Times
Serving All Of Franklin County
Gy 6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C., Thursday, May 15, 1969 (Ten Pages Today) 100th Year-Number 26
This Is National Police Week Know Your Police
This it the second of a three part
series designed to acquaint the public
with the men who serve in law en
forcement in our county. The first
part covered members of the Frank
linton and Youngsville Police Depart
ments. Today's article will introduce
members of Louisburg and Bunn De
partments. Next week, the concluding
part of the series will present the
Sheriff's Department.
This is National Police Week and
The Times salutes all those who serve
the community in maintaining law and
order.
LOUISBURG
EARL H. THARRINGTON has
been Chief of the Louisburg Police
Department , since
December, 1966.
He has served on
the force for nine
years, joining in
1960. Tharrington
served eight years
in the National
Guard and has had
Auxiliary Police
-Basic Training and
Kiot i raining. He
is the son of Mr.
THARRINGTON
and Mrs. Buddy Tharrington and he
and his wi(e, Sue C. Tharrington have
two children, Tony Karl, 14, and
Gregory Howard, 4.
Tharrington is a high school gradu
ate and a Baptist and lives at 108
Edgewood Drive here. Commenting on
his work, Tharrington says it is in
teresting and that he likes it.
HUBERT P. SHEARON is Assistant
Chief of the Louisburg force and has
Deen a memDer or
the force for 19
years. Prior to en
tering police work,
Shearon was a far
mer. Like Tharring
ton, he has had
Auxiliary Police
Basic Training and
Riot Training. He
is a Baptist and is
married to the for
mer Madge Jordan.
SHEA RON
Shearon has one son, Johnnie Clyde
Shearon. The Shearons live at 502
Ford Circle in Louisburg.
NED I LLOYD joined the Louis
burg force in 1965 after employment
with a local auto
mobile dealership.
He has received
training in Basic
Police work and
special Riot Train
ing. A high school
graduate and a
Baptist, Lloyd is
married and he and
his wife, Jean W.
Lloyd have two
sons, Greg, 7, and
Tim, 4.
LLOYD
The son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Lloyd, the popular patrolman and his
family live at 103 Wilder Street in
Louisburg.
LEWIS W. (LARRY) GILLIAM has
been a member -of the Louisburg de
partment for four
years, joining on
February 1, 1965. <
He has had special
Riot Training. Gil- 1
liam has a high
school education,
is a Baptist and is
married to Sandra
C. Gilliam. He is
the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jasper L. Gil
liam. In com
GILLIAM
meriting on pis work, he says he is
"Pleased with the job" and adds, "But
could use more pay." He lives on
Route 2, Louisburg.
FURMAN W. BURNETTE had six
months active duty with the National
uuara oeiore join
ing the Louis burg
force on June 30, .
1968. He had pre
viously worked
witH an insurance
company . He holds
a high school ed
ucation and is a
Baptist. The son of j
Mr. and Mrs. John 1
R. Burnette, he is
married to the for
Bl'RNETTE
mer Kay Rogers. They naVe two
daughters, Krista Kay, age 3 and Ma
iissa Paige, 18 months. The Burnett*. "
live on Route 1, Louisburg.
ROBERT G. REDMOND joined the
Louisburg force on August 4, 1968,
after three years in
the U. S. Marines
/?end service in Viet
nam. He is a grad
uate of Louisburg
High School, a
Baptist and is mar
ried to the former
Betty Jo Moore.
They have a daugh
ter. Andrea Chris
topher, 2' 2 years
old.
REDMOND
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
P. Redmond and comments on his
work by saying. "I find police work to
be interesting and rewarding and I
derive extreme pleasure from helping
people who need it and protecting the
general public."
LEWIS R. EVANS joined the force
\ . . ? . . . . ?
Ull MUgUM iO,
1968. a few days ;
after Redmond J
joined. Evans has
served two years in S
the U. S. Army. He |
holds a high school I
education, is a Bap- I
tist and is married I
to the former v
Arnola Carpenter, f
They have one
I VANS
daughter. Tonya Renee. age 1
Evans is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A.
E. Evans and he and his .family live at
107 Church Street here. He says that
police work is "Very enjoyable" and
that he "Enjoys serving the public very
much."
Louisburg. like some other depart
ments in the county, has an out
standing Auxiliary Police force. Ac
cording to Chief Tharrington. the fol
lowing men serve in this capacity:
Astor Bowden. Clarence Moody. John
Garrett. Dean Holton. George Cham
pion, Tom Denton. Wyatte Freeman,
Phillip McKinne. Willie Strother,
Ronda Gupton. Morris Wynne, Jimmy
-Martin. Darrell Leonard, J. T. Perry
and Sylvester Harris.
BUNN
TOM POWELL is Chief of the Bunn
Police Department. A one-man force,
Powell works mostly at night but is on
n a i ? 11 I ft
^i-nuur can. nu
biographical data
was not returned,
but it is known
that he served sev
eral years as a Dep
uty Sheriff under
former Sheriff Joe
Champion and re
turned to the Bunn
position in 1966. t
4
He and his wife.
Ruby E. Powell
POWELL
live on Koute 1, Louisburg.
Head Start Gets
$56,259 In Funds
Franklin, Vance, Warren Oppor
tunity. Inc. of Henderson, North Caro
lina has received approval fpr.$56,259
in supplemental funds for the on-going
Full Year. Part-Day Head Start pro
gram from the Office of Economic
Opportunity, it was announced today
by W. Astor Kirk. OEO Mid-Atlantic
Regional Director.
The local share toward the program
total is $5.120.
Talton Group Confers With Nixon
No Action Yet On
Talton Resignation
The Board of County Commis
sioners met in special session here
Tuesday afternoon but took no action
on the resignation of Industrial Com
mission Chairman Harold Talton. The
matter was not mentioned while news
men were present and the minutes of
the meeting make no mention of the
matter.
Resignation by, the popular Com
mission Chairman last week and his
comment that he was "tired of being
slapped in the face" by the County
Commissioners has caused consider
able stir across the county. The Com
missioners took no action following
the Talton bombshell except to ask
Board Attorney W. H. Taylor to recall
Talton to the meeting and explain why
the Board had given Talton a one-year
appointment to the Commission when
the law required a three-year appoint
ment.
The resignation has not been reject
ed nor accepted by the Board and
Talton is in Washington attending a
Conference on Rivers and Harbors. He
was named to the State Committee by
Governor Bob Scott and conferred
Wednesday with President Nixon. To
day the group is scheduled to meet
with Defense Secretary Melvin Laird.
Talton. who is attending because of his
interest in the Tar River Basin project
which will affect Franklin County, is
expected to return home Friday.
The fact that the Commissioners
ignored the matter altogether in their
Tuesday meeting supports uncon
firmed reports that some backstage
maneuvering is taking place, designed
to get Talton to reconsider his de
cision. Although it was reliably re
ported last week that he had said
definitely that he would not withdraw
his resignation, it was learned that
several members of the Industrial
Commission are exerting pressure on
Unexpected Customer
Seen* above shows unexpected customer entering Sid Champion'* Store at White
Level in an unorthodox manner in the wee hours last Saturday morning. Sheriff
William Dement reports that Stuart Murphy, w/m/33, haa been arretted In
connection with the incident. Damage to the front of Champion'a Store was
extensive. The accident occurred around 3 A.M., according to reports.
' Staff photo by Clint Fuller.
him to remain on the Commisaton as
Chairman.
One report, unconfirmed said that
Commissioner Norwood Faulkner has
contacted Talton on the matter.
Faulkner, representing the Louisburg
District, recommended Talton for the
one-year term. If efforts are being
made in this direction, such efforts are
being kept secret.
A new development occurred this
morning in the growing controversy. A
group calling themselves Concerned
Citizens inserted a paid ad in The
Franklin Times containing the official
minutes of Tuesday's meeting and
reporting the cost of such meetings to
the taxpayer.
The ad asks citizens how much they
know about their county government
and urges them to discuss county
matters with their Commissioners. A
spokesman for the group said the
efforts will be continued in the hope
that "others might become concerned
with the manner which the county's
business is being handled." He jaid the
Talton matter sparked the move, but
that his group had been experiencing
growing concern for some time over
certain actions by the Board of Com
missioners.
In actions taken in Tuesday's meet
ing, called to study a request by the
Welfare Department for an increase in
Public Assistance from $75,437 last
y?ar to $108,591 this year, the Board
delayed a decision on the budget
increase. The Mental Health program
budget was approved at $39,662.43
with the county's share being listed at
$4600.
Overpayment of township road
bond funds were transferred to the
county's capital Improvement fund as
perscribed by a local law ratified in
May, 1959.
Gets Emergency Food Grant
A $32,262 grant from the Office of
Economic Opportunity to continue
the Emergency Food and Medical Ser
vices program in Franklin and Warren
Counties was approved today by W.
Astor Kirk, Director of OEO's Mid
Atlantic Region.
The program is administered by
Franklin- Vance-Warren Opportunity,
Inc., of Henderson, North Carolina.
The program will provide for opera
tion of the program for the five
months ending June 30, 1969. Staff
includes a fiscal manager and three
outreach workers. The outreach pro
gram is to assist people to become
eligible for this and other federally
financed health and welfare programs,
as well as promoting good nutritional
habits and helping with food prepara
tion ideas.
In addition, 250 children will re
ceive school lunches and $21,331 will
be deveted to assisting very low-in
come families to purchase food
stamps.
The grantee agency is also charged
with broadening the number of places
and length of service of stations issuing
food stamps.
Local Navy Man Is Honor Guard
S. A. Donnie W. Finch, son of Mrs.
Lucile S. Finch, Route 3, Louisburg
and the late Bunnie C. Finch is serving
with the Ceremonial Guard U. S. Naval
Station, Washington, D. C.
Seaman Finch is a 1968 graduate of
Louisburg High School. While in
school here, he played varsity basket
ball and baseball.
He entered the service November 6,
19b? and received
hit baaic training at
Great Lakea Naval
Bate, Great Lakea,
ni. and graduated
January 17, 1969.
Some of the
duties he hat per
formed w?a in the i
Inauguration of I
Pre*ident Richard I
M. Nixon, eicort
duty when he re
FINCH
turned from his European tour. Most
recent wu the Eisenhour Funeral, and
escort duty with he Dignitaries that
came to pay their final respects.
Finch Is the second Franklin ser
viceman to serve in a ceremonial guard
section. William Rowe served in the
t
Old Guard, honorary unit of the 1st
Battalion, 3rd Infantry in 164, at Fort
Myer, Va., just outside Washington. At
that time, Capt. Harold Luck, Army
Advisor attached here said Rowe was
the first from Franklin to be so honor
ed. Finch is now the second.
The history and workings of the
Naval unit is told in an article, "The
Solemn Work of Proud Men" by J02
William E. Parker, USN. He writes.
"As a representative of our nation and
the Navy, the Guardsman can often
feel the pride of a country. Honoring
men who have lived or died for their
country s an experience no Guardsman
will soon forget."
Franklin Firms To Get Tax Check
Greensboro. N. C. ? A "compliance
?urvey" of many Franklin County
burinei* firm* to determine If they are
filing all required Federal tax return*
will begin aoon, the Internal Revenue
Service Mid today.
Dlatrict Director J. E. Wall laid the
?urvey will take about three monthi to
complete and will be conducted by
Revenue Officer*. A croaa lection of
non-farm bualneeeet will be checked to
aee if ad required tax return* are being
filed.
Wall laid the current aurvey I* not
designed to determine whether return
ire accurate but only whether all
required returns are filed. The survey
will alao be used to check the com
pleteness of the IRS Master File of
business taxpayers.
Moat businesses comply con
scientiously with the tax laws, Wall
said. However, he added, thesfe laws
art complex, and some business tax
payers may not be fully sware of all
the tax returns which apply to their
particular business operations. These
See CHECK Page 6
Bound Over In Road Death
William Lee Stalling*', w/m/17,
charged with manslaughter in the May
1 accident which resulted in the death
of Darreil L. Smith, w/m/21, was
bound over to the October term of
Superior Court here Monday. Stalling*
is charged as driver of the car which
ran off the highway on the River Road
? intuNi
Rescuers Get Jaycee Gift
Bill Fleming, Project Chairman, left, presents Jaycee check to David Minnich,
Chief of the Louisburg Rescue Service. The Jaycees raised $250 in a hot tie
collection drive. Photo by C. T. Dean, Jr.
Two Arrested
In Bunn
Burning
Franklin Sheriff William T. la
ment's office reports the arrest Tues
day of two men charged with setting
fire to an abandoned house near Hunn
earlier this week.
Chief Deputy Dave Batton reports
that William H. Murray, w/m/17, Rt.
4, Louisburg. and Jerry Duncan,
w/m/20, Spring Hope, have been
charged in setting fire to a house
belonging to Mrs. Annie H. Pendleton
near Alford Lumber Co. Batton said
the men apparently built a fire to keep
warm and the blaze spread and de
stroyed the house.
Duncan, according to Batton, was
recently arrested with three other men
and charged with taking an abandoned
1958 Ford from along NC-98, moving
it to a wooded area, stripping it of
tires, battery, wheels, etc. and setting
it afire.
near Franklinton, struck ? tree and
caught fire. Smith died of injuries
received in the accident in Duke Hos
pital two days later.
S tailings is also charged with ex
ceeding safe speed and prayer for
judgement was rendered in this charge
and continued until December on con
dition that Stallings not violate any
motor vehicle laws of N. C. until that
date and pay coats of court.
Other actions in Monday's session
of District Court include the follow
ing:
Lawrence Johnson, n/m, non sup
port. 6 months in jail. Notice of
Appeal; Bond set at $j200.00.
Lawrence Johnson, n/m/26, driving
wrong side of road. 30 days In jail.
Notice of Appeal; Bond set at $60.00.
Otis (NMN) Lynch, w/m/32. op
erating auto Intoxicated. $100.00 fine
and costs; surrender license for 12
months. Notice of Appeal; Bond set at
$160.00.
Milton Gupton, w/m/25, public
See COURT Page 6
PAUL BREWER
... new Prexy
Brewer Is
Jaycee
President
The Louisburg Jaycees held their
annual installation of officer's banquet
Monday night at the Murphy House.
Ronald Thompson, area Jaycee Vice
President from Wendell, performed the
installation service
Officers installed for the 1969-70
year were Paul A. Brewer, President;
Bill Fleming, lit Vice President, Dick
Lucas, 2nd Vice President; Clint Ken
nedy, Secretary; Parke Brown, Treas
urer. The Board of Directors installed
were David Allen, Conrad Sturgess and
James Grady.
Bill Fleming, chairman of the re
cent Jaycee Bottle Drive, presented
checks totaling more than $250.00 to
David Minnich. president of the Louis
burg Rescue Squad.
Guest speaker for the Banquet waa
Norwood Jo net, min|ster of the Louts
burg Methodist Church.
Guests included Mayor and Mrs. V.
A. Peoples,. Mr. and Mra-CUreac*
Moody, C. T. Dssn and Unwood Ulas
and the Jaycee wives.