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Louisburg. N. C.. Tuesday. July 18^1967
(Eight Pages Today)
98th Year? Number 43
"GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
. . TO THE DEPTH OF EVERY HEART."
"Chuck" Gattis Comes Home - - - To Stay
"Chuck" Gattls has come
back home. This time, he has
come to stay.
Marine Lance Corporal
Charles Manley Gattls, III was
burled with full military
honors here Monday after
noon. He lie&beslde his father.
His request has been granted.
Standing at the doorway of
life, nineteen years old,
"Chuck" Gattls gave his life
for his country. Wounded by
ambush on June 27 at Con
Theln, Vietnam, he died In the
base hospital at Dong Ha on
July 6.
His body arrived here Sat
urday. The flag-draped coffin
was escorted by a Marine
buddy, who remained until the
final rites Monday.
Son of a Franklin County na
tive and grandson of a man
held In highest esteem by his
neighbors, "Chuck" Gattls
was laid to rest on a sloping
hillside where grass grows
green and the blue sky keeps
watch by day. He Is home.
The sleek honor guard,
replete In full military dress,
stood rigidly at attention In
final salute as the firing squad
fired three volleys. In thp
background, from a station
far away, came the sound of
the bugler. The echoing
strains of the awe-inspiring
final tribute seemed to pierce
the humid July afternoon and
penetrate' Into the depth of
every heart. The notes lin
gered on long after the sound
on the faraway hill had ceased.
"Chuck" Gattls has come
home.
Aubrey S. Tomllnson, Pastor
of the Louisburg Baptist
Church, read a letter from
"Chuck's" own minister In
his hometown of Crete, 111.
The minister wrote: "We
continue to ask why, why, why.
But there seems to be no
answer. Only God can give
us the answer."
He said "Chuck" had seen
the good and the bad of life.
He told of his boyhood and
school friends. He said these
were valuable things that all
young men do not have.
L ft*. ?
A MOTHER.
HER GRIEF
AND HER FLAG
Chaplain (Capt.) Volz of Ra
leigh read from I Corinthians,
15th chapter: "O, Death where
Is thy sting? O grave where Is
thy victory?"
His mother, sister, step
father and grandmother, with
other family and friends,
stood solemnly by as the
hero's flag-covered casket
was carried from the hearse
by six Marine pallbearers to
Its final resting place.
Methodically, two proud Ma
rines carefully folded the
flag ? corner to corner?with
only the blue field dotted with
the white of the stars showing.
One stepped over and pre
sented it to the mother. He
paused and spoke quietly to
this gracious lady, who has
given so much to her coun
try.
Corporal Gattls is survived
by his mother, Mrs. E. C.
Betus and his step-father of
Crete, m.; one sister, Mrs.
Dale Spiese of Jollet, 111.; hi*
maternal grandmother, Mrs.
Lessle Bradley of Raleigh;
four aunts, Mrs. F. N. Tyson
of Durham, Mrs. S. P. Gup
ton of Wilmington, Mrs. Ro
bert E. Lee of Winston-Salem
and Mrs. H. C. Leach of Mt.
Airy; one uncle, Marvin Brad
ley of Baltimore, Md. and
several cousins in Franklin
County.
)
"Chuck" Gattls was not a
frequent visitor to this county.
His chief memory was per
haps of the sad day he at
tended his father's funeral
here. Although his heritage
was here, he spent his life
Ten In Wrecks , One Drowns, Four Arrested
Another Routine Weekend
After two weeks of relative
quietness, the area returned
to whit has almost become a
routine weekend of accidents
and death. Six persons were
Injured, five automobiles were
severely damaged and one
person lost his life as a result
of a Saturday afternoon drown
U*.
Friday Accident
Leading off the period which
kept Rescuers and officers on
the go was George Edgerton,
a 58-year-old Route 2, Frank -
linton Negro employee of
Franklin Memorial Hospital.
Edgerton' s car ran off N. C. 56
west ofLouisburg Friday night
around 8:45 p.m. and over
turned in the yard of a home
striking several trees and de
molishing the car. Edgerton
was treated at the local hos
pital for what was described
as minor Injuries.
Boulevard Smash-up
Saturday afternoon around
6 p.m. a three-car collision
on Bickett Blvd. seat two wo
men to the hospital and da
maged all three vehicles.
Loulsburg Police Chief Earl
Tharrli*ton reported that
Mrs. Clyde Ball said the
brakes on the car she was
driving on Noble Street failed
and caused the vehicle to move
onto Blckett Blvd. where It
struck a car being driven by
Miss Kay Plttman, 21, who
lives near the scene. The
Impact caused the Plttman
car to strike another vehicle
driven by a lady Identified as
Nina B. Nebll of Raleigh.
Miss Plttman and Mrs. Ball
were taken to the local hos
pital for treatment of what
were described as minor in
juries. Mr. Ball, a passenger
In his wife's car, reportedly
was uninjured.
Sunday afternoon around
4:30 p.m^ a late model Chev
rolet, reportedly driven by
James King, w/m/25 of Route
1, Loulsburg, left a rural
unpaved road JuSt off NC-39
near Four Bridges, causli*
severe head Injuries to the
driver. Two girls,, identified
as Phyllis Bar ham and Jane
Ray, both of Wake Forest,
were uninjured.
I
ri Loulsburg Rescue Ser
vice . o answered a call
around 8 p.m. Saturday to aid
L L. Burnetts, 68-year-old
White Level man who was re
portedly suffering from a
stroke. He was transported to
Franklin Memorial Hospital.
Drowning
Jasper Meeane Raper, 52
year-old son-in-law of Mra.
G. R. Harris of Loulsburg,
was drowned Saturday In the
Harris farm pond when bis
boat overturned around 4:30
p.m. Raper was on vacation
and was fishing at the time of
the fatal accident. This Is the
third drowning of the season
In Franklin County after two
years without a fatal water ac
cident.
Arrests
Other weekend activities In
cluded the capture of four 800
gallon submarine type still
near Youngsvllle by Sheriff
William T. Dement and ATU
officers.
Three Wake Forest men
were charged with possession
of materials and manufactur
ing non-tax-paid whisky fol
lowing their arrest at a still
site near Youngsvllle Satur
day.
The three men were Identi
fied by Franklin Sheriff Wil
liam T. Dement as James
William Smith, 27, William
Herbert Perry, Jr., 24, and
Robert Royal, 20, all of Route
It Wake Forest. Smith and
Perry are both white.
See WEEKEND Page S
elsewhere. He had asked that
U "anything" happened to him,
he be burled beside his fa
ther. He is part of Franklin
County now. He will be for
ever. "Chuck" Gattls is home.
Story and Pictures by Clint Fuller
' FINAL TRIBUTE
Moss Re-Elected
Development Head
Young svllle - Mr. J. T. Moss
was re-elected as President of
the Youngsvllle Development
Corporation at the annual
business meeting of the or
ganlzatlon which was held on
Thursday night, July 13, at the
Town Hall In YoungsvUle.
Mr. L. A. Woodllef was re
elected as Vice President. Mr.
Arthur Hall and Mr. Howard
White were selected as direc
tors for three year terms to
replace the outgoing members
of the board of directors.
Other members currently
serving on the board are Dr.
A. N. Corpenlng, Mr. D. H.
Cyrus, Sr. and Mr. Wiley M.
Roberts.
Mr. N. A. Brown mi re
appointed to serve as Sec
retary-Treasurer of the Cor
poration.
Mr. Moss had a progress
report on the completion and
operation of Tre* Jay, Inc.
which Is located In town. Re
port was also made of pro
gress at the Dlazlt Company,
Inc. which Is on Highway One
Just outside the town limits.
Continuing efforts are being
made by local corporation
members to secure further
business and industry In the
Youngsvllle district. Discus
sions were held In regard to
pertinent needs In the town
business area.
Flue-Cured Crop
Above Last Year
Raleigh - Production of flue
cured tobacco In North Caro
lina la forecast at slightly
ever 786 million pounds by
the North Carolina Crop Re
porting Service. If this esti
mate materializes, the 1987
crop would be "8.7 percent
above the 761 million pounds
marketed In 1986. This Is the
fir it forecast for the season
and Is based on reports from
growers as of July 1.
Flue-cured growers expect
to harvest 410,900 acres?
6,000 acres or 1.5 percent
more than the 404,500 acres
harvested last year.
The expected North Carolina
average flue-cured yield for
all types combined is 1,922
pounds? or 40 pounds above
the average of 1,882 pounds
per acre realised In 1966.
The supply of plants was re
ported as adequate In all areas
this season, and transplanting
of the crop was completed
somewhat earlier than last
year. Completion of trans
planting was relatively more
advanced in the Middle and
Old Belts than In other areas.
Dry weather In some areas
at time of transplanting ne
See CROP Page 5
County School Suit Set For
Federal Court Next Week
The suit brought against the
Franklin County Board of Edu
cation by local NAACP
members, in which the U.S.
Justice Department Inter
vened In January, 1966 Is set
for trial In U.S. Eastern Dis
trict Court In Raleigh next
week.
Notice from Judge Algernon
Butler Informed attorneys that
the case will be called at
10 A.M. Wednesday, July 26.
However, since the Wednesday
date was set, It has been
learned that Mr. Frank E.
Schwelb, Chief counsel for the
Justice Department has been
chosen Federal Bar Asso
ciation Younger Federal Law
yer of the Y6ar and will need
to be in San Francisco on
the 27th. A request to move
the date to Tuesday, July 25
by the Justice Department
attorney has been agreed to
by attorneys for the Board
of Education. It Is expected
that the Court will grant the
request and that trial will
begin next Tuesday.
The case, which was first
begun In December, 1965 by
eleven Negro parents seeking
to gain admission of their chil
dren to previously all-white
schools under a lateral
transfer provision of the
County's Freedom of Choice
Plan, was heard, in part, last
July and an Interim Court
Order was Issued by Judge
Butler setting down certain
provisions for the Board of
Education.
CAP Lists
Promotions
The North Carolina Wing
Civil Air Patrol In Charlotte,
N. C. , has announced promo
tions for the following officers
of the Franklin County Civil
Air Patrol, according to Major
Joe Shearon, Commander.
Captain James L. Gupton,
Promoted to Major; First
Lieutenant Talmadge G. Ful
ler, Promoted to Captain;
First Lieutenant Forrest Y.
Poythress, Promoted to
Captain and First Lieutenant
Marlon S. Trogdon, Promoted
to Captain.
The above officers have con
tributed a great amount of
their time and effort to the
Civil Air Patrol in which they
receive no pay. They have
made It possible for Franklin
County to be recognized
throughout the state and made
this Squadron most outstand
ing.
The order, upholding Free
dom of Choice, ordered a new I
registration period lor all
Negro children In the county
and also warned against any
Intimidation or harrassm'ent.
Depositions from a large
number of people of both races
have been taken this summer
by attorneys for all three
parties.
Judge .Butler calling atten
tion to a May 9,"Pre-trlal
Order" by Judge Alexander
Harvey of Baltimore, called
for not more than five wit
nesses for the Board of Edu
cation and five for theNAACP
Voting
Today
Franklin farmers are Join
ing others in the area today
In voting on three Issues In a
tobacco - cotton - peanut re
ferendum.
Polling places opened this
morning at 7 a.m. and will
remain open until 7 p.m. this
evening. Local farm leaders
and businessmen have pointed
to the market quotas for flue
cured tobacco as the most Im
portant of the Issues being
decided upon, in the local area. .
Both groups have urged a
"Yes" vote for continuation
of the acreage-poundage pro
gram for tobacco.
Local leaders have called for
eligible voter to participate
In today's balloting.
and Justice Department com-'
blned, to be heard next week.
Board attorneys did not concur
rtth the original request, nor
lave they agreed to an.
estimate of two days for the
:rial as made by the Justice
Department.
Judge Butler requested
attorneys for all sides to try
:o hold the proceedings to the
rwo-day limit.
In the long-hanging case, the
Justice Department 1* con
ending that the Board Is not
idherlng to the federal gulde
lnes under Its Freedom of
Choice Plan. They are call
ng for the Board to show that
it Is complying with the guide
lnes, or seeking to ask the
:ourt to order some other
dan of desegregation.
The NAACP is attacking the
Plan itself and Is calling for
i court-ordered p>in of total
lesegregatlon.
Community hostility, which
lgured prominently In the
learlngs last July are still
i part of the case, although
here have been no reported
ncldents of intimidation
:onnected with the desegre
gation of schools in the county
system.
Board attorney Edward F.
far borough declined to estl
nate how long the trial might
ake or to predict the outcome,
fe Indicated the Board of Edu
:ation has and is attempting
to comply with the guidelines
is handed down by the U.S.
Office of Education.
Glickman Rites Held
Funeral services tor Harry
GUckman, 65, former Louls
burg merchant and more re
cently an employee of the
State Highway Commission,
HARRY GLICKMAN
were conducted Sunday after
noon at 2:30 p.m. from the
Lancaster Funeral Home
Chapel with Rabbi Leo Still
pass and Rev. Norwood Jones
officiating. Gllckman died at
Franklin Memorial Hospital
last Thursday.
Burial followed In Maple
Springs Baptist Church Ce
metery.
He Is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Hllma Perry Gllckman,
one daughter, Mrs. Rebecca
G. Scoggln of Morganton; hi*
mother, Mrs. Bessie Gllck
man of Baltimore, Md.; one
sister, Mrs. Blanch Beck of
Baltimore; one brother, Alvln
Gllckman of Baltimore and two
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Edward F.
Yarborough, Hill Yar borough,
M. C. Murphy, Hobart Rober
son, Harvey Strother and Roy
Holmes.
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Man Drowns On Vacation Here
Funeral lervlces were con
ducted Monday In Virginia for
a Newport News naval elec
trical inspector who lost his
life in a drowning accident
here Saturday afternoon.
Franklin Coroner James Ed
wards ruled that Jasper
Meeane Raper, 52, son-in-law
of Mrs. Rufus Harris of Louis
burg, was stricken with a heart
attack prior to his falling Into
the Harris farm pond Saturday
afternoon around 4:30 p.m.
Raper, according to reports,
had mowed the lawn and walked
to the pond to fish. He was
riding an aluminum boat which
was still afloat when Rescuers
arrived.
His 12-year-old son arrived
at the scene in time to see his
father go under the water and
reported the fact to his
mother. Rescuers recovered
the body shortly after 5 p.m.
in six feet of water. The vic
tim, a frequent visitor here,
was reportedly a good swim
mer.
A native of Forsyth County,
Raper is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Lucille Harris Raper,
two sons, Bill and Stevey, both
of the home; one daughter,
Mary Lou of the home and
his mother, Mrs. Flora Me
bln Raper of Burlington.
This was the third drowning
connected death In the county
thus far this summer.
Drowning Scene