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Tel. GY6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C? Thursday, August 22, 1968 (Twelve Pages Today) 99th year-Number 54
School Of f i ci ols Await District Court Decision
Too Hot For Airconditioning
With the thermometer reading 98 degrees here Wednesday, it seemed somewhat appropriate that workmen on the $200,000
courthouse improvement project should turn their thoughts to air conditioning. Picture above shows one of two such units being
unloaded. The pair will be lifted to the top of the building as soon as the roof is finished. The fact that it was an air conditioning
unit on which the crew was working didn't seem to lessen the uncomfortable heat.
Photo by Clint Fuller.
N.C. 39 Project Expected
To Displace Some Families
R. G. Gregory, Division Right of
Way Agent for the State Highway
Commission, has revealed that some
families and businesses along N. C. 39
"from the Louisburg City limits to a
point beyond Ingleside", will be dis
placed by the project.
Gregory discloses that the improv
ing and widening of N. C. 39 and U. S.
401 is expected to displace some
families by the demolition or removal
of buildings.
The Highway Commission has a
relocation advisory assistance agency
for these families. Gregory's announce
ment states, "All families affected by
the construction of this project will be
mailed notices and personally contact
ed regarding information on relocation
advisory assistance and reimbursement
for the moving of personal property.
Business concerns will be contacted
regarding the reimbursement of mov
ing expenses."
The Gregory announcement does
not disclose any details of the project,
but an informed source said this week
the bids for the work are expected to
be let in November.
The project, expected to connect
eventually with a similar project on N.
C. 39 in Vance County was promised
Franklin in January, 1967 by Fifth
Division Highway Commissioner J. B.
Brame of Durham. Work on a through
way street inside the Henderson City
limits connecting N. C. 39 on the east
side with the Townsville Road west
side has been announced for Vance
County.
Expands Local Facilities
Louisburg ? Carolina Telephone
has launched a $162,000 expansion
program at its central office here.
Howard T. Pitts, local manager for
the company, said today that an addi
tion to the telephone building here is
now underway. The addition will pro
vide approximately 6,000 square feet
of floor space and is due for comple
tion in February.
The addition will consist of about
3,000 square feet of new basement
area and about 3,000 square feet on
the first floor level. The new basement
space will be required to house power
Asst. Court Clerk Passes
Mrs. Betsy Spivey Lavender, 44,
died early this morning (Thursday) at
Duke Hospital, following a lengthy
illness.
Mrs. Lavender was assistant Clerk
of the Superior Court of Franklin
County at the time of her death. She
had been employed in the Clerk's
office for the past twelve years. She
was an active member of the North
Carolina Assistant Clerk's Association,
having served as president of this
organization in 1962-1963. Mrs.
Lavender had been secretary for the
Franklin County Law Library since
1962 and served for many years as
secretary to the Louisburg Democratic
Precinct Committee; she had also ser
ved as secretary in the Young Demo
crats Club. She was a member of
Louisburg United Methodist Church.
Surviving are one son, 2nd Lt. Paul
W. Lavender. Jr., of the U. S. Air
Force; one daughter, Betty Lavender,
of St. Paul, Minn.; one brother, David
W. Spivey, of Washington, N. C.; one
aunt, Mrs. J. W. Mann of Louisburg
and one ijjocle, Tom Bod die, of Long
view, Texas.
A Memorial Service will be held for
Mrs. Lavender at the Louisburg United
Methodist Church at a time to be
announced.
The family requests that flowers be
omitted.
MRS. LAVENDER
equipment, an assembly room, a boiler
room and rest rooms. The first floor
addition will provide space for addi
tional central office telephone equip
ment.
Forecasted service demands in the
area indicate a need for local dial
equipment to be added next year. This
equipment is expected to cost about
$50,000.
"This is quite an undertaking and is
in keeping with Carolina Telephone's
continuing desire to adequately meet
the communication needs of this area.
Company-wide, our construction bud
get for 1968 totals $34,000,000,"
Pitts concluded.
Hottest August
Wednesday's 98 degree temperature
has matched the record for August for
the past eight years, according to
Louisburg weatherman G. 0. Ken
nedy. He reports that not since August
19, 1965, has the thermometer read
this high in August. Two other days in
this August, however, have reached
this peak. Kennedy lists them as
August 8 and August 10.
He reports that there have befcn
only four days in this month when the
high temperature failed to reach 90
degrees. And he adds that the nightime
low has fallen below 70 degrees only
four times this month.
Rainfall for the month of August is
reported at 3 inches. Rainfall for
August of last year reached 8 inches.
The hottest day locally this year
was July 1, when the thermometer
read 103 degrees. This set a four-year
record and was only the second time
in eight years that the temperature
reached this high.
The Raleigh-Durham weather sta
tion promises more of the same for
today and Friday.
Ruling Expected Late Today
Franklin County school oficials
continue to wait a ruling on their
petition for a stay of the August 5,
District Court order which called for
total integration of county schools this
month. In a hearing held before U. S.
District Judge Algernon Butler
Wednesday, no decision was forth
coming. Local officials had expressed
their expectation that a ruling would
be made following the Wednesday
meeting of attorneys for both sides
with Judge Butler.
In lieu of a ruling. Judge Butler
ordered attorneys to present a pro
posed order by noon today.
Board attorney Charles Davis de
livered the Franklin brief this morning.
He was flown to Clinton by T. H.
Pearce, local pilot. A late check with
the Board of Education office here
and with the Board's chief attorney E.
F. Yarborough discloses that no word
has been heard from either the Court
or Mr. Davis.
In the event that the stay petition is
denied by the District Judge, the
Board has a like petition already in the
hands of Fourth Circuit Court Chief
Judge Clement F. Haynsworth of
Greenville, S. C. It was understood
that no ruling would be forthcoming
from Judge Haynsworth until after a
ruling by the lower court. Local of
ficials expressed the opinion Wednes
day, that a ruling would be made
today by the Clinton jurist.
Board attorneys burned the mid
night oil here Wednesday in efforts to
prepare today's "Proposed Findings of
Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order"
as directed by Judge Butler Wednesday
following the Clinton (N.C.) hearings.
In ordering attorneys for both sides
in the case to present such a brief
today. Judge Butler in effect asked
them to write a decision as they
desired it. As in an earlier hearing
when attorneys were ordered to pre
sent desegregation plans, the Court
would be expected to review briefs
from both sides and select the one
most suitable to the court. Both filings
could be set aside and the Court issue
one of its own.
In the Board's "Finding of Facts"
filed at noon today, it is claimed that
the August 5 order of the District
Court "would disrupt the educational
continuity of the (5800) students"
and further states that "they would
lose benefit of an effective education
for most of the 1968-69 school year".
The Board lists the steps taken by it
and the courts since the June 20, 1968
order which rejected a plan of desegre
gation filed by the Board on March 29
of this year.
The Board lists 14 points in its
"Finding of Facts", most dealing with
the difficulty or impossibility of com
pliance with the August 5 order which
ordered the Board to set up atten
dance zones in the county and to
establish complete non-racial schools
in each zone.
Among the things listed by the
Board are the moving of educational
equipment; dislocation of nearly 3,000
students. ESEA eligibility establish
ment and lack of adequate facilities to
house such departments as vocational,
trades and industries.
In the "Conclusions of Law", attor
neys for the Board cite several rulings
by other Courts upholding the District
Judges right to consider certain condi
tions separately in each school case.
One such reference implies approval of
when a "proposed plan promises
Edwards Heads Bunn Group
An organizational meeting was held
at the Bunn High School Cafeteria last
night. The purpose of this meeting was
to elect permanent officers to the
newly chartered Bunn Development
Corporation. This Corporation was
formed for the purchase of 30 or more
acres of land for an industrial park so
as to comply with the grant and loan
on the Bunn water and sewerage pro
ject from the Economic Development
Administration.
The officers elected at last night's
meeting are as follows: Joe Edwards,
President; Macon Morris, Vice-Presi
dent; Harold Pearman, Secretary; and
Dan Gupton, Treasurer. The new
Board of Directors were listed as N. E.
GatkHl, L. L. Pippin, W. A. Andrews,
Mayor; Decimo Gay, Alfred Snipes, W.
W. Winstead, L. A. Debnam, T. W.
Bailey, Otis Pulley and Harvey Cle
Recorder's
Court ?
The following cases were disposed
of during a session of Recorder's Court
on Tuesday, August 20th:
William Smith, n/m/52, operating
auto intoxicated; no operator's license;
failing to see before starting that such
movement could be made in safety. 60
days In jail, suspended on payment of
$100.00 fine and costs.
Sidney Ramey Seal, w/m/22, with
out due caution and circumspection
and at a speed or in a manner which
was likely to endanger any person or
property. $10.00 fine and costs.
W. B. Duke, w/m, possession of tax
paid liquor; possession for sale; trans
porting tax paid liquor. $100.00 fine
and costs. Auto released to defendant.
Pete Thomas, n/m/21, assault with
deadly weapon. 60 days in jail, sus
pended on payment of $50.00 fine
and costs.
James Arthur Gupton, n/m/31, as
sault with deadly weapon. 90 days in
jail, suspended on payment of $50.00
fine and costs and $101.00 into C.S.C.
for Dr. B. L. Patterson and $16.40 for
Franklin Memorial Hospital.
Robert Hodge, n/m/30, speeding.
$10.00 fine and costs.
Robert R. Daniels, w/m/32, speed
ing. $15.00 fine and costs.
Charles R. Spencer, w/m, asaault on
female. State takes nol pros on pay
ment of costs.
William T. Spencer, n/m/22, speed
ing. $16.00 fine and costs.
William Boyd Williams, n/m/20,
public drunkenen; larceny. 60 days in
jail, suspended on payment of $25.00
fine and costs.
Paul Alston, n/m, non support.
State takes nol pro* on payment of
costs.
mons.
The Executive Director elected was
S. Kenneth Schubart; attorney, Mr. E.
F. Yarborough and engineers, Peirson
and Whittman of Raleigh.
As soon as the laws are written up,
a meeting will be called to accept them
by the officers.
It was also announced that a Pre
Filing Meeting is scheduled for 1:00
p.m., Thursday, September 5th, in the
office of Mr. Charles Edwards of the
Economic Development Administra
tion in Raleigh.
Within thirty days after this meet
ing a formal application and all sup
porting documents will be filed with
his office.
meaningful and immediate progress
toward disestablishing state-imposed
segregation."
The Franklin Board contends in the
"Conclusions of Law" that "the
school children in the Franklin County
School System are entitled to an unin
terrupted education. . and that they
will suffer irreparable harm and
damage if the Orders are not stay
ed". fi_
And finally, the Board through its
attorneys include in today's filing a
"Proposed Order" which, if approved
would grant the Board's request for a
stay.
Weather
Mostly sunny and continued hot
today and Friday. Low today, near 74;
high, around 96.
Three Wake
Men Held
In Robbery
Sheriff William T. Dement reported
the arrest of three Wake County men
Wednesday in connection with the
August 14 break-in at the Four Winds
dance club south of Louisburg.
Dement said that Tommie Wayne
Neville, w/m/16, of 316 N. Boundary
Street, K&leigh was free under $2500
bond Wednesday. Late reports say that
two other men, objects of a search
Wednesday were arrested and lodged
in he local jail. The twosome were
identified as Donald Wayne Griffin,
w/m/18 and Sherrill Daniel, w/m/18,
both of Rt. 2, Wake Forest.
All three men are charged with
breaking and entering and larceny and
are being questioned on other unsolv
ed robberies in the area.
Dement reports that between
$60-$70 in change was taken from the
dance club by ripping open the juke
boxes and other coin machines. Band
instruments, including four drums,
foot pedal, five symbols and a stand,
all valued at around $300 were re
covered from the car of one of the
men charged.
Made In The Shade
Two enterprising little girls set up shop on Justice Street here Monday afternoon
and did a sizable amount of business, at least during tM time a photographer was in
attendance. Unda Shillinglaw, left and Kim Dement, both 10-years-old, are
pictured serving a two-cent cold drink to local building contractor Arthur Holmes,
who saw their sign and stopped to patronize the pair. Linda is the daughter of
Assistant County Agent and Mrs. John Shillinglaw and Kim is the daughter of
Sheriff and Mrs. William Dement. For other customers see page 8.
Photo by Clint Fuller.