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Weather ? 7?7 * . Comment gfs= The FrankMn Times : sgga . L3t I wl . Published Every Tuesday & Thursday " ^ Serving All Of Franklin County T?l. QY 6-3283 ' ?]; (Ten Cents,) * Louisburg, N. C.. Thursday. May 2Q 1966 (Twe ve Pages Today) 96th Vear? Number 26 FT a re house Officials Officials In attendance at today.'s Middle Belt Warehousemen's A ssoclation -m eetlng belfig held In Loulsbi^rg are shown above, left to right: State Senator Fred S. Royster, director of the organization; Charles E? Ford, local warehouseman and member of the Board of Governors; L. T. Weeks, gen eral manager, Flue-Cured Tobacco operatlve Stabilization Corporation; ana Walter Stone, Durham warehouseman and president of the Association. The meeting began at Green Hill Country Clutfthls mornlng-at 10:30. -Times Staff Photo. Middle Belt Warehousemen Are Meeting Here Today TJie Middle Belt Warehouse men's Association is holding Its annual meeting here in Louisburg today at Green, Hill Country Club. Tobacco ware house operators and other in dustry officials opened their meeting this morning around 1( picaiuciu nwa me Association, "presided at -today's session with State Senator Fred S. Royster, director of the As sociation and L. t\ Weeks, general manager of the\Flue Cured Tobacco Stabilization Corporation J listed as prln-* cipal speakers. Louisburg tobacco ware of Durham, housemen are actjng as hosts I to the large gathering. Charlie Ford, of Ford's Warehouse, a member of the organization's Board of Governors; Sterling' and Bryant Cottrell, Big Franklin Warehouse', and Rep. James Speed and Clemon Pearce, representing the Friendly "Four Warehouse, greeted the guests as they ar rived for today's activities. President Stone said, "To day'.s meeting is our annual get-together# We will elect new officers and Royster and Weeks will give reports on the tobacco industry.- , There was no mention of the federal edict concerning the employment of j Negroes by quota In the ware houses as the meeting began. The subject has bean of con cern to warehousemen to meet ings of other associations. Included In the Middle Belt Association are representa tives from Warrenton, Hender son, Oxford, Aberdeen, Sanford, Durham, Carthage, Fuquay and Loulsburg. Other members of the Board of Governors sited this morning at the meeting were: Arthur Talley of Fuquay, Chandler Watklns of Oxford and Brooks Turner of Henderson, who Is also secretary-treas urer of the organization. BUI Hlght of Henderson Is vice president of the organization. Bishop Garber# Judge Hobgood To Speak At College Exercises GARBER Bishop Paul N. Garber of Raleigh will address the grad uating class at the commence ment exercises at Loulsburg College on Sunday, May 20, 2:30 p.m., College Auditorium, 'judge Hamilton H. Hobgood will Allver the baccalaureate ' sermon that morning at eleven p o'clock worship hour at the ! Loulsburg Methodist Church. ' ' The Golden Agers Club will have a special reunion at the Alumni Banquet at seven o'clbck on Saturday evening, May ,20, at which time members of the Claas of 1965 will be Mlcomed Into the club. The college has also proclaimed this event as HOBGOOD Franklin County Alumni night, and the alumni from Franklin County ar* especially Invited to attend. The them* (or the occasion la "Loulaburg Col lege: Past and Present," and the (11m documentary on the college will be shown. Bishop Garber, a trustee of the college, cam* to North Carolina from Richmond when the North Carolina Conference #aa . set up aJ an Ar*a of The Methodist Church laat June. He served as dean q&Jhe Divinity School of Duke University and as a bishop of th* Geneva (Switzer land) Area of the Methodist Cl\urch before his appointment to tin Richmond Area In 1952. An author of aeveral books, he Is widely known for his role as a leader in Christian higher education. Judge, Hobgood, a former North Carolina State Senator, a member of the U. S. Marin* Corps during World War II, and an active Methodist layman^ has served as a Judge of the Superior Court of North Carol lna since 1992. He Is also a trustee of Loulsburg College. Legion Meet Jambees Post 109 of the American Legion will elect new officers at a meeting Friday night, May 21. The meeting will be held at Oeorge Leonard'* cabin, aocordlng to Post Ad jutant George Champion, and will be a dutch affair with food being served family style. Vaasar Perry la retiring Post Commander. All Leglonalrea are urged to attend. Masonic Notice Loulsburg Lodge 413AF6AM will hold a stated communicat ion on Tuesday evening May 29 at 7:30 In the Maso'.'j Tem ple onr Jolly Street. Work will be In the Entered Apprentice Degree. i. Bunn School - Graduation Exercises Set Graduation exercises for th'6 Bunn High School were announc ed today by W. H. Kelly, Prin cipal of the school. On May 28 .Class Night Exercises, "Magnolia Blossom," will be held at 8 p.m. The Baccalaureate Sermon will be delivered on May 28 by Mr. Jimmy Young, a 1958 graduate of Bunn, presently sefvlng as Interim pastor of the New Hope Christian Church. Superior Court Judge Ham ilton H. Hobgood of Loulsburg will deliver the commencement address on June 4. Hobgood Is a graduate of Bunn, class of 1928. All exercises are timed for 8 p.m. Reading books is not always a short cut to culture; it depends upon what you read. Sixty-Five Negroes Seek To Integrate Schools Under Compliance Plans Parents of eighty-one Frank lin County school children. have expressed a desire to change the school to which their child Is now attending, under the Franklin County Board of Ed ucation 's Plan of Compliance to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, according to figures disclosed today. The figures do not In clude children entering the first grade for the first time this fall. Of the total of 81, fifty Negro children are seeking admittance to previously' all white schools, eight Negro children desire to switch to other Negro schools, eight white pupils are seeking assignment to other white schools and seven white pupils are seeking to attend schools outside the county. 35 AT LOUISBURG The Loulsburg High School, which Is a union school con School Principals Rehired, Some County Pupils Assigned All principals of Franklin County system schools are be ing . rehired " for (he coming school year. The action came at. a special meeting of the County Board of Education held here Wednesday morning. Principals returning and the schools are as follows: A1 D. F<^t, Loulsburg; * Henry L. Metres, Epsorti; James V. Marsh&ij^ Gold Sand; Mrs. Myrtle Tx Parrlsh, Edward Best Momentary, Johnny H. Al ford, Edward Best High; W. H. ?Kelly, Bunn; Turnfer^E. Felton, Youngsvllle High School; Carl A. Harris, Riverside; W. H. Gainer, Cedar Street; Samuel L. Sultt, Maplevllle; James E. Wilson, Perry's; Reuben M. Darden, Gethsernane, and Ollle Burrell, Youngsvllle Elemen tary. . Driver Educations Instructors were also employed by the Board, and consisted of male teachers, as has been the prac tice In the past" New contract forms for teachers were ap proved In another Board act Ion. These forms were similar to those used In the past with some minor changes. The Board agreed to lable a request from the W. W. Hold ing Industrial Education Center for the use of school buildings In future adult programs. All pupils, except those whose parents have filed a request for a change In schools now attend ed, were assigned by the Board to the schools to which they are presently enrolled The Board failed to assign first grade pu pils for khe coming year, since the deadline for parents to ex press their choice of schools Is Friday. J The special meeting wassail Rev. Tomlinson Speaks At A.A.U.W. Meet TOMLINSON Rev. A. S. Tomltoson, pastor of the Loulsburg Baptist Church, addressed the Louls burg Branch of the American Association of University Wom en Monday evening at its masting in1 the home of Mrs. John Pernell, . Route 4, Louls burg. RsV. Tomllnson, Introduced by Mrs. James B Clayton, who Is program chairman, concluded s series of study on*'The Ameri can Family In the Changlnf World." He spoke of the sta bility of the family llfe?thoss "give and takes," those charac teristics of members of the family, the education toward family life that the partners have acquired, and the presence of religious and healthy moral attitudes. Rev. Tom llnson made his listeners realize that, tho' they had sew. the somewhat gloomy side in their study of the family, there can be a very bright side, If people are willing to make these changes of the world work for good, rather than disruption. R*lor to the program, Miss Elizabeth Johnson, president, presided over the business ses sion. Following the reading of the minutes by Mrs. Pernell, secretary, Mrs. John Matthews gave a legislative report and Miss Adelaide Johnson read a Girl Scout report from Mrs. H. H. Hobgood. Announcement that unpaid dues should now be sent to Mrs. C. Ray Pruette, Frankllnton, was made. The hostess served delicious pineapple Ice cream and cook las td Rev. Tomllnson, Dr. Ann Blumenfeld, Mrs. George Davis, Mrs. Clayton, Mrs. Matthews, Misses Adelaide and Elizabeth Johnson, all of Lou Is burg, and Mrs. Ialene Mode and Mrs, Isabel Steph ens of Frankllnton. ed primarily to approve prin cipals for the coming year, so that this might be done prior to the close of school on June 4. Teacher allotments have not been received from the State Department, which Is tradition ally the case when the legisla ture Is In session, because of the delay In appropriation of funds for teacher pay. It Is expected, according to reports, that teachers will be allotted much as they have been In past years. College Group Entertains Lions Club The Louisburg Lions Club met at the M House last Tuesday evening. at 6:30. En tertainment was provided by th^ee Louisburg College sopho mores. Miss Dare Tlngen, Wood# dale, N. C,, sang two selec tions: "Greenselves" and "He's Gone Away," both folk songs. Bob Peterson, Greens boro, N. C., also sang two se lections: "Lonesome trail," a western classic; and "May day Carol," a lovle^jong. Miss Carole Phillip?, Exmore, Va., accompanied each at the piano. Two guests rwere present: Miss Faye Rudd, Lpulsburg, N.' C., andDonnleNelms7SJ>rlng Hope, N. C. The Lions Club provided a small loan scholar ship for theseVwo students this past year. Lion Moon reported three de cisions reached at the last board .meeting: (1) to send an under privileged child to summer camp (2) to beautify the city park (3) to donate twenty-five dollars to help light the high school baseball stadium. sitting of elementary and high school, has received the largest number of requests for admittance of Negro pupils. Thlrty-Hve have applied for the presently all white school, 13 under the Freedom of Choice plan -In grades 2, 9, and 12 and 22 are asking for lateral trans fer In grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 11. Prospective first grade students have not been tabulated sine* the deadline for exercising freedom of choice for beginners Is Friday. At Loulsburg, thirty-eight to tal requests were received. Of these, three are from parents of white children choosing the school. Thirteen of the Negro pupils had freedom of choice forms filed for them for grades 2, 9, and 11. Twenty-two are seeking admittance through lateral transfer. 15 AT FRANKLINTON Superintendent of Frankllnton City Schools, Fred Rogers re ports that parents of fifteen 'Negro children exercised a choice of assignment to the Frankllnton High School, pre viously all white. All choice of assignment forms have been returned, Including those for children entering the first grade this fall. Of the 15 seeking entry to the white, nine are girls and six are boys. Broken down Into grades there are none In grades one, four, six, and twelve. Three have applied for grades 7 and 10; two for grades 3, 8, and 11; and one for grades 2, S, and 9. The Frankllnton City Board of Education has set May 24 as a meeting date to consider these assignments, according to Rogers, and parents will be notified by a special slip attach ed to the. child's report card. 10 AT BUNN Parents or legal guardians of ten Negro children have re quested admittance to the Bunn S?(kx>1, two to grades 12 through freed;; rr, of choice and eight by late>^l transfer. Gold SaiHhas received eight transfer revests, five from white parents a?d three from Negro parents. ^Cwo of the Negro requests are asder the freedom of choice plan aX) one Is seeking a lateral transfer Youngsvllle and Edward Best have each received four appli cations, all from Negro parents. All four at Youngsvllle are seeking to enter the twelfth grade under the, freedom of choice plan. Three are seeking lateral transfer to Edward Best. TWO SEEK ENTRY EIGHT RELEASE AT EPSOM Epsom has two requests, both from Negro parents seeking lateral transfer. Epsom also has eight requests from white parents for the release of their children to attend schools In Vance County. Four are seek ing release to attend Rollins School and one Is seeking to attend Henderson High School, both uhlts of the Henderson City Schools. Two others are seeking release to attend Zeb Vance and Aytock ln the Vance County School system. All eight are residents of Vane* County and have been attending Epsom under an agreement be tween the two county boards. EIGHT CHANGES . SOUGHT IN NEGRO SCHOOLS Seven Negro parents have ex pressed their wishes for their children to attend Riverside School In Loulsburg and on* Is seeking transfer from River side to Perry's School. Four of the Riverside applicants are now attending Gethsemane, two at Maplevllle and on* at Perry's. Three white parents have ap plied for their child's admis sion to Loulsburg school, two from Edward Bast Elementary and one from Edward Best High School. Five parents are seek See Schools page 8 Victim Dies Of Wreck Injuries A 21 -year-old Klttrell (N.C.) negro died this morning In Duke Hospital from Injuries received In an accident In Franklin County May 7. James Thomas Edgerton, who had been hos pitalized .at Duke sine* the single-car accident, became the third road death In the county this year. Edgerton was Injured when the 1957 Chevrolet he alleged ly was driving overturned on rural paved road Number 1003 In the vicinity of Sims Bridge around 5:30 a.m. on Friday, May % James Arthur Klngsberry,~n/m/18, of Rt. 1, Ktttrell, died Instantly In the accident to become (he second road fatality of the y^ar. . The accident occurred when the car failed to make a banked Xurve and overturned several tlrfxjs. Edgerton was thrown from the vehicle on Initial lm pace and State Trooper D. C. Day, Investigating officer, says he believes thfcsCar might have rolled over Edgerton. Kings berry's body was fobqd Inside the "car which was lying In a ditch overturned. A thlra^c cupant, AdolphQs Kearney, alsiN. of Rt. 1, Klttrell, received In- ' juries but Is reported to be re covering. ' Local Hosts Local tobacco warehousemen, acting as hosts at today's -Mid dle Belt Warehousemen's As sociation meeting here, are shown above, left to right, demon Pearce of the Friendly Four Warehouse; Brya?t Cot trell and Sterling Cottrell, of the Big Franklin Warehouse; and Charlie Ford, Ford's Ware house. James Speed , of the FriendlxFour Warehouse is al so acting as host at the gather ing. -Times Staff Photo.
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