In Times
Serving All Of Franklin County
Tuesday, February 28, 1967
(10 Ptfges Today)
Ten Cents
Youngsville Tops Bunn
Bunn's Bill Jones (20) blocks out Jimmy Keith of Youngs
ville in boy's Championship game. Youngsville won,
59-38.
Justice Accident Nets
Second Road Death
A 27-year-old former resi
dent of Franklin County be
came the second highway vic
tim of the year Saturday night
when the car he was driving
ran out of control and over
turned near Justice.
Lathan Louis Inscoe, a grad
uate of Edward Best High
School and an employee of a
Raleigh loan firm, was killed
Instantly when he was thrown
from his car around 7:45 p. m.
Saturday night on Rural Paved
Road 1002 near the Justice
Community.
State Trooper Dwlght Hlnton
has been quoted as reporting
that Inscoe's car was travel
ing In excess of 100 miles an
hour at the time of the acci
dent. The Raleigh man was
thrown about 100 feet, accord
ing to Trooper Hlnton.
Funeral services for Inscoe
were held Monday afternoon
from the White Level Baptist
Church, conducted by Rev.
Gilbert Barnhlll. Burial fol
lowed In the church ceme
tery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Marie Shear In Inscoe; one
daughter, Tammy D. Inscoe of
the home; his parents, Mr. ang
Mrs. Lacy Inscoe of Rt. 1 ,
Castalla; and his maternal
grandmother, Mrs. Claudle
Bell Thorp of Rocky Mount.
The only other highway fatal
ity thus far this year In the
county occurred In a four-car
smash-up In Centervllle on
January 7. Ed D. Mills,
c/m/48 of Manquln, Va. died
from Injuries, shortly after
the accident around 7 p. m.
The second highway death oc
curred In the county last year
on March 21. In 1965 Franklin
County escaped until May 7
before recording a second fa
tality.
Most Valuable Players
Winners of the Moat Valuable Player awards are shown above with the Wiley F. Mitchell
Trophies, presented each year by the Franklin County Board at Education In memory of the
late Superintendent of Schools. Pictured, left to right, Mrs. WUey F. Mitchell who made the
presentations, Ralph Brown of Youngsvllle, winner In the boy's division; Owen Ray of Bunn and
Linda Strother of Youngsvllle who tied In the girl's division. Both will receive a trophy.
-Photo by Dick Burnette.
Youngsville Boys, Bunn Girls Win Tourney Titles'
Phantoms Make It 24 In A Row
The fabulous Phantoms of
Youngsvllle, winners of 50
games over the past two sea
sons with only three losses,
none this year, downed a
spirited Bunn Bulldog five
Saturday night to take the 1967
Tournament title, 59-38.
The Bulldogs managed to
make a real contest of It
through three quarters.
Youngsvllle led at the end of
the first period, 16-14, at the
half, 26-25 and at the end of
three, 38-34. Starting the final
frame, the roof fell on Bunn.
The Phantoms poured It on
both offensively and defen
sively, scoring 21 points while
holding Bunn to only four.
As the Phantoms have done
all year In rolling up a per
fect 22-0 season record, they
used a running game against
Bunn and enjoyed a well-ba
lanced scoring attack with
three starters hitting In double
figures and a fourth scoring
nine points.
Ralph Brown with 18 and
Jimmy Keith with 17 led the
Younjsvllle attack. BUI Jones
topped Bunn with ten points
followed by Darrell Hagwood
See YOUNGSVILLE Page 6
Bunn Tops Epsom
For District Berth
The Bunn Bulldogs
defeated the Epsom Ti
gers in the playoff game
last night, 55-47 to take
second place in the con
ference. Bunn will now
represent the county as
the "B" Team in the
District Playoffs and
will meet Zeb Vance at
7 p.m. Saturday night in
Rocky Mount. See Story
Paget.
Gwen Ray's Foul
Shot Does It
Bunn's Nadlne Gay stepped
to the line with eight seconds
left In the championship game
Saturday and most fans
thought, with the score tied at
27-all, this was all they could
stand. Nadlne, surprisingly
missed both shots. For a
brief time, the gym stopped
rocking.
The pause was short-lived.
Sandra Cash of Youngsvllle in
an effort to gain a rebound
from Gay's foul shot, unavoid
ably fouled Gwen Ray of Bunn.
W 1th one second showing on the
clock, the petite miss from
Bunn strolled to the line and
unnervlngly made the foul shot
which assured Bunn of the
championship. Then the gym
rocked.
It might have bean a disap
pointing finish to one of the
best seasons experienced by
See BUNN Page 6
Franklin County Farm
Income Tops $20 Million
Franklin County's gross farm income was more than $20 mil
lion in 1966. The total, announced today by C. T. Dean, Jr.,
County Extension Chairman, was $20,120,599. This level of
farm income was reached in spite of very unfavorable weather
during most of the growing
season.
The 1966 total, Dean says,
represents an Increase of 91
956,906 over the 1965 level.
"It was a year of extremes
for crops In 1966," the Exten
sion Chairman commented.
First the spring was wet and
cold and then a freeze the first
week of May caused many
acres of cotton to be plowed
up and damaged other crops.
Most crops were planted later
than usual because of the cool
weather. Then the summer
ushered In a six weeks drought
followed by some heavy rain
and then another drought. The
drought Is still evident from
the low water level in ponds
and water holes.
Corn suffered most from the
dry weather. Corn yields
dropped from a yield of 65
bushels In 1965 to 25 bushels
last year.
Tobacco accounted for over
60% of Franklin's 1966 farm
Income. A total of 9,608 acres
were planted with an average
yield of 1895 pounds per acre
that sold for $12,197,768.
Prices last year were gen
erally good with farmers re
ceiving an average of nearly
$67 per hundred pounds.
Soybeans continued to be a
See INCOME Page 4
Britt To Address
Democratic Meeting
Rep. David Brltt, Speakei
of the House of Representa
tives and often-mentioned gu
bernatorial candidate In 1968,
will be the keynote speaker at
the annual Democratic Party
dinner In Franklin County on
Friday, March 10, according
to an announcement made to
day by Mrs. Betsy Pernell,
Chairman of the County Demo
cratic Executive Committee.
The dinner will be held be
ginning at 7 p. m. in the
Louisbui-g College cafeteria.
Rep. Brltt, whose home Is In
Robeson County, has been a
member of the N, C. Legis
lature since 1998 and was cho
sen "Man of the Year" in his
home county In 1957. He is a
past District Governor of Ro
tary International, a Baptist
and a former Solicitor of Re
corder's Court and attorney
for the Town of Fairmont.
He served in World War 11
as a private, graduated from
Wake Forest College and Wake
Forest Law School. He is
recipient of the Judge John
J. Parker Memorial Award,
given by the N. C. Bar Asso
ciation in 1966.
He was named Speaker of
House by his fellow Democrats
in the present General Assem
bly. Scores of his friends and
neighbors celebrated Dave
Brltt Day recently In honor
of his being named Speaker.
Mrs. Pernell reported that
this is to be "a most colorful
?vent" and that special enter
Yep , It
~L y?s Cold
1 f you're thinking It's been
unusually cold the past few
days, you're exactly right.
Lou Is burg weatherman G. O.
Kennedy reports that last Sat
urday's morning low of 6 de
grees was the coldest In the
past three years. Other fri
gid readings reported by Ken
nedy include 10 degrees Sun
day morning and 12 degrees
Monday.
He reports that there has
been " several" four-to-five
degree readings since he took
over the weatherman duties In
March, I960. The coldest day
this winter prior to the week
end, fell on Tuesday, Decem
ber 27, 1966 when the themo
meter fell to IS degrees.
Kennedy reported this morn
ing's low at 41 degrees as com
pared with the 12-degree read
ing yesterday. A high of 46
degrees Is predicted in the
area today, but colder wea
ther Mi forecast for Wednes
Jay. <
Rep. Dave Britt
talnment will also be present
ad. She urged all Interested
parties to call their precinct
chairmen (or dinner tickets or
to call GY 6-4853 (or Informa
tion.
Fire Destroys
Two Homes
Several (Ires have been re
ported In the county area In
the past few days, Including
two which destroyed homes
In widely separate areas
Monday.
H. Derrlll Mitchell, Bunn
Fire Chief reported the home
of a white tenant family was
destroyed Monday morning
near Pilot. Chief Mitchell said
the home was occupied by the
"Red" Fulford family, which
included Fulford, his wife and
nine children. The home was
a total loss, according to Mit
chell. The tpe call came Into
the Bunn station at 7:10 a. m.
Another tenant house on the
farm of TollleSmlth in the Ep
som community was reported
ly destroyed Monday around 11
a. m. A Negro family of Jimmy
Perry lived In the house. It,
too , according to reports was
totally destroyed. The Epsom
Fire Department answered the
call.
A fire was reported Saturday
afternoon near Youngs vl lie
which destroyed some out
buildings and threatened a
dwelling house for awhile be
fore Youngsvllle firemen ex
tinguished the blaze in the
brisk winds. 1
There were also reported at
leaat .two woods fires. The
Bunn Department answered a
call to a woods fire near the
Bunn Tops Youngsville
Youngsville-Bunn girls scramble for ball in Friday's Championship game. Bunn
girls won, 28-27 with one second left in the game.
County School System
Starts Choice Period
Superintendent of Franklin
County Schools Warren W.
Smith announced today that
the School Choice Period will
begin this year on Wednesday,
March 1 and will continue
through Friday, March 31.
Smith said the system will
operate under the Freedom
of Choice plan, much like In the
past two years.
The county system will mall
out over 6,000 envelopes con
taining three forms and a re
turn envelope, according to
Smith. One form, printed on
blue paper will be the Notice
of the plan and explains the
requirements under the guide
lines Issued by the U. S. Office
of Education. Also contained
In the packet, is a letter to pa
rents, describing what Is ex
pected of them and the third
document, Choice of Schools
form, Is to be filled In and re
turned.
Teams from the Board of
Education have been attending
PTA meetings at every school
In the system explaining the
1967-68 Freedom of Choice
Plan and parents have been
shown copies of the forms In
most cases. In all cases mem
bers of the teams have ex
plained the procedures and
regulations and answered
questions posed from the au
dience.
The guidelines require that
every child in the county sys
tem be given a free choice of
schools and Smith explains
that any parent, guardian or
person standing In for a pa
rent may exercise the choice.
He also stated that nay child
entering the ninth grade this
fall or who is 15 years old at
the time, may exercise their
own choice, subject to the
overruling of their own pa
rents.
? It was also reported that no
choices would be denlyd ex
cept where an overcrowded
condition exists. In such ca
Horace Baker home In Harris
Township Saturday around 2:10
p. m. and the Epsom Depart
ment answered a call Monday
afternoon near the Fletcher
Fuller farm. No report on
damages from these fires was
made.
ses, children are to be as
signed according to the prox
imity of their homes to the
school. Others will be given
a second choice of schools.
It was also pointed out that
once a choice Is made, it can
not be changed except In ex
treme hardship cases, which
must be cleared with Washing
ton authorities.
Smith said he Is hopeful that
every parent will exercise the
choice of schools for ' their
child or children and return
the Choice Form to his office
or to the school where the
child Is now attending as soon
See SCHOOLS Page 4
Cheering Fans