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The FrarikMn Times I v=3^ i (?j i Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ^ Serving All Of Franklin County 96th Year ? Number 69 (Ten Cents) Louisburg. N C . Tuesday, October 19, 1965 (Si* Pages Today) 1 I County Schools To Get Over $140,000 More Federal Aid An adjustment In state figures has apparently resulted In a sizable increase in expected federal financial assistance for Franklin County under the fed eral Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The revised figure of $692, 247, as announced by Assistant Schools Superintendent for North Carolina, Everette Mill er, speaking at last Friday's meeting of the North Carolina Education, Association in Ra leigh, represents an Increase Former Local Man Makes Bar Conrad Boyd Sturges, Jr., of Henderson, was sworn as a practicing attorney In WakeSu period Court In fcaleigto Wed nesday. The oath was adminis tered by Judge J. William Copeland. -The candidate was sponsored by Attorney Frank Bullock of Raleigh.* Sturges is the son of Colonel and Mrs. C. B. Sturges of Henderson. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina's, the U. N. C. Law School, and passed the State Bar last August. He is cur rently employed In the trust department of the First Citi zens Bank & Trust Company in Raleigh. Mr. Sturges is a native of Franklin County, and the youth spent most of his childhood here in Loiflsburg, having at tended the 'local schools, and has many friends locally. of $140,407 over the original ahnounced figure of $551,840. The funds are to^be used to aid underprivileged children. The federal government has designated these as children coming from homes with less than a $2,000 annual Income. Miller told the educators that this represented one In every four children between the ages of five and seventeen In North Carolina. Franklin County lists 3,449 children in this age group as coming from families with less than $2,000 annual Incomes Based dn the enroll ment figures for the schoels of the county of around 6,000 chil dren, this figure represents about half the children locally. The funds, according to Mill er, must be used only for the underprivileged child. They may be spent for such items as special classes for disturbed and socially maladjlisted chil dren, classes for talented chil dren, pre-school training programs, remedial and en richment programs, and pri mary grades operated on an ungraded basis. Miller also pointed out that these funds may be used for early Identification of drop outs, Increased guidance serv ices, after-school study cen ters, supplemental health and food services, equipment, sum mer programs, physical education and recreational and vocation opportunities. Receipt of any "federal funds hangs In the balance right now for Franklin County while at tempts are being made to settle a dispute between the Board of Education and a group of Negro parents over the Board's denial of certain lateral trans fers. A conference in Wash ington was held recently, followed by a Board meeting with Negro leaders in an at tempt to gain a settlement. Agreement on the dispute lias not been announced. Should the complaint remain, Washington officials could withhold the fed eral assistance. The Frankllnton School sys tem Is not , Involved In the dispute and supposedly is not in danger of losing Its share of the county allotment. Concert Series The ESTERHAZY ORCHES TRA opens the 1965-66 season of the tfouisburg College Con cert Series, October 21, at 8:00 p.m. In the College Audi torium. David -Blum, the young con ductor, Ijorn and trained in Los. Angeles, and who has toured internationally, will lead the chamber ensemble In the mu sic of Haydn, Telemann, Bach, and Mozart. Three violin soloists, Matthew Raimonal, Gerard Kantarjlan, and Jesse Cecl, will perform in a Bach Concerto. Kantarjlan has performed with the Phila delphia, Detroit, American, Is rael, and Belgian symphonies. The Concert is ppen only to patrons with seaAin member ships. Sixth Fatality Parolee Sixth County Road Fatality A 50-year-old Durham County parolee became Franklin County's sixth highway totality when he was struck and killed late Saturday night on i rural paved road five miles east of Louis burg. Leroy Crosslan, n/m/BO, a parolee working on a nearby farm, was reportedly struck by a 1959 Cadillac driven by an unidentified Rocky Mount Negro. State Trooper Dwtght HI n ton, who Investigated th? accident, was not available for Identification of the drlv*r. The driver stopped the car and alerted police. Hlnton said earlier the accident was un avoidable. It was reported that the victim was lying In the road, State Rural 1801, known locally a* the Leonard Farm Road. The accident oc curred near the Intersection of State Rural 1601 from Louls burg to the Margaret Communi ty around 10 p.m. Saturday. The victim was Identified by Calvin Splvey, n/m, of Rt. 4, Loulsburg with whom Cross Ian had been visiting prior to his death. This Is the first highway fa tality sine* August 28, whan a Negro woman was killed -In a head-on crash on Highway SB two miles east of Loulsburg. Franklin County suffered Its sixth fatality last year on July If and had a total of 14 killed on the highways In 1964. There were nine fatalities to this date tn the county last year. Number Hurt In Bus -Truck Colli sion Near Franklinton Fiva persons were injured seriously, and several others received minor cuts and bruises when a Trailways thru bus rammed the rear of a flat b?*!1 truck in heavy fog early Friday woA?ng.'itr.- : .if- .1 i t , ? .n li. 1. The truck, reportedly driven by Charles Bell Perry, Ij6, of Franklinton was attempting a I'-tyrn across the dual lane highway when struck b ?> the bus from behind. The trucK driver -was among the injured. The bus. driw : \ Troy Henry Bell, 28, oR Raleigh, was traveling sout!. ; its way :j Hi ;.mond to Jacksonville, Fla., around 6:30 a.*r.. . f. . - . .\y visibility was limited to just a few yards. An unidentified Negi serviceman, sitting directly behind the bus driver, described tie a 'ident as follow s: ' "We were traveling around 58 miles ?}>. : hour There was an automobile between us and, the truck. When we came upon the truck sitting c-ros sways the road, the car managed to get around tfie stalled vehicle, leaving the bus.drTver no place to go but off the right side of the road." 1 The passenger . . -t. ?? 1, ''W. stt ick *he truck and ran off into the tield and U >v tr . the w\>ods. I don't think I am hurt, but I will get a check-up. when 1 get tuck." He also praised the bus driver for his actions. Wake Forest Rescue Squad members were first on the scene and removed the injured, wh were transported to Wake Memorial Hospital in Raleigh. Rescue worker's theorized that the driver was pinned in his seat b-v the steering wheel, and evidence indicated he was unable to remove his foot from the accelerator pedal or to use the brake pedal. The bus traveled 643 feet from the scene of the -Crash or almost an eighth of a .mile. In the fog it was completely hidden from the .view when "standing at the scene of the accident. The most seriously Injured of the passengers was Fate Kelly, 65, who was thrown beneath the seat In front of him upon Impact. He reportedly was suffering from what rBSCUBTg-.. believed to be a broken back. The bus, apparently carrying a full load of passengers and baggage, was heavily damaged, with ^most of^the windows being broken out by tree limbs struck on Its Journey through the woods; Workers prepared to chop down several trees In a"n effort to ?lear the way for the removal of the bus. The Loulsburg Rescue Service answered the call, but Wake Forest rescuers, already on the scene, had administered first aid and removed the Injured. Local residents took part In directing traffic on the heavily traveled highway. One uniden tified young man, living nearby, was credited with preventing more smashups by ale.rtly signaling all oncoming traffic of the hazard. Around fifty passengers were stranded, with baggage strewn along the highway and in the wooded area:. Spectators assisted in handling the luggage. Most of the passengers stood around talking to their fellow travellers or spectators. One asKfd if there was a nearby phone. Someone was to have met her in Raleigh she said. When told she was about three miles, from the nearest public telephone, she asked, "What can I do." % The Loulsburg Rescue Service relayed some calls to the Loulsburg Police Station. % Two hours and' a half after the accident, passengers were still awaiting some transportation to their destinations. The accident' occurred near the Intersection of N. C. Highway 98. Narrow Escape Loulsburg Rescue Service members and others are shown above working to free Mr. J. K Ball, Alert Community farmer, from beneath a tractor which overturned on him Saturday arounc^ 11 a.m. while he was mowing. J'he Injured man can be seen "In the center of the pic ture as he l.s being moved. He miraculously escaped with Just a l\rokep finger, according to reports -Time's Staff Photo. 1 here Is no substitute for In telligence, applied to whatever Is before you. So use what you have. Alert Man Has Close Call With Tractor An elderly Alert farmer nar rowly escaped death Saturday morning- when the tractor on which he was riding over turned, pinning him under the heavy vehicle for around an hour. J. K. Ball was mowing '.a pasture when the wheels of the tractor came too near a ravine and' slid down the 12 foot embankment toppling over on%top of the driver aroun^ 11 a.m. ' ?The Loulsburg Rescue Service was summoned to the scene but lost valuable time when no one was standing nearby to five directions to the site of the accident. After determining the exact location, a fence had to be removed rto allow the Rescue vehicle and a wrecker to get to the scene. A number of spectators aided the rescuers In balancing the tractor as the wrecker slowly raised It off the Injured man. There was fear for a moment that Ball had suffered fatal Injuries, but Rescuers were aelleved to find the man fully conscious and apparently with out serious Injury. Splints were applied to his arm and hip, fearing some In jury to the two areas, but a later, check with the local hos pital showed the mah suffered only a broken finger In the Incident. It took Rescuers about ten minutes to free Mr. Ball from beneath the tract' r. I'h?* s? rv ice then rushed him . to Franklin Memorial Hospital In Louis burg. Driver Ed Set For Non-students "Effective July 1, 1965, North Carolina laws make satis factory completion of a driver e3ucatlon course, at a public high school, a prerequisite to driver licensing for all physi cally and mentally qualified persons between 16 and 18 years of age. Non-public school stu dents and out-of-school youths t?Mn the ages ef 16 and 18 ars of age may register for driver education by contacting the principals of the high schools In the Franklin County Administrative Unit October 19 through October 25. Courses will be' offered at appropriate locations In the school unit; de pending upon the demand. Thji driver training course consists of a minimum of thirty (30) clock hours for classroom Instruction and a minimum of si* (6) hours per student for behlnd-th?-wheel Instruction and practice driving, exclusive of time spent In the car as an observer. Local Educators Get NCEA Offices JSa. Fred Rogers, Superintendent of the Frankllnton City Schools was elected President of the East Central District, NCEA superintendents in the annual meeting of the educational or ganization last Friday in Ra leigh. Mrs. Mainie Beam Clayton, Director of Inst'uctlon for Franklin County, was elected Vice President of her division for the coming year. Other Franklin County school personnel named to offices in the District were: Mrs. Sally C. Murphy of Epsom, secretary of Home Economics; Mrs. Sarah H. Whitfield of P^rankllnton, secretary of Educational Secre taries; James E. Boyette of Bloodshed Boxscore leigh? The Motor Vehicles I Department's summary oftraf- | fir deaths through 10a.m. Mon day, October 18* KILLED TO DATE 1213 | KILLED TO DATE LAST YEAR 1233 I Gold Sand, Vice President and Robert E. Wheless of Bunn, secretary of Agriculture Teachers. Officers were elected by the 2,100 NCEA members assembl ed Hi the Raleigh Enloe High School for the 43rd annual meet ing. Executive Committee Polled A, E. Pearce, Chairman of the Franklin County Democratic Executive Committee, an nounced today that he is making a telephone poll of Committee members, In lieu of a called meeting. The poll is to de termine which members desire tickets to the annual Vance Aycock Dinner. Pearce stated the $25 ducats are limited to six f?r the county based on lfccal funds with the possibility of six more should the funds Justify It. * Committee or regular party members Interested may get further details by contacting the Chairman. Escapes Injury Overturned vehicle pictured above, reportedly driven by a Negro man Identified as Hayes from Henderson, Is shown tying In a ditch near Red Bud Church Sunday night. The^acoldent ?c jurred whffh Hayes failed to make a curve. Loulsburg Res cue members credited the fact that trees held the vehicle off Hayes with saving - his life. The -man suffered back Injuries 1 and was taken to the local hos plfal for treatment.
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