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Weather Cloudy with rain or showers today and Friday. Cooler today and 2 little warmer Friday. Low today, 46; high, 57. The Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Times Serving AIJ Of Franklin County Comment The simple llle, praised In prose ai)d verse, Is not so sim ple In this day and time. Tel QY 6-3283 (Ten Cents) Lou sb'urg N ? -Thursday Match 25 1965 (Twelve Pages Today) 96th Year? NJitnber?10 Locals Meet To Discuss ? Improvement Council Around thirty local citizens met last night in the Agricul ture Building to hear a group from Llllington explain their accomplishments through the - establishment of an improve ment Council. "Five Lillington leaders ex pressed their feeling^ on form ing such an organization here. They explained that their Coun cil was made up of represen tatives af all civic clubs, P. T. A., and churches.. The Council acts as a coordinating tool for Community improvements. *".C. T. Dean, Jr., Coynty Ex tension Agent, presided at the meeting and introduced the visiting speakers. Bob Long, Community Development Spec ialist from State College also spoke to the group. ?* Dean reported that' the local group was Interested in the establishment of a local Im provement Council, but that last night's meeting was held only for discussion of the possibility and that it was not an organiza Koyster 10 Speak At Dinner Representative James D. Speed, Program Chairman for the annual Democratic Dinner her on April 3, has announced that State Senator FredRoyster of Henderson will be the featur ed speaker. Royster, who represents the F rankliu, Vance, and Granville county .district in- the N. C. .Senate, Is Di rector of the Bright Belt Warehouseman's Associa tion and is considered an expert on tobacco problems. The annual fund raising dinner is to held in the Louisburg High -S^lwol cafeteria on Saturday, Apiil 3, the exact time has not been set. Tickets to the affair are now on sale by all' precinct chairmen and other party leaders. "Youth To Be Page Noel Smith H. P. "Pat" Taylor, Jr., S(>eaker of the N. C. House of Representatives, has announced the appointment of Milton Noel Smith of Loulsburg as a page In the House. The youth Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Smith of Tanglewood Drive of Loulsburg. Noel Is fourteen years old and a freshman at Loulsburg High School. He has several years of perfect attendance at the school and In his Sunday School class at Loulsburg Baptist Church He Is Interested In governmental history and will serve his one week term from March 29th through April 2nd. The youngster was recom mended for the page position by Franklin County Representative James D. Speed. The Speaker said, "I am pleased to advise you of the appointment" and offered his personal assistance to the- boy while he It serving In the House. He Is the first announced page appointment from the county for this session. Students' use of marijuana concerns Harvard. jlional meeting. i The Lillington group reported a number of outstanding pro jects In their communities, one of which was the purchase of ja $5000 bus which^was donated to the local -school. Franklinton Court Docket (Frk. B. W.) Of the cases brought befUr# Mayor Joe W. Pearce on Monday, in Frank linton, nineteen of them were continued. J Fourteen speeders were tried in the, local court. James Cornfeld paid fine and cost for going 85 miles per hour in a 60 mi. zone. Lerselle Howard and Charlie Edward Turner each paid cost for speeding 65 mph in a 55 ml. zone. Richard W. Crock , Betty Jean Black, Stanley R.Sozurek, Francis James Brewer ? 69 rpph In a?60 ml. zone. Each paid cost. Raeford Booth- -Speeding 50 mph in a 35 mi. zone. Paid cost. Leroy Cannady- -Speeding 72 mph in a 60 mi. zone. To pay ,ilne and cost. Leonard Marion Hawkins -- Speeding 55* mph in a 35 mi. zone. To pay c*>s{. Larry w. Parham--txceea ing 65 mph. Cost paid; Joan Elaine Wheeler ? Speed ing 70 mph In a 55 ml. zone. Fine and cost paid. Ralph Spencer Maclean ? Speeding 69 .mph in a 60 mph zone and passing on yellow line. | Fine ahd cost paid. | Donald Howard Partln ? Speeding 72 mph In a 60 mi. zone. Fine and .cost paid. Other c^s'es were: William Felix Cooke--No op erator's license, lmpeding.t raf fle -and no muffler! Nol pros the N.O.L. charge ? pay tost for no mufflers. Larry W. Parham--No oper ator's license. No registra tion. Paid cost. Larry Thomas Medlln-- Ex ceeding safe speed. ?; Guilty. Samuel V. Chaves -- Driving 1 under influence. Fine and cost paid. Coates Junius Howard--Dld fail to secure load on truck. Cost paid., . Forest Service Heady Mrs. Floyd Gilliam sits high In the fire tower .above left, on lookout for any s-igns of fire. At right, top, Smokechaser Willie F. Bartholomew stands ready to answer any call and fire plow operator \V. C. Hunt' stands beside his rig in lqwer photo also ready to 'rush into service should 'a ?orest fire threaten. -Times Staff Photos. Forest service Outlines ? Various Area Programs Cor?t<nued from Tuesday Part II Note: In Part I of this se ries, some of the programs of the Forest Service in' Franklin .County were outlined. %Parl II continues with the ""remainder of these programs. 6. Service Forester Robert L. Tyson, who is stationed in Rocky Mount, serves the land owners of Franklin and three other counties. Tyson is 4 graduate of North Carolina kState -College tand has worked in other positions with the for est Service three years. When, Mr. Tyson is examining wood land in Franklin County with Recorder's Docket Heavy The tallowing cases weredis posed of during a, session of Recorder's "Court Jury Trials last week: William Yates Wall, w/m/17, motor vehicle violation. Nol j Pros with leave. Clarence Matthews, w/m, mo tor vehicle violation. Nol Pros ] with leave. Dennis Joel Bragg, w/m, mo- j tor vehicle violation. Nol Pros with leave. Willis Ernest Prlvette, w/ irv' 19, motor vehicle violation. State takes a Nol Pros Earl Bryant, w/ m/19, motor vehicle violation. State takes a Sol Pros. ? - Samuel Ellis Fergerson, m/ m/2f, driving while license sus pended. $25.00 fine and costs Hugh Splvey, c/m/44, motor vehicle violation. Guilty, $10.00 fine and costs. Notice of appeal bond fixed at $100.00. William Donald Mitchell, w/m /29, speeding. $15.00 fine and costs. Ronald Woodrow Pearce, w/ m/21, speeding. $15.00 fine and costs. - Joe Willie Cheel^c/m/48, op erating auto intoxicated. De fendant pleads guilty to care less and reckless driving. $25.00 fine and costs. Norman Junior Gupton, c/m/ 36, operating- auto intoxicated; no operator's license. Guilty of driving without operator's license. Not guilty as to OAI. $25.00 fine and costs. Arnold Mitchell, w/m/19, Careless and reckless driving. Nol Pros oiv motion of Solici tor. > Jake Collins, w/m/ 44, oper ating auto Intoxicated. State accepts plea of careless and reckless driving. $25.00 fine and costs. Herbert Garland Debnam, w/ m/25,' speeding. $5.00 fine and jj costs . . c Billy I May Edwards, w/m, c motor vehicle violation. Nol c Pros upon recommendation of j Solicitor. - - c Willie Peace, c/m/45, unlaw ful possession of whiskey and , unlawful possession of whiskey for sale. 6 months ? in Jail, v assigned to work under super- a vision of N. C. Prison Dept., j suspended on payment of $100. 00 fine and costs by Mayl5. j BH1 Weldon Wood, w, m/22, s motor vehicle violation. Nol * Pros upon recommendation of a Soltcotor. William Glenn Webb, c/m/20, ? Carrying concealed weapon; as- , saujt with deadly weapon.' 6 -months In Jail, assigned to work c under supervision of St^te Pri- , son Dept., suspended on pay- < ment of costs by March 19th and the sum t of $260.00 Into' j the office of C. S. C. bf Sept. < 15, 1965, for hospital ^nd doc tor bills of Robert Gupton. , Vernon Lee Baker, w/m/44, j operating auto Intoxicated. Nol j Pros on recommendation of Solicitor-- ,j Ernest Nelson Mkter, w/m/ ( 39, operating auto Intoxicated: Pleads guilty to careless and | reckless driving. $50.00 fine , and costs. Jane Rogers, motor vehicle , violation. Action to abate due , to death of defendant. Tliomas Dale, c/m/24, opet- | atlng auto Intoxicated. Pleads, guilty to careless and reckless , driving. $25.00 fine and costs. , A1 Glenn Woodllef, w/m/16, speeding. $5.00 fine and costs. ] Luther Brown, w/m/55, oper- < atlng auto Intoxicated. Action l to abate due to death of the defendant. Artemus Mann, c/_m/30, op- 1 e rating auto intoxicated; care ess and reckless driving iuilty of OAI, not guilty as to :areless and reckless driving: ? months In .Jail', suspended on >ayment of $100.00 fine and :osts by March 30, 1965. John Smith, Jr., c, m,'3^, ipeeding. $15.00 fine an(l < ? > st s . Janed Rogers, c, m/36,?notor 'ehlcle -violation. A^tiort t< ibate due to death, of the de endant. Robert Thom&s. Klnton, w, m/ ,7, Exceeding 70 mph speed Itate amends warrant tochargi speeding 70 mph in 60 rnph lone. Not guilty. Glenda Jayne Whitley, w, I II, speeding. $15.00 fine and :osts r * Charlie Mac Daye, c, m/37, >perating auto Intoxicated. On i ?ecommendation of Solicitor, State takes a Nol Pros. "Plummer Williamson, c m, !5, motor vehicle violation. MO. 00 fine and costs. Joseph Talmer Dlacknall, :/m, possession of materials! or manufacture of whiskey. ! "Jot guUty. Roger Batchelor, c/m.-53,as jaujt on female. Discharged on jayinent of costs. The following was disposed of in Recorder's Cpurt on Tues lay, March 16: James Marlon Bartholomew, nv/m/26, speeding. $10.00 fine ind costs. The following case was dis posed of on -March 18: James McArthur Journlgan, ff/m, non support. Defendant ilsmlssed on payment of costs. The following cases weredis ?sed : of at% a session of Re :order's Court on Tuesday, March 23: j ? Percy William Joyner, w, rn/ 5p, motor vehicle vlojatjor. See Court page 8 the landowner, marking tlm t>er, making ACP woodland In spections, or coordinating the - Interest of landowners with con suiting foresters, Woodland treatment contractors, gr for- j est product "buyers, County Jtanger Smith 'goes, along to j prepare to follow up with per- j ! sonal assistance ? to the land-. owner in these activities later. Many of the woodland in animations which the Service .Forester makes result in a recommendation' to thin ttie Stand of timber. The Service Forever and County Ranger work closely together in mark- i ing sawtimber. - At times when the Forester is rushed he may j leave the pulpwood marking for the County Ranger, to do alone. kCoanty Ranger. Smith has com vpieted. ah on-the-job training program which~qualtfies him to do many other forest manage ment activities as well as mark limber. ? . 8. Like fire, insects and, tree diseases present a constant threat to the growing of trees as a crOp. Ranger Smith has been trained to be constantly vigUant for symptoms of these two fores| enemies as he car ries out other activities in his busy schedule. If inspection of infected trees reveals a very comyiOQ pest, Ranger Smith informs the landowner of his problem and advises him how to control or eliminate it. 1 1 the infestation is caused by an unfamiliar insect or disease, a forester Is called lp to assist 'Smith with identifying the prob lem. At present the Southern, Pine Beetle is posing ar serious threat to timber stands In sev eral parts of the State. Serious outbreaks are looked after by one of three insect and disease specialists with the assistance of local Forest Service person nel. ? ' 9. Fire prevention Is one of the oldest activities of the For est Service. It is much better to prevent a fire before it starts than to put It out latet). The Ranger ahcT hi$ personnel spend much time this time of the year instructing people how %o safe-* ly burn fields, piled brush, yard trash; make industrial burn Set Service cage 8 . Franklinton Mayor, Other Candidates Seek Re-Election vFrk.D.W.)- This week tlue Franklinton Correspondent oi The Franklin Times polled var ious public officials about their intent lens i - Mayor Joe W. Pearce will be a candidate to su6i eed himself [as Mayor of Franklinton. He | is now serving his second term as Mayor. His greatest concern is t^ water supply because the maximum amount of water is being used dally in r ranklinton. A grant has been given by the Federal Government t9 explore or plun Cedar Creek, Project, which would provide an 1 additional- 3,000,000 gallons of water a day. ? v Jaifies S. Joyner, serving, his first term on the Town Board, plans to%run for re-election. Joyner is Cashier of the First Citizens Bank and Trust Co Attend Governor's Salute A number of Franklin County civir and governmental leaders attended Governor Dan Moore's Salute to Community and Area Development dinner Tuesday in the Dorton Arena In Raleigh. . The group heard Governor Moore sound the theme of the meeting, "There is no limit to what a community can do if it wants to". He pointed put that he has requested the General Assembly to establish five regional development offices in the st^fe. The featured speaker, Rev. Bob Richards, former Olympic star told the group, "Only the dedicated few are willing to pay the price of greatness, and ?it , is the dedicated few who hold communities together.^ Campers Tn Meet There will be a meeting of the Camplighters Chapter on Tues day evening March 30, in the basement of the County Agent's Building, according to Sidney Johnson, president. This is a group of families Interested ui camping from fcranklln County. Plans will be made at this I meeting for the Spring Camp out which will start the camp ing season. Mr . Johnson states that this is the first Camping Chapter 'in the state. Also The Charter will be presented at 'this meeting by FleJji -Director' James A. JohnsorfT ' Anyone interested in camping i.^ invited to attend this meeting. Easter Seal Appeal Issued Mrs. Robert, Hicks, Franklin County Faster Seal Chairman, issued an appeal today for ev eryone to send in their Caster Seal contributions as soon as possible. Mrs. Hicks said, "Mail your j dollars today and help a crip pled child. You will tw1 glad you did." The taster Seal Campaign is in progress I throughout the areaftlffs month. Others on the program were: William P. Saunders, Conser vation ami Development Direc tor; Dr. George Hyatt, Jr., N. C. State Agriculture Exten sion Service Director and Dr. Leo jenkin?r- president of East Carolina College. 8 Franklinton Native Honored (Frk.B.W.) -- John Richard (J.R.) Ball, son of Mr' and Mrs. M. C. (Buck)Ball of FYanklin ton was featured as Tar Heel of the Week in Sunday's News and Observer. Ball, who heads the Wright School for emotion ally disturbed children in Dur ham. , will become the first chief socfal work consultant of the N. C. Department of men tal Health on June 1. in Franklinton. John Green, serving , his fourth term,' has not fully de- , cided but he thinks probably he will run for re-election. Green is manager of' J-. O. Green Motor Company. Earl Vow, who has served two terms, is. undecided. He was rather doubtful ^bout running for re -elect ionr^Yow is employ ed at the Corner Grocery Store in Youngsville. p. A. Payn?, who is complet fng five terms on the Town Boratd of. Corn rri is s loners j? hasn't -fully made up his mind an account of his health, payne is owner and operator of-The Franklin Theater in Frankjin ton. D. C. Hicks, Jr., fifth member of the Town Board, now reside* . in Raleigh and wil 1 not be eligible foio re-election. Three members of the Frank llnton Board of , Education will be , elected in the May 4 Election. Vance Estes, who has served two terms, hasn't fully decided two terms, hasn't fully decided. Estes is owner and operator of Vance',s Grocery and Feed Store. Tommie Champion, complet- * ing his first term on the Educa tion Board, jfs planning to run for re-election. Because of his six years of experience on the board, he thinks he is better qualified. A third member of the* Board has not % expressed himself. ? i i_ m m Electronic computers at the U. S. (Department of Commerce's Bureau of the Census are ex tractlug retail trade data about each dounty in the United States from tabulations of the 1963 Census of Business, Inserting the figures In neys stories, typ ing out the stories at eye-blink ing speed, and addressing a story to each one of 16,000 news outlets in the Nation's 3,000 counties. Three elements are used to produce these "machine-made'' news stofies: 1 St itlMtrs^for 1058-and 196: on number of establishments, their sales volume, employ ment^ ?tc. This information is stored In machine "memory", and Is part of the process of preparing the 1963 Census o V Business reports. 2. The names and addresses of the newspapers and broad casting stations, coded county by-county 3. /A set of instructions which County Retail bales Show Increase cause the computer to select statistics concerning each county, printftlta statistics at the propel] points In a news story, and address the story to each newspaper or broadcasting station in a county. 1 U. ^Census Bureau Reports Couijjty's 1963 Retail Trade Franklin County's 270 retail establishments had $22.3 mill ion in sales in 1963' 'an increase! Of 6l percent from 1908. The U. ji 5. Bureau of the Census has reported after tabulating data gathered from all firms in the K|03 Census of Business, the / list previous business census conducted by the Census Bureau, an agency of the U. S. Department of Commerce, was 1 in 1958. Retail trade in the county meant Jobs (exclusive of pro prietors) for 589 men and wo men and a yearly payroll of $1.7 million. \ In volume' of business the See Sales /jjage 8 Dr. Medders And Chief Peoples Dr. Doyle Medder a^len, is pictureHwKh Loulsburg Rescue Chief V. A. Peoples here this week, as the Service completed a 12-hour training session. Dr. Meddei*s showed a film, "Life In Your Hands," to the group and - spoke on external heart massage. This was the fourth and final class of the standiard First Aid course by\ the. local Rescue Service.
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