Guess Who's Coming
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Christmas Parade Most Worthwhile
Thousands of children of all ages
braved a twenty-mile-per hour wind in
freezing temperature Wednesday night
at Franklinton. All for the chance to
see Santa Claus ? and to officially
open the holiday season.
For nearly an hour the parade
entries came by and with each passing,
the eyes of the smallest children glow
ed with anticipation. The brightness of
First Session
Light Docket
At the first session of District Court
on Monday. December 3rd. Hon. Lin
wood T. Peoples. Judge, presided and
Hon. Charles M. White. III. Solicitor,
prosecuted for the state.
Only three cases were docketed for
trial at this session:
Louis, Tony Dorsey, speeding. 8
months in jail, suspended for 2 years
on payment of $100.00 fine and costs.
Defendant is not to violate any laws of
the State of North Carolina for a
period of two years.
Arnold Mitchell, assault with intent
to commit rape. Probable cause found.
Defendant bound over to Superior
Court under $1500.00 bond.
Joseph (Jene Boyd, operating auto
intoxicated. Non suit./
By Clint Fuller
Times Managing Editor
the commercial floats, the antics of
the clowns, the chilled music of the
bands, failed to take the small tike's
minds off the more important things.
Santa Claus was coming.
Franklinton's main street wal drap
ed for blocks with squatting small fry.
bundled like Eskimo sled dogs against
the winter's cold. All faced south into
the wind. Red noses, blown hair and
an occasional grab by mama's protect
ing hand, kept very few from continu
ally edging for a better view.
And they came - sixty-two entries
strong. Bright, colorful and novel. A
car that heads two ways, making it
impossible to tell whether it's coming
or going. Beauty queens displaying the
reasons why. Young boys searching for
an Academy Award, acting out the
part of clowns overacting is a better
word.
Officials waving and feeling self
conscious as they rode comfortably
warm inside new automobiles. Girls
and mothers, not so warm as tliey
decorated float after float. Conver
tibles. whose tops are seldom downed
in summer, sporting the lines of a
no-top car and equally slim lines of
coal beauties.
The big company floats were the
prettiest. Money has a way of showing,
even in a Christmas parade. But the
youngster in a cart drawn 1 >y a half
sized pony got more cheers.
A lot of work had gone into the
annual Franklinton Christmas '? parade,
but looking down beside us at the
beaming, almost explosive fa. ce of a
young boy, age three, showe d in a
flash ? it had all been most worth
while.
School Board
Holds Session
The Franklin County Board of Ed
ucation held its regular monthly ses
sion here Monday night and accepted
resignations from four teachers in the
system and approved employment of
three new teachers.
The Board granted a request from
the Franklinton City School unit for
the use of three buses for the summer
program and heard Durwood Pegram
explain a fire detection system for
schools and homes.
Much of the session was alloted to
the discussion of long range plans for
the county system and a host of allied
details. Also discussed was the reduced
price lunch program, eye clijiics. an
nuity contracts and additional land
needs at some of the schools.
County Welfare Dept. To
Give Needy Family List
The Franklin County Welfare De
partment will once again make public
certain cases of needy families at
Christmas time. The practice used for
several years to assist the public in
aiding the needy was discontinued
some time ago, but is being reinstated
this year.
A release from the Department
gives details of the new policy as
follows:
"As the Yuletide Season ap
Talton Is
Key Banker
To coordinate the agricultural ac
tivities of the N. C. Bankers Associa
tion in this area. J. H. Talton has been
named County Key Banker for Frank
lin County.
NCBA President J. Paul Ford of
Belmont has announced that Mr. Tal
ton will serve as County Key Banker
during the next 12 months. He is
Vice-President of First-Citizens Bank
& Trust Company in Louisburg, N. C.
For 23 years the NCBA has receiv
ed national recognition for its far
reaching program of service to agricul
ture in North Carolina. President Ford,
noting the work of bankers in behalf
of agriculture, thanked the 100 Coun
ty Key Bankers for their role in this
record.
Ford called attention to the pro
jects that are sponsored by the Asso
ciation such as the annual Farm Credit
Conference which will again be held in
Raleigh, February 10-11. 1969, the
two-week school at N. C. State Uni
versity for young farmers who are
provided scholarships given by their
home community banks, and the co
sponsorship of the land judging meet
in the interest of soil conservation. He
also reported that the banks of North
Carolina continue to lend more money
to farmers than any other institutional
group of lenders, last year providing
$161 million in loans.
Mrs. Malone
Named 8th
Reporter
Mrs. James E. Malone has been
appointed official Court Reporter for
the Eighth Judicial District, com
prising Wayne, Lenoir and Greene
Counties. Judge Albert W. Cowper,
Resident Superior Court Judge, admin
istered the oath of office to her last
Friday, November 30th in Kington.
Under the new court system Court
Reporters are assigned to one district
and become state employees.
Mrs. Malone has had Invaluable
experience at a free lance reporter,
working for over fifty Superior Court
Judges in as many counties of the
state. She will retain her residence In
ily working when courts
proaches. the Welfare staff naturally
reflects on the past as well as lives with
the present and many situations come
to mind ? a little child wants to come
home for Christmas and is too<young
to realize there is no home or parents
to come home to ? several children
whose mother is dead wonder when
daddy (who is in a hospital far away
suffering from an incurable disease) is
coming home ? an elderly woman
living alone, no relatives, lives from
day to day nd looks forward to what?
All of these are with us here and many
more", says Mrs. Jane York. Director
of Welfare.
"A list of needy famHies will be
publicized in the Franklin Times twice
weekly beginning December 10,
1968", she announced.
"There will be a worker available at
air times (8:00 ? 5:00 Monday through
Friday) to receive telephone calls with
regard to these needy families", the
Director added.
The agency is also requesting cash
donations with which to provide for
children in foster homes, child caring
institutions and schools for the
mentally and physically handicapped.
Mrs. York said, "I know Franklin
County people, and each year I con
tinue to be inspired by the thoughtful
ness. deep feeling and love our folks
have for one another which is really
what Christ's birthday symbolizes."
No prepared Christmas boxes will
be given to persons coming to the
office and the agency will be unable to
receive gifts for distribution. "This is
your opportunity to get to know the
needs of Franklin County and its
people". Mrs. York concluded.
Epsom Lions
Aid Glasses
Collection
Members of the Epsom Lions Club
are assisting in the collection of used
eyeglasses, according to Kenneth Ful
ler. local postal employee and a mem
ber of the organization. Fuller explains
that Fred Kesler of Henderson, also an
Epsom Lion is handling the eyeglasses
for New Eyes for the Needy. Inc., a
non-profit organization in Short Hills.
N.J.
Fuller asks that anyone having
glasses not in use bring them to the
Louisburg Post Office and says that he
will take them to Kesler. who in turn
will ship them to the New Jersey
organization.
New Eyes, founded ih 1932 by Mrs.
Arthur Terry, collects eyeglasses,
broken jewelry and pieces of precious
metal. The work of sorting, testing,
overseas packaging and acknowledging
the hundreds of thousands of pair of
glasses received each year is carefully
done by volunteers in donated quar
ters.
New Eyes has never solicited
money. Since its beginning, it has
helped nearly a quarter of a million
people by converting items useless to
the owner into vital sight for others.
W-i 1/ r f I II I I I I I I f II WTWi
charlene thomas Tri-Color Winner lynnmcintyre
of Richmond, Va. of Raleigh, N, C.
Winners Named In
Garden Club Contest
On Tuesday, Dec. 3 members of the
Civic Project Committee of the Louis
burg Garden Club visited the Louis
burg College campus and judged the
doors in the women dorms that had
been decorated for Christmas.
This is an annual contest sponsored
by the Louisburg Garden Club and
motivates creativity and Christmas
spirit on the College campus.
Ribbons were awarded for first,
second and third places on each floor
in each dorm. The women whose door
was cited as the best on the campus
received the Tri-Color ribbon and a
gift from the Louisburg Garden Club.
The recipients of the Tri-Color rib
bon were Charlene Thomas of Rich
mond, Va. and Lynn Mclntvre of
Raleigh, N. C. They used as the theme
for their door - Happiness is ? Home
for the Holiday.
Those receiving various ribbons
were as follows:
Blue Ribbon Winners
Merritt Hall: 1st floor - Rachel
Miller, Wilson. N. C., Susan Wells.
Wilson. N. C.; 2nd floor ? Joyce
Weatherspoon, Raleigh. N. C., Judy
Edwards. Emporia, Va.; 3rd floor ?
Ann Hager, Lynchburg, Va., Ginny
Anthony, Mountain Lakes, N. J.
New Dorm: 1st floor ? Sandra Kay
Wood, Kinston. N. C., Mary Rose
Aiken, Snow Hill, N. C.; 2nd floor -
Charlene Thomas, Richmond, Va.,
Lynn Mclntyre, Raleigh, N. C.; 3rd
floor - Jennie Donald, Richmond, Va.,
Sue Jarman, Harrell, N. C.
Wright Dorm: 1st floor ? Judy
Babcock. Jacksonville, N. C., Evie
Smith, Kittrell, N. C.; 2nd floor ? Pam
Personette, Hong Hong, China, Nancy
Davis, Wake Forest, N. C., 3rd floor -
Marcie Wilhoit, Albemarle, N. C.. Jerry
Holland, Salisbury, Md. r
Red Ribbon Winners
Merritt Hall: 1st floor - Betsy Flan
nagan. Richmond, Va., Donna Adams,
Henderson, N. C.; 2nd floor ? Margaret
Weston, Franklinton, N. C., Linda
Ayscue, Henderson, N. C.; 3rd floor ?
Beverly Sheffield, Blackstone, Va.,
Belinda Porter, Newsome, Va.
New Dorm: 1st floor ? Nan^
Jones, Lumberton. N. C., Jennifer
Ipock, Vanceboro, N. C.: 2nd floor -
Cherry Kelly, Kelly, N. C? Kareen
Ayscue, Henderson, N. C.: 3rd floor
?Connie Wilson, Chase City. Va., Beth
See CONTEST Page 4
Franklin Road Project
To Cost $725,185
The State Highway Commission re
ceived bids on the NC-39, US-401
highway project in Franklin County at
its regular monthly meeting held Mon
day in Raleigh. The project is part of
bids totaling $32, 679,271. 40 for 45
projects in 43 North Carolina counties.
All apparent low bids will be re
viewed by the Commission Friday.
T. A. Loving Co. of Goldsboro is.
apparent low bidder on the Franklin
project at $725,185.10. Fifth Division
Highway Commissioner, J. B. Brame
of Durham, said at a hearing here in
October that $750,000 had been allo
cated for the project. It was also
disclosed at the hearing that the strip
will not be completed all the way
between Henderson and Louisburg as
originally proposed. It was explained
that Vance County held an allotment
of $600,000 for its part of the N. C.
39 highway and that about two miles
of the road near the Franklin line
1 would not be improved. Three addi
tional miles will be omitted inside
Franklin County leaving a five mile
"missing link" between the two towns.
The project here is described in the
Highway Commission release as
"6.540 miles of grading, coarse aggre
gate base course, bituminous concrete
base, binder, surface and culverts on
US-401, NC-39 between Louisburg
and a point just north of SR-1249."
M. T. Adkins. Division Engineer,
had said at the October hearing that
the estimate cost of construction on
the project was $633,000 and pointed
out that the sum did not include
$67,000 engineering costs or the cost
of acquiring rights-of-way.
In October, 1966 Commissioner
Brame announced the allocation of
$350,000 for improvements to NC-39
from Louisburg to Ingleside. In Jan
uary, 1967, Mr. Brame announced an
additional $400,000 for the project
and expressed the hope, at the time,
that the amount would be sufficient to
carry the improvements to the Vance
County line at Epsom. When the initial
announcement of the project was
made, Adkins stated that NC-39,
US-401 "will be the highest type of
primary road we will build, except
interstate highways". In'October of
1966, Mr. Adkins estimated the pro
ject would take two years to complete.
District Governor Visits Here
District Governor Leon Spencer of
Raleigh was featured speaker at the
Tuesday night meeting of the Louis
burg Lions Club here. Spencer spoke
on the six keys to Lionism.
He said the "first key to excellent
Lionism is fellowship." "When men
work together and work together wil
lingly. the world will not suffer from
hatred", said Spencer.
In noting the second key as friend
ship, Spencer stated, "As long as a
man has a friend beside him, he is not
wasting his life. In fact, he can count
his riches by his friends."
Understanding and opportunity
_ were named third and fourth keys to
Lionisnn by the District 31-G leader
and ingenuity was listed as a fifth key.
"Finally", said Spencer, "there
must be cooperation. Each person
must do his share but not someone
else's too. It is through spirit and
enthusiasm that he will cooperate and
be of service. Be more than the pig
who gives only when he is dead; be
like a cow who gives while alive. Life is
like a game of tennis. He wins who
serveis best."
An announcement was made of the
annual ladies' night meeting to be held
on December 10 at 7 P.M.
There were three visitors, Phil
Shope. Rev. James Speight and James
Rowell, all of Butner.
LHS Band (And Friends] In Franklinton Parade