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Published Every Tuesday & Thursday 1 ^ Sot-vino All Of Franklin Countv
Comment
Promises are easier to make
than to fulfill, but people contin
ue to make them carelessly.
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Lousburg.-N C . Thursday. January 6. 1966
(Ten Pages Today)
96th Year ? Number 91
Observe Founders Day
Founders' Day ceremonies at Loirtsburg Colle&e wefre held in
the new Library here Wednesday. .^-Participating in the event
and shown above, left to right, were: David Daniel, College
Relations Director; J. (Gregory PjoI*, Jr Bishop Paul N,
Garber, who presided, Dr Jatne>? E. HUlmjin' Mrs. Charles
Lucas, Jr . . Dr- Cecil W. Robbius, College President; Miss
Cathy Edwards, Dr F. Melvin Edwards, Mrs. Edwards and
Dean John B. York. -College Rioto by Jeff Bartholomew.
College Observes Annual Founder's Day
| ?
Founders' Dffy ceremonies
were observed at Louisburg
College Wednesday, marking
the 179th anniversary of the
school's charter.
. Dr. Benjamin E. Powell,
Librarian of Duke University,
delivered the major address
at the 10:00 a.m. chapel ser
vice President Cecil W. Rob
bins presided and former Duke
Vice President, Dr. Herbert J.
Herring-; introduced Dr. Powell,
who stressed the importance of
books to our lives. He stated:
. ?; In spite of th* predictions of
computerized education, there
will he many generations before
books will cease to be tht? es
sential tool In learning." .
Officials of the North Carolina
Conference of The .Methodist
Church, Alumni, Trustees, fa
culty and administration of the
college, and many friends were
in attendance as the new Louis
burg College library building
was formally opened and me
morials named. Bishop Paul N
Garber presided at this service.
Thj? library reference section
was named in memojy of Mrs.
Mary Duke Biddle* a devoted
friend of the college for many
years. Mrs. Blddle's father,
Benjamin N. Duke, gave the
college to the North Carolina
Conference tff The Methodist
Church in 1907. The family
was represented by Mrs,.
Charles Lucas, Jr., of
Charlotte, N. C., daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. James H. Se
mans, and granddaughter of
Mrs. Biddle. Mrs. Lucas is a
trustee of the college
The late Frederick B Ed
wards, son of Dr. and Mrs. F.
Melvin Edward's of Red Bank,
New Jersey, and a student at
the college in 1962 and 1963,
was memorialized as the Fa
culty Study in the library was
named for him. Dr. and Mrs.
Edwards, and their daughter,
Cathy, were present as the
memorial was named. A broth
er of Dr. Edwards, Dr. -Douglas
Edwards, of Red Bank, was
also present Pean John B.
York presented the Edwards
family to the assembly. A
portrait of "Rick" Edwards
was placed in the Faculty Study.
The librarian's office was
named in memory of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles G. Poole, of Ra
leigh, parents of Mr. J. G.
Poole, Sr. and grandparents
of Mr, J. G. Poole, Jr.. both
of Raleigh. The memorial was
presented by J. Gregory Poole,
Jr., a trustee of the college.
Other items of furniture and
equipment were named in me
mory of Mrs. Dovie C. Lynch,
Mrs. Frances Wilder Griffin,
Mr. Lemuel Thomas Jones,
Mrs. Flnetta Gardner Rawlings
and Mr. Byrd Lunday Rawlings,
and Miss Rosa Long Thomas.
The Class of 1965 presented an
Atlas Display Case for use In
the library.
The new women's dormitory,
erected in 1963, was named Ruth
W u lard .Merritt Hall, in honor
of Miss Merritt' s devoted ser
vice to the college since 1941.
Tributes to Miss Merritt were
given by Mrs. Louis D. Hayman,
of Jacksonville, N. C., trustee
and alumna of the college; Miss
Diane Jones, of Durham, Presi
dent of the Women's Student
Council; and Dr. Umphrey Lee,
Chairman of the English De
partment at the college. After
President Robbins officially
named ttje building, Miss Mer
ritt ? responded to the honor by
saying that she was thrilled and
See DAY Page 5
Population Decline
Continues In County
Population in Franklin Coun
ty continues to decline, accord
ing to a report on the latest
estimated census by a North
Carolina State University Pro
fessor.
In a report released this week
by Dr. C. Horace Hamilton,
Reynolds Professor of So
ciology at the Raleigh school,
Franklin' County's population
has dropped from 28,755 in 1960
to 27,146 as of July 1, 1965.
This represents a decrease of
5.59 percent.
North Carolina as a . whole
has a 7.81 percent increase
during the period from 4,556,
155 in April, 1960 to 4,912,195
In July of this year.
The statistics are estimates
obtained through the use of
statistical method for comput
ing population used by the U. S.
Bureau of the Census and re
Franklinton
Lions Plan
Calendar Drive
(Frk. B.W.) The Franklinton
Lions Club met at the Com
, munity House Monday evening
with Lion John Wright pre
siding.
Lion John Gonella, secretary
treasurer, read the minutes
and called attention to various
financial matters.
Lion Charles Jul iai\ was ap
pointed chairman of the Annual
Community Calendar Drive.
All the local Lions will solicit
for listings of birthdays, anni
versaries and meeting dates
for various organizations In
the community. The drive will
be conducted during the month
of January.
To Give Car
Business Association
Annual Meeting Set
search sociologists, according,
to the report. The final tabu
lations were run through the
N. C. State Computing Center
by Dr. Hamilton on Decem
ber 30.
Neighboring Warren County
had a decrease of 5.50 percent
while Vance County had an in
crease of 6.17. Wake County
enjoyed an 18.72 ' percent in
crease and Nash County had a
7.53 percent increase.
Franklin County had a popu
lation of 30,382 in 1940 and
enjoyed a 3.1 percent gain by
See DECLINE Page 5
Members and guests of the i
Louisburg Business Associa
tion will gather next Wednesday
at the Louisburg College Cafe
teria for the organization's
annual banquet meeting, ac
cording* to an announcement by
Vice President A1 Goodwin to
day.
R. E. Strother, Superintendent
of Green County Schools and a
noted after-dinner speaker, will
be featured on the program.
Thfe educator is a former resi
dent of Oxford.
A resume of the year's ac
Adult Education
Program Starts
The Fall term of the Adult
Education Program at Louls
burg College is scheduled to
begin on Thursday evening, Jan
uary 27, at 7:30 p.m. Appli
cation forms are being printed
in area newspapers, but per
sons interested may report to
the College, according to re
ports.
The program, offering a va
riety of courses for college
Masonic
Notice
Loulsburg Lodge 413 will have
a stated communication Tues
day evening- at 7:30
The officers for 1966 will be
Installed at 8 o'clock. District
Deputy Grand Master James
A. Johnson will be Installing
officer.
All Master Masons and friends
are cordially Invited.
credits or audit, will holdclas- |
ses on Tuesday and Thursday
evenings. Classes are expect
ed to last an hour and a . half.
The program consists of 3-hour
courses for credit.
Courses being offered, for thp
fall sessions include: typewrit
ing, shorthand, accounting, In
troduction to Business, office
machines ABislness Law, En
glish ^Comrosltlon, Business
English English Literature,
American Literature in the
Business and English fields.
Other courses in Art, Foreign
Languages and Mathematics in
clude Art Education, Art His
tory, Beginning French, Ger
man and Spanish, College Al
gebra and trigonometry. Old
and New Testaments are of
fered ? in the Religion
Department and Social Studies
consist of Economics Prin
ciples, European History,
See PROGRAM Page 6
tivities of the association is to
be given, and plans are to be^
presented /or the coming year.
New officers will also be in
stalled.
One project, which has been
prematurely announced, is the
give-away of a new 1966 Cor
vair automobile by the Asso
ciation as a trade promotion
in the Louisburg area.' The
actual drawing is scheduled for
Saturday, April 9, at the court
house.
The give-away involves a do
nation to the Association's pro-*
grams for the coming year.
The dinner meeting, which is
to be attended by members and
their wives, will start at 7 J). m.,
according to the announcement.
Farm Bureau
Endorses
Alignment
The FTanklin County Farm
Bureau, in its monthly meeting
on Monday night, requested a
return, of State tax money to
the county governments, made
suggestions as to\the make-up
of the counties within our House
of Representatives ^District in
the state, and appomted sev
eral committees to? wofck
throughout 1966 In tree loca1!
Farm Bureau. \
In answer to a request by
the- North Carolina Farm Bu
reau Federation that the Board
make-suggestions for additional
sources of revenue to operate
the county government, the di
rectors decided that the county
governments could best be sup
ported from the surplus funds
that are now being collected
See BUREAU Page 6
Finally , The Rains Game
Loulsburg's Main Street is shown Wednesday nlfht as the
area had the first measurable rainfall In quite some time.
Weatherman G. O. Kennedy reports 1.08 Inches /ell In Louli
burg Wednesday. The? area has had only 3.42 Inches since
Septem^pr. -Staff Photo by Clint Fuller.
Favor New Airport
Pictured above are ctyic~and governmental leaders who met
heTe Tuesday night to discuss the possibility of a new airport
for the area. Shown, standing, left to right: Airport operator
Joe Shearln, Lou is burg Attorney W. M. Jolly, a member of
the Airport Commission; Claude Arnold, Chairman of th?*
Board of County Commissioners; Frankltnton Mayor Joe
Pearce; Jackie Dean, Commission member, and W. J. "Benton,
Industrial Development Director. Seated left to righf:
J. Harold Talton, Commission Chairman, M. T. Ball, Com
mission member; Franklinton Town Councilman Jimmy Joyner,
and Lt. Col. Robert N.-Flournoy, Aviation Specialist, North
Carolina Dept. of Conservation vand Development. Louisburg
Mayor V. A. Peoples attended the^meeting but was absent when
the picture was made. -Staff Photo by Clint Fuller.
Officials Move To Gain
Neiv Airport In Area
A group of county and muni
cipal officials met-f-utfsday
night, with the Franklin County
Airport Commission, to hear
Lt. Col. Robert N. Flournoy,
Aviation . Specialist, North
Carolina Department of Con
servation and Development, ex
plain the. possibilities of a new
airport for the Loulsburg
Frankllnton area.
Loulsburg became eligible for
a new airport, on a matching
fund has Is, last month when the
Federal Aviation Authority ap
proved 27 cities In NorthCaro
Una and allotted $17,187,000 for
the projects.
Col. Flournoy told the '"group,
I meeting In the Board room
rof Triangle Realty Corp. here,
that his concern and that of
the state was to attract new
Industry and that It had been
proven that Industry preferred
to locate near adequate airport
belittles.
He Informed the group on the
progress being made by a num
ber of other North Carolina
cities, Including some the size
of Loulsburg. His recommend
ation, and seemingly the con
census of the group, was to
locate in the general Louls
burg-Frankllnton area, when
and If such a facility becomes a
reality.
The C & D' official was re
luntant to estimate a cost of
the project here, but cited the
case of the nearby Henderson
project as costing around
$116,000, with the value of the
land not announced. Rough esti
mates expressed by various
members present ranged from
$150,000 to $180,000 for such a
project In Franklin County.
Requirements f\^r unapproved
airstrip were listed as a mini
mum of 3500 foot runway, 60
feet wide with ami)le land -for
an apron and future expansion.
It was also pointed out that
paving was desirable and light
ing for night use was also
important. It was estimated
that 50 acres of land would be
needed for the local project.
It was also brought out during
the meeting that South Carolina
and Georgia, two of the southern
states now ahead of North Caro
lina in airport projects, all
passed legislation enabling the
Cole Talks
To Lions
The Louisburg Lions Club met
at the Murphy House Tuesday
evening. Samuel Cole, assis
tant superintendent of Morehead
School In Raleigh, addressed the
group In reference to his work
with the blind students at More-,
head-School. #
Cole, a High Point graduate
as well as a former student
at Louisburg College from 1948
50, gave tome Interesting bets
about the school and then show
ed some colorful slides on study
and recreational activities at
Morehead School. Cole pointed
out that 38% of the students are
totally blind. Their ages range
from 6 to 21. Each school
year lasts for 10 months and
the achool constetki of 207 staff
members. Approximately $2100
Is spent yearly on each pupil.
The CHARTER meiribers will
be In charge of the next meet
ing.
states to pay a fourth of the |
total or J>ne half of the local
matching funds. North Caro
lina law provlds the use of tax
money to pay for airports. How
ever, It was pointed out that
such funds as ABC? store re
ceipts, parking meter collec
tions and power sale money may
be used for the projects. De
linquent county tax money may
also be used It was disclosed.
Interest was expressed by the
group In making an early start
to determine the possibility of
such a project for the area.
Several expressed optimism
that such a project could be
done.
J. Harold Talton, Loulsburg
banker and Chairman of the
County Airport Commission,
presided at the meeting and
industrial Development Di
rector W. J. Benton introduc
ed Col. Flournoy. Other mem
bers of the Commission pre
sent at the meeting were: For
mer State Senator Wilbur Jolly,
Loulsburg businessman M. T.
Ball, Franklinton Town Com
missioner Jimmy Joyner>
bounty businessman Jackie
&ean and airport operator Joe
Shearln. T. H. Pearce, the
remaining member of the Com
mission, was not present.
Govermental officials attend
ing the meethig were: County
Commissioner Chairman
Claude Arnold, Loulsburg Ma
KorV. A. Peoples, and Frank
linton Mayor Joe Pearct.
Charles Davis Named
To Demo Party Post ,
J. Melville Broughton, jr.,
State Democratic Party Chair
man, announced today the ap
pointment of Charles M. Davis
as a Youth Co-ordlnator for
Franklin County. Mr. Davis
Notice .
Tickets for the play, Richard
n, at Louliburg College have
been sold out for the Thursday
night performance. However,
there are a few tickets stUl
available for the Fflday. and
Saturday night performance.
Those Interested In attending
this play have been asked to
call and make reservations for
the remaining tickets. -
win De responsiDie ror corre
lating Democratic youth ac
tivities between the County and
State Democratic Headquar
ters. He will assist party
officials with registration
drives, fund raising events,
precinct work and recrultlnc
and enlisting young voter* Into
the Democratic Party.
Commenting on the appoint
ment Broughton Mid, "I am
extremely pleased that Mr.
Davis has agreed to serve on
this Important position, t be
lieve very strongly in young
people participating and be
coming Interested in good gov
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