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rzswmi ? Owv OpUtlOH'X By CLINT FULLER FRANKLIN LEAGUE TAKES GIANT STEP A year ago, when the Franklin County League voted to accept Wakelon as a member, there were some misgivings. The League had always been made up of schools located within the bounds of Franklin County, even though one was from a ( different administrative unit than the other six members. - The custom had served the League and the county students extremely well and any change could have endangered the very existance of the League. However. Wakelon's entrance proved to be a good move on the part of the League, especially when Epsom and Edward Best pulled out. While it was believed that Wakelon was accepted as much as anything else because of the fact that its principal Johnny Alford labored so long as a League member while coaching at Bunn and as principal at Edward Best, there was some merit in the expansion itself. Last week the League took a giant step which has led a much larger expansion. Oxford Orphanage, Cardinal-Gibbons and Apex were voted into the League. One night later, Oxford Orphanage and Wakelon -joined Louisburg and Franklinton -in abolishing the Tu River Football Conference. All four voted to join the FranldTn County League. MORE SPORTS, MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS The four teams Only will field football in the League this year. Apex, with a football program, has already made committments for this year. Cardinal-Gibbons may field a grid squad next year and there is some talk that Saratoga Central and Elm City will seek to enter as football members after this fall. All eleven schools will have basketball although which are to field girls varsities and boys jayvees is yet to be announced. Baseball, track and golf will also be a part of the League program, but to what extent is yet to be decided. There is likely to be at least five League championships and more when girls and jayvees are included. Old rivalries will continue and some new ones will undoubtedly blossom. KEEP THE FRANKLIN NAME Looking around the room in the League meeting last week, it occurred to this writer that--with a couple of possible exceptions-we had been attending League sessions for about as long as any of today's members and longer than most. The problem of naming the jiewly expanded group arose as might be expected. With three teams now coming from Wake County, one from Granville, one from Franklinton City unit and the remainder from Franklin County, it is natural that a name change enter the picture. We shudder at the suggestion of a Franklin-Wake-Granville conference. This name does absolutely nothing for the members or anyone else. Franklin did not seek to join anybody's else's League. They already had the best in the state. They accepted those who came seeking to join them. This is not to suggest that the newly expanded organization should not give equal voice in its business to the new members. Indeed, it should. It is to state empathically that this writer believes that the name Franklin should remain in whatever name chosen. The Franklin League was formed 42 years ago. It was the brainchild of Julius A. Woodward, former principal at Epsom and J. J. Wolfe, vocational teacher at Edward Best. Formed in 1927', the Franklin County League has succeeded through the years of depression, wars and integration. It has withstood a gross lack of funds and even a gas rationing in 1943, when it was forced to suspend its programs, including basketball. Originally stated, 'The purpose of the organization is to promote a better feeling between the schools in the county, and at the same time give training in every extra-curricular activity practicable". This the League has done and in so doing, it has built for itself a tradition which is difficult-if not impossible -to match. It would be a great loss to the League past and future if this tradition were to be lost. It deserves a better fate. It took League members less than an hour to decide on the important action of expanding to eleven schools. Except that a " committee was named, the League would have already had a name change. Careful thought should be given before making a hasty decision in this matter. ? / ' For what it's worth, a suggestion from one of those present at the Tar River Conference strikes our fancy. How about the FRANKLIN' AREA CONFERENCE? We like K. VOTE FOR AND RE-ELECT GROVER C. HARRIS, JR. CANDIDATE FOR TOWN COUNCIL IOUIHUM. N. c. I railR VOTI AND INFLUlNCt AMMCIATIO ' ? Pd. Pol. Ad*. -VOTE FOR AND REELECT GEORGE (Jolly) BUNN To The LOUISBURG TOWN COUNCIL Interested In The Progress Of The Town. Interested In Every Citizen. Your Vote And Support In The MAY 6 Election Will Be Greatly Appreciated Pd. Pol. Adv. Tar River Football Conference Merges With Franklin League The Tar River Football Conference, down to four teams after the loss of Helena and South Granville, voted to disband and to join the eleven -school Franklin County Lea gue in a meeting held at Oxford Orphanage last Thurs day night. The four schools, Loiiisburg, Franklinton, Wakelon and Oxford Orphan age, will be the only ones to field a football squad in the Franklin League. Helena High School, locat ed at Timberlake in Person County, has been consoli dated into Roxboro High School for next year and South Granville at Creedmoor has joined the 2-A Capital Area Conference. The changes have brought on ma jor problems in scheduling for the remaining four teams. The move into the Franklin Louisburg Takes Bunn Under The Lights, 10-4 Louisburg hitting and Bunn raiscues decided the first nightime contest be tween the two teams Monday night. Louisburg jumped off to a 2-1 lead in the first inning before one of the larg est crowds ever to witness a high school game in the coun ty The newly lighted field at Bunn brought out the crowds from the Bunn area and also from Louisburg. Phil Hag wood, Bunn's starting hurler, was not brillant, but deserved a better fate than he received. Miscues on the part of his teammates spelled disaster for the big righthander. The home standing Bulldogs com mitted five errors, all at crucial times for Bunn. Louisburg's workhorse, Thomas Finch, hurled the first four Innings and gained credit for the win. He needed help from Mike Wynne to halt a Bunn rally in the fourth. Flncli led the hitters with four for five, including a triple. He was thrown out at third trying to stretch a double into a second three bagger. Tommy Wrenn had two for four for Louisburg to place behind Finch in the top hitters. Truby Oakley slammed two triples for Bunn and Jerry Strickland did a good job of relief for Bunn. Hold ing a 6-4 lead going into the final seventh inning, Louis burg scored two runs and it appeared Strickland had put out the fire until a dropped fly ball In center field allowed two runs to score with two men out. This was the fourth straight win for the visiting Bulldogs after dropping their first six games. LOUIISUaO 10. SUNN 4 10-lllDurq 210 M 4-10 10 1 Bunn 100 300 0? 4 S ) Finch, Wynne (4) and Purnell. Hag wood, Strickland (4) *nd Whciess. Leadinq hitter*: Louisburo ? Thomas Finch 4 tor J; T. Wrcnn 2 tor ?. Dunn - Trilby OaKley hit two triples. Accidents Can Be Prevented statistics, it is said, can De used to substantiate any fact. However according to Sterl ing T. Tooker, president of The Travelers Insurance Com panies, statistics cannot prove how many accidents have been prevented through safety education. Writing in the 35th edition of his company's annual booklet of highway accident data, Mr. Tooker said, "Our rationale back in 1931 was that if reasonable people know the truth about a prob lem, the truth will help them solve the problem. In 1969, 65 million booklets later, it Is still our rationale. '.?/ "Ironically enough, this conviction cannot be based on hard statistics," he said. "Yet we know that hundreds of thousands of accidents have been prevented by driver* and pedestrians who have learned to drive and walk with safety. And the ever-mounting number of miles traveled on many poorly engineered roads clog ged by more and more cars and trucks and busses give us real reason to believe that these ghastly casualty totals could be much higher," he added. "Alcoholocaust" is the title of the 1969 Edition of The Travelers booklet. And for the first time it takes a long, hard look at the mix ture of alcohol and gasoline. But the bdoklet does not contain statistics to support the title. Here's why: The numbers and the class ifications are distllled-no pun Intended-from monthly re ports furnished by state motor vehicle departments (a voluntary service gratefully acknowledged by The Travel ers). Energetic and thorough research has nailed down drunk driving as a major acci dent cause, but absolute pre cision Is still out of reach. A dead driver cant be asked to heel-and-toe or take a breath or blood test. The injured driver frequently needs swift emergency treatment. Techni-, cal examination for alcohol i a his blood stream must come later when the a be rant in gredient has been diluted or has disappeared altogether. The evidence Is neverthe less overwhelming. Indeed, the U. S. Department of Transportation has issued a report to Congress which even/' die-hard statisticians agree is a definitive in dictment of drink-then-drive offenders. This landmark study concludes that "the use of alcohol by drivers and pe destrians leads to some 25,000 deaths and a total of at least 800,000 crashes in the United States each year". "Some" and "at least acknowledge that the D.O.T. study is not an exact recap either. The point, however, is sharp to all last-ditch apolo gists for irresponsible social drinkers or social drinkers and-drivers themselves. Get the message? NFO To Meet The National Farmers Or ganization will hold a meeting Thursday night at the Agri cultural Building, Franklinton High School. It was an nounced today. All farmers are urged to attend the 8:30 P.M. session. Rumors are often an effort by one person to destroy the popularity of another. IGA ? SAVE YOUR TAPE GAME ?. $( ( ( FOR YOU # ^ ^ EACH WEEK. IN IGA'S SAVE YOUR TAPE GAME Be A Winner - Trade IGA Lz:;r $100.00 ANOTHER CHANQE TO WIN! MATCH YOUR AUTO LICENSE NUMBER WITH NUMBER POSTED IN YOUR IGA STORE WIN $5.00 NEW NO. POSTED EACH DAY. _ ^ . ? ? ? ? ? League will consolidate the efforts of the schools, which will field teams in other sports, withing the League. Coaches of the four teams expressed difficulty at Ailing schedules for the fall football season. Tommy Twitty of Louisburg disclosed that the Bulldogs thus far have only eight games slated. Hfc has open dates on October 17 and November 7. Jimmy O'Neal of Franklinton said he has nine games scheduled but has been unable to get the tenth. Twitty and O'Neal have tried to rearrange their schedules so the Rams and the Bulldogs could play each other twice, but this too has been impossible to do. UNC Nips College Golfers The Louisburg golf team fought as hard as it could yesterday, but at the end, the Carolina JV prevailed 9'.-8'j. It was a close, match all the way to the last foursome where Rick Green sank a Oops, Eagles Beat Vikings The Edward Best Eagles beat the South Granville Vik ings last week. It was re ported the other way around in these columns. Sorry about that. Eagles. That's what we get when we snitch ball game reports from those out-of town dailies. The game, played last Tuesday, was won by Edward Best 5-1 in the tenth inning when Phillip Champion hit a. grand slam home run. The game was tied at the end of the seventh 1-1. That out-of-/ town daily reported tl)at South Granville's Glen Brink ley's sacrifice fly accounted for the Vikings winning run. The reporter mus> have left the game early. Incidentally, the Eagle's Medlin struck out 13 batters. iKH.11 mrs. thomas o. wheless for louisburg town council may ? pressure puu 10 Keep me 'Cane golfers right on Caro lina's heels. However, it all came down to a 20 foot putt on the last hols by the JV's Parker to rap up the match for Carolina. Stamper (L) d. Hooks (C) 3-0; Parker (C) d. Radford (L) Leadbetter (L) d. Potter (C) MX Hege (L) l'/s, Battle (C) l'v Alexander (C) d. Klingel (L) 3-0; Kin cheloe (C) d. Green 2-1. Louisburg's last match is at home Thursday against COA and Ferrum. If LJC takes this match, then th?y will be co-champions in the conference with Chowan. Louisburg's record i? now 7-1 in conference play and 8-3 overall. ? / The remaining teams will check with Simon Terrill, Executive Director of the N. C. High School Athletic Asso ciation, to determine if the Franklin League will be al lowed to have a representa tive in district football play offs. Thomas Currin of Ox ford Orphanage and President of the Tar River Conference will confer with Terrill. The Conference voted last Thursday to split any funds left after expenses equally Bob Watkins, Route 3, Louisburg. is shown above with prize catch. Watkins caught the six pound bass in a private pond last Friday. among tbe six former mem bers. Little money is expect ed to be left after expenses of the Conference Track Meet slated for Wednesday at South Granville. The events begin at 2 P.M. Some discussion was held last week on changing the name of the present Franklin County League, but the foot ball conference was without authority to do anything more than offer a suggestion. Currin told the coaches to pass on any name ideas to the League Committee. AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION REPAIR HEADQUARTERS EXPERT REPAIR ? SERVICE ON ALL KINDS OF automatic transmissions MOST PARTS IN STOCK FOR PROMPT EFFICIENT GUARANTEED SERVICE PETE SMITH'S GARAGE Rt. 3, Louisburg, N. C. Phone 496-4983 Vote For And Re- Elect Mrs. Breattie C. O'Neal ! RENEW MY PLEDGE TO SERVE - THE TOWN OF LOUISBURG TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AS A MEMBER OF YOUR TOWN COUNCIL Pd. Pol. Ad. FARM CHEMICALS and INSECTICIDES ?Tractor Sweeps ? Disc Hillers ? Plant Bed Pumps ? Lawn Mowers ? Rotary Tillers ? Garden Tools ?Pruning Shears ?Spades & Shovels ?Peat Moss ?Scope And Rose Spray ?Sprinkling Cans ?Garden Hose, Sprinklers, Soakers ? Fertilizer For Azaleas And Other Shrubs ? Clay Flower Pots ? Hanging Pots ? Lawn Carts ? 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