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Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ^ ^ Serving All Of Franklin County
Industry
Education
Agriculture
T*l. ?Y 6-3283 T?n Cants Louisburg, N. C.. Thursday, April 20, 1967 (12 P?a?? Today) 08th Yur-Numbtr 18
Franklin's Second Road Project Nears Completion
Before
Staff Photo by Clint Fullor
Speed Endorses School Age Bill
Bill Would Change Method
Of Electing Commissioners
A bill has bm Introduced
In the General Assembly by
by Rep. James D. Speed which
will chance the method of
electing members of the Board
of County Commissioners In
Franklin County. The mea
sure, House Bill No. BBS, will
"Amend Chapter 61, Public
Local Laws of 1931 relating to
the nomination and election of
county commissioners In
Franklin County."
The bill calls for one can
didate from each of five dis
tricts in the county to be
nominated by the county as a
whole in the primaries. Where
there are "more than one
candidate from any of parties
from any one district, candi
date receiving <a majority of
?otes cast for candidates"
throughout the county in his
respective district shall be
the nominee."
The bill provides for a run
off election In races tor the
Board when one candidate falls
to gain a majority over all
others running tor the same
Mat. The law has previously
provided that the candidate
receiving the hlghect number
of votes was the winner.
Several close election* have
been experienced over the
years In the county and this
bill will provide (or a run
off when the top man does not
have a majority.
Rep. Speed also Introduced
a bill pertaining to fox hunting
which concerns Warren
County primarily. (Editor's
Note: Rep. Speed comments
on this In his Legislative News
column elsewhere In today's
Issue).
The Franklin Representative
also gave his endorsement to
a bill Introduced by Senator
Notice
There will be a stated com
munication of Loulsburg
Lodge 413 Tuesday evening
April 25 at 7:30 in the Ma
sonic Temple on Jolly Street.
All Master Masons are frat
ernally Invited.
C.D. Radiological
Courses Being Given
Stat* Trooper W. S. Ethe
ridge, Radiological Training
Officer tor the Stat*, to con
ducting a Civil Defense class
In radiological monitoring
h*r* as part o f th* local ClrU
Defense program under th*
direction of George Champion,
County CO Director.
Th* MMlona art being h*ld
to th* Flrst-Clttoens Bank
and Trust Company com
munity room oc Blckett Bird,
each Tuesday night from 7
?p.m. until t p.m. However,
th* meeting tor next Tuesday
has been changed to nm from
7:30 p.m. until SiSO p.m.
Teams ar* supplied with Ci
vil Defense monitoring equip
ment and participate to ex
ercises to detect the amount
of radiation present under dif
ferent circumstances. Tues
day's session saw around
twenty attending, check tor
radiation to the outside the
bulidlag. E the ridge, then ea
plalned fully, the significance
at wfcai|i(l|mi i>?w?rti
In the classroom.
Sim FUchal, Adult Educa
tion Coordinator for CIyII Da
fWM, of lui?Kh and former
ly a raaldant of Frankllntoo,
waa also praaant Tuaaday to
wltnaaa tba projaet.
Fapraaantatlvaa from tha
Loulaburc Pollca Dapartmant,
tba SbarlfPa Dapartmant, tba
Loulaburc Flra Dapartmant,
Franklin Ifamorlal Hospital
and Loulaburc, Edward Baat,
and Oold Sand Schools war*
praaant.
Champion said lattara bad
gona out to otbars but thus
far soma bad not raspoodad.
Tba classss an to last tor
t waaks or a total at M boura
of Instruction. Tba first two
hour saaalon did not count
toward tba total Instruction
tlma. Followlnc tba com
platlon of tba Instruction,
tbosa qualifying will ba pra
aaotad Civil Dafansa aqulp
mant to usa In casa of am
?r|4Dcy> ^
Tba classss bagaa on March
M and ara axpactad to bo
oomplatad on May B.
Frank Penn of Rockingham
which would require all North
Carolina youngsters to attend
school until the age of 18.
Speed aald he believed this
would decrease the crime rate
among the young people and
that he heartily endorsed the
bill.
Sen. Penn said he Introduced
It at the suggestion of Su
perior Court Judge Allen H.
Gwyn of Reldsvllle.
"It's a very deep cutting
bill/' Penn told the Senate as
he sent up the measure. "The
bill Is aimed directly at the
drop-out situation In our
schools."
School attendance Is now
See BILL page 8
Resurfacing Of
US 401 From
Louisburg To NC 98
Pictured at left is U. S. 401 as it appeared in the
July 7, 1966, issue of this newspaper. At right, is
same spot as it appeared Wednesday. The State High
way Commission is completing a resurfacing project
along the stretch from the intersection of NC 98 south
to the Lduisburg city limits. The project, slated to
cost $101,000, needs only the shoulders repaired to
finish this, the second such project in the past month in
Franklin County. Secondary road work is being done on
the Youngsville to Louisburg highway and to the in
town street from Main to Pickett Blvd., known as the
Bunn Road. After many years, Franklin is getting some
roads improved with US 401-NC 39 north of Louisburg
slated for a 1968 project of straightening and resur
facing.
Comstrud Plans
Explained To Locals
A group of county business
leaders were guests of Com
posite Structures Corp. here
this week and were told of the
Lions Plan
Horse Show
The Loulsburg Lions Club
met at the Murphy House last
Tuesday evening to discuss
further the plans for the Horse
Show here on June 3.
Lion M. G. Wilder, Chair
man of the Horse Show pro
ject, informed the member*
of their role to play In help
ing to make this project a suc
cess. However, to make the
project a smashing success,
the citizens of Franklin Coun
ty must help too. They can
buy tickets, ads, sponsor
ships, or contribute prizes.
There were two other items
of business, Charles Cooke,
local florist, was Inducted into
the club by the very reliable
Lion Aubrey Tomllnson. Also,
the slate of club officers for
next year were announced and
approved: Paul Mullen, Pres
ident; James Edwards, First
Vice-President; H. D. Jef
freys, Second Vice President;
Warren Smith, Third Vice
President; L D. Moon, Sec
retary; M. G. Wilder, Trea
surer; James Grady, Lion
Tamer; Alex Wood, Tall twis
ter; A1 Fox and Lloyd West,
one-year directors; and Paul
Stewart and Mike Palmer,
two-year directors.
plans of the new Industry sche
duled to produce reinforced
plastic houses.
The croup, feted at a dinner
meeting, heard Industrial De
velopment DlrectorW. J. Ben
ton praise the company and
particularly the President,
W. Burdette Wilklns, a noted
mechanical engineer. Benton
Introduced Wilklns to the
group.
Mr. Wilklns explained the
present operation, telling of
the potential of the products
to be manufactured here. The
four-room house which the
company plans to manufacture
as Its first product, was ex
plained and portions of the
finished panels were shown
to the men In attendance.
Loulsburg attorney W. L.
Lumpkin, an officer In the
corporation, also spoke and
told of the Investment already
made here and revealed that
some shares of common stock
were available In limited qua
tltles. He told the group that
he believed the company has
great potential and was also
high In his praise of Mr.
Wilklns and Mr. Fred C.
Schlerbaum, of Baltimore,
Md., vice president of the
organization.
Mr. Schlerbaum, who Is In
charge of marketing, showed
graphs of the growth of the
plastics Industry and pointed
out the areas In which Com
?tract would enter In the fu
ture. He spoke of transpor
See PLANS page 8
At Civil Defense Class ??" Ph*'? * C"B, Fu,u,
Principal* In tba Clrll Dafanaa Radiological Monitoring elaaaaa bains bald hara
abora at Tuaaday'a aaaalon. Laft to rlfbt ara, Sam Flahat, Adult Education
for Clrll Dafanaa; Qaorga Champion, County Clrll Dafanaa Director and W. 8. (Bill; Etna
rtdOt Stata Troopar and Radiological Training Offlcar for tba Stata. Etharldga la taachlnf
tba local elan orfar a Kvaak parlod on monitoring radiation.
After Staff Photo by Clint Fgllor
As Deadline Passes
Forty-Seven Candidates File
In Four Municipal Elections
Forty- seven hopeful* left the
post Tuesday as the filing
deadline came In four of the
county's five municipalities.
The race la on for twenty-six
positions on the various coun
cils, boards and for Mayor of
the four towns of Frankllnton,
Centervllle, Youngsvllle and
Loulsburg.
Loulsburg Mayor V. A.
(Tommy) Peoples remained
unopposed after the deadline
and is automatically reelected
to another two-year term. The
same Is true of Youngsvllle
Mayor Marvin Roberts and the
five Youngsvllle town council
men. A race has developed
for Mayor of Frankllnton
where three are In the race
and at Centervllle where two
are vying for the position.
The most interesting race
promises to be the run for
three Board ot Education seatf
at Frankllnton. Three Negroes
have filed among the ten can
didates for the three positions.
TEN IN RACE FOR SIX
LOUEBURG SEATS
Ten candidates are entered
In the race for the six seat*
on the Loulsburg town council.
Five Incumbents are seeking
reelection. They are: Jonah
Taylor, Mrs. Breattle C.
O'Neal, E. F. Thomas, H. D.
(Tommy) Jeffreys, and S. C.
(Buster Foster. W. J. (Pete)
Shearln, former council mem
ber, A1 Goodwin, Rufus Place,
George T. (Jolly) Bunn and
Grover C. Harris, Jr. Are the
five newcomers In the race.
Mayor V. A. Peoples Is un
opposed and stands reelected.
EIGHT RUN FOR FIVE
FRANKLINTON SEATS
Eight candidates, Including
the five Incumbents, have filed
for the Frankllnton town coun
cil. One candidate, Larry Rob
bins, filed but withdrew to run
for a seat on the Frankllnton
City Board of Education. The
five Incumbents are: James
Joyner, C. A. Payne, Charlie
Hlght, Jr., Henry Holmes and
Willie Shearln. Newcomers
are former council member
John F. Green, John Henry
House and Douglas Carter.
THREE CANDIDATES FOR
MAYOR, TEN FOR SCHOOL
BOARD
Incumbent Frankllnton
Mayor Joe Pearce Is facing
two formidable opponents in
See ELECTIONS page 8
Local Pay Raise
Bill Delayed
A bill to Increase salaries
of certain county office hold
era and eidplojreee, schedul
ed for Introduction In the Gen
Alford Leaving Edward
Best For Wakelon Post
Johnny Alford, former Bunn
coach and teacher, who. has
been principal of Edward Beat
High School alnce 1063, baa
tendered his resignation ef
fective with the close of this
school year to accept a simi
lar post at Wakelon High
School In Zebulon.
Alford waa basketball and
baseball coach at Bunn High
School for nine years prior
to his taking over the Edward
Best position when Warren
W. Smith was elevated to the
Superintendent' a Job. Alford
attended Campbell College and
graduated from Wake Forest
In 1951. He received his MA
degree from East Carolina in
Administration In 19M.
A native of Pilot, Alford
plans to continue to live there
while he commutes to Eebu
Ion.
The popular school man ex
pressed his regrets at leav
ing Edward Best and issued
expressions of appreciation
to his local advisory com
mittee, his teachers, the su
perintendent and his staff and
to the Board of Education
for the cooperation he has
received line* moving to Ed
ward Best.
The Zebulon Record r avail
ed that Alford vai hired by
the Wake County Board on
April 10 and quotad him as
commenting on his new posi
tion, "I am looking forward
to tha principal ship of the
Wakelon School - I feel that
It will be a real challenget"
Alford continued, "I feel that
Wakelon has a good academic
and athletic program and I will
do ay best to continue to
Improve It. I plan to work
closely with the local Ad
visory Committee as to what
Is the best Interests of U>e
school. I hops to have the
cooperation and support of the
parents, teachers, local cltl
sens and students as I realise
that this Is an Important part
of the I administration of any
school. As far as athletics
are concerned, it would seem
that the school's large enough
to support two coaches - I
will work on this with the
Advisory Committee."
eral Assembly this week has
been delayed, according to
Rep. James D. Speed. The
Franklin Representative said
Wednesday that the measure
as disclosed in The Franklin
Times Tuesday was not the
final draft.
Rep. Speed also stated that
the release In The Times did
not cause the delay In his
Introducing the measure. In
fact, Speed said, he had ori
ginally planned to introduce
the bill Monday night. This
was prior to the Times re
lease.
Copies of the tentative sa
lary Increases were sent by
Rep. Speed to county person
nel Involved. It was reported
that copies of these were made
and some distributed In the
im,
Rep. Speed explained to The
Franklin Times that .he had
put a greet deal of effort into
the bill In attempting to arrive
at Just and fair increasee In
cooperation with the Board of
County Commissioners and
the officers involved.
His present work schedule,
he stated, prevented his mak
ing any estimate of Jost when
he might get the bill dram
la Its final form and introduc
ed. He did say that Kay 1
Is the rtsertllne tor Introducing
local hills.
The Tlmee pnbllshsil a front