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Partly cloudy, no Important change In . tetnperature today aad -WHiliMvU>.X-uw ?tadaj'. 3V, Serving AH Of Franklin County Back On Air Franklin Times Editor A. P. jQh^st^n, Jr., goes back on the air over WYRN Radio regularly at 5 P.M. this afternoon with 93rd Year? Numbir 91 Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Five Cents A Copy V ? ? Lquistourg. N C^, Tuesday, danugryS 1963 ^ " (Six Pages Today), Wall Dedication "Princip.ats in the waffofekiica tion '^ceremonies at LoUVsby'rg .CjQlleijge ""Saturday are pficmred above, 1. to r.. Dr. Ralph \V. ticker. Dr. Cecil W. R'obbins> Dir. Jame^E, fliiTmyj), Re v? fc d gjlr B^Tisher^E.' M. Bartholo mew, who donated the walls, and Mrs. Batholojnew. -Times Phtrto. A new "Survey of consumer markets In the United States, compiled on a fiscal year basis, (hows Franklin County's ecq noray tp be In good shape. Us vitality Is evidence by strong buying power and by the large volume of business done, ' by local retail stored. \ The mid- year report, produc ed by the Standard Rate and Data "Service, gives the first detailed figures on Income and spending for the 12 months ending June 30, 1962, It covers every part of the country. _* The lie st gains, nationally, were recorded by some of the retail lines that had not been doing too well previously. Among them were autos, house hold appliances and other cost ly equipment. Qn the other hand, while the service business advanced it was at a slower pace than In prior years. . V - The survey shows that retail stores In Franklin County, de spite the tightening up that fol lowed the President's contro versy with the steel Industry and despite the subsequent stock <? market drop, were able to ac count for sales in the amount of $15,966,000. This was a gain over the previous year's $ IS, **67,000. : '?> In some section*. of the coun try, especially those hit by heavy unemployment, ' retail business dropped considerably. Where advances were made during the year, the underlying force behind them was the rise In income. Host famllle<rtt~15" found, had more money to spend' than before. In addition , they were In bet ter financial shape otherwise, with smaller installment debt than usual and more cash set Local Firemen Commended: For Response Miss 'Jessie Taylor Harris, surprised by the arr^yal of local firemen and rescuers last Monday night week, when some one turned UY a fire alarm to her place, has" commended the departments for thelr speedy response even though they were not Aeeded. In a letter to the Loulsburg Fire Department, gated, Jan MUs HCtIs would like to thank each and everyone ? w /v? ro? /uui promptness In responding to * ?* call made bjr an unknown par sot, In my behalf, On tlw night of. December 11,1462. You g?ve me quite a surprise bat I did not mUd' Just to know that I had your projection even though there was bo fire-.; 1 would not reft easy day <Sr night without .a Towa of Loulsburg fire con tract and have had one for year*. I consider the very small charge moi'e than worthwhile. 1 Thank yoe for flwaya respond ing to my calls far help In the feat. ? Alio, I would like to express ?y appreciation to the Rescue Service and Electrical Depart - meat o t the TowsVtfLoelaburg tor joining with you In my prp MM." ailde In banks and In other savings. The report shows that net in *'"corae In Franklin County, after tax deductions, amounted to $25, 647,000. This breaks , down to in ave rage of- $3^.674 In disposable Income per, local ' household. Will there be good times In the year ahead? Most business analysts are forecasting a.per iod of\modest growth. Incomes will continue rising, they say, will spend\more freely,, auto mobiles sale^wlll continue to be big and government spending will Increase. As to a recesslon\that Is no longer In the books for 1963. Andrews Named Board \: Personnel Supervisor the Stat* Board of Education created the Job of personnel supervisor Thursday to look after t(BT" recruiting, classifi cation and payroll matters of Its more thI7T"450 employes. Appointed to the post was Robert L. Andrews, who has handled salary administration * , In the Board of Education con troller's office (or the past year. Andrews lives In Louls burg. He graduated from the University of North Carolina In 1959. f The new post carries' a pay range of |7h920 to $lOr104. Andrtws will work under A.C. Davis, controller, who la In charge of the board's account ing and fiscal operations. The new job amounts to a promotion for Andrews in the same office. The Job calls for Andrews to supervise personnel matters for the controller's office, the . Department of Public Instruc tion and the Depkrtment.of Cur ? rtcolum .Study and Research. , The work will Involve super vision of recruiting, testing and ratlJVSLef Job applicants; super vising classification and pay plan, budte* preparation and accounting reeohi^ and payroll perparatlon. Andrews will alto represent the board and the three depart ments In dealings with the State personnel office. Andrews Is cum laude gradu ate of Loulshurg College and the University of North Carolina. He la married to Hie former Sarah Frazler of Loulaburg. They have one daughter, Beth * Andrews. R. L. Antra#* One From Franklin 3 Boys Held In Theft -5 Of Vehicles, Fir earmtr Henderson ?- Three teen-age - boys, believed runaways from a Virginia welfare home, were held hpfo Friday (or ques tioning Into the theft of two vehicles and an arsenal of fire arms. The three were caught driving fetuth from Henderson on U. S. 1 when a service station opera tor noticed the weapona-ln the back seat while they had stopped for gasoline. 'Vance County Sheriff Llnwood Falkner Identified the three as Wiley L*e Anderson and Harry Lm Davis, both 16, and Glenn Delano Caperton, IS. He sakl the Welfare- Home near Manas the three .had left the Burton 4 Millidn B appears that it cost theTJ.8, Government at tout $4,322,984 <o maintain order at the Uni versity of Mississippi this past antumn. ' ^ __ This however, Is slightly toss that the expense envplved In enforcing desegratlon In Little Rock, An^iau, in 1957-58. This expenditure represents the cost at enforcing federal court, orders to admit a Negro student textile university. -""Dixon Welfare Home near Ma nassas, y^., Thursday. Anderson Is believed to be from Franklin County and the otfier two from W/tst Virginia, Falkner sold. ? , They were questioned about ttie theft of a dump truck from the home Thursday and a break in at a Richmond, V*., Service' statlon.Thdtruck *al found abandoned In a creek at Bull Run Mountain In Virginia. ColIei>v Dedicates Whll; ?- -W~ t : ?'-??? . " X . ' ^ Breaks Ground For New Residence Hall "Quality in (duration Is edu cation In which the student learns to the limit of hii ca pacity and the teacher teaches to the limit at his ability,' ?? declared Dr. Ralph W. Decker in an address at Founders day at Loulsburg College Saturday. Speaking on the subject"*' Edu cation for Quality," Dr. Deck .er, who is director of. Educa tional Institutions of The Metho dist Church, emphasized that qUAllt) education is for every man and not Just for the Intel lectually elite. "There can be quality educa tion In the kindergarten and ki the graduate school of techno logy; in (he honors course for select students o(, high Intel lectual ability and In the class for retarded children; In tlie liberal arts college and In tip vocational scho6l,". the speak er continued. "Qiiallty," be ?tated, "insists upon thorough, ness, precise ness, clarity, and eajf-dlpclpllne to the limit at Individual* ability." Education for quality lnrlu4 es the development of those elements that are distinctly hu man. Factors that make da human-are: the ability to lean and to add to the body of learn ing; the ability to prpduce beauty " lnd enjoy It; the ability to con ceive of Just Ice and to pursue It; the ability to believe In a "higher power and to respect It." During the program the col Jege walls, a gift of a trustee, toward M. Bartholomew of U^Hsborg, were dedicated, with Dr. Ettear B. Fisher of Green ville, Vice-president of tK* Board or^ru steei, presiding. Groundbreaking rites forthe 104-bed wonWs dormltor\ now under construction were ?ISO held, with Marquis w- Lawrence of 6old.stWo nre siding. jtJ \." Dr. James E.Hlllman, p>u|. Ilent of the Board of Trustees, presided at the event. other\ trustees taking part on the pro fram were Rev, K, G. Ruark, Rocky Mount; Rev. W. K. Quick Zebulon; Rev. Troy Barrett,' Warrenton. Also taking part ?*s Rev. Kelly J. Wilson, col *??? chaplain. The event, marking the 1176th anniversary of the chartering of the college, was concluded with a luncheon In the college cafeteria. MAN SHOT IN TIN HOUSf ALTERCATION A Sunday. morning shooting at the Old Tin House, a Negro, night spot seven miles south east of here has, resulted in the arrest of one man and the hospitalization of another. Sheriff Joe W. Champion said that Robert Earl Dunpto<i, 20, who was working In the flight ?pot, shot Frank Branch, Jr.; 38, after an argument over pay menUor a soft-drink. Tlie sheriff said that dunston * * shotgun from about eight feet away, striking Branch In the stomach after Branch "ap proached-him with his hand in hi* pocket." " ' - BranclAwas taken toFrankiln Memorial Hospital and Dunston *?? located shortly afterwards ?t the home of his mother. Aftet. questioning by officers he ad-_ ?"ted ttfc-iiooting, saying he no other 'course of action. Breaking Ground For Dorm ? ~shown turning the first sliovel o( dirt in grQundbr'eaking cere- . monies, for the new women's re- | sidenCe hall at LoiHgburg Col lege h'ere Saturday Is ot. Ralph ; W. , Decker. In Jpackground are "1. to r., Dean .JohV B. York, Mrs. -James B. Clayton, repre senting- the college a|umni> Or. tomes B. H i 1 1 m a n , Nev. I'aul Carruth. and Dr. Ce<;il W. Hob bins, - Times- I'hpfo. / Tobacco, The mo For Epsom Class Opening Annual weekly nlffh^classes for farmers at Epsom High -School frot underway Monday evening with a discussion of Nob*?cc? problems. As In the J. Nr. Griffin, agricultural teacher at . the school, Is dlrect * lng thK programs, which have been coh^uct^d every, winter for many years. Eleven Kftftd^' night session* are scheduled/Nfunning until near the end of Makch. Outside agricultural leaders Vai be In vited to speak on some\of the topics selected. Crlfflp, now ever, will do most of the teacl^ In*. N , Tobacco varieties was the theme for opening night session with Griffin leading tt\e discus sion.. All sessions during the series will be to the Agricul ture Building at the school at seven o'clock. . j; .? Working with the Agriculture teacher in carrying on the stu dies will be John Paul Ayscuf , John A. .Rogers, W. J. Ren* Tommy Ayscue, S. G. Hayes, Sr., Russell Eaves and I,. A. Howes. s , The program worked out co vers subjects on dates Indicated as follows: ' *" * . January 14, The Far'rij Out look for 1963, January 21, Economioal Pro duct l&n and Marketing of Live stock. ? ? January 28, The Tobacco Mar keting Situation. i February- 4, F?rm Ftninc log: Services Available. _ ? -1*' February 11-, Economical Use 9 1 Farm Chemicals^ F?bl uiirjns, The Ten Steps to High CoBoj, Yields. February 25, The franklin County ASC Program for 1963. March 4, Production and Utl-r llzatlon and Operation of the Epsojn. Rural Fire Department. March 18, Social for Class Members and Their Wives. Always hitherto the evening claslfes have been Pargely at tended. Subjects discussed are selected as of being the great ?si concern to farmers. " Griffin explained, that 1* might be necessary to make some changes during the series of -meetings, and that announce ment would be made In advartce where this was found to be es sentia) :/ Former Local Man Gets Agriculture Post ? Secretary of Agriculture br vllle L. Freeman today an Njounced appointment ofiyingate E\ Underhlll as< assistant ,to John\P. Duncan, Jr., Assistant Secretly for ^jjrlcultural Mar keting a no\St abll lzat Ion, A native oM.oulsburg, N. p.; Underhlll ( 4^09 Burlington Place, N.W., Washington, B.C.) has been an empwraa/of the US DA since 1933. AnuHW posi tions he has held areXThlef, Examining Section, Agricul tural Adjustment Adminlstrav tlon; Secretary,, -Commodity Credit. Corporation; Assistant to the -Peputx_ Administrator, price and Prpductlon, Agricul tural Stabilization and Conser : vatlon Service. Undershlll is a graduate of the University of North Caro lina and of Qeorge Washington University Law School where he obtained a J. D.^Jurls Doo. tor) degree and served on the editorial staff- of the George Washington Law Review. He has also done graduate work In economics at the American Uni versity. He served as a lieu tenant In the Navy daring World War 11 /'^ r In 1958 Underbill received .the-USDA's Superior . Service Award, and a? a member....ot ? the Contract Disputes Board, r Comniadlty Credit Corpeir at Ion, -5e-shared In the pistlnjulshed - Service Award made to . that unit In 1959. Underhill will continue to sefve as Chairman of the Contract Disputes Board. Congress May Have lo select IS etc Juan tor Demo. Loiuerence sec y WASHINGTON, D. C.? Bar ring a change In th? situation prior to Jan. 9, there will b? aT~~least one new man op the. Democratic leadership team for the 88th Congress. / Florida's Sen. George Sma Ihers does not now plan to seek reelection ajf?59fir.?it*i?lo the Democratic Conference and, - It baa been Jaatued Xrosa re liable sources; has so advised Majority Leader, Mike Mine field (D- Mont) and President Kennedy. The Conference Secretary's post ranks as the No. 3 lead ership position directly behind those ofthe Majority Leader and Democratic '/whip." ? I . .V' ? -j Like the other two, it Is filled by a vote of the 'Democratic caucus at the start of each new Congress and'usually goes to a southerner. ' - y X Smather's reluctance to oc cupy the position for another two years Is understood to stem frornj)* feeling' It lilhlblts his chance to vote Independent con vlctlons when the occasion re-V quires and that he prefers the legislative freedom to .the leadership role. He has reportedly tolfl close associates he would not 'regard it as possible or logical under such circumstances to remain as Secretary In the absence of a clear 'inderstandttlg that his hands would not thereby- be tied. At the same t|m* he report edly emphasized his move shoul edly emphasized his move shouldn't be Interpreted as a break tftth the Administration and that he expected to support the President's program when ever and wherever It was pos sible While continuing to vote the needs of a not entirely De mocratic state. K's a matter of record those Interests didn't coincide on at least thr?? Wsues In this year's Congressional session. fhe best-remembered In ? ' stance was his vdS^Hflnst the Kennedy medical* package, one that-kerned him a salvo of cri ticism from Administration backers. . ? \ He also was the target of barbed commeht when he mane vered to foreclose the chance of a White House "pocket veto" s of a bill authorizing pension plans for the selfemployed, a" bill finally slgn'eg only hdurs before it would fiaveN become law by default. ,AX third Independent Smathers vote came against the foreign ?Jd appr<^lat!o?r^blll-J^s op position stemming from the lack of safeguards against chan ' ? " ' > - nellng' of funds to C6mmunlgt countries. Aside "from that, the FlorldUn, pressed repeatedly for firmed Cuban action than the State Department and White House .seemed disposed to* take prior to ml4 October. His stand on those Issues could explain reports that he 'tnay seek to switch from the Commerce committee to Fo- ^ jqclgn Relations In the new ses sion retaining his seat on the Finance Committee. Slathers hasn't said anything publicly about the possible transfer-try, though associates Indicate he's considering It. \ Was County Day In Federal Court It looked like franklin Coualy day in U. Eastern District Federal Court In Raleigh Mon- r day. -Six of We twelve Men* dants were from Franklin County .. * ? ' Visiting Federal Judge T#4-r Dalton, of the Western Virginia District, departed some from . usual practice by not Imposing active Jail terms on moonshin ers. ' George Owen Breedlove, a 22 year-old Frankllnton resident, received a one year- active term on three illegal liquor counts and three years probation on two other counts. > A Morrlsvllle teenager, David Gerald Medlln, also Indicted with Breedlove, was placed on four years' probation. v*nd a third man Involved, 40-ynar old William Henry Morton, Jr., of Frsmfllnton, received oris year in jail on three counts \ and three years} probation on \ two counts. ^ Other illegal liquor decisions involving Franklin County men Included: Louis Crudup, 40, Franklln ton, Imposition of sentence sus pended and a $500 fine on fo?lr Illegal whisky counts and three years probation on a fifth count. Charlie Kearney, 33, Frank llnton, Imposition of sentence suspended, $300 fine and three years probation. Haywopd "Taylor, 34, Frank lin, one- year Jail term and three years probation on anoth er count. ? > Johji Earl Perry,. Franklin, Imposition of sentence suspend ed and three years probation. Rescuers Elect Officers For New Term The Loatsburg Rescue Ser vice re-elected their top four officers to new one yJar terms at a meeting here Friday night. Besides Chief V. A. Peoples, officers elected to new terms _lncluded Kyle Prince, Asst. Chief; Harris Spencer, Captain; Dean HoHon, Lieutenant. - A. F. Jdhnsort, Jr., was elect- - ed Secretary-Tresurer to suc ceed Philip McKlnne, who has submitted* hir resignation, ef fective January IS. The Rescue Service voted un animously to sponsor their "Guess the Price Show" again this spring. Negro Youth Injured By Car Here A 10 year-old local negro toy waa seriously Injured when he ? darted Into the path of a car on South Main Street herfe early Friday night. ^ Claude Leo Williams was giv en first aid at the scene for severe head Injuries by the Ixi'ulsburg Rescue Service and rushed to Franklin Memorial Hospital, i * ~ Police said the youth was ?truck' by a car driven by >Mra. y*. Edward F. Griffin, of Louls burg. The accident was appa rently . unavoidable arid no changes were filed. ' _ S V ' Robbers Try Safe At , , Cotton Co. i < The Franklin County Sheriff's Department la Investigating an atfcmpted safe robbery at John son Cojfc mCo., here sometime^. Considerable damage was. Re ported to the safe and office floor, but the would be yeggs were ^nsuccessful In their at tempt* to open the sturdy steel vault- i. ? \ Entry Into the stdre was gain ed thfaugh a side entrance. The robbery attempt waa dis covered when store manager Lacy Jackson opend the (tore Saturday morning. Both Jackson and the officers expressed the belief ttiat dawn came beforjulhe robbers were able to burst through the final steel partition Into the safe and had to flee minus any sou(M ay money. ,
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