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Weather Generally fair and warm to day and Wednesday. Low today, 58; high, around 80. The Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Times Serving All Of Franklin County News Cast Listen to wyRN Radio, 1480 on your dial, each evening at ' p.m. Monday through Friday, for your Times Reporter wlthl all the local news. Tel. 0Y 6-3283 Louisburg College Commencement Exercises Kathryn Dodson Fort, of Hendersort, leaves the stage after receiving the "Cum Laucie" award from Academic Dean John B. York, inxSommencement exercises at Louisburg .^College Sunday. - Photo by Fred Kissing er. College Grads Advised To "Be Awake" Dr. Wendell Patton, Presi dent of High Point College, spoke at the 176th Commence ment of Loulsburg College Sun day afternoon In the A-C Build ing. Dr. Patton urged the graduates to be awake and to know where they were headed, keeping be fore them always those attri butes that lead to excellence. Dr. Cecil W. Robblns, presi dent of Loulsburg College, In troduced the speaker. Following the processionals of the principals, graduates, and faculty Rev. William K. Quick gave the Invocation. The Chapel Choir, under the direc tion of Miss Sarah Poster, sang "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor" by Irving Bet-fin. Dr. Robblns, assisted by Dean Johh York, presented Associate in Arts diplomas to 51, Asso ciate In Science diplomas , to 7, and one-year Business cer tificates to 18. Those from Loulsburg grad uating were William Young Har ris, James Walter Phelps, George Calvin Smith, Emily Rose Wood, Howard Jackson "Drewett, Jr., Howard Vance Harrell, Jr., and Nora Elaine Bragg of Frankllnton. Special honors went to Kgthryn Dodson Fort of Henderson who graduates Cum Laude; to Alpha PI Epsllon members, Alice Daeke Peedin and Elizabeth Ann Yoder; and to Phi Theta Kappa members, Betty P. Beard, Su san Alice Daniel, Bob Domlnlck, Kathryn Fort, Billy Joe Frazler, Da riGrtnnan, Carolyn? Gupton. Linda Haley, Nancy Mldgett, Jackie Parrlsh, Walter Pulliam, Jr., and Joan Irene Ridge. sented: Business Award, Alice Peedln; Sigma PI Alph?, Nelson Tapson; English Award, Nelson Tapson; 1st year Chemistry Award, James O. Burke, Jr.; Chemistry Award, Sue Ledgett; Physical Chemistry Award, Wllll&m Slkkelee; William Ray mond Taylor Dramatic Award, Alex Speer7 Jr.; I. D. Moon Awards, Sue Edge Crow and Billy Joe Frazler; Brantley Awards, Kathryn Fort and Wal ter M. Pulllam, Jr.; Methodist Scholarships^ Betty Beard and Billy Joe Frazler. Special recognition was given in the Business Department to Doris Cook, Alice Daeke, Bar bara Wethlngton, Lyda Saund ers and Sandra Hardison. Marshals for the commence ment events were Carolyne Wells Gupton, chief, Nancy Bird Berger, Joan Irene Ridge, -Mary Faye Rogers, and Jackie Walton parrlsh. Mrs. Cecil W. Robblns pre sided at the organ. president and Mrs. Cecil W. Robblns held the President's Reception in the Main 'Build ing Social Hall Immediately following the exercises. . Rev. Graham S. Eubank, Su perintendent of the Raleigh Dis trict of the Methodist Church, delivered the commencement sermon Sunday morning, In the Loulsburg Methodist Churph. kRev. Eubank used as his ser mon topic, "The Peiffe of the New World", signifying this quickly changing world. Following the processional, "March of the Priests" by Mendelssohn, piayed by Mrs. Cecil W, Robbing at the organ, and the singing of the hymn; "Now Thank We All Our God," Rev. Kelly J. Wilson, Jr. gjve the Invocation. The Chapel Choir rendered as an anthem, "Praise Ye The Lord," by Cesar Franch, and as an offertory, " For My Soul Thlrstesth For God" by Men delssohn. Rev. Kelly Wilson pronounced the benediction following which the speakers, faculty and grad uates left the church as Mrs. Robblns played "pompandcir cumstance" by Elgar. ? Dr. Raymond Stone, president of the Lou ijiburg College Alumni Association, presided at the banquet held Saturday evening in the Benjamin N. Duke Col lege Union. The theme of the banquet was "Learning to Learn. ?' Dr. D. FT. Earnhardt, former Lbuisburg College president (1936-39), Trustee Emeritus, and Pastor at Ellis Chapel Methodist Church, Durham, spoke to the group, especially the ?5th reunionlng class of 1938, one of his classes. Other reunionlng classes were the Golden Agers Club, classes of 1913, 1937 and 1939. Mr. Ayery Dennis gave the welcome to which Mrs. Ruth McWhorter Pender responded. Dean John York presented the 1962-63 graduates for'member ship in the Alumni Association. Mr. C, Ray Pruette, senior sponsor, announced the. follow ing permanent class officers - Burnett Lewis, President; Betsy O'Neal, Vice-President; Betty Lively, Secretary; and Skipper Holt, Treasurer, s Miss Emily Burt person, As sociation Vlre- President, pre-, sented the Bo<S of Remem brance Scholarships to Frances Yoder of Roxboro and Carolyn Davis of Burllngton. Miss Ruth Merrltt presented the . Carol Bessent Hayman Scholarship to Alicia Suarez. The speaker for the banquet was Introduced by Rev. W, D, Cavlness, a member of the class of 1938. Mr. I, D. Moon led the group In the singing of " Alma Mater" which concluded the program. The banquet meal was served by Mrs. J. a, Pearce, dietitian. Asphalt tank Truck Blaze Louisburg Volunteer firemen attack blazing hot liquid asphalt spraying machin'e- and truck at (he Public Works Garage here Friday. Damage was confined to the spraying machine and truck, both of which wTTptie gut back into service following Repairs. Fire Damages Asphalt Truck A hot asphalt spraying ma chine used in street paving . work overflowed and caught (ire i while being reloaded at the i town Public Works Garage here Friday afternoon causing da- . mages estimated at between i $500 and $1,000. Public Works Superintend i derifS, C." "Buster" Foster said that workers had just re filled the asphalt tank on the machine and were bringing it up to spraying temperature when It boiled over without I warning and caught fire. < The some several hundred 1 gallons of hot liquid asphalt I sent a huge cloud of dense black I smoke billowing high into the sky that was visible for miles away and gave the appearance that the entire town facility, was ablaze. Local volunteer firemen, how ever, extinguished the fire promptly with tw-o pre -connect ed inch and a half fog lines from their new $17,000 Sea grave fire engine. The fire blazed dangerously We know a man who believes In the complete economic eman :i pat ion of women: he thinks :hat~his wife has as much right :o support the family as he lias. close the the town's electrical substation, - which itself was rocked by explosion and fire last fall, and to the Public Works Garage. Summer Session Begins June 10 , The first session of the 1963 Summer School at Louisburg College \viil get underway on June 10 with registration froin 8 to 10 a.m. The^irst session ends July 16 and the second ?ejsion begins July 18 and ends August 23. I'jISSCS ll0UMk County Pay Rill G oes To Senate Franklin County Representa tive James D. Speed introduced a bill into the General Assem bly Monday night providing for a referendum in Franklinton on ?he election of Mayor and Com missioners. Full details on the hill, HB "1229, were not available at press time, however it is un derstood that the bill provides for the establishment of dis tricts or so-called v*rds for the purpose of electing the com missioners. - In other action in the General Assembly affecting Franklin County, Senate Bill 464, Intro duced by Senator W. M. Jolly, revising and updating the char ter of the Town of Bunn, pass ed in the House Monday night, thereby becoming law; and HB 1129, introduced by Represen tative Speed on May 27 relating to the salaries of certain of ficials of Franklin County, passed the House on May 31 and went over to the Senate. This bill, however, faces al most certain revision In the Senate to Include Register of Deeds office personnel speci fically exempted in the House version. County Fire Ranger Dies, Rites Held Fuoeral services for County Forest Ranger Joseph Adolphus Pfearce, were conducted from the Loutsburg Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Monday by the Rev. Kelly J. Wilson^ paartor, and the Rev. George Blount. Rurfrl followed in Oakwood Cemetery. Pearce, 57, died at his home here early Sunday morning of a .38 caliber pistol wound of | the right temple. Franklin i Coroner James H. Edwards rail ed the shooting suicide. He had been in declining health for I some time. As a member of District 5 of the N. C. Forestry Service, Pearce served as Chief Forest Ranger for Franklin County. He was a member of the Louisburg Methodist Church, the Louis Tnirg Volunteer Fire Depart ment, the Louisburg Auxiliary Police Force and an auxiliary Sheriff's Department deputy. He was a member of the Louisburg Liohs Club and a former main tenance engineer at Franklin Memorial Hospital. Surviving a* his wife, Mrs. Lila Taylor Pearce; a son, Joe pearce, Jr., of the home; nine ! sisters; Mrs. Cray R. King of 1 Nashville; Mrs. Walter Cuthrell of Louisburg, Mrs. C. J. Tawes of Rolesville, Mrs. O. S. Wil liams of Autryville, Mrs. Fred Hale of Anahem/Calif., Mi's. Ityle Lambert of Klsslmmee, Fla., Mrs. Milton Bradley of Raleigh, Mrs. Charles Duvall of Sykesville, Md., and Mrs. Walter Futch of Wilmington;-, five b rot Tier s7 David o. pear' e ' of Rowland, Hugh R. Pearce of Raleigh, Ricks T. Pearce of Al buquerque, N. M., E. Ernest Pearce of Baltimore, Md., and Henry L. Pearce of Raleigh. Palll>earers were Thomas Lee Pearce of Rowland, Hugh Ran dolph Pearce, Jr., Michael John Pearce and Jimmy Pearce, all of Raleigh, William John King, of Nashville and Mickel Wil liams of Autryville, nephews ? of the deceased. Honorary pallbearers were the Stewards of the Louisburg Methodist Church, the Men's* Bible Class of the Louisburg Methodist Church, Forestry Service District 5, Louisburg Fire Department, Police De See PEARCE Page 6 Gas Fired Booze Plant Still operators ^ Ralph White, left inset, and Lewis Edward Young and their all Copper whis key distillery uncovered . near Bunn by Federal ATTD Agents Friday morning. - Times Photo. Two Arrested In Raid On "All-Copper" Booze Plant By T, H. Pearce Federal officers from the Ra leigh! and Henderson Posts of the ATTD, took advantage of an early Friday morning fog to raid a whiskey still three miles east of Bunn. The raiders were evidently spotted by a dog at a house nearby, because as they ap-? proached the swampy area sur rounding the plant the dog set up a frenzied barking. One of the two men operating the still walked, up the path to see what the dog was barking at and walk ed right into the hands of one of the feds. He let out a yell, but the bottled gas burner back at the still was making so much racket that his co-worker knew nothing was amiss until he was grasped firmly by the long arms of the law. Alter . capture- tne pair toon the interruption of their days labor In a most philosophical manner. Lewis Edward Young, 53, admitted ownership" of the plant, while his companion, Ralph White, 32, stated that he had just come in for the days j work "and had never seen the ; still before. Members of the raiding party said that it was the first all copper set up seen in the area in a long time and that the emphasis here was obviously on quality rather than quantity. At no time during the dlsTIITlng process did the potent liquid come in contact with any thing other than wood or cooper. The still itself was a 60 gallon copper kettle, with a 60 gallon preheater, and a 50 gallon doub ler. The condensor and all tub ing were also of copper, with the condensor .itself being of the ? sleeve type as wasthe pre-heat er. Three full tanks of bottled gas fed the burner. Revenooers found 2340 gallons of mash on Jjand in a dozen 220 gallon mash barrels. Seven teen bases of half gallon fruit jars were stacked nearby ready for filling. Thfe congenial prisoners said that they had planned to run off four barrels of mash which would produce between 15 and 20 cases of white whiskey. Young stated thaKM would take about 2 hours to run the first charge of the still, but after that, thanks to the pre-heatlng system, they could run a charge In an hour. See RAID Page 6 Dairy Princess Miss Louisburg, SkylerOdum, left, places crown on headrrf-Jane W,ils~orr following her selection as Franklin County tjairy Prin cess lie re Friday. - Times Photo. County Dairy Princess Chosen . Jane Wilson, is year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson of Loulsburg, Route 4, was crowned Dairy Princess of Franklin County Friday night. A 1963 graduate of Edward Best Ijlgh School, Jane plants to attend Atlantic Christian College. She lives on 'an 800 acre dairy farm and has been active In 4-H work including raising prize steers. She was crowned by Skyler Odum, " Miss Loulsburj," who served as one of the Judges. First runner tij> In the con test was 18 year-old Donna Blackley of Route 2, Frank llnton, and second runner-up was Diana Faye' Weldo'n. 17 of Loulsburg, Route 3. t Miss Wilson will represent Franklin County In the State Dairy Princess Contest In R? lelgh on Thursday.
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