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Louisburg. N. C.. Thursday. July 20. 1967
(12 Pages Today)
98th Year ? Number 44
Hospital Open House Date Tentatively Set
The Board of Trustees, the
Administrator and the per
sonnel of Franklin Memorial
Hospital, -with the Inconven
ience of tearing-out and put
ting-back, painting, plaster
ing and patching almost be
lting them, are looking forward
today to the end and to the
beginning.
Looking to the end of over
crowded conditions, a self
imposed, apologetic air over
minor inconveniences to pa
tients, and general frustration
at the time-consuming con
struction, thoughts are turned
today to plans for the beginning
of a new era In what Is surely
one of the finest medical faci
lities to be found In this area.
M. M. Person, Jr., capable
Budget OK
Due Today
The County Commissioners
met this morning at 10 a.m.
and are expected to give final
approval to the 1967-68 budget
before adjourning later today.
The budget, calling for ex
penditures of 91,270,172.60,
represents an Increase over
last year of $95,342.85.
Barring unexpected changes
during today's session, the
new budget will necessitate a
tax rate of $1.64, up eight
cents over the $1.56 rate of
the 1966-67 fiscal year.
Notice of today's meeting an
nounced action on the budget
as its prime purpose but the
Board will take up any other
business to come before It.
No announcement of any other
Items have been made.
Today's session will be the
18th meeting since the study
of a new budget began earlier
this year. Although all meet
ings did not concern the bud
get itself, the county finances
lor the new fiscal year have
taken most of the Commis
sioners time and efforts In
recent months.
Administrator, reports that
Sunday, July 30, has been ten
tatively set as the target date
for open house ceremonies
and public tours of the new
facilities. Formal ceremonies
are now set for 2 p.m. but no
details were announced.
Work Is underway on the new
drive which will circle the
structure and paving plus pre
parations of new parking areas
are expected to be completed
next week. Most of the furni
ture Is now on hand and work
continues at a steady pace,
making ready the various new
features of the hospital.
Even before this monumental
Improvement effort 1*
finished, plans are already
being -made' for future de
velopment. The new wing Is
designed and built to accom
modate two additional floor*
which will contain sixty ad
ditional beds, with the same
floor arrangements as that
used In the present expansion.
Plans for the next stage In
clude an additional operating
room and other enlargement of
the operating department. An
Intensive care room, an OB
delivery room and labor
rooms are also Included In
thoughts of the future.
Newly renovated or added
$600,000
Grant
Announced
The anti-poverty organiza
tion In Franklin, Vance, and
Warren counties has been
given nearly $600,000 for
1M7-68 operations.
The Office of Economic Op
portunity announced the grant
Wednesday. It will go to
Franklin- Vance-Warren Op
portunities, Inc.
The organisation will op
crate neighborhood centers
and a preschool Headstart
training program for 360
youngsters.
facilities are designed to take
care of additional emergency
facilities, heating and " air
conditioning units and en
larged administrative spaces
should the need arise."
Plans are progressing In the
area of additional medical
staff personnel and all are
designed to eliminate the need
for tearlng-out of present
structures as was necessary
in this most recent renova
tion.
Now that the dream which!
prodded hospital officials to
move to this point and which
brought overwhelming support
from the people la about to be
culminated, what part do the
people play In the overall op
eration of the hospital? What
part will the people have In
the future of the facility?
The Institution has grown
and prospered In recent years
because of dedicated person
nel and renewed Interest
among the people. Public good
will is a most necessary com
Local Man Among First
Americans In Old Jerusalem
The first (roup of American
tourist* to be allowed to live
In the old city of Jerusalem
following the recent Middle
East War Includes Rev. Cleo
Wade Goldston of Loulsburg,
a student with the Foreign
Language League Schools of
Salt Lake City, Utah In their
Bible Lands Study Program
1867.
The thirty-two students
composing the first Ameri
cans to enter old Jerusalem,
Jordan, now called by the
Israeli, East Jerusalem,
Iarael, had arranged through
Mr. Maurice Saad and Mrs.
Hope Hilton with the Israeli
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
for special permission to
enter the city after the 9:00
p.m. curfew. A military
police escort guided their bus
to the hotel, which until the
previous day had been
occupied by Israeli soldiers.
Rev. Goldston reports that
their hotel Is the only one
In operation presently In the
old city, others remain
occupied or were too badly
damaged to reopen. Water
and electrical connections
with the West side of
Jerusalem had been completed
four days before the group
arrived; telephones, however,
are still Inoperable.
Rev. Goldston Is a teacher
and chaplain at Loulsburg
College and will undertake
credited studies In Biblical
history and in archeology dur
ing the six week program.
The group will spend four
weeks In the old city of
Jerusalem, with additional
trips to" the countryside, and
to Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Rome,
Italy. The Rev. Robert Y.
O'Brien, Acting Dean of the
Theology Dept. ?t Wheeling
College, Is the resident
professor of studies, to which
Biblical authorities have been
scheduled to lecture. The
group will return from Rome
to the United States on August
14.
Gift To Aid Crippled Children
Pictured above, holding a 9200 check donated to aid Crippled Children Hospitals, are, left to
right, Bernard Walters, Shrine Treasurer; Joe Tonkel, Chairman of a recent Benefit Show to
raise the funds; Nelson Banks, Recorder of Sudan Temple, and Herman Spencer, President of
the Franklin County Shrine Club. The local organisation works to aid crippled children
regularly. The latest gift was made this week at a cabin supper here.
New Wing About Ready
Final In a three-part series
by Clint Fuller
Times Managing Editor
modlty In the future success of
the hospital.
But, It will come as some
what of a surprise to most
that very little public money
Is used to support the hos
pital. True, it Is a county
building and true, the tax
payers voted bond indebted
ness upon themselves to fin
ance part of the new Improve
ments. However, of an annual
operating budget (for 1965-66,
the latest figures available)
of approximately $525,000 the
amount of support from county
tax funds amounts to only
vol, 823. The latest budget in
cludes a similar amount for
the current fiscal year.
Where does the remaining
hall million dollars come
from? From patients. The
hospital is, to this degree,
self - sustaining. Income
comes from caah patients, in
surance, welfare and medi
care patients. The average
cost per patient day of operat
ing the hospital Is $30.56, a
remarkable figure taken In
light of today's costs. The
average cost per room to the
patient Is considerably less
than that of other hospitals
In the area. This can be
attributed to an efficient
operation. Almost one of
every five (18.9 percent) are
welfare patients.
In final summary, through
the efforts of many people,
especially the Board of Trust
tees, the Administrator, the
professional personnel and
many others planning intelli
gently ahead, Franklin County
now has medical facilities se
cond to none of Its size and
far better than most.
Thirty new beds, new la
bratory facilities, new phar
macy, emergency room en
largements, new x-ray Im
provements, better communl
Two Of Trio
Two men, arrested last Sat
urday by Sheriff William T.
Dement and ATU officers at a
whiskey still near Youngs
vllle, drew fines totaling $300
In Recorder's Court here
Tuesday. A third has his
case nol prossed by the state.
William Herbert Perry, Jr.,
w/m/21 was fined $100 and
costs on charges of possess
ing material for making whis
key and manufacturing whis
key. James William Smith,
w/m/27, was taxed $200 and
costs on similar charges. Ro
bert Royal, c/m, was freed
cations, the new Chapel, more
efficient administrative quar
ters, enlarged kitchen and din
ing facilities and many other
Improvements are now ready
to serve citizens of this area.
Open House, set for July 30,
Is the target date for final
completion. At that time, the
public will be given an oppor
tunity to view first-hand, these
Improvements. The public,
might at the same time, wish
to express Its appreciation to
those who have made It pos
sible.
It's comforting to know, such
facilities are readily avail
able flgfit here to the benefit
of all.
Draw Fines
when similar charges against
him were nol prossed.
The men were arrested fol
lowing the discovery by of
ficers of four 800 gallon sub
marlne-type stills near
Youngsvllle.
Other cases heard In Re
corder's Court Tuesday were:
Charlie Ray Proctor, w/m/
32, motor vehicle violation.
Not guilty.
Klrby Tharrlngton, w/m/18,
G. S. 20-105. State takes nol
pros.
Kever Baker, speeding. $10
See COURT Page 8
Attorneys Meet in Washington
School Suit Trial
Date Is Moved U p
Federal Judge Algernon But
ler has Informed counsel of
record In the Franklin County
Board of Education suit that
the trial date, originally set
for next Wednesday, has been
County Joins Overwhelming
Approval Of Referendums
Franklin County farmers
voted 96.8 percent In favor
of continued tobacco market
ing quotas In Tuesday's re
ferendum, approved by large
margins tobacco assessments
and cotton promotion. The to
tal vote in the marketing re
ferendum was reported by the
local ASCS office as 1,862 for
and 70 against.
In the voting on Tobacco As
sociates, the county growers
cast 1,651 for continuation of
the programs and 206 against.
Fewer cotton growers parti
cipated In the Cotton Promo
tion Association voting, ^but
those who did gave the pro
gram 1,317 to 166 approval.
The peanut referendum did
not apply here.
All ten of the county town
ships gave an overwhelming
vote of approval on the three
Issues at stake. The market
ing quota Issue had a high of
only 12 negative votes, this
coming In Harris township
with 164 voting In favor of the
Issue.
A complete rundown on the
voting on marketing quotas by
townships follows: Cedar
Bock, 188 for, S against, total
197; Frankllnton, 106 for, 6
against, total 112; Hayesvllle,
22S for, 5 against, total 230;
YoungSville, 145 for, 1
against, total 146; Cypress
Creek, 107 for, 9 against, to
tal 116; Gold Mine, 125 for,
7 against, total 132; Louis
burg, 306 for, 5 against, to
tal 311; Dunn, 336 for, 8
against, total 344; Harris, 164
toTf-12 against, total 176; and
Sandy Creek, 160 for, 8
against, total 168.
The county vote fell short
of the 3,000 voting In the last
referendum, but leaders were
pleased at the way the voting
went. The county's 96.8 per
cent fell short of the North
Carolina margin of 97.1 per
cent, but opposition from other
states such as occurred in the
last voting did not materialize
this time and the Issue was
strongly decided.
The favorable vote exceeded
90 per cent In each state and
In all North Carolina tobacco
growing counties except
Rowan and Davidson.
Totals in North Carolina
were 107,195 favoring quotas
and 3,230 opposing.
The total vote and the favor
able percentage In other
See REFERENDUMS Page 8
Gordon Takes Over
As Superintendent
(Frk. B.W.) Mr. Rossle Bea
mon Cordon, a native of
Franklin County, has become
the Superintendent of the
Frankllnton City Schools.
Mr. Gordon Is a graduate of
Edward Best High School and
Wake Forest College, where
he received a B. S. degree.
In 1954 Supt. Gordon re
ceived a Master's Degree in
Education and In 1963 he com
pleted the Six Year Graduate
Program at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and met the requirements for
the Advanced Superintendent's
Certificate.
Teaching experience in
cludes two years as teacher of
R. B. GORDON
Mathematics and Science at
Swansboro High School In On
slow County and four years as
teacher of Math and Science
at Benvenue High School In
Nash County.
Since 1942 Mr. Gordon has
served as principal of Ben
venue High School.
Gordon helped to organize
and is a Charter Member of
the Benvenue Baptist Church,
Rocky Mount, N*C. where he
served as chairman of the
Board of Deacons, Superin
tendent of Sunday School and
Church Treasurer. He also
helped to organise and Is a
Charter Member of the Ben
venue Rurltan Club, served
as president for two terms
and served on the Board of
Directors.
Supt. Gordon is a member
of Phi Delta Kappa, an honor
ary professional fraternity for
men for the promotion of re
search, service and leader
ship In Education. He Is a life
member of the National Edu
cation Association, a member
of N. C. Education Associa
tion and an active member of
the American Association of
School Administrators.
Mr. Gordon is married to
the former CornelU Grlssom
at Courtland, Virginia. They
have two adopted (laughters,
Jane, age 9, and Gwynn, age
6. The girls are the daughters
of Mr. Gordon's brother who
was killed In an auto accident
In 1900.
moved up to Tuesday, July 25,
at 10 o'clock.
The move had been requested
by Frank E. Schelb, Justice
Dept. attorney, in order that he
might attend a Federal Bar
meeting In San Francisco on
Thursday. Schelb has been
named Younger Federal Law
yer by the Association. Board
attorneys E. F. Yarborough
and Charles Davis ol Louls
burg and Irvln Tucker of Ra
leigh had earlier agreed to
the change in date.
Yarborough and Davis flew
to Washington Wednesday to
meet with St. John Barrett,
Assistant Chief of the Civil
Rights Division of the Justice
Department, Mr. Schelb, chief
government attorney In the
case, and Francis Kennedy,
also a Justice Dept. attorney
in the Franklin suit.
Judge Butler's letter called
for "all parties to meet prior
to the hearing date and under
take good faith negotiations to
effect an amicable settlement
of this case and tender a
consent degree."
No announcement of results
of Wednesday's negotiations
have been made and a meet
ing of the Franklin Board is
slated for tonight to map
plans for next week's hear
ings.
Judge Butler's letter also
stated that "If settlement is
not affected, counsel are di
rected to prepare proposed
Findings of Fact, Conclusions,
Order and brief In advance of
trial." Attorneys are also re
quired to stipulate or be pre
pared to show the status of
pupil, teacher and staff inte
gregatlon In the several
schools of Franklin County
for each of the last three
years.
Earlier Judge Butler had
requested that attorneys limit
the trial to two days and di
rected that a Pre-trial Order
Issued In May by Federal
Judge Alexander Harvey, II,
of Baltimore, that each side
present only five witnesses.
Both sides have volumns of
testimony taken from wit
nesses In the drawn-out liti
gation.
At stake in the case is
Franklin's freedom of choice
system of desegregation of
the schools in the system. Last
year some over forty Negro
students attended predomi
nantly white schools and
faculty lntegregatlon was ac
complished in several
schools.
The suit was brought in De
cember of 1965 by eleven Ne
gro parents In the county. The
U. S. Department of Justice
entered the case In January.
See SCHOOL Page 8
Research Tour Here
Franklin County will be host
for a Research on Wheels tour
on Tuesday, July 25, accord
ing to C. T. Dean, Jr., County
Extension Chairman.
Dean said a tour of an Area
Soil Fungicide Test and an
Area Variety Test would be
held on the farm of H, A.
Murphy, Youngsvllle, N. C.,
Route 1, from 8:00 a.m. until
10:00 a.m. An Area Nemato
clde and Preliminary Nema
toclde Test will be observed
on a farm operated by Elmo
May, Loulsburg, N. C., Route
1, from 10:15 a.m. until 11:45
a.m.
Dean said that all Franklin
County tobacco growers and
Individuals Interested In to
bacco were Invited to attend
both of these field events.
Over 100 guests from over the
state and nation as well as
officials from North Carolina
State University a^e expected
to attend these events.
The Murphy farm, located
between Harris Crossroads on
US 401 and Youngsvllle (Tar
boro Road), Is where visitors
will be able to see 20 tobacco
varieties including experi
mental lines that may be re
leased for 19W planting plus
many fungicides that we are
hoping will control Granville
Wilt and Black Shank. Mm an
equipment display and water
melon slicing will be held
under the shade of the oaks
In the Murphy yard.
At the May farm, located
tour miles from Loulsburg
on NC 39 toward Bunn, visi
tors will observe 85 different
plots where every nematoclde
available on the market plus
all that have shown promise
la research has been used.
"Remember Tuesday, July
25, Is a big tobacco day la
Franklin County. Dost miss
&,'? Dean concluded.