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Louisburg N C Th ursday , Fe.br uary 28 1963
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94th Year ? Number 2
County Boys Basketball Champions
Members of' the Epsom High School Bas
ketball Championship team , are pictured
above, 1. to r., front row* Assistant Co abb.
Murphy and Coach'Matthews; 2nd row, Larry
Edwards, Sonny Duke, Steve Lamm and Mic
key Kdwards; 3rd row. Tommy Howell. Sam
my- Rerxkre, <3harttrs-&a1antls', Bilten UV'flf
ton and lYaniel Aystfue; 4th row, Linwood
Patterson, L^lon Clayton," Mike Smith and
\V-ayne Kenn. -Times Photo.
County Girls Basketball Champions
The Championship. Kdward Best High School
girls shown above are. 4 . "to r., front row,
Do'ris Murray, Peggv Medlin, Carol Murray.
Coach Warren Smith, Judy House. Shi rlejT"
ffutfnicutt. and Brenda Lamfii;, 2nd row, Di
anne Best, Priscilla Fisher ," Judy .Jones and
Brenda P-ufrtell; 3rd row, Uebecca' Wood.,
Anita Harris, Patj#y Collins, ,Linda Nelms,
Melody Harris -and Ann May. -Times Photo.
First In County ;/ - y , ?
Junior Beta Club Organised
Mr. R, B. Hellams, General
Field Director of the National
B?*a Club, Spartanburg; ~9. C.
Installed the officers for the
newly organized JunWr Beta
Club at Edward Best High School
Friday afternoon.
Mr. Hellams presented the
charter of this the first Junior
Beta Club in Franklin Coupty
~ to Principal War row W. Smith,?
His talk, bothhu morons and im
? wa?"gTv?p h^forp the
' student* body ?nd faculty. ?>?
Studentsof the seventh, eight,
and ninth grades who achieve
"Drive-in -
Damaged By
' Fire Here
?A grease (ire from a g> 1
spread Into a ventilating hood
ud into the attic at Dick's
Drive-In here early Wednesday
morning causing several thou
sand dollars la-damages.
Local volunteer firemen,
Hampered by sub-freezing tem
peratures. snow and ice, were
(breed to cut through the roof
of the establishment to halt the {
spread of the (lames,
Mrs. Hazel Collier, wife of
owner R. C. Collier, "Was pre
sent along with several cus
tomers when grease on the grill
ought fire. Mrs. Collier said
^ thought she had the fire
y much undy control when
?now and grease from an over
head ventilating hood and fan
dropped onto the grill and Ign it
ad sending flamestothe calling.
the good conduct and high scho
lastic standards set up by the
National Organization are Invit
ed into the junior cliift. students
of the.- tenth, eleventh, and
twelfth J grades comprise the
senior cjub. w
Mrs. BeryrWood, the sponsor
* of ttw junior club was pinn
ed by Mrs. Earle Murphy spon
sor of the senior CJutr.
Certificates and plrfs -were
given to the following students;
Pres., Wyvette Davis; Vice
pres., Carolyn Murphy; Sec.,
Judith Perdue? Treas., K4tty
Arnol ", Karen Arnold, Roger
Holmes,. Connie Williams; Jo
\nn Carden. and Brenda
Champion. *r *
Also, the folldwlnp senior
Betas were pinned and given
certificates, tJlanne Best, binda
Nelms. Ann May, ahd, Reekie
May. Ted Gupton. pres
ident of the senior" Beta Club,
presided and the devotion was
led b.y Hip Rev. Kelly Wilson,
pastor of the Louisburg Metho
distXhurch.
Beta Club President Installed ,
R. B. Hellams, National Beta
Club general* field ^ d^ector,
right, installs WyvetteTDavis as
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president of the newly organiz
ed .Juniof Beta Club at Edward
Best School. -Times Photo.
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F arm Leaders
Gather Here
An overflow crowd attended
the Agriculture Committee
meeiigf of the seven-county Ca
pita) Area Development Asso
ciation at the Murphy House
here Monday night. Farmers
and farm leaders from Gran
ville, Vance, Warren, Franklin,
Wake, Johnston, and Harnett
counties were present ror the
Sheeting.
The purpose of the meeting
was to develop a program to
**jr*ase the agricultural in
come of the area over the next
several years. Commodity
committees representing the
major commodities produced In
each county were selected ear
lier to develop a program and
this program was submitted to
thf entire group for thfclr ac
ceptance;
The agricultural Income In the
Capital Area at the present
time Is approximately 160 mil
lion dollars. The Agriculture
Committee has developed and
adopted a program to Increase
this, Income to approximately
200 million dollars In the next
five years. The Increased In
come will come from the fol
lowing commodities': tobacco,
poultry, coiton, hogs, feed
grain, forestry, dairy, vege
tables and fruits, soybeans, and
beef cattle.. A program has been
developed for each of these
commodities.
Franklin County men serving
as Commodity Chalrjnen were:
J. T. Griffin -Cotton, and J. A.
Rogers- Tobacco. '
Dist. School
Boards To
Meet 7th
The annual meetlngbf the Dis
trict 6 School Boards ^ssocl
atlon will l>e held at NoHina
High School on Thursday, March
7, 1963 with registration
beginning at 4:00. The theme
for this year's gathering of
school hoard members, district
school committeemen and
school administrators Is" Ade
quate Programs, Personnel and
Facilities - Keys to Adequate
Education."
School units included Jp the
district are: Warren County,
Vance County, Henderson City,
Franklin County* Frankllnton
City* Wake C6unty, Raleigh
City, Granville County, Oxford
City, Durham Cojunty, Durham
bj
afternoon program will consist
J?f several group discussions.
Those present are ekperY&fto
fcive considerable attention the
the "B" Budget legislative re
quests of the State Board of
Education for the 1963-65
biennium. Prominent lay and
professional educators from the
district will lead these discuss
ions:
Sled Hits
Track, Twjr
Escape Hurts
Two local teen-agers escaped
serious injury heve last night
when their sled collided with
a. truck on North Main Street.
Loulsburg Chief of Police Wll-^
TfiimT. Dement paid that Lee
Allen and Si/san Lloyd managed
to escape with scratches when
their sled and a skidding truck
collided. ^ -
Dement identified the driver
of the truck as Billy Timber
lake, of Route 1, Youngsville.
He termed the accident una
voidable and said no charges
were filed.
ALA To Meet
The American Legion Auxi
liary will hold Its regular Meet
ing on Friday night, March 1st.
at the home of Mrs. F. M. Ful
ler, at 7 p.m. Following a short
business meeting, the members
will go(Jto the Episcopal Church
fofr the World Day of Prayer
service. This service will take
the place of the program for the
evening. * vr? r ??
All members are urged to at- ?
tend. ^ ?*'
G. L. Winchester of Wake
County, Chairman of the CADA
Agriculture Committee, said
that the program developed was
a realistic one and wouUM*
reached. w
Aityearing on program in ad
dition to Commodity <yh'air:
men were: J. K. Foil, District
Agricultural Extension Agent,
BUI Reynolds of Raleigh, Pre
sident of the CAPA% and John
Crawford, In Charge of Com
munity Development at "N. C.
State College.
Snowtime Is Funtime - For Some
While most of Franklin County
was diggln out from under Tues-*"
day's snowfall, ^hese Franklin
ton youngsters Wei^esday were
having the time of tfreir lives. -
Times Photo.
Forces Closing Of School*
Snoir Paralys** MMW
Franklin County residents,
still diguing out from under the
worst snow and Ice setge of the
winder, were faced with the pos
sibility of^nore St the same by
\ tonight.
^Tuesday's storm covered the
ccwhty wl*b * blanket of snow
ranging, from 4 to 1 Inches In
depth anS^rlfts of more than a
foot. *S
In addition to^iaralyzlng busi
ness and hlghway^t raffle , the
Farmers Ufged
To Protect
Cotton Acreage
Cotton farmers should release
cotton acreage which they do
not Intend to plant, or for some
reason they will be unable to
plant this year, according to
John R. .Davis, Office Manager
of the Franklin ASCS Office..
In releastfg this acreage,
farmers will protect their cot-,
ton history and their future
cotton allotment. The release
Is on an artiiual basis an1, it
does not affect the releasing
(armerVs cotton allotment ex
cept to Insure' that no allot
ment will be lost due to under
planting..
Producers are reminded by
tKils lliur Mill till T7 ir
the last day to request released
cotton "id March 15, 1W9
the deadline for releasing cot
ton acreage to the County Com
mittee."
A farm 's required to plant
and or release al least 75%
of the ?otton allotment each
year to avold'a ^reduction In
_?otton, acreage allotment. For
farmers who plan toplantthelr
allotments, n& actlpn Is needed.
Trust Lifting
Bill Approved
>.'a bill to release Loulsburg
College from provisions of a
restrictive trust was approved
Tuesday by arsenate committee.
The measure, filed Feb. 20,
was reported favorably to the
full Senile by Senate Judiciary
Committee No. 1.
Sen, Wilbur M. Jolly of Frank
lin introduced the bill, which
would release Loulsburg College
lands from a trust, making It
easier for the college to finance
Improvement projects.
The Town of Loulsburg, under
terms of 1891 trust, now has
a selling right with regard to
the college property.
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snow forced closing of all
schools, however, busy high
Way orews aided by bright sun
shine and some warming on
Wednesday were able to get
most of the highways clear In
order that schools reopen this'
morning.
Even as the clean- up pro
cessed here though, the pos
sibility of more wet weather
by late today or tonight was
forcast . The Weather Bureau
said that "current Indications
are that precipitation from a-'
not her fast moving storm will
reach **the state by sometime
on Thursday."
\1 said, ^SJoce- rather rapid
warming expected in ad
vance of the beginning of the
prec ipltation, .It appears pro
bable that most of It will be
In the form of rain rather
than sleet or snow. However,
It may be a close thing since ?
the warming process will be j
slowed down by the snowcover
now present, all -across North
Carolina." 1
So far there have been no
serious incidents reported here
resulting from the weather;
.There have been numerous mi
nor mishaps, including broken
limbs due to falls on the ice
and two local* teen-agers were
shaken up Tuesday night when
their sled collided with a truck
on N. Main Street here.
A low temperature reading of
6 degrees, was recorded h^re
Wednesday morning. The low
this morning herejwas 25. ^ .
Winter Beauty
If you didn't have to work in it as photo
grapher T. H. Pearce did to get this shot of
his home throygh snow covered trees, Tues
day's snow was truly a thing of beauty. ?
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