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Weather Chance of scattered thunder showers today, turning cooler In the afternoon. Low, 64; high, near 80. Wednesday, fair, cool er. Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Times Serving All Of Franklin County T*l. QV 6-3283 Five Cents A Copy Louisburg, N. C. Tuesday. April 23. 1963 (Eight Pages Today) News Cast Listen to WyRN .Radio, 14(0 on your dial, each evening at S p.m., Monday through Friday, for your Times Reporter w?>> all the local news. 94 Year?Number 17 To Take Business Census Here New York - The Government announces that It Is preparing forms, which will be sent to business firms in Franklin 1 County later this year, In con ~ctlon with the forthcoming 1963 Economic Census. This Is a periodic Inventory conducted by the Department of Commerce. It covers retail trade, wholesale trade, the ser vice industries, manufactures minerals and transportation! The last such survey was made In 1958. As In the past, local business men will be asked about their payroll, number of people em ployed, hours worked, sales volume, and what Is new this time, a breakdown of sales by broad merchandise lines. What will the census show as to Franklin County? What eco nomic changes have taken place locally since the last such sur vey was taken. The answers are important to the merchants and manufact urers themselves, as well as to Others who need such Infor mation to measure product de mand and to set plans for future Inventory requirement. Franklin County's figures will ?how, according to unofficial estimates, that considerable progress has been made since the 1958 census, which report ed local retail trade for that War at *13,882,000. Before that In the 1954 census. It was >11,392,000. According to latest figures ' which Indicate the rate of growth since then, the 1963 total" Is expected to be In the neighbor hood of $20,029,000. This would be a five-year Increase of 44 2 percent. The local service Industries have been moving ahead rapid ly. From a volume of $553,000 in 1954 they rose to $999,000 ~ IML, Thls year, allowing for the same rate of growth they will reach an estimated $1,872,000. The Government states that, while It Is mandatory to fill out the questionnaires, the re plies will be held confidential and will not be made available for any Investigation purposes. Club Names Woman Of The Year Mrs. Fred Johnson was named "Club Woman of the Year" of the Loulsburg Junior Woman's Club at Its April meeting, held last Wednesday night. In making the announcement, Mrs. 'Leslie Qullard, club pre sident, pointed out the many things which Mrs. Johnson had done to earn this coveted award. She was given an engraved sil ver Revere bowl, and a corsage of pink carnations. Another .highlight of this meet ing was Installation of officers for the coming year. Mrs. W.W. Wicks, of Roanoke Rapids, 14th Dlatrlct President, was install ing officer. She used an effective candie Mghtlng service with appropri ate words for each officer as ahe Installed them Officers Installed were: Pre sident - Mrs. Hugh Hlght; 1st Vice-President - Mrs. Dean Hoiton; Recording Secretary - Mrs. Fred Johnson; Corres ponding Secretary - Mrs. Earl Carter; Treasurer - Mrs. Tho mas Dean; Parliamentarian - Mrs. Wallace Tlppett; and Chaplain - Mrs, Dwlght Htnton. Not present for the Installation was Mrs. Harris Spencer, who has been elected 2nd Vice President. During the brief business ses sion, reports were given from committees and a financial re port was made on the March dance. Plans were announced (Or the May picnic, which will be held at Qreen Hill Country Club In May, thus ending the club year. Mrs. Hugh Hlght presented a ?liver nut bowl to Mrs. Bullard on behalf of the club, express ing the appreciation of the club for her work and efforts during the put year. Mrs. Joyce Crane of Roanoke Rapids accompanied Mrs. Wicka, and was a guest of the club for the dinner and meet ing. Jimmied Window Jimmied screen on bedroom window was the clue that told searchers that 11 year-old Mitchiner's girl had been abducted rather than wandered off in the middle of the night. - Times Photo. Mayor Unopposed Ten In Race For City Council Here The?tiling deadline Monday brought forth seven candidates for the May 7th Loulshurg Municipal election - four of them Incumbent members of the present administration. Filing yesterday were Incum bent Mayor Louis A. Wheless, who Is unopposed to succeed himself as Mayor; Incumbent Councllmei, J. P. Lumpkin, E. Thornton Jones and A. F. John son, Jr., along with E. F. Thomas, semi-retired local newspaperman; Raymond Ton kel, local department store ex ecutive; and V. A. Peoples, manager of the C4P Music Co. here. Previously announced candi dates Include Robert M. Hicks, W. H. Allen, Jr., Dally C. Phillips and Jonah C. Taylor, bring the total number of candl dated for the expanded six mem ber Council to ten. Incumbent Councilman A. F. Johnson, Jr., who had prev iously announced that he would not be a candidate to succeed himself this time, said simply that he had reconsidered and would be honored If the people wished him to serve again. $10,000 Smile Boston - A municipal court judge awarded a 6 year-old girl $10,000 for her lost smile. In 1961, Mary Shatter was struck by an automobile and her Injury Impaired her ability to smile. Her father sued In her behalf and the child was award ed that ?>mount In the legal suit. Woman Of The Year Mama (Mrs. Mary Helen Murpby Johnson) won the silver bowl as the local Junior Wo man's Club "Woman of tfife?4C^ar," but daugh ters Lorl, 2, and 'Tricia, 4, both lay claim to the coveted award. Times Photo. / Negro Being Held Girl, 11, Is Abducted, Assaulted A 33 year-old Route 1, Lou lsburg Negro, arrested here late Saturday In connection with the rape-kidnapping of an 11 year -old white Mltchtner's Cross Roads Community girl, has been charged with access ory. Officers said that the car used by the alleged rapist had been deflnately Identified as the one belonging to Sylvester Bryant, 33 year-old Route 1, Loulsburg negro. The young girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Brack nell, Jr., prominent Mltchlner's Community residents, was ab ducted from her bedroom early Saturday morning and crimin ally assaulted before being re leased in a wooded area soma I distance from her home. | Bryant Is being held In Cen tral Prison In Raleigh for safe- I keeping. The slightly build child wm abducted from her bedroom while her brother, another sis ter and her parents were sleep ing. She told officers that she was awakened by a hand over her mouth and another one a round her throat and was to>4 that if she made any noise sbr would be killed. Her abductor, whom she de scribed as a medium bull! negro who needed a shave, forced her out her ground floor side bed room window and up the road a distance to a parked car. Af ter throwing her Into the from seat, they drove some several miles norland east on an un paved rural road; stopping be side a large oak tree, where the assault occurred. Trie child said that the ad ductor then drove her back near the spot where he forced her Into the car and put her out. The young child was discover ed missing from her bed some time shortly after 3- A.M. and officers as well as the Louis burg Rescue Service were sum moned to the scene. It was while a preliminar scarce of the premises and surrounding area was belt* concluded, about dawn, that the child was spotted runninc across a field towards home After her parents had calm ed her a bit she told the storj, giving officers a vivid and de tailed description of the car. Franklin Deputy Sheriff C.P Gibson, plnch-hlttlng for his tiling boss, Sheriff Joe W, Champion, called In the SB! and the State Highway Patrol and the hunt for the car was on. Officers, assisted by neigh bors and armed members ol the Loulsburg Rescue Servic?,< checked out every knotfn ve hicle answering the descriptior of the car In a 15 mile radius and It appeared the trail was getting cold when Loulsburg Chief of Police William T. De ment radioed that he had a car along with the driver, that fitted the description. Chief Dement saldTie spotted the car on South Main Stretf while patrollng the town and stopped It and held the driver and a passenger while SB1 Agents and the girl made > positive Identification. Also assisting In the searct and Investigation were mem bits of the Frankllnton Police Department and the Vanci County Sheriffs Department The Investigation li continu ing and officers today indicat ed that other arrests miM<! forthcoming. . The girl's assailant faces charges of first degree burg larly, kidnapping and criminal assault, aU three capital of fenses, either one o f which Is punishable by death or life Im prisonment. J. F. K. to seek new vote law. Wanted Car T owed Away Louisburg Chief of Police Wil liam T. Dement poses beside car Identified as the one used in ab iuction of young girl as wrecker prepares to tow It to storage where SBI Agents ohecked It for prints and other evidence. - Times Photo. . Negro In Exposure Case Moved To Secret Jail A 19 year-old Route 4, Louis burg negro, arrested here early Friday ni^W^after he allegedly ?xposed himself to three pro minent local women, has )>een charged with three separate counts of assault with attempt to commit rape, according to Loulsburg Chief of Police William T. Dement today^ Chief Dement said that George Junior Williams hadbeentrans ferred to an undisclosed Jail tor sjfe-keeping until a hearing On the charges can be set. Williams allegedly opened the door of a parked automobile Containing three prominent lo white women here Friday night, exposed himself a (0 made advances before being brighten ed Off by the screaming women. He was arrested minutes lat ?r by Loulsburg Police Patrol man Kyle Prince. r . Officer Prince said that the three women were sitting in their parked far on East Nash jftreet waiting lor a fourth member of their club to play bridge, when the negro, identi fied as Williams, opened the tar door, exposed himself and made obscene advances. When the women started screaming, Williams fled, but (wm approhtnded mining lal-~~ *r by Officer PrJ.nce at the Intersection of Nash Street and Blckett Boulevard and subse- ] (juently Identified by the women. . Williams was lodged in the , County Jail overnight and was transferred to an undisclosed ? Recovers Charlottetown, Canada ' Speaking for the first time in 5 \ years, Cyril Wedge uttered a | word to an orderly In a Char- , lottetown hospital where he had , remained since a drum of gaso line exploded In 1938, damaging < his brain. Oie el Ills brothers said I' waj__l ? miracle. Dr. J. C. Slnnot said ( Wedge's Injuries have been healing slowly, and return of speech was expected. jail Saturday morning when the women created a disturbance husband and son of one of the at the Jail. Beauty Contestant Entrant No. seven in-. the Jaycee sponsored Vliss Louisburg Beauty Pageant setfoj-May 3 is A?drea Beaty, an 18 year-old blonde 'rom Chapel Hill. A first year student at Louisburg College. Andrea is the daughter of Mr s. Barbara H. Beaty of Chapel Hill, is a member of the Drama Club, Future Teachers, was on the staff of her school paper and has performed vith the Frecislonettes, a baton twirling rroup. She has been active In dramatics, -oles in the College Players productions of 'Midsummer Nights Dream" and "Where's Charley." ^ She is 5 feet talf, weighs- 103 pounds and neasures 34-23-34. Her musical tastes lean o wards folk music~and the cltregtcs-, but' her alent offering will be a dramatic reading rom St. Joan. - Photo by T. H. Pearce. Invitation To Local Candidates In an effort to give the voters of Loulsburg an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the candidates for the City Council in the upcoming May 7th Muni cipal election, The Times today Issued an Invitation to all can didates to furnish a photograph and brelf resume for publica tion In a "met (he candidates" series next week. All candidates are requested to have the necessary photo and information in the Times office no later than 5 P.M. Friday Arpll 26. Tickets On Sale Tickets go on sale today for the third annual Miss Loulsburg Pageant sponsored by the Lou lsburg Jaycoes. The pageant, to be held on May 3 at 8:00 P.M. In the Loulsburg College Auditorium, promises to be the best yet. The Jaycees urge you to get your tickets before the night of the pageant, however if you do not, they will be available I at the door. |* Tickets are now available I from any member of the Jay | cee Club and will be available at several business establish ments throughout the county. Admission Is the same aa last year. Negro Is Candidate For Board (Frk. B. W.) With the deadline for filing almost at hand, the Prank Union School District voters have a choice of six . nominees for the three positions on the local School Board. Fil ing deadline Is Wednesday, April 24, at twelve noon. Candi dates at the present time are: Dr. S. E. Eakes, Frankllnton dentist Samuel M. Flshel, Incumbent, Civil Defense Education ad ministrator? John p. Mangrum, negro, re tired principal of the B. F. Person- Albion School Clement H. Weston, appliance and hardware dealer? William Avery Wilder, weld ing and machine shop opera tor? S. L. (Pete) Colbert, textile worker There are three vacancies to be filled with the successful candidates appointed for six year terms. Race Looms ? For Mayor At Youngsville Jonas "Winston, Youngsville businessman, tiled to oppose Melvln Young In the race tor Mayor of Yourfgsvllle as the ^ fllln^deadllne ended Friday with all tlve Incumbent Town "Commissioners In the race without opposition. Young and Winston will battle It out at the polls for the May or's post being vacated by long time Mayor A. E. Hall, who did not file for re-election. The five un-opposed Incum bent Town Commissioners are: James T. 'Allan, Ebble J, Pearce, W, Tommle Moss, W. Marvin Roberts and David H. CyTus, dr. ? J" ~ Speaks To Demo Women The Franklin County Demo cratic Women's Club held their regular meeting Friday n ttff at the Agriculture Building with six precincts represented. Mrs. J. T, Moss, of Youngs- V. vllle, Introduced Represents- t tlve James D. Speed, who give ^ a timely and informative talk on proposed legislation now be fore the General Assembly. Mrs. Louis Oxnevad presi ded over a1 short business ses sion and various reports were given. Plans were uiscusseo for a dinner meeting to be held In July.
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