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Louisburg, N. C., Tuesday, March 19, 1968
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99th Year -Number 9
Youngsville Wins State 1-A Title
More pictures and stories on pages 7 and 10 today.
The four senior members of the Youngsvllle basketball
squad are pictured above with Simon Terrell, Executive
Secretary of the North Carolina High School Athletic Asso
ciation as Terrell presented the championship trophy fol
f owing Saturday night's winning of the State Class 1-A title
by the Phantoms. Pictured, left to right are: Terrell,
C. L. Wrenn, Jesse Prsddy, Larry Paschall and E. J, Wilder.
The Phantoms brought borne the first title for Franklin
County In 21 years and thLMcond ever. Photo by Clint Fuller.
College Faculty Members Get Grants
Mrs. Patricia G. Palmer, Assistant
Professor of Biology, has been se
lected to attend
Arizona State Un
iversity In Tem
pe, Arizona, (or
participation In a
seminar In desert
biology- The six
week summer
session will con
cern Itself with
the biota of des
erts and factors
Mrs. Palm*r
affecting plant and animal llle lnaesert
rations. Mrs. Palmer received the A,
A. degree from Gardner-Webb College,
B.S. degree from Appalachian State
University, and the M.A.T. from Duke
University. Her husband, Michael Pal
mer, Is Professor of English at Lou ts
burg College.
Grady K. Snyder, Professor of Math
matlcs, Is one of 38 to be selected as
a participant In
the 1968 National
Sclance Founda
tion Institute In
Mathematics In
Two- Year Col
lages. The Insti
tute will be held
this summer at
the University of
North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. Pro
bnyd?r
lk? A A A
from Loulsburg, and the A, a andM.A.
degrees from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he Is
currently meeting requirements for
the Ph. D. degree.
Wagner On
Elections Board
According to an official source, Wil
liam Wagner, a member of the Louls
burg College faculty Is the Republican
member of the County Board of Elec- _
tlons. Earlier this year, the State
Board of Elections declined to appoint
the Franklin Board along with several
other*. The reason given at the time
was that no Republican member had
been presented for approval.
Wagner had served previously as the
OOP member with Chairman Taylor
Boone and Wlllard Kearney. According
to reports, Wagner continues to serve
although no release has been received
that the Board of Elections In Raleigh
has appointed any of the Franklin
Board. However, even without appoint
ment, present members would serve
until others were appointed to replace
them.
Franklinton Make-Up
Days Announced
(Frk. aw.) Supt. R. B. Gordon an
nounced today that the six school days
missed on account of Ice and snow will
be made up as follows:
Three days will be made up on April
11, 12 and 16 (which were originally
In the Easter Holidays). School will
operate on Saturday, April 20. The
other two days have been added to the
end of school.
Students will gefout of school on
May II. Teachers will have two work
days, June 3 and 4.
Donald R. Richardson, Associate Lib
rarian, was recently selected as a
participant in ire
Faculty Institute
In Educational
Media and In-Ser
vice Television of
the Bureau of Au
diovisual Educa
tion at the Univer
sity of NorthCar
ollna at Chapel
Hill. The Insti
tute Is supported
Richardson
by a Title VI grant oitne mgner tauca
tlon Act of 1965, Mr. Richardson, a
native of Randleman, obtained the A.B.
degree from Guilford College, M.A.
degree from Peabody College, and the
M.S.L.S. degree from University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Kenneth Wayne Burrls, Instructor
In Biology, Is one of 36 to be selected
to attend a summer Institute for col
lege teachers of biology at Oregon
State University In Corvallls, Oregon.
Sponsored by the National Science
Foundation, the program concerns It
W. T. Beckham
Beckham To
Head Rotary
Election of new officers for the com
ing year was the main order of business
at the March 14th meeting of the
Loulsburg Rotary Club. They are as
follows: William T. Beckham, Pres
ident; Alfred M. Goodwin, Vice-Pres
ident; John Day Is, Secretary-Treas
urer. These directors for the forth
coming year are Sam Vlck, Bill Rlggan,
BUI Lancaster, M.E. Joyner and Cap
tain James H. Brown.
After election of new officers the
program was turned over to Darld
Daniels, Director of Public Relations
at Loulsburg College. Mr. Daniels
presented to the club future plans for
Loulsburg College, Introducing a new
two year course In nursing for the
fall session of 1969. This would be
a complete course awarding a Degree
In Science and preparing the graduate
tor the State Board Examination. At
present there are 40 anticipated en
rollments In the Immediate 13 county
area.
self with modern research techniques
In college teaching. Mr. Burrls has
an A.A. degree from Louisburg Col
lege, the A.B. degree from High Point
College and the M.A. degree from
East Carolina University.
Dr. Felton Nease, Chairman of the
Biology Department, has made public
his recent re
search findings
under the title
"The Biological
Relationship of
The Toothed Con
odont." His dis
covery predates
the toothed cono
dont to a plant age.
Formally It was
thought that the
Neose
conodont was of zoological origin. Dr.
Nease has been engaged In research
under a National Science Foundation
grant for several years. He received
his Ph.D. degree from Duke University.
Sportswear
Hearings
Concluded
The two-week old hearings In the
case oflhe Amalgamated Clothing Union
of America and the Loiiisburg Sports
wear Company were concluded here late
last Thursday afternoon with testimony
by rebuttal witnesses called by the
Union following the presentation of Its
case by the company. ? ?
The hearings, which began earlier
this month and recessed for one week
belfore resuming last Monday, were
brought about when the Union charged
the company with Improper conduct
Involving elections held last October.
The Union presented 4 host of witnesses
the first week testifying that they had
signed union membership cards with
out promises. The company presented
witnesses last week with the Union
offering rebuttal as the hearings clos
ed.
Both sides were ordered to file their
bnlefs with the National Labor Rela
tions Board Hearing Examiner Harry
R. Hlnkes by April 18. The Examiner
could render a decision certifying the
union as the bargaining agent, thereby
upsetting the 121-39 election decision;
certify the election as Is or call for
a new election, according to reports.
The Union Is charging what one ob
server termed "totality of conduct",
which was called a new theory, and
according to reports charges the com
pany with a series of minor Infrac
tions In lieu of one major breech.
Satterwhite Withdraws
Claude Satterwhite, who filed last
week for Constable of Frankllnton
Township has withdrawn from the race.
According to Board of Elections sec
retary George Champion, Jr., Satter
white was refunded his filing fee when
it was learned that under the new
court system, constables will not re
ceive any tee for their services.
While the posltlori is still constitu
tional, no arrangements have been
made for remuneration for services
and thus, It Is expected, there will
be no candidates for the offices this
year.
Only Nine Local Candidates
As Filing Deadline Looms
Business has been dull thus far at the
Board of Elections office here as only
nine candidates, have filed for the
races. The filing deadline Is Friday
noon and candidates must appear in
person before Elections Bqard sec
retary George Champion in the Vet
eran Service office in the courthouse
prior to the deadline to be eligible to
fUe.
Champion reported this morning that
E.M. (Buck) Sykes Incumbent member
of the Board of County Commissioners
Is tbe latest to file. Sykes will seek
a second term as representative of
the Gold Mine-Cedar Rock Township
district. He Is opposed by newcomer
L.S. Ward, Centervllle Fire and Res
cue chief, who filed several weeks
ago.
Richard H. Cash, representing the
Frankllnton-Youngsvllle Townshlpdls
trict has filed for reelection and Is
thus far unopposed. Cash and Sykes
seats are the only vacancies on the
Board this year.
Veteran Register of Deeds Alex T.
Wood has tiled for reelection to the
post he has held for many years. No
challengers have come forth at this
point. Two prominent county Democrats
are vying for the State Senate. Former
Senator Wilbur M. Jolly and retired
General Edward F. Griffin are starting
up their campaigns for the seat In
face of rumors there Is to be Republi
can opposition In the fall.
The Democrats have a rotation agree
ment between the three counties In the
Senatorial District. Four years ago,
Vance sent Fred Royster to Raleigh
to represent the district and two years
ago Granville sent Wills Hancock. Jolly v
Represented the district six years ago.
The Republicans, however, have no
such agreement and opposition Is ex
pected. John Adcox of Henderson op
posed Royster four years ago for the
Warrenton Group Wires Governor
investigation Continues
In Dynamite Find
Local, state and federal officers are
continuing their Investigation Into the
discovery of a dynamite bomb found
by highway crewmen near the home
of Rev. Luther Coppedge In the Jus
tice Community last Thursday morn
ing.
Sheriff William T. Dement reported
that the rig, composed of four sticks
of dynamite, did not go off. He said
that a 12-foot fuse appeared to have
been lighted, but shomehow was snuf
fed out. He said the bomb was found
about 9:45 A.M. Thursday on the high
E. M. Sykes
t
way right-of-way near the entrance
to the civil rights leader's drive and
about 200 teat from the dwelling where
Rev. Coppedge lives with his wile and
son. Dement said the package, contain
ed In a small draft bag, was much
nearer the home of Floyd Murray,
a white man.
He indicated that he has no Idea who
might have placed the dynamite there
but said he Is continuing to Investigate.
He said that a 12-foot fuse would
have taken about thirty minutes to burn
to the dynamite and that In that time,
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Sykes Seeks
Re-Election
County Commissioner E.M. (Buck)
Sykes, 59, filed today for reelection
to the seat he has held since 1964
on the Board of CountyCommlssloners.
Sykes, representing District 4, Cedar
Rock-Gold Mine Townships, served
last year as Board Chairman.
-Sykes, a member of thei Cedar Rock
Baptist Church, Is associated with
Ford's Tobacco Warehouse In addition
to his farming operations. He Is mar
ried to the former Alma Rice of the
Justice Community In Franklin Coun
ty. They have three children, Larry,
23, a student at North Carolina State
University, Mrs. Walter Schacht of
Charlotte and Mrs. Dean Thomas of
Saginaw, Michigan.
Sykes has served on a number of
county committees while a member of
the Board.
seat. s ,
Only Frartklln's James D. Speed has
filed for Seat No. 1 In the House while
Incumbent Rep. John T. Church Is
being challenged for Seat No. 2 by
Henderson attorney Bobby Rogers. Six
men have filed for one of the three
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Women Head
Cancer Drive
With emphasis centered on cancer's
seven warning signals, the American
Qancer Society launches Its Crusade
on April first. Mrs. N.A. Brown and
Mrs. W.C. Tlmberlake of Youngsvllle
are serving as co-chairmen of the
Franklin County Crusade. They have
served with the Franklin County unit
in previous responsible capacities.
Mrs. Brown Is Immediate past pres
ident and Mrs. Tlmberlake, Treasurer.
Mr. W.P. ChUders of Centervllle Is
current Unit President In the county.
The two ladles serving as co-chair
men are charter members of the
Youngsvllle Woman's Club where each
has served a term as club president
and In various other offices of leader
ship in the club. Both women have
been Girl Scout troop leaders, with
Mrs. Brown presently associated with
the Junior Troop. They have been
active In other civic organizations;
and are members of the local Christian
Church.
Thanking those volunteers who have
already agreed to fight cancer, Mrs.
Brown and Mrs. Tlmberlake state that
additional volunteers are still needed
to conduct a successful crusade. A
volunteer will experience a personal
satisfaction In performing this valuable
act of public service.
To Attend
Governor's
School
Phyllis E. Kerley and Car-sandra L.
Versteeg of the Franklin County schools
have been selected to attend the Gover
nor's School for 1968 according to
Information Just released by C. Douglas
Carter, Superintendent of the school.
The selections were made by a com
mittee from the State Department of
Public Instruction.
. ^ Phyllis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Philip Kerley, will study French; Cas
sandra, whose parents are Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Versteeg, will be In the
drama department. Both girls at
tend Loulsburg High School.
Jane Johnson of the Edward Best
School represented Franklin County
in the 1967 session of the Governor's
School.
Ribbon Cutting At New Bank
Little Miss Rhonda Grady, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
R. Grady of Loulsburg, is shown above rendering the honors
at Sunday's rlbbon-cuttlng denoting the official opening of
the new Waccamaw Bank and Trust Co. building here on
Nash Street. Officials participating in the ceremonies are
left to right, Mr. L. R, Bowers, President of the company;
James R. Grady, Vice President and local manager; Dick
Lucaus, Cashier; Louisburg Mayor v. A. peoples ana James
T. Moss of Youngsvllle, a member of the State Banking
Commission. Hundreds of people visited the open house
activities Sunday afternoon with long lines waiting to get
inside the building. Bank officials expressed satisfaction
with the reception. Photo by Clint Fuller.