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Tel. <3Y 6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C.. Thursday, January 19, 1967 (Eight Pages Today) 97th Year? Number 96
Board Votes To
Transfer County
School Funds
The Board of County Com
missioners made official here
Wednesday, actions which the
Board had agreed on earlier
and transfered a large chunk
of county funds from Flrst
Cltlzens Bank and Trust Co.
to Waccamaw Bank and Trust
Co.
The action came In the after
noon session of the Board and
followed appearances by First
Citizens manager J. H. Talton,
before the lunch break and
Waccamaw manager James
Grady as the afternoon meet
ing began. "
On motion by Commissioner
Brooks W. Young and a second
by Commissioner George
Harris, the Board unanimous
ly approved the transfer of the
county school fund to the new
bank. Included In the transfer
is $141,000 In the regular bud
get, (142,000 In federal ESEA
fUnds and $4,227.57 In Frank
llnton Graded School Transfer
funds.
Some questions had arisen on
the matter since the transfer
had been ordered and no rec
ord of such action was record
ed In the minutes of the Board.
Neither had the County Board
of Education been advised that
a transfer of funds was plan
ned. Commission Chairman
E. M. (Buck) Sykes said he
called Schools Superintendent
Warren Smith and told htm
the funds would be transferred
because, "that's what I thought
we had done". ^
The action Is to become ef
fective when newly printed
Waccamaw checks arrive
from a printer In Texas. The
order does not affect funds In
local schools.
The Commissioners used a
1915 local law, approved by the
people In 1916, to Justify the
transfer of funds. That law
abolished the office of County
Treasurer and allowed funds
to be deposited In the same or
different banks. CentralCar
ollna Bank at Youngsvllle, the
third firm In the county re-"
celved some county money for
deposit about two years ago
after having been In the county
18 years. Flrst-Cltlzen
branches at Frankllnton and
Bunn do not have county funds
on deposit. - ?
Dr. N. C. Brooks To
Address Churchmen
Dr. Nathan C. Brooks, Di
rector of the Division of
Church Programs of the Bap
tist State Convention of North
Carolina, will be the featured
speaker at the fourth annual
DeaconijPastors Supper of
the' Tar River Baptist Asso
ciation.
The supper meeting will Ofi
cur Monday, January 23, 1S(<57
at 6:30 p. m. In the Loulsburg
College Dining Hall. Advance
registrations Indicate that at
tendance will be near 160 dea
cons and pastors.
Dr. Brooks assumed his po
sition as Director of the Div
ision of Church Programs on
October 1, 1966. Prior to his
present position, Dr. Brooks
had served as pastor of chur
ches in Georgia, Kentucky,
Florida, North Carolina,
Louisiana and South Carolina.
For five years ha was presi
dent of the Carver School of
Missions in Louisville, Ken
tucky.
DR. N. C. BROOKS
Dr. Brooks Is a native of
North Carolina, a graduate
of Mars Hill and Wake For
est Colleges and Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary.
ESEA Head Addresses
Louisburg Lions Club
Earl Martin, Director of
Elementary and Secondary
Education In Franklin County,
addressed the Lou Is burg
Lions Club Tuesday evening
at the Murphy House.
Mr. Martin's purpose was to
explain his position as direc
tor, which position began In
December, 1965. Martin's Job
is to take $471,000, which is
strictly federal funds, and
spend that money in the great
est problem areas of the coun
ty. At the present time five
schools are eligible for shares
of that sum. The money Is used
to hire extra teachers, pur
chase visual aid materials,
and other worthwhile teaching
aids. In addition, an indivi
dual child can receive medical
treatment and price- reduced
plate lunches in the school
cafeteria provided that?his
parents earn less than $2000
yearly
Lion Mike Palmer announced
the winner of the county essay
contest. Miss Ann Brown, a
freshman at Lou 1s burg Col
lege and the daughter ofCapt
lege and the daughter at Cap
tain and Mrs. J. H. Brown of
Lou is burg, was winner. Lloq
Palmer also announced that
there were five representa
tives in the contest; two from
the college and one each from
Loulsburg .High School, Ed
ward Best, and Gold Sand.
The first runner-up was Beth
McDonald, a Junior at Louls
burg High and daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. Walter McDonald.
The three judges were Mrs.
W. B. Tucker, Lion Ed Yar
borough, and Dr. Cecil Rob
bins.
There were four visitors:
Hal Goode, Ed Boyette, John
Yoder, all visiting lions from
Butner; and Mrs. W. B. Tuck
er, one of the three Judges of
the esftav r.nnt?w?.
ANN BRUWN
Mis* Ann Brown, pictured
above, was declared winner In
the Loulsburf Lions' Club Es
say fcontest, Tuesday night.
The daufhterofCapt. and Mrs.
J. H. Brown, Ann won on her
essay, "The War tor World
Peace".
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Officials Meet On Roads
Some of the officials at Wednesday's highway meeting here
are shown above. Left to right, 16th District Representative
James D. Speed; Fifth Highway Division Commissioner J. B.
Brame of Durham; Division Engineer Merle Adklns; County
Attorney Charles Davis and Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners E. M. Sykes. Mr. Brame promised the county
$400,000 In additional primary road Improvement funds
bringing the total primary fund to well over $800,000 or almost
as much as the county has received In the past 29 years.
' ~ ? Staff photo by Clint Fuller.
Number Of Local Students
Going On To College Drops
The number of students
graduating from the two
school systems In Franklin
and going on to college drop
ped slightly In 1966 over the
previous year. In 1965, 117
local students continued
their educations In Junior
and senior colleges; sixty
five others moved Into trade
and nursing schools. In 1966,
107 locals continued on to
Junior and senior colleges
but ninety a?e attending trade
and nursing schools.
Total number of graduates
dropped slightly in 1966. In
1965, 437 students graduated
from county schools while in
1966, 433 received their di
plomas. w
Of the 1966 graduates, 62
entered senior colleges, 45
enrolled at Junior colleges
and 24, double the 1965 fig
ure, entered military ser
vice. One hundred and sixty
two found gainful employ
ment and did not continue
their formal education in
1966. This is a drop from
183 in 1965. Sixty students
were unaccounted for in the
1965 listing and fifty are not
accounted for in the 1966
data.
Percentagewise, 14.5 per
cent of those In the Franklin
County system entered sen
ior colleges and 11.6 percent
enrolled In Junior colleges
for a total In the county's
largest system of 26.1 per
cent of those graduating en- "
Whiskey round
Franklin Sheriff William T.
Dement reports finding a ear
load of white whiskey Tues
day on NC 96 between Youngs -
rllle and Pocomoke. Local
officers and federal ATU a
gents discovered 42 gallons
of the booze in a 1962 auto
mobile.
No arrests were made and
the car was confiscated and
-*wlll be sold later at public
auction, according to reports.
RALEIGH? The Motor Vehi
cles Department's summary
of traffic deaths through 10
a. m. Monday, January 16:
KILLED TO DATE 86
KILLED TO DATE
LAST YEAR 82
tered college. In the Frank
llnton City system, 13.6 per
cent entered senior colleges
and 5.7 percent enrolled In
junior colleges (or a total of
19.3 percent continuing their
education in Institutions of
higher learning.
Both administrative units
in Franklin County, recorded
around 20 percent of their
graduates entering trade
schools. The County system
had 20.8 percent and Frank -
linton had 20.5.
The number of high school
graduates lntheStateattend
lng either four-year or two
year colleges or trade, nurs
ing, or business schools con
tinues to Increase, according
to the 12th annual "Follow
Up Survey of North Carolina
High School Graduates," Just
released by the Statistical
Section of the State Depart
ment <St Public Instruction.
A trend noted In last year's
survey also continues:
There was a slight decline
in the percentage of the 1966
graduates attending senior,
or four-year, colleges and
significant Increases In the
percentage attending Junior, '
or two-year, colleges and
also In the percentage at
tending trade or business
schools.
The high schools of the
State graduated 66,181 stu
dents In 1966, a decrease of
1,220 from the number grad
Democratic
Women
To Meet
The Franklin Co. Democra
tic Women's Organization will
hold the first meeting of the
year Tuesday night, January
24, 18?7, at 7:30 o'clock In
the Community Room at First
Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
Building, Blckett Blvd.,
Loulsburg, "N. C; .
The meeting will be a busi
ness meeting only; a revised
Constitution and By-Laws will
be presented for approval by
the Organization.
All members are urged to be
present.
uated In 1965, the largest
graduating class In the
State's public school history.
Of this number, 53.12 percent
are known to be continuing
their education beyond high
school, as compared to 51.81
percent of the 1965 g" .1u
ates. In 1956, when the >1
low-up survey was first in
ducted, only 38.04 percent,
of a graduating class of
38,408 students, continued
their education beyond high
school.
As In the past, the new sur
vey Indicates that the larger
the school the higher the
percentage of graduates en
tering college. In graduating
classes of 100 or more stu
dents, 43.20 percent of the
graduates are enrolled In
college; In graduating class
es of under 100, only 27.70
percent have gone on to col
lege.
County school adm'nlstra
tlve units, Including the city
county combined units In the
State, graduated 46,600 stu
dents with 25.31 percent en
tering senior colleges; 7.94
percent, Junior colleges;
15.75 percent, trade or busi
ness schools; 4.27 percent,
military service; 32.99 per
cent, employed; and 1^.74
percent, unaccounted for.
The 69 strictly city units
graduated 19,581 students
with 39.22 percent entering
senior colleges; 10.55 per
cent, junior colleges; 13-17
percent, trade or business
schools; 4.46 percent, mili
tary service; 21.17 percent,
employed; and 11.43 percent,
unaccounted for.
Allotments Now Near
29 Year Total
Franklin County was given an additional
$400,000% in primary road funds here
Wednesday when Fifth Highway Division
Commissioner J. B. Brame of Durham
met with the Board of County Commis
sioners and members of the Better
Roads Committee.
Mr. Brame, who last October an
nounced a $350,000 project for NC 39
US 401 ? stretching from Louisburg to
Ingleslde, told the group Wed
nesday that the additional al
location Is expected 'to carry
the project to the Vance County
line. A similar project, esti
mated to cost $600,000, Is
planned for Vance County, and
this latest allooatlon will com
plete the project from Hender
son to Loulsburg.
The $400,000 promised by
Mr. Brame with theprevlous
- ly announced $350,000 brings
Franklin County's total pri
mary road funds from the
state bond money to $750,000.
Two other projects, funded
from the state primary main
tenance money and announced
last October, will bring this
year's total almost up to the
total of $900,313,11 received
for primary road Improve
ments In the past 29 years.
The project to resurface US
401 south from Loulsburg to
connect with the already ,1m
. proved section at the inter
section of NC 98 Is expected
to cost $101,000, and the pro
ject to resurface US 1 north
from Frankllnton to Hender
son Is estimated at $140,000.
Most of the latter will be
spent In Vance County.
Mr. Brame said he had not
come here because of any
threat of an Injunction which
he had read In the newspaper.
An erroneous report appeared
In an out-of-town dally that the
Franklin officials were plan
ning to seek a restraining
order. Chairman E. M. Sykes
and County Attorney Charles
Davis had earlier denied this.
Mr. Brame first stated, "I
carried NC 39 all the way to
Henderson In my mind. I am
not going to make this as a
statement which I cannot full
fill." He referred to his
"Implication" last October
that he hoped to complete this
project.
In a clarifying statement,
later, Mr. Brame said It would
he correct to say that Franklin
County Is getting an additional
allocation of $400,000. He also
said all of the sum over $10
million In primary bond money
'allotted to this Division could
have been spent somewhere
else. Prodded, he agreed that
perhaps all could have been
spent In Franklin County.
The Commissioner ex
plained some of the difficul
ties he has encountered since
taking 'office, most of which
has been a lack of funds. He
See FUNDS Page 8
Water Bias Not Accepted
Bids on the construction of
a water line to the site of the
new Carolina Fine Woods
Company plant on NC 56 west
of Loulsburg were not accep
ted here Wednesday as offici
als of the newly formed Devel
opment Corporation of Frank
lin County met.
There was no apparent dis
approval of costs, but repre
sentatives of the consulting
engineering firm delayed the
awarding of contract In order
that a more careful study of
all bids could be made.
One official reported that
several bids were "very
close" and contained "qua
lifying statements" which the
engineers wanted to study.
It was unofficially reported
that the apparent low bidder
was T. A. Loving Construc
tion Company at a cost of
$32,985.00. It was understood
the bids did not Include erec
tion of a water- tank or aer
ation provisions.
The bids are expected to be
accepted upon recommen
dation of the consulting engi
neer by the Development Cor
poration, subject to final
approval of the County Com
missioners.
Daughters Of The Confederacy
Daughters of the Confederacy are shown above as they
gathered In Loulsburg for a luncheon marking their 65th
anniversary Tuesday. Shown, left to right, In the dress of the
mid 19th century are: Mrs. Woodrow Jones, Mrs. W. E.
Strange', Mrs. Oliver Perry, Mrs. S. O. White, Mr*. Klmer
Mercer, Mrs. Orover C. Harris, Jr. and Mrs. J. W.
See story pace 3. - ?Staff photo by Cllr* fuller.