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T?l. 0Y 6-3283 (Ten Certs) Louisburg . Isl C Tuesday A ugus t 31 . 1 965r ?; _ . (Eight Pages Today) 96th Year? Numbc 55 ?? ' ? u " , .1 , m Franklinton High School Integrated Friday ? r?.x..> -if / Thirteen Of 15 Negroes Assigned Attend Opening Negro children attended the previously all-white Franklin ton High School last Friday (or the first time In history: The Teacher-Pupil Orientation Day was held without Incident as thirteen of the fifteen Negroes assigned to the school attend ed. Fred Rogers, Frankllnton Schools Superintendent, said, "Everything went very smooth ly. It was as fine an opening as I have experlepced." He added, "Our transportation problem worked out alright. This was an area o( uncertain ty for us. The .Integration situation worked very well. There were less problems than we had thought. Everybody has been very nice." Frankllnton' s plan of compli ance to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, like the Franklin County plan, Is now under considera tion by officials In Washington. The Frankllnton plan calls for freedom of choice In all grades. Negro pupils are enrolled In all grades at Frankllnton High School except the first, fourth and twelfth. The Superintendent stated he was unaware of reports of a suit being Instigated In relation to the Frankllnton School build ing. The building which houses the previously all-white high school was deeded to the town for school pruposes with certain restrictions In the deed. Among the restrictions was a require ment that the school not be Integrated. Rogers said this document had been checked some time ago and that BUI Pearce, at torney for -the Frankllnton City School Board, had advised the Board that, "In this deed of property, the restricting clause cannot be legally enforced." Rogers reports Monday's en rollment at the two Frankllnton schools as 678 pupUs. There were 466 In attendance In the Frankllnton Elementary School and 212 In Frankllnton' High School. " In the B. F. Fterson there were 433 In elementary and 121 In high school. Step-Up In Racial Incidents Noted A September 7tti hearing In Franklin County Recorder's Court has been set In the cases a Negro woman charged In a racial incident on the streets of Loulsburg las't Thursday af ternoon. Mrs. Frances Duke Is charged with destroying pi tearing some p] carried by - Negru uemun strators parading around the County Courthouse. Woodrcfe Merflln, Loulsburg service sta tion operator; Is faced with two charges of assault growing out of the Incident. Michel* Hutchinson, n/t, a Southern Christian Leadership Conference civil rights worker, Is charged with blocking traffic when she lay on the hood of an automobile during the scuf ? fle. Medlln Is free under HOO^bond, at)d the two women are Tree under bonds pf $200 each. The town council, after con of a white woman and man and ty as a result ferrlng Friday afternoon, granted a parade permit to lo cal Negroes for a Friday night march. About 82 Negroes took part In a peaceful prayer vigil at the courthouse. There were very few spectators on the streets in contrast to*an earlier march a few weeks ago when hundreds gathered. Sheriff Joseph W. Champion reports a puzzling bombing at the home of James T. Ander son five miles east of Lou Is - bVjrg In what Is called Mas senburg T<Wn, a Negro settle ment. The explosive Is believed to have been thrown from a car and. to have tolled off the roof of the house and exploded In the yard. No damage was re ported. A young Loulsburg white man was painfully cut last Satur day night In what was termed a race Incident when he ap proached a Negro acquaintance on South Main .Street here. An (Se# INCIDENTS Page 8) Louisburg College To Open Sept. 5 The 19<5-S< academlo yeJr at Loulsburg College will get underway September 5, with the arrival of freshmen stu dent*. Upperclassmen will ar rive on September 8, with registration for classes the same day. Classes will begin on Thursday morning, Septem ber ?. The annual Faculty Workshop Retreat will be he|d September 3-4, according to President C. W. Robblns. Speaker for the occasion will be Dr. Barney L. Jones, acting Chairman of the Department of Religion at Duke University. * Dr. Jones, who was reared In Norfolk, Virginia, received the A. 8. and Ph.D. degrees from Duke University, and the ED. degree from Yale University. He Is past As sistant Dean of Trinity Col lege, and formerly was Chaplain at Duke. The theme for the workshop Is "Uniting the Two Knowledge and Vital Piety." Barney L. Jonas Dean John B. York announced that some TOO students will begin their work In the regular session and In the Adult Edu (8m COLLEGE Page 8) School Opening Delayed, Plan Gets 0 K " Voices Said Do It " > . i.l. ? . . _L'; . i J % ? \ . . . . l . . U a I ? ? U 1 ^4 f/\1 1 /-kin t n /v a *? u Deputy ,snerm Dave batten, leu, ana state insur ance Investigator .A. E. Pearcfe are shown above inspecting fire damage In the Epsom Community last Thursday. The scene at right shows remains' of home which, fire destroyed two weeks ago. .A 15 year-uiu xstjgro uoy i? uewig uciu iunu?ui^ ? ported confession of Shearing voices which told him Ip set the fires." He ts charged with thfee capital offenseSTifT arson. r - ' . -Times Staff Phcitos. C T Dean, Jr \ C. T. Dean, Jr> Gets Award i Minutes of the- County Com missioner's meeting show that County Agricultural Agent C. T, Dean, Jr., has been the re cipient of the National Service Award from the Northeastern District Association of County Agricultural Agents. ? D. W. Moody. Chairman, of Wllllamston, N. C., stated In a latter to the Commissioner*, "He Is most deserving." ' Dean Is expected to attend the national meeting of the Asso ciation In Pittsburgh, Pa., Oc tober 31 to November S. The Commissioners awarded fclOO to the recipient, as Is custom ary In the Northeastern district. Dean Is a native of Franklin County, having attended Edward Best itlgh School, and Is a graduate of N. C. State Uni versity. He has been County Farm Agent for a number of years. ?He la married to the former Marian Thompson of Franklin County. They have one child, Nancy, a third grade student at Loulaburg school. Notice It announced today by Mr. Wyati Freeman that the Frank lin County Fireman's Assoc l? tlon will hold Its monthly meeting at the Epsom Fire Department Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. Weather Mostly sunny and warm to day. Wednesday partly cloudy and warm. Today's low, SO; high, 83. i Negro Boy Charged With Setting Three Epsom Fires A 15-year-old Negro boy Is being heltt In Franklin County Jail charged swlth three capital offenses resulting from his al leged confession of setting a series of fires In the Epsom Community. Joseph Junior Alston, n/m/ 15, of Rt. 1, Henderson Is Rescuers Aid. G. 0. Kennedy A report from Franklin Me morial Hospital this morning Indicates that Loulsburg weath erman Glenn O. Kennedy Is In satisfactory condition following a sudden Illness at his home Monday ^ft#rnoon; The Loulsburg RescueServlce was called to aid the stricken man and transported him to the local ho^oltal for further treatment. One report sild he apparently suffered a mild heart attack, but this was not confirmed by the hospital spokesman. charged with setting fire to a ftouse In which the father of -the youth's step fa.ther lived three weeks ago. The home of John Daniel Davis was com pletely destroyed. H Last _ Wednesday, the youth reportedly set fire to the hoiyie in which the mother of his step-father lived. The horn# of Cinderella Davis was also a total loss, although Epsom and 'Centervllle Firemen pre vented the entire building from burning. * While fjremen were fighting this fire, another broke out In a nearby home where the Alston bOy lived with his mother and step-father, John Edward Da vis. There was very little damage suffered in this last fire. Deputy Sheriff Dave Batten and State Insurance Investigator A. E. Pearce reported' that the youth said he heard voices telling him to set thes.e fires. All the blazes Involved homes of members of the boy's family through the marriage of his mother to Davis. Pearce also reported that the boy had" admitted starting a fire at the home of Boone Fuller, Negro, about two years ago on the Chlcke.n Farm Road In Vance County. Several barn and stable fires In the Epsom Community are now being checked to determine Jf they wkere the act of the Alston boy. The boy's step- father report ed that Alston used the excuSe of going to tfie house from the field where the family was working, In the pretense of getting ills shoes, and, Instead, set fire to. 4he two homes last Wednesday. Boxscore Ral?lgh--Tt>e Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traf fic deaths through 10a.m. Mon day, August 30: . KILLED TO DATE 922 KILLED TO DATE LAST YEAit 1022 Six Weekend Wrecks Kill One, Injure Eleven In one of the worst weekends on record, traffic accidents, took one llle and Injured eleven In the Franklin County area. Be ginning shortly before midnight Saturday, there were six acci dents reported. A head-on collision around 11:30 p.m. Saturday on High way S6, two miles eastofLouls burg claimed the fifth road fatality of the year when Mary Lucille Fields, n/f/J6, Rt 4, Loulsburg, was killed Instantly. The Fields woman was a pas senger In the' front seat of a car reportedly driven by OUIe Williams, n/m, also Injured along with Allen Fields and James Fields. Williams and the latter Fields were taken to IXike Hospital for further treatment after receiving emergency treatment at Frank lin Memorial Hospital here. Bill Pearce, w/m/21, Castal U, Rt. 1, driver of the second car, received serious chijtand Leg Injuries and was tiken to Duke. Late reports Say he Is recovering and that Injuries ire not as critical as first believed. Shortly after midnight, an other accident occurred In the Hickory Rock Community ?hen Mrs. Rachel Murray, w/f, Rt. 3, Lou l.i bur J pulled onto i rural paved road and was rammed In the back by a car reportedly driven by Horwie Richardson, n/m. Ellis Alston, Llnwood Richardson and Chris tine Yarborough, all Negroes, ?ere treated at Franklin Me morial Hospital for Injuries. Mrs. Murray and Fred Harris, ?/m, Rt. 3, Loutsburg, were not njured. Around 3 p.m. Sunt^aj after toon a car, reportedly driven yy Bobby Bluette, Rt. 2, Rocky Uount, ran off the road ?n highway 39 about five miles east of Loulsburg and sheared a power pole. Blssette was taken to Duke In what local (See. WRECKS Page 8) At Seminar William Beckham, of 407 Sun set Avenue, has returned from the University of South Carolina where he participated In a semi nar of campds dining managers Conducted by Slater School ii College Services. Beckham Is director of Slater service at Loulsburg' College. f At the seminar, m'or? than 100 school and food servlca specialists discussed such sub jects as nutrition, menu plan ning, quality control, pur chasing standards, special events for students and the cultural aspects of campus dining. Workshop sessions and panel discussions were stressed. I I , Schools Open Tuesday, Ten Negroes Assigned To Bunn, Louisburg Schools \E[[''FRA\KU\ COi\TY SCHOOL SCHEDt%% ' ' Tuesday - September 7 - - Teacher-Pupil Orient at 10 1:3(1 p oljTi 3:30 p m Wednesday - September S - - Kirvt full \ i>f sehoo^l School -Lunchrooms u I be in operation' Word was received from Washington by telephone- late Monday afternoon that the Franklin County Board of Edu cation's plan of compliance to the i 964 Civil Rights Act would be approved upon receipt by the tJ. S. Ofhce of Education of a letter mailed here Saturday. Board Attorney E. F. Yar twrough received a phone call from Pennls Becker k Shop Cap tain fOr North Carolina, with the * U. 'If. Office of Education, early Monday afternoon In forming the Board of the ac ceptance of the plan. In a later conversation with John Dudley^ of the Washing ton office, with whom local of ficials have been dealing, It was learned the letter In ques tion had not been received late Monday, but .assurance was again given that upon Its re ceipt the plan would gain ap proval. Dudley also said, concerning the Frankllnton City School .plan, that It has been "only a ^matter of time and nothing else." He Indicated that ap proval of the Frankllnton plan' would be forthcoming as the plan traveled through the chan nels of review in the Office of Education. The letter referred to con cerned a complaint registered -with Washington last week by th??Educatlon Committee of the county N'AACP, which had der -r_ layed approval of the' plan. Tile ' / letter mailed Saturday clarified the earlier correspondence and supposedly satisfied the edu- ? cation authorities in Washing ton j Meanwhile, in a special mee - lng last Friday night, the Coun ty Board of Education put o& the opening of schools in the county system ? .until Tuesday, "September T, wh TcTT wa s~d eslg - nated as Teacher- Pupil Orien tation, day. The first complete day of the 180-day schedule was set foj Wednesday, Septem ber 8. ? ?. The delay of the opening v. based on the lateness of to) . crops and some administrate problems which school per-, nel would have beer, hard -{ t* to complete in wtime for : original opening tomorrow , The acceptance of the Court* plan means there will be t integrated s'chools in the sa . tent this year for the first tin Seven Negro children havvjbee; assignee) at the previously j. white Lou is bur. High v and three have been assign- , : to all-white Buftn High School. The all-white Epsom, Ed-ward Best Elementary, Ed war! Be;-v High School, Gold <s Youngsvllle High Sch Is will (?M COUNTY SCHOOLS Page SJ t Franklin County Schools Get Reaccredited Superintendent . of Schools, Warren W. Smith, has been notified bV Nile P.' Hunt, Di rector of the Division of In structional Services of the State Department of Public In stritctton, that all of the schools visited by the evaluative com mittees In the spring of 1965 had been approved for re-ac credltatlon for the 1965-66 school year. This action was dependent upon how well the schools met the new standards for accredl tatlon as prescribed by f:.? State Department of Public., Instruction. Included Jn this communication are the follow ing schools: Dunn, Edward Best Elementary, Edward Bast High, Epsom, Get hsemane, Gold Sand,. Riverside, Perry's a':^ Youngsvllle. The Loulsburg School, having been visited by the evaluative committees In the spring of 1963, was ap prove*! for re-?i< credltatlon un der the new standards prior to the 1964-65 school year. Visits Alabama Governor Phil Inscoe, prominent Franklin County surveyor, Is shown abbve In the office of Governor George Wallace. of Alabama. Mr. and, Mrs. Irjsooe paid a visit to Governor WallacJe on a recent trip to Alabama.
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