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Weather Generally fair and mild today and Friday. Low today, 49; high, 67. The Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Times Serving All Of Franklin County News Cast I'* Listen to WYRN Radio, 14<0 on your dial, each evening at 4:45 p.m. Monday through Fri day, for your Times Reporter with all the local news. Tel ?Y 6-3283 Five Cents Lou'Sburg N C Thursday Novembet 7. 1963 (Eight Pages Today) 94th Year ? Number 74 CHART 2. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 2,830 PRODUCTION - WORKERS AVAILABLE WITHIN A 20-MILE RADIUS OF LOUISBURG, 1963* UNSKILLED SEMI SKIL L ED \ * SKILLED LEGEND I I WHITE MEN WHITE WOMEN NONWHITE MEN EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION OF NORTH CAROLINA NpNWHITE WOMEN Part Two: Louisburg: Its Economy, Employment, Worker Mobility According to Information pro vided by the Bureau of the Cen sus, unemployment Is no prob lem In Loulsburg. When the census was taken In April 1960, only 3.8% of Loulsburg*s labor force was unemployed. It Is felt that unemployment Is much higher than this during the win ter months when )ob opportuni ties In construction and agri culture are curtailed. Judging from the Information compiled by the Bureau of the Census. White and Negro women do not experience as much diffi culty In securing employment as do the Negro men and white men. Due to a lack of suffi cient employment opportuni ties locally, many urban and rural residents of Franklin County are commuting to Jobs outside the county. 18% of the 8,850 gainfully employed coun ty residents are employed at Jobs located outside the county. Although worker mobility works both ways, Franklin County has more residents working out -of county than nonresidents work ing In the county. Not only are there people who are unemployed, there are also many who are underemployed Individuals holding less than full-time Jobs which do not uti lize their highest skills and peo ple who would Join the labor force If more suitable work or better Job opportunities were made available. In addition, there are those who are now commuting to Jobs In other areas but who would prefer lo cal employment. While most of those available an unskilled workers, all of them are train able for production Jobs de manding skill development. There Is no one firm or plant that employs a sizable number of Loulsburg residents. Even the college, which Is perhaps the single largest employer In town, provides only limited employ ment opportunities (or Louls burg residents. Compared to all North Carolina towns of com parable size, Loulsburg specia lizes In commercial activity, the Industry In which the town had the greatest growth during the past decade. The town also has a relatively large propor tion of its employed residents engaged In offering such serv ices as business and repair, personal, and professional. Al though Loulsburg had a sub stantial gain In employment in manufacturing during the past decade, the town is very low in employment In manufactur ing, especially the manufacture of non-durable goods. Dr. Robbins Named To Morehead Committee Dr. Cecil W. Robblns, Presi dent of Loulsburg College, has been named to membership on the Franklin County Morehead Selection Committee. Charles Yarborough, Chair man of the Committee, an nounced that the appointment of Dr. Robblns Increases the membership of the group to ?lght persons. The other mem bers of the Committee are A. E. Henderson, of Flrst-Cltlzens Bank and Trust Company; Elizabeth Johnson, of the Mathematics Department of Loulsburg College; Edward F. Yarborough, Loulsburg at torney; John A. Moore, Presi dent of Sterling Mills lnFrank llnton; John W. King, former Clferk of the Franklin County Superior Court; Dr.Carey Per ry, of Perry-Medders Clinic; and Charles Yarborough, lo cal attorney. The candidate selected by the County Committee, will face further competition for a More head Award at the district level. If successful, the candidate will then appear before the Cen tral Scholarship Committee at Chapel Hill for further com petition and final selection. If the candidate Is selected for a Morehead Award atChapel Hill, he will receive a scholarship of $1275.00 for each of his four years of college at the University of North Carolina. This week the Committee will Interview candidates who have been nominated by the high schools In Franklin County. Qualities considered by selec tion committees at every level are; ^ A. Scholastic ability and attainments. B. Qualities of manhood, truthfulness, courage, devotion to duty, sympathy, kindliness, unselfishness and fellowship. C. Evidence of moral force of character and of capacity to lead and take Interest In his schoolmates. D. Physical vigor, as shown by participants In competitive sports or In other ways. Particular attention Is given by the committee to academic standing, character, leadership and ambition. Commissioners Accept Grant, Award Bids On New Bldg. The Board ofCountyCommls sloners voted 3 to 2 yesterday afternoon to accept a $21, 850 .00 Federal grant and proceed with the construction of a County public welfare office building. Commissioner W. P. ChU ders made the motion to accept the grant. Increased from an original grant of $19,000.00 when bids for the building ran over estimate*. Voting with Chllders to accept the grant and low bids on the project were Commissioners Norrls Collins, who seconded the mo tion, and George H. Harris. Commissioners Claude Ar nold and Norwood Faulkner Toted against the motion. The only alternative, except to not build at all, was one ap parently favored by Faulkner and Arnold, which possibly could have seen the building constructed locally at some lower cost, part of which would have been repaid to the County In rent over a period of sev eral years. The Board had only until the 17th of the month, however, to accept the Federal grant and have on site labor on the lob or lose the Federal money. Total cost of the building Is expected, to run some over $40,000.00. The Board also voted to en ter Into a contract with the Town of Loulsburg (or the operation of the proposed county-wide central fire alarm system, sub ject to acceptance by the town. The county, under terms of the contract, would purchase and Install the equipment and con tribute annually to maintenance and cost of operation. Hurt In Fall From Truck A 21 year-old Route 2, Spring Hope man was severly Injured about noon today when he fell from the back of a moving truck at Seven Paths. Donald Shearln was given emergency first aid at the scene by the Loulsburg Rescue Ser vice and rushed to Franklin Memorial Hospital. Shfearln said that he and his wife were moving some house hold furnishings when a gust of wind caused him to loose his balance and topple off the back of the pick-up truck onto the hard surfaced road. Shear In suffered head Injuries In the fall. His wife, Linda, driver of the truck, was also admitted to the hospital for treatment of shock. ?>* 4.8 Rain Ends * - - Local Drought A low pressure disturbance off the coast Wednesday dumped 4.8 Inches of rain on drought stricken Franklin County In the first general rainfall since mid summer. Rain from the storm, which swept up the N. C. coast, blanketed the entire state from the mountains to the coast send ing rivers and small streams out of their parched banks. The Loulsburg area had soaked up 4.8 Inches by 7 a.m. today and light Intermittent rain was still falling late this morning. Gusty winds up to 25-30 mph during the afternoon and night Wednesday sent many a local resident scurrying for pots and pans to catch leaks. Weather bureau officials said that the rain In the 24 hour period beginning Tuesday night would probably go down as on a of the heaviest on record, ex ceeded only by rains In 1929 and 1934. The normally muddy Tar River, reduced to hardly more than a creek by the lack of rain, was back to Its normal muddy self today, having risen 8-10 feet overnight as a result of rain upstream. Fields and country path*, which were hardly more thu^ dust bowls a week or so ago, were turned Into seas of mud by the heavy rain, but this was expected to last only temporari ly as the dry soil absorbs the moisture. The rain will still leave the local area short by a con siderable amount for the year, local observers noted, stating that additional heavy rain Is needed to bring the accumula tive level up to normal. But, for the time being, at least, the drought was over In Franklin County. Dry and near ly dry streams, ponds and wells had an abundance of water this morning along with base ments In homes In some lo cations. No Leaf Sale Here Monday The Loulsburg Tobacco Mar ket will not conduct sales here Monday on account of the No vember 11 Veterans Day ob servance. Normal sales schedule will be resumed Tuesday and tobacco growers In the area are urged to get the balance of their crop worked up and marketed before the Novem ber 20th closing date, set ear lier this week. Woman's Club Dance Tlieme Selected Mrs. Dwlght Hlnton, chairman of the decorating committee for the Dance to be held by the Junior Woman's Club on No vember 15, announced this week that her committee has selected a theme and Is now busily en gaged In working out the de tails for decorating. She stated that they will at tempt to create the atmosphere of a lawn party which might have been held long ago on a Southern plantation, back In the days of rlverboats and danc-' lng on the lawns. . , Howwver their plans turh out, the dancing public from this area can be sure that they will find a gala and friendly at mosphere when they attend this semi-annual affair at the Loulsburg Armory. Get your tickets and plan now to attend. And The Rains Came - Finally Louisburg College coeds are pictured changing classes dur ing yesterday's heavy rains and below the surface run-off cuts a wide wash in freshly cultivated field, both of which presented unusual scenes of late locally. - Times Photo. At Franklinton $140,000 Bond Vote Saturday Citizens of the Town of Frank - linton go to the polls Saturday to vote on a $140,000 sewer Improvement bond Issue needed ftj-fmatch a federal grant to construct new sewage dlspos) al facilities and extending lines within the town limits. The State Stream Sanitation Committee served notice on the town some time back that their present disposal system Is Inadequate and in violation of State stream pollution laws. As- a result, application was made to the government binder the Accelerated Public Works Program for financial as sistance. Dog Bites Child Here A part beagle male dog answering the name of'Dep" or "Deputy" bit a child here In the vicinity of Halifax Road Saturday before last and the child's parents are anxious to locate the dog In the hope that the child will not have to un dergo the painful rabies treat ment. If the dog can be located and put under survellance and does not run mad, then the child won't have to take the treat ment. Anyone having any In formation as to the location ?f a dog answering this de scription Is asked to please call GY6-5316 \or GYS-4908. Town officials pointed out that the question Is flot whether or not to issue to bonds, but whe ther the town will Issue ttie bonds and receive the match lng Federal grant or stand the entire cost locally. _ Despite the Importance of the matter, only a light vote Is ex pected. Christmas Parade Plans Progressing John T. Echols, Chairman of Frankllnton's annual Christmas parade Committee, stated Wed- ! nesday that plans for the big 1 event are proceeding nicely, with donations from local mer chants already having reached sufficient proportions to Insure 1 the event's success. < Thursday night, December 5, 1 at 7 p.m. is the time that has < been selected for the parade's < start with the procession to fol low the same route as that taken last year. Six bands have already an nounced plans to participate in this year's parade with a total of nearly fifty units- of all sorts scheduled to take gprt. Echols said that everyone con- i nected with this year's parade is more than pleased with the ; enthusiasm shown by local peo pie so far and the sponsors are looking forward to an even big- ; ger event than last year's, which ; they considered to be highly ] successful. 1 Any civic groups wishing to ] place an entry In this year's parade may do so by contacting Mr. Echols no later than November 25. The commercially built rioats, paid tor by donations from local merchants, have been turned over to various :hurch, school, and civic groups :o be used to carry out the Christmas theme as was the :ase last year._ More Give To Rescue Four more persons were add ed to a growing list of vol unteer contributors to the Lou Isburg Rescue Service this week. Chief V.A. Peoples acknow ledged contributions from Bland Prultt Industries, The Benjamin Franklin Boarding Home, and both the Rev. and Mrs. H. T. McFadden of Loulsburg. News Report From Washington " Washington, D. C.--The new iera for the West Is underway, and the major change in two NATO democracies occurred within a week. In West Ger many, Ludwig Erhard finally took the reins from 87-year old Konrad Adenauer. Like Hlndenberg, Adenauer went on almost to eternity, but now Erhard an<1 his broader views dominate the new German Government. This Is' pleas ing to Washington and disturbs President Qharles DeGaulle of France, who had managed to be witch Adenauer with his gran diose Latin natlonllsm. In Englandthe situation causes the United States to be guarded ly hopeful. Illness suddenly caused Harold N?acmlllan to resign as Prime Minister. The Deputy Prime Minister, "Rab" Butler, deserved his chance In the top Job, but didn't get it. Once before he had been stop ped by the Churchill and Mac mlllan families, Macmlllan cir cumvented him, with difficulty, again, and chose Lord Home, his Foreign Minister, as the man with the best chance to re vitalize the Conservative Party, bar a Labor victory at the polls next year. Home Is the first Lord to be named prime Minister since '1895, but there may be some Justification In Macmlllan's ruthless choice. Home Is more dynamic than Butler and less weighted down with the govern ment's affairs In recent years. There Is a school of thought high In the Conservative Party that Butler could not stir the popular Imagination and build a new Image for the Conserva tives. Without this they seem likely to lose the next election to the Laborltes. While Washington would nev er admit It, through official ut terance, the thouuht-wf a Labor Government - in ...Britain sends shudders down many official spines. The new era, then, be gins with a shaky Home regime In England and an Erhard reign In West Germany. If Home can last, the prospect might be for even closer co operation with U. S. policies than has been the case with Macmlllan, though Macmlllan exhibited a cooperative spirit on major principles. As for France, DeGaulle now finds himself reduced In stature somewhat, without the faithful allegiance of the chancellor In West Germany. It Is expected that DeGaulle will come to Washington In 1864, though not with hat In hand. DeGauIle's divisive po licy would be enhanced If Home falls to rejuvenate the Conser vatives, and England breaks away from the Western Al liance In an Independent labor posture. If the new era Is to bring greater unity, and strength, the Home and Crhard regimes must succeed, and Washington Is hopeful they will. Fire Strikes Sheriff's Home Firemen from Bunn, Justice and Centervllle were called to the home of Franklin Sheriff Joe w. Champion about 11 o'clock Wednesday morn ing when the electrical entrance service shorted out under the house. Damage was confined to the electrical wiring. Local PCA Slates Meet The Annual Stockholders' meeting of The Loulsburg pro duction Credit Association will be held Saturday morning, No vember 9, 1963r at 10:10 a.m. at the Franklin County Court house, Loulsburg, N. C. General Manager M. L. Jones urges all stockholders to be present.
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