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T?l. 0Y 6-3283 Five Cent* Louisburg. N C . Thursday September 24 1964 (Fourteen Pug** Today) 95th Year-Number 62
School Bonds To
Be Pushed Here
The Franklin County Board
of Education has gone on record
endorsing the $100,000,000
School Bond issue, to be voted
on In the general election on
November 3. County Schools
Superintendent Warren Smith
has prepared a tact sheet on
the bonds and the status ot
Franklin County schools.
Smith and Mrs. Margaret
Holmes, Director of Instruc
tions, have spoken to and will
speak later to a number of
school groups In an effort to
gain support for the bonds.
Governor Terry Sanford has
announced a non-partisan state
wide planning meeting will be
held at Raleigh's Memorial
Auditorium on October 1 at
10 a.m., on the bond Issue.
The Governor Invited "all
North Carolinians who are In
terested In better education for
our sons and daughters," to at
tend the meeting.
The enrollment in Franklin
County schools, excluding
Frankllnton City Schools this
year is 6,220. The value of
the school buildings In the coun
ty Is $3,366,200 and the system
de Hart Elected
To Board
S. Allen de Hart of the Louls
burg College faculty has been
elected to membership on the
Board of Directors of "The
Friends of the College, Inc."
of Raleigh, to succeed Dr.
Thomas A. Collins of Rocky
Mount.
Of the ten Board members,
he will represent members of
the corporation who reside
outside the Raleigh area.
Mr. de Hart has been working
with "The Friends of the Col
lege, Inc." for several years
In the Loulsburg area and has
been In charge of ticket sales
and publicity for the area.
As Chairman of the Cultural
Committee of the Loulsburg
College Faculty Committee, he
will bring several years of ex
perience into the making of
decisions on programs and oth
er matters of "The Friends of
the College, Inc." cultural se
ries at North Carolina State
of the University of North Caro
lina at Raleigh.
transports 5,368 children on the
buses.
Current expenditures per pu
pil In average dally attendance
(or 1963-64 was $320 tor North
Carolina and Is $435 for the
average pupil across the nation.
Winston -Salem spends $124.41
from local funds, per pupil,
while Franklin County spends
only $21.01, For every dollar
collected In state taxes In
Franklin County, the state
returns $2.28.
A survey made In December,
1963 by the state, showed that
Franklin County needed 110 ad
ditional classroom spaces at
a cost of around $3,000,000.
The county system Is scheduled
to receive a little over a half
million dollars should the state
wide bond Issue pass.
Recorder's
Court Docket
The following Is the remain
der of the Court Docket of cases
tried on September IS. Lack
of space in Tuesday's Issue pre
vented the use of the entire
docket.
Artie Crawford, c/m/30,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute. $20.00 fine and
costs.
James Otis Hampton, Jr., c/
m/20, speeding. Pleads guilty
under waiver statute. $15.00
fine and costs.
William Edward Joyner, w/m/
33, speeding. Pleads guilty un
der waiver statute. $10.00 fine
and costs.
Howard Vance Phillips, w/m/
17, motor vehicle violation.
$25.00 fine and costs. Fine re
mitted upon surrender of op
erator's permit to C.S.C. for
60 days.
Eugene Alston, c/m/23,
breaking and entering; larceny.
Defepdant waives hearing. New
bond for $500.00 to Superior
Court.
Millard Lawrence Joyner, w/
m/20, speeding. $15.00 fine
and costs.
Erscell Richardson, c/m/40,
motor vehicle violation. To pay
costs.
Lennean James Martin, III,
w/m/20, motor vehicle viola
tion. $25.00 fine and costs.
Fine remitted on good behavior
for six months.
See COURT Page 8
Accident Ruled Unavoidable
A six-man Coroners Jury
ruled that the traffic death of
James Yarborough 45, year old,
Rt. 1, Frankllnton, Negro, last
Friday night, was unavoidable
In a hearing Wednesday morn
lng before Coroner James H.
Edwards in Frankllnton.
Yarborough was struck and
klllld Instantly around 9:15p.m.
Friday night three tenths of a
mile north of Frankllnton by
a state highway patrol car, In
pursuit of a speeder.
Trooper Dwlght Moody Hlnton
ol Loulsburg. driver of the
car and Trooper E. M. Roberts
ol Frankllnton, a passenger in
the vehicle were the only wit
nesses to the accident. Both
men told the Jury that Yar
thorough stepped off the traffic
island into the path of the car
around 20 ft. in front of the
Familiar Scenes Start Again Today
Market Has Second Opening Today
Scenes such as shown above will be oft
repeated In the next few days as the Louis
burg Tobacco Market reopens today after
a three-day holiday. Sales are expected to
be very heavy on the loeal market today and
Committee Names New Coach; Fox
Takes Over As Louisbuig Principal
The Loulsburg District School I
Committee his named James
R. "Randy" Elrod of Wake 1
Forest as the new coach-social ]
studies Instructor at Loulsburg. I
Elrod replaces A1 Fox, former i
coach, who was promoted to the
position of school principal last
week upon the resignation of
E. a Stalling?.
Elrod, a native of Gastonla,
Is 29 years old, married to
the former , Ellaree Whltlock
of Gastonla, and holds a B, A.
degree from Wake Forest Col
lege. At the present time he
and his wife are living In Wake
F&rest, but plan to move to
Loulsburg soon.
He Is a graduate of Lowell
(now Holbrook) High School at
Gastonla, attended Gardner
Webb College at Boiling
Springs, N. C., and Wake For
est. Principal A1 Fox said,
"We are lucky Indeed to obtain
a man of Elrod's qualifications
to fill this position."
The new coach was highly
recommended by several
sources with which the local
committee and principal were
In touch, In an effort to fill
the vacancy. The appointment
of Elrod as an Instructor and
Fox as principal are subject
to final approval by the County
Board of Education on Octo
ber S. Stall lngs' resignation
became effective Wednesday;
however, he will continue to
assist the new principal during
the transition.
In their meeting the Board
passed the following:
Resolution of Commendation tor
Outstanding Public Service
Rendered by Eugene Howard
Stalllngs as Principal of Louis
Durg School.
WHEREAS, E. Howard Sui
tings voluntarily relinquished
Ms duties as Principal of Louis
surg High School In order to
inter private business; and
James R. "Randy" Elrod
WHEREAS, Mr. Stalllngs has
served the public as Principal
of Louisburg High School since
1957 and as a teacher and coach
lor 3 years prior to his appoint
ment as Principal; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Stalllngs has
rendered outstanding public
service to the people of Frank
lin County by his diligent and
conscientious attention to duty,
his faithfulness to the cause
of education, and his continuous
efforts to improve the quality
of education and training of
fered to the young people of the
community, and
WHEREAS, Mr. Stalllngs has
guided and directed the Louis
burg High School In a time of
major improvements in the
building of a new physical plant,
the addition of band and foot
ball, and the achievement of
being accredltated by the 1963
Standards of the NorthCarollna
Board of Education.
NOW, THEREFORE, be It reft
solved:
(1) That Margaret B. Pruttt,
chairman, and Willis W. Nash,
secretary, and L. C. Hasty,
members of the local Shhool
Committee, do hereby express
their appreciation to Mr. S tai
lings for his outstanding ser
vice to the cause of education
in this community, and they do
hereby extend to Mr. Stalling*
and his family sincere good
wishes for their continued hap
piness and success In the years
to come.
(2) That this resolution b?
placed "in the minutes of the
Local School Committee and
a copy sent to Mr. Stalllngsand
to the local press.
Margaret B. Prultt, Chairman
Loulsburg School Committee
The individual does not have
to advertise his, or her, reli
gion In big type.
The difficulty with most laws
human and divine, is In the
Interpretation.
Jaycees To Help Hospital Bonds
The Loulsburg Jaycees voted
to endorse the Hospital Bona
Issue In a recent meeting of the
organization, according to re
ports from Raymond Burnett*,
Jaycee president, and M. M.
Person, Jr., Hospital Admini
strator.
Burnetts said his group will
support the Issue on Novem
ber 3, and that they will pre
pare and have for distribution
all the ? available Information
on the issue to. the general
public. r
Burnett* will head the Hospi
tal Bond Committee with Frank
Read, local savings and loan
off leal; Charles DavU, local
attorney, and Ralph Knott, Clerk
of Superior Court, making up
the remainder of the commit
tee. One report sometime ago
had the Jaycees planning to
make a house to house canvas,
but no mention was made of this
in the announcement yesterday.
Itw Jaycees are the first or
gan nation to make public their
Intentions to support the $325,
OTir BOWT Ssue, "wtrtctr ts^ to
be used with money obtained
from the N. C. Medical Care
Commission and the Hill-Bur
ton Federal Funds to make cer
tain improvements and addi
tions at the local hospital ex
pected to cost around $900,
000.00. The additions would In
clude 26 additional beds to
relieve the patient load that
has recently been pushed Inter
make shift beds In the hallways.
Friday. The Market will operate four days
next week, being closed each Friday until
further "notice in an effort to allow the
Stabilization Corp. storage and processing
facilities to catch up. -Times Staff Photos.
Gavin To Visit County
Republican gubernatorial can
didate Rbbert S. Gavin will tour
the Franklin County area on
Wednesday, October 7, accord
ing to an announcement from
his headquarters In High Point,
N. C. today.
This will be the first appear
ance of the Republican candi
date In the county, and the
announcement made no mention
of any particular stops or
whether he Is expected to make
a speech while here. Gavin
will begin the day In Vance
County where he will tour
Vance and part of Granville
counties before attending
a luncheon In Granville
County at 1 o'clock.
The candidate Is expected to
begin his Franklin County tour
around 2:30 p.m. The tour is
under the auspices of John Ad
cox, Henderson advertising
executive.
moving vehicle. Hlnton said,
"I did not have time to even
hit my brakes."
Roberts said, "The subject
was in the middle of the road
when I first saw him. I knew
we would hit him, and I turned
my head." Roberts suffered
?light Injuries In the accident.
The victim was struck by the
right front of the unmarked
patrol car at the intersection
of U. S. 1 and U. S. 1-A north
of Frankllnton.
The speed watch, according to
the troopers was set up 9/10ths
of a mile north of Frankllnton,
when a car doing 70 miles an
hour passed the watch. The
troopers gave pursuit and were
within 200 yards of the speeding
car when Yarborough stepped
In front of the car. Hlnton
said, "The car swerved to my
left and went out of control,
?ndlng on the shoulder on the
left side of the highway." Hln
ton was not tnjured.
The Inquest, which lasted 25
minutes, was called by Franklin
County Coroner James H.
Edwards. The Jury consisted
of five white men and one Negro
man. The Jurors were: Lonnle
House, George Kearney, Sidney
Johnson, Brodle Green, W. H.
Ferrell, Jr. who acted as fore
man and Joe Cutchlns. It
took the Jury 16 minutes to
reach their verdict.
Loulsburg attorney Hill Yar
borough represented Trooper
Hlnton and showed photographs
taken of the Intersection and the
patrol car to the Jury. Yar
borough also questioned the two
witnesses. There were no ques
tions asked by the Jury and there
were no questions asked by
three Negro spectators sitting
In the courtroom. They, ap
parently relatives of the de
ceased, were asked if they had
any questions by State Highway
Patrol Corporal J. E. Raw Is,
of Oxford, who Investigated the
accident.
Hlnton told the Jury that the
victim was wearing dark cloth
ing. The pictures of the Inter
section Indicate that Yar
borough might have been hid
den behind the road signs In
the traffic island, Just prior to
alighting onto the highway and
Into the path of the patrol car.
Hurry
High school seniors fron\ most
of the schools In the area are
winding up their first week of
a two week campaign for new
and renewal subscriptions to
The Franklin Times. The Drive
held each year in cooperation
with the local newspaper. Is
conducted as a project for the
senior class.
Subscribers are urged to re
new their subscriptions now,
and new subscribers to sign up
?v^th these high school students
before October 3. After that
date subscription rates are to
be Increased.
Heater
Nearly
Explodes
<
An Incident of a hot water
heater almost exploding Tues
day morning In a local home
has been reported. Workmen
tor Roberson Electric Co. were
called to the home of Mrs Mae
Strickland Gray In FordClrcle,
early Tuesday morning when
Mrs. Gray discovered the water
heater keeping "an unusual
noise."
The electricians quickly cut
the current to the heater and
opened all hot water faucets In
the house and allowed the steam
to escape. They attributed
faulty thermostats as the
cause of the trouble and found
that the plastic dip tube con
tained In the unit, had already
begun to collapse.
Roberson said, " 1 don't know
why It did not explode." One
of the workmen said he be
lieved another ten minutes and
It would have blown the house
to pieces. Mrs. Gray was not
available for comment, but It
Is reported that she has de
clined to cut the heater on again
until the plastic tube Is re
placed by one made of copper.
Several heaters have exploded
throughout the state, but this is
the first, reported trouble with
one locally. W. J. Shearln,
Chief of the Loulsburg Fire
Department Issued a warning
last week for homeowners to
have their heaters checked.
CPCC To Meet
In Raleigh
Raleigh ? K Louisiana Con
gressman whose efforts to cut
government spending have
saved American taxpayers
more than $8 billion will speak
In Raleigh on September 28.
Rep. Otto Passman (D-La.)
will appear under the sponsor
ship of a group of the State's
business and civic leaders who
have organize^ to promote
economy In government and
restoration of Constitutional
traditions. The group Is known
as Citizens for the Preserva
tion of Constitutional Govern
ment. The last speaker spon
sored by the group was Clar
ence E. Manlon, former Dean
of the Notre Dame Law School.
Passman will speak at Ral
eigh's Memorial Auditorium at
8 p.m. on September 28. The
address is open to the public.
Passman, 64, Is serving hlsr
18th year In the Congress. He
Is chairman of the Subcommit
tee on Foreign Operations Ap
propriations of the U. S. House
of Representatives. In this
capacity, Passman has been an
effective critic of the nation's
foreign aid spending which
Passman has repeatedly
charged a* being "waste
ful, senseless and extrava
gant."
Laying Water Line
Town of Louisburg crew is shown above
laying water line on Bickett Blvd. The line
construction to the new Gay Products furni
ture plant site }ustuff the Franklinton road
is expected to be completed in time for the
November 1 opening date for the plant.
Town Council voted to have work accom
plished by town labor rather than to hire
an outside concern to lay the line. 1
-Times Staff Fhoto.