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98th Year? Number 13 Tan Cents Uouisburg, N. C., Tuesday. April 4, 1967 (Six Pages Today) Five More Candidates File For Louisburc Council Race Five more candidates have (lied (or the Louis burg Town Council In the past (ew days bringing the total to nine In the race (or the six seats. Latest to enter the race are lncuqnbents E. F. Thomas and S. C. (Buster) Foster; (ormer councilman W. J. (Pete) Shea ring George T. (Jolly) Bunn, who ran a close seventh In a ?lx-wlnner race two years ago and Ru(us Place, (ormer operator o( the Benjamin Franklin Boarding Home here. Already announced (or seats on the council are Incumbents Mrs. Breattle C. O'Neal, H. D. (Tommy) Je((reys and Jon ?ffi Taylor. First to- announce early last week was Al(red Goodwin, making his (lrst po litical appearance since mov lng here several years ago. Loulsburg Mayor V. A. (Tom my) Peoples has filed (or re election and Is thus far un opposed. Thomas, who has been as sociated with The Franklin Times since 1917, a World War I veteran, a member of the American Legion and the 40 and 8, said In his an nouncement, "If It would be the wishes of the voters of the Town of Loulsburg, I am a candidate to succeed myself ton the town council tor another term. I think that the town has made some progress the last two terms and I would like to see It contln-'fd." He Is a life-long member of the Loulsburg Methodist Church and has served on the council since 1964. Foster, manager of Home Gas Co. here, is completing his first term on the council. He describes himself as a conservative and said, "I am Interested In the growth of the town and I want to eliminate unnecessary waste. I want the town to have all the Imple ments It needs to carry out needed services. I believe Louisburg will grow." He also stated, "1 believe the people's money should be handled like 1 would handle my own." Fos ter Is a mason and a Shrlner. Shearln, past fire chief here and having served 18 conse cutive years as a town coun cilman, points to this service In making his announcement. He served as Mayor-pro-tem during his last term In office. He is a lifetime member of St. Paul's Eplscople Church where he has been active, serving presently as Super intendent of the Sunday School. He recently received a per fect attendance award for 29 years In the local Lions Club. He Is presently active In the local fire department although he Is In retirement after ser ving as a member for 38 years . Bunn, a member of the fire department and the auxiliary police force here, made an unsuccessful bid In 1965, al though finishing a strong seventh In the field. He Is a farmer-businessman, opera ting Bunn's Super Grocery on South Main Street. He has been manager of the County Fair for the past eight yeara and is a member of the local Masonic lodge and Is a Shrl ner. Bunn, 30, states, "lam interested In seeing Loulsburg grow, as Ibelleveallofusarer I believe that we should look at all sections of our commu nity and offer services to everyone alike. Since I oper ate a business and have lived most of my life on the south section of town. I believe some Improvements are needed here. I certainly feel that services to other parts of town should not be lessened, but -the appearance of our town needs to be Improved. I pledge to do the very bMt I can to lerri all the people If elected." Place, associated presently with Strickland Electric Co. here and tor many years op erator of a hoarding boa* here, said, "I will appreciate anything anyone can do for me. I think I can serve to suit them. I will certainly do the very best I can." Mr. Place Is a mason and a member of the' Baptist Church. This la his first entry Into politics. The municipal elections are set for Tuesday, May 1, and no new registration Is called for, txit registration books will be open on proceeding days for those who are not registered. Lee Bell is local Registrar. Thomas Bunn Shearin Place All Incumbents File At Youngsville Youngsvllle Mayor W. Mar vin Roberts and all five of the Town Commissioners filed with the Town Clerk for re election on May second after adjournment of the monthly meeting of the Town Board of Commissioners held at the Town Hall on Monday night April 3. Encumbent Com missioners are W. T. Moss, J. T. Allen, D. H. Cyrus, Sr., M. D. Hoyle and E. J. Pearce. Filing deadline for candi dates Is Saturday April 18 at twelve noon. Mrs. E. J. Pearce will be serving as Town Registrar, and Mr. E. M. Carter and Mrs. W. R. Evans as Judge* of Election. At the Board meeting a re port was given on necessary repair work Just completed on the town water tank. A con struction company had a crew on the Job for several days. The tank was drained, repairs made, and the tank was painted inside and out, at a cost of 91645.00, which has been paid. During the past two year term of the present board, some of the town projects were: Laying water lines to homes; securing a patrolman for this area, organizing an Auxllilary Police Unit; had corporate limits of town sur veyed; supported the Youngs - vllle Development Coopera tion and the Fire Department; assisted the Tre' Jay corpora tion In getting established; has worked with civic organiza tions In Improving facilities at the community building; has bought a new Police car. Since January of this year the town has hired a night police man for 8 hour duty each night. Over the past two year period the town has retired approxi mately $4000.00, plus Interest of about $1000.00, of bonds which were bought for building and equipping the Town Hall and Fire Truck. It will take, according to the terms, seven more years to retire remain ing bonds. A project of major concern coming up Is the updating of the sewage disposal system to meet state specifications. Plans have already been made with CPL to update the Street Lighting System In town. Uniform Code To Go Into Effect Here Franklin County Register of Deeds, Ales T. Wood, who has been attending a Regional Workshop In recent weeks, has released the following Inform ation, In connection with changes In filing procedures which will affect Franklin County: ^ During the last two weeks the North Carolina Registers of Deeds have been engaged In a Pern ell Pernell Is Page John Parnell, Jr., ? Loula bur( High School student, is serving u ? page in the House at Representatives this week. This selection was mads by the Bon. David Brltt, Spaakar at the House. Mr. AJ Fob, Loulsburg School Principal, told, "We are extremely pleased to have Johnny represent Louisburg School and have this wonder ful educational opportunity." Statewide series of Regional Workshops on the Uniform Commercial Code. These regional meetings held In Greenville, Golds boro, Gra ham, Statesvllle and Ashe vllle, were sponsored Jointly by the Secretary of State, N. C. Registers of Deeds As sociation and the Institute of Government. The Uniform Commercial Code simplifies and consoli dates the law of secured trans actions as It relates to per sonal property. The Secre tary of State and the Registers of Deeds have been designated as filing officers under the Code. After midnight June 30, 1967, the effective date ot the Code, the filing of Fi nancing Statements will re place the previous practice of recording chattel mort gages, conditional sales con tracts and similar lnstru See CODE page 6 Measle Outbreak A1 Fox, principal of Louls burg Hlfh School reported this morning that an outbreak of red measles has reached dis turbing proportions In the lo cal school. He reported eight cases In one third grade room, four In a first grade class and new cases In the second grade. Mr. Fas advised all parents at children exposed to this highly contagious disease to contact their family physician for advioe on preventive mea sures. No reports of the disease have been received from other schools In the area. ?Mb ???!%% i m U. S.40I Improvements Start, N.C. 39 In 1968 The long-awaited resurfac ing of U. S. 401 south of Loulsburg to the Intersection of N. C. 98 got underway to day. Repairs to this stretch of highway have been In pro gress for the past few weeks. The nature of the repairs was to re-enforce damaged portions of the highway prior to a complete resurfacing pro ject. James Alford, local High way Department represents tlve said It Is expected to take around ten days to com plete the resurfacing. He ex plained, also that shoulders would be repaired. The project was budgeted at $101,000 In the estimates Board Members Sworn Clint Fuller, center and William Taylor Boone, right are shown being sworn to six-year terms on the County Board of Education here Monday by Clerk of Court Ralph Knott, left. This is Boone's first term on the Board. Fuller has been a member since 1061. -Photo by Warren Smith. Board Of Education Reorganizes: Baker Named Chairman, Smith, Holmes Re-Elected Horace W. Baker, veteran member of the FranUln Coun ty Board of Education was named Chairman In Monday'* reorgani zations m e ? t lng. Baker succeeds Mr*. T. H. Dickens, whose term ex- g pi red this mnnth Willi BAKER and Clint Fuller were sworn to six-year terms by Clerk of Court Ralph Knott. This Is Boone's first term and Ful ler's second on the Board. Superintendent Warren W. Smith and Assistant Superin tendent, Mrs. Margaret Holmes were reelected for two-rear terms by the Board. Edward F. Yarbo rough was retained as attorney to the Board, a position he has held for the past several year*. Baker, oldest member In terms of service, became a member at the Board In 1959, succeeding the late F. L Car ter. He represents the Har ris-Dunn Districts. Boone represents the Cedar Rock Gold Mine Districts and Ful ler represents the Loulsburg Cypress Cre?k District. Other Board" members are Lloyd West, Hayesvllle-Sandy Creek District and Jones Win ston, Youngsvllle District. The Board approved the sale of a group of desks for $38 and a used pickup truck for 9105, both Items having been offered at public auction last weak. The Board heard a spokes man for a Raleigh Institutional food firm explain the advan tages of central buying for school cafeterias and author ized an Investigation of the possibilities of such a system for the fall opening. Advisory council members were named for most of the schools in the system, but no approval was given pend ing the addition of more mem bers later this week. County Buys Griffin Land The County Commissioners, meeting In regular session here Monday, voted to pur chase property on Bull Run Alley near the fire station from Griffin Motor Co. for $S,000. The expected future use of the land was not an nounced, although some re port* have had the Board look ing to this area for a place to build a new Jail. The pur chase Is subject to a title check by the county attorney, Charles Davis. In other actions, the Board renewed the contract of W. (Buddy) Debnam, Jr., De puty Tax Collector, for the remainder of this fiscal year. A request by James Alford, State Highway Supervlser, that 132,000 In unallocated secon dary road funds be set for widening, strengthening and draining State Rural Road No. 1110, known as the Cottrell Road, was approved. The Board was also pre sented a surveyor's map by Phil Inscoe for a tract of land belonging to the county along Tar River near the Shannon Village shopping center. The ?87 acre tract U being sought by the real estate developers tor improvements at the cen ter. No action, however, was taken on the matter Monday. of Franklin road projects earlier this year. The stretch of U. S. 1 north of Frankllnton Is nearlnf completion as workmen repair shoulders along the newly resurfaced roadway from Frankllnton to Henderson. Four miles of this project lies within Franklin County. Rebuilding and rerouting of NC 39 highway between Hen derson and Loulsburg will probably be let In 1988, and not before that time, J. B. Brame of Durham, State High way commissioner for this district, told the Henderson Dally Dispatch last week. The commissioner said that "we have so much work to schedule across the State and In this area that it Is extreme ly difficult to pinpoint sched ules too closely." He added that he did not "recall ever suggesting a time table for our bond projects, though we have set up ? by commission .approval ? several such pro jects as 39, and they are all In the hopper. We did last fall set In motion the likeli hood of Improving 39 all the my from Henderson to Louls burg and this has since firmed up. We consider this total length one project though It lies In two counties, and we hope to bring It to contract at the same time." Bram* said the resurfacing work on U. S. 1 highway be tween Henderson and Frank llnton was "essentially com pleted" last Wednesday, and that shoulders will be built as soon as possible to actually complete the project, the com missioner added. Education Board, Commissioners Near Agreement The Board of County Com missioners and the County Board of Education met Joint ly Uonday afternoon In an at tempt to resolve the matter of transfer of school funds from one local bank to another. The issue has been hanging be tween the two Boards since last December when the Com missioners unofficially or dered school funds to be moved from Flrst-Cltlzens Bank and Trust Co. to Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co. here. In January, after becoming aware of the error, the Com missioners officially moved to transfer the funds. The Board of Education, not In formed of the move before hand, sent attorney E. F. Yar borough before the Commis sioners to determine what ac tion, if any, the School Board would be required to take. Word was sent by the Board of Commissioners that such transfer would require no ac tion on the part of the School Board. This later was found to be In error. For the fund* to be transferred, the check would have to be signed by the Chairman of the Board and by Supt. WarrenSmlth. Neith er were authorized to execute the transfer. The Board of Education re quested the County Commis sioners Monday afternoon to place the money In whatever bank would pay the most In terest on unused deposits for 30 days or more. The Com missioners afreed to check with the banks to determine where the most Interest could be obtained and the Board of Education agreed to transfer the money, If It was found that Waccamaw would pay the same as Flrst-Cltlsens, since the Commissioners had already ordered that this Is done. Attorney E. F. Yarbo rough spoke for the Board of Educa tion at the Monday afternoon session. The Commissioners agreed to Inform the School Board of their findings later this week. NCNG Honors Officers Major V. A. Chlotakls, who tor the past two years has been Army Advisor with the 5th Bn 113th Artillery, Headquarters In Loulsburg; and Lt. William B. Nagle were honored at a dinner held on Friday night, March thirty first, at the Oreen Hill Country Club In Loulsburg. Hosts were offi cers of the Battalion and their wives. In charge of planning the affair was Lt. Gordon Ponder who 1s Battalion S 1. Major Chlotakls was honored on the occasion of his retire ment from the Regular army after 22 year* of service. On orders from Governor Den K. Moore by The State Adjutant General Claude T. Bowers, Major Cblotakls was present ed the North Carolina Distin guished Service Medal. The citation was read by Lt. Gor don Ponder. The Major was presented a gilt from the bat* tallon and from Headquarters Battery. Lt. Nagle, the National See NCNO page < Oops! Pictured abort Is the overturned tractor-trailer which blocked traffic on busy N. C. Ml last Friday rvenlng around 5:30 p. m. Trapped inside the cab at the vehicle was the driver, Btaley W. Franks, 44, Rt. 3 Raleigh. He was freed by the Centervllle Rescue Service and takes l? Franklin Memorial Hospital where he was treated and released. An attempt to move the hefO trailer, loaded with wood chips, resulted In the vehicle overturn lnc on an even deeper ravlae oa the opposite side of the highway Saturday. State Trooper Dwlgfct Hlntoo reported Ike wM as a total loss and placed the damage figure at 17,000. stmM ptxx by CIM F?Uv>
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