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 Wacank 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.