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Louisburg, N. C. Thursday, May 16, 1968
(Twelve Pages Today)
NO. 1
IN THE NATION
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99th Year-Number 26
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TAR RIVER
LOUISBURG .NORTH CAROLINA
STANDARD PROJECT FLOOO
INTERMEDIATE REGIONAL FLOOD
SCALE IN FEET
Moving To Halifax County
Benton Resigns As Director
Of Industrial Development
William J. Benton, Executive Director
of the Franklin County Industrial De
velopment Commission for the past four
and one-half years, has resigned his
position, effective May 31st, to accept
a similar position vlth the Halifax
Development Commission, with office s
In Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.
In. making the announcement, Benton
said that It was a difficult decision
to make to leave his many friends In
Loulsburg and Franklin County, tut that
the offer was too attractive, and the
challenge too great not to accept.
"Anyway," he said, "We'll be living
In an adjoining county."
In a letter to J. H. Talton, Chairman
of tbB local Commission, Benton stated:
"It U with mixed emotions that I
tender my resignation as Executive
Director of the Franklin County In
dustrial Development Commission, ef
fective May 31, 1968.
"My association with the Commis
sion since its Inception, both as a
Member and Director, has been a
rewarding experience. I am exceed
ingly proud of the accomplishments of
the Commission in Improving the
economic base in Franklin County,
and the altruistic nature of the work
has far outweighed the many frustra
tions encountered. Your assistance and
encouragement, both Individually and
collectively, has served both me and
the citizens of Franklin County well.
"My best wishes for the continued
success of the Industrial Development
program in this area."
Benton said he was extremely proud
of the great success enjoyed by the
Franklin County Industrial Develop
ment Commission. He noted that ten
plants had located In Franklin County
during the past five years with even
tual employment of over 1300 people.
Reliable sources Indicate these plants
are paying In estimated direct taxes
(value of land, buildings, machinery,
equipment, and Inventory) tothe County
approximately $20,739.00 each year;
which exceeds the annual budget of the
Industrial Commission.
Benton also noted that the annual
payroll was about $5 million, but did
not hazard an estimate as to the num
ber of new homes, automobiles, hair
dos, blow gum, etceterathat this buying
power generated.
"You can say, Pm real proud,
'partner", for all the cooperation that
has produced these results, 'cause
faint heart never won fair lady',"
Benton added.
Benton said he contemplated moving
his family, wife, Betsey; and children,
"Bill" Jr., Mary Lynne, and John
to Roanoke Rapids sometime after
school Is out, and living accommo
dations have been obtained.
He also said that the Industrial Com
mission was working with two "hot"
manufacturing prospects and he was
hoping that one of them could be an
nounced before his departure.
Asked what he thought was the high
light of his years as Industrial Direc
tor, he thought for a moment and
?aid, "Either the first plant or the
year Franklin County ranked fifth In the
state in number of plants located."
"However", he continued, "the most
See BENTON Page 8
Mrs. Martha Richardion
Artist Of The Month
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Floods
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Council Slows
Town Vehicles
Action by the Loulsburg Town Coun
cil last week Is expected to cause
vehicles owned and controlled by the
Town of Loulsburg to move a bit
slower around the area.
While no official action was taken
since an ordinance already existed
which covers the speed and travel of
all vehicles, the Council ordered the
police department to enforce the or
dinance more rigidly and particularly
In cases Involving town vehicles.
According to reports, some com
plaints had been registered by private
citizens about some vehicles speed
ing through town.
Social Security
Official To
Speak Here
Mr. Clay Stone, district represen
tative of the Raleigh District Social
Security Office, will speak on the
Social Security Program at the First
Citizens Bank Community Room on
Tuesday night, May 21, at 8:00 P.M.
The public Is Invited to attend and
learn more about this program.
Mr. stone's appearance Is being spon
sored by the Loulsburg League of
Women Voters as a public service.
Bunn Woman
Is Artist
Of Month
The Loulsburg Woman's Club pre
sents Mrs. Martha Cllne Richardson
of Bunn a? Its artist of the month.
This Is the final artist to be recognized
during this club year. Mrs. Richard
son will display two paintings during
the month of May at the Franklin
County Library, and the series will
resume In September.
A native of Jeffereon City, Tennessee,
Mrs. Richardson has taught In the Bunn
School for 37 years. She attended
Maryvllle College In MaryrUle, Ten
nessee, where she received the A.B.
degree in Mathematics. While In
college, Mrs. Richardson received her
only formal art training from her aunt.
Miss Nan Byrd.
She studied art for 3 1/3 years?
from 1933-27. She states, however,
that she has always been interested In
art, but has never really done anything
about it so far es futherlng her formal
training. She has done many paintings
through the years and has taught some
See ARTIST Page t
Tar River Flood Plain
Study Meeting Slated
Raleigh?Results of a flood plain
Information study of the Tar River
at Loulsburg will be presented to
town officials on Tuesday, May 21,
by Col. Beverly C. Snow, Jr., Dis
trict Engineer for the Wilmington Dis
trict, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
which made the study.
Findings of the study will be ex
plained by Col. Snow at a meeting
scheduled for 11:00 a.m. at the National
Guard Armory In Loulsburg.' All In
terested persons are Invited to attend.
The study covers an area of the
Tar River flood plain running through
Loulsburg and extending approximate
ly eight-tenths of a mile both up
stream and downstream from the cor
porate limits of the town.
The Corps of Engineers report will
provide Information on the largest
known floods of the past at Louls
burg and will project on maps those
areas that may be expected to flood
in the future. The projection will be
based on floods of two magnitudes?
a flood that might be expected to oc
cur once In 100 years, and a flood that
would result from the most severe
possible combination bf meteorological
and hydrologlcal conditions considered
reasonably characteristic of the area
affecting river flows at Loulsburg.
Louisburg College
Events
Saturday, May 18
Alumni Banquet - 7:00 p.m.
Terry Sanford, Speaker
Sunday, May 19
Dr. Barney L. Jones,
Speaker
Commencement ? 2:30 p.m.
Dr. Stacy Weaver, Speaker
Profiles and cross-sections of the
river valley under these flood condi
tions will also be Included In the re
port.
Plans for the solution of flood pro
blems will not be presented since the
study was designed to produce technl
cal data on which such plans, and those
tor future development, may be based.
Flood plain Information studies of
this type have been completed for 29
communities In North Carolina.
Another 22 studies ai*e under way at
this time.
Woman Of The Year
Mrs. Jimmy Hill Is pictured above as she presented the annual Woman of the
Year award for the Loulsburg Woman's Club to Mrs. Pat Myers. The announce
ment and award was made at the group's meeting last night at the Murphy House.
(See story on page 3)
College To End 181st Year Sunday
When the students march down the
aj^le to receive their degrees and cer
tificates at Loulsburg College Sunday
afternoon, they will mark the end of
the 181st year (or the Methodist ln
stitutlon. These particular young people
will have finished a year of Innovation
which has been termedvery successful.
Last fall, the College Instituted a
system popularly called the Early Se
mester Plan. Under this plan, studies
began earlier than In past years and
students had five-day weeks Instead
of the previous five and a half days.
Changes In holidays and other Inno
vations bring the year to a close
somewhat earlier than In the past.
"We've had a significant number of
students on the Dean's. list the first
semester and Indications are they will
run about the same for the second
semester", David Daniel, Director of
College Relations, said this morning x
In commenting on the success of the new
system.
"I think having no classes on Satur
day has been a prime factor", said
Daniel. "The work load has been better
balanced with students having classes
each of the five days". In the past
some other days, which packed all their
subjects Into a short period of time,
leaving little time for private studying,
each of the five days". In the past
some students worked their schedules
so as not to have classes on Saturday
and some other days, which packed all
their subjects Into a short period of
time, leaving little time for private
studying.
"The better balanced schedule has
provided some desirable results",
Daniel added, and "There has been
no significant difference In the number
of students going home for the week
I ends."
He said the faculty mombers like the
plan and that It will bo continued this
fall.
Former Governor Terry Sanford will
kick off a busy weekend for the college
when he addresses the annual Alumni
Banquet Saturday night at 7 P.M.
Sunday morning at 11 A..M. Dr. Bar
ney Lee Jones, Loulsbtirg College
Trustee and associate professor of
religion at Duke, will dellvor the bac
calaurate sermon In the Col'lege audi
torium.
And Dr. L. Stacy Weaver, president
of Methodist College in Fay ettevllle,
will deliver the commencement ad
dress Sunday afternoon at 2: 30 P.M.
to mark the end of the 181st j?ear for
the College.