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Weather Considerable cloudiness to day and Wednesday with scat tered thundershowers late to day or tonight. Turning cool er Wednesday. Low today, 65; high, 84. The FfaSgJih Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ^ Serving All Of Franklin County Industry Education Agriculture ^ * Tel. 0Y 6-3283 Tan Cants Louisburg, N. C-. Tuesday, May 2, 1967 (Six Pages Today) 98th Vear-Numbtr 21 Steelman Wins PTA Award H. H. Steelman, vice pres ident of the Loulsbprg Pa rent Teacher Association has been awarded an Oak Leal Certificate of Honor by the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers. Steel man was cited for his service in establishing a Safety Patrol at the local school. He Is one of thirty outstand ing public spirited people cho sen from throughout the state and will attend the Awards Commission dinner In Raleigh on May 16 and a reception at the Governor's Mansion fol lowing the awards presenta tion. Steelman was sponsored by the local PTA with endorse ments from his church and other groups. The award, signed by Mrs. Riley S. Monds, State President, reads, "In appreciation of outstand 1 n g service for the welfare of children and youth and recog nized by the Oak Leaf Com mittee of the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers". In addition to his work with the safety patrol, Steelman was Scoutmaster of the Year In 1966 In the Saponl District for his work with Loulsburg Troop 55S. He Is a steward In the Loulsburg Methodist Church, a veteran of World War n, a graduate of UNC and manager of Franklin Tire and Appliance Co. Here. Steelman and his wife have one son, Bennett, a student In the seventh grade at Louls burg. Board Holds Routine Meet The Board of Education held a short regular session here Monday, handling Items of routine business. Teacher al lotments (or the coming year were discussed and the new teacher contract as required by the state was studied. Since the General Assembly has not acted on the education bill and thus no teacher allotments have been approved by the state, the Board could take no action In either item of busi ness. Supt. Warren Smith was authorized to take bids on termite control at Youngs vllle and Gold Sand gyms and the Board approved continuing Its membership in the North Carolina State School Boards Association. It Franklinton, Louisburg, Centerville And Youngsville Citizens Elect Town Officials Today , , S?oH Photos by Clint F u I lor Early Voters At Louisburg College Library To Be Named For Dr. Robbins The Loulsburg College li brary building completed in 1965 will be named for Presi dent Cecil W. Robbing, it was decided here on Friday by the lnstltutlons's Board of Trus tees. The regular Spring meeting of the Board was the occasion of expressed unanimous senti ment by trustees, alumni, stu dents and faculty that the mod ern structure be named for the one who, since 1955, had led the College to new heights in student enrollment, physical improvements, quality aca demic programs, and Increas ed support. Dr. Robblns, a native of Mississippi, was Editor of the North Carolina Christian Advocate prior to his coming to Loulsburg. He is a grad uate of Birmingham Southern College, the Duke Divinity School, and has received hon orary degrees from High Point College and Birmingham Southern College. He has been prominent In church and civic affairs, locally and nationally. Official naming of the Cecil W. Robblns Library will take place on June 4, Immediately following graduation exercis es. Other Board action Included the adoption of the 1967-68 operating budget totaling over $1,200,000; the election of new trustees, and the election of faculty. New trustees are: The Reverend W. M. Howard, Jr., pastor of Trinity Metho dist Church, Durham; The Reverend Dr. Barney L. Jones, Duke University, Dur ham; The Reverend Paul Car ruth, pastor of Hayes Barton Methodist Church, Raleigh; Mr. Edmund S. Swindell, County Manager of Durham Mother Fourth Fatality Of Year A 25-year-old mother, Mrs. Jo Anne Mitchell McLamb, died last Wednesday in Duke Hospital from Injuries re ceived in a grinding head-on crash between a 1967 pickup jjruck, In which she was riding and a I860 automobile on U. S. 1-A one mile south of Frank llnton April 15. Mrs. Mitchell, according to reports, never regained con sclousness. She was a pass enger In the' truck driven by her brother Clarence Mitch ell, who was also Injured. Mrs. McLamb's 3-year old daughter escapedjvlthout ser ious Injury and Bobby Council, a passenger In the rear of the vehicle suffered minor Injuries. The truck was struck by a 1960 Chevrolet, reported 1 y driven by Raymond Fogg, a 25 year old Negro soldier sta tioned at Ft. Bragg. State Trooper W. S. Etheridge re ported that the Fogg car was three feet across the center line at the polpt of Impact. Fogg, Edward Teasley, C*roJ~ lyn Teasley and James Mul drow, passengers In the Fogg car were all Injured, some See DEATH Page 6 County; arid Mr. J. Harold Tal ton, " Vice-President of First Citizens Bank Company, Louisburg. The Long-Range Planning Committee of the Board pre sented capital projections through 1972 totaling approxi mately $700,000. The immed iate capital project to begin In late summer Is a new women's dormitory and Infirmary. Dr. James E. Hlllman of Ral eigh, president of the Board of Trustees, presided at the meeting. Murray Speaks To Bunn Lions ?* Let Murray, Treasurer of . Wake County and former coun ty accountant for Franklin County spoke to the Bunn Lions Club last Thursday night at the regular meeting of the organi zation held In the Bunn School cafeteria. Murray, who plans to move to Zebulon soon, explained the general -operation of county government and discussed some of the major problems facing the area In the years . ahead. He also told of comparisons between operations In Frank lin and in Wake County. The pride of the rich makes the labor of the poor. -Nicho las Breton. Junior Garden Club Members of the Perennial Garden Club, recipient of the Cardinal Silver Bowl which waa awarded during the Annual Convention of Oarden Clubs of N. C., are shown above. They are, left to right, 1st row: Beth Johnson, Susan Pleasants, Betsy May, Georgia Griffin, Betty Jo Tlppett; 2rd row: Lou Robersoo, Anita Tlllotson, Mrs. Marvin Pleasants, sponsor, Rita Patterson, Marilyn Stewart and Vickie Wrenn. (See article on Page 2). Staff Photo by Clint Fuller. Voting was light at the Louis burg precinct early today as hundreds of county citizens are expected to go to the polls to select town officials for the i next two years. Ten candidates are in the race for six seats on the Loulsburg Town Council while Mayor V. A. Peoples Is unop posed for reelection. Five of the council hopefuls are In cumbents. Speculation has been almost nonexlstant In the various races and most will await tonight's tallies with uncertainty. At Frankllnton, eight candi dates are running for five council seats and three are In the race for Mayor. Ten men are running for three seats on the Frankllnton City BojmI of Education. One of the t eHk an Incumbent. Five Incumbents are In the council race and Ma yor Joe Pearce Is opposed by Frank Collins and Calvin Brown. Focus is on the Education Board race where three Ne groes are running for the three Mrs. Hill Yarborough Passes Mrs. Alice McLean Yar borough died at her home In Loulsburg Sunday, April 30, 1967. She was the wife of Hill Yarborough, attorney, and a daughter of the late Colonel and Mrs. NeUl Archibald Mc Lean of Lumberton. Mrs. Yarborough was a graduate of Peace College, Raleigh, and a member of St. Paul's Epis copal Church In Loulsburg. Mrs. Yarborough Is survived by her husband, her son Charles Hill Yarborough, Jr., three sisters, Mrs. JohnWal ter Prlddy, and Mrs. Alex ander Torrey McLean, Sr. of Lumberton, and Mrs. Paul Henry North, Sr., and one brother , Mr. Patrick Mur phy McLean of Columbus, Ohio. Graveside services were conducted by the Reverend Frank E. Pulley at Oakwood Cemetery In Loulsburg at 2:30 p. m. Monday, May 1st. seats. The Board has been a point of controversy since last fall when attempts to comply with the federal guidelines on desegregation of schools, caused a stir In the Frank llnton community. Incumbent Centervllle Ma yor John Neal is opposed by Ed Radford for that post and six are In the running for the three council seats in the county's newest municipality. This is the first election ever held by the town of Center vllle. Officials were origi nally appointed by the legis lature when the town charter was granted In 1965. At Youngsvllle, only the write-ins will have any acti vity today. Mayor Marvin Roberts and the five Incum bents of the town council are unopposed. The town of Bunn will hold Its off-year elections the last Tuesday in May and today's races will hold only passing Interest for citizens in that area. By 7:30 a. m. Louisburg had voted only 19, however many more had cast their ballots by shortly after 8 a. m. In many elections, as many as fifty vote In the first hour. Louis burg set a record In 1965 when some over 600 citizens took part. Around fifty new registrations were made for today's elections and It Is pos sible a new record could be set. As Deadline Passed Local Pay Raise Bill Not Introduced Monday The bill to Increase salaries of Franklin County officehold ers and employees was not In troduced In the N. C. House of Representatives Monday night as the deadline for local bill Introductions passed. Sixteenth District Rep. James D. Speed of Franklin, who, according to reports, was to have Introduced the pay raise bill on April 17, told The Franklin Times then that changes in the proposed FVWO Conducts Survey" The Franklln-Vance-W ar ren Opportunity, Inc. organi zation Is presently conducting a survey in the area to deter mine community needs, ac cording to an announcement made today by Claude L. Dun ston, Deputy Director of the organization. Dunston said, "Interviewers are visiting homes in several areas of Franklin County and we are asking the public's cooperation during this sur vey". He also said further infor mation about the survey and the organization could be ob tained by contacting the office at 219 Court Street or calling 496-4120. bill prevented his having the measure In order (or Intro duction on schedule. Rep. Speed last week, voiced i his displeasure at The Times for what he termed "prema- i ture disclosure" of the bill and The Times' reference to the amount of Increase proposed for the Register of Deeds office. The Deeds office was scheduled to receive the smal lest Increase. In an article published In the Durham Morning Herald last Saturday Rep. Speed report edly stated, " He would prob ably go ahead and Introduce In Its original form a bill which would revise salary schedules for county employees, despite criticism from some sources In Franklin County that the bill 'discriminates' against the Register of Deeds". , Local officials were at a loss Monday as to Rep. Speed's plans for the bill. Some ex pressed confidence that the bill would be Introduced Mon day night. Others expressed some doubts. Ninety-one local bills were Introduced by the House mem bers In the Monday night sess ion but a check revealed that the Franklin bill was not a mong them. Rep. John Church of Henderson, also from the Sixteenth District Introduced a pay raise bill for Vance County officeholders last week. In the 1963 session of the legislature, the Franklin pay bill was Introduced on the final Jay of the assembly, June 27 after becoming a point of con troversy when the Register of Deeds office was left out of the bill calling for a 5 percent in crease. There was no pay raise bill Introduced In the 1965 session. County To Get Two Road Projects The State Highway Commis sion called for bids Monday on 35 projects In 22 counties, including two projects In Franklin County. The two local projects are listed as: FRANKLIN^ - VANCE - WARREN ? 21.106 miles Of bituminous concrete surface on US-401 and NC-561 in re surfacing two sections of pri mary roads and three sections of secondary roads. FRANKLIN ? 2.046 miles of grading, coarse aggregate base course, bituminous con crete surface and curb and gutter to Improvements on Justice Street and resurfac ing on Main and Nash streets in Loulsburg. Neighbors & Firemen Remove Furnishings Fire Destroys Sykes Home In Cedar Rock A fire, believed to have started tn the kitchen, destroyed the new one-story home of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. (Buck) Sykes this mornlhg around 8:30 a.m. In Cedar Rock. Mr. Sykes Is Chair man of the Board of Franklin County Commissioners. The modern home was gutted by the blaze and smoke and water damage Is expected to result in a total loss of the dwelling, located about 12 miles east of Loulsburgon Highway 56. Mr. Sykes reported that he was working about a mile and a half from the house when the blaze struck. He said Mrs. Sykes was In the yard and reported hearing a "crackling" noise in the kitchen and sighting the fire. Firemen from the Justice, Centervllle and Castalla rural volunteer departments answered the call and a water tanker waa dispatched from Loulsburg. Scores of neighbors aided In removing personal belongings from the burning building. Firemen managed to extinqulsh the flames, but not before severe damage had been done to the interior and root of the house. Friends came from as far away as Loulsbbrg to after aid and to assist firemen. No other buildings on the Sykes farm wero damaged, although a live wire threatened for a time as firemen attempted to keep spectators away from the potential hazard. There were no injuries reported and traffic Jammed the narrow highway for some distance on both sides of the Sykes home. Staff Phot* by Clin* Fullx
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