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The Franklin Times
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Louisburg, N C ? Tuesday April 9 1963
(EjgM Pages Today)
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94th Year ? Number 13
- . * Aerial Photo by T. H. Pearce
Dotted Line Indicates Where Blaze Was Stopped
To Attend U. S. Schools Workshop
* Emily Burt Person, Home
Economics teacher at JohnGra
ham High School, Warrenton,
has been Invited by the United
States Office of Education to
participate in a curriculum
workshlp on "Development of
Youth" at Merrill palmer
School in Detroit, Michigan,
July 22- August 3.
School Questionaires
Are Sent To Parents
Parents of school children in
all white County Administra
tive Unit schools are being ask
ed to express themselves this
week in regards to school op
portunities, present and future/
in questionaires sent out by the
County Citizens AdvisoryCom
mlttee on High School Consoli
dation.
The questionaire contains
some 50 or moreq- est ions, and
is divided into three groups,
the first dealing with general
information concerning the
prospects of future enrollment;
the second givjng the opportu
nity to express opinion in re
gards present school opportu
nities; and the third asks for
desires for future education in
Franklin County.
The que stiona ires are being
'distributed by the school child
ren oS the various schools.
Committee Chairman F. A.
Read said that he hoped each
family would take time to* sit
down as a family and give the
committer the benefit of-ihelr
thinking on these matters as'
the Jut ure of the education of
the children in Franklin County
may well, depend upon the re
action the committee gets from
these quest ionaires.
Local Rescuers On
Go Over Weeik-end
While the various fire, ser
vices were resting up over the
week end, the Loulsbur ^ Rescue
Service was catching It coming
and going.
The . local rescurers were for
ced even to press one of their
own private vehicles Into ser
vice In answering two palls
Saturday and another In the wee
hours Sunday morning after
i their big, heavy duty, number 1
? , truck was put out of commiss
ion while In fire service Thurs
day night.
The first call Saturday, about
liSO P.M. sent the Rescuers
out to the Joyner Farms off the
Frankllnton Highway where a
grain chute had fallen on George
Thomas, 23 year-old negro
Development
Tour Set
The Capital Area Development
Association has arranged a tour
for Thursday, April 11th, ac
cording to C. T. Dean, Jr.,
County Agricultural Agent. The
group has been lpylted to John
ston County to visit the John
ston County Ham and Egg Show
? and to see the "Smlthfleld
Plan."
Dean said anyone planning to
go on the tour sffould arrive at
the Chamber of Commerce of
fice in Smlthfleld at 3:00 p. m.
We will have a review and pre
sentation of the "Smlthfleld
Plan," visit the Ham and Egg
Show (plenty of ham and bis
cuits will be served), and din
ner will b* served at 6:00 p.m.
.There will be door prizes, top
padby a prized country ham.
>ians are now -underway to
Invite the area group to visit
Bunn Community in Franklin
County In May, said Dean.
laborer, breaking his right leg
above the knee.
The next callt about *f:30P.M.
came in from the Mid\yay Food
Store on South Main Street
where a negro customer had
fallen unconscious. The patient
had recovered sufficiently,
however, by the time the Res
cuers arrived, tp be taken hom^
in a car.
TJpn about 2:10 A.M. Sunday,
a <Sll sent the Rescuers dowq..
below. Alert, where a woman had
suffered a stroke* The patient
was transferred to a hospital.
The purpose of the workshop
will he to Identify concepts and
begin the statement of genera
lizations in the home economics
curriculum as related to the
development of youth at the high
school level.
This workshop is limited to
25 persons In the United States
and attendance is by Invitation
only. Miss Person will be the
only teacher from North Caro
lina attending the workshop.
Miss Person la the daughter
of Mrs. M. M. Person, Sr., of
113 Person Street, Louisburg,
and the late Mr. Person.
Miss Person has held'nume
rous offices In her home eco
nomics organizations, Is vice
president of the< Alumni Asso
ciation of Louisburg College,
arid is president of the Warren
County N. C. E. A. Unit.
Miss Emily Burt Per.?on
Fire Causes Fatal Attack
A 56 year-old Route 1, Louls
bufg farmer suffered a fatal
heart attack near his home late
Monday afternoon while seeking
help to fight a grass fire.
Howard Bernard Cooke was
dead by the time members of
the Loulsburg Rescue Service
could reach the scene, about 2
miles west of Royal.
Cooke had apparently stopped
his car, and opened the door to
get out to enlist the help of a
tractor driver In a field nearby
after stopping at a neighbor's
below his place when stricken.
He had gone to seek aid when
fire from the field he was burn
ing off got out of hand and headed
for the woods.
He was a member of the Junior
Order, the Flat Rock Baptist
Church and a former member
of the REA Board of Directors.
Funeral services will lie con
ducted from the Flat Rock Bap
tist Church Wednesday at 4 p.m.
by the pastor, the Rev. Grady
Faulk. Burial ' will be In the
Church, Cemetery.
Survivors; Include^ his wile,
the former Ettral Mariene Hfdg
pelh; 1 jdaughter, JJlss Alice
Marie Cooke, of Durham; 1 son,
Charles Howard Cooke, of the
home; 4 Sisters, Mrs. R. N.
Williams, of Young'svllle; Mrs.
Viola C, Kell, of Tarboro, md
Miss "Lillian Cooke and Miss
fttyrtle Cooke, both of Scotland
Neck; 3 brothers, A. M. Coke,
of Route 1, Louisburg; Charlie
M., of WaVe Forest, and Devey,
of Franklinton.
It Really Came Close
Photo above In the Ramey Cir
cle residential section of Frank
linton shows Just how close the
fire came to%es]troying a por
tion if not all of the town Thurs
day afternoon. One house In this
section sustained an estimated
$1,500 In actual fire-damage.
' , 1
I tsi ill EimIk
Fire Threat
Saturday's rainfall brought
relief from the explosive fire
* threat in Franklin County, and
reHef also to J&e weary fire
fighters after two days and
.nights on the fire lines. ?
The welcome rajhfall measur
ed .68 incites in Louisburg and
was general throughput all the
county.
County Forest Hanger J. A.
Pearce, after an aerial survey
of the eount\'s two biggest fire
scenes Monday, reported that an
estimated 2 to 3 thousand acres
were involved in the Franklinton
fire and anotlier 500 acres in the
Alert fire, wlych broke out while
the Franklinton fire was in pro
gress.
Pearce termed the Franklin
ton fire the worst in his 16
year.s.with the Forestry Service.
The- veteran Forest Ranger
voiced thanks and appreciation
to all the fire units and depart
ments for coming to his aid and
also the National GuartJ, Gran
ville and Vance County Forest
'Service, the State Highway De
partment, Highway Patrol and
Prison Department and all the
vobinteers from Louisburg Col
lege and other places.
Franklinton Mayor Joe Pearce
Also issued his thanks and ap
preciation to all who helped in
combating the fire. The Mayor
said .that he could not
even begin to thank all those
"who aided iff so many ways
individually, but that all the
help and offers of help were
sincerely appreciated.
Miraculously, only three
home ~ in the -town received any
t actual fire damage, thoiigh many
still smelied of smoke as late as
Monday. mere were, however,
numerous buildings, barns, etc.,
_OUt ia. the county west-oXFrank^
lint on destroyed by the fire/as
well as several unoccupied
homes.
Grower Group
Picks Officers
Franklin County tobacco grow
er? have organized a local chap
ter of the Flue-Cured Tobacco
Growners Association* and
elected officers.
Walter Dean, president of the
association, met with the grow
ers. Speaker for Uie evening was
J. H. Cyru**,. marketing special
ist, N, C. bepartment of Agri
cultu, 9.
Officers and directors were
elected. Officers are: presi
dent, W. Richards, Rt. 1,
Youngs ville; vice president,
E. W. Day, Rt. 2, Franklinton;
secretary treasurer; N. E.
Faulkner, Rt. 2, Louisburg.
Directors elected were Char
lie Dickens, Rt. 1, Franklin
ton; H. W. Hayes, Route 2,
Louisburg; B. R. Gupton, Route
3, ?LouJsburg;~K. t G. Weldon,
Routfe.* i#, Henderson;' Avon.
Br^ntlev. Zebulott; R. W. Har
ris, Spring Hope; A, C^lWiels,
Route 1-, Castalia; Sidney Mur
phy,^ Route 2, Louisburg; R, L.
Ward and R. E. Radford, \>oth
of Route 1, Louisburg. y;r
Withdraws
From City
Council Race
The lone announced candidate
for the City Council In Louls
burg's upcoming May 1th mu
nicipal election/withdrew from
the race Wednesday leaving the
town without a single candidate,
Incumbent or otherwise, with ?
the flling~d*a<Jllne little more
than two weeks off.
Edward F. Kimball, local to
bacconist and druggist, an
nounced "that he was withdraw
ing ffom _the race because he
would be out of town for pne
year beginning in July. 1
Of the present five member^,
administration, only one,Coun-* '
tilman A, F. Johnson, Jr., has ]
made any announcements con- '
Serriing plans for re-election, ,
?nd Johnson announced that he
Jid not plan to seek re-elec
:lon, t - . !
On Oklahoma Trip
Louisburg Jaycee Jimmy Al- -
len. North Carolina's "Out
standing Young Farmer" James
T. Moss and Mrs. Moss, and
Jaycee President Ralph Knott
are pictured prior to leaving for
TulsS', Oklahoma this past week
end and the National' Young
Farmer Contest finals.
Moss rn National
Contest Finals Tonile
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Moss of
YoungsvJHe, and Louisburg
Allen are in Tulsa Oklahoma
for the National Finals of the
Outstanding Young Farmer
Program, being held there April
7, 8, & 9th. The winner of the
national honor will be named
at a banquet to be held tonight.
Moss qualified to represent
North Ci *olina in the national
competition by winning the
state-wide contest held last
month.
The contest , sponsored by
the Jaycees, is held annually
to choose the nation's most out
standing young farmer, judged
on a large number of achieve
ments in both farm and civic <
endeavors.
Scheduled to giv? the contes- <
tants a view of diversified ac- J
tivites in the Tulsa area, the 1
t hree day program got underway r i
with a press party and dinner c
held at the Mayo Hdtel Sunday r
nigfit. a p
On Monday, Mr. ancS Mrs. v
Moss , along with the two t<
presentatives of the sponsoring
Louishurg organization, were t:
conducted on a tour of various s
ai
Beauty Contestant 11
The thi rd entrant in the local Jaycfee spon- |
s o re d M Is s Louisburg Beauty Pageant to be
featured in The Times is Miss Betty Wrenn, I
17 ye^r-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
C. Wfenn, of Route 2, Louisburg.
"Betty is a senior at Louisburg High School ^
where she has had a very active career in a
host of extra-curriculrar activities, includ- "
ing Glee Club/ Beta Club, F. B. L. A., F. T. A. k]
Latin CljJb, Science Club, Annual Staff, Mar- n<
sharr and Cheer Leader. ~
She is currently serving as Teen-Age th
Cljkt editor for The Franklin Times.
Standing , five feet one inch tall, Betty. F,
weighs 102 pounds, has brown eyes and brown ca
hair and measures 35t22-3vL. Without apo- ?
logy she -lists Rock 'n Roll as her favorite al
music andprpfers football to any other sport. pi
Her .special training includes piano les- M
sons. - Photg by T. H. Pearce. ci
Industrial and agricultural en
terprises in the area. The days
activities^ were brought to a
close with a Har^'mr-supfiy .
On Tuesday, ttrehifday^or the
contestants, things. were sHfor
in early- send off with a buffet
>reakfast scheduled for 7 a. m. ^
rhe days activities were to iir
lude a tour of the John iDeere"
ilant and participation in a
tanel discussion at Tulsa Uni
ersity. The Awards Banquet Is
o l?e tonight. f
Moss's expenses to the na- ?
lona^l event were paid byH&e? _
tate organization with*various
usiness groups in the county
ddtag the necessary funds to
iclude Mrs. Moss. These con
"ibutors included, Hodges Ins.
gency, Farmers Tractor and
'ruck Co., Murphy' 5. Super
larket, James D. Speed, War
en Oil Co., Joyner Building
upply, Franklin County Farm
ureau, Souths ide Warehouse,
. C: X
First Citizens Bank and Trust
o., McCracken Oil Co., Frank-s
In Milling Co., First Federal
avings and LQan Assn., Rbnald
harrington's Store, Louisburg
?roduction Credit Asoc., Home
?il Co., Raleigh Tractor and _
'ruck Co., Johnson Cotton Cp.,
leathers Mobile Mining of
oungsville, Franklin Oil Co'.,
f Franklintofi and Youngs
ille, Woodliet Supply Co. of
oungsville, Youn^sville Llorte
lub, Franklintbn Lions Club,
ouisburg Lions Club, Allen
H Co.
Ralph Knott, Pres. of the
ouisburg Jaycees, was sent by
le local group asJL^fii|^offlc i al
?pres^ntativcv' Allen went at
Is own expense as an interested
lember. Both Ajlen and Knott
re taking some of their vaca
on time ^o make the trip.
Native uies
In Wake
Auto Crash
A Franklin County native,
[rs. Dorothy Baker Pearce,'
3, of Route 4, Zebulon, was
llled 111 a head-on auto crash
>ar Raleigh Sunday morning.
The State Highway Patrol said
at Mrs. Pearce was a pass
lger In a car'operated by John
iward Powell of Route 1, Wake
orest when it was struck by a
ir operated by Harry Lee
Ixon of Raleigh. Nixon was
so killed In the crash.
F?uner|l services ?or Mrs.
sarce *were hald at 3 P.M.
onday at Pearce's Baptist
nurch.