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Weather Partly cloudy today with scattered afternoon thunder showers Low today, 70; high,' ! near 90. /' . The Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Times Comment Imagination: Something that sits up with a wite when her husbanl Is out late. Serving All Of Franklin County Tel GY 6-3283 n (Ten Cents) Louisburg. N C . Thursday. Ju^ie 30. 1966 XTen Pages Today) 97th Year? Number 38 This Is A. C. 561 In Halifax County This Is A. C. 561 In Franklin County t - t An Editoral N. C. Highway 561 - - - Our Pride And Our Joy "Mhis is the time ot ye.it when vacationers come back to Franklin County to see the home folks; when visitors are passing thiough and when, in general, motorists .ire .getting around So, it is the time lor showing off tlfelhings of which the county is proud. Visitors aie'taken for a view of the Louisburg College campus. They are shown the new industrial' plants, the hospital construction the schools and Nprth Carolina highway 561. ? ' N C 561 shown above in most of its glory, is the last* state primary highway built in Franklin County It is our pride and our joy It represents our best road. And since it does, we naturally wish to show it off All local citizens and most visitors are impressed N C 561 is a relatively short highway in the complex state road system It be gins oi ends, depending on your point of view at the Bickett Blvd intersection of U S 401 in Louisburg The other end of the strip disappears near Harrellsviile in the Northeastern part of the state Traffic on N C 561 must be heaviest from Louisburg to the intersection of N C 43 below Wood At any rate, this is the strip which shows the most wear. Or per haps, more correctly put, this is the section which shows the greatest lack of maintenance This comes as no surprise, if the visitor has a Franklin County guide Almost any citizen can readily explain that Franklin County primary roads get little atten tion N C 561 gets much better in the next county, the visitor is told Don't t they all7 And theie follows the inevitable question- How would the citizens of Wake, Durham pnd the other four counties in the Fift|i Highway Division like to have a highway such as this, which they too, could poiht to with pride, as their very best? You're invited to come see ours * U S. 1 whrrh by-passes FranMinton was completed since N C 561 and is the newest stretch through the county However, one suspects this was obtained as a means of connecting Henderson and Raleigh more so than as on improvement for Franklin County Mayor Proclaims "Bells For Freedom" Day Monday Louisburg Mayor V.. A. Peoples issued a Proclama tion today designating Monday, July 4, as "Bells For Free dom" Day in Louisburg and urging all citizens to Join with the local teen-agers who are sponsoring a bell-ringing ce lebration beginning at 2 p.m. Monday Peoples praised the local teen-agers and particularly Miss Tucker Meyer whose letters to the Mayor and lo cal news media sparked the bell-ringing project Bells in churches, homes, and other locations, including those on the town fire trucks will ring for four consecutive minutes beginning Monday at 2 p.m. ? ^ In addition, The Franklin Times in today's issue is running the Declaration of In dependance in its entirety on its Editorial page. The local radio station will on Monday broadcast portions of the document beginning at 2 p.m. with bells as back ground sound. The text of Mayor Peoples' Rroclamation follows: WHEREAS, The people of Louisburg have long been re cognized for their patroitlsm and their love of Freedom, Liberty and Justice; and WHEREAS, The celebration of July 4 as Independence Day has always been marked by display of the'flag and other solemn contemplations by ogr See MAYOR Page 6 Edwards Is President Of Millers Assoc. Joe Edwards, operator of the Louisburg Milling Com pany here was elected presi dent of-the Easier fv -Gent M+4 ? lers Association in the organi zation's meeting held in New ton Grove, N. C. yesterday. Edwards, who has been ac tive in the organization for a 'number of years, and his wife, Mabel, live qn Church Street here. Other officers are, vice president, Hubert DaVis, Se ven Springs; secretary, Nor wood O. Hargroies, Raleigh and treasurer, Snerrll Wil liams, Newton Grot? Franklinton Dog Tags Arrive Franklinton Police Chief Leo Edwards reported today that dog tags ljuve arrived in Franklinton and may be ob tained by dog owners Chief Edwards also issued a re minder that beginning the first of August his department will stage a roundup of all stray dogs. in the area. Edwards issued an an nouncement eailiertlvis month stating that a? major crack down would be held against stray dogs beginning in Au gust and urged all owners to obtain collars and tags for their dogs. He also asked that dogs be vaccinated. County Board Sots ? 1.58 Tax Rato The' franklin County Com missioners, meeting In spe cial session here Wednesday, set the county tax rate, ten tatively, at $1 58 or 40 less than the $1 .98 of last year. The decrease came due to the re valuation of property in ttie , county, which Jumped from Just over $31 m 111 Ion' last yeiir to $46,600,00.00 this year The normil Increase in val uation Is estimated at between three-quarters and one mil lion dollars Based on this estimate, revaluation added abqui $14 m'llion in property to the tax books. Leadlng^the ltst of depart ments In the budgetTas usual, are the school systems. The tax rate dropped from .38 cur rent expense and .48 capital outlay last year to .32 and .33 respectively this year.' How ever, the total amount oftay^" levy exceeds that of last year Current expense pnoves from $120,326.33 In 1 965-60 to a new $149,120.00 for 196C-67. Capital outlay tax levy moves from $151,991.16 last year to $153,780.00 for 1966-67. The Frankllnton City School sys tem gets 20.18 per cent of these totals, the county system Town Council Approves Tentative Budget, Salaries Increase The Loulsburg Town Coun cil has approved a tentative budget of departmental and bond tndebtness totaling $?191,951 for the coming fis cal year, 1966-67. The action came hist Friday night. A meeting is scheduled for July 22 at 7:30 p.m. for /lnal approval and the setting of the new tax rate, which Is ex Old Swimming Hole Changes The old swimming hoi* was never like the one shown above. The 20 by 40 ft pool li located In Centervllle at the home of Mr and.Mrs. Lemuel Ward and la home, on these hot daya, for all the klda in the nelghborhood. Wa/i reports they come early In the'mornlng and stay until after dark when he Is forced to fight the pool. The deepeat pari measures 12 ft. near the diving board and there We over twenty youngsters enjoying the water when the above phofo was taken. Some of the lustre of th* Old swimming hole may be lost In this modern version, but one thing remains th* sam*--the kids enjoy It. y ?Staff photo by Clint Fuller. ' ' a* "Y y pected to be somewhat lower than presently. Included in the new budget are salary Increases for town employees ranging from 5 to^ 10 per dent. On the first moiidn passed by the Board with May^r V. A, Peoples ab Saunders Takes Rotary Prexy Post D. R. (Rocky) Saunders, Louis burg businessman, will take over as, the new presi dent of the Loulsburg Rotary Club tonight, It was announced today. J Saunders Is Joined by Ed Plttman, manager of Gay Pro ducts here, as vice president and John Davis, ASCS office manager, will assume the duties of secretary-trea surer. Rev Buford Raffleld, pastor of the Maplevllle Baptist Church, was the featured speaker at the Rotary meeting last week. He spoke on "The Happy Man," utilizing scrip ture In relation to happiness. Two new members were In ducted Into the Club by past president Dr. Cfecll W. Rob bins. New members arW Dr. John Vassey, radlolbglst at Franklin Memorial Hospital and W. C. Lancaster, Jr., al funeral home director, r. C-\rey Jones Perry Is tlfte retiring Rotary president staining and Cptflfcllwoman Breattle O'Neal votlngagalnst the proposal, all employees were granted a 5 per cent raise except Roy Holmes, Harold Foster, Bobby Gil liam, Sammy Tucker, Ath lon Saunders and Katherlne D, Gupton. These were granted 10 per cent raises under the first motion. Council mem bers . voting for the rnotloh were: E. F. Thomas, Jonah ?Taylor, Louis. Wheless and S. C. Foster \ 1 * The minutes shiw People's reason for not voting was be cause the police and firemen were not Included. Mrs O'Neal's reason was not stated. However, following this vote, another motion was made by Councilman Foster "that the three paid firemen and patrbl members of the Police De partment be given a 10 per cent Increase In lieu of the 5 per cent previously authorized." Councilman Thomas seconded this m 'it ion and all members' voted In favor of It. Leading the list of depart mental expenditures for the coming year is the electric department with a budget of 9220,710. Police Department , Is next In line with a budget of (44,980 followed by Gen eral Government, $41,609. Other departments Include: Fire, $22, 140;Street, $19,703; Sanitation, $29,176; Water, $34,716, Sewer, $16,353; and Recreation, $6,574. The Res cue Service Is budgeted at See TOWN Page 6 gets the remainder. All items in the new tenta tive budget are increased ex cept the Debt Service which drops from $28,498.34 last year to $23,300.00 in the pre sent budget. The largest In crease appears in the General Purpose Fund. It jumps from $03,329. G5 to $93,200.00. Two new items, appear in the tentative budget. Capital Im provement to the Jail is set at $18,640.00 and Capital Im provement to the .Boarding Home is set at the same. Louisburg Township tax payers will have an additional levy of .20 School Debt Ser vice an1 Frankllnton Township^ citizens will have an ?xtfa .44 In School Debt Service. Loulsburg is jJ<*wn ffom 40 cents; last-year and Franklin ton fwli frrmi f>4 cents ^ The to^al budgetary require ments amount to$l ,303, 955. 95 for thn coming yel*r from lo cal sources. This, however, is, not all received from tax levy. This figure does not Include federal and state assistance in the various county agencies and programs. The final approval of the budget Is expected In July. Wind Damn fj;e _ ? James ? Wildtiiy- member of? the firm of- Franklin Milling Company here is 'shown ' abov late Wednesday afternoon viewing damage to the 15,000 bushel grain bin being Installed near the railroad depot here Wind which accompanied a severe rain storm iround 4 p.m in the Louisburg area yester day toppled the huge structure with four men inside it, but fortunately 'no one was. injured Wilder said he could not estlmite the damages at the tihrie. The structure is 55 feet high and 24 feet .In diarn Her. Reports that .as much as 2 inches of rain fell in som ? areas of the county bringing relief to the tobacco .crop in these areas. Photo by Clint Fuller . Y ? Other News Media Comment On Times' Road Editorials At least (our out-of-town news media have commented or reported on the series of front page editorials pertain ing to road conditions In Franklin County, which have appeared recently In The Franklin Times. WRAL-TV (Channel 5) In Raleigh, reported on a state ment by County Commission Chairman Norwood Faulkner Tuesday on their 6 p.m. Date line News program and again at 11 pjm on Late Dateline. The to Faulkner followed the reading of the first three editorials by WRAL Vice President Jesse Helms and News Director Sam Beard. The television station again reported Tuesday night on word from the State Highway officials, who were not nam ed, In light of the Tlnv?s editorials. The Henderson Dally Dis patch carried an editorial on the articles In their Wednes day afternoon issue. (See the Henderson editorial page 4). The Raleigh Times has re quested pictures of the road conditions from Times Editor Clint Fuller and Indications from the Raleigh newspaper is that an article will appear today on the editorials carried in this newspaper. The Nashville Graphic, < Nashville, N. C, carried the first of The Times front page editorials pertaining to N. C. 64 at the Nash-Franklin county line, In their issue last week. BUI Armstrong of WHAL-TV | news Indicated by telephone Wednesday to Fuller that his > station would send a crew here Friday to photograph some of 1 the roads. WRAL-TV reported Tuesday 1 night that around )900,000had 1 been spent In FranKlln County I In the past 29 year*- on pri- ' mary highway construction. They also mentioned thatWake county gets several millions annually. In the Dateline re port Wedne&ay night, WRAL TV reported that word fr^m the Highway Commission was that "Franklin County would have to'walt." The broadcast stated that N. C. $6 Is the only future project approved and that this has a "low Brlorlty." Wednesday's broadcast also disclosed that the county had received around only $5,000 from the state for primary roads in the Moore Adminis tration, the four years of the Terry Sanford Administration ind the last four years of the Luiher HodgeS Administration combined. Times Editor Clint Fuller, who writes the front page editorials and also handles the photography, said In light of ihe WRAL-TV report, "We See COMMENT fage ?
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