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Published Every Tuesday & Thursday
The Franklin Times
Serving All Of Fiymklin County
96th Year- Number 16
Louisburg N C Thursday April 15. 1965
(Twelve Pages Today.) (Ten Cents)
Franklin County To Get $551/840 In Federal School Aid
Part Vt What Next For Franklin County Schools?
Under the Federal School A id* Bill which President Johnson i
signed into law last Sunday In his old schoolhouse in Texas. |
Franklin County Is slated to receive $551,840 In* funds next
year. This represents six times the amount of Federal aid ;
received by the schools last year
North Carolina's share of the |1.06 billion to be made
available under the act will be $54.7 million. The money not
only offers "great opportunity" but It also represents "a
great responsibility,*' according to Dr. Charles F. Carroll,
State Superintendent '
In a meeting held In Raleigh last Friday and attended by
Franklin County s'chool officials, Dr. Carroll said, ''Call on
all the imagination you can command to help the disadvantaged
children." This is the group at which the bill is aimed.
Of the $551,840 allotted to Franklin County, "FranKlinton City
Schools will get their prorated share. The shares are based
on the number of children from below $2,000 annual income
families. Twenty-four per cent of North Carolina children
fall into this category. Franklin County Is listed as having
3,449 children between the ages of 5 and 1*7 within the $2,000
annual income group which represented 40% of the total
population. (
None of the money may be spent for buildings* or increased
salaried. Tf is to be spent for additional teachers and supplies .
and must^be used to help the disadvantaged children. This amount
of money placed into the underfinanced county school systems
by" CTLINT FULLER ' :
would be most beneficial. 'J
This newest Federal aid, like that presently being received,
hinges on the county school officials' presenting a plan o t com
pliance to the Title VI provisions of the Civil Rights Act and
having such plan approved by Washington officials Until such
a plan, which calls for desegregation of schools, is approved,
all Federal' funds are to be discontinued.
Franklinton City Schools have announced their plan and have |
made moves toward carrying it out. However, it was pointed!
out by Dr Carroll in Raleigh" last Friday, that all plans, re- I
gardless of their nature, would Ee returned to the local units
for revisement.
Originally school officials were told . by David Seeley, Legal
Assistant to the I". S. Commissioner of Education In Wash
ington, that a "good faith" start was all that was required
A guideline sent out by Dr G. W. Foster, University of
Wisconsin, through the office of the Commissioner, but with
out official endorsement, had indicated that a grade a year
starting at the top and bottom grades simultaneously might
be sufficient . to ftain approval. Certainly, Indications were
contained 111 the document that multiple grade desegregation
wrould be approved. <
However, in the absence of any official instruction or in- j
terpretation from Washington, most local ur^its were in a 1
state of frustration in the.ir attempts to adopt ,a plan. of com- |
pliance. This Included the Franklin County Board of Education,
which has not as yet formulated a -plan.
The State Department, under Dr. Carroll, attempted to gain
some guides to Just what might be expected tcf gain approval, J
but were not successful. They did, however, disclose last
week, a state fculde by which they believed a local Unit could
get approval and continue receiving funds. *
The instructions^ from the N. C. Department disclosed last
week called for a more Intense effort of desegregation than
had the* federal agency implied in previous communications.
Under the State plan, teachers and staff members are to
be desegregated, bringing in Title -VII, a new section, Into
the school picture. Actually, Title VII, which deals with fair *
employment elements of the Act, is excluded from Title VI,
under which schools are required to desegregate ^
There has probably never been a piece of federal legislation
as confusing and with as .many interpretations as is this
Title VI Section of the Civil Rights Act. Most local school
Units are at a loss as to where to start In their efforts to
comply with a law, which fails to clarify Just what is re
qulred. . _ '
It has been reported that only North Carolina and Kentucky
of the 50 . states have signed the state compliance form. Nine
teen plans from North Carolina have been sent to Washington,
of which three have" been disapproved and the other# not yet
See SCHOOLS page 4
ELAINE BLACKLEY
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Franklinton Brunette
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rls Sixth Contestant
Contestant numbfer six In the Mts.S Louis- J
burg Be-auty Pageant Is Miss Mildred Elalnej
Blackley of -Route Box 55, Franklinton,
North Carolina. Mildred is the daughter of1
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Blackley. Mildred is
a Senior at Franklinton High School whosej
talent for the event will be dancing. Thisj
Franklinton beauty has blue eye? and brown
hair. She .is a member of the Glee Club,
secretary of the Y. W. A.'s, a member oft
the F. H. A.; her favorite hobbies are danc
ing and reading.
Easter Sales Off
Last Year's Pace
Easter sales are running
somewhat behind the pace set
last year, according to a sur
vey of Louisburg merchants
made yesterday. Even with the
holiday coming much later this
year than last, and the warmer
weather expected to have in
crease sales on some dress
items, most businesses report
sales below last seasons.
The department and ready-to
-wear stores, usually the best
yardstick on Easter sales re
? port, -at best, sales will be no
better than last year. Qie var
iety Store manager said that
he felt the public attitude. had
much "to do with the-decrease.
He said there had been much
sickness In the area and the
tobacco situation among other
things' had., contributed to the
slack.
One drug store reported sales
above last year, pointing out
that candy sales would come
later In the week for the Easter
gifts. The report said that their
Increase In business todate this
year had been for the most part
due to ' Increase In pres
criptions.
One men's department mana
ger said his business was "a
little better" at this point and
was optimistic that the remain
ing sales days would bring a
satisfactory increase. Another
said his business was "less than
last year and business, had been
somewhat disappointing"thusfar
this week. %
Another variety store mana
ger reported that "we are do
ing alright" and added, "this
could be one of ou r best years . * '
One department store said busi
ness was "pretty good" and "we
are up to par, but certainly not
any better than last year."
Florists and most drugstores ?
Indicated that the majority of
their sales - were yet to come
and 90uld not estimate how these
sales would be compared to last
year
Easter will be observed in the
usual manner in churches
throughout the 'area this year.
Practically all will devote their
Sunday services to the taster
theme.' Franklin County schools
will be closed next Monday and
the Louisburg Senior Class will
visit Washington over the holi
day.
Little Girls Prettier At Easter
The pretty miss shoWn above Is Lou Ann
Perry, 2-year-old daughter of Fireman
and Mrs. "Joe Perry of Ford Circle. Lou
Ann personifies the many other pretty girls
Who will be sporting their frilly frocks for
the coming Easter weekend. Staff Photo.
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Versteeg
Elected
Drama Head
Louisburg College's Director
of Drama, Bob Versteeg, was
elected President of the Caro
lina Dramatic Association at
the association's annual busi
ness meeting in Chapel' Hill
Saturday.
The purpose of the Carolina
Dramatic Association is to en
courage dramatic art In the
schools and communities of
North Carolina; to meet the
need for constructive recrea
tion, to promote the production
of plays, pageants, and festi
vals; and lo stimulate interest
In. the nicking of a native drama.
The association Is in Its forty
j third year.
Retiring president of the as
sociation is Hoyt McCachren,
Director of Drama at Catawba
Cpllege In Salisbury. Bill
Watson of Sanford Central High
School will serve as Vlce
sCjesldent for the coming year.
John W. Parker, of U.N.C.,
was re-elected executive
secretary.
Schools
Close Monday
Schools in the Franklin County
system will be closed Monday
for the Easter holidays. Origi
nally scheduled to be closed
Friday, students were required
to attend to make up one of
the days lost due to snow.
The Saturday following
Easter (April 24) schools In the -
system will operate in making,
up another snow day. The
Board of Education this week
announced that Saturday will
be a short day, in that activi
ty periods will be omitted. This
will allow the' students .to get
out around' one hour earlier
than usual.
Two More File
At Franklinton
(Frk. B.W.)? Ralph McGhee
and W. C. Garrison filed Tues
day as candidates (or the F rank.
Unton Town Board of Commiss
ioners. Ori Wednesday, S. L.
(R>te) Colbert filed which
brought the total to nine cand-v
(dates ,
Previously C. A. Payne,
James S Joynef" (both lncum*
bents), Henry Franklin Holmes,
Alvln (Jim) Daniels, Alice Kay
Rogers, and M. K. Hamm had
filed.
As of Wednesday, only three
candidates .had filed for the
three seats on the Franklin
ton Township Board of Educat
ion. Tommle Champion, incum
bent, Rev. J. p. Mangrum, and
Howard Conyers are the candi
dates.
The deadline of April 16 at 12
noon for filing Is near.
Weather
Increasing cloudiness and a
little warmer today with scat
tered showers Partly cloudy
Friday. Low today, 40; high,
11. . . '?
Some wives are like flsherT
men. They think the best got
away.
New Industry To Locate Here
A new industry, expected to
eventually employ between 35
40 persons, will begin opera
tions in Louisburg within the
next few weeks, ac? prdirig to
an announcement today by. In
dustrial Development Director
W. J. Benton and M. E. Joyner, !
who will operate the new ven- j
tur??.
Joyner, a native of Louisburg I
and presently associated wjth |
Joyner'. Wholesale Building Sup- [
ply Co here, said the hew plant |
A^lll occupy, the Youngstown
building on South* Main Street
and will manufacture pre
flnlshed plywood.
The new plant will be known
as the M. E^Joyner Manufact
uring Co. and machinery for the
operation is expected to arrive
by the end of this month Plans
call for the employment of ten
men for the start of production
with other employees being
added as the need arises
Joyner said all would be local
To//r Plant Location
Pictured 'above, left to right, W. J. Benton,
Industrial Development Director; Mack E.
Joyner, plant o\yner; and Walter Willard,
plant raanaeer, pause outside \^ie Youngs
town building in Louisljurg following a tour
of the building. Joyner announced today that '
he will open. a plywood prefinish^g plant
here. -Times Staff Photo.
people except the plant manag
er, Walter Wlllard, of Raleigh,
who Is at present In Loulsburg *
overseeing the Installation.'
Negotiations have been under
way for several months for the
lease of the building and other
plans pertaining to the final
establishment of the new In
dustry here, according to Ben
ton. joyner stated, #+W. J
Benton and the Industrial
Development Commission put
In a lot of work In negotiating
the lease and working the thing
out. I want to give. them a lot J
of credit because they deserve
It."
This fs the third new Indus
try to locate In the area In the
past 15 months under Benton'fc.
leadership. Gay Products in
Loulsburg and Justice Manu
facturing Co in the Justice
Community are the others.
Thx new Joyner plant will -
obtain <he r^w material from
points overseas and Canada wltjy
some hardwoods being secured
from Virginia iqd North Caro
lina The. outlets for the fin
ished product will range acs far
away as Chicago, New York,
Washington and Baltimore, ac- .
cording to Joyner. f
The Youngstown building to
be ufced in the new plant oper
ations contains 24,000 sq. ft.
and work Is now in progress in
making the building ready for
the new plant. Joyner stated
he expected the machinery to be
here and ready for use by
May 15.
ASCS Computing
Acreage-Poundage
TOBACCO ACREAGE POUND
AGE BILL.> As a result of the
passage of the Tobacco Acreage
Poundage Bill, the Franklin
County ASCS Office In Loulsburg
has been busy computing revis
ed 1965 tobacco allotments.
Each farm with a 1965 effective
Allotment of tobacco win re
ceive an 18% Increase In allot
ment. Where tobaccc allot
ments have been transferred
under a lease agreement, th?
18% will apply to the farm re
ceiving the acreage. For ex
ample:"' It a farm had a f965
allotment of 3 0 acfes and this
acreage was moved to a far :,
with a 5/0 acre allotment, thus
totaling 8.0 acres, thV^lffs
Youngsvilie
Youth Is
House Page
Jones Winston, Jr. of Youngs -
v 1 1 1 e served as Page id the
House of Representatives last
v4ek. Winston was appointed by
Rei. James Speed of Frank
lin Gfounty.
Jonas, Jr. Is in the 10th
grade\ at Youngsvilie High
School\ and Is a member of the
Beta C^b.
He Is the son of- Mr. and Mr?.
J. H. Winston, Sr. His mother
1* the fofmer Violet Issac of
Lenoir arid he has a sister,
Linda. \ ?
crease would apply to the farm
receiving the 3.0 acre.'all6tmenfc
(118% X8.0 acres equjtl-s- r9.*44
acres) ior 1965. Producers will
be first notified of their 1965
revised allotments and will
again be notified of their 1965
revised allotments ^nd pound
age quota.' The total market- .
lng quota in pounds wllJ be
established for each farm, with
a 1965 effective totacco allot
ment. ? ' (
Yields for each community
will be determined by getting
the acreage <*f the three high
est yields for the 1959-1963
period. Each farms average
will be determined by getting j
the average of the three high- I
est yields for th* 1959-1963
period, 80% and 120% of the
community average will be
computed and any farm's pro
duction average will be adjust
ed to come within the percent
range of the community. For
example: A community has
an average of 2,000 pounds
per acre, 80% and 120% of this
average will 6e 1600 "pounds and
See ASCS page 8
Rescue Call
The Loulsburg Rescue Service
was called to the Russell Harris
home on Ford Circle Wednes
day evening around 10:30.
Steve Harris had received cuts
around the wrist and was taKen
to Franklin Memorial Hospital
(or treatment.
"Guess The Price " Prize
The first announced prize for
the annual Res, cue- Service
"Guess the Price Show" la
shown above beingihandled with
care by Loulsburfr Policeman
and Service member Kyle
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Prince. The pony Is being
cared for by local horse en- 1
thuslastTom Denton. The show
date has been set for Wednes
day, May 12, In the local arm
ory. -Times Staff Photo.