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The FraiiSin Times * . |p| 1 ( Published tvery Tuesday 4 Thursday * y! ^ * Serving All Of Franklin County Phone GY6-3283 Ten Cents ? Louisburf. N. C? Thursday. January 30, 1969 "(Ten Pages Today) ? 99th Year Number 100 What's It? (See answer on Page 6) Franklinton Civic Leader Passes Mrs. Eleanor Wilder Eaton, 68, Franklinton civic leader, died Tuesday morning at Mary Elizabeth Hospital in Raleigh following a lengthy illness. With her husband, Mrs. Eaton op erated the Crescent Motel at Franklin ton. She was an active member of the Franklinton Baptist Church where she served for many years as G. A. Counse lor. A charter member of the local Eastern Star, she served as Worthy Matron for two years. She has also held district and state offices in Eastern Star. Mrs. Eaton was active in the Mitch ner's Home Demonstration Club and served as President of the Franklinton P. T. A. She was a past president of the Franklinton Woman's Club and a member of the Franklinton Garden Club. Prior to her marriage, she taught school in Nash County. Funeral services were held Wednes day at 3 P.M. from the Franklinton Baptist Church, conducted by Rev. Horace Jackson and Rev. Dwight Cooper of Fayetteville and Rev'. Don Lee Harris. Survivors are her husband. William A. Eaton, Sr.; two daughters, Mrs. W. P. Weathers of Fayetteville, Mrs. Ralph Lane of Rocky Mount; one son, Wil liam A. Eaton, Jr. of Lorton, Virginia; five grandchildren; two sisters. Mrs. J. A. Leonard of Nashville and Mrs. Roy Purnell of Louisbuig; one brother, Glenn Wilder of Vancouver, Washing ton. N.C.-39 Project Bid Cut $241,663 Franklin County's NC-39 highway project has been cut by almost a quarter million dollars in the latest bids opened by the ?tate Highway Commission and* is now well within the funds appropriated for the con struction of the 4.6 mile stretch. Bids were opened Tuesday in Ral eigh by the Commission and the ap parent low bidder. T. A. Loving Com pany of Goldsboro, bidded the job at $483,521.70. Loving was apparently low bidder in December on the uncut project calling for 6.540 miles at $725,185.00. This exceeded the funds available for the project and a call was made for another bid on the curtailed mileage. The latest bid cuts the cost of the road improvements ?241,663.40 and represents a cut of almost $121,000 per mile. At a meeting here last week. Divi sion Engineer Merle T. Adkins dis closed that Franklin had a balance for ' construction at the end of November of $595,380.48 from the original allo cation of $750,000. He explained that the money already spent was on en gineering and design and acquiring necessary; rights-of-way along the route. It is believed, based on these figures, that the latest bid is within the funds available and that the project will probably be awarded to the ap parent low bidder. A highway spokes man said recently that once thje bids are awarded, work on the project is expected to begin immediately. The Franklin project's counterpart in Vance County was also in Tuesday's bid openings. The "1.721 miles of grading, coarse aggregate base course, bituminous concrete base" project, which is to run from the Henderson city limits to SR-1148 southeast the Vance county seat calls for the ex penditure of <?368,482.85. S. T. Wooten Construction Co. of Stason burg was apparent low bidder on the project. Both the Vance and the Franklin projects have been poinU of controversy in recent weeks. The ( Vance County Board of Commis sioners met with Fifth Division Com missioner J. B. Brame of Durham in efforts to have the stretch lengthened two weeks ago. Franklin Commis sioners met for similar reasons with Brame and other highway officials last week. Both Boards were turned down for reasons of fund shortage and rising highway construction costs. Originally, the two.projects were to have met at Epsom where the two counties join. First. Vance was cut back two miles and Franklin was cut three. This five-mile stretch was im mediately dubbed "the missing link" by newsmen. V When bids were opened in Decem ber and it was found that the low bidder exceeded the alloted funds, the projects were again cut, widening the "missing Link". The Franklin project will extend from the Louisburg city limits on Bickett Blvd. north and North Main Street, beginning at the town limit sign to the Rocky Fofd road a short distance north of Ingle side. % Brame said last week that he hopqd ? that the link could be joined at some later date and said he was sorry the funds would not be enough to carry the project to what was originally planned. State Decision Awaited _ Board Gets Ten -Day Extension In School Case Attorneys for the Franklin County Board "of Education have revealed that the United States Justice Department ? and attorneys for the NAACP have agreed to a ten-day extension in the latest charges against the Board. Feb ruary 4 was originally set as a deadline for filing Board answers to the charges. A request for additional time by Board attorneys E. F. Yarborough and Charles Davis has been agreed upon by Frank Schwelb, government attorney, ' and Lavonne Chambers, attorney for the NAACP. according to reports. ? Meanwhile, the Franklin Board is awaiting a statement by the North Carolina Attorney General as to the plans of his department. Franklin offi cials have requested the State to enter the case In defense of the tuition policy and the method of student assignment. Indications are that Attorney Gen eral Robert Morgan will place his department into the case. Yarborough said following an hour-long meeting with Morgan last week that the talks had been "fruitful". Assistant Attor ney General Ralph Moody, recognized authority in school law in the state, is expected to handle the matter for,. North Carolina. The Franklin Board J instituted a policy of charging tuition for students attending schools here whose parents live outside /he disu :t, last fall. The policy was based on a 1958 ruling by the Attorney General's office that such children were in eligible to attend schools. The Board first said such children could r\ot attend Franklftf schools last fall, but because of the hardships Imposed the short period of time before the opening of schools, the policy was amended to allow atten dance by tuition. Former Attorney General Ramsey See BOARD Page 6 District Court Has Usual Lengthy Docket The following cues were disposed of in District Court on Monday and Tuesday. January 27th and 28th: Helen Irene Carter, w/f/16, damage to personal property. To pay $15.00 restitution to prosecuting witness. William Jeffries Arnold, w/m/34, operating auto Intoxicated; resisting arrest. 12 months in jail, suspended for 2 years oll~pa?ment of. $100.00 fine and costs and not to operate motor vehicle for 1 year In N. C. Jlmmie Dale Champion, w/m/24, driving under Influence. Pleads guilty to careless and reckless and reckless driving. 6 months In jail, suspended on payment of $200.00 line and costs . and to remain of good behavior, not violate any criminal laws of N. C. Luther tiles, w/m/58. operating auto Intoxicated. 8 months in jail. Marvin Rodgers. c/m/56. public drunkeness 6 months in jail, sus- . pended on pay ment of ^$25. 00 fine and costs. Rebecca Howard Debnam. n/f, driv ing under influence. 6 months in jail, suspended for 3 years and placed on probation. To pay $25.00 fine and coats. Bob Freddy, worthless check. Not guilty. Louis Edward Young, c/m/48. fail ing to atop for stop sign. To pay costs. Walter Allen Kearney, no operator's license. Not guilty. felix Parriah. w/m/48, no. opera tor's llcenae; 'driving after licenae re voke. 2 years in' jail. Notice pf appeal, bond set at S500.00. Felix Parriah,' w/m/48, motor ve hicle violation. 2 yean in jail, to run concurrent with above sentence. Louis Add Sneed, n/m/24, scratch ing off. Prayer for judgment continued on payment of costa. Clayton O'Neal. w/m/46, assault with deadly weapon. 12 months injall. Ceasar Edward Johnaon, n m/23, improper muffler. To pfy costs. Joseph Bullock, public drunkeneis. $5.00 fine and costs. Bryant Faulkner, public drunk eneas. $10.00 fine and costs. Randy Murphy, w/m. worthless _ check. To pay check and costs to court. Linwood Williamston, non support. Warrant dropped on payment of costs. William Howard Harris, w/m/26, driving under Influence. Guilty to care less and reckless driving. $75.00 fine and costs. James Earl Walker, c/m/19, assault with deadly weapon. 18 months in jail, suspended for 3 years on payment of costs an<J4 medical expenses of pros See COURT Page Q ? <i ' National Guard To Conduct Search For Missing Moulton Man Sunday I S - 1 ? The Sheriffs Department has dis closed that units ot' the National Guard will launch a massive search effort Sunday for Brooks Merritt, '61 -year -old Moulton Community man who has been missing since January' 10. Some ninety troopers are expected to take part in the efforts. Thirty men will be alloted from each of the units representing Youngsville. Zebulon and Loulsburg Merritt was reportedly last seen on Friday. January 10, by Sandy Jones, a Negro neighbor. Jones, according to reports, saw Merritt ground 9 P.M. Searches by Sheriffs^ officers, neigh bors and friends of the missing man have all failed to turn up any clue to his whereabouts. The State Bureau of Investigation entered the case last week to assist the Sheriff's department in its investigation of the -mystery . A group of Merrill's neighbors and friends have' posted $1,027 reward for information leading to the conviction of anyone causing the man bodily harm. Fear has risen that -the man might have met with foul play" Sunday's search, scheduled to begin around 9:30 A.M., will start near the Merritt and Jones homes and cover a large wooded area east and south of the two dwellings. A spokesman for the local Guard unit indicated that if nothing is found in this area, the "search may be extended to other areas in the vicinity of the Moulton Com munity. On May 6, 1967, the Guard was called out to aid in the search for a missing man in the Alert Community ' of the county. Edward L Burnette, 57, had been missing from his home for three days. Guardsmen found the body of the missing man in a heavily wooded area just minutes after the search began. Other searchers had pass ed the spot several times, according to reports at the time. Guardsmen line up with arms reach of each other and b?gin walking through the woods. Walking this close together, it is almost a certainty that every inch of the area is covered. The Sheriffs department wants the area near Merritt's home combed more carefully than it has been able to do with a limited staff and volunteer searchers. Merritt is a member of a prominent Moulton Community family and his disappearance has stirred the com munity unlike any event in years. A bachelor, he lived alone and his where abouts were not always known to his neighbors but one report has said that he always informed his family or neighbors when he planned to be away from home for any length of time. It was learned that some people have been brought in to the Sheriffs office and questioned by the SB1 in the case. However, no arrests have been made and no charges filed. Hospi tals. in the area were alerted some time ago and places where Merritt might have visited have been checked by investigating officers. Local Yets Among Many Victims Of Bonus Hoax By Clint Fuller Times Managing Editor Any Veteran can testify that the Army works in mysterious ways, its foul-jups to , perform. Most contend that it isn't easy for the service to maintain its high rate of goofs. 'And even though it has long been accepted as fact that the Army works hard at it, there have also been some disbelievers. They have said all along that the Army must have some undisclosed help. ? ? Now It can be told. The Army does have help. It's the Navy. All the facts, as on# might suspect, are not yet in, but one fact has been made crystal clear the past few days. The bonus, a widely circulated naval bulletin said was due ex-GI's, is a .hoax. A clever one to be sure, but a hoax neverthe less. A few months ago, there was cir culated here a poor photographic copy o.f what was labeled. "Daily Bulletin of Infbrmation" from the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. Long Beach, Califor nia. Dated. <1 November. 1968, and numbered N6. 153. The document not only looked official, but carried a full page of service jargon. It listed information on "Navy Uni forms Prescribed in Los Angeles/ Orange Counties", "Duty Officer Watch List" and an announcement of a service "Travel Meeting." replete with the 0600's and 1800's to familiar to those who have traveled the service routes. The heading: "VA Dividends For The Asking" was the catcher. It said a bill had been passed by Congress authorizing the payment of fifty cents per thousand of GI insurance for each month of service. Kilroy must be indeed rolling over Weather Mostly cloudy and warmer today with chance of rfln or showers. Fri day, variable cloudinesa. chance of showers and mild. Low, 40; high, neat 50. contemplating this next line which said: "To find out if you have money coming, write:" and then .it gave an address in Minnesota - Fort Snelling. True to the tradition of obeying instructions, veterans by the thousands did just that. Just how many of them were from Franklirt County is a closely guarded secret. Nobody is confessing anything. But, it is known that quite a few letters received by the Veterans Administration Center at Ft. Snelling bore Franklin County post-office marks. ' i After all, had it been true, most veterans would have collected several ' hundred dollars. It was worth a try. Kilroy could go to Alaska. But, as so many servicemen long ago learned, don't believe anything you hear or read and only half of what you see. The attraction of the green; the authencity in appearance of the document caused many of the learned to slip a bit and fall for the gag. W. R. Phillips, Manager of the North Carolina VA Regional Office in Winston Salem says the information has been "popping up all over North Carolina". "Nothing could be further from the truth," Phillips states. v . VA has received a "deluge Of appli cations". he says caused by reports by "false rumors diaeminated by word -of -mouth, letter, and stories in news papers and magaziMS." "We are deeply concerned that so many veterans entertain the false hope that they are in for an insurance dividend windfall. They are not", Phillips said. He also added that this hoax it not to be confused with the annual divi dend paid by the VA to holders of GI insiwafK*?:' This comes as a result of "savings and earnings on GI insurance trust funds", he explained. But somewhere the sun is shining. And somewhere men will swear. All, they'll say, is not lost. Kilroy I* surely there. Pays $24,391 In Local Taxes Howard T. Pitts, local manager for Carolina Telephone, one of the coun ty's larger taxpayers, this week pre sented a check for $24,391 to the Franklin County tax collector. The check was in payment of 1968 ad valorem taxes on the company'! properties within the county. Also, checks for $2,085 for municipal ad valorem taxes in Louisburg and $1,477 in Franklinton were handed to the city tax collectors. Checks covering munici pal ad valorem taxes in other towns will be delivered this week. The company's total county and municipal tax bill throughout eastern North Carolina amounted to ? $1,929,000. In. addition, state and federal taxes came to $9,300,000. This does not include the 10% federal excise tax on telephone service which the company collected from its subscribers and remitted to the federal government. Sign-Up Begins The annual feed grain, cotton ami wheat program sign up will begin on February 3, 1969. and end March 21, 1969 No decision concerning making ad ? vance payments has been announced but we expect to know by the begin ning pf the sign-up period. Every producer on a farm who will be receiving payments must sign the nec essary form* b?fore any payments cm be made. Therefore, the farm operator should bring these producers to the county office at sign-up time There have been some changes re garding the dhriaion of diversion and price support payments among opera tori and tenanta. These changes will be thoroughly diacusaed with producers at sign-up time. .
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