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Weather Partly cloudy, windy and much coldertoday. Wednesday lair and quite cold. Low to day, 50; high, In the SO's. The FraiMn Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving All Of Franklin County ? Industry Education Agriculture Tel. 0Y 6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg. N. C., Tuesday. March 7, 1967 (Eight Pages Today) 98th Year? Number 6 Mrs. T. H. Dickens In The Cause Of Education - - Forty Years Off Service By Clint Fuller Times Managing Editor Today, March 7, 1967 marks the 40th anniversary of the date when Mrs. T. H. Dickens (Miss Mamie to her many friends) became a member of the Franklin County Board of Education. She was appointed to the Board following the death of her hus band. That was March 7, 1927. . .forty years ago. Mrs. Dickens has been a member of the Board since that time. She has been chairman of the Board since 1961, suc ceeding the late Paul Elam of Loulsburg as head of the ed ucational system In Franklin County. Prior to her appointment to the Board, Mrs. Dickens taught school. She taught one session at Pope's; three ses sions at Wood; 2 sessions at White Level and 1 session at Baptist Orphanage. , There were sixty schools In the county in 1927, serving 9333 students. Today there are 12 schools In the county system, serving 6106 students. Names of schools opera ting In 1927 and the early years when Mrs. Dickens served, have long been forgotten by most. She can, however, recall each and every one. Her memory Is fantastic when It comes to matters pertaining to the county school system. Flat Rock, Hickory Rock, Centervllle, Ingleslde, Justice, Moulton- Hayes, Math Rock; Mountain Grove; New Hope, Pilot, Gulldfleld, Little Mill, Locust Drive and Little Zlon are but a few of the schools consolidated during her years on the Board. Miss Mamie was born near Frankllnton on February 8, 1891. She Is the daughter of Jones Menton and Maria Perry Dickens. She Is a descendent of the first seven Perry bro thers who came over from England and were granted a scope of land from the King of England prior to the American Rev olution. She is a graduate of Frankllnton High School (1908); Louls burg College (1911) and she attended the University of North Carolina In 1914. She was married on September 29, 1920 to Thomas Henry Dickens. She has one son, T. H. Dickens, Jr. of White Level. Widowed In 1927, Mrs. Dickens became overseer of a 380 acre farm operation. In 1940 she joined her son In the opera tion of a country store. Mrs. Dickens recalls the years 1916-17 when there were 83 on* and two-teacher schools In Franklin County. She likes toj tell of the progress education has made during the forty years she has been a part of the administration. In 1927, there were only 37 buses In the county and Mrs. Dickens recalls the first school bus or truck as they were then called. The average number of pupils transported that year was 966 per day. Today 81 buses In the county system will transport an average of 4,292 students to their class rooms. With 203 teachers In 1927, today's force numbers 234. Mrs. Dickens has always been an advocate of the best edu cation In accordance with what the people can afford. Her In terest lies In the local school, teachers, pupils and parents. She takes pride In the degree of consolidation accomplished during her tenure on the Board and yet, views further con solidation with a cautious eye. She has a keen sense of hum or and often illustrates her point with references to past ex periences. She formed the Woman's Missionary Union of her church, (White Level Baptist Church.) She has been a Sunday School teacher there for 30 years. She is a past president of the State Home Demonstration Clubs (1926) and has been county president, as well. She has been an active member of the Democratic Party for a number of years. She likes to fish and to work In her garden. Miss Mamie points with pride to the growth of the county school system and relates advances made In the area of con structions and other services over the past forty years. Among these are the following: 1927-30, Construction of Cross Roads, Wood, Hickory Rock-White Level, Harris, Rocky See SERVICE Page 5 Honored Dr. Cecil W. Robblns, left, President of LoulsburgCollege holds Alumni Citation plaque pre sented here Monday to Mrs. T. H. Dickens, center, Chairman of the Franklin County Board of Education for her service to education. Clint Fuller, right, Board Vice Chairman, holds plaque presented by the Board, Superintendent Warren Smith an 1 attorney E. F. Yarborough to Mrs. Dickens for "Forty years of faithful and devoted service" as a member of the Board of Educa tion. Mrs. Dickens was honored at a luncheon at Loulsburg College given by the Superintendent and Mrs. Smith In celebration of her fortieth anniversary as a Board member. Board Of Education, College Honors Veteran Educator The Franklin County Board at Education handled an agenda of routine business here Mon day and recessed to the Louls burg College cafeteria where the chairman, Mrs. T. H. Dic kens, was honored for forty years of service. Mrs. Dickens was presented a plaque In recognition of her years on the board by the pre sent board and Superintendent Warren Smith and attorney E. F. Yarborough. Board Vice Chairman Clint Fuller made the presentation. Dr. Cecil W. Robblns, President of Loulsburg College, presented an alumni plaque to Mrs. Dic kens on behalf of the College. "I think we must ask Mrs. Dickens to look at the thou sands of faceless, unidentifi able children, whise very lives have been touched by this service, for the proper recognition," Fuller said. "H I am to speak for those of us here today, I believe it will be adequate to say, Mrs. Dickens, we deeply appreciate all you have done In all thfese years," Youngsville Fans Were There - ? (See Sl0,y Pa8e 8) he added. "Because all of us here deeply Interested In edu cation are aware, at least In part, of the many sacrifices you have been called on to make during this long tenure of service." Mrs. Dickens responded to Fuller's presentation, thank ing her associates anl recall ing some of the progress the schools have made during her time on the Board. Dr. Robblns spoke briefly, recalling some early exper iences which coincided with those mentioned by Mrs. Dic kens. "We here at the College are very proud of you and the services you have rendered not only to the public schools, but to higher education in general and Loulsburg College In particular," Dr. Robblns 34 Id. ? Mrs. Dickens, who became a member of the Board of Edu cation on March 7, 1927, Is marking her fortieth year to day. Mr. E. F. Yarborough ex pressed his pleasure of hav ing served as attorney to the Board during part of Mrs. Dickens' years and pointed out that It was not "the length of service, but the service It self" that was Important. Mrs. T. H. Weldon, former Board member, remarked that she had served longer with Mrs. Dickens than any other Board member present and ex pressed her praise for the See HONORS Page 5 Direct Dialing Coming Henderson? Telephone sub scribers In Henderson and six nearby exchanges are scheduled to have an exciting nefc service at their finger tips when Direct Distance Dialing Is Inaugurated on May 26, 1967. With this new service, tele phone subscribers will be able To^ dlal most of ttielr own sta tlon-to-statlon calls to points In 48 states and Canada. Exchanges scheduled to re ceive this revolutionary new long distance dialing are Hen derson, Oxford, Centervllle, Frankllnton, Loulsburg, Nor llna, and Warrenton. The announcement was made this week by Howard T. Pitts, local manager for Carolina Telephone, who said that the company will spend more than $250,000 In providing Direct Distance Dialing for this area. Carolina Telephone Intro duced the first D.D.D. service In North Carolina at Washing ton in 1957 and has subsequent ly provided Direct Distance Dialing In 80 additional ex changes. "The establishment of a standardized nationwide tele phone numbering system and development of intricate new equipment has made D.D.D. possible and marks an Impor tant milestone In communica tions progress," the mana See DIALING Page 5 Locals Show Inventions At Trade Fair Two local exhibitors are among the some 85 exhibitors signed up tor North Carolina's first Tobacco Growers Trade Fair to be held at the Raynor and Forbes Warehouse In Greenville Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, March 8, 9, and 10, according to C. T. Dean, Jr., County Ex tension Chairman. James May, Loulsburg, N. C., Route 1, plans to show his "Tote-a-Llne" Irrigation aid which facilitates the hand ling of irrigation pipe. Joe Lane of Loulsburg plans to show his basket method of curing tobacco. Both Items are in production and will be ready for the 1967 crop sea son, said Dean. The purpose of the (air Is to bring together under one root all of the' labor-saving Ideas and profit making practices that are available to tobacco growers. The fair will feature supplies and services needed by growers In handling their crop from the tobacco seed bed to the warehouse basket. There is no charge. Doors to the Trade Falrbulldlngwlll be open at 12:00 noon and close at 10:00 p.m. Dean said the fair has been planned especially for far mer*. it is a non-profit effort to pull together under one roof the latest and best Ideas on the production of tobacco. It could be your door to In creased profits In 19671 Commissioners Hold Closed Session With District Representatives Monday The Board of County Com missioners asked Register of Deeds Alex T. Wood, who acts as Clerk to the Board, and WYRN News Director Asher Johnson to leave the regularly scheduled monthly meeting here Monday and went Into closed session with Sixteenth District Representatives James D. Speed and John T. Church. The nature of the closed door discussions were not disclosed. Attempts to reach Chairman E. M. (Buck) Sykes?ndLouls burg District Commissioner Norwood Faulkner by tele phone this morning were un successful. Mr. Speed and Mr. Church are on a Junket with the legislature today Inspect ing mental Institutions and could not be reached for com ment. Johnson reported that he was told by Mr. Sykes that Mr. Speed and Mr. Church had requested the closed session. Wood said he did not hear this, but was asked by Sykes to leave the meeting. Wood said no reason was given. In the open session, the Board heard a number of rou tine reports from county agen cies, listened to a request by ASC office manager John Da vis for additional office space and heard a request from John King, Clerk to the Board of Elections, for office space to replace the burned out office previously used In the old Boddle building on Main Street. No actions were taken on either request. A delegation from the County Firemen's Association, L. M. Ward, Kenneth Fuller, Robert Franklin No. 5 In State In New Plants W. J. Benton, Industrial De velopment Director disclosed this week a letter from the N. C. Department of Conser vation and Development which places Franklin County In fifth place In theState in the number of Industrial plants locating here. The letter, from Mrs. Gladys B. Merrltt, Research and Sta tistics, stated that a check had been made and that Franklin County had five plants to locate here and this placed the county In fifth position. Benton said, "Considering the population and rural na ture of our county, I think It Is a record to be proud of. All of the counties ahead of us had more than double our pop ulation". The five new plants, locating In Franklin County In 1966 are: Dlazlt, Inc., Tre'Jay and Ben Bar Electronics at Youngs vllle and Carolina Fine Woods and Composite Structures Corporation at Loulsburg. In addition, four local Industries expanded In 1966, two moving Into entirely new quarters. Sterling Mills at Frankllnton and Justice Manufacturing Co. at Justice expanded and the M. E. Joyner Manufacturing Company and Dean Farms moved into new modern plants. The potential employment of the five plants locating here last year has been estimated at 1,030. No estimate was given on the effect of the ex panding businesses and em ployment. To Hold Spring Sale '"Mrs. Juanlta Pleasants, Ex ecutive Secretary of the Loulsburg Business Associa tion announced today that the organization Is planning a town-wide Spring Sale for March 16,17,18. The annual event, sponsored by merchants In Loulsburg comes this year In time for the Easter buying season and Mrs. Pleasants reports that a large number of businesses will participate In the sales event. Newspaper and radio ad vertisements will appear next week pointing up the many values being offered by local merchants. The old man who walked |flve or six miles to school, many years ago, has grandchildren who need an automobile to travel a few blocks . Champion and Arthur Hall, were before the Board asking for an Increase In the $10,450 annual allocation by the Com missioners to the rural fire departments. No action was taken on this request. Macon Morris and K. G. Weldon were reappointed to three-year terms on the In dustrial Development Com mission. The vacancy created by the expiration and moving to Loulsburg of Jackie Dean was not filled. Dean had re presented Cedar Rock on the Commission. A "report was received from Jesse M. Page and Associ ates, Raleigh architects, re commending a three-phase plan of development for the courthouse study. Phase I would consist of determining the conditions of present fa cilities at a cost of 93,360; Phase II Schematics of pre sent facilities and construc tion estimates would cost $4,800 and Phase ni, dealing with design, plans and con tract awards, would be priced based in the AIA standard fees. No actions were taken on this report. Five Are Gov. School Nominees Five students from Franklin County Schools have been nominated for the Governor's School in 1967 In the Academic Areas. Academic criteria for nomi nation Include a minimum I. Q. score, an acceptable over-all grade average, a scholastic rank within the upper 2- per cent of his class and demon strated Intelligence, Interest, and aptitude. All schools with in the county were entitled to participate. Final selection for those who attend will be made by the State Department of Public Instruction. The five nominees from Franklin County Include Jane R. Johnson of Edward Best, Phyllis E. Kerley of Louts burg, Paula It Gupton and Kathy E. Gupton of Gold Sand and Thurston R. Alston of Riverside. in the past three summers, Franklin County has had four students to attenl the Gover nor's School. ? ? And So Were Bunn's Page 8) r
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