98th Year-Number 85 Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C. Tuesday, December 12, 1967 Eight Pages Today
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Mary Boone
Halifax, N. C.
. Ponna Dugger
Broadnax, Va.
Linda Rhew
Kinston, N. C.
WINNING >? #
DECORATION
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Girls In Wright Dorm Win
Door Decorations Contest
For the fourth year, the Louisburg
Garden Club sponsored a Christmas
Room Door Decoration project within
the girls' dormitories at Louisburg
College.
Members of the Civic Project Com
mittee of the Garden Club are Mrs.
Mary Lumpkin, Chairman; Mesdames
Louis Scoggin; James Whless, and
Louis Wheless, who Judged the doors.
Ribbons were given In each dormitory
for first, second, and third place and
to the best decorated door on campus
went trl-color ribbons and a box of
Whitman's Candy.
The door that received the trl-color
sward was In Wright Dorm and was
decorated by lifafy Boone, Halifax,
N. C.; Donna Dugger, Broadnax, Va.,
and Linda Rhew, Klnston, N. C. The
girls used the traditional Christmas
colors of .red and green displayed
on a background of gold paper to
portray their message of "Joy to the
World", which was written In red
velvet letters beneath which were three
candles made of red velvet as was a
mlnature town of Bethlehem with a
star above. At the base of the candles
was an artistic bouquet of snow-spray
io??cb ikju wnn ? luveiy
red and green velvet bow. The over
all appearance of the door was very
appealing to the eye and the detailed
work of the whole decoration was ex
cellent.
The other winners In Wright Dorm
Trash Dump
Shooting
Prohibited
Target and practice shooting at the
city trash dump on East River Road
has reached alarming proportions, ac
cording to Roy Holmes, Supt. of Main
tenance for the town of Louisburg.
Holmes reports that he is unable to
find anyone willing to work at the dump
because of the danger of being ac
cidentally shot.
Holmes says that any further shoot
ing at the site will result in an In
dictment against the violator. He points
out that the area is private property,
leased by the town.
He relates that the regular man em
ployed at the dump quit some time ago
when his lunch pail was shot from
atop the shed at the dump. Many
of those shooting at the site, says
Holmes, do not realize that they are
committing a crime and possibly en
dangering lives. Most are young boys,
he adds.
were: First place (blue ribbon) Donna
Powell, Wallace, N. C., and Joan Dlgh
of Raleigh, N. C. Their theme was
"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer".
Second place (red ribbon) Kay Neth
ercutt, Snow Hill, N. C. and Pat Mill
er, Chesapeake , Va., who used neatly
made Christmas candles with red flame
upon background of green paper. Third
place (yellow ribbon) Elanor Tyson,
Vanceboro, N. C., Elizabeth LaRue,
Rocky Mount, N. C., Patsy Harris,
Burlington, N. C., whose theme was
"Seasons Greetings."
The girls In Wright Dorm receiving
honorable mention were as follows:
Jan Hunter,, Rldgewood, N. J., and Ann ,
Hopkins, Cherlton, Va., whose theme
was "For Unto Us A Child Is Born."
Carol Myrlck, Greensboro, N. C. and
Connie May, Zebulon, N. C., who con
structed on a background of green, a
very attractive lamppost with a Christ
mas wreath. ??
Susan Gay, Zebulon, "NT C. and Millie
Ford ham, Klnston, N. C., who used
approximately 50 Christmas cards to
cover their door and express: "The
Meaning of Christmas Through Song."
See DECORATIONS Page 4
TaWon Reports "Tlie 100"
Had Successful Year !
The third annual "100" Banquet at
Loulsburg College brought over 170
supporters to the B.N. Duke College
Cafeteria Friday evening, December
8.
"The 100" Is a yearly financial sup
port effort for Loulsburg College In
which members contribute to the ?
various phases of the college program
In amounts of $100 or more.
"100" Chairman J. Harold Talton,
reported on gifts of $100 or more since
the last report in December, 1966:
$13,880 for the operating budget; $37,
350 jjgr the development fund;, and
$2,700 for scholarships? a total of
$53,930 for the year. Mr. Talton told
the group that of the $64,000 In the
free grant and work scholarship pro
gram for students this year, some
$32,000 Is being received by students
from Franklin, Vance, Warren, Wake,
Durham and Nash counties. He said
that In a very real sense the *'100"
program was an Investment In our
own young people.
After the Loulsburg College Chapel
Choir presentation at Chlrstmas music
Dr. Cecil W. Robblns, president of
the College, was surprised on his
birthday by a huge cake aglow with
candles and the gift of a country ham
from Food Services Manager, Bill
Beckham.
Dr. Robblns expressed his ap
preciation to the supporters, saying
that colleges today must receive more
support than ever before. He Indicated
that for the operating budget the col
lege receives approximately $250,000
from various sources, which rep
resents 35% of all general and ed
ucational costs. "The studehts are
currently paying 65% of these costs,"
he said.
The college president Introduced to
the audience Mrs. Llna Welch of Louls
burg, whose son Mr. James Welch off
Cambridge, Mass., has named ?
Board Eyes Boarding Home
The Board of County Commissioners,
meeting In special session here last
Friday, talked with a Klnston, N.C.
builder about prospects for a new
Boarding Home for the county. Frances
A. Holt discussed the subject and
showed drawings of buildings that he
said he believed would be adequate
and meet state requirements.
The county has been without a
Boarding Home facility since Novem
ber of last year when the property
was sold to Carolina Fine Woods Com
pany for the purpose of building a
plant on the site. Since that time and
after the old structure was torn down,
the Sylvanla affiliated company has
announced that it will not locate In
Loulsburg. ' <
Although, not of their making, the
Commissioners have been severly crit
icized over the lack of such a facility"
here, particularly since the giant elec
tronic firm made Its disheartening
announcement.
Negotiations have been going on for
some time with at least one constructor
and perhaps more, for construction of
a boarding home. For the most part,
the discussions have been kept quiet
by the Commissioners.
No action was taken at Friday's
meeting and it was not learned what,
if anything, is to be done about the
matter. It was reliably reported that
Mr. Holt and members of the Board
cruised the area looking at possible
sites.
Rainy Day Meter Check Planned
The practice of parking downtown
without paying the meter on rainy
days is coming to a screeching halt.
The tradition of not checking meters
when Its raining will be stopped.
This is the word from Loulsburg
Police Chief Earl Tharrlngton, who
announced Monday that the practice
will discontinue Immediately. "We have
gotten to the place where we will
have to check meters on rainy days",
Chief Tharrlngton said.
He did not elaborate, but It Is known
that many businesses downtown had
registered complaints In the past about
cars sHtlng In parking places all day
on rainy days. Many clerks and busi
ness owners have been using the streets
as parking places when the meters
were not being checked, according to
reports.
Meters are checked In Loulaburg
between the hours of 9 A.M. and
5:30 P.M. dally except Sunday when
there Is no check made. This, now will
Include rainy days.
Berger Is National Test Finalist,
Jr. Botarian Of The Month
James L. Berger, Jr., Loulsburg
High School senior, is one of the
eleven North Carolina twelfth-graders
?elected as national winners In the
Achievement Awards Program of the
National Council of Teachers of '
i English. The announcement of finalists
was made this week.
Final Judges of the 1967 competition
among nearly 8,000 students, from
?very state, were heads of college or
: university English departments. Initial
screening of examinations and essays
was done by English teachers from
. leading high schools and colleges
across the United States. Decisions
were based on the written materials
required of each student. These In
cluded standardised tests In composi
tion and of literary awareness, in ad
dition to three eomposltions (sin auto
biography, a prepared composition to
represent the student's best wrltli*,
and an Impromptu theme).
The National Council of Teachers U
English awards to finalists scrolls in
recognition at their achievement, and
recommends them to collates and un
iversities aa candidates for scholar
See JR. ROT ASIAN Page 4
JAMES BERGER
The Loulsburg Rotary Club haa se
lected Jamas Lipscomb Berger, Jr.,
a senior at Loulsburg High School as
Junior Rotarlan tor the month of De
cember , according to an announcement
made by Ed Plttman, Club President.
Berger Is the second local senior to
be selected In the Rotary Clubs program
of honoring outstanding young men In
the area. Billy Puller of Loulsburgwas
selected in November.
Young Berger Is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J.L. Berger, Sr. of Pord Circle,
Loulsburg and hold* a number of top
honors in his school. Ha la a member
of the basketball squad, was a class
officer as a sophomore and has ser
ved on the staff of the school news
paper tor three years.
Scholastic ally, he is at the top of
his class and has been chosen as the
most "Intellectual senior" and the
senior most likely to sucoeed by his
classmate a". He was selected for Gov
ernor's School last year and was a
See FINALIST Page 4
scholarship program In hlWmother's
honor and In memory of his father,
Mr. Robert Welch.
Chairman Talton, a trustee of the
college, Introduced the other local col
lege trustees and their wives: Judge
and Mrs. Hamilton H. Hobgood; Dr.
?nd Mrs. John T. Loyd; Mr. and Mrs.
John H. Hodges; Mr. and Mrs. Edward
F. Yarborough; Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Lumpkin; and Mrs. Talton.
Words of appreciation for the gear's
fund raising effort were also expressed
by David E. Daniel, Director of Col
lege Relations, who co-ordinated the
overall program.
The Duke Cafeteria was beautifully
decorated with hemlock roping Inter
spersed with nandlna berries. Can
dles lighted the table arrangements
throughout. The head table decorations
featured the Christmas red polnsettlas
with the seasonal mlnature reindeer.
Professor A1 Wright of the college
English Department led the entire group
In singing "Joy to the World" and
"Silent Night", after which the pro
gram concluded.
Out-of-town guest Included Mr. and
Mrs. Harry J. Harles of Rocky Mount,
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Thompson, Mr. and
Mrs. BUI Hooks, Mr. and Mrs. Duffy
L. Paul, Mrs. Ruth L. Wethlngton, and
Dr. and Mrs. M.D. Hill, all of Raleigh,
Dr. and litrs. A, Rosensteln of Dur
ham, Mr. and Mrs. E.T. Hearne, Jr.,
of Henderson, and Mr. and Mrs.
Lynwood Jones of Kenbrldge, Virginia.
401 Accident
/ Heaviest Rains Since *
August Hit County
Raln-sllck highways brought on a
number of relatively minor accidents
during the weekend with considerable
property damage reported to automo
biles Involved in the mishaps.
G. O. Kennedy, Loulsburg weather
man, reported this morning the area
"received 2.03 Inches of rain for the
largest amount of precipitation since
Beasleys To Head Campaign
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Beasley of
Loulsburg have been appointed Dir
ectors for the Franklin County 1968
' March of Dimes Campaign, It was
announced today by Clarence W. Wal
ker, Volunteer State Chairman.
"It's time we stop telling ourselves
that birth defects strike only at 'other
people' and 'other people's children',"
Mr. and Mrs. Beasley said. "A birth
defect can hit any family, rich or
^ poor, any race, any nationality.
"Birth defects are this nation's sec
ond greatest destroyer of life, claiming
approximately half a million unborn
babies each year and killing 60,000
of our children and adults," they de
clared. "More than 250,000 American
babies are born each year with a
defect, and an"8BtTmated 15 million
persons of all ages have one or more
defect that affects their dally lives."
The directors said that the March
of Dimes, which won the fight against
polio, -attacks birth defects by financ
ing research and supporting more than
90 birth defects centers at major
medical Institutions throughout the
United States.
Mr. Beasley Is a native of Loulsburg
and owns and operates the Beasley
Wholesale Company. He Is a Mason.
"In our State alone," they said,
"every year there are an estimated
6,800 babies born with defects. How
long can men and women of good will
tolerate the suffering and heartache
that this total represents?"
the last of August when five Inches
was recorded In a six day period.
Kennedy said the reading for the 24
hour period ending Sunday at 7 A.II,
was .17 Inches and that the reading
on Monday morning was 1.06, The rain
fall in the last 24 hour period amount- .
' ed to .8 Inches to bring the three
day total to 2.03.
Tar River Is continuing to rise today,
according to Kennedy. Readings re
ported by Kennedy are as follows:
Sunday A.M. 2.65 feet; Monday A.M.
3.35 ft. and Tuesday A.M. 7.90 ft.
A single car accident on U. S. 401 '
about three miles south of Loulsburg
Saturday afternoon around 3:30 result
ed In damage to an overturned car.
George F. Green, 27-year-old Louls
burg, Rt. 2, Negro escaped without
injury. Ronald Marks, 20, of Ht. 3, -
Zebulon, was found In serious condi
tion around 9 p.m. Sunday night fol
lowing an accident on N. C. 58 near
Castalla. He was treated at Franklin
Memorial Hospital and transferred to
a Raleigh Hospital.
A number of other minor crashes
were reported, several in the Loulsburg
area, but no injuries were recorded.
Most of the mishaps were blamed on
fog shrouded and rain slick highways
during the past couple of days.
Mrs. Breattie O'Neal Is Artist Of Month
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Mrs. Breattie C. O'Neal, wall-known
local businesswoman and wife of the
late F.L. O'Neal, Is the artist of the
month selected by the Fine Arts De
partment of the Loulsburg Woman's
Club. Mrs. Jack Ayscue, Chairman
, of the department, announces Mrs.
- O'Neal as the first artist to be rec
ognized in the program for this club
year. Mrs. O'Neal is currently dis
playing a painting in pastels entitled,
"Spring Bonnet" at the Franklin Coun
ty Library. Her second picture to be -
displayed the last half of the month
Is a portrait In oils.
A native of Seltna, Johnston County,
North Carolina, Mrs. O'Neal owns
and operates O'Neal Pharmacy, is
a member of the Town Council,
Loulsburg Baptist Church, The O" Hen
ry Book Club and Is a member of a
local bridge club. She has one daughter,
Mrs. E.F. Kimball, and three grand
children.
Breattie, as she Is known to most,
attended Woman's College at Greens
boro, but did not have any formal
art training. She studied under Mrs.
Bank Honors
Personnel
Staff members of First-Citizens Bank
* Trust Company in Frankllnton,
Loulsburg, and Bunn are to be honored
by the Bank next week for service
and loyalty to the financial firm and Its
customers.
Receiving unique service pins and
personal letters of commendation from
First-Citizens' President Lewis R.
Holding will be Mrs. Levole K. Sen
ter of Frankllnton; Mrs. Ella Rowe
of Loulsburg; and John Bennett of Bunn,
each with five years of continuous ser
vice. v
Special pins will go to 1M of the
Bank's personnel aofOss the State this
year, 109 women and 59 men. The
group has compiled a total of 1971
years of service. Currently, some
37% of all the 1500-plus First Cit
izens personnel have been with the
bajk for five years or longer.
M.i Stuart Davis, of Loulsburg. She
has always wanted to paint, even be
fore the death of her husband. She
later studied liNder John Wallner of
Wake Forest, add the Decorative Arts
Institute of Wichita, Kansas. Says
Breattle of her talent and interest in
painting, "wonderful therapy," and that
she has "a need to create things and
painting presents a challenge and is
easy enough to be fun rather than
work."
She works in pastels and oils media
and does portraits more than any
thing else. Her wdrk Is light and
airy, as Indicated In "Spring Bon
net." The colors are gay and sing
of spring. One can tell she truly
paints "tor the children." "Th? mir
acle of color awaits any painter who
wades into It with a paint brush and
determination." /
She states very well how painting
can be therapeutic as well as sat
isfying to the Individual. "The paint
brush Is an Ideal springboard for your
own creative originality."
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MRS. BREATTIE O'NEAL
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