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Weather Partly cloudy and warm to day and Wednesday. Low to day, 70; high, 90. The Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Comment By the time most of us get old enough to understand the value of rest and recreation It does us little good. Se rving All Of Franklin County T?l QY 6-3283 (Ten Cents) 1XU11*JBUC8?.N- C~. T U esday , . Ju n e. Family Of Six Escape Injury In Gas Explosion A tamlly of six narrowly es caped serious Injury Saturday morning when a gas explosion wreckedgXhe newly occupied dwelling In Hlllcrest Acres, a Loulsburg subdivision. The family of Mr. Seth L. Wash burn, a biology Instructor at Loulsburg College, was re portedly eating breakfast di rectly over the basement of the house when the explosion occurred. According to reports by the Loulsburg Rescue Service,, which was dispatched to the scene, Washburn had cleaned his basement floor with gaso line shortly before the blast. After returning upstairs, the furnace came on, Igniting the gas fumes and causing the ex plosion, which a neighbor, How ard Harris, described as sound ing "like a dynamite blast." The explosion blew the brick veneering from the rear of the house, breaking ' windows and buckling the walls and outside Epsom Home Damaged tire that was discovered during an electrical storm Thursday night about 6 o'clock destroyed the Interior 'Of a brick veneer home one and a half miles south of Epsom. Epsom volunteer firemen said the blaze was at the home of James Hawkins, located on Folly road In Franklin County. Origin of the blaze was not determined, but a fire depart ment spokesman said his men were told it was first noted near a radio. Firemen said the house was ruined and most of its furnishings destroyed. f I 3 structure. Inside walls were separated from the celling showing large cracks from the blast. Windows and doors were warped and binding so they were not able to be closed. Outside gutters were blown from, the structure and cement blocks were moved from their original location. Some odd pieces of furniture were slightly damaged by the blaze In a corner of the base ment, but no other fire damage was sighted. The explosion oc curred around 9:30 a.m. Satur toy. t < Telephone Users To Get Tax Benefits Tarboro ? Carolina Telephone customers will get the full bene fit of the excise tax reduction on telephone service. The law, signed by President Johnson on June 21, calls for the excise tax on telephbne ser vice to be reduced from 10 per cent to three per cant beginning January 1, 1986. It will be further reduced one per cent each year until eliminated on January 1, 1969. Last year, Carolina Tele phone subscribers paid more than $3,000,000 In excise taxes. This money was col lected by the company and re mitted directly to the federal government^ It Is estimated that about $2,500,000 will be added to the local economy In Eastern North Carolina during 1966 be cause of the tax reduction for Carolina Telephone customers alone. This exceeds the an nual payroll of some of the Industrial firms In the area, and should provide a stimu lus to the continuing growth of this section of the state. II I ? I rustee scholarships Awarded At College Trustee scholarships have been awarded to students at Loulsburg College (or the aca demic year 1965-66. These scholarships are In varying amounts and are based on scholarship, character, leader Ship ability, and financial need. In addition, to these basic re quirements a student must have a B plus average or be in the top 16% of his High School graduating class to qualify tor a $500 scholarship, and In order to qualify for a f 250 scholarship a student must have a S average or be In the top 24% of his High School graduating class. Those awarded scholarships In the amount of $500 were aa follows: Karen Ann Knopf, 71# B. Windsor Lane, Martinsville, Va., daughter at Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Knopf; Dennis Allen Stokes, Route #J, Box 512, Greenville, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey J. Stokes; Larry Stew art Dean, Roite #1, Wendell, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Dean; Rachel !. Batts, Box SI, Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luther T. Batts; Anna Kathryn Collier, 506 Kenmore Avenue, Loulsburg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. M. Collier; Milton Taylor High, RFD #1, Oar ys burg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee High. Those awarded scholarships In the amount of (250.00 were as follows: Patricia Ann De ment, 112 Justice Street, Loulsburg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.' Dement; James R. Ihrle, Route #4, Loulsburg, son o i Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ihrle m; Ramona Gall Dtgti, 1312 MUl brook Road, Raleigh, (laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert S. Dlgh; Tessle Faye Moody, Route *1, Wake Forest, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Moody; Phyllis Dianne Strick land, 4*71 ? Fort Drive, Alexan drla, Va., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Strickland, Jane W. Wilder, Route #2, Franklln ton; Susan Ann Southerland, 513 W. Main Street, Wallace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Rjfchard Southerland. juice Faye Rudd, 111 Church Street, Loulsburg, daughter of Mrs. Alice Rudd, received a Trustee scholarship In IJj*' amouht Of W65.00. Miss Rudd also was the recipient of the Lions Club scholarship In the amount of II 50.00. Other' tuition grants In the amount of 1100 each were awarded to: Patricia A. Bow ?H, 1511 Anderson Street, Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bowers; Mildred Marie Harris, Route #1, Klt trell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Harris; Steven Allen Mldgett, Stumpy Point, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mldgett; Nancy Jon Thomas, Route *1, Box 208, Moncure, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Thomas; Carolyn I. Smiley, SOS Grades Ferry Road, South H1U, Va., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Smiley; James Ward, 108 East F. Street, Butner, son of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Ward, Sr.; and Bren da Wester, Route #4, Louls burg, daughter of Mrs. Ellca beth Wester. ' The John Jesse Myrlck and Mrs. Emma Brown Harris My rlck Scholarship, which was established by Mrs. Emma My rlck Rose of Henderson, has been awarded to William L. Harris, Jr., Route #4, Box 287 -A, Henderson. Mr. Har ris Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Will lam Lee Harris. This scholarship Is available to de serving young people from Vance and Warren Counties, and la based on scholarship, character, leadership ability, ?s . . Hoooom: Scene above shows rear-of the 'Seth Wash burn home in Hlllcrest Acres here, follow ing a gas explosion early Saturday morning Which tore, off the brick siding and did considerable damage to the interior of the house. None of the six members of the ? i Washburn family were injured. The-incl dent reportedly occurred when the furnace came on in thev basement after Washburn had used gasoline to clean the basement floor. ? . -Times Staff. Photo. Sam A Hpnn s Jr Grand Master Here Friday Sam A. Hennis, Jr., Crand Master of Masons of North Carolinl, will make his offi cial visit to the 21st MaSOnic District on Friday evening at 5 o'clock In the Loulsburg Ma sonic Temple. The District is made up of Youngsvllle Lodge %377, Franklinton Lodge 123, Loulsburg Lodge 413, John H. Mills Lodge 624, Hen derson Lodge 229, Francis .S.,' Packard Lodge 630, aula Johnston - Caswell "J^od^^ 10. District Deputy Gprful Mas ter James A. JohpKfm says that this Is a very-Important meet ing and all Master Masons are cordlaHjTthvited. Supper will be ^erved at 6 o'clock. >nd financial -need. The amount of the Rose Scholarship is . $500.00. Mr. Harris is also the recipient of the Valedictor ian Scholarship which is offer- i ed by the college to high school ? valedictorians. This scholar- ; ?hip is In the amount of $200.00. < Unidentified Flying Object , Causes Stir Here Sunday Quite a bit of stir wa % caused Sunday afternoon when some unidentified flying ob ject was sighted in the vicini ty of Ferrell's Store, on the Bunn Road. Talmadge Fuller, former Loujsburg resident, visiting in the area and El more May, who llves"~in the area, were among several to see the object and to report Its sighting. Fuller described, the "thing" as looking "like a ball of fire, with smoke abdve it. It ap peared to Just hang in the air for about 30 seconds." The abject was seen around 3:30 p.m. about ' 1000 feet in the air, according to Fuller. Local Civil Air Patrol planes were dispatched to try to de^. termlne what the object ?rks and where it fell. SJ^riffs Deputies were on the scene. Local airport/manager Jpe Theives Enter Epsom Home Bobby Moss , of the Epsom community reported to the Vance County Sheriffs depart ment, Monday, JUiat his home was entered over the weekend. Theives reportedly took a suit and a ladles dress valued at $60. The family was av*ay from home at the time of the alledg Bd'theft. Moss reportedly told the Vance Sheriff of similar Inci dents occurlng lately In the same vicinity of Epsom, but icross the line In Franklin County. Shearon said no trace could be found of the object during the afternoon search. Things buzzed for awhile, with talk of "flylng4 saucers" and UFO*s and It seemed the area had a real mystery going Until Sunday night when Forest Poythress, local flying enthus iast, reported that he had been told by a reliable source that "some boys were In the woods shooting flares." The sourpe^ said P'oythress, would not Iden tify "the boys." Wonder It '"the boys" were little green men from Mar^? Or were they green from some thing else? At any rate they caused a flare-up. <pardon the pun) here Sjutiday, and who knows, m^ybe some Sunday FrankUir County will hare vlsl tor^from outer space, flares jatfki all. Two Weekend Accidents Reported Two accidents werarreported during the weekend, neither re sulted In any serious injury to those Involved. A collision with a power pole Friday after noon on South Main Street re sulted In considerable damage to v car driven by John Owen Eden, n/m/34 when he skidded down the sidewalk, hitting another vehicle and ramming the power pole. The accident reportedly oc cured when a car alledgedly dri ven by "Chick" Wlnstead of near Bunn, failed to stop at the Bunn Road-Main Street Inter section, causing Edens to swerve onto the sidewalk. Win* stead who continued on to Balti more, Md. following the acci dent is charged with falling to yield right of way. Edens Is charged with exceeding safe speed. The parked car be longed to Jonas C. Jeanette of South Main St. and no damage estimates were given. Around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, a 1955 Ford pulpwood truck, dri ven by Charlie Green, n/m overturned In the roadway on Rural Paved road 1103, about 1/2 mile west of Royal. Green received facial lacerations and was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital by the Louis burg Re scue Service., - The truck belonged to Ernes tine Thomas, n/m o( bouls burg and suffered around f 500 In damages, according to State Trooper BUI Etherldge, who Is continuing his Investigation. A. minor traffic accident near the stoplight at the Main Street Nash Street Intersection occur ed Friday afternoon when Dr. A. J. Holton reportedly struck another car nearby. Only minor damages were done', according to one witness. jVet c Rotary Officers New Rotary officers, installed last Thurs day night, are pictured above, left to right, ?? tR- Saunders, 2nd Vice President; Ed Plttman, Director; Carey Perry, Presi dent; Bill Beckham, Director; BoJ) Vers-. teeg, 1st Vice President; A1 Goodwin, Director, and Raymond Rarlck, Seoretary Treasurer. Df . Cecil Robbins, past presi dent of Rotary, was the lnstalllng'offlcer. -Tiroes Staff Photo. Council Approves Budget Increase The Loulsburg Town Council Approved an Interim Appropria tions Ordinance fpr the fiscal year 1965-66, at Its regular meeting Friday night. Listed In the appropriations are ser vices and allotments totaling $432,696.00 (or departmental expense. An additional $41, 330 Is listed lor bonds retire ment and Interest, bringing the grand total to $474,026.00. The Council set Friday, July 23, 1965 as the date for adopting the new budget. Brok en down by departments, the new appropriations are: Gen eral Services, $48,019; Police Department, $45,470; Fire De rtment, $20,357; and Rescue rvlce, $3,611. Cither allotments Include: Cemetery, $2,382; Sanitation, $22,844; Water, $34,353; Sev er, $19,752; Recreation, $4, 460; and Contingency, $14, 538. The Electric Department rates the highest appropriation with $196,540. The ordinance proposes an Increase of $14,971.00 over the grand total of $459,055.00 budgeted for 1964-65 Police, Fire, Rescue, Street and Ceme tery Departments are receiving slight cuts In their budgets. Sanitation Is getting a small Increase. Debt Service, rises from $28,933 last year to $41, Recorder's v Court , The following cases were dis posed of during a term ofjte corder's Court Jury Trials last week: Ralph Grant Loft In, w/m/19, careless and reckless driving. Pleads not guilty* Juror with drawn and mistrial ordered. James C. Lancaster, w/m/41, motor vehicle violation, operat ing auto Intoxicated; careless and reckless driving: State accepts a plea of guilty- of careless and reckless driving; $25.00 fine' and costs. Vernon Varnard Farmer, w/ m/41, speeding. $25.00 fine and costs. , Walter Barbour, w/m/21, speeding. $25.00 fine and costs Wesley Earl Richards, w/m/ 37, speeding. $25.00 fine and costs. Rayford Creech, assault on female. Nol pros with leave. Murphy Perry, w/m, disturb ing public worship. Jury ver dict - guilty. Defendant to be confined to the common Jail of Franklin County for not less than 8 nor more than 10 months to work under the supervision gf State Prison Dept. Notice of appeal. Bond fixed at $1000.00 Edward Donald Perry, dis turbing public worship. Jury verdldt--gullty Defendant to be confined to the common Jail of Franklin County for not less than 4 nor more than 4 months, to work under supervision , of State Prison Department, No tice of appeal. Bond set at $1000.00. Rayford Creech, worthless check. Nol Proe With leave. Kenneth Edwards, w/m/26, operating auto Intoxicated. Jury trial request withdrawn and pleads guilty to Careless and Reckless driving! which Is accepted by the State. $25.00 fine and coats. Junlous Neal Edwards, w/m/ 25, motor vehicle violation. Jury trial request withdrawn and pleads guilty to Careless and Reckless driving, which la accepted by the State. $25.00 fine and colts. William Earl Lamm, w/m/30, speeding. Not guilty. Roger Edward Nines, w/m/Sl, speeding. $25.00 fine and costs. Alvln Buelle Champion, w/m/ 41, speeding $10.00 fine and costs. \ Homer Warren Atkins, w/m/ S3, speeding. Upon payment of $25.00 fine and costs, prayer for judgment continued. William Howard Garner, w/ m/S4, speeding. $90.00 fine and : costs. \ Larry Frederick Leonard, w/ i m/18, motoB vehicle violation, i Nol proa. \ ' I Henry Joe Godfrey, w/m/50, i careless and'reckleas driving; i 330 for the new fiscal budget. The Budget Estimate was moved approved by Councilman Jon4h Taylor, seconded by * Councilman Hubert Jeffreys and passed. 'Councilman E. F. .Thomas was not present at the meeting. Mrs. Breattle O'Neal and S*. C. Foster, other Council members, with Mayor V. A. / Peoples, were In attendance. Wildlife Protector - ? V j Honored James Hal Duke, Jr. Local _ Wildlife Protector James Hal Duke, Jr., Is hon ored In the July Issue of "Wild life' In Ncyrth Carolina," the of flclal magazine publication of the N. C. Wildlife Commission. Duke Is listed under the "Know Your Protector" %ectlon of the magazine, which regularly runs the picture and biography of the outstanding Wildlife Protector. The magazine article follows: "Wildlife Protector James. Hal Duke, Jr. son of Mrs. James Hal Duke of Klttrell, was born In Warren County, . . but moved to Vance County at an early age. Prior to his employment, Hal spent two years with the UV S. Army at various r stations In the United States. He was en gaged, In a grocery business in Henderson also. Duke ~ attended, the Wildlife Protectors'- 1? re -service Training School \t the Institute of Government aV Chapel Hill in January, 1962 \nd went to work as a wlldllfe\ protector stationed at Loulsburg, Nortfi Carolina In February of th^t . yeaf During this time of em- \ ployment, Hal- won the respect and admiration of all of the sportsmen of Franklin County for his fal( and Impartial en forcement of the game, fish and boat laws and his sincere In terest In conservation of the natural resources of that area. He Is married. to the former Carolyn Wells of Henderson, and they have two children, Dick . and Scarlet. They now are making their horiie In Louls burg. leaving scene of accident. $25.00 fine and costs. June Alston, c/m/ 46, motor ' vehicle violation. $15.00 fine and costs. , Owen O'Neal, ^unlawful pos session of whiskey; unlawful possession of whiskey for sale. Directed verdict of not guilty. ^ Owen O'Neal, unlawful pos session of whiskey; unlawful possession of whiskey for sale. Directed verdict of not guilty. Cecil Ashley Bolton, w/m, speeding. Prayer for judgment continued on payment of f 25.00 fine and costs. Battle Baker, i/f, Unlawful possession of whiskey and un lawful possession of whiskey tor sale. 6 month* In Jail, suspended on payment of $200. 00 fine and costs of court. 1250.00 compliance bond. Thomas Dudley Earls, w/m/ 47, * motor vehicle violation. $25.00 fine and costs. Theatls Hunt, c/m/25, non support. 6. months In Jail, suspended on payment of $25.00 per month tor benefit of minor :hlldren. Appeal. Bo ad fixed it $200.00. I
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