-rise again ? .
There was a hearing in Kocky
Mount on development of the Tar
River basin but to date nothing has
come of it, and a man was given a
speeding ticket while walking along a
Bunn street. The Board of Education
adopted a Citizen's Committee recom
mendation for consolidation, but as
Ihe decade ends, nothing has been
done about this.
Revaluation of county property be
gan in late X964 and the Ku Klux Klan
held a rally here attended by several
hundreds, marking the- start of a
period which would bring a great deal
of unfavorable publicity to the
county. The county voted for Lyndon
Dement
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to patrol the county and check the
various business places. "Unless you
catch the criminal in the act or find
the goods on him, it is almost impos
. sible to get a conviction, "K Dement
said, t
Me explained that with each t)f his
rpen getting- oiif day off a week, one
spending most of his time delivering
patients to the State Hospital, and
another tied up regularly in court h?re,
he is greatly understaffedr'although he
said his'department is working as hard
as it can and "doing all we can" to
solve these crimes.
t
- . Sixties
(Continued from Page 1)
Johnson over Barry Uoidwater, except
Hayesville Township and the Klan
threatened thek^ouisburg and Frank
linton ChristmasParades. Both were
held without incident, however. ?
, Gay Products manufactured its first
chair with formal ceremonies and
Harold Talton, Chairman of the De
velopment Commission, was named
Man of the Year for his part in landing
the firm.
The County Commissioners, drawn
between three applicants for W. F.
Shelton's Recorder's Court Judgeship,
pulled some maneuvers and ended up
? with a temporary ?ppointment which
the law made permanent. Shelton had
resigned and G. M. Be&m, Sr. was
named to hold the post until the
Board could make up its collective
mind. It was later discovered that
Beam could not hold the post on a
temporary basis.
The heaviest snov^ in years-7
Tnches -hit ,the area with 5 degree'
temperatures and there began a Series:
"What Next 'For Franklin County
Schools?" Things pQpped so fast in the
school situation, o however, the series
could not keep up.
V: A. Pepples edged-by 12
votes-Robert Hicks for Louisburg
Mayor and as the decade ends, still
- holds the post. The Rescue Services's
? Price Is Right Show proved the most
popular thing of it* kind ever staged
here and 65 Negroes applied for white
? schools. Bfy the opening of aohoo), the
number was down to seven at Louis
burg and three at Bunn, marking the
first titegration here.
Irijune the Frankllnton area was
stungV^a meningitis scare following
the deatnkof a 14-year-old boy. Hun
dreds ?t'?' treated, most' of them in
the FramUinton area", Cepterville be
came incorporated -and Louisburg dis
covered it had topped all towns in the ?
state in retail sales growth during the
past* five years. . ?
' , The Klan held a rally and a street
walk marred by an incident when a
Klansman allegedly struck a college
photographer and a cross was burned
at The Franklin Times office as well as
other places in the county. The
government accepted Franklin's school
plan a|id the tobacco market put on an .
unusual act as it opened, closed,
opened, closed for several weeks.
Franklin voters voted against the
road bonds and court Reform in
?*. November ag<j Louisburg College stu
s * dents launched a gift drive for service
men in Vietnam. In December, the
NAACP filed suit against the Board of
Education in federal court and the
County Commissioners cut the pro
perty valuation to 80 percent.
For his efforts on behalf of the
school system, Edward F. Yarborough
was named Man of the Year.
Four persons were injured, two ftriously, in the accident shown above. The tyvo, identified
as Kenneth Penderman, c/m/20, Rt. 1, Louisburg, and Charlie HarveyT Jr .. c/m/16 of
Franklinton, were treated at Franklin Memorial Hospital and transferred to Duke. The accident
occurred at the cloverleaf traffic pattern south of Louisburg Sunday night around 6 p.m. Also
injured were Lesse Johnson, c/f/21 of Red Bank, N. J., and Hazel Clax, c/f/15 of Franklinton.
Several other ' passengers in the cars escaped injury. The Johnson woman was chatged by
?Trooper D. C. Day with failing to stop for a stop sign. -Staff photo by Clint Fuller.
NC Plcftes
Higher
Raleigh -? Approximately
3,300,000 .application cards
needed to obtain 1970 motor
vehicle license plates have
been mailed to North Caro
lina motorists, according to.
Mi$s Foy Ingram, director of
the Registration Division of
the Department of Motor Ve
hicles. ' T
Miss Inpam says motorists
will be paying more for their
plates this year as a result of a
25 per cent increase in regis
tration fees Voted by the
1969 General Assembly. As
in the past, the plates will go
free to the state's amputee
war veterans and those with
the Veteran Administration's
100 per cent disability rating.
The new reflectorized red
and white plates will go on
sale throughout the state on
January 2, 1970.
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Flue -Cured Production To Be Larger In 1970
Some slight increase in
flue-cured tobacco produc
tion could occur in 1970 de
spite a reduction in quotas of
5 percent.
The announced quota is
1,071 million pounds. If the
quota and the allowance for
undermarketings of 137 mil
lion pounds are fully produc
ed in 1970, the total supply
could be up slightly, accord
ing ty North Carolina State
University economists.
The strong 1969 prices
may be hard to match "next
marketing season. Economist
Jim Allgood said that, even
though the support price will
be increased 3.5 percent,
prices received by farmers
may not rise much due large
ly to the fact that the average
for* 1969, was a strong 72
cents per pound, well above
support level."
The flue-cured situation is
this: U. S. flye-cured produc
tion was estimated at 1,058
million pounds, up 62 million
from 1968. For the second
consecutive year poundage
quotas were underproduced.
The total supply for
1969-70 is down 140 million
pounds from the previous
year. Stabilization'stake was
less than 9 percept, compared
to almost 13 percent in 1968.
Domestic use during the
last marketing year was
down, reflecting lower per
capita consumption of ciga
rettes. Exports during
1968-69 were down about 2
percent, partially due to a
dock strike.
Burley: Production of
hurley tobacco was up 11
million pounds from 1968
with about the same acreage
harvested (nationally). The
1968-69 domestic disappear
ance was down 16 - million
pounds from the- previous
year. Exports in 1968-/59
were up 2 million pounds to a
total of 55 million.
The outlook for burley in
1970 could be affected by
the allotment, which won't
be announced until around
FIRE FIGHTERS SAVE SEABOARD STORE
?
February.
With favorable growing
conditions, yields will con
tinue their slight upward
trend. Disappearance in
1969-70 may be down slight
ly in both the domestic and
export markets. Carryover
stocks on October 1, 1970
are likely to be about the
same. Total supply In 1970 is
expected to be about the
same as the previous year.
The long-range outlook
(three to Ave years): Domes
tic population growth will
just offset the decline in the
pe&entage of smokers. Fur
ther'' use Qf manufacturing
techniques to utilize less leaf
per cigarette suggests a poten
tial long-term drop in domes
tic disappearance.
The absolute level of U. S.
exports will likely be main
tained, but the expansion in
foreign markets will primarily
by filled by other producing \
countries. '
Birth
Mr. -and Mrs. William
Kirby Frazier of Raleigh an
nounce the birth of a son,
William Kirby Frazier, Jr.
Mrs. Frazier is the former
Bobbi Joyner of Raleigh. Mr.
Frazier is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. W. Frazier of Louis
burg.
CORRECTION
Through error in THE FRANKLIN TIMES for
December 23, 1 969, 'the' ad for FIRST FEDERAL
SAVINGS AND LOAK ASSOCIATION stated that
they would pay 5%% on savings .certificates of
$25,000 or more when held to maturity. The
correct wording should have been: - ~
"Yes, we'll pay you 5%% on savings certificates
? - of $2,500 or more 'when held to maturity/" ~
We apologize for our errc^j . /
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