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League , Jayeees Draw Praise For Candidates Meet
The crowd, estimated at
around 200, who braved a light
shower last Thursday night to
attend the meeting of the candi
dates held here in Louisburg
College Auditorium, came away
with laudits for the League of
Women Voters and the Louis
burg Jaycees for a program well
done.
Twenty of the twenty-three
candidates in the various races
of local interest attended. All
five of those seeking election
to the two House seats from the
16th District of Frankltn-Vance
and Warren Counties .were on
han^l. Five of the eight seeking
County Commissioner posts
were present and four of the
five seeking Board of Education
seats were present.
Clerk of Court Ralph Knott,
unopposed this election, was in
troduced and spoke briefly to the
audience. Both candidates for
Sheriff, William T. Dement and
Joseph W. Champion addressed
the gathering with two-minute
speeches.
Candidates for Recorder's
Court Solicitor VV. H. .(Jack)
Taylor and Charles Davis were
also alloted two minutes.
House candidates James p.
Speed, John T. Church, Wilton
R. Drake, T. T. Clayton and
James Burton, Jr. were given
three minutes, to state their
aims in running.
Mrs. T. H. Dickens and Joseph
L. Strickland, Board of Educat
ion candidates from the 4th Dis
trict" of Cedar Rock-Gold Mine
spoke as did candidates for the
Board from District" L.ouls
burg-Cypress Creek, Clint
Fuller and Walter Ball All
were given three minutes to
address the group.
.County Commissioners candi
dates present and sneaking
were: Norwood E. Faulkner,
J. Harold Talton, Booker T.
Driver, all Democrats and Rep
ubican W lilts Dupree, teach
seeking the District 5 seat.
A H. Spencer, also a candidate
was not present.
G. Frank Hinson was the only
one of three candidates present
running in the District 1 Co
mmissioner race. H. Derrell
Mitchell and Brooks W. Young
did not attend.
Following the prepared state
ment period, questions were
received from the audience
directed at the candidates for
the three policy-making
positions, these included the
House, Commissioners and
Board of Education candidates.
Questions asked dealt with
mental health facilities on the
district Level, local ' airport
facilities, East Carolina college
4?<t minimum w.tfe increase.
Others dealt with increased in
dustrial development, school
consolidation, and education.
One question asked of school
Board candidates on the con
stltutloiiallty of the Civil Rlghtsi
Act went unanswered when all
declined to reply. Candidates
were not required to make any
reply on any issue unless they
wanted to do so
Woman Of The Year
Mrs. Dot Clay, above left, was chosen^ 'Woman of the Year" by ttu- Loulsburg Jr. Womau's
Club at a special picnic meeting held last Saturday night,. Mrs. Becky Dean, right, was honored
as outgoing president. Both were presented gifts. Mrs. Clay was -cite-: for her "outstanding
service and devotion to the club" for many years. Mrs. Dean was praised for her work as
president during the past year. ? --Staff Photo By Clint Fujttr.
Mayor Peoples Proclaims
Saturday As Poppy Day
Mayor V. A. Peoples has de
signated May 28th as Poppy Day
1966 In Loulsburg according to
a special announcement made
today. The proclamation Was
signed by Mayor People as
members of the American Le
gion Auxiliary, Unit No. 105
looked on.
"The hearts of all our citi
zens \ln Franklin County will be
wjth \thls worthy effort this
year las a means o^ paying
trlbute\ to all out war dead,"
the Mayor declared. "We well
know the great contribution and
sacrifices made by members
of the armed forces and on this
day each yearwe have an oppor
tunity of paying our humble re
spects to those gallant
Americans who laid down their
lives In order that we may
continue to enjoy our usual
blessings."
"It Is also an opportunity for
all of us to pay tribute to those
brave men and women who still
live as victims of the wars"
Mayor Peoples pointed out.
"The funds collected by the
American Region Auxiliary and
volunteers, are used to aid the
many, many veterans still In
hospitals and to assist the
See MAYOR page 8"
Up To 6.25 Inches Of
Rain Reported In Area
Heavy rain and some hail
fell on Franklin County Saturday
afternoon and night, with little
If any damage reported. Louls
burg weatherman G. O. Kennedy
reported officially that 2,55
Inches fell at the weather station
here during the period.
Kennedy said he had a report
that a rain gauge near Louis
burg recorded 6.25 Inches dur
ing the period. Driving was
hazardous durlitg some per
lods due to the heavy down
pour, but noaceldents have been
reported due to the rain.
Some farmers report that fer
tilizer was washed away and
some erosion took place on the
[land, but hail was apparently
confined to the Louisburg area
and only in brief spurts.
Landed At
Wrong
Franklinton
From Richmond X>rn*s
Dlspatch, Thursday, May 18,
1966 '
Franklin, May 18 - State Sen.
William F, Spong Jr. had the
political field to himself Wed
nesday at the Hunterdale Rurl- ,
tan Club's annual beef bar
becue.
The barbecue - was a non
polltlcal affair, but Spong went
as a guest- -and got a chance
to make a few more friends In
his campaign to unseat U,S. Sen.
A. Willis Robertson.
Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr., fight
ing to hold his seat Igatnst a
challenge by Armlstead L.
Boothe, attempted to further hit
cause there, too. But a pilot's
error carried him astray.
Byrd -set out Wednesday In a
chartered plane for the Frank
lin airport. But the pilot app
arently misunderstood the de
stination and flew him to Frank
linton, N. C., 31 miles north of
Raleigh.
Air Force To Make
Posthumous Award Here
Lt. Dave Qarber of Seymour
Johnson Air Base reported that
the Air Medal ahd the Purple
Heart was awarded this morn
ing at 11:30 A. M. of a Frank
lin County airman killed In
Vietnam last December 20.
Lt. Richard Lewis of the Air
Force made the awards to Mrs.
Elnora J. Mitchell, Rt. 3 Box
14, Loulsburi, widow of Air
man Willie Mitchell, Jr. wh<J
was killed In the crash o! a
C-130 airplane In Vietnam.
Mitchell, 34 years old at the
time of Ms death, Is survived
by his widow, bis father, Willie
Mitchell, Sr. of Wood, N. C.
and five children. He had
been first reported missing last
December, later to have been
captured and finally the tele
gram came saying that he had
been killed lh fctlon.
The
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97th Year ? Number 27 Louisburg, N C , Tuesday. May 24. 1966
n Times
Serving All Of Franklin County
(Ten Pages Today)
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Youngsters Operate
Town For A Day
Members of the Loulsburg
High School Government Class
took over the reigns of govern
ment and ran the Town of Louls
burg Monday and as one ob
server put it, "Neither came
out any the worse."
Th? event, which was held last
year also, is designed to ac
quaint the students with the
operation of their town govern
ment. Bobby Pope of the Louis
burg faculty Is the Government
Instructor and arranged the
program in cooperation with
town officials.
Mayor V. A. Peoples handed
over his authority to Glenn
Woodllef, high school senior
and Town Administrator E.-*S.
Ford relinquished tits' position
to Pete Joyner as General Ad
ministrator and George Drewett
as City Administrator.
Donny Southerland was named
Chief of .Police and Jay Taylor,
assistant. C. B. Ratter^orfwas
Fire Chief and A1 Wilson was
assistant chief.
Town clerks were Phyllis Jef
freys and Jo Ann Wolozln arvl
Roger Kornegay, Jr. was Super
intendent of Public Works. Wil
liam Bailey headed the Street
Department. The Rescue Ser
vice was headed by Preston
Carpenter and Charlie Griffin.
Overall control of the town was
in the hands of the TownCouncil.
Members .serving for the one
day term were: Howard Stall
ings, Jr., Wauna Oxnevad,
Jerome Cheek, Brenda Cooper,
Judy dapell and Donna Strick
land.
A cfteck downtown Monday re
vealed that everything was going
as usual In fhe orderly ope ra
tion of the town's business. One
Reminder
A total of 16 persons died on
North Carolina highways last
Memorial Day. This year,
the State Highway Patrol and
other law enforcement agencies
will make every effort to hold
the death toll -well below that
figure.
Memorial Day of 1965 saw
288 Injury, accidents and 456
property damag* acoldents. A
total of 528 persons were In
lured. *
The death toll on Memorial
Day In 1965 was almost twice
that of 1964, when 9 persons
were killed. 411 were l\ijurlod
Oh the 1964 Meiporlal Day.
Rescue Call
The Louliburg Rescue Ser
vice was called <1^ morning
around n a.m. to the home of
Mr. J. L. Strickland on Noble
St. here. Mrs. Strickland had
suffered a fall and sustained a
broken wrist. She was taken
to Franklin Memorial Hospital
by the Service.
of the new officials was tagged
with a parking ticket and quickly
found that even top officials are
unable to cope with such monu
mental problems. He reported
ly paid it.
Candidates
Must File
Fund Report
Board of Elections secretary
John King issued i reminder
today that all candidates for
public office ariT~ required, by
law, to file a report of all
contributions and expenditures
in their campaign.
A preliminary report should
have been made to the Clerk of
Court Ralph S. Knott by not
later than last Wednesday. A
full report is due within 20 days
following the elections. Acheck
with Knott disclosed that only
one candidate has filecMhis
expense and contribution record
through last week.
Times To
Be Election
Headquarters
The Franklin Times will
again act as Elections
Headquarters, Saturday
night. Registrars are urged
to call in their returns as
soon as the ballots are
counted Call Gy6 3283,
collect when necessary.
As in the past few years,
results will be posted on
the big board placed in the
window of the Times office
on Bickett Blvd. The public
is invited to come by and
check the returns Ple&se
do not call for results This
ties up the telephone and
delays the incoming calli'.
Precinct results will be
posted as soon as they are
received and a running total
will be kept Due to the
limited space inside the
Times office, those not
having business inside are
requested to check the big
board for returns and leave
the office to candidate's,
registrars and personnel
working the returns.
Man Saved By Seat
Belts In Local Wreck
A Charlotte sailor, on hlswiy
back to the Norfolk Nayal
Station, escaped serious Injury
and possible death here Friday
by using an old World War II
seat belt, according to State
Trooper Gary Kearney of
Yoiingsvllle.
Julius Henderson Hocutt, 22/
w/m was driving an MG TD
Roadster when he was blinded
by oncoming lights at Inters
section of Highway 401 and 56
south of Loulsburg around 11:40
P.M. Friday night. The car
overturned and was completely
demolished, according to*
Kearney.
Hocutt received rr>ln6r b8ck
Injuries and scratches.
Kearpey credited the use of
the seat belt with possibly sav
ing the youth's life and urged all
drivers to use them.
The North Carolina Depart
ment of Motor Vehicles says
that nine of the 33 lives lost on
the state's streets and highways
last week could have been saved
If seat belts had been worn.
The Department also says that
failure to wear seat belts caus
ed five .of the 1 2 deaths last
weekend alone.
"Investigations of the accl
The Motor Vehicles Depart
ment's summary o? traffic
deaths through 10 a.hn. Mon
day, May 23:
KILLED TO DATE 585
KILLED TO d^t'e i
LAST YEAR 525
dents proved that failure to
wear these essential safety de
vices were a major factor In
the death list," according to
Commissioner A. PUston God
win, Jr.
Seventeen of the week's fata
lities resulted from vehicles ,
running off the road. Speed .
was the biggest 'off ender.
Local Campaigning
Enters Final Week
The political campaigns,
which began many weeks ago for
some and months ago for others ,
is In Its final week as Primary
Day, Saturday, looms large on
the horizon.
Increased activity by most
Mrs. Richard tenner Yar
borough died Monday in Rex
Hospital, Raleigh. Funeral ser
vice will be conducted at St.
Paul's Episcopal Church in
Louisburg, at 4:00 p.m. Tues
day, May 24, by The Reverend
Frank E. Pulley, Rector, 'and
The Reverend W M. Latta,
Executive Secretary of the De
partment of Missions of the
Diocese of North Carolina.
Burial will be in the family
plot in Oak Wood Cemetery in
Louisburg.
Mrs. Yarborough was the for
mer Mattie Ballard of Frank
linton, and was the widow of
Dr. R. F. Yarborough. She is
survived by a daughter, Miss
Martha Yarborough of Louis
burg, a daughter-'in- law, Mrs.
R. F. Yarboroiigh, Jr., of Hum
boldt, Tennessee; a sister, Miss
Kate Ballard, and a niece, Miss
Nell Joyner, of Franklinton; a
nephew, B. B. Cheatham of
Menlo Park,- California; a
niece, Mrs. F. D. Duncan of
Greenville, North Carolina; and
i nephew, William Yarborough
Blckett of Raleigh.
Woman
candidates has marked the start
of the final week of campaign
ing. Less emphasis is now
being placed on sticking up
posters and passing out cards
and more is being placed on
newspaper and radio advert
ising.
Few can remember when a
campaign involving as many
local personalities, has been as
quiet. Except for a few isolated
cases, comments on afny parti
cular race have been extremely
limited.
The usual rash of predictions
of the outcome of the elections,
v^hile being made in seme quar
ters, is nevertheless far less
prevalent than in the past.
Most observers note that per
haps more posters and cards
have been used this year than
in the recent past. There liave
been some instances, as in the
past, where supporters of one
candidate believe they are help
ing their cause by removing the
opposition's posters. This has
thus far been contained to about
three candidates and is not
believed to be widespread.
Increased activity is expected
through the remainder of the
week and most candidates have
expressed their hopes that there ?
will be no* last minute leaflets
with mud-slinging and that what
has been, for^he most part, a
^ery clean campaign, will con
tinue.
Polls will open at 6:30 a*m.
throughout the county and close
at 6:30 p.m. Results of the
voting will be Reported to Elec-?
tions Headquarters at the
Franklin Times office and re
sults will be promptly posted
on the window for all to see.
Scouts Camp Out
Loulsburj Boy Scouts, under direction of Scoutmaster Hoks Steelman, srs shown sbovs last
Friday night as they prepared (or an all-night camp-out. The camp site was on the (arm of Mr.
and Mrs. Maynard Baker, Rt. 4, Loulsburg. The boys built fires, cooked hamburgeH, pitched
tents and all In allhad themselves a fine time. ?Staff Photo by Clint ruller.
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