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Thomas A. Riggan
New Principal Tours School
Aycock School Head
Named Louisburg Principal
A 36-year-old Macon, N. C. native
has been named principal of Louisburg
High School to succeed Albert D. Fox,
who resigned last week to accept a
position in Plymouth, N. C. The
Franklin County Board of Education
announced the election of Thomas A.
Riggan, principal at Aycock High
School in Vance County, to fill the
post.
Riggan, a teacher for seven years,
has served as assistant principal at
Aycock for three years and was prin
cipal there last year. He is a graduate
of Louisburg College and East Carolina
University. He received both his B. S.
and his M.A., degree from East Caro
lina.
He was president of the freshman
and sophomore classes while at Louis
burg and vice president of the Student
Council. He was recipient of the Dra
matic award from Louisburg College
and was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha
at East Carolina.
Riggan is a deacon in the Baptist
Church, a Sunday School superinten
dent and a Sunday School teacher. He
served in the Navy for four years as a
hospital corpsman, spending twenty
months in Japan attached to the
Marines. He is married to the former
Martha Allen of Henderson and the
father of one child, Thomas Allen
Riggan, Jr., age six months. Mrs. Rig
gan is also a teacher, but does not plan
to teach this year.
Clint Fuller, vice chairman of the
Board of Education and representative
of the Louisburg district, said, "We are
extremely happy to have Mr. Riggan
accept the position. He comes very
highly recommended and those of us
College Building
Superintendent
Retires
Norman J. Wicks, long-time Super
intendent of Building and Grounds at
Louisburg College, retired Wednesday,
July 31, on his 64th birthday. Mr.
Wicks first came to the college in 1947
during the presidency of Samuel Hol
ton and was employed for five years.
When Dr. Cecil W. Robbins became
president in 1955, one of 'his first,
accomplishments was the employment
of Mr. Wicks as superintendent. In his
two terms of employment at the col
lege the affable and hard-working
Wicks has amassed 19 years of service
to the Methodist institution.
On behalf of the College. Dr. Cecil
W. Robbins presented Mr. Wicks with
a gold watch appropriately engraved
while Mrs. Wicks and dozens of college
employees looked oil. "We honor and
pay tribute to one of the faithful
employees of Louisburg College," Dr.
Robbins stated. "The college has been
fortunate in getting good people and
keeping them across the years," he
continued.
Mrs. Wicks, in fine humor, said that
her husband was now a member of the
"honey -do-club" - "honey, do this
and honey, do that."
During retirement years Mr. Wicks
plans to look more closely after his
farm near Spring Hope, and to get in
more hour* of his favorite sport, fish
ing.
Ervin W. Dickerson, assistant super
intendent for the past several years,
moves up to the position vacated by
Mr. Wicks' retirement.
charged with the selection of a replace
ment for Mr. Fox, are very favorably
impressed by Mr. Riggan. We look
forward to working with him and are
confident that he will do a good job."
Willis Nash and L. C. Hasty of the
local advisory committee, Superinten
dent Warren Smith and associate
superintendent Mrs. Margaret Holmes
joined in recommending Riggan for
the position.
The IJiggans are expected to move
to Louisburg in the next few days and
Mr. Riggan is likely to assume his
duties here Monday, pending a deci
sion by the Board to have principals
report on that date.
Jury List
Announced
The following people have been
drawn for Recorder's Court jury ser
vice for the week beginning on the
26th day of August, 1968.
Dunn--Jack W. Richards, H. W.
Tant, Edna Stone. George Larry
Massey, Recer P. Johnson, R. R. Al
ford, E. J. Horton, Jr., Durwood
Pearce, Doris Ellington.
Harris- Mrs. Lucy Medlin.
Youngsville-Owen M. Mitchell,
George Sharp, Mrs. Rondal L. White.
Franklinton-Louis Smith, Alan W.
Sherman, Norma B. Hunt, H. C.
Collins, Thomas M. Ragen, Georgianna
Hayes, Frank S. Bowling, Paul D.
Philpott, Otis Hayes. Ernest B. Wheel
er, Jr., James A. Crudup.
Hayesville-Thomas N. Tharrington,
Jamie Hawkins. Mrs. Rowena W.
Faulkner. Mrs. Clara Faulkner, Bobby
John White
To Head
Scott Youth
John White, 33, of Louisburg has
been named Regional Captain in the
J3ob Scott Young Voter Program. The
Louisburg native will head efforts
aimed toward the 21 to 40 age groups
in five counties.
T he announcement of White's
appointment was made this week by
Irvin Aldridge, who heads up the
young people's movement for Scott
statewide.
White will head efforts in Franklin,
Warren, Vance, Granville and Person
counties. He said county captains have
already been named in Warren, Vance,
Granville and Person counties and that
he expects to announce Franklin
appointments within the next few
weeks.
White, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
White of Louisburg, is a graduate of W.
R. Mills High School and attended
Louisburg College. He is married to
the former Nancy Gordon of Louis
burg and the father of one child,
Rebecca, 11. An Army veteran, White
served three years in the National
Guard. He is a Baptist and a former
Jaycee.
Awarded
Scholarship
Margaret Alston Weston, who will be
a sophomore at Louisburg College,
has been awarded a National United
Methodist Scholarship for 1968-69
by the Board of Education of The
United Methodist Church. Margaret
Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Weston of 911 East Mason
Street, Frankllnton.
National United Methodist Scholar
ship Awards cover tuition and fees
up to $500 and are granted on the
basis of superior academic stand
ing, leadership ability, active church
manshlp, character, personality and
need.
About 500 such awards are given
annually by the United Methodist
Board of Education and its nation
wide scholarship program. More than
9,000 National United Methodist
scholarships have been granted since
the program was started In 1945.
Funds for the support of National
United Methodist Scholarships are
received from local United Meth
odist Churches on the basis of a
church-wide offering on United Meth
odist Student Day, the second Sunday
in June.
Allen Faulkner.
Gold Mine--Jerry T. Rowe, W. C.
Joyner, Jr.
Cedar Rock--Grace C. Shearin,
Swannie W. Collins, R. V. Keith.
Louisburg -Perry Lee Williams, Mrs.
Roy A. Williams, C. E. Ford, Lewis
Donald DaviS, Edward F. Kimball,
Joyce Ann Pernell.
Dr. Cecil Robbing congratulates Norman J. Wicks upon his retirement as Mrs.
Wicks looks on.
Sidewalk Sale Brings 'Em In
If you're having trouble getting around town today, part of the reason is shown above. The Trade Promotion Committee of
the Business Association is staging its first Sidewalk Sale and hundreds flocked into the downtown area early this morning to
take advantage of the bargains. The same picture was repeated along North and South Main Streets and East and West Nash
Streets. ?' Staff photo by Clint Fuller.
As Convention Staged
Local Republicans Silent On Choice,
But Many Favor Gov. Ronald Reagan
No resolutions were passed at the
county GOP convention here Satur
day, but some significance was attach
ed to a button wom by a Republican
lady who was keynote speaker at the
meeting. Mrs. Jo Ann Long of Wilson,
Vice Chairman of the Second Congres
sional Republican Committee sported
a very visable "Reagan for President"
lapel button.
A local GOP leader revealed that
sentiment here favors California Gov
ernor Ronald Reagan, with some sup
port seen for former Vice President
Richard Nixon. New York Governor
Nelson Rockefeller has practically no
local- support, according to the source.
Richard Alston of the Gold Sand
Community was elected Chairman of
the County GOP Executive Commit
tee. He had acted in the capacity since
the retirement of William Wagner a
few weeks ago. Wagner, a member of
the Louisburg College, is moving soon
to Michigan. The convention passed a
resolution praising Wagner for his ser
vice to the party for the past seven
years.
Mrs. Melvin Nelms of the Justice
Community was named Vice Chair
man; Wallace Pruitt of Franklinton
was elected Treasurer and Mrs. Linda
Shearin was chosen secretary. In addi
tion to these officers, the convention
elected the following executive com
mittee: Crowell Strickland, H, O. Gil
liam, Archie Bunn, Larry Robbins and
Soil And
Conservation
Men Honored
Three members of the county Soil
and Conservation department here
were honored at the Annual Awards
Banquet of the state Soil and Conser
vation agencies last week.
At the meeting, held in Raleigh,
Wilton U. Smith, county Work Unit
Conservationist and Talmadge H. Ed
wards and Eugene Bobbitt, local Con
servation Technicians received local
unit citations.
Charles W. Bartlett, State Conserva
tionist presented the awards at the
meeting helfa in the Sheraton-Sir Wal
ter Hotel. Br. Albert G. Edwards,
Minister of the First Presbyterian
Church, Raleigh delivered the principal
address.
The local office received the three
awards for "superior performance."
Superior Performance Awards indicate
that the employees or unit have made
a very significant contribution to local
understanding of conservation and
natural resource development needs as
well as on-the-ground application of
planned conservation measures. The
Soil Conservation Services provides
technical assistance to locally organiz
ed Soil and Water Conservation Dis
tricts and to individual cooperating
landowners.
For many years, the Soil Conserva
tion Service has honored deserving
employees by presenting them appro
priate awards. These are either in the
form of certificates of merit, cash
awards, or in some cases both.
Willis Dupree. Strickland ran for coun
ty commissioner as a Democrat several
years ago and Dupree ran in 1966 for
the same office as a Republican. Bunn
is county manager for Congressman
Jim Gardner, a candidate for Gover
nor.
Wagner acted as convention chair
man and called for the party to field
GOP candidates for every office, in
cluding county offices in future elec
tions. Mrs. Long stressed the need for
"hard work" in all party functions.
Until Court Rules, Will Follow Own Plan
Board Holds Lenghty
Session, Another Planned
The Franklin County Board of Edu
cation met until near midnight here
Tuesday night clearing the way for the
opening of schools four weeks hence.
The Board accepted fourteen resigna
tions and approved the employment of
six teachers. Several vacancies now
exist in the various schools in the
system.
The ESEA budget was rejected by
the Board and ESEA Director Earl
Martin was directed to present a revis
ed budg t in a meeting slated for
tonight. Employees of the Board, paid
from county funds were granted a five
percent pat increase. The hike will cost
$1,533.30 this year.
Superintendent Warren Smith was
authorized to call the principals to
work at such time as he deems necessa
ry and the controversial sale of food in
schools was left to each individual
school. Some schools recommended
that all such sales be made through the
lunch rooms while others requested
that they be allowed to continue the
sales as a part of the school operation
outside the lunch program.
School lunch prices increased for
junior and senior high school students.
The Board, after a long study of lunch
room finances the past several weeks,
set the price of lunches at 30 cents for
grades 1 through 6 and 35 cents for
grades 7 through 12.
Six portable classrooms were or
dered and two are expected to arrive
within the next few weeks. The latter
four are not expected to get here in
time for the opening of schools.
Plans for the new Methods and
Material Center building were shown
Board members but time would not
allow a study of the project. Another
meeting is set for tonight and the
Board is expected to get down to the
business of assigning teachers. It was
disclosed Tuesday night that the Board
plans to move ahead with opening
plans working under the three-step
plan presented to the courts by the
Board.
Adjustments to the plans will be
made after the court issues a ruling in
the case. Meantime, the Board is ex
pected to assign teachers and students
based on the three-step desegregation
plan.
Weather
Partly cloudy, warm and humid
today and Friday with scattered after
noon and evening thundershowers.
Low today, 72; high, 88.
Receive Awards
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Local Soil and Conservation personnel are pictured above at the Annual Awards
Banquet displaying awards presented to them for outstanding service. Shown left to
right are: Charles W. Bartlett, State Conservationist, Eugene Bobbitt, local
Conservation Technician; Wilton U. Smith, county Work Unit Conservationist;
Talmadge H. Edwards, local Conservation Technician and David L. Dixon, Are*
Conservationist.