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WEATHER Fair to partly cloudy today and Wednesday. Mild today and somewhat warmer Wed nesday. Low today, 60; high, 81. The FrankMn Times i <?? I Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ^ Serving Alt Of Franklin County . ( Your Award Winning County Newspaper READ "WHY WE FIGHT ? IN VIETNAM" PART V PAGE 4 TODAY Tel. Gy 6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C., Tuesday, August 29, 1967 (Eight Pages Today) 98th Year-Number 55 As Family Watches Staff Photo by Clint Fullor James T. (Joe) Moss, second from left, 40-year old-* Youngsvllle farmer and civic leader is shown above fol lowing his swearing-in as a member of the North Caro lina Banking Commission here late Monday afternoon. -Performing the ceremonies' was Clerk of Court Ralph Knott, left, and Moss's family looked on. Pictured are Knott, Moss, Jimmy, 14, David 9, Mrs. Moss and Billy 10. Moss Takes Oath Of Office Here A 40-year old Youngsvllle native, holder o f the Nation's Outstanding Young Farmer Award and other re cognitions (or his work In farm-related fields, took the oath of office here Mon day for one of the highest appointments ever made to a Franklin County citizen. James T. (Joe) Moss elected to have his swearlng-ln ceremonies held In his home county as a crowd estimated at near 103 gathered In the courthouse here to witness the ceremonies. Such events are usually staged In Raleigh. Moss was named to the North Carolina Banking Commission two weeks ago by Governor Dan Moore. Clerk of Court, Ralph Knott, a long-time friend of the new Commissioner, performed the oath-taking ceremonies while members of Moss* Immediate family looked on. Mrs. (Margaret) Moss, and the couple's three sons, Jimmy, 14, Billy 11, and David 9, stood by as Moss was sworn In. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Moss, were also present. Loulsburg attorney E. F. Yar borough spoke briefly at the ceremonies, point ing out many of the accomplishments of the new Commissioner and telling something of his family history and accomplishments. Knott pointed out Moss' consideration in asking that the ceremonies be held here Instead of in Raleigh and mentioned the na tional farm award. Knott accom panied Moss on his western trip to accept the award a few year* ago. Moss succeeds Paul H. Thompson of Fayettevllle and his term will expire in April, 1971. He expressed his appreciation to everyone having a part in the appointment, especially the Gov ernor and to those attending Monday's ceremonies. Rain-Slick Highway Nets Sixth County Fatality _ . . .. . . . n# u* nn.i Mri.' t r Kaln-slicK nignways comriDutea to one fatality In Franklin County in the past few days and a host of other road accidents. Howard Lee Summers, 23, of Rt. 1 Elon College became the county's sixth highway fatality of the year, when the tractor-trailer he was driving ran off the highway and over turned last Thursday afternoon around 5:30 P.M. The accident occurred on N. C. 39 seven miles north of Loulsburg, pin ning the man Inside the cab. Units of the Loulsburg Rescue and Hender son Rescue Services removed the in jured man and the Henderson unit trans ported him to Maria Parham Hospital In Henderson. He died a few minutes later of multiple fractures and Internal Injuries. State Trooper James Byrd said the truck left the rain-slick road in. a sharp curve and the tractor broke loose from the trailer and landed up side down. The truck belonged to Robahlee Carter Trucking Co. of Reids vllle and was carrying a load of to bacco. Summers was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Summers, with whom he lived. A one-car accident near Pearce's Crossroads around 8 P.M. Thursday night resulted In injuries to three Rt. 3 Zebulon Negroes. The car ran off the road landing upright In a near by field. Listed as Injured were: Charles F. Peppers, 28, Martlne Pep pers, and Willie Mae Neal. None were believed to be serious. Friday morning, a 14-year old Rt. 3 youth narrowly escaped serious in-1 jury when the tractor he was driving overturned, pinning him beneath. The Loulsburg Rescue Service answered the call and transported Fred Thar I lllgiuu, SUI1 Ui nit. ouu mi a. u> vx, Tharrington of Rt. 3, to Franklin Me morial Hospital with leg Injuries. Saturday afternoon, the Centervllle Rescue Service brought ^In a 16-year Rt. 2 youth, after his car ran off the road and overturned. Edwin Gordon Parrlsh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Parrlsh, was listed In serious con dition Sunday In a Raleigh hospital. The youth, according to State Trooper Dwlgt)t Hlnton, suffered bead and shoul der and chest Injuries when he was thrown some 62 ft. from where the vehicle stopped. The accident took place on N. C. 58, one mile south of Centervllle around 2 P.M. Parrlsh was driving a 1960 Renault. Five persons were Injured near Wen dell Sunday afternoon when their car skidded on raln-sllcked U. S. 64, and slammed Into a concrete overpass support. State Highway Patrolman J. T. Ward said Mrs. Irene Richardson Morris, 50, of Rt.l, Zebulon was driver of the car. Passengers In the car were Mrs. Morris' daughter, Mrs. Shelvle Burnette, 28, and her three children, Wanda Jean, 9, Sandra Kay, 5, and Pamela Fay, 4, all of Rt. 2, Louls burg. The Injured were taken to Wake Memorial Hospital where Mrs. Bur nette was admitted. Her condition was described as satisfactory. Mrs. Morris and the Burnette children were treated and released. No charges have been made pending completion of the Investigation. Rain co'ntrlbuted a rash of minor accidents In the county during the past several days, but most were confined to property damage without injuries being reported. Sixth Fatality Scene abort ?how* overturned tractor-trailer which claimed the 111* of Howard Lm Sum mar ?, 23 ct El on Collate, N. C. last Thursday night on rains lick N. C. 39 saran mllas north oi Loulsburg. Summars was pinned inside the cab and died soon alter being treed by Loulsburg and Henderson Rescue Services. Photo courtesy ot Pete Joyner, Loulsburg. Humorist To Appear At College A highlight of the orientation week program comes to Loulsburg College with the "Saucy Sorcery" show, sche duled tor August 31, at 8:00 p.m. In the college auditorium under the aus pices of the Interclub Council. Designed chiefly for laughs and re laxation, this special presentation Is headed by world-traveled magician humourist C. Shaw Smith and his com pany featuring (. . ."They're on the payroll already, so why not let 'em work?") several of Smith's sons who assist their fatter In this evening of combined conjuring and comedy. During the last seven summers the Smith family has toured 48 states and performed to enthusiastic audiences on almost a hundred college campuses a cross the land. "At each performance we vanish one young Smith Into thin alr--whlch Is almost always more difficult than using thick air," claims fatter Smith. In addition to using rabbits, doves and ** the like, the Smiths use their children to "ride a broom Into space," vanish from a suspended position In full view at the audlease and "do a few things Rain Heaviest Since 1965 The area received the heaviest rain fall In the past week since a similar period In IMS. G. O. Kennedy, Louls burg weatherman reports that a total at 8.66 Inches fell since Monday of last week. "This," Mid Kennedy, "is the most rain in a similar period since 196S. We had the same situation In 1862. This Is the third since I took over the weather station 7 1/2 years ago". Kennedy reported that the area re ceived over an inch of rain on each of four straight days last week, be ginning on Tuesday. He said .65 inches fell here Swtday bringing the total to the 8.66 Inches. ? 7 ? - ? i. C. SHAW SMITH that rabbit* could not learn without formal schooling." Smith, with an M.A, In English (U.N. C.) and a keen interest In drama and student life In general, has long been associated with the field of education. He has been a teacher of English, Commandant of Cadets at a military school, college union and placement director and coordinator of student activities, and many other positions while maintaining his reputation as a speaker, magician-humourist and mas ter of ceremonies mainly In enter tainment circles In this half of the U. S. Shaw Smith still maintains that his greatest magical act was tricking his t wife Into marriage and that she Is still his cutest "trick." The young Smiths are beginning at least to share this spotlight and they love It, as campus audiences across the nation? and soon in Loulsburg? are finding out. All students and faculty are Invited to attend this special program. Stu dents will be admitted by presentation of L. C. identification cards. Teacher Assignments Await Petition Hearing The Franklin County Board of Educa tion, meeting here In an unprecented eight-hour session Monday, elected to await further action in the court ordered desegregation until a hearing Is held on Its petition for a stay of the court order. A hearing Is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Thursday In the federal court room In Raleigh before Algernon Butler, Chief Judge, U. S. Eastern District Court. If the Board is granted a stay, schools will operate In much the same manner as last year. If a stay Is not grant ed, the Board must carry out the Judge's ruling that at least 10 percent of the Negro students in the system be trans ferred to predominantly white schools and at least two Negro teachers be assigned to white schools and two white teachers be assigned to Negro schools. It was announced earlier that pupil assignments have been approved by the Board, although notification of these being transferred now awaits the pend ing petition. Monday's session dealt primarily with the assignment of teach ers as the Board and Superintendent, with attorneys E. F. Yar borough and Charles Davis, met with teachers and principals In a general meeting at Loulsburg School Monday morning. Mr. Yar borough explained the court ruling to the educators gathered for the first day of the new school year and told them that the Board was en couraging each of them to volunteer to cross racial lines, as directed by the court. Board Vice Chairman Clint Fuller, welcomed the group and said, "The Board of Education has worked long and hard hours In recent weeks, and particularly In the past tew days, In an effort to comply with provisions of the federal court order In an Intell igent manner and one designed to least disrupt our school system." , Fuller called on teachers to volunteer to cross racial lines and said, "We have made some progress In this area, but there are still some vacancies yet to be filled. Therefore, as directed by the court, the Board here and now encourages each of you to volunteer to cross racial lines." Both Yarborough and Fuller explained that If sufficient volunteers were not obtained the Board would have to assign teachers on an Involuntary basis. "It Is the desire of your Board of Education," Fuller said, "That eachof you have a happy and successful year, and that each of you, as near as possible, be assigned to work In a school of your own choosing." Paraphaslng the words of the late Sir Winston Churchill, when In 1942 he was called up to become Prime Minister of Great Brltlan, Fuller told the teachers and principals, "Members of the Franklin County Board of Educa tion have not accepted their positions In order to preside over the liquida tion of the county school system." "Let others talk of defeat, If they must," he said, "We will talk of maintaining the system and Indeed, striving to make It even better. We will exert out efforts to the end that ?very child In our charge might have available to him, the best educational opportunities our people can afford." Board Chairman Horace Baker in troduced Mr. Yar bo rough, Lloyd West, a member of the Board was In charge of the devotion and Superintendent War ren Smith presided over the gathering. Following the meeting, each teacher was Interviewed privately by teams made up of one Board member and one staff men^bsr or attorney. The Board returned to the school office shortly after noon to deliberate on teacher assignments. No announce ments were made following the after noon session which ran two hours past the time set for a county-wide prin cipal's meeting. Another Board meeting Is slated foV Thursday night. Teacher and pupil assignment changes will be mailed then, If a stay Is not granted by Judge Butler, according to reports. , Stoff Photo by Clint Fullor PARENTS AND FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS ARRIVE, RAIN SOAKED, FOR OPENING OF LOUISBURG COLLEGE SUNDAY. Rain Fails To Dampen College Spirit On First Day Rain soaked everything but the old college spirit here Sunday afternoon as some over 300 freshmen arrived for the start of classes Thursday at Loulsburg College. Boys, girls, and parents all face the dllemna of the rain. Cars, loaded with all the paraphernalia youngsters usually bring to college? and some not usually brought, sat Idle awaiting a break In the downpour. Pretty young coeds raced around, covering their beads, while the rest of them got drenched, protecting their hair does of course. The fact that most first-year stu dents had prereglstered under this year's new system of Early Semes ter was a big help In holding down what mlgtt have been an even more confusing day. Brave young second-year (we assumed) students stood lri the rain at the various Intersections directing traffic. Some only In shirt sleeves helped new arrivals. License plates silently spoke of the popularity of the Loulsburg Institution. Some said that New Jersey likes it, others spoke of places In Virginia and elsewhere. As if to balance off the Implications, there was a (liable ming ling of local cars and students. The rain seemed to wet them all In the same degrees, without any respect to these traveling hundreds of miles to ret to "God's country". The downtown area, dark and misty as It was Sunday night, was nevertheless brightened again tor the first time slnoe last June, with roving teenagers. looking the place over. The traditional business association sign was missing from its berth across Main Street, but nevertheless, Loulsburg and Franklin County, as al ways, are extremely happy to have the college students arrive and hope for them a happy and profitable year. Staff Phot* ky Clint Mkr "CAN'T GET MY HAIR WET, Mm
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