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Serving All Of Franklin County The Fran Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Times Agriculture Industry Education Serving All Of Franklin County T?l. GY 6-3283 Ten Cants Louieburg. N. C.. Tuesday, September 2Q 1966 (Si* Pages Today) 97th Year? Number 61 Franklinton Expected To Get School Funds The Frankllnton City School system Is to get the $80,000 In federal funds which were expected to be lost In view of a recent decision by the School Board to reject federal de mands for Increased desegre gation. A reliable source reported Monday that correspondence from the office of Dr. Charles Carroll, Superintendent of Public Instruction, h?s as sured the Frankllnton system that Its plan had "substan tially approved." There were two clauses attached to the letter, one of which referred to the deferment of approval by federal authorities. The other made reference to minor changes In the original pro gram. The Frankllnton program for use of Elementary and Secon dary Education Act (ESEA) funds Is called, "A Fair Chance for Basic Education Development" and deals pri marily with the first three grades and for the most p?rt, Is to be used In the B. F. Person-Albion Negro school. The source also disclosed that Dr. Carroll had written Office of Education official John Hope, II to the effect that the N. C. office had granted approval of the Frankllnton ESEA Program on August #, and had, at that time, authorised the local school officials to obligate themselves based on this State approval. Federal funds are administered through Dr. Carroll's office and programs must first be approved by that office, said the source. The Carroll letter did not constitute "final and com plete" approval, but has been taken, according to reports, by Frankllnton officials as approval and the officials are mapping plans to use the 9(2,164.00 in funds. The pro gram Is designed to encourage attendance by the primary grade students and will be used to employ an Attendance Coun selor and extra teachers (or the first three grades In order to ease the load and allow In dividual attention to children with special problems, ac cording to reports. Or. Carroll's letter to Frankllnton officials was dated September 12 and his letter to Mr. Hope, Director, Area I, Equal Educational Opportunities Program, was dated September 13. The letter to Mr. Hope stated, according to the source, that the Frankllnton program was approved on the day it was received by the State Department, August 9. Dr. Carroll made reference to several minor changes which had been made In the See FRANKLINTON Page 6 Miss Becky Moseley, left, and Mrs. Lucille Romero are shown above In the Industrial Development Office here tabulating the Labor Survey forms. A massive project has been underway since last Monday to get persons Interested In a Job with industry to complete and return one of the more than 60,000 forms being distributed In the area. The success of the survey Is expected to play an Important part In the decision to locate a major Industrial plant here. Photo by Clint Fuller. Rush Urged In Turning In Labor Survey Forms Boarding Home Site A special meeting wal held her* lett night between the Board of County Commissioners and local industrial develop ment officials. According to reports, the Board unofficially offered the Benjamin Franklin Boarding Home site on N. C. 56 west of Louisburg to the proposed industrial concern contemplating locating a plant here. A reliable source reported that a modern boarding home is expected to be built in the area in the event, the indus trial prospect should choose the site of the present home. It has been widely known that the Commissioners hava baan in favor of selling the present home for soma time. Industrial Development Commission Chairman J. H. Talton and Director W. J. Benton both oppressed appre ciation today to a number at people asslstlnc In the cur rent effort to jet a labor availability surrey completed In the area. The forms are comlnc In and both men Indicated that while they are pleased at the response, more efforts are needed to meet the deadline for turnlnc In the forma. The deadline Is Friday otthls weak and all forms must be turned In to Raletfh on ' that date. Some over 1,000 persons have lpdlcated their wllllnc ness to accept employment In production should a major In dustrial ' prospect choose to locate here. Talton and Benton continued to decline any com ment on the prospect except to point out that nefotlatlons *re still (olac on. Talton, hesitant to slncle out any Individuals for their of torts In the survey project, did say that the civic clubs of the area had done an out standing Job. He named Bill O'Neal of the Loulsburg Jay cees, Buddy Beam of the Lions Club, Rocky Saunders of the Rotary Club and placed par County Disaster Area Fred A. Dow, Charlotte Re gional Director, Small Busi ness Administration, an nounced that Franklin County has been declared a disaster area by the Department of Agriculture, due to severe drought during June and July with periods of extremely high temperatures. Any small business firm lo cated In the county Is eligible tor consideration for an SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan provided it can show it has suffered substantial eco nomic Injury as a result of Injury sustained by farmers affected by the unfavorable weather conditions. Farmers and stockmen are not eligi ble tor f Inane lal assistance from SBA under- this program but Instead, should apply to the Farmers Home Adminis tration. The authority to ac cept applications under this program will expire on Sep tember 30, 1M7. Inquiries regarding assis tance urider this ^program may be addressed to: Small Business Administra tion, Room 101 - 261 South Tryon Street, Chtrlotte, North Carolina 18202 Telephone 372-0711, Ext. 442 tlcuUr emphasis oh the wo men who have "worked so hard" In the efforts. Among these Talton named Mrs. Selema Oxnevad of the Demo cratic Woman's Club and Mrs. Nancy Beasley of the Jr. Wo man's Club. Miss Becky Moseley had been employed to assist Mrs. Lucille Romero , Industrial Office secretary, In tabulating the forms as they come In. Benton said that neither he nor Talton had been able to devote much time to the sur vey because of dally contacts pertaining to the location of the prospect here. He, too, expressed his appreciation to all who had worked so hard In distributing the forms and urged everyone to return them Immediately. Benton also had high praise for Talton's efforts saying, "You'd think he was drawing overtime" In reference to the number of hours the local bank executive has spent on the project. Talton, as chairman of the Commission, Is unpaid. ?? ?Ar ? ? Local Weather f Precipitotion Lost 24 Houm 1 37 Precipitotion Sam* period Lost Yeo T -0 Pr?cipitotion Sine* 7 A.M. lost Thursday 142 Precipitation Some Ported Lost Yeor 1.03 Monday's High 6B; Low 60 Yeer Ago High 92; Low 64 Tor River Level Todoy 145 ft. ^ ? Tor River Level Year Ago T 2 90 ft. 1 forecast ' ? ? Occasional rain or show ier* todoy ond probably tomorrow. Little chango In temperature. Sun sat* to night 6:15 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday 6:02 o.m. * County Schools Get * 471,634 In Federal Funds The Franklin County school system has received approval of the 1966-67 ESEA project and will receive $?171,634.00 In federal aid under the Act. Superintendent of Schools Warren W. Smith and ESEA Project Director Earl Mar tin made the announcement here Monday. The allocation of federal funds for the new project means a continuation of the program begun In the 1965-66 school year. The program deals with a number of areas of education, but concentrates on the development of reading County Has Eight Traffic Accidents There were eight separate traffic accidents In the county over the weekend, resulting In several minor Injuries and at least two seriously Injured persons. Two More Monday Two minor accidents oc curred In the area Mopday. One Involved a school bus reportedly driven by Betty Ann Horner, a student at Perry's School. The accident took place at the Intersection of N. C. 58 and State Rural Road No. 1622. There were no injuries and little damage reported. An automobile, reportedly driven by Maurice Perry, c/ m/ 40, of Route 4, Loulsburg, skidded across east Nash Street around 2:30 p.m. Mon day Into the path of a car driven by C. W. Strother of the county tax office. The accident, apparently caused by raln-sllck highway, re sulted In several dollars In damage to the two vehicles but no Injuries were reported. A head-on collision near Pi lot on U. S. 64 late Sunday afternoon Involving a late mo del convertible and a tractor trailer resulted In Injuries to two men, both of whom were taken to Wake Memorial Hos pital. State Trooper Owlght Hlnton reported Monday that Charles Danny Smith, w/m/ 23, was listed In critical con dition with head and other In juries as a result of the crash. Wlllard J. Arnold, w/m/22, also riding In the convertible, , had his condition listed as fair by hospital officials. Hlnton reported that the car was traveling between 90 and 100 miles an hour when the left rear of the vehicle struck the left front of the tractor trailer driven by Melvln L. Reppert, 54, of Ogdenburg, N. Y. Reppert was not hurt and damage to the truck was estimated at about $300. Hlnton said the car, heading eajst, traveled S12 feet after hitting the truck, hit an eight foot embankment and turned over In mid air before coming to a stop 90 feet farther on. He said he had not determined which man was driving the vehicle. Jack Evans, c/m/23, Route See ACCIDENTS Page 6 Franklinton Man Held In Calif. Two North Carolina truck drivers were arrested after a topless dancer plunged from a fifth floor San Francisco hotel room Thursday. ' Morocco Ely, 23, said one of the men threw her from the window. She accused both of kidnaping and attempting to rape her. She was taken to General Hospital suffering from a bro ken arm and possible Internal Injuries. Patrolman John Irleh-ar rested Ralph Pelffer, 33, of Franklinton, N. C,, and John Cash, 32, of Oxford, N. C. Both were booked for Investi gation. The girl said she was forced Into the room at gunpoint. and the welfare of the students. Three business education and three trade and Industry teachers are being added to the 48-member staff this year. The number Includes twenty teacher aides, IS teachers, two nurses, five Janitors, two truck drivers plus the Direc tor, a Food Coodlnator, Home Visitor, and office personnel. Six persons are white and six teen are nonwhltes excluding the aides and Janitors. The Health portion of the program Is new for this year and Includes medical and den tal assistance. The program, under the di rection of Martin and Smith and supervised by the Frank lin County Board of Education, is to be administered In all the Negro schools In the sys tem. Under the qualifying pro cedures accompanying the al location of the funds, students coming from families with Louisburg Industry Featured The M. E. Joyner Manufic turlng Company of Louisburg will be featured Sunday, Sep tember 25, at 6:15 p.m. on the WPTF radio station's pro gram "Profile." Bob Far rlngton, the program's direc tor announced today that this will be the first Local Industry to be so featured. The company, under Mack Joyner, has recently moved" to new quarters on South Blc kett Blvd. and la expecting to step up Its production In the near future. The "Pro file" program Is sponsored by Hospital. Care Associa tion of Durham and features various industries In the state. Farrlngton does the Inter views and comments. an annual Income of $2,000 or less set the ratio. In Franklin County, 53 percent of all stu dents enrolled In the schools come from families with this Income. For a school to be eligible, It must contain within Its en rollment at least this per cent or the county average. A child may not participate in the program, regardless of family Income, unless attend ing a qualifying school. One of the most mlsunder- ? stood parts of the ESEA pro ject Is the lunch supplement. In qualifying schools, students obtain lunches for ten cents provided the student qualifies. In nonqualifying schools, which In effect are all pre dominantly white schools In the system, no phlldren quali fy for the ten cent lunch re gardless of family Income or the child's race. For example, according to one official, a child may come from a family with $2,000 or less annual Income but if this child Is attending a predoml Se? COUNTY Page 6 Two Million Pound Mark The Loulsburg tobacco mar ket passed the two-mllllon pound mark here Monday with total sales for the nine-day period reaching 2,408,182 pounds. The average for the nine-day period Is $65.20 or slightly below the opening day average of $66,28. Total money paid through Monday's sales Is $1,570,195.91. No figures were given for separate sales since last Tuesday, but the total for the five days since Monday, September 12, totaled 1,544,148 pounds for $996,668.31 and an average of $64.54. Franklinton Hits Snag In Water Plan The plan by Frankllnton wa ter officials to pipe water from Cedar Creek to the town lake ran Into a snag over the weekend, according to Water Commissioner Charlie Hlght. The plan was to pump water through aluminum Irrigation pipe a distance ofoveroneand a half miles to supplement the fast dwindling Frankllnton water supply. It was found that the con itructlon of the pipe was not strong enough to withstand the pressure needed to njove the water such a distance. Meanwhile, over an Inch- 0/ rain (ell In the area bringing some relief to the situation. Officials had recently dumped two private water lakes into the town lake to ease the. shortage. Plans are underway for a grant and loan from the federal government with which to renovate the present plant and to make permanent a pipe line from Cedar Creek to the present lake. N. C. 39 Sunday Noon Just Off N. C. 39 Near Nash County Line
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