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Weather Fair to partly cloudy with little temperature change to day. Considerable cloudiness and moderate temperatures with a chance of rain Friday. Low today, 44; high, 69. The Fra&'Mh Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ^ Serving All Of Franklin County Industry Education Agriculture T?l. 0Y 6-3283 Ten Cent# Louisburg, N. C., Thurday. May 4, 1967 (12 Pages Today) 98th Year-Number 22 Neighbors Came To Help s,?" Ph0,? by Clin' FuM" "What Are Neighbors For ?" by Clint Fuller -i Times Managing Editor Britain's Queen Elizabeth said to parliament In 1586. . ."I have had good experience of this world. . .Good neighbours I have had. . E. M. (Buck) Sykes, Chairman of the Franklin County Commissioners put It differently Wednesday morning. "I didn't know I had so many friends" , he told us as together we watched a host of his neighbors clearing away the ruins of a disastrous fire which all but totally destroyed his modern brick home at Cedar Rock Tuesday morning. "What are neighbors for?", said one just as though his actions were commonplace. . . just as though there was nothing unusual about his being there. In his mind and in the minds of about twenty others there was, indeed, nothing unusual about their being perched on top of a fire scarred roof; knee-deep In burned debris. Their feelings were not for themselves but tor their neighbor. The Sykes home was severely damaged Tuesday morning around 8:30 from a fire, origi nating In the kitchen, but of undetermined cause. Neighbors gathered at the scene and risked Injury to themselves In their attempts to save Home of the belongings of their neighbor. They came back Wednesday. They brought tools, trucks and busy hands. And they began clearing up the mess. Several climbed on top of the precarious roof to start tearing down the damaged portions. Others hurried inside to attack the scorched walls, ceilings and to gather what could be salvaged. Still others were found in the basement, washing windows. Mrs. Sykes sat with her husband In the family car at the rear of the bouse. Both hands were heavily bandaged. She had attempted to fight the fire with a scatter rug. Both she and her husband were visibly affected by the generosity of their "friends". During the early morning, George Champion and Ralph Knott arrived representing a num ber of county employees In the courthouse, the agriculture building and the welfare depart ment. They brought 9136.00. "This is small", said Champion, Veteran's Officer, "But It will help and we wanted him to know how all of us felt". He knew. "People In Franklin County will certainly come to you when you need help", we said. "They sure will", Mr. Sykes replied and we thought we saw a little moisture fall from his eyes. Perhaps he had gotten something in them. A long-time friend from Loulsburg pulled up. Mr. Sykes took him Into the basement to show him some of the damage. A couple drove up from Justice. They talked to Mrs. Sykes and soon drove away. The driver, we recognized was a member of the Justice Fire depart ment, one of the units which prevented the blaze from spreading Tuesday. "We'd like to take a picture", we said repeatedly. The workers seemed not to hear. They were too busy with other things. None seemed willing to stop their work. Finally, we gather ed some of them together. Even then, several continued to go about their work. They didn't care about any publicity. . .none of them did. They were there because they felt they should be. What's so unusual about being a good neighbor? Isn't everybody? We went away wishing that people everywhere were like people in our county. Four Incumbents Returned To Council, School Board Pearce Edges Collins For Franklinton Mayor Incumbent Mayor Joe Pearce edged challenger Frank Col lins In a three-way race for the top town post at Franklln town In Tuesday's election. Pearce polled 227 votes to Collins* 212. Calvin W. Brown placed third with 118 votes. Board Draws Praise The Franklin County Board of County Commissioners drew a letter of praise from Alex K. Brock, Executive Sec retary of the State Elections Board, It was disclosed In the Monday meeting held here. The State official expressed his "gratitude for the cooper ation you have shown". His reference was to the efforts to maintain office and storage space for the county Board of Elections here. The Co mm is s loner s re ceived routine monthly re ports from the various county agencies, discussed the court house alterations and received the Welfare Department Mid get tor 1967-6# year. Mrs. Jewel Bartholomew's Loulsburg High School gov ernment class attended the session. Incumbent council members James Joyner, Henry Holmes and Charlie Hlght, Jr. were returned and two newcomers were elected to the town coun cil. Hlght led the vote getters with 433 followed by former councilman John F. Green with 386, Joyner with 367, Holmes with 356 and newcomer John H. House with 299. Two Incumbents failed to make the list. They were C. A. Payne with 241 and Willie Shearln with 271. Douglas Carter received 118 votes for the council. In the most talked about race In the county, incumbent Ru bert Pearce led a field of ten candidates in the race for one of three vacancies on the Frankllnton City Board of Ed ucation. Pearce polled 585 votes. Two other Incumbents John Moore and Dr. Richard Whitfield did not seek reelec tion. The two new members of the Board are Bruce Honey cutt who polled 460 Votes and Hubert a Senter with 368. Rev. John P. M nigrum led the vote getters among the three Negro candidates for the Board, receiving 229. Sherwood Perry polled 208 and Thomas O. Perry received 193. Clifton Conyers placed fourth In the race with 284. Larry Robblns received 235, J. W. Dlckerson, Jr., 1S6 and B. B. Burgess received 68 to complete the field. All counts are unofficial and It was reported that 556 vote* were cast In the Mavor's race as an Indication of the number turning out for Tuesday's election, at Frankllnton. Franklinton Lions Hear Pearce (Frk.RW.) The Frankllnton Lions Club met at the Com munity House on Monday even ing with Lion President Tom Poole presiding. Plans were made for a Broom Sale on Friday, May 12, with John Henry House as chairman. An Invitation, to the 25th Anniversary of the Youngsvllle Lions Club on May 9, was extended to the club. Lion Bill Johnson Introduced W. P. Pearce, Jr., attorney tor the Frankllnton Township Board of Education. Mr. Pearce related briefly the lo cal Board of Education ap pearance before the Examiner of the Health, Education and Welfare Department in Wash ington, D. C. As yet there la no solution to the local school problem. A question-answer period concluded the program for the evening. Neal Elected Centerville Mayor John Neal, first man to serve as Mayor of Centerville, won reelection In Tuesday's bal loting over challenger Edward Radford. Neal, appointed Ma yor when the town was char tered In 1965, polled 52 votes to Radford's 20. Incumbent council member Mrs. Agnes Leonard led the vote getter for the three town council seats, collecting 53 votes. Newcomer L. S. Ward polled 50 and Incumbent coun cilman John Pleasants re ceived 42. Howard Lee Griffin and Stan ley Lancaster each polled 27 votes and Wlllard Leonard received 17 to finish out the slate of six candidates tor the three seats. Of the 74 eligible voters in the Town of Centerville, 73 voted In Tuesday's elections, which probably sets some sort of record In Franklin County. Youngsville Incumbents Returned Mayor Marvin Roberts ?nd five town councllmen were unopposed In Tuesday's elec tion at Youngsville and all were returned for another term. Forty-three voters cast their ballots In the elections here according to unofficial returns. Roberts received 41 votes and there were two wrltelns for the Mayor's post. Council members W. T. Moss, J. T. Allen, D. H. Cy rus, Sr., M. D. Hoyle and E. J. Pearce all won reelec tion. Ballots cast for each were not reported. There was one wrlteln vote cast for the council. Peoples Is Mayor, Three Incumbents, Three Newcomers Elected Mrs. O'Neal Leads Louisburg Ticket In the lightest turnout In years, Loulsburg voters re turned three Incumbent town council members and named three newcomers Tuesday. Mayor V. A. Peoples, seek ing his second term, was un opposed for reelection. Council woman Mrs. Breat tle O'Neal led the vote getters with 423, seventy more than second place winner, Jonah C. Taylor Who polled 353. Both were Incumbents. W. J, (Pete) Shearln, former council member placed third with 336 over incumbent H. D. (Tom mle) Jeffreys who polled 322. Fourth place went to George T. (Jolly) Bunn, who missed out In his bid for a seat In 1965 and newcomer Grover C. Harris, Jr. won the sixth seat with 286 votes. Incumbent Ernest F. Thomas received 279 and missed an other term by seven votes as he placed seventh behind Harris. Another Incumbent S. C. (Buster) Foster polled 223 as eighth man followed by Rufus Place with 151 and Al fred M. Goodwin with 135. The new council was sworn in Wednesday morning in the town office by Magistrate W. J. Cooper and began their terms Immediately following. Unofficial returns showed 501 citizens' voting for a new low in participation here. In 1965, 592 persons voted and In 1963, 558 cast their ballots. The record for recent years In 1961 when 735 voted In the town elections followed by 1959 when 721 cast ballots. Mrs. O'Neal's margin over the second place man Is the largest since 1961 whenform ?r Mayor Louis A, Wheless led second vote getter J. P. Vandals Hit Area Loulsburg Police Chief Earl Tharrlngton reports that vandals struck in the Loulsburg area last night with Loulsburg College being the hardest hit. According to Chief Tharrlngton, rocks were thrown throiigh two glass doors at the new College library, the rear window of an automobile belonging to Mr. Tommy Patterson, Dean of Students, and a plate glass front at Loulsburg Dry Cleaners on Church Street here. Other reports say that glass was broken In automobiles be longing to Mr. Whit Shearln, Adviser to Men Students at the college, and Miss Sarah Richardson, associate professor of English, and an unidentified student's car. Chief Tharrlngton said he Is considering asking the State Bureau of Investigation to come Into the case. Viewing New Planters s,?" Pho,? by c1"" Full,r Members of the Louisburg Garden Club's Civic Committee are shown above here Wednesday as attractive brick and mortor planters were being placed In key spots In the downtown busi ness area. Shown , left to right, are: Mrs. Mary Lumpkin, chairman; Mrs. Juanlta Pleasants and Mr*. Breattle O'Neal. The Garden Club in cooperation with the Town of Loutsburg and with assistance from the Town and Country Garden Club is sponsoring the project which will result in thirty of the planters being installed at a cost of $250 each. "Our purpose is to beautify the town," said Mrs. Lumpkin, "and we hope others will become Interested enough to }oln us In this project." Mrs. John Mills, Club president and other members of the committee were not present when the picture was taken. Plants are expected to be placed In the planters within the next few weeks. * Lumpkin 516 to 414. In 1965, Taylor led the balloting with 511 and Mrs. O'Neal placed second with 506 and Thomas polled 505. Mrs. O'Neal was named Mayor pro-tem at Wednes day's meeting as the new coun cil convened. As the votes were canvassed, with Regis trar Lee Bell and pollholders James Berger and EarlleTU lotson attesting to the results, It was revealed that there were ten scattered write In votes for Mayor and twenty for the council. Loulsburg Wheless, Jr., re tiring councilman who did not seek reelection, attended the session as the old council met briefly. E. F. Thomas, a mem ber of the old council who works with the State Legisla ture in Raleigh, was absent as was outgoing council mem ber S. C. Foster. New Louisburg Town Officials * ch Members of the new Louisburg Town Council pose for a picture here Wednesday Immediately ^fter being sworn to new two-year terms. Shown left to right, seated: Mrs. Breattle C. O'Neal, Mayor V. A. Peoples, W. J. Shearln; standing left to right: George T. Bunn, Jonah Taylor, H. D. Jeffreys and Grover C. Harris, Jr. Speed Introduces Controversial Bill Sixteenth District Represen tative James O. Speed Intro duced that controversial pay raise bill In the House of Representatives W ed ne sday without making any change In the original Increases. The bill was changed In one re spect. Instead of leaving the hiring of an additional deputy sheriff to the discretion of the Board of County Commission ers as first proposed, the new version gives t^ls authority to the Sheriff. <" The new section reads, "The Sheriff of Franklin County Is hereby authorized In Sis dis cretion, to appoint one or more deputy sheriffs In addition to those listed above (referring to three present positions)". The bill also limits the total cost of the one or more depu ties' salaries at $4000 as was contained In the original ver sion. , Pay Increases remain the same In the bill Introduced Wednesday although Rep. Speed had said privately that he would adjust some salaries. The bill calls (or the Clerk of Court's salary to move from $6450 to (7000; Register of Deeds, from $5800 to $6200 and the Sheriff from $5800 to $6400. Also Included in the measure are Increases for the assistant Clerkfrom $3750 to $4150; first assistant Regis ter of Deeds from $3500 to $3650 and the chief deputy Sheriff from $4350 to $4800. The second position In the Clerk' s office goes from $3550 to $3600; Deeds office from $3120 to $3350 and the second and third deputies from $4000 and $3900 to $4400. Recorder's Court Judge re ceives an Increase from $3800 to $4000 and the Solicitor gets a Jump from $3400 to $3600. The coroner gets an Increase from $870 to $950. The only change In the new bill other than that pertaining See BILL Page 5 College Speaker Tells Of Space Program Dr. John E. Duberg, Assis tant Director of Langley Re search Center for the Na tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, spoke to a Loulsburg College audience Tuesday night, the sixth In a series of special events com memorating the 180th anni versary of the College. Dr. Duberg, associated with NASA since 1988, presented slides and a narrative report on the space program In general and the research program carried by Langley field, in particular. He stated: "We still expect to land a man on the moon and return him to the earth In the 1960a." When asked of the possibility of delay In the Apollo monad flight series as a result of the recent tra gedy, Dr. Duberf commented that "The Apollo series will not be delayed as much as one year. Corrective mea sures are being taken." The Langley research field Is located In Hampton, Vir ginia where It occupies one square mile of land and em ploys some 4,300 people. Or. Duberf indicated that re search continues on transport aircraft which will fly some 5,000 mtlea per hour. Also research Is being ooaducted en a lite support system In spaoe craft la which man can lire up to one year due to various See COLLEGE Page I
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