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Weather Cloudy and cooler with odca tlonal rain today. Wednesday, considerable cloudiness and mild. * Low today, 48; high, 62. The Franklin Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday - A. Servina All*- Of Franklin Countv Comment Lair n to get along with people; you'll have to assoclay with them ut)tll you die. Servjng All- Of Franklin County Tel. 0Y 6-3283 (Ten Cents) l_ouisburg. N C . Tuesday Apnt'20. 1965 (Six Pages Today) 96th Year-ifMumber 17 ' Scholarships Announced A meeting of the National Foundation March of Dimes Health Scholarship Committee Is announced for Thursday, 1 April 22, at 7:30 p.m. In the Board of Education office on Blckett Boulevard. The mem bers are Mr. Charles Davis, Loulsburg; "Mrs. J. J. Johnson, Frarikllnton; Mr. Robert Row land, Epsom; Miss Margaret Gupton, Gold Sand; Mr. Glenn Mltchel, Bunn; Mrs. V. H. Lev lster, Riverside School; and Mr. Phillip Dunston, Perry's School. The purpose and work of this committee Is to decide how much of the March of Dimes money on deposit can be used tor health scholarships for "those seniors of the ClaSs of 1965 who plan to make some health service their life's work. Applications have been sent to all of the' county schools. Upon receiving these applica tions, the committee will decide on the basis of Scholarship, character and "llUUU, lliuu! Iff" whom the scholarship^ will be awarded. All seniors interested In mak ing application for one of these scholarships should contact their principal and submit their application not later than May 14. For further Informa tion contact Rev. V. E. Duncan, Loulsburg, N. -C. , , County Chairman of the March of Dimes. May Jury List Announced The 'Commissioners with the assistance of the Sheriff drew the following Jurors according to G. S. 9-1 for a one week Criminal term of Franklin County Superior Court beginn ing 10th May 1965. DUNN? Ellis Ray, Wilbur V, Green, Durwqod M. King. HARRIS? Yates Holmes YOUNGSVILLE? None FRANKLINTON--T. J. Jack son, W. N. Mitchell, M. H. Hayes, Oliver Epps, Mrs. S. T. Brewer, Jonas B: Williams, W. A. Joyner, William L. Barefoot. HAYESVILLE-John T. Cheek, S. H. Ayscue, Charles Hedge peth, Mrs. Lillian Tharrlngton Neal, C. T. Allgood, AUIe'N. Stegall. SANDY CREEK-- William Llttlejohn, Bland Burnette, Perry Lee Williams. > GOLD MINE--J. W. Thomp ?on, Spencer Gupton, Clyde Leonard, J. B. Leonard, Auburn Allan. CEDAR ROCK? Elmo Long, Bruce Leonard, Aaron Gupton, R. R. Harris . CYPRESS CREEK? None LOUSBURG--C. Arthur Mass enburg, Woodrow Warren, Joseph T. Cottrell,Jr .Garland E. Mustlan, A. A, Duke. ZELOMA MAE CLARK, - Henderson Miss Is Seventh Contestant Zeloma Mae Clark, Loulsburg College coed from Henderson, is the seventh entry In the Jaycee Beauty Pageant to be held In the College Audltortum, April 30. Miss Clark is the daughter of M r. and [Mrs. No komus Clark of 173 Parker St., Henderson. She is a member of the B.T.U., Delta Psl Omega, Y.W. C. A., E astern Star, Glee Club, Friendship Circle, Student Council and the Dramatic Club. Her hobjay is figure, dance and speed skating. 'Her talent in the Miss Louis.burg Pageant will consist of a song and dance routine.. ASCS Office Must Employ Negro Citizens The Franklin County ASC Office is presently accepting applications from white *and non-white persons who are in terested in summer employ ment. A Federal policy con cerning tht*-4*mf>loy merit of non whites was handed down to county offices %at a recent meet ing in Rocky Mount. The sess ion was one of three district.! meetings held within the state j to. acquaint ASCS Offices wfth [the 'policy and* was conducted by Marcus B. Braswell, Chair man of theState ASC Committee ?; and A. P. Hassell, State' ASC? j Director. The county office. will employ a number of persons this sum mer to work in the field and i the office. Each person who is employed by the county office is required to fill out an appli- j cation and pass certain tests. Only qualified persons will be employed to work this summer." At present, there are nine em- I ployees . on permanent office staff and no vacancy exists. The, new Federal policy will effect ASC Community Commit tee Elections which are held each fall The present set-up calls for nomination's of at least six candidates for each commu nity ballot by members of the current Community ASC Com mittee. The new policy will differ from those held in the past in that a certain percentage of nominees on the ballot must be non-whites. The latest direct ives call for the pefcentage,of representation to be equal to the percentage of the population based on the 1959 census. Franklin County has a non-white farm population of 38%. -? The County ASC Committee, presently composed of E. G. Brewer, Chairman, C. C. Perry, Vice-chairman, and B/ T. Bunn , member, is elected annually by the Communis ASC Committee in open convention. ? y ? ? . ' . ? Demolished Car One of the cars Involved In. last Thursday's head-on collis ion on Highway 56 a few miles east of Louisburg is shown above. Both cars were de molished ancjflve persons were injured, none seriously, ac cording to reports. Those in jured were: Mary Williams 1 '/ ' and Arthur Williams, both of Rt. 3, Loulsburg; K. D. Carroll and Janice Carroll, address unknown, all - negroes and all passengers In one of the cars. The other car was driven by E. C. Lamm,; Rt. 1, ^astalla, white man. -Times Staff Photo by Dick Burnette. Two More File In Louisburg Race, Deadline Today _ The relative quiet at the Loulsbiirg Town filing office this morning is expected to be broken later today as several j rumored candidates are expect- j ed to file for seats on the Town Council. At least one additlon-| al candidate is expected to filei against V. A. (Tommy) Peoples for- the" mayor* s post. Latest to file for the May 4 elect ions' wfere George T. (Jolly) Bunn, who filed last Saturday, grnri-S. C. (Buster) Foster, who filed eanly this morning. Bunn, a local grocery man and member of the Louisburg Fire Depart ment, is making his first race. Foster, a local utilities service operator and former town em ployee, Is also a member of the Fire Department. Mayor pro-tem Robert Hicks, the first to file for another term on the Council, has been report edly dyeing the mayor's Face with the possibility that he might George T Bunr\ Twenty Two In Franklinton Races Sixteen candidates have filed for the five seats on the town council at Franklinton, three have filed for seats on the Franklin ton City School Board. Getting In under the filing deadline last Friday noon were Charlie Hlght, Jr., John Henry House, J. C. (Pete) Kearney, Larry Robblns, W. A. Shearon, G J. Bussy and C. W. Brown, all for positions on the council. Incumbent Mayor Joe W. Pearce is, op|3osed by Claude Satterwhite and John F. Green Incumbent Tommle Champion has filed for reelection to the School Board arid Howard Con yers and J. P. Mangrum are also candidates for seats on the Board. Others filing for commission er earlier are: incumbents, C. A. Payne and James Joyner; newcomers, Harry Franklin Holmes, AWln (Jim) Daniels, Alice Kay Rogers, M. K. Hamm, Ralph McGhee*, W. C. Garrison and S. L. (Pete) Colbert. The filing deadline was last Friday neon and the elections are set for Tuesday, May 4. County School Officials Confer In Washington Four local county school of ficials made a, flying trip, to Washington last Thursday to confer with authorities in the Commissioner of Education office on compliance with Title VI of the CMl Rights Act.; Board members Clint Fuller and Jones Winston, with" Board attorney E. F. Yarborough and Superintendent Warrert Smith made the one-day trip to gain ?clarification on some aspects of the law. Fuller, Yarborough and Smith have been named by the Board to draw a plan of compliance. The group met with Mr. Allen Lesser, who Is in charge of the enforcement of Title Vl.regula tloris, for around two hours, and conferred with Mr. Herbert C. Kane, in charge of court order compliance plans, and Or. Tins ley L. Spragglns, in *<niarfe~of all voluntary compliance plans, for aji additional hour and a half. Study Budgets The County Commissioners held a special meeting las't Wednesday and have another scheduled for tomorrow to study budget requests from the vari ous department heads tn the county government. Appearing at last week's meeting were representatives from the industrial Develop ment Commission, Sheriff sde partment, Clerk of - Superior Court, Ta* Collector, County Accountant, Dog Warden, and Register of Deeds Office. An official of the Welfare Depart ment from Raleigh was also heard. Each department, except the Raleigh official, were given thirty minutes In which to pre sent their budget requests. The County School Board request will be aired tomorrow In ad dition to other departments not appearing last week. Lesser, who had Just returned from a speaking engagement In Atlanta, Ga., told the local group, "According to the law, every school unit should have been totally desegregated last January 3 when the Civil Rights Act became effective. We are willing to bend some ln allqwjng y.ou time to graduall^ desegre gate your schools, but the hard line has been drawn." Fuller stated, "The trip was worthwhile. I -believe we can now devise a plan, while not ideal' for our county, certainly not as drastic as we had been led to believe. We will have . to set a cutoff date, by which tlmes we will have total and complete desegregation in all grades, but I believe we will be allowed to get to this point gradually," he added Superintendent of Schools, Warren W. Smith, stited, "We were well received b^ officials of * HEW. I feel that the trip was profitable in tjiat we re ceived Information that will be of value in the study of a plan of compliance to Title V? o t the Civil Rights Act." It was learned that all plans sent to the HEW Department are being relayed to the Justice Department for their approval. The Justice Department, ander the law, are in charge ;of Title IV, which forces desegre fatlon of all school systems when Voluntary compliance See SCHOOL Page 6 Denton Resigns Tommy Denton, thlrdenglneer In the local fire department,' has announced his resignation, effective the last of this month. Denton Joined the department full time several months ago. He will reportedly take a posi tion with a local restaurant and food distributor. ( Veteran fire department f member and former town em ploye* Grey Moon Is expected f to be Denton's replacement. C step down today f^om the Coun cil contest to oppose Peoples for the top post. The filing deadline is 6 p.m. i today, according to filing clerk, Mrs. Catherine Gupton. Incum bent Council members E. T. Jones and Jimmy Lumpkin have J stated that they would not, seek reelection. Mayor Louis A. Wheless Issued a statement two weeks ago that he would not rim again due to 'ill health. In cumbents E. F. Thomas, Johah Taylor and Hicks filed early. for additional terms on the Council. With Jones and Lumpkin out of ihe race and Peoples running for mayor, there are three va cancies to be filled on the Board. Should Hicks choose to enter the mayor's contest, only Thomas and Taylor of the pres ent governing Jx>dy would be eligible to return. Newcom ers In addition to Bunn and Foster is Mayor's son, Louis A. Wheless, jr., who filed sev eral days ago for a spot .on the Council. Services Held For T. C. Gill Funeral services were con ducted Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock In Plank Chapel Metho^ dlst Church for Thomas Clar ence Gill, 82, retired farmer of the Bobbitt Community. Rev. .'Robert J. Rudd, pastor, officiated at the rites and inter ment was in the church ceme tery. Mr. Gill died Saturday at 3 p.m. In Maria Parham Hos pital following an Tljness of six months. A native of Frank lin County, he was born May 26, 1882, son of the late Frank and Debnam Allen Gill. He was -a member of Plank Chapel Church. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Lottie Cllne Gill; one son, Thomas. Cllne Gill, of Ki^ox ville, Tenn.; a daughter, Mrs. Sarah Gill. Cook of Daytona Beach, Fla.,. and four grand children. Active pallbearers for the funeral were- Frank Mitchell, ?fhelbert .Fuller, Harold Brum mltt, James Gill, Robert Row land and John A. Rogers. Serving as honorary pallbear ers were the Men of Plank Chap el Church. The body was* taken from thef Kesler Funeral Horn'# to the] chux'ch one Ijour prior to the I rites. . Legislative News 6y ReDresentative James D Speed The highlight <^f the past week was the "Special Message on Highway Safety" delivered to a Joint Session of The General Assembly by Governor Moore last Wednesday at noon. His additional safety proposals: To create a Highway Safety Re search Center within the Uni versity of North Carolina which would among other things, train additional professional person nel In the traffic safety field. A compulsary Mechanical In spection program topfbvlde for one annual inspection of all vehicles at p rl vate certified garages for a uniform q o s t of $1.50; Re flector 1 zed License Plates (with State ab sorbing ad d 1 t lona 1 C o s t of Speed 13? per plate) and to begin use with the 19(J7 series; require outside mirrors and seat belts on all new cars sold In North Carolina after January 1, 1*966; To broaden the Driver Educa tion Program to provide for the establishment of a 36 hour driver education course in the public schools (for every new driver under the age of 18) In or out of school. It is estimated to cost the State two million dollars annually with a huge saving to the public" by reductions In automobile in surance; 'Fifty additional pa trolmen to be added' In each * of the next four years, with a post for salary, training and equipment of about $10,000.00 each.' Moora also pledged to make every possible effort to keep the patrolmen on the high ways and reduce the time they are now spending In courts and elsewhere. Your representative feels that Governor Moore's Safety Pro- ' gram Is designed" to reduce In juries and deaths on the (now bloody highways of North I Carolina). A member, of your family or mine could be the next victim or one of the vic tims In the^ near future. The mechanical inspection program Is the only one of his propos als that I have any doubt about. The good features may out weigh the bad ones; however, * I am planning to care/ully ex amine the proposed program before casting my vote. Your comments will be welcomed and your views strongly considered on this -as well as other legis lation. H.B. 547 --To establish a new State goard of Warm Air Heat ing 'and Air Conditioning Ex aminers and to strengthen local Inspection 'c 4 installations: Seems to me that we have too many regulating boards at pres ent. Boards to regulate this * and boards to regulate that, have not only ?ost the State millions of unnecessarily spent dollars but tend to confuse people. S.B. 231 --(Joint Resolution) See SPEED Page 6 Heart Attack Fatal To "Kelly" Kannan, Albert* Shelby "Kelly" Kan nan, 59, popular Loulsburg restaurateur and real estate dealer, was found dead from an apparent . heart attack Sunday around noon at his home at 604 ..South Main Street here. Kannan, who had suffered with heart trouble in the past, had reportedly complained recently to friends of the recurrence of the trouble. His body was discovered by Jolly Bunn, a neighbor, around nOOn when Bunn failed to get any reply to his calling and knocking on the doof of the Kannan home. The Loulsburg Rescue Service, was called but it was reported that Kannan I had been dead several hours 'when discovered. funeral services for Kannan, a veteran of World War II, were held today at 11 a.m. from the White Funeral Home here with Father Francis of St. Catherine Church, Wake Forest, conducting. Burial fol lowed In Oakwood Cemetery. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. John Rabll;,Loulsburg, and Mrs. Alfred Zahran of Fayette vllle; four brothers, John Kan nan, Wilmington, Ellis Kannah, Wilson, Fred Kannan, New York f City; and Tom ,Rannanof Golda boro; and five nieces and four nephews. Deer Survives Crash The Clemmon Nelro^ children >f near Centervllle are pictured ibove with a deer that survived i crash Into the side of 'a car lrlven by an unidentified Roan oke Rapids roan neair Centervllle Saturday night. Nelms took the deer home and Is nursing the animal In hofces of saving her. -Times Staff-Photo.
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