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and Wednesday with a 10%
chance of thundershjwers
Low today, 72; high, 96.
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Louisburg. N C . T uesday, July 12, 1966
(Eight Pages Today)
97th Year? Number 41
MISS PAULA JUSTICE
Miss Louisburg
1966
Gets Sendoff To State Pageant
Miss Paula Belle Justice, petite hazel-eyed beauty from
Clayton, N. C. received a rousing sendoff to the North Caro
ling Pageant here yesterday as she took the hopes of Louisburg
to the state contest. Miss Justice, chosen as Miss Loulsburg,
1966 in the local Jaycee Pageant last April, is a Louisburg
College coed.
The traditional sendoff was staged at radio station WYRN
here Monday at 9:30 a.m. and was arranged by the Loulsburg
Jayeees. Best wishes were extended the 5' 2 1/2" talented
miss by Loulsburg Mayor V. A. Peoples, Jaycee 1st Vice
President Bill ONeal, Lions Club prexy G. M. (Buddy) Beam,
Clay McBrlde, president of the Loulsburg Business Associ
ation and Jimmy Weathers of the Louisburg Rotary Qub and
Ralph Knott, past president of the Jaycees.
Louisburg Jaycee Billy Griffin escorted Miss Louisburg and
her rfiother, Mrs. Roy A. Justice of Clayton, to the Pageant
In Greensboro. Griffin Motor Co. furnished the official pageant
car for the trip.
Miss Justice will be extremely busy from today through the
week, with only Friday night off from the routine She is in
Group C, which will spend much of today meeting the press,
rehearsing and being Interviewed by the Judges She will
appear tonight In swim suit competition and Wednesday night
she will compete In the evening gown category Thursday night
she will render her talent, which is expected to be among the
very best seen in this year's state pageant.
She will not compete Friday night, but will appear with the
other ninety-three contestants in state-wide television as the
pageant reaches the final stages Saturday night.
Miss Justice is staying at the Coliseum Motel In Greens
boro. for those wishing to send flowers and telegrams. The
official address for the Pageant is The N. C. Ffcgeant of
1966, Box 8271, Greensboro, N. C.
Miss Loulsburg has brown hair and has been a favorite at
Louisburg Cbllege in her many appearances before groups
either alone or with a trio of entertainers. Her rendition
of folk songs has brought her much praise.
The local college freshman participated in the Miss Smith
field contest in 1965 and has over seven years of piano
training plus dancing and voice
Temperature Hits 100,
No Relief In Sight
Monday set a record for a
hot day here In FrankllnCoun
?y this summer. The ther
mometer soared to a blist
ering 100 degrees for the
hottest day since June 21, 1964
according to Loulsburg
weatherman C. O. Kennedy.
The ? hottest day since
Kennedy has been keeping re
cords locally, dating from
March, I960, was June 20,
1964 when the temperature
reached 103 degrees. June 21,
1964 registered 101 degrees.
Temperatures have been on
the high side the entire month
of July with last Saturday's
92 degrees being about as low
as seen thus far this month
The weatherman promises
more of the same for today,
with a mass of hot air on Its
way to this section. Chly a
slight chance of rain Is pre
dicted
Water supplies In the area
are beginning to be a cause of
concern among some otflclsls.
Kennedy reports that "We're
making out right now," but
Indicated that some steps will
be taken unless relief Is soon
In coming.
He reported a record 563,000
gallons of water used In Louls
burg Monday. He reported that
a normal weekday amount Is
round 400,000 gallons. He
said the pumps operated for
14 hours Monday lrom 6 a.m.
until 1:30 p.m. to supply the
demand.
Crops are suffering all over
the county and farmers with
irrigation systems are using
them day and night In an effort
to relieve thi drought on their
crop*. Some areas have re
ported showers, but no areas
have reported an appreciable
amount of moisture recently.
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Meetings To
Be Held
A series of tobacco field
meetings will be heldatCoker
tobacco demonstrations on
Thursday, July 14, according
to C. T. Dean, Jr., County
Extension Chairman. The
schedule Includes a stop In
Franklin County at the Bennle
Ray Gupton Farm, located on
Highway 561 between Center
vllle and Wood, at 3:00 p.m.
The purpose of these meet
ings l? to observe standard
varieties of tobacco and also
new disease resistant exper
imental lines that you will
want to see, said Dean. In
cluded In these plots are also
one or two new tobaccos that
might be released for 1967
planting, depending on the cur
rent season's performance.
Dean said he hoped It will
be possible for many Franklin
County farmers to attend the
meeting and see these tobacco
demonstrations,
GeorgHV. Ford Passes
George W. Ford
George Waddell Ford, 62,
Loulsburg businessman died
Monday morning at his home
here, following .an Illness of
several months Graveside
funeral services will be
held this afternoon at 5pm
at Cfekwood Cemetery, con
ducted by Rev. Norwood Jones,
pastor of the Louliburf
Methodist Church and Rev.
Kelly Wilson, Jr., former
pastor.
Ford was the son of the late
Edward Stegall Ford and Hazel
Waddell Ford. He was a mem
ber of the Loulsburg Metho
dist Church, a Mason and a
former Register of Deeds of
Franklin County He attended
local schools, Porter Military
Academy and the University
of North Carolina
Surviving are his widow, the
former Katharine Rogers of
Griffin, Ga ; one sister Mrs.
Darrell L. Perry, two
brothers, Charles E. and Ed
ward S. Ford, all of Louls
burgi seven nieces and
nephew*.
Town Boy Makes Good
CM former Loulaburg boy
his made food In the big city.
Many attempt it, but William
E. Uzzle has mad* It In a big
way.
A report in the Wall Str**t
Journal, relating to the ap
pointment of a former tobacco
firm executive as head of
Royal Crown Cola Inter
national, Ltd., says th
man la the "second highest
paid employee In th* soft
drink company. Royal Crown
praaldant and chl*f executive
William E. Uzt*l has an an
nual salary of $<2,500.
Mr. UzzlewssbornlnLouls
buri, want to ichool at W. R.
Mills and graduated from the
University of North Carolina.
Ha Is tha son of tha lata Alice
El and W. E. Uzzle. Ha has
several ralatlvas In Franklin
County.
He started with the company
In 1938, first In Tennessee
and worked his wsy up to s
member of Board of Directors
'in 1063. From this position
he was named president of
the company In IMS.
Mobile Units, Louisburg Heat, Bunn Gym
Ed. Hoard Approves
?15 I AIM Spending
The Franklin County Board |
of Education moved here Mon
day, to repair the heating sys
tem at Loulsburg auditorium,
renovate and enlarge the Bunn
gym and other expenditures
amount Ing-to $154,183.00
In the Board's regular
monthly meeting, moved from
the Fourth of July holiday,
$109,857 00 was approved
from federal ESEA funds for
five mobile units. Two of the
units will" contain offices for
ESEA personnel, two are
double sized kitchen units and
one te a single kitchen unit.
The mobile units, contracts
for which were awarded to
Universal Equipment Co. of
Raleigh, earlier? are slated
to cost $56,982.00. The Board
approved $672.00 Monday for
enlargement of one of the
kitchen units, plus a $14,000.
00 increase In equipment as
required by the N. C. Board
of Health
Equipment to be contained
in the units is now listed at_
$66,875.00. In other spend
ing, the Board approved $1,
665 00 bid on a heating sys
tem for Cedar Street School
and awarded the contract to
Loulsburg Plumbing and Heat
ing Co. as low bidders.
The Loulsburg auditorium Is
to be equipped with additional
heat facilities at a cost of
$2,997.00 to correct an In
adequate heating condition
which has existed since the
original construction in 1961,
when the heating plans were
altered to meet funds avail
able at that time.
No estimate of cost was
given for enlargement and re
novation of the Bunn gym,
Fire Destroys
Tenant House
An early Sunday morning
fire, left t^n motherless child
ren and their father homeless
In Cedar Rock Community, ac
cording to reports.
Charlie Williams, Negro
tenant on the P. E. Dean
Farm, Route 4, Loulsburgwas
away from home when the
fir# started, reportedly
around 4 a.m. Sunday. All
the children escaped Injury,
however, one fireman report
ed that quick action on the
part of one of the youngsters
saved a smaller child from
possible Injury. The unidenti
fied child ran back Into the
house to rescue the younger
child, It was reported
The Justice Fire Depart
ment answered the call and
reported that fire had spread
to every room In the house
and to the front porch when It
arrived. Che fireman theoriz
ed that the blaze started from
a leaking gas stove when one
of the children struck a match.
No official- cause has been
given
Firemen managed to save
the walls and roof of the fra me
house, but all the Contents
were deitroyed, Including
furniture and clothing.
The oldest of the ten child
ren was reported to be bet
ween 14 and 15 years old
Their mother died some time
ago, according to the report.
Short Session
The Loulsburg T?wn Council
probably set some sort of re
cord for short meetings, here
last Friday nl|ht. The CoulttS?
ell, meeting to settle a rezoii*
ln( question, among other
things, found themselves short
of business to attend to, when
a letter of withdrawal was
read, lent by the parties ori
ginally requesting thai a
certain lection on Davis Street
her* be rezoned for business.
Tltt Council corrected, what
was reported to be a minor
error In the minutes of a
previous meeting, approved
the payment of invoices and
adjourned, all In the short
period of twenty-five minutes.
Certainly one of the shortest,
If not the shortest, session on
record.
but the Board instructed Its
architect Ralph Reeves of Ra
leigh to move ahead with plans
C. Ray Pruettr
Pruette Is
?
Lions Deputy
Governor
C. Ray Pruette, of Franklin
ton and a member of the
Loulsburg College faculty, has
been ruined Deputy District
Governor of Liyns Inter
national by the new District
Governor, Monroe Gardner.
Pruette, long a leader In
Lionism in this area, will
supervise Lions Clubs In
Zones six and seven of Region
3, District 31 -G The 12 clubs
he will assist Include, Louis
burg, Kranklinton, Youngs
ville, Dunn, Epsom in Frank
lin county, plus Cre'edmore.
Butner, Henderson, Oxford,
Townsvllle, Littleton and
Warrenton
Pruette will serve for one
year. He served in the past
year (1965.-1966) as Zone
ChalrmanJor Zone No. 7 which
Included clubs at Loulsburg,
Franklinton, Youngsvllle,
Littleton and Warrenton
Notice
No x-rays will be made at
the Franklin County Health
office after Thursday, July
14th, until further notice due
to the x-ray machine beliig
repaired.
The addition will increase the
seating capacity of the gym,
long overcrowded, by nearly
three-fourths it* present ca
pacity. Also planned are re
pairs to the floor, a new en
trance with concession stand
and toilet facilities, plus re
painting.
Bids were opened for new
sewer facilities at Gethse
mane and Perry's School and
contracts were awarded to j
W. R. Proctor Plumbing Co.
of Raleigh. Cbstofthe Perry's
School Installation is $11,560
and the Gethsemane work is
to cost $12,554.00 for a total
of $24,114.00.
Carl B. Minis Plumbing and
Heating Co. was awarded the
Loulsburg Auditorium work,
after the Board removed $641.
00 from the bid for insulating
pipe and another $100 for
patching plaster A 50&0
gallon water tank was order
ed from Rawls Pump and
Supply Co., Inc. for Installa
tion at Perry's Schod at a cost
of $1550. Rawls was low of
three bidders.
The mobile units and t he
equipment contained In them
was approved at the Board's
special meeting June 2(3, but
additional requirements by the
N. C. Department of Health,
the agency charged with ap
proving all school cafeterias
and equipment, caused a re
view of the expenditures here
Monday. Funds for the five
units have been approved by
Washington under the Elemen
tary and Secondary Educa
tion Act. All other expendi
tures are slated to come from
the local tax budget.
Thirteen more students were
assigned to school -of their
choice for the fall term, bring
Vet's Service
Officer On
Vacation _
George Champion, Jr.,
Franklin County Veteran's
Service Officer announced
that the office will l>e closed
the week of July 11-15 for
vacation J
Champion stated the office*
will reopen Monday, July 18,
I for business.
ing the total pupils assigned to
date to 5940 to the eleven
schools In the county system.
J Hnrold Talton
Talton New .
IDC Prexy
l.ouislnirg bank executive J. I
Harold Talton was named to
replace Allen deHart, Louts
burg College faculty member,
as Chairman of the Franklin
County Industrial Develop
ment Commission in actions
taken by the Commission in
a meeting held here last Fri
day night.
deHart resigned as Chair
man but will continue to serve
as a Commission member, it
was announced.
Frank Collins of Youngsvllle
was . elected Vice Chairman
replacing Talton Lloyd West
was reelected Secretary
Treasurer of the Comm ission.
The group passed a resolu
tion expressing their appre
ciation of services rendered
by deHart during his term as
Chalrmin.
Talton, a graduate of Wake
Forest College, Was named
Man of the Year by the Louis
burg Rotary Qub for his work*
in industrial development in
1965 He Is president of the
Franklin Building Corp., a
.non-profit local industry fin
ancing organization.
Talton lis married to the
former Patricia Smith of
Rome, Ga. and the father of
three children The Taltons
live on Jeff rest Drive here
Local Scouts Off On Camping Trip
Loulsburg Scout Troop 555
left Sunday afternoon, July 10,
for a weeks' camping at the
W. D. Campbell Frontier Jam
boree Camp, located on Biggs
Island Lake above Townsvllle,
North Carolina, on the Vir
ginia side of the Lake.
Scoutmaster H. H. Steelman
reports that the W. D.Camp
bell Camp is unique In
scouting, and the most re
quested Camping Service
offered by the Occoneechee
Council This ye^r the scouts
attending will be supervised in
advanced Scout activities by
Commando Army personnel of
the Green Beret Corps from
Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Each Commando instructor
has had scouting experience
and attained the rank of Eagle
Scout. .
LoulsbJrg Scouts having the
rank of Second Class and af-~
tending Camp are Jack Vers
teeg, Tommy Phelps, Paul
Shuplng, Roy Pleasants, Ben
nett Steelman, Larry Lloyd,
Chuck Latta, Bobby Fuller,
?Will Wilder, Woody Warren,
and Kirk House These boys
will b? working for First Class
rank by doing their own
cooking, swimming, signaling,
marksmanship, canoeing, and
other special events. Wednes
day afternoon, July 13, is visi
tors' day at which time the
scouts' parents are planning
to visit W. D. Campbell Camp
for a picnic supper with the
scouts Adults accompanying
the scouts during this week
of camping are H. H. Steel
man and Robert Versteeg.