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"X Wwtfctr Some cloudiness today and Friday. Low today, 27; high, 52. The Franklin Times ... ... . .... Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving All Of Franklin County Nm Cast Listen to WYRN Radio, 1480 on your dial, each evening at 4:45 p.m. Monday through Fri day, for your Times Reporter with all the local news. Tal. OY 6-3283 Five Cants Louisburg, N C-. Thursday, November 14, 1963 (Eight Pages Today) 94th Year? Number 76 !Part Four Louisburg: Its Neighborhoods Physical And Social Conditions The purposes of this section are to Identify those portions of Loulsburg where substandard housing and poor social condi tions exist, to determine tbe magnitude of these undesirable conditions, and to suggest ways In which the physical and so cial environment of some of the Town's more blighted area* can be Improved. For the purposes of this ex amination, Loulsburg has been divided Into two analysis areas--Area iandAreall. Area I encompasses the land located north of the Tar River, ex cluding the Central Business District. Area II takes in the land south of the Tar River, extending to N. C. Highway 56. Tbe Tar River serves as the physical and social boundary between these two portions of Loulsburg. Other area boun daries are existing roads and the Loulsburg town limits. it Is generally recognized that blighted physical conditions and social problems go hand-ln hand. with this In mind, the nature of the physical deve lopment of each of Loulsburg*s Analysis Areas has been ex amined Individually, followed by an analysis of some of the so cial characteristics of the resi dents in the two study areas. The criteria for the Investi gation of Loulsburg's neighbor hoods are the physical and the social conditions. There are two physical aspects of the land within the Town of Loulsburg which give a good Indication as to where blighted conditions exlst--an evaluation of the use of the land In terms of the acreages devoted to the various types of use and the defree to which there U mixing Of In compatible uses of the land, and an analysis of the actual conditions of the buildings with in the 2 analysis areas. More over, by finding out where per sons with social problems re side, we were able to more readily Identify those substan dard areas where such con ditions are fostered. Generally, there Is a correlation between blighted, rundown neighbor hoods and the Incidence of certain social problems such as fire calls and welfare cases. AREA I Physical and Social Conditions Area 1 includes tne una nortn of the Tar River, east of Bear Swamp Creek, south of the In tersection of Blckett Boulevard and North Main Street, and west of Fox SwampCreek. This article deals with the use of the land, the condition of the build ings, and the social conditions within the area. Area I's existing uses for Its land are for housing? 22% of the total land, social and cul tural activities ? 45 acres of all the land, services and busi nesses ? 1 1/2% of the total acreage, Industry? l/10%of the land, and streets--l/5 of the J total acreage within Area I. There are approximately 670 acres of land within Area I of whlfch more than 50% Is vacant. Area I tends to be divided In to two distinct portions- -de velopment to the north of Lotils burg College Is newer and of better quality than that to the south. In having Incompatible uses near one another, for ex ample, Industry In residential neighborhoods, the efficient use of the land Is definitely Im paired. For example, the De partment of Public Works stor age yard and maintenance fa cilities are causing an undue amount of traffic on Sunset Avenue, bringing with it an overabundance of dirt and noise. The conditions of Area I's ' buildings range In categories 1 from standard to dilapidated. 117 structures are in need of minor repair, 20% of all Area I's structures. 33 structures require major repair, 5% of the total. Only 8 structures are dilapidated and should be torn down, 1% of the total. There are 405 structures In good con dition. Immediate attention 1 should be given to the 28% of ' the structures which are sub- i Standard. .Area I has 2 sections where : social problems are evident? i Halifax Road section and the ' area with its boundaries be- i ginning at College Street, ex tending to Just south of Nash Street, bound on the east and west by Blckett Boulevard and Elm Street respectively. The latter district has an even spread of problems throughout, rather than one particular con centration. 1/3 of Loulsburg's fire calls and more than 27% of all the recorded welfare cases In the Town originated within this second section In 1962. Unless efforts are made to up grade general social conditions, more people will be on the wel fare rolls next year. There will probably be more fires and a higher percentage of diseases occurring. Conditions do not remain stagnant rather they are relative. Thus, they are everchanging for better or for worse. Raleigh Man Hurt In 401 Accident A 31 year-old Raleigh Cam eron Village Colonial Store em ployee was Injured when his car overturned down a rocky 20 toot embankment on U. S. 401 just south of Loulsburg about 10:30 Wednesday morning. Garland F. Green, son of Mrs. D. L. Green of Loulsburg, was given first aid at the scene for a laceration of the forehead by a member of the Loulsburg Rescue Service and taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital. Green, traveling alone, was Filled The new 250,000 gallon over head water storage tank here was filled to the brim early this morning wtthout any fur ther difficulties, town officials reported. The tank will un dergo a 24 hour decontamina tion period before being drained and refilled for regular service. enroute from Raleigh to Louls burg at the time of the acci dent. He was quoted as saying he must have doied momen tarily and the next thing he knew he was going over the embankment on the opposite side of the road. Green was treated at the hos pital emergency room and re leased. His 1862 model station wagon was declared a total loss. Cancer Clinic The regular monthly cancer detection clinic will be held at the Franklin County Health Cancer Wednesday afternoon November 20 starting at 1 p.m. Anyone wishing an elimination should call Miss Ester Andrews at GY0-3SS3 for an appoint ment. Intelligence does not always accompany the degrees that some people acquire. J. S. Sanders Former Ag. Teacher Dies In Auto Wreck James S. Sanders, 47-year old former Agricultural teacher at Gold Sand High School, was killed In an automobile accident at the Intersection of N. C. 96 and U. S. 401 Just south of the Wake-Franklin line about noon Tuesday. A native of Mississippi, San ders Joined the Gold Sand faculty James S. Sanders Girl Scout Fund Drive Begins Monday The Girl Scout annual drive, for funds will be conducted Monday, November 18, through Friday, November 22, stated Mrs. L. C. Hasty, chairman of the drive for Loulsburg. Steering this drive with Mrs. Hasty are Mesdames H, H. Hob good, Douglas House, James Ivy and Umphrey Lee. Mothers of the Girl Scouts will be called on to assist. "Think of your daughters, all of the girls In Loulsburg who arc participating in this scout pro gram or who would be if there were enough leaders or facili ties available," Mts. Hasty urges. "Remember what you will be doing for them as the ladles approach you next week to receive your gift to the most precious possessions of the cltliens of our town." Help Scouting and you help, not only the town, but yourself as well. Try It and see. Be ready Monday, November 18, through Friday, November 22. $100 Gift Rescue Service Chief V. A. Peoples acknowledged the re ceipt of a $100 contribution this week from John Burt Hill, Raleigh New York Life Insur ance Co. agent, and local native. In 1956 and took an active part In the affairs of the school and community until he resigned in 1962 to accept a similar posi tion in Apex. At the time of his death he was serving as technical advisor on cotton gins ?for the N. C, Department of Agriculture's Marketing Divi sion. The State Highway Patrol said that Sanders was enroute to Loulsburg on 401 at the time of the accident when two Bap tist ministers, enroute on N.C. 96 to Wilmington, crashed Into the side of his State-owned car. Sanders reportedly died Instantly of a crushed chest and other Injuries, The two ministers, both re portedly thrown from their car, wore seriously injured. Funeral services for Sanders will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thurs day from the Apex Methodist Church by Dr. James H. Over ton, Jr., and the Rev. Wade Goldston. Masonic graveside rites will be conducted at Mont lawn in Raleigh by the Angler and Apex lodges. ? Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lucille Clark Sanders; a son, William Malcolm, and a daugh ter, Jane Clark, both of the fome; his mother, Mrs. Min nie Sanders of Waynesboro, Miss.; two brothers, Paul D. of Waynesboro, Miss., and O. Steve of Koscuisko, Miss. C. H. Stallings Rites Here This Afternoon Charlie H. Stallings, 55, co owner of the Stallings Milling Co. on Route 4, Loulsburg, died Tuesday night at Franklin Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be con ducted from the Lancaster Fun eral Chapel here at 2 p.m. Thursday by the Rev. Allen Lawrence, pastor of Cedar Rock Baptist Church. Burial will be In Oakwood Cemetery. Survivors Include his widow, lna Chappel Stallings; four daughters, Mrs. Herman Vinson of Goldsboro; Mrs. Thomas Jackson of Rockvllle, M<1.; Mrs. John T. Greene, Jr., and Miss Christine Stallings, both of the home; five sisters, Mrs. A. H. Suter of Rocky Mount; Mrs. W. R. Lambertson of Rockvllle Center, N. Y.; Mrs. S. E. Wil son of Tarboro; Mrs. Hamilton Hobgood of Loulsburg; Miss Nell Stallings of Greenville; three brothers; T. L. of Col umbia, S. C.; G. B. H. of Ft. Pierce, Fla; William H., Lou lsburg; and four grandchildren. IMPROVED Tommy Pergerson, 17 year old local youth critically In jured in an automobile accident In Wake County last Sunday, was reported very much Im proved today. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Per gerson reported ,that their son had regained consciousness and that the doctors were pleased with his progress. Fire Damaged Home The D. T. Smith, Sr., family near Alert lost about half of their household furnishings when fire gutted one wing of the old frame dwelling Wednesday morning. Volunteer firemen from Centerville and Justice were credited with preventing a total loss. - Times Photo. Fire Guts Home Near Alert Fire, believed to have ori ginated In an upstairs bedroom, almost completely gutted one wing of the D. T. Smith, Sr., residence near Alert about 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Volunteer firemen from Cen tervllle and Justice, who had to travel from approximately 8 to 18 miles to the scene, displayed unusual skill In confining the fire, which had gained consld erable headway before their ar rival, to the one wing of the house. Mrs. Smlfh, at home alone, was not aware of the fire, when a neighbor across the road spot ted smoke pouring through the top of the house. Friends and neighbors were able to save furnishings In the other side of the house, but the contents in the fire damaged side were elth er destroyed or badly damaged. Persons surveying the dam aged home marveled at the (act that the rural volunteers, with limited water, were able to extinguish the blaze. But extinguish It they did, despite ' a hall of buckshot from several guns and ammunition stored In the Wre area. Cotton Quota Vote Dec. 10 The cotton quota vote coming up on Dec. 10 will mark the eleventh consecutive year in which growers have voted on marketing quotas for their up land cotton crop, E. G. Brewer, Chairman, County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee, said today. "Beginning with the referen dum on marketing quotas for the 1954 crop, growers have approved quotas for each year's cotton crop," he stated., "in the vote last year, on quotas for the 1963 upland cotton crop, 93.7 percent of the growers xot ing approved the quotas." By law, quotas must be pro claimed by the Secretary of flELCOAf? TO . GOLD SAND COMMUNITY Welcome Signs Erected Vocational Ag. teacher J. E. Boyette, Jr., "and three of his FFA members atGold Sand, are pictured erecting one of five new welcome signs to the com munity. - Times Photo. Agriculture In years when the cotton supply exceeds normal. The estimated 1963-64 total supply of upland cotton ex ceeds the estimated normal supply by 7.8 million bales. If at least two-thirds of the growers voting in the referen dum approve quotas for the 1964 upland cotton crop, price sup port at a level within the range of 65 to 90 percent of parity will be available to growers who comply. with their cotton produced on a farm. If more than one-third of the voters oppose quotas for the 1964 crop, t*he allotment pro gram will remain in effect, and price support will be a Power Off # % Sunday At Franklinton Work to Increase the capacity of C Pi I, Company's Franklin ton Substation will require an interruption of power on Sunday, November 17, 1963, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., according to E. P. Bazemore, District Manager. This additional power capacity Is being Installed In the Franklinton area to meet the growing needs for electric service that have come with the recent progress of the area, Bazemore said. Growth In population ' and Increased use of electricity has been such that the old facilities were ap proaching the limit of their capacity. The time for the Interrup tion was picked, Bazemore said, In hopes It would cause the least Inconvenience to power users. Customers will be af fected In Franklinton and sur rounding rural area. vailable to cooperatorg at 50 percent of parity, as provided by law. All farmers who engaged In the production of upland cotton In 1963 are allglble to vote In the Dec. 10 referendum. Nickles Vote Set For Nov. 19th North Carolina State Is an ac tive participant In a most unique partnership with the farmers of this State. On November It these farmers will go to the polls to say whether or not this partnership should be kept In force for another three year*. This distinctive working re lationship between Tar Heel farmers and the State's land -gpnt Institution Is popularly known as the "Nickels for Know-How" program. It was Initiated In 1951. During that year North Caro lina farmers, through a state wide referendum, agreed to as sess themselves five cents on every ton of feed they pur chased, directing this money be invested In the NCS School of Agriculture to speed up and ex pand Its research and educa tional programs. To represent their Interest In this partnership, the farm ers directed that Nickels funds be administered through the N. C. Agricultural Foundation which has directors from each county In the State. The N. C, Department of Agriculture was assigned the responsibility of collecting these nickels. ?? Your best friend la the person who tells you the truth, not the one who tells you what you want to hear.
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