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Serving All 0' Franklin County
T?l 0Y 6-3283
(Ten Cents)
Louisburg. N C.. Thursday. May 19, 1966
(14 Pages Today)
97th Year ? Number 26
Grand Jury Asks
New Jail, Jailer
Salary Increase
The Grand Jury report issued
last week In the Superior Court
Session here asks that a new
Jail be built to replace the pre
sent one located on East Nash
Street. The report recommends
that the new structure Include
offices for the Sheriff's De
partfnent.
Also Included In the report
>^18 a recommendation that the
Jailer get an increase In sa
lary dlie to the "hours he has
to work." - . ?
Miss Betty
Hobgood
Honored
Betty Hobgood
Miss Betty Hobgood, a mem
ber of the June 4th graduating
class at the Woman's College
of the 1'nlverslty at Greensboro
was named last week as the
Everlasting President of her
class.
betty, the daughter of Judge
and Mrs. Hamilton H. Hobgood
of John Street, Loulsburg, ' Is
the class day speaker for the
commencement exercises.
Betty has had many honors
bestowed upon her during her
tour years stay at W. C. She
Is a member of Golden Chain,
a member of the legislature,
and vice-president of the Stu
dent Government Association.
She was elected one of the
twenty outstanding seniors and
has made honor roll four times.
Betty Is a member of the
English Club, the French Club,
and the German Club. *
But . It Is not afll study for
Betty, her favorite sport is golf.
She Is a member of the golf
club.
Betty was active In all extra
curricula activities In high
school at Loulsburg at the same
time maintaining Beta Club
scholastic average.
The full report follows:
To the Honorable E. Maurice
Braswell, Judge Presiding, the
May Session of Criminal Sup
erior Court of FFankllnCounty,
respectfully reports the follow
ing to be an accurate account of
their work for this session of
Court. ,
1. Appropriate action has been
given to aU bllls of indictment
with the exception of one, Case
No. 3719 which was continued
for lack of witnesses, and other
matters brought to our attention
and we have exercised due care
In passing judgment.
2. Investigation has been made
on. public complaints and atten
tion has been brought to the
appropriate individuals for
their attention.
3. We find that Justices of
the Peace are making monthly
reports to the Clerk of Supeii<j|*
Court as provided by law, also
guardians are making annual
reports to the Clerk.
4. We visited the EUnn Pri
son Camp and the Franklinton
city )all and found them both
to be in good condition.
5. We visited' the Louisburg
Jail and found It clean. We
learned that the Jail had been
condemned by the State Inspec
tor and he recommended that
a new Jail be built. We recom
mend that tenative plans be
made to build a new Jail which
swould include the Sheriff's
ce. This would give ad
tnal space In the Court
Houses for the much needed
additional vault and office space
for the ClWk of Superior Court
as recommended In our last
report. We recommend that
the Jailer have afl increase In
pay due to the hcinrs> he has
to work.
6. We visited the CountyHome
and found the roof had been\re
palred and a new ramp bulX,
7. The Grand Jury recom
mends .that mileage be paid
the Jurors both ways on each
day he reports for duty. ^
Special commendation is due
the Presiding Judge for his
clear, concise, and understand
able charge to the Grand Jur>;
wliteh helped expedite the func
tionmg of the Grand Jury In its
Outlet and responsibilities.
We wish to express our ap
preciation for the cooperation
of the Presiding Judge, Solici
tor, County Officials, for their
assistance with the body. We
also wish to, publicly thank Mr.
W. L. Faulkner for his efficiency
as our officer.
We also acted on a bill of
Indictment, Case No. 3750
and found a True Bill. ?
This the 10th day of May, 1966.
Respectfully submitted.
New Tax Office
County tax department personneK^re shown above shortly after moving from the county
courthouse to new quarters in the otG Welfare building on Court Street here. Pictured are
left to right: C. W. Strother, Tax Supervisor Kenneth Braswell, Mrs. Hazel Taylor and
Mrs. Marian Dean. The new offices have been renovated and much needed additional space
has been obtained by the move. Some renovations ^ the former office In the courthouse is
now planned, according to reports. ?Staff Photo by Clint Fuller."
More Pupils Assigned
By Board Bf Education
The County Board of Education
assigned 201 more pupils to
?schools of their choice In the
system, In special meeting
hel<k her* Wednesday. This
brlngssthe total children assig
ned to xjanklln County sys
tem schcxHs for the coming
year to 5,779\
Eighty-five oK the choice
forms sent to \parenls and
guardians la.st monhi are still
out. ManX of the schools,
however, have turned all
forms. V X.
The school calenda r was ap\
proved for the Vomlnjj year,
with the first day of \sehool
set for Thursday, September
1. Teachers will report on
August 29 and students will
attend, at least part of Wed
nesday, August 31 for Orien
tation Day.
Holidays approved for the
coming year Include Labor Day,
Observing Senior Citizens Month
Some of the Senior C It liens at Franklin Boarding Home her* are ahown above Tuesday
afternoon at an outlnf apohaored by the Loulaburg Garden Club In observance of the month
of May aa Senior Cttlaena Month. Oarden Club membera participating In the activities were:
Mrs. Connie Meddera, Mr*. Pat Ta'lton and Mrs. Selema Oxnevad. Mrs. Jane York, Director
of Welfare stated thla morning, "Thle would be' a good time to remind our Senior Citizens
to participate In the Food Stamp Profram." She urged that they come In and obtain Informa
tion on the program to seek If they might be eligible . ?Staff Photo by Clint Fuller.
Sept. 5; one day In October
for St?te Teacher's Meeting;
Thanksgiving, Nov. 24 and 25;
Christmas Thursday, Decemb
er 22 through Sunday, January
1 (seven school days) and Eas
ter, Wednesday, March 22,1967
through Monday, March 27,
1967.
Schools will close on Wed
nesday, May 31 next year with
the last day for teachers set
as June 2, 1967.
The Board approved staff
members and teachers: Mrs.
Town Tax
Collector
Resigns
Town Administrator E, S.
Ford announced todaV the re
cent resignation of ToV<n Tax
Collector, R. Lee Johnson>
Johnson has accepted a posi
tion as Reimbursement Office^
at the Murdoch Center at But
ner, fi C. Johnson said the
position, a state Job, presented
a "belter opportunity." >
He has been tax collector of
the/ town for the past 7 1/2
years. A native of Gaffney.S.C.,
he was a merchant In Louls
burg for 18 1/2 years prior to
talcing the position with the Town
of Loulsburg.
Johnson, a veteran of World
War n, has been a leader In
the (local Amerlcaft Legion Post
ao) other civic activities. He
and Mrs. Johnson, who also Is
?mployed at Butner, plan to
continue to live In Loulsburg,
Johnson stated.
Mamie B. Clayton, High Sch
ool Supervisor; Mrs. Mabel C.
Davis, ElementaryiSupervlsor;
Mrs. Mary C. Hlnson, Speech
Therapist; Mr. W. R. -Collie,
Attendance Counselor and Mr.
Hugh D. Harden, Vocational
Agriculture teacher for Epsom
High School.
The Board discussed other
business , including federal
guidelines on faculty desegre
gation, Vocational State Aid;
tenatlve teacher allotments, and
approved the purchase, by
Loulsburg High School Boos
ters, \of a new activity bus for
the use of the school. Boos
ter member* pledged In excess
of $1,000 toward the purchase
In a meeting last Monday
nlgjit. Approval by the Board
was necAsary before the new
bus couldwJje purchased and
the old bus sold.
Hear Probation Officer
Mrs. Batty Cowan, probation
officer of Franklin, Vance,
Halifax, Warren, Granville, and
Person Counties, addressed the
Loulsburt Lions last Tuesday
night. She spoke briefly on
citizenship and safety.
Mrs. Cowan stated that all
people have a responsibility
to citizenship, that citizenship
Is an Inherent /lght, and that
citizenship will always continue
because of sufficiently Interest
ed people. People can never
know the full honor of ownlnc
citizenship until they one# lose
It. They can spend years build
ing up good citizenship and
than lose It In a few seconds.
Safety, according to Mrs. Co
wan, can be properly provided,
but ail must play a role toward
Its success. The best role to
play 1* to be more grateful of
law enforcement agencies
rather than try to take advant
age of them. Those people who
practice good safety habits are
usually good citizens.
Delegates Attending
Democratic Convention
Twenty-seven del?*ate^ and
other party falthful trom Frank
lin County will attend the State
Demooratlc Convention In Ral
eigh's Memorial Auditorium to
day. The meeting, according
to reports, Is not expected to
bring out any controversy #
mong the Democrats,
A new State Executive Com
mittee will be elected and they
In turn will elect a St?te Chair
man at a future (late. J. Mel
ville Broughton o t Raleigh Is
til* present chairman.
Delegates from Franklin
County, chosen In last Satur
day's county convention and the
alternates are as follows:
Dunn? Delegates: Mrs. Ruth
B. Andrews, W. E. Pearce;
Alternates: Clinton Caryle,
Raymond Hayes.
\Harrls? Delegates: H. T.
Rogers, Charles Richardson;
Alternates: Carl Harrl#, B.T
Bunti. \
Cedar Rock? Delegates: Mr.
and Mrs. 0, T. Murphyi Alter
nates: Willie F, Bartholomew,
Jerry Rowe.
Hayesvllle? Delegates: Ira
Weldon, Charles TV Eaves;,
Alternates: Gerald Wllson;K.
0. Weldon. ,,
Gold Mine? Delegates: H. B.
Shearln, Jr., Joe Denton; Alter
nates: L. S. Ward, W. F.
Leonard.
Youngsvllle? Delegates: Joe
Moss, J,' K. Tharrlngton, Mrs.
R. E. Cheatham; Alternate*:
Mrs. B. H. Patterson, Mr. W.
T. Holden, Mr. J. A. Winston.
Sandy Creek? Delegates: Mrs
See DELEGATES page 6
Congressman Fountain To
Address College Graduates
I
Second District Representa
tive L. H. Fountain will be the
principal speaker at Commen
cement Exercises at Loulsburg
College, Sunday, May 29.
Rev. Mr. t Henry G. Ruark,
Superintendent of the Elizabeth
City District Of the North
Carolina Conference will de
liver the baccalaureate address
at 11 a.m. at the Loulsburg Me
thodist Church. Congressman
Fountain will speak at Gradua
tion exercises at 2:30 p.m. In
the College Auditorium.
Congressman Fountain Is a
graduate of the University of
North Caollna at Chapel Hill
where he received, the A. B.
anil LL. B. degrees. After prac
ticing law In Tarboro for se
veral years, Mr. Fountain was
elected to the North Carolina
State Senate, serving from 1947
to 1952. In 1952, he was elected
as a Representative In the Uni
ted State Congress. He has
been reelected In each succeed
ing election.
Mr. Ruark Is a trustee of
Loulsburg College, Duke Uni
versity and the Methodist Re
tirement Home. He graduated
from Duke University receiving
the A.B. degree and from Yale
Divinity School with the B.D.
degree. He has been a member
of the North Carolina Confer
ence since 1932.
To Attend
Convention
Mrs. Juanlta Pleasants, Exe
cutive Secretary of the Louis
burg Business Association will
attend the North Carolina
Merchants Association 64th an
nual convention In Raleigh, May
22nd and 23rd at Hotel Sir
Walter.
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale,
Pastor, Marble Collegiate
Church, New York City will be
the guest speaker at the banquet
on K^)nday evening at MemoMa^
Auditorium. %
The association office will be
closed while Mrs. Pleasants Is
at the Convention.
Rep L. H Fountain
Rev Henry 0 Ruark
Alumni Banquet To
Honor Mr. Moon
KT
Professor Isaac Deane Moon
will retire from the Loulsburg
faculty at the end of the cur
rent academic year after serv
ing the College for thirty years.
The Alumni Banquet, to be held
May 28, will honor Mr. Moon
as the Isaac Deane Moon Music
Scholarships are 'anounced,
and as many of his former stu
dents come back to the campus
to pay their tribute. Formal tri
butes will be given by students,
alumni, faculty/ townspeople,
and by the Louisburg College
Board of Trustees.
Mf. and Mrs. Moon came to
Louisburg In 1936, after their
close friends, Mr. and Mrs.
V. R. Kilby, had spurred their
interest. Mrs. Moon'came to
tea<Th Home Economics while
Mr. Moon was employed to teach
Music. Since 1936, Mr. Moon
has had a hand in teaching a
variety of subjects, with pri
mary responsibility in Music
and the Social Sciences. Mrs.
Moon retired in 1963, ^after
teaching for many years in the
Business Department.
The Alumni Banquet Commit
tee issues a special invitation
to all former students of Mr:
Moon to be present for the
Banquet on May 28, at 7 :00 p.m.
"Meet The Candidates"
Program Set Tonight
Where In years past, It was
a soap box at the barbeque,
tonight It will be the state at
Loulaburg College, as the can
mates meet the people. Month
long preparations by members
of the League of Women Voters
and the Loulsburg Jaycees will
culminate tonight at 8 p.m.
when practically all the polit
icians seeking office In the May
28 Primary will participate In
the program.
Each seeker of a policy
making position, sftch as House
of Representatives, County
Commissioner and School Bo
ard, will be given three minutes
In which to get the word to the
voter.
Candidates for non-policy
making position will be Intro
duced and will, be Allowed to
make a brief statement. Un
opposed candidates will be
Introduced.
Mr. L D. Moon of the Louls
burg College faculty will act as
Moderator and no order of pre
sentation has been announced.
It Ij believe!, however, that
Introductions will be made first
with those seeking policy
making post speaking last.
This Is expected to be follow
ed by a question and answer
session.
With the rising Interest In the
various races, It Is expected
that a large crowd will attend
the meeting.
A similar program In 1964
was well attended and both the
League and the Jaycees gained
widespread praise for having
organized It.
Booklets, containing biograp
hical. Information on the candi
dates plus their Moments on
several Issues, will be distri
buted at the meeting.
Limited Peporfs Indicate
Light Registration
John W. Klnf, secretary to the
Board of Elections, said today
that he does not have a report
on the number of new regis
trants In the county. The books
closed last Saturday with this
Saturday designated as Chal
lenge Day.
King estimated that "about
100 registered In Loulsburg"
and "around 80 In Frankllnton."
He said he had no breakdown
on rasa.
A report from Cypress Creek
to The Times listed 21 new
Negro registrant* and t white
registrants, for a total of thirty.
This figure Is assumed to be a
total tor the three-week period.
Mr. William Boone, Cedar
! ..
Rock Registrar reported to The
Times this mornlnf that he had
registered 28 Negroes and 44
whites In his precinct. He
stated that no one was turned
down, who asked to tie register
ed.
Mr. John Neal, Gold Mine
Registrar reported today that
19 persons registered In his
precinct for the May Primary.
Of these, 16 were white and J
were colored, Mr. Neal said.
Attempts to reach other re
glstrars by telephone thla
morning was unsuccessful, but
prior reports Indicate that
throughout the county new re
gistrations were Ug)it.