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FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1968
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BUCHANAN
Student- Pastor
J. V. Buchanan to Be Coor
dinator oi Voiunteer Serv
ice at JUH
V. Buchanan, A native of Mor
' has been appointed co
Voiunteer Services and
Relations for the North
dt of John Umstead Hos
pital, Butner.
In his new position, Buchanan
will be responsible for the promo
tion of menial health activities in
the counties served by the North
Eastern Unit, Caswell, Person, Gran
ville, Vance, Warren, and will seek
voluateera to serve on the unit and
activities. Re will
available for speaking engage
ats, tours, seminars, and other
activities related to the unit's
treatment program.
Buchanan was educated in the
Morganton City Schools and grad
uated in 1961. Bis undergraduate
education was remised at Gardner
Webb Junior College, the University
Limestone College, where he re
ceived his AB. degree in 1967. While
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is presently a sec
at Southeastern
Seminary and
is piaster of Lasker Baptist Church,
near Roanoke Rapids.
He is married to the fanner
Kathryn Dobbins of Mooresboro,
and resides in Wake Forest.
Wheat Price Support
Prices &isc!psed by
ASCS in This County
The North Carolina price-support
rate for 1966-crop wheat has been
set at $1.36 per bushel, G. L. Cat
lette, County ASCS office manager,
has announced.
"The State rate reflects the na
tional average farm loan rate of
#1.23 per bushel, which is the same
as for the 1967 crop," Catlette said,
"but it also generally reflects the
relationships between historical
prices received by farmers and the
support rate for the terminal mar
ket area serving this state."
Granville County wheat growers
may get price-support loans or be
eligible for CCC purchases by not
exceeding their 1968 allotments and
carrying out other provisions of the
1966 wheat program, Catlette said.
Participation in the program also
Qualifies growers for marketing cer
tificates on the part of their wheat
allocated for domestic consumption.
Certificates for the 1968 crop will
be based on 40 percent of the farm's
projected production of wheat on
the farm allotment. Certificates have
a $ash value equal to the difference
between parity and the national
average loan rate of $1.25 per bushel,
thus returning to the participating
wheat grower 100 percent of parity
on his domestic wheat allocation.
(The domestic certificate for the
1067 wheat crop amounted to$lA6
per bushel.)
Carotins Lewis pots
Dogfoe at St. Andrew
[ Caroline W. Lewis, daughter
. ML Lewis Jr. of Oxford, was
19 from St. Andrews
College in Laurlnburg
with a Bachelor Of Arts degree in
Christian
Former Berth Carolina Governor
Terry Sanford addressed the 176
seniors who were awarded degrees
by Dr. Analey C. Moore, president
of St. Andrews.
Miss Lewis swved as treasurer of
the Student Christian Council.
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Jack Carey Returning,
Centra! Careiina Bank
Projects Office Here
Centra! Carolina Bank & Trust
Company is carrying forward plans
to establish an office in Oxford,
[Paul Wright Jr., the bank's presi
I dent, said today.
Wright said that application for
an Oxford office was filed with the
State Banking Commission in mid
April, and is to be formally pre
sented to the Commission for ap
proval at its meeting on July 24.
He said that examining officials of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Cor
poration had already begun making
the usual routine investigation of
the application.
James L Carey of Oxford has
been named a CCB vice president,
has engaged office space in Ox
ford and wili take up his new du
ties on June 3. Carey is an ex
perienced banker, having served
for several years with Oxford Na
tional Bank, prior to its merger.
He is now executive vice president
of Citizens Bank A Trust Co. of
Blacks tone, Va., a post which he
wlili relinquish in order to join
Centra! Carolina Bank.
Carey said that CCB plans a
modern, full-service office in Ox
ford, and that he now has three
sites under consideration. Ali per
sonnel of the new bank will be re
cruited in Oxford, he said. An Ox
ford Board, composed of local busi
ness and professional men, will be
named to advise and direct the de
velopment of CCB's newest office.
Founded in 1903
Central Carolina Bank, founded in
1903, for 30 years served only the
city of Durham. In the early thirties,
offices were established in Creed
moor, Wake Forest, Mebane, Hills
borough, Apex, Cooleemee. Through
merger, banks in Erwin, Chapel
Hill, and Roxboro, Joined the Cen
tral Carolina Bank family. CCB has
offices in new communities includ
ing Butner, Youngsville, Rolesvllle
and Mocksville.
As the bank has grown in the
number of its locations, it has
grown even more rapidly in totai
resources, Wright noted. From 322
million in 1943, it jumped to 332
million in 1953, a 59% increase.
But 1968 totals are in excess of
3104 million — a 225% increase
over figures for 1953.
(See CAREY on Page 8)
GranviMe Sthoots to
Graduate 450 Sthohrs
More than 450 young men and
young women in Granville County
will Sunday end Monday evenings
take one of the memorable walks of
life. They will move quicMy, if,
pensively, across the graduation
graduation Horn high schools jof
county. Final examinations '<
compilation of grades this week
will make most of them eligible.
Webb High has the largest class,
140, with Nichols High contributing
15 for the joint exercise. Mary Pot
ter has 94, with four others ex
pecting to complete work in the
summer session to meet graduation
requirements. South Granville has
91. Hawley High 61, Toler High 31
and Shaw High 31 to account for
the total.
The Webb graduation will be Mon
day night at 9 in the Creasy K
Proctor Recreation Center and the
class sermon in the same iocation
Sunday night at 9.
Mary Potter is to graduate Sunday
night with a program at 9 at the
National Guard Armory.
Monday evening in the respective
schools.
Rev. C g. Godwin wiil give the
Webb Sermon Sunday and Dr. Leo
Jenkins the address on Monday. Mr.
Godwin is pastor of Oxford Baptist
Church, Dr. Jenkins is president
of East Carolina University.
Mrs. Thelma Lennon will give
the Mary Potter address at 8 pm.
Sunday and School Superintendent
L. C. Adcock will deliver the di
plomas.
Speaker for Shaw High gradua
(See SCHOOLS on Page 8)
Jn!y Christmas
Being Pianned
Public to Participate in Sum
mer Program for JUH
Mental Patients
Christmas in July for Mental
Health will be celebrated by the
Granville County Mental Health As
sociation this summer. In order to
give Granville residents an oppor
tunity to donate useful and needed
items to the North Eastern Unit at
John Umstead Hospital, Christmas
will be celebrated early this year.
The executive committee of the
association voted to make July 13
Christmas in July for patients from
Granville County in the mental hos
pital.
Collection points in Oxford,
Creedmoor and Butner will be es
tablished to make collection of the
gifts. County residents will only
need to drive by the points and as
sociation members will receive their
gifts directly from their cars. The
collection points will be designated
later.
Needed items for the unit include
phonograph records, clothing, books,
magazines, games, cosmetics, toilet
articles, workable radios and cash
contributions. Both new and used
items will be accepted.
Any cash contributions received
for the unit will be used in activities
for patients who have no source of
income or spending money.
The North Eastern Unit at John
Uinstead serves Granville County as
wen as Warren, Vance, Person and
Caswell. Any Granville County resi
dent received at the hospital Is
cared for in this unit. The Unit
Director is Dr. William Taylor.
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EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS of
Angier B. Duke School were pre
sented certificates in graduation ex
ercises in the gymtorium of Cen
tral Orphanage of North Carolina
held Thursday night. Many parents
and friends of the students were
expected to attend the 3 pjn. pro
gram.
Charles Tate Named
For Methodist Duty
Charles Tate, who Is associated
with Burlington Industries in this
city, is the new chairman of the
Official Board of Oxford Methodist
Church.
Others elected at the business
meeting of the board are Hugh
Bryan Haskins, vice - chairman;
Mrs. Garland Talton, secretary; and
Mrs. W. W. Fuller, treasurer.
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NAVY LT. Hal Pittard Jr. paid
a flying visit to home-folks several
days ago. En route to Norfolk, Va.,
Lt. Pittard "buzzed" his parents
and family members as they
watched from the yard of their
home, The Pines, as he did rolls
and dips, displaying high skill in
maneuvering a powerful jet air
craft.
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k% ort Site Gets
A^Jwa!ofFAA;
Engineers at Work
Loca! Representatives to Seek
Appointment of Author
ity Members
Federal Aviation Authority has
given final approval to the proposed
site of the joint airport serving
Oxford and Henderson areas. The
site is at the Vance-Qranvilie iine
off Dabney Road, about mid-point
between the two sites.
This action, according to John
K. Heims, who represents the City
of Oxford in negotiations with
Henderson and Vance County au
thorities in development plans,
signals clearance for moving ahead
with other deveiopment procedues,
inciuding engineering.
John Talbert & Associates of
Wilmington, earlier engaged for
the engineering, are presently en
gaged on more than 1'25 acres of
the site area. When their work is
complete and the joint authority
has been created by action of .Hen
derson and Vance county govern
ments, a call can be made for bids
for necessary grading and struc
tures.
Heims said himself and W. W,
Yeafgin, agent of the county in the
airport deveiopment undertaking,
would petition Henderson Board of
Commissioners and the Vance
County Board of Commissioners to
designate their representatives on
the proposed airport authority .
Meanwhile, Horth Carolina Avia
tion Commission has made a grant
of $20,000 toward cost of deveiop
ment of the joint airport and pend
ing, on basis if an earlier grant to
Henderson and Vance County, is a
FAA grant.
The FAA site approval
that it has been determined
establishment of the airport at
proposed site would not in
matter interfere with existing
ea and airline comm'
Teeth and Watch,
Man's Life Spared
Lt. James W. Matthews lost his
gold-capped false teeth and his wrist
watch to the Viet Cong but came
home clinging to a narrow thread
of iife after months of fighting in
Vietnam.
Matthews, wearing piaster casts
and other evidence of a close call
in Vietnam, Sunday related some
of his experiences to his mother,
Mrs. Rebecca Matthews, in their
first meeting since his return to
the states. Matthews is now in
Elizabeth City with his family while
on hospital leave. His left arm is
broken in four places. He has sev
eral shrapnel wounds, including
those in the neck.
Lt. Matthews was wounded April
10 and got back to the states early
this month. He said he faintly re
members an enemy soldier taking
his gold-plated dentures from his
mouth and his wrist watch from
his arm.
He offered no resistance, didn't bat
an eye. "I was just hovering be
tween life and death, hoping to stay
alive," the young officer said.
Mrs. Matthews was accompanied
on the trip to see her son by her
sister, Mrs. Willie Lemkee and her
daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Frankie Overby and two children
of Durham.
Greensboro Firm Gets
Tobatto Station Job;
GSA Award $565,022
A Greensboro construction firm,
King-Hunter, Inc., has been award
ed contract for erection of a new
office facility at the Tobacco Sta
tion here.
The award was made on a nego
tiation basis, after low bids were
taken at a cost to the government
of (565,022, according to informa
tion obtained from the office of L.
H. Fountain of the Second North
Carolina District.
The Congressman's office also re
vealed that OSA is negotiating with
the one bidder for a post office
facility sought for Stem. Miss Min
nie Mae Franklin of Durham,
tendered one bid. offering to erect
a building to GSA specifications and
thereafter rent it at a cost of (150
per month. An effort is being made
to bring the monthly rental to a
lower cost.
The Greensboro firm of King
Hunter, Inc., one of seven bid
ders on the Tobacco Station struc
ture, Is to begin work about June
10. The construction period will cover
a maximum of about 12 months.
King-Hunter will also install new
boilers and Install modifications in
the existing administration build
ing at the tobacco station, accord
ing to information from Mr. Foun
tain's office.
The bidding on the Tobacco Sta
tion job was the third, earlier bids
having exceeded available funds for
the work. The project has been
in the mill for almost two years.
A Raleigh architect prepared
plans and specifications for the
building.
Two Candidates
For US. Senate
On June 1 Battot
Than S50 Eligible to
Vote in County-Wide
Run-Off Saturday
Granville county may establish
some kind of election day record on
Saturday.
There is to be a run-off primary
election with two Republican can
didates for U. S. Senate in the I
race. !
Election Board Chairman John j
N. Watkins Jr. said polls would open
at 3r30 a.m. in 19 Granville County
vnMnc nrwincts and voters regist
as Republican party members
will have opportunity within a 12
hour period ending at 6:30 p.m. to
choose between J. L. (Larry) Zim
merman and Robert Vance Somers
a* their candidates Tor U. S. Senate.
Thy winner will oppose Senator
Sam J. Erwin, Democratic nominee,
ig the November general election.
ary in the county 33&
Republicans, with some
having none.
uai, the votes will be tele
to the,office of Sheriff J.
election returns head
idiy as they become
after the 6:30 pm.'
a run-off
ih
here were unable to
candidates
In the p.
Republidans
tn Gran
publicans
)1 recent
nominated their
of Oxford Tak
tnary Steps to
Oxford Methodist Church has
given endorsement to one of its
members as a candidate for the
ministry. He is Billy Seate, son of
MR and Mrs. B. F. Seate, who has
been recommended by the quarterly
conference of the Oxford Church for
a local license to preach.
Seate, who has completed work
for his degree at University of North
Carolina, plans to enter the Divinity
School of Duke University in
September. In January, he will be
come eligible for a license by Dur
ham District of the Methodist Con
ference.
Seate was recently married to Miss
Wanda Kay Smith of Durham. They
make their home in Durham where
Mr. Seate is connected with a food
chain.
Compbe!! Directors
Pick Betsy Cozart
For Piayers' Award
At the annual Paul Green Society
Awards Banquet held May 25 at
Campbell College, Betsy Cozart.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allen F.
Cozart, received the Best Techni
cian Award for her costume de
sign and presentation in "My Fair
Lady" in the Campbell Players'
November production.
Nominations went through scene
ry, painting, properties and cos
tumes. The winner was selected by
the two directors. Other awards
were given for acting.
Miss Cozart has had an assistant
ship - scholarship position in the
Drama Department this year and
has been a Campbell Player since
her freshman year (1965). Other
shows she designed the costumes
and made them for were "The Rain
maker" in March, and "JJB." In
April.
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Sam B. Curtin !!!
To Get WFU Degree
Sam B. Currin III will get his
degree at Wake Forest University.
Winston-Salem, on Monday. He
plans to return to the summer ses
sion and continue In the Law School
of the University In the year ahead.
Parents, Mr. apd Mrs. Sam B. Cur
rin Jr., and sister, Lisa, and grand
mother, Mrs. Sam B. Currin Sr.,
will attend the university gradua
tion on Monday.
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OXFORD JAYCEES, with 15 In
attendance, met Tuesday night at
Thomdale Country Club with Pre
sident Clyde Pully presiding. Re
ports were given on the recent state
meeting and pending business con
sidered during the meeting.
HEW Rejects
for Dosoaroaatio..
Gronv///e /n Boffom
Quorfer o/ Average
Per Capifa Forn/ngs
Person and Vance Top Granville with Franklin County
in Rank Immediately Below Granville—Results
of Tax Study Revealed
The State Department of Tax i
Research Tuesday released results I
of a study showing estimates of
county personnel incmne for 1966.
The report is simiiar to those issued
after completion of studies of in
conie for the years 1956 and 1962. <
'The report reveals that both to-,
tal and per capita personal income I
reached new highs for North Caro
lina in 11966. Total income was up
38 per cent over the level attained
in 1962. Per capita income rose 31
per cent during the four-year in
terval.
The report for Granville is based
on an estimated population of 35,
277 for 195%}. and estimates total
personal income at $52,331,000 and
per capita income at $1,463. giving
the county a rank of 76, 24th from
the bottom, and just above Frank
lin County, with a population base
of 28,292 and per capita income of
$1,479.
Vance County had an estimated
average per capita income of $1,834
and a total of $82,667,000 on a pop
ulation base of 34,165.
Vance earned a rank of 50, mid
point of the state average.
Person County topped both Gran
ville and Vance with an estimated
average income of $1,898, earning
a rank of 58, and a total estimat
ed income of $48,387,000 on a pop
ulations base of 38,576.
Edward N. Adcotk
Named Secretary
Processing Finn
Native of Granville Given
New Duties at Annual
Meeting of Board
Another Granvilicnative has been
given corporate raapoasibilities with
Genera! Processors. Inc. He is Ed
ward W. GfueklAdcock, ntMaafMi***
retary of the corporation at the
recent annual meeting of directors.
Adcock, formerly with W. A.
Adams Co., Inc., joined General
Processors, Inc., a year ago as of
fice manager. He will continue in
that responsibility according to
Douglas Jones, chairman of the
board of directors.
A son of Mr. and Mrs. M. B
Adcock of Bt. 2, Virgilina, the young
man is married to the former Miss
Cornelia Hunt and they have three
children, Betty Gail, 10, Mike, S,
and David, 3. The family attends
Enon Church.
Adcock began work in 1956 with
W. A. Adams Co., sMth duties in
the office of the Oxford concern.
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Country Ctub Access
To Be C!osed While
Rood Work is Done
A new starting point for golfers
and a new access route for Thom
daie Country Club will be in ef
fect for four or five days com
mencing Monday.
Country Club Drive from Cherry
Street win be closed to all traffic
beginning Monday until the surface
is applied to the stone base from
Cherry to the end just beyond Hie
entrance road to the country cMb.
Club Manager J. G. Hamilton said
the ciub management is attempting
to meet the situation as best it
can. Golfers who telephone just
prior to their arrival at the old
club house building on Hillsboro
Street can have their clubs delivered
to them at the old club building.
"Others desiring to reach the club
will of necessity be unable to drive
in," Mr. Hamilton said, "until the
road Is topped and traffic allowed
on it again."
Oxford Sotdier Now
!s Lieuh-Co!one!
Ralph A. Matthews Jr., an Army
career officer, son of Mrs. Rebecca
Matthews of this city and the late
Mr. Matthews, has been advanced
to rank of Lieut.-Coi. He has been
in the service for about 18 years
and now is stationed at Fart
Leavenworth, Kan.
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A THREE-BEDROOM home on
Delacroix Street has been sold by
Daniel and Bryan to Mr. and Mrs.
Abner Tant, formerly of Henderson.
The Tants formerly resided in Hen
derson, where Mr. Tant is employed.
Mrs. Tant is a member of the nurs
ing personnel of Granville Hos
pital.
Robeit Honcocb
Aces on No. Nine
Robert Hancock joined goif
elites of Thorpdaie Country Club
on Sunday with a hole-in-one j
shot on ftp. 9. !
Hancock was playing in a
fourseme with Sam Royster,
Irvin Fox and John D. Finch
When he used a four-iron for
'wT 138-yard drive that landed
in the cup. ty . ^
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MiHkn Cottons
To Water Reserve
The City of Oxford is in good
shape waterwise at this point,
according to Harrell Lyon, super
intendent of the municipal water
system.
Lyon said the rains during the
first days of this week, Sunday
and Monday, brought millions of
gallons of reserve into Lake
Devin, increasing the level by
three inches.
On a basis of engineering in
formation given the Board of
Commissioners of Oxford the past
week, the three inch rise in the
surface level of the lake would
add more than 10 million gal
lons to the raw water supply in
storage.
Lake Devin has a storage ca
pacity of about 300 million gal
lons and plans are in process for
increasing this by 60 million gal
lions by raising the maximum level
by 18 inches.
The flow of water in Tar River
is presently adequate for daily
pump operations, according to
Lyon.
Storm Damage at
Creedmoor Section
Crops and Farm Buildings
Damaged, Electrical Serv
ice Interrupted
The fast moving tornado that did
extensive damage in northern Dur
ham county last week dipped down
and left its mark in a half-mile
corridor just south of Creedmoor
near the Granville - Wake county
line. The storm damaged several
farm buildings and some crops were
damaged, and trees were uprooted
in the area.
Several main power lines extend
ing from Wake Electric Membership
Corporation's Creedmoor sub - sta
tion into southern Granville and
northern Wake counties were knock
ed out by falling trees, J. L.
Shearon, the cooperative's manager,
said this week.
Shearon said Wake's line crews
restored power to all its members
affected by the destructive storm
before midnight, except the L. C
Lowery home where lightning made
a direct hit on a transformer and
service lines, and this place was
back in service soon after midnight.