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Louisburg, N. C. Thursday, February 22, 1968
'(Twelve Pages Today)
99th Year-Number 2
Endowment
Aids Local ?
Hospital
An announcement from Duke Endow
ment this week discloses that the foun
dation has given 11,632.00 to Franklin
Memorial Hospital lor aid In Its opera
tions.
The Endowment. Is distributing this
week $2,016,665 to Carolina hospitals
and child care Institutions It assists.
James R. Felts, Jr., executive di
rector of the Hospital and Child Care
sections of the Endowment, said 191
hospitals are receiving $1,369,950 and
43 child care Institutions, $646,715.
North Carolina's total Is $901,508 for
hospitals and $428,991 for child care
Institutions; South Carolina's $468,442
for hospitals and $217,724 for child
care institutions.
Appropriations to hospitals Include
$1,116,653 for operating expenses, on the
basis of $1 a day tor each free day
of car* In the fiscal year which ended
Sept. 30, 1967, and $253,297 as reim
bursement of the cost of participation
In Hospital Administrative Services
(HAS) of Chicago, 111., and Profes
Commlsslon on Professional and Hos
pital Activities of Ann Arbor, Mich.,
In the year. These national service^
See H06PJIFAL Page 8
Firemen Chase
Grass Fire
19 Miles
Loulsburg firemen, never ones to
turn down a chance to be of help,
chased a grass fire all the way to
Henderson Wednesday. And as us
ual, they succeeded In catching up
with the blaze.
A mixup by a Henderson dispatcher
caused the local department to ans
wer what Is normally a routine fire
call. A grass fire was threatening
to get out of control In the southern
part of Henderson Wednesday morn
ing and Henderson firemen decided
to call the Epsom rural fire de
partment to standby, as a cautionary
measure.
To get the Epsom department by
telephone, one must call the Franklin
County central alarm number locat
ed ' in the Loulsburg fire house.
When the Henderson dispatcher call
ed, he failed to explain the nature
of the request for help and having
given the fireman's S.O.S., the
Loulsburg dispatcher sent the local
firemen to the scene.
The blaze was extinqulshed by the
time Loulsburg arrived and the
only glow seen was that on the
faces of the dispatchers.
John Deal
New Deputy
Named
Franklin Sheriff William T. Dement
announced the appointment of a former
prison guard as Deputy Sheriff here
Monday. John David Deal, 42, of 410
Cheatham Street, Frankllnton was nam
ed and began his duties Monday.
Deal Is married to the former Ruth
Madeline Thompson of Concord. They
have one son, David, Jr., 18, an
employee of the State Highway De
partment. He has served four years
as a prison guard at the Bunn prison
camp and has served the past eleven
months as a guard at Central Prison In
Raleigh.
Deal Is a native of Cabarrus county
and has lived in Franklin since 1882.
He replaces Lonnle G. House who re
signed last month.
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Basketball (?) Tourney Resumes Jonight
Most of the action In the county basketball tournament last week took place with
the participants standing up. However, some as shown above took another course.
Pictured are Cathy Tharrlngton of Edward Best, taking a ten-minute break on the
floor; Harriet Pearce of Youngsvllle, In the sprint position, as If ready for the
race and Phyllis Murray of Edward Best standing and looking obviously at more
Interesting things. Play, on the floor and standing up, resumes tonight at 7 P.M.
In the Loulsburg gym. Photo by Clint Fuller.
Herman To Appear At College
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The Inter-Club Council will sponsor
Woody Herman and his orchestra for
the Spring Formal Dance in Holton
Gymnasium at Loutsburg College on
Tuesday night, March 12, from 8-12
p.m.
So hot Is the band that the critics
and musicians insist that It Is the
best band Herman has had since the
so called Third Herd of 1947-48. Every
where the band goes, It's the same old
_ story. The crowds are huge, and when
the musicians pile into the bus to move
on to their next engagement, everyone
Brrrrrr
Down To 9
This Morning
This February Is not the coldest
in recent years. It just seems that
way. According to Loulsburgweather
man G. O. Kennedy, it fell to 9 de
grees this morning at the weather
station.
The coldest day thus far this year
was February 12 when the thermometer
hit 5 degrees here. Other cool morn
ings came on February 14 when we had
an eight degree reading and on February
9 when It was 9 degrees.
The last time the area suffered a
five degree reading was on January
18, 1965. Other nine degree read
ings came oi) February K, 1967 and
January 8, 1968. The coldest day In
recent years was December 12, 1962
and February 1, 1965 when the tem
perature dipped to one degree.
The weatherman promises more of
the same for the next few days with
some chance of rain, sleet or s-n-o-w.
Dr. Vassey
To Address
Demo Women
The Franklin County Democratic
Women's Organization will meet Mon^
uaj
ruary 26, 1968
In the com
munity Room
of First Cit
izens Bank
Building on
Bickett Boule
rard at 7:30
o'clock.
The speaker
tor the evening
will be Dr.
John Vasaey,
Radiologist of
Dr. Vossey
Franklin Memorial Hospital who will
speak to the group on Mental Health.
Mrs. Agnes Merrltt, President, said,
"All members are urged to be pre
sent, also any one that might be in
terested are invited.
wants to know when they will be back.
When he played Basin Street West tn
Los Angeles recently crowds were
lined up around the block.
Herman has built such a following in
a period that is generally considered
Inimical to big bands by remaining con
temporary and by putting the emphasis
on youth and excitement. The band
Is not an Imitation of the past bands,
though of course many of the tunes
See HERMAN Page 8
Woody Herman
Home Heart
Drive Sunday
A residential canvass here, giving
every family a personal opportunity
to advance the fight against the heart
and blood veisel diseases, will get
underway Sunday In Louisburg under
the leadership of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Knott. Mr. Knott Is Clerk of Superior
Court for Franklin County.
The residential calls will be made
by a volunteer corps which will reach
their high point on Heart Sunday, Fe
bruary 25.
The Heart volunteers will distribute
literature telling parents what they can
do at present to safeguard their child
ren against heart attack later In life:
1. Get the latest heart-saving facts
and share them with your children.
2. Encourage normal weight. Obesity
often begins In youth. 3. Keep them
physically fit through regular exer
cise. 4. Teach them smoking Is bad
lor health. Don't smoke yourself.
5. . Form good diet habits by serv
ing more food low In saturated fats.
6. Make doctor check-ups a family
routine.
The Heart volunteers also will re
ceive Heart Fund contributions, and,
at residences where no one is af
borne, will leave behind a p re-ad
dressed mall -In envelope in which a
contribution may be sent conveniently
to Heart Fund headquarters during the
next few days.
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Franchise For Natural
Gas Service Is Sought
The pubjlc Service Company of North
Carolina, natural gas distributors In
this area of the state are seeking a
franchise-to operate In both Loulsburg
and Frankllnton. W. Hughes Boland,
manager of the Raleigh District of the
firm and Kent F. Burns, attorney met^
here Wednesday morning with town and
county leaders to discuss their plans.
Later, the two, accompanied by In
dustrial Development Director W.J.
Benton visited Frankllnton to talk to
leaders there about plans for that area.
Boland disclosed that the Texas pipe
line Is being extended from Stanton, Va.
to Emporia with a trunk line coming
as far south as South Hill, Va. and
Wise, N.C. The company already ser
ves Oxford and Henderson with a spur
at Stem, N.C.
It was not announced which of the two
lines would eventually serve the Frank
lin County area, but Boland said in any
event, service was at least two years
away.
The Company has projected plans,
filed with the Federal Power pommls
slott In Washington to spend $303,000
In this area initially. In Louisburg It
Is estimated that the firm will spend
$55,000 In the first year of operation
and over $20,000 the second year. No
figures were giv^h for the Frankllnton
area.
Among those meeting with gas com
pany officials here Wednesday were,
J. Harbld Talton, 'Chairman of the
Franklin Industrial Development Com
mission, Benton, Mrs. Breattle C.
O'Neal, Mayor Pro-tern of Louisburg,
Louisburg Town Councilmen W. J.
Shearin and George T. Bunn, Town
Administrator E.S. Ford, Richard H.
Cash, Chairman of the Franklin Coun
ty Board of Commissioners, Robert
Stanley, business manager of Louis
burg College and local newsmen.
The possibility of natural gas ser
vice for the area was thoroughly dis
cussed with advantages to prospec -
tive Industrial firms one of the fore
most considerations. ^
Boland and Burns said that natural
gas would pose no problem to the
municipally owned electric service in
Louisburg. Both men pointed to the
state law which returns parts of th*
6 percent franchise tax collected by
the state, to the local governments.
Boland said service would be extend
ed beyond the city limits If merited.
He also said that lines could be ex
tended within a reasonable distance
to any industry locating in the area.
A tentative date of April 5 was set
for a meeting between- company of
ficials and the Town Board at Louis
burg. The meeting is for the purpose
of gaining first-reading approval of a
franchise agreement. The law re
quires that the agreement be approved
in two consecutive regular meetings
of the town board. No date for a sim
ilar meeting with Frankllnton officials
was announced.
Tobacco Marketing Hearings Explained
The United States Department of Agri
culture has Issued a fact sheet on
proposed hearings on the matter of
establishing a marketing order for
flue-cured tobacco. The hearings,
scheduled within the next few weeks
In the flue-cured tobacco states, will
be conducted by a hearing examiner
from the USDA.
Hearing scheduled nearest to Franklin
area growers are, February 26, 9:30
A.M. at the Moose Lodge In Green
ville, N.C.; February 28, at 9:30 A.M.
In the Collseujp In Greensboro and
on March 1, 9:30 A.M. In the Yaughn
Armory In South Hill, Va.
The proposed marketing order would
cover all six States which produce the
crop: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Flue-cured tobacco constitutes about
60 percent of the Nation's tobacco
crop. ~ ? ?
Tobacco growers, warehousemen,
buyers, related tobacco Interests, and
others are Invited to attend the hear
ing and present evidence on these pro
posals or any modifications they wish
to suggest.
Marketing orders for various com
modities, Including tobacco, are auth
orized under the Agricultural Market
ing Agreement Act of 1937. They gen
erally are requested by farmers, de
signed by them with assistance from
Vaccinations
Started
Rabies vaccinations have begun in
Franklin County and Tyree Lancaster,
county dog warden, has issued a re
minder to all dog owners to have their
animals vaccinated.
Lancaster reports that there Is a
man in each township to visit homes
and to vaccinate dogs on the pre
mises. The vaccination programs
lasts until May 30, 1968.
USDA's Consumer and Marketing Ser
vice (C&MS), and administered through
committees composed of farmers and/
or handlers.
The order for flue-cured tobacco was
proposed by these organizations: North
Carolina State Grange, South Carolina
State Grange, Virginia State Grange,
- and North Carolina Association of
Farmer Elected Committeemen. A
Federal marketing order Is currently
in effect for one type of tobacco pro
duced In several counties of Georgia
and Florida, in operation since 1962,
It covers shade-grown cigar-leaf to
bacco, dealing primarily with quality
standards.
The proposal for establishing a mar
keting order for flue-cured tobacco
will be considered formally at the
See TOBACCO Page 8
FLUE-CURED TOBACCO
PRORATE DISTRICTS
under proposed
marketing order
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Rep. Fountain Files For Reelection
Washington, D.C.? Con
gressman L.H. Fountain for
mally announced his candidacy
today for reelection as Second
District Representative.
He said he already had mail
ed his filing fee for the Dem
ocratic Primary, May 4, to the
State Board of Elections in
Raleigh.
Fountain, now Dean of the
North Carolina Congressional
Delegation, will be seeking
his ninth term.
"It Is well established that
experience is a prime Ingred
ient In accomplishment, " he
said. "I believe my 15 years
1A the Congress have -placed
me In a position tb be of
more service to the people
of the Second District and
the entire state."
Fountain said, "There Is
much, very much, unfinished
business both abroad and at
home which needs the at
tention, the concentration and
the dedicated efforts of all of
us. . ?
"The war In Viet Nam must
be prosecuted vigorously and
without recriminations. Our
success there could be threa
tened by a failure to provide
and to use all means necessary
to bring the war to an honor
able and successful conclu
sion. Such a course would
also mean the needless loss
of additional American lives.
"Here at home we must con
centrate on crime and dis
order. While the basic re
sponsibility for law enforce
ment and public safety lies
with officials at the state and
local levels, there is room
Rep. L. H. Fountain
for Federal leadership and
participation In this domestic
war.
"I have worked for proper
Federal legislation In this
area and will continue to do
so.
"Our farmers find them
selves In the Impossible pos
ition of having to pay 1968
retail prices set by others for
the tools essential to their
production which then must
be disposed of at what amounts
to wholesale prices also con
trolled by others."
"This, of course, Is Intol
erable and must be correct
ed."
Fountain said another se
rious Issue facing the Amer
ican people Is sound fiscal
\pollcy which demands great
er prudence and caution than
ever in our overall Federal
spending.
"We have quite a number
at programs which are bene
ficial to all our people, es
pecially the less fortunate
among us, and I have voted
for many of them," he said.
"But we also have some pro
grams which penalize Indivi
dual Initiative, self-reliance
\
and too often place a premium
on the J^pcUout.
"We can and^tfffi' meet the
essential needs of our people.
In fact, we must meet those
needs. But we must also real
ize that the patience and the
resources of the nation's tax
paying eitizen? are not with
out limit ? a fact which must
be considered whenestabllsh
lng national priorities."
Fountain concluded . this
statement by saying:
"1 deeply appreciate the op
portunity the people of the
Second District have given
me to serve them lh the Con
gress of the United States. I
want them to know that, If
reelected, I will continue to
exert every effort at my com
mand to merit their continued
confidence and support.
"To the people of Nash,
Northampton and ^Person
Counties, let me say, t know
you were happy where you
were before the last legisla
tive redisricting took place;
however, I want you to know
how happy I will be to have
the privilege of representing
and serving you In Washing
ton."