s? Weather Partly cloudy today with mod erate temperatures. High, 60; low, 36.*? Friday, partly cloudy and cold. Loulsburg: High Wednesday, 49; low ex pected today, 38. The FratilMh Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving All Of Franklin County Our 96th Year Of Service Tel 6Y 6-3283 (Ten Cents) Louisburg. N C .Thursday. March 18 1965 (Ten Pages Today) 96th Year? Number 8 What Next For Franklin County Schools? by CLINT FULLER Part III Note: The third in this "series dealing with problems confront ed by Franklin County Schools is a continuation of the most urgent problem, that Is, a plan of compliance to the 196-1 Civil Rights Act. The Franklin County Board of Education and the Frankllnton City School Board have spent many hours In the past two weeks discussing the Assurance of "Compliance" uivil fcigtils Act of 1964. They have been joined in this eff6rt by every school boaitl In the state of North Carolina and throughout . the, U nlted States . *? This problem Is not unique to Franklin County. It is shared by every school district in the nation to one degree or another. There Is no yardstick to go by in the presentation of the required plan. Most of the plans which have been sent in by the growing number, of school boards complying, have b^en returned for further action. / ' Apparently, school officials are having a problem formulating a plan of desegregation which will please (he Federal goviern ment. If this Is true, certainly there will be a problem of devls ing a plan which will satisfy the government and local citizens alike in the southern states. A Dr. Everett Miller, Assistant Superintendent of Schools for North Carolina, explains that there are four plans which North Carolina officials are choosing. He indicated that his depart ment does not know which, if any, will be' acceptable to the U. S. Commissioner -or -Education:- Ttre-ptansr^with brief -expfrma^ tions, are as follows: ? 1. Freedom of Choice. Grades 1 through 12. This" plan has been termed as 4 'transitional .and temporary A document to help a school system get where it must ultimately'go." It would give each parent the right to choose a school which they wish their child to attend. the Education Board would be required to assign that child to that school under most conditi^s. 2. Zoning. This plan means locating a school on a map and setting up an attendance area which the schbol would serve. All children, regardless of race, would attend the school in its I' . \ '.''.it" ?' immediate attendance area. 3 Freedom of Choice limited to 'certain grades. A Guideline unofficially from the federal government says that this must start from the bottom grad# s or top and bottom at the sjtme time .i d a-grade-a-year ij? unacceptable. 4. Combination. That is a ? combination of the Freedom of t C no i c t* Flan -"ahT Zoning. Solne sv*?tems propose Freedom, of Choict? in Elementary grades and zoning in *the secondary schools. * , The problem of compliance with the Civil KJghts Act has com pletely overshadowed and for the time beinj eliminated thoughts of a long-range building plan for- the immediate future. Action must be taken at once. or. the matter of compliance in order that pl.t: s >-a:i be made for th.e opening of school in the tall. ? 1'n.til a plan is_ devised and approved, the hiring of teachers for another year will be hampered, t registration 'of students ,j will be impossible a'nd setting tip>ny budget will l>e unrealistic. Tht*re seems to be no question but that the Frairidln County syste^ and the FrankUnton City system will offer some plan of compliance In the near future The question Is not o?e of con tinued segregated schools, but a question of .bo* best to begin 4he process of desegregation Boih bodies seem to prefer a mild plan which will constitute the required "good faith start" as' required' In the law. Both ''seem to prefer to do it themselves under Title VI of the law instead of having the Justice Depart ment do^it for them under the Title IV section. At present, State Superintendent Dr. Charles Carroll has directed all units in North Carolina to' withhold any plain of compliance*- until the law 1$ clarified. Those units working on plans, which included most of the 170 administrations in the state, were having unusual. dllfltuity attempting to devise a plan without knowing. Just exactly wlut is 'required of them. At any rate, the choice now confronting the Franklin C.ounty .School systems is not whether or not to continue segregated schools , but at what rate of speed and to what degree is desegre gation to be required under the Civil Rights Act. Next: Franklin County's plan of compliance. Local Eastern Star Officers William B. Barrow Chapter Installs Officers , Officers for 1965-6? tox Wil liam B. Barrow Chapter No. 39, Order of the Eastern Star, were installed in a beautiful installa tion ceremony on Tuesday night at ftie Masonic Temple on Jolly Street. For this occasion the chapter room was decorated with spring flowers. .. ' 1 Installing officer for the even ing was Mrs. Gladys V.'Fwrry, Past Matron of Wellons Chap ter. She was' assisted by Mrs. Maxine Boyd, Past Matron. of Henderson, as Installing Mar shal; Mrs. Emma Debnam, Past Matron of William B... Barrow Chapter, as * Installing Chap lain, and Mrs. Dot Chesson as Installing Organist. Officers. Installed for the en suing year were: Mi's. Helen W. Dickens, Worthy Matron; James A. Johnson, Worthy^Pa tron; Mrs. Annie Mae-Griffin, Associate Matron; George M. Wes^, Associate Patron; Mrs. Carol F. Johnson,' Secretary; Mrs. Mar tan Sykes, Treasur-^ er ; Mrs Fannie ' RenffjNCon ductress, Mrs. Miriam Pftieh, Associate' Conductress; Mrs. Florence Wells, Chaplain; Mrs. Mae Shearin, Marshal. Mrs . Susie Fuller, Organist; i&lrs. Ianthi Joyner, Ada; Mrs. Alice Godfrey, Ruth; Mrs. Es telle Joyner, Esther;. ^ITs. Florine Leonard, Martha; Miss Annie Belle Murphy, Electa; Mrs. Bonnie Gupton, Warder, and John Godfrey, Sentinel. The new Worthy Matron gave a most inspirational message, in which she outlined he r^plans and aims for the ydar.^ The . new Worthy Patron pledged his assistance to the worths-ma tron and to th& chapter and ^A\ - ... - *f ; %. . . ? assured them that h? looked forward to, serving them this year. w. Following remarks i by the newly Installed Worthy Matron and Patron, Mrs. Dickens asked her brother, Lloyd We.' t; to of fer a . prayer and her brother George West, to siftg) "I Be lieve." Refreshments, using a St. Patrick's Day theme, were served in the lobby fallowing the ceremony, with guests from Franklin Count#, Henderson, Oxford and Zebulon. AAUW Studies the Problems Of Ttie Ageing Mrs. Annie Mae Pemberton of Raleigh, Supervisor of Ser vices to the Aged, State Board of Public Welfare, spoke to the" Louisburg Branch of the ' A.A.U.W Monday night1 at Its meeting In the home of Mrs. H. H. Hobgood. , Introduced by Miss Lucy Per , ry Burt, Mrs. Pemberton stres sed the. fact that the best place for those of us wh6 are up In years to live Is at home with the family whenever possible. This possibility comes about through respect and planning within the family, she stated. The feelings of loneliness; use lessness ?nd disability among the older people create bad re lations. As a preventive measure for some of the problems of the aged, Mrs. Pemberton sug gested educating the population to hold on to strong family ties, breaking away from the lay at titude that the older people can't change. This talk was given as one of the series on "The Amerloan Family In a Changing World." Mrs. James B. Clayton pre sented the program for the ev , enlng. During the brief business ses sion , presided over by Miss Elizabeth Johnson, president, Mrs. \John Pernell read the minutes of the previous meeting and Mrs. John Matthews gave a * Legislative report The hostess served an Iced fruit drink,. cookies and mints to thirteen members, the speaker, and guests: Miss , Lucy Burt, Mrs. Grover Har ris. Jr., Mrs. Ralph Beasley, Miss Ellen Mackintosh at Ra leigh, and Mrs. J. Pearce. \ Franklin Co. Sales And Use Taxes Up F rank 1 IilC nnnty hart an fl.2^ percent *lncfease In collections of sales^ and use taxes last year over the previous year, according to a report made by theYN. C. Department of Rev enue this weqk, The collection Of these taxes are normally used as an lnd^x of business activity. Ffa'nk lln County's- increase jwas somewhat higher than the 7.88 per cent average for the entire lOO colinties In the state.- The comparison was made In 1 re port submitted this week by Acting Revenue' Commissioner, I. L. Clayton, to Governor Dan K. Moore. The report shows that collect-" tlons rose from $466,331 for the period, February 1963: through January 1964 to $504,796 for the sitme period this year. This constitutes an increase of $38, '464. In the general six county area, Franklin's Increase was second only to neighboring Wake County, which had a 12.99 per cent rise. Other adjoining counties showed increases as follows: Vance, 7.66; Granville, 3.19; Nash, 7.52 and Warren, 5.42. ^ ? Clayton >wamed that pautlon should be used In attempting to base definite business conclus ions on data Contained in the report "because the sales vol ume of non-taxable Items Is not Included, and county collection does not necessarily .reflect county economy since trading areas dp not always follow county lines." Net collections for 1964 for Tar Heel counties amounted to 1163, 30CT, 531, and Jncrease -of $11,921,599 over 1963 "collect ions. All counties experienced an Increase In gross collections except Montgomery and Tran sylvania. The Lowest Increase, .33 percent, occurred In Bladen County. ' Only six counties )(i the state had increases of rrpre than 15 per cent, 'rhey were ' Person, JacJuon, Jones, Lee, Scotland, aTid Swain. Retail sates taxes contributed 91.98 per cent of the total sales tax levy laSt year, whole shole sale licenses contributed .09 per cent of the total.' Sales tax on food was the larg est single item In the retail grouping, with $43,189,128, or 27.89 per cent of the total retail collections of $154,848,838. Boxscore R?lelgl)tr-The Motor Vehicles Department's summary of tra* fflc deaths through 10 a.m. Mon day, March 15: -I Killed To Date , 250 Killed To Date Last Year 282 Seniors Present Play The Senior Class of Louis burg High School will present Its annual class play Friday and Saturday nights < of this week Ln the local school audi torlum. The production this year, "Judy Pulls the Curtain," will be presented each evening at 8 p.m. Mrs. Claude Arnold, class sponsor, announced the cast ^nd parts as follows: BUI Williamson, Buddy O'Neal, and Henry Jories are three teenage boys who detest the theatrical ambitions of their girl friends played by Tonl Merrltt, Jean Zealand and Trudle Gupton. Kate Hugglns plays the part of a former actress and [pother who encourages the girls and Ralph Ihrle plays tjer husband, a college professor who at tempts to discourage the girls their acting ambitions \Bo Allen Is a tramp, hired by the boys to pose as a motion picture director. Pauiette Mullen Is a persistent report er and Anna Collier and Susan Lloyd play the part of twins, also interested In a Hollywood carWV. i Beck^' Simpson,. a sophomorif student at Loulsburg College, Is the director; Ken Barnes U the technician; Wesley Sloan, stage jhand. Mrs. Arnold ex pressed her appreciation to these people and to Bob Ver steeg, Director of Drama at Loulsburg College, for their assistance ln the production. , -A ' . Commissioners Reject School Project Funds The Franklin County Board of j Commissioners, sitting first is j the Board of Equalization and Review last Monday, convened as the county governing body 'long enough to reject a request for $600,000 from the Counts Board of Education. / On a motion naadsLj'y Com missioner Richard Cash-, a former member of the County Board of Education, a^nd second - ed by freshman Board member E. M. Sykes, the Commission ers jroted unanimously to ''re- [ Ject the request At the County ! Board of Education for the fis- [ cal-yea-r 1965/66 for additional capital outl.y, for the %um of $600,000." V - / Actually, the' Request was- for $600,000 over a five-year per iod and no specific amount w.is asked for in the coming budget. Should |he amount have been equally divided over the five-' year period, the request for this year would have been $120f 000 or at) Increase of $40,000 ove r what is how availably for new buildings. The action by ' the Commis sioners, while unexpected at this tlmfe, came, however, as no surprise. Members of the Board had individually express ed" their reluctance to Increase taxes lor school purposes In several, ]j)Uit meetings of the two bod)es and at the time of the official request presented to the" 'Hoard by Superintendent Violent Storm Hits Area , little Damage Locally A violent storm, which brought considerable damage to some parts of the state, hit Frahklln County, last night. There was no extensive damage reported, however, in the general area" The storm, bringing high winds, thunde/ and lightning and over an inch of rain in a ; short period of time, knocked out telephone, and power" lines in 'some areas of the county. No injuries have been report ed. It was reported tliat winds reached 35-40 miles per hour intensity in the Centerv.ille area bringing around 2 Inches of rain. Telephones were out In the Centervillfe area for 3 hours. In the Justice section. of the county, repqrts wfere made that no damage was evident, but Jights were off for about 2 l/2| hours. Bunn reported no damage, in the-* area. Louisbun weath errtian G. O. Kennedy reports e tng tfie * storm due to llgjit ntrtK ^XiOtitsbur^. Volunteer rural f ir? v W-part m?'uts throughout the comity. went on standby duty at their stations for 4fce duration ..f the -emergency. Contact^*, kept between stations during the time, in ? aser>f emergency any where in the c:<^mty. Extensive damage was report ed In nearby counties including small tvrnado damage In ^y.ik? I and Nasto Counties. Lions Club On Boy's Home Tour Fifteen Lion Club member* chartered the Louisbiu'g Col lege bus last Tuesday and visit ed f toy's Home at. Lake Wac cama. North Carolina Llonlsnri assists in the support of Boy's Home*, and the local club "was, Interested in the j?ro^re> > l?e-? lng made ther?/ During the trip A1 Fox^prlnc- j lf>al of .Louts burg High School; was received as a iriemtoer. Into th? LT??n j. ^ i by Li< i. j'.tiil l-i<'a in received tin- usual 'rib- I bing" id rni haji(k*(l out* a little j hims?*|f of Schools Warren W. Smith". When asked, for his comments on the "action, Superintendent Smith said Wednesday, "I have not been officially informed ojf - the rejection." He said his off&p-w as not contacted prior to the Monday action by the Commissioners. Mrs. T.v H* Dickens, Chairman oi the J2ftu cation Board, was not avaialable for comment. Clint Fuller, Vice Chairman of the .Board, said, "I am "dis appointed that the Commission ers coufd not find some solu tion io this problem of finance. The State Department survey team recommended certain building ' programs in our connty It was estimated that -such programs would cost-over $3 million and would bring our schools up to" ' the minimum state requirements. The re quest for $600,-000 over a long period certainly would lowef this minimum requirement sta tus -of our schools, but in my opinion, the people in the county ar^^wfllitV to pay -for this amount>rf^improvementsr TTTe Board may nOw-elect to do as the Commissioners previously su^es ted, and call fora-^ond issue." ' Alex T. Wood, Register of Deeds of the county and secre tary to. the Board of Commls- ? sloners, reported that he hatT been instructed by Chairman George Harris on Tuesday, to v iriform Mrs. Dickens and Full er 6f the Monday decision. In other action the Board drew Jury- lists and appointed Walter J. Debnafm as deputy tax col- v lector with authority to collect delinquent personal taxes. Senior Play Cast i ? \ !