I I Your Best Advertising I 4 Medium I "jk VOLUME 64 Warren I Tax Rate Is $1.98 Board Makes No Change In Budget j The tax rate of $1.98 on the] $100 valuation is now the of-( ficial tax rate of Warren County. The Board of County Comv, missioners in special meeting here on Tuesday approved the tentative budget without change. The tax rate of $1.98 includes a rate of $1.05 for genv 4 eral purposes and 93c for schools and is 10c higher than the rate in effect for the 195960 fiscal year. No other business was before the commissioners at their short session here on Tuesday morning. Barretts To Leave Sunday Afternoon "Through the Tunnels" will he the sermon topic at the 11 o'clock worship service at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, the Rev. Troy Barret, pastor, announced yesterday. Sunday afternoon the Barretts will motor to Greensboro where Mrs. Barrett and the boys will stay with Mrs. Eli Williams, mother of Mrs. Barrett. Monday morning Mr. Barret will go to Lake Junaluska to attend the Leadership School There will be no service in the church on Sunday, August 7. Mrs. Barrett said that the members are invited to worship in one of the other churches. Dr. Cecil Robbins? president it of Louisburg College, will * preach at Wesley Memorial Church on Sunday, August 14. Mr. Barrett will preach on Sunday, August 21, using as his subject "What Must I Do A to Be Made Whole?" On Sun day. August ~2fr. his subject ? will be "Religion arid Golf." Local Families Camp At Lake Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Rodwell, Jr. and son, Jimmie, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hunter and family, and Miss Debbie Roberts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Roberts, spent several days last week at Kerr Lake, camping at the Warren County Recreation area. Rodwell and Hunter spent} the nights at the camp but commuted to work each day. Sleeping quarters for the group consisted of a pup tent, a station wagon and a homemade trailer, designed and built by: Hunter. Rodwell said this week that the entire group had a deing, fishing, swimming and boating. He said that while only a few parties were camping at the Warren County area during the middle of the week, that it was almost crowded over the weekend. Legion Auxiliary To Hold Meeting The American Legion Auxiliary will meet in the Assembly Room of the Warrenton \ Baptist Church on Thursday evening, August 4, at 8 o'clock with Mrs. H. P. Reid, Mrs. H. C. Montgomery, Miss Sadie IH Limer, Mrs. Ethel Limer and Mrs. Roger Limer as co-hosI tesses. Mrs. K. A. Pittman of Kins ton, Department Parliamentarian. will be the guest speaker. It' Warrenton Win* I (WW, Plain* I The Warrenton Pony League took its second straight victory aver Warren Plains teem on Hi -, Saturday afternoon, winning a game played at Maeon by the score of 7-8. E Billy Bnaon bald Warm Mains to only three.hlts while Striking out IS. . , > f? | Warren Plains pitchen only ] ( Subscription Price $3 \VAF^ ">T:t > IV.' Pitkanen, center right, and Mis day. The 18-year-old Rangers ( Leaf Girl Scout Council and i Following their visit in this j Npw York City for ginhtgnninn states. Girls Fro Guests A Greer Break". His Neck In Dhc At White Lake Charles Greer, 21-year-old Warrenton man, suffered a hroken_xiork nnri miihoit von.1 tabrae while diving at White Lake on Saturday afternoon. Diving from a pier he struck nis head on the bottom of the lake.. taken to Duke Hospital following the accident, but was able to move a hand on Tuesday. Muscular theraphy was begun at the hospital on Tuesday, but members of his family reported yesterday that it is not known whether or not he will be paralyzed. Greer and his wife, the former Miss Patsy Hicks, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Greer were spending the weekend at White Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Greer spent the Fouth of July at White Lake and during that time dived frequently from toe pier from which Greer jumped Saturday. Greer's address is Charles Greer, Halsteal Ward, 3rd Floor, Duke Hospital, Durham, N. C. I A Bridge By BIGNALL JONES In the December 9, 1955, is-! sue of The Warren Record i there appeared a news story ^elating that a Warren County! L.J 1 lit mv.i,6buuh Iiau upycareu Wlin Highway Commissioner Donnie Sorrell and Highway .Engineer Hunter Irvin before Governor Hodges on Tuesday to ask that he allocate surplus highway funds for the building of a bridge to replace the Eaton Ferry and connect Roanoke Township with the rest of the county. Persons from Warren County present at the meeting with Commissioner Sorrell and Engineer Irvin were Commissioners Jim. Hundley, John Wilson, Amos Capps, J. T. Harris and Robert Thorne. Countv A?mt Prank Reams, Racistar of bands Sam Allen, Roth Minciter of The Littleton Obaerrer, and Blgnall Jones of The Warren Record. Also present mid acting as spokesman for the Warren Count? group was W. W. Taylor, Jr.. of Warrantee, then a member of the General Assembly, and county attorney. The Warren County delegation told the Governor their reasons for desiring the bridge, stressing the need to connect malnder of the comity, . A. Miles presents the keys of s Anneli Inkeroinen, both of Hi the equivalent of Senior Girl So ire currently guests of Mr. and S irea, the girls will join 19 othei and work among handicapped cl m Finlam it Lions IV Two young girls from Fin- 1 land highlighted tne program i o<" the Warrenton Lions Club i " -May night of last week i *eting at Hotel War- < n nneli Inkeroinen and Mis orkko-Lisa Pitkencn, 1 Girl uide Rangers of Fin- 1 land, discussed living condi- i itions, customs and differences 1 in Finland, gave their impres- < siorts of America, . and at the 1 end of their talk answered a number of questions from in- i terested Lions. They were < presented by Howard Daniel, 1 who had charge of the program. = : J j The girls are members of a 1 group of 14 Rangers (the 1 equivalent of Senior Girl 1 j Scouts) and seven United 1 States Senior Girl Scouts who . will participate in an inter- ' | national service project to ' handicapped children in this J j country during August. The ! | Rangers are from France, Fin- 1 land, Mexico, Pakiston, South ! | Africa, Switzerland, Antigua ; and Bermuda. They have been guests of j the Bright Leaf Girl Scout, j Council since July 2 andl, Misses Inkeroinen and Pit- , kenen have been guests of Mrs. Bob Butler from July 2229. Mrs. Butler accompanied ( the girls to the Lions meeting as a guest of the club. During their talks before] t the Lions it was revealed thati I Across T | Commission Sorrell told Gov- ] ernor Hodges that he placed J | the Roanoke bridge at the top 1 of needs for his district, and i that unless money was made I available from the Governor's ' Fund he failed to see how the i bridge could be built at alL i Commissioner Sbrrell also I said that he found the citizens 1 {of Warren County most co-op- i erative, and that the people of j Warren County badly needed i :the bridge. i On Friday of that week Gov- < ernor Hodges allocated funds < for the building of a bridge j across the Roanoke, An ac- i [count of this allocation was I carried in the December 16, < 1900, issue of The Warren I Record, as follows: i "Eaton's Ferry which has ! senred travelers tor mora than 1 MO yean will bo replaced by i a modern bridge across the < Roanoke River connecting Roe- i noke Township with the rest I of the county. < Governor Hodges on Friday < allocated 1300,000 for the con- i Structtoo of the bridge from special surplus accruing In I highway funds and turned 1 over to the Governor for alio- i cation. I Marr Copy WARRENTO* 1^1 the city to Miss Pirkko-Liisa elsinki, Finland, here on Sun>uts) are guests of the Bright Irs. R. B. Butler of Warrenton. Rangers and Girl Scouts in hildren in the Middle-Atlantic (Photo by Howard Jones) d Are leeting :he girls are not only interested in Girl Scout work, hut ire also interested in work among the blind and the haniicapped, one of the top projects of the Lions. At the opening of the meetng, group singing was led by Vice President Monroe Gardner, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Gardner. The invocation was given by the Rev. E. W. Baxter Presentation of pins was made to new members Lion [Jlenn Perkinson and Lion Nat Hilliard by Harold Skillman. C. M. Bullock, president of the club, who presided nver the meeting, announced that nominations for the Lion of the Year would be made at the next meeting. Guests of club members for the meeting were Clarence Skillman of Thomasville, Ga., a brother of Lion Harold Skillman. and fCnttnn W otonn if South Hill, Va., a visiting Lion. No Episcopal Services Services will not be held at Emmanuel Episcopal Church here on Sunday, July 31, as the rector, the Rev. E. L. Baxter, is teaching at Vade Mecum Camp. Regular 8 and LI a. m. services will be held on Sunday, August 7. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Ellis recently spent some time at their cottage at Nags Head. he Roam Highway Commissioner Donnie Sorreil and Highway Engineer Hunter Irving before the Gov ernur on mesaay 01 iasi weejc to request the bridge. The Warren County delegation con} listed of county officials and newspaper representatives. ""This delegation pointed out to Governor Hodges that Roanoke Township -was largely Isolated from the rest of the county because of the lack of I bridge; that due to low water m Monday school children could not croes the river to ittend school, and that on cold had to stand exposed to the (laments as the ferry uinii the river. One bus carries Chilian to the north side of the river and they take another jus on the south side as it is not considered safe to csnrf i bus on the ferry. Also pointsd out by the delegation was hat when a proposed VEPCO lam is built near Thalnu that loan this inadequate fern wvfee wHI be abandoned. "The proposed bridfe will ? located at or near old Robnaon Ferry site at hl|h water J!" * * .?. JTJZ itte unsatisfactory. The RohinW tofc!mfeir 1 >V? '-"'-v 1"* WW J HVA IUU VUW1 The Rev. Levi H. Humphreys will be installed as pastor of the Warren ton Presbyterian Church In special exercises at the church here on Sunday night at 7:30. Members of the Commission of the Presbytery of Granville who will instaU the minister include the Rev. Ernest L. Barbar of Raleigh and the Rev. George' S: Calhoun and the jRev. Robert Childress of Henderson. Also assisting in the service will be Elders Harold Skillman, Brown Crinkley, Jim C. Moore and W. R. Strickland. Mr. Humphreys is a recent graduate of Union Theological Seminary at Richmond, Va., and will serve as pastor of the Warrenton, Littleton and Gruver Memorial Presbyterian Churches. He is a native of Sutton, W. Va., where he received a high school education. He received his B. A. degree at King's I College, Bristol, Tenn., and his | B. D. degree at Union Theo| logical Seminary in Richmond, j Mr. Humphreys is married to j the former Betty Wilson of j High Point and Sanford. She attended Sullins College in >ke River "It will be at least 1056 be?' fore the bridge is completed^ Highway Commissioner Sorrel I told Governor Hodges on Tuesday of last week that he thought it would be a year before the work could be completed. One of the things expected to delay construction is th obtaining of steel. Sorrell said he felt that it might be at least eight months before steel would become availnhla th? project. "Warrtn citizen* have been advoeatinf the building of a bridge acroea the Roanoke near Eaton's Ferry for approximately 20 yean. In the thlrtiaa hopes that the bridge could be built were dissipated when Warrenton and Littleton could not agree upon the location. A year or more (ago) agitaftfg^i^^Rif * and norr than a thousand aaaaaa were signed to a petition urging that the state ksBd the bridge Both these efforts came to ??gfc? The building of the bridge la not only aapected to connect Roanoke Township with the re mainder of the county, but it is belived that tt will draw 10 prii"y ^ A ^2296 South __ Students ] lean's List , lastic achievement. "In addition, we invite you j to consult our PVIiioofirmol Bo. search Service which offers! information about any Ameri-;s can University or College.] r "Therefore; if you?have anyf question regarding admission requirements, tuition fees, or scholarship opportunities, please feel free to write us at any time. These privileges are avail able to you without charge." Principal Hockaday said yes-' ; terday that he was delighted : that the names of these out: standing students have been in. eluded in "The Dean's List." . and that he considers it a great honor. Ed Wood is the son of Mr. ; and Mrs. Edgar Wood of War, renton; Nancy Pittard is the j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nor! man Pittard of Warrenton; ! Saralee Drake is the daugh; ter of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Drake, Jr.. of Warrenton; and j Eleanor Ruth King is the' , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. i W. King of Oakville. Warren! ton. Route 1. Wood and Miss Drake in addition to thnir nohnlnctin r po ords were outstanding athletes during their school careers. J j Miss King was this year's DAR's Good Citizen. Miss Pit- ' tard was valedictorian of her ^ class. She also won a scholarship to Flora MacDonald College' ,\ stalled At Local ; ch Sunday Night Bristol. Va.. and continued her! j college work at Richmond Pro-!] fessiinal Institute where she] received the B. S degree last. January. ine Humphreys nave a daughter. Cynthia York. 23'1 months old. IJ HUMPHREYS TO BE INSTALLED AT LITTLETON J LITTLETON=The Rov. Lovi J Humphreys will be ordained < and installed at the 11 o'clock worship service on Sunday ] morning at the Littleton Pres- 1 byterian Church. i The Rev. John M. Walker, 1 Jr., of Roanoke Rapids, the i Rev. George Calhoun of Hen- i derson and the Rev B. L. i Carter of Raleigh will partic- < ipate in the service. ] Mrs. C. L. Purdy and Mrs. j P. T. Harrell and children of Wake Forest visited relatives in Richmond, Va last week. I Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Davis j and family are at Crescent i Beach, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnson are at Myrtle- Beach, S. C. | Miss Mary Frances Rodwell and Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Daniel and Mary Elizabeth of Littleton will leave on Sunday for Virginia Beach, Va. lending &ute 4-H WhM Stat Sandra Walker, Ellen Glenn 71 Sandy Stanabury, Betty Jo Sal Holtirean, Virginia RaharMU; , Ltd printing CO x Advertising Shelby Street Medium RID AY, JULY 29, 1960 NUMBER 31 Edward Hunter Resigns 4s Town Clerk To Take I II tiZ'.i n 1 n jod vYitn reck company Edward Hunter. Town Clerk I water plant operator, ince 195G. ha.s resigned hisj For the position of town?$ ept a position in the book-! with some knowledge of bookkeeping department of Peck! keeping, who is able to deal Manufacturing Company. His with the public, has some typesignation is effective on Au-ing ability and with good just 27. I habits. He must be acceptaHunter's resignation was at- ble to the bonding company, epted "with deep regret" by Qualifications for substitute he board of town commission-. water plant operator are list- 1 >rs at a called meeting here j cd as general mechanical aptiast Friday. His successor has tude and absolute dependabillot been named. j ity. His work week is 5Mi In addition to accepting the!da.vs. but ho must be subject esignation of the town clerk, ?? emergency and holiday he commissioners passed a.work l'1 addition he must csolution endorsing Robinson's | ta^e his turn on weekend "errv as the site for a propos- water plant operation, and as d bridge across the Roanoke (sist in reading water meters, liver. A similar resolution was, nade the commis;ioners of neighboring Norlina I Hunter became town clerk 'H n February. 1956. following:? he resignation of Bill Currie. H n his position he has had aj^| nultitude of duties and in ad-j^H iition to town clerk bears the H itlos of secretary and treas- I irer. assistant to the Superin-jH endent of the Water Depart-j^B nent. tax collector, purchasing H igent. municipal accountant andj? ax lister. While the commissioners |H 'mployed no one to replace |H dunter at the called meetingJ^B hey did discuss desirable ^ jualifications for a combiria-| dr. WALTER A. WHITE ion town clerk and substitute! i^TE^T"! Dr. White Begins Permits For Curers Jhe PraCtlCC 0! Now Being I.sued J Border Crossing Permits for l#f?nildiry llvlv workers going to Canada to I assist with the harvest of the Dr. Walter A. White 6t -li Dominion flue-cured crop for Drewry on Monday became a* his season are now available sociated with Dr. Sam H. Masit the Henderson Office of the sey here in the practice Security Commission, it was dentistry. innounced this week by W. Dr white graduate fmm A [Iall Brooks. Manager of the't^c ynjyPrcity nf North ffriy. .'j| | lina in 1952, and afterserving "i The procedure, according to j two years with the United 38 Brooks, will be the same as ctatoc a;. ast year. The Canadian grow-'School of Dentistry at the XJnt- | | jr must initiate the request | versity from which he pM <'vH hrough the Canadian Employ-1, graduated this spring. He bea _.|W| nent Service. If such request) recently passed his extotiftuk is approved it is forwarded to, tion before the Board I '.he local worker, who in turn, I tal Examiners. | ?xchanges it at the local N. C. The son Gf Mrs. Henry B. -9 Employment Security Commis- white and the late Mr. White J sion Office for a Border Cross- of Drewry, Dr. White is the' /S ing Permit. ' brother of Nat Whit?,^?jBM The local Employment Se- [ Conservationist for Warttt* fl :urity Office which serves! County, and is the twin broth- | | Vance, Granville and Warren! er of Dr. Wallace White who jM Counties is located at 211J formerly practiced medidftW^M | Turner Avenue, Henderson, here. He is a member of the ia ) and the office hours are from Presbyterian Church. | 3:00 A. M. to 5 P. M., Mon- Dr. White is presently -mmt M day through Friday. No per- muting from his home at JH mits will be issued on Satur- Drewry, but following his wed-'\ days or Sundays. ding in late December j Brooks said that last year a move to Warrenton where he .1 | total of 223 permits were is-, and Mrs. White will (See BORDER, page 10) 1 their home. . . s wHM left Weir en ton on tfondnr tar Sketch wheratttM^^H College They err left to right: 00