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WEATHER Mostly sunny and continued warm today. Partly cloudy and not as warm Friday. Low today, 50; high, 87. The F r an'kM n Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving All Of Franklin County NO. 1 IN THE NATION IN COMMUNITY SERVICE Your Award Winning County Newspaper Tel. Gy 6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg, N.C. Thursday, October 5, 1967 (Fight Pages Today) 98th Year-Number 66 Art Exhibits On Display On display In the gallery of the Art Building Is The Masters Exhibit of Professional Photographers of America. These photographs are di vided Into three categories? illus trative, commercial, and portrait. The best in color photography may be viewed in this show. Ceramics by Conrad W. Weiser, Di rector of Arts and Crafts in the De partment of Student Activities at North Carolina State University at Raleigh are on display throughout the gallery. Mr Weiser has a B. A. from Uni versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Studio Art (emphasis on sculp ture and ceramics) with a minor in Art History. At the present he is finishing his M.F.A. at the Institute Allende, San Miguel D? Allende, Guar ajuato, Mexico in Ceramics. The ceramics collector will find many interesting pieces here from College Concert Season Opens The poplar vocal recording artist, Glenn Yarbrough, with the Fred Ram irez Trio and guitarists Maffltt and Davles will open the 1967-68 Louls burg College Concert Series October 9, at 8:00 p. m. In the College Aud itorium. Yarbrough, the former Llmellter tenor, has been professionally singing since childhood, and today Is classed among the nation's top six male pop folk vocalists. On a recent television Interview when asked If he classed himself as a folk singer, replied, "I don't wish to be classed only as a 'folk singer' ... I sometime sing songs with a folk flavor but I will sing any song as long as It means something to me musically and lyric ally." Critics have praised him as having a voice of unique tenderness, of rare emotional poetry. Much of the credit for Yarbrough' s follow your-heart music must go to writer Rod McKeun, who provides most of the material for the two-hour vocal and Instrumental show. Yarbrough's personal life Is nearly as busy as his musical career. He is a sailing enthusiast (ever since his college days at St. John's College in Annapolis) and owns the schooner, the "Tiki", previously used for TV's "Adventures In Paradise." But his pet project Is a school for orphaned children from all over the world to be loved and educated (on a pattern of the "Great Books" program of St. John's College) at his Jamaica plantation. The concert Is open to the public with season membership* only, and they have all been sold. Members of the "100" are reminded to present their concert tickets instead of their "100" ID cards. wind chimes to bowls In free form In a wide assortment of glazes. Of local Interest Is the work of John F. Matthews, attorney, who cre ates small figures In wood, stone and Ivory. This sculpture collection has several delicately carved pieces In walnut and Ivory. Cheyenne and Pray ing Monk are quite outstanding. Gallery Hours 10-12, 1-5 dally, closed Saturday, 3-5 Sunday. Parents Day ! Dr. Arthur D. Wenger, president of Atlantic Christian College at Wilson, will be the featured speaker for Parents' Day at Loulsburg College on Wednesday, October U. Dr. Wenger will address some 450 parents of Loulsburg College students at 11:00 a.m., lnthe college auditorium. A native of Aberdeen, Idaho, Dr. Wenger became president of Atlantic Christian In 1956. He received the B. A. degree - from Bethel College and the B. D. degree from Texas Christian Univer sity, which Institution honored blm with the LL.D. degree In 1956. Parents' Day Is an Important phase County Man Killed In Vietnam Fifteen months away from retire ment, after over 18 years of ser vice, a native of Franklin County met death In Vietnam last week. C. W. O. 3 Bennett Gay Wilder, 38, was critically Injured when his heli copter crashed In Vietnam on Friday, September 22. He died one week later. His mother, Mrs. Lena Gay Wilder of the Seven Paths Community was notified. ? Wilder entered service on January 12, 1949 and served In Korea, two hitches In Germany and was serving his second stint In Vietnam. He waa an Instructor Pilot, flying both hell copterh and regulation airplanes. He attended Edward Best High School and Is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Roth Wilder, formerly of Frankfort, Germany and now residing In Austin, Texas. Wilder' s father, Henry Ava (Fay) Wilder is deceased. He Is also survived by three brothers, Howard Ray Wilder of Raleigh; Rudolph Wilder of Merrett Island, Florida; and Jimmy Wilder of Tabor City, N. C. Tentative funeral plans call for ser vices and burial In Lawton, Oklahoma. Memorial services are planned for Cypress Baptist Church In the Sevan Paths Community Saturday at 3 P.M. Wilder had planned to retire to Seven Paths, a neighbor said. He had pur chased a farm there and had planted fruit trees. He had also obtained plans for a house, It was reported. >et At College of the comprehensive counseling pro gram at Loulsburg. Parents are given the opportunity to observe a normal college class day and to meet college officials, dormitory counselors and faculty. Or. Cecil W. Robblns, Loulsburg president, will Introduce Dr. Wenger to the parents and faculty. Following lunch in the B. N. Duke Cafeteria parents will meet with the faculty on an Individual basis. A Parent-Faculty Tea at 3:30 p.m. 1 n the Fine Arts Building will climax the annual occasion. Unions New To Most People In The County The McDowell News, published In Marlon, N. C. compared labor unions recently, with slot machines. "Once "hooked" ... the player feeds the slot machine until he Is flat broke? waltlng and hoping for the big payoff," the paper says. "Just put your union dues Into the slot and pull the handle ? the big payoff MAY come on the next pull . . ." The Lorls (S. C.) Sentinel reports editorially, In reference to unions, "Once they get a foothold, you never get rid of them." Unions are strange creatures to most of the people here In Franklin County. Ask the man on the street and the first thing hf remembers about any union Is the 1959 eruption of violence In neighboring Henderson. Even today, after weeks of intensive campaigning by union officials, the majority of county citizens are still unaware that a vote on the unioniza tion of the Sportswear Inc. plant here In Loulsburg comes next Thursday. Unless the person Is employed In this particular plant or has kin or friend there, very little conversation can be obtained on the merits of the Issue at hand. The general public Is some what complacent about this type thing when It does not concern them per sonally. However, not Included among Louisburg Lions Hear Dr. Binkley Dr. Olln T. Blnkley, President of Southeastern Theological Baptist Sem inary at Wake Forest, addressed the Loulaburg Lions Tuesday evening. His topic concerned the qualities tor the christian ministry. To become an outstanding minister, a man needs (1)* intelligence or a strong, sound , dependable mind, a mind capable and willing to make crucial decisions. However, he must i never appear unduly arrogant of bis intelligence because be did not earn It; God gave it to him. (2) One must have stamina or great strength be cause, like a doctor, he is often on call twenty-tour hours a day. (3) A minister must always maintain an enlightened concern for every human being ha meets. (4) A minister must poimi a Nnit of mission; a call to tbs ministry from God creates s stronger sense of mission. (5) A minister must always possess ? strong faith in God. He not only says that to believes in God and that Ood Is his life but he also proves his thinking, especially in the face at adversity. Because of his powerful Interior resources, to always remains steadfast In his faith. He Is convinced that his call to become a minister was his greatest hour. these are a number of business and community leaders. This group la showing concern over the possibility that a union might enter the Industrial development picture In the county. A portion of the some 200 people employed at the Lou Is burg plant thirty attended one public meeting say they have legitimate gripes. They contend that management Is unfair In Its dealings with them. Their com plaints go unheeded aad they speak of dignity of the worker. They condemn the opposition by local businessmen saying that they should take note of the problems the workers are having at the plant Instead of denouncing the union. It has been an open secret that for many years, North Carolina and Frank lin County have received new Industry because of union activity In the northern Ideations. Men who invest their own money in plants do not like to have someone else tell them bow they can operate. This, In a nutshell, is the reason why so many plants have locat ed In southern states In the past se veral years. This Is one of the key things Franklin and like areas have to offer. Most other places in the country have water, electric power and people. And most other communities want new industry. It is the fact that the people In this part of the country are generally op posed to unions, that has brought on the surge toward industrial develop ment One reliable report, which lists the firms by name, says 178 plants have moved from "union conditions in northern and western states" to locate in North and South Carolina as of October 7, 1MB. In the two years since that time, rare indeed is the community that has not either received such a plant location or heard of one in a neighboring community. And the move continues. In Utlca, N. T. a plant employing 400 persons moved to Orangeburg, S. C. because, in part, of the union's refusal to adjust wages to meet the See Union page 2 Hits Newspaper, Local Merchants Union Organizer Sneaks At Rally The Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union of America sent one of Its top - organizers Into Loulsburg Wednesday night to address a meeting of workers employed by Sportswear, Inc. here. By official union count, forty-seven persons attended. Ed Blair, Regional Director of ACWU, addressed the gathering and took a slap See Editorial Page 4 at The Franklin Times and local mer chants and businessmen for their op position to the union. Blair stated, "We know why the newspaper opposes us. The workers don't advertise." He also accused The Times of ?"slanting" the news. "The rlght-to- work law," said Blair, "Is an unscrupulous way for employers A Late Report Shortage Disclosed In County Office Shortly after 11 A.M. this morning, accompanied by County Commission er Norwood Faulkner, Sheriff William T. Dement and County Attorney Charles Davis, Board Chairman E. M. (Buck) Sykes read and presented a copy of the following statement to newsmen: "During an audit of the office of County Accountant just completed by Perry, Place, Shaw and ^urchfield, Certified Public Accountants of Ra leigh, N. C., several items appeared in the audit report as unexplained disbursements. The items of unexplained disbursements date from the quarter ending September 30, 1962, through the quarter ending September 30, 1966, and amount to $6,360.48. I have contacted Mr. W. G. Ransdell, District Solicitor of the Superior Court, and turned over to him all informa tion concerning the matter as required by law." Mr. Sykes refused to answer any questions posed by newsmen saying that beyond the prepared statement he had "No Comment". The announcement vertified rumors to the effect that a special audit had disclosed shortages in the department, which have been prevalent in the areas for the past few days. During the period referred to in the announcement, the Accountant's office was headed by Lee Murray, who resigned the position to accept a job as Treasurer of Wake County. Mr. Murray was not available for comment when called at his Raleigh office, but came to The Times office shortly after 2 P.M. today and issued the following statement: "I am emotionally saddened because I realize the' suffering my family and I will go through regardless of the end effect. I stand ready to defend the integrity of that office for which I was responsible. Any other comment will be issued through my attorney." Wiley Perry: 92 Years Young By Clint Fuller Times Managing Editor "I'm getting along Just fine." That wax the remark of Mr. Wiley Perry, former tax Hater and collector for Franklin County, Wednesday as he celebrated his S2nd birthday at his home on Highway 561 here. Mr. Perry, who retired In 1982 at the age of 86, lives with hla granddaughter, Mrs. Carolyn Hudson and her husband. His only daughter, Mrs. Roy Holmes, lives nearby. He is the son of the late A. W. and Virginia OlllUand Perry and has one sister, Mrs. Annie Alford living In Wendell and one brother, Ernest Perry residing In Rocky Mount. Mrs. Alford Is 82 and Mr. Perry Is 86. . There were originally six boys and four girls In the family, Mr. Wiley explains. Mr. Perry was born In the Maple vllle Community In 1878. He attended school 1 n the Maple Springs Church first, he said. Later, he attended Maplevllle Academy. "There weren't any grades back then," he explains, "We studied the First Reader, then the Second and the Third. When we finished the Fourth, we studied North Carolina history and then we grad uated." He still remembers the school head master's name. He said he studied under Charles N. Beebees. Still alert and attentive, although he doesn't see as well as he use to,_ Mr. Perry recalls the first money he ever made "away from home". "I got ten cents a day for priming tobacco," he says, "and my dinner. You had to get breakfast and supper at home." He entered business at Maplevllle with a cousin as his first venture In the commercial world. "My part cost me 9188.00," he recalls. He operated the general merchantlle bus iness for four to five years. Following that he came to work In Loulsburg for Strickland and Wheless, clothing store operators. He left this Job to accept one with Edgerton's Department Store for $60 a month. Asked what he remembered about his early days, he readily responds by recalling his visit to Loulsburg College for the Centennial celebration in 1887. See Perry page 2 WILEY PERRY to chisel." He added, " Politician*, merchants and newspapers are Just as bad." Miss Rachel Barnes, Union organizer who has been In the area several weeks, working on the campaign, re ported following the meeting, that she has sent copies of Times' articles and editorials to the National Labor Relations Board. She said they con stitute "unfair labor practices" by the newspaper. "The Union promises no gains?only to the best negotiations possible," be told the audience at the outset of his speech. "Any merchant opposed to the Union Is near-sighted." He k>ld of three plants lh Pennsyl vania, owned by Campus, Inc., parent company of the local plant. He ex plained that In the three shops, workers enjoyed seven or eight paid holidays, three weeks of paid vacation and In surance, pension and seniority rights. "Those are the only things we say we're after. We did not come looking for this shop. We were Invited here," he said. Workers at the local plant, which opened here In 1962, will vote next Thursday morning between the hours of 10 A.M. and 11:45 A.M. on whether or not to allow the ACWU to become their bargaining agent. An intense cam paign Is going on among management and the Union In pre-election manipula tions. Blair said the Union would spend more on the organization of workers here than It would get back In a long time. "We are doing this to protect the standards we have already won," he said. He explained the non-union shop competition with union plants and that this was an Issue when the Union attempted to negotiate with Union shops. "We can make the shop an Interesting place to work," he said at one point. "It will get more Interesting before next Thursday and It promises to be even more so In the future." In reference to those workers who do ? not Join the unions, he stated, "We know how to take care of free-loaders." "I hate for It to be where people are afraid to come down here to the courthouse," he said In reference to the attendance. "Ninety percent would be here if they were not afraid. The Union can give them freedom from fear." Blair htt at references by newspap ers, radio and television to strikes and violence. "You would think you people are to vote on a strike," he said. "Violence and strikes are not the Issues here," be stated. He also said that he believed that wages should be the same here as they are In New York. It was explained that Union dues were set at $4 per month. Blair said initiation fees are set by the local, and that these usually run around 94. He added that there had been no as sessments In his Union In the past thirty years. "We've got enough money to take on any company we get Into a fight with," he said. The group was also told that the local would make the decisions with only the advise and council of the national organization. In addition U Miss Barnes, Miss Eula McGlll and Wilbur Reynolds, union officials attended the meeting. The two women have been In the area for several weeks organising the cam paign. Miss Barnes Informed The Times after the meeting that the Union never petitions unless they have a ma jority of the workers signed up. She said It takes thirty percent of the workers to ask for a vote. She con tended that reference by The Times to thirty needed for a vote petition was in error. An unidentified man, who said ha Is Chaplain of the Textile Workers Union at Frankllnton spoke briefly on behalf of the union. Following the meeting, union officials and many of the em ployees met with newsmen and private ly discussed their differences. Power Interruption An announcement has been made by Town of Loulsburg officials that la order to make necessary re|>alrs, eleo , trie service will be Interrupted Sunday morning, October t, from #:30 A.M. to 8:00 K M. Areas affected, according to the an nouncement will it South of rarBiw, Btckett Boulevard tram Hash Street south, Shannon Village, and the Kooky Mount Road.
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