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Fair to partly cloudy today and Friday. Cool at night, warmer in the afternoon. Low today, 57; high, 64. industry The FraMkMn Times E,c,iM Published Every Tuesday & Thursday * Serving All Of Franklin County Agriculture Tel 0Y 6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C., Thursday, June 8, 1967 (10 Pages Today) 98th Year? Number 32 Still Smoking Early This Morning Fire Destroys School Shop A fire" of undetermined origin totally destroyed the Gold Sand School Agricul tural-Vocational Shop this morning around 4:30. Warren Smith, Superintendent of Schools, estimated the loss at slightly over $30,000 for the building and between $10,000 and $15,000 in equipment. School Principal James Marshall said he was called around 4:40 this morning by a neighbor, Mrs. Bud Marshall, both of whom live within sight of the school, and told of the fire. He called the Centerville Rural Volunteer Fire Department, which later called in units from the Epsom and Justice departments. Marshall said that flames were pouring from the roof when he arrived and Center ville Chief L. S. Ward said little could be done to save the building when the fire units arrived. Marshall voiced the opinion that the fire could have started from wir ing in the northwest corner of the building where it appeared the flames began. Supt. Smith said he felt the building *ould be replaced and that he would contact Mr. Horace Baker, Chairman, to call a meeting of the County Board of Education as soon as possible to act on such replacement. He said the building was covered by $15,500.00 in insurance and the equipment was covered by $6,000.00. A pickup truck, some files and a welding machine were saved from the blaze. All other equipment was destroyed. C. Ray Pruette Named Lions District Governor C. Ray Pruette, popular member of the Loulsburg Col lege (acuity, was elected Dis trict Governor of Lions International District 31-G at the annual Lions Conven tion held this week In Char lotte. Pruette, serving this year as Deputy District Gov ernor, has been a member of the Frankllnton Lions Club for the past six years. Pruette becomes the fourth Franklin County Lion to gain the high position. G. M. Beam, Sr. of the Loulsburg club wu first to be named a District Governor In 1947-48. Samuel M. Holton, serving as Presi dent of Loulsburg College at the time, was named In 1953 54, and James T. (Joe) Moss of the Youngsvllle club was named In 1960-61. Pruette will lead a district made up of Caswell, Person, Granville, Vance, Warren, Alamance, Orange, Durham, Chatham, Wake and Franklin counties. He will be In charge of 37 clubs In the district and will visit each club during his C. Ray Pruette Solicitor, Clerk Named In Prisoner's Suit 2? Seventh District Solicitor W. O. (Buck) Ransdell, Jr. and Franklin County Clark of Court Ralph S. Knott hare been named In a $290,000 law suit filed by an inmate of a California prison, according to report* received here. John H. Verier, an inmate at the Correctional Training Center at Soledad, California, la claiming that his constitu tional rights were violated when Ransdell and Knott "de prived him of the due process and equal protection of the laws of the State of North Carolina and the 14th amend ment of the U. S. Constitu tion." Vester received an eight month prison sentence for ? scape here in 1960. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. Verier contends that a post -conviction hearing which he had requested was not brought before Judge Wil liam A. Johnson. He says that the petition for the hearing was requested six months prior to a second trial in 1966. Knott Is Included In the actions because Vester claims that he, Knott, failed to pre sent the petltlpn to a Judge "Immediately after It was re ceived by him." Contacted In his office here Wednesday, Knott declined comment on the matter, say ing he wanted to read the charges before making a statement. He Indicated that he would have some comment In the near future. year. He will take office at the National Convention which starts In Chicago on July S. He succeeds Monroe Gardner of Warrenton. Pruette has served as Zone Chairman as well as Deputy District Governor and has been a popular after-dinner speaker at a number of Lions Clubs over the past years. He was educated at East Caro lina College, Wake Forest College, and UNC at Chapel Hill. He holds the B. A. and M. A. degrees and Is listed in Who's Who In American Colleges. He teaches chemis try and physics and Is Chair man of the Science Department and Head of the Chemistry Department at Loulsburg Col lege. A member of the Franklln ton Baptist Church, he has served on the Board of Dea cons for fifteen years, has been Chairman of the Board, and has taught a Sunday School class In addition to serving as Sunday School Superinten dent. Pruette Is 49 years old and married to the former Mar See PRUETTE Page 4 Dean Farms To Be Subject Of WPTF Show Dean Farms, a local home owned industry, will be fea tured on the popular WPTF Radio show, "Proflles,, this Sunday, June 11th at 0:1S p. m., according to an announce ment today by Don Fowler, Promotion Manager of the Ra leigh station. The show, known as a tri bute to North Carolina Indus try, U conducted by Bob Far rlngton, WPTF newsman, and will feature an Interview with J. Jackson (Jackie) Dean, own er of the plant here. 5-Year-Old Boy Killed In Franklinton Mishap The tragic death of a 5-year old boy Tuesday night at thf Frankllnton Speedway has thrown a veil of sadness over the entire communities of Frankllnton and Young svllle and throughout Franklin County. Rudolph Allen Paschal was riding In the cab of a water truck with his father, Barney Paschal, and his younger bro ther, William Randolph, age 3, around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday when a sudden Jerk by the vehicle, laden with 9,600 gal lons of water, caused the youngster to fail out of the vehicle. He was crushed by a rear wheel. Death was In stantaneous The youngsters had Just eaten sandwiches as they watched their father fill the truck with water from a small pond adjacent to the race track. He had been watering down the red clay strip In preparation for Sunday's races. One report said the father believed the youngster was standing against the door of the truck, which sprang open. Another said the youngster was sitting on the seat. The father, with the Injured child In his arms, raced on foot almost to busy highway US 1 seeking aid. When he found none, he returned to the truck and transported the boy to Frankllnton. The child was pronounced dead on ar rival at a local physician's office. Mrs. Paschal was away from home at work at the time. Deputy Sheriff Lonnle House and a brother-in-law ?f the mother went to the place of her employment to Inform her that an accident had taken place. Mrs. Paschal was taken to the home of her husband's parents In Youngsvllle, where the family remained. This was the second death at the speedway, neither con nected with the weekly races held there. On Sunday morn ing, March 13, 1963, a 22 year-old Frankllnton youth was killed when the car he Board Meet Canceled The Board of County Com missioner* canceled a sche duled special session slated for Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m. without explanation yesterday. The meeting had been called to further study the budget and to take up the matter of approval of a request from the County Board of Edu cation that the board be al lowed to purchase some addi tional land. Unofficial reports have It that the preliminary budget requests are considerably higher this year than those of last year. The Commissioners have been working on possible trimming In some depart ments. In the board's regular ses sion Monday, routine reports were received and a delega tion of Negro ministers, consisting of Rev. S. G. Dun ?ton, Rev. Luther Coppedge, and Rev. E. L. Broddle, were before the Board requesting information on the possible padlocking or supervision of See BOARD Page 6_ Escapees Captured Two Negro prisoners who walked away from the Bunn Prison camp Wednesday afternoon around 1 p.m. were recaptured around 4:40 p.m. near the Gethsemane School about a mile south of Bunn, according to a prison official this morning. Albert Nelson, Jr., 21, and Earl Strickland, 19, both of whom live in Wilson, N. C. were serving terms for mis demeanors when they made their escape Wednesday after noon. 1 was driving on the dirt oval overturned. Kurt H. Roth was killed instantly. Funeral services for young Paschal were held today at 3 p.m. from Flat Rock Bap tist Church, conducted by Rev. Floyd Benfleld, Pastor. Burial followed In the church ceme tery. Surviving In addition to his parents and younger brother are his maternal grandpar ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. lUf Hall of Lllllngton and his pa ternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Paschal of Youngsvllle. Pallbearers consisted of Stewart Woodard and mem bers of the Youngsvllle High i t School basketball squad, of which an uncle, Larry Pas chal Is a member. The pla yers, acting as pallbearers were E. J. Wilder, Jesse Preddy, Jr., C. L. Wrenn and Ralph Brown. ' Allen Paschal And Scene Of Fatal Accident Recorder's Court Three Youths Fined In Vandalism Case Three former Loulsburg College students were fined 950 and costs In Recorder's Court here Tuesday and ordered to make restitution of one-third each for all dam age not covered by Insurance. The fine was levied on one of*- eight charges which were consolidated for trial. The youths were ordered to pay costs to save the county harm less In the other seven cases. Brian Eugene Bromstead, 19, of Waukegan, 111., William Lee Lewis, 22, of Kllmornock, Va. and Jerry White Lanier, 20, of Oxford were charged with hurling rocks through a plate glass at Loulsburg Dry Clean ers, the new College library and breaking glass In at least five private automobiles be longing to College faculty members and students on the night of May 3. All three were arrested and Jailed the next day and re mained In the local Jail over night. Other cases disposed of dur ing Tuesday's Court session were: Walter Ewell Bracknell, Jr., w/m/47. Motor vehicle viola tion; operating auto Intoxicat ed. Plea of careless and reck less driving Is accepted by the State. State takes nol pros with leave to second count. $25.00 fine and costs. Isaiah Eaton, w/m/35, care less and reckless driving. $25.00 fine and costs. Peter S. Zachrlson, w/m/ 19, no operator's license. $25.00 fine and costs. George David Inscoe, w/m/ 19, speeding. $10.00 fine and costs. Assistant Agent Resigns James D. Stephenson, Ass istant Agricultural Extension James D. Stephenson Agent here since June 1, 1965 has tendered hi* resignation to the Board of County Comm issioners. The action be comes effective on July 1, 1967. Stephenson pointed out that he had enjoyed his stay here and gave no reason for re signing except to say, "I have decided to make a change In my career". A native of Johnston County, Stephenson came here after graduating from North Car olina State University In 1965. He succeed Harold Stegall who resigned to enter private bus iness earlier that year. Since coming here, Stephen son has worked primarily with 4-H club* and in educational work. No replacement ha* been announced. Thomas Perry, worthless check. 60 days tn Jail, sus pended on payment of $10.00 fine andcosts and payment of check. Royce Dewey Hales, w/m/ 39, speeding. $15.00 fine and costs. Charles Toleston Eaves, w/ m/44, allowing unlicensed person to operate motor ve hicle. $25.00 fine and costs. Robert Lee Teasley, c/m/ 24, no operator's license; speeding. Nol pros aa to first charge. $15.00 fine andcosts. Arthur R. Morton, w/m/33, forgery. Defendant bound over to Superior Court under $500. 00 bond. Claude Coley, c/m/20, speeding. $10.00 fine and costs. Martin Joseph Dalla Pozza, w/m/20, speeding. $15.00 fine and costs. Irene Upchurch Perry, w/ f/52, allowing unlicensed driver to operate motor ve hicle on public highways. $25. 00 fine and costs. John Richard Mann, c/m/24, non support. State takes nol pros upon payment of costs. Heads Hpspital Group M. M. Person, Jr., Admin istrator of Franklin Memorial Hospital here since 1858, has been elected Chairman of Dis trict IV, N. C. Hospital Asso ciation. The election came this week at the organizations an nual convention held In Bur M. M. Person, Jr. T ; llngton. The Association consists of hospitals In the Ralelth- Dur ham -Chapel Hill and Burling ton areas. Franklin Memorial is a member of the North Carolina Association and the American Association. Mr. Person is also a member of both organizations. The purpose of the orga nizations Is to promote better patient care and to stimulate Interest among young people to go Into the health field. Person, who had drawn much praise for his work at the local hospital, la a native of Franklin County. He graduated from Gold Sand High School and Bowling Green Collage, Bowling Green, Ky. with a B. S. In Business Adminis tration. Presently be Is In charge of a massive renovation and building project nearlng com- < pletlon at the local Institu tion. Person and his wife, Marv Ann, live on Jaffrass Ertve here wtth their two sons. Matt and Brad.
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