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Louisburg ? N C Thursday^ April 25 1963
(Eight Pages Today)
94th Year?Number 18
Industrial
Meet Set
Next Week
Gordon D. Zealand, Execu
tive Director of the Franklin
Counth Industrial Development
Commission, announced today
? that there will .be an educa
tional meeting for the people
of Franklln*County on May 2,
1963, 7:30 P.\i at the Louis
burg College Auditorium.
The purpose of this meet
ing, he says, is to inform^ t|\e
people of Franklin County what
new Industry and Increased lo
cal jobs can mean to all of its
residents on a local level.
Mr. D. E. Stewart, Vice Pre
sident of Area Development,
Carolina Power and Light Com
pany, will be the principal
speaker. Mr. Stewart is well
known in this field as he has
been In the husiness for many
years and has given these talks
In numerous parts of the state.
Participating with Mr. Ste
wart will be Mr. Robert W.
Whitefleld, Field Represen
tative ^jLth&Conser vat ion and
Development Department in Ra
leigh. Mr. Whitfield's job is
finding industrial prospects for
locations in North. Carolina..
This will be a very Interest*
ing and enlightening meeting.
After Mr. Stewart and Mr.
Whitfield's dslcussions, they
will allow time for a question
and answer period. This will
give the members of the audi
ence an opportunity to ask any
questions which they feel will
need further interpretation or
explanation.
About 3,500 letters are to be
delivered by the school child
ren In Franklin County on April
29 to give to their parents.
The Commission asks that the
recipients gjve consideration
to these. Local residents are
urged to show their* interest for
new industry in Franklin Coun
ty by' giving their full coopera
tion in this request.
Negroes In
Franklinton
School Race
4.
A total of 25 candidates beat
the noon Wednesday deadline to
file for the 9 positions tip for
grabs in the coming May Frank
linton municipal election.
Hottest race is expected to be
In the two man contest for Mayor
between Incumbent Joe W.
Pearce and Calvin W. Brown.
Brown Is a former mayor and
has served several terms on the
local Board of Commissioners,
a capacity In which he serves
at the present time.
Ten newcomers have filed
against the three Incumbents
who are seeking reelection In
the five man Commissioners
race. George h. Cooke, Earl
Yow and J. C, Kearney are
the only members of the present.
Board to file for re-election.
Raymond' Harris announced
earlier that he did not plan to
seek re-election and, as prev
iously mentioned, present
Commissioner C. W, Brown has
filed In the race for Mayor.
Of the ten others who have
filed In the Commissioners
race, however, three have for
merly held seats on the local
Board, none of whom ran for
the office two years ago. The
three experienced contestants
are Frank Collins, John F.
Green and C. A. Payne.
Those hoping for their first
seat on the town board are
James S. Joyner, Claude Satter
whlte, Jesse Satterwhlte, John
T. Echols, M. K. Hamm, Henry
F, Holmes, and D. C. Hicks, Jr.
Ten hopefuls have filed for
the three school board seats
which are up this time with only
one Incumbent, Sam Flshel,
having filed for re-election,
Two other members, j whose
term expires, not running for
re-election are L^wls Thomp
son and Fred Ramey.
The other nine contestants
Include two negroes, J. B. Cut
chins and J. P. Mangrum. Man
grum was an unsuccessful cand
idate for the Board two years
ago. Making up the field for
the three openings are Clement
Weston, William Avery Wilder,
Pete Colbert, S. E. Eakes,
James Stalllngs, Joe Whltaker
and Fab. Waston.
Beauty Contestant
The last in the series of Miss L'ouisburg
Beauty Pageant contestants to be featured
in The Times is Aletha Dale Arnbld, 18 year
old daughte'r of.M r. and M rs John B. Arnold,
of Bllnn.
A 196.1 graduate of Bunn High School, Dale,
is a rising Junior at Atlantic Christian Col
lege in Wilson where she is a member of
Phi Sigma Tau So rity, has been a member
of the Women's Do mitory Council, and has
above a "B" scholastic average.
While in H.igh, School she was a member of
the Beta Club, Editor of the Yearbook, on the
school paper staff, member of the Glee Club,
and Chief Marshall. She was voted Best All
Round.her se/iior year and held several other
class offices during her four years^'She was
voted Miss Bunn Hi of 1961 and was Vale
dictorian af_her class.
Dale is 5 feet 6 inches tall and measures
36-22-36, has had piano and organ training
and served as assistant church organist for
several years. - Photo by T.H. PeSrce.
Justice Fire Dept. Supper
The annual fund raising bar
becue sponsored by the Justice
Rural Volunteer Fire Depart
ment will be April 26 with
plates being served from 5 to
7 P.M.
Plates may be picked up in
Franklinton at the Community
Bpilding with tickets still l>e
ing available from members of
the Fire Department there.
Ticket holders In the Spring
Hope area can pick their plates
,up at the municipal building.
Jn Lou is burg the plates will
be at the old Warehouse across
the street from the Armory.
Tickets are available from
members of the Justice Fire
Dept.
Supper will be served at the
Justice School Cafeteria from
5 until 8 P.M.
Fish Find
Way Home
A pan of dressed fish on the
seat of a car operated by
Charles Ray Strickland found
their way hack Into the water
near here Easter Monday when
Strickland lost control of the
car and It plunged upside down
in a creek.
1 Strickland told officers he
momentarily took his eyes off
the road while rounding a sharp
curve to grab the pan of fish
that was sliding off the seat
when he lost control of the ctt.
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Vandalism r~? "
Plate Glass Company worker poses beside
huge plate glass window at the Speed Wash
laundry at Ford Village here broken by van
dals last Thursday night. -Times Photo;
Others Say Different
Sheriff Says
Deputy Didn't
Notify Him
The probe Into the week end
rape-kidnapping of an 11 year
old Mitchiner's Community girl
continued this week admist
charges by the girl's mother
that Franklin Sheriff Joe W.
Champion refused to come to
the home when she and her hus
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band reported the child missing*
The victim's mother, Mrs.
Walter E. Bracknell, Jr., *as
quoted In a Raleigh News <?
Observer story Thursday as
saying "Sheriff Champion re
fused to come" when she and
her husband reported their
daughter missing. She said
that Champion's deputy, C. P.
Gibson, came to the home, but
"didn't stay long enough to say
scat."
The story quoted the Sheriff
as saying he wasn't informed
the incident by Deputy Gibson
until about 4 p.m. Sunday; that
"something happened to my
leg Friday night. .:1 thought It
was a stroke. ...but the doctor
said It wasn't," and added Hot
"Gibson probably didn't tell
Mm of the h*Ta?nt because
he knew about my leg."
Frankllnton Police Chief Leo
Edwards, the N A O report
stated, said Wednesday that he
understood that Sheriff Champ
Ion had not personally answer
ed the call because "he was
feeling bad." "I do know that
the Sheriff Is In bad health,"
said Edwards, "and Tmsurehe
would have gotten there If he
could have."
On the other hand, Karl Per
nell, Loulsburg Fire Depart
ment engineer, who also serves
as radio dispatcher for the
Sheriffs Department nights,
holidays and week ends, said
here today that he received a
radio request from Deputy Gib
son about 4:30 Saturday morn
ing, to call the Sheriff, ex
plain the situation and request
him to comr to the scene.
Pernell said that he Immedi
ately telephoned * the Sheriffs,
residence and explained the si
tuation to Mrs. Champion and
was" told by Mrs. Champion
that the Sheriff wis having trou
Me with his leg and couldn't
come.. .that they would have to
do the best they could. This
Information, Pernell said, was
relayed by radio to Deputy Gib
son at the scene.
A 33 year-old Route 1, Lou
lsburg negro, Sylvester Bryant,
has been arrested and Is being
held on charges of accessory.
Bryant's car has been positively
Identified as the one used by the
negro In the kldnap-assault and
he Is being held by the SBI
at Central Prison In' Raleigh.
.Bryant was picked up In Lou
lsburg Saturday a/ternoon by
Police Chief. William T. De
Bent after spotting the car
answering the description of
the wanted vehicle.
Local League
President ,
Gives Talk
Mrs. Herbert Scoggln, Pre
sident of the Loulsburg Pro
vlslonal League of Women Vot
ers, presented a talk on "what
the League means to mem
bers" at the annual meeting
of the State Council of the Lea
gue of Women Voters at the
Hotel Sir Walter In Kalelgh
Wednesday,
X discussion of the doing
and procedures of the Leg
islature was held at the meet
ing also attended by Mrs. Ken
neth isley, Mrs. Douglas House
and Mrs. C. M. Howard, all of
the local League.
Franklinton Firemen Fight Blazes ,
F.ranklinton Volunteer Firemen
are pictured above fighting one
of the many forest fires in the
area Wednesday. Officials ex
pec^. at least two of the half
dozen or more fires were set.
Franklinton Area Still
Plagued By Forest Fires
A rash of forest fires in the
Franklinton area in a twenty
four hour period has led to
speculation that at least some
of 'the seven known outbreaks
were of incendiary origin.
The first two of the calls
answered by the Franklinton
Fire Department Tuesday af
ternoon, were known to be for
a fire accidently started by
workers burning a field on the
Dickens property about two
miles east ^of town. In this
case considerable damage was
done to a small area of wood
land before the blaze was~
brought under control.
Early Wednesday mbrnlifg',
the depart ment answered anoth
er call to the Sourwood Moun
tain area near Tar River about
6 miles northwest of
where a fire was raging, hav
ing apparently started from an
unknown cause in the center
Of a heavily wooded area. A
second call was answered to
the same vicinity a couple of
hours after tfie first fire was
thought to have been extinguish
ed.
Around eleven A. M,, a fire
was reported in the woods Just
northeast of the town limits..
This one, too had apparently
started in the center of a heavily
wooded sector where no one was
working nor was anyone known
to be.
This one blazed furiously and
did considerably damage to
trees t before being brought un
der control by members of the
Franklinton Fire Depart rflent,
Forest Service workers, and the
Youngsville Fire Department,
who had answered a call for
assistance, and numerous vol
unteers.
Shortly after two o'clock ano
ther call was answered to the
same section. This was con
trolled, only after considerable
woodland had been burned, with
the help of a Forestry Service
Fire Plow and other equipment,
in addition to the same volun
teers and ] Fire Department
members who v were by now
extremely weary from their
hot tasks.
The days work wasn't yet
done, however, because word
was received that even another
outbreak was flaring in the
Sourwood Mountain area. Once
more the firefighters loaded up
and w?nt to the scene with the
fire plow following as soon as
its task was completed*
By late Wednesday all the out
breaks were seemingly Under
control, but property owners
and -authorities were keeping
a watch for anyone who might
be suspected of deliberately
setting the conflagrations.
Local Student In
College May Court
B?tsy O'Neal, daughter of
Mrs. George Champion of Lou
lsburg, Is a member of the 1963
May Court at Loulsburg Col
Betsy O'Neal
lege. May Day, scheduled f6r
Satafdaj;, May 4, will feature
a baseball game against Wil
mington, a reunion of the class
of 1953, presentation of the May
Court at' 8j).m., and the annual
May Day dance following.
Quite active 4n high school
In various activities, Betsywts
voted as Who's Who of the high
school paper and was on the
.honor list. During her two years
at Loulsburg College, she has
served as vice-president of the
Sophomore Class, as secretary
of Beta Phi Gamma (national
journalistic fraternity) and as
.business manager of the college
yearbook. She was also amem
lier of the 1963 Homecoming
.Court. -
Betsy Is enrolled in the pre
mising curriculum and plans
to transfer *to the Rex Hospital ?
Nursing School. vShe hopes to
become an anesthesiologist and
receive the B.S. degree in nurs
lng.
Negro Held
For Setting
Big Fire
A Route 1, Frankllnton negro,
Ollis Snead, Jr., has been ar
rested on charges of starting
the disastrous forest. fire earl
ier this month that almost en
veloped the entire town of
Frankllnton.
Snead, '? arrested Monday by
Deputy Sheriff C. P. Gibson,
on a warrant sworn out by the
District Forester, was releas
ed under $200 bond for Ills ap
pearance In Fcankllnton Muni
cipal Court on May 13.
Snead was allegedly burning
off a field In violation of a
no-burning order Issued by the
Forestry Service when the flffe "
jumped out of control burning
several thousand acres and nu
merous buildings.
Betty Smith
Novelist To
Appear At
College Here
Betty Smith, novelist, w4U l?
guest speaker at the literary
forum, Tuesday, April 30, at
8 p.m. in the Loutsburg College
Auditorium, as a feature of
the Annual Spring Fine Arts
Festival.
Her appearance here will be
In honor of her forthcoming
novel, "Joy In the Morning"
(to be published in' August,
1963) to commemorate the
twentieth anniversary of the
publication of ."A Tree Grows
In Brooklyn."
" A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
has sold millions of copies and
has i>een translated Into seven
teen foreign languages; It was
made into a movie, a .radio
serial, and ih 1951 It became
a successful Broadway musical
play.
Other successful novels have
been "Tomorrow Will Be Bet
ter," 1948, and translated into
twelve foreign languages, and
"Maggie-Now,V 1958. The lat- ^
fer novel received the best
novel ?ward for 1958 written
by a North Carolinian.
Among her awards and cita
tions are_the Avery Hopwood
Award, the Rockefeller Fellow
ship and the RockefellerVXuttfT" ""
ors Guild Award. She was
chosen as the Woman of the
Year for 1943, and for out
standing achievement by'form
er Governor Dewey and form
er President Truman.
A native of New York City,
she has been living in Chapel
Hill for the past twenty years,
and Is presently, on the faculty
of the University of NorthCaro
Una teaching creative writing.
The public Is invited free of
Charge. An informal recelptlon
open to tthe public will Im
mediately follow the forum.
Electric Power
Off Sunday
Power service in an area
north of Xoulsburg will be in
terrupted on Sunday morning,
April 28, from 5:00 to 6:45
^M,, according to E. P. B*ze
more, District Manager for
Carolina Power & Light Co.
in Henderson, N.C.
The Interruption will de-en
ergize the line for the, safety
of the men doing the work.
The pOrpose is^ for doing neces
sary maintenance work and Im
proving the electric system.
Carolina Power, & Light Co.
customers in the following
areas_will be affected: Highway
39 from Louisburg to Ingle
side, from Irlfleslde to Sandy
Creek, Louisburg - Moulton
Road, county road from High
way 561 t<^ Moulton, and sur- .
rounding rural areas.
Bazemore said it Is hoped that
the hours chosen will cause the
least amount of inconvenience
to the majority of customers
affected by the interruption.
Drunk Negro
Juror Jailed
A 42 year -old Route 1, Frank*
llnton negro, summoned (or Jury
duly at the current Civil Su
perior Court term. here, report
ed for duty Monday morning In
an Intoxicated condition and was
orderiuL-XiiljiPlfv contempt of
court. t ? . ?
Charlie Taylor was BVdered
jailed by Judge William Y.
Blckett and at last report late
Wednesday was still In Jail,
although by that time had sob
ared up sufficiently to ponder
his situation.
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