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Louisburg, N.C., Tuesday, J an uary 10, 1967
(Six Pages Today)
97th Year-Number 93
Total Over $10,000
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Franklinton Schools
Hit By Another Loss
Of Federal Funds
Frankllnton City Schools
have suffered another loss In
federal funds due to their
non-compliance status with
the Office of Education. The
lastest stoppage of funds has
been ordered by A. G. Bul
lard, Director of Vocational
Education, North Carolina De
partment of Public Instruc
tion.
In a letter to Schools Super
intendent fred W. Rogers,
dated January 4, Mr. Bullard
states: "This letter Is to ad
vise you that processing of
your order for vocational
equipment Is being delayed
pending a clarification of your
administrative unit's status
with regard to compliance with
the Civil Rights Act". The
communication continued by
saying that "teaching mater
ials and equipment purchases
are considered 'new activi
ties' and are not eligible for
federal funds".
Frankllnton City Schools had
previously been cut off from
funds under the National De
x fense Education Act and had
been denied the privilege of
purchasing surplus commodi
ties due to the status of non
compliance to school desegre
gation guidelines.
Programs affected by this
latest deferred funds are. vo
cational agriculture, voca
tional home economics, Intro
duction to vocation, Distribu
tive education, Basic business
and economic Information,
drafting, carpentry and brick
laying.
Supt. Rogers stated, "Of
course, Mr. Bullard' s letter
related to Vocational Agricul
ture only, but all ofthese areas
will be treated In the same
manner".
Mr. Rogers said In terms of
actual loss of federal funds to
date by the system, the loss
would "easily, exceed
$10,000". "For our voca
tional areas," Mr. Rogers
said, "Federal Funds have
been providing payment for
50 percent of the equipment
and supply costs. This year,
because of our Civil Rights
problems, we are not eligible
for this assistance".
Frankllnton City Schools are
charged by the Department of
Health, Education andWeifare
with non compliance to school
guidelines. The chief com
plaint Is based on the percen
tage of Negro students apply
ing for previously all white
Frankllnton High School. An
official hearing is being sought
by the Frankllnton unit In con
Junction with like efforts by the
Attorney General of North
Carolina and several other ad
ministrative units.
Agrees Tor
Highway
Meeting
Word has been received by
County Commission Chairman
E. M, (Buck) Sykes that Fifth
Highway Division Commis
sioner J. B. Brame is will
ing to meet with the Com
missioners to discuss Frank
lin road needs. The word came
in a letter from Mr. Brame in
answer to a request by the
Commissioners la a letter,
December 26, written by
County Attorney Charles Da
vis.
Mr. Brame said he could not
set a date for the hearing until
his January and February
schedule had been completed.
There was no word as to just
when the meeting will take
place.
Commissioner Norwood
Faulkner, authorised to tele
phone Mr. Brame after no re
ply was received from the Da
vis letter, could not be reached
at his home and It was not
See ROADS Page 6
A grinding four-car crash In
Centervllle Saturday night
netted the first highway fatal*
lty In the county this year.
Ed. D. Mills, 48 year old
Manquin, Va. Negro, report
edly visiting in the area, died
en route to Franklin Memor
ial Hospital following the
chaln-raactlon smash up
which demolished four aui<?> '
mobiles and hospitalized one
other man In critical condi
tion.
G?orge W. Davis, 45, Rt. 3,
Warrenton, whose ?iome Is
about two miles from the scene
of the crash, Is reported In
critical condition In Duke Hos
pital where he was taken fol
lowing first aid by Loutsburg
Rescue members and Frank
lin Memorial Hospital person
nel.
A small girl riding in the
No. 3 Centerville Accident No. 4
Pictures above show the (our automobiles Involved- In a grinding crash at
Centervllle Saturday night which claimed the life of one person and placed
another In serious condition In the hospital. Car No. 1, driven by George
W. Davis, Route 3, Warrenton, struck Car No. 2, driven by Ed D. Mills,
c/m/48, of Manquln, Va. who was killed as Mills attempted to pull onto NC
561. After striking Car No. 2, Car No. 1 rammed Into Car No. 3, parked
at the service siatlon and on Into Cjr No. 4 moving on NC 561.
? Staff photos by Clint Fuller.
Foreign Policy Adviser
Gives College Address
Dr. Richard N. Gardner,
senior United Nations adviser
to Ambassador Arthur Gold
berg and a Professor at Co
lumbia Law School, told a
Founders' Day audience at
Loulsburg College, "If wecan
get by Vietnam, the future
looks bright".
Dr. Gardner spoke In the
College Auditorium last Fri
day night as the College
marked the 180th anniversary
of Its original chartering In
1787.
The New York native, tilling
In (or an ailing Dr. Frank
Graham, spoke extensively on
United States foreign policy
with emphasis on the future.
He said at the outset of his
Founders' Day Principals
Principals at Founders' Day observances at Lou Is burg College -Friday night are shown
abort. Left to right, Dr. Cecil W. Robblns, College President; Dr. Richard N. Gardner,
Columbia Lav School professor and senior adviser to United Nations Ambassador Arthur
Goldberg, the main speaker; and Allen de Hart, General dbservance Chairman. Dr. Gardner
gave a major foreign policy address, marking the beginning of the celebration of Loulsburg
College's 180th anniversary. --Staff photo by Clint Fuller.
speech that he spoke as a
private citizen and not as an
administration representa
tive.
The speaker, who served as
deputy secretary of State un
der President Kennedy, said
he was neither a dove nor a
hawk In the Vietnam contro
versy, but he was rather a
"hove". "I believe", he sta
ted, "In the combination of the
two. We must have power and
purpose". He said he believed
that bombing alone would not
bring the North Vietnamese to
the conference table. He said
that ground forces would have
to do so.
Delayed SI minutes due to his
plane belgg late tolandatRal
elght-Durham airport', Dr.
Gardner praised "my good
friend Frank Graham" and re
ferred to the former Presi
dent of North Carolina Univer
sity as one of the great Ameri
cans living today.
Introduced by Dr. Cecil W.
Robblns, College President,
Dr. Gardner com Dented on
what be described as six of the
Important foreign policy Is
sue* of our time. Heading the
list Is relations with Commu
nis ts countries. "Power with
out purpose is evil", he said
and "purpose without power Is
futile". He emphasized his
opinion that there are too many
common problems between the
Soviet Union and the United
States for either to seriously
See COLLEGE Page 6
Reward Offered
Truck Used In Robbery Found
The 1967 Ford pickup truck,
belonging to J. Everette Land,
of Five Points and believed
used In the $10,000 robbery of
J. W, Perry's Store at Pearces
last week, was located Satur
day near Kenly, N. C.
Franklin Siherlff William T.
Dement reported that the truck
was found by two mon liv
ing In the area where the truck
had been abandoned. The two
front wheels and a spare wheel
were missing from the vehicle
and It was out of gas, accord
ing to Dement.
The Sheriff also reported
that tags, which Perry used to
Identify the guns, rifles and
pistols stolen, were found In
the truck. He said there Is
no doubt the robbers used the
truck.
It was also reported that
Land had offered a $50 re
ward for the recovery of his
truck on a Zebulon radio sta
tion Saturday. The location
of the vehicle was reported
directly to Land who In turn
notified Sheriff's officers.
J. W. Perry, Jr., owner of
Unexpected
Holiday
Students at Loulsburg High
School received an unexpected
holiday Monday when the heat
ing plant became Inoperative
forcing the closing of school
tor the day.
Trouble in the hot water
heating system forced classes
to be suspended around 10:30
a.m. Monday, but It's business
as usual today. i '?
Superintendent Warren
Smith and School Principal A1
Fox are both out of town today
and when and if the day Is to be
made up was not announced.
9 r*
the store which thieves hit
last Wednesday night, announ
ced Monday that" he Is offering
a reward of $2t>0.00 for Infor
mation leading to the recovery
of the guns and pistols stolen.
Perry said anyone with Infor
mation could contact him per
sonally or call him at Zebulon
269-8209.
Officers said that the loca
tlon of the Land truck Is about
five miles from the site where
the Johnson Stores truck was
located shortly after the local
furniture outlet was hit on De
cember 29 for six television
sets. A truck, believed used
in a $2,000 robbery of a
Youngsvllle furniture and
hardware store was found near
Lagrange.
Mills car received minor In
juries. A small boy, also a
passenger In the Mills vehicle
escaped Injury. Jo* Perry
Dement, Rt. 2 Loulsburg man
escaped Injury when his car
became the fourth In the chain
to be hit. A car owned by De
merit's brother Eugene and
also destroyed, was unoccu
pied at t)ie time. ..
State Trooper Dwlght Hlnton
and Centervllle Police Chi?f
Tyree Lancaster are continu
ing their investigation Into the
cause of the accident.
It was reliably reported that
the accident occurred when the
1960 red and white Ford, dri
ven by Mills pulled onto High
way 561, about 150 feet from the
main Intersection of NC 561
and NC 58, attempting to U
turn back toward Wood, N. C,
The Ford was struck by the
1965 Bulck, driven by Davis,
who was traveling, according
to some reports, at a high rate
ot speed. The Impact knocked
the Ford across the highway
and the Bulck struck a 1985
Chevrolet, owned by Eugene
Dement, while the vehicle waa
See CRASH Page 4
Thanks And
Happy
New Year
Three unidentified boys,
spent the night In the Center
vllle Fire House recently, and
left a note of thanks and wished
the locals a happy new year.
Police Chief Tyree Lancas
ter reported the finding of a
note, signed "Jimmy and the
boys (2)" which said, "Hope
you 4on't mind our Intrusion
but we were stranded and cold,
so we came In to warm up a
bit. Thanks very m ich and
Happy New Year". A PS to
the note said, "XJu will find
everything In order, we took
nothing but a little bit of heat' ' .
Lancaster reported that the
fire station Is kept locked and
he did not know how the three
some gained entry. The Inci
dent occurred the last Tuesday
In December, according to the
Chief.
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Masonic Notice
There will be a stated com
munication of Louis burg
Lodge 413 tonight at 7:30.
George M. West, Master, an
nounces that Installation of of
ficers will be at 8 o'clock and
friends are Invited to attend.
Moss President
Locals Attend Conservation Meeting
Delegates from the Franklin
Soil and Water Conservation
District are attending the an
nual meeting of the State As
sociation qf Soil and Water
Conservation Districts In Ra
leigh this week. Those attend
ing Include James T. Moss of
Youngsvllle, President of the
Association, K. G. Weldon of
Epsom and Benny Ray Gupton
of Wood.
-Moss will preside at the
general meetings and Mrs.
Moss will be In charge of the
Ladles Program. .
The meeting began Monday,
January 9, and will end at Noon
on Wednesday, January 11.
This annual meeting provides
an opportunity for Soil and
Water Conservation District
Supervisors throughout North
Carbllna to discuss and take
action on matters concerning
conservation and development
of the State's soil, water, and
other natural resources. Pro
gress to date In this effort
will be discussed and action
will be taken to establish the
Association's major objec
tives for the forthcoming year.
Governor Dan Moore will be
the principal speaker At the
banquet on Tuesday night. An
other highlight will be reports
by various districts on spe
cial projects of significant im
portance and ones that have
bean particularly successful
during the past year.
A program for the ladlM
has been planned, Including a
tea and reception at the Gov
ernor's Mansion with Mrs.
Moore as hostess.
Franklin Soli and Water Conservation official*
above attending the annual State meeting this week In Uap, .
Shown, left to right, are: K. Q. Weldon of Epsom; Beanie Kay
Gupton of Wood; and James T. (Joe) Mom '
President of the organization.