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Louiaburg, N. C., Tuesday. February 14, 1967
(Six Pages Today)
97th Year-Number 103
Brought Beauty ?
Town Council Seeks Outside Zoning
The Loulsburg Town Coun
cil passed a resolution last
Friday night "to request Rep.
(James D.) Speed and Rep.
(John T.) Church be notified
to make G.S.160-181.2 appli
cable to Franklin County".
The particular statute pro
vides for authority to zone
areas within one mile of the
corporate limits of any muni
cipality. All Counc ilmen voted
aye except S. C. Fostqf who
opposed the resolution.
The statute, which now ex
cludes several counties, In
cluding Franklin allows any
"legislative body of any mu
nicipality whose population at
the time of the latest decln
nlal census of the United States
Is 1,250 or more" to "exer
else the power granted in this
article (Article 14, Zoning
Regulations) not only within
the corporate limits but also
within the territory extend
ing (or a distance of one mile
beyond such limits In all di
rections".
The regulation exempts all
bona fide farms and calls for
membership on any planning
board or zoning commission
be increased to include repre
sentatives from the affected
areas In numbers equal to
those members appointed by
the governing body of the mu
nicipality.
The statute, a part of Article
14, refers to the "purpose of
promoting health, safety,
moral and general welfare of
the community" and allows
regulations and restrictions
on such things as height of
buildings, number of stories,
size of buildings and other
structures. Regular safe
guards are written Into the law
such as recourse to an appeals
board and public hearings.
The change In Franklin
County's present status of ex
clusion from the statute, would
affect not only the one-mile
radius surrounding Loulsburg
but like areas at Youngsvllle,
Bunn, Frankllnton and Center
vllle. >
In other actions the Town
Council accepted the street
leading from Blckett Blvd. to
Nash via the Prultt and Nally
Development "upon recording
the map and with the street as
indicated by dedicators". The
Council also ordered that the
wrecked 1967 Plymouth police
car be advertised for sale.
Bids on this are to be opened
on March 10, 1967 at 7:30 p. m.
Invoices for January in the
amount of |9, 126.76 were ap
proved and ordered paid.
Letter Asks Carroll To Fill
Franklinton Board Vacancy
A letter from a Frankllnton
businessman addressed to Dr.
Charles F. Carroll, Superin
tendent of Public Instruction,
asks the State school head to
fill what the letter describes
as a vacancy on the Franklln
ton City School Board.
The letter, signed by Robert
T. Garrett, a copy of which
was forwarded to The Frank
lin Times, states that "Sev
eral months ago Mr. John
Moore, Chairman of the
Frankllnton District School
Board moved from Franklin
County and from this school
district". It accuses "the
present acting chairman and
other members of the board
of falling and refusing to ap
point a successor".
Dr. Richard Whitfield, vice
chairman of the Frankllnton
Board and acting as chairman
when Moore is absent, said
that Moore had not resigned
and that he did not consider
that a vacancy existed on the
Board. "John (Moore) con
tinues to keep his voting resi
dence in Frankllnton although
he lives In Rocky Mount. Until
he resigns there Is nothing we
can do". He also said that he
had not had the opportunity to
discuss the matterwlth
Franklinton
Motorists
Reminded
Frankllnton Police Chief Leo
Edwards issued a final warn
ing to local motorists today, to
buy and display their city tags.
Chief Edwards said there are
still around 180 Frankllnton
motorists without the required
tag* with the deadline Wed
nesday, February -15.
Chief Edwards also stated
there are to be no warnings.
Citations will be given for
violations, he added.
Jt
Moore.
Terms of three members of
the Franklinton Board expire
this year. These Include
Moore, Whitfield and board
member Rupert Pearce. Mu
nicipal elections are slated for
May In Franklinton.
The Garrett letter points to
the school charter which de
crees that the board can ap
point a new member In cases
of vacancies, and states fur
ther to Supt. Carroll, "We
further feel that your office
should take steps to fill this
vacancy with some competent
person in the school district".
State law refers only to fill
ing vacancies on boards by se
lection by the political party
of the member creating the
vacancy. The Franklinton
charter differs In this proce
dure, according to reports.
The State Superintendent can
by law, however, remove a
board member who Is not
"discharging the duties of his
office as required by law".
The Garrett letter does not
mention whether or not Moore
Is attending board meetings
and carrying out the normal
duties of the office.
Mr. Moore was not avail
able for comment. Copies of
the Garrett letter were sent
to Frankllnton Superinten
dent Fred Rogers, Whitfield,
Frankllnton Mayor Joe
P e a r c e, Sixteenth District
Representative James D.
Speed of Franklin, T. H.
Pearce of Frankllnton and
Clint Fuller, Times editor.
The letter was dated February
10.
Centerville Councilman
Injured In Accident
John Pleasants, a member
of the Centervllle Town Coun
cil and local garage operator
suffered severe injuries to his
right leg in an aceldent near
Wood last Friday night around
9 p. m. Latest word from
Duke Hospital, where Plea
sants was taken, Indicates the
right leg was broken in several
places and the lower portion
was badly mangled.
The accident occurred, ac
cording to State Trooper
James Byrd, who investigated,
as Pleasants was attempting
to pull a car owned by Ray
Lewis, w/m/38 of Rt. 2 Louis
burg out of a ditch about one
mile west of Wood on NC Ml.
Pleasants was attempting to
hook the Lewis car to the
wrecker, partially parked on
the highway.
He was struck by a 1959
Chevrolet, reportedly driven
by David Lee Stalllngs,c/m/
33 of Rt. 1 Loulsburg, pinning
him between the Lewis car
and the Stalllngs car. Accord
ing to Trooper Byrd, the Stal
llngs car ran off the road and
struck Pleasants on the right
side of the wrecker, which was
nearest to thedltch. Stalllngs,
reportedly said the lights on
the wrecker blinded him. The
headlights were reportedly
burning on the wrecker and
were visible for ? consider
able distance. The wrecker,
reportedly, was not equipped
with blinkers.
Stalllngs Is charged with
"falling to reduce speed to
prevent an accident". Plea
sant s was rushed to Franklin
Memorial Hospital for emer
I gency treatment and transfer
red to Duke In Durham.
If you would reform the world
from Its errors and vices, be
gin by enlisting the mothers.
Area Gets 9 Inches
Quick Come , Quick Go, In
19 Years The Biggest Snow
The Franklin County area
was blanketed last Thursday
with the largest snowfall In
19 years. Beginning In mid
afternoon and continuing into
the night, the area measured
nine Inches. This topped the
eight Inch downpour on Janu
ary 25-26-27, 1966, which was
the largest In recent years.
However, Thursday's snow
fall fell short of the 13 Inches
which fell on a Saturday night,
February 1, 1948, which was
labeled In a Times front-page
story as "The largest snow in
forty years".
Last Thursday's storm
dumped perhaps more snow In
the shortest length of time
since the 1948 record maker.
As fast as It came, It left even
faster. By Saturday morning,
according to Loulsburg wea
therman G. O. Kennedy, five
Inches had melted and by Sun
day hardly a trace was left.
Highway crews reported this
one to be the easiest to move
of any recent snows.
Schools were suspended last
Friday throughout the county
and a number of meetings
\ scheduled for Thursday and
Friday nights were postponed.
The usual number of artis
tic efforts were expressed
via the snowman creations
sighted around the area. Sev
eral minor accidents occurred
wetting some Injuries.
The predicted encore of
more snow did not materialize
over the weekend and, (or the
present, at least, the area
seems safe from more of the
stuff. Kennedy reports that the
lowest local temperature of
the winter Is 13 degrees re
corded on December 27. He
also reports that the tempera
ture last Wednesday was 14
degrees. The low this morn
ing was 22 and the expected
high today Is 60 with an un
seasonably warm 70 degree
high predicted (or Wednesday.
Hepatitis Epidemic
Threatens
A mild epidemic of hepatitis, a virus disease causing In
flammation of the liver, is now being experienced In this area,
but Dr. James B.Wheless, Health Director, said this morning,
"I don't believe It Is as contagious as most people seem to
think." He did not discount the seriousness of the situation,
but neither did he express any alarm.
Twenty cases of the lnfectous aliment have been reported to
the Health Department. Most of the cases are among the teen
age group with only one case reported as a 40-year-old. Eight
cases have been reported among students at Loulsburg College
and five among students at Loulsburg High School. Franklin
Memorial Hospital reports only three patients this morning
with hepatitis. One of the Loulsburg High students has re
covered. There has also been one case reported at Edward
Best High School. The age group affected, according to Dr.
Wheless is 14 to 20.
There were only seven cases during the entire year of 1966
and the twenty thus far have been recorded within the past
three weeks.
One report says the disease Is contacted by use of eating
utensils after a person Infected. "It's a contact disease,"
says Dr. Wheless. Some say It is carried by the "flu bug,"
this coming perhaps from the fact that It Is a virus type
disease.
Dr. Wheless says that cases of acute hepatitis are Isolated
in the hospital, the patient not being allowed to leave the room
and visitors are discouraged. Dishes, etc., are also isolated.
"This is not the case right now," says Dr. Wheless. "We are
only Isolating the patient In his room."
Some people are taking shots. The shots are gamma gloublln
and they are expensive. Dr. Wheless reported that the Health
Department in the past was supplied the serum by the Red
Cross without charge, but that this is no longer done. He
announced that some serum has been ordered by the depart
ment but "I don't know when it will get here." He says the
department will have to charge for these shots because of the
cost Involved.
Persons can obtain the serum from their private physicians,
however. Dr. Wheless said that occassionally a serum sick
ness follows the shots and a little soreness. He added, "I
don't know whether it is worth It or not."
A State Health Department epidemiologist was in the area
Monday interviewing patients at the hospital and students at
the College and high school. He failed to determine the cause
of the epidemic, according to reports, and Is expected back in
the area today. i
Target 2
Improved Family Living
Goal Of New Program
By C. T. Dean, Jr., County
Extension, Chairman and Staff
Helping Franklin County
families gain greater satis
faction from family living Is a
goal Included In the Target 2
program of opportunities
launched January 30 by the
Franklin County Agricultural
Extension staff In cooperation
with the North Carolina Agri
cultural Extension Service.
Family living Is being af
fected In the county as more
homemakers play dual roles
erf home maker and employee.
The family (Ives Its members
their earliest experience of
social security. It is bound
up with all the great crisis o f
life, both emotional and eco
nomical. It Is the only basis
upon which society may pros
per In the present and build tor
the future.
A big part of family living
grows out of the wise manage
ment of time, skills, energy
and Income. Extension bom*
economists will encourage
homemakers to set realistic
goals and values to use these
resources-wlsely.
Special training and consum
er education In foods and nu
trition, bousing and house
See PROGRAM Pag* S
And Troubles
Governor Asks General
Assembly For Tax Cut
Governor Moore Monday
night asked the General As
sembly to ease the tax burden
on North Carolinians while ap
propriating record amounts
for expansions of State ser
vices. His proposed bien
nial budget totaled more than
$2.7 billion, an all-time high
and an Increase of more than
18 per cent above expenditures
for the current blennlum.
The Governor's proposals
for tax relief would benefit
low-Income families, families
with children in school and
college, service personnel In
Viet Nam, and older citizens.
The revenue loss from these
measures would be $23.3 mil
lion for the blennlum.
Public education received
considerable attention as the
Governor addressed the Gen
eral Assembly for the second
time since It convened last
week. His proposals called
for large budget Increases to
meet major needs in the pub
lic school system, communl
Medicare To
Be Discussed
There will be a meeting In
the Agriculture Building In
Loulsburg February 18, 1967 at
7:00 p. m. to learn more about
Medicare. Mr. Clay Stone
from the Social Security Office
will be the speaker. The public
Is Invited.
ty colleges and the State sys
tem of higher education.
The Governor called (or cap
ital Improvements totaling
nearly $180 million. This
would be the largest capital
Improvements budget In the
history oftheStateandltwould.
not require a bond Issue. Of
the total, over $66 million
was recommended for capi
tal improvements In higher
education.
He proposed that a sizable
portion of the capital Improve
ments should be financed from
the $163 million General Fund
credit balance expected at the
end of the current blennlum. .
He said that nearly 68 per
cent of the credit balance
should be utilized for capi
tal Improvements or, as he
termed them, "permanent as
Grady Heads
Business
Association
James Grady, manager of
Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co.
here has been elected Presi
dent of the Louis burg Business
Association In the annual elec
tions held recently and an
nounced this week by Mrs.
Juanlta Pleasants, Executive
Secretary of the Association.
Grady, who was named last
year to the Board of Directors,
takes office Immediately.
Hoke Steelman, manager of
Franklin Tire and Appliance
Co. here, was named Vice
President. .
Members of the newly elec
ted Board of Directors are:
Mrs. F. L. O'Neal, local drug
gist; Hubert (Tommy) Jef
freys, local car dealer; Jerry
W. Frailer, local barbershop
operator; J. P. Tlmberlake,
Jr., local feed and seed store
owner; James R. Hill, local
service station operator; Sam
Wood, manager of the local
FCX store; Wallace Tlppett,
farm Implement dealer and
past president of the Assoc
iation and Billy O. Parrlsh at
Lou is burg College.
Clay McBrlde of the local
radio station is the outgoing
president, having replaced A1
Goodwin, when the latter re
signed earlier last year.
sets."
In other areas, the Governor
expressed personal reserva
tions but urged consideration
of Industrial aid bonds with
proper safeguards, stated his
opposition to Increasing the
6 per cent interest rate, urged
approval of a local option sale*
tax to help local governments
with their financial needs, and
proposed steps to strengthen
State Government.
The Governor told the legis
lators, "We can give tax re
lief while appropriating major
Increases for the public
schools, community colleges,
higher education, health and
welfare and other basic ser
vices." He presented details
for the record budget and com
plimented the members of the
Advisory Budget Commission
"for a public service of the
first magnitude."
He said that tax relief and
stepped-up State services are
possible because of the "ex
cellent fiscal condition" of the
State. "Revenues continue to
exceed legislative estimates,
and there will be substantial
reversions resulting from ef
ficient a d m 1 n 1 stratlon," he
said.
The Governor, In view of
what he termed "our bright
revenue oytlook," recom
mended thqf e four tax relief
measures:
1. Raise the dependency ex
emption from $300 to $600 per
year. (Biennial revenue loss:
$16.6 million.)
?. Allow an additional $600
exemption for each dependent
enrolled for full-time study In
any Institution of higher learn
ing. (Biennial revenue loss:
$9,310,000.)
3. Give an additional ex
See GOVERNOR Page 6
Bloodshed
Boxscore
RALEIGH ? Ttaa Motor
Vahlclaa Department's
summary at traffic rtaatto
through 10 a. m. Monday,
February 13:
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