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Homecoming Contestants Seated left to right: Barbara Temple of Four Oaks, Su san Council of Durham-, Ardlth Parker of Elon College, Betty Hofler of Manteo and Iris Shlpp of Durham. Stand ing left to right: Elizabeth Cameron of Greensboro, Bar bara Hawks of Warrenton, Mary Jo Laughter of Capron, Va., Kathy Denny of Carthage, Brenda Dunn of Lynchburg, Va-. and Susan Russell of Clinton. College Plans Homecoming Saturday Homecoming at Loulsburg College Is scheduled for Sat urday, February 4. High lighting this annual event are the crowning of the Home coming Queen, the presenta tion of her Court, Varsity basketball between Loulsburg and Chowan College, and the Homecoming dance. ' Registration at 4:00 p. m. in the Main Building Is to be followed by dinner In the Ben jamin N. Duke College Union from 5:00 until 6:00. The Alumni-JV basketball game will begin at 5:45. The Varsity contest at 7:30 will see Loulsburg vying Chowan College. Halftlme ceremonies include the presentation of the Homecoming Court from which the Queen will be se lected. Candidates compos ing the court are Marguerite Elizabeth Cameron, Greens boro, representing the Ath letic De pa r t m e nt; Susa n Cheryl Council, Durham, Young Republicans Club; Ka thy Sue Denny, Carthage, Stu dent Government Association; Brenda Daye Dunn, Lynch burg, Va., Dramatics Club; Barbara Jean Hawks, Warren ton, Loulsburg College Pub lications; Betty Allene Hofler, Manteo, Young Democratlcs Club; Mary Jo Laughter, Ca pron, Virginia, YWCA-YMCA; Ardlth Parker, Elon College, Honor Fraternities; Susan Owen Russell, Clinton, Glee Club: Iris Fayne Ship, Dur ham, Phi Beta Lambda; and Barbara Lois Temple, Four Oaks, Religious Organiza tions;, Homecoming Judges Include * Mrs. Peggy Marin, WTVD, Durham; Charlie Brown, WKIX, Raleigh; Charles Gad dy, WPTF, Raleigh, and a former Miss North Carolina, Mrs. Betty Lane Evans. Bls sett, Spring Hope. Following the Homecoming game a dance In the College Union from 9:00 until 12:00 will feature Scotty and The Fames. All alumni of Loulsburg Col lege are encouraged (o attend the festivities. . Target 2 County Five- Year Agricultural Plan Announced This Week The most ambitious agricul tural development program ever undertaken by Franklin County has been officially launched after a year of plan ning. The local program Is part of an overall state wide pro gram of the Agricultural Ex tension Service at North Car olina State University which was launched In Raleigh Jan uary 30 by Governor Dan Moore and university offic ials. The five-year program Is a product of a combination of local level plannlng. yhich In volved some 7,600 lay leaders Including scores of Franklin County citizens, and N. C. State research and Extension specialists. Franklin County has goals In five areas under the Target 2 opportunities endeavor. These long range objectives Include goals In agricultural production, family living, con servation and use of natural resources, 4-H and youth, and community resource develop ment. A state agricultural Income potential of $2 billion has been established. Franklin Coun ty's portion of this total figure has been set at $25,478,475. This will represent a gain of nearly 30% over the gross Weather Variable cloudiness and cool today. Ten per cent chance of rain. Partly cloudy and some what warmer Wednesday. Low today, 32; high, near 50. The Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving All Of Franklin County 97th Year? Number 99 Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C.. Tuesday, January 31, 1967 (Six Pages Today) Dimes Drive Committees Nomed Mrs. Nancy Beasley, County Chairman for the March of Dimes Fund Drive, released the names of those assisting In the drive this week. The entire membership of the Youngs vllle, Frankllnton and Loulsburg Woman's Clubs were named In their respec tive communities. Individuals selected to head the drive Include: Mrs. Eliza beth Tharrlngton, Hickory Rock; Mrs. Agnes Merrltt, Moul ton-Ingle s Id e; Mrs. Christine Stalllngs, Cedar Rock; Mrs. Mildred Ward, Centervllle. Flrst-Cltlzens Bank and Trust Co. In Louls burg was named as the col lecting agent for funds and J. H. Talton, vice president, was named to assist In the local drive. Mailers were sent out last week to residents of the area. These are to be returned to the local bank, according to Mrs. Beasley. In making the announce ment, Mrs. Beasley pointed out that birth defects are our nation's second greatest de stroyer of life. "Over 8,000 babies with major birth de fects will be born In our state this year", Mrs. Beas ley said. "This Is a fight for unborn generations", she added. "It Is truQ. that money Is needed to care for babies already born handicapped, but the need for research has reached the point of emergency". Minnich Is Rescue Chief DAVID MINNICH A 24-year Frankllnton na tive and a two-year veteran has been named Chief of the Loulsburg Rescue Service.. David Mlnnlch, an employee of Frankllnton Fabrics, was elected last Friday night to succeed Loulsburg Mayor V. A. (Tommy) Peoples as head of the popular organ ization. Mlnnlch, who lives on the Bunn Road here with his wife, the former Francis Howell and a daughter, Sharan Gall, age 2, attended Frankllnton High School. He and his fam ily attend Maple Springs Bap tist Church. This Is his first office in the organization. Elected with Mlnnlch were three Loulsburg Police offi cers and a veteran member. Charlie Lambert was elected Local Cashier Killed In Vance Crash Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Lan caster Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Marie Nelms Kemp 37, cashier at Midway Food Store here. Mrs. Kemp died last Friday morning following a two-car smashup on N. C. 39 at the Intersection of the Vanco Mill Road, three miles south of Henderson. A 19-year-old Frankllnton Route 2 Negro, Bob Hassell Davis has been charged with manslaughter and falling to see that movement could be made In safety, In connection with the accident. Davis Is under $2500 bom. to await a Recorder's Court hearing In Henderson on Feburary 10. Davis, an employee of a Hen derson Industrial plant, was shaken up but apparently was not badly hurt. Sutton said Davis went to Maria Parham hospital for medical attention but was not hospitalized. Carried by ambulance to Ma ria Parham, Mrs. Kemp ap parently died about the time of arrival there. Each driver was alone In the respective vehicles when they crashed on N. C. High way 39 at the Vanco Mill assistant Chief, Ned Lloyd was named Captain and Gerald Eury was elected Lieutenant. W. D. Morton was reelected as secretary-treasurer, a post which he has held for many years. , Peoples now acquires the title of Senior Member of the squad. road Intersection. Both cars were virtually demolished. State Trooper B. R. Sutton s?ld his investigation Indica ted that Mrs. Kemp was south bound on. N. C. 39 In her 1961 Ford Falcon auto, and was be lieved en route to work In Loulsburg, while Davis was traveling north on the high way In a 1963 model Chev rolet and attempting to turn left Into the Vanco Mill road. They collided almost headon In the southbound traffic lane, the See CRASH Page 6 Autopsy Shows Man Not Road Victim Autopsy reports showed that Nathaniel Taborn, 46-year old Loulsburg Route 1 Negro, died from a heart attack, ac cording to reports. Local of ficials had awaited the report before closing what appeared to be a routine hit and run ac cident. Taborn reportedly struck a parked vehicle on South Main street on Saturday night, Jan uary 21, drove his damaged car to the Fox Park area and ran. When he died the following Monday, officers were called to check to see If perhaps he had received fatal Injuries In the accident. The autopsy reports showed that death was not caused by the crash which damaged both vehicles. Damaged Road Signs Highway signs along state rural paved roads from NC Ml by Laurel Mills, to Alert, were chopped down or pulled from their places sometime last Thursday night. State Trooper Dwlght Hlnton is Investigating tne vandalism ana expressed optimism that those responsible would be apprehended. Two of the signs are pictured above before Highway crews replaced them. Scratch -One Police Car The demolished 1967 Loulsbuig Police car, shown above, was wrecked last Thursday night around 7 p. m. on the River Road here, during a high-speed chase of a 1964 red Chevrolet, by Police officer Gerald Eury. The driver of the Chevrolet escaped when Eury ran off the road about three miles west of town. Eury, wearing seat belts, escaped Injury. The recently pur chased 1967 Plymouth Fury was described as a total loss. - -Staff photo by Clint Fuller. Franklinton School Board Holds Poblic Mooting The Frankllnton School Board held the second public meeting In four days Monday night to explain the unit's Freedom of Choice school plan for the 1967-68 school term and to bring the public up to date on a proposed hearing before federal officials. The meetings, a part of the requirements under the re cently Issued school desegre gation guidelines, were held last Friday night In the B. F, Person- Albion School and Monday at Frankllnton High School. \ The racially mixed group of about 200 persons heard ex planations of the school plan by Board attorneys W. P. Pearce of Frankllnton and Ir vln Tucker, Jr. of Raleigh. Dr. R. C. Whitfield, vice chairman of the Frankllnton Board was moderator of the meeting. Pearce announced that a hearing In Frankllnton'*" de- , ferred status, which has caus ed the withdrawal of federal fUnde from the system, had now been tentatively set for April 3. The hearing had pre viously been announced for the last week In December. Later, Tucker revealed that a con tinuance had been requested by assistant Attorney General Ralph Moody In order that the State could prepare the case. Several school systems In North Carolina, Including Frankllnton, are faced with a formal hearing. The systems See MEETING Page 6 Court Opens With Trial In 1963 Slaying Franklin Superior Court opened here Monday with the trial of Richard Collins, Rt. 4 Loulsburg Negro, charged In the December 13, 1963 pistol slaying of James Henry Ar rlngton at Stalllngs Milling Company east of Loulsburg. * Collins Is facing second de gree murder or manslaughter charges In the case. Judge William Y. Blckett is pre siding over the January- Feb^ ruary session. The slaying reportedly took place during an argument be tween the two men on a Fri day afternoon. Arrlngton was employed by the milling firm. He died of head and side wounds In the emergency room at Franklin Memorial Hospi tal. He was allegedly shot with a 25 caliber Italian automatic pistol, according to reports at the time of the incident. A Jury was selected Monday afternoon and Impounded. Testimony In the case was ex pected to begin this morning. Eight other murder cases are scheduled for trial this week. Other cases slated to be heard Include 16 varying as sault cases, a number of motor vehicle violation cases and several breaking and entry cases. . value of the county's agri cultural production In 1965. C. T. Dean, Jr., Franklin County Extension Chairman, has announced that the new program Is already being Im plemented. Some of the priority Items designated for the coming year Include cutting tobacco pro duction costs through econom ics of fertilization, mechani zation and better use of labor, Increased livestock produc tion, and a gain In Income from soybeans. Other Items given priority In the Exten sion program will Include housing and house furnishings, clothing, home management, more work with low Income groups and youth development. Dean said the county Ex tension staff, with the assis tance of the Extension Ad visory Board, will be mea suring progress at Intervals throughout the year and eval uation total progress toward the five-year goals at the end of each of the five years un til 1971. He added that the county and the state programs have built-in flexibility to allow for adjustments and shifts of em phasis during the course of the five-year development ef fort. Local Man Heads Warren Hospital An administrator for War ren General Hospital has been employed by the hospltal'board of trustees. Sherrlll Lane Harris, 24, a native of Franklin County, be gan his duties with the local Warren General Hospital on Monday morning. Harris was born and reared at Royall, about six miles from Loulsburg, and attend ed Bunn High School. His father is a member of the board of trustees of Frank lin Memorial Hospital at Loulsburg, and this, Harris said, was a contributing factor In his long-ttme Interest In hospital administration. Following his graduation from High School, Harris completed Loulsburg College and then transferred to Atlan tic Christian College where he will receive his B. S. degree this spring. At Atlantic Chris tian College he majored In Business Administration and mlnored in Economics. Harris Is a member of the Baptist Church and is unmar ried. Officers Named To Kerr Board Franklin Sheriff William T. Dement and Loulsburg Chief of Police Earl Tharrlrgton were named to the Board of Directors of the newly formed Kerr Lake Law Enforcement Officers Association In the re cent organizational meeting In Henderson. The, Association, consisting of officers from the six-county area of Granville, Person, Vance, Warren, Halifax and Franklin, was formed, ac cording to reports, "to Im prove training programs of the member counties". t J. R. Wllkerson, Henderson Police Chief , was named pres ident of the group. Other offi cers Include: Person, County Sheriff Cliff Palmer, vice president; and Johnny Bobbltt, Henderson Police Officer, secretary. Other Board members are: Roxboro Police Chief G. C. Robinson, Vance Sheriff L.-B. Faulkner, Roanoke Rapids Chief J. Y. Duffey, Wake For est Chief Harry Newsom, Warren Sheriff Clarence Da See OFFICERS Page ?
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