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S5 Weather partly cloucfy iTnd warm through Friday with widely scattered afternoon showers. Low, $9; hlgjj, mld-80' $. Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving All Of Franklin ^County m Comment pie mart who makes use of his spare time usually finds that he has lots of it. T*l QY 6-3283 (Terv Cenjs) Louisburg, N C.. Thursday September 23, 1965 -7 (Ten Pages Today) 96th Year? Number 62 Warren Smith Jim Brown B.ll Andrews S>d Joyner Joe Moss 64 Relocation Termed Asset A report on the Highway 64 relocation, held Wednesday In Spring Hope, was related to day by Wallace Tlppett, local political leader,* who attended the hearings. "There was opposition to the proposed 'locayon," Tlppett said, "but I belleVe It will be worjced out." He added, "The*, proposed route could be al tered to ineet the needs of most of the people It will be a rcfal asset to .irea ! of our county below Pilot. It will, of course, be a "greater asset to the Spring Hope area." 1 The hearing on the federally" spoi -^wreck-highway was held in the Spring Hope High School Auditorium Mapte of the pro posed relocation had bee n posted Hn the Franklin County ! Courthouse for some time. The j e nti re pro jet t, which i s re - ferred to.. as the relocation, of Highway 64 from State Road 5:*2() ri: Wake Oumt.v easterly I to the western" terminal 1 the Nashville by-pass, will cost around $0 million. It is- to-be | 20 5 miles in- length and ill [touch the iouthjpfrterft .part' of ! Franklin County. ? 4 County Men To Head Scout Drive Five of franklin County's leading citizens Itave accepted the chairmanship or Boy Scout Fund "Drives. 'They aref Cap tain James H. Brown, Loulsburg College; William Andrews, manager of Bunn's Flfst Citi zens Bank and Trust Co.; Jim my SHI Joyner, manager of Frankllntox's First Citizens --Ba-nk and Trik?t Company; and J. T. Moss ?>f Youngsvllle. Warren Smith, Franklin County/; Schools Super infendent, As heading the special metnoerirnlp efforts for Loutsburg. /y^ , All of these in en beM&ve tl^it Ithp future of c oin mantles de pends on the youth of the area. The Boy ?couts of .America ! Is the biggest youth. ^organiza tion In the world, with more than islx million members. In Frank lin County a^onfr there are over j 1,000. boys In Scouting. Kach eommuhlfy raises funds for their local Scout programs.. The fimds are used f?r camps, badges, program material, training aids, special trips, and professional help. The fund drives are- now un derway and should be completed 'within 30 days. ij. , , . . -i... . ? Lopisburg Growth Part VII . " Development Commissipn And New Industry Big Help In Growth If the United- States Chajnber of Commerce Is correct In Its surrey estimate that 100 -new factory workers means J360, 000 more retail sales each year, the Franklin County De velopment Commission must be considered a prime factor In the growth of the Loulsburg area. The fact that the Commission came Into being Ih 1961, mld . way the five year perlo^when Loulsburg experienced a 112.7 percent Increase In retail sales , does not alter Its Importance to this growth. There was a great deal of ef fort being put forth'pflor to the establishment of the Commis sion following a two to one ap proval vote of the people to set up an Industry-hunting agency on a. countywlde level. Many * of the men, now meipbers of the Commission, and others had worked Individually and col lectively toward Industry for the area and the establishment of such a Commission. . Since the start of the Indus trial Commission In March of 1961, four plants have located In the area, employing appro ximately 475 people. Over 90 percent of those employed are . county residents. The pro "^?jected employment potential of these for plants, utilizing pre sent space facilities approxi mates a total of 825 during the next few years. The future tor Industry and Its employees U bright In Franklin County. The Franklin County Indus trial Development Commission , Is composed of ten members, appointed by the Board of County ' Commissioners, re presenting each district In the county. The Commission em ' ploys an Industrial Director and a secretary and maintains an otflce In Loulsburg. The Commission has en couraged and assisted In the toy matlon of non-profit de velopment corporations In the county. There are now three such* 'organizations in. exls tance. These organizations as sist Industry In locating and I obtaining land, erecting build ings ^ Id many other phase ln voKed In locating a plant Jn the area. During the past' four ye?rs, two of these organizations ^ujlve raised $144,000.00 by local sub scription campaigns -Jp aid In tlie location of n??w%lndustry In j the area. According to the U. S. Cham I ber o f Commerce, the employ ment Of 475 people In a com See GROWTH Page 6 Critic To Appear At Louisburg College Vane* Packard Vance Packard, contemporary, social critic, comes to Louls burg College, Wednesday, Sep tember 29, at 8:00 p.m., for an appearance open to the public at the College Auditorium. Packard, author of five books on the "best-seller" list, as sails the weaknesses and subtly camouflaged evils of the American Contemporary scene, v His bwk* Include: The Status Seeker^. Th*1 Hidden Persuad ers. The \Waste Makers. The Pyr^muT Qlmbers. and The >'aked Society. As a social critic, Mr. Pack ard in The Hidden Persuaders. pioneered In alerting the American pubMc to the tech niques employed for "per suasion In depth" advertising. The Status Seekers shows a trend toward ripsslsm InTiup posedly classless America, which In one way\or another a 1 tects the lives of tvery citizen: A native of Pennsylvania, Vance Packard rWelved his master's degree frt>m Colum bia Graduate School o{ Journa lism. He spent five years as a newspaperman In New York and Boston. N,ow residing In Fair field County, Connecticut, Mr. Packard continues .his prolific writing and coalltlng of material about American society and fre quently lectures In all parts of the country. r The public Is alio Invited to an Informal recaption for Mr. Packard immediately after the lecture-forum In the Cbllege Art -Gallery. " i " 'County Schools Allotted Over Half. Million In Federal Aid Under the highly publicized Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, passed tey Congress, Frankim County is tu receive $551,840.00, ac cording to reports. The amount., of money is based onjthe^number of children from families with annual Incomes of less than $2,000,. residing in Franklin Couhty. There are 6,572 such families listed. The money, will be shared by ^ i the . Franklin County School system and the Franklinton Citv School units. "Unlike local tax jmqney, the amounts will tv based on the pumber of disad vantaged children 'in the two iiiilts. Frankllnton Clty^Schools get around 20% of the county t.tx funds for schools, and the County System gets the remain- | iug. 80%, Based on student en rollment. Spent By Next June Superintendent War'rett Smitfi, head of the' 'County System, said, "The* money rtiyit t?e spent by next jinujxjo. We have been led to b^Heve that It may ibejyp?iit trftsuch things as 11 brajlau y for "ev^ry school, guiffiw^ counselors, leacher physical education, and additional teachers to reduce classroom sizes." Smith added, "We are now awaiting a state prepared guideline on how the money may be spent Once this is complet ed, there are to be regional; meetings of school officials for further ^explanations. Qu r Board is waiting until these things are, dpueN^efore attempt ing to formulate, our loifttt j plans.'' The Act contains five titles, | according to an outline taken from Hearings before th? Gen eral Subcommittee oft Educa tion last January in Washington! The Titles, while someWhat vigue, shed some light on way.s in which the,, funds ^ might be used. Title I pertains to the general purpose of the Act, Financial Assistance to Local Education Agencies for the Education of Low-Income Families. It is this title, which may or may not l>e all inclusive, which Ls expected to - Involve county schools to the greatest extent. However," Title II pertaining to - Library Resources, Text books * and- Other Instructional Materials - will also aid local schools. Title III deals with Supplemental Education Cen ters, and Title IV pertains to Cooperative Research.- Title V is de.^gjied t Strengthen Stat<* Departments of Education. I . I ' V * * - Many Projects Listed ifi the release on the January Hearings are several Items for which' the funds may possibly ty? spent. Among these are* such things as in-service training for teachers, classes for' talented elementary chil dren, dropouts prevention, identification of gifted among the disadvantaged, health and food services, financial assis tance to needy high school stu fdents, special laboratories, summer and vocational pro grams, &nd a host of others. The funds, according to re ports, may not be used for con struction! of school buildings, but Warren County Superinten dent J. R. Peeler stated last week that It was his understand ing that funds might be used for construction needs to carry out special programs. Supt. Smith declined CQYnment on this point, saying that he would wait un til he had heard from the state department. * Low-Income r ? - The release discloses (here are 3,449 children In Franklin County between the ages of S and 7 years from families with less than $2,000.00 annual in comes. This represents 40%of the population in this age group. The county education office has figures breaking down the number Into townships. In the entire county there are 8,847 children In this age group from 8,572 families Of this number the county figures show 2,987 famll lea with leSs than $2,000 annual Income Involving 4,280 I children. ?? Thefee local figures ; are somewhat different frocn thosg released by Washington. L- However* the county figures ! include towns as well as town* | ships, and it Is believed that I the federal figures include | | town population ln~ with the j township, giving a more -ac* -curate. picture. Townships ! N. ? ' ' j ' Cotmty figures listed by town- i ships sltow the.fol lowing: Dunn ! : Township- -^52. children from j 817 families, of wltl^h 432 come from the >35 low- lncbme fami I lies. In Harris Township tt&re, I ^ are 693 children from 564 fami lies of whieh'331 come from the 267 .families with less than the $2,000 annual income.* i Youngsville Township har f 543 children ages 5 to 7 fnom '498 total families. Of the Youngs ville number, 286 children c.ome from the 187 families in the lovMncome' group. F rank linton Township has. a total population in this age group of 1662 .from . 1330 families of which 635 come from the 429% low-income families. . Hayesville Township has 328 disadvantaged children from 203 impoverished families- of Its total of 589 children from 368 families in the entite town ship Sandy Qreek has 583 children from 425 families with 347 of them coming from the. 246 low-Jncome homes. Gold Mine Township has 465 children from 342 homes of which 254 are from 4.he 180 families with less thin,* $2,000 annual Income. Cedar Rock has a total of 857 chil dren from 393 homes. OT these, 507 are from homes with less than the federally designated Income. Thc*re are 350 such homes in Cedar Rock. Cypress Creek Township lias 330 children in the 5 to 7 age group froqi a total of 201 fa'ml j ' lies -with 258 of them from th6 142 low-Income families. Lqulsburg Township has 1873 children from 1434 families. The largest populated township has 902 children from 598 low Income homes. Funds are not expected to be allotted on a township basis, but these figures will assist In future planning. The $551,840.00 allotted the county for this year, which now leaves only ^everi months to be spent, Is for a single year. Funds are- expected to' contin ue to be available In the future, according to federal school of ficials. - - - Franklin County Schools To Recieve *$55 1,844) In Federal Aid Tippett To Head Road ? - Bond Drive Walftde- Tippett, local farm lmplerfteut dealer and*; politi cal leader, has bt?eri turned chairman of the $300,000,000 Highway Bond Campaign;* for Franklin Comity, y was learned today. TJfo>Htt was reportedly appointed by County Commis sioner Chairman George HAr rls * The Jfepolntment plaices Franklin' County with other nearby counties who have tak en similar actions to encour age Uie passage of the* bond Issuer in the November elec-, lions. Tippett led the successful gubernatorial campaign of I-)an K. Moore In the county last year and has been active -po litically since the governor's inauguration last Januafy. The Bond Campaign Is headed statewide by Robert P. Holding, prominent banking official and a supporter of Moore in the gubernatorial campaign. The drive for support of the highway issue will get a sendoff or) Wednesday. October C, when all county, chairmen will hold a Klckoff Meeting in Raleigh. Under early statements on the bond money, the Fifth Division, Including; . Franklin County, would receive $10,192,200 of the $300 million. Up-to-date figures on Franklin's share of the money will be announced as soon as they are available, Tippett suited'. ? Under figures released last January while the General As sembly pas considering taking the issue to the people in the referendum, Loulsburg would receive $112,200; Frankllnton, $59,300; Bunn, $13,000; ami Youngsvllle $23,400. Total county allotments will be an nounced later. More Trips Washington, D. C. --President Johnson has signed a bill that would allow members of the House to visit their constitu ents more often at Government Expense. The bill allows two more trips to be added to the three already provided. Locals Take Part In Calf Sale 'Several F(anklln County pro ducers were' represented !"n Mte feedefr ca If $ale heldTuesdiy at Oxford. The sale, termed "highly Micces^gful" by <,ff flcUls, saw 8*72 cajv$s sold. Uavld T. FuHer of Hender-' son, co-chairman Of the sales ev.ent, with Granville County Extension Agent Aubrey Hardy, said, "The percentage of re jects was much less than last yeaf, ami we had real good buying -power at the sale." Fyller Is Agricultural Repre sentative for ^Carolina 'Power Masonic Notice Loulsburg Lodge 413 \AF & AM will hold a stated communi cation Tuesday evening, \ Sep tember 28, at 7:30 ln\ the Masonic Temple. Work wilt 1#? In the third degree William H. Barrow Chapter #39 East ern Star will serve a dutch supper tjeglnnlnig at 6 p.m. Advanced tickets may be ob tained from th? Lodge officers. Enlistments Rise Washington, D. C. --Voluntary enlistments In the armed serv ices have soared since Presi dent .Johnson ordered an In crease In the draft. Marines report a ?0 per cent rise and the Army a 19 per cent gain. The Navy and' Air. Force show a gain but did not give a per centage figure. On Pesticides Washington, J D. C,--The In terior Department reports a study by scientists of the Fish and Wildlife Service revealing that a small amount of pesti cides could kill shrimp, crabs and other small sea life. Some of the specimens showed a large amount of pesticides stored In their fat. On Kennedy Film Washington, D. C.?The House and Senate have passed reso lutions to allow a United States Information Agency documen tary film on the late President John F. Kennedy to be shown publicly In tl)ls country. and Light Company. Participating In the sale from \his area were H. B. Gottrell\ and H. B. Mitchell, both of Kt. 3, Loutsburg; J. T. iftoss of Youngsvllle; Q. S. and George Leonard, Rt.' 4f" Lou Is - burg, fend Anne Parrlsh, Rf. 4, Loulshurg. The Leonard Brothers placed 25 calves on sale to lead the locals In numberiv. Mitchell had 13, Cottrell, 1^ and Miss Parrish, 7. Sponsored by the N \C. Cat tlemen's Association 4n co operation with the N. C. De partment of Agriculture, the >N. C. Agriculture Extension Service and the Capital Area Development Association, the feeder calf sale was the fifth In a series of salt's whtch be gan last week In eastern North Carolina. Additional sales will be held this week In Laurel Springs., Hlllsboro, and Greens boro. Fuller said calves were c<5n^ ^ signed to the sale by farmers from Granville, Vance, Warren, Person, Franklfn and Wake Counties during a 13-hour period Monday. He had spec ial praise for four area men who spent Monday night check ing the animals. They were John Cassldy, agriculture teacher at South Granville High School f John Wllklns, agriculture teacher at Zeb Vance High School; John Mack ie, agriculture representative of an Oxford bank, and S. T. Lloyd, member of the exten- f slon staff of Granville County. Lions Told Of College The Loulsburg Lions Club met at the Murphy House Tues day evening. Mr. David Daniel, Director of College Relations at Loulsburg College, Informed the Club on the recent growth of the college. According to Mr. Daniel, the total cost of the ne*w library building under construction will be approximately $390, ? 000, Including furhljhlngs ?nd landscaping. The Federal Government will afford $117,000, the Loulsburg Col lege Development Fund wjll pay $150,000, and the remainder will be 'secured from other sources. In the new library there will be sufficient room for 56,000 volumes and seats for as many as 230 students. Another project nearlng com pletion Is the hew baseball field. Because of Interested friends of the college, this $25,000 project has cost the college ap proximately $700 thus far. A trustee of the college, Gregory Pool*, Jr., -has been Instru mental In providing this facili ty. In addition to Mr. Poole's effort, fertilizer and 350 loads of topsoll have been donated. The field will be opened tor use In the spring. A tftlrd project underway Is the restoration of the Franklin Academy Bulldlnc. Dr. Gerald Shlnn and Mr. Llndl^y. Butler, faculty members of the college, are In charge of this project. The Idea is to use the building as a Franklin County Museum. The project will eventually re quire about $18,000, of which )2,000 has been donated. In addition to the above pro jects, the auditorium In Main Building has been removed and replaced by a trus'tee confer ence room and five spacious of fices.* This project was af forded by trustees of Lou is burg 'College. Finally, the Alumni Fund has beery mproved. Now each person who attended Loulsburg .College Is asked to ' 'lonate one dollar for each year he has been away. To Improve attendance at the Loulsburg Lions Club, the Club has purchased a goat'. If a member Is absent and docs not attend a make-up meeting, his name will be placed Into a hat. A drawing will be held, and the winner will have the honor of caring for the goat until the next meeting. Two new members were in troduced by Lion Atibrey Tom ltnson: Dr. Courtland Smith, history profeasor at the col lege, and Tom Eaat, local attorney. There were also two vlsltoret Joe Farmer, religion Instructor at the col lege, and Enid Drake, the bas ketball coach at 'the collet*.