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Weather Generally fair and mild today and Wednesday. Low, 62; high, SO. e Franklin Times * News Cast Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ^ ^ Serving All Of Franklin County Lls^n to WYRN Radio, 1480 on your dial, each evening at 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, for your Times Reporter with all the local news.. Tel GY 6-3283 7^ Five Cents LouisbCirg. N C . Tuesday, July 9. 1963 (Eight Pages. Today) 94th Year? IVumber 39 Rescuers Renntve Wrenk Victim Members of the Louisburg Rescue Service remove Mrs. Dorothy Simmons of Frank linton, from wrecked auto on South Main Street here Friday morning. Although still unconscious when photo w"as made, Mrs. Simm-ons' injuries were not believed ser ious. -Times Photo. Eight Hurt In July 4th Accidents The July 4th holiday week-end got underway with a rash of traffic accidents In Franklin County and then settled Into Just another quiet summer week end. Four accidents, three on Thursday and another Friday morning, resulted In the hospi talization of eight, however, none were believed seriously hurt. The first of the accidents occurred on N. C. 98 at Five Points about 2:30 Thursday afternoon. State Trooper D. M. Hlnton said that the accident occurred when a car, operated by William D. Boyette, 21, of Route 1, Zebulon, pulled Into the path of an oncoming car driven by John Neely, 63, of Knox, Pa. Neely*s wife and another pass enger, Mrs. Elizabeth Berlin, 89, were Injured as was Bruce Perry, 22, of Route 1, Bailey, a passenger In the other car. A third passenger In the Neely Car, the Rev. E. B. Boyer, 80, of Knox, pa., was unhurt. All three of the Injured were taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital by the Loulsburg Res cue Service. Trooper Hlnton said that Boy ette was charged with careless and reckless driving. The Pennsylvania group were en route to the mountains on vaca tion at the time of the accident. Three persons were Injured later In the day In a three way crash on N. C. 39 near Epsom. State Trooper D. C. Day said that an unidentified car pulled onto the road from the shoulder Into the side of a car operated by Ralph Davis, of Loulsburg, causing the Davis car to veer into the path of an oncoming car, driven by Walter "Blip" Harris, son of Negro funeral home operator Robert Lee Harris of Louls burg, and then fled the scene. Davis and a passenger, D. V, Frazter, 32, of Route 2, Louls burg, were hospitalized here with head Injuries. Neither of their wives were hurt. Harris was treated at the hospital and released. Police are seeking the driver of the*thlrd car on charges of hit and run. A local beauty salon operafc and the wife of County Forest Ranger Joseph Earl Smith were Injured approximately 30 min utes later when their car was struck In the side by another car as they stopped at a stop sigh Just below Ringer Smith's home In the White Level Co mmunity. Mrs. Sybil S. Perry received head and leg Injuries while Mrs. Mildred Smith sustained a fractured left shoulder. State Trooper W. S. Ethrldge said that the driver of the other car, Otha Boddle, 20 year-old Route 2, Loulsburg negro, was Jailed following emergency treatment for a cut chin on charges of drunk driving. A Frankllnton woman was also t* Injured on her way to work at Hodges Insurance Agency here Friday morning when her car was involved In a collision with one operated by Tommy Rowe, 23t of Loulsburg, at the Inter section of South Main Street and the Bunn road about 8:30 a.m. Mrs. Dorothy Simmons was given first aid at the scene by the Loulsburg Rescue Service and taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital. Rowe was charged by local police^ the right-of-? Police said Rowe>kHemD make a left turn Intone path of the oncoming Slmn Spectators View Wreckage Victims' all gone, spectators Main Street during busy hours continue to stand around waiting here Friday morning. - Times for wrecker to unblock South Photo. Property Owner's Responsibility Sidewalks Present Problem For Louisburg City Council The Town of Loulsburg Is In somewhat of a quandry over the condition Of some of Its sidewalks" In both business and residential sections and what, If anything, to do about It. The Council, It seems, under pressure of a number of citizens and merchants to do something Murray Brings First Cotton Blossom In 8. T. Murray brought a pink cotton blossom Into the Times office Monday to claim tli? honor at having the first cotton blossom of the 1963 cotton crop. The bloom, picked last Friday, came from the Ned Swanson (arm at White Level. The first bloom brought In last year came on June 2?th a week earlier than this year's first bloom. Joe Ben Alston from Franklln ten, brought In a white bloom on Monday afternoon. about the sidewalks, had made tenatlve plans to patch up the worst spots only to find out that they did not hav?Jhe author ity to do so.'. It seems that one of the pro visions of the Town's 18th century charter, not changed in the recent charter up-dating was a section relating to the construction and maintenance of sidewalks and the responsibility for same. The charter (section 38) reads as follows; "The OWNER of a lot which shall front on a street on which a sidewalk has been established SHALL REPAIR or Improve said sidewalk In such a manner as the council may direct, as far as It extends along such lot; and upon failure to do so Immediately upon notice of the council to such owners, then after advertisement at the courthouse door and upon the said lot for five days, the council MAY cause the same to be re paired In such a manner and with material as to them may seem proper, and THE EX PENSES SHALL BE PAID BY THE PERSON IN DEFAULT, and said expenses shall be a lien upon said lot, and If not paid on demand, sufch lot or so much thereof as Is necessary shall be sold by the collector of taxes to pay expenses and costs of sale under the same rules, regulations and restrict ions, rights of redemption and savings as are prescribed for sale of land for unpaid taxes." In view of the charter require ments, the Town Attorney has advised the Council that if th? Town were to move In and re pair the sidewalks at Town ex pense, the Council members themselves may become liable personally for the tosts. The matter may seem relatively simple' In view of the Charter, however, some memb ers of the Council are a bit hesitant to move on the property owners, but none are anxious to personally stand for the re pairs.* Chances are that the Council may let the matter hang here and let the property owners stand for damages In case any one Is hurt on sidewalks In need of repair. ? ? . ? - Sets Mandatory Retirement Age? County OK's $962,646.85 Tentative 63-64 Budget V The Board of Com* y Co mmissioner? approved the tent atlve 196&-64 county budget In jwTlth hour meeting here yes terday. The budget calls for expendi tures of $962,646.85, up some $39,315.19 over last year's budget. To raise this amount, the Board is figuring on a $1.80 pet $1Q0. valuation county-wide tax rate - up .09 over last year's Hi ,71 county wide tax rate. By law the. Board ^nust adopt the permanent budget by July 28, however, before being adopted It must tie advertised and lay open for 20 days, yesterday was the final da/lfor action oiyfhe tenatlve budget by the Board. tsy aepanmenis ine lenauvo budget Is as fallows; Schools (current expprise) $189,539.53; Schools (capital outlay) $181, 229.64; / Frankllnton Schools (oer /^aulta) S47.191.71; Debt $6,188.00; Veteran Service Officer $3,875.70; Hospital $30,029. 37; Farm & Home Agents $24,695.00; . Welfare $136,860.67; General Purpose s$178,201.38; Revaluation (a mthtf by 1966) $13,614.68; In diistnHl)evelopment $13,964 .68; Frah^inton School Debt $34,857.00; rxjulsburg School *D?W $30,390>L Township Roads $15,818.27. Tax rate changes werfcsnoted In the following departmeht^; Schools (current expense) .29 down .01 from last year; Schools (capital outlay) .52 up .07; Debt Service .04 down.01; Welfare ,34 up .03; Health .09 down .01; and Revaluation .05 up .02. The tax rate will vary accord ing to township. In Loulsburg township the Loulsburg School debt rate drops from .54 to .48 and In Frankllnton the School debt rate drops from .63 to .60 this year. The Board also handed out salary raises amounting to approximately 5 per -cent of their salaries to 17 employees. Another 8 were given a $10.00 per month raise, while 1 1 others were- given merit system step increases. Twenty-four em ployees (agricutural and ex tension workers, etc.) were looked over by the Board this time and some others were given sofne raise to Towd out their salaries. It was also understood that the Board passed a motion to re quire all county employees re sponsible to the Board to re tire on or before their 70th blr\hday, however, no record of the action could be found In the minutes of the meeting. Off For Beauty Pageant Miss Skyler Odum, ^Hss Louis burg of 1963, is picturtnllieing interviewed liy" WYRN Matties" Clint Fuller prior to'leaving foV the Miss North Carolina Beauty Pageant this morning. Also pictured are, 1, to r., Troy - Parker, her Jaycee Business Manager; Mrs. Odum, and local ? >aycee President Jimmy Allen. ;? ? .? ? ?/ .. y Miss Louisburg Leaves For Miss North Carolina Pageant * XMlss Skyler Odom, Miss Loih^burg of 1963, was given a rott?inj>\send off for Greens boro andN^je North Carolina Beauty Pageaht from WYRN Radio here this mbcjitng. The ..Bolton teauty/V^second year student at Lomfetiurg College, was accompanied fty. her mother, Mrs. A. T. Odom', as official chapfcron; Troy Parker of the local Jaycees as Business Manager; and J. M. Allen, Jr., President of the local Jaycees. On hand for the send-off this morning, which was .carried live over WYRN, were a num ber of local and county offic ials as well as a group of well ) wishers. Miss Odom will re gister later today along with 83 other contestants for the coveted Miss North Carolina title. * The contestants will be divid ed Into groups of 26, Miss Loulsburg being In Group C with the number 82. This means Skyler will appear In Even ing 0?wn Competition Wednes day nlgftt* July 10;. Swim Suit Competition .Thursday night, July 11; Talent CompclHftit'Vrl day night, July 12. On Saturday., night, July 13, 10t finalist wfli be selected awf* will appear again In all three phases of competition. Sometime between 11 and 12 P.M., a new Miss North Carolina wUl be crowned. A tight schedule filled wltft Judges Interviews, Press Re ceptions, Luncheons, Dinners, and Rehearsals Is In store (or Miss Loulsburg during Pageant Week In Greensboro. The Gull ford College Jaycees, hosts for this years Pageant, have spared no effort to provide an action filled week for all the contes tants. * All phone calls, telegrams, flowers, and mall to Miss tonlsburg should be addressed as follows: Miss Skyler Odom, Miss Loulsburg; c/o Miss North Carolina Pageant, Gull ford College, North Carolina. Town Shuffles Duties Of Department Superintendents The Louishurg City Council Friday night shuffled the duties of the public Works and Public Utilities Superintendents, a round ajid reated a new de partment ,ol Streets and Sanl tatlcw which will henceforth be known as the Public Works Department. ? The switching about left form er Public UtllltlesSuperlntend ent Harold Foster as Super Performers In " Straw Hat " Principals in, Thursday, Friday and Saturday's Louisbsrg Col lege Players production of the play, "Straw Hat" are pictured during rehearsal. They are, 1. to r. standing, Marian Scoggin and Jean Jones, both of Louisburg; Bob Clodfelter, and Emery Raper. - Times Photo lntendent of the Electric De partment. "He had formerly also looked after the water and sewer treatment plants and Sanitation Departments as well. Former Public Works Superintendent S. C. "Buster" Foster gets the new title of Superintendent of Water and Sewer Depart ment, which Includes the two treatment plants and all lines and connections. He had formerly looked after Just the water and sewer lines, the Streets and garbage dump. The new department of Public Works will look after all street building, maintenance, signs, etc., trash and garbage collect Ion, street cleaning, the garbage dump an(l cemetery main tenance. The new plan will be come effective as soon as a Superintendent can be named and the department organized. The Council also adopted a resolution commending the Loulsburg Garden Club and Its members on the event of their 25th Anniversary for their con tributions to the Town and County and Mayor Louis A. Wheless appointed a committee composed of Commissioners Johnson, Hicks and Taylor to make recommendations for emergency power for the Joint county-town police radio system. People who get tired and con tinually postpone their work have weak minds.
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