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Published Every Tuesday & Thursday The Franklin Times Serving All Of Franklin County (Ten Cents) (Si* Peg's Today) Lpuisburg. N C , Tuesday. March 15. 1966 97th Vear-Numbsi 7 Yotmgsville Seniors Wiley Brown, left, and Lin Gre'en are shown above after receiving the District III Runnerup Trophy at Rocky 'Mount Saturday night. Phanton Coach Larry Lindsey looks on at left. Mr. M. W. Weaver, Assistant Nash County Superintendent and Tournament Chairman, is shown at right. Red Oak won the championship in overtime. ' i ' -Staff Photo by Clint Fuller. 8:44 P, M. Saturday In Basketball, The End Came (SEE GAME STORIES PAGE 6) by Clint Kullcr It was 8:44 P.M. Saturday night And the end came. The 1966 basketball season was over. Actually, for all practical purposes it had ended 1:15 earlier as Rober Simp son of Red Oak made good on a foul shot to put the Red Devils ahead of f ranklin's Yotmgsville Phantoms in the district tournament. Spirited Youngsville, ranked fourth in Class A High School eagers most of the year, ' surprised the capacity crowd gathered at the Rocky Mount Senior Iligh'School Gym, as they held the highly tutored Tom Ennis of Red Oak scoreless for 2.S minutes of the 32 minute contest Saturday night, in"the championship game for District III. Hut tht Phantoms, certainly a bright spot in the closing season, were not the only highlight of the year. The underrated l.ouisburg Bulldogs, came on strong at the end of the regular season and played like veterans to win over Edward Best, (jold Sand and Youngsville to cop their first County Tournament championship in IS years. Like the Phantoms, they too gained the admiration of the fans at Rocky Mount as they downed South Granville and Murfreesboro before falling to Youngsville in Friday's semifinals. Franklin County fans have expressed their pride in both their teams. This was illustrated by the capacity crowd from Kranklin traveling each night to fill the huge gym. The Phantoms won over Wakelon, Coopers and l.ouisburg before falling in overtime to the undefeated Red Oak eagers . >oungsvil!e finished the season with a 26-3 overall record. l.ouisburg finished with a record of 16-10. Singleton Withdraws, Field Open For Speed, Drake Henderson Mayor Carroll V. Singleton has announced his withdrawal from the Sixteenth District House race, due to pressing business develop * ments which, require his time, according to an announcement this weekend. Singleton announced several weeks ago as a candidate for the House from the district made up of Franklin, Warren and, )Vance Counties. His with drawal leaves only two candi dates' for the two seats allotted to the district. Incumbents James D. Speed of Franklin and Wilton R. Drake of Warren are now unopposed In the race. The complete teixt of Single ton's announcement follows: "Since making my announce ment to run for nomination for . the Houiif of Representatives In Vance, Franklin and Warren Couhtles, business develop Feafures Spring \ Dance The Jr. Woman's Club is iichorinir thp arrival of Soring with their Semi-Annual Dance at the Loulsburg ArmorySatur day night, March 19. Couples will whirl from 8 to 12 p.m. The Highlighters will play, and tickets may be bought from any club member or call Mrs. Wllsop Clay, Ticket Chairman. Get up a crowd and come on to the Armory and enjoy a good dance with the Jr. Woman's Club of Loulsburg. me\its have created additional demands on my time. Our firm, Carroll V. Singleton A Associates, has just entered into an agreement to develop an Industrial park in Raleigh and is negotiating on one In Charlotte. "Business demands, in ad dition to my duties as Mayor of Henderson and as a member of the North Carolina Real Es tate Licensing- Board, have led me, regretfully, to the decision that I should withdraw from this race. It appears that I would not have the time to serve in the legislature in the manner In which the people of the three counties would have theyigM to expect. ? "Vt some time within the next Jew years, I expect to again be a candidate for the General Assembly, or some other State office." _ Bloodshed Boxscone RALEIGH- - The Motor Vehicles Department's report of highway deaths and injuries for the period from 4 p.m. Fri day, until 4 p.m. Monday: Kiiled ... 20 Injured (rural > lis Killed this year 266 Killeyd to date last year ?6l Injured in 1965 ..... . 50,053 Injured in 1964 49,021 ? I I Named For Governor s bcnooi Eight nominees for the Gov ernor's School have1 been sub mitted from Franklin County High Schools, i Frqm the group nominated throughout the state approximately four hundred tal ented students will be selected by the State Department of Pub lic Instruction to attend the school to be held In Winston Salem from June 2b to Aug ust 5 of this year. Criteria for the selection of these students Include an 1. Q. score of 125 or better, an ac ceptable overall grade average. a high scholastic rank wlthlr his class and demonstrated In telligence, Interest and ap titude. Students can be nomi nated only from the rising Junloi and senior classes. All high schools In the count] were given an opportunity tc make nominations. The follow ing are the nominees: James Berger of fcoulsburg, Johr Mitchell of Youngsvllle, Jam Johnson of Edward Best Mary Leigh Ayscue and Linda Jo Ayscue of Epsom, Tony Gup ton of Gold Sand, and Vicky Baker and Judy Wheless of Bunn. Those selected by the State Department to attend the school will be notified on or about May 10. Students from Franklin County who have attended the Gover nor's School In the past are Rennle May and Connie Wil liams of Edward Best and Jane McKlnne of Ldulsburg. Association Split On Saturday Bank Closing Issue The Loulsburg Business As sociation Board of Directors learned the results of the recent polling of members on the pro posed Saturday bank closing in a special meeting here Mon day afternoon-. The Board was told by Mrs. Juanlta Pleasants, Executive Secretary, that of the sixty some polled, seventeen voted against the closing, fourteen reported they favored the pro posal, and three said they didn't have an opinion. The poll was taken last week after several members had re quested it, according to the Association. The local First Citizens Bank & Trust Com pany has applied to the State Ranking Commission for per mission to clos^ all day on Saturdays beginning April 16. Brooks Young Young Files For Board Brooks W Young, fornjer County Commissioner, paid his filing fee Friday to Elec tions Board Secretary John King, as he entered the race for his old seat from Harris Dunn Townships. In making his announcement, Young stated, ''I look upon election to the Board of County Commissioners as a trust and opportunity for service. I know and love Franklin County, and I believe that I understand our problems and our opportuni ties.* ' \ v Young is the third candidate to announce for the position now held by Mrs. Jeanette P. Arnold, who was appointed to fill the unexpired term of her late husband, Chairman Claude A. Arnold. "Bunn buslnessman faTmer Derrell Mitchell and retired Bunn . businessman Frank Hinson are already in the race. Young said, "Immediate steps must be taken on the county level to aid and strengthen our agricultural agencies and to further develop and enlarge our Industrial opportunities, and my interest and experience In farming and business and In County government shpuld help me to be of service in Franklin County in supporting these pro grams." Young was County Commii sloner from District I for twelve consecutive years and served as chairman for six yean, including and prior to the in stalatlon of the rotating chair man procedure. He 1$ married to the former Lucille Perry of Franklin County and Is i. nativt of Harris Township. The Youngs have two sons, Daniel Wright, 25, pt Durham and Millard Perrin, 19, of thehomt. Young Is a member of th? Harris Chapel Baptist Church. Hearing Set Today In Car Theft A 27-year-old Rt 1, Youngs vllle, Negro man is slated (or a I hearing In Recorder's Court > today on charges of stealing a ? new 1966 Pontlac from the D 4 J i Pontlac-Olds Company on South 1 Main Street last Saturday-night. > Emellous Dunston was caught , In Zebulon Saturday night when a State Trooper halted the car to check on the dealer Uga. Chief William T. Dement of the Loulsburg Police Department said his department brought the man from Raleigh Monday ?nd placed him under $1,000.00 bond, charged with the felony of stealing a $4600 automobile. A hearing Is slated on the pro posal here next Monday. J Harold Talton, local bank official, was present at the meeting and explained the reas ons behind the proposal. Talton told the group that loss of ex perienced personnel in the past because of their going to flve day-a-week Jobs was the prime reason behind the move. He cited other localities as having either already closing on Satur days or having already applied to do so. Following, Talton* s explana tion, the' Board agreed th stand could be takei^MHht' Association in light vote on the issue. Som^me ru bers had advocated hiring an attorney to represent the busi nesses at the hearing, while others had pointed out that it is the business of the bank to decide their hours., A letter was ordered sent to Talton informing him of the decision not to oppose the ac tion nor to agree to it on the part of the Association. A similar letter is to be sent to each member explaining the details of the Board's decision. Hancock Seeks Senate Seat Wills Hancock of Oxford has announced his candidacy for the State Senate In the May Primaries and in the Novem ber election. He Is a candidate from the senatorial district comprised of Granville, Vance and Franklin Counties. Under the rotation system for senator, Granville will name the official for the 1967 Gener al Assembly. In the 1965 ses sion, Fred S. Royster of Hen derson served from the district, and in 1968 Franklin County will name the senatoju^ Hancock has a legislative record extending as far back as 1947, when he was elected to the House from Granville Coun ty. In the Interim years he has served several terms as St^te Senator. Hp is the son of form er Congressman Frank W. Han cock, of Oxford. While Vance Is in the Gran ville, Vance, Franklin sena torial district, the alignment Is slightly different under the new districting system for the House. . Franklinton Man Killed On Unfinished Race Track A 22-year-old Franklinton man died instantly Sunday morning around 10:30 a.m. when the 1959 Plymouth Station Wagon he was driving on an uncompleted Franklinton race track over turned. ? * Kurt H. Roth, employee of a Louisburg building firrh, was traveling around the oval dirt tract at about 55 miles per hour, According to an eye witness, when a rear tubeless tire pulled away from the rim, causing the loss of'a^r as though a blow-out had occurred. A passenger In the vehicle, Willie Arnold, 22, of Franklinton suffered minor rib injuries and was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital. His injuries are not believed to be serious. The incompleted .dirt track, located ?about two miles south of Franklinton on U. S. 1, Is to be known as the Franklinton Speedway and is to have a drag strip adjoining when com pleted sometime In April. Franklinton Attofn^y H. H. Senter, one of the track owners, stated that heavy equipment had been placed at the track to prevent anyone from going onto the unfinished area. He l>ointed out that unauthorized personnel were not allowed on the track 4 One eye ^witness said that he attempted to caution the dead youth against going onto the track but failed to stop him. . Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Wesleyan Methodist Church near Franklin ton. Burial followed in the church cemetery. He Is survived "by his wife, Mrs. Betty Jo Roth; his mother, Mrs. Betty Hagwood; his stepfather, John W. Hagwood; and two sisters, Veronica and Kathy Roth, all of "Franklinton; his grandfather, Daniel Honlg of Homburg, Germany, and his grandmother, Marie Roth of Germany. Reports say that another automobile overturned on the track late Sunday night, even though heavy equipment had l>een moved Into position to block entrance to the unfinished dirt oval. The driver Is reported to have fled from the scene, leaving the overturned car. Negro Enters District 4 School Race Joseph L. Strickland, Rt. 4, Louisburg Negro farmer, filed for the County Board of Edu cation last Saturday In the race from Cedar Rock-Gold Mine Townships. Strickland Is the first Negro to file for office In the upcoming May Demo cratic Primaries. The District is now repre sented by Board Chairman Mrs. T. H. Dickens of White Level, who has held the seat for the past 39 years. Strickland was a member of the NAACP Steering Committee during the 1963 school boycott held at Riverside, Cedar Street < and Maplevllle Schools In the Louisburg School District. He sat in several meetings with the Board while negotiations were going on at that time. Strickland is the first to an nounce^ for the District Board seat. Mrs. Dickens lias made no public statement as to her intentions. In the LOulsburg Cypress Creek Township Dis trict, now represented by Clint Fdiler on the Bo^rd, Walter Ball, Rt 1, Louis buW farmer, has filed. Fuller ha\ not an nounced his intentions. Other fliers in the past few days include James H. Ed wards, who had previously an nounced for reelection as Franklin County Coroner, and former County Commissioner Brooks W. Young, who Is run ning for his old seat from Harris^Dwin Township. Weather Occasional rain and cooler today. Wednesday, decreasing cloudiness, moderate tempera tures. Low today, 48; high, 60. State School Boards Meet At Franklinton Several hundred regional school officials met In Frank Unton last Thursday afternoon and evening for the annual Dis trict VI State School Boards Association Convention. A number of outstanding edu catlonai speakers appeared on the program. Dr. Richard Whitfield of the Frankllnton City School Board and President of the As sociation ^presided over the meetings. Frankllnton Mayor Joe Pearce delivered the wel coming speech Thursday after noon In the school auditorium. The afternoon session fea tured an address by Robert J. Marley of the State Department of Public Instruction. He spoke Frankllnton Mayor Joe Pearce 1* shown abort welcoming the group attending the District VI State School R>ards Meeting held at Frankllnton High School last week. "Dr. picfcerd Whitfield, a member of the Frankllnton City School Board and President of the Association, Is shown at right.' -Staff Photo by Clint Fuller. v on the Implementation ' of the Elementary, Secondary Educa tion Act. Dr. Zane E. gargle, Ass|stant Superintendent of Durham County Schools, spoke on Educational Programs Fund ed through the Office of Eco nomic Opportunities. T. N. Stephens, former Frankllnton Ye??Monal teacher, spoke on the Vocational ~ Education Pro grams. Stephens Is now with the State Department as 'a Supervisor. O. L. Searing gave the final afternoon address, speaking on the Important Changes , In the Federal School Lunch Program. He Is State Supervisor of School Food Ser vices. Mrs. Wlllard Marley of the Durham County Board of Edu cation was elected Incoming President of the Association In the session. She has served as Vice President m the past two years. Joel T. Cheatham, Jr., Chair man of the Henderson City School Board, was named Vice President. Mrs. T. H. Dick ins, Chairman of the Franklin County Board of Education, was Chairman of the Nominating Committee. , Mrs. Florence E. Sutfihln, Educational Consultant, Winter Haven Lions Research Foun dation, was the featured speak er at the evening session. Clyde A. Erwln, Jr., Executive Secre tary of the Asioctatlon, gave his report at the afternoon ses sion, and the B. F. Person Albion High School Glee Club of Frankllnton supplied the mu sic at the dinner meeting.
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