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WEATHER Partly cloudy today. Gen erally fair and a little war mer Wednesday. Low today, 57; high, near 80. The FraJMn Times DuUlic kafj E uaru Tll?C(l>U A Tltiivi?l*u \ ' * 1 " ~ " Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ' ^ Serving AH Of Franklin County Your Award Winning County Newspaper rr?l. 0Y 6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C. Tuesdoy, May 14, 1968 (Six Pages Today) NO. 1 IN THE NATION IN COMMUNITY SERVICE 99th Year-Number 25 Photo by Rots Shuping Josephine Medlin At Louisburg Photo by Mrs. Bort Whitfi?ld Brenda Webb At Franklinton Louisburg, Franklinton Prep Editors Honored Josephine Medlln, editor of School Daze, was one of sixty-seven high school Journalists from NorthCarollna who were honored as Most Valuable Staffers by The News and Observer last Thursday evening at a Sir Walter Hotel banquet. The Most Valuable Staffer award Is sponsored annually by The News and Observer and the American Newspaper Publishers Association, to recognize the talents of the State's most out standing high school Journalists. From high schools Invited to participate In the event, one student Is selected for having made the greatest contribution to the school newspaper during the past school year. Josephine Medlln received an en graved plaque and was cited for her significant contribution to the success of the Loulsburg High School news paper. Faculty advisors of Most Valuable Staffers were also recognized at the banquet In Raleigh. Mrs. Rena C. Bland, School Daze faculty advisor, accompanied Loulsburg High School's award winner. The speaker of the program was Jonathan Daniels, editor of The News and Observer. Executive News editor Sam Ragan presided. Tom Inman, Frank Daniels Jr., and other News and Ob server staff members participated In the event. Hit By Car - A three-year old Negro boy Is In Duke hospital in serious condition after being struck while riding a tricycle at Prankllnton Saturday. Clarence Will iams, reportedly suffered broken bones and other Injuries when struck on East College Street by a car report edly driven by John T. Holden, c/m/ 84 of Chavls Street, Franklinton Short ly after U A.M. Franklinton Police Chief Leo Edwards said the accident reportedly took place as tb* child was riding beside his mother, Annie Williams and another child. The car came over a hill and struck the youngster, according to Edwards, knocking him a distance of about 25 feet, carried the tricycle 75 feet and finally struck a tree, 81 feet from the point of Initial Impact. Chief Edwards said be and officer Bobby Burger are continuing their investigation and that no charges have been made in the case. Husband Knifed The Loulsburg Rescue Service was called to Stalllngs Crossroads around I p.m. Saturday night to administer first aid to a Negro man Identified as Tom Strickland. Strickland had been knifed about the head, arms and should ers by a woman identified as Novella Joyner, his common-law wlflt. The argument took place, according to reports, when the man struck the woman with a piece of wood. Strick land lost considerable amount of blood and Rescuers rushed the man to Frank lin Manorial Hospital for further treatment. FRK. (aw.) Miss Brenda Webb, ed itor of The Charger, Frankllnton High School newspaper, was among those honored recently by the American Newspaper Publisher's Association. She was presented a plaque by the Raleigh News and Observer. She won the Most Valuable Staffer Award for "outstanding contributions" during the school year. Brenda Is Vice President of her seqlor class and an outstanding player on the basketball squad. Franklinton Democrats Meet (Frk. B.W.) On Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. at the Frankllnton Town Hall, twenty-four Democrats and four mem bers of the local Democratic Precinct Committee met. Mrs. Bobby Wlnstead, chairman, pre- ^ sided over the meeting which opened with an Invocation by Mr. T. N. Daugh try, pastor of Pope's Church. Mrs. Howard Conyers read the minutes of the 1966 Precinct meeting. Because of the new plan of organiza tion In the Democratic Party, the chairman announced that the local com mittee would be Increased from five to ten members. The following people were elected: Mrs. Lamar Greene, Miss Swannle Fuller, Mr. Frank Col lins, Mr. P. G. Harris, Mr. Robert Perry, Mr. Howard Newton, Mr. J. C. Kearney, Mrs. Wlllard Kearney, Mrs. Howard Conyers and Mrs. Bobby Wln stead. At the suggestion of Mr. Calvin Brown, the former local chairman, the com mittee was Instructed to appoint seven men and seven women to attend the County Democratic Convention May 25 along with the ten members of the local committee. Rotary Hears Dr. Robbins Dr. Cecil W. Robbins, President of Loulsburg College and a recent dele gate to the Methodist Convention held In Dallas, Texas, spoke to the Louls burg Rotary Club last Thursday night. Dr. Robbins, a member of the local club, told of his experiences at the convention and reported on the merger of the 10.3 million-member Methodist Church with the 750,000-member Evan gelical United Brethen Church. The unification of the two has been termed the largest merger In American Pro testant history. Dr. Robbins told of the Impressive ceremonies held to seal the unification and the participation In the ceremonle of children and adults who clasped hands with each other signifying the unity. The meeting, was presided over by Ed Plttman, club president and Bill Beckham of Loulsburg College was pro gram chairman. The club had as special guest Kevin Warren, Loulsburg High School Junior who has been chosen Junior Rotarlan of the Month. Several other guests were also present. Dr. Robbins spoke of the race Issue and the war In Vietnam as being two major concerns of those attending the Dallas Convention. He said legislation Is yet to be worked out for the new United Methodist Church. He said the ?face issue is a "living thing" and that "we must come to gripes with It". He also made reference to the liquor and tobacco abstention Cequlre me nt of new ministers and several other Items which were discussed In Dallas. Plttman read a note of thanks to the club from District Governor Tom Rose of Henderson for a gift of the district clubs recently. The district presented Mr. and Mrs. Rose with an expense paid trip to Mexico City and the In ternational Rotary Convention. Chase Nets Smashed Cars Frank! inton police officer Bobby Bur ger spotted a suspicious looking car Friday night and when the driver mov ed out In a hurry, Burger gave chase. During the run, the officer sighted a "case" fall against the rear window of the vehicle. Following the vehicle to within half mile of Mltchner's crossroads, Burger came up on the vehicle overturned as the driver attempted to make a left turn off the River Road. Burger saw the driver running away from the wreckage, but was unable to catch the man. Meanwhile, the Frankllnton officer had called for help and Franklin De puty Sheriff Leroy Terrell was moving toward the scene from the opposite direction when something happened to the braking mechanizm of his car, causing him to overturn on the River Road before reaching the scene. Ter rell was uninjured but his car suffered extensive damage. The "case" seen by officer Burger turned out to be 20 cases of empty fruit Jars. Police Chief Leo Edwards said the car was registered to a John B. Kearney, c/m, of Frankllnton and that Kearney reports the car was left by him at a garage. Edwards says there, Is some conflict In the stories told by the owner of the vehicle and the operator of the garage. He also reports that this; Is the third time this year that Kearney has reported a license plate stolen and the plate was later found on a "liquor vehicle." The Investigation Is continuing. "Now Why Don't You Behave Yourself.' ' Llltb Mitt Rolti Co p?lond (Coplo) IH-yMf-old daughter of Mr. and Mrt. Loult Who loss Jr. of Loulsburg, I* shown abovo scolding hor pot rabbit for running bonoath o parked ear at Groan Hill Country Club haro Saturday. Tho animal, was a gift at Eastortimo and wot lotor turned loo to at tho local club. Tho animal, howovar, likes the idoa of boing a pot and still hangs around and soomingly stHI cators to "Coplo". Photo by Clint Fullor. -1 ' Board Petitions Circuit Court For Re-Hearing Attorneys for the Franklin County Board of Education have tiled a peti tion with the United States Fourth Cir cuit Court of Appeals, requesting a re-hearlng In the 30-month old school desegregation case. The Cdurt up held a decision by the U.S. Eastern District Court knocking out the Board's freedom of choice plan. The School Board contends that the "I Am The Greatest" Scene above shows uncompleted Job of safecracking at Wilson Building Supply Co. here early Sunday morning. Loulsburg Police Chief Earl Tharrlngton reports that the would-be robber was apparently frightened off Saturday night when officer Earl Smith made a routine check of doors at the place. Smith checked the rear door first and the safe cracker fled through the front door. SBI and local officers are Investigating. The thief left a small canvas bag and an assortment of tools. Penciled on one side of the bag was a name appearing to be "W. J. Carr" and on the other the words, "I am the greatest". Nothing was reported stolen. Entry was made through a rear window. Photo by Clint Fuller. ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court was made on "facts other than those found by the District Court". Attor neys for the Board state In the peti tion filed last week, "The District Court, as the reason for abolishing the defendant's Freedom of Choice Plan for school, desegregation, found that pressures within Franklin County Inhibited the exercise of free choice In the selection of schools by Negro pupils; that the Circuit In affirming the ruling as a foundation on which to base Its opinion found that the defendant School Board was di rectly responsible for the failure of the defendant's freedom of choice plan to work properly." The Board aserts that the finding by the Richmond, Va. Court "Is contra to the finding of the District Court." The Circuit Court ruled last April 8, and upheld a decision by Judge Algernon Butler of Clinton, N.C. de livered last August. The School Board was given thirty days after the Rich mond Court ruled In which to file an appeal or to petition for a re-hearlng. Meantime, the case has remained un der the Jurisdiction of the higher Court. The Board presented a plan for total desegregation of the school system to the lower Court earlier this year, as had been ordered last August. There has been no ruling as to the adequacy of the plan in the mind of the Courts. The Fourth Circuit ruling hit at members of the Board of Education as not having offered protection to Negro parents. The Board contends as a matter of law that It has no authority to act as a law enforce ment agency and therefore could not have offered protection. The higher Court ruling also said the Board "took no steps to desegre gate Its schools until 1965 when It acted under court order." The petition for a re-hearlng Jsays, "This finding by the Circuit Court Is contra to the finding of the District Court" and cites portions of the lower Court rul ing: "that the Franklin County Board of Education submitted to HEW a plan of compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and that said department approved the plan on August 31, 1965". See PETITIONS Page 6 College Trustees Adopt Record Budget A record operating budget of $1, 395,120 was adopted (or Louisburg College for the coming fiscal year at the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees on Friday, May 10. The new budget, the largest In the school's 181 year history, has been prepared for upward of 800 students who are expected to enter Louisburg this fall. The Board of Trustees paid special tribute to Dr. James E. Hlllman of Raleigh, retiring president of the board. Dr. Hlllman, a Louisburg trustee since 1939, became president of the board In 1951. He will continue to serve the Methodist Institution as a member of the board. Two Methodist ministers, Dr. Edgar B. Fisher of Burlington, and the Reverend Troy Barrett of Cary, are rotating off the board because of a Methodist Conference ruling apply lng to ministers. Dr. Fisher, retiring vice president of the board, has served as a Loulsburg trustee since 1949. New officers replacing Dr. Hlllman and Dr. Fisher are Hoover Taft of Greenville, president; and John T. Church of Henderson, vice president. John Hodges of Loulsburg, will continue as secretary-treasurer of the board. Mr. Taft Is an attorney and business man In Greenville. Mr. Church Is executive vice president of Rose's Stores. Nominated to fill vacancies on the board were Mrs. R. P. Holding, Sr. of Smlthfleld, the Reverend Warren B. Pettaway, pastor of Duke Memorial Methodist Church, Durham, and the Reverend Charles H. Mercer, pastor of the First Methodist Church In Laurlnburg. Yarborough Heads Local Precinct Louisburg attorney Hill Yarborough and veteran Democratic Party official, was reelected Chairman *of the Louis burg precinct here Saturday In the annual meeting of the precinct. Mrs. Gladys Perry was renamed Vice Chair man and Mrs. Betsy Lavender was reelected Secretary. Under the new rules of organization the membership of the precinct com mittee was upped from five to ten The following were elected to the local committee: Yarborough, Mrs. Perry, Mrs. Lavender, Garland Mustlan, W. F. Shelton, Jimmy Lumpkin, Mrs. Ralph Knott, Mrs. James Clayton, Bernard Walters, and Mrs. Charlie Davis. The committee was authorized to appoint thirty-four delegates and thirty-four alternates to the county convention here Saturday, May 25. Berger Wins Scholarship James Lipscomb Berger, a senior at Loulsburg High School, has received a four year National Merit Scholar ship. The youth, son o! Mr. and Mrs. James L. Berger of Ford Circle, Loulsburg, Is one of three children of employees of the American Tobacco Company to receive such a scholarship. Young Berger qualified for the tobacco company award through tests administered by the National Merit Scholar ship Corporation. The college scholarships are sponsored each year by The American Tobacco Company to chlldrenofemployeesonthe basis of Individual merit and scholastic promise. The win ners are selected through Im partial tests conducted by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. Berger' s father is Market Aaslstant of The American Tobacco Company at Dur ham, North Carolina. A mem ber of the graduating class of Loulsburg High School, James Berger Is active In Ms school's Beta Club and has served as class marshall for three years. In 1966, he attend ed the Governor's School of North Carolina, an honor ac corded to exceptionally gifted students. He was also one of two outstanding students to be enrolled In the advanced senior English program for special reading and research. In addition to pursuing his In terests In ancient history, Po litical science and science fiction, he Is active In student government and In his favorite sport, basketball. He plans to attend Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, and has chosen political science both as his college major and subsequent career. Wins Scholarship Jamas Berger, second from left, la shown above receiving a scholarship presented by tta American Tobacco Company In Durham. Mr. J. C. Garrett, assistant leal purchasing director, right, congratulates the Loulsburg senior while his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Berger look on. Young Berger plans to use the scholarship to attend Davidson College after graduation.
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