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Your Best Advertising Medium h VOLUME 65 Contr; Expan Wear] The 40,000-square foot factory of the Carolina Sportswear Company, Inc., will be expand-* ed by approximately 10,000 feet during the next two months. Selby Benton, president of the Bute Development Com? pany, which will pay for the addition under a lease purchase agreement, said yesterday that the contract for en lurguig iae ouiiamg was giv^n Motor Law Tried In Co Cases involving violation of motor vehicle laws occupied the greater portion of time of Warren County Recorder's Court here on last Friday when Judge Julius Banzet disposed of a rather large number of cases. Eddie Williams was fined $25.00 and taxed with court costs when found guilty of operating a motor vehicle without an operator's license. Erskine P. Williams, charged with allowing an unlicensed person to operate a motor vehicle, was taxed with court costs. Cecil Arthur Pendleton was given a 30-days road sehtence when found guilty on a drunk driving charge. James Robert Davis, speeding, was taxed with court costs. Also taxed with court costs was William Johnson, Jr., who was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle without an operator's license. ^ Violet Abbott Seaman, speeding, was taxed with court costs. Jimmy L. Evans, charged with operating a motor vehicle without an operator's license, was fined $25.00 and taxed with court costs. Stephen Rodwell Norvell was required to pay the cost of court when he was found guilty of speeding. In other cases before Judge Banzet: rinmmitt#p 1 Seek Quart* A committee to search for suitable quarters for the War( ren bounty ASC office was appointed by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting here Monday. Action of the board was taken after members of the ASC v committee, Office Manager T. E. Watson, assistant manager Thurman Batten and Carl Bunn, ASC District Farmer Fieldman, had appeared to discuss the needs for improved quarters and to see if any action had been taken on a request made at the June meeting of the board. Named as a special committee were Commissioner Richard Davis, Walter Smiley, Frank Beams and T. E. Watson. Beams was named chairman. Instruction of the committee was to make a survey of buildings at Warrenton and nearby towns, to contact owners of desirable buildings and to seek lease terms for these buildings and/or to make any recotn mendations they deemed beat for new or improTed quarter* for the ASC. The romwttteo is to report at the Auguat meeting of the board. _ * In other action taken dura relatively quiet maetinc of the board, the eoaamladenera ordered that an aaout BgHnot to exceed 916.00 be dona?L _ed for eeeh dinner meeting of the Warren County Planning ( Subscription Price $3.0< r% T r-^.4 CLKs I J^CI tding S Factory m to George W. Kane of Hen- a derson on Wednesday. He said n that under the terms of the A contract work was to begin n within 10 days, and it is expected that the addition would f be completed within t w o v months. h The enlargement plans cat n for addition on the west side r of the present building 40 feet 1 tlppn anH flrt 1/ino WKnn S ' the biulding was constructed * Violators c unty Court ? Otis Lee was given a one- . year road sentence when he I was found guilty of public * drunkness and resisting arrest J f !-??? T> J .11 _l J ?iuiui a nuuwcu, tnargca _ with assault, was taxed with 1 court costs. James H. Plusnmer was found not guilty of a charge of abandonment and non-support. James Edward Baker was in court on a charge of disposing of mortgaged property. He was found not guilty and the prosecuting witness was taxed with the court costs, i Johnny Clancey Kearney, charged with illegal possession of whiskey, was sentenced to the roads for 30 days, but the sentence was suspended upon payment of costs and a $100 fine. Samuel M. Champion, charged with carrying a concealed weapon, was fined $29.00 and taxed with court costs. Judge Banzet also signed three judgments. He ordered . that Dr. L. W. Kornegay Is' entitled to recover (350.00 and . interest from Janet Lyons Rose and Roosevelt Rose; that Alexander Film Co., is entitled to recover $299.41 and in- 1 terest from Mr. and Mrs. W. s T. Comer; and that Cleaton 1 Pontiac Company is entitled to recover $439.45 and Interest 1 'from Leonard Terry and Rosa 1 ! Is Named To i :rs For ASC ] board. The commissioner ordered ' that a bear license be issued . to M. D. Capps of Norllna upon receipt of state permit, _ but, upon recommendation of the Sheriffs Department and the Highway Patrolman of that section of the county, refused "at this time" to Issue a beer license to the Dew Drop Inn, located on Highway No. 1 near Norlina. A. P. Rod well, Jr.. Tax ColWtor. r*n?rf#d tsvpa rnllwt, t ed to date in the amount of $327,872,83. Of thia amount $3,481.02 was collected In June. Local Firemen To Leave Monday For Convention Members of the Warrenton's Volunteer Fire Department will leave on Monday, July 10, for Enfield to attend the 8wenty-Ftrst Annual flesatoii of the North Carolina Colored Volunteer Firemen's Association. They will return to Warrnntftn a?i Thtmulnw a# na*? v weak. d El wood E. Inscore, Fir? Serv- fl Ice Instructor, North Carolina t and McCarran*Sirt^ member I of tho local company, will teach classes in the fire school, e iisnr'lstlnfl*jrSldcn ?f^inu^' * cd that a^Ladlca ^uiUlary ^vrlll t -_ ? - 7 vX Slip 3 0 a Year 10c Per [ ror ports ^Here ] few years ago provision was made for further enlargement. L similar provision will be made in the addition. Benton said that it had been ound that more storage space ras needed at the factory. Just iow much additional employment would be provided as a esult of the enlargement of he factory is unknown, he aid. He added that material nlargement of the working orce would come with the lext addition to the factory. The Carolina Sportswear Company, Inc., employs around 00 persons and is the largest manufacturing plant in the ounty. Hew Ministers Assigned To Four Warren Charges Four new ministers began' heir assignments in Warren bounty yesterday (Thursday) ollowing the Methodist Conerence in Durham last week, 'resumably, they will hold heir first servies in the couny on Sunday. The new ministers are the tev. C. W. Wooten who came o the Norlina Church from lOshen - Keener in Newton rrove, to replace the Rev. C. 2. Vale, who was transferred o. Beech Grove Church In few Bern. The Rev. James Rush of >uke Divinity School has re>laced the Rev. W. A. Becker in the Warren Charge. Mr. teeker has been assigned to 211 is Chapel, Durham. The Rev. W. D. Sebastin, III, las replaced the Rev. John rVood at Bethlehem Shady Jrove. Mr. Wood has been asigned to Bridgeton. The Rev. John Sutton is the lew minister at Littleton. He lucceeds the Rev. R. R. Ashnore, who has been retired. Two recent pastors of Wesey Memorial Methodist Church vere also affected by confer>nce assignments. The Rev. H. L Davis has been retired, and he Rev W. A. Crow, who vent from Warren ton to FrankJnton, has been assigned to bobbins in Moore County. The Rev. John A. Andrews >f Jerusalem-Zion, the Rev. ["roy J. Barrett of Wesley Menorial Methodist Church at l?arrenton, and the Rev. H. U. Harris of Macon Church cere all re-appointed. Littleton 1 Raised Tc LITTLETON ? Littleton's own commissioners tentatively ipproved a budget Monday light which calls for an inrease in the town's tax rate if 21 cents for the fiscal year 0*142 The amount of the lew budget is $00467 and the lew tax rate will he $1.71 per 100 as compared to $140 last 'ear. The new budget is $3,007 nore than the 1900-01 budget, dayor J. M. Stokes explained hat the increase is to take are of a deficit in water and ewsfage revenue and pay* eents for bond indebtedness. Stokes also evfrlatned (hat vlnatiAM ftw ?Kj> ' lnm likl ropped tron 91,733,601 to 91.-1 0,938 due to the revaluation! a both Warren and HaUfaz Aunties. This is a Recreate of 43473. General and administrative xpenses will total 929 964 and he levy tor debt aenrtee mounts to 910,000. Income toaliit* 931403 is exoected from . r . .7* irioui sources, lnciuQin^ wwkf rjmmipt. and PoweU WM Parr Copy WARRENTON 1 elei To I W arren < T ~1 A CUUIICI ! No change in the number of ( state allotted teachers is ex-. pected in Warren County as a j result of the Sanford school i program passed by the Legislature. A gain of eight teachers under the program is offset by the loss of eight teachers due to loss in average daily attendance in the schools during the past year. This was responsible for the loss of one white teacher and seven Negro teachers. The state allotment of teachers to Warren County will remain at 198. Two major changes were made in the allotment by the state of teachers to the schools. In addition to the regular allotment based on average > daily attendance of students, one additional teacher is allotted for each 20 teachers in the county. Eight teachers?two in the white schools and six in 200-Bed E Is Made A Warren County now has. a? 200-bed emergency hospital The hospital equipment, obtained from the National Civil Defense Department through the efforts of J. B. Martin, Warren County Civil Defense Director, is stored in the basement of the Warren County Library. Perishable drugs are s'ored in the Warren Freezer Locker pending the connection of two refrigerators obtained from the State Surplus Department. The 12-ton hospital arrived in Warrenton on Thursday of last week. Permission to use a portion of the library basement for storage had been obtained trom tne directors on the previously Tuesday afternoon. Martin said that an inspector from the National Department of Civil Defense had come to Warrenton prior to the shipment of the emergency hospital and had said that the John Graham High School was very suitable for an emergency hospital should the need arise. Prior to making plans to obtain the emergency hospital for Warren County, Martin rax Rate > $1.71 Next is $13,566 for debt service. The police department was allotted $10,200. The lowest item in the budget i^ the upkeep of the cemetery which Is $1,800 There is a decrease in garbage collection costs duo to a change in the collecting gar bags. The difference was placed in the capital improvements fund, which has not been in the budget for the oast two years due to limited funds. 1 Now Ordinance Before approving the budget, the board voted for tbe ordlgarbage which will "wmsi tbe number of men required to collect garbage. Tbe ordinance states that all cttiamm eg Littleton must have their garbage on streets by 7 a. m. beginning September 1. 1M, on Tamdayc and Friday., rain or * ' I - f * : ftl 1 , COUNTY OF WARRE ->hon 5e C County s For the Negro schools?have b allotted to the county un the provision which was eluded in Governor Sanfoi educational program adop by the General Assembly. County School Superinte ent J. Roger Peeler and County Board of Educal will HppiHh 1a r?iV? ipVi enK' these eight teachers will allotted. 'The State Board of Edi tion has ruled '.hat these el teachers can be used: (1) reduce class size in priir grades; (2) To provide lib ians; (3) To provide guida counsellors; (4) To reli principals of teaching dut 15) To provide challenging struction for gifted child] (6) To provide special insti tion for retarded children. The second change is abandonment by the state its policy of allotting a t -mergenc ' LvaimuJt; said, that he talked with H W Holt, a member of Board of Trustees of Wai General Hospital, and with L. W. Kornegay, surgeon the hospital, and that they both endorsed the plan. However, Martin said h< for obtaining the hospital li ed very bleak for Wai County as Louisburg had t approved for such a hospital said that he was informed the best that Warrenton c< expect was to be chosen at alternate site. When hope about lost, he said he was i fied that the hospital would Vicksboi Better P< Better police protection f Warren and Vance Cour nr?Hf*P for tb? Viplrshnrn ? munity was requested in a tition submitted to the B< of County Commissioners their session here Monday. The petition, circulated the white Holiness Church two colored churches of community and containing names of many citizens, dei ed lawlessness in that sec of the two counties, and sti ed violation of the law gov ing the sale of wine and 1 as a main cause of the trou The petition was handed Commissioner Richard Di who delivered it to the c missloners. Following its r tag it was called to the at tion of the Sheriffs Dep ment and the Highway partment Highway Patrolmen told commissioners that there not a better patrolled see nf fhdt NUintv tktn tKot Norlina B< At State ( Fire members of the Nod Chapter of the Mm Fa era of America woo state I on at the 33rd annual ^WaTtS* Norlina et?| 2=rssri%i ????;> v?^,v *Prn?j 1 The Standard Printing: Co. X, ' ^outti Shelby Street > x.... z. K kt ie Ex <onsol Gains No 961 -67 * m. mm een teaching principal to each der school with 30 or more teachin ers. Last year Warren County rd's had only two schools which ited were allotted non-teaching principals by the state. They tnd- were Hawkins and North Warthe ten High Schools, don The base allotment of teach>ols ers to each school is made on be the basis of average daily attendance for any consecutive jea- six months out of the first [gjjt seven months of the previous _ school year. ? One supervisor is allotted iary to Warren County in addition rar" to the 198 teachers, mce jeve Actually. Warren County jes; will have approximately 212 in- j teachers next school year as "eni I the state allotment of 198 does ruc" i not include special education, I vocational education, vocationthe j al agriculture and vocational of home economics, bricklaying ion- and locally paid teachers. y Hospital T* /^1 l o county ugh sent to Warrenton. the Martin said that the hosTen pital, which cost the governDr. ment $100,000, had been seat cured for Warren County for had some $300 or less. Funds used to take care of expenses for placing the hos ren p"a' 'n ''^rary basement teea were from a small appropria, He tion set up in the county budthat get for the 1961-62 fiscal year, >uld He said that the two refrigerai an tors obtained from the Sate was Surplus Department at little aotl- cost were brought to Warren 1 be ton by Walker P. Burwell. *o Asks For >lice Help rom Vlcksboro. He said that the ities Hightway Patrol makes as s>m" much as two patrols a day ol >ard "le highway in that section at and that the road is always patroled on Friday and Satur by day night.He said that the Paand trol had been requested by Pathat tral Sergeant Cook to make the frequent patrols of the section. (jor_ He said that he doubted that . if there was a day in the on week that he or another of the "ess- three members of the patrol ern- did not make one or two trips >eer through Vickaboro. This was in ble. addition to the patrol work ol I to the Vance County Highway Paaria trol. am- Deputy Sheriff Bonnie Stevead enson, who accompanied Clark ten- to the commissioners room, art- said that the Sheriffs DepartDe m?nt frequently sent an officer into the Vickaboro cosnthe munity. was Other than questioning the Uon officers, the emnmiaakaurs took at no action upon the petition. jys Honored ^nnventinn tat* King. wth The three-day ssaslan openSal ed on Wednesday with saris? day wA contasta, followed kg the ded dress kg the State IfA presides*. ?oasaittee meetings, eoL te lags lows, and a leadership ** SSZtfZJ* 5? J?? j||w (St# ^OTSi MM 1) J FRIDAY, JULY 7, chaii idatei i Three Excl Connected The State Utilities Coir j idation of the Warrento I phone exchanges and the I the three towns followir I Wednesday morning. Norlina Tax Rat Cut To $1.35 For New Fiscal Yeai Norlina's tax rate for 196 62 fiscal year will be $1.35 o the hundred dollars valuatioi a ro/lllrtfinn r\C IRe * t a 1 VUUI.UU1I SJL Iv/V 11UI1I It rate which has prevailed thei for the past ten or tweh years. The tax rate was set at meeting of the Board of Tow Commissioners on M o n d a night when the town's tent tive budget was adopted. The rate which provides 9( for the general fund and 41 for debt service, was based c a total valuation of $1,113,07 This was only $721 more tha the valuation of last year. Real estate valuations i Norlina were increased $85,0( under the county's revaluatioi but there was a considerab drop in personal property vi uations, principally dua to lower valuation placed on a tomobiles. The total tentative budge calls for an expenditure i 554,820.85. Of this amoui $13,514.05 is to be raised fro: ad valorem taxes and $11,9! from water revenue. Surplus funds, responsible : part for the cut in the ti rate, included: $11,304.53 | the Powell Bill fund; $6,411.1 , in the Water Fund; and $2iX J in the General Fund. The lower tax rate will I used in spit of several ii provements planned by tl commissioners for the tov i during the fiscal year, May Graham Grissom said yeste These include an appropriate of $1,000 towards a new ft truck; the purchase of a n? garbage truck; the purchase a state surplus tractor ai 1 mower; the erection of 1 building to store equipmer ' the provision of funds to del i and paint the interior of tl naict uuu, ina seal CO treatment for paved streets. Court Of Honor T Be Held Tonight A Court of Honor for B< Scout Troop 617 will be he tonight (Friday) at 8:< o'clock in the Fellowship Hi ' of the Wesley Memorial Met odlst Church, i Frank Banxet, vice chai . man of the Occoneechee Con dl Vanwarco District, will 1 the conducting officer. He wi present the advancement rani to the following scouts: Jimmy Beckwith, Phil Dank Bert Massey, Bob Neal, Jimn RodweU, Larry Shearln, an Paul Whitley. Louis Tbompee will be presented with a Rea ing Merit Badge. The public is invited to a tend. * A J a D I ?. nuu|ri uuugci .. The budget tor Warn Cowty for the fiscal yei 1M1-83 rwaa adopted by tt Bopld ft County On?IHni In a short aaartan 1m ilKWqr morning. No changi won made In the tentath budget recently adept sd I the coaunhrtoners and the to rate rcanine at >1.74, the ral set hi Ow tentative budget ' ~v ' 8 Your Best Advertising Medium 1961 NUMBER 27 ges A LI langes To Be In August [mission approved the consoln, Norlina and Macon telei abolishing of tolls between tg a hearing in Raleigh on The change is expected _ to be completed during the ** month of August, 1961, C. J. Logan, General Commercial Manager of the , Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company told 1 the commissioners. He said n the early change over was n, due to the fact that the ,e comnanv had anticinated ,g a favorable report from commissioners, due to the a endorsement of the plan n by the commissioners of ay. Warrenton and Norlina, and the county commis)e sioners, and had ordered ic the necessary material and ! equipment to establish the m service in August. The consolidation will mean toll-free service between the 10 three towns, and a uniform 11 . rato for Ho h pnn innma fKlr le ? ? ~w? ?-? il. will mean an increase In tka rates at Norlina and Wanna' u" ton and a decrease of telephone rate in the Macon ana. ts Logan told the commission3f ers that the increases would be as follows: m At Wairenton increases wffl M be: Business 1-party $ .75 in Business 2-party - JO |* Business 4-party JO 'n Business multi-party J5 57 Residence 1-party 10 Residence 2-party .25 Residence 4-party JO . j >e Residence multi-party JO n- At Macon decreases will be: re Business 1-party $178 'n Business 2-party LM or Business 4-party .78 or- Residence 1-party 1.78 >n Residence 2-party US re Residence 4-party l.QB w At Norlina increases will be: ot Business 1-party $770 id Business 2-party 1.78 ' a Business 4-party 1.78 it; Business multi-party 1.00 in Residence 1-party "Iff "I oe Residence 2-party 70 at Residence 4-party 78 Residence multi-party ? 78 When the three telephone q exchanges are consolidated k August the new rates will be: Business 1-party $10.75 Business 2-party 070 j* Business 4-party 870 ? Business multi-party jl (basic rate) ?, $.78 1,. Residence 1-party 8.78 Residence 2-party 0.00 w Residence Oparty ? $78 " Residence multi-party w (basic rate) 478 1 ill Principal testimony before U that of Logan. Also speaking ^ Grlsaom, Mayor of Norlina; ,n The Rev. John Andrews, pasij. tor of Zlon and Jerusalem Methodist Churches; W. A. Milts, 1 Drake, Mayor of Macon and President of the WarreaOwa Merchants Asociatien; Krioh Hecht^of Norlina,^prmddent^sf ^ * by the Farm Burean!"^^^;--^ a John, Editor M T%? WMtfi 7 Record. Also prjwmt bwt lWt " flSTcm twUfMte4MNSB| ^ i to tbo proponL The doeM* o( tko Utilities I. Commission oadM iWiilM