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Five Cants
louisburg, N. C-, Tuesday. December 17. 1963
(Twelve Pages Today)
94th Year? Number 86
Cited For Service
SSgt. Robert D. Harris, center,
is awarded the KM AG oCertifi
cate of Achievement for out
standing service during the per
iod 10 October 1962 to 17 Oct
ober 1963 for service in the Ko
rean theater. Lt. Col. Paul D.
Harris, left, Greenwood Sub
sector Commander, U. S. Army
Reserve made the presentation
of thp medal at his Greenwood
Headquarters. Sergeant Harris
has just recently been assigned
assistant Army Advisor at
Clarksdale, Mississippi. At
right is Captain Emory VV. Bar
rington, Clarksilale's Army Ad
visor. While in Korea, .Sergeant
Harris ,was with Headquarters,
U.S. Army Advisory Group. (U.
S. Army Photo.)
Mayor Has Close Call In
Hobby Shop Saw Accident
Loulsburg Mayor Louis A.
Wheless is at home from the
hospital today following an ac
cident at his hobby shop last
Thursday afternoon that nearly
cost him his life.
The Mayor was rushed to
Franklin Memorial Hospital by
the Loulsburg Rescue Service
late Thursday after being dis
covered near death from shock
and loss of blood from a severed
artery In his left arm at his con
struction company office on
South Main Street.
The accident occurred when
Mayor Wheless, who was cutting
a block of wood on a rip say
in his hobby shop upstairs over
his office, lost his balance and
stuck his left arm Into the saw.
The whirling blade ripped Into
his arm Just above his wrist,
currlng it to the bdne.
From the time of the accident
until he was discovered by a
Cattlemen
Elected To
Association
Two Franklin County cattle
men hare been elected to mem
bership In the American Angus
/Association at St. Joseph, Mis
souri.
They are N. E. Faulkner of
Route 2, Lotilsburg, and James
G. Chamblee of Loulsburg,
Route 1 .
Fa"lkner and chamblee were
amwng 17 breeders of regis
tered Aberdeen- Angus In North
Carolina elected to membership
during the past month.
Wheless Sales Company em
ployee, possibly an hour or
more later, Mayor Wheless
managed to fashion a rude
tournequet out of his belt, get
downstairs to his office and re
move the telephone receiv
er from the hook--that was all.
The Mayor was released from
the hospital Sunday and was re
ported recuperating from his
ordeal at home.
Wounds Fatal For
Route 4 Negro
A Route 2, Loulsburg negro,
Ricahrd Collins, is being held
in the County Jail without bond
on charges of murder In the last
Friday afternoon pistol slaying
of a Route 4, negro.
The Sheriff's Department said
that Collins admitted firing two
shots into James Henry Arrlng
ton from an Italian made .25
caliber automatic pistol (Juring
an argument at Stalllngs Mill
ing Co., where Arrington was
employed.
Arrington died in the emer
gency room at Franklin Me
morial Hospital shortly after
arrival of pistol wounds of the
head and side.
Newcomer Jailed
At Franklinton
A newcomer to the Town of
Frankllnton Is enjoying the hos
pitality of the town in the city
Jail today? on charges of break
ing into the Jolly-Joker Inn
over the week end.
Police Chief Leo Edwards said
that Willie Lee Thomas, 22#
formerly of Henderson, had
been living in Frankllnton only
a month.
An undisclosed amount of
change was taken in the robbery.
*Chlef Edwards said that they
had not yet determined wheth
er entry into the establishment
was made through a rear window
or whether the thief secreted
himself Inside the building at
the close of business.
Never waste time In argu
ment with a fool unless you want
to make a fool of yourself.
Some of the smartest things
that we have heard have come '
from the lips of children.
Visits Franklinton Fabrics
Old Santa himself is pictured
as he passed out favors to the
some 1,500 parents andehildren
at the annual Christmas Party i
at BurMil's Franklinton Fabrics
plant Sunday. - Times Photo. 1
Nasli Is Named
'63 Man Of Year
Willis W. Nash, local timber dealer and
civic and religious leader, was honored as
"Man of the Year" for 1963 by the Louis
burg Rotary Club Thursday night.
Nash, 40, who is
associated with the
Weyerhaeuser Co., of Ply
mouth, owns and operate:
the Bunn Pulpwood Yard a'
Dunn and the Smlthfield Sav
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DATS Lin
CHRISTMAS SEALS fi|btTB III
other RESPIRATORY DISEASES
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Marriages
Last Longer
In Franklin
How high is the divorce rate
in Franklin County compared
with the rate in other com
munities? How many local
residents have been divorced?
How many have remarried?
For the great majority of
men and women locally, mar
riage is a once-in-a-llfetime
undertaking. For others, who
start out with equally high
hopes, their marriages end up
on the rocks.
At the present time, the fig
ares show, there are no less
than 10,500,000 people in the
United States who have been di
vorced. Over 70 percent of
them have remarried, leaving
about 3 million still In the di
vorced column.
In addition, some 2.4 million
are listed as separated.
Data Just released by the De
partment of Health, Education
and Welfare, covering 1962, and
reports from the Department of
Commerce, indicate the current
trend in divorce.
They show that there^are few
er divorced people in Franklin
County, In proportion to popu
lation, than In most parts of the
United States.
According to .the tabulations,
36 out of every 1,000 local
residents over the i age of 14
are either divorced or s<?f>ara
ted. This Is exclusive of the
number who are divorced but
who have remarried.
The rate compares favorably
with that elsewhere intheUnited
States, where It averages 43
per *1,000. In the South Atlan
tic States it Is 48 per 1,000.
In actual numbers, there are
204 men and women in the
county who are divorced and
488 who are separated, legal
ly or otherwise.
The Government figures show
that the divorce rate in the
United States, contrary to popu
lar belief, has been dropping
continuously since 1946, right
after World War n.
That year saw an avalanche of
divorces, marking the break
up of thousands of the quickie
marriages that were entered
into during the war.
Sample surveys were made to
determine how many of the
people who had Jjean divorce^
at one time or another have
remarried, in general, it was
found, thete are 2.5 such per
sons for every one V ho is pre
sently divorced.
On the basis of this national
average, It is estimated that
there are, in Franklin county,
some 510 men and women who
had previously been divorced.
i and Pulpwood Co., In Smith
> field.
The 1963 "Mm of the Year"
s was born at Greshamville,
\ Georgia on October- 24, 1923
/ and played fullback at Uni
versity High School, Athens,
Ga., where he graduated In the
upper 10 per cent of his class. I
He also attended and graduated
from the, National School of
Forestry and Conservation at
Mlnong, Wisconsin.
An Air Corps veteran of World
War I], Nash came to Frank- ,
lift County in 1949. In |M?
he was director of the 'Frank
lin County March of Dimes and
still serves as a director on the
local committee. He was presi
dent of the local school Boost
ers Club from 1957 until 1962
during which time the football
program was reinstated at
Louisburg High School and the
new athletic field was planned.
Nash is a former president
of the Louisburg Lions Club
and for the past three years
has been a member of the L'ouls
burg School Board. He Is a
member of the Louisburg Bap
tist Church where he has served
as Chairman of the Advisory
Board, moderator, deacon and
member of the finance and
building committees. He Is
also a past president and teach
er of the Jewell Sunday School
. Class and has served as
Church Representative to the
Tar River Baptist Association.
He Is married to the former
Katherine Oldham of Athens,
Ga. They have two children,
Terry, 14, and penny, 8. His
hobbles are golf and fishing.
In making the award to Nash,
Rot ar Ian w. J. Benton said that
Nash has been a vital force In
focusing public attention to the
public school athletic program
and the school Itself. "The Ro
tary Club is pleased and hon
( ored to present the 1963 Louis
burg Man of the Year award to
Willis W. Nash."
Youth Hurt
In Tractor
Accident
A 10 year-oUJ Franklin County
yguth was s^verly Injured In a
tractor accident at his home on
Route 1, Castalla Monday after
noon.
El wood Leonard, son of Mr.
and Mrs. ^taley Leonard, was
rushed to Park View Hospital
ftocky Mount with a broken
?right hand and leg, head and
Internal Injuries
The youth was operating the
tractor alone at the time of the
accident and reportedly has only
been able to tell them that the
wheel of the tractor ran over
him.
Firemen Are
Lauded By
Wood Citizen
Volunteer firemen fromCen
terville and Justice were lauded
today for their efforts to exting
uish a tenant house fire on the
W. D. Fuller farm at Wood Sa
turday night.
Fuller, who was sick and un
able to go to the scene of the
fire, commended and thanked
the firemen for their efforts.
The building, Fuller said, which,
was destroyed, was not covered
by insurance.
A foolish Idea a day keeps
the mind working at least.
Mother's little man usually
turns out to be Just that.
Man Of The Year Recipient
Mrs. Willis W. Nash stands at
the side of her husband as he is
presented with the Rotary Club
"Man of the Year" award for
1963 by Rotarian W. J. Benton
in ceremonies at the Murphy
House last Thu.sday night.
- Times Photo.
Bureau Explains Plans For
Legislative Representation
How will county citizens be
represented in the State Le
gislature--under the present
system of membership and un
der the proposed amendment to
the State's Constitution?
K. G. Weldon, Chairman of
the Legislative Committed, of
the Franklin County Farm Bu
reau, explains the two plans
for legislative representation.
"In the special session of the
legislature this past f-all, the
Senate was redlstrlcted for the
first time since 1941. Mem
bership remained at 50; but the
33 old districts were reshaped
into 36 new ones. Changes in
number of senators per dis
trict were -made according to
population changes since 1941,
taking senators away from the
less populous areas and giv
ing more senators to the more
populous areas.
"House rTjembershliy-jphlch
had been reapportioned by the
1961 Legislature, remains at
120. Each of the 100 counties
is permitted one representa
tive. The more populous coun
ties divide the extra 20 repre
sentatives.
"The Legislature will be
set up under this system for
1965. If the Constitutional
Amendment does not pass the
people's vote on January 14,
1964, makeup of both the Sen
ate and the House will stay
the same. The Senate will
have 50 members; The House
120.
"Under the amendment plan,
both houses of the legislature
would be changed, beginning In
the 1967 session. The Senate
would he based on population
and the House on area.
"The Senate would have 70
members, apportioned on the
hasts of senatorial district
Imputation. Each Senator would
represent an averagV of 65,000
people. Each district would lie i
left up to the 1065 Legislature. 1
If the Job isn't done in that 1
session, It would be takenofer
by a special redisricting com
mission.
'?The House would have 100
members, one from each coun
ty in the State/*
Mr. Weldon emphasized that
the amendment plan Is thefalr
est to all the people of North
Carolina. "It permits fair re
presentation because It sets up
a system of compromise on
legislation between the two
houses/* he said. "So parti
cular segments of North Caro
lina could control the whole
legislature."
County Man Held
In Wilson Assault
Wilson? A Franklin County
man" waived a preliminary hear
ing before Justice of the Peace
Jesse Bennett and faces trial
in Superior Court on six charg
es of felonious assault.
Johnny Perry, 44, is charged
with firing at seven persons In
an automobile on thp night of
December 2.
The incident alb^edly occur*
fed near Finchs Mill.
oerry is scheduled to stand
trial at the next term of super
ior court, calendared for
February 10.
He _ was released on $6,000
bond.
The six persons who signed
warrants against Perry are
Norman Morgan, Ed Morgan,
Irene Morgan, Gerald Hamilton,
Reba Hamilton and wlllard per
ry.
The seventh person In the au
tomobile was a minor.
Truck Rests On Crushed Pipe
Pipe laden truck rests in ditch
after overturning at the inter
section of US 1 and 1 - A near
Franklinton during almost freez
ing rain about -noon Saturday.
The driver, not identified, es
caped injury. - Times Photo.