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Louisburg, N. C., Tuesday. February 11, 1964
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94th Year-Number 101
Plane Gets New Engine
"Tiny" Shaw, First Class Me
chanic, from the Norfolk Air
Station replaces the propellor
on the Navy plane that landed
last week at New Hope. The
plane, with a new engine in
stalled, was flown out on Satur
day afternoon. -Times Photo.
Navy Plane Leaves New Hope
Safe Take Off From
Rural Road Saturday
The Navy T-28 airplane, that caused hun
dreds of spectators to visit the scene near
l?ew Hopej finally was flown out Saturday
afternoon. The plane had been forced to
land in a rural paved road last Tuesday
noon. Lt. W. M. Westerfelt of the Norfolk
Air Station piloted the craft into the air at
1:20 p.m. Saturday.
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fcngine iruuuic nan
' caused Lt. Ross Ca
faro, from Tampa,
Fla., to land the ship
In a hurry last week. Calaro
and his crewman-passenger
were flown back to Norfolk by
helicopter earlier in the week.
Lt. J. G. Carl Mullens of Wes
ley, Iowa and his crew were
sent to New Hope to Install a
new engine and to make the
plane ready for takeoff.
The crew completed their
work on Friday night and check
ed the plane out as ready to fly.
The takeoff was scheduled for
8 o'clock Saturday morning, but
snow at the Norfolk station
caused a delay. The flight was
rescheduled for 2:30, but the pi
lot arrived by helicopter early
and the takeoff was moved up.
A large' crowd witnessed the
takeoff In a narrow straight
stretch of Highway 1706, and a
number missed the event, when
lt was moved to an earlier time.
The State Highway Patrol
blocked the road and the take off
was uneventful. The pilot dip
ped his wings In salute to the
crowd as he became airborne.
Other crew members' sent
from Norfolk were: "Tiny"
Shaw, First Class Mechanic;
? C. E. Williams, Jr., AE 1 of
Louisville, Ky.; David Dlonne,
Airman from Idaho; John
? Downs, Airman" Apprentice,
Birmingham, Ala. and B. D.
Evans of Buffaloe, N. Y.
The Soviet Note
Washington, D. C.? The So
viet Union delivered a long
note to the United States and
apparently every other coun
try proposing the renuncia
tion of force In all territorial
disputes.
The State Department said its
information was that all coun
tries, Commnnist and non
Communist had received the
Soviet proposal.
The United States has tra
ditionally been wary of all such
proposals. . Washington has
maintained that lt could not re
nounce the use of force in
Europe as long as there exist
ed a danger of aggression
against West Berlin.
Fire And
Rescue Calls
The Loulsburg Rescue Servlc*
was called Thursday afternoon
to aid a Raleigh man on N. C.
Highway 561 a mile east of town.
Clyde Bailey, 42, of 1914Small
wood ' Drive, pulled his late
model car off the road, with
out damage,' as he suffered
a dlebetlc shock. Rescuers
moved him to Franklin Memor
ial Hospital, where he was
treated and released.
The Louisburg Rescue Service
was called out at 9:30 Sunday
morning to the home of Mr.
E. C. Moody on Cedar Street.
Mrs. Bertie Griffin was re
ported to be suffering from an
apparent heart attack. She was
given first aid and moved to
Franklin Memorial Hospital.
The Loulsburg Fire Depart
ment was called out Thursday
around 6 p.m. to the W. V.
Hensley residence, 304 Noble
Tax Listing
Deadline Near
K. A. Braswell, Tax Col
lector for Franklin County, to
day reminded the people of
Franklin County that this is the
last week for listing taxes, with
the final date being Friday, Feb
ruary 14. There will be no ex
tension of the filing deadline
this year.
In order to avoid a penalty,
everyone is urged to list their
taxes before this date.
Bank Holidays
Announced
Harold Talton, vice-president
of First Citizens Bank & Trust
Company, said today that this
bank would be closed all day
on Wednesday, February 12,
In observance of Lincbln's
birthday, but that it would re
main open on February 22,
Washington's birthday.
The holidays are being ob
served in th^ way for the con
venience of the customers of the
bank, so that the bank will
not be- closed for ytwo conse
cutive days.
Street. A space heater had
overheated, but no damage was
reported.
Industrial
Group Attend
Meeting
Three local men attended the
Executive Industrial Develop
ment Conference held In Raleigh
last week. W. J. Benton, In
dustrial Director (or Franklin
County, C. A. Paine, Franklln
ton, Chairman of the Franklin
County Industrial Commission
and J. M. Allen, Jr., a Dlreot
'fci^ln the Lo^lsburg- F ranklUt
County Development Corpora
tion, attended the meeting held
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
The two day meeting was held
to discuss certain aspects of
obtaining Industry to North,
Carolina and was attended tqr
representatives from through
out the state. Benton said, "I
?m sorry that more from our
county could not attend. It
would have been of Interest to
our officials and business men.
It was a most Informative meet
ing."
Subjects discussed at the
meeting were: Industrial Sites,
Prospect Information, Labor
Availability Surveys, Financ
ing, Industrial Education Cen
ters and Working with Pros
pects.
Preyer To Visit
Louisburg ,
Richardson Preyer
Richardson Preyer, Demo
cratic candidate for Governor,
will visit Loulsburg Tuesday,
February 18, on his 100-coun
ty tour of North Carolina. It
will be the fourth week of the
tour.
He will make his appearance
at 4:30 p.m. at the court house
to meet his supporters and to
discuss Informally with the citi
zens of Franklin County his
platform for the Governorship.
Preyer will visit Louisburf
after stops earlier In the day
at Henderson and Warrenton.
Preyer will be the first can
didate to appear In Franklin
County.
iMevo hunn Cafeteria
Shown abo,ve, the new Bunn
Cafeteria, Jilst recently com
pletedata cost of $61,019. The
County Board of Education plans
to build two new cafeterias this
year. One will be built at-Gold
Sand School and the "other at
Riverside School in Louisburg.
-Times Staff Photo.
Alvln Wheeler
Business Asso.
Plans Promotion
The Loulsburg Business As
sociation announced they are
planning a town-wide George
Washington Birthday Promo
tion again this year. In a
meeting held last week, Ray
mond Earl Burnette, President
appointed Clay McBrtde, Tom
House and John Godfrey Chair
men o t the Trade Promotions
Commit***.
Plans for the sales event have
not been announced. Burnette
made other committee appoint
ments for the year with Wal
lace Tlppett and D. R? Saun
ders as Membership Chairmen.
Tom East was named Legisla
tive Committee head;- Robert
Stanlqy, Ch4|rman. Transporta
tion; and J. P. Tltnberlake, Jr.,
was named Finance Chairman.
The Directors agreed to seek
co- sponsorship with vlocal civ
ic club, for a Welcome Wagon
program for Loulsburg.
Harding To Speak
To Democrats Here
Rep. James D. Speed, Chair
man of the Franklin County
Democratic Executive Commit
tee, announced this week that
the Annual Democratic Dinner
will he held on Saturday, March
28. The meeting will be In
the Loulsburg College Cafe
teria.
Edmund H. Harding, the "Tar
Heel Humorist" will be the
Edmund H. Harding
featured speaker. Mr. Hard
ing is from Washington, N. C.
and is known widely for his
story telling and homespun
philosophy. Since 1940 he has
made an average of 160 speec
es a year in all the states ex
cept Hawaii. He has spoken
in Mexico and Canada.
He is a Kentucky Colonel,
an Arkansas Traveler, a Tex
as Ranger, a Tennessee Volun
teer, an officer -In the Con
federate Air Force and an hon
orary chief of the Kiowa Tribe
of Oklahoma Indians. Gover
nor Terry Sanford.has appoint
ed him North Carolina's Am
bassador of Good Goodwill, an
appointment he has held under
seven N. C. Governors.
Speed announced that tickets
for the dinner will go on sale
February 20th and remain
available through March 20th.
Tickets ? may be purchased
from any precinct chairman.
The meeting was moved to
the college cafeteria in order
to accommodate the expected
lncres&ed crowds. Jbe An
nual Meeting has grown in popu
larity in *the past few years
and this is expected to be the
largest.
To Build Cafeterias
Warren W. Smith, Superin
tendent of Schools, announced
this week that (he Franklin
County Board of Education
plans to build two new cafe
terias this year. Final plans
tor a new cafeteria at Gold
Sand School have been drawn
and preliminary plans for the
Riverside cafeteria have been
approved.
The Board built a new unit
at Bunn last year at a cost of
$61,019. The new building at
Gold Sand Is to be located
north of the present cafeteria
site. The final working plans
have been completed, and work
t? now underway on final speci
fications. When the specifica
tions are completed, they will
go to the Department of School
House Planning In Raleigh for
the State Department's approv
al.
Architect Ralph Reeves, of
Hollaway-Reeves Architects,
Raleigh, has said he hopes to
have the Gold Sand plans ready
for the Board's final approval
by their March or April meet
ing. After final approval by
the County Board of Education,
bids will ba taken On the pro
ject.
The Riverside preliminary
plans have been approved by the
Riverside Advisory Committee,
the Loulsburg District Commit
tee and the County Board of Edu
cation. Work Is now underway
on final plans for this building.
Smith said he expected both
buildings to be ready for use by
the end of the year.
' ?
Deliberates 22 Minutes
In Reaching Verdict
A verdict of "No.t Guilty" was returned
by the jtfr-y Friday night in Franklin C.otinty
Superior Court, in the case of Alvin Wheel
er, 41-year-Old Fr'anklinton man, pharged
with the death of his brother-in-law.
The murder trial haa
taken most of the
week of criminal
court, In the. selection of the
jurors from a special ve
nire and the presentation of
evidence. It took the twelve
mart Jury Just 22 minutes to
return their 'verdict.
Wheeler had been charged with
first degree murder In the May
6, 1962 shooting of Matthew C.
Askew, 40, of Frankllnton. As
kew and Wheeler married sis
ters. The shooting, occurred
in the middle of th0 street In
front of Wheeler's home. The
state had contended that it was
intentional. The defense de
clared It was an accident.
Askew was shot In the left
chest by a .38 caliber pistol
accidentally, when Wheeler
knocked a shotgun Askew was
holding to the ground, according
to defense fitnesses. The blow
a&alnst the shotgun caused the
plstotHo fire, they said. As
kew was ^ad on arrival at
Franklin Mem^ri^J Hospital.
The State present^ twenty
four witnesses and de
fense presented 13 plus sev
eral character witnesses. Su
perior Court Judge Henry A.
McKlnnon, Jr., of Lumberton
presided.
: The State rested Its case at
4:45 Friday afternoon and
Judge McKlnnon granted a
five minute break to the Jur
ors. After the period, Judge
McKlnnon charged the Jury with
six verdicts that they were to
consider; First Degree, First
Degree with Mercy, Second De
gree, Voluntary Manslaughter,
Involuntary Manslaughter and
Not Guilty.
The case had caused wide
spread interest, with the court
room filled every day.. Many
students attended the trial as
part of their studies. The
Jury had been kept in a local
motel overnight throughout the
time.
Solicitor William G. Rans
dell headed the prosecution with
local attorney John F. Matthews
assisting. Attorneys W. L.
Lumpkin and Hill Yarborough
represented the defense.
Askew was an employee of
Home Oil Co. In Loulsburg
prior to his death. Askew
and Wheeler lived across .the
street from each other in
Frankllnton. Witnesses said
the trouble started when As
kew came to the Wheeler home
on that* Sunday afternoon
threatening Wheeler's life.
Youngsville
Gets New
Fire House
The new $12,000 Youngsville
Fire Station and Town Hall Is
nearlng Completion and the Fire
Department has moved their
equipment Into the new home.
Fire Chief J. T. Allen said the
No. 2 Tanker would remain on
the west side of- the railroad
tracks white the new truck and
tanker will be stationed In the .
new building.
The 50 x 50 foot building,
i when completed will house the
Town offices as well as the
Fire Department. Youngs
ville* department is volunteer
and has 2?*ctlve members. The
Town peopl^ .yoted a $7,000
bond issue last to
finance the new struct tire.
Suppers, shqws and local con
tributions are expected to raise
the necessary funds to complete
the project. The firemen re
ceive their town license tags
free each year, as their only
pay for their services.
The Fire Department will be
housed In a 30 x 50 section of
the building with the Mayor's
office and Police Department
In the other section.
Light Snow
A light snow fell over the
county early Saturday morn
ing. The precipitation started
around 2:30 a.m. and left less
than an inch of covering. Most
of it was gone by noon, as a
bright sun came out to warm
the ground.
Escape Attempt Discovered
Louisburg Police Chief William Dement is I
shown, pointing to the hole whittled out with
the leg of a cot, discovered last Saturday
night at the Franklin County Jail. Garland
McGriger, 40-year-old Negro prisoner, had
attempted to cut his way out of the Jail. He
also had attempted to bore around the lock.
McGriger is being held on five counts of
breaking apd entering and larceny.
-Times Staff Photo.