For Better Understanding
Welfare Director Issues Plea
Jenny McGhee
Miss Jenny McGhee
Chosen Miss Franoeo
(Frk. B.W.) Jenny McGhee,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
McGhee, was crowned Miss
Franoco of -1,966 at the Frank -
llnton High School on Monday
evening.
Runners-up were Dorothy Mc
Ghee and Rachel Hedgepeth
(who tied for first runner-up)
Cynthia Dlckerson, third run
ner-up, and Jane Toler, fourth
ranner-up.
The pageant began with the
individual appearances of the
girls in church wear. The
second phase of competition
was school wear, and the final
phase was evening wear.
From the nineteen girls there
were chosen five finalists, who
were asked two questions prior
to the selection of the new
Miss Franoco.
Ann Pearce, Miss Franoco
of 1965, crowned the current
queen.
soft music during the \
of competition. Entertainment
was provided during the two
short Intermissions by Mrs.
Judl Hlrtton, Richie Whitfield
ahd Mrs. Hinton's dance group.
Mrs. W. A. Shearon
Mrs. Jane M. York, Director
of the Franklin County Welfare
Department, has Issued a plea
for "mo%e thorough under
standing" on the part of the
public and recipients in the
purposes of the Welfare De
partment.
Mrs. York says her depart
ment constantly receives re
ports indicating the public is
misinformed on the purposes of
the organization.
"Although our business is
helping people, and giving ser
vices, however in some in
stances, the public is misin
formed on some phases and
purposes of the public assis
tance program," she said.
She cited a case, recently,
in which a young woman, a
welfare assistant recipient, was
offered and accepted a position
working as a domestic. A short
time later, the young woman
reported to the office that she
wra-v^ermlnated her employ
ment, giving as her reason that
her warfare check would be cut.
Mr s. York explained that in
such cases the amount receiv
ed by the person is usually cuf
after they obtain work. How
ever, the Director pointed out,
Stabilization's Sales To
Exceed 1965 Deliveries
Sales by the Flue-Cured Sta
bilization Corporation In calen
dar year 1965 apparently will
exceed receipts from the cur
rent crop of flue-cured tobacco,
the , corporation predicts In Its
November Nerys Letter, Just re
leased. The over-all Inventory
of surplus leaf will thus be
reduced to that extent, and If
this occurs It will be the first
time that calendar year sales
have exceeded receipts since
1961. ?
Through October, Stabiliza
tion had taken under govern
ment loan In all belts 65,509,
072 pounds, or 6.13 percent
of gross sales of 1,068,717,007
pounds,. It was stated.
The price support agency's
sales In October were only
2,658,096 pounds, and were less
than . In either August or Sep
tember. Surplus stocks on hand
for eight crop years, 1957
through 1964, but not Including
this year's deliveries, were
858,413,468 pounds.
Surpluses from the 1964 crop
remaining were 257,875,898
pounds for the largest amount
for any one year of the eight.
Holdings from 1963 were 213
million pounds and for 1962
were 215 million. Lowest sur
plus for any year of the period
was 17,594,468 pounds.
Surplus stock sales In 1965
were 100 million pounds
through October and Included
all crops In Inventory. Largest
sales from any one crop were
1963, followed by 1964 and 1958.
Sales from those three crops
represent more than 85 per
cent of 1965 sales.
"It Is highly desirable," said
the report, "that the trend of
sales activity experienced thus
far In 1965 continues in 1966.
It should be realized, however,
that reduction of Inventory to
desirable levels cannot be ac
complished suddenly." Re
Superviser
Election Set
December 3, 1865 has been
set u election day for a
Supervisor for Franklin Sol]
and Water Conservation Dis
trict.
The two candidates are H. B.
Cottrell, Rt. 3, Loulsburg, and
Charlie Merrltt, Rt. 3, Louls
burg. The term of office Is
for three years, beginning Jan
uary 1, 1966.
All qualified voters living In
Franklin County are eligible to
vote In ttits election.
Polling places will be located
as follows:
L. S. Ward's Store, Center
vllle, N. C.; 39 SlnclalrStatlon,
Route 1, Loulsburg; Dickie's
Store, Epeom; Ronald Thar
rlngton's Store, Route 2, Louls
burg; Woodllef Supply Company,
Youngsvllle; AflCS Office, Agri
culture Building, Loulsburg.
celpts from the 1965 crop must
be added to the inventory In
January, and old crop stocks,
plus 1965 crop receipts, repre
sent a large quantity of tobacco
still on hand to be moved into
trade channels.
The report said Stabilization's
Inventory contains an abund
ance of highly desirable tobac
cos, priced at reasonable lev
els. Some 82 percent of the
current 858 million-pound
Inventory Is packed In bundles
of leaves and 18 percent packed
In strips.
Gets Wake
Forest Post
Donald Griffin. Jr.
A Gold Sand High School
graduate and former county
resident has been appointed
Assistant Director of Develop
ment and Alumni Affairs at
Wake Forest College In
Wlnaton-Salem, according to a
recent announcement.
H. Donald Griffin, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Griffin
of CentervUle, was also named
Executive. Director of the Dea
con Club, the College's athletic
alumni organization.
Griffin replaces Charles E.
"Preacher" Parker, former
Warrenton, N. C. coach and
Wake athlete) who entered the
motel business In Washington,
N. C.
The Franklin County man
graduated from Wake Forest
In I960 and for the past five
years has been employed by
Southern Bell Telephone Com
pany In Winston-Salem, where
he was District Commercial
Supervisor.
While at Wake Forest, Griffin
was president of his sophomore
and Junior classes, president
of PI Kappa Alpha Fraternity,
and a member of Phi Alpha
Theta, honorary history fra
ternity. He was also listed In
"Who's Who In American Col-''
leges and Universities."
Griffin Is unmarried and lives
at 3218 Linda Drive, Winston
Salem. '
Receipts through October
showed Stabilization had taken
1.40 percent of sales on the
Georgia-Florida Belt; 6.20 per
cent from South Carolina and
Border North Carolina Belts;
6.24 percent in the Eastern
North Carolina Belt; 8.5T per
cent from the Middle Belt, and
8.97 percent from the Old Belt.
this Is the very purpose of the
department. "Welfare is de
signed to' aid those In need,
during the time of their need.
When they are able to resume
their work or find a Job, assis
tance, no longer needed, Is
terminated."
"Welfare assistance Is not
designed to support people able
to work. It Is aimed at tiding
them over a crisis when they
are without funds with which to
support themselves," Mrs.
York added.'
"Too many have a misconcep
tion of how the department
works and are passing on
wrongful information to those
who should be employed and In
many cases could be," she
continued. The young woman,
had her assistance cut off when
she refused gainful employ
ment.
"There are a number of cases
where poor health and old age
enters the picture and there
is little to be done In such cases
but to continue assistance,"
Mrs. York explained, ''But
there are cases, where sotne
_one in the household could be
working. In these cases, we
.are sometimes forced to cut
off funds."
Persons receiving assistance
checks are expected to look for
employment and to accept a
Job when 'offered them, accord
ing to department policy, and
anyone failing to do so is sub
ject to having assistance term
inated, the Director pointed out.
"Our department requests the
help of the public in reporting
to us any known recipient who
refuses an offer of gainful em
ployment which they are capa
ble of performing. Mrs. York
stated, "We urge the public to
aid us in this matter in order
that unnecessary assistance and
expense can be eliminated," she
concluded.
Urges Trade At Home
Editor Speaks
To Rotary Club
Clint Fuller, Times Managing :
Editor, spoke to the Loulsburg
Rotary Club last Thursday
night, telling the group, "We
need to start a drive to get i
our people to trade at home." i
Fuller pointed out the num- '
ber of county people travelling i
to nearby towns and shopping
centers to do their shopping.
"Now Is the time for each of i
us Individually to talk this up 1
among our friends and neigh- <
bors. The Christmas shopping ]
Approve Quotas
Cotton producers throughout
the cotton growing areas voted
97.8% In favor of marketing
quotas tor -1966 crop cotton.
Producers also voted In favor
of assessing themselves 15?
per bale to help promote the
sale of cotton for the next
three years.
Another very Important Issue
approved by the Franklin County
cotton growers was the sale or
lease of cotton allotments out
side the county but within the
state. Any producers interest
ed In buying or selling cotton
allotment within or outside ]
Franklin County should contact ?
the ASCS Office In Loulsburg |
for more Information about the ?
program Sale or lease agree- i
ments must be filed with the
county office on or before De- i
cember 31, 1965. I
Since marketing quotas have
been approved for 1966, the new <
cotton program will also go
Into effect. Producers will be <
Informed of the details of the ;
new program prior to the sign- i
up which will probably begin i
In January of 1966. 1
Farm -City Week
Proclaimed Here
Mayor V. A. Peoples of
Lou Is burg has Issued a procla
mation declaring November 19
25 as Farm-City Week.
Mayor Peoples said, In Issu
ing the proclamation, "This
provides an unparalleled oppor
tunity for farm and city people
to become better acquainted."
A committee under the direc
tion of J. K. Tharrlngton is
drawing up plans for county
participation In Farm - City
WeeV
Thirrlngton, who Is also the
county key banker of the N. C.
Bankers Association, said the
local observance would be tied
In with state and national ob
servances' of Farm-City Week.
The event, which will come to
a close on Thanksgiving Day,
Is observed nationwide In an
effort to help create a better
understanding between rural
and urban people.
Some of the activities being
discussed for Franklin County
Include: Civic clubs Invite
farmers to meet with them for
a general discussion of urban
and rural problems. Home
Demonstration Clubs have Joint
meetings.
At the stite level, Governor
Dan K. Moore has declared
November 19-25 as Farm-City
Week In North Carolina, and
has called upon all citizens of
the state to participate fully in
the observance,
Harry Oatton, executive di
rector of the N. C. Bankers
Association, Is serving as state
Farm -City Week Chairman.
The N. C. Council on Communl
ty and Area Development Is
serving as the sponsoring or- ,
ganlzatlon.
Mayor's Proclamation
FARM-CITY WEEK
1965
WHEREAS the prosperity and
well-being of this community
are dependent upon cooperation
between the two great elements
of our society: farmers and
urban people, and
WHEREAS the complexities
of their Individual problems
and the divergence of their
activities have led to a widen
ing gulf of misunderstanding,
and
WHEREAS this gulf of mis
understanding must be elimi
nated, and each group must
understand the other If our
American way of life Is to
endure, and
WHEREAS Farm-City Week
provides an unparalleled oppor
tunity for farm and clty.people
to become re-acqualnted. '
I, THEREFORE, V. A. Peo
ples, Mayor of the City of
Lou Is burg, N. C., do hereby
proclaim the period of Novem
ber 19 through November 25
to be Farm-City Week; and 1
do further call upon all citizens
of this community to participle
to the limit of their capability
in the obeervance of a success
ful Farm-City Week In Louls
burg.
Done at the City of Louis- 1
burg, this 22nd day of I
Nqprember. ' <
iV. A. Peoples
Mayor ' t
season Is already started/'
Fuller stated.
He added, "Our business com-,
munlty needs to tell our people
that It costs them around six
Jollars to travel to Raleigh,
whether they make a purchase
or. not. Service ts faster right
here at home.'.'
f'Can you Imagine the Impact
should the 28,755 people living
to Franklin County suddenly
lescend on Loulsburg, Frank
llnton and our other communi
ties to do all their shopping
at home?" he asked.
"Look at the added Increase^
In business and profits for our
merchants, the added tax col
lected. All of us would have
more money with which to sup
port our churches, college and
schools, as well as other serv
ices," the editor said.
Fuller agreed there were
times when It was necessary
to go out of town for special
Items but urged everyone when
ever possible to shop at home.
He said businesses should up
late their methods of display
and advertising and instore at
titudes in an effort to reach
the people most likely to be
their customer. "We're still
considering that fellow down
the street who sells the same
Items we do as our main com
petition. This Is wrong. The
aut-of-town discount stores and
shopping centers kre our chief
:ompetltors."
"Take the traffic off the Ra
leigh road," Fuller concluded.
Rotartan A1 Goodwin, program
chairman, introduced the
speaker, and Bob Versteeg pre
sided over the meeting In
the absence of the president,
Dr. Cary Jones Perry. Ro
tarlan W. J. Denton spoke brief
ly on a proposed highway plan
ning committee for the county.
Franklinton
Group
Organizes
(Frk. B.W .) The Franklinton
Township Chamber of Com
merce was officially organized
on Monday, November 22.
Presiding over the meeting,
which waa held at the Town
Hall at eight o'clock In the
evening, waa Mr. Tom Poole.
Plana were made to elect of
ficers, and a Board of Direc
tors at a meeting on Monday,
November 29, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Town Hall.
All business and professional
people as well as Interested
cltltens In the Township are
Invited to attend this meeting.
Boxscore
Raleigh? The Motor Vehicles
department's summary of trif
le deaths through 10a.m. Mon
lay, November 22: .
KILLED TO DATE 1390
KILLED TO DATE
l-AST YEAR 1409
Fr ank Read, Jr
W B Roberson
Local Men Head
Girl Scout Drive
Willie Robe r son of Triangle
Realty Company has accepted
the post of chairman ^>f the
fund-raising campaign to he
launched In Loulsburg on No
vember 29 by the Pines of
Carolina Qlrl Scout Council.
Treasurer and auditor for the
local campaign Is Frank Read,
Jr., of First Federal Savings
and Loan Association
The Pines of Carolina. Girl
Scout Council is composed of
19 counties stretching from
Virginia to South Carolina with
headquarters In Raleigh. Fi
nances for the Council are
raised through United Fund
drives in Durham, Raleigh and
Fayettevllle and through local
drives in each county. The
campaign makes possible the
organization of new troops,
training for volunteer leaders,
a year round u^Jiipint', program,
professional ant* facilities
needed in carrying on an effi
cient and well-rounded Girl
Scout program.
* ? *
Franklin County has 392 Girl
Scouts. Scouts are divided into
troops according to age and/or
gradt* In school. Brownie? are
in 2 lid -3rd grades; Juniors, 4th,
5th, 6th; Cadettes, 7th, 8th,
Oth grades; and Seniors, 10th,
11th, 12th. *
Loulshurg has two Brownie
troops, one Junior troop and
one Cadette troop. Mrs. James
Ivey has worked with Brownies
for the past three years. Mrs.
Douglas House has worked with
Brownies and Juniors for the
past five years and now has the
Cadette troop.
Tobacco .
Allotments
Due Soon
Announcement is expected any
day from Secretary of Agricul
ture Orville Freeman In Wash
ington as to tobacco quqtas for
the 1966 crop, and Is being
awaited' with Interest by grow
ers and tobacco people gener
ally.
Expectation Is that there will
be little, If any change, In the
acreage and poundage quotas
for next year. * There Is little,
if any, anticipation that allot
ments will be less than In 1965.
The 1965 crop Is all but sold,
and In the aggregate is con
siderably less than 1964 In
marketings. Restrictions were
In effect this season both as
to acreage and pounds tliat could
be sold, contributing to the
sharp reduction in supply. Sales
by the Stabilization Corporation
have been larger than usual In
1965, and in the aggregate are
expected to be considerably
more than deliveries by farm
ers under tlie government loan
program.
The Secretary of Agriculture
is \ required by law to announce
quotas on or before December
1 for the succeeding crop year
and will Ik? made known from
Washington before the end of
this month.
Bunn, New Hope Fete Rescuers
The Loulsburg Rescue Service
was treated tea lavish harbeque
supper with all the trimmings
last Monday night at Dunn. The
affair was sponsored by the
Bunn and New Hope Communi
ties and prepared and served
by Mrs. Bea Tant at her restau
rant In Bunn.
Rescue Chief V. A. (Tommy)
Peoples expressed his appre
ciation and the gratitude of the |
Service for the thoughtful con
sideration by these communi
ties. He said, "They really
had the food prepared. They
could have fed many more and
the fellows certainly enjoyed
j It." - " ' ? M
The total number of magazines
| distributed In the United States
I In 1929 was 1.8 billion. In
1964, the total rose to 4.7
billion.
New Bank Hearing Today
? f
Several Loulsburg business
and civic leaders are In Raleigh
today for the hearing before
the N. C. Banking Commission
on the proposal by Wac<arnaw
Bank and Trust Cp. of Whlte
vllle to locate a branch here.
. Loulsburg Attorney W. L.
Lumpkin Is representing Wac
carnaw at the heading, .aim! May
| or V. A. (Tommy) Peoples heads
the list of local leaders attend
ing.
The company applied several
months ago for permission to
locate a l>ank In Lou Is burg,
which, if granted, wtll be the
second company here. First
Citizens Bank and Trust Co.
has been In Loulsburg for a,
number of years and Just re
cently opened a modern branch
building on Blckett Blvd.
Officials were confident that
Wacramaw wljl receive approv
al today of their proposal. If
this Is true, there- is still no
indication as to when a building
will become available and the
new bank will open.
Got Their Money's Worth '
Partof the largest crowd ever
to see a college basketball
game In Loulsburg Is shown
above at Tuesday night's Louls
burg-Southwood game played
SEE STORY PAGE 8
In Holton Gym. The fans got
their money's worth as the
underdog Hurricanes led most
of the way, and lost by two
points in the final seconds.
? times Staff Photo.