Weather
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The Franklin Times
Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ' ? Servmo All Of FranlJi n Countv
Comment
America averages over a
million major criifies a year,
not counting the way some
people take off from the red
light.
Serving All Of Franklin County
Tel GY 6-3283
(Ten Cents)
?Louisburg. N C . Tuesday. June 7. 1966
(S * Pages Today)
97th Year ? Number 31
County Removed
From Poverty List
Franklin County has been re
moved from the federal govern- 1
mentjj private grants and loans
list, according to an announce-!
ment made this weekend.
Franklin will continue to be
eligible for public works grants,
however.
The Economic Development
Administration! had figuredpro
miniently in aiding several in
dustries which have located I
here in the past few years. The
removal is expected to mean
that construction and equipment
loans for provate industry lo
oting here will require a larger j
interest rate. Projects already
applied for under the program
are expected to be granted.
The administration said Sat
urday it had classed 909 .
Local Firm
Wins Trip
Little Riv4?r Distributing
Company, local supplier of
Sinclair products, with Mr. W. j
V. Hensley, Manager, is the
winner o' a holiday trip for
two to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The Company was awarded this
prize by Sinclair ReflningCom
pany for an outstanding sales
record in selling SINCLAIR j
products.
Little River Distributing
Company has been a supplier j
of Sinclair products - heating
oils,. gasoline and other petro
leum products - In Loulsburg
i for 2 years, and Is well known;
for contributions and support
in civic and community affairs.
counties throughout the country
as eligible for public works
grants and loans under the pro
gram aimed at promoting eco
nomic development In areas of
major unemployment and de
clining* economy and popula
tion.
The EDA said 406 areas would
be-dropped from eligibility lists
on July 1 because they no longer
can be classed as needy.
North Carolina counties which
are still eligible for a full range
of loans and grants for public
works and for Joans to private
business were Avery, Bertie,
Bladen, Carteret, Cherokee,
Clay, Currituck, Duplin, Gates,
Graham, Greene, Hyde, Jones,
Macon, Madison, Mitchell,
Northampton, Robeson, Swain,
Tyrrell, Warren, Yancey and
the Cherokee Indian Reserva
tion.
Eligible for public works
grants only -were Colombu?,
Franklin, Vance and Wilson.
Under the revamped eco
nomic development program,
grants cannot be made even in
eligible counties until such
counties are banded together in
economic development organi
zations or have prepared an
overall plan for strengthening
their economy
The EDA, a unit in the Depart
ment of Commerce, bases its
eligibility lists mainly on em
ployment statistics. Under the
1965 law, it must revamp Its
eligibility list each year. 1
The agency said that any
pending applications from coun
ties dropped from the list would
not be affected by the change In
eligibility ratings.
CP& L Retiring Bazemore
BAZEMORE
E. P. (Pete) Bazemore, man
ager of the Henderkon district
of Carolina Power .'i Light
Company, will retire August 1
after 40 years of service, J. C.
Rlchert, Jr., vice-president
and manager of district oper
ations, has announced In Ral
eigh.
Rlchert also announced the
appointment of Leslie A.
Pearce, manager of the com
pany's Maxton district for the*
past three years, to succeed
Bazemore.
Bazemore became manager
of the Henderson district,
which administers CP4L op
erations through all or parts of
ten counties, In 1954, following
five years as manager of the
Rockingham district.
He Started working with CP4L
In 1926 In the sales department
and later became assistant
manager of the distribution and'
service department. In 1947 he
moved Into district operations
as local manager In Roxboro,
and two years later he was
promoted to manager of the
Rockingham district.
He has been active as a mem
ber of the Henderson-Vance
County Chamber of Commerce,
Rotary Club, Henderson
Country Club, Vance County
Farm Bureau, and Capitol
Grange. He was president of
the Henderson Chamber of
Commerce In 1959, and he has
served as a Chamber of Com
merce director In Henderson
and Roxboro.
He has been active In Bap
tist Churches wherever he has
lived, with several terms to his
PEARCE
credit as president of Sunday i
School classes. He has served
on the boards of deacons In
churches at Roxboro and Rock
Ingham.
A native Tar Heel--hls home
town is Lewlston-- Haze more
attended Lewlston High School,
and Is a graduate of. CSk Ridge
Military Institute and Wake
Forest College. He saw brief
military service In 1916.
He Is married to the former ?
Louise Steed of Mount Cllead.
He and Mrs. Bazemore have a *
son and a daughter and five I
grandchildren. t
Their home Js at 1208 Dabney
Drive, Henderson.
Pearca, Bazemotfe's succes- ]
sor. Is a native of Wendell, N.
C, He attended Wendell High '
School and Kings Business Col
lege In Raleigh. His military i
record shows four and one-half >
years In the Air Force as en- '
glneer and Instructor on air
borne and ground radar. 1
He began his CPtL career In <
1940 in the sales department In '
Raleigh. Following military ]
service during World War n,
he worked as residential and <
commercial salesman before '
receiving an appointment as '
assistant district manager In 1
Raleigh. He beld managerial 1
positions In Ssnford, Wallace, <
Warsaw, and Dillon, S. C., be- !
fore becoming manager of the 1
Maxton district. !
Pearce is a deacon In the '
First Baptist Church of Maxton, I
superintendent of the Junior '
Sunday School department and
teacher of a Junior boys c^ss . 1
Monday Fire Scene
Scene above shows Louisburg Firemen fighting a smothering
blaze at the home of Boyd Foster, elderly Negro, here on
Cedar Street Monday evening around 6 p.m The blaze, be
lieved to have started from a flue running into the ceiling, was
extinguished In about 45 minutes by the local fire department.
Hundreds of dollars In smoke and water damage was Inflicted
to the house, reported to he over a hundred years old, and to i
the furnishings, none of which were removed from the dwell- 1
ing A large crowd gathered to witness what was described
as "an outstanding display of fire fighting" by the local de
partment. Foster reportedly?was partly covered by Insurance. 1
* ' --Staff Photo by Clint Fuller
Twenty-Six Cases Heard In Recorder's Court
,
The following, cases were dis
posed of during a term of Re
corder's Court Jury Trials last
week:
Dallas Anthony Hawkins, c/
m/68, operating auto intoxicat
ed. State takes nol pros as to
first count; defendant withdraws
request for Jury trial and pleads
guilty to second count of care
less and reckless driving. $25.
00 fine and costs.
Thomas F. East, w/m/ 40, op
erating auto Intoxicated. State
takes nol pros.
James Arthur Davis, c/m/59,
operating auto intoxicated.
State takes nol pros as to first
count; defendant withdraws re
quest for Jury trial and pleads
guilty to second count of care
less and reckless driving. $25.
00 fine and costs.
Charles James Lloyd, w/m,
54, motor vehicle violation.
State takes a nol pros.
David Earl Wheless, w nv
23, cAreltfss and reckless driv
ing M)t guilty.
George Qnlggie Davis, c/m/
49, operating auto intoxicated,
irvdtor vehicle violation. State
takes nol pros as to first count.
Defendant withdraws request
for fury trial and pleads guilty
tQ second and third count. $50.
Valuation
Tops $46
Million
County Accountant E. Lee
Murray disclosed today that
county tax valuation Is estl
mated at $-15,324,439 for 1966
and using last year's excess
tax valuation figures, brings
the total to $46,631,075.
Murray explained the excess
valuation Included utility com
panies in the area and others.
The amount listed on the tax
office records for the county
real and property valuation
loes not reflect the excess
rigures which have not yet
been determined.
Using , last year's excess
figures In both columns, this
represents an Increase In
valuation of $14,744,943 over
past year's $31,886,132.
Broken down Into townships,
the list shows the valuation to
M as follows: Dunn, $4,853,989;
Harris, $3,807^639; Youngs
rllle; $3,363,421, Frankllnton,
(8,537,944 (Including $473,785
sxcess); Ha yesville, $2,517,393;
Sandy Creek, $2,771,291; Gold
Mine, $2,057,164; Cedar Rock,
>3,865,869; Cypress Creek,
p, 682, 490; and Louisburg,
112,341,004 (Including $297,743
ncess).
The County Accountant's list
-efers to this listing as"tonta
|ve values."
00 fine and costs.
William Henry Radford, op
erating auto Intoxicated. State
takes nol pros to first count.
Defendant pleads guilty to se.
cond count of careless and reck
less driving. $50.00 fine and
costs.
Thomas Jefferson Anderson,
c/m/52; motor vehicle viola
tion. State takes nol prbs with
leave.
Kermlte Merrltt, assault with
deadly weapon. State takes
nol pros.
Harry Brlnkley Schlffman, u
m/24, speeding. $15.00 fine
and costs.
New Deputy
The Franklin County Sheriff's
Department lias a new Deputy
this week. Mrs. Joseph W.
Champion, wife of the Sheriff
has replaced Deputy C. P. Gil -
son of Frankllnton who has re
tired.
Mrs Champion, like Gibson
will act as office Deputy for
the Department.
' Pap High, c/m, possession of
intoxicating liquors; possession
for the purpose of sale. $10.00
fine and 'costs
James Neal, c/m, assault with
deadly weapon. Case dismiss
ed on payment of costs.
Johnny C. Horton, operating
auto intoxicated; motor vehicle
violation 6 monthsYn Jail, sus
pended on payment of $100.00
fine and costs.
Walter Otto Thomas, fc/m/53,
operating auto Intoxicated.
State, takes nol pros as to first
count; defendant pleads guilty
to second count of careless and
reckless driving. $50.00 fine
and costs.
Thufman Klrkland, w/m/45,
operating auto intoxicated; pos
session of tax paid whiskey,
no operator's license. State
takes nol pros to no operator's
license and operating auto In
toxicated. Defendant pleads
guilty to possession of tax paid
whiskey. $10.00 fine and costs.
William Green, possession of
non tax paid whiskey. $50.00
fine and posts.
How Time Flies
With graduation on the minds of many parents and student!
In the area thl*. week, It Is Interesting to note the unusual
relationship of the three people shown above. Owen (Joe)
Debnam of Loulsburg, right, Class of '54 had as his class
mascot, Elaine Debnam, center, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. B. Debnam, Clas'k of 1886. Debnam 's young daughter, Julie,
left, Is mascot of this gear's Loulsburg and Elaine's graduat
ing class. Julie, Is the Class of 'tO which Just might make
papa reflect "How times flies." --Staff Photo by Clint Fuller.
James Andrew Solomon, c/ 1
m/52, operating auto Intoxicat
ed; carrying concealed weapon.
6 months In Jail, suspended on
payment yf $125.00 fine and
costs.
Thurman Johnson, c/m, care
less and reckless driving. State
takes nol pros with leave.
William Green, c/m/ 30, pos
session non tax paid whiskey;
possession for purpose of sale.
$50.00 fine and costs.
Hubert Earl Green, c/in/16,
dispose of non tax paid whiskey,
Motion to quash allowed by
court.
Morton Jones, cTTn/43, as
sault on female. 6 months In
Jail
Harold Robert Murphy, c/m/
48, speeding. Prayer for Judg- *
ment continued on payment of
costs.
Tom Pounds, w/in/28, damage
to personal property. State
takes nol pros.
William Henry Peters, c/m /
38, operating auto Intoxicated
State takes nol pros as to first
count; defendant pleads guilty
to second count of careless and
reckless driving. $50.00 fin**
and costs.
John Jackson, c/m/44, unlaw -
ful possession of whiskey and
unlawful possession of whiskey
for sale ->6 months In Jail.
Defendant glVes notice of ap
peal to Superior Court. Ap
pearance bond set at $500.00
Defendant wjthdraws notice of
appeal.
Horton Jones, c/m/43, as
saiilt. 6 months In Jail, to run
concurrently with sentence Im
posed in Case No. 2600.
Enrollment
-The Franklin County Board of J
Education brought the total pu- i
plls assigned; to the county i
school to 5,871 as a number of i
late requests (or assignment
were approved Monday. Super- t
Intendent Warren W. Smith estl- r
mated that 150 more students t
might (till have not made Initial I
requests! a
Lunches In the county schools )
will tost a nickel more when f
the schools ojWtvthls (all. The
Board approved a recommenda
tion by the principals In the
system to raise the cost of
lunchroom meals (rom the pre
sent twenty-five cents to thirty
cents. The Increase was ne- t
cessary due to increase costs >
of food and the decrease of ]
federal surplus commodities. <
Teacher allotment (or the var
ious schools was studied and a c
listing of teachers approved Is i
to be released at a later date, t
according to the Board. The \
Commissioners
Approve Funds For
Youngsville Plant
The Franklin County Com
missioners approved a request
from he town of Youngsvllle
for funds totaling $3,58^.50 to
pay the cost of 600 feet of
cast iron water line to extend ,
from the Youngsvllle water kink
to the site of the new Tre'Jay j
Manufacturing plant.
The action came Monday in
the Board's regular monthly
meeting. E. J. Pearce and J.
T. Allen of Youngsvllle appear
ed before the Boafd stating
that the Youngsvllle town budget
could not take care of this
expense. Tre'Jay Is expected
to begin operations in Youngs
vllle around the first of the
year.
Robert Morgan was before the
Board seeking compensation for
injuries received when he was
accidentally shot by the County
Jailer during an escape try1>y
several other prisoners, Mor
gan said he was an inmate of
(he local jail last October and
November and received arm
?id chest wounds The Board
took the request under advise
ment.
Commissioner E. M. Sykes
was named to Investigate re
quests for repairs at the Ben
Franklin Boarding Home and
the Board approved Rural Road
petition No 1430 as presented
by C. H. Perdue and others of
Rt. 2, Loulsburg.
A request by the Castalla
Fire Department to extend their
fire coverage from their pre
sent three mile to a four mile
limit, reaching into Franklin
County was approved by the
Board.
The rental contract with the
office of Soli Conservation was
renewed tor another year, with
the federal agency obtaining
space tu the Agricultural Bufld
lug for $10 monthly rent
Local, businessmen H. v', Tay
lor, Jr. and Phillip McKtr.ne
appeared lvfore tie H<?ard
seeking a- cut in personal pro
perty tax valuation. Iujiii
such as was done earlier
real property. The Hoar 1 ad
vised that the matter should
have been presented t the
Board of Equalization d Re
view which met earlier this
year.
County Ta> S\iperv.s : K? -
neth Draswell was lusti ? ? ? i t .
advertise tax liens in July for
sale in August a4?d settl- .ient
In Septemt>er of this year
County Accountant Lee Murray
was named collector for pre
paid 1966 taxes.
The .Board, with all present
except Conuuisslonei Mrs
Jeanette P. \rnold. ii; ' ! t
set their July meetly ? Tues
day, ,/J.uly 5. in lieu of the first
Monday which falls on the Jul\
4th holiday
A Bond was approv ? i for
Hayesvllle Township O r.stabl
John Scott Ayscue subjeet t is
signing the document 1 th.
Board and LX>^ Warden i I n
gram gained the pr.?is? :
Youngsvllle's Police Chief .1
Green, who asked ^tUiU it
continued. (Se unconfirmed
report said 1433 dogs lave been
vaccinated through the nnnth
of May in this year's va? I na
tion program.
Bureau Prexy Says
Unity Calls Have
Hollow Sound
The President o( the i-r.mMin
County Farm Bureau 0ft|d)omy
that most of the c alls for unity
among tobacco marketing in?*
terests "have a mighty hollow
sound, as far as the farmer is
concerned." v
In clarifying Farm Bureau's
[position on the leaf marketing
matter, President Bennle'Ray
Gupton said, "the K? n^ .ijd lirtlty
called for by 'warehouse
leaders, and even some farm
groiipsv Is a unity at the
farmer\s expense. it's unity
that will again deny farmers an
active voice in drafting tobacco
marketing regulations."
The local farm leader said that
Farm Bureau "is the only gen
eral farm orgar^z-atlop that lias
continued to stand up for the
farrier's rights in this issue "
The North "Carolina Farm
Burviu, he noted in on (tallcy
record due t<> " \
vote" at th' "f ' ' V
-a+*w,il meetmr, "< \
active participation by tarn < t v
and others in matyi,' market
ing decisions
.."This ij\the way i .rm?*rs : el
about this, and we i ? ? ?
to sell ourselves 'I"- ? . r f .* i ivex
by accepting less," sai-i iupt??n.
"We Intend to stand J ? ^li
nes that grassroots far me i
themselves Iwtve put '?<, ?
l>ook," the Farm Bureau leader
said.
He noted that Farm Bureau
"has always been1 will in:'- to
cooperate with other groups in
resolving this marketing crisis,
but not If It means forcing the
farmer to live with second-rate
status."
Expected To Be Same
itate allotment of teachers has
lot been received and the study
vas made of the tentative allot -
nent, It was explained.
The assignment of pupils and
he disclosure that the total
iow nears the 1965-66 total (at
he end of the first ten-day
period) shows that some schools
ire likely to drop below last
'ear's enrollment whjle others
lave gained. \ %
Bookmobile
Service
Mrs. Lee H. Bell announced
oday that free Bookmobile ser
vice from the Franklin Courtly
library Is available (or rest
lents of Franklin County. \
The public 1* Invited to call
>r write Mrs. Bell fbr further
nformatlon If they would like
o take advantage of this ser
rlce.
^unn with 715 Is ahead of last
year's 903; Cedar Street la
last year's 120 with 193;
Edward Best Elementary has
139 this year, less than the
151 last year; Edward Best High
School lists 185 thus tar against
187 last time; Epsom gained
twelve over fast year's 210;
Gethsamane with 661 Is behind
their 678 last year.
Riverside School has 1526 In
cluding students from the closed ?
Maplevllle School over the 1496
last year. Youngsvllle Ele
mentary has 157, less the the
188 posted last year and Youngs
vllle High School has 329 or
less than the 339 at the end of
the ten days last year.
True comparisons cannot be
made until the first ten day '
period this fall, but enrollment
appears to be about the same
| throughout the county as that of
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