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Louisburg, N. C. Tuesday, December 5, 1967
(Eight Pages Today)
98th Year-Number 83
Pretty Girls And Santa Claus At Franklinton
Santa Claus didn't really ride Into Frankllnton last Thurs
day night on top of the pretty baton twlrlers shown above, but
the beauties did lead the jolly old gent along Main Street to
the delight of hundreds of youngsters. Braving an unusually
cold night, parents and children crowded the street from one
end to the other to view one of the most outstanding parades '
ever held In this section. Shown above is portions ofthe
Garner High School JBand, one of the several participating
In the annual event, sponsored by the Frankllnton Chamber
of Commerce. Photo by Clint Fuller.
Parents File Motion To Intervene In
School Case With Court Of Appeals
Parents of fifty-five Negro students,
attending predominantly white schools
In Franklin County as a result of a
court order Issued last August 17 by
the U.S. Eastern District Court In
Raleigh, have filled a motion for In
tervention In the case with the Fourth
Circuit of Appeals in Richmond.
Represented by the Henderson law
firm of Allen and Peoples, the parents
first filed a Motion of Intervention with
the U.S. Eastern District Court. Ac
cording to reliable reports, this Court
ruled that the case is now In the hands
of the fourth Circuit Court of Ap
peals. On November 22, attorney Lin
wood T, Peoples filed another Motion
of Intervention, this one with the seven
member Court In Richmond.
In the latest Motion, the parents claim
that their children, assigned to the
schools presently attended by the Board
of Education last tall when required
to assign at least ten per cent of the
Negro school population to predom
inantly white schools, are "already
suffering Injury in that they are being
forced to go to schools which they do
not want to attend".
The Motion further states, "That
Jaycee Tree Sale
Starts Today
James Grady, President oftheLouls
burg Jaycees announced this morning
that the annual sale of Christmas trees
by the local organization begins today.
The trees are displayed on the lot on
Blckett Blvd. between the Shannon
Village Esso Station and Chip's Drive
In according to Grady.
Grady also said that trees could be
purchased at any time during the nor
mal business hours and each night un
til 9 p.m. Proceeds from the sale of
the trees will be used in local Jaycee '
projects. '
their present grades and positions In
the class are substantially lower than
those which they attended when they
were going to the schools of their
choice; that they are being forced to
go to schools where they have no
friends; and that they are nervous and
upset".
Both Motlpns contain the claim that
the original Negro plaintiffs did not
and do not represent these parents In
their prayers for relief and In the
relief sought. The new Motion states
"That some of these defendent-- In
terveners are beyond the age of 16
years, and cannot be forced to go to
school under the North Carolina law
and say that unless they are given
relief that they will not attend any
Tobacco
Meeting
To Be Held
A county-wide tobacco meeting will
be held at the agriculture building In
Louisburg on Wednesday afternoon,
December 6, at 2:00 p.m., according
to C. T. Dean, Jr., County Extension
Chairman.
Dean said that tobacco production
and - marketing practices from the
plant bed to the warehouse will be
discussed. The County Chairman re
ports that four new tobacco varieties
will be released for 1968 planting and
that these new varieties, along with
the performance of varieties planted
this year, would be discussed.
S.N. Hawks, Extension Tobacco Spec
ialist, N.C. State University, will be
guest speaker. Dean said that all In
terested persons are invited and that
plenty of time would be allowed for
questions.
school".
The Motion asks that the Answers
filed to the plalntiffs-lntervenors
(U.S. Justice Department) complaint
be "considered by the Court as a
part of the record of the case on ap
peals". > *
The case of the parents seeking to
become Interveners In the case, Cop
pedge et al vs the Franklin County
Board of Education, have recently been
In the news due to questioning by FBI
agents. The Investigation by the agency
of the Justice Department has brought
forth a heated exchange between the
group's attorney, Mr. Peoples and
Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Peoples claims that such questioning
by the agents amounts to unethical
conduct on the part of the Justice
Department, a party to the suit.
The case is expected to be heard
in Richmond sometime around mid
January and whether or not the Motion
of the defendent-lntervenors will be
allowed Is unknown.
Three District Judgeships
No Candidates From
Franklin Thus Far
Under the new court system (or the
State, which will be put into full op
eration In 1968, three Judges will be
named (or the Intermediate court lp
the district of which Franklin county
is a part. The district consists of the
five counties of Vance, Warren, Frank
lin, Granville and Person.
The three will be nominated In the
primary next May and formally elected
In November, taking office the first
Monday In December. The district court
Is designed to relieve congestion In
superior court, and at the outset will
concern Itself with alimony and custody
Issues.
Two prospective candidates have been
mentioned as coming from Vance
county and one from Warren. Men
tioned locally are Judge Tom D. Har
die of the Vance Recorder's Court
and Llnwood T. Peoples, Henderson
attorney. A likely candidate from War
ren county, it Is understood, will be
Julius Banzet, Sr. There may be others
from the three other counties.
Neither has made a formal announce
ment of candidacy, but all entries
must run the gamut of the primary
In May.
The district court phase of the new
court system will be activated in Dec
ember 1968. All Judges will be paid by
the State and will be responsible to
State jurisdiction, with the existing su
perior court system continuing largely
as now, except (hat It will be relieved
of much of the routine of the old
system.
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Cash Named Chairman
Board Reorganizes,
Does Not Discuss
Ambulance Crisis
The Board of County Commissioners,
meeting In regular monthly session
Monday, failed to take up the pressing
question of ambulance service for
county citizens. An agreement, signed
by ambulance operators In the* three
county area of Franklin, Warren and
Vance counties was presented but no
discussion was held and no action
taken. The agreement calls for all
funeral homes In the area to dis
continue ambulance service on De
cember 31, 1967.
Richard H. Cash, District Two Com
missioner, was named Chairman under
the Board's rotation system for the
chairmanship. In the annual reorgani
zation of the Board, veteran Commis
sioner George Harris was named vice
chairman. Cash appointed Harris to
head the Courthouse, Grounds and
Finance Committee; Commissioner
Brooks Young to head Welfare, and
Library; Commissioner Norwood
Faulkner, Jail and Fire Commission
er and Commissioner E. M. Sykes to
head agriculture buildings.,
The Board set December-22 through
December 27 as Christmas holidays
this year and set the 1968 holiday
calendar, which calls for January 1,
Easter Monday, July 4, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving and Christmas (Dec. 24
through December 26) as official holi
days. . (
Rep. James Speed-Appeared before
the Board to discuss road problems
in the county and according to reports,
offered his assistance to the Board
in the matter.
The Raleigh CPA firm of Perry,
Plans For UH Building
Near Completion
A new five-room Junior high school
building (or Loulsburg School Is ex
pected to be set (or bids by mid
January according to a report made
to the Board o( Education In Its reg
ular meeting here Monday. The new
structure, to be erected between the
present high school building and the
elementary building, Is expected to
cost around $125,000.
The building will house the seventh
and eighth grades and Is expected to
be completed in time (or the (all
opening o( school. Plans (or the struc
ture are now being reviewed by State
School Planning. A science room is
Included In the plans along with (our
regular classrooms.
The Board a request (rom the
Frankllnton City Administrative Unit
(or the use ot two school buses (or
their summer program and approved
the public sale ot 44 used desks (or
$15.
Expenditures o( the new activity (ees
adopted this year were approved
after a number ot amendments were
made to lists sent In by the various
schools. The (ee is to be used (or
recreation, playground equipment and
athletics. Decision on how the (unds
Youngsville, Franklinton , Bunn
To Get Street Improvements
Raleigh- -The State Highway Com
mission this week opened sealed bids
In the first half of the largest highway
letting In the State's history.
Santa Claus
In Town
The Loulsburg Business Association
has announced that "Santa" will be
visiting in the downtown businesses
on Friday nights from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. and on Saturday afternoon from
2:00 to 6 .-00 p.m.
Beginning December, 18 he will be In
the stores nightly aid on Saturday,
December 23, from 2:00 until 6:00 p.m.
Sportswear
Hearing
Postponed
The hearing by the National Labor
Relations Board into the objections
filed by the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers Union of America against
the Loulsburg Sportswear Company's
actions In the October election staged
here has been postponed.
The hearing by the Regional Director
was originally set for Monday in the
county courthouse. No reasons were
given for the postponement anf re liable
sources report the hearing Is now set
for sometime In January.
Bids totaling 918,562,231.18 were
opened on 40 projects Involving some
5lrf miles of road construction Includ
ing the first seven and a half mile
section of the relocation of NC-54
between Raleigh and Durham, the four
lanlng of some five miles of US - 17
and US-13 In Bertie County south of
Windsor, the four-lanlng of US-74 for
some 10.7 miles between Hamlet and
Laurlnburg, construction of a two mile
section of the Silas Creek Parkway
between Bolton St/set and the Peters
Creek Parkway In Winston-Salem, four
lanlng of a five and a half mile section
of US-19 at Maggie Valley In Haywood
County.
Commenting on the huge letting, State
Highway Commission Chairman J. M.
Hunt, Jr. said, "This letting contains
some of everything. It has primary,
urban and secondary work In It financ
ed by federal aid, bond and regular
state funds, and there are projects
In every region In the State." In
cluded In the list of projects Is one
for Franklin County as follows:
The total letting? with an additional
56 projects to be let on December 12th ?
Is expected to come to approximately
?40-mllllon, thus raising the total con
tract lettlngs for 1967 to near $140
mllllon.
WAKE-FRANKLIN? 0.807 miles of
grading, coarse aggregate base course,
bituminous concrete binder, surface
and ciirb and gutter on US-l-A, NC
39 and 56 to improving streets in
Youngsvllle, Frankllnton, Bunn, and
RolesvUle. $100,589.75, T. A. Loving
and Co., Ooldsboro, N. C.
are to be spent rests with the local
school committee and principal and
Is subject to the approval of the
Board of Education.
E.F. Yarborough, attorney to the
Board, reported on the filing of the
Board's brief with the Fourth Cir
cuit Court of Appeals In Richmond,
Va. last week. He said the case is
expected to come up in mid-January.
The plaintiffs in the case have until
December 26 to file their briefs, he
Informed the Board.
MO TIME k
TO LOSE C
Only 16 |
ShoppinqTtep \
?TIL CHRISTMAS
Place, Shaw and Burchfleld was award
ed the annual contract to audit the
County Accountant's office and the
Sheriffs office at a cost of 1 7 per
hour.
The Board set the tax listing period
as January 2 through February 2,
1968 and appointed tax listers for the
county as follows:
Dunn - - M. C. Pearce, Harris - -
Charles H. Richardson, Youngsvllle ?
Robert Allen, Frankllnton ? H. G.
Jones, Asst. Mrs. Margaret Hardy,
Hayesvllle? Mrs. C. N.Woodard, Sandy
Creek?Carey C. Perry, Gold Mine ?
Mrs. Rea Manning, Cedar Rock~W. S.
Boone, Cypress Creek--Mrs. A. C.
Stalllngs, Loulsburg--Mrs. W. B.Tay
lor, Asst. Mrs. C. T. Dean, Jr.
The Board has set a special meeting
for 9 a.m. Friday morning. The pur
pose of the meeting was not publicly
announced but reliable sources report
It will pertain to the boarding home
situation in the county.
Glee Club
To Give
Concert
The forty-voice Loulsburg College
Glee Club, under the direction of Sarah
Foster, will present Its annual Christ
mas Concert In the College Auditorium
on Thursday, December 7, at 8 p.m.
Included on the program are two
chorales from Bach's "Christmas Or
atorio," an arrangement of the eight
eenth century Latin hymn "O Come
-AH- -Tfe Faithful," a group of Christ
mas spirituals, and other Christmas
selections. The Glee Club Is ac
companied by Ann Anderson of
Goldsboro.
The Chapel Choir, composed of
fifteen students, will sing a French
carol, a Spanish carol, and Schu- .?
bert's "Ave Maria." .
Soloists for the program are Ann
Pearce of Frankllnton, Kay Nether
cutt of Snow Hill, Juanlta Mitchell of
Manteo, Mary Rogers of Henderson,
Allen Mlnetree of Franklin, Virginia,
and Walter Williamson of Richmond,
Virginia.
The public Is cordially Invited to
attend this concert.
A Lot Like Christmas
The Flower Show Committee of the Loulsburg Gay Gardners (Junior) Garden
Club Is shown above decorating a Christmas tree, which la expected to be placed in
Franklin Memorial Hospital during the Christmas season. Pictured are, left to
right, Jane Jolly, Becky White and Cathy McDonald. Mrs. Mia Mills U spo? or
of the youngster's organization. ' Photo by' Clint P?ll?r.