Snow Is Still Here
Yes. It's Cold
Button up your overcoat. This is the coldest day of the
year thus far. Louisburg weatherman G. 0. Kennedy reports
the thermometer dropped to a cool 15 degrees here this
morning. The previous low was recorded Monday with a
torrid 17 degrees. Last November 21, temperatures dipped to
17 degrees here for the previous low this fall.
Even so, this December has been warm by comparison.
The lowest in recent records was the one degree reading on
December 13, 1962. On December 23, 1960, it reached four
degrees and on December 21, 1963, the thermometer read
five degrees. These are the lows for the eight years Mr.
Kennedy has been keeping records here.
The snow, while unusual in its manner of arrival,
measured two inches and was not unexpected at this time of
the year. Coming late Saturday afternoon in the form of rain,
hail and sleet, the percipitation changed to large fluffy white
flakes of snow by early evening and blanketed the area by
early Sunday morning.
Although the outside looks snowy, some consolation
might be taken in today's official weather forecast. It says,
"Mostly sunny and a little warmer. Partly cloudy and a little
warmer Wednesday. Low today, 19; high, mid-40's."
College 100 Club Holds Annual Meeting
Several hundred members "The
100" Club attended the organization's
annual banquet meeting here Friday
night and were told that the College
has been the recipient of over $24,000
as a result of the organization's efforts.
Harold Talton, College trustee and
President of the group, disclosed that
the college faculty iiad contributed
$12,000 and local citizens had contri
buted $12,000 during the year ending
toward the college programs.
He also noted that the college
budget for this year is $1,400,000.00
and that the institution employs 120
persons. "I think the College is a fine
industry", Talton said. "The product
it manufactures lasts a lifetime", he
added.
Continuing, Talton told the group
that there are 96 students from Frank
lin County enrolled at the College and
"many are receiving scholastic aid."
"It is fitting and proper," he added,
"that we all take an interest in turning
out this product."
One Like This
Busy Rescuers Get
Fund Drive Underway
The emergency vehicle shown
above is the object of a drive now
underway by the Louisburg Rescue
Service to raise funds. The Service has
found that such a vehicle is needed if
it is to continue to give the utmost in
emergency services in the area.
The campaign, the first in four
years by the organization, got under
way last week and the public is asked
to make donations to any member of
the Service.
Over the weekend, the Rescuers
answered five calls, all on Saturday.
Beginning at 7 A.M. the Service was
dispatched to Ingleslde to aid a man
identified as Roy Lee Dale, suffering
from a suspected heart attack. At 7:30
A.M., the Rescuers answered a call for
help at a Franklinton automobile acci
dent. The Franklinton Service, also the
object of a fund drive by the Franklin
ton Lions Club, had the situation well
in hand when the Louisburg group
arrived. Persons Involved In that acci
dent were identified as Roy Evans,
Henry T. Green, Arthur Pearce and
James Montague. None were believed
seriously injured.
At 4:15 P.M. the Service was called
to aid a 74-year-old Negro man Iden
tified as Lee Morris Perry, who suf
fered from a lick on the head. He was
transported to Franklin Memorial Hos
pital and later transferred to Duke
Hospital.
A trip to the Justice Community
followed around 8 P.M. to aid a Negro
man identified as Willie Coats, who
was reportedly suffering an illness. He
was taken to the local hospital.
Finally at 10 P.M. the Service was
called to the 9cene of a second acci
dent on the Ronald Tharrington Road.
Four persons received minor injuries
and were taken to the local hospital.
They wefe Identified as Arthur Moore,
51, Eleanor Moore, 56, Arthur Moore,
Jr., 32, Aid Joyce Moore, 26.
David Daniel, Director of College
Relations, disclosed the growth of the
College budget over the past several
years. He said the 1965 budget was
$996,000; 1966 it grew to
$1,120,000; in 1967 it was
$1,207,000 and this year he lists the
budget at $1,402,000. He said there
are 823 students enrolled presently at
the school with 50 faculty members.
"This represents a' 1 to 16 teacher-stu
dent ratio. This is a quality education
program."
Daniel keynoted the organization's
work for the coming year when he
commented, "We have got to build a
science building-we have no choice.
We're going to do it."
Dr. Cecil W." Robbins, College Presi
dent, welcomed the group and present
ed local members of the Board of
Trustees. Entertainment was provided
by Charlie Gaddy of WPTF radio,
Raleigh, his sister Mrs. Jo Ann Burns
and three musicians. The selection of
numbers, including Christmas songs,
were well receivKLby the audience and
the duo were called back on stage for
an encore. The College Chapel Choir
opened the meeting with a selection of
Christmas carols.
At Franklinton
Better Care
Plea Made
(FRK. B.W.) On Thursday evening,
Mrs. R. W. Moore, Mrs. Virginia Patter
son, Mrs. Woodrow Haskins and Mrs.
Richard Whitfield of the Franklinton
Woman's Club and Mr. Ronnie John
son, Mr. Everett Moore and Mr. Lamar
Greene of the Franklinton Lion's Club
appeared before the Town Board. The
group made a plea for better care of
the Community House.
Mayor Joe W. Pearce reported that
at the November meeting of the Town
Board the commissioners voted to
raise the rental fees for the Com
munity House. He admitted that lack
of supervision at some of the parties
had been the big problem.
The representatives of the two civic
organizations spelled out recommenda
tions regarding the Community House.
Ronnie Johnson served as spokesman
for the two clubs.
Mayor Pearce appointed Henry
Franklin Holmes and J. S. Joyner to
work With Mrs. Pattersqn, Mrs. Whit
field, Ronnie Johnson and Everett
Moore in spelling out rules and regula
tion* regarding uge of Community
House.
Fourth Circuit Court Upholds District
Court Ruling In Franklin School Case
The Franklin County Board of Education, meeting in a special session called prior to a ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeals, all but ignored the most recent adverse ruling in the lengthy school case Monday night. The Board, apparently consoled
to the fact that further appeal would be useless, spent little time reviewing last week's opinion affirming the District Court order
for total integration of Franklin schools.
Most of the four-hour session was devoted to the study and discussion of the overall school situation and what might be done
to upgrade education in the county.
The Board, at the request of attorney E. F. Yarborough. delayed any final decision on further appeal of the school case
ruling. Yarborough said he and attorney Charles Davis had not had time to analyze the ruling handed down last Thursday in
Richmond.
unless appeal is made by the Unit
ed States Supreme Court by the
Board, the long and hard-fought suit
which began three years ago this
month, will come to an end.
Substantially Moot
Chief Judge Clement F. Hayns
worth, Jr. of Greenville, S. C. wrote
the latest Fourth Circuit ruling, in
which he said, "The appeal, based
upon a claim of administrative im
practicality, had little or no merit at
the outset and became substantially
moot when the Board, failing to ob
tain a stay, achieved complete com
pliance with it."
The Board of Education filed its
appeal on two major points. First, the
Board contended, "The District Court
committed reversible error by render
ing its order of August 5. 1968 with
out a hearing or finding of facts on the
adequacy of the plan submitted by the
defendants on July 15, 1968. and
without any hearing or finding of facts
as to the educational and administra
tive feasibility of the District Court's
plan of August 5, 1968."
The Fourth Circuit ruled that 'The
school board did not choose to submit
any additional evidence or otherwise
to prepare a factual basis for a claim of
substantial administrative difficulty in
complying with the District Court's
order in time for the opening of
schools in September, 1968."
The Board of Education said in its
appeal that the "District Court has
completely failed to conduct any hear
ing or to consider in any manner
whatsoever any of the problems relat
ing to administration...." It further
contended that such "a failure to do
so violates the rights of the defendants
to due process of law" and cites recent
Supreme Court rulings to substantiate
the claim.
The second contention by the
Board of Education in the appeal
claims "The District Court committed
reversible error when, by its orders of
August 5, 1968, it usurped the respon
sibility placed by law upon the defen
dants for the operation of the public
school system of Franklin County".
The Haynsworth decision skirted
this point by saying that the "district
Court has retained jurisdiction of the
case and is open for the submission
and consideration of any amendments
or modifications of the plan which this
year's experience will show to be
necessary or desirable for the efficient
operation of the schools on a .non-dis
criminatory basis". This seemingly,
places the responsibility of school
operation in the hands of the District
Court and appears to be a denial of the
Board's second contention.
The Circuit Court made no findings
on the claim by the Board of
Education that the plan submitted in
March. 1968 calling for three consoli
dated high schools and a three-step
desegregation plan was constitutional.
The major claim here was that the
District Court ordered a plan of assign
ment. "at the earliest practicable date"
and failed to spell out that the date
was 1968. The District Court, in July,
ruled that that phrase meant the year
1968. The Board argued that no such
time table was ordered. The Circuit
Court ruling makes no mention of this
point.
The Board of Education is likely to
study a ruling by the U. S. Supreme
Court in the now famous Brown 11
desegregation case before eliminating
the possibility of further appeal: In
that case the Court said, that the
District Courts in their review of parti
cular situations are to "Consider pro
blems relating to administration, aris
ing from the physical condition of the
school plant, the school transportation
system, personnel, revision of school
districts and attendance areas into
compact units to achieve a system of
determining admission to the public
schools on a nonracial basis, and revi
sion of local laws and regulations
which may be necessary in solving the
foregoing problems. They will also
consider the adequacy of any plans the
defendants may propose to meet these
problems and to effectuate a transition
to a racially nondiscriminatory school
system".. r
ID Director
Returns From
California
Ken Schubart. Director of the .
Franklin County Industrial Develop
ment Commission, returned Saturday
afternoon from San Francisco. Califor
nia.
He participated in the Commerce
and Industry's California Industry
Hunt Mission last week, calling on key
industries in the Los Angeles and San
Francisco area.
Schubart says that he and his team
member, P. B. Raiford ( a former
member of the Louisburg College fac
ulty, now representing Duplin County
Development Commission), were re
ceived very well by their prospects.
Interest was certainly generated in
North Carolina and Franklin County,
but it will take some time to assess
how much progress was made, Schu
bart said.
The culmination of the trip was a
luncheon served by three power com
panies. Carolina Power and Light,
Duke Power, and Virginia Electric and
Power. Each of these companies had *
industrial representatives incNded in
the group.
Welfare Department
Lists Eight Needy Cases
The Franklin County Welfare De
partment has issued its first list of
needy cases and cites eight cases it
recommends. The public is invited by
the Department to call any time be
tween the hours of 8 A.M. and 5 P.M.
weekdays to inquire about the cases
and hopefully to accept one or more
as a Christmas project.
The agency is also requesting cash
donations with which to provide for
children in foster homes, child caring
instituions and schools for the physi
cally and mentally handicapped. No
prepared Christmas boxes will be given
by the office and the department will
be unable to accept gifts for distribu
tion.
The first list of needy cases follows:
1. Grandmother carcs for 7-year-old
granddaughter. Mother is in mental
hospital.
2. Forty-two-year old father has
been crippled for thirty years by
rheumatoid arthritis, walks only with
crutches. Mother and two girls, 9 and
3, would also like to be remembered.
3. Father dead, mother retarded
and. is in very poor healin. Two boys,
15 and 13 - four girls 11, 5 and twins
10 years of age.
4. Father deserted mother and five
children ? mother works but cannot
meet all the needs of the family. There
is also a retarded child to be cared for.
Girls 14 and 8. Boys 12, 11 and 10.
5. Elderly husband and wife reside
in rest home in another county. There
are no relatives to provide gifts or to
visit them.
6. Former patient of Dorothea Dix
Hospital now resides in a boarding
home. Would appreciate being remem
bered.
7. Elderaly woman and middleaged
daughter live alone. Adult daughter
who resides in institution for the
mentally retarded. .comes home for
Christmas each year. To be remember
ed would mean a great deal to this
family.
8. Former mental patient resides in
out of county boarding home. There
are no relatives able to visit. He would
appreciate cigarettes as he does not
have sufficient funds for extras.
Honored Upon Retirement
Battalion Commander Lt. Col. John Fleming of Raleigh is shown above, second from right as he presented a framed copy of
"I Am The Guard'Vto M/Sgt. Garland Mustian second from left, upon his retirment here Sunday afternoon. Witnessing the
ceremonies are Battery Commander, Capt. Dewey Brannan of Raleigh, left and Sgt./Major Sidney (Pop) Holmes of Zebulon.
Mustian, who entered service on July 24, 1947 is completing twenty years as a guardsman. pj,^ by Clint Fuller