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Partly cloudy today and Wednesday with afternoon and evening thunderstorm*. Not quite aa warm. Low today, 67; high, 88. The FranfeMh Times Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Serving All Of Franklin County Industry Education Agriculture T#l. 0Y 6-3283 , f Ten Cents > Louisburg, N. C., Tuesday, May 30, 1967 (Six Pages Today) 98th Year-Number 29 New Bunn Officials New officers of the town of Bunn are shown above Immediately after being sworn In for two year terms Monday at noon. Shown left to right are Macon Z. Morris, T. W. Bailey, Wayne Wlnstead and Louis Webnam, members of the town council and W. A. (Bill) Andrews, Mayor. Elections were held last Tuesday at Bunn, but due to confusion In a ruling on write-in votes, results were not made official until late Thursday. Bunn Official Start Teims After an on-agaln-off-agaln vote count following last week's municipal election, Bunn had swearing in cere monies Monday at noon for Mayor W. A. (Bill) Andrews and four councllmen. Council members sworn at Monday's session were Macon Z. Morris, T. W. Bailey, Louis A. Debnam and Wayne Win stead. Confusion arose following the voting last Tuesday when there were seven write-ins lor council members. Under state law, applying to Franklin County, voters were required to cast their ballot for four Board Contracts For Mental Heath Project The Board of County Com missioners, meeting In spe cial session last Thursday, entered into a contract with the University of North Caro lina at Chapel Hill to establish a mental health project In Franklin County. The purpose of the project, according to the contract, la that the "Commissioners de sire to develop mental health services for the citizens of Franklin County" and the Uni versity "desires to assist in the development of mental health services In Franklin County." The contract calls for an expenditure through a National Institute of Mental Health grant of $24,993.40. The figure Includes staff salaries, local unit equipment, office sup plies, travel, center expenses and emergency hospital costs. Including medical consultants, eight positions are listed for employment. The contract Is to last until July 1, 1971 unless either party seeks a review. In such case, failure to reach an agreement would result In either party being allowed to terminate the agreement. New budgets will be set on April 1 each year. The agreement also calls for the Board of Commissioners to designate themselves as the Franklin County Mental Authority and they appoint Drs. William G. Holllster and J. Wllbert Edgerton as ad ministrators and directors of the Family Counseling and Education Center. If the agreement Is termi nated prior to the expiration date, all equipment becomes the property of the University. If at the end of the 1971 cutoff date the Commissioners de cide to continue the program with local finances, the equip ment becomes the property of the county. A resolution was adopted In Thursday's meeting agreeing for the county to pay not more than 92,000 annually Into the program. In other actions, the Board discussed the upcoming budget requests and set Wednesday tor another meeting, at which time only budgetary matters will be taken up. Mrs. Margery T. Ware, Consultant, Mid Atlantic Regional Office, Community Organization, dis cussed local Trl-County Op portunity programs with the Board. House Accepts Fountain Amendment Washington, D. C. - Con greasman L. H. Fountain pointed out today that tha House of R?presentatlT?s ac cepted a major amendment ha oftered to tha Elementary and Secondary Education Act this week. Tha amandmant specifically prohibits the withholding or deferral of any federal assis tance to local school boards until a hearing has been held and the board found guilty of discrimination. "I am calling this to the attention of residents of the Second District at this time, because In the crush of the Floor debate, I think the press overlooked the adoption of my amendment," Fountain said. "The amendment was adop ted Tuesday by a vote of 116 to ?I," he said. "I hare not seen that fact lncludad In re ports filed from Washington that I hare read In newspapers from the Second District." Fountain Mid his amendment *u substantially the same as one adopted by the House last year. Last year's amendment See FOUNTAIN Page 6 Local Firm Robbed Sheriff William T. Dement reported this morning that the M. E. Joyner Manufacturing Company on Blckett Blvd. here was broken Into last night. The Sheriff said that offices were ramsacked and about 910 to $18 was missing from a drink machlnt. There was a lata report that the Farm Bureau office was also entered 'during the night with a similar pattern. The office was ramsacked, but only a small amount of change was reported missing. Entry was made through a basement window. council members. Some wrote in one or more candidates but failed to mark the box beside the place designated for write ins. In cases where four had not been voted for without the write-In, the ballot at first was not counted. A ruling from the State At torney General's office was received late last Thursday which, In effect, said It was not necessary to mark the box providing the voters Intentions were clear by the writing in of a candidate's name. A recount resulted In Wayne Winstead edging Joe Edwards 44-41 for fourth place on the ballot. Both men are former Bunn Mayors. The final official tally of election returns are as fol lows: For Mayor, W. A. An drews, 60; E. M. Harris, one write-In; For council, Morris, 49; Bailey, 45; Debnam, 45; Winstead, 44; J. M. Edyards, 41; Daniel A. Johnson, 29; R. L. Jones and K. L. Brant ley received two write-In votes each and M. G. Win stead, Woodrow Moye and Joe Adams each received one write In. College Plans Busy Weekend Alumni Banquet Saturday Commencement Sunday The largest class ever to graduate at Loulsburg College will receive diplomas and cer tificates on Sunday, June 4, at 2 p.m. Bishop Earl G. Hunt, resident bishop of the Char lotte Area of the Methodist Church will deliver the com mencement address. Baccalaureate services will be held In the college audi torium Sunday at 11 a.m. with The Reverend W. J. Howard, Jr., pastor of Trinity Metho dist Church, Durham, deliver Man Held In Flim Flam Case Sheriff" William T. Dement report* the arrest of a 24 year old Raleigh man In con Junction with the fllm-flamlng of an elderly Bunn woman last Tuesday. Bobby Harold Brown Is con fined to the Johnston County Jail at Smlthfleld In lieu of $2500 bond charged with false pretense in pretending to be a termite Inspector and an el ec ? trlcal Inspector. He re portedly went to the Bunn home posing as a termite Inspector. When Informed by the uniden tified lady that the house had recently been Inspected, he told her that be was an elec trical Inspector for the state. He Inspected the attic and re-*-' portedly told the woman he bad done some work there and was paid $100. Sheriff Dement said that De puty Dave Batten and SBI agent Billy Crocker assisted In sol ving the case. The accused Is awaiting trial In Smlthfleld on similar charges, said Dement. He Is to be returned here next week for trial. An elderly Negro couple was lltm-flamed out of $300 In a similar case about three weeks ago at their home on River Road. The couple, how ever, were unable to Identify the man. Sheriff Dement also said that he felt a second ar rest In the case was Immi nent. Youngsville Firm Places New Product On Market mailt company, inc., wmcn located at Youngsvllle last year has announced a new product to be manufactured In the local plant. Robert P. Neeb, President of the com pany, said the "Century 21 Whlteprlnter," we believe Is the most significant technolo gical break thru In low cost dlazo whlteprlntlng equipment in this century." The company makes white print machines tpr national and international distribution at Its plant on U. S. 1 Just outside the Youngsvllle town limits. The machines ace us ed primarily for making copies of architectural' and engineering drawing*. The Diaz It machines are capable of copying up to 42 Inch prints in width and as long as de sired In length. "Century 21" will accept copy from 1 Inch up to 42 Inches wide by any length and will reproduce from anything printed, written, typed, or drawn on a translucent or opaque sheet. Excellent re sults are obtainable with all types of dlazo material, blue or black line, sepia, mylar, See PRODUCT Page 4 Local Firm Gets Louisburg Road Work l ne w aae Moore (-onsiruc tlon Co., a Loulsburg firm, was th? apparent low bidder on two Loulsburg street pro jects, expected to be accom plished within the next few months. The firm's bid on Justice Street work and re surfacing of Main and Nash Streets here was part of the total of $12,895,870.36 bids received last week by the State Highway Commission at Its regular monthly letting. The local firm's bid of 900, 768.60 for the two projects Is subject to review by the State Highway Commission on Fri day, June 2, when the Com mission Is scheduled to meet In Waynearllle, N. C. There were thirty-four pro Jects In thirty-five counties Involving mora than 479 miles at road construction Involved In laat week's lettlngs. Franklin- Vane* and Warren counties are to receive 31.106 miles of bituminous concrete surface on US -401 and NC- 561 In resurfacing two sections cf primary roads and three sec tions of secondary roads. T. A. Loving and Co. of Golds boro, M. C. was apparent low bidder at $136,376.08. The-jloulsburg projects In clude 2.046 miles of grading, coarse aggregate base course, bituminous ooncrete surface and curb tad gutter to Im provements on Justice Street and resurfacing on Main and Nash Streets. ing the sermon. Following graduation exer cises, guests for the day will gather In the new college li brary to participate In the formal naming of the building for President Cecil W. Rob bins. Dr. Robblns, president since 1955, Is to be singly honored because of his leader ship and dedication during one of the most significant periods of progress In the college's history. The president will hear representatives of the alumni, trustees, student body, community, church, and faculty attest to the appro priateness of the honor. A large portrait will be unveiled by Dr. Robblns* grand daughter, Faye Elolse Rob blns. A tribute to Dr. Robblns will be given by Bishop Earl G. Hunt. During the ceremony, memorials will also be named In the building: the periodical sections In memory of Thomas T. and Carrie Burwell Marrow and Alice Burwell Harrow McNutt by Miss Carrie Bur well Marrow of Henderson; and, the circulation depart ment In memory of Dr. and Mrs. William Bennett Sorrell by Elolse Sorrell Robblns and Cecil Wayne Robblns of Louis burg. Following the Impressive naming ceremonies, the pre sident's reception will honor the graduating class, special guests and friends. The public Is cordially invited to attend. Library, Dorm To Be Named In Honor Of Robbins, Patten Alumni, faculty., students and other friends and special guests of Loulsburg College will gather about the "Tri nity" dormitory for men on Saturday, June 3, at 6 p.m. to participate In the formal nam ing of the building for the late Dr. Walter Patten. Dr. Patten was president of the college from 1939 to 1947. Guests of the occasion will be children and close rela tives of Dr. Patten Including: The Reverend Brooks Patten of Sanford, Mr. Paul Patten of Mt. Olive, both sons, and Mr. Stanley Patten of Tow anda, Pa., a nephew. Two former presidents of the college will participate In the program: Dr. D. E. Earnhardt and Mr. Samuel M. Holton. Following the brief cere mony the annual Alumni Ban quet will be held in the B. N. Duke Cafeteria at 7 p.m. Alumni who are celebrating their 50th anniversary since leaving Loulsburg will be In ducted Into the Golden Agers Club; the new graduating class will officially become mem bers of the Alumni Associa tion; and the group will be Informed and entertained by Dr. Earnhardt, Mr. Holton, President C. W. Robblns, and the Loulsburg College Chapel .Choir. 1 All alumni are invited to attend. Reservations may be secured at the office of Col lege Relations. DR. PATTEN DR. ROBBINS Fire Averted At Mill What could have been a most dlastrous (Ire was averted Monday night shortly after 10 p.m. when an alert passer by, Identified as Jerry Mitchell, spotted a "red glow" Inside the Stalling Milling Co. saw mill shed In Cedar Rock Township. Mitchell drove to his home nearby and called county fire headquarters In Loulsburg and had units from Centervllle and Justice fire departments dis patched to the scene. He then called Billy Stalling*, man ager of the massive lumber feed-corn meal complex. Mit chell and Stalllngs managed to hold the blaze In tow with hapd fire extinguishers until Franklinton Attorney Takes Issue With Raleigh Reporter Frankllnton attorney Hubert Senter has taken a slap by latter at a News and Observer reporter following a by-lined article appearing In the Ra leigh paper last Friday. Senter wrote N & O reporter Bob Lynch, "As usual you have confused the facts sufficiently ?o as to mislead the general public In your artlclc . . The report dealt with a case in Wake Forest Recorder's Court in which Senter was Involved. Lynch reported that "a man who pretended to be a defendant In court was Jailed and a defense attorney who employed the lmposter was reprimanded after a defense trick backfired . . . ." Senter wrote Lynch, "For your Information, I was re presenting Lucius McKinley Phelps charged with speed ing ... by State Trooper K. A. Cooke. I was also representing Sidney Munn, charged with speeding by the same State Trooper." The News and Observer re port said that when Munn was called tor trial, Senter "walked over to the defense table and motioned Phelps to come forward." Phelps, ac cording to the article, took a seat beside Senter while Trooper Cooke took the wit ness stand. When Cooke said "I don't think so" In answer to Senter's question 11 Phelps was the man the trooper had arrested, Judge Edward Pas chal ordered Phelps to the prisoners box, according to the N & 0 reporter, and re primanded Senter. In his letter to the Raleigh reporter, Senter stated, "It Is an elementary fact in the Jurisprudence of this country since the time law and order was first established, that the accuser must be able to iden tify the accused. I doubt If even the News and Observer or yourself could find a real basis for disputing the re quirement . . . "The Supreme Court and many many lower courts have dismissed criminal charges against civil rights demon strators because the officers were not able to identify these people when they appeared in court," Senter stated. * See ATTORNEY Page 4 the Justice department ar rived. A water tanker sent from Loulsburg was not needed and the Justice de partment had the blaze under control when the CentervlUe and Loulsburg unit arrived, according to reports. Damage was confined to a small area in the shed, al though firemen expressed re lief that It amounted to nothing more. One remarked that his department had always feared a call to the complex. Mrs. William Stalllngs, whose husband operates the mill, Issued tor expressions of appreciation to firemen Monday night. Mr. Stalllngs is confined to a Raleigh hos pital. Her son Billy also thanked those who had come to help, with particular praise for Mitchell whose alertness In all probability averted a major fire. Church Tests DDD Henderson ? State Repre sentative John T. Church for mally Inaugurated Direct Dis tance Dialing here Thursday by dialing his own call to Congressman L. H. Fountain at his office in Washington. The call was made during a luncheon which followed a tqur of Carolina Telephone's new Installation of D. D. D. equip ment here. Participating In the tour and luncheon were company re presentatives, as well as of ficials and representatives of the communities In the four county area In which the new service Is being made aval See CHURCH Page 4 Destructive Fire Scene abor* show* flames consuming the old Jimmy Spa near Loulsburg Saturdajr evening shortly after 7 p.m. The house, inoocupled, was owned by Willie A vent, local nursery operator, reported that be was using the structure for storage of equipment and inI Cause of the blue waa not determined tad the structure tu a total loss before the Epeom Rural Fire Department arrived to fight the names. ltj r-"? r?vfc.i t uit?
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