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Weather Partly cloudy ^nd cool today and Wednesday. Low today, 40; high, near 60. The Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Times Comment Most humans could Improve ?their minds by doing more lis tening and less talking. Se rving All "Of Franklih County Tal. GY 6-3283 (Ton Cents) I Louisburg, N C-. Tuesday April 5. 1966 (Eight Pages Today) 97th Year ? Number 13 Jenny Sue McGhee Franklinton Miss Is Third Pageant Contestant Jenny Sue McGhee, 17-year-old Franklinton High School senior is the third Miss I.ouisburg eontesjant. Miss McGhee will perform a dance as her talent on April 23 when the annual Jaycee Pageant will be staged at the l.ouishurg College Auditorium. Miss McGhee has seven years of art and three year*' of music to her studies credit. She has brown hair anil hazel eyes. She was selected Miss Franoca at Franlf linton for this year and was a runnerup in 1964 and 1965. She is now or has been a member of F. II. A., F. T. A.t a cheerleader, Monogram club, editor of the school an nual and a member of the glee club. She attended Girl's State and was Homecoming Queen runnerup. Iler favorite sport is basketball. and she prefers popu lar music She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs II. A. McGhee, 803 East Mason St., Franklinton, N. C. Sen. Ervin Attacks School Guidelines Sen. Sam Ervln, D-NC, asked 1 Commissioner of Education i Harold Howe II Thursday to delete from new federal guide lines for education sections dealing with racial imbalance. ' Ervin said he asked Howe to reconsider his new public school policies because of the great concern of North Carolina school officials and citizens. He said he hoped Congress would strike down the guidelines if Howe doesn't reconsider. "I have written Commissioner Howe and asked him to recon sider these new policies in light of the disruptive^ effect that Woman's Club To Hold Local Cancer Drive The Loulsburg Junior Wom an's Club Is mapping plans to hold a townwlde fund falsing drive for the Cancer Society beginning April. 11, according to an announcement this week by Mrs. Thomas Dean, club president. Mrs. Wilson Clay Is In charge of mapping the town Into districts and assigning districts to the members. The drive will -not be concentrated, Mrs. Dean stated. It will con tinue through April 30, she add ed. She also reminded the public of the Cancer Clinic hl?ld every third Wednesday at the Health Department, ipoiptlng out that the service Is free. Meeting The Franklin County Firemen Association will hold Its monthly meeting April 6, 1MB, at 7 p.m. with the Youngsvllle Fire Department. Boxscore Raleigh? The, Motor Vehicles Department's summary of traf fic deaths through 10a.m. Mon day, April 4: KILLED TO DATE 374 KILLED TO DATE LAST YEAR 339 they "might have on the good talth progress which has been made under the original rules." Ervln said, "At least, It would seem that the Office of Educa tions should delete the sections of the guidelines dealing with racial Imbalance In order to conform the new rules to con gressional Intent." Ervln said the new commis sioner of education, who left the University of North Caro lina two months ago to take the post, "has zealously pro mulgated lie*' rules and regula tions which go far beyond the legislative power which Con gress allocated to him." Ervln said the law authorizes the Office of Education to pro mulgate rules of general appli cability but that Howe's guide lines are clearly designed to deal only with the dual school system in the South. "The whims of the commis sioner of education are amend ing the 1964 Civil Rights Act," the North Carolina senator as serted. Banks Get OK On Saturday Closing Acting Commissioner of Banks Frank L. Harrelson has granted permission for Satur day closing to the three branch es of First-Citizens Bank and Trust Co. in Franklin County^ The announcement, made to day, sets April 23 as the start ing time. The order affects First Citizens offices in Franklinton, Bunn and the two In Louisburg. The new schedule of banking hours are listed as 9 a.m. to i p.m and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Friday when the afternoon hours will be* 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. The new hours will be In effect, in all brandies, but flate? have not been an nounced for Bunn and Frank linton. Louisburg, has been observing these hours for some time with the exception of the extra hour on Friday after-t noons. The facilities will also be open on several holidays which here tofore have been observed. Among these are: Lee-Jackson Day, Halifax Day, Confederate Memorial Day, Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Day, Memorial Day and Elec tion Day, except when these days come on a norrfial clos ing day for th^. banks. The request by banking of ficials for permission to close met some resistance In Louis burg, but none from Bunn and Franklinton. Commission er Harrelson visited Louisburg last week to complete his In vestigation. The order was filed with the Secretary of State last Thursday afternoon. Attorney Attacks Board: Board Of Education Fights . Justice Dept. Request A heated discussion took pi*^e in U. S. Eastern District Court" last Friday as attorneys for the Franklin County Board of Edu cation asked the court to deny a request by the Justice De partment for additional In formation from ? the county school office. The Justice De partment, represented in the case by Attorney Howard Fink, had Lssued a request of inter rogatories concerning Infor mation on Franklin County schools which school board Attorney E. F. Yarborough ar gued were not pertinent to the department's case. Fink attacked the Members of the Board of Education saying, according to press releases, "I'm not saying all members of the board went out and burned crosses in front of houses. I am charging they abetted these people hy publishing the Ne groes' names in the news paper... and by other means that made it very hard for the chil dren to transfer." Fink also reportedly stated that the school board "got away with" not complying with the desegregation plan this year and Is asking "to get away with It again next year." He said, according to Roy Rabon, .News and Observer re porter, that the Office of Edu cation "can't send armed guards into Franklin County" and Negro children "shouldn't have to live in fear of well poisonings or shots in the win stow. We think we ought to have a >Uance to show. that." JuluhiS Chambers of Char lotte, auhniey for the eleven local Negro parents, reportedly told the court mat the freedom of choice plan is "lh^d equate." "Some other plan Js^golng to have to be used otherXJian freedom of choice," Fink alv. legedly told the court. 14 These things (fear and Intimidation) were present irt Franklin Coun ty and therefore there was no freedom of choice." E. F. Yarborough told the court that the. Franklin County Board had already adopted the new guidelines for the coming year and planned to comply with them 100 percent. The pre-trial conference last Friday was delayed by the in terrogatories requested by the Justice Department, and a new conference date was set for April 14. Attorneys In the case met Monday afternoon In Raleigh as required ten days prior to the pre-trial confer ence. Little was expected to be accomplished by the Mon day meeting, according to one local school official. Judge Algernon Butler, East ern District Judge, denied a motion for preliminary Injunc tion against the Board last February In which he ruled that the Board was in compli ance with the plan approved by the I). S. Office of Education and with the Civil Rights, ftct of 1964. He also ^ ruled that the Board had acted In "good faith." Clint Fuller, Vice Chairman of the Board and managing edi tor of The Franklin Times, said that Fink had made re peated remarks about the printing of the names of appli cants in his newspaper last Fuller added that Fink faiuHto mention that the names had beelymade public four days earlier aital that the alleged harrassment/iM^Negro students took place over asmonth after the publication of the names. Fuller filed an aff Ida v itbvcou rt in which he stated that InNtJs opinion the harrassment did nob necessarily come from the school applications or the fact the names were published Fuller has also contendt*d that when any list of names or any Frank Freeman Gets License In Pharmacy - Nyma Franklin Freeman, Jr., was one of the thirty-three can didates who passed the exami nation for Pharmacy licenses at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Frank is the son of Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Freeman, Sr., of North Main St., Louisburg. jVow Enough A workman Is shown above, left, installing the 44 new'prfst office boxes this weekend. W. O. Fuller, Jr., right, postal employee In charge of box rental, Is shown at right Inspecting the completed job. Postmaster E. L. Best says the addition 'of these new boxes will take care of+ the Immediate demand by the pubric. Best explained that there are 268 original boxes now In use. Somie of the new boxes have combination locks. -Staff Photos, by Clint Fuller. other actions taken by a public board become a part ol the minutes of that group's meet ing, it becomes public business and is, therefore, liable for publication. The Justice De partment and the Negro plain tiffs are seeking to enjoin the Board from making these names a part of the minutes or re leasing them to the news media. "S Fuller, a member of the board, would have access to the list, even though they m?lght not be released for publication. This, which borders on the question of the "freedom of the press, promis.es to be one of the major Issues in the coming court case. Jackie Cassell Ann Avent Auxiliary Chooses Two For Girls State The American Legion Auxili ary of the Jambes Post met Friday evening for a dutch sup per at The Murphy House. Mrs. Hugh Perry, president, presided at the business meet ing which followed the opening formalities. Names of the top students among the rising senior girls at Loulsburg High School were presented by Miss Elizabeth Johnson for selection of two representatives to attend Girls State at Greensboro in June. Ann A vent, daughter of Mr: and Mrs. W. V. Avent, and Jackie CiinII, daughter of Mr. arid Mrs. H. E. Cassell, were selected to represent the unit. Mrs. Perry read communi cations which had been received from headquarters and appoint ed a nominating committee composed of Mrs. Cecil SykeS, Mrs. James Johnson and Mrs. Florence Wells, who will report at the May meeting. * Over 6000 Choice Letters Go To Parents Th<* franklin County Office of Education mailed out over v6,000 liters to parents of School children last Saturday, containing instructions on the desegregation of the schools, plus a choice! form. The three-part packet was mailed to the parents of every school child In the county, with parents having more than one child In school receiving more <?an one letter. According to school officials, the salmon colored sheet, or Choice Form must be return ed by May 4, 1966 designating the choice of schools that part icular child wishes to attend. Under the new guidelines, ex plained in the instruction sheet I? m 1 "A Moment To Decide" - Part 2 A U. S. Senator And A Congressman ' By. Clint Fuller ? i r Not# John Ru*??M Lowoll wrota in hit poam, "Tha Proaont Crisll":* "One# to ovary mon and notfoH comet tho momant to Docido." On ? of thota momonti will* eow\o to ua on May 28th in th ? Domocratic Primary. Thi# it tha ? ocond of a ton-port sorios on tho oloctivo officos to bo docidod on fn this oloction. Next -to becoming President o[ the United St a t e s, aspiring mothers long for their sons to become, probably more than any other thing, a Congressman. Franklin County voters will have the opportunity, to vote on at least two mother's sons on May 28th for this high posi tion and will add its voice to the selection of a II. S. Senator. *" ' Second District Representative L. H. Fountain of Tarboro is unopposed in the primary. This race, then, is already settled. This leaves only the race for one of tt\e two Senate seats from North Carolina open to the voter. Senator B. Everett Jordan of Saxapahaw,< Ni C. is opposed by Democrat Hubert E. Seymour, a Greensboro attorney. Democrats must decide on May 28th which of these two men will run in the November general elections against Republican John S. Shallcross, a resident of Smithfield, N. C. who operates an electronic company in Sclma, N..C. .ji'i . ? Senators serve for six Vear terms. Mouse members must run every two years. Bofh Senators and Representa tives receive $30,000. Off per year salary plus expense of offices, staff salaries, postage, travel expense, tele phone charges and other expenses. Kach state has two Senators and North Carolina has eleven Congressmen To be eligible to run for the Mouse, a person must be 25 ypars old, a IJ. S. citizen for seven years and a resi dent of the state from which.he or she is running, A per son must be 30 years old and a citizen for at least nine years to run for the Senate ' Half the Mouse membership must run every year and one-third of the Senate runs every two years. While there is no requirement to do so, it helps to be a lawyer when aspiring to Congressional election. There are 305 lawyers in the Congress, plus 465 professional politicians w4io in all probability, were at some time law-A yet*. There are presently 147 business peoplf, four doctors and two ministers. The House has 10 women and six Negroes. The Senate has two women and no Negroes. The average age of the N9th Congress in the {ienate is 57.7 and the Mouse is 50.6 years. The youngewt Be preventative, is Jed Johnson, 26 (DrOkla.). The oldest is Barrett O'llara 83, (D-ll I .). In the Senate, Carl Hay den of Arizona is the oldest at 88 and Ted Kennedy of Masschusetts is, the youngest at 33. Although, he no longer represents the district in which Franklin County finds itself, there is much local interest in the race between Congressman Harold Cooley of \ash ville and Bill Creech, a Raleigh attorney. The Primary (will decide which is to meet Republican Jim Gardner of Rocky Mount in the November elections Cooley,. for many years, represented Kranklin County. Congressional races do not usually stimulate as much interest in this area us county races It is expected to be true this., year. More conversation and perhaps more heated activity will accompany local races than are ex pected from the district and state contests. However, with the tremendous impact the federal government now exerts on the daily lives of local citi zens, one is obligated to study the candidates and is sues brought out in these races. They may not be as heated, but they certainly are utmost in importance. Next: North Carolina, The Senate and The House; A Moment to Decide? mailed out and contained In an advertisement by the Board of ?duca\lon In this newspaper to day, once a child Is assigned this year, there will be no re assignment except in extreme hardship cases. School officials urged every parent .to read carefully the contents of the letters. The same material Is being mailed by school units throughout North Carolina And the guidelines will \ apply In evervy system in the \ state that operates under a Freedom of Choice plan. Neighboring Nash and Wake counties-- have already mailed the same forms to all parents. Hertford County sent their's out last Friday. Roanoke Ra pids has announced the closing of one Negr o school and com bining the students into the formerly all white facility. Wayne County Superintendent Gerald James told ' a special news conference in Goldsborc last week of Wayne's compli ance to the new guidelines.' He also explained Wayne's pro gram for faculty desegregation. Frankllnton City Schools have not announced their plans fflr the coming year. They operat ed under a 12-grade Freedom of Choice plan this year. ? One More Candidate Files Claude Satterwhlte of Frank llnton filed last Thursday for the post of Township Constable at Frankllnton. This was the only filing activity on the local political scene In the past se veral days. Satterwhlte will oppose Gus Stroud, Jr< of Frankllnton for the position. Stroud filed several days ago. This brings to 2#, the number of candidates in the local races for the May 18th Democratic Primary. The filing deadline i~* Is noon, Friday, April If. ?
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