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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
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Subscription Price $3
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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*
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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
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I, COUNTY OF WARRENT]
Four Local
I iota/] In P
Jill MLJ
Four 1960 graduates of John
Graham High School at War-;
renton have been included in
"The Dean's List of Outstand-j
ing Graduates," largest direc-1
tory of honor students in the
United States. i
Ed Wood, Nancy Pittard,
Saralee Drake and Eleanor
Ruth King have been notified
i of their inclusion in the direcj
tory by William J Baltaks,
j Publisher.
| The names were submitted
by J. F. Hockaday, principal of
I John Graham High School.
| The directory contains the
, names of graduates who have
I attained an outstanding schoj
lastic record or have demonstrated
qualities of leadership
j in other phases of their school
work.
I DauiXKn, in nis leiier 10 me
) local students said that they
! may be justly proud of their
I accomplishments,
i "As a result of this honor,"
Baltaks wrote, "you will receive
national recognition and
have an invaluable recommendation
when you seek employment
at a later date. You may
use our name as reference at
any time and we will be happy
to formard certification of this
| award to any employer you
designate. You will find these
benefits particularly advantageous
because interviewers
place great importance on schoMinister
To Be In;
Preshvfprinn Phm
? > 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
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prii"y
^ A ^2296 South
__ Students
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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; ,
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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<l, Lucy Ann lllcke, Mergeret Ann Pa I"OW 1