Peace Demonstration Staged At Louisburg College A small band of Louisburg College students with one (acuity member among them and led by another staged a lie-in peace demdjtttration on the West Campus here Tuesday. According Co reliable reports about Often stu dents. including two coeds, lay down on the ground in front of the AC building and covered themselves with she ts denoting the dead bodies of Vietnam victims. Some, the reports say, were covered with black sheets while others were covered with white sheets. Sidney Earl Stafford, Instructor of Religion, apparently led the group, according to the reports. Stafford, it was said, stood facing the AC building as some 500 freshmen 'students left their chapel program, holding a sign reading: "How many more of us must die-Before you care? Vietnam." A second report said the sign read: "How many more must die before you do something about Vietnam;". It was also reported that Robert J. Versteeg, Associate Professor of Religion and brama, was among those lying on the ground. The demonstration, which took place around 11:30 A.M., was witness ed by the freshmen and several faculty me rubers. ~~ One student said, 'The outer world has been creeping in for a long time. Franklin County is no longer isolat ed a hiding place from the outside the life of reality in the United States today." Reaction on the campus, according to reports, has been varied. One coed was quoted as saying, "That professor should lose his job . . . the very idea of bringing that mess to Louisburg" Another stated, that the principle of protesting was good as long as it is orderly, but she did not agree with the protestors' idea of "not supporting President Nixon's war policy". One out-of-county student, a ve teran of Vietnam, said, "This type movement on American campuses is exactly what the Communists pray for every night". And another Vietnam veteran added. "I wish these kids would think about those teenage boys pver there in mud up to their elbows, fighting for their country, and give them a little support". 1 One pretty coed said, "President Nixort ts playing God by sending these to unnecessary deaths" and Stafford reportedly commented that the U. S. has played Big Daddy long enough. A freshman said he would be "glad * to serve (his) time in the military' service and (tp) support his govern ment" because he felt it is his "duty to do so". Still another student, a sophomore said, "Many things were accomplished by .the carrying out of this mild. peaceful protest against the U. S. war policy in Vietnam. First of all. the participants were doing something They were using the constitutional right of voicing an opinion. These protestors were trying to wake up the campus to become aware and to care about what is going on in the world around it. Ground was gained by this group not only by being a part of a national movement, but also by active ly saying 'Why doesn't the United States try to sqve lives rather than save face'. The best way to look after our servicemen is to bring them home alive". And the sophomore added. "The outer world has once more to.uched the heartstrings of home- Franklin County. Are we ready for what the future may bring?" In November, 1965 Louisburg Col lege students organized a project to send gifts to servicemen in Vietnam. The students called the move Opera tion Merry Christmas and staged a march downtown on December 2, following which students and locals citizens went on a gift buying spr?e in local stores. Hie N. C. National Guard that year sponsored Operation Christ mas Star and the gifts collected by LJC students were delivered to Viet nam by the Guard in time for Christ mas. Most of the student body partici pated in -the project Homecoming Contestants Pictured above are the Homecoming Queen candidates at Louisburg College. Left from bottom to top: Frances Griffin, Louisburg; Connie Wilson, Chase City, Va.; Lei /a Hall. Roanoke Rapids; Josephine Medlin, Louisburg; Cyndie Schubart, Louisburg; Jennifer Swain, Plymouth; Sharon Perry, Raleigh; and Cathy Schaeffer, Coral Gables. Fla. Right from bottom to top: Mary Newill, Wilmington, Delaware; Beth McDonald, Louisburg; Janie Hoffman, Southern Pines, and Paula Darden, Fayetteville. _ ?? _ ? College Fund Drive - Enters Final Month Project Attainment, the vital fund raising program of Louisburg College, designed to produce nearly two mil lion dollars in new buildings and other essentials at the College, goes into its final month today. To accomplish the total projection, the constituency is being asked to raise a total of $850,000. with the Louis burg-Franklin County portion estab lished as $125,000. Local chairman, John H. Hodges, announced this morning a total of $27,490 has been raised locally. "Ac tually we have just begun our effort in Louisburg" Hodges stated, "and with a real effort on the part of all our workers we should reach our goal in the next few weeks." Louisburg College president. Dr. Cecil W. Robbins. expressed confi dence that the program will attain its objective. "We all realize we are in a life or death struggle with this project" he annouqced. "We knew it would not be easy, buKe are certainly encourag ed by the support we have received to date. Our primary need right now is for our ca.-ipaign workers to bear down and get their calls completed. We think, we believe. Louisburg Col lege is important to the business ele ments of the community. What the community does in the next three weeks will determine the extent to which our opinion is justified." E. Hoover Taft, Jr.. president of the College board of trustees wh?ned, Louisburg and some other countyxareas were struck with earth tremors ?s~*n earthquake hit and was felt in seven states ranging from West Virginia to Georgia. A teacher here reporteiHhat he was alone at home at the time amMhat so severe was the jolt that heNrent outside to inspect for damage. He sifr^ he timed the tremor at 8:05 P.M. and that it lasted only a short time. Others estimated the duration at around ten seconds, but in some states the shakes were felt for as much as 18 minutes. A local businessman called to re port that he and his wife were disturb ed. over the tremor and that his house shook. One man said he was on top of a ladder at the time and felt nothing. The local radio central headquarters at the Louisburg fire station reported ?everal telephone calls inquiring about the tremors. One report from the White Level section said it was not felt there and another from the Youngsville area said the same. However. Franklinton re ported that the tremor was felt in that Ho, Hum , More Men Land On The Moon Locals are taking a ho-hum attitude as the United States landed two more astronauts on the moon this week. Very little conversation is being heard about the event locally. Few indeed, are those who sat up into the wee hours of the morning to vtow the second landing and fewer still are those describing in detail what they might have seen. The excitement of the first moon landing is noticably missing from this week's epic event. Astronauts Charles Conrad, Jr. and Alan L. Bean sat their lunar ferry, Intrepid, down on the moon's surface at 1:54:29 A.M. Wednesday. At 6:44 A.M. Qonrad became the third man in history to step on the moon. Bean followed shortly thereafter. This morning at 9:23, the two Astronauts blast off for the journey home. So exact is the American program, the public now takes for granted that going to the moon is routine. vicinity. No damage was done in the Frank lin area as far as has been reported by mid morning today, but some minor damage was reported in the Kaleigh area. The National Earthquake Informs tion Center in-Rockville, Md.. said the jolt was recorded there at exactly 8 P.M. and measured 4.75 on the Rich ter scale. This is strong enough to break windows, it said. The disastrous 1964 Alaska quake measured 8.5 Rich ter. v The center appeared to be sorrw whCTe in the Virginia-West Virginia bordfct region, said the Kockville The disturbance was called a "nice little earthquake" by Father Edward Bradley, asBociatp professor of physics at Xavier University, Cincinnatti. which has a seismograph. "1 think it's just a minor shift," said Andrew Olsen, assistant director of the Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta. "1 don't think it's anything to worry about. Anything in this paYt of the country is unusual if it's strong enough to be felt." Other locales repofting tremors in cluded Wytheville, Va., where tele phone and electric services were dis rupted; Collinsville and the southern Shendandoah Valley of Virginia across the state to the Richmond suburbs and south to Raleigh, Durham and Char lotte, N. C.; Columbia. S. C? ai.d Athens and Augusta, Ga. Officials at Hockville put the epi center of the quake 60 miles west of Roanoke, Va., and 70 miles southwest (See TREMORS Page 4) . Farm Bureau Hits Governor John Ihrie, President of the Frank lin County Farm Bureau, today releas ed the contents of a resolution adopt ed by the annual state convention this week in which the farm organization hits at Governor Bob Scott fOT his remarks in a speech before the conven tion. The resolution says the Governor "abused the dignity of the high office and used it to aeverly criticize and accuse farm organizations and their leadership." Ihrie, obviously displeased with the things the Governor said, stated that he has decided against any public statements at this time. The full text of the resolution, adopted by the state convention and endorsed by the local President, fol lows: "Aware of differences of opinion, and with due respect for the office of governor of Nortb Carolina, the North Carolina Farm Bureau invited Gover nor Kobert W. Scott to address its 34th annual convention in Durham Mjuesday, November 18, 1969. The cohwntion in no way expected to be placated as a result of it's opposition to tax measures advocated by the governor and passed by the i969 General Assembly^ Rather, it was hop ed the governor wbtdd use the occa sion to bridge the gap ^(disagreement now existing among a gr^at majority l of the state's population aisregards i that action. The voting delegates to \ this convention conclude that Gow* nor Scott abused the dlgrity of the \ high office and used it to severly critize and acuse farm organizations and their leadership - local state and national for their suppossed inatten tion to issues confronting present-day agricultural producers. While we can not speak for other farm organiza- * tiofts, or their leadership, policy is not initiated by state or national Farm Bureau leadership. It is developed by members this state and nation for (See GOVERNOR Page 4) Thanksgiving Favors Prepared Members of the Hospital Guild and the Loulsburg Garden Club are ihown above Wedneaday at the home of Mr. ?|d Mr*. Herman Spencer on Jeffres* Drive here preparing tray favor* for patient* at Franklin Memorial Hospital. Pictured, left to right, clockwise, are Mr*. Fred Lohmueiler, Mr*. George Weaver, Mr*. George Ford, Mr*. Joh.i Lloyd, Mr* Herman Spencer, Mr*. Marvin neaunt*. Mr*. Thomas Whelm, Mr*. John Mill* and Mr*. J. B. Wheiess. The favor* project haa been *ponaored for several years by the Guild and many other local organization have helped In carrying it out. The Theraphy Committee of the Garden Club is handling the Thanksgiving project. Other similar projects are slated aa follow*: Christmas, Mr*. Marjorie Leonard's Home Economics Class at Loulsburg High School; Valentine. Town and Country Garden Club; St. Patrick's Day, Mia* Gertrude Winaton and Easter, Mr*. Jane Houae'* Intermediate Girl Scout*. - Staff photo by dint Fuller.