Weather Generally (air and mlldtoday. Low, 57; high, 84. Friday partly cloudly and continued mild. The Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Times Serving All Of Franklin County News Cast Listen 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 0Y 6-3283 Five Cants Lou'Sburg. N C . Thursday. August, 15 ,1963 (Eight Pages Today) 94th Year? Number BO Champion Dragster Champion dragster Jack Strickland is pictured al>ove with the tires and transmissions used in his '6Q, Chevy to collect the 28 or more dray racing trophies displayed on and around his car. Posts 15 Wins In 16 Starts A local service station em ployee, Jack Strickland, Jr.f has earned a reputation (or himself and a roomful of tro phies as the result of his win ing ways on various of the States drag strips. Strickland's best perfor mances have probably been turned In at the Person County strip where lie currently holds the record of 90.77 M.P.H. for the F-Stock class, which In cldently Is only slightly less than the world mark of 98.20. In addition he has competed at the Emporia, Va., strip (our times this year, winning his class everytlme. He also ran In the Lynchburg record runs on May 5th whure he won his class 'event, Initialled to set a record. In the two day meet at Sportsman Park near Wln stou-Salem, July 4th and 5th, he won In his class both days. As a matter of (act, he has entered 16 drag events on var ious strips so far this year and won fifteen times, A re cord nearly as perfect as one could expect. Strickland uses a 1960 Chev rolet (or his drag strip com petition, equipped with a 348 cubic Inch, 280 H. P. engine, 3 two barrel carbs, S 4 S headers and a hydrullc tappel cam. Power Is transferred tc huge 8:50X14 rear tires b) means of a Hurst 4 speed, floor shift transmission and 4:11 tc poaltractlon rear end. He does all of his own main talnence work. To Dedicate New Post Office Bunn's new post office wtll be dedicated at 2 p.m. on August 23. Postmaster Evelyn B. Gay announced today. The new facility, located at Bunn, Is part of tUe POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT'S lease construction program, the local postmaster explained. Under this program, invest ment financing is used to ob tain needed facilities which re main under private ownership, pay local taxes to this community, and are leased to the Federal Government. At the same time, the need for large outlays of money from the Federal Treasury for con slructlon purposes Is elimi nated. Like most of the new postal buildings that are going up across the country, this post office Is leased to the Post Office Department. This gives the Department some flexi bility In adapting Its building program to changes in mall volume, transportation and population. The Department Is now con centrating on constructing new postal units only where they are most urgently needed. In areas where It is practical to do so, existing buildings are undergoing renovation. "The fact that Bunn has beer chosen for a new post office," postmaster Gay said, "reflect! credit on our growing contrl. button to the economy and lift of the nation." The posta receipts of this office haVe In creased from $1700 to $2arts and thousands o ( dollars In damages to crops In other p^rts. Hall, accompanying the Storm, hit various localities across the northern section of the coun? ty and at least one tobacco barn loss was reported In the southern section due to light ning. The Icy deluge, which re portedly began In the FatrpOTt section of Vance County, cut a swath across the Klttrell, Bob bin and Rocky Ford sections ! and continued on Into Warren County. Heaviest damage was . reported to tobacco crops In . the Rocky-Ford-Epsom sectlonl I of Franklin County with damage , to some tobacco fields estl I mated at from 75 to 100%. ^-Tke storm was the second In , the past few weeks to cauM r severe losses to county farm ? ers with crop damage In the , earlier (torm estimated In excess of $1/2 Million. Fire Chief H. D. Mitchell of the Bunn Rural Volunteer Fire Department, reported that his department was called to two tobacco barn fires almost slm ultanlously during the storm. The Bunn Department took the first call , to the J. E. Land farm 1 at Five Points, and dispatched their water tanker to help out 1 the Zebulon Fire Department, ' called in to take the second barn '? fire at the Ivan Prlvotte farm ' near Pearces. , Chief Mitchell said that one of the barn fires was believed ! caused by lightning. Both barns and contents were total losses. Barn Lost, But House Is Saved . Members of the Centervllle Volunteer Fire Dept. lost sleep Tuesday night as the result of two alarms, one coming at about 11 p.m. Tuesday night and the other at 4 a.m. Wednesday morning. The 11 p.m. call sent mem bers of the department rushing to the home of Franklin Re presentative James Speed, near Gold Sand. Rep. Speed, upon preparing to retire, had found the floors of his home hot to his bare feet and called the department. Investigation found the undue heat coming from faulty wiring which was corrected before any damage was done. Fireman returned to their homes and got a couple of hours sleep before being called to the T. K. Allen farm where iWull barn of tobacco owned by Earl Boone was ablaze. t The conflagration had made i too much headway to bfe stopp . ed, however, and botfi barn . and contents were destroyed. Hail Damaged Tobacco The ground Is littered with tobacco leaves following hail storm Tuesday afternoon. Far mer John Blacknall, of the Rocky tord section, had pulled only one priming from field above be fore the hail struck. Times Photo. Negro Bound Over For Blinding Wife In Assault A 40 year-aid Route l,Young svllle negro was bound over to Franklin Criminal Superior Court under $10,000. bond by Recorder's Court Judge W. F. SheHon here Tuesday (or a savage July 7 assault on his wife that" left her permanent ly blinded.. ? 10 year-old James Albert Hartsfteld testified. thai his fat her, Albert, beat his mother, Myrtle, 46, with an electric Iron until the Iron fell to pieces and, then continued - beating her In the head with an old-fashioned flat iron. Then, the youth testified, his father threw -his mother out the door Into the yard, kicked and stompped her and pulled her hair out by the roots. Follow liH this he gat his shotgun and shot her point-blank In the face. In finding probable cause on charges of assault with a dead ly weapon with Intent to kill, Judge Shelton said that It was one of the most savage and brutal attacks he had OVer had before Him. In?other action In Recorder's Court here Tuesday Judge Shelton .sentenced a 37 year old former local salesman, C. K. Mustlan, Jr., to two 1 year prison terms on charges of assault wlfTTa deadly weapon; careless and reckless driving and speeding 90 mph. A charge of Receiving stolen goods against fctfustian was or dered continued until further notice and Mustian waived pre liminary hearing on charges of breaking, entering and lar ceny and was bound over under $1,500. ball. He gave notice of appeal on the tw**-piison terms -and_i bond was fixed at $750. k on each of the two cases. His alleged accomplls, 36 year-old Daniel Webster, of Wilmington, was bound over under bonds totaling $3,500. on fhree' counts of breaking, entering and larency. Both men are also wanted by tj?e Suffolk, Va., police on charges of breaking, entering and auto theft. Webjter is also to face auto theft charges lji Beaufort County. The Docket: Thomas Odell BakerrC/Tri/19, non-support. All arrears for given. Beginning 25th of August not to further fall in making pay ment*; Clyde Mustian, Jr., w/m, as sault with deadly weapon. This court finds as a fact the de fendant has violated terms of suspension. Commitment to Medical Clinic Open House | Open bouse will be observed fit the Oakcrest Clinic In Frank > linton Sunday from 2 until 5 p.m. , The Public IS Invited and Frank linton's two new doctors, Dr. Larry A. Tyree and Dr. James If. Rasher will be present to meet visitors. - Times Photo. Issue notice of appeal. Bond fixed at $200. Jesse Junior Perry, c/m/25, no operator's license. New bond for compliance, extended to September 10, 1963. $200.00 Rufus Soloman, non support, 6 -months In Jail suspended, it Is ordered the defendant pay Into CSC (1) the costs of this action (2) $250 lump sum settle ment tmder provisions of G?S. to be paid to Emma Richardson and her counsel. Daniel Webster, w/m/36/ Breaking and Entering; Lar ceny, Receiving. Waives hear ing. $1,500.00 bond toSuperlor Court. Tom Williams, c/m/17, as sault with deadly weapon with Intent to kill. Hearing waived $M0^.00^ond. ^ ^ ^ sault oti female-Nol Pros with leave. James Curtis Lamm, w/m/18, careless and reckless driving. Pleads not guilty. Verdict guil ty. $25.00 fine and costs and to surrender operator's per mit for 60 days to C.S.C. Frances Ann Alston, c/f/30, no operator's license. Pleads guilty. $25.00 fine and costs. To comply by September 3rd. Helen Rose Branch, c/t/1^6, no operator's license. Pleads, guilty. 30 days tn^Jall, sus pended upon payment of $25.00 fine and costs. Daniel Webster, w/m/36, Breaking and Entering. _I*ar ceny. Hearing waived. $500.00 bond. Daniel Webster, w/m/36, Breaking and Entering; Lar ceny.' Waives hearlng-$500.00 bond, C. K. Mustlan, Jr., w/m/37, Receiving stolen goods. Con tinued until further orders. Wallace Lundsford Peed, w/m/23, speeding 95 mph In 55 mph zone. Pleads guilty. $50.00 fine and costs. Clyde K. Mustlan, Jr., Break ing and Entering, Larceny Re ceiving. Waives hearing $1,500.00 bond. Jessie Wlllard Tant, Jr., w/m/25. Careless and reck less driving. $50.00 fine and costs. Western Governors fight land sale frauds. College Grad Killed In New Jersey Myles Roberts, Fanwood.New Jersey, was killed Thursday as lie worked on a construction Job hi Fanwood. According to Information re ceived, the Loulsburg College student who had this spring completed two years' work here and planned to transfer to East Carolina College tills fan, was laying sewers for a construction company when the sides of the 10 foot ditch gave away, letting a pipe fall on Roberts, killing him instantly. Funeral services were held Saturday. He leaves his mother father and two sisters. Roberts, or Butch as he was known to college students had won many friends In Louls'burg during Ills stay here. Late County Club 1*rexy Is Honored The Board of pirectors of the Green Hill Country Club Tues day honored the memory of late Club President F. w. Wheless ? In (he for m of a resolution. The resolution stated, In part, "that the members do hereby express onr sincere esteem for the life and service of this splendid m^n, whose sense of Justice, loyalty and devotion earned for him the respect and admiration of all who knew him." Hicks Presides At Council Meeting Here The Loutsburg city Council last Friday night voted to pro ceed with the construction of an electric feeder line to serve the Loulsburg High School ath letic field and ordered a 1956 truck used by the Loulsburg Rescue Service declared sur- " plus and sold. The Council also, asked for a report from the Town's engi neer on water pressure avail able for a sprinkler system at the old Youngstown Manufactur ing plant relative to a request* for service to the building and oked the extension of water and sewer service on Tucker Drive. Mayor Pro-tem Robert M Hicks presided at the meeting In the absense of Mayor Louis A. Wheless. Cancer Clinic The Cancer Detection Clinic for the month of August will be held at the Franklin County Health Center on August 22, beginning at 1 p.m. This Is a free service and anyone wishing an examination should call Miss EsitiefXn drews at GY6-3553 fcr an ap pointment. n. Dr. B. L. Patterson ha Just returned froin