(Ten Cents) " (EiflM Pagaa Today) Louisburg, N C , Thursday, September 9, 1965 96th Year? Number 58
New, Bank Seeks To Locate Here
A new banking facility Is In
prospect for the Louts burg
Franklln County area, accord
ing to an announcement made
Wednesday.
Waccamaw Bank and Trust
Company with headquarters in
Whltevllle, North Carolina, has
tiled an application to open a
full service bank In Loulsburg.
Ben L. Nesmlth, Jr., Wacca
maw President and Chief Exe
cutlve Officer, announced that
this appllpatlon was filed with
the North Carolina Banking
Commfcplyn and also with the
Federal Deposit insurance Cor
poration.
President Nesmlth said that
Waccamay's decision to en
large their scope of banking
service 1; based on the fact
that Loulsburg and Franklin
County He- In the Piedmont
Crescent adjacent to the Re
search Triangle and "this is
one of the fastest growing sec
tions of the entire State."
"We feel," the President ob
sirved, "that the Franklin
County area ' Is amenable to
our type of personal service
as banking goes and that the
market here holds unlimited
opportunities for both the
proposed - bank and the people
It will serve."
He polhted out that Franklin
County has a population of some
28,000 people and retail sales
In the Loulsburg area have
Jumped more than 112% In the
past five yeajrs. * '
AVaccamaw President said he
and other bank officers were
conftden' that their bank's
presence In the Co.unty would be
welcome In that It would afford
wider tonklng facilities and a
greater choice of banking serv
ices to the County.
' The. addition of the' proposed
Loulsburg bank to the Wacca
maw chain will be the twenty
first serving 15 communities.
The last unit to be adcfe# was
an office at Lake Waccamaw
which opened In 196^. The
bank's deposits now are In ex
cess of fifty million dollars.
He said the bank would be
staffed with experienced, com
petent personnel who would' put
the needs of the area as their
first obligation.
President Nesmlth advised
that the firm of Lumpkin,
Lumplcln & Davis, Attorneys;
represent the bank fn its ap
plication before the Banking
Commission.
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Rescuers Aid Victim ,'r
Louisburg Rescue Service members are
shown above freeing a Kaleigh woman from
her wrecked* car Wednfesday afternoon on
Highway 561 east of Louis"burg. Mrs.T.L.
Brennan escaped serious injury when she
hit a truck owned by Telephone Plowing,
Inc. of Durham. Mrs. Brennan is reported
to have stated that the flagman had given
her the go sign to pass the truck which was
laying power lines along the highw ay. When
she met another car, Mrs. Brennan said
she ran head-on i-nto the truck. Staff Phofosj
Prices Up As Market Opens I
The Middle Belt Tobacco
Markets opened Wednesday, and
full sales were reported tn the
three Lou Is burg warehouses.
Prices were above those re
corded last year on opening
day.
The local market reported
an average of $62. 60 which
was right In line with the Belt
estimates of $63. The three
local 'warehouses sold 350,800
pounds fbr $219,134.26, ac
cording to William Boone, Sales
Supervisor.
The average is well above
(hat -of opening day last year
when the Belt average was
$54.51 and the local market
average was $54.82. r~ ? ?
A market holiday las an
nounced at the height of sales
activities for Friday. The
Sales Committee of the Ware
housemen's Association had
earlier announced that selling
time would be curtailed by one
hour per day In lieu of mar
ket holidays, but companies said
they would not have buyers on
the markets Friday, therefore
causing markets to be closed'
tomorrow, Friday, Septem
ber 10.
Boone reported that around
60 percent of the piles were
composed of untied tobacco.
which said Boone, "Sold bet
t*f than I have ever seen It."
[Managing Director F. S. Roys
t?|r of the Bright Belt Ware
house Association said Quality
was the best he had seen. on a.
Middle Belt opening !'ln a long
i tobacco . produced. This has
occurred, he pointed out, In the
first year of the new acreage
poundage control program.
Estimates indicate that about
60 per cent of the Middle Belt
offerings were untied arid 40
tlrVie." He described the offer
ings as "ripe and grainy? good
smoking tobacco."
Royster again praised grow
ers for having done a "remark
able Job" of adjusting their
practices to change. the kind of
per cent tied.
The Market News Service
said grades of tied tobacco av
eraged chiefly $3 a hundred
above quotations on opening day
See MARKET Page 8
Schools Open, No Incidents,
Enrollment Tops Last Year
Franklin County schools
opened Tuesday afternoon for
Teacher- Pupil orientation and
began the fall session Wednes
day with the /first full day qX j
school.
The opening at all schools :
w^s reported as. orderly and
Lt Richard Marshall
Lt. Marshall
Honored
Lt. Richard Marshall, a na
tive of Loulsburg, was recently
honored by the Air Fore* at
Cralc Air Force Base, Selma,
Alabama, (or his contribution
to safety at the base.
Marshall, a football star In his
high school days here In Louls
burg, received the TOPS (To
Promote Safety) Award for
landing his plane under emer
gency conditions.
The report, as quoted from
the August 27th Issue of CRAIG
CONTRAILS, unofficial news
paper of the base, follows:
"Lieutenant . Marshall was
recognized for his calm and
skillful manner In handling a
potentially hazardous In
flight emergency.
"The student pilot was en
gaged In a solo contact acro
batic mission In his T-J7 Jet
aircraft.
"Ci. completing ?ie alrwork
portion of his flight, Lieuten
ant Marshall returned to the
traffic pattern for landing prac
tice. During the level -off at
Without incident. Louisburg
and Bunn schools desegregat
ed, under a plan approved re
cently Dy federal officials.
Attendance in the county
school system was somewhat
below early estimates, but con
siderably better J:t\an opening
day last year. Attendance
Wednesday was reportedly es
timated at 5,650 for all schools;
wltfi 1,550 enrolled in' high
schools and -4,100 in elemen
tary classes. , ' )
Superintendent Warren Smith
reported this represented about
600 more attending opening day
this year than attended last
year. rfe salii, "We are- ex
pecting around 400 mote stu
dents, which will bring us tip
to around 6,000 for She year."
Superintendent Fred Rogers
of the Frankllnton City Schools
reports that enrollment at the
two schdols In his unit Is gain
ing He said, "It's been abput
normal. Attendance continues
to gain In the B. F, Person
School. We expect about 50
to 75 more than we now have."
Frankllnton Schools opened on
August 27, Sbout i wtek and*"
half earlier than the county
schools.
Veteran Court
Reporter Resigns
Mrs. Gladys V. Perry, veteran
Court Reporter here, has re
signed due to 111 health, and
Mrs. Mildred Malone has been
named to replace her, accord
ing to reports.
Mrs. Perry, In her letter of
resignation, accepted by the
County Commissioners Tues
day , said, "I think I hate to do
this worse than anything 1 have
ever done In my life!" She
thanked the Commissioners for
their ?cooperation and courte
1 ,200 feet for traffic pattern
entry, the right engine flamed
out.
"Lieutenant Marshall contin
ued his pattern entry and con
tacted the runway supervisory
unit by radio advising of hls
sltuatlon.
" "You then "flew an excel
lent sli^le engine pattern and
landing,' " commented the ac
companying letter of recogni
tion.
" 'Your competent handling
of this emergency U even more
noteworthy when your ektreme
ly limited pilot experience la
considered.'
" 'At the time of thli occur
rence, your total flying exper
ience consisted of only 81 hours
and 45 minutes.' "
sles and explained that the was
resigning because her doctor
had ordered her to do so.
In referring to the years
which she has servedi Mrs.
Perry related In her letter,
"It wasn't a matter of how much
you paid, but of Just how much
I liked to do the work."
Mrs Malone, wife of the late
James E. Malone, a Recorder's
Court Judge here for several
years, will take over the duties
Immediately. She has had
previous experience and had
been filling In for Mrs. Perry
during the latter' ? Illness.
The Board of CommlMtoners
voted to send Mrs. Perry a
letter of appreciation for her
lohg years of service.
Masonic Notice
George W. Perry, Master, an
nounces that there will be a
stated communication of Lou la
burg Lodge 413 Tuesday even
ing, September 14, at 7:30 in the
Masonic Temple on JollyStreet.
Weather
Generally fair ahd warm to
day and Friday. Today's low,
57; high, 08.
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Familiar Opening Day Scene
Franklinton School Plan Approved
Superintendent Fred Ho^rs
of the Frankllnton City School*
announced today that hf has
deceived a letter of approval
for the Frankllnton spliool plan
from Dr. Frances Keppel, t'. S.
Commissioner of Education.
The approval of the Franklln
ton plan of compliance to the
1964 Civil ^Rights Act means
that allV schools In the entire
county will continue to receive
federal funds. The Franklin
County School plan was ap
proved last week
Frankllnton' ? plan called for
freedom of choice In alt twelve
grades this year, and the ap
proval lefter contained only the
routine conditions, such as re
'portlng racial composition In
the school this year.
The Franklin County plan,
which called for desegregation
yf only four grades this year,
was approved prided. all
grades are Included In the free
ASCS Ballots Due
Producers who have not re
ceived their final feed grain,
wheat, and/or cotton payments
should contact the County ASCS
Office In Loulsburg as soon as'
possible. The majority of pay
ments have been made;
however, ther??ire a few which
Bank Opening Changed
According to FIrat-Cltliens
Bank and Trust Company Vice
President Harold Talton, head
of the Bank's operations In
Louis burj, the new Blckett
Boulevard Drive-In Office will
be formally opened on Wednes
day evening, October 13, at 7:00
Hi
Dm* to the Inability of a
furnishings manufacturer t6
supply the specially-made
desks and chairs by the pre-'
vlously announced opening date
of September 22, the Bank has
changed Its plans for the later
time, Talton stated.
"We are pleased with the
progress which has been made
to date on our modern new
building ,on Blckett Boulevard
at Nasl\ Street," the bank of
ficial said, "and while we natur
ally regret this postponement
we believe our customers and
friends would rather use the
facilities In their completed
state. Certainly w.e feel our
services will be more efficient
with all the equipment and
furnishings rather than a mini
mum amount."
There Is to be no change In
the Open House festivities Jther
than the date, Talton empha
sized. 1 . v
Hours Changed
John B. Fleming, manager of
the Raleigh office of the .Em
ployment Security Commission,
.announced this week that a
change Is being made in the day
on wljlch the representative will
be In Loulsburg and Franklln
ton. \ -v- .
Effective September IS, the
ESC representative will be In
Loulsburg on Wednesdays from
9:30 to 1^30 a.m. and In Frank
llnton from 1 to 3 p.m.
In addition, the place has been
changed for Loulsburg from the
Agricultural Building to the of
fice In the Loulsburg Armory
which la used by the Driver's
License Examiner. He will be
In the same location as usual
In Frankllnton.
producers have not received.
On August 31, 1965, Communi
ty ASC-?o[nm!ttee Ballots were
mailed tbvall known eligible
voters. Ballsts must be re
turned In person to the county
office not later' than 5:00 p.m.,
Friday, September 10, 1965, or
postmarked by midnight on the
abo|ve date. If the certifica
tion on the reverse side of the
outside envelope Is not signed
by the voter, tne oauot win
not b*' counted. Ballots will
be tabulated on September IS,
1965, by the County ASC Com
mittee and new committeemen
will take office October 1, 1865.
It Is time for producers who
are Interested in receiving gov
ernment assistance to establish
a fall seeded practice to file a
request at the County' ASCS Of
fice. No doubt, many producers
will be Interested In seeding
winter coyer such as Oats,
Wheat, Barley, and Rye on their
tobacco land. Government as
sistance Is available on per ma- -
nent pasture, lime on eligible
farmland, and fescue In crop
rotation.
Producers who have lost or
misplaced their tobacco mar
keting card must wait three
days from the date they contact
the county office before supple
mental cards can be issued. It
is very Important not to loee
or misplace a sales card.
Any term owner who sells any
See ASC^ Page H
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\dom of choice plan next year.
There was 'also a condition con
tained In the county letter per
taining to transfer of students
jlnto\the county from other units .
Rogers Indicated he was
pleased that the plan has met
approval and reported that
thlngs\were going smoothly in
the two schools In the "unit.
Recorder's
Court
.The following cases were
disposed of In Recorder's
Court on Tuesday, Septem
ber T: ^ ?
James Harris, c/m/29, no
operator's license. 125.00 tine
and costs.
Charles Roger Stalllngs,e/m/
19, reckless driving; temporary
auto larceny, and no operator's
license. $100.00 fine and costs
of court.
James Everette Beddlngfleld,
w/m, motor vehicle violation.
$25.00 tine and costs.
Ervln Mack Hodge, c/m, mo
tor vehicle violation. 6 months
In jail", execution not to lssde
If defendant pay the sum of
$293.43 Into office of C. S. C.
for benefit of W. G. Hedrlck
for damage to auto and costs
of court on or before Septem
ber 20. \
Mlchele Hutchinson, c/f, vio
lation of G. S. 20*174.1. $100.00
fine and costs. Notice of appeal
to Superior Court given In open
court. $500.00 appearance
bond.
Lonnle Hlggs, c/m/70, as
sault with deadly weapon. 4
months In Jail, assigned to work i
under supervlslorf of State 1
Boarding
Home To
Be Sold
The Franklin County Com
missioners voted to advertise
the public auction of the Ben
Franklin Boarding Home pro-r
perty, in its regular monthly
meeting held here last Tues
day. The Board also reserved
the right to reject any bids.
In other, actions, the Board
awarded the painting and r.e-r .
pair project for the courthouse-;"
to Hubert H. Senter, of Frank
llnton. Senter presented the
low bid of $1120.00 for the pro
ject.
Mrs. Ida Latta of Loulsburg
was* appointed Clerk to the
County Board of Elections'. Sa
lary was set at $150 for pri
maries and elections and $75
was set for services in second
primaries.
The Board approved an ^udit
oU the Tax Collector's office
by local CPA Lonnie Shuping
and voted to turn ovej Certain
funds to the Peace Officer's?
Relief Association"! The funds,
the amount x>f which was notr-' ?
stated, had accumulated under
a 1959 law, allowing a f<ftj of
$1.50 from each court <a?>e to-,
be placed in the Officer's Re
lief fund, c The new Court Ke
forifl law did away with thi J
The action by the Commission- <
*"ers places this money in tin*
hands of the Association.
Education
Board Holds
Meeting^
The Franklin toUfity Board
of Education, holding Its regu
lar monthly meeting Tuesday ?
nigm due to the Labor Day
holiday, settled down to rela
tively routine business follow
ing what one Board member
described as "nine hectic
months" of meetings.
The reference was to the ne
gotiations and numerous meet
ings held In connection with
getting a plan approved by
Washington which would be In
compliance with the (Jlvll Rights
Act. Approval of the plan came
last week, and the county units
will continue to receive federal
financial assistance. .
In Tuesday's meeting, the
Board declined to alter Its poll- 1
cy of not allowlng>school build- 1
lngs to be used In the Adult
Education Program. Tbe
newest request for recon
sideration of the matter was
received from Rev. Virgil Dun
can of Louts burg, an Instructor
In the program.
The Board elected two new
teachers for Riverside School,
Pauline Pearce and Eula Kln
sey, and approved school book
keepers and treasurers.
Fund-raising projects In the
?cttools t under the Board's
jurisdiction were approved for
the year, and a number of other
routine matters were dis
cussed.
Superintendent Warren W.
Smith reported to the Board
that all schools opened Tuesday
without Incident and that enroll*
ment In those reporting was
above expectations. ^
Prison Department, suspended
on payment of 116.00 for be fie
ri t of Norrls Hlggs and the costs
of court. 1 ?
Geraldlne Williams, c/f/20,
unlawful possession of whiskey.
110.00 fine and costs.
Louis Alexander Perry, c/m,
x> operator's license. ; tlt.00
Ine and costs.
Pearl Foster Perry, e/t/St,
notor vehicle vitiation. $15.00
lne and costs.' ?> ? '