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Variable cloudiness and not quite so warm today and Fri day with a chance of afternoon* or evening thundershowers to day. Low today, 73; high, 88. T?l. ev 6-3283 1 ?? / The FraWkMn Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ' ^ Serving AIT Of Franklin County Your Award Winning County Newspaper Ten Cents Louisburg. N C.. Thursday. July 13. 1967 (10 Pages Today) Industry Education Agriculture 98th Year-Number 42 Airport Action . Urged Sixteenth District Repre sentative James D. Speed told The Franklin Times this week that a bill passed by the recent General Assembly designed to aid local communities In air port Improvements could be most beneficial to Franklin and Warren Counties. He em phasized the importance of prompt action by local offi cials since appropriations for the measure were cut consid erably by the Appropriations ? Committee. Franklin County's Airport Commission was told In Jan uary of 1966 that the county was eligible for federal as sistance. Twenty-seven North Carolina communities were named to share in an appro priation of $17,167,000. In a meeting by local and state officials here In Janu ary of 1966, It was pointed out that between $150,000 and $160,000 would be needed to make minimum Improvements to the local facility located along NC-56 west of Louls burg. The requirement for receiv ing federal funds for such projects was that local com munities match the federal grants. Assuming that the estimates of local needs Is correct. Franklin County would need to raise around $75,000 as Its share. Under the bill referred to by Rep. Speed, the State of North Carolina would match local funds. This would mean Franklin's share would be re duced to around $38,000. Limited state funds dictates that local communities apply promptly for this assistance. No announcements have been made of what plans the local Commission might have for pushing forward with the pro ject at this time. Requirements for an ap See AIRPORT Page 3 Lions Club Officials Lion officials are pictured above at the annual Installation of officers ceremonies held here Tuesday night. Pictured, left to right, are: District Governor C. Ray Pruette of Frankllnton; Paul Mullen, new President of the Loulsburg Club, and G. M. Beam, Jr., outgoing President. Pruette presided over the installation of a number of new officers at the College cafeteria. Paul Mullen Installed As Lions Prexy Paul Mullen, veteran mem ber of the Loulsburg Lions Club was Installed Tuesday night as the new club President by District Gover nor C. Ray Pruette of Frank Unton. Installation cere monies for Mullen and other officers were conducted In the Loulsburg College cafe teria. Among other officers taking office for the new year were: James Edwards, First Vice President; H. D. Jeffreys, Second Vice President; War ren Smith, Third Vice Presi dent; I. D. Moon, Secretary; M. G. Wilder, Treasurer; James Grady, Lion Tamer; Alex Wood, Tall Twister and Directors Albert Fox and Dr. B. L. Patterson, one year; Mike Palmer and Paul Stewart, two years. Mullen succeeds G. M. (Buddy) Beam, Jr. as head of the club, largest civic organization In the area. G. M. Beam, Sr. Is a past District Governor and remains active See LIONS Page 3 Franklinton Board Studies Further Desegregation According to reliable sources, the Frankllnton City Board of Education Is studying the possibility of assigning 46 Negro students to the predo minantly white Frankllnton High School for the coming school year. The 46 are stu dents for which free choice applications have not been filed. Frankllnton High School, ac cording to the sources, has five requests for assignment of Negro students to the Frankllnton High School. This Is less than the number of Negro students attending the school last year. The Frankllnton system has been under fire for the past ^ear by the U. S. Office of Education and was placed on the deferred list for recelv lng federal funds a few months ago by the Department of Health, Education and Wel fare. Under the "Revised State ment of Policies For School Desegregation Plans" or the "guidelines" as the publica tion Is generally called, no student may be assigned un til and unless a choice Is See FRANKLINTON Page 3 Three-Crop Vote Tuesday Tobacco Referendum Is Important Issue Franklin County farmers will join thousands more Tuesday and vote on whether I or not to continue the acreage } poundage tobacco program for the coming three years. Local farm and business leaders have urged growers to go to the polls and many have pointed out the necessity of a strong yes vote In favor of the continuation of the pro gram. Also in the balance Tuesday are programs for cotton and peanuts. However, locally the emphasis has been placed al most entirely on the voting in the tobacco referendum. Polling places for the July 18 referendum on acreage poundage marketing quotas for flue-cured tobacco have been designated as follows: Cedar Rock, H. M. Dickens' Store; Cypress Creek, A. C. Stalllngs' Store; Dunn, H. E. Stalllngs' Store, W. W. Win stead's Store; Frankllnton, L. A. Thompson's Store; Gold Mine, Centervllle Fire House; Harris, Hagwood's Grocery; Hayesvllle, Rocky Ford Gro eery; Loulsburg, ASCS Office; Sandy Creek, H. T. Edwards' Store; Youngsvllle, Youngs vllle Milling Co. The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. II two-thirds of the growers vot ing in this referendum vote "yes," the acreage-poundage quotas will continue In effect for the 1968, 1969, and 1970 crops of flue-cured tobacco. Penalties will apply to mar ketings In excess of 110% of the farm poundage quota. Mar ketings above the farm's quota In any year will be deducted from the farm's quota for the following year, the difference will be added to the farm's See TOBACCO- Page 3 "One In Every Crowd" Although many say "A chicken ain't nothing but a bird," the scene above shows that there Is a tiny bit of human In some of them. As others remained obediently Inside their cages, one hearty bird strutted around viewing the world from the outside. There Is always one In every crowd--who chooses to be different. Just how this one fared once the big rig began to roll again, we will perhaps never know. Hospital Emergency Facilities Improved New Emergency Room i - ' '? t k : ? When Franklin Memorial Hospital holds open house sometimes within the next few weeks, the public will see a vastly Improved emergency room. To the layman, many of the things he will see will mean nothing special, but to doctors, nurses and hospital technicians, the emergency facilities represent a dream come true. "We will be In position to handle any kind of emergency patient," says Hospital Ad ministrator M. M. Person, Jr. Talking to him and Mrs. Edith McKlnne, Director of Nurses, one quickly finds that the Im proved emergency facilities are very pleasing to those charged with the medical care of the people of this area. While emergency facilities have been good In the put, the addition of considerably more space and the fact that three cubicles are now readily avai lable where there was only one, these Improvements can only mean faster, more effi cient care for emergency pa tients. The new emergency room has plped-ln oxygen and blood pressure facilities In each cubicle. There are twelve ox ygen tanks, stored outside In a fence-enclosure. Six are for regular use and six are for emergency use. When the light flashes emergency, there will always be six oxygen tanks remaining. Improved lighting plus proximity to the X-ray rooms and the new cast room and space In the emergency area for overflow patients In case of a multiple-emergency, are all features designed to make Franklin Memorial among the top Institution of Its kind In emergency care. Add ? new emergency busi ness office, central commu nications, nearby doctor park ing, tile walls to replace the former plaster ones and Franklin County people can A SPECIAL REPORT Second of a Three-Part Series By Clint Fuller Times Managing Editor readily see that emergency facilities here are second to none. Also In the category of emergency facilities comes the vastly Improved electrical system and the stand-by gen erators. These machines are fully automatic, gasoline op erated and will start Imme diately when, for any reason, regular power sources fall. Mr. Person reports that on Wednesday morning, without warning power was Inter rupted to the hospital. "The generators kicked In within three seconds. It was Just a flicker of the . lights. Every essential element of the hos pital operation had ample power," he said. The generators will auto matically start every seven days and run for several minutes to assure their con tinued readiness in case of a power stoppage. Not a part of the additions, but a newly acquired piece of equipment, which the layman calls a "heart machine," Is also in readiness either In the emergency room or the operating room. Made up of three parts, the machine has a scanner or monitor which shows the heart beat; a syn chronizer, which regulates the heart beat and a defibrillator, which starts the heart. In more technical terms the en tire machine, costing around $2,200, is called a Cardiac Therapy Group and is a must In heart patient care. A new innovation which will be attempted, according to Mr. Person, is an out-patient department. This, he says, will depend on the need for such service. Located near the emergency room and X ray department, It affords am ple facilities lor a full-service out-patient service. In addition to the many Im provements In medical faci lities, visitors and patients will find vastly Improved services In administration. For the first time, admis sions may be made In private. Formerly they had to be made In the general front office. Now there are modern facilities for each department lnclud lng, Insurance, Bookkeeping, Medical Records, Cashier, Admissions plus Telephone and Information. The Director of Nurses and the Administrator have al ready moved into improved quarters. Also planned to start soon Is the card system for visi tors. Mr. Person and Mrs. McKlnne explained that this will consist Of visitors ob taining a card at the front desk. All visitors must use the front door only and only two cards will be Issued per patient at any given time. Visiting hours will be posted. Immediate members of a patient's family will be given special cards and when neces sary in cases of critical pa tients, families will be al lowed to remain at the hos Elected Commander Bruce Honeycutt (Frk. aw.) Bruce W. Honey cutt hu been re-elected to the poet of Commander of the American Legion, Frankllnton Post 82 for a second term, and elected Vice-Commander at the Fifth District which consists of Franklin, Vance, Warren, Granville and Person Counties. Under the leadership of Bruce, Frankllnton Post 52 grew to an "All Time High" of 101 members last year, and the Post made outstanding progress in the programs It took part In. Bruce said his hopes for the coming year are better than ever for his Post and the 5th District. He will be working In both, with his committees, for better programs in Americanism (first), Civil Defense, Boy Scouts, Trophies and Awards to outstanding citizens and athletics in the local school. Honeycutt said he is hoping to increase membership this year by at least 50% In the Frankllnton Post and hopes he can help other Posts in the 5th District to reach an "All Time High" In their Posts,' since Vietnam Veterans are eligible to belong to the American Legion after dis charge. pital as has been the prac tice In the past. New, bright and comfortable ? waiting rooms are contained In the new addition. t In planning the new additions and renovations, the Hospital Board of Trustees and the Administrator have allowed for future growth of the faci lity. Two additional floors may be added to the new part of the structure. Closets, now in use are equipped for quick change See HOSPITAL Page 3 "Heart Machine"
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