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Lou'Sburg. N C Tuesday June 15 1965
(S'x Pages Today)
96)th Year? Number 33
Justice St. Petition
Returned By
Town Council
The new Loulsburg Town .
Counoil agreed to remove a |
controversial tree from the
property of Walter Cuthrell, In
its regular monthly meeting
held in the town hall Friday
night. The tree 'has been a
point of contention for sever
al previous boards. Each has
in the past declined to approve
the project.
Newly-elected Councilman
S. C. (Buster) Foster made the
motion anfl Mrs. Breatie
O'Neal, also /? new council
woman, seconded the motion.
Veteran Councilman E. F.
Thomas abstained from the vot
ing and the motion was unani
mously carried.
A petition from the residents
of Justice Street, for curb and
gutters, was returned to Lee
Murray, a resident, for proper
sfgnatures and -to be presented
to the Council at a later date,
when a new highway ^commis
Telephone
Office Work
Underway
Loulsburg--Improvement and
expansion of the Louisburg tele
phone exchange 1|? now under
way.
Howard Y. . P|tts, local manag
er for Carolina Telephone, said
today that a IjtLOOO program
Is In progress to expand the.
company's "central offlfce equip
ment here. ,
Included in the project wtH,
be Installation of equipment to
proyide facilities to serve 275
new telephones for subscribers
in this area and permit better
grades of service to present
subscribers.
Pitts said that the growth of
Louisburg In recent years has
brought about an increased de
mand for telephone ? service.
This demand has taxed the^ ca
pacity of present equipment.
Telephones in this area have
increased from 1,100 to more
than 2,700 in the past ten years.
"The construction program
here is in keeping with Caro
lina Telephone's continuing
program to fulfill the telephone
needs of the communities It 1
serves," he pointed out.
Pitts said, "The new im
provement and. expansion pro
gram at Louisburg was engi
neered to allow for telephone
growth in the future."
slon is appointed by Governor
Dan Moor^ No explanation
was given for this delay.
Councilman Thomas made the
motion to return the petition.
Councilman Jonah Taylor
seconded the motion which was
unanimously, passed.
Town Administrator E. S.
Ford was directed to work with
Hill Yarbo rough to solve a
parking lot problem brought
to the Board's attention by*
Yarborough. The complaint
pertained fo the-lot behind the
armory. \
The Council approved a mo
tion 'by Taylor to pay to
Franklin . County the sum of
$1,652.56 "iij compliance with
the ' previous agreement made
in regard to the Installation of
the water lifte and plevated tank
at the Gay Prodycts Plant."
Invoices In amount of $21,
236.20 were approved and or
dered paid, 't he Council set
Friday, June 25, as the date
j for their next meeting, at which
time they . will consider the
tentative budget for the coming
fiscal year.
Su n dor Exri to men t
Minor excitement was caused Sunday af
ternoon when the 19 3"9 Pontiac shown above
caught fire at the Bickett Blvd. -Nash St.
intersection. Karl Pernell, local fireman,
is shown fighting the engine blaze, left,
while Policeman Earl Tharrington, Mayor
fireman V. A-. Peoples, and car owner, Bill
Bartholomew of Raleigh, look on.
Area Gets 5137 Inch Rainfall In Six Days
The first nine days of June
werfe dry In the area, but the
past six days have more than
made up for it, according to
G. O. Kennedy, local weather
observer There was no rain
Instructors Needed
For Basic Education
Dr. Kenneth M. Wold, Presi
dent of W/W. Holding Industrial
Education Center announcedto
day that the Center will conduct
another Teacher Training Insti
tute for the purpose of qualifying
interested personnel as teach
e>& for the Basic Adult Educa
tion Classes being' conducted
within wJ^e and Franklincoun
ties. The^rapid expansion in
the establishment of Basic
Adult Education \ classes
throughout Wake ana^Franklin
counties is resulting in an 'in
crease demand of qualified
structors. It was pointed out
that the Holding Center present
ly lias .287 students enrolled irt
grade levels 0*-4, In 16 separate
classes throughout Wak?] and
Franklin counties.
Dr. Wold, emphasized that all
instructors are required .to be
college graduates and must have
-attended the 12 'hour Teacher
Training Institute which em
phasizes the methods of pre
senting adult education training
material to mature people.
Through the Cooperation of Mr.
Fred Smith, Superintendent; of
Wake "County schools, the
Four-Legfted Guard
Four-legged life guards are rare. Jimmie
Geddle, a guard at Qreen Hill Country Club
. pool this year, appears to be In possession
of two extra limbs In the phflto above. The
picture was snapped at the split second
some unidentified swiiwmer passed behind
Geddle, ?giving the appearance of a rare
speclman. Mike Carter Is the other guard
at the pool this year. -Times Staff Photo.
Teacher Training Institute will
be conducted in the Wake For
est Elementary School on
Jun? 21, 2?, and 23. The
training sessions will begin
each evening at 6:30 and end at
10:30. f
Jail In the area in ttte month of
June until last Wednesday, says
Kennedy.
Last Wednesday the loca) wea
ther station recorded 1.18 Inches
with 2. 54 Inches Jailing Friday
and Saturday. At 9 a.m. today
another 1.65' Inches has been
measured for a total In the
past six days of 5.37 Inches.
This compares heavily with the
1 Inch of rainfall for the months
of April and May.
The heaviest rainfall in a
single month lately was record
fed hi March when the area re
ceived around 4 Inches in the
30 day period..
Kennedy reported that Tar
County Man Charged
In Wake Hit-Run
Edward Daniel Inscos, 24, of
Rt. 2^ LoulsUurg .out* arrested
Senator Sam Says
Washlngton--The Senate's ap
proval of the constitutionally
defect ive voting bill ^signals the
sharpest *turn 1 in years in the
alteration of our governmental
system T
For what the bill does, as I
attempted to point out in the
battle over it; is to suspend
four separate provisions of the
Constitution of the United States
as they apply > to seven-con
demned States. The Constitu
tional provisions suspended
confer upon thfe States the pow
er to? prescribe qualifications
for voting.
The magnitude of this change
in governmental power can be
seek* fronwthe principles which
the bill overtules. Not since
Reconstruction days'has apiece
of legislation so clearly over
ruled provision after provision
of the Constitution. Nor has
legislation approved been so
confronted with decisions of the
Supreme Court of the United
States which substantiate the
right of States to prescribe
Impartial literacy tests or
which declare that no provision
of the Constitution shall be
suspended. Yet, the Senate
has chosen to sweep as Id* these
established principles In an at
tempt to rectify some errors
of Judgment on the part of elec
tion officials. v
What can happen under such
circumstances U best Illustrat
ed by an amendment offered
late In the consideration of the
voting bill which nullifies New
York's requirement that voters
rrraST pass a simple English
literacy test. The Senate adopt
ed the amendment notwithstand
ing the fact that It violated the
same Constitutional mandate
which permitted the seven
Southern States to prescribe
voting (lteracy tests,
During the course of that de
bate, I pointed out to New York's
Senators who proposed the
amendment, that New York has
a State Constitutional provision
Which says that no one can vote
in New York unless he can read
and write the English language.
I also stated that New York's
cqn^tltutlonal provision has
been sustained as a valid exer
cise of power by the New York'
Court of Appeals and a three
Judge Federal court. These ob
stacles were brushed aside In
the Interest of Instant correc
tion at the Federal level of a
Judgment made by the State
of 'New York.
Somfe haVe asked why I car
ried oft a/ftrttle against the
White House? the Democratic"
leadership, \nd the Republican
leadership orKthis Tssue. My
answer is simply ^ consider
the nfiost precious possession
tjhat Americans of all races t
and all beliefs have is the Con
stitution of the United States.
The cardinal principle violated
in this Senate-passed bill is the
suspension of clear Constitu
tional povfcer and rights* all
the States Vi all fields <?f goV
?rnment. All history and all
the experience of man makes
this danger clear In the\actioos
of rulers. \
Moreover, my fight on this
legislation resulted In many
of my suggestions being incor
porated as amendments or .de
letions to the measure.
I In Raleigh shortly after 12:30
' A.m. Sunday on charges of hit
and run. Indcoe Is reportedly
believed to have struck Leon
ard Brown, 30 - year - old Ra
leigh resident, while Brown was
riding a bicycle near the inter
section of McDowell and South
Streets. .
There were alledgedly three
witnesses to the accident, one
of which, AJton Parrott of
Franklin St., Raleigh, called
the police. Parrott gave the
officers a description of the
car which matched that of In
scoe's and-the Franklin County
man was af-rested a short time
later on Downtown, Blvd. In
Ralelffe. . 4
Inscoe reportedly told offi
cers that he had passed .the
Intersection where Brown was
found, but that he was unaware
o I striking any- object. Offi
cers said paint matching the
color of the bicycle was 'found
on the front bumper of Inscoe's
car and also a dent in the
crome strip above the bump
er w?s sighted. Brown suf
fered lacerations and head in
juries and was listed in serious
condition at Wake Memorial
Hospital Monday.
County Woman's
Husband Dies
In Argentina ,
The husband of a Franklin
County native died Saturday In
Peru, Argentina of lnjurlei re
ceived In an automobile acci
dent, according to word re
ceived here. Major Paul V.
Romero, whose wife . Is the
former Lucille May of Rt; 1,
Loutsburg, was stationed In
the Panama Canal with the
U. S. Army. No. details of the
accident are available.
Mrs, Romero and the fljpe
Romero children were In Pana
ma when the accident happen
ed. Mrs. Rorrfero's brothers,
Douglas and Elmore May, lelfi
Monday morning for Charlotte,
Draft Call High
The- Defense' Department an
nounced It will draft 17,000 men
for the Army In June? fhe big
gest monthly draft since .Nov
ember, 1963. Increased draft
calls have been made necessary
by a decline In enlistments.
N. C. , to meet Mrs Romero
who Is arriving by plane.
Mrs. Romero Is the daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs. W. E.
May, who live about four miles
east of Loulsburg on the Bunn
Highway. The Jlomero's made
news here In mid-August of
1958 when they brought Cap
Uln Mauel Rojas to Franklin
County to visit and to view
local farming operations.
Romero had met Rojas, a
captain In the Columbian (South
America) Army, when he and
his family were stationed In
Columbia. Major Romero as
sisted In forming the Colum
bian Military Pollcewhllethere
with the army mission. In 19 59,
while Romero was stationed In
Atlanta, Ga., Rojas ylslted nlm
and together (hey came to
Franklin County to spend a
few days^wlth Romero's wife's
family. Romero had only one
year more to serve before re
tiring. Funfral arrangements
are Incomplete.
River stands at 3.75 ft. today
after having risen on Sunday
to 7 ft. He expects the river
will rise again starting this
afternoon, but says there Is no
danger of flooding.
BULLETIN
Dr J B Wheless Franklin County Health Director,
issued an emergency Warning this morning to all who
might have been in contact with & FraWklinton youth;
Cecil Ayscue to get immediate treatment against
0os?ible eantagidn fir ,".Ht?lf*,s statement fullows.
"Cecil Ayscue 14 year-oTfl'boy of Green Street Frank
.linton was seen in the Emergency Room of Frank I in
Memorial Hospital Monday night He was found to have
MENINGOCCIC MENINGITIS and rushed to Duke Hos
pital where he died early this morning ' The boy was
highly infectous for a period of the past 72 hours prior to
his death
We know that he was at White Lake from Friday morn
ing to late Saturday night returning home lie was at Lake
Donna in swimming from 10 am Sunday until Sunday,
night Anybody coming in contact with this boy should
contact their family physician immediately for
phrophlactic treatment against this disease
You may Tfso contact either drug store' in Frankiinfon
or the Franklin County Health Department "
Accidents Mar Weekend
An automobile accident hrl
day afternoon around 5:30 p.m.
op Rural Paved Road 1419
(-Louis burg- Hickory Rock High
way^ resulted in i^lnor injuries
to Lonnette B. Murphy, 27
year-old Louisburg, Rt. 2,
woman. State Trooper Bill
Ethridge reported the 1960
Chevrolet hit a rain-slick curve
and ran off the highway into
an embankment.
The accident occurred near
Bunn Woman Takes
Own Life Monday
A 42-year-old Bilhn woman]
took, her own life early Monday
morning at her home while two
of her children worked In a
nearby garden. Mrs'. Ruby
Ricks Breedlove died of a self
inflicted rifle wound In the head
around 10:1 5 a.m.
The Loulsburg Rescue Ser
vice was summoned to the scene
as were Sheriff's Deputy Dave
Batton and Coroner James Ed
wards. Mrs. Dreedlove left
a note addressed to her hus
band. The contents were not
disclosed She had been de
spondent over her health,
neighbors reported.
She was a native of Durham
?County and had lived In Bunn
for 25 years. She was a mem
ber of the Bunn Baptist Church
where funeral servjcps were
conducted today at 2 p.m. by
the Rev. ;J. Howard Sliver.
Burial was in the Bunn Ceme
tery.
Surviving is her husband,
Preston Newell Breedlove; one
son, Preston, Jr., of the home;^
two daughters, Miss Carol
Breedlovtk of the home and
We are about to come around
to the vlew\hat there Is some
thing to tljW alrcondltlonlng.
Mrs. Phillls Jones of Raleigh;
two sisters, Mrs. John Wig
gins and Mrs. George Wright,
both of Raleigh; one brother,
Marvin Rich of Henderson
vllle; her mother, Mrs. Llllle
Rich of Bunn; her grandfath
er, Henry Rich of Durham;
and one grandchild.
Kurai i npavea Koaa nzu in
tersection. The woman com
plained of back and neck pains
following the accident, accord
ing to Ethr/dge.
Electric jpower was. off In
Frankllnton for around 15 min
utes late Saturday night as a
result of an automobile re
portedly driven by Raymond
Wilder, n/m/ 41, striking a pow
er pole. The car was turned
over on its side against a pow
er pole guidewlre. The driver
was charged with driving 6n the
wrong side of the road. His
brother, Russell Wilder, a pas
senger In the 1961 Dodge, was
charged with public drunkeness:
A 1959 Pontlac, driven by Ra
leigh j Fireman Bll\ Bartholo
mew, Received extensive engine
damage Sunday , afternoon
around 4:30 p.m. when it caught
fire at the BicVett Qvd., Nas+i
Street Intersection here In
Louisburg. Quick action by
LoulstWg firemen in answer
ing. the call for help prevented
further damage Bartholomew
U a native ot Franklin Cojunty.
Moon Eclipse Seen Here
A partial eclipse of the moon
was observed - "here Sunday
night*- Skies were clear during
the period from around eight to
nine o'clock, when a small seg
ment of . the lunar disc was
shielded by the shadow of -Hie
earth between the sun and the
moon.
The spectacle, only one to be
visible in North America this
yevf started two minutes be
fore eight o'clock and ended
at ' 9:40* pint. The total eclipse
was visible (o much of the east
ern coast of North America,
but only the end could be ob
served In the southeastern
coastal artaX
At the Morehead Planetarium
In Chapel Hill, Director Tony
Jenxano said there would be
four eclipses this year. There
will be two of the moon and two
of the sun, but North Ameri
cans will see only this partial
eclipse of the moon.
The lubar eclipse was barely
heralded In advance, and few
people realized It was In pros
I*?ct. But the shadpw thai ap- -
pea red was seen by many, who
wondered what It was, havfhg
no previous Information. * '
Bloodshed
Boxscore
Raleigh? The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traf
fic deaths through 10 a.m. Mon
day, June 14:
KILLED TO DATE 597
KILLED TO DATE
LAST YEAH 636
Dies In Argentina
Major Paul V. Romero, who
died Saturday In Peru, Argen
tina from Injuries received In
an automobile accident, Is shown
above, left, In 1959 showing
Captain Manuel Rojas of the
Columbian Army, Franklin
County tobacco at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. May on
Rt. I, Louisburg. Mrs. Romero
Is the former Lucille May, a
native of the county. No details
are available on the accident.
The Romeros have five chil
dren.
*1959 jPho'to by T. H. Pearce.