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
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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<l ?? ,55-lnch rainfall Wednes
( lay- afternoon and an inch Ml
during the early eypningKitOrm.
The low temperature tfWay i.s
expected to Ix* 38 degrees; the
high Wednesday was 49.
The county-wide fire pomimi
nlcations network was off the
air for around 9 l- 9 hOurs'<Slil>
tng tfie * storm due to llgjit
ntrtK <Umag?* at the trans mlttor
u>^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
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