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The Frafijjlh Times
Published Ev?ry Tuesday A Thursday ^ ^ Serving All Of Franklin County
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Louisburg. N. C.. Thursday. January 16, 1964
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94th Year ? Number 94
College Professor Honored On
Anniversary Of 2nd Book
Professor Robert John Vers
teeg, Chairman o f the Drama
Department of Louisburg Col
lege, was recognized at a spe
cial chapel service Wednesday
morning in honor of the first
anniversary of his second pub
lication, "The Secret Life of
the Good Samaritan."
Professor Versteeg, a Metho
dist minister, teaches courses
in religion and is dramatic
coach at the college, s v
br. Cecil W. Robbins present
ed Mr. Versteeg w^th a plaque
which read:
Presented to Robert John
Versteeg in recognition of
contributions of the writ
ten word revealing truth
through exposition that in
terpret and stories that vi
talize.
Mrs. Robbins, organist,
opened the service with*' Ada
gio" from "First Sonata" by
Mendelssohn and used "Festi
val March" by Handel as the
postlAde. The chapel choir ren
dered "Send Down Thy Truth,
God" by Sill and Parker,
acrompanied at the piano by
Miss Sarah Foster. Dare Tin
gen,' a student, sang "Open My
Eyes" by Clara Scott.
Mrs. Elsa Yarboruugh, li
brarian, read excerpts from
Our Reading Heritage by T. V.
Smith. Dean Thomas A. Pat
terson of the English Depart
ment, Introduced the Day's
Observance, followed by a re
view of Versteeg's earlier pu
blication, The Gracious Calling
sf the Lord, written by Rev.
Daviq Daniel, Department of
Religion and given by Mrs.
Flora de Hart, Department of
English. Rev. WaH^r N. Mc
Donald, Departmentof Religion,
read excerpts from the book,
X review of The Secret Life
of the Good Samaritan was giv
en by Mr. Robert Butler, and
"The Sheep," a story from the
Students Hear
Mrs. Moore On
Money Matters
Mrs. R. W. Moore, of Frank -
linton, representative for In
vestors Diversified Services,
Inc., spoke to the Louisburg
Chapter of Phi Beta Lambda
(College Future Business Lead
ers of America) Tuesday even
ing at seven o'clock in
Room 104, Franklin.
Using "Money Management"
as her general topic, Mrs.
Moore listed what her company
suggests as the four corner
stones of a good financial pro
gram: 1. Bank Account 2. Ad
equate Insurance 3. Systema
tic Savings Plan 4. Invest
ment plan.
As the speaker explained these
items, she made several state
ments of particular interest to
the group. One of these in
dicated that women control
around 70 per cent of the wealth
in the United States. Another
was that five out of six per-*
sons who reach 65 years of
age do not have adequate money
on which to live.
To help the chapter members
present gain further informa
tion, the speaker distributed to
each several different kinds of
pamphlets.
Mrs. Moore was presented to
the student group by Miss Ade
laide Johnson, sponsor.
Alice Marie Peedin. of Hen
derson, president, gave a re
port on the talk made by Mr.
Chipman at the dinnei* meet
ing sponsored by the "Times"
recently. She told of the ad
vertising and selling pointers
gained by the three Phi Beta
Lambda representatives who
attended. The other two pre
sent at the dinner were Wayne
Pittman, treasurer, of Clayton,
and Judith Woodlief, historian,
of Kittrell.
During the business session,
Betsy Turlington, of Fremont,
was selected as Phi Beta
Lambda's candidate for home
coming queen, to compete with
other candidates on the week
end of February 7-8; and re
ports were given by the chap
ter treasurer and by Betsy
Turlington, secretary.
Patronize TIMES Adv.
book, was read by Mr. Harold
Smith, both of the Department
of English.
Rev. V. E. Duncan, Depart
ment of Religion, lead in pray
er.
The Departments of Religion
and of English with Rev. David
Daniel and Miss Ruth Merrttt, |
chairmen, presented the pro-|
gram.
From three to five o'clock a j
tea was given for faculty, stu- j
dents, and friends in the 11- 1
brary. honoring Robert Vers- i
I teegr
Author Recognized
j Louisburg College . Professor and Mrs.
! Robert John Versteeg are pictured at chapel
service in honor of the first anniversary of
his book, "The Secret Life of the Good
Samaritan". - Louisburg College Photo by
Bill Jones.
Town OK's Alarm
fact With County
The Louisburg City CounfeU^
put the final approvaistamp on
a contract with the County Fri
day night for the operation of
the soon-to-be Installed County
wide Central Fire Alarm
system.
Under terms of the contract,
the Town of Louisburg, will
operate the system in conjunc
tion with its present fire alarm
system at the fire station. The
County, in retu/n, will pay the
cost of an additional full time
employee, to be assigned as
engineer-dispatcher with the
Louisburg Fire Dept.
Mayor Pro-Tem Robert M.
Hicks, presiding in the absence
I of Mayor Louis A. Wheless,
! appointed a committee com
posed of Councilmen J, C. Tay
lor and E. T. Jones-to invest
igate matters pretaining to a
controversy between the town
and Mr. W. G. Lancaster over
a lot adjacent to the Lancas
ter Funeral Home.
The Council also gave tenative
approval to the sketch thorough
fare and land development plans
for, the town as approved by the
^Tni^n Planning Board; author
ized ntie Hodges Insurance
Agency to^-cmiduct a free in
surance surve^-Qf town pror
perty; and acceptecf^Qie res
ignation of CouncilmanAv^F.
Johnson, Jr., who is moving
to Sanford the first of the month.
The Council, upon motion by
Councilman Taylor, seconded
by V. A. Peoples, adopted a
resolution praising the former
Councilman for his service In
behalf of the Town.
Bath OF Oil
New York--Howard Blitz, 11,
of Brooklyn was a slick young
lad when service-station opera
tor, Anthony Mancuso, poured
two cans of motor oil over the
boy's head and shoulders.
Young Blitz had become stuck
in a 5 1/2 inch-wide space
trying to retrieve a ball. The
station operator and his assist
ant, aided by the oil, were able
to free the boy without calling
for assistance.
More Freezing Rain, Sleet, Snow?
Rough Weather Is
Heading This Way
ice and snow left from the
bitter Ice storm the first uf
the week is going to -get some
company If present Indications
are borne out.
Weather forecasters today
warneil us not to be misled by
the slight warming trend today
- that more falling weather is
on tap for tonight and Friday.
The forecast for this are*
calls for Increasing cloudiness
and slightly higher tempera
tures today with a risk of snow,
sleet or freezing rain tonight
and Friday. Saturday is ex
pected to be fair and continued
cold.
While the weather Is not ex
pected to be as cold tonight as
it has been so far this week,
forecasts of temperatures In
the upper twenties Is plenty
low enough to cause trouble If
any precipitation reaches us to
night. The high for Friday is
forecast for the mid to upper
thirties.
G. O, Kennedy reported a low
of 6 degrees at the local weath
er observatory this morning
and a low of 7 Wednesday morn
ing. The mercury got no higher
than 35 degrees locally Wed
nesday and an even 30 reading
was the high for both Monday
and Tuesday.
Both Franklin County Admin
istrative Unit schools and
Franklliilon city Schools were
open today for the first time
this week as rural roads cleared
barely enough to allow school
buses to run without too much
risk. Any additional falling
weather tonight, however, will
probably put an end to school
for the rest of the week.
Farm ponds throughout the
area are frozen over with a
heavy coating of ice and a re
sult of the low temperatures
this week. This reporter tried
Ji>?iccessfully to break the ice
covering^ a pond out in the
county with several large rocks
last night, but"d?cllned an In
vitation to walk acroSsthe pond.
Life Term
Henderson-- Thomas Henry
Fuller, 18, plead guilty in Vance
Superior Court Wednesday to
two counts of murder In the
slaying of his foster parents
last August St.
Judge Henry A. McKlnnon, Jr.,
sentenced the farm youth to two
life prison terms, to run con
secutively.
His foster parents, Garland
Hocutt Fuller, 44, and Mrs.
Ora Ayscue Fuller* 45, were !
shot to death at their home ;
near here.
Observe 75th Anniversary
Brother Sidney T. Johnson,
Master of Louisburg Masonic
Lodge 413 AF & AM, left, Most
Worshipful Brother W. Edward
Burrler, Grand Master of Ma
sons of North Carolina, and
Brother James A. Johnson, Dis
trict Deputy Grand'Master, are
pictured during ceremonies
m arking the 75th Anniversary of
the founding of the Louisburg
Lodge here Wednesday.
m
Rescuers Get New Wagon
Byrant Rowe, left, presents
the keys to a new- 1964 Chevro
let Station Wagon to Louisburg
Rescue Chief V. A. Peoples.
The new wagon is the fifth in as
many years donated to the Res
cue Service by Rowe Chevrolet
- Buick Co., here. The wagons,
donated by Rowe and outfitted as
emergency ambulances, are 1
first on the scene at hundreds of
emergencies in Franklin County
annually. - Times Photo.
& Very Light Turnout
Franklin Voters Support
Lost Cause Amendment
Less than one-third of Frank
lin County's 6,000 plus regis
tered voters turnedout Tuesday
for the Statewide Constitutional
Amendment '.referendum as
Franklin and all the rest of the
predominantly rural counties In
North Carolina lost their last
opportunity for equal represen
tation In the State general as
sembly .
The Special Session Amend
Unofficial Election Returns
AMENDMENT #1 YES NO
Dunn (1
Dunn #2
Harris
Youngsville ""
Frankllnton
Hayesvllle
Sandy Creek
Sold Mine
Cedar Rock
Cypress Creek
Louisburg
TOTALS
1,350 323
AMENDMENT #2. YES
Dunn #1 109
Dunn #2 54
Harris 54
Youngsville 100
Franklinton ' 201
Hayesville 55
Sandy Creek 79
^Gold Mine 75
Cedar Rpck 1 63
Cypress c>*ek 66
Louisburg 405
NO
10
12
22
20
52
24
11
18
14
6
73
TOTALS
Heart Drive Head
' The 1964 Heart Fund campaign
will open here and throughout
the state Saturday, February 1,
and will continue through Feb
ruary 29, It was stated today
by Mrs. J. Doyle Menders, wife
Fire School
W. D. Morton, newly appointed
Training Officer for the Louis
burg Fire Department, .has an
nounced that a IS hour course
In Forcible Entry will be con
ducted by the department here
next week.
Instructors for the course,
Morton said, would be furnished
by the State Insurance Com
missioner's office, the five
nightly sessions, beginning
Monday night, will last for 3
hours each.
Morton also announced new
twice monthly training sessions
of 2 hours each to be held
on the first an* third Monday
nights of each month. The first
of these sessions was conducted
last week with the showing of a
training film on the depart
ment's newly purchased movie
sound projector.
of Dr. J. Doyle Medders, local
physician, local campaign
chairman.
I "This will afford every res^
Ident of our community an oppo^
I tunity to take part In one of
! history's greatest health cru
sades," said Mrs. Medders.
"This is a unique cause. It
unites into one appeal diseases
I which are responsible for more
than 54 percent of all deaths
among them heart attack,
stroke, high blood pressure and
hardening of the arteries,
rheumatic fever and inborn
heart defects."
Mrs. Medders said that about
40 volunteers would take part
in the Heart Fund campaign in
this community. They will par
ticipate in the "Heart-Days for
Business" canvass 1 scheduled
for the second week of Feb
ruary, and in the residential
canvass which will take place:
on the week-end of Heart Sun
day, February 23.
Volunteers still are beingj.
sought for both the business dis- !
trict and residential canvasses,
she stated. Interested persons
may telephone Mrs. Medders
at 6-4250 to enroll for service,^
in either activity.
ment No. 1 (Little Federal
Plan) was favored by 1,350
of the 1,673 Franklin Coun
ty voters casting ballots in the
election? almost 4 to 1. ? ~
The Regular Session Amend
ment No. 2, dealing with the
property rights of married wo
men, which got little or no
publicity, carried by an even
larger majority-- 1,361 to 262.
As was the case in Franklin
County, voters all across the
State stayed away from v the
I polls by the thousands. The
weather in lots of locations
was partially to blame, es
pecially in the rural areas,
which were expected to give
the Little Federal Plan a heavy
endorsement.
There was too, however, a
great deal of disinterest on a
large segment of the voting
population in both the metro
politan and rural areas. Al
so there were a great number
among both the participating
and non-participatiftg voters
that didn't understand eittterof
the two measures, ^
The big city voters were joined
by a surprising number of rural
voters even here in Franklin
County in nixing the reap
portionment amendment. Vot
ers in Franklinton Township
were pretty evenly m itched in
their decision as 164 voted for
the amendment to 103 against.
Both Louisburg and Franklin
top Jrecincts voted only a frac
tion of their nor man total. 1
To Hold
Sowing
Workshop
A sewing workshop for be
ginners will be held in the audi
torium of the Agricultural
Building in Louisburg the first
three weeks in February by the
Home Economics Extension
Agents.
Anyone interested in attend
ing this workshop is requested
to contact Mrs. Frances W. |
Fuller at GY 6-3344.
Details on the time of the i
classes and what equipment to
bring will be announced later.
Recorders
Court Docket
The following cases were dis
posed of In Franklin County Re
corder's Court this week:
John Henry Perry, c/m/36,
speeding. Discharged on pay
ment of costs.
Charlie Harris, c/ip/41, op
erating auto Intoxicated; unlaw
ful possession of whiskey; no
operator's license. Defendant
failed to comply with condition
o( suspension. Committment
to Issue, ,
Cromle Taborn, assault on
female. Nol pros with leave
on payment of costs.
pete Oakley, w/m/27, break
ing and entering; larceny.
Hearing waived; bond set at
$200.00. ?
John prince, w/m/28, break
ing and entering; larceny.
Hearing waived; bond set
at $200.00.
Ronald page Saunders, w/m
19, speeding. $10.00 fine and
costs.
Fred Lawrence, c/m/24, non
support. Nol pros with leave.
Alvin Eugene Harlow, w/m,
speeding. Pleads guilty un
der waiver statute. $10.00
fine and costs.
Dennis Eakes, w/m, careless
and reckless driving. 60 days
In Jail, suspended on payment
of $25.00 fine and costs, by
Feb. 18, 1964.
James Neal, assault on fe
male. Discharged on payment
of costs.
Thomas Johnson. c/m/21,as
sault with deadly weapon. 9Q
days In )all and assigned to
roads, suspended for 6 months
on payment of $50.00 fine and
costs and $44.00 to Perry-Med
ders Clinic and $28.75 to Frank
lin Memorial Hospital, to be
paid Into court by March 17,
1964. ?
Willie Thomas, c/m/17, car
rying concealed weapon. $25.00
fine and costs. Given to March
17, 1964 to pay.
Robert Allen Person, w/m/18,
Discharge pyrotechnics. Nol
pros.
Archie Alston, c/m/24, motor
vehicle violation. To pay costs
by Jan. 28, 1964.
Melvin Green, c/m, larceny of
auto. Not guilty.
Richard Collins, c/m, mur
der. Hearing waived. Defend
ant held for trial in Superior
Court.
Johnnyson Plato Jones, c/m/
39, speeding, pleads guilty un
der waiver statute. $10.00
fine and costs.
Wesley Hamilton Alford, w/
m/16, motor vehicle violation.
To pay costs.
Jack Earp, W/m/19, careless
and reckless driving. $25.00
fine and costs.
Charlie Green, c/m/24,
speeding. 30 days in Jail,
suspended on payment of$ 15.00
fine and costs; to comply by
Feb. 18th.
Linda Lou Foster, w/m/20,
speeding. To pay cost.
Genie Washington, c/m, non
support. Nol pros with leave.
Lewis Richardson, c/m/18,
breaking and entering; larceny.
Bond to Superior Court set at
$1000.00.
Walter Lee Evans, c/m/16,
breaking and entering; larceny.
$1,000.00 bond to Superior
Court.
^Elijah Evans, c/m/21, break
ing Mid entering; larceny.
$1000.00 bond to Superior
Court.
J. T. Bullock, Sr., w/m/53,
murder. Defendant hLM^for
trial In Superior Court undel^
$2,500. bond.
Charlie Lee, c/m/25, motor
vehicle violation. 30 days In
jail, suspended on payment of
$25.00 fine and costs. Given
to March 17 to comply.
Normair Boylon, c/m/21, mo
tor vehicle violation. 30 days
in jail . suspended on payment
of $25.00 fine and costs. Com
pliance bond of $100.00 to
March 17.
Walter Perry, c/m/39, as
sault on female. 90 days In
jail, suspended for 6 months on
payment of costs by March 17,
1964.
Norman Perry, c/m/53, as
sault with deadly weapon. Nol
pros with leave.
Elijah Evans, c/m/21, (2
cases), breaking and entering;
larceny. $ 1000.00 bond to Su
perior court, In each case.
Walter Lee Evans, c/m/16,
[2 cases) breaking and enter
ing; larceny. $1000.00 bond
to Superior Court -In each case.
Lewis Richardson, c/m/ll,
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