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Weather Decreasing cloudiness and cool today. Fair* and not so cool Friday. Low today, 47; high, 58. The FralikMn Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving All Of Franklin County Industry Education Agriculture T?l. 0Y 6-3283 T?n Cents Louisburg, N. C., Thurday, April 27, 1967 (10 Pages Today) 98th Y?tr-Numb?r 20 Time /? Your Time ? - Daylight Saving Time Starts 2 A. M. Sunday Those more ancient among us will remember when Rudy Vallee sang his theme song, "My time Is your time. Your time Is my time." This has been a few years ago. Just as the polyphonic conglamara tlon of today's musicians has replaced the elegiac tunes of Vallee* s day, so, too does another change come upon us. This change comes In the wee hours of Sunday morning. At precisely 2 a. m. It Is called Daylight Saving Time. And that's what It does. It saves daylight time. Just what effect this newest change will have on locals here depends on the response. If everyone simply runs their clocks up one hour before going to bed Saturday night, Daylight Saving Time will be as simple as that. If every one doesn't, we can expect something on the order of mass confusion. Indications are that most lo cal people will move the clock ahead and quietly go about their business. However, some have expressed utter distaste for this change. As one rural dweller remarked, "How are the chickens and cows going to know time has changed 7" Not being either chicken or cow, we declined to answer. For years, the Farm Bureau has vigorously opposed Day light Saving Time here In North Carolina. The reason was (airly simple. Such a move does cause some Incon venience to farm people, who In the summer months operate more by the sun than by the clock. However, this year, In view of the fact that Con gress decreed Daylight Time unless prohibited by state leg islatures, the Bureau did not oppose the move. Although bitterly opposed by outdoor movie operators, Daylight Time to come Into effect, required no action whatsoever on the part of the state legislature. Burdened with more pressing issues, the General Assembly did not act, and for the first time since World War n days, Daylight Saving Time will prevail throughout North Carolina. The North Carolina Mer chant's Association supported the move by Congress, Indica ting that most merchants will be aided by the change. Mrs. Juanlta Pleasants, Executive Secretary of the Loulsburg ? Business Association stated Wednesday that she had heard no complaints locally and that she believed that the mer chants would all change' to the new time. Carlton Trotter, manager o t the Car-View Drive In Thea ter here could not be reached for comment, but other out door movie houses are be See TIME Page 3 Mayor Proclaims May As "Extror Effort" Month Mayor V. A. Peoples today proclaimed May as "Extra Effort" month In Loulsburg In cooperation with a state wide campaign against litter. The Mayor's Proclamation follows: WHEREAS, litter of all forms carelessly strewn upon the streets and open areas of Loulsburg Is an eyesore that blights and corrodes the community, and WHEREAS, litter lowers property values and alienates the development of new busi ness and the Inducement of new residents, and WHEREAS, litter clean-up costs taxpaylng citizens un told numbers of dollars an nually, and WHEREAS, the accumulation of litter Is especially heavy during the Summer and Holi day weekends, NOW THEREFORE, I, V.A. Peoples, Mayor of Loulsburg do hereby proclaim the Month of May, 1967, as EXTRA EFFORT DAYS for the prevention of unsight ly litter, and call upon all citizens to exert an extra effort to keep Loulsburg free from litter during this period, and throughout the years to come. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the seal of Loulsburg this 87th day of April, 1967. Times To Be Election Results Headquarters Am In all elections, The Franklin Times will act as ?lection returns headquar ters next Tuesday night. With the polls closing around the county at 7:30 p. m. D.S.T. Instead of the usual 6:30 p. m. EST, the Times office will be open from 7:30 .p.. m. DST until all returns are In and posted. All registrars In the towns of Loulsburg, Frankllnton, Centervllle and Youngsvllle are requested to call the Times office (466-3283) as soon as results are tabu lated. Frankllnton High School student! chosen for Boy tf Stat* shown above with Coach Hlrlam Guedalla, left and Sidney Johnson, local businessman, right. Boys selected are left to right, Mike Ooswlck, Gordon Wilder. Ekidley Whltaker and David Secor. Four Franklinton Youths Named To Boys State Pour Frankllnton High ?- School atudenta hare been ae lected to attend the annual Boy a' Stata at Wake Fore at Collafa la Wlnaton-Salam tha week of June 18, accordli* to an announcement made thla week by Sidney Johneon of Frankllnton. Chosen war* Mike Goswlck, Gordon Wilder, Dudley Whlt aker and Dayld Secor. The boys were selected for "lead ership, character, scholar* ship and serrlce". Sponsors of the selection were the American Legion, Chamber of Commerce and the Lion* Club. The youtha were cboeen by a committee from the three ?ponaorlng organization* and Darwin H. Sowera, Principal of Fraakllnton High School. On Pay Raise Bill Article Speed Blasts Newspaper, Editor v ?- ? ' . - (NOTE: THE FULL TEXT OF MR. SPEED'S LETTER APPEARS ON PAGE 2 TODAY) Sixteenth District Represen tative James D. Speed today let out a blast at The Frank lin Times and Times Editor Clint Fuller for a front-page article disclosing a proposed pay Increase bill, which Speed was to have Introduced In the legislature. The Franklin Representative said, In a letter ot the editor, "The mention, In your front page news article, on April 18, 1967, of discrimination In the proposed salary for the Franklin County Register of Deeds, really tops It all. You even tried further to get the point across In an editorial, in the same Issue of your pa per, which was also based on lack of facts". Speed also wrote, "Your cry of discrimination because, un der the proposed bill, the Sheriff of Franklin County would get $200.00 per year more than the Register of Deeds would have been un justified If It were true". Fuller said, "The Times welcomes Mr. Speed's com ments. We held a conference with Mr. Speed last Wednes day, one day following the front page article In question and asked for any comments he might have on the pay raise bill. He told us that because a number of people had been Appliance Store Holds Opening The Franklin Tire and Ap pliance Co. on South Main Street here la celebrating Its grand opening this week. The firm opened In newly remod eled quarters several weeks ago. Hoke Steelman, manager of the compnay here, has an nounced a number of out standing prices to be given away during the celebration plus many useful gifts. The firm Is associated with McCracken Oil Co. which op erates a fuel and gasoline business here. The operation was formerly contained in the building now occupied by the new tire and appliance busi ness.' Steelman reports that the company will feature such brands as Goodyear Tires, Fedder Air Conditioners, Norge appliance and Motorola television and radios. The firm also handles Its own fi nancing as an added feature and operates a service de partment. Lawmaker In Vance ;.i Accident sixteenth District Represen tative James D. Speed of Franklin escaped injury in a two-car crash on highway N.C. 39 south of Henderson last Wednesday afternoon, accord ing to a report by State Troop er O. P. Lowman, Jr. The 1965 automobile the lawmaker was driving suffered damages estimated at $500 by Trooper Lowman. A 1967 station wagon report edly driven by William Llnd sey Blanchard of Mebane was damaged to the extent of$1500 according to the report. The accident occurred at the Intersection of Vance Mill Road and NC 39, where a Loulsburg grocery cashier, Mrs. Marie Nelms Kemp, was killed last January 27 In a two car accident. The officer said his Investi gation indicated Speed was traveling north on NC 39 be hind a large truck and was at tempting to turn left at the in tersection, while the Blan chard auto was headed south on NC 39. Neither of the two men were Injured, according to the re port. to see him on behalf of county employees that he had decided not to Introduce the bill on Monday night. He also said that the newspaper article had nothing to do with the decision He did not mention any dls satisfaction with the wording of the article nor did he ques tion any of the facts contained in the article." "This", Fuller continued, "leaves us to wonder what has taken place since the very "End Measles" Clinics To Be Held Sunday Reminders were Issued this week by the county Medical So ciety and the Woman's Club that Sunday Is the time for the "End Measles" Campaign. Immunization will be adminis tered to all children In the county between the ages of 1 to ten years, In schools In various sections of the county. The painless "shot", given by a bat gun, will be given at clinics in the Gold Sand, Loulsburg, Franklinton,.-YOungsvllle and Bunn schools between the hours of noon to 4 p. m. Dr. J. B. Wheless, county Health Director said earlier, "If every child from the age one year to ten years who has not had measles or the measles vaccine will come to these clinics we can eradicate measles by 1970". He also pointed out that today measles kill six times as many as polio. Louisburg Woman Heads County NCEA Mrs. J. A. Pearce of Louis burg, a teacher at Youngs vllle High School was Install ed as President of the Frank lin County unit of North Carolina Education Associa tion In ceremonies held here Tuesday night. Mrs. Pearce succeeds Johnny AUord, Prin cipal of Edward Best High School. The Installation of new of ficers climaxed the annual or ganization banquet In the Loulsburg High School cafe teria, attended by well over one hundred county system professionals and their guests. David Daniel, Director of College Relations at Louls burg College was the princi pal speaker. He spoke on the future and cited statistics mingled with appropriate an tedotes, in expressing opti mism for the years ahead. Daniel told of the population explosion and its threat to world order; of the amazing developments in the field of medicine and in a number of Franklinton Candidates Meet Off A planned meeting of the candidates In the various ra ces In Franklinton has been canceled, according to an an nouncement today. The meet ing, sponsored by the local PTA and the Chamber of Com merce was set for the Frank linton Theater. A reliable source reported that several of the candidates met Tuesday night and decided not to participate in the meet ing. All had earlier agreed to attend, according to the re port. The proposed meeting at Franklinton was the only can didates meeting announced for any of the municipal elections, thus far. May 2 is Election Day throughout the county ex cept at Bunn where elections will be held on May 23. Booklets To Be Available Mrs. Jane House of the League of Women Voters told The Franklin Times this morning that her organiza tion is preparing a booklet containing Information on candidates for office In Loulsburg with some infor mation on all candidates in the various races In the county. The booklet will be avail ?ble late this afternoon at The Times office, free of charge, and also In other locations In town. other areas of human life. He was Introduced by Mrs. Norman Chadwlck, a neigh bor and third grade teacher at Loulsburg. Remarks were made by Rep. James D. Speed of Franklin and Rep. John Church of Vance, both gueats of the NCEA. Senator Wills Han cock and Rep. Allen Barbee of Nash were unable to make the meeting, although invited. Also attending as guests were members of the Franklin County Board of Education and wives and husbands of NCEA members. In addition to Mrs. Pearce, other new officers for the coming year Included: Albert D. Fox of Loulsburg, vice president; J. T, Ayscue of Loulsburg, a teacher at Youngsvllie, secretary; and Mrs. Jeanette Arnold of Loulsburg, treasurer. Enter tainment was supplied by Mrs. Joyce McDonald of Loulsburg and Winston Kerley of Bunn gave the invocation. Notice There will be a regular meeting of William B. Bar row Chapter No. 39, OES, on Tuesday, May 2nd, at 8 p. m. D. S. T., In the Ma sonic Temple on Jolly Street. All members are urged to attend. friendly conversation last Wednesday. The (acts con tained In the article were taken directly from the copy of the proposed bill and If the article was based on a "lack of facts" as Mr. Speed states In his let ter, the omission was in the bill and not In the article." Fuller said he still holds to his original position, stated last week, that the pay raises are matters of public business and that his disclosure of the bill was In the public Interest. "I am sure there was no at tempt at secrecy on the part of Mr. Speed in this matter", Fuller stated. "I recognize the difficulty in formulating such a legislative measure and In getting agreement from the County Commissioners and the various office heads. There was no attempt on the part of this newspaper to make Mr. Speed's Job more diffi cult. However, the bill did propose to spend the taxpay er's money and to this de gree we feel It Is the people's business." Mr. Speed stated. that Mr. Alex Wood, Register of Deed* had written him thanking him for the proposed raise and he felt Mr. Wood was satisfied with the amount of Increase allotted to him. Mr. Wood has made no public statement about the proposed bill. The FrankllnTlme* has sup ported the pay Increases for every department and called the bill "a good thine" and stated editorially, "all the citizens will eventually bene fit from it". Also editorially The Time* stated, "Workers In this of fice (Register of Deeds) should be paid on a scale In line with those In other offices and so too, should the Register of Deeds himself". Mr. Speed added In his let ter, "We have attempted to do the best possible for each of them In the light of the amount of tax dollars avail able. Of course, we owe a duty to all of the people of Franklin County to see that their tax dollars are spent wisely".. He also asked that The Times give the letter "the same recognition as you did the original, .story on the front page of your newspaper". He stated he was asking this "In order to correct the Impress ion of your article and edi torial concerning the salary schedule". Dr. Duberg To Speak At College Dr. John E. Duberg, Assis tant Director of the Langley Research Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, will be guest speaker of Loulsburg College Tuesday, May 2, as a part of the College's 180th Anniversary Celebration se ries. Speaking at 8.-00 p.m. In the College Auditorium, his lecture topic will be "The Role of Scientific Research In the Space Age." A recognized authority In the field of structural analysis, Dr. Duberg Is the author or co-author of a number of NASA and other publications and has served as a reviewer of pub lications for various organi zations and publishers. Dr. Duberg attended public schools In New York City and graduated with highest hopors In May, 19$8, from Manhattan College with the degree of Bachelor of Science In civil engineering. He received a fellowship to Virginia Poly technic -Institute in 1939 and earned his Master of Science degree with honors In 1940. Ha held a research assistant ship at the University of nil DUBERG nols from 1940-43 as a gra duate student. Joining the Langley research staff In 1943, Dr. Duberg was assigned to the Structures Re search Division. In 1946, he returned to the University of Illinois to complete require ments of Ph. D. , receiving his See COLLEGE Page 4 Campaigns In Final Stages Candidates for the various town posts In four county mu nicipalities are speeding up the tempo of their campaigns today as the Tuesday voting nears. In compliance with a ruling by the Attorney General's of fice and State Board of Elec tions officials, polls will open at 7:30 A.M. DST and close at at 7:30 P.M. D6T, which wUl comply with an oversight In the law which directs that polls operate on Eastern Standard Time. A rundown of candidates in the four towns seeking posts on the town councils, tor Mayor and In Frankllnton, three seats on the City Board of Education. Here Is a listing of all can didates: LOU1SBURG: Mayor V. A. Peoples, unopposed. For Town Council (vote for six): Jonah Taylor, E. F. Thomas, Mrs. Breattle O'Neal, H. D. Jef freys, S. C. Foster, Alfred Goodwin, George T. Bunn, Rufus Place, Grove r C. Har ris, Jr., and W. J. Shear In. FRANKLINTON: For Mayor (vote tor one): Joe Pearce, Frank Collins, Calvin Brown. For Town Council (vote tor five): James Joyner, C. A. Payne, Charlie Hlght, Jr., Henry Holmes, Willie Shea rln, John Henry House, John Green, Douglas Carter. For City Board of Education (vote for three): J. W. Dlckerson, Jr., Byron Burgess, Clifton Conyers, Rubert Pearce, Jr., Hubert Senter, John P. Man grum, Sherwood Perry, Larry Robblns, Thomas O. Perry and Bruce Honeycutt. CENTERVILLE: For Mayor (vote for one): John Neal, Ed ward Radford. For Town Council (vote for three): Mrs. Agnes Leonard, John Plea sants, l. S. Ward, Wlllard Leonard, Stanley Lancaster, and Howard Lee Griffin. YOUNGSVILLE : Mayor Marvin Roberts, unopposed. Town CouncUmen W. T. Mom, J. T. Allen, D. H. Cyrus, Sr., M. O. Hoyle and E. J. Pearce, unopposed. Bunn will hold elections tor mayor and four town council men on Tuesday, May >3. Business Association Urges Off-Street Parking The Loulsburg Association, In a release to members last week, has asked that "all employees be urged to use 'off-street' parking space and save the 'on- street* space for your customers." The release states that the problem has "been brought to the attention of the Town Coun cil and the association." "Available parking space will encourage more shopping In your business and let your customers know you are aware of this problem, and an mak lng an effort to do something about tt." ? was also revealed that the Association Is asslstlsg the Franklin County Extension staff members who are launching a Backyard Garden Program. The purpoae, ac cording to the release, la t(i| "encourage boys and girls, ages 9 to 19, to produce vege tables to teed the family sad to help them develop pride and appreciation la snUltftt projects."
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