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The FraflkMn Times 1 <Oj i Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ~ \ \ e ? ah n< r???iu ?> Serving All Of Franklin County 97th Year-Number 74 Louisburg. N. C-, Thursday November 3. 1966 Ten Cants (14 Pages Today) Over Rising Food Cost Local Shoppers Show Little Concern A limited survey by The Franklin Times o t grocer shoppers In the Area this week Mrs. Roger Kornegay Louisburg "Buying in quantities. reveals that local shoppers are seemingly unconcerned with the national hullobaloo Rev. Buford Raffield Maplev i II* "Certainly not th? groc?rmon." going on about rising food costs. Shoppers war* asked three Mrs. Mamie Williamson Loui sburg . more ond more every day questions. First, Who do you blame for the high cost of food; second, What are you Mrs. P. B. Wilson Loui sburg food hot to go with it. doing to hold your food bill down; and third, What do you think of th? lady boycotts? Mrs B. T. Rowe, Sr. Lout sburg th? national administration.' Seven Out of ten questioned, said they didn't think anything much of the boycotts. All Mr R C. Beck Loui sbur g moking more grovy. agreed the high cost of food was not the fault of the tro car. Some placed the blame Mrs Dave Batten Bunn .. housewives just as much.' Shriners To Aid Hospital Members of the Franklin County Shrine Club are spon soring a fish fry Friday at Ford's Warehouse In Louts burg. The affair Is scheduled to last from 11 A. M. until 8 P.M. Proceeds from the project will go to benefit the Crippled Chlldrens Hospital. The first (uch hospital opened In Shre veport, La. In 1922 and today there are 17 such Institutions, 14 of which are In the United States, Over 5,000 children are being aided annually and over 140,000 have received treatment since the hospital began. The average stay for each patient Is S5 days and cost Is set at $1,400. To date over $103 mtllon has been spent for hospital operating expenses. Treating children suffering from crippling burns is a Specialty of these Institutions. The one being supported by local Shriners Is located In Greenville, S. C. Twister Hits Gay Products Plant Freak storm*, called by some "tornadoes," hit the county area Wednesday after noon causing considerable damage to the Gay Products company building on N. C. 36 west of Loulsburg and doing minor damage In the Rocky Ford area. The storm which struck around 1 p.m. In the Rocky Ford community destroyed a car shed and a chicken house at the home of W. B. McGhee and tore the front porch off the house at the Ballard Mitch ell place. Nq Injuries or further damage was reported In that area. A storm sucked out the south side of the Gay Products build ing around 3:10 p.m. Wednes day doing considerable dam age to the building and the contents. An untold number of aluminum chairs were blown several hundred yards north of the building. Hun dreds of chairs, r^swled for shipping were torn from their cartons and were destroyed by falling brick. Ed Plttman, plant manager, said, "I am so thankful that no one was hurt. We were lucky. The entire plant could have gone." Plttman explain ed the storm cut off power to the plant when a chair became entangled In a high voltage power line at the rear of the structure. He stated, "We cut off all power, gas and the See TWISTER Page -5 Light Vote Forcast Tuesday ? Voters will be handed one of * the longest State ballots In years when they show up at the poll* Tuesday. The Franklin County ballot, too, la longer than In many years. While there are a number of candidates on the two ballots, a light turnout la predicted for^he county. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to Elections Board secretary John King. THE FRANKLIN TIMES will again act aa election returns head Norwood Faulkner Rep. L. H. Fountain* quarters and registrars -have been requested to phone In the results of their precinct as soon as possible Tuesday night. The_only opposition locally Is between Incumbent Demo cratic County Commissioner Norwood E. Faulkner and Re publican Willis Dupree. Democrats have been notlc ably quiet In the county, while the Young Republican Club at Loulsburg College has been working feverishly In behalf at Dupree, Second Congres Willis Dupree Reese Gardner atonal candidate Reese Gard ner and Senatorial candidate John Shallcross. Gardner is opposing Incumbent Democrat L. H. Fountain a veteran of 12 years In Congress and Shallcross Is running for the seat now held by Senator B. Everett Jordan. Fountain's campaign In the county has been headed by Loulaburg at torney Hill Yarborough and Jordan's campaign has been headed by attorney E. F. Yar borough. It was pointed out after the ballots were printed that Democratic nominees William T. Boone and Clint Fuller, for the County Board of Educa tion, were placed on the ballot In error. Both are expected to be elected by the General Assembly to six year terms. Both were nominated In the Democratic primary In May and are not required to run In the General Election. How ever, neither have any op See VOTE Page 5 Where Tornado Struck Part of the damage to the Cay Products plant can b# sean above, following the 3:10 p.m. tornado which tor* out the south wall of the one-story building. Aluminum chairs were strewn over a wide area by the storm and power vaa disrupted at the plant on N, C. St west of Loulsburj . There were no Injuries reported, but damage was heavy. v on the national administration, soma on tha "middle man" and soma said they Just didn't know where to placa It. There wara a number at ways given by which those questioned were attempting to bold down the food bill. Some frankly . answered that they were not even trying. Others said they raised fruits and vegetables, used freezers and canning, and some aald they bought specials in quantities. Some sampling of replies received to the three ques tions were: Mrs. R. W.Knott, Blckett Blvd., Loulsburg: "I blame the Jobbers, the middle men; the farmer sure Isn't getting It," Mrs. Knott said in answer to the first question. She said she didn't really hold her food bill down. "I Just spend more," she said. "I think the boycotters should go to Washington and march around the White House," she added In answer to the boy cott question. Rev. Buford Raffleld, pastor of Maple Springs Baptist Church, said he blamed the high costs on "The National Inflationary conditions, cer tainly not on the grocer." "I shop like I always did. I haven't changed my pattern of shopping much. I take ad vantage of the specials." In answer to what he thought of the boycott, Rev. Raffleld said, "I think the ladles ara attack ing the symptoms rather than the roots." Mrs B. T. Rowe, Highway 961,' Loulsburg, said, "I think It's the national administra tion. I am trying to buy less and I think the boycott la a good Idea as a way of ex pressing one's opinion." Mrs. Phillip McKlnne, Di rector of Nurses, I Franklin Memorial Hospital, said, "I think labor has a lot to do with the cost of anything. I'm not holding my food bill down. I Just go ahead and buy. I See FOOD P$e 4 Dance Same As Usual The Loulsburg Woman's Club fall dance Is scheduled for Saturday night at the Loulsburg Armory. Mrs. Nancy Beasley, club president said - today, "We're looking forward to another wonderful dance. The music and all tha festivities will be done In the same enjoyable manner we have experienced In past years". "The Kays" Combo Is slated to supply the mualc and the hours are from 8 P.M. to 12 midnight. Election Returns THE FRANKLIN TIMES will again act at Election Return Headquarters Tuesday nlfht All registrars are requested to phone In returns from their precincts aa promptly as pos sible A V Persona not calling In re turns are asked not to call for results as this only ties up the telephone, hampering efforts to get the count quickly. Out of town registrars are authorized to call collect. Re sult will be posted as rapidly as recelted. The telephone number Is Cy 6-3283. Franklin Fatality Suit May Be Heard Again A suit for $80,000 filed by a Henderson woman In the death of her 13-year-old son near the Ben Franklin Boarding Horn* In franklin County on Sunday, July 28, IMS, may come to trial aga In. The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the non-sultlng of the case by Judge E. M. Braswell In Vance Superior Court last June was improper. Mrs. Jean Galther Champion had entered suit against Joseph J. Waller, 54-year old Durham, Negro, In the fatal Injuries to her son, Wil liam Slew art Champion as he rode a bicycle along N. C. 56 near the Boarding Home In mld-afthernoon. The youth reportedly turned his bike Into the 'path of the car driven by Waller. Wit nsNi *ild Waller was driv ing 45 miles per hour when the accident occured. Young Champion was taken to Frank lln Memorial Hospital with severe head Injuries aj)d was later taken to Duke Hospital In Durham where he died a short time later. Officials had some difficulty In Identify-. Ing the youth following the accident. His parents were reportedly living In Frank llnton at the time and young Champion was riding his bike from Frankllnton to Louls burg to visit his grandmother; according to reports. ? The action by the Supreme Court leaves open ;another op portunity tor Mrs. Champion to sue. Justice I. Beverly Lake said there was enough evidence of negligence by Wal Whatever Happened To That Plant? Remember a few weeks ago when the conversation around the area concerned the poss ible location of a major In dustrlal plant here? What ever happened to It? The answer IS hot clear. Industrial development lead ers, and other so-cslle0 In formed sources, continue .to Indicate that the possibility for the plant locating here still exists. One source says "we" have done all we can and the decision now rests with com pany officials. The name of the conjpany has beep a closely guarded ler for the case to be heard by a Jury. "The very pre sense of a young boy riding a bicycle on the highway Is, in Itself, a danger signal to a motorist approaching him from the rear," Justice Lae said In writing the unanimous opinion. Mcret (or many months, al though some say they know t what It M. One local govern ment official said thla week he understood the plant was ' looking at a location In anoth er county. Another source said the company la still In terested In the Boarding Home property here One fellow said a new survey of the pro perty has been ordered. A survey was just recently com pleted, leading to speculation that thIAgs had been 'decided in favor of the location here. ' It la known that state high way officials have agreed to Changes In the highway In the area of the proposed plant location. The railroad people have also agreed to accomp lish whatever la required ot them. The County Commis sioners have agreed to make the property available should the plant be located here. * \ Managers of other plants I n he area have said they hare Registration Light Board of Election* secre tary John King reported to day that registrations were very light, In the county dur lng the three-weak perl' J when the books were open. King said there were "eigh teen to twenty to register at Prankllnton, five or tlx In Loulsburg, seven In Dunn Township, one In Sandy Creek and none In Gold Mine." While other precincts were not reported, King said the new registrations were very light The county has around 11,000 voters on the registra tion books and 6,000 la con sidered a large vote. been contacted In recent weeks bjr company officials concern In* local attitudes and the labor situation. A massive labor surrey was completed a few weeks ajO'whlch Indicated an ample labor supply woyld be available should the plant be built In the LouMburf area. Rumors have spread almost dally concerning the acquisi tion or the loss of the pros pect. Local leaders have lived In (ear that some leak would be made of confldental Information leading to the loss of the plant. The latest uncon firmed report says a pilot operation Is to get underway shortly to train personnel for work In the plant. Another unconfirmed report ft Id a company official on a visit here ahowad surprise that the announcement had not already been made ttet the; , See INDUSTRY .Page 6 rfrm r,,,,,n jijijij Uij vv. . . .. 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