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Weather Generally fair and cooler with less humidity today and Friday. High today, &5, low, 70. Loulsburg Rainfall: 2.11 Inch* es In the past twodays.* Tel GY 6-3283 The F ranklin Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ^ ? Serving All Of Franklin County Five Cents Louisburg N C Thursday July 30 1964 (Twelve Pages Today) OES To Meet William B. Barrow Chapter No. 29, OES, will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday, August 4, at 8 p.m. In the Masonic Temple on Jolly Street. All members are urged to attend. 95th Year? Number 46 Tar River Development: Hearing Set For Saturday Proposed Tar River Dams This map was prepared by the U.S. Army Coprs of Engineers in a 1931 study of the Tar River Basin. A new study has been or dered by Congress and a public hearing is slated for Saturday morning in Rocky Mount. Map shows how Tar River would be pushed back into a lake reaching from Spring Hope to Louisburg, should the 1931 plan be carried out. A number of local of ficials plan to attend the meeting and pre sent statements. r "REMEMBER WHEN... '?1 REMEMBER WHEN IS A NEW FEATURE OF THE TIMES WHICH WILL APPEAR PERIODICALLY IT IS AN EXACT COPY. TAKEN FROM THE FILES OF THE TIMES. OF AN OUTSTANDING NEWS STORY OF THE PAST READER COMMENT ON THIS SERIES IS WELCOMED Friday, February 12, 1937 Four Killed In Airplane Crash COSTLIEST, IN LIVES, OF ANY AVIATION ACCIDENT IN STATE'S HISTORY ? PLANE COMPLETE WRECK--COMM UNITY STIRRED IN EXCITEMENT ? BODIES BROUGHT TO LOUISBURG AND PREPARED FOR SHIPM ENT--THE DEAD WERE TAKEN TO AKRON, O., AND CHARLESTON, W. VA., MONDAY? U. S. INSPECTOR VISITS SCENE MONDAY --THOUSANDS VISIT SCENE SUNDAY AND MONDAY Possibly the most gruesome sight ever witnessed by the populace of Franklin County was that near Gold Sand School Sunday afternoon when a four-passenger Waco privately owned airplane crashed, after having torn off a wing by striking a tree*when attempting to escape a fog or get its bearings. The accident occurred ? about 1:20 o'clock Sunday alfternoon killing all four of its occupants, two of whom wece business men of Akron, Ohio. The dead were Identified as Pilot Chester H. Betz, 2230 ^Manchester, Akron; Arthur S. Conn, 41 North High Street, Ak ron; Daniel Leonard Breen, 1120 Broad Street, Cuyahoga Falls, Akron; and Miss Caroline Dan ley, who carried papers reveal ing that she checked out of the George Washington Hotel at Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, but giving no other address. Residents of the rural commu nity near Gold Sand High School were horrified when the red, four-place Waco cabin ship swung In a low circle, ripped Your Car? Want & good conditioned 1959 four door Dodge? TheSherlffs department Is looking tor some one to claim one. The car was found Tuesday morning In the Poplar Springs Church yard. It Is registered In the name of Russell Taylor, a onetime candidate for County Commis sioner, who has been dead for several years. The Sheriffs department Is anxious to find the current owner. They fear his canning and freezing process will suffer without the 1500 pounds of sugar found In the vehicle. Anyone wishing to claim said ear will get a warm reception from the department plus an extremely strong automobile, fully equipped with truck springs. *? ' off two wings In a clump of trees and shattered In a field. The occupants were mangled almost beyond Identification. The crash cost more lives than any In the State's aviation history. "Complete Wreck" "It was the most complete wreck I've ever seen," said R. A. Bobbltt, Franklin County coroner. "The plane was torn to pieces and strewn over 10 or 16 acres of land." K. S. Leonard, a farmer, heard the crash and dasbed to his front door to discover the wreckage wrapped around a tree In his front yard. Two bodies had been thrown out and two were tangled In the shattered ruins of the plane. A part of the head of one of the two thrown from the ship smashed through a window of the Leonard home, while the body fell outside. Mrs. Leonard fainted. Bodies In Lou Is burg The bodies were removed to Loulsburg and officials began collecting the scattered baggage and personal belongings of the victims for purpose of Identifi cation. A telegram to Conn from his wife In Miami indicated the party left Miami at 6:15 a.m. Sunday and stopped In Jackson ville. The plane was numbered NC -15226, and Betz held pilot's license 191297, identifying him as a veteran. Though It carried two tanks of gasoline, one full and sufficient for a long trip, the plane did not explode or burn. Reports Indi cated that Betz ran Into a rain squall with a zero or near zero celling, lost his bearings and clipped off the ship's wings when he dived too close to a clump of timber, looking for a landing spot. The Betz plane was equipped with radio and the headphones were still attached to the pilot's ears when be was thrown from the ship. . From the United States Department of Com merce radio station, messages were giving a celling of 3,800 feet and four miles visibility at (See Remember When Page 8) A hearing has been called for 10 o'clock Saturday morning In Rocky Mount, to review a 1931 proposal for water development in this area. The meeting, an nounced several weeks ago by State Water Resources Direc tor, Walter Fuller, is for the purpose of presenting views from the counties thit could be affected by the development. The U. S. Army Corp of Engi neers, who made a survey of the Tar River Basin in 1931, have been authorized by a Con gressional Resolution to make another survey, for which the money has already been appropriated. The project, thus far called The Tar- Pamlico River Basin development, would affect ten counties in the area, according to the 1931 plan. At that time four dams were proposed, thec largest of which would be lo cated between Spring Hope and the Franklin County line. Waters from the Tar River would be backed up into a lake, reaching almost to. Loulsburg. The location of the other three dams, according to he old survey would be the White Oak Damsite in Halifax County, backing water into Warren County; the Langley Damsite in Nash County, west of Rocky Mount and theTarboro Damsite at Tarboro. The four lakes would impound a total of 107,203,979,000 gal lons of water, and in 1931 was shelved because, at that time, it was "not economically feasible." Fuller points out that 4,Now people know more about controlling water than in 1931 and It Is now time to take a fresh look at these plans to see If they are practical now or if they should In any way be revised and put to work." W. P. Chllders, Chairman of the Franklin County Commis sioners, will lead a delegation from his county to the meet ing Saturday. Several local leaders are preparing state ments to be presented at the time of the meeting. Nash County has already formed a permanent organization to pro mote the project with C. Settle Bunn, a former state senator and chairman of the State Water Board of Commissioners. C. T. Dean, Jr., County farm Agent, who Is preparing a paper Ba ruing Tobacco Workers take a short bre<?|> in "putting in tobacco" operation on the J. B. Perdue farm in Hickory Rock yesterday. Crops are about two weeks late, ac cording to Farm Agent C. T. Dean, Jr., and are expected to be one of the bestcrops In years. Tobacco Crop Best lo Years The tobacco crops in Franklin County are a little late In ma turing, according to C. T. Dean, Jr. County Farm Agent, but they are looking good. Dean says, "The crop Is running about two weeks late at this Request Mrs. Jane York, Superin tendent of Welfare, an nounced Tuesday that the Welfare Board Is requesting all citizens of the county to report anyone refusing work, that is receiving assistance from the department. Mrs. York said the Board felt there was ample work avail able at this time and would cut off assistance to any re cipients that refused to ac cept a Job offered them. Construction Delayed V The weather has delayed the construction on the new Gay Products building on the Frank llnton highway here. Harold Talton, Finance Committee Chairman, reports the drive for pledges to unance me cvnsu-uv tlon has reached $70,200 of the needed $85,000. The plant is scheduled to begin operations November 1. -Times Staff Photo. stage." Many farmers have already barned some tobacco, but some still have their entire crop In the field. S. N. Hawks, To bacco Specialist, N. C. State College, said Tuesday, after touring the county, "This Is the best crop I have ever seen in Franklin County." "If we have weather favorable for the tobacco to "graln-up" and get to full quality, we'll have one of the best crops we've ever had," says Dean. He reports that cottoi), corn and soybean crops are also well above other years! The rains of recent days have helped, and Dean says, the Ideal situation would be for about one Inch of rain each week for the remainder of the grow ing season. Marketing of the 1964 crop of fluecured tobacco began Wed nesday In the Georgia-Florida area with higher prices paid for most grades compared with the first day last season. Power Interruption Necessary maintenance work on Carolina Power & Light Company's Frankllnton to Me thod 66 KV line, caused by recent lightning storm, neces sitates an Interruption of power on Sunday morning, August 2, 1964, from 4:30 A.M. to 7:30 A.M., according to E. P. Bazemore, District Manager for Carolina Power & Light Co. in Henderson, N. C. This Interruption of power will affect customers' electric ser vice In Youngsvllle and sur rounding rural areas and the town of Wake Forest. Bazemore stated the time for the interruption was chosen In hopes that it would cause the least amount of Inconvenience to the mijorlty of customers affected by the Interruption. The Federal-State Market News Service reported lugs and cutters were up chiefly $2 a hun dred pounds while most prim ings and nondescript sold $2 to $5 higher. The top price paid by companies In most cases was $68 with a few selected baskets bringing $70. The principal offerings con (See TOBACCO Page 8) to be presented at the hearing said, "Our organization Is temporary here In Franklin County, but I understand there Is to be a permanent organiza tion formed after the Saturday hearing for the entire area." Dean also reported that there are 20,000 acres of flood plain along the Tar River In Frankllrt County. "Much land In this area could be cultivated with proper flood control," states Dean, "where It is now Idle or producing low grade hardwood because of flooding." The *gent continued, "There was 110 Irrigation in 1831. The first tobacco Irrigated In the county was In 1953, and last year 30% of the tobacco re ceived Irrigation, which In creased the Income on these crops from $300 to |500. It Is Interesting to note that 83% of Franklin County Is In the Tar River Basin." The meeting Saturday ts ex pected to lie attended by Gover nor Terry Sanford, Congress men Harold Cooley and L. H. Fountain and other state and national leaders. A statement from Walter Fuller Issued Tuesday said, "My concern at the poss'lble lack of Interest In the Tar River study conies about because of the sort Of questions I understand are being asked by some residents of the basin. "For example, although there has been considerable publicity, a question on this theme recurs: 'What is the hearing about?' " The answer Is that the District Engineer, U. S. Army Engineer, Wilmington, has been directed by the Chief, of Engineers as a result of a Congressional re solution to restudy the com prehensive development of the water resources of the Tar River Basin. - "As a first step, the Corps desires an expression of the views of the Inhabitants of the region. As a rule, the pattern of possible development may vary considerably based upon the needs of the regions, Its economic status, Its own plans, and the extent of water problems' such as flooding, pollution, lack of stream flow and the like. Any sound plan must evolve with the complete cooperation and understanding of the people and they must be partners In the planning." Fuller also said Interested persons could be heard best, by sending a written statement,' (six copies) or presenting them at the hearing. The 500 word release stressed the necessity of the people taking part In the hearing and the planning of the development. Runs In Family Broken bones come in bunches for the C. A. Tharrington family in the Hickory Rock Community. Ricky, age 5, suffered a broken collarbone Friday when he fell from a cart beingpushed by some other children. Rick said, "They were Just flying." Janet, age 10, broke both arms onMonday. "I just fell out of a tree," she giggled. -Times Staff Photo.
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