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The Franklin Times
Published Every Tuesday & Thursday
Serving All Of Franklin County
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Comment
There are people In the world
who believe that a cash contri
bution Is all that they are re
quired to do for their commu
nities.
Tel GV 6-3283
(Ten Rents')
Louisburg. N C . Thursday. October 1*4 1965
(Ten Pages Today)
96th Year ?Number 68
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Children in picture are Ward Cdttrell and Julie Dehnam. -Tunes Staff Photo.
In Franklin County '
Almost Everybody Reads The Times
We let you know your neighbor Is sick, and we get streets
repaired when needed.
We tell you what's going on In communities all. over the
county and sometimes In communities elsewhere,. 1
We chase fire engines and Rescue ambulances, police
-cars and patrol cars. We tell you who was Injured In an acci
dent or fell on the streets.
We sit In o.n County Commissioner meetings, Town Council
sessions, Board of Education confabs, and the Courts.
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? Our eyes are your eyes as we 'watch your business for Tpu.
, From little boys playing baseball to college presidents and
dog catchers? we are then* to cover the news of Interest to
you.
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In the early morning hours and late at night ? when there Is'
apt to be news of interest to you? we are there.
BetweeTi times, we visit Interesting people, report on a
hammer collection, or the first cotton bloom.
We tell you the first baby borri each year and the last to
die.
We cover ; the interesting, the unusual, the Important, the
picturesque and the humorous.
We are not only your ears, but through our cameras we are '
your eyes. We let you see the things when they happe|n. -
We try, too, to be the conscience ojf the community ?our
editorial page will' attest to' this.,
We are your local hometown newspaper. It's the way we
make our living.
This Is National Newspaper Week, and we think It Is a fine
time to talk about It. .
Recorder's Court Docket
The following cases were dis
posed of in Recorder's Court
on Tuesday, October 12:
M. L. Cone, operating motor
vehicle after license revoked.
Court finds that defendant has
not complied with Judgment and
orders commitment to issue.
Jesse Floyd Lea, Jr., w/m/42,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute. $10.00 fine and
costs.
M. L. Cone, w/m/32, arson.
No probable cause found.
Lucas Ivory Coley, w/m,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute. $15,00 fine and
Walter Fuller
Job Up
In Air?
An article appearing In the
"tinder The Dome" column In
the Raleigh News and Observer
Wednesday said the Job of
Waters Resources Director
Walter Fuller, a Franklin Coun
ty native, "Is apparently up In
the air." .
The Item refers to two high
level positions In the state gov
ernment as being subject to
changes, saying that "Changes
In two more top-level positions
are still In the realm of possi
bility."
In addition to the position
held by Fuller, a county politi
cal 'leader, the Banking Com
missioner's post, held by Shel
by Cullom of Wake County, Is
also a question mark. Both
men . were appointed by former
Governor Terry Sanford.
Fuller moved from Personnel
Director to his present position
In December of 1963. He has
been In state government in
varying capacities since he re
signed as Franklin County Farm
Agent several years agor .
There has been SQm# local
speculation as to Fuller's fu
ture .In the Moore administra
tion, but no statements have
been Issued either by Moore
supporters locally or by Fuller.
Fuller, a land owner in Frank
lin County, Is a member of the
Democratic Executive Com
mittee and has for years con
tinued active In local politics
while residing in Raleigh.
Actually Fuller was appointed
by the Board of Water Re
sources, which la composed of
?even members appointed by
the governor. He has served
as Assistant Director, Con
servation and Development:
Director of Rural Telephone
Service, N. C. Rural Electrifi
cation Authority* and Director
of N. C. Personnel Depart nje^i.
before being appointed to Ms
present position!
costs .
Harold House, w/m, operating
auto Intoxicated. 6 months In
'Jail, suspended on payment of
$100.00 fine and costs. Given
6 weeks to comply. ? .
Wilson Holler Robinson, c/m,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute. $10.00 fine and
costs.
Eclvf in Randolph Stricklln,
w/m, speeding. Pleads guilty
under waiver statute.- $10.00
fine and costs.
James Edison Hawkins, c/m,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute. $15.00 fine and
costs.
James Thomas Fields, c/m/
40, motor vehicle violation.
$20.00 fine and costs.
Llnwood Ervln Baker, w/m,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute. $10.00 fine and
costs.
Bobby Wayne Pope, w m,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute. $10.00 fine and
costs.
John Henry Perry, c/m,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute. $10.00 fine and
costs.
Gilmer Reggie Moore, w/ m,
speeding. $15.00 fine and costs.
Frances Revels, w/f, worth
less check. Defendant to pay
check and costs. Notice of ap
peal. Bond fixed at $100.00.
Robert Lee Booze, c/m, car
rying concealed weapon. 6
months, suspended on payment
of $50.00 fine and costs.
Louis Harris, c/m/16, as
sault with deadly weapon; car
rying concealed weapon. 6
months In Jail, assigned to work
under supervision of State
Prison Dept. Court recom
mends that the defendapt be
assigned to a Youthful Offen
der's Camp.
Ernest Lee Mikels, w/m/55,
speeding. Pleads guilty under
waiver statute. $10.00 fine and
costs.
Buddie Price, c/m/50, assault
with deadly weapon. 6 months,
?suspended on payment of $15.00
fine and costs and medical bills
of Jimmle Bracknell.
Willie David Pender^ c/m,
?assault with deadly weapon, In
flicting serious and perma
nent injury. No probable cause
found. Case dismissed.
James Holden, assault on fe
male. 6 months in Jail, sus
pended on payment of costs and
See RECORDER Page 6
Franklinton:
Court
(Frk. B.W.) Thirteen cases
Involving being drunk were
brought before Mayor Joe W.
Pearce In Franklinton Monday.
William Lane was given 30
days on road (or being drunk.
Eugene Murray?Drunk and
disorderly. Pleads guilty to
drunk. To pay court cost.
Eleven culprits paid cost (or
being drunk. They were Cody
Maye, Kermltt Merrltt (2 cas
es), James Bullock (2 cases),
Harden Jones, Charles (Buddy)
Ray, Haywood Taylor, Rencher
Maye, Clayton O'Neal and Jerry
See FltANKLlNTOtJ Page 4
Bank Building Opens
Hundreds of citizens flocked
tf the open house of the new
First Citizens Bank and Trust
Company building on Blckett
Boulevard Wednesday. Sev
eral hundred gathered In the
area of the new' structure
around S p.nv - -when play
money- redeemable for the real
stuff ?was dropped from an air
plane.
Floyd Griffin, local airman,
piloted the plane with precis
ion as he made several passes
down Blckett Blvd., dropping
hundreds of bills. The crowd,
unruly at times, had ^ ball
gathering In the loot.
At least one person was In
jured. An unidentified man,
reportedly standing on the curb
ing at the corner of Nash
Street and the Boulevard,
twisted his kneecap out of
place and had to be taken by
the Louis burg Rescue Service
to the local hospital during the
activities.
Loulsburg police directed
traffic along the rout*, stopping
all movement as the money
dropped.
Wednesday evening, the pro
gram becamevmore formal as
dignitaries from the home of
fice, with the aid of local of
ficials, 'performed the tra
ditional rlbon-cuttlng. Bank
President Lewis Holding headed
the list of out-of-town officials.
Together with Loulsburg Mayor
V. A. Peoples and local Vice
President J. Harold Talfon,
Holding performed the rlbbpn
cuttlng task marking the official
opening of the new building,
one of the finest In Eastern
Carolina. Dr. Cecil -W. Rob
bins, President of Lfiuistjurg
College, pronounced the In
vocation. }
Visitors were met and direct
ed by a host of hanking person
nel on tours of the multi-floored
structure. The new branch
opened for business this morn
ing. v
Gupton Says
Bureau j
Aids In
Farm Bills
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"Farm Bureau was on the front
lines fighting for grassroots
farmers In every significant
legislative battle affecting agri
culture during the past year,"
the president of the Franklin
farm group said today.
The local farm" leader added
that the organization "was very
successful" ln-4hose efforts in
behalf of the farmer. *
Bennie Ray Gupton of Wood,
who has headed up the Franklin
Farm Bureau since 1964, said
that key Farm Bureau legisla
tive activity on the national level
over the past year centered
around the Issue of reapportion
ment of State legislatures.
"This battle is still going on
in Washington," he noted, "and
it Is of vital importance to North
Carolina. We feel that states
should be allowed to say how
at least one house In the legis
lature should be apportioned."
Gupton said that Farm Bureau
is also leading efforts to pre
vent the striking down of right
to- work laws in North Carolina
and eighteen other states.
Area Man
Killed In
Vietnam
A former Franklinton High
School student and a resident
of Wake Forest became the
first fatality in Vietnam
from this area last Sunday.
PFC Ronnie M. Duncan Grif
fin, 22, of Rt; 2, Wake Forest
was killed in action in Viet
nam last Sunday, according to
Information sent his family.
Griffin was a native of Durham
County. No details of his death
were released.
Rescue Calls
The Loulsburg Rescue Serv
lce>was called to an ar?*a near
Alert\late Tuesday afternoon
where av Negro man liad been
stricken wtth a heart attack.
Hamp Walker, 53, was dead
on arrival by fy?scue members
ffom what was tVrmed a heart
attack suffered wrKle picking
cotton.
The call came around 3 p.m.
Tuesday when the body was
discovered by a neighbor.
The Service transported an\
unidentified man to the local
hospital Wednesday afternooft
during the new bank building
promotional stunt around 5
p.m., The man reportedly was
suffering from' a dislocated
kneecap.
Trans1erRe5uests^rued a n ?
Board Stays Wth Decision
j The Franklin County Board of
Education met for three hours
Wednesday morning in special
session, conferring with Negro
leaders seeking a Joint settle
ment of a dispute concerning the
Board's denial of certain latefal
transfer requests in the county
schools."
The Board reiterated its pre
vious actions and again declined
granting the requests of around
thirty Negro children fdr as
signment" to previously all
white schools.
A three-member committee,
consisting of Rev. S. G. Dun
stoiv of Loulsburg, Rev. Luther
Coppedge and Booker T. Driver,
both of Rt. 4, Louisburg, attend
ed the meeting, representing
some fifteen parents of the
thirty children involved.
- Coppedge and Dunston partici
pated In a conference in Wash
ington last Friday in which
three local school officials met
with Mordecal Johnson, an
Office of Education official.
/The matter was sent back to the
local Board for reconsidera
tion.
In the meeting held in the Edu
cation Office Wednesday, It wa?
pointed out that a certain mis
| understanding had prevailed in
the area of lateral transfers.
Negro parents, who made appli
cation, Claim they thought t i it'
requests would lxi granted. The
Board' took the position that
only the four *gmdes specjfidd
in the Plan of Compliance were
to be desegregated this year
and that lateral 'transfers were
for the use of children, moving'
Into a new attendance area or
seeking a cburs<> of study In a
school which could not be ob
tained in their present school.
Negro parents complained to
Washington and were informed
by Mr. 'Johnson that according
to his Interpretation of the local
plan, they were eligible to l>e
admitted. The Negro committee
emphasized this fact In Wed
nesday's meeting, saying tliat
they had pursued he matter
based on Hie liellef that it was
their legal rtehtA
The -meeting Wednesday was
termed "friendly" and "profi
table," although no-sol lit Ion was
announced following the ses
sion. The -Negro committee
expressed -its personal satis
faction with results of the "con
ference but said they needed to
I confer with the other parents
before making any statement.
Board members and the com
rnittee seemed to l>e in general
agreement that the dispute had
arisen from an initial lack of
information, most of which was
attributed to Washlnjvtpn*s~TF
luctance to make specific
recommendations.
vBoard Attorney !?;. F. Y.u>
borough pointed out that the
local plan was sent to Wash
ington in May, and nothing defi
nite wa - heard fro n unfit "the
l.ist f a M ist . Ttfw , ; -? in
terpretation of tin- h>. aVpla i's
intent was somewhat different
than the interpretation which
might have been placed on its
provisions by Mr. John Dudley,
the Washington official with
whom the Board had worked for
most of that period. Dudley
is no longer _ with the Office
or Education, and Johnson^was
placed in charge Vf this
The Negro committee indicats
ed that they would inform thd
Bo&rd of ?their future plans!
following a ? conference with
their people sometime Friday*
Doth the Board and the com
mittee seemed to be in agree
ment that some satisfactory
solution amiiM }>.- found, there
by remov,ing the threat of the
loss of over $600,000 in federal
assistance to the loaal schools.
Bank Tosses Money Tq The Winds
-Times Sta/f Photo.