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Tel. GY6-3283 Ten Cents Louisburg. X. C.. Thursday. November 14. 1968 (Ten Pages Today)
99th Year-Number 78
Courthouse Project Nears Completion
Workmen are shown above rushing to conclusion the cleanup and renovations to the county courthouse Wednesday.
Unofficial estimates say the structure will be ready for occupancy by county departments by December 15. The new District
Court, slated to take over on December 3, may find itself conducting business in the Louisburg Armory until the court rooms
are readied in the courthouse. Ceilings and floors are apparently the only uncompleted portions of the $200,000 renovation
project. . , Staff photo by Clint Fuller.
Commissioners Endorse Moss, Benson
Two Mentioned For Highway Appointment
ii may oe laie next spring neiore an
appointment is made, but interest is
already running high over the selection
of a Fifth Division Highway Commis
sioner by Governor-Elect Bob Scott.
Two names are being mentioned in
connection with the appointment,
thus far.
Clifton L,. Benson, Kaleigli building
supply executive and a former Com
missioner under Governor Terry San
ford. is believed to have the inside
track. Some reports say the appoint
ment is Benson's for the asking. Some
even hint that he may get the Chair
man's job.
The second name has come to light
in recent days. Tom W. Ellis. Hender
son automobile dealer and Chairman
of the Vance County Board of Com
missioners. is being mentioned as a
possible candidate for the post.
Benson was active in the recent
campaigns of the Lt. Governor and
Ellis managed the four-county area of
Power
Interruption
Both Carolina Power and Light Co.
officials and officials of Wake Electric
Membership Corporation announced
today that due to the weather condi
tions last Sunday. November 10. the
power interruption scheduled for the
area . wai postponed until Sunday.
November 17.
Weather permitting, the power will
be interrupted this Sunday from 5 to 7
A.M. in the Louisburg. Moulton. Ingle
side. Gold Sand, Centerville and
Mapleville areas. The interruption is
necessary, according to the announce
ments. to make emergency main
tenance repairs. If weather prevents
the accomplishment of such work this
Sunday, the next proposed date is
Sunday, November 24.
Vance, rranklin. Warren and Granville
in the primary and also worked for
Scott in the general election. A report
out of Henderson says that Ellis is thus
far not an active candidate, but that
friends plan to urge his appointment
by the incoming Governor. It is also
reported that "If Ellis is pressed for
the highway post, he is expected to
have support of political leaders in
counties in the Vance County area".
The report does not spell out which
areas or which leaders.
In the neighboring Fourth Division,
consisting of Halifax. Nash. Edge
combe and others. Enfield business
man C. D. Moss is being mentioned as
a possible appointment. Some mention
has also been made that Franklin
might be moved from the Fifth to the
Fourth Division. Franklin is now in
the division with Wake and Durham,
two of the largest counties in the state.
Many Franklin leaders have expressed
dissatisfaction with Franklin road allo
cations in past years and blamed some
of the problem on the fact that Wake
and Durham have been getting the
bulk of. allotments for the entire seven
?county! division.
In a\special meeting here Wednes
day afternoon, the Franklin County
Board of Commissioners endorsed
both Benson and Moss for appoint
ments to the Highway Commission.
The Board noted that Moss was not
from the Fifth Division counties, but
that he was a friend to Franklin
County. Benson's endorsement is for
the Division post which includes
Franklin.
The present Fifth Division Commis
sioner is J. B. Brame. a Durham paper
firm executive, who was appointed by
Governor Moore in 1965 and has
served since that time. Brame has been
a popular Commissioner in the Divi
sion and Franklin County has received
more road funds under the Moore
administration than any other.
Before Brame, Benson was in
charge of the Fifth Division, under the
Sanford administration, having been
appointed on June 8. 1961 when J.
Lee White of Concord resigned.
Stanley S. Betts of Henderson was on
the Commission briefly under Gover
nor Hodges, having been named on
August 4, 1960.
In 1957, Governor Hodges re
vamped the Commission, changing its
policies for one of individual Commis
sioner rule to an overall full Commis
sion authority. Prior to 1957, each
Commissioner was responsible for his
division. After the Hodges shake-up,
the full Commission has had to ap
prove all highway projects.
Prior to Betts. the division was
represented by two Commission chair
men. William T. Joyner of Raleigh was
named head of the Commission by
Governor Hodges. Later. Hodges
named J. Melville Broughton. Jr. chair
man. During the Umstead-Hodges ad
ministration. Donnie A. Sorrell of Dur
ham was Fifth Division Commissioner.
Except for the brief stint by Vance
County's Betts, the area has been
represented by either Wake or Durham
politicians at least since 1953 and
perhaps longer. A small county has not
placed a representative on the Com
mission in this Division in recent his
tory. Should Ellis and his Vance sup
porters succeed in their efforts, it
would be a first in modern politics.
Edward Best To
Get New Cafeteria
The Board of Education has re
ceived information that the State
Board has approved a project to build
a new cafeteria at Edward Best High
School. Meeting here in special session
Wednesday night, the Board directed
Supt. Warren Smith to proceed with
plans to erect the new structure as
soon as possible. No cost estimate was
given awaiting plans from the archi
tect. The building is to be financed
from State Bond funds.
The Board also viewed plans for the
new Methods and Material Center to
be built behind the present Education
office. Work on this federally-financed
structure is expected to begin shortly.
Smith was authorized to go before the
State Review panel later this month to
seek approval on a Science and Home
Economics building at the Bunn High
School.
The Board gave Smith authority to
take appropriate measures to get ade
quate fi?t Inside ?ettain buildings
being used at present for purposes
other than normal. At Edward Best,
the Board was told, students are being
served lunch in the gymnasium at
present and the heat is said to be
inadequate on cold days.
The Board also passed a motion
authorizing the purchase of additional
bleachers for the gymnasiums at Bunn
and Youngsville and struck out a bill
for some over $600 owed the Board
by the Louisburg High School for
bleachers installed there two years ago.
A lengthy discussion was held on
the National School Lunch Program.
Recently additional funds have been
made available to North Carolina from
the federal agency due to scarcity of
surplus commodities. Local school
authorities have been asked to draw up
criteria under which certain children
could obtain reduced price lunches,
using these funds. A number of ques
tions arose in the discussion and the
matter was tabled until answers could
be found. Supt. Smith was instructed
to confer with officials in Raleigh
before the next meeting of the Board.
Soil Sample
Week Slated
Members of the Franklin County
Agricultural Workers at their monthly
meeting in October designated that
from November 18 through 22, 1968,
as Soil Sample Week in Franklin Coun
ty. A special effort will be made
during this week to encourage pro
ducers to take soil samples of their
cropland to determine liming needs. A
special meeting will be held on Mon
day afternoon November 18. 1968. at
the Agriculture building n Louisburg.
N. C. beginning at 4:00 p.m. to discuss
soil testing and benefits from the use
of lime.
Interested persons including ACP
Vendors, Agricultural workers, and
farmers are encouraged to attend the
a meeting. Soil testing boxes and other
material may be obtained at the Coun
ty Extension Service located in the
Agriculture building in Louisburg. N.
C. Samples may be returned to the
Agriculture building or mailed or car
ried directly to the Soil Testing Divi
sion in Raleigh. Producers who wish to
apply lime on their farmland should
apply it as soon as possible since it will
take from 3 to 6 months for the lime
to be effective.
Funds are available through he
ASCS Office to help producers pay the
cost involved in applying lime on their
farmland. Producers who receive gov
ernment assistance to carry out this
practice must have the land seeded in
an eligible grass or legume by the end
of 1969. Fescue is most commonly
used to satisfy this requirement.
N L R B Panel Affirms
Trial Examiner Ruling
In Sportswear Appeal
A three-member panel of the National' Labor Relations Board has affirmed the June 27. 1968 findings of Trial Examiner
Harry R. Hinkes in the case involving the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union of America and the Louisburg Sportswear Plant.
The Decision and Order, released today over the signatures of Frank W. McCulloch. Chairman. Gerald A. Brown and Howard
Jenkins. Jr.. members of the panel, states. "The Board has reviewed the rulings of the Trial Examiner made at the hearing and
finds that no prejudicial error was committed. The rulings are hereby affirmed. The Board has considered the Trial Examiner's
Decision, the exceptions, cross-exceptions, and briefs, and the entire record in these cases, and hereby adopts the findings,
conclusions, and recommendations of the Trial Examiner with modifications noted....".
The three-member panel noted two modifications in^ its ruling. First it said that "In view of the numerous other
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fore do not adopt the Trial Examiner's
finding in that respect".
The second modification, the
panel agreed that Sports wear's
refusal to bargain with the
I n ion was a violation and orders
the Louisburg firm to bargain
"upon request" with the If, 'II I.
It alstt found that the I nion
"represented a majority of the
employees" and says this is true
without regard to certain dis
puted union cards. The \LKIi
further says that " the I nion at
times material herein was the
duly designated representative of
a majority of the employees in
the appropriate suit '-V
Following the Hinkes decision on
June 27, attorneys for the Sportswear
firm issued a brief statement in which
it was said that they "have studied the
decision and consider it erroneous. On
that basis the company has instructed
their attorneys to appeal the deci
sion". While there has been no state
ment from company officials today, it
is expected that the case will now be
taken to the United States Appelate
Open House
Announced
The School of Agriculture and Life
Sciences and School of Forest Re
sources at North Carolina State Uni
versity will hold Open House Satur
day, November 16, according to C. T.
Dean. Jr., County Extension Chair
man. The program will begin with
registration at the Coliseum at 9:00
a.m. and last until 12:00 Noon. Ar
rangements have been made for he
group to see the Florida State Univer
sity-N.C. State University football
game at Carter Stadium, beginning at
1:30 p.m.
Dean said the Open House is held
specifically to help make serious
minded high school juniors and seniors
more aware of career opportunities in
the fascinating fields of forestry, agri
culture and the biological sciences.
Parents of the students, along with
their teachers and counselors, are in
vited to attend.
Dean said anyone desiring addi
tional information on the event should
contact his office in the agriculture
building.
Court. It could eventually end up in
the U. S. Supreme Court. One com
pany spokesman said in June that it
would probably be two years before
final disposition of the matter is seen.
The \malgamatcd (.' lothin g
II orkers of \merica. \l l. CIO
brought a multitude of charges
against the local /dual in the
aftermath of efforts to unionize
the plant employees in October.
1 967. The H.'li 1 sent organiz
ers into Louisburg tm July l(K
19 67. There followed a number
of meetings, both public and
private, as a drive uas staged .to
obtain signatures on unum curds.
The claim by the I nion that 101
Sporlsweur employee^ signed
curds granting the U.'ll I the
right to bargain for them, uas
upheld bv llinkes.
In the October 12 election, 121
employees voted against unionization
of the plant and only 39 voted in
favor. The fact that Union support
dwindled has been attributed to what
the ruling calls coercion by plant
officials and local people prior to the
election.
The Hinkes' ruling listed 16 steps to
be taken by the company and ordered
Sportswear to "cease and desist" from
refusing to bargain collectively. ..with
the ACWA; discouraging membership
in and activity on behalf of ACWA;
and surveilance of union meetings and
activities.
It also ordered the company to stop
Bunn Water
Session Set
Ken Schubart. Director of the
Franklin County Industrial Develop
ment Commission, announces a meet
ing scheduled for Wednesday evening.
November 20th, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Bunn High School Cafeteria.
The meeting has been called to
discuss the Bunn Municipal water pro
ject in detail. It will give the residents
of Bunn an opportunity to ask ques
tions relative to the plan before the
municipal bond election. This election
will be held in early January.
Present at the meeting will be the
representatives of both Pierson and
Whitman Engineers and the Commerce
and Industry Division of the North
Carolina Department of Conservation
and Development.
"The importance of this meeting
can not be stressed too much; so make
plans now to attend." Schubart said.
promising or. granting financial bene
fits to discourage unionization; inter
rogating employees concerning uniofi
activities and changing its grievance
procedures to discourage unionization.
Tin1, order prohibits I lie com
fMinv from threatening strikes,
job hiss, riolenee and /tro/terly
damage or serums harm us the
See SPORTSWEAR Page 4
Nease To
Lecture On
Moon Probe
DR. FELTON NEASE
L)r. Kelton Nease, Chairman of the
Biology Department of Louisburg Col
lege. will give an illustrated lecture on
the "Proposed 1969 Manned Moon
Mission," Monday, November 18, at 8
p.m. in the College Auditorium. The
public is invited.
As a member of the American
Association for Advancement of
Science, and the North Carolina
Academy of Science, Nease has been
active in both research and lecturing
on topics in geology, marine life,
vasuclar plants, ecology, and paleon
tology. He headed the Botannical sec
tion of the Ecological Survey for the
Oak Hidge Nuclear Plant, and reported
on the "Fission Product Contamina
tion and its Effect on Vegetation."
Nease. a native of Oklahoma, re
ceived his Ph.D at Duke University in
1953, having previously taught in high
school, and served in the Medical
Corps of the Air Force. He is married
to the former Pauline Ligon of Dur
ham.
Wind Damage
Heavy winds in the Louisburg area Wednesday afternoon ripped the metal awning off the laundromat on South Main Street.
Damage is shown above. No other reports of damage have been received. Staff photo by Clint Fuller.