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Lou is burg. N. C. Tuesday, August 2. 1966
(Six Pages Today)
97th Yaar? Number 47
Bunn Lions Endorse
Times' Rood Articles
The thlrty-flve-member
Bunn Lions Club has added
Its endorsement to the Frank
lin Times road efforts In a
letter from secretary Decl
mo Gay.
The letter states, "The
thirty five member Bunn Lions
Club would,llke to be placed
along side' the Frankllnton
Club In endorsing the efforts
of your paper for Improved
roads InFrankllnCounty. Qjr
Interest In the matter with
you, and the Better Roads
Committee, Is one hundred
percent."
The Bunn Lions point out
that . .We cannot put the
blame, on the present State
Highway Commission for a
condition that has existed for
longer than most of us can
remember. Perhaps the fault
has been within the county
Itself."
The Bunn Lions endorsement
of The Franklin Times front
page editorials pertaining to
road conditions In the county,
brings to three the number of
organizations In the county
stamping approval of the
efforts. Previously the Frank
llnton Township Chamber of
Session
Begins At
College
Official registration for the
second session of Summer
School for 1966 at Loulsburg
College closed with a total of
176 enrolled, according to a
report from Dean John B.
York.
North Carolina leads the re
presentative group with 124.
The predominating cities In
the state Included In this figure
are: Loulsburg, 24; Durham,
IB; Henderson, 10; and
Raleigh, 10.
Virginia Is second In line
with 36 students, while New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,
New York, Pennsylvania, and
Florida help to round out the
total enrollment.
The second session will con
tinue through August 26.
Boxscore
Raleigh - - The Motor Ve
hicles Department's summary
of traffic deaths through 10
a.m. Monday, August 1;
KILLED TO DATE 693
KILLED TO DATE
LAST YEAR
Board Studies
Court Order i
The Franklin County Board
of Education spent most of
the time in their regular
monthly session here Monday ,
studying the Interim Cburt
Order handed down last week
by U.S. Eastern District Court
Judge Algernon ftjtler in the
Franklin School suit.
No announcement was made
on whet actions were taken
to implement the order .
In other action*, however,
the Board accepted resigna
tions of four teachers, In
cluding veteran Qold Sand
ooach, Jlmmle C. O'Neal, Jr.
Two others resigned from
Riverside and one from Geth
semane Schools.
The Board approved a meet
ing to beheld here on August
SO, of personnel Involved In
food service programs.
Board attorney Edward F.
Yarborough led the discus
sion of the recent court ruling
requiring the county to grant
a new choice period for some
over 3,000 Negro school child
ren. Supt. Warren Smith In
formed the Board that choice
forms, letters and eoplee at
the court order had been mail
ed to all Negro studerts In the
county as required by Judge
Butler. , ,
Most at the discussion bord
ered on carrying out the pro
visions of the order and meet
ing deadlines set by the Court
for certain forma to be filed.
Commerce and the Frank
llnton Lions Club had Issued
statements of approval A
number of private Individual!
have expressed their endorse
ment of the efforts to get Im
provements to county high
ways.
Accidents
Take Toll
In Injured
A two-car collision at the
intersection of U. S. 401 and
N. C. 39 In Loulsburg Satur
day around 9:45 a.m. sent nine
persons to Franklin Memorial
Hospital for treatment. An
other single car accident bet
ween Youngsvllle and Wake
Forest placed a county man In
Rex Hospital under Intensive
care.
The Saturday collision oc
cured, according to Loulsburg
Police Officer Gerald Eury,
when a 1965 Chevrolet driven
by Pattle Gall Splvey Morgan,
R. 1, Loulsburg Negro wo
man attempted to make a left
turn off Blckett Blvd., west
on the street from Blckett
to Main. A 1965 Pontlac,
reportedly driven by Barbara
B. Rackley, white woman of
Rocky Mount, struck the Che
vrolet. The Rackley car was
headed south.
Injured In the Rackley car
were 10-year-old Debra Kay
Wilder, who suffered severe
head Injuries and 8-year-old
Vivian Wilder, both nieces of
Mrs. Rackley. The 8-year
old was not seriously Injured.
The driver of the Morgan
car suffered the most Injuries
of those in the vehicle and
was taken by the Loulsburg
Rescue Service to the local
hospital. All, reportedly, were
released a short time later.
Five passengers In the Mor
gan car were released after
first aid treatment.
Damage to both vehicles was
placed at around $1300 by
Officer Eury.
Wllllard GUI lam, w/m/49,
Rt. 1, Loulsburg, suffered se
vere Injuries, Including a bro
ken leg when the car he was
driving reportedly overturned
between Youngsvllle and Wake
Forest. GlUlam also suffer
ed severe head and facial
Injuries and was taken to Rex
Hospital In Raleigh. Further
details of the accident were
not available.
The Loulsburg Rescue Ser
vice answered a second call
Saturday to aid a Negro wo
man, Cleosa Allen on Halifax
St. here. The call took place
around 11:15 a.m. Saturday
while Rescuers were busy with
the victims of the Blckett
Blvd. accident.
How Many Buildings Do You Recognize?
See how many buildings you can recognize In this aerial
photograph of the Townof Loulsburg. Looking east, tha picture
Includes the county Courthouse, center; Church Street, lower
portion of picture and The Franklin Times building on
Blckett Blvd. In the upper right corner. Observe, too, the
changes since this photo was made several years ago, parti
cularly the absence of Shannon Village shopping center, the
new bank building on the corner ofNashand Blckett and many
others.
The first general rains In
several weeks fell on the coun
ty Friday night and Saturday.
County Extension Chairman,
C. T. Dean, Jr., says that from
the reports he has the amount
ranged from eight tenths ofan
Inch to more than two Inches.
Dean said that while he hated
to sound greedy, we do need
some more rain because crops
use about two tenths of an Inch
per day during this season of
the year.
In commenting on the crop
situation the ExtenslonChalr
man says the rain will Just
about make or mature tobacco
that has been Irrigated.
Approximately 65% of the
county's tobacco acreage Is
estimated to have been Irri
gated at least once. The some
35% of the crop that has not
been Irrigated will need about
two more rains a week apart
to make a fair crop.
Farmers are urged to top
their tobacco as soon as It
blooms. Research Information
shows that after tobacco
blooms It costs the farmers
$10 to $12 per day per acre un- *'
til It la topped. Che other Im
portant suggestion Is to let
tobacco ripen before you har
vast. Ripe tobacco will always
sell. Dean said.
In reference to the cotton
crop, Dean said that ootton has
had It rough all year. The cold
wet weather along with the
frost In early May ruined the
^Und In many casea. Dry
weather was beginning to In
jure cotton but the cotton crop
can usually stand more dry
weather than other crops.
Farmers are urged to follow
a complete Insect control pro
gram.
The corn crop has been hurt
the most from the drought. The
rain came too late for the bulk
of the county's corn crop.
Some fields of late corn will
be helped.
The rain will help the soy
bean crop. The bean crop does
not seem to be hurt too much
because most of the crop Is
planted to the Lee and Bragg
varieties and these varieties
are Just beginning to bloom.
117 weather has caused poor
stands in fields following
small grain. With additional
rain soybeans should come
"out pretty good.
Pastures were about to dry
up before the rsln. Many far
mers were^feedlng as If it
was winter. Pasture and hay
crops suffered quite a bit from
the drought.
Home gardens were hurt
about as bad as anything from
the dry weather. Dean said
the following vegetables can
be planted now for harvest
before frost: Kale, collards,
cabbage, carrots, musta.^,
turnip*, bunch butter beam,
bunch snaps and, squash.
In closing, Dean said we
still need an Inch of rain a
week.
Area Gets .97 Inches
The Franklin County area
received welcomed relief
from the long drought as a
soaking rain fell here most of
the day Saturday. G. O.
Kennedy, Loulsburg weather
man reported the official rain
fall Intownas .97 Inches. Some
areas of the county received
more, some less, accordlngto
reports.
Kennedy reported that only
.07 Inches had fallen through
the entlre month of July prior
to Saturday. He explained that
the measurement was .07
early Saturday morning and
that 90 fell from 9 a.m. Sat
urday until S p.m.
Combined with around two
Inches of rainfall In the month
of June, the two-month period
has bean one of the dryest In
years.
Kennedy had reported
earlier, that .57 Inches had
fallen on the night of June 30
and morning of July 1. Prior
to that, .55 Inches fell on June
29. Kennedy measured .55
Inches on June 18, but be
fore that he stated he couldn't
recall when the last mear
surable rainfall occurred.
The rain brought with It coll
ing temperatures, dropping
down to the mld-elghtles after
several days during July when
the thermometer reached the
100 degree mark. Most of July,
temperatures ranged In the
low nineties, with several days
reaching up to 97 degrees.
Air National Guard Travels The Globe
Raleigh - "Dear Sir, I took ten days
from my civilian Job to fly 10.1 tona
of cargo 7,587 miles (one way) In a
North Carolina Air National Guard
'Super Connie' C-121 aircraft to Da
Nang Alrbese, Vietnam. I am the
aircraft commander with a crew of
seven Tar Heel Guardsmen on a
mission carrying critical supplies to
the Combat Zone. This la history in
the making. What better way to use
my 23 years training?"
The above message on a clrd post
marked Vietnam from a North Caro
lina Air National Ouard aircraft com
mander la Just one* of the many poet
carda received each week by Governor
Moore from Tar Heel AlrGuardamen
on mlaelona all over the world. t
The poet mark may be Wake Island,
Okinawa, the Canal Zone, the AzorCS,
England, Germany, Spain--or Saigon.
The message la uaualiy about the
same as the last. . .The North Caro
lina Air National Guard has arrived
bare on a mission airlifting
supplies. . .or to evacuate combat
caaualtlea.
But according to Governor Moore
the message means a great deal more
as he said, "Tbeee post cards are ?
clear demonstration of the role of the
Air National Ouard, and I am very '
proud of the Ouardamen in North
Carolina who are playing such an
Important part In supportlr* our
troops in Vietnam as well as those
men stationed In all parts of the
world. We are not only proud o f the
boys In the Air National Guard In
North Carolina, but also proud of
the boys from North Carolina and
from all over the United States who
are defending our freedom in Vietnam
and otherparts throughout the world."
Guardsmen have been sending the
Oovernor a poet card on each over
seas flight for nearly a year, and the
Governor's card collection has grown
Into * a colorful a round-the-world
package.
The Idea la to keep the commander
in-chief Informed of the unique role
that the State's Air Guard Is playing
as an airborne provider In the nation's
military commitment around the
?JJobe.
The men who perform this mission
are civilian airmen who live all over
North Carolina. They are members of
the 145th Military Airlift Group based
at Charlotte's Douglas Municipal on
Friday afternoon- -after the pilot and
his crew have finished their civilian
Job* for the week.
.Quickly donning flight suits, they
board one of the Guard's C-121 Super
Constellation* and head for one of
the country's far-flung military
bases, pick up supplies and air lift
them to some critical overseas point.
In recent months, Tar H*?l Air
Guardsmen have been headed mye
and more Id the d lrectlon of Southeast
Asia. The stepped up demand tor
supplies and patient airlifts from
Vietnam have brought an average of
three flights a month to Saigon Itself.
Thus, many civilian Guardsmen In the
State are In the unique position of
llilng and working In North Carolina
but drawing combat pay for duty In the
Vietnamese war.
Etlgadler General William J. Payne,
the Assistant Adjutant General for
Air, commands the North Carolina Air
National Guard. Colonel Robert W.
Brooks Is commander of the 145th
Military Airlift Group whose mission
of global support takes It to as many
as thirty different countries In a
year's time.
"The Idea of writing the Governor
?ach time we touch down at an over
seas base is more than Just a hobby
for the crew," General Payne
remarked. "The men who are
carrying out this mission have a real
job to do In supporting the military
effort, and they feel that the Gover
nor and other state officials should
be Informed of the contribution that
cltlzen-soldlers In the State make to
the country's military commitment."
The men who board the "Super
Connie" In Charlotte come, from all
walks of life--* television executive,
9 doctor, a civilian pilot or a sales
man. They may spend as much aa
eleven tiring daya ferrying a 19,000
pound cargo of everything from air
plane tires to Intricate guidance
systems thousands of mile* before
they return to their home si at tons and
civilian jobs.
Starting with July 1, the Air Guards
man have scheduled an average of two
aeromedlcal evacuation flights a
month. Most of these flights will be
airlifting wounded soldters-from Viet
nam. The Quart craws pick up the
wounded In Southeast Asia and trans
, port them to an Army Hospital. The
crews, which Include flight nurses,
are trained to care for the wounded
while In flight to medical facilities.
In four months last year, the unit
evacuated 442 patients and airlifted
them an average of 1,000 miles.
There are 101 men and women on
flight status with the North Carolina
Air Guard. The Airlift Group Includes
47 pilots, IS navigators, It flight
nurses, 30 flight engineers, 17 load
masters and 33 aeromedlcal evacua
tion technicians. Some are full-time
Guardsmen, but the majority who per
form this mission are "volunteers."
That means, they are civilians who are
Guardsmen.
Training Is the primary mission of
all the Guard's flights, General Payne
points out, but training and serving
simultaneously are big morale factors
for* the Guard, he says.
"The Air Guard has had many roles
In recent years," he adds, "but few
have offered the men the opportunity
to perform a mission In support of the
regular military while training them
selves."
By Commissioners
Champion Named
C.D. Director,
Other Posts Filled
The Board of County Com
missioners, sitting In regular
session here Monday, named
Veteran's Service Officer
George Champion asClvll.De
fense Director for the county,
succeeding the late Thurman
Johnson.
C. Ray Pruette of Franklln
ton was tapped to fill the
vacancy on the Library Board
created by the death of Mrs.
M. S. Clifton' and the Indus
trial Development^ Commis
sion members had their terms
of office extended.
The Board awarded the 1966
<7 county fuel oil contract to
Tidewater Oil Co. as low of
the three bidders. The price
quoted by Tidewater was .1205
per gallon.
Kenneth Braswell, veteran
Tax SupervUor was re
appointed for another one
year term and the Jury list
for September Civil Court was
drawn.
Franklinton
Teachers
Announced
(Frk. B.W.) The following
new teachers have been
elected to teach at Franklinton
High School: Mrs. Mary Alston
Dtllard (fifth Grade); Mrs. Kay
Morris (primary grade); Mrs.
Mary Little of Raleigh (sixth
grade); Mrs. Lucy Green
(fourth grade); . Mrs. Rose
mary Champion (primary
grade); a H. Boiling of
Thomasvllle (agriculture).
There are still two vacan
cies In the Franklinton High
School as a result of the recent
resignations of Mr. and Mrs]/
Becton Corbln. Corbln was
elected to a teaching position
and football coaching position
at Rlchlands. Mrs. Corblnwlll
also teach In Rlchlands.
Marjorle M. Nlles (elemen
tary grade); Charles Keck, Jr.
(high school); G. J. Bussey
(Introduction to vocations);
Ltllle M. C lemons (ele
mentary grade) are newly
elected teachers at B. F.
Person-Albion School.
\A vacancy still exists at B. F.
Person- Albion. It Is a building
trades teacher position.
Elementary and Secondary
Education Act Title 1 Project
personnel will Include: Miss
Llla Lee AVlUlams, primary
teacher; Edward L. Chester,
attendance counselor; Bar
See FRANKLINTON Page 6
The Board agreed to p?y
Carroll and Phelps Company
15800 for revaluation ser
vices, provided the payment
was ok'd by county attorney
Charles Davis.
A letter was read to the ,
Board from Loulsburg Major 1
V. A. peoples on behalf of
the Loulsburg Rescue Service
of which Peoples Is Chief.
Peoples expressed the Ser
vice's appreciation for ap
proplatlons made to the or
ganization last year by the
Commissioners.
Reappointed to the Industrial
Development Commission and
the expiration date of their
terms were: J. H. Talton
0868); Simon Collie (1868);
W. F. Collins (1968); Jamas
T. Moss (1968/; Allen deHart
(1008); Macon Morris (1967);
Lloyd West (1969); K. G. Wel
don (1967); Jackson Dean
0967); and Joe Denton 0969).
Members of the county Li
brary Board are: Mrs. L. W.
Henderson, Pete Shearln;
Mrs. Frank Read; Mrs. Elsa
Yarborough, Richard H. Cash
and C. Ray Pruette.
Newsmen
To Fly
To Ft. Sill
Two local newsmen will fly
to Ft. Sill, Okla. next Tuesday
to cover the firing of the
"Honest John" Rocket by local
National Guardsmen, It was
announced today.
Times editor Clint Fuller
and WYRN radio news director
Asher Johnson will depart Ik
lelgh-Durham Airport Tues- *
day around 7:30 a.m. tor the
mid-western base.
The twowlll Join twenty other
news people and State officials
In the tour-hour flight on an
Air National Guard transport
plane. The party will return
late Wednesday afternoon.
Sixty-five local Guardsmen ,
left Loulsburg by bus for the
Raleigh- Durham Airport "*
early Sunday morning on the
first leg of their trip. They
were flo n by commercial
chartered planes to Ft. Sill
for a two- reek training tour.
Also lnclu ed In the local
Guard unl are Battery A
from Zebulon and Battery B
from YoungsvUle.
An advance detail left last
week by convoy tor the
massive army Installation.
On Roads
Editor Speaks To
Franklinton Lions
Times editor Clint Fuller
told the Frankllnton Lions
Club list night, "We need to
put forth a greater effort than
has been put forth In the past
twenty-nine years, If Franklin
County Is to get roads Im
provements."
"Time Is running out on
us," Fuller stated, "U
we get some action soi
figures to be a long time
before we get these needed
Improvements."
Meeting In the Frankllnton
Community House, the editor
expressed his appreciation to
the Lions for tbelr endorse
ment of the newspaper's ef
forts to "draw attention to
road conditions" In the county.
Fuller pointed out that
Franklin County "has been
shorted" on highway fund
allotment; regardless of how
such allotments are given. He
stated that "Franklin County
U losing a II million annually
In tbe difference In what we
send to Raleigh In gasoline tax
money and what we get In re
turn."
Fuller pointed out that In
formation li becoming "hard
to gat" from atata officials
and told the group, "We're
had no comment from High
way officials" on the front
page editorials.
He referred to N. C. 96 as
"the most deplorable pri
mary road In the county"
Vng??4-^osely by N. C. 56.
He mentioned U. S. 1 at Frank
llnton as another road In need
of repairs.
"The wheal that squeaks the
loudeet Is the one that geta
the grease," Fuller aald,
"And Franklin County has rut
squeaked loud enough over the
years. We must put forth a
total effort and make a noise
loud enough to get some greaM
for our county."
Fuller was introduced by
Deputy District Governor c.
Ray Pruette, who praised the
editor and The Franklin Time*
for their "service to Franklin
County."