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Louisburg, N. C., Tuesday, February 22. 1966
(Six Pages Today)
97tb Year? Number 1
WASHINGTON H^ND PRESS .USED TO
PRINT THE FIRST ISSUE OF THIS NEWS
PAPER IN 1870, SHOWN ABOVE FOLLOW
ING RECENT. FIRE AT, THE - JOHNSON
HOME WHERE THE ^RESS WAS STORED.
The Titties Marks Start Of
Ninety -Seventh Year Today
Today marks the completion of 96 years of service
to this area by The Franklin Times. It also marks
the beginning of our 97th year. It's been a long time.
When this newspaper began publication in 1870:
Abraham Lincoln had been dead only five years.
UlysSes S. Grant was 46 years old and President of
the United States.
Ca.lv in Coolidge, Herbert Hoover and Franklin
Roosevelt had not even been born.
General William T. Sherman was Secretary of. War
and Napoleon III surrendered to the Prussian leader,
Bismarck.
It was still one year before the disastrous Chicago
fire and six years before Wild Bill Hickok was to be
shot in the back, holding aces and eights in a card
game in Deadwood, North Dakota.
Arizona. Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma. I'tah, Washington,
and Wyoming had not been admitted to the I'nion.
Queen Victoria was in her 33rd year as reigning
monarch of Great Britain with 2 1 more years to go.
General John J. Pershing was nine years old.
Rajph Waldo Emerson was still writing poetry and
such giants of history as Thoilias A. Ed_i.soo, Alexan
der Graham Bell, Cyrus McCormick, Samuel F. B.
Morse, Oliver Wendell HolmeS, General George A.
Custer and General Robert E. Lee were still active,
Henry Ford was seven years old.
The cash register had not been invented, nor had
such useful items as celluloid, disc cultivators, auto
mobile engines, graphophone,. maga zine guns, incan
descent lamps, the typewriter, motorcycles or the
movie machine.
Even the fountain pen had not been invented, or
the phonograph. The telephone was six years away.
Trolley cars were unknown and barbed wire still had
four years to wait before being invented.
Yes, 96 years is a long time. This newspaper has
-recorded weekly. and more recently, semi-weekly, his
tory as it happened in the area it serves. As. intend
ed by it's founders, today's management and staff
have dedicated themselves to the continuation of this
service.
NEW MODERN OFFSET PRESSES NOW
IN USE BY THE FRANKLIN TIMES IN
ITS MODERN PLANT ON BICKETT BLVD.
THE PRESS ALSO "PRINTS f NUMBER OF
OUT-OF-TOWN NEWSPAPERS.
Two Injured
Rescue workers lift small compact car In photo iBovn ^arly Monday morning to fr?t
trapped NEgro teacher. ThE accident occurrsd at Harris Crossroads on Highway 401 south
of Louisburg wh?n Annifi Jean Wilson, N/f/23, of Raleifch, science teacher at Riverside
School here, lost control and ran off the highway, overturning the vehicle, Peggy J. Sloan,
N/1/20, bookkeeper-secretary at the school, of Raleigh, was a passenger. Both women
were Injured and taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital and later transferred to Wake Memor
lal. -Staff Photos by Clint Fuller.
74 Approved
Welfare Department Processes
184 Food Stamp Applicants
The Franklin County Welfare
Department has processed 184
applicants for the Food Stamp
Program, as of last Wednes
day, according to Mrs. Jane
M. York, Director of Welfare.
These applications Involved 973
persons, Mrs. York reports.
Of this number, anly 74 have
thus far been approved lnvolv
Local Negro
Shooting Victim
A 29-year-old Loulsburg Ne
gro man Is In serious condition
In Veteran'* Hospital In Durham
today, following a shooting
spree here earlySaturday even
ing.
- Clarence (Jason) S tailings,
N/m/29, was shot In the face
with a. .12 gauge shotgun blast
around t:30 p.m. at the home
of Floyd Wood, N/m, on Perry's
Street here.
Willie (Popblll) Thomas, N/
m/28, reportedly shot Stalllngs
following an argument. Thomas
claims he did so In self defense:
Loulsburg Police Officers
Earl Tharrlngton and Thurston
Bottoms Investigated the Inci
dent. ? .... ,,
lng 441 persons In the house
holds of the applicants.
Twenty-four have been reject
ed concerning 128 {Arsons, and
another 86 are pending, await
ing verified Information on in*
C6m*. These Involve 404 per
sons. ' '' i
Mrs. York explained that her i
department has been rushed
with applicants, and long lines
may be seen at the office the
four days each week when pro
cessing is taking place. As
many, as 85 persons have filled
the halting room, which norm
ally would accommodate fifteen
to twenty at most.
The Director pointed out that
this Is a continuing program,
and processing will continue
until all eligible have been In
terviewed. Everyone need not
gain certification at once. Some
reports sty there have been
people waiting as early as
4:30 a.m. i
The procedure, according to
Mrs. York, la to ask all prea
ent If they have with them |
verification of their Income.
Those who do not have thla i
Information are given forms
to take to their employers or
someone In the community fa- l
miliar with their Income for i
verification. These people are <
told to come back later.
The department Is attempting
to process around thirty appli
cants per day. The Program
officially begins on March 1 In
Franklin County, and 93 grocers
have gained approval as stamp
collection stores. The stamps
themselves are expected to ar
rive at local banks wlthlh the
next few days.
Meeting
Sam R>pe, U. S. Department
of Agriculture official working
here to aid In setting up the
Food Stamp Program, has an
nounced a final make-up meet
ing Thursday afternoon for any
grocers In the area who failed
to attend the two previous meet
ings held here. f
Pope announced a meeting for
2 p.m. Thursday afternoon In
the meeting room of the Ftrst
Cltlzens Bank h Trust ' Co.
building on Blckett Blvd. He
urged any food merchant who
has not attended the other meet
ing to be present for this final
session.
It was also announced that
93 grocery store operators have
been approved to handle stamps
customers, with a number of
others awaiting Interviews.
I
Jaycees
Planning
Pageant
s The Loulsburg Jaycees have
beguh their plans for this year's
Miss Loulsburg Pageant, ac
cording to Bill O'Neal, Ribllcl
ty CbalrmkrKfor this year's
event. \
The Pageant datfe.. Is tenta
tively set for sometime lr
April, and local Jaycees' ar*
In the process right no* a
contacting prospective con
testants and their Pageant
book advertisers.
W. A. Peoples Is Pageant
Chairman this year, and he
stated, "We expect a larger
turnout for this year's per
formance and a much better
pageant."
Locals Aid
In College
Concert Plans
The 1966-67 Friends of th(
College concert series atNortl
Carolina State University has
begun Its membership di^lve,
which will continue throng!
March 15. The series will
offer performances by the Na
tional Orchestra of Belgium,
the American Ballet Theatre,
Anna Moffo - Richard Tucker,
Jose Greco and His Spanish
Dance Company, Arthur Field
er and a Pops Concert, pianist
Van Cllburn, and the Concert
gebouw Orchestra of Amster
dam.
Interested concert-goers
should place orders for seasor
tickets before the March 15th
deadline. . No memberships will
be sold after that date, and nc
admissions to Individual con
certs will be offered.
The Friends of the College
Is the largest concert series
In the United States. Current
membership exceeds 16,000 and
a budget exceeding $115,000.
Concerts are given In the
WlUiam Neal Reynolds Coli
seum on the North Carolina
State University campus.
Each concert is given on two
or three evenings to accom
modate patrons comfortably and
to allow for optimum sound
effects. - t
Local patrons may contact
Allen de Hart at the College, or
Mrs. James Clayton, In Loulp
burg, or Mrs. Richard Whitfield
In Frankllnton for tickets and
Information.
Addition
In the list of Franklin County
students making the Honorable
Mention List at Loulsburg Col
lege for the fall semester, the
name of George Thomas Over
ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L,
Overton, Route 1, Henderson,
N. C., was omitted through er
ror. .i ?
Not many workers overlook
the approach of a holiday, ,
Emotions are valuable, but
civilization teaches self-con
trol.
County Records First
Highway Fatality In
Head-On Crash Saturday
, A grinding head-on collision
, Saturday night near Jackson's
r pond seven miles east of Louls
Hjrg resulted In the first hlgh
way^fatallty In Franklin County
this yfew. Six other persons
were Injured, two seriously.
William Lonce (Bay) Rich
ardson, N/m/27, Rt. 4, Louls
burg, driver of the 1956 Ford
involved, was killed instantly
when his car hit a 1963 Ford,
reportedly driven by Lucy Anne
Blackman, N/f/25, Rt. 4, Louls
burg, around 9:15p.m. Saturday
night on Highway 581 east of
Maplevtlle.
Riding In the Richardson car
were: Jerry Richardson, N/
m/23, Charlie Trader, N/m. -
23. and Ollte Alston. N/W2T.
, all of Louis burg, Rt. 4. Trader
, was Injured seriously, and his
: condition was described as
"poor" when transferred from
[ Franklin Memorial Hospital to
I Duke late Saturday night. The
. other two men suffered minor
, Injuries.
Riding In the Blackman car
\ were: Martha Williams, N/
Alford Speaks
To Epsom -~
: Lions Club
1 Mr. J. B. Alford, DlstrlctSu
pervlsor of the N. C, Highway
1 Department, was guest speaker
at the meeting of the Epsom
Lions Club on Thursday night.
Mr. Alford spoke about the
progress of North Carolina
roads since their beginning and
discussed what, I fin bond Issue
will mean In terms of better
roads locally.? ?
The regular .semi-monthly
meeting was held In the Edu
cation Building of Liberty
Christian Church at Epsom,
with Kenneth Fuller, president,
presiding over the meeting.
About twenty-four Lions were
present
Notice 4
Any pafent residing In the
Frankllnton Township School
District who has a child who
will be 6 years old on or before
October 15, 1966 Is asked to
call Mr. Whit Shearln at Frank
llnton 494-2332 before March 4.
Prayer Day
The World Day of Prafer will
be held Friday, February 25,
at 10 a.m. at St. Paul's Epis
copal Church. It Is Jointly
sponsored by the local Metho
dist, Baptist, and Episcopal
churchwomen In Loulsburg.
The offering will go to the
United Church Women's mls
slon school* abroad and migrant
ministers In this country.
t/29, "and Lucy Collins, N/f/
32. Doth received minor In
juries. The Blackman woman
was reported to be seriously
injured and was taken to Duke
Hospital in Durham.
Jerry Richardson and Alston
were taken to Franklin County
jail following the accident, by
Sheriff Deputy Dave Batten,
charged with shooting at a place
operated by Norman Perry,
N/m, near Louisburg. The two,
with the dead man and Trader,
had reportedly "shot-up" Per
ry's plac^ Just a short time
prior to the accident with a
.410 gauge shotgun. The stock
less weapon was found in the
wreckage of the Richardson car.
State Trooper D. C. Day, ln
vestigatlng officer, reported
that the cause of the accident
was Richardson having crossed
the yellow center line Into the
patli of the Blackman car. Both
automobiles were extensively
damaged. The Richardson car
was thrown down a deep em
bankment, and Loulsburg Res
cue Service members had a
difficult time freeing the In
jured man and later in extract-,
lng the body of the driver.
This was the first fatality
on Franklin COuinty highways
this year. Six persons were
killed In the county last year,
for a new low in recent years.
Fourteen met death or^ local
highways in 1964.
The first fatality occurred last
year on January 10 and the
second on May 7.
Commissioners
Award
Contracts
The Franklin County Board of
Commissioners met in special
session last Wednesday and
awarded contracts In two pro
jects Involving county-owned
buildings.
"The Board declared Bran
nan's Sheet Metal and Roofing
of Nashville, N. C., to be low
bidder on roof repairs for the
Ben Franklin Boarding Home
and awarded the company with
a contract for such repairs at
a cost of $3995.00. Of the four
specified type shingles bldded
upon, the Board selected 290#
Self-sealing Class *'Cn asphalt.
Wheeler Exterminating Com
pany of Klnston was awarded
contracts for pest control of
ithe Franklin County Library
butWirtg on Justice Ave. at a
cost of $180.00 and the Old
Welfare Building on Market
St., soon to be used as the
Tax Collector's office, at a
cost of $175.00.
^Ghatter is a very expressive^
word when applied to some con
versations.
One Dead , Six Injured
Body of William Richardson, N/m/27, Rt. 4, Loulsburg, lie* beneath sheet In top photo
shortly after he was killed Instantly Saturday nlfht In a headkon collision near Jackson's
Pond. This Is the first highway fatality of the year for Franklin County. Six others were
Injured, two seriously. Loulaburg Rescue members Kyle Prince, left, and Bryant fest
are shown after the local service organization removed the injured. Lower photo shows
second car Involved In ^Hch driver was seriously Injured. -Staff Photos by Clint Fuller,