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Louisburg, N. C., Thursday, August 28, 1969
(Twelve Pages Today)
100th Year-Number 56
Hardie
Speaks To
Epsom Lions
Tom D. Hardie, chief magistrate of
Vaoce county, told something of the
duties and responsibilities of his office
in addressing members of the Epsom
Lions club Thursday evening.
He was a guest of the club for a
dinner meeting in the fellowship hall
of Liberty (Vance) United Church of
Christ. Nelson Falkner, program chair
man, introduced the speaker.
Hardie for 18'/4 years served with
the Henderson Police Department,
most of that time as a captain on the
force. He also was Judge of Recorder's
court for eight years, founder and
director of the Henderson Boys' dub,
and founder and director of the Crime
Prevention Association of North Caro
lina.
Included in the functions of the
chief magistrate's office are issuing
warrants, performing marriages, and
handling of various civil actions, Har
die told the club. Vance County has
three magistrates: Hardie, S. R. Whit
ten and Heber Lewis.
Bobby Mos, club president, had
charge of the business session. Mem
bers voted to change the time of
regular meetings from eight o'clock to
seven beginning September 4.
Nelson Falkner, chairman of the
club's White Cane drive, announced
that the pancake supper, held annually
for the benefit of the blind in N. C., is
planned October 16 from 6 until 8
p.m.
As further business, Falkner and
Kenneth Fuller reported on their re
cent trip to Durham for the State
Council meeting of Lions executives.
Falkner serves as chairman of Zone IX.
The invocation prior to supper was
offered by Kenneth Fuller. Rev. Otis
King, new pastor of New Bethel Bap
tist church, was a guest of Osman
Garrard.
Youngsville
Lions Hear
Rev. Lock
Youngsville ? Rev. Hoyt M. Lock
was guest speaker at the Youngsville
Lions Club meeting held Monday night
of this week at the community build
ing. Pastor of the Harris Chapel Baptist
Church near Youngsville, Rev. Lock is
a graduate of Southeastern Seminary
at Wake Forest.
Introduced by Lions program com
mitteeman for the evening, W. M.
Robert, Mr. Lock talked to the Lions
about Individual character, emphasiz
ing responsibilities to ones self, fellow
men, God and Country.
Lion President Earl Hart presided at
the business session when the chief
item or discussion was the annual
Calendar Drive. This project is schedul
ed to get under way the first of
October under the leadership of Lion
E. J. Pearce.
School Principal Arthur Gwaltney
was in attendance as guest of the club
president.
A Board of Directors meeting was
held following the regular meeting.
Labor Day
Could Cost 27
Tarheel Lives
Take the labor out of driving this
Lflbor Day with freguent rest breaks to
avoid fatigue that could lead you Into
one of the 1,300 accidents which the
N. C. State Motor dub warn may
take up to 27 Uvea on North Carolina's
streets and highways during the ex
tended weekend. ...
The state will count Its highway toll
for summer's last big holiday from 6
p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, through mid
night Monday, Sept 1, a 78-hour
period. North Carolina's Labor Day
count for a similar period last year
came to 19 killed and 812 Injured in
1,299 sccidenta while American
motorists' sat new national records for
both Labor Day and any three-day
summer holiday with 688 fatalities
Leading driver violations were:
speeding, 802; frtving left of center,
179; failure to yield right of way, 161;'
failure to see if movement safe, 110;
and following too doasly, 101.
"Holidays are more publicized be
cause the heavter-than-normal highway
travel and congestion greatly lncmaae
the potential for fatal accidenta and
Injuries," Thomas B. Wat kins, motor
Cindy Deb nam, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Deb nam. pictured above, will enter the eighth grade at Louis burg High School this year.
Staff photo by CUnt Fuller
The Days Dwindle Down To A Precious Few
County Schools Open Today
Franklin Schools Superintendent Warren Smith reported this morning that over 5200 children are expected to report to the
ten county schools today for orientation. The first full day of the 180-day schedule begins next Tuesday. Friday and Monday
are 9et aside for the Labor Day holiday.
Students are to report today between the hours of 1 and 3 P.M. for assignment and scheduling. Smith reports that 89 school
busses will be operating this year, litis includes those in the Franklinton system.
"We're much better organized and more ready for the opening of schools today than we have been In the past several years",
Smith said. He reported that all vacancies are filled In the system and that all teachers reported on schedule Tuesday for their
first day of work. "I've had real good reports from the principals", he stated. They are very well pleased with their teachers after
the first meeting. We feel we are off to a good start."
He said there are 231 teachers in the system this year, of which sixty are men. Fianklln schools are totally Integrated this year
as they were last year.
New School Bus Safety Rules Explained
Raleigh ? North Carolina motoristi
were advised today that state law
requiring drivers to exercise extreme
caution in the presence of school buses
was strengthened by the 1969 General
Assembly to require additional caution
during the school year now beginning.
According to Richard Smith, driver
education representative for Franklin
County, the primary change in the law
will require mo tor its to stop at the
first visual indication that a school bus
is In the process of stopping to dis
charge or receive passengers. In the
past, the law had specified that ve
hicles approaching or following a
school bus must stop when the bus is
"stopped" snd in the process of receiv
ing nr HiRrhardinp n?<wpnm>rs.
The new alteration in the law ex
pands the regulation to require that
motorists stop "at any time while such
bus is displaying its mechanical stop
signal."
"The new regulation," Smith said,
"la being interpreted to mean that
even though the school bus may be in
motion, either stopping or starting, it
cannot be passed in either direction as
long as the mechanical stop signal is
displayed." He added that school bus
drivers are being Instructed to use the
mechanical signal with descretion and
only when definitely stopping to re
ceive or discharge passengers.
The law also applies to privately
owned buses transporting children to
Daughter Of Former
Police Chief Found Dead
Mrs. Rachael Pace Cline, 39, of
3335 Allegany Drive, Raleigh was
found dead in the kitchen of her home
around 6 P.M. Tueaday by her physl
cian. Dr. Douglaa J. McRee. Mi* Cllne
waa the daughter of the late C. E.
Pkce, who aerved aa Chief of Police In
Louisburg for many yean.
Wake County Coroner M. W.
club praaident, said "We must recog
nize the hazards of hoHday traffic,
learn how to overcome them and
remember that the danger remains
long after the holiday la gone.
"Pleaae use your beat driving skills
and attitudes to bring your-aalf back
alive this Labor Day and help make a
no-no out of our calculated predic
tion."
Bennett old an autopsy had been
ordered to determine the cause of
death. Mrs. Cline, who operated a real
acute Arm, had been dead for about
dx hours when her body was found,
according to Coroner Bennett.
Funeral services for Mrs. Cline, as
sociated with The Parsons Realty Co.,
were held today at 11 a.m. at Brown
Wynne Funeral Chapel by Dr. H.
Edwin Plckard. Burial foDowed at
Montlawn.
Surviving are her husband, Frank D.
Cline, Jr.; a son, Frank D. Cline, III of
the home; a daughter,. Catherine Craft
Cline of the home; her mother and
step-hther, Mr and Mrs. Willis A.
Holding of Raleigh; a sister, Mrs. Wil
liam A. Brackney of Winston-Salem.
and from school church or Sunday
school. It doe* not apply to vehicles
on four lane streets and highways
"that has separated into two roadways
by intervening space or a physical
barrier."
Market Opens Tuesday
Opening Day Average
Of $72 Predicted
The sound of the auctioneer will
ring out in Franklin County next
Tuesday as the three Louisburg tobac
co warehouses hold opening day sales.
C. T. Dean, Jr., County Extension
Chairman, predicts an opening average
of $72 and says the county growers
will produce around 18,000,000
pounds of the golden leaf.
Pointing out that all tobacco grown
here is not sold on the Louisburg
Market, Dean said growers were al
loted 10,135 acres this year and they
can sell 18,074,197 pounds without
getting into the ten percent average
allowed when produced.
The 1968 allotment was 8,749
acres and growers were allowed to sell
15,651,286 pounds, according to
Dean. Sales in 1968 reached
$9,826,226 and averaged $68 for to
bacco sold here and elsewhere, Dean
reported. He said the 1968 yield was
1715 pounds per acre.
He also reported that 1967 was the
"best year ever" with a yield of 2149
pounds per acre for an income from
tobacco of $13,616,837. He predicts a
season average of $72 for this year's
crop, estimating that five percent of
the allotment was not planted.
"We've got a pretty crop of tobac
co. Much better than last year," Dean
said, "it is fairly thin but has good
color." He also said that the Franklin
crop "is the type tobacco the com
panies have indicated by purchases on
other belts-they want. Good smoking
tobacco."
The three warehouses have been
cleared of various items stored in them
during the off season and general
clean-up is underway. All appeared In
readiness Wednesday afternoon.
Ford's Warehouse reports that most
of their experienced personnel will be
returning. Charles Ford, Sr. and
Charles Ford, Jr. will lead a crew of
veteran tobacco men including E. M.
Sykes, Brodie Martin, Jimmy Martin,
Thomas Carter. Roger Edwards, Rae
ford Baker, George Richards, Ray
mond Foster and Gary Carter. Ford's
will have second sale on opening day.
The Friendly Four warehouse will
be under the direction of James Speed,
Gus McGhee and Clemon Pearce. None
were available for comment Wednes
day afternoon but Grover C. Harris
Jr., who has been associated with the
warehouse "for 60 years", was keeping
the office. "1 just set back and watch
the other work," Mr. Harris said. He
added that he has a number of cus
tomers who have been coming to the
warehouse for many years and that
he's around to help them. At 84, he it
still active in the operation. Friendly
Four will have first sale opening day
Booster White will be auctioned
for the Louisburg Market and Jimmy
Gupton will return as ticket marker
according to reports. The market will
operate Tuesday through Friday open
ing week and Monday through Thurs
day thereafter, unless the days arc
changed by future actions. Sale starts
opening day at 9 A.M.
Dean says the crop is good. He say;
there has been less loss from disease
than in past years and that hail ha:
rendered far less damage this season.
"Very little drowned tobacco was suf
fered during the wet period". Dean
says. This was due to better water
drainage here than in some other
sections, he said.
Opening day sales last year were
reported as some over 300,000 pounds
here for an average of $70.25. Second
day sales reached 269,064 pounds for
an average of $68. 1 8.
Franklinton Announces Faculties
(KRK. B.W.I The Frankllnton City
Board of Education office has an
nounced faculty members for the
coming year. Frankllnton schools will
open for teacher-pupil orientation on
September 2 with the first full day
scheduled for September 3.
Members of the faculties at the two
Frankllnton schools, including thirteen
newcomers, are as follows:
Frankllnton Elementary School:
Mr. Ollle W. Burred, Principal, Mrs.
Ora H. Alston, Mrs. Bettye I. Beaman,
Mrs. Cora C. Brodie, Mrs. Frankie K.
Cain, Mrs. Bettie S. Champion, Miss
Nellie B. Cheatham, Mrs. Lillie M.
('lemons, Mn. Lucy N. Green, Mrs.
Mary F. Green, Mrs. Barbara H. Harris,
Mrs. Elsie B. Harris, Miss Mabel D.
Sll, Mrs. Barbara M. Holley, Mrs.
riam G. Honeycutt, Mrs. Ollle M.
Jenkins. Mr. Garriet C. Jones, Mrs.
Mamie J. Jones, Miss Joyce C. Lowder
milk, Mrs. Linda J. McGhee, Mrs. Alice
C. Richardson, Mrs. Jacqueline G.
Shelton, Mrs. Janet P. Spann, Mrs.
Ednell T. Steed, Mrs. Mary H. Sweatt,
Mrs. Levonia R. Taylor, Mrs. Bertha F.
Whitfield, Mrs. Nancy K. Wilson.
Franklinton High School: Mr. Carl
E. Grad, Principal. Mrs.' Diane B. Aus
tin, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Blount. Mr.
Howard H. Boling, Mr. General J.
Bussey, Mrs. Lucy M. Bussey, Mrs.
Ernestine P. Callahan, Mrs. Lucy L.
Cannady, Mrs. Julia F. Carr, Mr. Wil
liam K. Cobb. Mrs. Rolline D. Collins,
Mr. William I. Curry, Mr. James E.
Foster, Mrs. Willie C. Gibbs, Mr. Roy
B. Hall, Mrs. Electa R. Hardy, Mr.
James O. Harris, Miss Edith H. Jack
son, Mrs. Lula M. Johnson. Mr. Robert
L. Johnson, Mrs. Dorothy H. Jones,
Miss Peggy L. Lassiter, Mrs. Mary S.
Little, Mrs. Ialeen S. Mode, Mr. Jim
mie C. O'Neal, Mrs. Margaret A.
Pruette, Mrs. Polly K. Rogers, Mrs.
Sandra G. Scales, Mr. Norman W.
Shearin, Jr., Mrs. Norma P. Smith, Mr.
Horace J. Tart, Mrs. Betty E. Timber
lake, Miss Nelda K. Tomlinson, Mr.
Melvin D. Tunstall. Mr Edward B.
Wheeler, Mrs. Jane W. Wilder, Mrs.
Mary G. Yarbrough, Mr. Walter Yar
b rough
Dr. John T. Lloyd, Local Surgeon, Passes
DR. JOHN T. LLOYD
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Dr. John T. (Jack) Lloyd, 53, who came to
Louisburg in January of 1951 to set up the surgery
section of the newly opened Franklin Memorial
Hospital, died Tuesday around 2:30 P.M. in Duke
Hospital. Dr. Lloyd had been in declining health for
the past several months.
For the past 18 years he has been chief surgeon
at the local hospital and active in community affairs.
He was past President of the Louisburg Lions Club
and a Trustee of Louisburg College. He was also a
Mason and served as Director of Civil Defense
several years ago.
Dr. Lloyd was a Fellow of the American College
of Surgebns. He graduated from Trinity College in
Hartford, Conn., Temple University School of
Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania. Born
in Philadelphia. Pa., Dr. Lloyd served as a surgeon in
World War II and was honorably discharged with the
rank of Major.
Memorial services were held today at 4 P.M. from
the Louisburg Methodist Church, of which Dr.
Lloyd was a Trustee. Services were conducted by
the pastor. Rev. Norwood Jones.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs!1 Helen Lloyd, t
daughter, Mrs. Susan Allen of Great Falls, Montana,
and a son, Johnny Lloyd of the home.
The family requested in leiu of flowers that
contributions be made to the Louisburg College
Scholarship fund.