7: Weather Clearing and colder today. Wednesday , generally fair and cold. Lo* today, 27; high, 32. Tel 6Y 6-3283 Published Every Tuesday 4 Thursday' Serving All Of Franklin County (Ten Ce^its) Lou'sburg N G T uesday February 3. 1965 (Si* Pages Today) Comment BUI collectors report that people who pay thetr bills promptly rarely get mad with the bill collector. -I EE 95th Year? Number 99 Gay Products Open House' ' Group above is pictured .at Open House of Gay. Products, Co. plant here last Friday. ./Shown left to right: . Mort Harris, local : drug store operator; Weldon Edgerton, lo ^ cal Insurance man; Roy Workman, Presi dent of Gay Products; Mrs. Workman, Ray * mond Burnette^. President of Loulsburg Jayeees' 'and Harold Talton, President of FranJtlin Building "Corp., the organization heading up the Gay Products proje.ct locally. The pompany played host to several idred guests, some coming from such/far away places as Connecticut, Florida, fe'Xas, i^tid A/Iissouri. ^Photo by Dick Burnette. Roy Kemp Named Sales Rep. " Roy Kemp , Announcement was made this week that Roy Kemp, of Frank Unton, had been named sales representative for Franklin County' for ""Na-Chirrs" Plant Food Company of Winter Gar den, Florid*. The product Is ? a liquid fertilizer. , ' Kemp Is the son ot T. Ti Kemp of Route 1, Louisburg and Is married to the former Mattle Beckham of F rankl in tor: They have three children. Kemp has completed two years at N; C. State In Agricultural B?htcaMon-and Is presently con tinuing his education as a day student at State. . - ? ? Power Off In Hopkins Community "Xll ' members of Wake Elec tric Membership Corporation In ? Johnston and Nash Counties, In the Zebulon and Hopkins seo i. tlon of Wake County, and aemall section near the Hopkins Com munity In franklin County will have their electric power cut off -from 4:30 to 7:30, Slinday morning, February 7, 1965. ThU power Interruption Is be ing taken so that Carolina Power and Light Company, Wake Elec trlc's wholesale power sup plier, may Install new equip ment lnthelr transmission lines at Zebulon, N. C. Tilts inter ruption had been scheduled for January 17, but was postponed because of Inclement weather Every mati cherishes the thought that he Is a he-man Mid superior to woman. Farm Income Hits All-Time High Here FranMln County farm income hit an all-time* high of $20.5. million In 1964, according to C. T. Dean, Jj\, County Exr tepslon Chairman. In connection with tfie State Goal- of 1.6 billion jdollars in 1966 set back in 1961, Frank lin County's goal was set at $20.5 million in'l966> We are very pleased -that we were able to reach this goal In 1964. As expected tobadco was the big income producer, account ing fbr $13.5 million of the to tal. The 9,973" planted acres produced a record yield of 2,342 pounds per acre. Cot ton accounted for $1.5 million with the total crop income be ing $16.5 million, Livestock and Poultry accounted for $2.5 mil lion, Forest products" $857,00, and Government payments 4475,000. That $20.5 million has a tre mendous Impact on our econ omy, Dean ,isaid. As you know, agriculture ranks first as a source of income for citizens of the area. Dean said that at this time the picture does not fook as bright for 1965 with a 19.5% toba'cco acreage cut /staring us in. the face! To offset this s'omewhat, the Extension Ser vice is launching a program called "Successful 65." With this program we hope to in crease some of our other com modities and add some new onefy that we think have potential 4n Franklin County. ? * Youjigsville Man Gets Geodetic Promotion / Knstfn j, o. Murphy The promotion "of Ensign James O. Murphy, 24," of Youngsvllle' N. C., to Lieu tenant (Junior grade) In the com missioned corps of the nation'! oldest scientific body was An nounced by the Coast and Geodetic Survey, U. S. Depart ment, of , Commerce. Murphy is a- Junior officer aboard the EXPLORER^ a 220 foot, 1,900-fon vessel, one of 14 ships In the CliGS "whit* fleet" which Purveys coastal waters, searches for under water hazards to navigation, makes gravity and magnetic measurements and tidal cur rent surveys, and engages In deep sea . oceanographlc re search. A native of Youngsvllle, Milr phy Joined -the C&GS In June 1961 following graduation from North Carolina State with a de gree In civil engineering. Upon completion of officer's training, he was commissioned Ensign and reported aboard the EX PLORER. / The Cpist and Geodetic Sur vey wis established in 1807. It? commissioned and civil ser vice personnel Include distin guished scientists, engineers, and technicians In cartography, geodesy, geomagnetism, gravl metry, oceanography, photo-, grammetry and seismology. It Is the government's chief civilian oceinographlc agency. It also oversees the operation of a worldwide network of seis mographs which, when complete ed, will Include. 125 statloi^, In1 63 countries and may some day provide thp basis for Alt advance earthquake warning "system. It operates the Pacific Seismic Sea Wave Warning Sys tem, a network of aome 60 tide stations which alerts people along the Pacific basin of the on slaught of the destructive seis mlc waves. The agertcy also provides geodetic, geophysical, photogram metric and carto graphic data for charting and scientific purposes and for de fense needs. It produces and distributes' approximately 30 million aeronautical and nauti cal charts each year and doe* extensive wo/k in research and development. Every -man is a spoiled child. Every man Is sentimental. ~ 1 r Chief V. A. Peoples Peoples Named ^ Chief V. A. "Tommy", 'Peoples, Loulsbufg town councilman, was,. re-elecled Chief of the Loulsburg Rescue Service In the organlzatfon's^electlons last week. Peoples Is a veteran of nine years with the Service. "~Rarrls Spencer was re elected Assistant Chief, a post he held last year. Ned Lloyd, a" recent addition tor the mem bership, was elected Captain, Bryant Best was named Lt and Wlllard Mprton was re-elected Secretary-TAe.i.surer of theor ganlzatlon Peoples announced the resig nation of two members and the election of one new member, Joe KUIlbrew, .local telephone repairman, has resigned be cause be Is moving to Hender son. Joel Weatherlngton, local army representative has jref signed due to a ? conflict with his ?ther duties. Charlie Lam ber?%oulsburg policeman, was Ranted membership In the or ?ginizatlon last week^* Peoples, who has been active In local civic, scout and church work and put forth a great deal of ttyne on his du ties >s Chief of the Rescue Service, Is married to the former Joyce Strother of Louis burg. They have five chil dren} V. A., Jr., 14, Larry 10, Vickie 9, Susan 7, and Debra 4. Boxscore Raleigh? The Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traf fic deaths through 10 a. m. Monday, February 1; KILLED TO DATE 101 LAST YEAR * |0? , r General Assembly Opens, Speed Discloses Stand On Major Issues The 1955 session of the North i Carolina General Assembly will convene In Raleigh tomorrow, i much as It has done since No vember 16, - 1840. Since 19^7, the Assembly has 'convened In Febn^ry instead of ^January as It had done In years past James D. Speed, successful farmer and tohacco-ware houseman, will be the countyls Representative Fred Royster i of Henderson' will be the dis trict's Senator. The new General Assembly; Is faced with a number of ma- , Jor issues but most observers are agreed 'that there will be no additional faxes levied. Speedj said, "1 am < definitely j opposed to any t Jtx increase, but I will work to provide ad ditional funds by supporting measures to eliminate waste in many departments of styte government." Speed, when interviewed, ex pressed himself freely on most Area Places Six On Development Board "~~"Slx Franklin Cofinty citizens were named to the Board of Di rectors of the Capital Area De velopment. Association at Its meeting 4ast week In Raleigh. Mrs. Willis May, Loulsburg, Rt. 3, was the only woman nam ed from Jh*e county. J. T. Grtf fln,_ Vocational Agriculture teacher at fipsom SehooL; W. J. Benton, Industrial Development Direct^ for th^ county; K. G. Weldon, Epsom farmer; Wal lace Tlppett, farm implement dealer1, and Times Editor Clint Fuller were the others named -to the Beard. Mrs. May *was named to the Community Development Com mittee $enton was placed* on the Industry Committee; Wel don on Agriculture; TippetUon College Enrollment Increases January 24 marked the be ginning of the second semes ter of ihls academic year at Loulsburg College, with a total enrollment of 615, as compared to an enrollment Of 602_fojythe same period In 1964. S The Adult EducatlorvProgram of Loulsburg Collie was Ini tiated on Januaty 2&, with an enrollment of 60 aduhs. The courses \yfll be taught by mem bers of the Loulsburg College faculty, and those offered this semester Include Accounting, Typing, Spanish, Art, and Psy chology. These "classes will meet each Tuesday and Thurs day throughout the semester, and participants are given the choice ,of taking a course for, college '^credlj, or for audit. The 60 adults already en rolled represent Vance, War ren, and Franklin Counties. Travel-Recreation, and Fuller was named to the Publicity Committee. Representatives from the seven-county area of Granville, Vance, ^Warrfen, Franklin, Wake, Johnston and Harnett* Countles met 'last Tuesday in the Carolina Power and Light Co. office In Raleigh. Justus M. Ammons of Raleigh Is President of the Association. The meeting consisted of a 'business session followed by discussion groups. Mr. John Crawford of State College spoke to the assembly. Another meet ing is planned for February 8. Rescue Call The Loulsburg Rescue Ser vice arts we red a call Saturday night around 7:30 p.m. to aid Luther Brown on Highway 56. Brown was apparently suffering from a hear; attack. He was transported to Frahklin Me morial Hospital, where he was admitted. / ' Mercury Drops To 1 Degree Above Here t"G. O. Kennedy, Lou Is burg iweatherman- reports , that the area liad its lowest temperature reading In many years when the mercury dipped to 1 degree above zero last Sunday night. Kennedy said he believe4?4hat the temperature' drbpped this low about seven or eight years ago, but this was before his tenure as weatherman arid he J has no record of \t The 1 degree -reading .Is tr?e lo^lvestj recorded In the five \ears In | which Kennedy has been\ch$ck lng the Jocal weather. \ The low of 4 degrees recorded* a couple of weeks ago was the, previous low for the area Ra lelgh- Durham airport reported" J . ./A J ^ K.. a temperature of 9 decrees Sunday and Rocky Mount report ed '5 degrees above zero, mak ing Loulsburg the coldest spot In the general area. The local weather station re corded 4 Inches of snow last Friday "Kennedy reported there" were actu'rally two snow storms, the first Friday mop ing dumplrtfjj two Inches and another Friday afternoon and* night . dropping another two inches. . -.? ??? ?. ' \ Temperatures are expected to rise somewhat today, but the weaJJiierman says It will hectfftl er tonight. However) tempera tures are not expected to get as low as Sunday's". . * JKmstmu i '/ % -mj of the major Issues expected to come before the legislature this year. On the subject of Reap portionment, he commented, "I wouldn't favor any action on this! majterjifltll forced by the fed eral government. 1 don't believe that the- Federal government will make any move against us Jthis year. It will prohably be discussed and eventually we will have to get into it." Speed said that he believes the General Assembly should '?move as fast as reasonably possible to Implement the Coui;t Reforms program." He stated that he favors a State Highway Bond Issue provided, "the amount of money Is ear-marked for each county and specific projects are designated." "I am especially interested . In seeing this mone^ use