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Watphinfi Or tT Old Glory waves tn the wind, keeping a protective watch over the white crosses and miniature flags' below which symbolize a nation's tribute to those fallen heroes who gave their all that we might be free to re member on Memorial. Day. -Times Photo. Voter Rights Bill Hits County Election Procedures Literacy tests as a criteria for voting in Franklin County wlll? be stricken out by the Negro votet' rights bill which passed the u. S. Senate yester day by a vote of 77-19. The bill now goes to the House where swift passage is assured. Franklin County is one of 32 counties In North Carolina to be affected by the passage of 'the bill. These are counties In which less than 50% of the voting age population voted In last year's elections. In Franklin County, only 43.2 per cent -participated In the ballot ing, despite a voting drive by local civic organizations. In neighboring Warren Coun ty, .with the largest per cent of negro population of ahy coun ty In the state, 47.9 percent of those of age, voted. Warl-en County had only 37/6 per cent voting In the 1960 elections. Franklin 'County had 40% cast ing a ballot In 1960. Last year Franklin County was listed among those haying received complaints from negroes claiming thejMiad been denied the right to Register. The list was made pityllc b^ the F.B.I. Local election! of ficials said at the time that they knew of no Instances where any 'qualified voter had been denied that right. I Burke Marshall, head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, told a House subcommittee that the F.B.I, had photographed 250,000 pages of voting records in southern counties. Franklin was Includ ed In the list reported by Mar shall. Taylor Boone, chairman of the County Elections Board, said no one had photographed an)% Franklin County voting recprds. Fountain Addresses Franklinton Grads (Frk. B.W.) The Honorable L. H. Fountain. Representative In the United States C6ngress, was the speaker at the Gradu ation Exercises at Frankllnton High School on Tuesday even ing. ? Introduced by Supt. Fred Rogers-, Rep. Fountain stated that the crown the Seniors wore was symbolic but the crown they wea^ In life must be what they are.\ Tt)e speaker em phasized that there iwas no scientific formula to majke one's life a- success. -1 Even though education pro vides young people with a map for their lives, Rep. Fountain pointed out thai education nev er begins or enSs In a class room. \ / Entering a world of great op portunity, UVe speaker advised the Seniors to have optimism, courage and willingness to work hard. Rep. Fountain urged the graduates to he kind and com passionate to their fellowman and strive (or what is right. "The measurements of your success will be dependent upon what you are," concluded the outstanding speaker. Supt. Rogers presented the following awards: Valedictor ian and Balfour Hono^^ward to Carroll Mode, who was an Honor Graduate; Salutatorlan and Outstanding Business Edu cation Award to Brenda Rad ford, an Honor Graduate; Dan forth Award, Typing Award and a scholarship frorii National Foundation for Crippled Chil dren to Gwynda Rajney; Dati forth Award and Music Award to BUI Day; English Award to Copple Green; Music Award to See Exercises Page 8 Schools Announce Graduation Exercises Graduation exercises, already^ announced by -savera!, schools earlier, will begin Sunday with Baccalaureate- Sermons at Gold Sand, Loulsburg and You ne Se ville, and Riverside. Exercises at these fouj schools, as announced today, j follows: LOUIS BURG: Class Day, Fri day, June 4, 1 p.m.; Com mencement, Friday, June 4, 8 p.m. witti students delivering addresses on ''Our Achieve ment and Our Challenge." The students participating are: Trudy Candace Gupton, Toni Vivian Me'rrltt and Susan Ann Lloyd. Mr. C. Ray Pruettewill deliver the Baccalaureate Ser mon Sunday, May 30, at 8 p.m. YOUNGSVILLE: Class Night, Friday, May 28, 8 p.m. In school auditorium; Sunday, May 30, 11 a.m. Mr. Sahiuel C. Lee, a Southern Seminary student, will deliver the Bac calaureate Sermon; Dr. Eugene Owens; Professor of Preach ing at Southeastern Seminary, will deliver the Commencement address. Friday, June 4, at 8 p.m. GOLD SA?JD: Class Night, Friday, May 28, 8 p.m.- in school auditorium: Mr. C.'Rav faculty^ member,, will deliver the Commencement address Friday, June 4, at 8 p.m.; Dr. Eugene Owens, Southeastern Seminary professor and form er Centerville and Castalla pas tor, will give the Baccalaureate Sermon, Sunday, May 30, at 8 p.m. . RIVERSIDE: Sunday, May 30, Commencement Sermon- at 11:00 a.m. with the Reverend J. E. McGrier, pastor of War renton Baptist Church, Warren ton, N. C., speaker; Tuesday, June 1, Awards Day Program at 10:30 a.m. with Mrs. S. C. Rodgers, Franklin County Speech Therapist, /Speaker; Wednesday, June 2, at 1:30 p.m., 8th Grade Graduation Exercises, with Mr. T. E. Conway, Assistant Principal, speaker; Thursday, June 3, MJO p.m., Class Night Ex ercises; Friday, June 4, Gradu ation Exercises with Dr. Walter N. Ridley, President Elizabeth City State College, Elizabeth City, N. C., speaker. Pruette, Louisburg College Com mencemen t Service May 29-30, 1965 ! Garber Saturday, May 29 ?! 8:30 a.m. Breakfast for Graduating ? Class 7:00 p.m. Alumni Banquet . Sunday, May 30 11:00 a.m. Baccalaureate Sermon J>>uisburg Methodist Church Ttfe Honorable Hamilton H. Hobgood, speaker 2:30 p.m. Graduation Exercises ' . College Auditorium Bishop Paul N. Garber, ? speaker . \ 4:00 p.m. President's Reception Main Building Social Hall. Bill Andrews Elected Bui William A. (Bill) Andrews, LoVilsbyrg native and manager of first Citizens Bank & Trust Co. office in Dunn was elected Wm A Andrews Mayor of Bunn In Tuesday's balotlng there. Andrews poll ed 65 votes to hts opponent, Hay wood Jeffreys 10. Andrews and his wife Ruth, have two children. I In an unusual twist for local elections' L. A. Debnam won,a council seat aven though his name did not appear on the ballot. Dehnam received 29 write-In votes while two of th^ five running for the four seats received jmly 28 votes. T. W liailey and J. M. Ed wards \ J\ the vote getters. Each received 69 votes In the council Minor (iris First Poppy Miss Beth Johnson, daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. James Johnson, Is shown above presenting Mayor V. A. -peoples with the first Poppy, as the American Legion Auxiliary prepares for Poppy Day here Saturday. _ -Times Staff Photo. Louisburg Students Take Over Town Operations Today' Students of the Louishun: High School American, Government class are running the town gov ernment in Lou Is burg today. The annual event is a_nart <?f j their training, in local govern mental affairs Mrs. Jewel ' Bartholomew, the instructor in A me? c.in Government Ralph Ihrie will \y? Mayor for the day with Kate Hun, Ins, in Mayor race. Present Mayor Wayne W instead, who did not seek re election to that post, received 57 votes for the council. C. W. Bunn, Jr., and G. C. Wrenneach re'ceived 28. in a losing cause. K. L. Brantley got five votes for a council seat, fire chief H. D. Mitchell received A and Ma-' con j^lorrls received one write in for councllmen There were ho write in in the mayor's race. New officials will take' office at noon, Monday. from Bunn. ? - \ Linda Faulkner, Susan I ioyd, Anna Collier, Patricia *rnitter, and Arnola Carpenter serving as members of the Town ( oun c'il Paulette Mullen Is Town attof'neyj Betty Lou Medlin Is i Town < lerk and I>wi^. lit Perdue Is Town Admlnistratoi Frank Peoples will act as Tax Collector, Tomm^ Ball as Sup erintendent of Puliljc Works and and A1 Bland will lie Superinten dent of Public Utilities. Fred Peoples and Robert Red mood will Ofwr-ite tin- I-\n I)'-' partment lor the da v and Tyomfny Smith and St?ve ll.? r 1 will j handle the R?">< .<tW ?? Wil liam Jones wiir.lw trf charge of tlie watt*r depart ment. Charles Holmes will In* Police Chief with four mar fore of Tony Fuller, . G a I v i u Bnrnette. Francis C?>iey/ .ui'I j Mil-*' I'hiMips ? ASCS Notice The Franklin ( <?mty Of fice will be < l<>sed Monday, Way .11, -UMJ5- in observance of Memorial Day, a uatio; .iMvii ?day. - " ?? Rescue Gets Three Calls The Loutsburg Rescue Service Answered a call. Wednesday nk:ln .'-round 9:3U p.m. to aid the Infant child of Rescuer and Mrs David Minnich on Middle Street. The child suffered from r a str^in'.lint: spell, but Chief V-. } A Peoples reported tliat. the infant was doing alright by time th'eServuo arrived. They also iv: . ii'ird firsykaid to Mrs.^Iin nlch who iud fainted. The Service traveled to Bunn Tuesday night around 9 p.m. to aid JOlin Wesley Mullen, 'w in 31, who suffered some breathing difficulty'. He was transported to ^Franklin Memo rial Hospital. Alsu, Tuesdaj? night, around 6. p.m. the Service rendered firM a id to MTs . W altPT B r e?d - love, an elderly lady who had fallen and" broken her leg at the Ralph Lester "home on North Main Street . Mrs. Breedlove was taken to the local hospital. Zeb Wheeler New Legion ; Commander 2?b VMMlir, 34-y?,ar-old Korean War. veteran of R\. 4 Loulsburg, is the new com mander of Jambees Post 105, "American Legion. Wheeler wis elected to the post last week at a meeting helcf by legtonatres at George Leonard' v abln. ' Named with Wheeler were: Huln?rt Roberts, Kt 1, Youygs VlUe, 1st Vice Commander; Graham Holmes, Loulsburg,2nd VIch Connnaader; George Champion, of Lyulsburg re flected as adjutant. %Rev. Au brey S. Tomllnson oftheLoufs 1'iirg Baptist Church was named Chaplalir amd JeSse Moon was elected sergeant at arms. Lee Miyray, past post com mander and past district com mander, Instilled the new officers . Vassar Perry, re tlrlh! post head was presented* Willi a past cor jim arTffiTr's pin* Scholarship Selections Th?' Franklin -County Health S< holarshlp I ornnulttee of the. National Foundation March of Dimes met .on Monday evening^ May 24, at the. County Hoard ? 4 Kdu< tloi Buildlhg. (\fter ijourh ' study and dis cussion, tfcie committee, select-* * ? 'y ? ? "lwl SMp I 'iplefltS. fyiese winners will receive thWir letter ofv certification on coifynei Mmerit^ii^ht. ThV committee expressed th''r\?M reflation to those par ns *?.,> gifted promqte the cause of tlwt Foundation. ' Recorder s Court Docket The following cues weredla- i posed of In Recorder's Court I oif Tuesday, May 25: Franklinton Court (Frk. B. W.) ? Thlrty-slx speeding cues' were tried be fore Mayor Joe W. Pearce In Frartkllnton on Monday. Clyde Thompson Hockaday paid coat of couH (or speeding (SO MPH In a 35 ml. zona) and Improper passing. Gary Leonard Hart, Jimmy Carl O'Neal - each paid coat tor speeding (SB MPH In a SS ml tone). Donald Ray Mclntlre and Da vid Smith each paid fine and cost for speeding (SS MPH In a SO ml. gone). Carolyn HarrUon Ellis, Ro bert P. Phillips, Elwood Frank lin Ramsey, Thomas B. Rus Mil, Fred Allen Keslery, Led nan^Kerley, Joan Elaine Davis, Mary Myrberg Guy, William Davis, Ronald Stlnner, Roland D. HarVls,' Johnnie Chester Gage, Billy Wayne White, Fred Herman Loyd , Jr., Don Wlnsel Wilson, Walter Olear, George Emll Saba, June Howard Daniels - each paid cost for traveling 69 MPH In a 60 ml. torn: Murphy Bron Franks - Speed ing ?69 Mm In a 60 ml. lone) - Pleads guilty - pay cost. Bobby Wayne Pope - Speeding (69 MPH In a 60 ml zone) - Pleads guilty to exceeding safe speed - pay cost. See COURT page 6 Ruffln Hlnton Tharrlngton, w m, non support. Ufcon payment of $123.00, prayer for commit ment continued until further or ders of court. Sherman Williams, c/ri?/ 19, assault with deadly weapon. Commitment to Issue ttit fail ure to comply with Judgment. Eddie Leroy pouse, c/m/18, speeding. 6 months In Jail, suspended on payment of $15.00 fine and costs. . Virginia Branch, c/t, assault with deadly weapon. 129.00 fine and cost*. Given 30 days to pay. and to poet compliance bond. 'James Lee Leonard, c/m/l], speeding. Pleads guilty under waiver statute. $10.00 fine and coats. Frederick George Tant, w/m, ao operator's license. $25.00 fine and costs. See RECORDER'S page 6 V Aid Injured Woman Members of the Loulsburg Rescue Service cauilously place Mrs. Walter Breedlove inside the rescue wagon to transport her to Franklin Memorial 'Hos pital after she fell, breaking her leg late Tuesday afternoon ai her home on North Main Street here. -Times Staff Photo. s
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