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Louisburg, N C., Thursday, February 6. 1964
(Eight Pages Today)
94th Year? Number 100
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iYarv Plane Lands
In County Road
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Leap For Freedom Scene
The arrow points to the path followed by
Earl Thomas Hoyle 32 year old white pris
oner, as he leaped from the second story
window of the Franklin County Court House
Tuesday. He was immediately captured by
local police officers. - Times Staff Photo.
Escapee Recaptured
Earl Thomas Hoyle, 32 year
old white prisoner, Jumped to
freedom Tuesday afternoon,
while awaiting trial for break
ing and entering and larceny.
noyl*-Tii?rtr-lrtr temp fruiu-thr
second story window of the
Franklin County Court house.
Louisburg police officers Earl
Tharrington and Gerald Eury
captured the escapee a short
time later near Louisburg Mil
ling Company on Tar River.
The Sheriff's department also
aided in the capture.
Hoyle had been returned here
from Forsythe County to face
trial for breaking into the
D. E. Lane Store on January 2,
1 964. He also has three charges
to face in Vance County and two
in Forsythe for tl?e same of
fenses.
Superior ?ourt Judge Henry
A. McKlnnon, of Lumberton,
presiding over the current term
of Criminal Court sentenced
Ho.yle to two to five years on
the breaking and entering, lar
ceny charges. The prisoner
was moved Yuesday night to
State Hospital in Raleigh for
examination. No additional
charges were filed in connec
tion with the attempted escape.
Firemen End
Training Course
' Members of Louisburg Fire
| Company have completed a
course in "Forcible Entry and
; Ventilation," under the in
struction of Mr. Elwood Inscoe
of the North Carolina Insurance
Department. Included in the
I course was class instruction,
'films and discussion periods. !
I Since the department was un
, able to obtain a building to burn
as a part of this instruction,
the Department held a ladder
drill at the Rescue head
(quarters, consisting of ai study
of the types of ladders, and the
practical use of these ladders.
A total of 241 hours was
recorded for the Fire Depart
ment and Rescue Unit, with
eleven members receiving
cards for attending all four
nights, in addition to four mem
bers of the Rescue Unit who are
not also members of the Fire
Company.
Those receiving cards were:
Joe E. Edwards, Nelson Foster,
Wyatt Freeman, Grey Moon, Joe
Perry, Karl Pernell,R.G. Per
son, Jr., V. A. Peoples, W. J.
Shearln, Jr., M. G. Wilder,
Maurice Wynne, Dean Holton,
Joe Shearln, Glenn Murphy and
Bryant Best.
The department noted that this
training paid off In the recent
fire, for the section of town
south of the River Bridge was
brought up and thoroughly dis
cussed during the training.
In keeping with the training
program, a class on "Equip
ment" was held on Monday
night. W. D. Morton, Training
Officer, says that he is making
arrangements for an additional
training course which will start
in March. This instruction will
come from the Wilson County
Technical Institute, and Is en
dorsed by the State Department
of Education.
Wheeler Murder Trial Opens
The State will continue Its
questioning of a key witness
today In the first degree mur
der trial of a 41 year-old Frank
llnton man. Alvln Wheeler, a
pulpwood dealer, is being tried
In the May 6, 1962 slaying of
his brother-in-law, Matthew C.
Askew In Frankllnton.
The major part of this sessfon '
of Superior Court with Judge
Henry A. McKlnnon, Jr., of
Lumberton presidiqg, has been
taken up with the selection of
twelve jurors and an alternate.
The juror selection was com
pleted around 3:45 Wednesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Myrtle Falkner, a neigh
bor of both Wheeler and Askew,
reportedly witnessed the shoot
ing from her porch two doors
away. Solicitor William G.
Ransdell, Jr., and Attorney John
F. Matthews began the State's
presentation of evidence yes
terday around four o'clock.
The shooting took place on a
Sunday afternoon In front of
the homes of the deceased and
the accused. Both men were
marriid' to sisters. Askew
was dead on arrival' at Franklih
Memorial of a .38 calllber bull
let wound In the left chest.
Wheeler has been free under
$15,000 bond since the Inci
dent. He is represented by
Loulsburg Attorneys W, L,
Lumpkin and Hill Yarborough.
The Jury was housed In a lo
Rescue Call
The Loulsburg Rescue Serv
ice answered a call at Louls
burg College Tuesday around
7:30 to aid a student who had
suffered a knee Injury. Ron
ald George Foley 19, of Ta
bor City, N. C., injured his
left knee playing basketball.
The Rescue Squad transport
ed him to Franklin M?morial
Hospital where he was admit
ted with a possible fracture.
cal motel Wednesday night.
Members of the Jury-are: Roy
T. Kemp; T. S. y<VUder; C. E.
Pearce; L W. Beddlngf leld; .W.
C. House; William T, Finch;
John L. Splvey; Rufus Place;
M. G. Gilliam; Jimmy Webb;
Will Davis; Thomas Foster and
Forest Harper, Jr. is alternate.
The trial Is expected to extend
through the remainder of the
term.
Board Approves
N. C. Fund Plan
The Franklin County Board of
Commissioners adopted the
Franklin County Program for
the North Carolina Fund In
their meeting Monday. Mrs.
Margaret W. Holmes, Chair
man of the Franklin County
Committee presented a detailed
plan for the Commissioner's
approval.
The Nortl^C arolina Fund is1
an organization set up by Gov
ernot Terry Sanford in. ^n ef
fort to fight poverty in the state. '
Mrs. Holmes had presented the
plan at an earlier meeting of
the Commissioners, but action
was delayed until Monday.
v^The plan now goes to Fond
Headquarters in Durham. It
will be screened by the State
Committee, along with plans
from other counties. From
these, the best ten plans
i'ill be chosen.
The text of the Franklin Coun
ty Plan follows:
1. Need
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Franklin County is basically a
rural county depending upon an
agricultural economy that re
ceives its main income from
one crop- -tobacco. The av
erage Income, is $2,366 per
family, which Is approximately
$700 per family less than the
average family income InNorth
Carolina. There arp 2836
families In Franklin County with
an Income of less than $3,600.
Mrs. Margaret W. Holmes
There are only 26 counties In
the state that have a lower per
capita Income than Franklin
County, which was $1,165 in
1962.
The Median yearsof schooling
for adults 25 years of age and
over In 1960 was 7.8. In that
year there were 348 or 29% of
the 16-17 year olds In Franklin.
County who were not enrolled In
schools. These people do not
have the skills to go out and
find employment In a society
that Is already filled with un
skilled laborers. Since most
of the work In the county Is
(See FUND Page 8)
Plane Lands At New Hope
A Navy T-28 Single Engine
plane sits, moored, in the Billy
Denton yard on Louisburg Rt. 1
near New Hope. The plane land
ed on highway 1708 in front of
th^ Denton residence shortly
after noon Tuesday. - Times
Staff Photo,
Pilot Says:
"I'd Rather Be Here . .
Till- lively young man said,
"I'd rather be here than over
there," as he pointed to a lo
cal funeral home across the
street. Standing In front of
the motel and talking with him,
one knew that here was a maa
the fates had shown on this day.
He was Lieutenant Ross Cs
faro 32 years old from Tampa,
Fla., and he had Just recently
met death head on and had wun
the skirmish. Beside him stood
a rather quiet, reserved young
man who had been a passenger
In the T-28 Navy plane that had
been forced to land In a road
near New Hope. Fred Fischer,
25, from East Liverpool, Ohio,
was glad to be alive, even If he
had trouble expressing It.
Their nervousness was appar
ent. They posed with an air of
nonchalance, for a pretty young
television camera woman. They
made jokes. The older one, a
sailor in the true sense, told
the pretty young woman, "I
certainly am glad we landed
here, so I could meet you."
The young lady smiled, wished
them luck, as If they needed It,
and asked the direct Ions to Dur
ham from this reporter.
It was a bright, beautiful day,
and all was well with these two
sailors. But, now, they were
thinking of routine things.
"Where do we eat," asked one.
We loaded them in our very
noisy Ford and took them to a
local restaurant. "Do you have
any money?" we asked.
"Plenty,'' was their reply.
They had little trouble with the
menu. ?
"Is this a mild winter for this
section of the country?" Cafaro
Inquired. We said, "No, it's
always beautiful In Loulsburg."
He didn't really fall for It. But,
he did agree that today was a
very special day.
We told the Lieutenant, "That
was a mighty pretty piece of
country flying you did." "Oh," i
he said, "It wasn't much. The
only worry I had was that I'd I
meet a - car coming over the i
hill." Come to think of It,
that would have been bad,# a 1
Two Lucky Sailors
Pictured above, the two Navy flyers that
safely landed their T-28 Navy two seater in
Franklin c6unty Tuesday afternoon. Left,
Crewman Fred Fischer 25, from East
Liverpool, Ohio and Lt. Ross Cafaro 32,
Norfolk Air Station to Pensacola, Fla.
, - Times Staff Photo.
car-airplane collision. The
shock of meeting an airplane
In the middle of the road -would
have been fatal.
"I think they'll come for Us |
tomorrow. I have to fly one
to Minnesota next." We could
not help expressing our dis
belief that he would, so soon,
be ready to fly again, and we
said so. "Going to hit it first
thing, when I get back," Cafaro ;
said. "Been flying for 12;
years. I'll continue it." It j
seemed no more to this young r
man to go back to flying than
if he were a clerk at the corn
er store.
tli Norfolk. The >
airplane remains, parked in the :
yard of a kindly man in New '
Hope. What the Navy wiil !
now. Back to
choose to do with it is not
known. They may disassemble
it and truck it away. They
may, as the Lieutenant sug
gested, fly it out. If they do,
we know of no better candi
date for the job than Lt. Ross
Cafaro. If "intestinal forti
tude" was a penny an ounce,
he'd be a millionaire.
We said goodbye to these new
.ly made friends. And even
though we didn't feel they really
needed it, we wished them luck.
Night was coming on and they
had a choice of a local mov
ie, a local high* school basket
ball game or television in their
room. They said they'?d take
the latter. We had the feeling
they'd rehash their incidents of
this day apd utter a silent pray
er of thankfulness and go to bed.
Local Merchants To Give $100
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The Mystery Merchant Sales
Promotion has passed the half
way point and the public has
three more weeks In which to
register for a $100 top prize.
The eight-week town-wide pro
motion Is sponsored by The
Franklin Times and seventeen
progressive merchants.
A gre^t deal of Interest has
been shown In the weekly sil
hoyetl^s #that appear In each
Tuesday's Issue of The Frank
lin Times. Persons Identify
ing the merchant In the sll
I houette can win from two to
! five dollars. There have been
winn&rs every week.
All seventeen businesses have
In their stores a Registration
Box and they urge their cus
tomers to come in and regis
ter each day. The drawing
for the Grand Prize of $100 in
merchandise will be held at
the end of the promotion. ?
You'll find Registration Boxes j
in each of the following busi
nesses: Johnson Cotton Co.,
Loulsburg Tire & Recapping
Co., Midway Food Store, Ben- i
ton Furniture Co., Pleasant' s 1
Drug Store, McKinne's Sea- 1
board Stores, Inc., Home
Furniture Co., To *n 'N Cam- <
pus, Mullen's Dep>. Store, 1
Hose's 5 & 10, IGA Super 1
Market, Pope's, Inc., Louis
burg Motors, Stewart's Jewel
ers, Economy Auto Supply,
Quality Furniture & Appliance ,
Co. and First Citizens Bank
and Trust Co. See the ad
vertisements of each of these 1
merchants in Tuesday's Is- 1
A Navy T-28 single engine airplane, made
a forced landing in the middle of rural high
way 1708 near New Hope Tuesday afternoon.
Lieutenant Ross Cafaro, flying out of the
Norfolk Naval Station, reported that engine
trouble forced him to land.
Mental Health
Council To
Be Formed
Franklin County citizens who
are interested in the advance
ment of mental health are urged
to join a Franklin County Men
tal Health Planning Council,
currently being formed.
The Planning Staff of the North
Carolina Nleutal Health Coun
cil, working through State re
presentatives to the Council,
has requested the formation of
the County Planning Council.
Those who have been asked to
form the nucleus of the .local
group include:
Dr. John T. Lloyd, represent
ing the County Medical Society;
Norwood E. Faulkner, Board of
County Commissioners; War
ren W. Smith, Superintendent of
Schools; Dr. J. B. Wheless,
Health Director; Mrs. Jane M.
York, Superintendent of Public
Welfare.
Councils are being formed in
all 100 counties of North Caro
lina as part of a planning ef
fort financed from State and
Federal sources, its aim Is to
develop a coordinated, compre
hensive plan to meet North
Carolina's present and future
mental health needs. The In
vestigations and recommenda
tions of the County Qounclls will
be communicated to the State
level Planning Staff to provide
basic components of the state
wide plan being developed.
C re wm ah Fred Fischer said
the plane was losing power and
the sump indicator light warned
of, metal In the oil. One spec
tator/ reported having seen
flames coming from the en
gine.
The plane was on Its way
to Pensacola, Florida for a
complete overhaul when it made
the unexpected stop at New
Hope. Cafaro said he planned
to begin his' landing at an In
tersection, which would have
given plenty of straight road
for a runway. His plan had
to be quickly 'altered when a
truck loaded with pulpwood pull
ed into his path. The engine
was quickly " reved up" so as
to miss the* truck and the ac
tual lauding took place on a
curve and slight hill.
Cafaro is from Tampa, Flori
da and Fischer is from East
Liverpool, Ohio. Local resi
dents carried them to a near
by store, from which they call
ed their base. The State High
way Patrol brought them into
Louisburg and registered them
at a local motel.
The pilot said he thought the
Navy would send for them and
that the plane would be repair
ed where it sits. He also re
ported that it would probably be
flown out, using the same paved
road runway he . had used to
bring it in.
The plane landed a short dis
tance from the home of Mr.
Billy Denton, Louisburg, Route
1, and was taxied into the Den
ton yard and moored. The land
ing took place arourid 12:30
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Clayton Named
Schools Supervisor
Mrs. Mamie Beam Clayton,
Loulsburg High School English
teacher, has assumed her duties
as Franklin County High School
Supervisor. Mrs. Clayton had
been appointed by the Franklin
County Board of Education sev
eral months ago, to fill the
vacancy caused by the pro
motion of Mrs. Margaret
Wt Holmes to Director of In
struction.
Mrs. Clayton is a native of
Mrs. Mamie Beam Clayton
Prize
sue of The Franklin Times
tor their Specials of the
Week.
Join the game. See If you
:an guess the weekly Mystery
Merchants and register dally
n all the stores.
Few men who possess a mo
nopoly believe too strongly In
the advantages of competition.
You can't make driving safe
tor everybody but you can al
most make It safe for yourself.
Franklin County, and Is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. M.
Beam of Louisburg.
She was graduated from Mills
High School, attended Louisburg
College, and received an A. B.
degree from Converse College.
Mrs. Clayton holds an M.Ed,
degree from the University of
Michigan. For the past two
summers she has done graduate
work in the English Department
of Duke University, having at
tended the English Institute in
1962.
Her teaching experience in
cludes work in the schools of
Nash ajd Wake Counties and
Oxford, High Point, knd Rox
boro. During World War n she
did recreational work with the
army and for three years served
as director of service clubs
with the U. S. Army of Oc
cupation in Germany.
Since her return to Franklin
County in 1959, Mrs. Clayton
has. taught English in the Lou
isburg High School. She is act
ive in the Alumni Association
of Louisburg College, hiving
recently served as President
of the organization. A member
of the Louisburg Baptist Church
she is currently on its Board
of Deacons arid is teacher of
the Berean Sunday School Class.
She also belongs to the local
chapter of the American As
sociation of University Women,
League of Women Voters, and
Delta Kappa Gamma.
Bloodshed
Boxscore
Raleigh?The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary ot traf
fic deaths through 10:00 Mon
day, February 3:
KILLED TO DATE 116
KILLED TO DATE
LAST YEAR 105