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Weather Warm with scattered after noon and evening thundershow ers today and Wednesday. To day's low, 64; high, 88 The Frankjin Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving AH- Of Franklin County News Cast Listen to WYRN Rafllo, 1480 on your dial, each evening at S p.m. Monday through Friday, for your Times Reporter with all the local news. T?l. OY 6-3283 Five Cents Louisburg, N C., Tuesday, July 23, 1963 (Six Pages Today) 94th Year ? Number 43 Army Plane Stops Here Local atrport manager Joe Shearon, left, back to camera, eyes the big U. S. Army Caribou that made a short stop-over at the airport here Sunday morning. The big troop cargo carrier really filled up the local field with Its 96 foot wingspan. Either of the plane's big R-2800 engines boosts over double the horsepower of all the planes to gether at the local field. - Times Photo. County Is Bachelor Stronghold Calling all single women. Now hear this. Franklin County Is loaded with single men. The surplus of bachelors Is such that there are 132 single men locally for every 100 single women. The findings are based on the latest marital figures, gathered from all parts of the country by . the Department of Com merce. The reports Indicate tthat the male - female ratio varies considerably from re gion to region. They show that the number of single men and boys In Frank lin County over the age of 14 amounts to 3,022, while the number of single women and girls In that age bracket Is only 2,288. These figures do not Include men and women who have been divorced or widowed. The ratio of single men to single women, 132 to 100, Is higher than It Is In many areas of the country. The average Is 124 to 100 In the United States and, In the State of NorthCaro Una, 127 to 100. The news that the country Is a good manhuntlHg preserve seems to have gotten around. The marriage rate locally, after a temporary lull, appears to be on the rise. The figures show that 63.1 percent of the men and women of marriageable age in Franklin County are now married. That Is quite a sizeable pro portion. Throughout the U nlted States as a whole, the range Is from 44 percent to more than 80 percent. The trend toward early marri age, which started about twenty five years ago, Is now In full swing. Teen - age marriages have become commonplace, with nearly half the girls taking their vows before they are 20. The majority of them become brides at 18. For men, the average age at first marriage keeps dropping. It Is now around 22. In i many cases, the young nawlyweds go on with their education, aided by.ftnanclal as ? For Service - In A Hurry CaU'em Both It's pretty generally under stood throughout Franklin t County that 11 you want service and want It fast - call out one of the County's two Rescue Squads. Well, last Tuesday, someone thought of a way to get still faster service - call them both out. Now It's Just possible that It didn't happen Just exactly like that * but both the Louls burg and Centervfll'e Rescue u nlts did get called out Tuesday afternoon for the same purpose ...and you better believe that put service - a whole lot of It - at the same place In a hurry. sists from their parents. Often, the bride quits school and takes a job while her spouse remains to get his diploma or college degree. The report also notes the number of Franklin County re sidents who were formerly married. Of the men, 32*1 are listed as widowed and 109 divorced, and of the women, 1,316 widowed and 95 divorced. County .Board Aired County Commissioners W. F. Childers, left; and Norris Col lins, right, pose with Wilbur Raynor and his Cessna aircraft at the airport here Friday eve ning where local flyers treated the officials to supper andplane rides over the vicinity. CAP Hosts Pilots, Officials At Supper The Franklin County Civil Air Patrol Squadron was host to County Commissioners and of ficials, local pilots and flying enthusiasts at .a fried chicken supper at Loulsburg Airport Friday night. Guests, who desired It, were given flights over argas of the county by local pilots, it mark ed the flr?t time that a number of them had ever seen the local area from the air. Cadets, of the local squadron served supper to about 40 guests. These Included Tom Standi, veteran airport and fly ing service operator from Washington, N. C., and White Lake. Standi had been on a charter flight "from Washington to Raleigh-Durham when he con tacted the local field by radio on rojitlne traffic. Well known 1 to many-tacai flyers, he was In vited over for the meal and re plied that he would be over Just as soon as he landed his pas senger at Raleigh-Durham. In a mattrf^-et-orinutes Stan di landed bU ttiU-etigtne-plane on the local field and Joined the group for the meal. After supper Squadron Com mander Joe Shearon spoke briefly to the group on behalf of the Civil Air Patrol. WU bur Raynor, one of the. old time pilots on hand, made a brief talk as did County Commis sioner Norris Collins. Standi recounted some of this experl ence In airport operation to the group and told how much the Washington, N. C. airport had meant to the town so far as business and Industry is con cerned. An impromptu demonstration of how a small field can be used even at night was shown when tbe ylsiting airport operator climbed into his completely eqyipped twin engine Piper ^pache and, u$ing only the plane's landing lights, took off for his home field. Negro Shot 6 Times A 26 year-old Negro State Highway Department employee was shot through the neck, shoulder, side and both legs In an altercation at a negro night spot near Gethsemane School Friday night. Deputy Sheriff David Batton said that James Hartsfleld, of Bunn, a patient at Franklin Memorial Hospital, was expect ed to recover from the wounds. Batton said that Issac Stall lngs, also colored, of Bunn, had been released under $1,500 bond on charges of assault with a deadly weapon with Intent to kill In connection with the shoot ing. Stalllngs reportedly fired at Hartsfleld six times with a small caliber pistol as Harts field was sitting in a parked car. Hospitalized George W. Weaver im taken to Baptist Hospital In Winston Salem this morning after suf fering heart and respiratory difficulties at his home on North Main Street. The Loulaburg Rescue Service was summoned to his home to administer oxygen about 7:30 a.m. Mr. Weaver suffered a simi lar attack about a week ago at which time local Rescuers were called to administer oxygen and alcohol vapor. Two For Mayor Nine Battle For Four 7 / > Seats On Bunn Board Eleven persons, or approxi mately one-tenth of the regis tered voters, are candidates for office In Bunn's Munici pal elections this Saturday. Under terms of a recent charter revision, Bunn citi zens Saturday will elect a new mayor and four Town Com missioners to serve until May 196S. There are approximately 120 registered, voters In the town. f The race, for Mayor Is a two way affair, between Bunn Mer chant Wayne W. Wlnstead and Haywood Jeffreys, however, nine candidates filed for the four commissioner seats prior to the last Saturday filing dead line. Candidates for the Board are T. W. Bailey, H. D. Mitchell, M. Z. Morris, J. L. X<iams, P. B. Wilson, Woodrow Moye, R. Llnwood Coffman, E. O. Murphy and D. k. Johnson. Adams and Wilson are mem bers of the present Board and Mitchell and Morris are both Guardsman Promoted To 1st Lt. The promotion of June G. Perry' from Second Lieutenant to the rank of First Lieutenant In the North Carolina Army National Guard was announced by Governor Sanford. Perry was born In Franklin County and presently resides on Griffin Street In Wendell with his wife and sons. Lt. Perry graduated from Bunn High School InBunn, North Carolina In May 1953, He re ceived his Bachelor of Science degree from North Carolina State College in Raleigh in 1958. He attended the North Carolina Military Academyat Fort Bragg In 1960. Lt. Perry began his military career In November 1957 when he Joined the North Carolina Army National Guard with Bat tery A, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 113th Artillery In Zebulon. He served with that organization until June 196Q when he was transferred to Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 113th Artillery In Charlotte. In February of 1961, he was re assigned to the 1 st Rocket Howi tzer Battalion, 113th Artillery In -Youngsvllle. In March of this year, that unit was rede signated Battery B, 5th Bat talion, 113th Artillery, the unit of Lt. Perry's present assign ment. Russ Spacecraft Washington, D. C. ? One of several Soviet spacecraft about which the Russians have said nothing apparently ex ploded Into 24 orbiting pieces not long after launching -last fall, the United States space agency reports. The breaking up of the Soviet satellte was brought to light, along wlttr detailed information on other unan nounced Russian shots, In the report from the space a gency. Africans And Washington, D. C. -- Pro test* from six African nations against Senator Ellender's statement that Negroes are Incapable of self government await President Kennedy's re turn from Europe. The State Department, which received the protests from ambassadors of the' six' n*-, tlons, had previously dis claimed the remark of the loulslana Democrat as his personal views and not those of the United States Govern ment. former commissioners. Coff fman, a newcomer to politics, Is pastor of the Bunn Baptist Church. The election promises to be the hottest and hardest fought battle possibly in the history of the town - Franklin County's smallest incorporated munici pality. Sure to be Issues in the election are not only bond issue proposals for municipal wafer and sewer system, but proposals for a municipal ABC store as well. The newly elected officials will take office at 12 noon on Monday ^ July 29. Clouds Cause Eclipse Here Overcast skies rather than the moon caused most of the eclipse of the sun in the local vicinity Saturday afternoon as evidenced by photo above during the max imum eclipse. The clouds were broken enough at times, how ever, to allow the eclipse to be viewed. - Times Photo. Council Gives Final OK To 1963-64 Budget The Louisburg City Council gave final approval to a $427,120 budget for the 1963 64 fiscal year Friday night and set the t;ax rate at $1.50 per $100 valijatlon-the same It has i been for the past 20 years. Top items of expenditure In the new budget besides for the payment for new-fire and res cue apparatus is a $19,000.00 electrical system change-over Nineteen Receive Bike Safety Awards Swimming classes terminate this week as another group of Loulsburg children have learned to water-proof them selves. Instructors Jim Good rich and Betty Hobgood will award Red Cross certificates In swimming and llfesavlng to the boys and girls who meet .Leaf Mart Open Sept. 3 An advisory committee meeting In Raleigh last Thursday recommended Sep tember 3 as the opening date for Middle Belt Tobacco Markets this year. The Mid dle BelTWWehouse Associa tion must accept the date to make It official. Middle Belt markets open ed on August 30 last season. Opening dates for other belt markets were recom mended as follows: North Carolina Border, August 1; North Carolina Eastern, Au gust 21; and North Carolina Virginia Old Belt,' Septem ber 16. \ DOG PREVENTS SUICIDE Liege, Belgium? Intent on commltt,ng suicide, a woman tied her hands together with her dqig*s leash to prevent her from'Uslpg her arms to swim, and Jumped in the river. Emllle Oasanova's dog was her best friend, for he Jumped In with her and held her up until rescuers arrived and pul le# few from the water. the course requirements. Although the bicycle safety class Is still In progress, nine teen boys and girls have al ready finished. They are: Debo rah Boyd, Johnny Hodges, Don nte Davis, Patricia Freeman, Matthew Crawford, rhyllis Best, Woody Smith, Bob Hicks, Mary Wyatt Freeman, Stella Shelton, Vincent Harris, Dawn Mullen, Jenny Crawford, Rae Hodges, Jackie Smith, Marsha Person, . Eugene Lester, Charles Moon, and Pam Stone. In the tournaments Friday we had a new set of champions. Lewis Pleasants won the blue ribbon In checkers from Bob by Pleasants. James Berger won the caroms tournaments, defeating Larry Lloyd. Deborah Boyd out-scored Marsha Per son In darts. The plngpong 8 10 bracket saw Marsha Person win over Deborah Boyd. Lewis Pleasants defeated Roger Korne gay In the 14 and up ping pong bracket. Weekdays are fun-days at re creation. We have a good time with our 'regulars' and with our visitors, too. Although Fri day Is the official tournament day, any, day is the day to test the skill of your opponent, for example,- In their Impromptu Monday morning dart tourna ment, Bo Allen and Mike Ful ler played games so close that no one Is sure who won. Our - games are checkers, caroms, shuffleboard. ping pong, whiffle ball, badminton, and volleyball, plus other games and sports. The arts and crafts program Is stuffed animals of cloth and leatherwork. that will boost the town's pri mary voltage from 2,400 volts to 4,160 volts. / None of the some$390,000 ip water and sewerimprovementar/ currently lit progress ar$ cludQ(L?ln the above budget figur#? A breakdown of the budget is as follows: General Fund $182,323.00; Bonds and interest $40,630.00; Electrical Fund $159,763.00; Water and Sewer. Fund $41,004.00; and Recreation Commission $3,400.00. The town ended the fiscal year 1962-63 with an actual Cash surplus of $39,445.00. In the way of revenues to meet the budgeted expenses, the town expects to collect approximate ly $41,239.00 from the tax levy; $11,500 In Powell Dill funds; $10,500 In parking meter re ceipts; $30,000 in ABC Store profits; $204,500 from sale of electricity; and another $50,000 from in water and sewer charges. Numerous other mis cellaneous receipts from $100 to severirt thousand dollars - raise the- revenue to the total . of $427,120. . Record Is \ Termed Misleading Frankllnton Chief of Police Leo Edwards reported Monday that records In the case of Mlnton Smith, Frankllnton man charged with possession and sale of whiskey were mis leading. Smith was arrested, Chief Ed- v wards said, on the charge on a warrant sworn out by Clarence Dove of Frankllnton. When the case came up for trial, Dove, i he said, refused to testify and was, himself, taxed with the costs and the charges against Smith dropped. Cosmic rays frorf^pace found Increased.
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