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97th Year ? Number 2 (Ten Cents) Loutsburg. N. C-. Thursday,, February 24. 1966 (Ten Pages Today) Gold Sand 71 - Epsom 58 (SEE MORE TOURNAMENT ON PAGE 6) Semi-Finals Start Tonight In County Basketball Tourney The Franklin County basket ball tournament moves to the halfway point tonight as play In the semi-finals begins. Six of the league's fourteen teams have been eliminated in the 'Veek-long event. Wednesday night's double header resulted In wins for the v Bunn girls over Gold Sand and the Louisburg boys toppled Ed ward Best. Tuesday night, Ed ward Best girls defeated Fr^wK-^ linton as the- buzzer ,-sOutxied and Gold SAnd bopr edged Ep som. / The Ei/som girls meet the Edward /Best girls in tonight's semi-final first game and the Youngsfville conference champs take /on Bunn in the second. The /latter promises to be a rea / dog-fight. Bunn is the only team to win over the Phan toms this season. /The Crowds have been large and enthusiastic thus far The /closest game was of course, / the Edward Best- Frank linton / girls and vlelng for the poorest / game thus far is the Gold Sand Loulsburg girls contest Mqnday jL night. The Louisbuj-g-Edward Best boys game Wednesday night runs a close second, and the Youngsvllle-Epsom girls game might win the distinction. Things are about the same as in past years. The clock has been moved to the front of the Paul Elam gym and new Si bleachers, stretching wall to Wall are getting fan approval. Pretty Louisburg cheerleaders are sportipg Impressive badges* I designating them as "Hos i tesses." The Louisburg Athletic Boos ters are in charge o'f the doors and concessions and are doing their traditional fine job. The | Louisburg Police are. doing an excellent Job of handling the many cars, .*tid the Rescue Service IVon hand, as always, ready-to render aid when need Several ^youngsters have got ten separated from . their parents or vice versa, the pop corn venders still manage to be right in front of you when the crucial basket is shot and nobody can \\p*r the buzzer this year either. Ask the Frank* linton i^e<5ach about the buzzer. Play resumes tonight with the "Epsom- Edward Best girls at 7 p.m. and the Bunn-Youngs ville boys at 8:30 p.m. The finals in the girls division will be played Friday at 8:30 p.m. pitting the wfnner of .tonight's girls game, against Bunn for the Championship. The boys finals will come. Sat* urday night with the winrwf'of tonight's Bunn-Youngsyille tilt meeting the winner Friday's Gold Sand-Louisburg game. Tippett Attends Recreation Meeting Wallace Tippett, Louisburg businessman and a member of t^e North Carolina Recreation Commission, attended the Com mission's celebration of its 21st Anniversary in' Raleigh th?s week. ^ Tippett was appointed to the (Commission last year by Gov ernor Dan Moore. He was the Governor's county campaign manager in 1964. The Louisburg politician was honored by being appointed to escort the Governor into the meeting and was introduced to the gathering as "The Gover nor's choice." Tippett reported that the Com mission, meeting in the Sir Walter Hotel, sp?>nt th** morning Monday hearing a review of the past history of the state agency, and the afternoon was spent In discussing the future of the Commission Tippett was appointed earlier this year to be Chairman of the Budget and Finance Com mittee. of the Commission by Chairman Charles S. Hubbard. Following the ^.meeting, the announcement was made of a $6 1/2 million recreation com plex at Hall's Point near At lantic, N. C. The Commis sion met in official conference from 8:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. Monday. Louisburg Police Chief Announces For Sheriff 's Race Veteran Louisburg Police j Chief William 6 Dement an nounced today that he will enter the race for Sheriff of Franklin County in the coming May 28th Democratic Primary The an nouncement, rumored for months, make the law enforce ment officer the second to an nounce for the race Incumbent Sheriff Joseph W Champion announced a few weeks ago that he would seek reelection to the post Dement, in his announcement, said, "I have 'been engaged in law enforcement work for the past 16 years, as Township Constable, Deputy Sheriff and for the past ten years as Chief of the Louisburg Police 'De partment.' ' He continued, "I feel that my experience In this type of work will enable me to best serve all of the people of Franklin 'County. My only promise to the voters of our county Is to work constantly and diligently to lower our crime rate and to make our county a better place In which to live." Dement, 42, and a native of Franklin County, is a graduate of W. R. Mills High School here and has attended several S.B.I and F.B.I. Schools, in cluding courses on Finger prints, Arson, Narcotics and Juvenile Delinquency. He Is married to the"former Virginia (Snookle) Leonard of Louisburg. They have five children, Carol, u Junior at the University of North Carolina; Patricia, a second-year studerit at Louis burg College, Billy, a .senior at Louisburg High School; Mike, a sixth grader; and Kim, a sec ond grader at Louisburg. Dement, who served as Deputy Sheriff under former Sf ieriff Willis Perry, is a ptti'mber of Hill King Methodist Church, the Louisburg 'Masonic Lodge, Franklin County- Firemen's As sociation, Louis.bu'rg Volunteer Fire Department, and is Chair man of the Franklin County Peace Officer's Association William T. Dement Local Prexy In Jaycee Book The Junior Chamber of Com merce of Louisburg, North Carolina, announced today that Charles M. Davis, president of the loca-1 organization, has been selected for Inclusion In the 1966 edition of Outstanding Young Men of America. Davis was .nominated earlier this year by the Jaycee Chapter and has been selected by a thirteen man Natlonaf Board of Editors for the publication. Doug Blankenshlp, Past U. S. Jaycee Resident (1962-63) who Is sPrSniK as chairman of the Board, stated that men were selected between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-six who "had distinguished themselves In one or more fields of en deavor to the point of being outstanding." Outstanding Young Men of America Is an annual biographi cal -compilation of approxi mately 1*0,000 young men of outstanding rank throughout the country. Nominees for the book come from many sources. How ever, the majority of the nomi nations are made by Junior Chamber of Commerce Chap National Magazine Article Critical Of Franklin County An article In the FebrtiaTy 25 issue of Tj^pe, a national ma gazine, makes ^rltical refer ence to Franklin County In a report ojKClvll Mights. Under the Heading: P' Bending the Guidelines,*' Time says: "Many Negroes have been de terred from sending their child ren to white schools by fear of economic and physical re taliation. In Franklin Coun ty, N. C., when the local Charles Davis \ ters and College Alumni Asso* clatlons Davis is a Loulsburg attorney and Is attorney for the Frank lin County Board of Commis sioners He is President of the Young Democratic Club. He is married to the former Martha Freeman, and they have two children. Epsom Housewife To Be Charged In Husband's Death An Epsom housewife is ex pected to be charged with mur der today in the shotgun death of her husband Wednesday af ternoon around*5:15 p.m. Franklin Sheriff Joseph W. Champion said this morning that his Investigation into the dejth will continue today ajid that he expects to charge Mrs. Minerva Overton Aysc u e, around 50, Rt 1 Henderson, with murder Mrs Ays cue allegedly shot her husband, Robert Thomas Ayscue, 52, In the right leg as he entered the back porch of their home In the Epsom Community late Wednesday afternoon. Sheriff Champion quoted the woman as saying. 'I didn't mean to shoot him. 1 only wanted to scare him 1 didn't even know my finger was on the trigger." The victim was shot In the upper leg. He was taken to Maria Parham Hospi tal in Henderson" by his wife "newspaper published names and addresses of 61 Negro children who applied at.. white schools, crosses were burned on their families' lawns and bullets fir ed Into their homes." "The article obviously was written without checking the facts," Times Editor Clint Fuller said today. "There was only one cross burned, 38 days after the names of the students appeared In this newspaper. The addresses were never pub lished at any time." investigating officers ex pressed doubts following the shooting at two Moulton homes of Negroes that the Incident was ^connected with school ap plications, Fuller pointed out. The only cross burning report ed was one burned 75 yards fronl the home of Rev Luther Coppedge on Ht. 4. The resi dents of the two homes at Moul ton, Irene Arrlngton, Sanely Jones and Rev Coppedge, are parties In the current suit brought against the Franklin County Board of Education seeking to enter 20 children Into 'scflools of their choice. The Time article refers to other southern regions and re lates to- present administration efforts to get tougher on the desegregation of southern schools. OES To Meet William B. Barrow Chapter No. 39, OES, will hold a Regu lar meeting on Tuesday, March 1st, at 7:30 p.m. The annual election of officers will be held at this time All members are urged to attend. ami brother-in-law. He died shortly after reaching the hos pital from loss of blood. Sheriff Champion stated that Mrs. Ayscue told him she was afraid of her husband and showed bruises on her leg, which she said her husband put there earlier this week. ^ The murder weapon was Iden tified as a .410 gauge shotgun. Deputy Sheriff Tom Powell Is assisting Sheriff Champion In the Investigation. Both Cham pion and' Coroner James Ed wards were summoned to the Henderson hospital by. officials there k?st night" following the death of the victim Funeral arrangements for^ Ayscue were incomplete this morning. Land Dispute May * Be Near Settlement The long hassle between the vTown of Loulsburg and W. G. Lancaster, local businessman over a piece of land on Blckett Blvd at the Intersection of High way Is nearthg a settlement, according to a reliable source connected* with the case. The dispute which has waged for several years had its day In civil court here this week when the Town's suit for an injunction was heard. The suit entered sometime ago was de signed to prevent Lancaster from filling in the land in question. It was reported that the Town failed to prove ownership of the property in court this week and took, a non-suit on the In junction Lancaster, according to reports, has earlier filed a counter-suit claiming owner ship of the land. The Town Council met Tues day without taking any action 1st Federal Holds Board Meet Here The Board of Directors of First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Rocky Mount held Its February meeting In Louls burg Tuesday afternoon, Feb ruary 22, In the conference room of the new office at 202 N Main Street. The following Directors were In "attendance: Henry Gregory, President and Director; R. D. Wlmberley, Senior Vice-Presi dent and. Director; J. B. Brew er, Jr., Julian B. Fenner, Jake L Rosenbloom, Alfred L. Stan di, A. P. Thorp) 111, and John A. Vann, Jr Meeting with the Directors were: Grahan?" C Kennedy, First Vice-President; Helen Druhnmond, Vice-President and Secretary - Treasurer; R. C. W Instead, Assistant Vice President and Loan Officer, and Norma T. Cuthrell, As sistant Secretary-Treasurer of the Rocky Mount home office. Frank A. Read, Jr., Vice President and Manager of the Loutsburg office, also met with the Directors. "? During the meeting, the DU rectors reviewed the' entire Loulsburg operation, and See MEETING Page 6 rWl r-fe ? 1" the matter, although the case was discussed with E. F. Yar t*>rough, attorney for the Town 4 In the case. Another special rt'eetffig Wednesday by the Council resulted In a motion of compromise being made by Councilman Jonah Taylor. Taylor's motion, passed unanimously, stated: "That Mr. Lancaster pay all expense In curred by Town In connection with the litigation, not to ex ceed $f;000. The Town re serving a 20 ft. easement, 10 ? on each side of <>*lstlng sewer lines with the right of Ingress, egress and regress to maintain, repair and replace existing sewer lines. In event that said offer of compromise Is not accepted by defendant attorney E. F. Yarborough Is authorised to proceed with ne cessary defense." Councilman S. C. Foster seconded Ihe mo tion. A source close to Lancaster cast doubt today that the com promise would l>e accepted. However, one town official stat ed he belleved^Mnx matter was nearlng a settlement: The dispute arose several years ago when Lancaster pur chased land on filckett Blvd. a i*l began building a funefai home. The Town sent officers to the scene to stnp Lancaster from occupying the disputed land Lancaster, It was re ported purchased the land from Charlie Ford and the late Charles p. Green who had ob tained this arel other nearby land from the Green Estate. Lanc aster claimed at that time and reportedly, sttl | contends that his deed Is valid. The Town, holding an older deed because of the sewer line and facilities on, the land, claimed they were Ihi- rightful owners Brother Of Local Attorney Dies Brarttly Jolly, 40, of Ayden, N. C., -brother of Loulsburg attorney Wilbur Jolly, died this . morning; In a Durham hospital. He had lx>en 111 for several months. . Jolly, a graduate of Wake Forest College, Is survived by his widow, a 13 -year-old daugh ter and a 4-year-old son. Fun eral services are Incomplete. To Players And tans , loung And Old 9 I he loUrnament Is Always An Experience lo nemember < ' * * -1 r . _______ l L "Pay Attention, Now" Safety Patrol Cutie "Smile, We're Winning" "Who Cares?" Box Seats . Cost Extra . "My Team Wpn" "Mine Didn't" * ? un, me, nny a He Do That?"
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