The FraffiStn Times
Published Every Tuesday, & Thursday ? i ^ _
Serving All Of Franklin County
Tal. QY 6-3283
Five Cants
Louisburg. N. C., Tuesday, August 6. 1963 (Six Pagas Today)
94th Year? Number 47
Frank W. Wheless
Frank Wheless Dies;
Rites Held Monday
? 4
Frank W. Wheless, a promi
nent 56 year-old local Chrys
ler-Plymouth dealer, died early
Sunday afternoon In Franklin
Memorial Hospital following a
heart attack at his home ear
ller In the day.
He was a retired Lieutenant
Colonel pf the U. S. Army and
veteran of the Pacific campaign
In mirld War n; a director of
the Loulsburg Business Asso
ciation, President of Green Hill
Country Club and head of
Wheless Sales Company here.
He was member o I the Louls
burg Baptist Church.
Graveside services were con
ducted at 3 p.m. Monday at Oak
wood Cemetery by his pastor,
the Rev, Aubrey S. Tomllnson
and Dr. Sanky L. Blanton of
Meredith College. Pallbearers
were W. A. Hugglns, Dr. R. L.
Eagles, G. B. Henley, Harold
Dlckerson, Hobart Roberson,
E. F. Griffin, P. W. Elam and
L. E. Scoggtn.
Survivors Include his wife, the
former Margaret Turner; one
daughter, Miss Burta Wheless
of the home; and three brothers,
Loulsburg Mayor Louis A.
Wheless, Dr. Thomas O. Whe
less and Dr. James B. Wheless,
all of Loulsburg.
Wheless was stricken at his
home shortly before noon and
was rushed to the hospital here
under oxygen by the Loulsburg
Rescue Service. The Rescuers
were summoned back to the
hospital abput 12:30 with elec
tronic resuscitation and heart
pacing equipment and assisted
doctors In an hour long heart
massage revival attempt.
Survey Shows Most
Services Adequate
A Loulsburg Junior Chamber
of Commerce survey of public
opinion here shows the major
shortcoming in community fa
cilities to be In the area of
recreation.
The greatest accomplishment,
V the survey shows, is the ed
ucation.
In the Jaycee community at
titude survey, with Troy Park
er serving as chairman, more
than 500 questionnaires were
distributed.
Eighty per cent of the part
icipants said they were dis
satisfied with the swimming
facilities and 75 per cent were
not pleased with playgrounds
for their children. Job opport
unities scarcity was high on
the list of the ~below-average
community facility.
The Louisburg school facili
ties, teaching staff and. build
ings, come out tops in the vot
ing made in this survey, from
the standpoint of receiving on
ly 1.4 per cent that felt they
were Inadequate.
Sixty -seven per cent mark
ed fire protection as the top
choice for the highest ratings
In the survey. The Louisburg
Postal Service was high on the
list with 61.6 thinking it to be
excellent. The survey listed 50
community functions and Jay
cees delivered the question
naires to each home within the
city limits. For the most part
the town administration and the
town departments drew a very
favorable vote from the people.
The Police Department was se
cond only to the Fire Depart
ment. Other departments In
cluding courts, zoning, traffic
control electric service and
street layout, found less than
20 percent reporting lhese as
Inadequate. V/
The services of the County
of Franklin came In for $ome
satisfactory reports. Hospital
and health services rated very
high. Radio and newspaper ser
vices coming into the area re
ceived more than an 80 per
cent vote to l>e from average
to execellent.
Chairman Parker said he and
Jaycee President Jlmmie Allen
are now busy analyzing the re
sults to determine what the lo
cal Jaycees can do to improve
some of the larger needs of
the community.
He said he felt they would
definitely attempt to improve
the recreational facilities.
Parker also said the Jaycees
would solicit the help of other
civic organizations in the Im
provement projects.
_ August 15, 16, 17
Set For College Play
Tennessee Williams' play
THE GLASS MENAGERIE will
be presented by the Loulsburg
Players August 15, 16, and 17
In the College Theatre Work
shop.
America's leading 'contemp
orary playwright, Tennessee
Williams is also the author of
PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT, A
STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE.
CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, and
the movie, BABY DOLL. THE
GLASS MENAGERIE, the story
of a shy girl receiving her first
"gentleman caller," Is prob
ably Williams' most published
play, often selected for an
thologies as an example of the
best In modern plays.
Chief source of entertainment
in the play Is the characters,
whom Tennessee Williams
draw* brilliantly. While
he never hesitates to reveal
?very side of his characters ?
from good to bad, heartwarming
to humorous ? he does it al
ways with understanding. The*
beautiful but crippled young
girl who collects little glass
animals; ttye fading but hope
ful mother ' who would like
daughter to collect a husband;
the patient but boiling sbn; and
the willing but hun^v "gentle
man psllerM--add u|) to four
of the most fasclj)
on display in '
theatre.
Votes No
County Commissioner Norrls
W. Collins was the only com
missioner voting against ap
proval of the 1963-64 County
Budget. Commissioner Collins,
representing the Youngsvllle
Frankllnton ? District, voted a
galnst both the appropriations
and tax levy resolutions.
New Rescue Truck Accepted
Louisburg Rescue Service Chief V. A.
Peoples, lefjt, and Rescuer Dean Holton,
right, accept delivery of new "Centurion"
rescue ahnbulance from Challenger Corp
oration President R. L. Crutchfield in
Memphis, Tenn., last week. The new unit
was officially placed in service yesterday.
Jimes Photo.
The victim of an accident on i
a private road near Bunn died
in Wake County Hospital Sun
day evening.
Doris Jean Chalk, 26, of Rt.
1, Youngsville, was fatally In- 1
jured wheto sly fell from the 1
back of a pickiijFtruck. H?>s- <
pital reports Indicate she died
of head injuries. >^v
The driver of the vehicle,
Henry Grady Perry, 20, of Rt.
1, Wake Forest, is reported
to have told Highway Patrol
men and Franklin County off
icers investigating the case,
that the truck was neither
speeding nor swerving at the
time of the accident, and that
He could not account, for her <
falling from the vehicle. {
Franklin County Coroner ,
James H. Edwards was called |
to assist In the Investigation ,
and tuled the death an un- ,
avoidable accident.
Funeral Services will be held ,
at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Harris
Chapel Baptist Church. The
Rev. Joe Zimmerman will of
ficiate. Burial will be in the ,
church cemetery.
She was a native of Franklin
Coigity and a member of Oak
School Board
Honors Former
Bookkeeper
The Franklin County Board of
Education Monday voted to send
red roses to Mrs. Lucille An
drews who Is In Franklin Me
morial Hospital. >
Until a few months ago Mrs.
Andrews had been the book
keeper for the Board of Edu
cation and the Franklin County
Schools. She had served In
this capacity for the past twen
ty-six years coming Into the
office at the resignation of Miss
Emma Bartholomew while the
late W, R. Mills was Superin
tendent of Schools.
For the past twenty-three
.years Mrs. Andrews and the
late Wiley F. Mitchell headed
up the school business In Frank
lin. Her place at the present
time Is being filled by Allen
W. Shearln.
By sending flowers the Board
of Education took .this Jneans
of saying thanks to Mrs. An
drews for her many loyal and
?fflclent years given to Its
service. Only those who worked
with Mrs. Andrews could truly
appreciate the calm quiet man
ner In which she did y big Job
and a fine service for Franklin
County.
Federal Aid
Twenty- six universities and
colleges, a national cross- sec
tion, have unanimously conclud
ed that Fede?al Aid has-been
"highly beneficial" to them,
despite some problems.
In a recently released study'
they suggested that the Govern
ment expand the scope 6f its
support beyond limited,
science-based programs.
The study was financed by the
Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching.
Billboard Ban
The first bonus payment to
a state for prohibiting bill
board advertising along Inter
state highways has been pre
sented t ft Kentucky. Secretary
of Commerce Luther H.
Hodges Vmade the presentation
of the K5,4I8 check to Got.
Bert T. Combs. Kentucky Is
the first state to comply with
the law that allows a bonus of
one-half of 1 per cent of the
Federal grant bn Interstate
highways to any state that pro
hibits billboards along Inter
state highways.
Masonic Notice
l nere will
be an Emer
gent Comm
unication of
L o u 1 s b u rg,
Lodge #413, Thursday Evening
August ath, 1963, 8:00 P.M.
Work In the Fellowcrift Deg
?rove Baptist Church^
Survtvlng are one daughter.
Donna Sue Chalk, and one ?or,
Ray Donald Chalk, both of the
home; her mother, Mrs. Nancy
Denton of Youngsvllle, Rt. 1;
one sister, Ernestine Denton
of Youngsvllle, Rt. 1.
Hail Loss
Reported At
V/i Million
Franklin County Farm Agent
C. T. Dean, Jr., has report
ed that crop losses from hall
storms which hit several sec
tions of the county the week
and of July 21 would run about
1500,000.
Over 150 acres of tobacco
were 100 per cent damaged and
over 400 acres more were part
ly destroyed. Dean said. The ,
storm hit the Youngsvllle area
Saturday afternoon and the
Alert, Seven Paths and Louls
burg areas on Sunday.
Greatest damage was In the
Alert section, where entire
crops were wiped out, In- |
eluding com, cotton, soybeans
and home gardens.
Wilmington
Man Held
For Stealing ^
Louisburg Chief of Police Wil
liam T. Dement today announced
the arrest o( a 34 year-old
Wilmington, N. C. man on
charges of breaking and enter
ing and larceny.
Dement said that Daniel Web
ster had admitted entering the
Louisburg Baptist Church last
Tuesday night and taking two
table lamps, a handmade table
cloth and a portable RC A re
cord player.
All of the Items except the
record player were recovered
at a Four Oaks m
Oil Increase
World production of crude
petroleum rose from 8,188,
000,000 barrels (42 gallons
each) In 1961 to 8,798,000,000
In 1962, with gains In all the
principal producing areas,
according to the Bureau of
A memorandum prepared an
nually for Congress estimated
also that the proved reserves of
crude petroleum In the world
now amount to 294, 400, 0Q0, 000
barrels.
Dillon On Tax Cut
Treasury Secretary Dillon
believes Congress will vote
some kind of a tax cut this
year, despite the pre-occupa
tlon with civil' rights legis
lation.
The cut In taxes'ls still need
ed even though the economy
performed better than expected
In the first half of this year,
according to Mr. Dillon.
New Wiretap Law
Two members of the Senate
Judiciary Committee have
gone on record as agreeing
with Attorney General Robert
F. Kennedy that new leglsla
tltlon on wiretapping was
needed to fight Increasing Com
munist espionage activities.
But one of them, Senator Ken
neth B. Keating , (R., N. Y.)
declared that Congress was not
likely to accept the Admini
stration's bill unless Mr. Ken
nedy backed down from his po
sition that no court order
should be required for tap
ping telephone lines of spy sus
pects.
Senator John L. McClellan,
(D., Ark.) , who Introduced tbe
Administration bill with Sena
tor Sam J. Ervln (D., NX.),
said he thought such legis
lation was "Imperatively need
ed" to combat espionage ac
tivity by Communist countries.
New Rescue Truck In Service -
The Louisburg Rescue Service v
placed Its new "Centurion" c
rescue ambulance In service
here yesterday. a
The new unit, first of Its kind li
in the state, was Inillt by the f<
Challenger Corporation in e
Memphis, Tenn., on a 1 ton b
Chevrolet panel truck pur- n
chased locally. q
Rescue Chief V. A. Peoples a
said that the new unit is (he c
realization of many years of
dreaming "by the local volun- p
teer' unit and represents the
ery finest in emergency res
ue equipment available today.
The new unit, he said, features
large, easy to clean, Insulated
interior, with accommodations
or two patients and necessary
mergency equipment. A squad
ench, used normally to seat
lembers of the unit, can be
uftckly converted into a remove
ble emergency litter to ac
ommodate the1 second patient.
The extra roominess, plus im
roved lighting, Chief Peoples
said, will now enable us to
carry out emergency treatment
procedures entranslt - some
thing which has been Impossible
with present equipment.
It has always been our goal,
he said, to afford the people of
Loulsburg and Franklin County
with the very latest and finest,)
emergency equipment and
service possible and this new
unit is in keeping with that
goal. "We are proi'id to have
this new unit to serve ydu With,"
Kittrell Volunteers Purchase
Reconditioned Fire Truck
Ttoe Kittrell Volunteer Fire
Department has received its
Charter, purchased a fire truck
and a tanker, and has leased
a building for headquarters,
President C. M. Hight, Jr.,
disclosed today.
Serving with Hight as leaders
of the group are Harold Finch,
chief; O. E. Perkinson, Sec
retary; and Bert perkinson,
treasurer. Directors include J.
TV" Wilson, O. E* Perkinson,
Charles Brown, Stewart Wood
lief, Woodrow Breedlovc. and
Ronald Smith,
The group decided at a meet
ing last Friday night to go a
head with the purchase of a
reconditioned {jumper truck
which was demonstrated by a
dealer from Virglllna, VA. This
will be the main firefighting
supported by a 1,000 gallon
water tank truck, which Is be
ing fitted with necessary pump
and hose lines.
Arrangements have been made
for use of a building at Kitt
rell formerly occupied by A.
J, Smith's- store^ A it erat ions
will be made to convert the
store structure into a fire
station, which will include in
stallation of overhead doors
to the apparatus room.
The task of organizing and
training a volunteer force is
under way with about 30 men
taking part. Chief Finch said
the plan is to have several
meml>ers in each neighborhood
within the department area so as
to have manpower readily avail
able wherever needed.
With the completion of work
on the station and installation
of telephones, the department
will be ready for regul ar ser -
vice in about a week the off
icers indicated. President Hight
said individuals and business
firms have contributed toward
"making the project a success.
Business Vitality Is High In
Franklin County
Business activity was lnT>igh
gear in Fi'anklln Cptffitjt in the;
past year, according to a t.at
lonal economic survey.
The county compared well with
other communities throughout
the country In market vitality.
Personal inccynes and con
sumer buying locally proved to
be relatively high.
These facts emerge from a
new, nationwide survey of buy-_
lng power, conducted by Sales
Management. The copyrighted
report, 676 pages long, gives
economic data for every area.
The volume of business done
by Franklin County's retail
stores was big because Incomes
were good.
Net earnings, locally, after
payment of all personal Income
taxes, amounted to$29,226,000,
exceeding the previous year's
$27,809,000.
What this figured out to, on a
family basis, was found by
dividing the Income by the
number of households. The
average per household was
$4,236, as against the former
year's $3,973.
What was done with all this
cash? The discretionary part
of It, the part that was left
after paying the basic living
costs, Was spent more freely
than In some years.
A smaller portion of It was
put aside In the form of sav
ings and a larger portion found
Its way Into the cahs regis
ters of the local storst
Retail merchants In Franklin
County, as a result, had a good
year. They ended up with' a
sales volume of $19, 960, TOO,
beating the previous year's
$17,583,000.
Compared with this gain, 13.5
percent, the United States had
a gain of only 7,3 percent and
the South Atlantic States, 8.5
percent.
The survey shows, for each
community, Just how much
money was spent in Its retail
stores and, also, how much
Its residents could have spent
If they had wanted to.
It does this through a "buy-'
lng power Index," a weighted
figure that Is based on income,
population and sales;
Franklin County's Index is
.0094, which means that it is
believed capat^r -of producing
that percentage v>f the nation's
total retail business. >
Since less than that was re
corded last year, .0085 per
cent; it is concluded that full
potential has not yet been
reached. ' -
The national economy has
Continued its upward course
during the first half of this
year, even though It has not
quite matched last year's
growth rate, according to ear
ly reports. Consumers are
st iM in the market place, which
bodes well for 1963.
Bloodshed Boxscore
Raleigh? The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traf
fic deaths through 10 A. M.
Monday, August 5, 1963:
Killed To Date " 720
Killed To. Date
Last Year
691
News
Report
From
Washington
Washington, I). C. - Prog
ressive Republicans who were
shocked by, recent Gallup Polls
showing t lie depth of strength
possessed by 'Arizona Senator
Barry Goldwater are going Into
action. * ,
There have been antl-Gold
water meetings In a number
of states; fnany have ?one un
publlclzed. New York Governor
Nelson Rockefeller has attack
ed Gbldwater head-on, branding 4
him an ultra.
This is me jag to t>e usea
to defeat Goldwater. Some De
mocrats have Joined in denounc
ing Goldwater as a seg
regationallst. This despite the
fact that Goldwater had already
announced he would vote for the
president's civil rights bill ex
cept for the section which for
bids owners of businesses to
choose ttieir clients.
Goldwater says this is a clear
violation of an im^vldual's
rights. He believes private
businesses can be run as pri
vate owners desire t'o run them,
that thesg rights of Individuals
are outlined in t he C onstitut ion.
' Goldwater, however, has ap
proved the rest erf th$ Presl- *
dent's civil rights package. He
has also declared himself In
favor of integration but not all
the methods used to force, in
tegration in every phase of com
munity lflfe.
Despite this, Democratic Gov- _
ernor Edmund Brown, of Cali
fornia, recen&y called Gold
water a "segregationalist."
Such a tag Vill kill any na
tional candidate if accepted by
enough Republicans.
Thi4 is the same political ,
ruse that has prevented all
southerners from being nomi
nated for President by the Dem
ocratic Party since the War
Between the States. Each south
ern^ is labeled a segregatlon
alis-t and the majority of dele
gates are afraid to nominate
him, lest all the key indus
trial eastern states, with their
organized minority groups, be
lost. i .
-The progressives In the Re
publican Party have used the
same strategy in recent years,
the difference l)eing the G.O.P,
progressives point to Democra
tic liberals, saying they must
match their platform and pro
mises or inevitably lose. This
is exactly the opposite of what
Goldwater believes. He is cer
tain a conservative would draw
a good vote tcxiay.