Published Every Tuesday & Thursday Thursday, December 28, 1967 School Suit Heads Top stories Franklin County schools, with an assist from time to time from the Frankllnton unit, stayed In the news headlines during most of 1967 and comes up as the top news stories of the year. The major Item of Importance was the school suit, heard, In U.S. Eastern District Court In "Raleigh In July and the Court Order striking down Free dom of Choice, which followed In Au gust. The Board of Education was In volved In a dispute with the Board of County Commissioners during the year on at least two major Issues'. A re quest for additional land by the Board was thwarted temporarily by the Com missioners and a transfer of school funds from one bank to another by the Commissioners was held labor to unionize the Louisburg Sports wear plant here was -Judged number seven In the top ten. Union rallies, hearings and the election, which failed all made news headlines In 1967. Four separate drownings marked a record year In this violent death dur ing the summer months and because of the number was marked as number eight among the news stories of the year. Seven persons met death on county highways, two less than 1966. Number nine spot Is given to the growing ambulance service Issue. With the deadline December 31, the problems which will come are staggering and the Issue made headlines from mid-July until the year ended. Bringing up the number ten and final top story Is the renovations and the dedication of Franklin Memorial Hos pital, one of the top accomplishments of 1967. There were, as always, many other Important stories. Some perhaps belong in the top ten while others listed may not belong. Each reader might wish to decide for himself which were, in deed, the ten most Important happen ings or the year. Among those not making the top list are: the Courthouse bond election; the reported shortage In the county accountant's office; the deputy tax col lector controversy; the decision by Carolina Fine Woods not to locate here; the deaths of county men In Vietnam; biggest snow in 19 /Bars; and a number of others. Winners (FRK. B.W.) Mrs. Everett Moore. Mrs. L.W. Henderson and Mr. Cor ? nellus Kearney received cash prizes In the Frankllnton Chamber of Com merce's Christmas decoration contest. Honorable mention went to the fol lowing: general decorations? Mrs. Charlie Cates, Mrs. Barbara Langston, Mrs. Ernest Ball, and Mrs. Charles Julian In order of winning; Door dec orations?Mrs. C.A. Payne and Mrs. Junle Huff; Nativity Scene? Mr. Wll lard Kearney. College Gets $500,000 Federal Loan A telegram from Congressman L.H. Fountain delivered here last Friday has announced that the "Department of Housing and Urban Development approved today $500,000 loan for dorm itory Infirmary for Loulsburg College". No further details have been an nounced concerning the loan. Man Found In Woods , Murdered The body of a Negro man, found In a wooded area near Frankllnton Wednesday morning has been ldentl- - fled as Robert Lee Mitchell, n/m/21 of Route 1 Youngsvllle. Sheriff William T. Dement says Mitchell apparently died as a result of a bullet wound behind the left ear. However, Dement and SBI agent Billy Crocker ordered an autopsy performed Wednesday. The body was discovered around 10:30 A.M. Wednesday by two Negro boys searching for their missing rabbit boxes. Levin Clax, 13, and Raymond Perry, 14, discovered the body In a thicket about 100 yards off old U.S. 1, 3/4 miles south of Frankllnton. One of the boy's parents called Frank llnton Police Chief Leo Edwards and reported the find. The entire Sheriff's department staff and two SBI agents Joined the Investigation. The Sheriffs office was closed for the holidays, but all of the force were' oil the scene at Frankllnton. One late report said thai Mitchell's car was found hear the scene, which Is across the highway from a Negro nightspot. Christinas packages were still inside the vehicle, indicating that Mitchell might have died several days ago. Franklin Coroner James Edwards said he could^M estimate the time o t death. ? i t Names Made News In 1967 As In every year, names made news In 1967. Some of the names that made headlines this year, have been prom inent in years past, some are new comers. All, however, had a part in the history of Franklin County during the past twelve months. And as In past years, some undoubtedly are over-^ looked, and many whose names never appear In print also made contributions to their communities. MINNICH STEELMAN Among those~'who made the news in 1967 are: BOBBY FULLER, 14-year old Loulsburg youth who represented the Oconeechee Council, Boy Scouts of America at the World Jamboree In Farragut State Park, Idaho; ALLEN deHART of Loulsburg College was an Artist of the Month, among iils other contributions to his community and L.M. WORD was named to head the Heart drive. HAL B. PERRY was named Master of the Loulsburg Masonic Lodge; DAVID MINNICH headed the Louls burg Rescue Service; SUSAN COUNCIL was chosen Homecoming Queen at Loulkburg College; CLINT FULLER received the top editorial writing award from the North Carolina Press As sociation; THE FRANKLIN TIMES was named second In Community Service In the state; and FULLER was later featured as Tarheel of the Week. In the News and Observer named to the National Freedom of Information Com MULLEN JOHNSON mitt e? and THE TIMES was tabbed Number One newspaper In the country In Community Service. Mrs. Alma WHELESS was selected Artist of the Month; Twelve BOY SCOUTS made a Canadian Goodwill Tour accompanied by Scoutmaster HOKE H. STEELMAN, who was honored by the Loulsburg P.T.A. (or his work with thfc Safety Patrol and later named Man of the Year by the Loulsburg Rotary Club. JAMES GRADY was elected President of the Loulsburg Business Association and the Loulsburg Jaycees; RODNEY ROBERTS, GLENN EVANS, JIMMY MOSS, MORRIS CATLETT of Youngs ?llle and KIRK HOUSE of Loulsburg ware all named Eagle Scouts and RALPH BROWN of YoungsvUle and GWEN RAY AND LINDA STROTHER of Bunn and You ngsv llle, respectively were named Most Valuable Player In,, the annual County Basketball Tourney. JACK HUNT, Loulsburg farm Imple ment dealer, was credited with saving a man's life following a fiery automo bile accident near Rocky Ford. PHILLIP MOORE, former Loulsburg resident, was awarded the Bronze Star for service In Vietnam; HELEN JONES, Bunn Bank teller was held up in May and Bunn Mayor W.A. ANDREWS suf fered through two holdups during the PITT 14 AN JON US CHAMPION GRIFFIN year. MRS. JACK STRICKLAND, Loulsburg drlve-ln theater employee was credited with giving officers a tip on a stranger asking directions, leading to the arrest and solution of the first of the two bank robberies. GEN. E.F. GRIFFIN retired as Di rector of Civil Defense of North Caro lina, ending an lllustrous career of many years. GEORGE CHAMPION, Jr. was elected Commander of the American Legion Post Jambees 103 and also named Secretary to the County Board of Elections. DR. CECIL W. ROBBINS was honored when Loulsburg College named the new llbaary for hlip. His painting was un veiled In the library In appropriate ROBBINS PRUETTE ceremonies. ERNEST THOMAS, vet eran member of THE FRANKLIN TIMES staff was featured In a front page article marking nearly sixty ?years of service and C.RAY PRUETTE, a member of the College faculty was elected District Governor of Lions International. M.M. PERSON, Hospital Adminis trator was elected head of the Dis trict N.C. Hospital Administrators or ganization and received top post In the Eastern Star - of the state. DAVIS HILL was elected president of the Youngsville Lions Club and MARVIN EDWARDS retired after 43 years of service as maintenance foreman for the county school system. JOHN HEDRICK of Frankllnton was elected Commander of Division 1, N.C. American Legion and ED PITTMAN was elected president of the Louis burg Rotary Club. BRUCE HONEY^ CUTT was named Commander of the Frankllnton American Legion for another year and PAUL MULLEN was elected to head the Loulsburg Lions Club. JAMES TJiJoe) MOBS was reelected head of the Youngsville Development Corporation and later in the year was Curtail Services The Loulsburg Rescue_Servlce will cuttall its services effective Decem ber 31, according to an announcement today by David Mlnnich, Chief of the Squad. The Service will answer only accident calls and calls of an extreme emergency nature, according to the Chief. The unit has long been plagued with calls which were not emergency in nature and as one Rescuer put it, - "Have been used as a taxi service." / The Service is limiting Its coverage because of the pending ambulance ser vice crlcls. Mllmlch reported that ac cording to information received, a private individual will operate an am bulance service as soon as It can be established and that the Rescue Ser vice does not wish to compete with such an operation. Details of the curtailment, however, were not made clear. Further clarity will come following a meeting In the nest few 'days between Rescue officials and the Loulsburg Town Board. Com- : plete details might not be forthcoming until after the Board of County Com missioners meet next week. In the meantime, Mlnnich has asked ?the public to cooperate by not calling the Service unless the call Is due to aft accident or an extreme emeriency. named to the State Banking Commis sion by GOV. DAN MOORE. R. a GORDAN, a graduate of Edward Best High School, was appointed Super intendent of Frankllnton Schools; BILL JOHNSON was. elected head of the Frankllnton Lions Club and NAPIER WILLIAMSON, J.W. PERRY, JR. and L.C. HASTY were named to the new Jury Commission. DICK COLLIE headed the Red Cross WARD M06S drive In the ^.county; L.S. WARD of Centervllle was elected president of the county firemen's association; W.P. ' CHILDERS headed the Cancer drive and MARK WOODLIEF of Youngsvllle was made an Eagle Scout. RALPH KNOTT, CHARLES DAVIS and RICHARD CASH headed the campaign for passage of the Court house Improvement bonds; MRS. RUBY GRIFFIN was presented a certificate for service to the Crippled Children and Adults organization and HARVEY STROTHER retired as Loulsburg mall carrier. JAMES BERGER, JR. AND BILLY FULLER were selected Junior Rb tarlans of the Month and BERGER was chosen Morehead Scholarship can didate from the county and was a finalist in a National Scholarship Test. OS MAN GARRARD was named to head the Epsom Lions and WILLARD KEARNEY was appointed to the county Board of Elections. O'NEAL MRS. BREATTIE C. O'NEAL lead the ticket In gaining reelection to the ' Lpulsburg Town Council and was named Artist of the Month by the Loulsburg Woman's Club. MR. AND MRS. RALPH BEASLEY were named to head the March of Dimes campaign. /" MRS. T.H. DICKENS was honored upon her retirement from the Board of Education for hei* forty years of ' service to education; JESSE MOON was presented a plaque for his ser vice to the county Welfare Depart ment and A.D. FOX headed the Tar River Football Conference. Miss ELIZABETH JOHNSON and Mrs. ELSA YARBOROUGH were listed In "Who's Who of American Women" and veteran secretary to the Board of County Commissioners, ALEX WOOD resigned. RICHARD CASH was elected Chairman of the Board re placing E. M. SYKES as the year ended. As was said at the beginning, of the article, undoubtedly some people, con tributing much to their communities during the past year, have been over looked. N However, not Intentionally. Some at those listed, performed other services to their communities during the year, either unknown or missed in the year end search for names In the news. \