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Weather Partly cloudy, continued warm today and Wednesday. Low to day, 70; high, 88. : The Franklin Times m, v"-v Comment Being courteous may require a little extra time but, In the long run, it saves time. ? ? Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ?- f Serving All Qf Franklin County, Tel QY 6-3283 (Ten Cents) Loui$burg, N C .Tueiday September 14 .1965 * i : (Six Pages Today) 96th Year ? Number 69 j - Cheerleaders Louisteurg High School Cheer leaders form an "L" for Louis burg as they pose for> pictures last week. Pictured, beginning at top of the "L" are: Tracy Winn, Josephine M'edlln, Betty Sue Radford, Marian Stewart, ' Jo Ann Woloztn, Betty Laven- ' der, Mary Ann Fle'mtng and i Phyllis Jeffreys, head cheer- ( leader. -Times Staff Photo. ?' - ? i County Residents Over 72 -May Be Eligible For Benefits Many FrankllnCounty.menand women over 72, who did not have enough social security credit to receive monthly bene fits before, may now be eligible to receive payments. Previously, a worker needed at least 6 quarters of cover age, about a year and a half of work, to get monthly bene fits. Under the new provision, benefits may be paid at age 72 or' later to a worker (and his wife) In some cases If the worker has 3, 4, or 5 quarters of coverage, depend ing on his age. A man 76 or older In 1965, or a woman 73 or- over In 1 $63, needs Just 3 quarters of coverage, roughly 9 months of work. A man 75 or a woman 72 In 1965 needs 4 quarters of coverage, about 1 year ol work, and a man 74 or a wom an 71 In 1965 needs 5. Anyone younger needs 6 or more quar ters of coverage. Widows of deceased workers may also get payment under the new provision. However, the number of work credits needed may depend both on the widow's age and the year Uie deceased worker died ' or reached age 65. > Any who thinks he might quail Money In the bank, or In postal savings, Is a mucli bet ter system than In a tin can, fy under this change In the law Is urged to get In touch with the social security office, lo cated at Raleigh, N. C. Workers and widows of de ceased workers who are- eligi ble under this new section of ^ the taw will receive $35 a* ^ month, while wives of workers wlfc get $17.50 a month. j Rites Today For J.M. Allen j ? S . ? 1, Graveside funeral services were held this afternoon.ln Oak wood Cemetery here for James M. (Jimmy) Allen, 58, Louis burg OH dealen Mr. Allen died Sunday night In Duke Hos pital in Durham following a lengthy illness. Death wa:s at Jimmy.Allen, - - an 6arly picture trlbuted to bronjclal Infection, ' according to reports. Mr. Allen, suffering from crippling arthritis since thex early forties, had -been a patient at Duke /or several weeks. ^He was well known for his assis tance to a number of youhg boys In the area by teaching them lit the field 6f radio. He was a "radio ham" for a number of years ancl shared this hobby with d number of local c-ltlzens as well as those whom he con tacted In other areas through the media. He was a native of Loulsburg, having lived here all his \llfe. He operated Allen Oil C6m pany here, becoming inactive' in the business when Illness ford ed his retirement several years Funeral services were con ducted at 2 p.m. today by Rev. Frank Pulley, pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal Church here. Surviving Is the wife, Mrs. Lucl B. Allen of the home; one son, James M. Allen, Jr. of Raleigh; and two brothers P, S, Allen and K. K. Allen, both of Louls burg. County Gets $24,677 Powell Bill Road Funds The (our ipunlclpalltles par ticipating in franklin County arc to receive a total of $24, 887.36 In Powell Bill Fund al locations (or (treat aid, according to a release from the Highway Commission. Loulstxirg leads the recipi ents wltlj a total of 112,541.30 slated for use here. Fi'anklln ton Is to get $7,182.42, Youngs vllle gets (3,383.22, and Bunn will receive 11,580.42. Cen tervllle, the latest Incorporated town In the county, Is not par ticipating In this latest allotment. State Street Aid allocations are made annually to legally Incorporated cities and towns which establish their eligibili ty by submitting data concern ing their municipal elections, ad valorem taxes, and other | sources of Income and budget ordinances. The statutes require that a sum equal to the amount pro duced by one-half oent of the tegular six cents per gallop State motof fuel tax be alio* cated to the total list of active and qualifying municipalities. the allocation Is proportion ed among these cities and towns on the basis of relative non State System local' street mile age and relative population. Each municipality furnishes Its own certified local street mile age data, along with qualifying data. The population data Is obtained from the latest car titled Federal dat^nnlal cen sus. I The total funds to be allo cated over the state this year 1 amount to $8,774,008.98. Data on Franklin County tdwns Is as follows: , Louisburg, population 2,863, population In crement $6,589.23; Non-System | miles, 12.19, mileage Incre ment, $5,982.07, for a total of $12,541.30* Frankllnton: population, 1,513, population Increment, $3,467.58, Non-System miles, 7.57, mileage Increment, $3, 714.87, for a total of #7,182.42. ^ Youngsvllle: population, 596, population increment, $1,365. 93, ftoiv-System mileage, 4.07, mileage Increment, $1,997.29, for a total or $3,363.22. Bunn: population, 332, popu lation Increment, $760.89, Non System miles, 1.67, mileage In crement, $019,53, for a total of $1,580 42. Market Holiday Set Friday ~F- i ? 4 ? % 4/ ? A/ I A The Louisbigrg Tobacco Nlar cet, along with all other flue :ured markets, will again be :losed on Friday. This is he second market holiday in he short season of selling lere. Selling time for each lay has been cut from 5 1/2 tours to 4 1/2 in hopes of ?liminating congestion at com >any plants, but the additional lolidays ^hav-e been declared as necessary to in the | musing of congestion at .some | I redrying plants. I The announcement was made by Fred S. Royster of Hen derson following a telephone poll of the Sales .Committee of the Bright Belt Warehouse men's Association yesterday. The committee Is scheduled, "to meet in Raleigh Friday to determine if more holidays are Town Council Makes Local Appointments The Louisburg Town Council, raiding lfs regular monthly neetlng, made a nurpbej* Of. ippointments to the various rown Boards aml'Com miss ions. 3r. J. B. Wheless and Mr *olin McKfnne were reappoint sd t6 tfhree-year terms on the V.B.C. Board. Mrs. Robert Hicks, Mrs 3rover Harris, Jr., and Mr Fohn York werfe each given hree-year terms on the'Louls jurg Recreation Commission Vlr. Garland Mustian. and Mr. I. H. Boone were reappointed or two-year terms oq the Zon ing Board of Adjustment, and Vlr J. P. Tlmberlake, Jr.', was named to a three-year term )n-lhe same Board. Councilmen S. C. Foster,! Loul? Wheless and Jonatar Tay lor were named by Ma^r V. A Peoples as acommttK?e to study atds for the- purchase of a back loe for the tow^and to make ST recommendation to theCouncJl. Bids for the equipment were jpenetl at Friday's meeting, but 10 action was taken. A Speed Limit Ordinance was )^ssed in keeping with a request rom the State to meet their ?equirements, and the Council ?eceived a 'request for sewer service fronji^a group of cltiaens ivlng en Blckett Blvd. The ninutes show* that no( action vas taken at the meeting on his Request. Wkh Councilman S. C. Foster YDC To ,T Elect Officers i The Franklin CounJyJfDC will sold a meet Ing Wednesday nlf ttt , September 15, a^ 7 :30 p.m. In Room 110 of the College A. C. Bt\lldlng here, according to an jnnouncement made Monday by Charles Davis, president of the organization. Davis stated that the meeting vas being held for the election >t officers and to select dele fates for the State Convention :o be held this year in October n Charlotte. He urged all mem x*rs and ill who would like to Ittqnd the meeting. voting against the motion and Couwllwonun Mrs BreattleC ; O'Neal abstaining, the' Council J passed a motion calling for bids on a new 1966 police car, ! with or without a trade " of the 1963. hi other action, Hhe Council j approved Mr. Lonnle ShupiiH , j local C. P. A., to audit the Town's j accounts Tor the past fiscal year. Payment of invoices in the amount of. $13,676.41 for August was approved. necessary. figures of' sales for Monday Of ttiis week have ' not been made available, but sales for the two days last week on the ^ouisburg Market were good with .i two-day average of | $61.34 reported. William Boone, market sales | supervisor, reported total pounds sold last week at ,685,- j 890 lor a price ot $420,732.82. j FrahK Mobl.ey Toni Merntt Scholarships Announced Recipient;- for the Llna and i Robert Welch- Scholarships at 1 uulsburg College. for the 1965 66 academic yetr are Frank D. Mobhey of Oak City and Tonl Merritt <>f Loulsburg> These scholarships, valued at Flue-cured Tobacco Crop Shows Increase Raleigh, N. C. , Sept. l4--To ~Tal ~flue-$ured production In North Carolina ]s now forecast at, 779 million pounds , or 18 I*?rcent belovlr tin* 949 million pounds produced last year, *< - cording to the North Carolina Crop Reporting Service. The present estimate is 2.2 perce ftt above that of August 1. If the estimate materializes, the crop would still be the smallest since 1959 when production was 703 million pounds. The ex pected average flue-cureti yields Ufr all types combined is 2,062* pounds, 220 pounds below the 2,282 pounds reacited in 1964 but still the secojicf highest yield of record ' Outlook as of September 1 was for an increase of 50 pounds in the* yields of tobacco "in the Eastern Belt, (Type 12) and in the Middle and Old Belts (Type 11) as compared with tfie estimate a month earlier . T^He e&UmateU yU4d turUw JUirdW f Belt (Type 13) "remained un changed. Acreage, yield and production ( forecasts (or North Carolina by types, as compared with 1964 are as follows: Type 11 -(Middle and Old Pelts); Production 305,450,000 pounds from 149,000 acres with a yield of. 2,050 pounds. The 1964 production was 356, 700,000 pounds on 164,000 acres yielding an average of 2^175 pounds, V- ' *1 Type 12 - (Eastern *or, New Bright Production 3?/^- i 200,000 pounds from 18-1,000 | acres with. a yield qf -2,000 3 poo ii< Is . In 1964 a [JrfMljnrtldrr 1 of 479,300,000 pounds was iiar- 1 vested fro?m 202,000 acres with J a yield of 2^370. iKMiuds. ? i Type 13 -(Border Belt): Pro- ( duct loft 96,700,000 pounds ' on 40,000 acres .yielding 2,100 pounds as against .1 1964 pro- | duction of 113,000,060 pounds' on 00,000 acre's witlua yield of 2,260 pounds, ' . Tyj>e 31 -(Burley Tobacco): . Kxtn'inHy dry weather In parts of the hurley area lias reduced prospects by 100 pounds per ac r<* and a yield of 2,200 pounds is now\expected from 9,200" acres for a total production of 20,240,000 pounds.- * Last yetir 21,000,000 pound* was har- < vested from 9,700 acres with a < yjeld of J, 165 pounds. < UNITED STATES* Thenatfon- 1 al , flue -cured estimate is for a ( production . of 1,174,960,000 pounds for a decrease of 10.3 ] percent from1 the 1^87,804,000 1 pounds' produced last year.' 1 Burley production Is forecast j it 61 7, 2 80, bOO pounds --down j about ond-half of one percent t from the ? 1964 fcrop of r 619,794,000 pounds. , ? ; "J The two mllUon surviving vet- t erans of World War I average t 70 years -of age, according to the Veterans Administration, t Band In Practice Drill The Loulsburg High School Band ,is shown above going through their practice drills on the football fjeld. The Band, V . \ under the direction of Mr. Lee Reynolds, will perform at Fri day nlght'9 home opener against Norllna. -Times Staff Photo. fr>00 ?ach, were set up by James ). Welch of Cambridge, Massa chusetts, In memory of his 'ather, Robert Welch, and. In lono'r of his mother, Mrs. Llna Welch of Loulsburg. They are i warded annually to a young nan with ability In mathematics md a young lidy wlthproficien y In English. Other conditions are character, seriousness of purpose, leadership -ability and financial need. Frank Is ?he son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Mobley of Oak City. He (Haas to major In riVathe matlcs. Mr. Mobley Is active lh Tsasehall and is a nineteen year-old sophomore at Louis burg College. Ton! is the daugh ter 'of M/. and Mrs. Ollie Mer ritt, Route .'J, Loulsburg. She Is an etghteen-year-old fresh rtan who pla*as to major flh English. These students are ictlve in school affairs and lo ;al church work. County Fair To Open Oct. 4th The Franklin County Fair will >pen for Its 52nd year here on October 4, for a full week,'ac :ordlng to an . announcement Tiafde today by George T. Bunn, jeneral Manager. . _ Thtj Midway will feature Barstow Amusements with rides, shows and entertain ment for the whole family, Dunn stated, and a special feature igaln this year will be a spec acular fireworks display lightly. Bunn has requested all /the ?xh frits he can get. "It Is his competition which makes he. fait a success,'" he said. Reservations are now being aken for booths, according to he announcement. A special natinee Is planned for Wed lesday and Saturday of Fair Veek, ,whlch are designated as ichoot day, and tickets will be llstrlbutW through the schools, iccordlng to Bunn. Bloodshed Boxscore Raleigh? The Motor Vehicles department's summary oftraf lc deaths through 10a.m. Mon lay. SeptemJ>er 13: KILLED TO DATE . 1015 KILLED TO DATE LAST YEAR 1089 Chases Her Thief Oakland, Cal. -- While getting Into a friend'* car, a thief snatched. Mrs. Amy Correla's purse which contained $700 in cash and ?800 In traveler's checks. The sixty-year-old woman chased the thleif until he dropped her purse. Figures for Thursday's sales were given by separate ware houses and when added were slightly higher than the total reported by the Supervisor, Wednesday's opening day sales totaled 350,800 pounds and brought- $219,134.26 for an av erage of $62.60. The Federal-State Market News Servlcfe said gains were $l-$2 per hundred Monday on the North Carolina Middle Belt as compared with last Thun-. day's sales. A few grades of tied variegated leaf and untied nondescript showed larger in creases. Quality Improved on the Mid dle Belt and volume of sales ^ was heavy. Gold Sand Grange Gets Award The Gold Sand Grange, In Franklin County, has been recognized for Its community service by the N. C. Grange and will be among the 105 state Granges honored at the 37th Annual Convention in Ra leigh on October 22. The award carries with it a $25 Community Service cash award by North Carolina Na tional Bank. The awards were announced by Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell, State Grange Master, and C. M. Vanstory, Jr., I4CNB. Chair man of- the Board.1 * James Boyette, Jr., Gold Sand High School Agriculture teacher, Is Is Master of the Gold Sand Grange. County Has 27 Births - In August There were. 27 births report ed in Franklin County for the month of August and tendeaths. The Health Department report to jkhe Board of Commissioners listed eighteen Negro births and nine white. There were seven white aeaths and three Negroes died during the month. Coronary occlusion led the causes of death with two. The report states there were 118 visits,^ 55 consultations and 23 clltoc visits In connection with maternity and child health. cas es t>y the department during the jnonth. Clinics held during the month ^ Included the Cancer Clinic, Tu berculosis Clinic and the M.R.C. C41nlc. One nurse'as slsted In the Orthopedic Clinic held in Vance County for this district. Vet's Office Has 157 Cases The monthly report of the Veteran Service Officer lists 157 cues with 90 lntervlewa leading the list: Hospital con sultations was second with IS cases. There were seven death claims and premium payment cases handled by George Cham pion, Jr., local Service Officer. Local P. T.A. To Meet The Parent-Teacher Associa tion of Loulsburg High School will hold Its first meeting of the year on Thursday, Septem ber 16, at 7:30 p.m. * Rev. Buford Raffleld will have the devotion for the evening. Following a short business see - slon, open house will be held to give the parents an oppor tunity to meet the teacher* In their classrooms. The nursery for small chil dren will be open In the Home Economics Department.