The Frafiljin Times
' Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ^ Serving All. Of Franklin County
97th Year-Number 42 Louisburg. N. C Thursday,- July 14. 1966 (Ten Pages Today) (Ten Cents)
limine Meets With Local I(ojhI Group
Fifth Highway Division Com
missioner J. B. Brame of
Durham was a visitor In
Loulsburg Tuesday for a
special Informal luncheon at
Loulsburg College. The Dur
ham businessman was Invited
to Franklin County by County
Commissioner Chairman
Norwood E. Faulkner.
Attending the meeting were
members of the Board of
Commissioners, members of
the Better Roads Committee,
special guests and members
of the press.
The luncheon held In the
college cafeteria was also
attended by district highway
officials
The group heard a reading
of the list of highway projects
given priority by the Better
Roads Cbmmittee based on
recommendations by the state
highway engineers. Including
Improvements toN. C. 56 from
Louisburg to Nash County, |
there were ten projects listed.
In answer to Questions,
Brame explained the modes
of operation of the present
Highway Commission. He
pointed out that "money was
all Important" In obtaining
road construction. He also
displayed" maps indicating
Trunk, Feeder Trim* and
Rural Collector highways in
the state, revealing that
Franklin County has only one
trunk highway, that being
N C 96 - Franklin County ? , ? N. C. 96 - Granville County
From Youngsville To Granville County It s - - - -
Patches To Pocomoke
?
Folks living on and traveling N C. 56 from Louisburg to the Nash County line
can take" heart. We have found a Primary highway Tn Franklin County in worse
shape. Many will find this hard to believe.
Unfortunately, it is true. Thankfully, however, it is not a very long stretch,
though it is long enough and serves enough taxpaying citizens to have been improv
ed before it was allowed to get into its present deplorable condition.
It is the stretch of N C 96 from Youngsville. across busy U S. 1 just south of
Franklinton, westward to Pocomoke and the Granville County line The highway
(and we use the word advisedly) is" in poor enough condition from Youngsville to
the junction of U. S. 1, but you'll have to see it on to Pooomoke.to believe it.
THERE IS NOT A CAR'S LENGTH OF THtS HIGHWAY FROM U. S 1 TO THE
GRANVILLE COUNTY LINE, THAT IS WITHOUT PATCHES In case you are a
sceptic or a Highway Commissioner, take a ride over it but do be careful
This next will come as no surprise. The road gets much better at the Granville
County line. Though it still leaves something to be desired, there are no patches
and it has been resurfaced in recent years in Granville.
To be perfectly honest about it. we have seen safer and better dirt roads If
the State of North Carolina is going to insist on designating highways such as this
one, N C: 56 and several others in our county, ds Primary Roads, it had better
get the meaning of the word changed iri the dictionary.
_ ?*
The word means: "Something that stands first in rank, importance or value "
It has lost it's meaning in Franklin County.
Paula Presents
Talent Tonight
Talented Paula Justice, Miss
Loulsburg, 1966, will (ace the
huge audience In Greensboro's
Wai* Memorial Auditorium to
night" ln-talent competition.
Paula participated last night
In the evening gown division
and Tuesday night In the swim
suit competition.
Miss Richmond County, Nell
Jones captured the swim suit
honors Tuesday night and Mls;s_
Klnston, Bettlna Helen Lutz
won In the talent division.
Evening gown winners are not
announced until the finals
Saturday night.
Miss Justice, 18-year-old
t*oulsburg College freshman,
will present her rendition of
a folk song about a love
struck girl asking to betaken
with her soldler-loveY to bat
tle.
Miss Justice, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, Royt Justice
of Clayton, N. C. wilt not
participate In the Judging
Friday night, but will appear
with ninety-three other con
testants on Saturday night.
The finals will be telecast
beginning at 10 p.m. Sat
urday night over Channel 11,
Durham, N, C,
Several local Jaycees have
traveled to Greensboro to
view the contests, but none
were available this morning
for comments on Miss Louls
burg ahers are scheduled
to be present tonight, when
the local representative pre
sents her talent which has been
described as one of the best.
Miss Justice won the Miss
Loulsburg contest to April
over six other girls. She is
5' 2 1/2" In height; weighs
108, has brown hair and hazel
eyes. . ?
Photo courtesy of Pe pti-Cole on d
Jonot Studies, Gr??n?b0f0, N. C
Richards To
Head Board
W. R. Richards, 'Jr. was
named chairman of the re
cently formed Franklin County
Planning Board here Wednes
day In a Joint meeting of the
Board and the Cbunty Com
missioners. Lee F. McLe
more of Frankllnton was
elected Vice Chalrnian.
Present for the meetlngwere
Commissioners: N. E. Faulk
ner, E. M. Sykes. George
Harris, Richard Cash and
Mrs. Jeanette P. Arnold.
Members of the Planning
Board present were: Ronald
Tharrlngton, Kenneth Fuller,
Richards and McLemqre.
Mrs. Dawn Dickens was Ab
sent.
County attorney Charles
Davis explained the duties to
the newly appointed members
and both groups discussed fu
ture plans.
The Board heard a secondary
road petition request and dis
cussed Industrial development
before adjourning. The meet
ing was held at 2 p. m. in the
courthouse and was a special
called imeetlng.
The first cotton bloom of
the season was brought Into
The Franklin Times office
Wednesday. It was grown on
the farm of Mrs Olive Per
nell by Robert Marshall, Rt.
1, Cistalla. According to the
report, the first bloom
appeared late last week, but
was not brought In.
Bloom
Two Others Damaged
Three-Car Crash At Franklinton
A three-car smashup at the
Intersection of U. S. 1 and
U. S. 1-A iait night around
10:30 resulted In at least two
Injuries and perhaps more.
Details were not available at
the scene as to how many
persona were Injured. Some
had been taken by private auto
mobile to Maria Parham Hos
pital In Henderson. One was
reportedly taken to Franklin
Memorial In Lotilsburg.
Richard Earl Mitchell, n/m/
24, Rt. 1, Wake Forest and an
unidentified passenger In the
1986 ads he was reportedly
driving, were not Injured. Mlt
chell, according to State
Trooper Gary Kearney of
.Youngsvllle, was sitting still
when struck by a car report
edly driven by a woman, ten
tatively Identified as Director
of Nurses of the Henderson
hospital. The 1961 Chevrolet,
driven by the Henderson
woman, was throwh Into the
left side of the Mitchell vehicle
by the Impact of being struck
by a 1063 Ford, reportedly
driven by a Frankllnton
woman, Identified as a Mrs.
Ollllam.
Trooper Kearney said his
preliminary investigation In
dlcated that the car driven by
Mrs. Gilliam was heading
south on U. S. 1 when It
struck a highway divider aVid
struck the car being driven
by the Henderson nurse, head
ing north. The Mitchell car
had stopped behind the Hen
derson woman's vehicle when
Mitchell saw the-on-comlng
Ford. ?
Best estimates a$ the scene
Indicate^ there were six per
sons Involved. Mitchell said
he thought there were several
perhaps three persons riding
In the Chevrolet. He said he
See WRECK page b
U. S. 1.
Brame praised the group for
their efforts and Interest In
better roads for the county and
encouraged them to continue
these efforts. He mlde re
peated reference to a series
of front page editorials being
currently published In The
Franklin Times.
The Commissioner stated
that the newspaper articles
would have little or no in
- fluence on him or the Com
mission, but they did serve
a purpose by creating local
interest.
Practically all primary
highways in the county came
under discussion, but no com
mlttipents were made or even
Indicated by the Commis
sioner.
He did, however, Indicate
that "all counties In the Divi
sion would get some "of the
slightly over $10 million
alloted the Division under the
Road Bond He declined to
answer a question as to what
the likelihood of Frankllnget
tlng a portion might be, and
said only that all counties
would get some, according to
present plans.
Following the luncheon,
frame was taken on a tour of
several county primary roads
by Times Editor Clint Fuller,
See BRA ME page 6
School Suit Hearing
Set For July 25th
Hearings in the suit against
the County R>ard of Education
brought by local Negro
parents and in which the U.
S. Justice Department en
tered. is to begin in U. S.
Eastern District Court in
Raleigh later this month,
according to notices sent
attorneys in the case
Judge Algernon L. Bitler
of Clinton, N. C. has noti
fied attorneys for the Board
of Education, E. F. Yar
boroiigh of Loulsburg and
Irvin B Tucker' of Raleigh
that hearings will begin at
10 a.m. July 25. Also noti
fied by Judge Butler were
John Ossea . Justice Depart
ment attorney who is re
placing Howard Fink as gov
ernment attorney and J. La
Vonne Chambers of Charlotte,
representing the plaintiffs.
The suit was filed last De
cember 8 by eleven Negro
parents, representing twenty
Negro students, whose appli
cation for transfer to pre
viously all white schools were
denied by the Board of Edu
cation The Department of
Justice filed a complaint of
Intervention on January 19 and
became a party to the suit,
listed as plalntlff-lntervenor.
The Negro plaintiffs are
attacking the Board of Edu
cation's Freedom of Choice
Plan which was in effect last
Franklinton
Lowers
Tax Rate
Citizens of Franklinton re
ceived good news this w?ek
in the form of an announcement
by Mayor Joe Pearce of a tax
reduction. The proposed new
town budget list^the new rate
at $1 65 or ten <ehts below
last year's $1.75 rate
The rate decrease is a re
sult of revaluation in the coun
ty. The largest expenditure in
the proposed budget is the
$63,976.71 allotted to the
water and sewer department.
Second largest item Is the
Street Department which is
receiving $40,358. This Is
followed by the Police and
Administrative departments
which'' art* receiving
$27,846.90 and $27,548.65 re
spectively.
Mayor Pearce also verified
a report in The Franklin
Times a few weeks ago wjien
he announced that Franklinton
has applied'for a Farm Home
Administration grant for
water and sewer improve
ments.
year. They claim that discri
mination existed in assign
ment of pupils. The Board says
it obtained approval of the
Office of Education for the
plan, which called for dese
gregation of only four grades.
The other eight grades are
to be desegregated this fall
under last year's plan which
, See SUIT page 6
Flue-Cured
Crop Up
18 Percent
Raleigh - Production of
flue-cured tobacco in North
Carolina is forecast at 811
million pounds by the North
Carolina Crop Reporting Ser
vice. This Is the first fore
cast for the season and is
based on reports from
growers as of July 1. if
the estimate materializes the
crop would be 18 percent above
the 690 million pounds pro
duced in 1965.
Acreage of all flue-cured
types is estimated at 407,500
? acres--32,500 acres or 8.7
percent more than 375,000
acres harvested last year
The flue-cured acreage allot
ment under the Acreage
Poundage Program adjusted
for undermarketlngs In 1965
was 430,811 acres.
Th? expected North Carolina
average flue_-?ured yieljd for
all types combined is 1,990
pounds- -or 150 pounds above
the average of 1,840 pounds
per acre realized In 1965.
The supply of plants was
adequate in most areas this
season but transplanting was
completed somewhat later
than for last year. Dry soils
during part of May necessi
tated some replanting;
however, good stands were
generally obtained and the
crop has made fair progress
though most areas are now
badly in need of rain. Ex
cessive rains around mid
June damaged the crop in some
areps, especially those fields
In low lying spots In the
Coastal Plains.
Acreage, yield and produc
tion forecasts for North Caro
lina by types as compared
with 1965 are as follows:
Type II - (Middle and Old
Belts): Production 294,150,
000 pounds frotn 159,0(50 acres
with a yield of 1,850 bounds
See CROP page\6
Weatherman Says: ?
Heading For 100 Degrees
G. O. Kennedy, Loulsburg weatherman, said thia morning
that the temperature was 7S degrees at 7 a.m. and "We're
heading for lbO today." He reported the thermometer reached
99 degrees here Wednesday and "would have hit 100 except
for a slight breeze Wednesday afternoon."
i Kennedy reports that thepe Is "nothing alarming about" the
\water situation here a? of today. He pointed out that water de
partment personnel are working extra hours to kee"fc> up with the
Increased demand brought on by the extended heat wave.
Kennedy said around 400,000 gallons is a normal days use of
witer In Loulsburg and that this has Increased^ upwards to
nearly 800,000 gallons this weak. "We'll be alrlam for another
few\days," he remarked when asked about the vater situation
Ho*?e"er, he reported that the Tar River level at the Main
Street bridge, where measurement Is always uUen, stands at
1.7 feat this morning. N>rmal level Is between 4 ani 5 feet with
measurements reaching 8 to 7 feet when there rain. The
Intake for the town water supply Is located west of the power
plant here some distance from the point dt measurement.
Kennedy reported the last rain In the area occurred on the
night of June 30 and morning of July 1, when he measured .57
Inches. Prior to that, .55 Inches fell on June 29. The last
markable rainfall occurred on June 18 when the area had .78
Inches. '''It's been quite awhile. I don't remember when It
rained prior to this date," Kennedy remarked.
Predicted hall and wlndatorma late Wednesday, tor this area,
failed to materlallie as did the forecast of somewhat lower
temperatures. Predictions tor today call tojr cloudy and warm,
with a high of 90 degrees and a SO percent chance of rain In
the area served by the Raleigh-Durham weather station.