Political Chat
Congressman L. H. Fountain Is pictured above talking with Mrs. Betsy Pernell,
J) Chairman of the Franklin County Democratic Committee, on his visit to the Louls
burg post office last Friday. The Congressman was making a tour of his district
*to meet the people and to discuss with them pending legislation and other problems.
During his tour, he reasserted his Intentions to continue his battle against some
practices by the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare and he ex
pressed concern over the Vietnam War. - Photo by Clint Fuller.
Top Student From Franklinton
Seventeen County Students
Make College Dean's List
Loulsburg College Dean John B.
York, reporting on the first semester
just completed, announce the names of
TO students who have qualified them
selves on the Dean's List for out- ,
standing academic achievement. Dean
York commented that the number Is the
largest by far to qualify for the list,
both comparatively and numerically.
When asked If the new ?arly semester
system and five-day-week had resulted
In. general academic Improvement,
Dean York said, "While we coujd not
?ingle out any specific cause at this
time, we are prepared to say that our
new schedule has benefited the student.
Studies of other Institutions which have
thi early semester system (which
means that- the first semester is end 2d
before Christmas holidays) Indicate
that there is generally a decrease In
failure rate."
The Dean's List is divided into two
categories: Honor Roll, for students
who have an average of 3.5 to 4.0
(B- to A), and Honorable Mention
Honor Roll, for students yhose average
Is 3.0 to 3.40 (B to B-).
Of the seventy students on the Dean's
List, seventeen are from Franklin
County. All seventy will be feted to a
steak supper by the college adminis
tration on January 18, In the B.N.
Duke Cafeteria.
The seventeen county students who
are to be honored are : Margaret Alston
Weston, daughter o f Mr. and Mrs.C.H.
Weston, Frankllnton, who attained a
4.0 average; Connie Lynn Leonard,
daughter of Mr. afcd Mrs. Q. Shelby
Leonard, Loulsburg; Sara Lynn jol
lier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. k/M.
. Collier, Loulsburg; and George. Arm J
Ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrfc,
Charles E. Ford, Loulsburg; The fol
lowing Franklin County students at
tained the Honorable Mention list: Jo
Anne Carden, daughter of Mr. andMrs.
Howard Carden, Route 2, Spring Hope;
Angella Louise Arnold, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jessie W. Arnold, Route 2,
Zebulon; Matthew Albert Brown, son
of Captain and Mrs. James H. Brown,
Loulsburg; Charles Randall Fuller,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Ful
l?r, Louisburg; Thomas L. Lewis,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Lewis,
Route 2, ZebuloQ', Elizabeth Karen
Arnold, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
T.K. Arnold, Jr., Louisburg; Linda
Jo Ayscue, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Ayscue, Route 1, Henderson;
Carol Batton Cheves, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. David G. Batton, Bunn; Ray
mond Ruffln Hight,.Jr., son of Mr.
of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Hlght,
Frankllntflfti, Sue Carol Johnson,
daughter*of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A.
Johnson, Bunn; Phyllis Perry Stearin,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E.
Perry, Louisburg; . Jane Blake York,
daughter 6f Mr. and Mrs. JohJ) B. York,
Louisburg; and Alice, Jones, daughter
of Mr. iand Mrs. Thomas H. Jones,
Louisburg.
A 45-year old Route 1, Klttrell woman
Is in critical condition In Duke Hos
pital today following a grinding five
car smash-up on N.C. 56 Saturday
afternoon around 5 P. The driver
of the car In which she was riding
Is also listed as serious at Duke.
Four passengers In another vehicle
were treated and released from.
Franklin t Memorial Hospital at
Loulsburg.
The woman, identified as Mrs. Betty
Elizabeth Kearjiey, w/f/45 and R.G.
Briggs, w/m/54 of Rt. 4, Henderson
were injured when the 1964 Chevrolet,
reportedly driven by Briggs failed to
stop for a stop sign at the intersection
of N.C. 56 and State Rural Paved Road
No. 1003 at W. C. Hart's Store. Jhe
vehicle was struck In the side by a
1967 Olds mobile driven by Gerald Har
ris, w/m/30 of 208 Mason Street,
Frankllnton.
The Impact slammed the Briggs car
Into a 1965 Ford, a 1962 Ford Falrlane
and a 1963 Chevrolet, all parked at the
Hart store. Spectators at the scene
reported that Mrs. Kearney and Briggs
were thrown out of their car and under
the 1962 Ford. Spectators turned the
vehicle on its side In order to free the
trapped couple.
The accident occurred In a downpour
Five (Count 'Em) Piled Up
Two Hurt In Louisburg Crash
Five-Car Smash-up Sends Six To Hospital
of rain and State Trooper Dwight Hint on
reported damage to the three parked
cars was estimated at around $900 with
the two Involved directly In the crash,
termed total losses. Brlggs Has been
charged with falling to stop for a stop
sign, according to Trooper Hlnton.
Mrs. Patsy Harris, 25, Jrflle Harris,
14 months, wife and daughter of the
driver of the Olds and Mrs. Ida Harris,
mother of the driver, all passengers In
the Olds, escaped with out serious
Injury. Harris suffered minor facial
cuts, according to reports and the
elder Mrs. Harris was treated at
Franklin Memorial Hospital and re
leased.
The Brlggs car was traveling south on
the rural paved road and the Harris
car was traveling east toward Louls
burg.
In a head-on crash on the Bunn Road
extension between Blckett Blvd. and
Main Street In Loulsburg Sunday night
around 10:30 P.M., three persons were
Injured, two seriously.
The accident was' Investigated by
Loulsburg Police officers Kyle Prince
and Earl Smith. Prince said the crash
occurred when the lights on a 1960
Ford, being driven by Mrs; Sarah
Pearce Martin, w/f/37, Rt. 1, Louls
burg went out near the railroad that
runs across the paved, stretch. As Mrs.
Martin was attempting to check the
light switch, she swerved Into the .left
lane and was struck head-on by a car
driven by Jonah (Buddy) Arnold, w/m/
34, ol Rt. 1, Loulsburg.
Mrs. Martin was hospitalized at
Franklin Memorial with facial cuts and.
leg injuries. Arnold was treated at the t
local hospital and transferred to Wake
Memorial Hospital for treatment of a
broken leg, which according to reports
had been broken before. Sidney Hall,
w/m/29, of Person Street, Loulsburg,
a passenger in the Martin car escaped
with minor facial cuts and did not re
quire hospital treatment.
Mrs. Martin has been charged, ac
Notice To
Subscribers
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' subscription campaign^sponsored by
The Times and conducted by the
high schools of the jounty, and due.
also to the rush o t the holiday
season, a number of expiration no
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layed. ,
However, even though subscrip
tions expired, the newspaper has
continued to bef fnalled. Notices
are now being sent covering ex
pirations in October, November and
December. The Times regrets
this delay and requests that those
whose subscriptions have expired
' send in their renewals as soon as
possible.
Rescue Services Fill Ambulance Void
The three gfeunty Rescue Services
are- taking up the slack left by the
discontinuance of ambulance service
by private operators. However, the
solution Is doomed to be short-lived.,
The overworked services, long plagu
ed by emergency calls that were noth
ing more than free transportation to
Into routine patient transfers. This
has little appeal to the men who volun
teer their services t o aid those In
emergency need.
One member said during the week
end, "From now on, we bring them to
the hospital. After that, our obligation
Is over." In many cases even emer
gency patients are treated here and
transferred to orit-of-town hospitals.
In the past, unless / Wi in extreme
emergency, private ambulances were
used. _ ?
As-' an example, the Oentervllle Res
cue unit, wasj?ay.i|? Sunday night around
11 p.m. to transport a wreck victim,
Grandson
Killed At -
Durham
Phillip Lester Perry, Jr. 4-year
old grandson of Mrs. Graham Ray
of Frankllnton was killed Sunday night
around 7:30 P.M. when struck by a
car on flart Street In Durham. The
youngster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Perry of 1201 Eva Street, Durham,
reportedly darted out from behind a
parked car Into the path of a car
driven by Barbara Jean Dlxon, 18,
of 2310 Harvard Street.
Graveside services were conducted
today at 2 P.M. at the Smith family
cemetery near Wake Forest by Rev.
Glenn Short. Surviving ?, In addition to
his parents and grandmother are, two
brother*, Randy Carol and Barry Wayne
Perry, both of the borne and his paternal
grandmother Mrs. Atlanta Ray of Dur
brought In earlier by the Loulsburg
Service,* from Franklin Memorial to
Wake Memorial. Monday/the Center -
vllle unit, transferred a patient from
the local hospital to a local rest home.
tAst Saturday afternoon, the unit trans
ferred a patient from the hospital to
her home. t
Tfce Franklin unit repprtg having -
been called on to do aboilt the same
type of service.
The Loulsburg unit has been busy
with emergency calls, for the most
part, although some have been non
emergency.
None of the services are making any
public statements, although ihe Louls
burg service asked the public's co
operation last week. However, private
members are expressing themselves
and most are wondering Just how long
they are going to be able to continue
to leave their Jobs and tie up equip
ment on routine, although necessary
trips. v
Privately, the services are express
ing concern over the situation and
Tome have Indicated their feeling that
the Board ofCounty Commissioners
should take some Immediate action.
Franklin Among Loan Counties
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Franklin Is among the eight counties
designated last week by the Farmers
Home Administration as being eligible
for emergency loans to farmers.
Emergency loans will be made, accord
ing to the Department of Agriculture
announcement, through June 30, 1968.
Included In the counties are: Bladen,
Buncombe, Davidson, Edgecombe,
Forsyth, Franklin, McDowell, Madison.
The announcement said, this action
yas taken because farmers generally
have not recovered sufficiently from
adverse weather conditions In 1966 to
obtain needed fcredlt from normal
sources. In addition, prolonged drought
conditions, excessive rainfall, hall
storms, and freezing temperatures
have caused substantial damage to 1967'
crops.
Farmers desiring Information about
Emergency loans or other types of
assistance available through this
agency should gat In touch with the
local office of the Farmers Home
Administration serving their county.
Buddy Arnold Awaits Rescue Aid
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Staff Photo* by Clint Fullor
Rescuers Free Injured Woman
cording to Prince, with drlrtnf on the
left side of the road.
The Loulsburg and Frankllnton
Rescue units answered the call at
Hart's Store Saturday afternoon and
the Loulsburg Service transported the
Injured from the Bunn Road extension
accident.
Broughton To
Visit Here
Gubernatorial hopeful Mel Brougtoton
will be In Loulsburg Monday, to spark
a campaign here for local support.
The son of the former Governor an
nounced his Intentions to make the
race for Governor a few weeks ago.
Since that time, he has traveled
through the state on speaking tours
and personal appearances.
The Raleigh attorney will be lnLouls
burg from 8 A.M. until 12 noon, ac
cording to an announcement. Tentative
plans 1 are to have him greet lbcal
citizens at the courthouse, but a more
definite announcement will be made
later this week, according to a local
supporter.
Man Charged
In Liquor Raid
Sheriff William T. Llement reported
this morning that charges have been
lodged against Robert Teasley, n/ m/30
of Frankllnton for Illegal possession
of liquor. He said an arrest Is expect
ed right away.
- 'Dement, deputy Lonnle House and
yi l.ll? k. T\-i 1 - ? ? P*nl|flA
rrankiinton Foiice oiiicer
Breedlove raided the old "Pig 'n A
Pit" place at Frankllnton Monday and
discovered 70 gallons at Illegal booxe.
Centerville
Firemen /
Save Home
Quick response by the Center* 11^
Fire Department to a call for aid A
the home of the Willie Lee Alston
family Just over the Warren County
line Monday morning has been credited
with saving the Alston home.
Fire had spread behind a tin heater
and had gained access to the low celling
when firemen arrived. The blaze was
quickly extlnqulshed with little damage.
-Fire Chle/ L. S. Ward said Monday
that a few minutes more and the entire
house would have gone up In flamea.
Alston rented the house where ha, his
wife and child lived. An overheated
flue caused a wooden beam to catch
afire, according to Ward. : " ?
Times Ad Wins
An advertisement of Farmer's Trac
-tor and Truck Company, of Louisburg
which appeared In The Franklin Time*
last September 26, has won a national
awarti, according to an announcement
by tihe International Harvester Com
pany's Chicago office.
The ad, composed by Times Editor
Clint Fuller, from a suggestion by
Wallace Tlppett, local manager of the
farm equipment firm, won third place
In the "Ad-Man Advertising Dealer
Contest."
The ad pictured a bride with the cap
tion "Every Bride's Dream" and states
"It 's The Thing To Do. . . . drive
the new hydrostatic all speed tractor".
The ad won for Tlfpett ? MO "I"
Bond and a handsome Wall plaque
"commemorating your success".