
97th Year ? Number 91
Names Made News In 1966
t>y Clint F-.illt-i
Triiu's KMh.ji
PAUL A JUSTICE
Issues pla<e and things
are major parts of any new .
story However, In this area,
the names the thing. Local
people express more Interest
In other local people than In
Issues, places and things
The year" now ending was
no different than al 1 the others.
I,oral narn-'S made the news
In January, W J. (Pete)
SHEARIN, veteran Fire Chief
resigned an 1 was replaced by
R. G. PERSON. TOMM E
STEPHENS of Frankllnton
rno^ved to a state p-jst in the
education department
CHARLES |)AVti became
Youth Coordinator for the
State Dern >cratl< Party
BROOKS W YOUNG
AL GOODWIN was elected
President of the Louisburg
Business Association, later
replaced by CI.AV MCBRIDS
.GEORGE MORRIS WEST
i was made Lodge Master.
MRS. W1I.LIS NASH headed
j the Mother's March
MRS. JEANETTE P. ARNOLD
| became a County Commis
sioner following the death of
her husband. she was ap
pointed by Superior Court
Clerk RALPH KNOTT. .
NORWOOD FAULKNER be
came Chairman of the Board
J. T (JOE) MOSS of
Youngsvllle was named Presi
dent of the N. C. Soil and Wa
ter Conservation Districts and
WALLACE TIPPETT
WILLIS W NASH was elected
President of Green Hill Coun
try Club
DAVID DAN IE I was named
head of the Heart Drive in
February and MRS. MM'DE
NOW ELL AND M <. J K
THARRINGTON retired after
many years of service In the
local bank PAl'LA JUS
TICE wai nam^d Hom'-?com' ng
Queen at Loulsburg College
and later was named MBS
LOU IS BURG and M (SS CON
GENIALITY for the entire
state WALTER FULLER re
signed as Treasurer of the
Franklin County Democrats
and I. P. WHEELER was
named to a high state Masonic
V A PEOPl FS
[x)St.
Also Id February, M*3S. DA
VID SECOR was appointed
chalrnnn of the Easter Seal
drive and W 11. T< ?N SMTH was
elected head < >f C'amr>ers and
Hikers. One of the top honors
of the year went, In February
to V. H. (BOBBY) Gt'PTON,
chosen Outstanding Young ,
Farmer of the Year by the
Loulsburg Jaycees
HOWARD ST AL LINGS, JR
AND DELORES FAULKNER
won the Most Valuable Play
er award in the annual coun
ty basketball tournament play
ed here In March and Louls
burg Mayor V. A (TOMMY]
PEOPLES was reelected Chief
WILLIAM S ETHERIDGF
"f the I "'ilstMir^ Rescue Ser
vice DENNIS (H( > KY)
SAl'NDERS was eh-i -ted pres
ide!. t ?>f the Louislmrg R >tary
Club and H I). M 1VHE1.1 v. .is
named Chalrmin of the better
Roads C rnmlttec
J AC Kit ( ASSELL and ANNE
AVENT were selected t? at
tend Girls State In April and
KEITH W ATKINS took top hon
ors in the Scout racing ar
contest JOHNNY Al . FORD
was elected President of the
Franklin County unit of the
N. Education Association
and CLINT FULLER received
the School Hell Award for ed
ucational writings
W A. PEOPLES was narm-d
? Ift .!> M
GEORGE M WEST
President of the local Jaycees
May, in and was re
placed b\ \\ II I 1AM ( 1 ' N K A 1 .
; JAM ES I.. BERGER went to
I Unvt-riior's School and MRS.
S Y Mil J( H.I Y was placed In
Who's Wh? MHS. JOHN PER
NK1 1 v. as named Chairman of
the local Democratic Execu
tive Committee and Professor
I I). M >ON resigned and was
honored at I. ouisbwg College
BETTY HOBG( x D was elec
ted ' Everlasting President of
her Class" at WCG and EMMA
Rl'TH BARTHOLOMEW was
awarded the Most Valuable
Staffer plaque for her work
on her school paper
One of the year's outstand
i -1* - ^ ^
EARL THARRINGTON
lug honors w.'Mt to MRS. DOT
CLAY who was rhosen Woman
of the Year by the Woman's
Club 1:. l.oulsburg and MIS.
E. J. PEARCE was so chosen
in Youngsvllle. SP 4 SIDNEY
SEAL won two medals for
valor In the war and a host
of politicians won primary
races May Among them
were; NORWOOD FAULK
NER, BROOKS YOt'NG,
JAMES SPEED, JOHN
CHURCH, WILLIAM DE
MENT, CHARLES DAVIS,
WILLIAM B > ).N E ANDCLINT
FULLER.
Veteran County Accountant
LEE MURRAY resigned In
June and was replaced In De
E M SYKES
cember by Tax Collector
KENNETH BRASWELL.
GEORGE MORRIS WEST was
nam^d to a top state post In
the Masons and GENE M JL
LEN was elected first presi
dent of the Bunn Lions Club.
Tl'CKER MEYER was cited
for her Bells of Freedom tdea
for the Fourth of July and JO?
EDWARDS was nam?Kl presi
dent of the Eastern North
Carolina Millers.
HUBERT ROBERTS was
elected Commmder of the lo
cal American Legion Post In
July and State Trooper W. S.
(BILL) ETHERID3E was ere
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Louisburg
Miller
Passes
JOE EDWARDS
Funeral services for Joseph |
Edgar Edwards, 59. manager
and part owner of Loulsburg
Milling Company here, were
held Sunday afternoon at 2
p. m from the Loulsburg
Baptist Church, conducted by
the pastor, Rev. Aubrey S.
Tomllason and Rev. Harvey
Coppedge Burial followed at
Spring Hope.
Edwards died Friday at
Watts Hospital, Durham fol
lowing aibrlef Illness and an
operation. He was President
of the Eastern North Carolina
Miller's Association and a
member of the Loulsburg Vol
unteer Fire Department.
He was a deacon In the Louls
burg Baptist Church, where he
had been active for many
years, serving as President of
the Berean Sunday School
Class, and the Baptist Bro
therhood He was a past Pres
ident of the Franklin County
Swine Association.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Mabel Leonard Edwards; two
sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Mae
Greene and Mrs. Florlne
Greene both of Spring Hope,
five brothers, Jack Edwards of
Fort Lauderdale, Fla., George
Edwards of Loulsburg, Billy
Edwards of Rt 2, Frankllnton,
Rev. David Edwards of Indio,
California and Julian Edwards
of Castalia, his mother, Mrs.
H. M. Edwards of Spring Hope.
The local fire station was
draped with a black hanner
from the time of Edwards'
death through the Sunday ser
vices and three blasts from
the fire horn were sounded Im
mediately following the church
As 180th Year Begins
Dr. Graham To Speak
At Louisburg College
DR FRANK GRAHAM
Louisburg College begins Its
180th Anniversary celebration
on January 6, Founder's Day
Dr. Frank P. Graham United
States Representative at the
United Nations will be the fea
tured speaker. Dr. Graham,
a former president of the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, will address the
Founder's Day audience In the
Loulsburg College Auditorium
at 8:00 p. rn
Loulsburg College was char
tered on January 6, 1787, and
Is the oldest Institution In the
nation now operating as a Jun
ior college There are 691
students currently enrolled at
the College.
President Cecil W. Robblns
will welcom? visitors and
friends to Founder's Day.
Vice-President Frederick H.
Weaver of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
will Introduce Dr Graham
Following the address a re
ception for Dr Graham will
be held In the Art Gallery of
the Fine Arts Center. The
public Is cordially Invited to
attend both the address and
the reception
Thieves Hit Local
Store, Take TV Sets
Franklin Sheriff VNlllam T.
Dement and his department
are continuing their lnvestl
atlon Into the Thursday night
or early Friday morning
breakln at Johnson Stores here
which netted thieves five tele
vision sets and one stereo-TV
combination. State Bureau of
Investigation agent Jimmy
Crocker Is assisting In the
Investigation.
The robbery was discovered
Friday morning around 7 a. m
when employees reported for
work Taken In the robbery
were two Philco color tele
vision sets, three Nathane tel
evision sets and one Nathane
stereo-televlslon combina
tion.
Also stolen In the robbery
was a two-ton 1963 Chevrolet
truck belonging to the com
pany. The truck was found by
State Highway patrolmen
around 10 a. m Friday two
miles south of Bailey In Nash
County. Including the truck,
A1 Goodwin, store minager,
Services, a custom of the lo
cal department at the death of
a member
placed the loss at between
$7,000 and $8,000. Following
the recovery of the truck the
estimate has been lowered to
some over $2,000.
The thieves gained entry
through a rear window and
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Death Car
Spectators vle-w scene of Sunday afternoon death at White Level Th^ body of Joseph E
King, 48, Rt 1 Castalla nun Is Inside car following his suffocation when the vehicle caught
on fire. The death is not listed as a highway fatality. King drove through his own yard
knocking down a small tree and plowed up a field fur several yards before the vehicle
became stuck and the engine caught fire. - Staff photo by Clint Fuller.
White Level Man
Suffocates In
Burning Car
A 48-year-old White Level
man died Sunday afternoon of
suffocation when his car
caught on fire after berom ng
stuck In an open field behind
his home
Joseph E. King, Rt. 1 Cas
talla, who walked away from
the State Hospital last Thurs
day without permission, drove
his late model car, at an ap
parent high rate of speed
through the yafd of his home,
knocking down a small tree,
and then drove about two hun
dred yards into an open field
where the vehicle became
stuck In the soft dirt
Officers theorized that King
raced the motor In an attempt
to get the car out causing the
motor to catch on fire. King,
?found under the wheel, suffo
cated from the heat and srfioke.
He was seen driving through
his yard around 1:30 p. m and
was found dead a short time
later The Centervllle Rescue
Service was summoned but
King was beyond aid when they
arrived He was unmarried
and lived with his brother,
Lewis, near the Franklln
Nash county line In the White
Level Community.
Sheriff William T. Dement
and Deputy Dave Batten are
Investigating the incident.
Funeral services for King
were conducted today at 2
p m from White Funeral
Hume, by Rev James J. Estep.
A military burial followed In
the King family cemetery.
Surviving are two sisters,
Mrs. Bill le Patterson and
Mrs. Dorothea Hockaday, both
of Loulsburg; three brothers,
H. B. King of Arlington, Va.,
J. C. King, Loutsburg, Rt. 2,
and Lewis King, Rt 1, Cas
talla.
Board Split On Long
Range School Plans
The Franklin County Board
of Education adjourned Mon
day without reaching an agree
ment on some portions of a
proposed long range plan
which was slated for presenta
tion to the State Board of Edu
cation later this month.
Full agreement was made on
Intermediate plans for the
schools In the county system,
but long range plans leading to
consolidation were left hang
ing as the Board adjourned
stalemated on the long range
future of at least two county
high schools
Details of the plans were not
made public and probably will
not be until they are formu
lated and presented to the
review board for state appro
val. The purpose of present
ing the county's plans Is to gain
use of the $558,000 in school
bond funds for much needed
construction at som* of the
schools
The Board and attorney E. F.
Yarborough discussed the new
1967 school desegration guide
lines, received this week by
school officials. One offirial
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Franklinton Schools Lose
NDEA Funds, Commodities
Frankllnton Schools Super
intendent Fred W. Rogers has
received word from the Co
ordinator of the National De
fense Education Act that the
funds for a proposed project
in the local schools cannot be
approved. Word has also been
received from the Federal
Property Officer that no Fed
eral Surplus Property may be
Issued to the Frankllnton
units.
A letter, dated December 22,
from C. T. Fleetwortfi of the
State Department of Public
Instructions states: "Dr.
Charles Carroll has received
a letter from Mr. Harold
Howe, II, U. S. Comm'ssloner
of Education, to the effect that
no committments of federal
assistance for^ new activities
should be approved fr>r sev- (
eral administrative units In
North Carolina, among which
was listed Frankllnton City
School Administrative Unit."
The letter continued to Inform |
Mr. Rogers that under the cir
cumstances the department
would be unable to approve
Project numbers 47-53 under !
NDEA. "When this office re
ceives an official com ru mica- i
tlon stating that your unit has
been removed from the defer- |
red payments list, we will send
you approvals for your Title III
projects", the letter conclu
ded.
The second letter, dated De
cember 27, was sent by James
R. Smith of the Purchase and
Contract Division of N. C.
and says that the Department
of Health, Education and Wel
fare, Division of Surplus Pro
perty Utilization, Charlottes
ville, Va. has ordered a stop
page of property sales to the
Frankllnton unit until further
notice.
The Frankllnton unit, along
with several others In North
Carolina have requested for
mal hearing with HEW offi
cials In the matter of Com
pliance to federal school de
segregation guidelines.
The Frankllnton City School
Board refused to agree to HKW
requests several weeks ago
after a number of local citi
zens opposed the federal sug
gestions for Increased lnte
gregatlon. The U. S. Office
of Education since has or
dered Frankllnton and several
other state school units to he
Louisburg Scout To
Attend Jamboree
BOBBY FULLER
Robert F. Fuller, 14-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. George
D Fuller of Allen Lane,
Loulsburg, lias been nam?d to
I* a representative of the
Occoneechee Council, Boy
Scouts of America, to the 12th
placed on a deferred list as
to financial assistance.
World Jamboree to be con
ducted In Aufcust of 1967 at
Farraguf State Park, Idaho.
Bobby, as most of his friends
know him, Is a 9th grade stu
dent at Loulsburg High School.
He Is senior patrol leader of
Loulsburg Scout Troop S55,
sponsored by the Loulsburg
Methodist Church. He has been
active In scout work for the
past four years and ?will re
present his Council as a Life
Scout. Bobby was selected by
the Occoneechee Council as
one of the 28 boys to represent
some 1600 boys at the World
Jamboree. This is the first
time Loulsburg has had a re
presentative to a Boy Scout
World Jamboree.
The U. S. A. will be boat to
the 12th World Jamboree lot \
the first time In the United
States and In keeping with this
Challenge the World Con
ference Committee has chosen
"For Friendship," (as toe
Jamboree theme.
Friendship Boulevard will bo
II rrftho main torn Hugh
fare at the Jambora*. There
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