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Louisburg, N. C., Tuesday, December 9, 1969
(Eight Pages Today)
100th Year Number 85
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Franklinton Holds Annual Christmas Parade
The Franklinton Township Cham
ber of Commerce staged its annual
Christmas Parade last Thursday night
and thousands withstood freezing tem
peratures to witness the event. The
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sixty-unit parade was led by the com
bined units of the Louisburg and
Franklinton Rescue Services and Santa
Claus w^s the featured entry.
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Franklinton High School Cheerleaders
Hundreds of tiny tots lined the
roped off streets in anticipation of
seeing the old gent with shiskers and
none were disappointed. The parade
was resplendent with bands, marching
units, pretty girls on pretty floats and
kids on bicycles.
The Ebenezer Church won for the
best individual float and honorable
mention went to Hall Funiture Com
pany's entry. In the bikes and pets
category. James Boykin took first
place He rode a bike pulling a wagon
containing a Christmas tree, beautiful
ly decorated. Second place went to
Vincent Lloyd and honorable mention
went to Medlin's pony and cart.
The Wake Forest Marching Band
also won a first place prize and the
Henderson Institute Band placed se
cond. Arnold Pope, parading in kilts
and playing the bagpipes, won an
honorable mention.
The Franklinton Woman's Club fur
nished the judges for the parade.
The Louisburg Woman's Club float,
a first place winner in the Louisburg
parade, and Framer's Tractor and
Truck Co., a second place Louisburg
winner appeared in the Franklinton
parade as did the Louisburg High
School Band,
Guess Who Arrived In Franklinton
Scenes Of Monday Night's Still Raid surr photo, by A*or Bowden
Secondary Road Work Slated
The State Highway Commission has
allocated $97,000 from Secondary
Road Bond funds for Franklin Coun
ty, according to announcement last
week by Clifton L. Benson, Are*
Highway Commissioner.
, An allocation of $34,900 was made
' to grade, drain and pave State Road
1731, known as the old Bunn Road,
located southeast of the Bunn town
limits. The work will extend from the
end of the present paved portion to
State Rural 1735, a distance of 1.3
miles. i
Also slated from this allocation is
State Rural road 1715, known as the
Martin Road located between Phelps
Chapel and the Riley Community, a
distance of .40 miles.
Another allocation of $61,900 was
made to grade, drain and pave State
Rural road 147,?, Reynolds Road from
NC-561 to a dead end, a distance of
1.2 miles. This road is located between
Center ville and Wood.
Also included In this allocation Is
similar work to State Rural 1468, the
Brewer Road from State Rural 1457
to State Rural 1426, a distance of 1.2
miles. This road is located in the White
Level Community. Also slated for pav
ing is State Rural 1467, Fishing Rock
Road from the end of present paving
to NC-66, a distance of .10 miles. This
road is located of Stalling* Crossroads.
All secondai^virork, it was pointed
out, is dependent on the availability of
right of way.
Wreck Kills Bunn Man
A 59-year-old Bunn man wai fatally .
injured early last Friday morning when
his late model car crashed into a
tractor-trailer truck at the intersection
of NC-39 and NC-97 two miles east of
Zebulon.
The car driven' by Norman Elmo
Gaskill. the victim, collided with a
tractor-trailer rig driven by Donald
Barham, 2 6 of Route 5, Raleigh, about
7:40 a.m., according to State Trooper
D. M. Hlnton.
Hinton said Gaskill was headed
south on NC-39, failed to stop for a ?
stop sign at NC-97 and was hit by the _
tractor-trailer traveling east on NC-97.
Barham suffered minor injuries, was
treated at Wake Memorial Hospital and
released. No charges were filed in the
case. Hinton laid.
Gaskitl was a deacon in the Bunn
Baptist Church where he had been a
Sunday School teacher. Mrs Gaskill is
Food Services Director of Franklin
County Schools.
Funeral services for Gaskill. a direc
tor for the N. C. Tuberculosis and
Respiratory Disease Association, were
held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Bunn>
Baptist Church by the Rev. Albert
Snipes and Rev. Howard Silver-. Burial
followed in the Bunu ceme'tery
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Louise
Shearon Gaskill; three daughters. Mary
Louise. Norma and Ruby Gaskill of
the home; two brothers. Julian T. of
Goldsboro and Jew G. Gaskill of Sea
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Two County Men Arrested In Warren 1
Big Still Raided Near Wood
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Sheriff William T. Dement, his de
puties and ATU agents raided a large
liquor still near Wood Monday night.
Three men were arrested at the site
and charged with manufacture of ille
gal whiskey.
Dement identified the trio as Wil
liam Danny Smith, w/m/17, Vann
' Ruffln Collie, w/m/28 and Charles O.
Collie, w/m/36. All live on Route 1,
Rocky Mount. Charles Collie is pre
sently facing similar charges growing
out of his arrest at a still near Bunn
several months ago. ,
Officers confiscated a 1959 Ford
automobile, eight 100-pound propane
gas tanks, 875 pounds of sugar, a
gasoline pump, three bags of brand
and a number of tools, tubs and
buckets.
Destroyed at the site were 287
gallons of whiskey and eight sub
marine-type stills with a capacity of
3,000 gallons. Dement said the unit
was capable of producing 200 gallons
of illegal booze per day.
The raid occurred around 6:30 P.M.
Monday and officers worked until
nearly midnight destroying the opera
tion. The trio arrested will face charges
in Franklin District Court.
Warren County Sheriffs officers
and ATU agents raided what was
described as one of the largest opera
tions seen in recent years in this
section. The officers hit a 600-gallon
Drive Chairman
Appointment of Mrs. Donald Grif
fin of Centerville as 1970 Franklin
County Chairman for the Easter Seal
Society for Crippled Children and
Adult* of North Carolina was announ
ced by Dick Kern, President of the
Pine Valley Chapter.
- Mrs. Griffin has been active in
Caster Seat programs for several years
and was instrumental in the Chapter's
establishment in the summer of 1968.
She is a member of the Pine Valley
Chapter Board of Directors and is
serving her second year as Chairman of
the Franklin County Easter Seal Cam
paign.
"I know from personal experience
how much Easter Seals have helped
the physically handicapped," said Mrs.
Griffin.
daily capacity unit Monday in the
Lickskillet Community of Warren
County and two Franklin County men
were arrested at the site. Tlw two were
identified as David Earl Champion and
John Henry Branch. The raid took
place Monday around 4 A.M.. accord
inn to reports and the two men were
arrested as they drove up with a load
of sugar.
Lt. bov. rat laylor lo
Address Lions Club Tonight
Lt. Governor Pat Taylor will be the
featured speaker at the annual ladies
night Christmas Party of the Louisburg
Lions Club here tonight. The Lt. Go
vernor will be the special guest of Lion
Edward F. Yarborough, a Louisburg
attorney who will be in charge of the
j>rogram.
Taylor, who served as Speaker of
the House in 1965 was elected to the
Lt. Governor post last year. The
Wadesboro native and former Marine
was the favorite among a host of
speakers here at a Democratic rally last
year with his homespun humor and
down-to-earth wit.
An attorney by profession, the Lt.
Governor is a graduate of the IINC
Law School. Before becoming Speaker
in 1965, he served five terms in the
House. He is married to the former
Elizabeth Lockhart and the father of
three children, Elizabeth Ann Taylor,
Hoyt Patrick Taylor, III and Adam |
Lockhart Taylor.
The annual Christmas meeting is
the highlight of the local Lion year. H.
D. (Tommy) Jeffreys is President of
the Club.
LT. GOVERNOR PAT TAYLOR
Bank Honors Seven Employees
Seven First-Citizens Bank & Trust
Company employees in Louisburg will
be honored thferweek in recognition of
their long service with the bank.
Each will receive a special letter of
commendation from Lewis R. Hold
ing, President of First-Citizens. They
will also be presented service pins.
Charles H. Loan will receive a 20
year award, and Mrs. Dulcie G. Wil
liams has completed 1,5 years with Mte
Bank.
A. M. Dail. Vice President and
Joseph E. Gilliam are to receive 10
year pins, and Mrs. Elaine W. Harris.
Mrs. Nancy (>. White, and Mrs. Phyllis
C. Joyner are to be recognized fflr five
years service.
They are among 179 First Citizens
employees from across the state to be
honored. These employees represent
1,835 years service, averaging some 10
years each.
Clown joins LHS Majorettes In Frank lint on Parade