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Woman of the ) ear Mrs. Judl Hliiton is pictured above, left, being- presented the "Woman of the Year" award by Mrs. Joyce Holton, President of the Junior Woman's Club., at their annual installation meet ing last' night in ? "Louisburg. Mrs..,Hinton was cited far her outstanding work with the or ganization and her devotion- to tfie^sfeVvice of the club. -Times Staff Photo. Welfare Head Addresses Lions Club The' Louis burg Lions Club convened at the Murphy House j last Tuesday night at 6:30. Mrs. 1 Jane York, Welfare Director of I Franklin County, addressed the club on welfare services. Public welfare is a govern mental service which seeks to j protect individuals and families against potential or actual social disaster and helps them to. find the means to regain economic and social self-sufficiency. There are four areas of ser vice: ? public assistance, pro tective assistance, preventive assistance, and rehabilitation assistance. These four ser- j vices are rendered to 357 needy j people who are 65 years old or older and who have been living 1b Franklin County for at least flfck year. There are 236 child ren receiving aid because of deprivation of parental support. Also, there are 37 blind cases; and many other cases are re ceiving dental and medical care j through welfare. Warren Report & Washington, -p. C. ? In .less than six.pionths, 140,233 copies of the Warren report on th* assassinatiop of President Ken nedy have been sold. The re ports sell for $3.25 and the j complete hearings (26 volumes) cost $76. Committee Selected To Promote Referendum K. G. Weldon, H. B. Cottrell, and C. H. Newton have been j elected as County Referendum j Committee for the acr.eage- j poundage referendum to be held j May 4, according to C. T. Dean, Jr., County Extension Chair-: man, -and John H. Davis, ASCS Office Manager At an. organizational meeting of farm leaders held Wednesday afternoon, a county-wide meet ing was planned for Thursday! night, April 29. The meeting j will be held at the Courthouse in Louisburg at 8:00 p.m. Mr. Dean and Mr. Davis stated! On Food For Peace Washington, D. C. --President j Johnson told Congress the Food ! for Peace program was a com- ; passionate humanitarian under- j taking that pays business and j foreign policy dividends Food | for -Peace exported 18 million tons' of agricultural commodi ties last year. On Voting Bill Washington, D. C. -- Pres sures from both friends and foes of tfae. administration's voting bill -.are .forcing changes designed to br6aden its cov erage. Northern liberals want a^l discrimination stamped,out. Southerners want it to/app-ly j everywhere that the ASCS Office had mailed acreage notices to all farmers and that poundage notices will be mailed 40 all farmers on Aprif 27th. The purpose of the county wide meeting is to give farmers all the information possible concerning the proposed acre age- poundage program, Che farm leaders stated today. Plenty of time- will be allowed for questions. LBA Secretary Attends Meet Mrs. Juanita Pleasants, Exe cutive Secretary of' the Louis burg Business Association, at tended a two-day meeting in Raleigh last week of the Retail Executive Conference. Mrs. Pleasants heard an ad dress by H. P. Taylor, Jr., Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives, Wednesday evening and a speech by Gov. Dan Moore "at the Thursday morning meet ing. HathaWay Cross," Legisla tive Advisor to the N. C. Mer chants Association, spoke on the 1965 Legislature; J. E. Hopkins, Jr., Vice President. American Retail federation, talked on Congressional Retail Matters. Walter Anderson, State SBI Director, addressed the group Thursday afternoon on the sub* ject of had checks and what, could be done about them. . SUSAN WOLFE PATRICIA TAYLOR Blonde Coeds Contestants iVo. 8 And No. 9 Jaycee Beauty ? Pageant contestant Num ber 8 Is Miss Susan Schenk Wolfe, a 19 year-old Loulsburg College coed from Greensboro. Miss Wolfe Is the daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Marshall N. Wolfe, Jr., of Greensboro. Her hobbles are water skiing. Ice skating and dancing. She was in high school, a cheerleader, a member of the homecoming court and a member of the student government. At Loiiisburg College Miss Wolfe is a cheerleader and a member of the May Court and the Y. W. C. A.. She will perform a modern Jazz dance as her talent in the Miss Louisburg Pageant to be held at the Collejje Auditorium on Friday night, April 30. Miss- Patricia Vivian Taylor, contestant Number 9 ih the Miss Louisburg pageantto be held in the College Auditorium on April 30, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd W. Taylor of Charlotte. She is a student at Louisburg College and will deliver a monologue as her talent in the contest. Miss Taylor lists as her hobbies, bridge and horseback riding. In high school she was a member of the Beta Club and the French Club. At Louisburg she i.s a mem ber of the May Court and the Homecoming Court. The ^20-year-old sophomore is formerly from Kentucky where she won the "Miss Blue Grass" beauty contest. Rogers Requests Commissioners To Insure Federal Aid Franklinton County Schools [superintendent, Fred W.Rogers, asked the County Commiss ioners in a special meeting [Wednesday, to "establish a policy wHich would assure Franklinto'n City Schools and Franklin County Board of Ed ucation that local matching money would be made available for any sound educational pro grjim which is Federally sup ported and for which school systems can otherwise qualify." R6gers made his recommen dation in a prepared written | statement in connection with | his budget requests for the com ing fiscal year. Hesald,"Per rhapsrthe timing is not the best 'for recommendations concern ing. Federal funds, however^ It District ALA Meets At Franklinton (Frk.B.W.)-Franklinton Post #52 of the American Legion was host to the Thirteenth District of the American Legion on Fri day, April 16, at the Legion Hut. Commander A. J. Perkinson presided over the meeting. He recognized District Command er Lee Murray of Loulsburg. Mr. Mummy introduced Mr. Collin McKlnn$, State Veterans Administration Qirector. Mc Kinne gave an Informative talk about the possibility of some of the Veterans hospitals and re gional offices being closed. In the election of district officers for the coming year Garland Goswick of Franklinton was elected District Command er. Mr. Collin McKinne of Louis burg Post #105 was named dele gate to national convention and Mr. James R. Qrlssom of Hen derson was named as alternate delegate. Neither wealth* nor position makes a man a gentleman. Weather Decreasing cloudiness and not so cool today. Thursday, partly cloudy and warmer. Low today, 45; high, 65. | seems quite unrealistic for the j Board of Commissioners -riot. I to consider this recommendat j ion for the entire c;6unty.M Rogers reported that the new budget. for the Franklinton units "represents very little change J in the overall amount of money | requested." I The Board of Commissioners i met' \/> hear budget ? requests from several county depa rt - I ments including the two school | administrative units ahd 'the. j Welfare "Department. The- County Board of Educat ion repeated an earlier request for $75,000.00 in additional cap ital outlay money to be applied to their long-range building program. The- Commissioners had previously rejected such a request Superintendent Warren' Smith reported that he was'in-' s^ructed by the Commissioners To present a detailed budget of how the additional money would be spent for further considera tion. Smith said he would take the matter up with his Board at their next meeting. Edward Best Student To Gov. School Conme William;? Miss Connie Williams, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. <J. t. Williams of Route 4, Louisimrg and a student at Edward Best High School, has been notified by Dr. Joseph JA- Johnston that she has been chosen as a can didate for the tSovejjnor's School of North which Is to be held in Winstori-Salem June 12 -August 1, 1965. Superintendent Warren W. Smith received a letter telling him of the selection and giving the following "explanation to those students nominated but not selected : "The committees and "The Judges responsible for these final selections have asked me to -tell you that it was a most difficult task to sfelect only 400 students from approximately 3,500 who were nominated. Many excellent students were net selected only because of; factors beyond our control I should like to be able to ln fcfrm eacfo of those not chosen of the very hlfh regard which [all of us have for their abili ties and talents; howevef, slncfc individual letters to these 3,000 o t more students is an almost impossible task, I would ap preciate It very much if you would inform them of our de cision, interpret our feelings to them, and extend to each of thehi, our very best wishes for continued success." % Miss Williams is a member of the up-coming Junior Class of the Edward Efest High School and the second student from this school to have this honor. Renee May of the Edward Best School and Jane McKinne of the Louisburg School repre sented Frankl'ln County at this school during the summer of 1964. Boxscore Raletgh--The Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traffic deaths through 10 a.m. Tueaday, April 20: Killed to date 381 Killed to date 441 last year : t B' eatt e C O Neal Hi, bet t D Jett r eys Lous A WHeless Jr Hicks Files For Mayor, Two More Enter Council Race With the filing deadline passed, Loulsburg has six men land one woman running for town council seats and two council- ' . men making the r a c? for Mayor. , 1Mrs Dreattle C. OvNeal,- local > I drug store operator, the only ! woman among the candidates, | ami Hubert D. (Tommy) Jeffreys 1 paid their filing fee Tuesday be- ! fore the deadline for the council | race. Incumbent councilman, Robert i Hicks, filed to oppose fellow ; | council man, V. A. Peoples, for ; the mayor's job. Peoples had filed earlier for the post and Hicks had filed for councilman beforq Mayor Louis Wheless announced he would not seek another term. *G. M. (Buddy) Beam, Jr.; for mer town councilman, appear ed at the filing office and signed the form shortly before the 6 | p.m. deadline, but did not give i the form to Mrs. KatherineGup- j toitp-town filing clerk. Beam left without filing, according to reports. It had been speculat ed that Beam would make the race. Mrs. O'Neal, in a prepared statement, said, "I am 'inter ested In the growth and devel opment oP Louisburg for the benefit of every citizen. There are problems, specifically util ity assessments which must be given full and complete study to be certain that the town's policy In such matters gives the fairest treatment to each Indlvi- j dual.," Jeffreys made no public state ment other than his interest \u the continued growth of the town. Louis Wheless, Jr., who filed several days' ago, said he' I Moonlighters Washington, D. C.? .In a re/ cent Study, the Labor Depart - I ment said there were almost ! as many Americans 'wltl/ two Jo^s as there were with /pone. This fact, hoVever, hap little! effect .on the 4,00d,00(/ unem- i ployed because the jobholder , works about 13 hou/s 'gi his second Job. j , Voney Isn't <i protfl?m, a.s long as you have none yf It. / JLa was interested in seeing pro gress continue in the town ! Hicks made no prepared state ment, but pointed to his record as mayor pro-tem and his long residence here. Peoples, when contacted, likewise made no! statement for publication. The entire Loulsburg slate has. E. F. Thomas, Jonah Tay- i lor, S_ C. Foster,' Louis Whe less, Jr.", George T. Bunnf, Mrs. Breattle O'Neal, apd H./D. Jef freys in the race for/councll iTjen and V. A. I^Oples. and Robert Hicks In trie race for Mayor. The election Is set for Tuesday May 4. /There will be six councllmeiv elected of the seven running/ Education Committee Named, Holds Meet The first meeting of- Frank lin County Committee on ar rangements for Basic Adult Education was held Tuesday evening at the Industrial'tomy mission office. / William J. Benton, represent ing the industrial Commiss/on, ? ailed the meeting so that ywork can begin In preparation for the Adult Education program. A twelve member co>mrnlttee composed of .cltlzeny from the Louisburg, Sprir/g Hope, Youngsvllle, and /i'ranklinton .1 re- elected the /ollOwing of ficers: Chairman, Rev. V. E? Duncan, Vlce-Otiairinan, Ben nie H. Gupton; /Secretary, L. D. Baldwin; Publicity, David E. Daniel,- Promotion, Leland Woodlief. / The entire, committee will be responsible for pupil, recruit ment wifn primary responslbf lity gol/u to Mamie B.?Clayton and t/ E. Conway. Site Com mittee work will be handled by Percy Massenburg and Jane ? Persons registering interest Mi the program should write or /call Chairman Duncan, Louis burg, for official registration and classification They will be contacted then by Rev. Dun can. , ? Under the Economic Onpta*" tunitjes Act and in cooperation with the'W. W. Holding Indus trial Education Center In Ra leigh, teachers wlll.be recruited and paid at the rate of $4.00 per hour of instruction. All . teachers must be college gradu- : ates and must qualify them selves through a twelve hour , | course at the Holding Center, j Prospective teachers should | contact Chairman Duncan. / Anyone eighteen years of age or older, who is not currently enrolled in a secondary school, who, desires to attain at least an eighth grade level education In reading, writing, English grammar, and arithmetic Is eli gible. The program offers two levels of Instruction. The first level is for persons with up to a fourth grade education, and the second level for those In dividuals with less than an eighth grade education,, but greater than fourth grade. Rounding out the twelve member committee are: Mrs. piadys W. Collie, Dr. R. XJ. Whitfield, and Rev, D. W. HoK. Rescue Gets Early Call The Loulsburg Rescue Ser vice 'answered a call to Frank lin County Jail early Wednesday morning to aid a stricken prisoner. The man, mnt|fM as Clemont Brantley (if Rt. 2, Zebulon, had been ar rested and Jailed Tuesday night j round 10 p.m. for "displaying a license other than his own" [\pn a cfcr, no insurance and im proper registration. A local physician was called, and at last reports, the victim was recovering while still lodged in the local Jail. ^ 'I Cascine Tour Planned Historic Casclne near Louis burg is pictured above. The Franklin County Historical So ciety will stage a tour of Casclne and other historic sites In the area on May 2, beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the College. The tout will last until 3 p.m., according to President Llndley S. Butler. Casclne was built It) 1755 and has been restored as a museum of eighteenth oentury life. * -Photo by T. H. Pearoe.
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