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Back On Air Times Editor A. T. Johnson, Jr., Is back on WYRN Radio with ill the local mvs, re ported direct from The Fraak Itn ' Times newsroom, each afternoon at 3 P.M. >93 Year? Number 92 "10 Killed On Roads In 62 Franklin County chalked ut the unenviable record ot 10 kill ed. 1S1 Injured and $8t,tll.0C In property damage In 237 re ported highway accidents dur ing 1962. Of the total, SI of the accl . dents, 17 of the Injured, 1 ol ^ the dead and fit, 095.00 la da mages occurred during the month of December, ? Even the high arrest and con viction record made by the Stati Highway Patrol In the foul county district (5,322 arrests, 5,027 convictions) failed to kee[ ~ drivers from running up a stag (?ring total of 1,021 accidents, see Injured, 42 killed and >416, 903.00 In damages during th? year. Neighboring Granville County led In total number of accident! with 334, number1 Injured with 166 and In property damage ? with $164,370.00. Vance led 111 the number killed with 12, fol lowed by Warren with 11. Gran ville had 9 deaths. . Vance County, had 245 acci dents, 146 persons Injured and $83,677.00 In damage. Warren County had 185 accidents, 103 Injured and $80,645.00 In da mages. ' ' j ' \ ' ?" . !? Art Exhibit Slated At College Hire - Sea scenes of eastern North Carolina is the theme of an exhibit at art by Mrs. Efts R. Bateman of Belhaven at Louis burg College. Recently featured In the NEWS AND OBSERVER, Mrs. Bate men Is the local art teacher and founder of the Belhaven Art Gallery.. She teaches about 25 adults and children In all \ styles and In all /nedla. She studied art at Meredith College In Raleigh and had private les sons at Klnston and Chowan College. The Belhaven Art Gallery pro vtdes -a place for exhibiting the \work of the local artists as well as special exhibits from the N. C. Museum of Art and other artists throughout the state, it alse stimulates the In terest in a>t for the Belhaven community J Mra. Batsman's exhibit will be on <1 Inlay In the Exhibit Room, Fife Arts Building on the campus from January S to January 31. The exhibit pieces ' are done In water colors and oils. Beginning February 1 and run ning through March J, work by Kenneth Ness, professor of art si the University of North Caro lina, will be 'exhibited at the . college. The public la invited to these exhibits. Mystery Somethlnf blew through Louis burg about 4 o'clock Wednesday morning with a loud siren wak ing a good portion of northern town. Wbatevar It was kept right on through. The question- In the minds of groggy eyed residents here Is what It was blowing at In Loulsburg at 4 o'clock la the morning. . > . " - j - ! Interest Sold The sale of the Wcken's and Associates Interest In White Funeral Home here was an nounced Wednesday by L. (Pete) Dickens. Dickens reported the sale waa made to James K.. Edwards,1 co-owner and manager of the . establishment. * ? Growers Meet Franklin County tobacco grow ers were reminded today of the F]ue Cured Tobacco Growers Association meeting In Raleigh next Monday. The meeting gets underway at the State Fair Arena at 2:30 P.M. and all tobacco grow ers are urged to attend. ? ^ Bloodshed Box Score fclelgh - The Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traf fic deaths through 10 A.M. Mon- . day, January 1, 1963: KILLED TO DATE 14 _ KILLED TO DATE LAST - YEAR- / > - ? Same Number - Different Road Wake COuoty may have more miles of primary ' roads than any other County in the 5th District, but none afly the v^orse for wear than Nt-C. 56 lj?tween Louisburg ancT'tke NasJr^CQunty line (above) an|d between Franklinton and Creed more. The existing road is morettkea roller coaster th?n a highway. - Times I*fiof6, ; Loses Seat Of Pants In Auto Accident An out-of-state motorist, In volved In * collision near Frankllnton Tuesday night, suf fered considerable loss of dig nity as well as damages tp his car. -The motorist, Identified as Joseph Donald Gibson, 23, an engineer with Grumman Air craft Corp., was Involved In a collision with a car driven by Badgle Cash, 19 year-old-Route 1, Loulsburg youth at (he In tersection of U. 8. 1 and the Pokomoke Road Just west of .s throjrn from his small Renault by the force of Impact, but was able to hang onto the door of the car. Gib son was dragged a consider able distance In what could be described as a sitting posi tion, but by retalnlr* his grip on the door of his little ve hicle, escaped serious ^njury. The dragging In this position, however, caused a good sized hole to be worn in the seat at hl? trousers. Glbaon site lost some skin from the are* directly adjacent to the afore mentioned hole In his trousers. Gibson's wife as well as the driver and i passenger In the other car escaped Injury. State Trooper E. M. Roberts said that Cash was charged with failure to yield the right of way. Fire Training "The Fireman's role In the dlsoovery of arson at afire," was the topic of an Instruction session at The Loulsburf Fir* Department Monday night. A. E. Pearce, Special Agent with the Arson Division, N. C. - Insurance Commission, con ducted the tralnlng_jsjsl0n as 1963 training got underway for local firemen. Chief W. J. Shearih appointed a committee composed of James A. Johnson, W 11 lard Morton and Davis Perry to take charge of all training for the year. . Board Split Oil Bldg. Bids The Joint County- Yarlwrougl owned Blcket - Y*rUirougt building^ wa* auctioned off foi the second time Saturday,' but the sale doesn't appear to tx anymore completed than whet first announced. The Commissioners split Iwc to two on accepting the hlgt bid of $13,600 made by Attornej Charles Davis (Arnold and ChUders for Harris andColllni against) forcing Chairman Nor wood Faulkner to cast a tie breaking vote. Faulkner voted to accept the bid. / The co-owner of the building, Miss Martha Yar borough, through attorney Hill Yar bor ough, then rejected the bid and there the matter hangs, for the present, anyway. The Board Monday re-ap poloted Avery SUlllngs of Cy (wess Creek Township and. Ben T>erry of Dunn TowiUhlp to Aew e year terms on the Franklia Memorial HospKal Board at Trustees and ontherecommen datlon of District Agricultural Agent J, E. Foil and local Agricultural leaders, appoint ed Jack Redmond Assistant Farm Agent for Franklia County, effective February 1, to succeed John Davis, who was named Franklin ASCS Of fice Manager. The minutes: i -The following Colored Citi zens of Franklin County, North Carolina appeared before the Board requesting information as to employment at "The Lou Is burg Sportsware Co." of Loulsburg, N. C. ?' JL-G. Dunston. Rev. E? u. Brodle and W. E. Neal. Mr. J. E. Foil, Diet. Agr. Agent State College Raleigh and J. E. Moss of Youngsvllle, N. C., appeared before the Board In regards; to one of his calves being Sestreyed by stray dogs. Moss was advised by the Board lb regards to the Couaty paying claims for Uvi stock destroyed by stray dogs. ' - A petition for the Dorsey Road SR1454 located in Cedar Rock Township -wee filed with the Board request tAg road Im provement. On motion by Com. Chllders, Seconded by Com. Colllna and duly carried, 1 1 was ordered that the petition Se approved and the Clerk was Instructed to . forward the petition to Jta . State Highway Commission. A Road petition signed by W. W. Mjirphy et. als., requesting road Improvements on a cer tain, road located in Youngs vllle Township was filed with the Board. -r> . , New Masonic Lodge Officers New installed officials of the Lonisbufg Masonic Lwlge No. 412LAF & AM are pictured^fx-ont row, i. to r.', R. W. Knott. Trea surer? Stflney JOfflison, Senior Warden; _CharW? Smith, Master; Geprge Perry, Junior Warden;1-" and James A. Johnson, Seqre* . Jary.' B row, Lee Mur-ray, ? Chnplain; George West, Senior DeacoTif- Ferry Beasley ; Install - ? ing Marshall; Hal Perry, Junior Deacons W. F. S^ltcTff. Install ing Officer; James Wliele^3. Steward; Herman Spencer, His torian; Douglas GuptOn, Steward; and Boljby Davis, Tylert- Tunes Photo 9*"^ j , Upon Motion of Com. Collins, .Seconded by Com. Arnold >nd duly curled the petition wu approved and the Clerk iu Instructed to forward the peti tion to the State Highway Com - mission. A Road petition for the Alley ^ road located Uu.LouUbur( Township was alio approved and the Clerfc was Instructed to forward the petition to the State Highway Commission. Upon Motion of Com. Collins, Seconded by Com. ChUters lad duly cur lad It wu ordered thai the Hanover Bank, N. Y., be deelfnated a* the depository (or the funds of The Clerk of Superior Court of Fi'anklln . County, N. C., for the term beginning on the let Monday In December 1(62 and ending 1st. Monday In December 1966. It was further ordered and Incor porated In this Motion thai the . amount o < Bond or Securities be In the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). Mrs. Mary S. Bolton, Acttnc Supt. of Franklin County Wel fare, appeared before the Board and requested that the Welfare Dept. be allowed two extraCle rlcal workers to help cateh up on {he back lot of work In the " Welfare Dept. i*on Motion of Com. -Arnold, Seconded by Com. Collins and duly carried, U was ordered that one extra Clerical worker' he employed -|>y the Franklin County Welfare Dept. for aper lod of Ninety days, Provided the 8m SPLIT DM* ? Highway 56 In yash .* The boundary between Nash and Franklin Is clearly, marked on _highwsy 56 above; This Is where the trail leaves. off and a nice. smooth roatf begins, with the tievf, smooth portion tietng in Nash CoimtjP. - Times Photo. .. Burin Man Dies Front, . Pistol Wound In Head A 38 year -old Bunn man. Parry Johnson Faulkner, vu found dead of what officer! said waa a self- inflicted platol wound at a Harris Cross Roads Gro cery early Wednesday morn ins. Franklin Sheriff Joe W. Cham.* plon said thai Perry's body waa discovered by J. 0. Hagwood when he opqped the stpre about - 7 o'clock. Parry, worked and sKpt In the store. Sheriff Champion said that Parry apparently died .Instantly from a single .32 Caliber pis tol shot In the rl(ilt temple. I The Sheriff estimated the time of death at between 4 aad'5 A. M. ~ A short note, addressed to the dead man's wife, wss found be aide tils body as wss the pistol. Champion Said that Pafry had reportedly been despondent over marital difficulties. Funeral services for Parry . will be conducted at S P.M. Friday from the White Funefil Home Chapel by the Re*. Lyn wood Coffman and burial will follow la the Bunn City Ceme tery. Surviving are his -wife, the Cooks Quench Ftnmes In : i * Barbecue Pit -1 / ( T Thinfs got a little too hot for comfort l^ one ofjhe baf becue jilts at the Murphy rteuse . Restaurant here about 330 Wednesday afternoon - so hot tff* fact they had to -call the fire department. > / ; R aeems that Some meat on I one of the pits' caught afire, i but workers mtpaged to get I the fire out by the time fire men arrived on the scene. Da- I mage wss confined td a smjll 1 Quantity of meat.' < ' " ,"^. V former Fannie Coggln, oAe d?u<per, Sharon of the home; two sons, Parry Jr., and Phil, both of the home; his parents, Mr. and Mrsr. William Thomas Faulkner, of Bunn; and four " - ' sisters, Mrs. Woodrow Dorse y of Nashville, Mrs. Kenneth Taylor of , Castalla, and Mrs. Wayn? Hagwood and Mrs. Jake Phillips, bcith of Bunn. Betty Wrenn New Teen-Chat Reporter . Betty w r enn, a Louisburg High School Mnlor, has accepted tlx position of teenage reporter for . The Franklin .Times. Batty welcomes news from the teens In each community of the county and requests thai their goings and comings be report* ed to her as soon as they hap pen that she might Include them jh her column. Betty) the daughter of'litr. and Mrs. , James WrejHj who live on Route 2, Loulsburg, Is bne of those teens who, while main taining a 96 scholastic average, has time for clubs, sports; and hobbles. The _ Monogram Club, the Latin Club; F.B.L.A., F.T.A., F.H.A., Glee Club, and the Science Club hav^ell clalr^r. ed Betty's attention. She says she guesses she likes science best and plans t6 enter Watts or Carolina to tr?lnfor ^ nurse. ...Batty likes to dance, swlip, sew, and cook. Shell" a cheer leader this yey. the class pro phet, and has been votetf the cutest of senior girls. She" has been a' commencement marshal each year In high school. _ Her experience as feature editor erf 'School Daie will t^e of ualstance In her role of teen age reporter. ? ? - Betty"? teachers have only rood words for her. They de icrlbe her as efficient, kind, iweet, and reepoaelble. She will makeVvery effort to nake her columtf Include All lie teens of the county lf\she an be kept Informed. B?tty Wrenn ? T, ? ... " '? Cancer Clinic ! ? ?. . - 1 Th? detection clinic for th? month of January wm 1 be held at the Franklin County .r Health- Dept. Wednesday after- S noon Januav 16. starting at f 1 P.M. N a Anyone desiring an appoint- 1 ment may obtain one try call ing Miss Esther Andrews at 3 GY 6-3553. - - e There t> - no charge tor this p examination. ? ft Life Is a question of check and J? balances - to be exact, bank fi balances. pi Six More Heard In U. S. Court The parade of Franklin County ? residents through U. S. Eastern District Federal Court In Raleigh continued Tueiday with the airing rt illicit whiskey charges against sti County Man. Judge ted Dalton dismlsae<a five-court Indict me pt against Willie Stroud Holemsn at Dur tham and Carlyle ? McLean of Frankllnton. ? __ ? ? Prison terms of ill months were handed down against Os car Long of Frank flntoii and Chrlstovelt Roberson of Louls burg, who were named In the same Indictment as Holsmaa and McLean. / The defendants were charged with operating two stills, pos sesion of non-tax paid liquor and transportation of the moon shine brew. Roberson and Long were or dered to serve their Jail terms tn the federal prison at Green ville, S. C. Imposition of a sentence on a ftfthf ount against each man was suspended and each was placed onthree years' probation after release from J?U. _ ? The" active sentence against Roberson was later changed to probation. Judge Dalton fined George Jackson Crudup $33 and an -> accomplice, Stanford Hammle, |600 and placed both on three years probation. Imposition of a sentence was suspended on another coiyit against the Franklin County residents. Dennis Crudup, another mem ber of the Franklin County 11 qugr operation r.wis not. fined. was however, placed on three fears' probation after imposi tion of sentence was suspended. In still another liquor case tried on Monday, Jiianlta La may Green, Frankllnton negro 'woman, got an active 6 month eentence suspended by Judge Dalton because of having sev eral small children. Instead, Judge Dalton levied a >300 fine ^ and gave tier 3 years probatloif: Jump Noted In S.S. Costs tocaHy - New York, Dec. 26 - For the Franklin County resident* who are employed, Social Se curity taxes will be 1# per cent - higher after January l?t. Their i&iments wai be at the rate of 3^nd 5/8th* pe?cent of earnlngs\toistead of 3 and l/8th percent, I* at pre sent: This appllMN'o the first , $4,800 of wages or\salarle?. Similar amounts musl^b* paid by -their employers. /? For self-employed persons, there wUl be an Increase of ?J/lOths of one percent. They will' * be paying 5.4 percent In the future. Their maxlmutricost Will be $261 a yew, compared wUh $216 now. y For employed people, the maximum cost per year will be $114. It Is now $144. _ In Franklin County, the ??!*'?* fate increase In Socl?l Security taxes next year, assuming no change In (fie number of people employed, will be $143,000. This Is based oh an analyst* trf data released by the Internal Revenue Service. ' Half of this extra cost will be borne by employees, Htrtough payroll., deductions, and the, other half by employer's. I ? ? ' Locali^' per capita payment* to ..U*. Million flinri b*ve ,b?*4 . . higher than In many parts of the ^ country because incomes have _ been running higher. The average employee in Franklin bounty wi* taxed an estimated $48 during fiscal U61 . * ' - i . Nearly $11.6 billion was con-' Irtbuted to the fund in thr y*sr jy the nation'* 64, 639, 000 wort hs and their employer*. Some $891^000 of that 'total :ame frOm local *ource*. It 1* ixpected to reach $l,034,000 In 1963. \ U- ? The new jump in the tax rate s. In accordanc* with the plan- . ?d deiieiaumsnt of t(ie Social ecurlty system, which call* or periodic increases. The fln 1 one- Is 'to go Into effect-to 968. " - ? - That JJjil brb* * *T /gths percent for employee and ^ mployer alike. Self-efnploywd eople will pay 6-' RWSMt These rates' offer no leeway )r any further expansion at sneflts, such a* would be o < ired through a hosplUlttatloo lap. \ r ?
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