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The Franklin Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving Alt Of Franklin County -|-e| ?Y 6-3283 (Ten Cents) x . Louisburg. N C , Tuesday. March 29, 1966 (Six Pages Today) 97th Year? Number 11 i> * ? ? 1 ^ ?????? i Weekend Marred With Accidents , Thefts And Shooting Third Fatality A rash of week-end automo bile accidents, a burglary and a shooting, plus two car thefts kept local officials and State Troopqjs_ on the go. Franklin County recorded Its third high way fata^ty, half of last year's total, when Fred Perry, 25 year-old Henderson, Rt. 1, Ne gro, was killed Instantly In a two-car accident one mile south of Epsom. Officers reported that Perry was traveling at a high rate of speed when his car left the road on the left, re-entered tbe highway and rolled over and flipped end ovej end several times. Perry was thrown from the vehicle. A second car Involved In the accident netted an undeter mined Injury to Lonnle Barnes, 34, Epsom Negro. State Troop er Kearney said Perry might have survived had his converti ble been equipped with seat belts. The accident occurred on N. C. 39 around 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Escapes Injury A passenger In the 1963 Ford, driven by a wounded Viet Nam veteran, received a broken leg when the car left the highway on State Rural 1707 west of Bunn last Thursday night around 11:30 p.m. Johnny Mack Tant, w/m/19, of Rt. 1, Loulsburg was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital for treatment. Melvln Lewis Bell, w/m/21, Rt. 2, Zebulon, home on leave having been wounded In the arm and head In Viet Nam, was the driv er of the vehicle, according to State Trooper James Byrd. Earl Bell, w/m/20, Rt. 1, Zebu lon, and the driver received minor injuries. The car was demolished when It landed in a creek. An Aiken, S. C., car dealer escaped injury last Friday morning around 10 a.m. when the 1961 Falcon he was driving and another like model being towed overturned on U. S. 1 five miles south of Frankllnton. Cecil Owen Renew, w/m/40, told Trooper D. C. Day the two vehicles began to weave when he met an oncoming truck. Re new lost control and both cars overturned. A 19-year-old Frankllnton woman escaped injury when the car she was driving ran off State Rural Road 1116 south of Frankllnton Sunday afternoon around 1 p.m. and struck a bridge abutment. Gale Win ston Parker, 16, Ramey Circle, Frankllnton, was not injured. Damage to the' car and bridge was estimated at $350.00. Last Friday morning around 7 a.m. Henry Fielding Mitchell, Rt. 1, Klttrell, pulled his 1964 Chevrolet onto State Rural 1239 Into the path of a 1966 Chevro let driven by fharles Burch Fort, a salesman for National Biscuit Company, near Rocky Ford. Both cars were exten sively damaged, and Fort suf fered a minor leg injury. Trooper D. C. Day charged Mitchell with falling to see that movement could be made in safety. Home Entered During Church Hours The Henry K. Baker home near Pearce's was burglarized Sunday morning between 9:45 a.m. and 11 a.m., accord ing to Franklin County Sheriff Joseph W. ?Champion. Sheriff Champion estimated the loss at between $1200 and $1500 In old Jewelry, cash and bonds. The thieves broke open a safe In the Baker home and removed some old rings, bracelets and watches from a Jewelry bo* plus an undisclosed amount of bonds and cash. Sheriff Champion said his de partment Is continuing Its in vestigation and that he has some leads. Wife Shoots Husband Earlene Bumper, Negro, of Route 1, Loulsburg shot and wounded her husband Sunday morning around 11:30 a.m. at their home near Cash's Store between Loulsburg and Youngs vllle, according to Sheriff Jo seph W. Champion. James C. Bumper, N/m/39, was shot in the legs and taken by the Loulsburg Rescue Serv ice to Franklin Memorial Hos pital. He was later transferred to Duke Hospital In Durham. Reports say that Bumper had beaten his wife Saturday night while drinking, and when he re turned home Sunday In a drunk en condition and began to threat ,n her again, she shot him. Weather Sunny and cold today. Low, 28; high, 55. Wednesday, partly cloudy and continued rather cool. 3 Injured Near Frank I in ton WBRii Near Rocky Ford Shirley Jean Upchurch Youngsville Senior First Pageant Contestant Miss Shirley Jean I pchurch, a senior. at Youngsville High. Sehool is the first announeed eontestant for this year's Jaycee Beauty Pageant. Miss I pchurch is 17^ years old, has blue eyes and blonde hair Her hobbies are dancing and singing and she lists, her favorite sport as basketball She is now or has been a bus monitor, a bus driver, member of the Youngs \ille K. H. A., 4-H, S. 0. S. Club: a Marshal. Librar\ Club and Glee Club.' She has been a member of the basketball team for four years. , \ She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs. y ajvin Jack I p church, Rt. 2. Frank lint on. The 1966 Miss Louisburg Pageant is scheculed for Saturday . April 23, in the College Auditorium If At First - Negro Caught Again With Stolen Car A 27-year-old Youngsvllle, Rt. 1, Negro man believes In :he old adage j that If at first you don't succeed, try, try again, according to reports from William T. Dement, Chief of Loulsburg'Tollce. Emellus Dunstcm rectrtved a hearing In court this past week on the theft of a 1966 Pontlac [rom the lot of D, & J. Pontlac Olds Co. here two weeks ago. He was placed under $500.00 bond and bound over toSuperlor Court by Recorder's Court Judge G. M. Beam, Sr. According to reports, last Friday night Dunston stole a 1952 Plymouth belonging to Floyd Walters from the D. & J. lot, where the car had been ASC Announces School Lunch Program Aid A program for the purchase ol sweetpotatoes for distribution to the School Lunch Program and other eligible outlets was announced today by W. B. Denny, State Executive Director for the North Carolina ASCS State of flce. Sweetpotatoes must b* of the "Porto Rlcan' ' type or varieties of slmllarva/fetal characteris tic*. They shall be washed and meet the requirements of U. S. No. 1 Grade, or better, as defined In "United States Stan dards for Gradei of Sweetpota toes," effective July 1,1983, ex cept that the tolerance allowed for sweetpotatoes affected by soft rot or wet breakdown shall not exceed 1 percent, and furth er, that no package shall exceed ' \ * 2 percent soft rot or wet break down , or 10 per cent total de fects, except that at least one defective and one offslze speci men may be permitted In any package. The sweetpotatoes shall be treated at time of packing with a 'fungicidal dip or spray suit able for the product In accor dance with tt\e manufacturers recommendation?, and must be Inspected by the Federal-State Inspection Service. The prtc* will be $2.50 per bushel, loaded on trucks at the option of U. S. D. A. at the point of purchase, for sweet potatoes purchased and accept ed under the program. Pur chases will he lftnltetfto g row See LUNCH Page 6 Owners Of First Citizens Bank Hold Waccamaw Stock Disclosure by L. A.' Tart, Dunn (N. C.) banker, in a hear ing last week in Richmond, Va., that the Holding Family, owners of First-Citizens Bank and Trust Co., also hold stock in Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co., has brought forth quite a stir In banking circles in the state. Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co., with the home office in Whitevllle, recently received approval of their petition to locate a branch here in Louis burg. The temporary trailer to house the facility until a permanent building can be con structed arrived here Monday. Flrst-Citiaens Bank and Trust Co has operated in Franklin County for many years with branches in Frankllnton and Louisburg and more recently In Bunn. Local banking officials de clined comment on the dis closure, but B. L. Nesmith, Jr., Chairman of the Wacca maw Board, reportedly said Saturday in Dunn, "Since there has been some mention In the press recently regarding the Holding family's ownership In the Waccamaw Bank and Trust Company, I would like to clari fy that with the permission of the Holding family. The num ber of Waccamaw shares pres ently owned by that family are as follows: Frank Holding, 965 shares; Lewis Holding, 885 shares; Robert Holding, Jr., 888 sharesj and their jrnoth-^ er, Mrs. Maggie Holding, 6,589 shares. "This makes a total of 9,332 taken for some repairs. Local police were searching for the vehicle Saturday. Saturday night, Dunston Is re ported to have again visited the parking lot of the firm and taken a new 1966 Oldsmobile. He reportedly removed the li cense plate from the Plymouth and attached It to the Olds. Dunston had been caught two weeks ago lri Zebulon when of ficers there stopped him to check a dealer's tag on the new car. He was again caught in Zebulon Sunday, this timedrlv Ing the new Olds with the Plymouth tags. The Plymouth was discovered parked along the {lighway near the County Line sectlonSunday, minus the license tags. Dunston is back In Jail today jnder $5,000.00 bond according :o ChWf Dement. Bloodshed , Boxscore Ralelgh--The Motor Vehicles Department'* summary of traf fic deaths through 10 a.m. Mon lay, March 28: " KILLED TO DATE ' 331 KILLED TO DATE LAST YEAR 312 shares out of a total uif 197, 340 shares outstanding, or less than 5 percent. Furthermore, no member of that family has ever been a member, of the Board of Directors of Wacca maw Bank and Trust Co., nor had any advice In Its manage ment." The connection between the two banking firms In Louis burg .ha>l been rumored since the first announcement by Wac camaw that It would seek to locate here. Flrst-Cltlien. did not oppose the Waccamaw application, presumably at the time because It preferred "friendly" competition to that of a national bank. The ownership In competing banks by the same family was brought to light in recent hear ings held In Richmond, Va., on appllcatloas by two national banks to establish branches In Dunn. It was In these hearings that the news of the Holdings' interest In other banks was revealed. ? ? A reliable source said the original ownership fame about due to Ihe close friendship be tween the late L. A. Tart, Sr., and the late R. P. Holding, Sr., both early Eastern NorthCaro llna bankers, who relied on each other in their early years. Holding's shares were left to his family at his death. One point which has focused statewide interest In the dis closures is that Lewis Holding is a member of Hie Stale Bank ing Commission. He was- an appointee of former Governor Terry Sanford but supported Governor Dan Moore In the 1964 race. Governor Moore released a statement Monday In which he said, "Ourtanktng laws pro vide lbat?f?n any member of the banking commission owns an Interest In any bank and a matter concerning that bank arises In the commission, the commissioner must disqualify himself and not take part lp the declslonv 1 think this Is a very wise procedure, Is cus tomarily done, and so far as I know, It has been followed over the years."' * The commission recently ruled on Waccamaw's appli cation to operate In Louisburg In competition with Flrst CltUensl While the point has not been clarified; It Is as sumed by the Governor's state ment that Commissioner Hold ing did not participate In that decision. Another decision, now pending before the commission, is the one on Flrst-Cltliens' ap plication to close all day on Saturdays. Not Included In the application, Waccamaw has In dicated they, too, will observe the Saturday closing once they are opened here. The First National Bank of Eastern North Carolina and Southern National Bank of North Carolina called Tart to the Richmond hearings as a witness to show that because of the dual ownership In the two Dunn banks, there had been no com petition there for twenty years, recording to press reports on Planning Immediate Start Youngsville businessman Archie Brown is shown above, right, with Cliff Barber, President and Chairman of the Board of Ben-Bar Electronics, Inc., who announced Monday the firm will open a manufacturing and design pla^t in the Lake Donna building in Youngsville. This is the second industry Youngsville has landed this month. Barber says operations will begin im mediately. ? Staff_Photo by Clint Fuller. Second This Month Youngsville Announces New Electronic Plant For the second time this month" Youngsville announces the ac quisition of a new industry. The la, test is the Ben- Bar Electron ics, Inc., Company, whtch is to locate in the Herfry Privette building, formerly known as Lake Donna in Youngsville. The community announced on March 10 that the Diazit Com pany, Inc., of New Jersey would locate on U. S. 1 for the manu facture of whiteprint machines. Diazit ij to construct its own building in the near future. Ben-Bar is expected to t^egln Talton Seeks Florida Industry J. Harold Talton, local bank official and Vice Chairman of the Industrial Development Commission reported today that Ills trip to Florida <iast week, In search for an unnamed agrl :ultural related Industry, seems promising. Talton disclosed that a com pany engineer was visiting In :he county last Friday to look jver some facilities. The representative was sent from it. Louis, Mo. "I was very pleased to see these people :ome Into our county and show his much Interest In our ef orts," Talton said. The local banker toured the ;ounty with company repre lentatlves last Friday. The lame of the company or type >f Industry Is still being kept :onfldentlal by local Industry luntlng officials. the hearings. The dispute at Dunn Involved the Commercial Bank, which has now announced a planned merger with Wacfamaw. Operations Immediate!/. Cliff Barber, who celebrates his 30th birthday tomorrow, is Presi dent and Chairman of the Board of the corporatiortand will man age its Youngsville operations. He is a native of Colorado, lived nine years in New York and spent one year in Raleigh before entering service. He is an Air Force veteran. Fol lowing his discharge, he re turned to Raleigh, where he has been connected with the Aerotron Company for the past lx years:, . / Barber* W?m*rrled to the former Peggy Husketh of Youngsville, who is Secretary of the Corporation They have five children. Archie Brown, Youngsville businessman, said he credited "Peggy with bring ing us this Industry." Harry Bennts of Miami, Fla.t is Executive Vice President of the Corporation, which is a Florida company. Barber said the Corporation would be made ( a North Carolina company very soon. Ben-Bar, Inc.. will design and manufacture electronic equip ment, single side-band equip ment for marine use and some equipment for the U. S. Coast Guard. The company already holds a contract for 100 pieces of equipment. Barber s'ays he expects to employ between five and ten people within the next sixty days and to go upwards to 100 people within the next six to eight months. I The Barbers plan to make their home in Youngsville. ' ? . House Candidate Drake Issues Statement On E. C. C. Med. School Representative 1 Wilton R. Drake of Warren County, now seeking re-election to the North Carolina House of RepoQsenta tlves from the 16th District of Franklin, Vance and Warren Counties, today released the following statement In which he strongly supports the position of East Carolina College's Presi dent, Dp. Leo W. Jenkins, In his bid for UnlversltyStatus and Medical School Facilities for the Greenville Institution: Drake said, "There li no question In tny mind concerning the merits of Dr. Jenkins' bid to attain University Status for East Carolina College. If there Is any hedging whatever on the part of the Stale Board of Higher Education, tfiin 1 would be most happy to see Dr. Jenkins bring the matter directly to the 1967 General Assembly where I am sure he would find overwhelm ing support for his proposal." Drake stated further, "The same goes for the proposed Medical School at his fine In- i stltutlon which we worked dili gently to Initiate in the IMS General Assembly Session. R now appears that a mistake was made in setting a deadline of January 1, 1967 for the estab lishment and accreditation of the Medical School and I feel that the 1967 Session will take See Drake Page 6
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