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Louisburg. N C Tuesday. March 30 1965
(Eight P?q*s Today)
96th Year ? Number 11
KAY PITTMAN
Jaycees Nhme First
Pageant ContestajjJ
Kay ?Pittman of Louisburg is the first
entry in the Upcoming Miss Louisburg]
Beauty Pageant to be Held In the Louisburg
College Auditorium, Friday, April 30, at
8:00 p.m. '
Kay is the daughter of M i\ and Mrs. E, L.
Pittman, Sr., of 220 Bickett Blvd. in Louis
burg, and is a freshman student at Louis
burg 'College.. Her talent in competition
will be singing".
While a student in high school, in Texas,
Kay was a member of the band, girls' choir,
mijied chorus and Futur.e Homemakers. .At
Louisburg College she slhgs In the Glee
Club and Chapel Choir, and a "member
of Phi Beta Lamda.
Society Plans Tour
Members and visitors attend
ing a meeting of the Franklin
County Historical Society held
In the social parlor of , Main
Building at Louisburg College
Thursday night witnessed a
showing "of slides on 'early
"Eastern North -Carolina. Ar- i
chitecture.'.'. The slides, made
available .by the State Depart
ment of Archives and History,
covered the colonial period to
the ante-belluifa - period, and
were presented with commen
tary by Mrs. Elsa C. Yarbor
ough ?
Historic sites in Wilmington,
EdentonX Bath, Beaufort, New
Bern, Klnston, Tarboro, Hall
fax and.\ Chowan Counties,
among others, wer^ ^hown.
Liodley Butler, society presi
dent, displayed the bobk "The
County of Warren," 158^-1917, j
by Manley Wade Wellman, which
Is being presented to the Frank
lin County Library by the so- |
ciety. Information regarding
many Yranklin County familleV
and places can be found in this
book. The Society plans to give
a book each year to the county
library. 'f -
Plans for the historical tour
tentatively scheduletrfor May 2
were presented, and members
wece advised that the tour. would
include the ..Green* Hill home,
Allendale, Casine, and the> old
Laurel Mill. Historical infor
mation on the Person House'1*
located oh'North Main St., and
others will be available. The
old ITai^klin Acaderpy Building
whiclj is? being restored will
also be open for Inspection.
A tea -at the Art Gallery tot
the East Campus .of the ,pol~
lege will climax the tour/ The
exact time and place ur regis
tration for tW>se desiring to
take the tour will Ue announced
a! an early date/ ?
Scouts Hold Racing Derby
Scene above show,* Cub Scouts annual Pinewood Derby held last
Friday night at ^he "Fellowship Hall at the Loulsburg Methodist
Church. Winner of the fastest car award was Bennett Steelman,
second place, Larry Hu"nt;?thlrd place, Walter House. Most
attractive car winners were: first place, Neal Stewart; second,
Ray Hodges; third, Bob Hicks. Most fcnusual car awards
went to!. Rusty Versteeg, first place; Jack Varsteeg, second;
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ind Johnny Wilson, third. Judges were Louisburg Policeman,
Ned Lloyd; State Troopers, D. C. Day and James E. Byrd; uid
Loulsbiir( Business Association President, Archie !?*?*
Rev. Walter McDonald, Loulsburg College, was official starter
for the race. Tom Walrtwrlght,lHstrlctScOutExecutlce, present
ed the awards. -Photo by Dick Burnett#
Home Burned In Suicide Attempt
Dinner
Tickets
On Sale
Tickets for the annual Demo
cratic Dinner to be held Satur
day night at the Louisburg High
School Cafeteria have been
placed on sale this week, ac
cording to a spokesman for the
group. PTeclnct chairman and
other party oKjcials are hand
ling the sale of thetickets which
admit holders to tliKd inner and
also to membership IrHhe local
organization for the yearX 1
State Senator FredS. Roy4$?ir
of Henderson has been namtkfc
guest speaker for the event.
Royster represents Franklin,
Vance and Granville Counties
4n the General Assembly this
year.
Others on the program are:
Executive Committee Chair
man, A. .E. Pearce; Charles
Davis, president, YDC; Hill
Yarborough, Committee mem
ber, Ed . Woodhouse, Director
N. C. Democratic Executive
Committee; Mrs. Louis Ox
nevad, president Democratic
Women; Representative James
D Speed and Rev. Billy Martin,
pastor of Corinth Baptist
Church.
Smoke R ises From Fire Ruins
Ruins of the Charles Lloyd
home near Mapieville Is pic
tured above following a fire to
which Lloyd reportectly confess
ed setting early Sunday morning
In* a suicide attempt. Later
Lloyd wrecked his car in anoth
er reported attempt to take h4s
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own life. He was brought to
Louistjurg where he surrender
ed to officers and' Is undergoing
treatment at State Hospital.
The wheels- were stolen off his
car* following the wreck, ac
cording to one report.
-Times Staff Photo.
Autopsy Ordered In Youngsville Death
Sheriff Joseph W. Champion
repofts that an autopsy was
performed on the body of a
45-year-old Youngsville, Rt. 1
man late Sunday night after
the marmfcs found dead in his
automobile on the old Tarboro
\Road near Youngsville Sunday
afternoon.
Tma, Sheriff said .that Bennie
Grahafn Alford was discover
ed' inside his ldcked automo
bile just off the highway around
4:30 p.m. Sunday." The doors
to the car were locked, but
one ventilator . window was
cracked, according to Cham
pion. The engine was not run
ning, the She/iff reported.
Champio>i Indicated that no
foul ~pU*y was suspected, but
that autopsy was requested
to determine the cause of death.
A. L A. To Meet
Mrs. (Wear Joyner will be
the hoste?k for jthe American
Legion AiAiltaty. meeting on
Friday nlg)*fi at 6:00 p.m. All
members are urged to attend
because there will be a special j
business meeting. I
! The report had not been made
this morning.
Funeral services for Alford
will be conducted, this after
noon at J p.m. from the Flat
Rock Baptist Church by Rev.
William Taylor and Rev. John
Darnell. Burial will. follow in
the chflrch cemetery
j\lford was a lifelong resi-'
| dent of Franklin County and^
was employed by the Job P.
Wyatt Co. in Raleigh.
He Is survived by his wife,
Mrs Ruby Let* Alford, two
/laughters, Mrs. Sylvia Edwards
Henderson, and Patsy jo of the
home; three sons, Bennie of
Rt. 1. Wake Forest, Jones and
Bruce, both of the home, nis
rhother, Mrs. Ella Alford ot
Rt\ Youngs'vllle; two sisters,
Mrs. M^iyiiai'd pierce and' Mrs.
David Price, both of Raleigh;
two' brothiKs, Vernon Alford
of Krankllntokand Edwin Alford
of Wake ForestVarid one grand
child.
Patrol Inspects Over 500
Cars In 5-Day Program
The following results were
noted at the end of the five-day
equipment check program In
Franklin County by the State
Highway Patrol.^
Trooper V S. Ethertdge re
ports, "Out of some 500 plus
vehicles Inspected we found 237
to be defective In some regard
Of the 237 defective vehicles,
we found a total of 466 equip
ment defects. These were .is
j follows: license plate light, 143,
turn signals, 46; brake light, 61;
tall light, 28, hf^ad light, 26,
park light; 30. We also found
3 foot brakes unsuiUible for op
eration and these vehicles were
parked until brakes had been
repaired Also in the* brake
line we fovnd 40 vehicles with
defective or .no emergency
brake."
Listing of\ other equipment
follows: rni^flers of exhaust
system, 18, tires or dangerous |
quality, 12;, Wipers, 15, no]
horns, 13, defective or no mir
rors, 3; defective windshields,
3. We found 7 ^registration
violations and ,4 in the drivers
license," Etherldge added
"We realize that we didn't
even begin to scratch the sur
face of defective equipment in
Franklin County.' We again ask
that you as an individual tajjie a
minute of your tirn? and check
all of your safety equipment,"
stjtvd Etherldge.
"We do realize, however, that
this fjve'-day program v has
brought to our attention^again
the very Important need for an
adequate, well-working vehicle
inspection law. We urge that
you as a citizen of Franklin
County and the*~State of korth
Carolina lend your support to
the enactment of such a law
in our General Assembly/' con
cluded Trooper Etheridge. ?/
Another Breakin,
Typewriter Stolen *
Thieves entered Gethsemane
Schogl near Bunn last Friday
night and to no one's surprise
stole a typewriter, among other
things. This Is the fourth
school breakln In the past few
months, the second for the ne
gro school. On each breakln,
office machines Including type
writers . have been reported
stolen. r <'
Another robbery In which a
typewriter was stolen was the
lo^al radio station last Decem
ber. Sheriff Joseph W, Cham
pion reported that several
schools In adjoining counties
have also been entered during
the past several months.
In the Gethsemane robbery,
thieves broke open several
aoofs ana aia a large amount
of damage, apparently for no
reason. A refrigerated box
was opened and meats and other
supplle* ware left to spoil.
Milk wis thrown outside the
building and one typewriter was
taken.
Two typewriters, contained In
the building, had been hidden,
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probably due to the number of
recent breakins. The Intruders
found on* of the machines, a
new one, and overlooked another
older model.
The Sheriff's office Is con
tinuing their Investigation Into
this and the other breakins In
the school during the past few
weeks
Bill Changes
Bunn Election
v
Representative James D.
Speed has Introduced a bill,
which has* passed the House, to
allow Bunfi to set the fourth
Tuesday In May In odd-number
ed years for their Town elect
Ion*. The bill allows the change
th* year.
The bill must now pass the
State Senate, which la usually
only a formality. The town of
Bunn has previously had the
second Saturday In May as the
date for their elections. ?
L
went beserk early Sunday morn
ing apd according to reports,
set fire to his house in a suicide
attempt. . Charles Lloyd, who
maintained his residence in the
Mapleville 'Community while
living in Blountsville, Tenn.,
was said to have admitted to
Sheriff's Officers that he set
the fire which cortfpT?tely des
troyed the modern dwelling in
the early morning hours.
Lloyd reportedly escaped the
blaze and decided to try to take
his own life by running his
automobile off a bridge, near the
Mort Harris farm a few miles
south of Mapleville. The car
was found overturned after
Lloyd walked a short distance
to the home of a Mr. Radford
to report the incident. Radford
brought the man to Louisburg
where Lloyd surrendered to
officers.
The'.blaae discovered by
two unidentified .negro men
arouncT 1:40 a.m. Sunday. They
awakened a neighbor of Lloyd's
Donald Davis at his home Just
across the road from the Lloyd
residence. Davis reported that
he saw the blaze coming from
the toof and apparently from
an electric wire. Lloyd
reportedly told officers that the
fire had been set with paper
inside the building. Davis called
the jcfctice Fire Department,
which fought the blfaze and while
unable to save the Lloyd house,
did prevent damage to nearby
buildings.
Lloyd was reported 'to have
purchased the house about 14
months % ago from Johnny
Burnette, who lives nearby in
the Maplebllle Community. A
Louisburg real estate firm had
the house listed for sale. Lloyd
was living in Tennessee arid
came to Mapleville several
times a year for short stays.
Sheriff Joseph W. Champion
reported that he felt something'
was "wrjy with the man" when
he saw jffm in the Franklin
County Jail. Lloyd's son-in-law
and daughter, after conferring
with the Sheriff obtained the
release of Lloyd and had him
examined by a local physician,
who recommended that he be
in to Raleigh for examlna
was admitted to the State
Hospital Sunday, where he will
undergo treatment.
and observation. Lloyd
PARKER LUMPKIN
Named Page
James Parker Lumpkin, II,
son of Mr. and Mrs W. L.
Lumpkin of. Loulsburg, recently
received appointment as Senate
Page from Lt. Governor Bob
Scott and will begin his duties
April 5Jh..
Young Lumpkin, is a Junior
Usher of the First Baptist
Church of Louisbvy4f. He is a
student at Louisburg High
School.
To Discuss
Districts
The Franklin County Board
of Education will meet tonight
in a special called session to
hear a report from their'
Committee on setting up dis
tricts In the county.
Board members Horace Baker
and Lelan* Woodllef were
appointed k> study the district
question earlier this month. It
is expected that the Board will
decide whether to setup mul
tiple districts or to declare the
county as a whole, one district.
There are six dlstrltts at pre
sent In the county school sys
terii.
Board member-, Clint Fuller,
was appointed to ?vork with
School Superintendent Warren
Smith and Board Attorney E F.
Yarborough to study a plan of
compliance to the Federal Civil
Rights Act. This committee is
not expected to make a report
In tonight's meeting since State
Superintendent Charles F. Car
roll has , requested that no
further plians be sent to .Wash
ington uijlill the Federal govern
ment clarifies the wording of the
controversial Title VI require
ments In the Civil >Rights Act
of 1964.
Zi? ?
Legislative News^~ -L
by Representative James D Speed J I
The General Assembly's Joint
Appropriations Comrplttee
heard Its. last pleas for extra
money last Friday and Is "n<^w
. deciding which State agencies
should have more funds than
Advisory Budget Commission
has recommended Various
agencies have asked'for a total
of $168 million dollars above
the more than two billion dol
lars that was recommended by
the Commission The addition
ally requested funds will have
to be cut f&
more than H|H
half to stay
within the ?
budget
is
proposed by
Governor
Moore It
is reason
sura ^
that many of wK mk MM
th' StV - spwd
a gencles
have been unreasonable with
money requests. Governor
Moore Is certainly right In
trying to hold spending within
our present tax range. North
Carolina can continually grow
at its present rapid rate with
out additional revenues; there
fore, I am very much opposed
to a new tax of any kind.
Bills of particular Interest:
H. B. ??--(Oregory of Hall
OES To Meet
The Wellons Chapter No. 167,
Order , of the Eastern Star will
have their Installation, which
was postponed due to bad weath
er, at the next regular meeting
which will be held April 7.
All members are urged to be
present and visitors are wel
come. It will be a closed meet,
h. ' '
I
fax and others) a Joint resolu
tion "Memorializing Congreis
to call a convention for tn<
purpose ck proposing an amend -
See SPEED Page 8
College
Visited
? , \
Members of the Southern
Association of .Schools and
Colleges Visitation Committee
visited the Loulsburg College
campus last week to evaluate the
local college program. During
the past year and a half, Louls
burg College faculty, adminis
tration and staff have been en
Caged In a self-study, evaluating
?very phase of the campus life.
This study was completed In.
December and a Self-Study
Committee, appointed by the
Southern Association^ came to
the local campus to evaluate the
Loulsburg College program.
C. Ray Pruette served as chair
man of the College's Steering
Committee for the study.
Mmebers of thy Visitation
Committee were : Miss Edna
Eaves, assistant librarian of
Furman University, Greenville,
S. C., and Dr. Charles Harmah,
president of Bluefleld College,
Bluefleld, Va. Dr. Harman
served as chairman of the Vl?lt
lng Committee. He had vlalted
the campus on February 11 to
make plans for the visit of the
full committee.
Other members are: Dr. Ray
Farley, Dean of Instruction,
Young Harris College, Young
Harris, Georf'a; Mr. Doyle M.
Dlllard, business manager,
Mobile College, Mobile, Ala
bama; and Mr. Richard Foil,
Dean of Students, Bluefleld
College, Bluefleld, Va.