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% ) Weather K>rm with chance of widely scattered thundershowers today and Friday. Low today, 67; high, 87. T?l 0V 6-3283 Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Times Serving Alt Of Franklin County Five Cants Louisburg. N. C-. Thursday. July 2. 1964 (Twelve Pages Today) Comment Not knowing the answer Is only half as hard as admitting not knowing It. 96th Ytir-JJumbtr 38 LEFT SIDE ELEVATIOU ncoUT E.UE.VATIOM k m New Plant Sketch - Plan Kickoff Breakfast To i Raise $85,000 Bids. Fund 4 A Klckoff Breakfast will be held Friday morning (or the purpose of raising the $85,000 of local money needed for the building the new aluminum fur niture plant here. W. J. Benton, Industrial De velopment Director, In an nouncing the Breakfast, said about forty to fifty people will be asked to attend and assist In raising the local money. He said, "With the splendid co operation exhibited by local citizens the goal of $84,000 should be reached In less than a week." The Klckoff Breakfast will be . Man Charged In Wife Death Johnnie Coppedge, 62 year old Cedar Rock Negro has been charged with assualt In his charged with assualt on his wife, Fronle Coppedge. The woman was dead on arrival at Franklin Memorial Hospital last Monday afternoon. Frank lin County Sheriffs Department ordered an autopsy performed to determine the cause of death. The woman was reportedly struck by her husband around 4 p.m. Monday at their home on Rt. 4, Loulsburg and died shortly thereafter. The autopsy was ordered to determine whether the blow caused her death. DepdtyT Dave Batton said It would Be several days before the autopsy report would be received and that Coppedge was being charged with assault until further disposition of the case Is made. held at 7:30 Friday morning in the Louis burg College Cafe teria. Benton said that a poster would be Issued to eaqh firm or' individual making a pledge with the wording, "We have pledged to the future of Frank lin County by subscribing to funds for the new furniture plant." Pledge forms may be obtained and turned In at the following places: First Citizens Bank L Trust Co.; Industrial Develop ment Office and The Franklin Times. Rev. W. M. Latta To Move To Durham Rev. W. M. Latta Rev. William M. Latta, Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church here since 1951, has announced his acceptance of a position In tXirham, N. C. Rev. Latta will become Rector of St. An drews Episcopal Church and Executive Secretary of the De partment of Missions. Lafta, a native of Wilmington, came* to Louisburg In September of 1951 from Erwln, N? C. He served In World War II, with 2 1/2 years overseas service. He has been a member of the Louis bur g Volunteer Fire De partment since 1951, was Chap lin of the Artillery Battalion, 30th Division here for six years, retiring In 1962. He served on the Loulsburg District School Committee for six years, and as Chairman of the committee for one year. He was a member of the Loulsburg Rotary Club for several years. He has served as a Member of the Executive Council of the Diocese, Dean of Clerlcus and has been President of Convocation of Raleigh, all church connected positions held while Rector here. Irf making his announcement, Latta said, "We have enjoyed living In Loulsburg very much. We are going to miss all our friends here, many that we love, but we feel It best for the parish since we are spending so much time on Missions work for Bis hop Thomas A. Frailer. We feel this is fairest for everyone." Hope springs eternal In the hearts of those who have eternal hope. Firemen Get Training The Lpulsburg Volunteer,, Fire Departm6nf Is shown above re ceiving instruction from Hen derson Fi/e Chief Roy Gupton as pant of their training pro gram. The scene on Allen Lane shows, left to right. Nelson' Fos ter, Gray Moon, Chief W. J. Shearln, Gupton, James John son and M. G. Wilder. A leading aluminum furniture manufacturing plant. wiA a payroll of over $1 million, is scheduled to locate inLouisburg, according to an announcement made? We/nesday night by W. J. Benton. Franklin County Indus trial Development Director. / ' The Franklin Building Corporation, a local non-pr/fit organization, signed a lease with Gay Products Inc of Clearwater Fla. late Wednesday afternoon in ttic law offices of Yarborough and Jolly. The slgnine'cul mtnated eftorts made by local industry officials tl^t began in early May. when Gay Products. Inc officials . Signing Lease Pictured above, top photo, are principles signing, Wednesday afternoon, of agree ment which is to bring the new $1 million payroll industry to Louisburg. Left to right, Standing: Don Meyers, Comptroller and Vice President, Gay Products, Inc.; W. J. Benton, Franklin County Industrial Develop ment Director; aad E. F. YarbOrough, at torney for the Franklin Building Corp. Seated, left to right, H. H. Baskin, Jr., Secretary of Gay Products; J. Harold Tal ton. President of the. local organizatlon;,and Roy' A. Workman, Jr., President of the Clearwater, Fla., firm. -Times Photo. Hearings On Mood control A public hearing on flood con trol and related purposes as related to the Tar River will be conducted by the District Engineer, U. S. Army Engi neer District, at the Rocky Mount Senior High School audi torium on Saturday, August 1, 1964, at 10:30 a.m. The Dis trict Engineer has been direct ed to make Investigation of re servoir projects, clearing and snagging, and any other local projects for flood protection, water supply, water quality con trol, hydraulic electric power, and recreation. Miss Louisburg To Get Send-Off Miss Sandra Wright Goswick, the 17-year-old beauty that was named "Miss Loulsburg" In the recent Jaycee Pageant, will be given a "send-off next Tues day morning, as she leaves for the North Carolfha Pageant In Raleigh. The Loulsburg Jaycees will sponsor the "send-off" from the local radio station at 10 a.m. Tuesday, according to Ralph .Knott, past president. Knott said the Jaycees are Inviting the merchants and citizens of the area to join In the event. Miss Goswick, a senior at Moss Supporters Hit Leaflets In Ad Racial leaflets, reportedly distributed In Saturday's run off Primary In Franklin County, brought out quick response-from supporters of losing candidate James T. "Joe" Moss of Youngsvllle. Moss trailed Incumbent James D. Speed In the primary voting by 400 votes. In a paid political ad appear ing In today's Franklin Times, Moss supporters accuse those responsible for the leaflets as playing "crooked and dirty politics." The ad also points to an admission to the reproduc tion of the leaflets being done in the "office of a prominent Loulsburg attorney." The leaflets, bearing the typed signature. Franklin County Citizenship Committee, were unsigned and recommended that members of the Negro race vote for L. Richardson Preyer for Governor, Robert Scott for Lt. Governor and James T. Moss for House of Re presentatives. Moss suppor ters believe this could have caused their candidate to lose the race. The ad states that Moss was a supporter of Or. L Beverly Lake In the first primary and supported Dan K. Moore In 'the second primary. The leaflets say his supporters, connected Moss with the Preyer candidacy and the Negro block vote. Moss, himself, has remain ed quiet on the matter as has Rep. James Speed. Neither has Issued a statement In con nection with the leaflets. No pAmlnent attorney or anyone else has made any statement as to where the leaflets were printed or how extensive the distribution of the leaflets might have been. Frankllnton High School, Is the fourth Miss . Loulsburg to re ceive such a send-off and the fourth to be entered In the North Carolina Pageant. She lives on Rt. 1, Loulsburg with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Goswlck, and won the Miss Loulsburg crown over six other contestants. She Is a Baptist, has blue eye^. Brown hair. She performed a panto nine as her talent In the lo cal pageafit. Miss America of 1964, Miss America of 1962 and Mls^toorth Carolina of 1964 will all,take i active participating rolls In the : Miss North Carolina Pageant in Raleigh from July 7-11. Serving as mistress of cere- |: monies for the four evenings of competition will be Miss Ma ria Beale Fletcher, the Ashe vllle native who reigned as Miss America of 1962. Currently attending Vanderbllt Universi ty, Miss Flettfher was the first Miss North Carolina to win the coveted national title. The current Miss America, Donna Axum of El Dorado, Ar kansas, will take part inactivi ties of the week as the official representative of the Miss America headquarters In At lantic City. ' ' Winner of the enviable Miss Congeniality Award at last year's Miss America finals, Miss North Carolina, Jeanne FUnn Swanner of Graham, will serve as official hostess. Pictured above are participants In the Miss North Carolina Beauty Pageant which will take place in Raleigh July 7-11. Left to right, Maria Beale Fletcher of Asheville, Miss America, 1962; Jeanne Flinn Swanner of Burlington, current Miss North Carolina and Sandra Wright Goswick, of Louisburg, Miss Louisburg, 1964, who will represent Franklin County in the Pageant. Miss Louis burg will be given a "send-off" party here Tuesday morning. were first contacted. The new plant will employ 350 people. The 48,400 sq. ft. building will be erected on the T. T. Kemp property served by the Seaboard t. Railway and about 400 yards west of U.S. 401 on Highway 56. W. J. Benton, In making the announcement, said the lease was signed by Harold Talton, President of the local corpora tion, Lloyd West, Secretary of the organization, and Roy A. Workman, Jr., President of Gay Products, Inc. Workman's company operates a plant In Waxahachte, Texas, as well as the one in Florida. Benton said the prospect was brought to the area by Carolina Power and Light Company's In dustrial Representative, Joe Turner, in early May. He ad ded, "Turner has spent consid erable time and effort In help ing to locate thU plant In Frank lin fcounty." Turner has been assisted by State Conservation and Development representa tives, Marshal Shepherd and Hunter Poole. Officials of the furniture com pany, one of the largest manu facturers of casual furniture In the country, visited Loulsburg on three occasions, according to Benton and a local group had visited the Clearwater plant In May. The group making the Florida trip were: Benton, Harold Talton, E. F. Yar-"? borough -and W. M. Jolly, at-, torneys for the Franklin Build ing Corp. Benton said, "Local attitude and cooperation have been ma jor factors In f the company's decision to locate here, and Lonnle Shuping, local C.P.A., was, among others, a major factor in the early negotia tions." He also was high In his praise of Edward F. Yar borough, for Yarboroughts ef forts in bringing the plant here. Roy Workman, Jr., President of the new Industry, said, "We look forward to beginning our operation In Loulsburg. The local citizens have been most cooperative in answering the inquiries we have made." Don Meyers, Comptroller and Vice President of the Corporation, said, "The additional manu facturing capacity In North Carolina will enable jis to ef ficiently service the Increased demand for our products In the northern half of the United States." Harold Talton, President of the local corporation, said that the building would be financed with money borrowed from the Small Business Administration and some $85,000 would be raised locally. Officers of the Franklin Building Corp. are: Talton, Vice President, Ray-, mond Burnette; Secretary, Lloyd West; Treasurer, James A. Weathers; and Directors, Robert Knott, Lonnle Shuping, Jackson Dean, Ben Fox and W. L. Lumpkin. Talton said that water would be furnished to the site of the new plant by Franklin County and the Town of Loulsburg. He praised the officials of the town and county for their co operation. Gay Products, Inc. was start ed In 1050 by Workman and has grown to national distribution with warehouses In several ma jor cities. Gay will manufac ture fine quality creations In aluminum and plastic furniture In the new plant. Those who neglect their work for religion will likewise ne glect their religion for their work.
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