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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
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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.
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Youjigsville Man Gets
Geodetic Promotion
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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.
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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?
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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<J on coun
try roads," Speed added.
On pay- raises for stater em
ployees, the Franklin County
representative remarked, 44 1
Rep. James D Speed
-favor a pay raise,- but I do not
favor a straight 10% Increase.
The personnel in the lower pay
brackets should receive the mV
Jor portion 6f any pay increas
es. An across-the-board raise
would place the^top-to-bottom
scale further apart."
Speed said he thought special
consideration should be given
the wishes of State College stu
dents and alumni In the name
change controversy. He added, ^
''^personally favor naming it
'North Carolina State Univer- ?
sityV t '
On the much talked about siib<
Ject of Highway S4tfety, Speed
said he would give much con
sideration to irrfproved safety
on ouf highways. ~ *
Speed expressed his thought
that the revision of the Dixie ?
Classic basketball tournament
was a matter that should be
decided by Truestees of the
Greater University and not the
legislature. He said he had
no objection to1 it being re
established under proper su
pervision.
Speed, who vbted against the
food tax In the last session, "
said he believed the main ob
ject In the field, of education
during the upcoming session
should be to lighten the teach
er classroom load. "A large
portion of the state budget will
be spent for public and higher
education," Speed added. *
Speed also said he did not
believe any change in* the
Speaker Ban Law was neces
sary. This Is expected to be
a hotly contested lssii? in this
session of the Asse,mlily. He
said, "I will definitely oppose
any change other than very min
or ones that would not material
ly affect the intent of the bill.^
Asked his feelings on Gover
nor Dan Moore's* legislative
programs, Speed replied, '.'I
will consWeiL,each?Ufiin-4m its
own^ merit I have been im
pressed with many proposals
which' have been made." He -
indicated that he would not sup
port legislation simply because
it was favored by the governorr?
Speed implied that he was
studying several Issues on.
which he might sponsor legis
lation himself. . He did not
elaborate. Speed will occupy
seat number 5 In1 the House.
Royster will' occupy seat num
ber 29 In the Senate. .
Franklin County was placed
In the 13th Senatorial District
two years ago with Vance and
Granville Counties. Under a
rotation agreement, ' Vance
County supplies the Senator for
thts session. Loulsburg At
torney W. M Jolly represent
ed. the old district In the Last
session.
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SNOW MAKES PICTURE POST CARD SCENE NEAR
LAUREL ^MiLl IN FRANKLIN* COUNTY
Photo by Dick Burnetts, ,