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The FraMMii Times r^\ c^; i <o] i f r. Published Every Tuesday & Thursday i Serving All Of Franklin County Your Award Winning County Newspaper Tel. Gy 6-3283 "Ten Cent Louisburg, N. C. Tuesdoy, November 28, 1967 Eight Pages Today 98th Year-Number 81 Santa Claus Coming To Louisburg, Franklinton Bonds Get OK In Light Vote JAMES BERGER Berger Is Morehead Candidate A Loulsburg High School senior has been chosen as the county's candidate lor the Morehead Scholarship at the "University of North Carolina. The se lection of James L. Berger, Jr. was announced this week by the committee. Berger, who was named a semlflnal lst In the National Merit Scholarship program last month, Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Berger of Loulsburg. He was selected for the Governor's School In 1966 and has participated In a number of civic and school activities. He Is a member of the Beta Club, Quill and Scroll, Glee Club, French Club and Library Club. He Is a mem ber of the basketball squad for the fourth year. He has been a class marshall for the past three years. Chief Marshal in 1967. He was vice president of his Junior Class and is a member' of the Episcopal Young Churchmen. He was selected by the Franklin County Morehead Scholarship Com mittee from among those students re commended by their schools. Judging was held on scholastic ability and attainments, qualities of manhood, truthfulness, courage, devotion toduty, sympathy, kindness, unselfishness and fellowship and moral force of character and physical vigor. He will now compete In the district and could thin advance to the final qualifications before the Central Scholarship Committee in Chapel Hill. The scholarship gives the student $1750 for each of his four years of college at the University. In the lightest election In history, Franklin County voters approved the *200,00(5 County Courthouse Bonds here Saturday by a margin o f 534 to 317 according to unofficial returns. Only 851 voters turned out from among 12,000 registered. Observers were at a lost to ex plain the extreme light vote since the bond Issue had been well publicized with newspaper articles and leaflets. A mass meeting of county leaders last month had also placed the facts before the people. *. The overwhelming vote of approval In the Loulsburg precinct and a sizable majority of the small vote cast In Frankllnton assured passage of the Issue which will bring about renova tions and additions to the courthouse. Loulsburg voters gave the bonds an approval vote of 271 to 102 while Frankllnton approved the Issue 80 to 21. Youngsvllle gave approval 34-21 and Dunn precinct at Bunn, in an extreme small turnout for this large precinct approved the bonds, 17-5. Cedar Rock gave a one vote approval, 32-31 and Hayesvllle voted 11 to 5 In favor of the Issue. Gold Mine gave a six vote approval, 30-24. Harris Township showed the great est opposition to the bond passage, casting only 15 votes In favor and 44 against. Pearces voted only two in favor and 12 against. Cypress Creek turned down the Issue, 24-18 and Sandy Creek cast a 38-24 negative vote. In the May 28, 1966 primary, a See BONDS Page 4 Louisburg Native Passes Judge Kenneth Alexandria Plttman of Snow Hill, a former superior court judge and a native of Louisburg, died last Wednesday at the age of 76 fol lowing a lengthy illness. Funeral services were conducted Fri day at 2:30 p.m. In the Calvary Meth odist Church In Snow Hill, of which he was a member, by the Rev. Harry Jordan, the Rev. Robert McKlnsey, and the Rev. Erwln Fitzgerald. Burial followed in Westvlew Cemetery, Kin ston. * He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Maude Baynor Plttman; a daughter, Mrs. Dennis OOay of Ft. Lauder-* dale, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. J. Forrest Joyner of Louisburg; two grand children. Judge Plttman was chairman of the Executive Committee of the Democratic Party In Greene County. He was named "Mr. Democrat" and president emeritus of the Democratic Executive Committee. He was appeals agent and chairman See PITTMAN Page 4 School Board Files Appeals Brief Attorneys for the Franklin County Board of Education filed their briefs last Friday with the Fourth Circuit of Appeals In Richmond, Va. In the two-year old Franklin school suit. The arguments In the case are ex pected sometime in late December or early January. The School Board is attempting to have an August 17, ruling by the U.S. East ern District Court in Raleigh, over turned. The order by Judge Algernon Butler of Clinton, knocked down the county's freedom of choice plan of school desegratlon. The Board of Education claims that Companies Pull Buyers With Full Sales Loulsburg tobacco warehouseman and local farmers expressed alarm and anger here Monday In wake of a move by tobacco companies to remove buyers from the local market. With each of the three tobacco warehouses all but filled to capacity In one of the largest sales days of the season only two buyers were present. The market usually has at least eight companies represented and all buyers generally stay here until the season Is over. No reason has been given by the companies for Monday's Full House, Two Buyers A full house o< tobacco Is shown above Monday at Friendly Four Warehouse here. Warehousemen and growers were angered because tobacco companies removed all buyers except two from the local market with large quantities of leaf remaining to be sold. The market closes today after a hectic selling season. actions. One report said the companies contended that buyers were needed on the burley market. A local spokesman discounted this however, saying that with so many markets closed the burley already had as many buyers as needed. "Loulsburg has sold more tobacco per set of buyers than any other market In the Middle Belt", said Franklin Representative James D. Speed one of the owners of the Friend ly Four Warehouse here. Speed re ported a full house Monday with loads of leaf waiting In line on the streets. Arch Wilson, of the Big Franklin Warehouse echoed Speed's sentiments when he said "This Is a shame and something should be done about It". County Commission Chairman E. M. Sykes of Ford's Warehouse said he wished the full 'set of buyers had been on the market Monday. Speed complimented the graders for their services and had praise for the two buyers, representing the Monk Henderson Company and the Imperial Tobacco Company. He said that com petition between the two was good and many farmers were well pleased. However, several growers said they would have to move their tobfu:co and try to get a higher price In Virginia on the Old Belt. It was also reported that Oxford mar ket had only two buyers while the Durham market had two full sets. One report said that Wilson had several sets of buyers on Monday. One observer said, "It looks like See BUYERS Page 4 % the Judge erred in several parts of his ruling. The attorneys contend that the evidence was not sufficient to sup port the finding of fact that the de fendants failed to give proper notice of the criteria for lateral transfer; and that there was "marked hostility to school desegregation In Franklin County" as ruled by Judge Butler. The brief also contends that the evidence Is not sufficient to support the finding of fact that "acts of In timidation continued after the adop tion of the freedom of choice plan" Meeting un Private Schools Announced H.F (Chub) Seawell of Carthage, N. C, will be the featured speaker here Friday night at a meeting on private schools sponsored by an organization known as the Citizens Committee of Franklin County, according to an an nouncement by an organization spokes- * man Monday. The meeting will also feature an address by Dr. Ed Ulrlch, principal of the Goldsboro (N.C.) Christian Schools, Inc. The meeting will be held In the county courthouse beginning at 7:30 P.M. ac cording to the announcement. and that "community attitudes and pressures effectively inhibited the ex ercise of free choice". The School Board also says that "The court committed reversible error when See BRIEF Page 4 j jouisuurg Wednesday Franklinton Thursday Loulsburg and Franklinton will stage their Christmas parades back to back this week with Loulsburg* s scheduled for Wednesday afternoon beginning at 4:30 P.M. Franklinton will stage their annual event Thursday night at 7 P.M-. The Loulsburg Business Association is sponsoring the float here and the Franklinton Chamber of Commerce Is sponsoring the event there. The Franklinton parade will have 1 eighty units, Including twenty floats and eight bands. The parade will fea ture the Bag Pipes from Fayettevllle and a drill team, according to an announcement made Monday. There has been no announcement on the number of entries In the Loulsburg event, but a call was sent out a few weeks ago for more non commercial type floats. Several bus iness firms and churches answered the call and will have entries, ac cording to reports. The parades annually mark the open ing of the Christmas selling season In both communities and large crowds Hock to witness the arrival of Santa Claus. Franklinton Man Jailed In Robbery William Walker Crawford, 45, of Franklinton, who recently moved here from Goldsboro, was jailed Thursday ' -p under 910,000 bond on a charge of breaking and entering, larceny and receiving. Sheriff W 1111am T. Dement said Craw ford was arrested at his home Thurs day morning during a search which revealed "a large quantity of groceries." Much of the merchandise was iden tified by Louis Dorsey, whose store at Mitchlner's Crossroads was robbed of over 92,000 in cash, checks and merchandise on Nov. 10. f Dorsey's cash register, which was taken during the robbery, was found on a rural road between the store and Crawford's house, the sheriff said. Some of the loot recovered by the sheriff, Deputies Lonnle House and Dave Batton, along with Police Chief Leo Edwards of Franklinton, Officer Carlyle Breedlove and SBI Agent Billy Crocker, was reported as stolen the same night from Wayne Winstead's Grocery at Bunn. More than 200 cartons of cigarettes, along with other merchandise, were taken from Bunn. Investigation is continuing. Some of the recovered merchandise is unidentified. Sheriff Dement said he was trying to determine if the merchandise came from recent rob beries in other Eastern North Car olina areas. Youth Held In Triple Shooting A 17-year old Frankllnton High School Negro student broke up a Thanksgiving Eve dance at the pre dominantly Negr6 B.F. Person- Albion School at Frankllnton last Wednesday night, according to reports. Charles Lynwood Prlvette was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after he shot three people. Prlvette, a 10th grade student at Frankllnton High School, was Jailed under $1,000 bond alter shooting Thomas Edward Clax, Negro, In the stomach and back. Two others were hit by stray bullets. Police Chief Leo Edwards said Clax was in serious condition at Duke Hos pital Thursday. Edward Norrls Williams was hit In the shoulder. He was treated and re leased Thursday morning at Wake For est Hospital. ? ?" - Dennle Ann Taylor, 16, of Rt. 1, Frankllnton, was shot In the right foot. She told Crocker and Frankllnton police officers she thought someone had stepped on her foot until she Letter Reveals looked at It. She was treated at Duke Hospital and released Thursday. Edwards and Officer Carlyle Breed love arrested Prlvette late Wednes day night and found a .22 caliber pis tol In his home on Rt. 2, Frankllnton. The shooting, which broke up the See SHOOTING Page 4 Rev. Pulley To Address Society The November meeting of the Frank lin County Historical Society will be held Thursday night Nov. 30 at 8 P.M. in the community room of the First Citizen Bank Building on Blc kett Blvd. Rev. Frank Pulley will be In charge of the program, the history of the Church of England and the Episcopal Church In Franklin County. The meeting is open to the public and any one Interested In history Is cordially invited to attend. Wilder Gave Life To Save Others A letter from his superior officer has revealed that C.W.Q. 3 Bennett Gay Wilder, a Seven Paths native, cave his life In Vietnam to save the .lives of several people standing on the runway he was to have used to land his helicopter. Wilder died of Injuries received In the crash on September 29. His mother, Mrs. Lena Gay Wilder, lives In the Seven Paths Community. A memorial service was held on November 10 at Edward Best High School fov^llder and other school alumni killed In service to their country. A letter to Wllder's widow, Mrs. Elisabeth Austa Roth Wilder, now liv ing In Mineral Wells, Texas, written by Major Lionel C. Waugh, team lead ?r, artillery, with the United State* Army Aviation Material Command con-, cernlng WUder's death tells the story: "Ben was an Instructor pilot In the U-21-A aircraft when the accident oc curred on 22 September," he writes. "While In the process of performing In a simulated emergency landing at Vung Tau, Vietnam, he observed sev eral people on the runway. He was faced with two courses of action: to cause severe Injury to the people on the runway or to attempt a 'go-around.' knowing the latter course could have disastrous effects he .still elected to abort the landing and save the personnel on the runway. "His selfless and heroic action re V' suited In tragedy for Mm sell. 1'tw air craft crashed and caught fire at the side of the runway. As rescue people neared the wreckage Ben cllmed out of the aircraft and was rushed to the hospital on the field. "You may be assured1 that every possible medical facility was at his disposal. After a few days at Vua( Tau, Ben was flown to Japan whan a fire burn treatment center is estab lished. His death on 30 September came as a great shock to all o< us who knew and worked with Ben lor the last sis months. I hope ym will find a small measure of consol ation in the tact that your grief tar him Is shared by all who knew him." '.1
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