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T?l. 0Y 6-3283
Published Every Tuesday & Thursday
Serving All Of Franklin County
Ten Cents
Louisburg, N. C.t Tuesday, January 24, 1967
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(Six Pages Today)
97th Year? Number 97
Times Wins Top N. C. Press Awards
Runner-Up In
Community Service
The Franklin Times received one of the most coveted
awards given by the N. C. Press Association, Thursday
fright, when the newspaper was named runner-up in the
Community Service category of all newspapers in the
State, including the dailies.
Managing Editor Clint Fuller
received the award from Gov
ernor Dan Moore In ceremon
ies at Chapel Hill at the 42nd
annual meeting of the Associa
tion. The award was presented
to The Times for a series of
front page editorials on road
conditions In Franklin County.
The award, "Given In recog
nition of outstanding service
rendered by a newspaper to Its
locahcommunlty" was accep
ted by Fuller to loud applause
and laughter from the nearly
300 newspaper people present.
The Governor had earlier re
ferred to his problems caused
by the highway situation and,
as Fuller stood by his side,
the Governor listened while
the Judge's comments were
read: "Imaginative use of
photographs and front page
editorials for highway im
provement won second runner
up for The Franklin Times.
Probably the most striking
feature of this entry was the
Newspaper's dogged determi
nation to get better roads. The
effectiveness of the campaign
was amply demonstrated when
the Governor Intervened".
Holding the Loulsburg editor
by the arm, the Governor said,
with a grin, "To this 1 will have
to say Amen".
Fuller reported that he had
earlier expressed his appre
ciation and that of the people
of Franklin County to the Gov
ernor for his help In getting
some road Improvements. He
Historical
Society
To Meet
The Franklin County Histor
ical Society will meet Thurs
day, January 26, at 8:00 p.m.
In the Community Room of the
First Citizen Bank and Trust
Co. on Blckett Blvd.
Mr. William Powell, Direc
tor of the University of North
Carolina Library North Caro
lina Collection, will be the
guest speaker. His topic will
be John White's Drawings.
The public is cordially in
vited.
said he discussed Franklin
County road conditions with
Governor Moore and his as
sistant Charles Dunn, briefly
prior to the awards presenta
tions. v
J. D. Fltz, Morganton Pub
lisher and Secretary of the
Association, c o ngratulated
The Times and wrote Fuller,
"Winning a Community Ser
vice Award Is tops In the
North Carolina Press Assoc
iation".
The Fayettevllle Observer,
an afternoon dally, won first
place for editorials dealing
with a housing controversy.
Fuller also was awarded
first place In the Editorial
category for his "Somebody
Better Pay Attention" writ
ings, which appeared on the
front page of The Times last
September IS, as one In the
series of editorials on road
conditions In Franklin Coun
ty.
Weekend
Breakins
Reported
Four places In the Louls
burg area have been reported
burglarised over the weekend.
Loulsburg Police Chief Earl
Tharrlngton says that some
one entered the Riverside
School, but nothing was re
ported missing. Operators of
the diner also report that
nothing was taken. It was
reported that a chewing gum
machine and an undisclosed
number of pennies were taken
at the building supply firm and
a shot gun Is missing from the
Williams residence".
Civil Air Patrol
To Hold Meet
The Franklin County Civil
Air Patrol will hold its reg
ular meeting Thursday night,
January 26, 7:30 p. m. at, the
airport. Members are urged
to attend. Prospective mem
bers are Invited.
Mrs. Mamie Kearney
"I Don't Know Why - -
Governor Dan Moore Times Editor Clint Fuller
The Governor Said "Amen"
Franklinton School Board To Hold Meetings
The Frankllnton City Board
of Education has released a
prepared statement announc
ing two public meetings to be
held to "Inform the people
concerning next year's deseg
regation plan and our present
enforcement proceedings".
The announcement forward
ed to The Franklin Times,
follows:
The Frankllnton City Board
of Education has scheduled two
public meetings to Inform the
people concerning the admin
Following Franklinton Blast
Heart Still Fluttering
"My heart Is still flutter
ing", said the 86-year-old
woman, it had been nearly
twelve hours since someone
set off what officers described
as "at least three sticks" of
dynamite In her front yard.
"I haven't slept a wink all
night. I'm so nervous. My
ears still ring. I can't hardly
hear. My head still hurts",
she continued. Her eyes show
ed a deep concern underneath
her bonnet.
"I don't know why anyone
would do such a thing to us",
she said. -Who was In the house
at the time? My two daughters
and my grandson", the lady
replied. What damage was
done? "It blew the front door
open and several window panes
out, a knob fell off the tele
vision, everything shook, dust
flew everywhere", she said.
Mrs. Mamie Kearney, ttrng
with her daughter and scm-lh
law, 'Leslie Joyner, a 10-ji?ar
veteran Frankllnton Police
Officer, walked slowly from a
side porch over the Ice and
snow In the yard to a spot near
the highway, where the blast
had torn the roots of an an
cient tree and blasted a hole
about 18 Inches deep and three
feet wide. She pointed to the
hole as she again remarked
that she couldn't understand
anyone doing this to them.
Franklin Sheriff William T.
Dement estimated that three
sticks of dynamite had been
used In the blast timed at
10:30 p. m. Friday night while
Joyner was on duty in Frank
llnton.
"It took a real brave man to
do this", Joyner said later.
Frankllnton Police Chief Leo
Edwards said the blast could
be heard and felt In Frank
llnton, as the crow flies, about
? mile away.
There were Indications that
the blast might have had some
thing to do with the fact that a
Negro, James Kings berry
lives on the Joyner place and
two of the Klngsberry children
are enrolled In the former all
white Frankllnton High School.
Joyner said that dynamite had
been blasted In the field across
from his house and In front of
the Kings berry home some
time ago. He also said that
"someone threw firecrackers
In the field and set It afire",
recently.
"I had to rake dust off the
table and stove before I could
fix breakfast", Mrs. Joyner
said and "I'm going In now to
run the vacumn over the en
tire house. It's In a mess".
The FBI was called and are
continuing their Investigation
as Is Sheriff Dement. Some
reference was made to a per
son seen repeatedly In the area
Friday night but no names
were mentioned.
One report said that, al
though Joyner was not men
tioned by name, the situation
was the subject of some of the
speakers at a recent Klan
rally near Frankllnton. Offi
cers, not mentioning the Klan
by name, referred often to the
offenders as "them", with a
clear connection between the
two.
In private conversations, of
ficers show a genuine resent
ment that such a thing as this
would be done to a fellow offi
cer. They expressed a deter
mination to solve this latest
blast and Indications are that
every available man will be
assigned to work on It.
"This Is a shame", one of
them said, "Doing this to an
86-year-old woman".
"Yeah", remarked another,
"They knew nobody was in
the house but those women
and the boy".
RALEIGH? The Motor Ve
hicles Department's summary
of traffic deaths through 10
a. m. Monday, January 23:
KILLED TO DATE 87
killed to date
LAST YEAR. 96
lstratlon of the Freedom of
choice pupil assignment policy
tor the 1967-1968 school year
and other related Information
of public concern.
A public meeting will be held
at each school In the Frank
llnton township. There will be
a meeting In the Frankllnton
High School auditorium on
Monday night, January 30, 1967
at 7:30 p. m. The other meet
ing will be held on Friday
night, January 27, 1967 In the
B. F. Person- Albion Hign
School gymtorlum at 7 :30 p. m.
Dr. R. C. Whitfield, Vlce
Chalrman of the Frankllnton
City Board of Education, will
moderate the meetings. Board
attorneys W. P. Pearce, Jr.
and Irvln Tucker, Jr. will
speak for the Board to explain
the Board's legal involve
ments and legal responsibi
lities.
The Frankllnton Board hopes
that the two meetings will con
veniently accomodate the
people of the Frankllnton
Township and every citizen Is
urged to attend one of the
meetings U, at all possible.
Locals Join
UFE Support
School superintendents and
assistant superintendents,
meeting In Hoxboro last week
endorse the United Forces for
Education's program calling
for Increased teacher pay.
School heads from the ten
county area attended the meet
ing, including Franklin County
Schools Superintendent War
ren W. Smith and Frankllnton
City Schools Superintendent
Fred W. Rogers. ESEA Dir
ector Earl Martin also ac
companied Smith to the meet
ing. Mrs. Margaret Holmes,
County Assistant Superinten
dent, did not attend.
The legislative program of
the United Forces for Educa
tion was endorsed. It calls
for pay raises amounting to
$66 million for the State as a
whole. Called for In the pro
gram of UFE for teachers was
a pay schedule ranging from
See UFE page 6 ? - (
Fuller's Road Editorial
Gets First Place
Clint Fuller, Managing Editor of The Franklin Times,
received the top award for editorial writing in the North
Carolina Press Association's annual meeting last Thurs
day night at Chapel Hill. Governor Dan K. Moore pre
sented the Louisburg editor with a plaque and certificate
for his editorial "Somebody
Better Pay Attention", one of
a series on road conditions in
Franklin County.
The editorial appeared on the
front page of The Times last
September 15 and was voted by
the judges as the best editorial
among semi-weekly newspa
pers In the* state last year.
Of the editorial, the Judges
commented: "This editor felt
that he had waited long enough
to speak up. He was force
ful and convincing with words
and pictures. - It Is a good ex
ample of the use of pictures
for editorial support. When
the writer said "Somebody
Better Pay Attention", we bet
they did."
Fuller's editorials havebeen
wldely reprinted In other
newspapers, throughout the
state, which Is recognized In
the newspaper Industry as a
high compliment to the writer.
Most of those appearing have
been on the subject of roads,
however a number on other
subjects have also been pub
lished.
Fuller also accepted the
Runner-Up Award for Com
munity Service for The Frank
lin Times. This award, also
presented by the Governor
at the 42nd annual Press As
sociation meeting, placed the
Franklin County newspaper at
the top of all newspapers In
the state, Including the dallies.
The Fayettevllle Observer, an
afternoon dally, won first
place for editorials on a hous
ing controversy. The Times
was cited for the editorial
series on road conditions.
Fuller's editorial series on
the need for improvement to
county highways resulted In
an awakening of public sup
port, constructive, action by
local officials and intervention
by the Governor.- Recently,
Franklin County received aij.
additional allotment of $400,
000 for primary road con
struction which brought the to
tal since the editorial series
began last June to over $800,
000 or almost as much as the
county has received In the past
29 years combined.
Charles Dunn, assistant to
Governor Moore, commented
Franklinton
Loses
Program
Franklinton City School's
application for in Instructor In
adult farming, has been denied
as the latest In a growing num
ber of federally aided pro
grams being withheld from the
system.
A letter from V. B. Halrr,
State Supervisor, Agricultural
Education dated January 13,
states, "This is to advise you
that the processing of your
application for an adult farmer
instructor Is being delayed
pending a clarification of the
Franklinton Administra
tive Unit's status regarding
compliance with the Civil
Rights Act."
The letter advised that the
application constituted a new
activity as "Is prohibited at
this time".
School Superintendent
Fred W. Rogers said the latest
rejection "requires us to can
cel a course In welding for
farmers In our area".
Franklinton Is one of seven
North Carolina school units to
have federal funds deferred on
all new projects until some ac
tion Is taken on compliance
with the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
A hearing with officials of the
U. S. Office of Education was
requested late last year but
no announcement on any such -
meetings has been made.
on Fuller's winning, "I'm Just
glad J. B. (J. B. Brame, Fifth
Highway Division Commis
sioner) came to Franklin
County yesterday". It was
Brame who on Wednesday of
last week brought word that the
county was to receive the ad
ditional allocation from the
Highway Commission.
Fuller reported that he had
the opportunity to discuss the
county's road situation, brief
ly, with Governor Moore be
fore the presentations Thurs
day night. He said he extend
ed his personal thanks and
those of the people of the coun
ty to the Governor for "all you
have done for us". He said the
Governor replied, "I hope you
won't be too hard on J. B.
(J. B. Brame, Highway Com
missioner). He Is doing all
he can. He has a tough Job.
I am trying to help him".
Fuller said he reminded the
Governor that "ourpebpleare
still very much concerned
over N.C. 56".
Fuller said the Governor was
"very good natured" about the
edltorlallzlng-a-ga Ins t his
Highway Commission and
commented to the full gather
ing that he had a few editors he
would like to have meet a
mountain friend of his, who
once promised to "shoot any
body you want me to".
"Fuller, who recently was
named Man of the Year locally,
In part for his efforts to gain
road Improvements, became
managing editor of The Times
In February, 1964.
Pruette Is
Lions DG
Candidate
(Frk. B. W.) On January
17 at the Lions Mld-Wlnter
Convention In Klnston, the
candidacy of C. Ray Pruette
for the office of District Gov
ernor of Lions District 31-G
was announced.
District 31-G is comprised
of 37 clubs In eleven coun
ties - Caswell, Person, Gran
ville, Vance, Warren, Ala
mance, Orange, Chatham,
Wake and Franklin.
Lion Pruette, who resides in
Frankllnton, has been a mem
ber of the local Lions Club for
6 years and has served as
White Cane Chairman, Tall
twister, Vice President and
President. He has served on
all ma]or committees.
The candidate for District
Governor has served as Zone
Chairman, Deputy District
Governor, and for many years
has been a popular after din
ner speaker for many clubs
In the district.
Pruette Is a native of Stokes,
N. C., was educated at East
Carolina College, Wake For
est College and the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. He holds the R A. and
M. A. degrees and Is listed in
Who's Who In American Col
leges and Universities. He
teaches chemistry and physics
at Loulsburg College.
Lion Pruette Is a member of
the Frankllnton Baptist
Church where be harf served
on the Board of Deacons, has
taught a Sunday School class
for 20 years and has served
as Sunday School Superinten
dent.
Mr. Pruette is married to
the former Margaret Allen _
<rf Youngs vllle. '
President and Mr*. Millard
Fillmore started th* first of
ficial Whit* House library,
the . Whits House Historical
Association not** in Its new
book, Tbs Llvlnc Whit* Hous*.