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Tel. 0Y 0-3283 ' FivV Cents Louisburg N C Thursday june 13. 1963 (Si* Pages Today) 94th Year? Number 32
Recorders
Court Docket
The following cases were dis
posed of before Judge W. F.
Shelton In Franklin CoUnty Re
corder's Court with Solicitor
W. H. Taylor prosecuting for
the state.
Robert Lee Gupton c/m/20.
Assault with Deadly Weapon.
Pay balance by June 13thV
.Clyde Mustlan, Jr. Assault
with Deadly Weapon. With
drawal of counsel permitted
Pleads not guilty - Verdict
guilty. 30*days In Jail suspend
ed upon payment of costs and
remain of good behavtor for one
year. To comply by June 18..
Gertrese. Van -Holden c/m/49.
Careless and Reck'less.Drlvlng.
Pleads guilty thru counsel. Wal- '
ver presentation of evidence
$50 fine and cos).
V Jesse Junior Perfy c/m/2%
No Operator's " License, (two
counts).. Pleads guilty - 90 days
In Jail suspended upon payment
of )100 fine and costs. To com
ply by August 6.
Joe Louis Dunnc/m/27. Motor
Vehicle Violation. .Exceeding
safe speed. Pleads guilty fail
ure to report accident. Pleads
not guilty to exceeding safe'
speed. Verdict not guilty of
exceeding safe speed. $25,00
fine and cost. To comply by July
2nd. Post $50 compliance bond.
Richard Arthur Collins c/m
31. Motor Vehicle Violation.
Pleads guilty to second count.
Verdict not guilty first count,
to pay cost.
James Henry Arrlngton c/m
24. Speeding 45 mph In 20 mph
zone. Pleads guilty under wai
ver statute. $20 fine and cost.
Tlmonthy Marrlson Shearln
w/m/48. Speeding 60 mph In
45 mph zone. Pleads guilty
under waiver statute. $15 fine
and cost.
James Henry Washington c
m/19. Receiving stolen pro
perty. 1 year In Jail to be sus
pended upon the payment of
costs and that he spend 2 years
probation under the supervision
of the N.C. Probation Commis
sion.
James Henry Washington c
m/19. Larceny. Pleads guilty.
Consolidated with above case
for Judgment.
William Douglas Yarborough,
c/m/19. Larceny. Pleads not
guilty - Verdict guilty. 6 months
In Jail suspended upon payment
of costs and serve 2 years
probation under supervision of
N. C. Probation Commission.
Carrie Joyner-Assault with
Deadly Weapon. Pleads not guil
ty. Verdict guilty of assault.
To pay costs.
LUlle Leonard c/m/36. As
sault with Deadly Weapon.
Pleads guilty 30 days. Suspend
ed upon payment of medical
costs of Tessle Perry and cost
of court. To comply by August
6th.
Gene Evans Lloyd w/m/18.
Speeding 65 mph In 55 mph
tone. Pleads not guilty. Ver
dict guilty exgeedlng speed limit
and to pay cost.
Norman Junior Gupton c/m
35. No Operator's License.
Pleads guilty. 30 days In Jail
suspended upon payment of fine
and cost. Fine suspended upon
good behavior for 1 year.
JURY TRIALS Hay 30. 1M3
Ernest HlUlard Pernell w
m/28. Operating Automobile In
toxicated. Pleads not guilty.
Verdict guilty. 4 months In jail
and assigned to work roads.
Suspended upon payment of $100
fine and cost.
Rudolph Green c/m. Assault
with Deadly Weapon,, pleads
not jgutlty. Verdict guilty. 60
days in Jail.' Notice of appeal
to Superior Court. Bond fixed
at $500.
Vandals Rip
Cemetery At
Franklinton
A number of Franklinton re
sidents have become Increas
ingly concerned over acts of
vandalism at the town cemetery.
Numerous reports have been
received concerning the theft
of shrubbery and potted plants
from various plots as well as
damage to urns, shrubbery, etc.
In one case eight plants plac
ed on graves by one family were
stolen, In another shrubbery
was actually dug up, and in still
another case valuable boxwoods
were broken and severely da
maged.
1st Federal
Plan s Bldg.
Henry Gregory, President of.
First Federal Savings and Loan
Association, announced today
that the firm had purchased a
lot at the northeast corner of
North Main and Franklin street
In Louisburg. A new building
will be erected on this site
as quarters (or the Associa
tion's branch office In Louis
burg.
According to Gregory, Shields
and Wyati, architects, have been '
commissioned to prepare plans .
(or the new branch office build
< Take Oath Of Enlistment
Lt. Michael Thomas adminis
ters t^ie oath of enlistment to
three local young men as SFC
Harve* Smith, Jr. Army Re
cruiter for Franklin County
looks on. From left to right, i
James T. Johnson, Norman G. '
Dean, III, Grover D. Jeffreys, >
Lt. Thomas and ^gt. Smith. - ]
Army Photo by Pfc Don Lewis.
Lo<pl Youths Enlist In Army
An Army career and basic
training under the "Buddy
Plan" Is the choice of three 1
area youths, Grover D. Jef
freys of Louisburg, James T.
Johnson of Louisburg and Nor
man G. Dean, III of Zebulon.
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Franklinton
Court Docket ;
(Frk. B.W.) Only 15 cases ]
were tried before Mayor Joe ]
W. Pearce on Monday In Frank
linton and Jury trial has been <
requested for four of the cases: <
Tallle Cratlon Conn - Ex- ,
cesslve safe speed - Pleads ]
guilty - Pays cost of court |
$18.95. ? i
John Wayne Arnold - Care- |
less and reckless driving - ;
Issue subpoena on defendant
and witness.
Claude A. Wood - Reckless
driving - Pleads guilty - Pays
fine and cost.
Lettle Milton Holder - 65
mph In a 55 mph zone. Jury
trial requested.
Luther McLamb (2 cases of
being drunk) Pleads Guilty -
30 days on road - suspended
on payment of cost of court In
each case.
Julius C. Henderson - Public
drunk - Pleads qullty - Paid :
cost. x
< James Robert Goode, Jr. - 1
CarleSs and. reckless driving.
Pleads gulHy - 60 days on
road - suspended on payment
of )25.00 fine and cost of court.
Howard A. Kearney -Scratch
ing off - Pleads guilty - pay
cost.
Eugene Murray - Drunk and
disturbing the peace. Pleads
guilty - Pay cost.
Forest Mustlan - Drunk --
Pliads guilty - 30 days on
road - suspended on payment 1
of cost of court.
Mlnton (Monk) Smith - Viola- 1
tlon G.S. 18-11 (2 cases of 1
the violation) - Request for
Jury Trial - Paid $20.00 Jury
deposit.
Tony Varela -Simple assault
Paid cost.
Lettle Milton Holden - 55 mph
In 35 mph zone. Jury trail re
quested.
The people In Louisburg con
trol their own destinies; this
community will be Just as good
as the people who live In It.
No greatness exists unless It
Is based upon principle and not
upon profits.
Experience Is something to be
purchased if it Is to be worth
having.
The three boys, all of whom
are -1963 high school graduates
chose' Iheltf* training under the
Army's "Graduate Specialist
Program"- and "Choose-It
yourself" vocational training
system. "Both plans allowed
them to choose from a wide
variety of specialty training.
Grover D. Jeffreys, who is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover
J. Jeffreys of Route 1, Louls
burg, will take his training In
Medical Care and Treatment.
He Is a 1963 graduate of Bunn
High School.
James T. Johnson, a graduate
yl Loulsburg High School, Is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. James
A. Johnson of 220 North Blckett
Blvd., Loulsburg. Johnson Is a
'ormer member of the National '
Suard and will receive his
:ralnlng in Aircraft Malnten
ince. His father served with
the Army during WW II and I*
presently a Master Sergeant
In the National Guard.
Norman O. Deaff, m IS At
son of T/Sgt and Mrs. Norman
G. Dean, Jr. of Route 1, Zehu- l
Ion. A graduate of Wakelon I
High School, Dean has chosen t
Airborne training with future f
plans including Special Forces
training. His father served with i
the Air Force during WW II J
and Is presently a Sgt on duty I
with the Air Force In Washing
ton, D.C? Sgt De?n will retire t
In August 1963 after twenty 1
years service. Prior to his en- (
Ustment young Dean was a
member of the National Guard, t
For Information on the Army's t
"Choice Not Chance" program t
see Sgt. H. P. Smith, Jr., at t
the National Guard Armory In I
I.oulsburg on Wednesday morn- (
lngs. (
Bunn Plays Host To
Area Developers
Eighty-two numbers of the
seven - county Capital Area
Development Association paid
> visit to the Bunn Community
winner of the 1962 community
tievelopment competition-Wed
nesday afternoon.
All seven counties In the as
sociation were represented.
Mrs. Joe Adams,. of Bunn,
County Community Develop
ment Chairman, was In charge
of the tour, assisted by Gene
Mullen, -Bunn Community De
velopment Chairman.
The group assembled at the
Bunn School Agricultural Build
ing for a talk and to see pic
tures of the development In
the area. The tour listed 23
points of Interest with stops
being made at the N. J. Voll
mer farm, Bunn Lumber Co.,
the Glenn Mitchell farms, Fire
Department and new First Ci
tizens building.
The Bunn tour was the thrld
of the year for CADA mem
bers, and gave the visitors
an opportunity to view the pro
jects and efforts of a smaller
and predominately agricultural
region as compared with pre
vious tours of the North Caro
lina Trade Fair and the Smith
field Plan at Smithfleld.
Members of the Capital Area
Association are Franklin, War
ren, Vance, Granville, Wake,
Johnston and Harnett.
Peace can be had In t-hls
world, some day, but it will
not bless those who are too
cowardly to boldly stand up
for their rights.
Ing. Further details, as to the
design of the building,' construc
tion, etc. will be announced at
? later date.
The branch office has been
located at 104 East Nash Street
In Loulsburg since It was open
ed February 12, 1962.
Gregory said "We have been
more than well pleased with the '
substantial progress andsuc
~ess of the Loulstftrg opera
tion, which makes it necessary
for us to obtain larger quart
ers. with the propose^ new
wilding, we will be. In an ex
:ellent position to render furth
?r service to the area.
Graham C. Kennedy, a na
ive of Loulsburg, who Is Vice
President and Loan: officer of
First Federal Savings and Lo?n
Association of Rocky Mount, Is
Home Office Supervisor of the
'ranch operation. Frank A.
Head, Jr., Assistant Vlce-pre
ildent, Is manager of the Louls
Jurg office and Mrs. Emma D.
avis serves aa teller-clerk.
The following Loulsburg citi
zens serve as an advisory com
mittee for the branch operation:
fullus P. Tlmberlake, Jr.,
Ilmmy M. Allen, Jr., and T
Mort Harris.
Jane York
Named To
Welfare Post
A former Acting Director has
?eturned after 9 months grad
late study at UNC to take over
he reigns of the County Wel
are Department.
The County Welfare Board an
tounced this week that Mrs.
[ane M. York of Loulsburg,
ad returned from school and
ad been named Director of
>ubllc Welfare for Franklin
bounty.
?Mrs. York Joined the local
igency In 1957 as a casework
er and served as Acting Dlrec
or for some time prior to re
urnlng to school, she attended
.oulsburg and Wake Forest
Colleges, graduating from
ireensboro College In 1 944 with
i B.A. degree.
Epsom Fire
Association
Slates Meet
The annual re-organlzatlonal
neeting of the Epsom Rural
Volunteer Firemen's Associa
l?n will be held M the fire
itatlon at Epsom at eight o'clock
text Monday night.
All members who have con
rlbuted to the fire department
?rogram In the community are
nvlted to attend the session,
iccording to the announcement
?y J. T. Gflffin, secretary on
he board of directors.
At the fMonday meeting, the
?oard of directors and the fire i
ompany will be reviewed and
?e-organlzed for the coming
'ear. Secretary Griffin pointed
>ut that each member of the
LSsociation, which is made up j
4 those who provided financial ?
lupport, will have a voice and ]
'ote In all elections. 1
On 29c Guided Tour
Pictured on a stop during their
pick-up truck tour of the \Jovil
ton, Alert, Sehloss, Centerville
and Oswego communities Tues
day afternoon are Thilbert
Pearce, Lee Murray, Crowell
Strickland, Clint Fuller and-Bry
ant Best.. Clint and Thilberthad
their bluff called and had to pay
off with the tour as theresultof
a gag contest to name their
tri-weekly WYHN Radio show.
Bunn Board Calls For
Election, New Registration
The Mayor and Board otYow
Commissioners of Bunn Wed
nesday night called for a gen
eral election In the town o
July 27 to elect a mayor an
Snake
Otho Upchurch, of
Route 3, Zebulon,
displays 6 foot 10 inch
Chicken snake killed
in his garden from'
tne doorway of J. W.
Perry, Jr. 's Store at
Pearces - Photo by
J. W. Perry, Jr.
Cancer
Clinic
The cancer detection cllqic
tor June will be held at the
Franklin County Health Depart
ment Wednesday afternoon at
1 P.M., June 19.
There Is no. charge for this
service and anyone wishing an
examination should call Miss
Esther Andrews at Gy 63553
'or an appointment.
n four town commissioners. A
- new voler registration has been
- ordered prior to the election,
n J. D. White has been appolnt
d ed registrar and Miss Mettle
Moody and Mrs. Bessie Gallo
way have been appointed judges
of the election and poll holders.
The Fire House has been de
signated as the polling place.
The .order for a new regis- i
A t rat Ion will require all per
sons, including those already i
registered, to register to vote <
In the election. The reglstra- 1
tion books will open at 9 a.m. <
June 22 and will close at 9 '
p.m. July 13. The registrar I
will l>e at (he polling place to
register voters from 9 a.m.
until 9 p.m. Saturday, June 22,
June 29, July 6, and July 13.
The books will 1* open for fil
ing all other days from 9 a.m.
until 5 p.m. except Sundays, but
the registrar will not be requir
ed to be at the polling place.
Saturday, July 29 has been de
signated as Challenge Day.
The filing deadline for per
sons wishing to offer as can
didates for any of the offices
Is at 6 p.m. July 20. Candi
dates may file notice with the
Fown Clerk at any time prior
to thedeadline.
Local Group Plans
Smithfield Visit
A delegation from Loulsburg
will visit Smlthfield next Wed
esday. Arrangements for the
visit have been made with the
Smlthfield Chamber of (Com
merce by Mrs. Juanlta Plea
sants, secretary of the Louis
burg Business Association.
The Loulsburg delegation,
.headed by Ben Fox and Wal
lace Tlppett, directors of the
Association, will be met by
officials of the Town and Cham
ber of Commerce of Smlthfield
at the Howard ^hnson Restau
rant where they will have lunch.
After lunch they will see and
hear the details of " The Smith
field Plan". _ ? /
Mrs. Pleasants stated that
approximately 35 persons are
expected to visit Smlthfield for
presentation^ Loulsburycl- ...
vie clubs and business organi
zations have been invited to
$end representatives.
"The Smlthfield Plato" is a
town- wide improvement pro
gram formulated to motivate
citizens and organizations to
make needed improvements. In
the ' past 10 months, the story
of "The Smlthfield Plan" has
been presented to delegations
Weekly Wage Goes Further In Franklin County
Can a working man In Frank
lin County buy more food and
ilothlng now, after a day's work,
than he could have formerly?
To what extent have local
Families benefited from the
higher Incomes they have been
recelvlnr In the last few years?
With the changes that have
been taking place In the cost
at living, It Is difficult some
times for a family to know
what progress it has been mak
ing, If any.
On the basis of figures re
leased by the Tax Foundation, c
the Department ol Labor and t
others, the average local family p
Is better off today than It was c
In 1958, when a similar study II
was made. * r
It had an Income last year
that was approximately 11.5 tl
percent higher than at that time, fi
The Increase In earnings more o
than made up for the rise In h
the cost of goods and services, si
which went up about 5.5 percent tl
In the period. 1,1
This takes Into account such o<
osts of food, housing, apparel,
ran sport at Ion, medical and <
ersonal care, readlng'and re- I
Nation and miscellaneous i
lems. The majority of them '?
ose In price.
Some Idea of the net change I
lat has occurred, due to the 1
ict that both incomes and llvtng
osts have moved upward, Is to '
9 gleaned from the figures that <
how ?the amount of time that
>e average American worker I
lust put In to buy food and '?
!her articles.
Compared with 1958, when he
needed to work less than 3 days
per month to earn enough for the
rent, he now must put In about
J 1/4 days.
A pound of round steak now re
presents 26 minutes of work,
[t took 29 minutes previously.
A dozen eggs, grade A, takes
15 minutes, compared with 18
nlnutes In 1958.
A new car In the popular -
irice range Involves 29 weeks
is against 28 1/2 before.
The amount of time needed
Is proportionately smaller (or
those with above-average In
comes.
What takes more time than
any other Item except rent Is
Federal, state and local tkjces.
To meet that bill, the average
worker puts In some SI hours
of work a month, 3 more than
was necessary In 1958.
In Franklin County, with local
Incomes what the^ are, this
averages close to $100 per
householder month.
from 45 towns throughout the
South.
France The U.S.
Washington - Foreign Min- -
lster Maurice Couve de Mur
vllle says United States-French *
common Interest are so great
that "nothing, really serious
can separate" the two nations.
The French diplomat, In are
corded television Interview said
It Is difficult to predict when
President Kennedy and Presi
dent de Gaulle may meet. He
stated further that General de
Gaulle owes a visit to Presi
dent Kennedy.
Equal Pay Approval -
Washington - Congress has
approved the principle that wo
men should be paid the same
wages as men for equal work.
Assistant Secretary of Labor
Esther Peterson commented
that It had taken sixteen years
of plugging to get this recog
nition of Justice.
Labor SecreUry Wlrti called
passage "a Mxpr step In the
long struggle toward providing
full equality for women in our
society."
Debt Limit Raised
Washington - The Senate pass
ed and sent to the President leg
islation raising the national bill
debt to $307 billion.
The bill as earlier passed by
the House, raises the legal debt
celling to $307 billion from July
through August 31, when the
legal debt will need a further
Increase estimates Secretary
of the Treasury Douglas Dil
lon.
Mlnow seeks binding eelfregu
latlon.