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WEATHER Generally fair not much change In temperature today. Friday, partly cloudy and warm. Low today, 56; high, lower 80s. T?l. 0Y 6-3283 The Franklin Times ? ? a I v #-v I - Published Every Tuesday & Thursday ' ^ Serving All Of Franklin County Your Award Winning County Newspaper Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C Thursday, June 6, 1968 (Twelve Pages Today) GIGGLE If nobody ever said any thing unless they knew what they were talking about, ghostly hush would descend upon the earth. 99th Yeor-Number 32 * Local Demos - At State Convention Mrs. Betsy Pernell, Chairman of the Franklin Democratic Executive Com mittee, led the county delegation to the state convention in Raleigh today. The }7 voting delegates met this morn ing at 10 a.m. in the Ambassador Theater with others from the Second Congressional District. The convention convened at noon "" in Memorial Auditorium. Franklin Democrats are expected to join others in endorsing Governor Dan Moore as a "favorite son" candidate. The action . will hold North Carolina delegate votes in the national convention until a clear picture is formed as to the party nominee for the presidency. Most observers have predicted the Tarheel delegation will switch to Vice President Hubert Humphrey in Chica go. The death of Senator Robert F. Kennedy this morning is not expected to change the original plans of the state party leaders. Delegations from Franklin County, named at the recent county conven tion, are: Neil Jennings, Mrs. B. H. Patterson, Larry Tetterton, Clinton Carlyle, Ralph Knott, Sidney Murphy, Tyree Lancaster, Simon Collie, James Alford, Clint Fuller, Mrs. Betsy Per nell, Willard Kearney, Mrs. Mary Matthews, Mrs. Hugh Perry, Gerald Wilson, Mrs. James Clayton and C. W. Brown. Seventeen alternate delegates were also elected at the county convention and will replace any regular delegate not able to attend today's session. Raymond Tonkel Passes Raymond D. Tonkel, 46, operator of Tonkel's Department Store here died this morning around 10 o'clock in RAYMOND D. TONKEL a Raleigh hospital following a ten-day illness. He was stricken with what was described as a cerebral hemorrhage on Saturday night, May 25. Treated at Franklin Memorial Hospital, Tonkel was transferred to Raleigh, where his condition worsened Wednesday. He is a former District Vice Com mander of the American Legion; past Commander of Jambes Post 105 of Louisburg and was President of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in the late forties. He is also a former mem ber of Forty and Eight, and a Mason. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Florence Tonkel, one daughter, Han nah Frances Tonkel, both of -the home; one sister, Mrs. Marguerite Jeffe, of Westburg, New York, two brothers Harold Tonkel of Atlanta, Ga. and Joseph Tonkel of Louisburg. Funeral services will be conducted from Lancaster Funeral Chapel at 3 p.m. on Friday by Rabbi Abe Schoen of Raleigh. Burial will follow in Oak wood Cemetery in Raleigh. Pictured above is architect's draw ing of the proposed Methods and Material Center, which the Board of Education has requested be placed as shown in the sketch, on the county hill complex. The $83,000 structure is to be federally financed and approval of funds has already been made. It, is however, subject to final approval by State School Planning and the State Board of Education. The location of the building has become a point of controversy be tween the Board of Education and the Board of County Commissioners. The School Board must acquire title to the land upon which the building is to be Heads Farm Bureau Drive John H. Ihrie, III was appointed Farm Bureau Membership Chairman for 1968 by President Bennie Ray Gupton at the Franklin County Farm Bureau Directors meeting Monday night. Mr. Ihrie immediately launched his program by asking each Board member to enroll Ave new members during the month. After June 1st, membership is written for the 1968-69 year and new members have all of the benefits of membership for about eighteen months, Mr. Ihrie told the Board. " ? " In other business. President Gupton reported that Representative L. H. Fountain had replied to his letter in opposition to a bill in the House to extend collective bargaining rights to Agricultural employees (H. R. 16014). Mr. Fountain states that he is studying the Bill and is considering voting against the Bill when it is brought to the floor. Mr. Gupton urged other board members to contact Rep. Foun tain and request that he make every Taylor Is County ) Attorney Former County Solicitor W. H. (Jack) Taylor was named County At torney to succeed Louisburg attorney Charles Davis, this week by the Board of County Commissioners. Davis re signed the post effective last Monday. Taylor, 52, a native of Louisburg, is a graduate of Wake Forest Law School and served for several years as Solicitor of Franklin Recorder's Court. He has practiced law here for many yean. He is married to the former Christine Collier and has one son, BUI, a student at Louisburg High School. effort to defeat the Bill in the House. A 10 cent refund was authorized on the Tobacco Marketing sheets ordered by Farm Bureau for its members. Due to the work of Farm Bureau and Flue See DRIVE Page 6 HEALTH BUILDING DEPARTMENT PRESENT ? EDUCATION BUILDING _Pi PROPOSED METHODS & MATERIAL CENTER Architect's Drawing Of Proposed Building On County Hill Complex Land Dispute Still Unsettled erected. The title to the land on the county hill is held by the Commis sioners. Thus far, the Commissioners have refused to grant the School Board request for a transfer of title, suggest ing instead other locations for the structure. With both governmental bodies meeting in regular sessions here Mon day, the differences are still not Y'ville Council Sets Christmas Decorations Youngsville ? Come next Christ mas, Youngsville will have new Christ mas lights and street decorations due to action taken by the Town Board of Commissioners at the regular monthly meeting held on Monday night of this week with Mayor W. M. Roberts pre siding. Getting new lights has been consid ered for some time by the Commis sioners. This is a project which has been encouraged by the Youngsville Woman's Club. A letter from the club was presented to the Town Board last November urging that the Town work towards this goal. Final arrangements were made between the board and a decorations company representative in attendance at the meeting on Monday night. Decorations have been planned in accordance with the new street light system which was installed in town last year. A proposed town budget for the 1968-69 year was studied and adopted as the tentative budget with final -'action to be taken at the July meeting. Further plans were made for work to be done on the east end of main street in preparation for work to be done by the state later this summer. Some poll have already been moved and trees cut. It has been found that a fire hydrant needs to be moved in front of the Baptist Church. Commissioners E. J. Pearce, W. T. Moss, D. H. Cyrus, Sr., M. D. Hoyle, and J. T. Allen were all in attendance for the meeting. Recorder's Court The following cases were disposed of during a session of Recorder's Court on Tuesday, June 4th: Lymuel Homer Rodwell, n/m, car rying concealed weapon. State takes nol pros. Carl Davis, n/m/31, larceny from person. State takes nol pros. W. A. Davis, n/m/35, larceny from person. State takes nol pros! Lacy Lewis Inscoe, w/m, possession of material for manufacture of non tax paid whiskey. $250.00 fine and costs. Marvin Curtis Fulford, w/m/45, op erating auto intoxicated; no operators license. State takes nol pros to no operator's license. 90 days in jail, suspended on payment of $100.00 fine and costs. Hickey Pernell. w/m/38, trespass ing. State takes nol pros on payment of costs. Robert Larry Southerland, failing to comply with restrictions on opera tor's license. Prayer for judgment con tinued on payment of costs. John Maryland Brodie, n/m/17, lar ceny. 90 days in jail, suspended on payment of $50.00 fine and costs and placed on probation for 18 months. John Maryland Brodie, n/m/17, breaking and entering; larceny. Court finds probable cause. Defendant to be held for Franklin County Grand Jury under $500.00 bond. Charles Earl Harris, n/m/ 18, break ing and entering; larceny. Court finds probable cause. Defendant to be held for Franklin County Grand Jury under $500.00 bond. Charles Earl Harris, n/m/18, lar ceny. 90 days in jail, suspended on payment of $50.00 fine and costs and See COURT Page 6 Addresses Local Lions Louisburg accountant, W. F. Shel ton, addressed the local Lions Club here Tuesday night and told the group of his recent trip to London, England. Shelton compared differences and similarities of the British and Ameri cans. He pointed out that in England as in this country, people enjoy tea and coffee and added that the British use hot milk in their coffee. He said the "Wimpy" hamburger is popular in London and remarked that he saw few fat people in England. Shelton, a former Mayor of Louis burg, said that prices are lower in London than here except for rentals, which he said were considerably higher. He also spoke about the Social izing of businesses in Britian. Shelton said that he was impressed with the friendliness of the British people and that they seemed genuinely interested in his welfare while a visitor in their country and that he was asked to return. Don President Paul Mullen issued a reminder to all club members of the pending Horse Show planned for Sa turday, June 15, here. settled. Neither Board altered its ori ginal stand on the matter in this week's meetings. It was learned that the School Board is attempting to gain additional time from federal authorities since the deadline for committing the funds is only three weeks away. Unless addi tional time is granted or some quick resolve to the differences between the two agencies is forthcoming, the funds will be lost to the county. Also questionable is final approval by the state in view of the fact the School Board, in its application last week, could not give a definite loca tion for the project. Approval by the State Board of Education is required and, according to reports, that body does not meet in the month of July. Assuming the Board meets in June, local school officials could have one more chance at approval, if a delay can be obtained from Washington officials. Gardner To Speak Here Next Week GOP gubernatorial hopeful, Con gressman Jim Gardner, will speak here Tuesday night at a fun-raising dinner to be held in Ford's Warehouse on .Industry Drive. The Rocky Mount native is expect ed to address a crowd of followers around 8 p.m. Supporters are staging a vigorous campaign throughout the county, selling tickets to the affair. Gardner will face Democrat Bob Scott in November in what most observers view as a close race for the Governor's chair. The dinner will start at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. County Is 77th In Per Capita Income A study by the North Carolina De-' partment of Tax Research, released Wednesday discloses that Franklin County Is 77th among the 100 counties in the state In per capita Income. The figures show the per capita In come for the county to be $1,479. The study similar to ones made In 1958 and In 1962 Includes value of nonmonetary income such as "pay ments in king", such as food lodging and clothing. It also Includes value of imputed rent on nonfarm residences owned by the occupants. The study gives an estimated 1968 population for Franklin County of 28, 292 or slightly below the 28,755 official count in 1960. Tptal personal income for residents of the county is listed at $41, 830,000. Directly above Franklin on the chart is Forsyth County which had a total personal Income of $633, 826,000 by comparison. Forsyth is third in the state In per capita in come. Total estimated population for the entire state is set at 4,974,000 with a total personal income of $11,321,000 and an average per capita income of $2,277. Mecklenberg, with the City of Char lotte included, is number one in the state in per capita Income at $3,299. Guilford is second, Forsyth is third, Catawba Is fourth and Durham is fifth. Hyde County is in last place with an Income of $1,143. Nearby counties ranked below Frank lin Include Northhampton 87th, Bertie 97th and Warren 98th. Granville Coun ty is In 76th place one notch^ above Franklin. All counties showed some Increase in both total and per capita personal Income between 1962 and 1966. Pied mont counties continued to dominate the upper ranks in per capita income, but a number of Western counties and a few Eastern counties were among the leaders In percentage gains in per capita income. In terms of absolute dollar gains the top five counties were Alexander, Polk, Mecklenburg, Cat-, awba, and Moore. The growth in employment of the textile, apparel, and furniture in dustries was a key factor in raising income In several Western and Pied mont counties. Alexander county is a good example of the counties ex periencing expansion In textiles, ap parel, and furniture industries where this expansion boosted income more than the State average gain. Most of the counties In the Coastal Plain failed to keep pace with the state-wide percentage Increase (31%) In per capita Income. Notable ex ceptions were Beaufort, Chowan, and Duplin counties. Mining and construc See INCOME Page 6 Louisburg Native Gets M.D. Winston-Salem, N. C. ? Raymond E. Joyner of Louisburg received the Doctor of Medicine degree Monday DR. RAYM.OND JOYNER (June 3) from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine. He is one of 53 members of the Bowman Gray medical class who were graduated in ceremonies on the Wake Forest University campus. Dr. J. Ollie Edmunds, chancellor of Stetson Uni versity, delivered the commencement address. Joyner is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson O. Joyner of 212 Bickett Blvd., Louisburg. He is a graduate of Louis burg College and received the A.B. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1964. Prior to receiving his Associate in Science degree at Louis burg, Joyner graduated from the W. R. Mills High School in Louisburg. At Louisburg he was a member of Phi Theta Kappa, National Scholastic Honorary Society; Sigma Pi Alpha, Honorary Society; and Alpha Beta Gamma. At UNC, Joyner was a mem ber of Alpha Epsilon Delta, Interna tional Premedical Society. The popular Louisburg native was a basketball and football star at Mills High School. He will begin his intern ship training July 1 at Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond, Va. Schools Close, 414 Graduate Graduation exercises for 350 sen iors in the Franklin County school system were held throughout the county Wednesday night. Sixty-four more seniors received diplomas in the Franklinton system Monday night. According to reports from the schools, sixty-eight graduated from Riverside School in Louisburg; fifty two graduated from Louisburg High School; fifty-one finished at Bunn; 37 . at Youngsville; forty-four graduated from Perry's High School; twenty eight received diplomas from Geth semane; twenty-four completed their schooling at Epsom and twenty-three graduated from each Gold Sand and Edward Best. All these are in the Franklin County School System. In the Franklinton City System, forty-five graduated from Franklinton High School and 19 finished at B.F. Person-Albion. Many schools had invited speakers and some featured talks by the grad uates themselves. Wednesday night's finale brought to an end this year's commencement exercises twhich usually consists of three Separate events. Most schools stage a Class Day, baccalaureate ceremonies and gradua tion exercises. Honor students in all of the schools received various awards in special cere monies, some held at the time of graduation while some were held at other times. All schools awarded valedictory and salutatory honors and the winners in the. various schools are as follows, with valedictorians listed first: Bunn, Judy Clark, Vickie Woodard; Edward Best, Paulette Duke, Jane Johnson; Epsom, Iilores Falkner, May Ayscue; Gethse mane, Connie Faye Williams, Barbara Ann Woods', Gold Sand, Linda Gup ton, Tommy Leonard; Louisburg, James Berger, Jr., Betty Sue Radford; Perry's, Clementine Jones, Barbara Jean Richardson; Riverside, Joyce E. Walker, Evelyn Kaye Harris; Youngs ville, Vickie Wheeler, C. L. Wrenn. In the Franklinton system, Frank linton High School, Alice A. Green, Marjorie Janet Dixon; B. F. Person Albion, David Kingsberry, Ella Wilder. Last Bus Ride Of The Year
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