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Published Every 'Tuesday & Thursday
Serving All Of Franklin' County
Tel. OY 6-3283
(Ten Cents)
Louisburg. N C . Tuesday. August 24 1965
(Ten Pages Today)
96th Year? Number 63
Plan Not Yet Approved As
Board Holds Lengthy Meeting
There has still been no official
word from Washington on the
Franklin County school plan,
according to word received by
the Board In a special meeting
held here Monday night. The
meeting had originally been
In anticipation of receiving word
from Washington on the plan's
approval or rejection by Mon
day
Four telephone conferences
with officials of the Office of
Education In Washington Thurs
day and Friday of last week
had brought optimism to local
school Authorities that the coun
ty plan would be approved. It
calls for Integration of four
grades rfor the coming school
year. It was reported that the
discussions with Washington
last week concerned a request
by federal officials to Increase
the number of grades to be af
fected by the plan. It was un
derstood that this difference
was worked out, with the origi
nal plan being the one now under
consideration In Washington.
There were no changes made
to the plan, according to a re
Wheless
Honored
Frankllnton- -Carolina Tele
phone this month will honor
Alfred E. Wheless of Franklln
ton -for having completed
10 years of telephone service.
He will receive a miniature
gold emblem award signifying
the number of years of service
attained.
Wheless is employed by the
' company as an Installer-re
pairman In the Plant Depart
ment here.
Man Injured
When Car
Hits Mule
Randy Murphy, 21 -year-old
employee of Joyner Wholesale
Co. here was seriously In
jured Saturday morning around
1:30 a.m. when his 1965 Pontlac
?truck a mule along Highway
S61, je'lght miles east of Louls
burg.
Murphy, who lives on Rt. 2,
was alone at the time of the
accident, It was reported. The
car ran off the highway and
down an embankment after
striking the animal.
Murphy received a broken
neck. Head and spinal Injuries.
He Is recovering at Rex Hospi
tal In Raleigh.
The mule, reportedly belong
ing to Everette Evans of Rt. 2,
Loulsburg, was killed Instantly.
The car was demolished.
port.
The meeting, which lasted un
til nearly midnight, consisted,
(or the most part, of discus
sions pertaining to the opening
of schools on September 1 and
certain plans were mapped
should the compliance plan be
approved and, also, some dis
cuss lorts were held on. the pos
slblllty of the plan being denied.
hi actions taken by the Board,
bus routes were approved and
two teachers were elected.
Mrs. Mary F. Reveley was
elected to teach at Bunn and
Vernetta L. McGeachy was
named to replacg Mae Reoa
M. Davis, who resigned at
Gethsemane school.
Youngsville Resident
Dies Of Wreck Injury
Eugene D. Wilder, 47, of
Youngsvllle died Sunday morn
ing In Maria Parham Hospital
at Henderson from Injuries re
ceived In an automobile accident
on U.S. 1 In Vance County Satur
day night.
State Highway Patrolman B.,
D. Adklns said the car driven
by Wilder collided with a car
coming from the opposite di
rection which had pulled out
to pass a tractor-trailer truck.
Lorenza Julius Debnam, 27,
Negro, of Youngsvllle, Identi
fied as the driver of the second
car, was charged with man
slaughter and Improper pas
sing. The Debnam car. also
Struck a truck which was fol
lowing Wilder, the patrolman
reported. Debnam received
slight Injuries but the driver
of the truck Involved In the col
lision was not injured.
Wilder, a salesman for a
Henderson automobile firm,
was -driving home to -Youngs
vllle when the accident occur
red at 9:S0 p.m. 1.7 miles south
of Klttrelj.
A native of Franklin County,
Wilder was a meipber of
Youngsvllle Baptist Church.
Funeral services were con
ducted at the church at 2 p.m.
Monday by Rev. Jarvls Phillips
and Rev. Harold T. Stein. Bur
ial followed In Duke Memorial
Baptist Church cemetery In
Franklin County.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Minnie Harris Wilder; two
daughters, Mrs. Barbara El
liott of Raleigh and Mrs. Linda
Fuller of Youngsvllle; two sons,
E. J. and Ted Wilder of the
home; his mother, Mrs. Roxle
Wilder Of Rt. 2, Spring Hope;
five sisters, Mrs. Emma Lamm
Notice
Nancy Beasley announced to
day that the first meeting of
the Teenage Club will be a
back-to-school dance on Friday
night, September 10, from 8
until 11. The Masters Combo
of Loulsburg will be playing.
All teenagers are Invited to
attend this big event. ^
and Mrs. Lois Hawley ofSprlng
Hope, Mrs. Ola Strickland and
Mrs. Ruth Woodllef of Louts
burg, and Mrs. Vernon Calne
of Portsmouth, Va.; two broth
ers, Jtufus Wilder of Rt. 4,,
Loulsburg. and Leon Wilder
of Chicago, 111.; and one grand
child.
Local Man
Killed In
Accident
.'*?> ,
Henderson ? Alex Marshall
Smith, 48, of Henderson was
Injured fatally late Wednesday
night when his car ran off
U.S. 158, hit an embankment,
a telephone pole and overturned.
The accident occurred around
midnight on the "missing link"
section of Interstate 85. Smith
was pronounced dead on arrival
at an Oxford hospital.
Smith, the lone occupant of
the car, was found some 100
feet from the wreckage. The
car was demolished. Highway
Patrolman Troy E. Sanders In
vestigated the wreck.
Smith was a salesman for an
Oxford firm for 10 years prior
to transfer to Henderson.
Funeral services were con
ducted Friday at 2 p.m. at
Lancaster Funeral Chapel by
Dr. E. Norfleet Gardner. Bur
ial was In Cedar Rock Baptist
Church cemetery In Franklin
County.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ruth S. Smith; one daughter,
Mrs. Gloria Grlssom of Hen
derson; one son, Charles Smith
of Manteo; his mother, Mrs.
Naomi Smith of Franklin
County; two sisters, Mrs. Alice
Bennett of Raleigh and Mrs.
Sidney Murphy of Loulsburg;
and four brothers, Edward of
Loulsburg, I. T. of High Point,
Newell of Newport News, Va.,
and Julian Smith of Georgia.
An optimist Is usually an In
dividual who feels good.
Car Hits Mule
The 1965 Pontlac, belonging to Randy
Murphy, Rt. 2, Loulsburg man, Is shown
above In a local garage lot. Murphy, rid
ing alone, struok a mule about 8 miles east
Oil Highway 561 early Saturday morning and
Is In serious. condition In a Raleigh hospi
tal. He suffered a broken neck, head and
spinal Injuries. -Tiroes Staff Photo.
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Cross Burned At Times Office
A burning cross'was discover- !
ed around 1 a.mT thls-ittornlng I
oft the lawn of The Franklin j
Times building, by Loulsburg
Police Officers Ralph Lester
and Ned ,Lloyd. The cross,!
about four feet high, was taken j
down and discarded by the of- j
fleers
This was the latest In a long |
list of harrassing incidents dl- 1
rected at The Tunes In the past
few weeks. An unsigned leaflet
wa% attached to a number of
businesses throughout Franklin
County denouncing The Times
for printing; a Durham County
newspaper in Its printing de
partment a few weeks ago The
Franklin Times prints several
newspapers in its shop, among
which is The Carolina Times,
which is edited and published by
negroes.
From the leaflet and state
ments by Ku Klux Klan chief
Robert Jones at , a Klan rally
held near Loulsburg earlier this
month, the protect Is aimed at
the business policies of the cor
poration which owns and
operates a printing deportment
Burned Cross At Newspaper Office
. Remnants of the crude four-foot cross
burned on the lawn of The Franklin Times
ar$ shown above, lying along the highway
right-of-way where Loul&burg Police offi
cers Ralph Lester and Ned Lloyd dragged
it after discovering it ablaze around 1 a.m.
this morning. The incident is the latest In
a series of har rassments against The
Times' business policies, apparently by the
Ku Klux Klan. -Times Staff Photo. /
ASCS Preparing For Annual Election
Preliminary procedure hi?s~
been begun toward conduction
of the annual elections of the
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service in Vance
County. Actual elections are
scheduled for September, and
will climax with new officials
assuming their duties Oc
tober 1. .>
* Selection of community com
mitteemen will be by mall, as
In the past several .years. Com-|
munlty boundaries are the same
as township boundaries.
Persons elected should be ac
tive farmers who are best quali
fied for community committee
work and who will represent
various sections and types of
agriculture In the community.
-Postal cards have been mailed
to farm operators for the list
ing of all eligible voters on the
"farm other than himself. These
must be returned to the office
not later than August 36. Any
person 21 years of age Or old
er who has an Interest In a farm
as owner, operator, tenant, or
sharecroppef Is eligible to vote,
Including wives who meet the
requirements*
A petition signed by six or
more eligible voters nominating
persons for membership. on',the
community committee were're
celved at the county office
through August 20.
On August 31, ballots for each
commurtlty showing nominees
will be mailed to eligible vot
ers, and must be marked and
returned to the ASCS office
not later than September 10.
Ballots will be publicly tabu
lated for each community on
September 15 and those elect
ed will be notified Immediate
ly. .
Farmers voting In the coming
community elections will re
ceive an envelope jcontaining a
Attending
Convention
Chairman George Harris of
the Franklin County Baard of
Commissioners and County Ac
countant Lea Murray are In
AshevlUe today attending the
annual convention sf the North
Carolina Association of County
Commissioners. It was not
learned what, If any, other coun
ty officials were In attendance.
The convention Is being held
at Grove Park Inn and started
Sunday. It will last through
Wednesday of this week.
Among the speakers will be
Governor Dan Moore, Lt. Gov.
Robert Scott, House Speaker
H. P. Taylor and Fred S. Roys
ter of Henderson, a state Sena
tor representing Franklin
County and Chairman of the
State' Personnel Board.
Industrial development and
governmental press relations
are among the subjects to be
discussed. John Sanders, di
rector of the institute of Gov
ernment, Chapel Hill, will mod
erate a dlscusslonon"Countles
and the News Media.
ballot and two envelopes. The
farmer should vote for not more
than five persons listed on the
ballot and Insert the ballot luto
the blank envelope. The blank
anvelope should then be ln^rt*
9d In the envelope addressed
to the County ASdS Offlc?. He
should sign the certification
3n the back of the envelope and
Wop In the mall 'Please re
member that only one ballot
Pruette Is
Lions Officer
C Ray Pruette
Mr. C. Ray Pruette, past
'resident of the Frankllnton
-Ions Club, was Installs*)
Thursday evening as a cabinet
nember of District Governor
? rank O. Kemp of Zebulon for
.Ions District 31-G.
The Installation was held at
he Zebulon Lions Club In
Zebulon, at which time Frank
Cemp was Installed as gover
lor of the district and others
>ervlng on the cabinet .-were
VUlls E. Joiner of Epsom,
rack F, Neel of .Roiboro, Rob
irt P. Coleson of Cary, Gilbert
Mister of Plttsboro, D. P. Mc
i'arland Of Raleigh, and M. E.
Valentine of Raleigh.
Mr. Pruette, Zone No. 7
; hair man, will assjUt the Lion
'tubs of Frankllntoa, Littleton,
,oulsburg, Warrenton, and
foungsvllle In coordinating
lielr activities.
can be placed in the return
envelope since every voter must
sign the certification. If a
husband and wife are each eli
gible to vote, each must return
their ballot In ^separate enve
lopes .
When the ballots are re
ceived In the county ASCS Of
fice, the envelope Will be
checked to be sure the voter
Is eligible to vote. The blank
envelope containing the ballot
will then be removed from the
larger envelope 'and placed with
all the oth^r ? ballofs. Each
ballot will, therefore, lose Its
Identity before It Is tabulated.
The County ASCS Committee
will publicly open and tabulate
all ballots on September 15,
1965. At this time, none of
the ballots will bear any Iden
tification of the person voting.
It Is necessary that each per
son voting sign the certification
on the envelope In which the
ballot is returned. If the cer
tification Is not signed the ballot
Inside will not be tabulated.
Any person signing by mark
must have his mark witnessed.
Versteegs
Attending
Convention
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Versteeg
will represent Loulsburg Col
lege at the annual convention
of the American Educational
Theatre Association In Miami,
Florida, August 24-27.
The convention will bring to
gether about 3,000 theatre edu- .
eaters from the United States j
and Canada for Instruction, ,
demonstrations, and work on
the Association's projects.
Mr. Versteeg, director of
drama at Lou Is burg College,
and President of the Carolina
Dramatic Association, Will
participate In the Junior Col*
lege Project panel discussion
on August 28, and attend ses
sions on directing, acting and |
scene design. Mrs. Versteeg, ,
associate producer and staff (
member of the Loulsburg Col- t
lege Theatre, will attend con- i
ventlon sessions on rostuitoe ?
design and theatre Management, i
In conjunction with The Franklin
Times newspaper.
Dr. Sadl* C. Johnson of Hen
derson, President of The
Franklin Times, Inc., said to
day, 4 4 It has been the policy of
The Franklin Times for Its
96-year history to do business
with all races. Our policy has
not changed and Is no different
from that of the majority of
businesses In our area."
Managing Editor Clint Fuller
reports having received anony
mous telephone calls, both at
his home and ? at the office.?
Some, said Fuller, Included
threats. All, he added, pertain
ed to the printing of the Durham
newspaper.
An unidentified member ofthe
Ku Klux Klan, reportedly from
Warrenton, criticized the local
newspaper at the Klan rally here
as did N. C. Grand Dragon Ro
bert Jones. Both denounced the
business policies of the corpo
ration.
?Thls is the second cross burn
ing In recent days In the county.
The FBI Is Investigating atross
burning last week near the home
of Luther 6oppedge, a negro
living In the Edward Best' com
munity.
The Zebulon Record reported
last week an alleged cross was
burned at the home of Dr. L. M.
Massey, prominent Zebulon
dentist.
The cross at The Times office
was discovered early this
morning when shop foreman,
Bob Lasslter, and Fuller ar
rived for work shortly after 7
a.m. Chief Dement reported
around 9 a.m., when contacted,
that his officers had moved the
cross from The Times pro
perty to the highway rlght-of
waye^. Dement also stated he
would conduct an Investiga
tion.
I
Franklinton
Grocer
Convicted ?
A Franklinton grocer was
convicted Friday In Wake Su
perior Court on two counts of
receiving goods while knowing
them to be stolen. -
Judge -Clarence Hall sentenced
Thomas Garrett, operator of
Garrett's Retail Grocery on E.
Mason St. In Franklinton, to a
total of six months In Jail, but
suspended the uutence on cpn
dltlon that he remain of good
behavior for IB months and pay
court costs.
Garrett had pleaded no con
test to charges of receiving
18.75 worth of cigarettes stolen
from Bobby Wilder of Raleigh
and Uss than 1200 worth of cig
arettes stolen from Carey N.
Robertson's store near Knight
dale
One of the warrants had
charged the value of cigarettes
stolen from Carey Robertson's
store was $209:
Garrett was acquitted of a
charge of receiving a quantity
of stolen cigarettes from Rus
sell Wayne Perry of Wake For
?st. Perry had testified that
he broke Into the H. B. Jones
Store at Wake Crossroads, stole
the cigarettes and' later sold
them to Garrett.
Garrett, In that case, testi
fied that he considered Perry
o be a salesman and bought the
:lgarettes without any know
edge that the merchandise was
itolen.
Bloodshed
Boxscore
*
Ralelgh--The Motor Vehicles
Department's summary of traf
fic deaths through 10 a.m. Mon
lay, August 23:
klLLED TO DAfE 905
KILLED TO DATE
LAST YEAR W2
B52 Strike
Washington, D. C.--The de
fense high command la report
?dly completely satisfied with
lie performance at the St*a>
aglc Air Command'a B52
ieary Jet bombera strike
Lgalnat .a Jungle target In South
Vietnam.