The F r arikli n Times
Published Every Tuesday & Thursday
Serving. All Of* Franklin County
Gy 6-3283
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Louisburg, N. C., Thursday, April 24. 1969
(Twelve Pages Today)
100th Year-Number 20
Nine In Race
Mrs. Thomas
Wheless Files
-For Council
Mrs. Thomas 0. Wheless, housewife
and mother, has filed as a candidate
for the Louisburg Town Council. Mrs.
Wheless is the second woman in the
race and is seeking to become the third
woman in history to win a place on the
Town Board. Mrs. Breattie Q. O'Neal,
Mayor pro tem of the current Board,
filed earlier.
Mrs. Wheless attended Louisburg
College and is a graduate of the Uni
versity of
North Caro
lina. She is a
past president
of the Louis
burg Garden
Club in which
she has been
active for a
number of
years. She is
also active in
and a past
President of
MRS. WHELESS
the Franklin Memorial Hospital Guild.
She is a former member of the League
of Women Voters and is a member of
the Louis burg Baptist Church.
In making her formal announce
ment, Mrs. Wheless said, "I am in
terested in efficient and progressive
government for the people of Louis
burg and would like to contribute my
efforts, impartially, toward this end."
"Having lived here for many years,
I feel that I am aware of the needs of
the town. If elected, I am willing to
devote time to the tasks required of a
town councilman", she added.
Mrs. Wheless resides with her hus
band, Dr. Thomas 0. Wheless. and her
two children. Tommy 16 and Kay 14
on John Street here.
Other late filers include Bob Stan
ley, Louisburg College Business Man
ager and P. B. Richardson. Negro
funeral home operator. Both Hied last
Friday. Bill Beckham. Director of
Food Services at the College, also filed
last week. In addition, incumbents
Grover C. Harris, Jr., George T. Bunn,
Jonah C. Taylor, Mrs. O'Neal and H.
D. Jeffreys have Hied bringing the
Louisburg field to . nine for the six
council seats. Mayor V. A. Peoples is
unopposed for a third term.
Vandals Cut Auto Tires
Vandals damaged at least six auto
mobile tires in Louisburg Tuesday
night according to reports. Police
Chief Earl Tharrington said he has
received reports that two tires were
damaged on a truck owned by Davis
Perry on Elm Street and two were
damaged on a car belonging to Jailer
W. H. Faulkner near the jail. Tharring
ton said he had not received a report
of tires being cut on a car owned by
Jack Joyner, local taxi operator, al
though reliable sources say that Joy
ner. too, was hit.
Tharrington said he is investigating
what appears to be knife cuts on the
tires He said the vandals cut the
outside tires, "or the ones most con
venient" to them.
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Cancer Society Makes Gift To Hospital
George Champion. Veteran Service Office and Chairman of the recent Cancer
Society drive In the county, la shown above, right, presenting a check for $100 to
Franklin Memorial Hospital Administrator M. M. Person. The donation will be used
to purchas a special air mattress for longterm patients. Person said. The
contribution was made Wednesday in Parson's office..
I Staff Photo by Clint Fuller.
New Rescue Unit Arrives
Rescuers To Stage Open House Sunday
Some memhers of the Louisburg
Rescue Service are shown above fol
lowing the arrival and inspection of
the new rescue vehicle here last Sun
day. Pictured standing are, left to
right, Asher Johnson, Ned Lloyd,
David Minnich and Tommy Collie.
Kneeling are Dean Holton, left, and
Jimmy Hill, right.
A team of members traveled to
Elizabethville, Pa. over the weekend to
get the new unit, arriving back here
late Sunday afternoon. While looking
the unit over, a call came in and Kyle
Prince, squadmember, not pictured,
got the chance to drive the new vehicle
on the call to aid a man Identified as
Johnny Leonard of Rocky Mount who
was visiting at the Joe West residence
on US-401, three miles south of Louis
burg.
Minnich, Chief of the Service, an
nounced today that the organization
will stage open house Sunday after
noon between the hours of 2 P.M. and
6 P.M. He said refreshments will be
served and that the public is invited.
This will afford the public an oppor
tunity to see the newest unit which
was purchased, in part, from contri
butions.
Daylight Saving Time Returns Sunday
It's that time of year again and
although many folks In this area are
not overly enthused, Daylight Saving
Time will go into effect here as else
where Sunday. Only Arizona, Hawaii
and Michigan will not be effected.
Legislatures in these states voted
against it.
You picked up an t*xtra hour of
sleep the last Sunday in October, but
you will lose it come next Sunday. So,
prepare to turn your clocks forward
before going to bed Saturday, night.
A recent effort in the State Legisla
ture to remove North Carolina from
the new time system failed by a large
vote, which means the right to dissent
was passed up by the lawmakers. When
Congress three years ago voted day
light time for the entire nation, it
wrote into the act" the provision that
any State that wished to do so could
remove itself from the regulation. An
act of the Legislature would be neces
Judge Peoples
Improving
At Duke
Judge Linwood T. Peoples, of Hen
derson, of the ninth judicial district
court, is in Duke Hospital undergoing
treatment for a heart aUment. His
condition, at first feared serious, Is
reported much improved, but he will
be confined there for several weeks
during convalescence, it is understood.
Judge Peoples is one of three dis
trict judgA for the five counties of the
district. They have been serving since
the hew State court system was in
augurated last December. Julius Ban
zet of Warrenton is chief judge of the
district. The other is Judge Claude W.
Allen, Jr., of Oxford.
At the time he became ill last week.
Judge Peoples was serving in district
court in Vance county. The regular
weekly session of the court Tuesday
was held by Judge Allen, and Judge
Banzet will preside at the session next
week. * 1
Lodge Honors
Past Masters
Louisburg Lodge No. 413 AF &
AM observed Put Masters Night on
Tuesday of this week.
The evening began with a delicious
fried chicken supper prepared and
served by members of William B.
Barrow Chapter No. 39, Order of the
Eastern Star.
Following the meal, which was en
joyed by about ninety-five persons,
the Lodge was opened to friends and
relatives for a program honoring the
Past Masters and members receiving
twenty-five year certificates.
Master Douglas Gupton presided
over the activities and Introduced Mr.
Ed Rooker from Warrenton who made
a most impressive and meaningful talk
to the group. Mr. George West paid
tribute to the twenty-five year mem
bers and presented certificates to: Wil
lis May, Louis A. W he! ess. James L.
Berger. Lewis M. Word, William F.
Shelton and Cecil R. Sykes.
Past Masters present to receive the
Lodge's tribute were: John F. Mat
thews, I Perry Wheeler, WiUlam F.
Shelton, Henry F. Marshall, John A.
Godfrey, Ernest H. McFarland. Perry
B. Beasley, James A. Johnson, Charlie
R. Smith, George W. Perry, Oeorfe M.
West ahd James H. Wheless.
sary to remain out of the nationwide
system. The 1967 session refused to go
that far, and now the present General
Assembly has refused to reverse the
rule.
The three dissenting States hatfe
already removed themselves from fast
time, but all others will step up their
clocks one hour next Sunday at 2 a.m.
The new time will continue in effect
until the last Sunday in October.
Taylor Wins
Bronze Star
FT. LEE, VA (AHTNC) ? Army
First Lieutenant Patrick D. Taylor, 24,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Taylor,' Jr.,
Spring St., Louisburg, N. C., received
the Bronze Star Medal March 5 at Ft.
Lee, Va.
Lt. Taylor was presented the award
for meritorious service in ground op
erations against hostile forces during
his last assignment in Vietnam.
The lieutenant is exeuctlve officer
with Headquarters Company of the
22nd Field Army Support Command.
His wife, Valerie, lives at 1655
Crater Road, Petersburg, Va.
County Men
Charged In Raid
Creedmoor ? ABC officers and
Granville County sheriff's deputies
destroyed a fully operational 2,25
0-gallon moonshine still early Monday
in the Braufield Township near here.
Authorities described It as the larg
est still of its type ever seized in th<
county.
Two Rt. 1, Franklinton men ?
Otha Lee Young, 33, and Frank
Sneed, 18? were arrested at the scene
and charged with violations of ABC
laws.
Money Missing
At Grocery
Chief Earl Tharrlngton reported to
day that somewhere between $300
and $400 In caah is missing from a
metal caah box at Fuller and Ha yet
Grocery. He said that John Hayea,
operator of the store, reported that
tne money was apparently taken be
tween the hours of 2 P.M. and 4 P.M.
Tuesday. The store la open durlfift
theae houri.
Hayea. according to reports, went
to the safe and made change from the
box around 2 P.M. He made a trip to
Raleigh ?nd when he returned to make
more change around 4 P.M. he dla
rovered the box wax missing. It waa
lata found, empty, In an egg carton
behind a walk-In meat cooler.
Tharrlngton said he la continuing
hts Inventigation. but had nothing new
to report by mid-day today.
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Sure Sign Of Spring
College Boys (Almost)
Stage Panty Raid (Twice)
1 By Clint Fuller. Times Managing Editor
Let the weather be as it may. Let the cool days and frosty nights say what they
will. Spring is here. The Louisburg College boys have spoken.
While some college students content themselves with occupying campus
buildings and others burn draft cards, demonstrate and threaten to take over the
administration, with our boys, it's business as usual -old ways are the best ways.
"So it isn't unique." one said as he asked to remain--for obvious
reasons-anonymous. The other things he said will -for obvious reasons-also remain
anonymous.
Nobody seems willing to discuss the details of the event, but if reliable- and
some unreliable-sources can be believed, the male students at the local Methodist
institution staged -or almost staged-a time-honored and sometimes traditional
panty raid on the dorms of the female students here Tuesday night and early
Wednesday morning.
The boys apparently have stamina. Three assaults were launched and three
advances were turned back. The "enemy", it was said, had a tip beforehand and
brought In reenforcements in the form of guards from the administration, local
police and campus gendarmes. It wasn't that the males were outnumbered-they
were some MO to 150 strong-it was more that the fun had been taken out of the
whole thing.
It started, according to the most unreliable reports from a celebration party for
the winners-or was it a wake for the losers -in the day's student government
elections. One thing led to another and campus politics soon ran its course. In the
spring, a young man's thoughts turn to other things once politics is out of the way
and the handiest things around seemed at the time, to be the girls. Someone-report
edly from Third Franklin, although this information might be a plant -suggested a
panty raid. The idea grew-not surprisingly and soon there were thirty boys ready to
enter the battle -all scrambling for a front-line position. They were soon joined by
others willing to fight the battle, but perhaps not willing to get shot at from the
front. .
The spontaneity of the idea led to its downfall. The noise alerted the opposition
and although there are no reports of out-right resistance from the occupants of the
female dormitories, the generals mustered the advance guards and all was lost.
In the past, panty-raids on the Louisburg College campus have been known
mostly for their planning and execution. Never did such an event make the
newspapers -so silent were the attacks and so well carried out. But. alas this week's
skirmish has blotted the otherwise outstanding record of success.
- However, all may not be lost. Some secret agents-informers from Third
Franklin, if you must know-say they will return. They didn't say exactly when or
how or in what numbers-but the twinkle in their eyes showed they are going to do
it. Disaster might await them, but it sure beats picketing the dining hall.
P. S. They tried it again last night . . . with apparently the same degree of success
as the night before. Stamina, as we said, is a hallmark of the local college males. If
at first you don't .... well, everybody knows how that goes.
College Gets Grant
Congressman L. H. Fountain's of
fice announced last week that Louis
burg College has received a federal
grant of $6,760. The full text of the
announcement follows:
Grants to institutions listed below
have been approved for the Educa
tional Opportunity Grants Program,
authorized under Title IV, Part A, of
the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended, for the academic year
1 969-70. Educational Opportunity
Grants, ranging from $200 to $1,000
for each academic year of study up to
a maximum duration of four years, are
awarded by participating Institutions
of higher education to students of
exceptional financial need who are
eligible for the program.
Atlantic Christian College -
$37,245, 66 Student Awards at Wil'
son. Kittrell College ? $16,735, 34
Student1 Awards at Kittrell; Louisburg
College $5,760, 7 Student Awards at
Louisburg; North Carolina Wesleyan
College $30,719, 49 Student Awards,
a Rocky Mount; Wilson County Tech
nical Institute - $2,438, 5 Student
Awards St Wilson.
Each grant requires provision of an
equal amount of financial assistance to
a student from one or more of the
following -sources: (1) institutional.
State, or privately-financed grant aid;
\ (2) compensation from employment
V provided by the institution, including
^employment under the Federal College
Work-Study Program; and (3) institu
tionally-provided loans, including the
National Defense Student Loan Pro
gram. ,
'Wins Advertising Award
Wallace Tlppett, manager of Farmer's Tractor and Truck Co. here, is shown
above, left receiving a $100 "E" Bond and a plaque from Dan Cook, Farm
Equipment Manager. Charlotte Division, International Harvester Co. Tlppett's
firm's ad In The Franklin Times last October 22, won first place In the company's
1968 Ad-Man Contest. Judging was done by a three-member panel. This is the
second year in a row that Tippett has won a national contest for his newspaper ads.
He and Times Editor Clint Fuller designed the winning entries both years.
Staff photo by Ctint Fuller.