The FrankMn Times ? - ? - . Published Every Tuesday A Thursday ' ^ Serving All Of Franklin County 97th Year? Number 58 , Lounburg N. C., Thursday, September 8. 1966 (Eight Pagee Today) (Ten Centa) New Industry Hinges On Labor Survey An intensive survey of available labor is planned for the area starting Monday, according to a joint announce ment today by Industrial Cbmmission Chairman J H. Talton, Director W. J. Benton and officials of the State Employment Commission. "The outcome of this survey will determine whether or not a major industrial prospect will locate in the area", Talton, who is heading the Labor Survey pro ject, said. '/ Benton disclosed that work had been in proqress with officials of the undisclosed firm for about two months. It was not disclosed what prompted the urgency for a labor survey other than to say that the location of the plant would hinge upon the availability of labor in the area. Talton pointed out that both men and women will be needed ano both skilled and unskilled labor would be used. He stated that those employed would be trained. D. R. (Rocky) Saunders, President of the Louisburg Rotary Club, and Mrs. Louis Oxnevad are co-chairmen for the distribution of the forms to be filled out and re turned not later than September 23. Joe Lane and A. F. Johnson of WY-RN radio and ClinFFuller of The Franklin Times are Publicity Chairmen. Talton is General Chair men of the project. Forms are to be turned in at any bank in the towns of Louisburg Franklinton. Bunn, Youngsville and at L. S. Ward's Store in Centerville Forms are to be sent home by school children and may be returned to the child's teacher State officials asked that they be re turned as soon as possible but not later than the Sep tember 23 deadline. Civic organizations schools and churches are being asked to aid in the survey Talton said. Benton re ported that those represented at this morning's meeting were Rotary Club, Louisburg Lions, Jaycees and two women's organizations, the Louisburg Garden Club and the Junior Women's Club." Others are also expected to participate in the survey. Talton said, "We urje as many men and women as possible to complete the form and to return it as soon as possible to the nearest designated place " He pointed out that a person does not have to be unemployed to take part in this survey. ?? "Areas outside Franklin County are also being poll ed", Talton stated. Forms are expected to be mailed to most boxholders and rural patrons early next week. The industrial prospect, if officials decide to locate here is expected to employ "several hundred persons", according to local commission officials. "The importance of full cooperation on the part of every citizen in filling out and returning these forms cannot be overemphasized", said one official . Forms may be obtained at any store in the county, the Industrial Development office, banks or by con tacting any member of the Survey Committee listed in this article Thousands will be mailed and distributed through schools in the area. Distribution is expected to begin Saturday with the project getting underway Monday. KNUI r YOUNG Younq Sworn As Commissioner Brooks W. Young, former member of the Franklin Coun ty Board of Commissioners and nominee-elect to the post, ?as sworn In to fill the unex pired term of Mrs. Jeanette p. Arnold In ceremonies held here Tuesday. . Young was administered the oath of office by Superior Court Clerk Ralph Knott Just prior to the regular monthly meeting of the Board. Mrs. Arnold had been appointed last January 18 to fill the unexpired term of her late husband, Claude A. Arnold. Young, who .wan the Demo cratic Primary race over two opponents will be sworn In for a full term the first Mon day In December. Mrs. Ar nold had given the need to allot more time to her tire recapping business and her duties as a business teacher at Loulsburg as her reasons for tendering her resignation Recorder's Court The following cases were disposed of during a session of Recorder's Court on Tues day, September 6: C T Breedlove, bad check. State takes Nol Pros with "cora Breedlove, embeiJje. Based upon statement of State's witness, the court finis no probable cause and orders case dismissed. Mary Catherine Branch, c/ U 22, no operator's license. $15.00 fine and costs. Staley Whltehur Franks, w' m/43, speeding. $10.00 fine and costs. David Foster, c/m, murder,. Continued till such time a* Oder of Judge Hamilton Hob good dated September 5, 1#?? shall expire. Joseph pennls Bakes, w/m / 43 careless and reckless dri ving $15.00 fine snd costs. Eighteen other cases which appeared on the docket were either continued or the defen dants asked for ? Jury trial. Bloodshed Boxscore RALEIGH - Thet Motor Ve hicles Department s summary of traffic deaths through 10 a.m. Tuesday, September ?. ""killed TO DATE 1,06? KILLED TO DATE LAST YEAR M7 Knott Immediately named Young to the post. He had previously appointed Mrs. Arnold to the Board. The Board approved the Gen eral Audit of county offices of the Register of Deeds, the Sheriffs Department and the County Accountant as pre pared by Lonnle R. Shuplng' Louisburg C. P. A. Also ap proved was a separate audit of the TaxSupervlser's office. In other actions, the Board received reports from the various county agencies and received an Invitation from Wallace Tlppett to attend the Democratic Party Fish Fry at Dorton Arena In Raleigh oil September 16. Tlppett managed Governor Dan K. Moore's campaign here and Is a local administration leader. The Board refused a request by Superintendent of Schools Warren Smith for the County Board of Education to use the former Negro agricultural building for storage. The Board gave as its reason the fact "that material Is still stored there belonging to the farm agent's office. State Jail Inspector Leslie Sm'th met with the Board and visited the local Jail. The Board had first ordered an eight cant tax levy to finance a new Jail, but later dis covered that five cants was the legal limit that could be levied. Smith's visit was to discuss the. next course of action to be taken. No announcement was m.ide of any decision on the matter. To Federal Ffequests Frankli nton Board Votes "No" The Frankllnton City Board of Education reversed a pre vious action Wednesday and voted unanimously not to comply with recent requests made by the U. S. Office of Education. In a special meet ing in the Frankllnton High Sch03l library, attended by around 100 citizens, the Board approved a motion made by Board memberWllllam Avery Wilder to continue operating the Frankllnton Schools under the Freedom of Choice plan adopted last Spring. Board member Brodle Green se conded the motion and all members voted aye. The meeting was delayed about twenty minutes while the Board and attorneys W. P. ftarce of Frankllnton and E. F. Yarboroughof Loulsburg Prices Off As Market Opens The Middle Belt tobacco market opened today with prices on the Loulsburg mar ket off somnwhat from those of opening sales on the Eastern and Border Belts, according to reliable sources. As sales concluded at the Friendly Four Warehouse early this morning, Indi cations were that opening day averages would be around 3 cents below averages on other markets, according to one market official. Practically all the tobacco on the early sale was untied with Just a few piles of tied leaf on the final row. The government got the ljst pile for the only basket of the sale. William Boone, Sales 8u pervlser of the local market, said, "1 think we'll end up with a pretty good average, but some farmers are dis satisfied with prices on some good tobacco." He reported that 73 cents was the highest price he had seen an! 48 cents was the lowest on the sale. Another source said prices were off today as much as eight cents per pounl from Eastern Belt prices this week. Still another observer pre dicted today's average would run around 64-65 cents, or three cents b^ow the open ing 67-68 cents on other belts. Most warehouses here were filled for today's opening. Prices quoted here are early morning sales and there were possibilities that prices would pick up as the day continued. Farmers and market fol lowers were keeping a close watch for Indications of an upward trend. Offerings were described as average with same comments that most was "sorry" to bacco. Qhers said there was "good tobacco" on \the floor." No one would say that local growers were happy with to day's early sales although one warehouseman commented, "We're having a good sale. The government hasn't gotten a pile yet and that's good." As College Starts 180th Year Freshmen To Arrive Sunday Some four hundre Men. The Faculty Workshop Retreat, held Sep tember 8-10, had "The Col lege and the Student" as the theme for the sessions. This ?vent Is to be climaxed with a picnic dinner for College personnel and their families on Saturday evening. Lou Is burg is beginning Its 180th year since the dating of the school chftler and will celebrate tl*> anniversary year with a program empha sizing the historical traditions and the changing patterns of science, art, education and religion. The 180th Annlveraary Pro gram, headed by Professor Allan deHart, begins on Jan uary. 6, Founder's Day, with a lecture by Dr. Frank Graham, special United Na tions mediator. Dr. William Arthur, editor of Look maga zine, speaks on March IS, and Dr. Joeeph W. Matthews, Director of the Chicago Ecu menical Institute, on April 12. A public affairs representa tive from the National Aero nautics and Space Administra tion lectures In February. James Clouser, ballet master and choeographer -of Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet will direct a special cultural attraction written by Walter Terry on April t7. . Other cultural attraction! (hiring the year on the Louls burg campus Include: the Don Cossack Chorus and Dancers on November $0, conferred In private. Chair man John Moore opened the meeting and called (or any motions. Dr. Richard Whit field, a Board member, moved that the action previously taken approving the transfer of two seventh grades and two Negro teachers from the B. F. Person-Albion Negro School be reclined. Following a se cond, the Board voted unanl m jusly In favor of the motion. Chairman Moore then called on Loutsburg attorney Edward F. Yarborough, who accom panied several Frankllnton school officials to Washington last Thursday to confer with federal authorities, to explain that conference and to com ment on the present status of the Frankllnton situation. Yarborough told that Health, Education and Welfare De partment officials had offered an alternative to the original request for transfer of Negro children to the predominantly white Frankllnton School. They offered, according to Yarborough, to have Frank llnton reopen the free choice period for a limited time, apparently one week. In an effort to see If enough new applicants would be obtained to meet certain HEW per centages, Mention was later made that the percentage was around 12 percent which would Involve transfer of an addi tional 80 -SO pupils. The Loulsburg attorney, who Is also attorney for the Frank lin County Board of Education, now under federal court order In the operation of Its schools, answered a number of ques tions from the people gathered for the meeting. T. H. Pearce and Fratikllnton attorney Hu bert Senter, spokesmen for the citizens group , asked the See Today's Road Editorial On Page 4. Board to continue the school operation under the freedom of choice plan adopted last Spring, which resulted Jn seven Negro applicant's "tSelng assigned to the predominantly white Frankllnton HlghSchool. After a lengthy dlscusslor and several additional re quests for Immediate action by the Board, Chairman Moore announced first that the Board had by Its action Wednesday morning, reverted back to "where we were three weeks ago." He added, "We will now consider more deliber ations before miking a de cision. Any decision will be made public Immediately." At this point, T. H. Marc asked, "Are you saying that the Board Is not going to take action with us here?" Pearce added, "If this Is true, our people would like to know how do we go about removing cer tain members of the school Board?" Moore admitted that he could not answer the question, as PEARCE HIGHT Officials Watch Water Supply The summer drought has hit many small communities with critical water shortages. Frankllnton Is such a commu nity. Mayor Joe Pearce re ported Wednesday, however, that the situation Is easing some. He credited this to the cooperation of town water users and the generosity of citizens allowing the town to us* private water on their land. Wednesday morning the level at the town lake was five and a half Inches hlghef than the day befort. This was due to town water personnel having drained a pond owned by Dr. J. S. Nowell and emptying it Into a stream feeding the town's storage lake. "This will take care jof this week," said Town Water Commis sioner Charlie HlgM. Last week, town officials report, water was used from the Rdph Moore pond. Both private lakes are about two acres In slse. Mayor Pearce reported that regardless of the water sup ply, "We can only have one day's supply on hand because of plant facilities." Th? town uses an average of between 350,000 and 400,000 gallons per day. This Is just slightly less than the pumping capa city of the water plant, It was explained. The facility has been operated overtime most of the summer. Mayor Marce disclosed that he and the Town Commla sloners have applied for a federal grant and loan with which to remodel the present plant and to pipe new water from Cedar Creek about a mile and one half from the present water lake. The loan and grant, being handled by the Farm Home Administration office In Louis burg, calls for a grant of 1285,000 and a loan of $295,000. The loan would be secured by a bond Issue voted on by the people, said Hlght. "Right. now, the holdup on the grant and lopn la with the engineers," Pesrce said, "We've been promised tbelr report by the end of the month." "The last time water ha* gone over the spillway," said Hlfht, "was In June." He said the dam measured about four feet at the spillway. The Mayor said that Cedar Creek has been measured and has a flow of 3 million gallons per day during normal times. He pointed out that this would be more ti?p adequate for Frankllnton's needs once the source Is tapped. Meanwhile, town officials are keeping a watchful eye on the water level at the lake. A major breakdown, continued drought, or any unusual drain on the present water supply would present Frankllnton with a most serious problem. In light of this, Mayor Pearce and Commissioner Hlght are pushing ahead with plans for the loan and grant and the early renovation and updating of the water plant plus the tapping of what they believe will be a permanent water source. did attorney W. P. Pearce. Yarborough stated there were some provisions In state law whereby the State Superin tendent could remove board members tor cause, but that he was not fajpllar with the entire section. Moore answered Pearce by saying, "We are looking (or a reasonable solution to this problem." Rev. Tommy Clarke, pastor of Perry's Chapel Church near Franklln ton, then addressed the Chair man and said, "We would like to see every Board mem ber stand up and be counted by saying I will vote with the \ people or against the people." The Chairman remarked that "The B>ard Is attempting to gather Information on the feel ings of the people at this time." Several of the citizens group made brief remarks urging an Immediate vote on the busi ness at hand. At this point, Wilder asked If It would be In order to make a motion. Receiving an affirmative re ply he made his motion, which was worded almost exactly as the requests of the group had heen. Whitfield then sought to gain an answer to a question on dual school systems and the possibility of future lnter gratlon from Yarborough. Following an explanation by the Franklin County Bbard attorney, Moore called for a vote. It was eleven minutes to twelve, or an hour and 29 minutes from the time the meeting had begun. It fol lowed two weeks of heated controversy In the community which saw an Invasion by eight FBI agents last week and a postponement of school open ing for a week^ CVer 100 private citizens held a meeting In the Frank llnton Town Hall Tuesday night to discuss the pending Board meeting. Senter and Itarce were named as spokesmen for the group for Wednesday's session. The action la likely to make permanent a holding order on future federal funds for the system. PresenUy this In volves ?80,000 but Is expected to ultimately lead to the cut off of regular funds used for Vocational teacher's salaries. National Defense Education funds and aid to the school cafeterias. T. H. Pearce, followli* the action Wednesday morally, assured the Board tlat the' people would support them "one hundred percent" In the action. Members of the Frankllnton City School Board are: John Moore, chairman; Rupert Pearce, Howard Conyers, R. C. Whitfield, W. A. Wilder, Clement Weston, Brodle . Green and Pete Colbert. Vance Estes, absent from Wednes day's session, has resigned position, according to ? reliable source. However, no action was taken on the re signation or iWentlon made of It in Wednesday's meeting. Notice There will be a stated com munication of Loulsburg Lodge 4J* Tuesday evening, September It, at 7:J0. Work will be In the Entered Apprentice degree. All En tered Apprentices, Fellow craft and Master Masons are cordially Invited.