Ten Cents Louisburg, N. C., Thursday, November 21, 1968 (Twelve Pages Today) 99lh Year-Number 80 It's Been Five Years Since API 09 At 1:42 Hit The Area By Clint Fuller Times Managing Editor ' j t i?u_ n n. i i_? erieved that words are inadeauatp to Five years ago tomorrow was Fri day, November 22, 1968. It has been said that those of us alive today remember where we were on only two occasions ? December 7, 1941 when Pearl Harbor was attacked and on November 22, 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. This is, perhaps, true. Five years ago, things here in our area of the world were relatively quiet. The autumn had been one of the most beautiful ever. The leaves, late in turning colorful, had ushered in a fall to be remembered. There had been few if any cold days and that Friday was almost shirt sleeve weather. The sun was bright; the earth was warm an Then came the day of the drums) \ and tFTp riderless horse. And finally,;; the eternal flame. John Kennedy had! ! said on a visit to the spot where he; ; came to final rest. "It's beautiful here. 1 ? 1 could stay here forever". < . He had become the seventh Presi-; \ dent in the past 100 years to be' ; elec ted in a year divisible by 20 and to. , die in office. He followed Harrison. ; | 1810: Lincoln. 1860: Garfield. 1880;;; McKinley. 1900; Harding. 1920 and!! Roosevelt. 1910. Kennedy was elected! ! in I960. ;; He had once said. "I will not live in. . fear. What will be. must be". ! ! His death and the following three; ; days were perhaps the most monumen-. . tal in the history of this country/ j People here will not soon forget. To - ? morrow the memory will be five years! ! old. Over 750 Murray Petitions Are In Circulation Over 750 copies of a petition ad dressed to Superior Court Judge Leo Carr asking that he change an active 3 to 5 year sentence in the case of Lee Murray to one of probation, are now in circulation in Franklin and Wake counties. The drive for signatures was launched Tuesday following a meeting here Monday night of around fifty friends of Murray's. A spokesman for the group report ed today that "the response has been simply overwhelming. People are call ing and asking where they can sign and still others are asking for copies to distribute themselves." The Zebulon group has requested additional copies twice since receiving their first supply Tuesday. Murray was convicted on five counts of embezzling here in October and given an active sentence. His case Hal Humphrey Praised By Lions The Louisburg Lions Club met at The Murphy House last Tuesday even ing for the purpose of eating and then visiting Dean Farms. Several announcements were made. Lion Dean Moon announced the Ladies' night Christmas Party to be held at the Murphy House December 10 at 7:00 p.m. Also, Lion Grady Snyder announced that the White Cane Drive grossed $209.74. This money will be sent to the North Carolina Association for the Blind. Last. Lion Ed Yarborough praised Lion Hal Humphrey for his dedicated service in Lions, boy scouts, and the church. Lion Humphrey, Sergeant Major of the regular army, is being transferred soon. There were three visiting Lions from Oxford: Howard Stallings, Presi dent Leonard Creech, and Tom Carver. is now under appeal to the higher court. The popular former County Ac countant. now living in Zebulon and working in Louisburg. resigned his local post to accept the job of Treas urer of Wake County in 1966. The group, meeting here Monday, expressed its desire to help "a friend" and said that the movement does not concern itself with "the guilt or inno cence. correctness or incorrectness of the verdict" but rather is a move to aid "a friend in need." ? A committee of around six persons are slated to confer with Judge Carr when he arrives here Monday for a week of civil court. However. Judge Carr is ill this week and has been unable to hold his scheduled session of court in Granville County. A spokes man for the "friends of Lee Murray" said today that the petition would be taken to Judge Carr wherever he might be and whenever he is able to meet with the Committee. The group also indicated Monday night that if the petition fails to bring some relief, other measures will be taken. Businesses Set Holiday Store Hours The Franklin County Business As sociation has announced several of the downtown merchants will observe new store hours for the Christmas Season. Beginning November 22, they will remain open on Friday nights until 8:30 P.M. Then beginning, December 16 through December 23, stores will remain open week nights until 8:30 P.M. They are offering these additional night hours for the convenience of their customers. Santa Claus will make his ap pearance in the stores beginning De cember 10. The merchants will soon sor Santa and all children are invited to visit with him in their favorite store. Local Shriners Aid Crippled Children Representatives of the Franklin County Shrine Club are shown above as the local organization presented its annual check to officials of the Shrine for the benefit of the crippled children projects. Pictured left to right are: N. C. Mullen, Treasurer and H. D. Jeffreys, President of the Franklin group; Frank Jones, Member of the Divan, and Robert L. Sides, Pontentate. The presentation was made at the annual banquet here this week. _ , Photo by Ross Shuping. Louisburg College Combines Homecoming, Alumni Day This Weekend Louisburg College will mark Home coming and Alumni Day here Friday and Saturday with a full schedule of events. The busy weekend gets under way Friday night with the Winter Dance, sponsored by the Sophomore The large billboard sign on Bickett Blvd. urging local citizens to Trade in Raleigh is coming down. The sign, subject of an editorial in Tuesday's issue of The Franklin Times, is to be re-located, according to a report from the Franklin County Business Associa tion. Mrs. Juanita Pleasants. Executive Secretary of the organization, said she has talked with Wesley Williams. Ex ecutive Secretary of the Raleigh Mer chants Association, and that he has assured her organization that the sign will be moved. She reports that Wil liams stated it is not the policy of the Raleigh group to have their signs lo cated within the city limits of neigh boring towns. The sign, however, is still in tact today, but Mrs. Pleasants said Williams told her he would contact the bill board company and have it removed. To Be Moved Class. The dance is open to alumni. Saturday morning the Alumni Golf Tournament gets underway at Green Hill Country Club beginning at 10:00 A.M. Lunch will be served in the B. N. Duke Cafeteria at noon and registra tion gets underway in the Main Build ing lobby at 1 P.M. The Bridge Tour nament starts at 2 P.M. followed by a tea from 3 to 5 P.M. in the Main parlor. At 5 P.M. Saturday, the Second Marine Division Band will give a con cert in the Auditorium - Classroom Building, to which the public is in vited. The annual banquet takes place in the cafeteria at 6:15 P.M. and the College basketball squad takes on Southwood at 7:30 P.M. The jame pits two Franklin County basketball stars against each other as Louisburg's Larry Paschall goes against South wood's E. J. Wilder. Both are leading their teams in scoring this year and were teammates on the Youngsville Class A State championship team last season. At 9 P.M. the Esquires will appear in concert in the auditorium to close out the weekend. The 2d Marine Division Band, in carrying on an old and time honored tradition of military music, performs regularly in parades and concerts fol lowing in the tradition of the very first Marine Corps Band: drummers and fifers of 1798. In a long history of public perfor mances at civic and festive affairs, the 2d Marine Division Band has perform ed for the President of the United States; Her Majesty, the Queen of England: governors; and countless dig nitaries and high government officials from countries all over the world. During the past year the Band has made numerous appearances in North and South Carolina, entertaining thou sands of Carolinians at parades, con certs. and public functions, including an annual performance at the Azalea Festival in Wilmington. North Caro lina. the Illinois State Fair, and the Armed Forces Day parade down Fifth Avenue, New York City. During a seven-month period, the Band made more than 400 concert and parade appearances. These per formances have taken the Band mem bers throughout the eastern United States as they have logged nearly 12,000 air and bus miles while adding an estimated 1,200 marching miles. The Band has traveled extensively for appearances at the Cotton Bowl, Dallas. Texas; the Orange Bowl, Miami. Florida; the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway; the New York Worlds Fair; and cruises of the Carib bean and Mediterranean. This year will mark the fourth consecutive appear ance of the 2d Marine Division Band at the world famous Mardi Gras in New Orleans. But ill is not pomp and ceremony, big cities and bright lights for the 50 man-plus 2d Marine Division Band. In See COLLEGE Page 6 Homecoming Contestants Louisburg College Homecoming Queen contestants are pictured above. From top to bottom, left to right, are shown: Sue Ann Hardwick, Becky Payne, Diane Benton, Linda Rhew, Carol Myrick, Mary Lee Hill. Mary Bess Jones, Judy Hill, Ellen Mustian, Peggy Copeland, Dianne Bobbitt. Diane Schultz and Tony Gupton. Homecoming at the College is slated Friday and Saturday. Photo by Ross Shuping. Airport Project Under Study Kenneth Schubart. Industrial Deve lopment Director, disclosed today that his office is studying plans for an airport for the area and epressed in terest in its being located somewhere between Louisburg and Franklinton. Schubart emphasized that nothing concrete has yet been done in the matter, but that there is interest in the project and his officers looking into the various possibilities. It Was also disclosed that some thought was pre viously given to a joint venture with Warren County and even Vance County. Since Vance has a project already underway and Warren's loca tion would not be convenient to the Franklinton-Louisburg area, these pos sibilities are expected to be abandon ed. A news release out of Washington discloses today that Louisburg is among the towns listed for approval of new airports in North Carolina. Sub ject to Congressional appropriation, North Carolina is slated to received S24.6 million for new and improved airports. The money would come on a matching fund basis with state and local participation. Schubart joined Joe Shearin. local Civil Air Patrol official, in stressing the need for airport facilities in the area. Shearin estimated it would take be tween $120,000 and $150,000 to build an adequate air field here. The federal government would supply fifty percent of the funds used for land purchase, safety features and runway construction. Franklin has an Airport Commis sion. which made some inquiries into an airport project some time ago. No report of the Commission's activities have been made in recent months, however, and the current study of the possibility of such a project is being made as a routine matter by the Development Commission office.