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Good Service Pays Kansas City, Mo. ? Trans World Airlines Is offering be tween $1 -million and $3-mil lion in bonuses between April and September to employes who provide superior service. An independent concern will judge the employes on the basis of passenger comments regarding better service. Big Voice In Sky Kansas City, Mo. - When Timothy Adams took too long to get home from kin dergarden, his mother called the police. They took the police helicopter and soon saw a boy playing along the way and told him to go home using a megaphone. When the lad raced in and told his mother about the big voice, she didn't explain. Probably Desertion Pittsburg - Arthur Addison figures he has waited long enough for his wife to come hOme and has sued for di vorce, charging desertion. Ad dison, 79, said his wife had been gone for 48 years. She did not show up to contest the divorce. Home In Austin Austin, Tex. - Airman 1. C Patrick J. Nugent has re turned home to his wife, Luci, and their son. While serving one year of Vietnam duty, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross His discharge came from Bergstrom Air Force Base in Texas. Girl Scouts Go Skating Youngsville ? The Junior Girl Scouts of Youngsville went on * skating party Sat urday afternoon at Skate Town near Raleigh. Seven parents provided transportation for the nine teen troop members who went on the trip. Adults were the two troop leaders Mrs. N. A. Brown and Mrs. W. M. Roberts, plus Mrs. Hazel Locke, Mrs. Shirley Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Peirson, Mrs. Randy Holden. Before returning home the group stopped at the Red Barn and had supper to gether 25?) Valuable Coupon 25* THIS COUPON GOOD FOR 25C ON THE PURCHASE OF 25 Lbs. |or larger] DAILY BREAD FLOUR 25' To The Grocer: Our Representatives Will Redeem This Coupon At Face Value. GOOD THROUGH JUNE 1st, 1969 THE FINEST FLOUR MONEY WILL OUT 25' The Figure And tfcgllh Center NOW OPEN 6 P.M. To 9 P.M. Monday Through Friday DAY HOURS BY APPOINTMENT 3 MONTHS COURSE $38.00 3 NIGHTS PER WEEK Mother & Daughter Plan 3 Night A Week For 3 Months $58.00 The Measure Of a Free Man K Freedom it many things to many people, but by and large a free man it re strained by no force out tide himself. He is unin hibited by just laws because his own sense of justice em braces the spirit as well as the letter of the law. He is prompt to condemn and resist any law that imposes an injustice on any indi vidual. He is not a slave to his pro fession because he takes pride in giving full mevure for remuneration received. By giving extra time and thought to his work, he gains better understanding of it. Family and social responsibilities are ac cepted as a joyous privilege. J Since the free U not seeking an unfair advantage, he votes for the candidate most likely to respect the rights and dignity of every individual and least likely to bow to any pressure group. (roa Th Frtfmm, publication o4 Tb# Foundation for Iconomtc Iducatioa, Inc. 116 , FIRST^FEDERALcad^wJ^dH ' OS" HOCKV mount South Franklin Street, Rocky Mount, N.C. / 202 North Main Btrvet, Louitburg, N.G. T & C Garden Club Tours Hillsborough Members of the Town and Country Garden Club travel ed to Hillsborough Saturday, April 26, for the fourth bien nial spring tour sponsored by the Hillsborough Historical Society. Several points on the tour included the "Commandant's House of the Hillsborough Military Academy." Mr. and Mrs. Lucioui Cheshire -have recently restored this house which was built by Col. Charles Courtney Tew in 1859. The square two story brick structure resembles a mediaeval castle with its cre nellated roof and towers at each corner. It was used as a military school until the Civil War, at which time all the student cadets entered the Army and the school was closed and never reopened. A life-size portrait of Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire hangs over the living room mantel. This is the first time this house has been open to visi tors. "Moore's Pleasure" is the most sophisticated in design of Hillsborough's old houses and is owned and restored by Dr. and Mrs. H. ,W. Moore. This house was built from the famous Plate 37 of Robert Morris "Rural Architecture" (London 1760). The house has three pedimented units. POLITICAL ADVfftmiNG mrs. thomas o. wheless louisburg town council may 6 The mantels are handsome with reeding. The grounds are landscaped with native trees and boxwood. It has a beauti ful front lawn and rear gar den. "Old Burwell School" was a school for females in a spacious frame house built ca. 1821 The gardens feature very fine Sugar maples, lin dens. and sycamores. "The Garden at Heart sease" contains a quaint box wood garden with borders of spring flowers and bulbs, cen tered with an interesting well house. The box bushes at the entrance are well over 100 years old. The flagstone ter race at the rear was built from foundation stones of the old coach house at Burn side. Tradition says that Gov. Thomas Burke may have built ' the central part of the house before 1810. A Tory band j captured Gov. Burke on the steps of this house on Sep tember 16, 1781. Burke's daughter. Mary, planted the Mary Burke rose which still grows and blooms in the gap den. o 1 ?? ? ? oaiia iiuui I an ca tremely handsome plantation house of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Latta. Sans Soucl still shows organization and pattern of plantation life. The house was built before 1800 and ii fur nished with fine antique fur niture some of which is original with the house. An especially handsome silver tea server of English origin is a very valuable feature of the dining room with its huge table, bunt board, and china press and a dutch cupboard laden with old china, glass and silver. In the yard are magnificent Southern Mag nolia trees. "Green Hill," so named in 1750, came alive again in 1968 when it was restored by Mr. and Mrs. James H. Co man. It was built around 1750 on a land grant from the King of England to Charles Wilson Johnston. "St. Matthew's Episcopal Church," a church of England edifice, was built before 1768 and burned In 1793. The pre sent church was organized and built in 1824. All the guides and lec turers were dressed in the colonial costume. Arrangements for t year's annual tour were made by Mrs. Lawrence G. Bare* foot and Mrs. Frank A. Read, Jr Austin, Tex. - Former President and Mrs. Johnson are planning to build a home on a 19-acre plot In Austin. Their $259,000 home will be near their daughter, Luci's $70,000 home. Their new life will keep them in the Texas capital much of the time. Johnsons Plan Home BILL BECKHAM FOR TOWN COUNCIL INDUSTRIOUS-IMAGINATIVE-IMPARTIAL Your Vote Will Be Appreciated Pd. Pol. Adv. The Fr %ht<j (.??, Tw?t??, A Tt?w'?4?? n Times Wr.?| AM O I Caitmtf Tour Historic Hillsborough I Town and Couhtry Garden Club members who toured Historic Hillsborough Saturday afternoon are pictured, left to right. Mesdames N. Frank Freeman, Jr.. Charles E. Ford, Jr.. James K. Grady, Robert B. Fleming; second row, Mesdames Ivey Bolton. Richard Smith, Charles M. Davis; and third row, Mesdames J. David Allen. Lawrence G. Barefoot, Frank A. Read, Jr., and Jack T. Ayscue. 4-H County Council Meets The 4-H County Council met Monday. April 28, 1969, In the Agriculture Building. The 4-H Pledge wis led by the president, Ricky Carden. Jacquline Driver, song leader, lead the group in a song. Myra Harris gave the devo tional and Frances Driver, secretary, read the minutes. Mr. L. D. Baldwin, Agri cultural Extension Agent, an nounced that camp would be July 9-12. He also said 4-H Club Week was now known as North Carolina 4-H Congress and will be held the last week in July. County demonstra tion Day wUl be May 22, 1969. The group voted to support Bryant Foster as Dis trict Vice President. Mrs. W. L. Massenburg told of her trip to National 4-H Leadership Forum in .Washington, D. C. Mr. Parke Tony Gupton To Head Louisburg College SGA In the recent student gov ernment association elections at Louisburg College, Tony Gwenn Gupton was elected vice-president of the SGA for the coming academic year. 1969-70. As vice-president, she automatically becomes president of the Women's Council. Tony, a 1968 graduate of Gold Sand High, is the daugh ter of Mrs. Pauline G. Taylor. Route 1, Castalia Since being at Louisburg College, Tony has been on the staff of COLUMNS, member of the Glee Club, and representative of COLUMNS in the Home M. Brown, Agricultural Ex tension Agent, presented a film on the Community Ser vice Project - 'The Choice Is Yours." coming Court. Other officers elected were president. Leighten Strader, Lynchburg, Va.; secretary, Connie Wilson, Chase City, Va.; treasurer, Steve Lapkin, Richmond, Va.; Men's Coun cil, vice-president. Bill An drew, Siler City; secretary, Howard Tang. Perak, Ma laysia; treasurer. Harry Har les. Rocky Mount; Women's Council, vice-president, Catherine Woodall, White ville; secretary, Merlette Bum pass. Roxboro; treasurer, Lin da Dolly, Raleigh; Dorm Pres idents, Merritt - Gail Short, Wake Forest; Wright Janie Hoffman, Southern Pines; New Dorm - Vicky Isles, Lit tleton The greatest force in chemistry is a pretty girl. Vote For And Re- Elect - -.j. ? J Mrs. Breattie C. O'Neal I RENEW MY PLEDGE TO SERVE THE TOWN OF LOUISBURG TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AS A MEMBER OF YOUR TOWN COUNCIL Pd, PoL Ad. Specials Specials Specials ANY SIZE WHITE RECAPPED TIRE ONLY $11.95 FULLY GUARANTEED - NO TRADE IN NEEDED i I CHAMPION OR AC SPARK PLUGS oh- ego EACH SIP 950 DUPOINT POLISH $1.19 ? 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