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Weather Increasing cloudiness today. Wednesday cloudy with some rain likely. ' N? Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving All Of Franklin County 7 ? News Cast A V . Listen to WYRN Radio, ;1480 on your dial, each evening at, 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, for' your Times Reporter wtth all the local news. Tel. QY 6-3283 Five Cents A Cppyk Louisburg, N. C.. Tuesday. January 29, 1963 (Si* Pages Tod.ay) 93rd Year? Number 97 Franklinton Auction Bikes* goats and Jv>rses are are just a few of the things^ auc tioned off at the old style* farm auction above^at Bragg's Gin at - Franklinton every 2nd and 4th Saturdays.-Times Photo. v In County v. . Vets Get * 29,700 Cash Windfall - NEW YORK, Jan. 26 --Former " - service . men and wbmen In Franklin County are reaping a $29,700 financial harvest at this time, thanks to an Out-of-the (ordlnary payment of dividends on their G1 Insurance. The windfall represents their share of a $327,000,000 divid end declared by the Government for holders of such Insurance. Part of It they woulg have re ceived anyway, In the normal coiurse of events, upon the an niversary dates of thefr poli cies. This year, however, In line with -pl*ns announced at the White House, the entire regular divldent ? of $237,000,000, to gether with an extra dividend of "$90,000,000, Is being turned over to the veterans now. The majority of the checks are gp lng out this month. The rest wllj be sent In February. Approximately 455 of the 1 ,979 veterans who live In Franklin County will share In the cur rent, payment. ' ' - They are fmong some 5,250, 000 veterans In the-UnltedStat es, dUt of a total of nearly 22,500,00, who are eligible be cause they "hold Federally* sponsored life Insurance poll r' cles, ? Most of the money will go to those who were In World War 2 and have National Service Life Insurance coverage*. The remainder Is for vete rans of - World War 1 who have U. S, Government Life Insur ance. r? , The amount going to the 455 policy -hoi dim _ veterans In Franklin County Is estimated at $20,700. The volume of business that It will generate In local' retail stores will be several times that much, It Is expected. This "* Is what generally happens when the amount o I money In clr-, culatlon is Increased. The Government's expressed purpose In releasing the cash it this time Is to "provide a needed boost to the national economy, '? In the words of President Kennedy. Delayed Atlanta -- An emergency trlpVo the hospital delayed the wedding of Matilda Powell and einrtes Miles fot-'Only an bour. Miss Powell became 111 end >v was taken to the hospital t6 be treated for a perforated nicer. The ceremony was held In the hospital chapel and the brld# was taken beck to her hospital bed. . Returned - rrrr. Valdosta Ga. - Mrs. Anhah a. PetHBC answered . a knock at Mf ti?r aiid was handed-* ? package by a small boy who ran to a ear, which drove hurriedly away. The package contained Jewelry valued at more than $800 that ? had bee* stolen from thf Peter- 1 .. ' The Veterans Administration, Is making' public the prepay ment plan, explained that It consists, for the most part, of a return to the policyholders of a portion of their premium payments. The money has become avail able because the \death rate among veterans Is lower than had been expected. A The extra of $90,00(^000 was declared because It was felt^ that the Insurance reserve funds' had grown to a size greater than necessary. " \ W. G. Alford , Jr. h Serviceman Of Month CTSN William G. Alford, Jr., USN 5482020 was selected u Serviceman of the month (or the month of December 1962 In Company A, United States Army Language School, Presidio of Monterey, Csllf: In a letter to Alford' s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Garland Al ford of Route 1, Youngsvllle, the commanding officer, Capt. Richard M. Leaken, said In "This Is a highly commend able and much sought after award. Competition. lji,k**n be cause the 50k) men lit 'Com pany A all have above average Intelligence .and lntellctual background. During December, your son displayed the desirable traits we consider necessary to make ' ' a truly outstanding Servient an. His neat appearance, his tm- - maculate room, his Irreproach able conduct and his superior military bearing were deciding factors In William's selection.. ? Alford, a graduate of Youngs vllle High School and Atlantic Christian College was home to visit his parents for Christmas. He reported back to California, but expects to be sent to -Pen sacoU, Florida In March. Council Gives Police Vote Of Confidence * Town Officials gave Lou la - burg Chief of Police William T. Demen^^and other member* of (he police department a vote of confidence this week .in the wake of last week's scandal In volving one member' of the fprce. ? _L_ - - ' Town Administrator E.S. Ford quoted members of the Council . as saying they had the highest confidence In and regard for Chief Dement and commended him specifically for the manner In which he conducted Ux In- - vestlgatlon which led to the arrest and dismissal of a mem ber Of the force on larceny charges. Ford, Who said he concurred In the CSdncll's sentlraeAs, said that Dement had Informed him and me mbers at the Cornell of his suspicions and that they had left the _ Investigation and subsequent action entirely up to the Chief. The officer In question, po lice Patrolman J. C. Mullen, 32, an 8 year veteran of the department, was arrested here late Wednesday and charged with larceny of HOOjfrom Full er and Hayes Grrcery and was immediately dlictiargeS frdm ' a President Kennedy meets with Secretary of Agriculture Free man to. discuss mounting farm nirplases. * ?? the department. _ Mullen was (reed under $500 bond pending a hearing before Recorder'* Court Judge W. F. Sbelton Tuesday. New Gymtorium ^Construction on. the new gym - torium at Perry's School- is nearlng completion as Is evi denced by picture above. The new' buildliig will SBr-^e a? a * combination gyrrinaslum-audi ioruiwi'. - Times Ehcjto, __?? ? - , A former local policeman re ceived a 90 day suspended sen tence In Recorder's Court Tieft this morning after pleading guilty to charges of larceny of $100. ' Judge W. F. Shelton gave for mer police officer James Cra ven Mullen -the suspended sen tence after Mullen agreed to pay the costs of court In the action and remain of good behavior |or_ a period of 2 years. Mullen, 32, an 8 year veteran of the local police department, .was arrested last Wednesday on charges of taking $100 from a local grocery store which he found open while on routine pa trol and was Immediately fired. At the trial this morning, So-\ llcltor W. M. Taylor, with per mission of the Court, amended the warrant from larceny of $100 (a misdemeanor) to lar ceny of a sum exceeding $200 - (a felony) to coincide with the amount ($260.) claimed m(ss .Ing by store operators John Hayes and W. O. Fuller, Sr. The trial then proceeded by agreement on the basis pre liminary of a hearing with the understanding- that If the court did not find probable cause on the felony count, the defendant would plead guilty to the les ser count. The state put four witnesses on the stand. First was John Hayes, who testified that a total of approximately $262 was missing partly from the cash register and partly from the safe. His testimony was cor roborate d by his partner, W, O. Fuller, Sr. Next, Special Agent U. M. Harton, of the State Bureau of "Investigation,' took the stand, followed by LOtitsBurg chief of ? Police William T. Dement. Both officers testified that when con fronted with tbe evidence, Mul len admitted taking $100 from tbe cash register andwlthgolng through the safe, but denied tak ing any money from the safe. Mullen, represented by attor neys C. Hill and Charles .. H. Yar borough, did not take the stand. ? The officers also testified that Mwllen readily admitted taking the money and cooperated with them In their Investigation. They also quoted the former officer as saying be was sorry (or what be had done. As to the difference between the -amount of money reported missing and amount Mullen ad mitting taking, It was brought pur during the trial that the stars wasr closed about fc:}0. that night and (hat It was ap proximately 1:30 a.m. the next morning when Mullen found the ?: door open and went In and took .thfcjnoney. Mullen took the officers to his home where*. he had $100 secreted away In a shoe 'box and turned the money over to the investigating officers. Had tae court found .probable cause, Mullen would have been bound over for Superior Court and action by the Orand Jarv. Adult Welding Class Some of a group of about 30. adult farmers are pictured a bove during part of a 20 hour course in arc weldipg under the Vocational 'Agricultural pro gram at Franklinton High School.' - Ximes Photo. ? In Forced Landing Here A Pennsylvania couple, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kratzer of Lewlstown, paid an unexpected three - 4*y visit to. Franklin County as the result of a forced landing near Mltchlner's Cross roads when his airplane gave out of gas Friday afternoon. Kratzer, and old time pilot of Local Maiu Hurt In Auto Crash A Loulsburg man was ser iously Injured In a wre'Ck on US 15 between Creedmoor and Dur ham Saturday night. Wilson O. (Fish) jojmer, SO, Malntanence Supervisor at Franklin Memorial Hospital received fractures of both legs .In a five car . pile-up on Ice allckened Neuse River Bridge . between the two towns. ? ' Joyner . was taken to W?tts Hospital In Durham for \rett-^ ment ahd transferred to Frank lin Memorial Hpspltal here Sun day. A son, Raymond, whi was - With his father at the time of tlje accident, waa not believed aerloualT hurt nearly forty years experience, said that he and his wife were on their way to Florida and had planned to make a stop In Raleigh for fuek Unexpected headwinds, however slowed his expected air speed causing him to search for a field to land his Trl- Pacer some 25 miles short of Raleigh, when his gas ran low. Catching a ride Into Louls burg, enough gai was carried to the plane to enable him to fly It to the local alt-port. Dark ness not being far off they got a room at a local motel for the nighty Saturday morning their stay was extended due to bad IL weather, but they resumed their Journey about noon on Monday. Kratzer said that he was highly appreciative of the hospitality shown them by local folks and , the ass 1st knee rendered by local flyers. He added that he planned to pa y a return visit on his northward trip, but -this time of his own free will and not, he hopes, because of a forced landing. _ For many years operator of an airport In Pennsylvania, he recalled 'that this was the second time he had mjide a forced .landing in thi? same general area as the result of a fuel shortage. The.flrst time he said ha landed an old. OX-5 powered plane down In ? field near South H11L That -was in 1929. ? C. T. & T. Delivers Checks For Taxes _ Loulsburg - H. T. Pitts, local ?manager for Carolina Tele phone, one of the founty's iarg ?I ..taxpayers, this week pre sented a check for $9,966 to the Franklin County tax collect* or. ? ' ... The check was- In payment of 1962 ad Valorem taxes on the company* s.propertles wlthlnthe coonty. Aslo, a check for $1, 827 for municipal ad valorem taxes In Loulsburg was handed to the city tax collector. Checks cov ering .municipal ad valorem taxes in other towns will be delivered this week. The company's total county and municipal tax bill through out eastern North Carolina a mounted to $953,000. In ad dition, state and federal taxes Rockefeller 'i Washington - Conservative Republicans have begun a de termined drive to keep the 1964 Presidential nomination from goli? to Governor Rockefeller ot New York. Their favorite is Senator Goldwater of Arl . zone. , Representative. Ashbrook (R., Ohio) said: "The real purpose of the meeting was an effort to consolidate the Republican conservative groups around the "Country to make sure we have ?-a candidate in 1964. Of course, Senator Goldwater Is the front runner." '*? ' i , Solar energy produces drink came to $7,100t000? this does not Include the?40% federal excise tax on telephony service which the company col lects, from* its subscribers and remits to .the federal govern ment. ? > Notes From - Your Navy Recruiter : Recefttly, we of the Navy~Re crultlng Station In Raleigh, have become quite concerned over the number of young itien visit-" ? lng our, office, with the Intention of dropping olit of school and enlisting In the _Navy. While no specific amount of education Is required for en listment, It Is' -obvious that a good educational background wilt contribute greatly to the effectiveness of those who must work In a vast technical or ganization such as the Navy. I Because of this, the Navy eV courges young people to stay ~ In schoof, graduate, and go on , to college If they posslbly'can. The Navy follows this policy because It ' Is convinced that young people will serve them selves and th^r.country better by obtaining the maximum of educational background before launching upon their Itfework, * - So young people, "Stay In School" and graduate. Re member, a high school diploma jwts everybody ahead. ' ? ' ? n Farmers Learn ArcWelding For the past three ?Mkl 1 (roup of thirty adult farmers has been meetlnf at the Frank ltnton Vocational Agriculture Shop Bu lifting, where they are taking an' Intensive 20 hour course In arc-welding. The course was made possible through the extension program of the Industrial Educ?tloi> Cen ter at Wilson In co-operating with ? Frankllntons Vocational Afrleulture teache'r-T. N. Ste phens and his Adult Training Program. * Stephens said that the indus trial Education Center had pro vided a teacher for the course, Wm. Avery wilder of Frank llnton, Rt. 2, while the Mar quette Manufacturing Company, through W. C. Lyons hardware In Durham, furnished the arc- - welding machines used in the - . course. Each student pays a nominal two dollar fee for the expendable supplies, welding rods, etc., used In the training, A portion of each Monday and Tuesday evening clafes period Is used .by Wilder In teaching . ttae theory of the subject after which the class adjo&rns to the ' ?hop for actual experience In the various methods, types of weld, etc. V _ The ^ftss-is concerned pri marily with teaching the type of welding procedure jvhlch could be used on the average farm otf equipment repair, simple con struction, etc. Stephen* said- 4hat tie Is well pleased with the reception the course has received and the enthusiasm shown by those en rolled and that there Is a de flnate possibility of classes In other fields being made avail able though the w'llson Center In the future. Dog Warden In Life, Death Drama Franklin County Dog Warden Tyre? Lancaster was the hero In a real life drama last Satruday ^ night. / The curtaln'ralsed on a scene in the White bevel section Of the County Just after dark. Mrs. Aussie Wood was mourning the death of her per dof following a sudden but short Illness when she remembered, much to her horror, that the dojjiad play fully bitten her pn the arm several days before. Mrs. Wood called Dr. O. J. Gupton, a veternarlan, who < advised that thS dog's head , should be taken to Raleigh for a rabies test at once. There was a catch though - It was Saturday night and the lab was " closed. T),ls was when Lancaster entered the scene. He picked ,the~ dead dog up and set oyt Hor the State Health Diagnostic JLab In Raleigh over sleet sllckened" roads. Arriving In ?Raleigh, Lancaster the night ^ watchman to assist In locating * a technician, who returned to the lab to make the tests. An hour and a half later, Lancaster was able to call Mrs. Wood and tell her that her fears were unfounded and then wearily begin hi* Icy return trip home. r :* GOP Elects New District Chairman * ? Wilson, N.C., Jan- 26, ? GOP'~ county , chairmen and others from the Second Congressional ?District met here today and elected a new chairman to suc ked Dr. Dan M. McFarland, "who reslgni? the-post for per sonal reasons. Dr. McFarland, on the faculty of Atlantic Chrl* t&n College, has beep district chairman -since last February. Unanimously elected to Dr. Mc Far land's unfinished term, which would have expired In February 1?64, was John Ad- . cox of Henderson, currently ? Vane i County's OOP chairman. Mr: Adcox, a retired Army officer and advertising "atfSBcy executive, said that he think* i the second district la a logical extension of the OOP trend ?*? that's moving east W wh*t Is now a two-party stste. The second congressional dis trict consists trf Vance, Frank lin, Halifax. Northampton, Wil son, Edgicowb, Green*, and . Lenlor counties. The group dls- " cussed**i other party matters but declined to disclose "?? thl* llns*" .ju?t what these .***?? ? ;
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