CHARLIE GADDY
To Appear
At "100"
Meeting
Charlie Caddy, well-known Raleigh
radio personality, will appear at Louis
burg College Friday night, December
6, at the annual "100" Banquet.
Mr. Gaddy, his sister from Greens
boro, Music Director Roy Palmer, and
a combo will present a musical pro
gram which has drawn acclaim from
the entire region.
"The 100" is an organization of
local and area supporters of Louisburg
College.
Harris Is Named
Chairman Of Board
George H. Harris, District 3 repre
sentative, was elected Chairman of the
newly organized Board of County
Commissioners here Monday and vete
ran Commissioner Brooks W. Young,
District 1 representative, was named
Vice Chairman. Incumbent Commis
sioner E. M. (Buck) Sykes was sworn
to a new four-year term and John W.
House of Franklinton was given the
oath of office for his first tenure as a
member of the Board.
Clerk of Court Ralph Knott admin
istered the oath of office to Sykes and
House shortly after noon Monday in
the temporary courtroom in the Louis
burg Armory. The Board, meeting
soon thereafter, reorganized.
District 5 Commissioner N. E.
Faulkner was named in charge of
Courthouse, grounds and finance;
Young was given Welfare and Library;
House is Commissioner for the agricul
turai building and Sykes is in charge of
the jail and is Fire Commissioner.
Meeting at 10 a.m. Monday, the
Board as constituted over the past two
years received the routine reports from
county departments and attended
swearing-in ceremonies for various
county officials. Retiring Commis
sioner Chairman Richard Cash did not
attend the final meeting. He is re
placed by Commissioner House on the
new Board.
Holidays for county office holders
and other employees were set by the
new Board. The following holidays
were set and county offices will be
closed on these days: January 1, 1969,
New Year's Day; April 7, 1969, Easter
Monday; July 4; September 1, Labor
Day; November 11, Veteran's Day;
November 27, Thanksgiving; and De
cember 24, 25 and 26, 1969, Christ
mas holidays.
Rescuers Launch Drive For New Vehicle
The Louisburg Hescue Service has
launched a drive for a new, heavy
duty, rescue unit to replace one that
has been in service for the past five
years.
In announcing the drive, Rescue
Chief W. D. Morton, said the new unit
represents the squad's most ambitious
undertaking since the construction of
its headquarters building during the
period from 1960 to 1962.
The squad. Chief Morton said, has
contracted with the SWAB Wagon
Company of Elizabethville, Pa., for a
Model SAB-9 Rescue Ambulance
body, equipped to carry up to three
patients at one time, together with the
necessary equipment and personnel to
administer to their needs during ex
treme emergencies.
The Rescue body unit will be
mounted on a heavy-duty cab and
chassis to be purchased locally, and is
so constructed that in the future it
may be remounted on a new vehicle
chassis at a minimum cost.
Fountain To Visit County
Washington, D. C. - Congressman L.
H. Fountain today announced plans to
visit as many communities of? Ute
Second District as possible during the
next two weeks.
"Although time does not permit as
long a tour as I would like, I hope to
greet many old and new friends when I
call at their Post Offices beginning
next week." a statement from Foun
tain's office said.
"I sincerely hope that all who can
will afford me the privilege of a visit
and a chance to hear anything they
may have on their minds."
The first stop will be In Leggett,
Fountain's birthplace in Edgecombe
County, on December 10. ?
He will visit Franklin County Fri
Tobacco Quota
The Secretary of Agriculture has
announced the 1969 Flue Cured
Quota of 1127.1 million pounds and a
national acreage allotment of
607.928.80 acres. This means that
Franklin County Farmers can expect
to receive the same basic allotment
and poundage quota as they had for
1968. This year's over and under
marketings will be added or deducted
from the farm basic quota.
Farmers will be notified of their
1969 effective quota when 1968 mar
ketings have been reconciled.
day, December 13, beginning at the
Youngsvllle Post Office from 9:35
A.M. to 10 A.M. From 10:15 A.M. to
10:40 A.M. he will beat the Franklin
ton Post Office and from 11:50 to
12:30 P.M. he will be at the Louisburg
Post Office. Leaving Louisburg, he will
visit the Bunn Post Office from 1:45
P.M. until 2:10 P.M.
Shelton To Talk
On Coley Bros.
The monthly meeting of the Frank
lin County Historical Society will be
held Thursday night, December 5th, at
8 p.m. in the Commu nity Room of the
First Citizens Bank Building on
Bickett Blvd.
W. F. Shelton will give a program
on the Coley Bros., outlaw and mur
derer who played the principal roles in
the last public hanging to take place in
Franklin County, around the turn of
the century. Shelton has done a great
deal of research on the events con
cerning the notorious pair and the
program should be of interest to every
one concerned with Franklin County
history.
Everyone interested in Franklin
County History is cordially invited to
attend.
The unit to be replaced, while not
old by most standards, Chief Morton
pointed out, has seen duty on between
1100 and 1200 emergency calls, nme
under the most adverse conditions.
This, coupled with new burdens that
have been placed upon the rescue
service in the past year, make the
purchase of a new unit imperative at
this time, he added.
The new unit is expected to cost
the squad in the neighborhood of
$9,100.00, about half of which the
squad has on hand through the careful
hoarding and management of its funds
over the put five years. The squad will
gratefully accept pledges and contribu
tions for the remaining part of the
purchase price, either by mail or by
any of Its members. All contributions
are, of course, tax exempt.
New Court Officials
New Ninth District Court officials are shown above following swearing-in ceremonies held here Monday in the temporary
courtroom in the Louisburg Armory. Pictured, left to right, are: Judge Claude Allen. Jr. of Oxford; Chief Judge Julius Banzet of
Warrenton; Judge Linwood Peoples of Henderson, Charles M. White. Ill, of Warrenton, District Prosecutor and Resident
Superior Court Judge Hamilton Hobgood of Louisburg. staff photo by clint Fu)ler
New Court Era Begins As Judges
Are Sworn In Ceremonies Here
Terming it an "historic occasion",
Superior Court Judge Hamilton H.
Hobgood opened a new judicial era in
Franklin County and the Ninth Judi
Bill Taylor Is Morehead Candidate
I
William H. Taylor, Jr., 18, a senior
at Louisburg High School, has been
chosen as the county's candidate (or
the Morehead Scholarship at the Uni
versity of North Carolina, announces
Mr. Charles Yar bo rough, chairman of
the Franklin County Morehead
Scholarship Committee.
Taylor is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. (Jack) Taylor of Louisburg. He
ranked third in his junior class of fifty
members and second among the
twenty-three boys. He is active in
extracurricular activities, especially
those of a journalistic nature, and
plans on a law career at the University.
He is a member of the Louisburg
Methodist Church and Sunday School.
If Taylor is successful at the Dis
trict Committee meeting at a date to
be announced, he will advance to the
Central Selection Committee for final
competition. The successful candidate
then receives a scholarship of $2,000
for each of his four years at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. N. C.
BILL TAYLOR
cial District here Monday. Judge Hob
good presided over swearing-in cere
monies for the new court officers.
Judges and reporters.
The ceremonies were held in the
temporary courtroom in the Louisburg
Armory and were attended by several
hundred attorneys, court officials,
families and friends of those to be
sworn.
Leading the way for the take over
by the new court system was the
swearing of Chief Judge Julius Banzet
of Warrenton. Following Banzet's
taking office. Judge Claude Allen, Jr.
of Oxford and Judge Linwood Peoples
of Henderson were sworn.
Charles M. White, III, of Warrenton
was then sworn as the new District
Prosecutor. Mrs. Rebecca Dickerson
was sworn as Superior Court Reporter
by Judge Hobgood and Judge Banzet
performed the swearing in ceremonies
for the District Court Reporter, Mrs.
Minnie Parham Currin.
Three Franklin County magistrates
were sworn in by Judge Hobgood.
Frank Collins of Franklinton and Will
Pace and Gerald Eury of Louisburg
took oaths of office replacing the old
Justices of the Peace.
In another strictly local ceremony,
Judge Hobgood administered the oath
of office to veteran Register of Deeds
Alex T. Wood, noting that he was first
sworn in December, 1940. and that
Wood has often times led the local
political ticket. Mrs. Betty Jean Mc
Bride was sworn as Assistant Register
and Mrs. Donna Church W instead was
given the oath as Deputy Register.
Judge Hobgood issued a statement
of praise for the Franklin Board of
County Commissioners for having
taken action to furnish adequate space
for the new court. He mentioned the
newly remodeled courthouse which is
expected to be occupied about the
middle of the month by county offices
and the courts.
Also issued was an Order of Com
mendation for Mrs. Grace R. Kearney
of Henderson who is retiring after 55
years as a court reporter. Hobgood
said she had served in 19 various
counties over the years and had high
praise for her services. Following his
reading the Order. Mrs. Kearney was
given a standing ovation by the large
crowd gathered for the ceremonies.
She said she was "overwhelmed" and
related her first job as court reporter
took place here in Franklin County.
Following the ceremonies. Judge
Peoples presided over the first term of
court under the new system. Several
spectators commented * that it must
have been satisfying to the young
attorney to be the first Judge under
the new system to hold court here.
Peoples was born and reared here in
Franklin County and his mother and
father were on hand Monday to wit
ness the ceremonies and the opening
of court. His wife and children were
also present.
Commissioners, Sworn
E. M. (Buck) Syket Is pictured above, left being sworn to his second four-year term on the Board of County CommUsioners.
John W. House, center. Is taking the oath before Clerk of Court Ralph Knott, right, for his first term on the Board. Following
iim ceremonies, veteran Commissioner George H. Harris was named Chairman for the coming year. suW pf,oto bv Clint Fuller
Magistrates Take Oath
Fmnklin County magistrates were sworn here Monday as the new district court system came into existance. Pictured above,
left to right are: Frank Collins of Frankltnton and Gerald Eury and Will Pace of Louisburg as they were given the oath of office
by Resident Superior Court Judge Hamilton Hobgood, right. suff phot ? by C|jnt Ful|?