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/? Weather Partly cloudy and warm to day. Wednesday, chance of showers. Low today, 58; high, SO. The FrafflMn Times ... . . Published ?very Tuesday & Thursday ' ^ Serving All Of Franklin County ' - Your Award Winning County Newspaper Industry Education * H* V Agriculture Tel. QY 6-3263 Ten Cents Uouisburg, N. C., Tuesday, June 27, 1967 (Eight Pages Today) 98th Year? Number 37 College To Build New Dorm, Infirmary An announcement last week from Congressman L. H. Fountain revealed that the " Department of Housing and Urban Development has ap proved $475,000 reservation in college housing loan funds for a new dormitory providing housing for 104 women students plus a 24-bed Infirmary for Loulsburg Col lege." David Daniel, Director of College Relations said Monday that construction on the new facility is expected to begin in September. "This will give us a better balance? between boys and girls? In on-campus residents," Daniel stated. "Each year we have quali fied female students who have to be turned away," he added. The new dormitory, to be located west of Pattle Julia Wright dormitory for women students and to the east of the Benjamin N. Duke Cafe teria building. The Infirmary Is to be lo cated on the ground floor of the new building and will occupy the entire first floor. Entrance will be made into the building on the second Some 400 area residents will have an opportunity to voice their opinions about local health and mental health needs through a county wide study beginning this week according to an announcement made by Dr. William G. Holllster, Community Mental Health Consultant. This study Is one of the preliminary phases of a com munity mental health demon stration project being con ducted in Franklin County. The project Is being sponsor ed by the Community Mental Health Section of the Univer sity of North Carolina Me morial Hospital In cooperation with county officials. House to house visits will be made by local interview ers through July. Dr. Hollls ter noted that since the in formation obtained will be used In planning the county's future health and mental health services, It is very Important s that we have the cooperatllon of those selected to partici pate to get an accurate pic ture of the county's needs. floor due to a decline In the land at the building sight, according to Daniel. The Director also said that a service road would be con structed, running from Main Street at the Merrltt Hall dormitory behind the three female dormitories connect ing with the present cafeteria road at the rear of the College campus. The new, four-story struc ture Is expected to be ready for occupancy In August of 1969. 113th F. A. Bn Holds Reunion YoungsvlUe - A reunion of the Hq Btry first Bn. 113th F. A. Bn. which was mobilised for service at Youngsvllle in 1940, attracted about eighty five persons on Sunday, June twenty-fifth, at the gathering in Youngsvllle. Former mem bers of the unit came from surrounding towns as well as from South Carolina and Vir ginia. Distinguished guest In at tendance, highly respected and admired was General Edward F. Griffin of Loulsburg who was commander of the batta lion when It was on active duty. During an Informal talk to the group, General Griffin made mention of several former members of the original unit now deceased. Among those singled out were Tee Cheat ham, Bland Mitchell and Charles Green. Mr. E. J. Pearce presided at the reunion dinner. A minute of silence was observed In memory of the fifteen former members now deceased. Former Sergeants recog nized as men who received field commissions as lleu tentants. Another officer was present, M. O. Lester. Responsible for arranging this first reunion after 22 years were Bland Hill, Fred erick Preddy, Graver Burgess and R. E. Cheatham. Tenth Time OXFORD - Frank Wood, 16 year-old escape artist, Just accomplished his tenth run for freedom from the Jack son Training School. He was sent to Jackson upon convic tion of larceny of an automo bile. Road Paving-Timas Office Workman are shown above lata Monday afternoon resurfacing Blckatt Blvd. in front of Tha Franklin Tlmaa office. Tha project cauaad traffic congestion throughout tha day and continues this morning. Main Straat Is opan today after having traffic partially blocked Monday while craws painted the river bridge. Tha by-pass paving is part of a step-up In primary road Im provements In Franklin County. staff Photo by Clint Fullor Receives Award Walter B. Potter, President of the National Newspaper Association, right, and Clint Fuller, Managing Editor of The Franklin Times, pose for pictures immediately following the naming of The Times as First Place Winner In Community Service by the national association. The presentation was made Saturday in Richmond, Va. at the 82nd annual convention of the 8600 member organization. No Rate Increase Expected Town Sets $522,653 Tentative Budget The Loulgburg Town Coun cil, meeting last Friday night, set the tentative budget tor the fiscal year at $522,693 or $28,702 more than that of the last budget. Town Administra tor E. S. Ford said, however, that no Increase In the current eight y-cent tax rate Is ex pected. He said the exact rate needed to raise the budget could not be known until the county had completed valuation figures, which are picked up by the town tax department. The electric department, al ways the biggest Item in the budget, Is getting an Increase In the new budget from $220, 710 to $233,675. There are In creases In the General Gov ernment fund, from $41,609 to $46,820 and the Police Depart ment from $44,980 to$49,840. Fire and Rescue Services have Increases, the Fire De partment moving from $22, 140 to $29,165 and the Rescue Service from $3,778 to $4,390. Contingency funds, recrea tion and water are getting slight decreases while all other departments show some rise In their budgets. The bond retirement remains the same at $20,000 and the Interest on bonds drops from $13,075 last year to $12,163 In the new budget. The Council set July 21 as the date of the next meeting at which time It Is expected the final budget will be approved. Shootings, Drowning Mark Weekend One man was drowned late Sunday afternoon and four others were wounded by gun fire over the weekend In this area. Two gunshot victims, residents of Areola In War ren County were transported to Franklin Memorial Hos pital by the Centervllle Res cue Service around 10 p.m. Sunday. The men, Identified as Stan ford Daniel, c/m/34 and Howard Silver, c/m/73 both received chest and abdomen wounds In a shootout in War ren County. Both were treated here and later transferred to Duke Hospital. George Lee Clements, c/m/22, Rt. 3, Loulsburg, drowned In a farm pond on the Julian Weldon farm south of Epeom Sunday afternoon shortly after 5 p.m. The Loulsburg Rescue Service re covered the body 17 minutes after arriving at the scene In what Mr. Weldon described as 23 feet of water. Clements had been walking In the area with three friends, Henry and Jim Williams and Moses Chavls. When he was missed and his shoes spotted near the water's edge, the alarm was sent out. Carl Strickland, w/m/28, a Loulsburg tire recapping firm employee was wounded In the leg around 1 a.m. Sunday at a local drlve-ln restaurant. The shooting was termed accidental. He Is confined In the local hospital. _ % Walter Lee Foster, c/m/35 of Rt. 3 Loulsburg was treated for a pistol wound In the foot following a shooting In the Moulton Community Saturday night around 8 p.m. Attends Workshop KITTRELL - Donali Pulley, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pulley of Route 1, Klttrell, was given an expense free paid trip to a soil conserva tion workshop week at the North Carolina State Univer sity. If some human being really knew half they think they know, this world would be a much better place. Chosen No. 1 In Community Service The Franklin Times has won a major national newspaper award In the field of Community Service. The newspaper was named number one In Community Service over more than 2700 newspapers from throughout the United States at the 82nd annual convention of the National Newspaper Association held In Richmond, Va. last week. Times Managing Editor Clint Fuller accepted the award at a luncheon held in the John Marshall Hotel Saturday. Dr. Sadie C. Johnson, president of The Franklin Time?, Inc., publishers of the newspaper, Mrs. James A.Johnson, advertising man ager and wife of the vice president, and Mrs. Fuller also at tended the presentation. The award, one of the highest given by the newspaper indus try, was presented to The Times for the newspaper's efforts to obtain action on road conditions In Franklin County. It Is presented annually by the Association, which represents over 6600 newspapers In the United States and Canada, to the newspaper, which In the opinion of the Judges, rendered the greatest service to Its community. Other Papers In winning the top honor, The Times bested the Mllpltas (California) Post, which finished second; the Douglas (Georgia) Enterprise, which came In third; and the Pacific Palisades (California) Pallsa dlan-Post; the East Lansing (Michigan) Towne Courier; and the Sevlervllle (Tenn.) Trl-County News, which gained honorable mention. Competing newspapers ranged in size from the 809-clrcula tlon Frederick (Colorado) Farmer and Miner to the 273, - 112-clrculatlon Houston (Texas) Chronicle. Fuller, who had been Invited earlier to address the conven tion, told the delegates, fol lowing the award presentation, "I would like first to express my personal appreciation and that of my publishers to the Judges and to the Association for affording us the oppor tunity to be here today as a winner." - Service Synonomous" "I believe that newspaperlng and service are synonomous. We cannot Justify our exis tence unless we serve our community/' he added. Fuller spoke of the decision to run the front-page series In an at tempt to gain some attention to road conditions in Franklin County. He told of "frustrat ing efforts" to obtain answers to the question of why his county had not received Its "rightful share" of highway fund allocations over the years and he reported to the group the final results of the series. "Looking back now," Fuller said, "I believe that two things contributed the greatest toward the success of the ef forts. First, we had a legiti mate case. There was no fab rication. None was needed. Secondly, persistence. We did not yield to the temptation to quit." ? Grateful" "We are very grateful that this award comes to us for our attempts to serve our com munity," he concluded. The Judges, commenting on The Times award, stated, "Unusual pictorial coverage, excellent research and front page editorials with Impact show an outstanding example of community service by a community oriented news paper?The Franklin Times. The success of this campaign certifies to the validity of this particular project." "Finest Traditions" Commenting on community service In general, the Judges ?aid, "The finest traditions of Journalism are served when newspapers bring to light sit uations and practices that en danger their respective com munities." Theodore A. Serrlll, Execu tive Vice President of the NNA termed The Times award "A signal honor" and Charles J. Hlgglng at National Publisher magazine told Fuller, "You have won an Im portant honor." Walter B. Potter, President of the NNA, presented the plaque (or the Association. i Magazine The National Publisher magazine will give a summary of The Times award-winning efforts In Its July Issue which will be headed "The Have-Not Counties," a phrase often used In the front-page series by The Franklin Times In reference to Franklin and other counties In the Fifth Highway Division of North Carolina. Commenting here Monday, Fuller stated, "It was quite an experience. Newspaper people from a number of states ap proached us In the elevator, the halls and the lobby, all of fering congratulations. We met a lot of very wonderful people. One In particular was the editor of the MUpltas (California) Post, which we nosed out for first place. He came up to the speaker's ros trum and offered his congra tulations. He Is a very fine person." Fuller was awarded the top editorial award by the North Carolina Press Association last January for one In the series and The Times placed second In the state In Com munity Service. The Convention, which lasted the entire week, ending Sunday with tours of historical Vir ginia, was held In conjunction with the Virginia Press As sociation's 85th annual con vention. Nest year the NNA will hold Its annual meet In California. , . Drowning Victim Members of the Loulsburg Reacue Service are shown above after reooverlng the body of George Lee Clements, c/m/22 of Rt. I, Loulsburg, s drowning victim last Sunday aftenww. Clements wandered away from three companions, waded Ink? deep water and drowned shortly after 5 p.m. In a farm pond on the Julian Weidon farm south of Epeom. Clements wm employed by Sidney Driver, a local constructor. Rescuers, pictured left to right, an: Brymat Beat, un identified youth, Wyatt Freeman, Chief David Mlnnlch, Gerald Eury, and another ? Maattfled youth. 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