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Louisburg, N. C., Thursday, June 1, 1967
(12 Pages Today)
98th Year ? Number 30
Last Week
Last Night
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This Morning
The ''Little Acorn A-Go-Go " Goes Up In Smoke
The Little Acorn, a Negro nightspot on NC-56 about
two miles east of Louisburg, finally sucumbed early this
morning after a series of blows. Fire finally accomp
lished what fights, murder and a bombing failed to do.
Even then, there were two fires before the old build
ing finally gave up the ghost.
The first report came last night at 10:35 p.m. when
an unidentified Negro man reported the blaze to Louis
burg Police Officer Gerald Eury. The Justice Rural
Volunteer fire department answered the call. Quick
response and efficient fire-fighting brought the blaze
under control shortly after 11 p.m. The east end of the
building was heavily damaged by the fire which Justice
Fire Chief William Taylor Boone reported could have
started at a faulty switch near the entrance.
No sooner had the firemen retired to their homes than
the second alarm sounded. This one, reportedly around
1 a.m. this morning. This time, the firemen arrived too
late. The building was completely destroyed.
The go-go establishment had been the scene of a
shot-gun slaying of Lewis Melvin Alston, 28-year-old
Baltimore Negro on Sunday morning, May 14. Following
the shooting around 2:30 a.m., Thomas Earl Dean, a
20-year-old Rt. 2 Louisburg Negro gave himself up to
Sheriff William T. Dement in the shooting.
The place was the scene of a fire-bomb attempt last
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Wednesday night. The blast, heard miles away, report
edly was set off around 10:30 p.m. Damage was con
fined to a front window.
For the third time in as many weeks the nightspot
has been in the news. Now, with it gone local news
hounds will have to go back to work, searching out the
stories. But, that's the way it is. The Little Acorn
A-Go-Go is gone. It's gonna be missed.
Edward Best Grad Gets
Franklinton School Post
The Frankllnton City Board
of Education has elected Mr.
R. B. Gordon to the Frank
llnton City School Superinten
dency for a two year term
beginning July 1, 1967.
Mr. Gordon is a graduate of
Edward Best High School In
Franklin County. He earned
his B. S. degree at Wake
Forest College In 1936. His
graduate and post-graduate
work was done at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill where he was
awarded his M. Ed. degree In
1954 and his Advanced Prin
cipal's and Advanced Super
intendent's certificate in 1963.
Mr. Gordon was a teacher of
Mathematics and Science at
Swansboro High School In
Swansboro, North Carolina
before accepting a similar
teaching position at the Ben
venue High School In Rocky
Mount, North Carolina. He has
served as principal of Ben
venue High School since 1942.
Mr. Gordon will assume his
duties in Franklintonon July 1,
1967, and his wile and two
children are expected to move
into Frankllnton sometime
during the summer.
Mr. Gordon succeeds Fred
W. Rogers, who has been Su
perintendent since 1963. Ro
gers, who became a center of
controversy during the recent
school year, did not reapply
for the position.
Dean Heads Wake Forest Alumni Here
Jackson Dean, local egg
plant operator, was elected
President of Franklin
County's Wake Forest Alumni
In a meeting held here Mon
day night. Dean succeeds
Dr. Marvin Pleasants in the
position.
Also named were G. M.
Beam, Jr., Vice President;
Mrs. Harold Talton, Secre
tary and Bill Hugglns, Trea
surer.
The alumni group heard a
speech by Gold Sand graduate
and Wake Forest Public Re
lations official, Donnle Grif
fin, on the progress the Bap
tist institution has made and
of future plans. Griffin also
briefed the group on the Dea
cons football prospects. He
told of the naming of a new
president, Dr. James Ralph
Scales, formerly of Oklahoma
State University, who will take
office on June 12. He also
reminded the alumni that Wake
becomes a University today.
Griffin said that Wake Forest
University, valued at $10 mil
lion when moved to Winston
Salem Is now worth $90 mil
lion and told of a drive to
raise 972 million more by
1975.
Griffin Introduced Jack Mc
Closkey, head basketball
coach of the Deacons, who told
of several humourous experi
ences he had since moving to
North Carolina. Coach Mc
Closkey spoke highly of the
basketball squad and said,
"We'll have a better team
thl* year than we had last
year."
The former University of
Pennsyvanla coach said,
"Wake Forest Is the greatest
school In the county for young
men and women to attend and
have an opportunity to suc
ceed." He also praised the
morals of the students at Wake
Forest.
Following McCloakey's
speech, the group voted unani
mously to be placed on record
as recommending the liberali
zation of the policy pertaining
to members of the Wake Board
of Trustees. The local group
favored allowing out-of-state
people to serve on the Board.
Wake Alumni Meet
Principal! at the recent meeting of the local unit at Wake Forest Alumni are shown above.
Pictured left to rlfbt, Donald Griffin, county native and Public Relations official tor the
college; Jack McCloekey, head basketball coach of the Baptist Institution; Mrs. Harold Talton,
recently elected Secretary of the local group; W. A. (Bill) Hugglns, Treasurer, and J. Jackson
Dean, President. G. M. Beam, Jr. was named vice president, but was not present when the
picture was taken.
Louisburg College
Commencement
Weekend Program
Saturday, June 3, 1%7 6 P.M.
THE FORMAL NAMING OF
THE WALTER PATTEN HALL
Or. James E. Hillman, Presiding
Saturday, June 3, 1967 7 P.M.
THE ALUMNI BANQUET Collegft^afeteria
Sunday, June 4, 1967 11 A.M.
COMMENCEMENT SERMON College Auditorium
Rev. W. M. Howard, Jr., Speaker
Sunday, June 4, 1967 2 P.M. College Auditorium
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
Dr. Cecil W. Robbins, Presiding
Bishop Earl G. Hunt, Speaker
Sunday, June 4, 1967 3:30 P.M.
THE FORMAL NAMING OF
THE CECIL W. ROBBINS LIBRARY
Dr. James E. Hillman, Presiding
THE PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION
Recorder's Court
The following cages were
disposed of during a session of
Recorder's Court on Tuesday,
May 30th:
Irvln Whlsnant, w/m/35, op
eratlng auto Intoxicated; leav
ing scene of accident. State
takes nol pros with leave.
Glenn Eugene Cassldy, Jr.,
w/m/18, careless and reck
less driving; Improper lights;
Improper muffler. 910.00 fine
and costs.
Shady Bazel Thompson, w/
m/48, speeding. $10.00 fine
and costs.
Allen Walker, c/m, assault
on female. State takes nol
pros on payment of costs.
James Plummer Smith, c/
m, driving while licenses sus
pended; careless and reckless
driving; unlawful possession
of whiskey. 90 days In Jail,
suspended on payment of $200
fine and costs.
Tommy Tucker, c/m/ 27, as
sault with deadly weapon. Not
guilty.
Thomas Earl Dean, c/m/20,
murder. To be held for Frank
lin County Grand Jury.
Michael Wayne Hobgood, w/
m/18, speeding. $10.00 fine
and costs.
Lawrence Augustus Denton,
w/m/20, speeding. 910.00 fine
and costs.
Donald Sidney Murphy, w/
m/34, speedli?. 910.00 fine
and costs.
Tyree Coley, c/m/28,
speeding. Speeding and motor
vehicle violation. $20.00 fine
and costs.
Elvas G. Boyd, c/m/30.
speeding. 915.00 fine and
costs.
Richard Robert Mann, w/ m/
45, speeding. $10.00 fine and
costs.
Luther Dowdy Baldwin, c/
See COURT Page 8
311 Graduate From County System '?
School's Out For Thousands,
Over For Hundreds Here
For 311 Franklin County
School system students, Wed
nesday marked the end to
public school education. The
nine high schools In the sys
tem awarded diplomas to the
311 In commencement exer
cises Wednesday night.
For thousands of others, the
day marked to end of classes
and the beginning of the sum
mer vacation. Between now
and Augnct 31, when the bell
rings again for the first of
another 180-day session,
youngster, for the most part,
will be leaving books behind
with thoughts aimed at leisure
and relaxation.
| Some, however, will be at
tending summer school plan
ned to be held at Loulsburg
over a period of six weeks.
Some seniors will take up
further studies right away In
summer classes at colleges
of their choice. Others will
begin looking either summer
or permanent jobs.
Riverside High School in
Loulsburg graduated the lar
gest number, granting diplo
mas to 68 students Wednes
"day night. Bunn followed with
45. Perry's High School pre
sented 40 and Loulsburg High
school marched 38 seniors
across the stage for the final
time.
Gethsemane High School
graduated 33 and Youngsvllle
High School presented 25 dip
lomas. Edward Best has 23
graduates, Gold Sand has 21
and Epsom, with the smallest
number of seniors, presented
18 diplomas.
Figures on the Frankllnton
and B. F. Person schools,
both In the Frankllnton City
School system were not readl
ly available.
Loulsburg College Is ex
pected to graduate Its largest
class In history here Sunday
afternoon, bringing to k close
commencement exercises In
the county area.
Sets Up Summer School
The Board of Education,
meeting In special session
here Tuesday night set up the
traditional summer school,
naming Loulsburg Principal
A1 Fox as principal of the
summer session. Mrs. Joyce
Griffin and Mrs. Betsy Tlm
berlake were appointed
teachers In the six-week term.
The Board discussed teacher
contracts at length and studied
vancanles In some positions.
A new position, named Su
perintendent of Buildings and
Grounds, was established and
Supt. Warren W. Smith was
authorized to fill the position.
The move was described as
an effort to get the county
system in a position com
parable with other school units
in preventive maintenance
with one" man being In charge
of all construction, repairs
and renovations.
The Board designated Flrst
Cltizens Bank and Trust Co.
as the official depository for
E.S.E.A. funds following dis
closure of a ruling by the
State Att6rney General's of
fice that the Board of Educa
tion and not the Board of
County Commissioners was
authorized to designate the
depository for such funds.
W. R. Collie was renamed
Attendance Councelor for the
1967-88 school year and as
signments of students, whose
choice of schools had been
made sljice the Board last
met, were made.
Building plans were also dis
cussed but no announcements
were made concerning the
long-range building program.
Mother & Son
MRS. JANET WESTER
Mrs. Wester
Gets NCSU
Honor
Raleigh - A Franklin County
woman who does double duty
as a housewife and a student
has won a top award In North
Carolina State University's
School of Liberal Arts.
Mrs. Janet Wester, an Eng
lish major who received her
baccalaureate degree at NCSU
on May 27, was presented the
Liberal Arts Scholastic Award
during commencement cere
monies. She earned the award
on the basis of a near-perfect
3.9 grade average at NCSU.
The wife of William D. Wes
ter, Mrs. Wester does her
domestic housework and her
scholastic homework at their
residence on Route 4 when
she is not attending classes In
the English department at
NCSU.
She is one of four chosen
from the 1,379 liberal arts
students for swards.
Other winners are William
Roy Colquitt, Jr. of Concord
and Raleigh, who won the Li
beral Arts Service Award;
BARRY WESTER
serves as
Page In
NC House
Barry Wester, 15-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Wester, Rt. 4, Loulsburg,
served as a page In the If. C.
House of Representatives last
week. Young Wester Is a
9th grader at Edward Best
High School.
He was appointed by House
Speaker David Britt upon re
commendation of Sixteenth
District Rep. James D. Speed
of Franklin.
Mrs. Patricia Do no hoe
Beamer of Roanoke, Va., who
won the B. F. Brown Award
for excellence In liberal arts;
and Bryan Leslie Bouller of
Raleigh, who won the Ralph
E. Freund Award for excel
lence in social studies.
Mrs. Wester, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Hawry
Leonard of Route a, Louls
burg, will teach at the Edward
Best High School after her
graduation. Later aha win re
turn to NCSU to study tor her
masters degree. i