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V Weather Mostly cloudy with scattered rain likely late today. Not quite as cold. Friday, clearing and cold. High today, 55, low 28. The Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Times Win $100.00 Register every day for Mys tery Merchant Grand Prize. Se rving All Of Franklin County Tel. GY 6-3283 Five Cents Louisburg. N. C.. Thursday February 13. 1964 (Ten Pages Today) 94th Year? Number 102 Transformers Being Readied Shown above are the three Transformers on loan from Carolina Power & Light Co. for massive Switch Over to 4160 volts in Louisburg Sunday. Pictured, left to right are: George Dennis, General Super intendent of Public Utilities; Harold Foster, Electric Dept. Supt.; William Davis and Bobby Gilliam, Electric Dept. em ployees. -Times Staff Photo. Vandals, Break-Ins Hit County Plate Glass Windows Broken In Several Stores Vandalism, attempted break-ins, and break-ins over the past week have kept the Franklin County Sheriff's Department on the run. A number of plate glass windows were broken in widely scattered areas of the county. Two break-ins are being investi gated at Wood and an attempted break-In is being investigated at Franklinton. The Sheriff's De- c partment reported J that vandals broke store front windows s last Thursday night a at the Elmo Cash 8 Service Station and \ Whitaker's Store on Highway 401 South. A window was broken at Mapleville store and thieves entered the Linwood- Gupton u Store at Wood the samfe night. Last Friday night, would-be burglars did considerable dam age to the back door of the Piggly Wlggly Super Market In Frankllnton. Sheriff's De- - puty "Hoot" Gibson said he i felt the prowlers were scared f off before they could complete J their entry into the store. The F. A. Read Store at Wood ? was broken into Saturday night ? and it was reported that anoth- I er store in the vicinity was al- I so entered. There was no re- ? port on the losses in any of the a robberies. ~ I The assault continued Sunday night, with a broken plate glass - window in the front of Midway Food Store on South Main Street lp Loulsburg. There have been no reports of Incidents this week. At least one witness j saw a car speed away after hearing the glass break in one of the store fronts. Mrs. El- 1 mo Cash viewed the speeding Locals Take Plane Ride ' Two Loulsbtirg men and their wives were guests of a meat packing company Wednesday In an airplane flight over Eastern North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Burnette and Mr. and Mrs. Wade Foster were among the seventy meat buyers and newsmen that rode the Con tinental DC-7 on the flight. The plane took off from Raleigh-Durham Airport at 7 p.m. The flight covered Golds boro, Wilmington, Wrlghtsvllle and Carolina Beaches. The flight ended when the plane landed at Raleigh at 8:30. The meat packing firm served a new ham product as the dinner meal on the flight. The trip was made to promote the pro duct. ar from an upstairs window in ter combination store and dwel ing on the Raleigh Road. The Sheriffs Department has some of the pieces of cement ind rock that was used in the ;lass breaking. They are con inuing their investigation. Deadline Extended The deadline for the use of 1963 license plates wi^lbe mid night Monday, February 17, 1964. The Department of Motor Ve hicles said plates normally ex pire at midnight on February 15, but in view of the fact that February 15 this year falls on Saturday when many banks and license issuance offices are closed, vehicle owners may continue to use their 1963 North Carolina license until midnight Monday, February 17. Soon There Will Be Three Pictured above, left, is the ris ing structure of the new Wel fare Department Office Build ing being built at the intersec tion of Bickett Blvd. and Hi&h way 56. In the middle is the County Health Center,, erected in 1952, and right, the County Education Office, built in 1962. -Times Staff PhotoT* Work Progresses On New ? Welfare Office Building Here H The Franklin County Welfare ifflce Building Is under con turctlon along side two other lounty building at the inter ection of Blckett Blvd. and [lghway 56 in Loulsburg. The ew building, expected to be Inlshed In the near future will ost a total of ?40, 132.66. Of his amount the County is Gett 'i Is amount the County Is get Ing 121,850.00 from Federal 'unda. The completion of the Welfare luildlng will mark the wltness ng of a long range plan set up y the County Commissioners several years ago. The plan called (or the erection of a health center, county school offices and the welfare offices on the hill overlooking the Inter section, The land was pur chased In 1952 for this purpose. The County Health Center was built in 1952 at a cost of $38,218, and has been In use since that time. In 1962 the County Board of Education i office building was built. A Special tax levy was added to the budget over a period of several years to gather funds for the Education Building. It was built by local contractors at a cost of $18,689.30 plus plumbing and heating, which made the cost Just over $20,000. The new Welfare Building is being built by General Con tractors, Clancey and Theys of Raleigh. Heating, plumbing, and electric are under separate contracts. The Health Center was built In 1952 \>y John W. Seymour, Contractor of Ra leigh. Fred Ramey, Contractor of Frankllnton built the Ed ucation Building In 1962. Con tracts for all three buildings were let to the lowest bidder. Louisburg Power Switch Over Sunday - Electric Current Oft Entire Area To Be Affected : Plans Call For One To Two Hour Cut Off Through Day Electric power will be cut off in the entire Louisburg area on Sunday, February 16. The current will be off for periods of one to two hours in various sections throughout the the day. This^Hs due to the long awaited Switch Over town officials have been plan ning for the past twelve months. Actual work in preparation of the change has been going on for the past six weeks. Weeks and Andrews Construction Company, Contractors of Asheboro, N. C. have had crews stringing new wire throughout the town service system. The Switch Over is i from the present 2400 L. Studying Switch Over Plans Town Administrator^ E. S. Ford, looks over the plans for Power Shut Off in the Louisburg area Sunday. The entire area will be, affected, with current being cut off, in different areas throughout the day. -Times Staff Photo. More Money Spent For Food, Cars Fra..klln County was a strong market in the last fiscal year, with a level of income and spending that was well above that of previous years. The rise is credited to local consumers, who gave business a big push forward with their Increased purchases of goods and services. The restraints under which they had been holding them selves for some time all but disappeared. Not only did they spend a larger proportion of their current income in local retail stores for cars, home furnishings, food and other -commodities, but they took an 1 added Installment debt in con nection with purchases of big ticket items, a sign of their confidence in the economy. The facts and figures are contained in the new market survey released by the Stand ard Rate and Data Service. It indicates just how people in each area of the country ap portioned their retain dollar during the fiscal year. In Franklin County, it shows, a large part of the dollar was used to buy cars, other auto i motive equipment and food. They accounted for 54 percent Ltitf , all retail spending locally. Combined "sales of these pro I ducts in the year amounted to $9,499,000. as against the pre vious year's $8,559,000. Some $3, 60S, 000 of the total was garnered by stores selling OES To Meet William a Barrow Chapter No. 39, OES, *111 hold a regu lar meeting In the Masonic Temple on Jolly Street on Tues day, February 18, at 7:J0 p.m. All members are urged to at tend. The Coupon Chairman requests that all coupons be turned i? n uils time. food for home consumption. Another $4,469,000 went for purchases of new and used cars, motorcycles, boats and other automotive equipment. An additional $1,422,000 was spent in gas service stations. Good business was also re- ^ ported locally for most other retail lines. Sales of general merchandise, in department stores and varie ty stores, came to $3,380,000 in the year* Apparel shops, defined as those specializing in articles for personal wear, grossed $871,000. Sales of home furnishings, which include furniture, house hold appliances and other equip ment, totaled $428,000. Drug store sales amounted to $579,000. The grand total for the fiscal year, taking into account all re tail establishments in Franklin County, was $17,747,000, an in crease over the p^ior year's $15,966,000. It was at the rate of $2,543 per local household, which com pares with the $2,287 rate of the year before. - f Preyer Speaks In Armory Judge L. Richardson Preyer, Gubernatorial Candidate, will speak In the Loolsburg Armory on his visit to Loulsburg on Feb ruary 18. It had been pre viously announced the candi date would appear at the Court , House. The time of his speech < will be 4:30. He will appear . under the auspices of the Frank- ' lin County Democrats for Prey- ' er Committee. 1 volt Delta System to the new 4160 volt WYE System. Ac cording to town offi cial&^thjs will result in a 75'Ji line capacity, increase ai*4 will ease the overloaded condition that has ex isted for some time. Town Administrator, E. S. Ford, emphasized the fact that while careful plans have been made to hold the current shut off time to a minimum, that In a Job as large and .complicat ed as this, it is possible that service could be off for a long er period of time than announc ed. ??The Switch Over is neces sary to increase the line ca pacity," Ford said. "Many homes were not getting enough current to properly operate certain appliances. 2400 volts would not carry the load, and it had to t>e stepped up to 4160 in order to better serve the cus tomer and to help carry the. load increase due to the growth of the town," he added. Carolina Power and Light Co. will make their change over early Sunday morning at the town substation. They have loaned the town three trans formers, to be used during the operation, so that not more than one circuit will be off at the same time. (See SWITCH Page 5) Electric current will be off Friday afternoon beginning at 3 p. in. for an hour and a half in some /sections of L??ttisburg, according to an announcement by Town Administrator E. S. Ford. The shut off of power on Friday is in connection with the- massive Switch Over that is to take place Sunday. Areas effected in Friday's cut off are: From Nach St? South on BicketfBlvd. on Highway 56, including Shannon Villiage ^and Pruitt town. Electricity Is Stimulant To Economy Electricity, only a fledgling 50 years ago, today plays a lead role In the drama of helping America remain the strongest economic power in the world. I The Importance of the elec tric Industry as a prime mov er behind the national, state and local economy Is empha sized In a report this week from Carolina Power & Light (Company In connection with Na tional Electrical Week. ? ?Power Industry records con tinue to tumble as the demand for electricity soars; and our Industry has geared Itself to meet the challenge," saysE. P. nazemor*. Manager for CP&L I In Henderson. He reported that use of elec ? trlcity III the American home just year reached a new high, land noted that CP&L custom ers use more electricity and pay less for it than the nation al average. CP&L's residential custom ers last year used an average of 5,064 Kilowatt-hours at an average rate of 1.B4 cents per j kilowatt -hour. This tops the national average of 4,465 kll owatt-liours, but the average price paid by CP&L customers was 22 per cent less. Pointing up the lni|iact of CP&L. operations on the local economy, Bazemore said there were 69 CP&L employees In the company's district, of which Henderson is a part. . They brought $423,417. In payroll to the region last year. Total payrolls for CP&L's 2,200 em ployees In 1903 were In ex cess of $13 million. CP&L last yecr paid $145,209. In real and personal property taxes to towns and counties In the district. Like most other electric companies across the nation, It is one of the econom ic community's largest tax payers. Aside from payrolls and tax revenues, CP&L helped attract $5,685,000. in new and expand ed industrial plant Investment to the district over the past year. Its' full-time industrial development staff worked with local and state groups to cre ate more than $103 million In new industrial Investment for the two-state region it serves. Talents of Its area develop ment, sales, home service, ad vertising and other specialists are offered by CP&L as a pub lic service to the 350 commu nities in its territory. The nation's electric Industry spent about $3.3 billion for new plant and equipment last year, creating a total plant Invest ment of $54 billion to produce a trilllan kilowatt-hours of en ergy. CP&L's plant Investment Stood at $440 million at the end of 1963, and it will spend (See ELECTRICITY Page 5) Louisburg Snotc Scene The second light snow within a week cov sred the ground throughout the County ruesday night. Less than an inch fell and much was gone by Wednesday morning. Soads were hazardous, however, on Tues Jay night. -Times' Staff Photo
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