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Y our Best Advertising Medium uJhp Harmt 21 Your Best _ _ Advertising , The ' Medium 2256 South Shelby Street ivicuiuiu VOLUMNE 65 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY'OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1961 NUMBER 32 New Postoffice Opens At Norlina On Monday Norlina's new post office on Elm Street will be open for business at 7 a. m. on Monday morning, August 14, William K. Delbridge, postmaster, said yesterday. Delbridge said that the trans fer from the present office on Hyco Street would be made on Sunday. Inasmuch as the new office has all new boxes and equip ment. Delbridge said, a clerk will be on duty in the lockbox lobby to show the new com binations to the patrons. Most of the patrons will have the same box number, he said. In the past the stamp win dows have been opened at 8 a m. and closed at 4:30 p. m. Delbridge said that starting Monday the service windows would be open at 8:30 a. m. and closed at 5:00 p. m., in or der that all man can bo put up and comply- with?depart mental regulations. Delbridge said that formal dedication of the building is scheduled sometime in Octo ber when patrons will be able to receive the maximum phy sical effect, and all the new equipment will be installed. The new building of brick construction contains 3200 feet1 of floor space, some 300 feet' of lock box lobby and some 200 feet in the service lobby. It has accoustical tile ceiling and vinyl tile floors, with the ex-( ception of the postmaster's of-i fice which has cork tile. The1 three rest rooms have ceramic tile ? 1 The building, which is heat ed in winter and cooled in summer by heat pumps, is lo cated on a 101 by 215 foot lot, and has 1200 square feet of paved parking space, which gives ample space for handling mail from trucks, Delbridge said. 631 Sign Up In Labor Survey At Littleton LITTLETON ? It was very clenrly established here Wed nesday that residents of Little Ion and surrounding areas de sire an industry. A total of 631 white and colored women filled out applications for work during a labor survey held here all day Wednesday. The survey, held in the Browning Drug Store building, began at 8:30 a. m. A line had formed when, the doors opened, and by 10:30 some 500 prospec tive workers had filled out applications. Each was inter viewed briefly. Two officials of a company making women's sleepwear were here to take applications, as were John R. Fish and Col. Jack Frost, both of the Em ployment Security Commission of Roanoke Rapids, and Hun ter Poole, a representative of the Conservation and Develop ment Department of Raleigh. Tho firm, which has indicat ed an interest in locating in Littleton, is well established elsewhere and is almost half a century old. The officials expressed their gratitude to Fish, Frost and Poole, and to the volunteers who helped with taking the survey throughout the day and for the coverage received through the media of press and i radio. They described the turn j out "impressive." A survey of men will be ! taken shortly, it was said. Results Of the survey will be tabulated by the Bureau of Statistics and the officials of this firm say they will re visit the town in the near future and expect to be able to tell at that time just what the labor survey indicated. The labor survey was spon sored by the Littleton Develop ment Company in cooperation with the industrial prospect and tlie Employment Security Commission office in Roanoke Rapids. Persons who were un able to register Wedhesday and who are Interested in employ ment in Littleton may fill out the application form which is reproduced in this edition of j The Warren Record. Both men and women, are in j vited to fill out the form. Al though the prospect who is in I terested in Littleton will em ! ploy women primarily, there will also be a few jobs for men who can qualify as ma chanists or cloth cutters. Joe Newsom, a member of the Littleton Development Com pany, said he was pleased with ? the response to the labor sur vey. I The industrial.prospect man | ufactures women's sleepwear. I The name of the company has not been disclosed, but the pro I posed manufacting operation I will require a building with | approximately 70,000 square feet of floor space and will employ some 200 women. Members of the Littleton De velopment Company have been working with representatives of the Commerce and Industry Division of the State Depart ment of Conservation and De velopment in Raleigh for sev eral months in an effort to at tract new industry to this area. The prospect now consider ing the town is the first con Crete result of those efforts. Norlina Motor Lodge To Soon Be In Operation Norlina Motor I.odge, close( for several months, is expect ed to re-open within the ner week or two. Mrs. Lucille Haney of Burl ington, who will manage th< hotel for owner W. P. Gholsot of Henderson, said Tuesdaj that she hoped to have th( hotel open in about a week. However, Mrs. Haney said the hotel had to be eleanee and painted and some watei pipes repaired. Just how Ion] this will take, she said, wil determine when the hotel wil be re-opened. The Norlina Motor Lodge wa last operated by Mrs. P. C Gross, but was closed shortl; after the No. 1 by-pass from i point near Wise to Hendersoi was opened. Warren Business Shows May Drop Gross retail business in War ren County was better in May this year than in May, 1960, but showed a decline from the April figure, according to the August issue of "The Retailer," official publication of the North Carolint Merchants As sociation. Warren County was the only county in the area to show a decline in business during the month of May. Vance, Frank lin, Halifax, Northampton, and Nash counties which adjoin Warren, all showed better bus iness in May than in April, and better business in May this year than in May, 1960. Several counties in the state showed a drop in business in May, compared with April, but the state as a whole show ed a healthy gain. Gross retai business for the state totallec $430,153,635 in April and $451, 193,485 in May?a gain of $21, 780,210. Gross sales in counties it this area and their loss oi gains for April and May ol this year, respectively, are a! follows: Warren, April $871,550, Maj $842,132?loss $29,418; Vance $2,495,682. $2,883,260 ? gair $387,578; Franklin, $1,335,130 $1,347,675?gain $12,545; Nash $5,238,569, $5,559,219 ? gair $320,650; Halifax, $4,346,924 $4,779,419 ? gain $432,495 Northampton, $867,802, $884, 735?gain $16,933. Rocky Mountain Fever Is East, Says H. Dept. The Warren County Health | Department this week warned, that ticks carry Rocky Moun-j tain Spotted Fever which has , made its way east of the Miss issippi and which has been found in North Carolina. "In fact," ? health depart ment spokesman said, "cases have occurred in Warren County." The Health Department said that people should be aware of the disease, a severe illness which originally occurred In the western states. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fev er is spread to man by the bit* of a tick. For this reason, the health department said, any one who has been in woods or brushy areas should examine themselves carefully and re move all ticks. Children espe cially should be stripped for ticks after out of doors. As an added precaution, dogs and other pets should be treat ed for ticks. Persons * removing the ticks should avoid coming in contact with them with their hands, and the ticks should be carefully disposed of. "This type of. care will help decrease still another out-of doors hazard," the health de partment said. The health department also called attention to the fact that summertime and fall are seasons when most people are out of doors, engaged in rec reational activities. Because of this, the department said, it to well to be aware of possible exposure to diseaae or acci dents, and take step* to pre vent them. Swimming in safe water only, protection of food, water safety, are some things that should be considered, enjoying a Dr. Robbing To Preach Sunday Dr. Cecil W. Robbins, presi dent of Louisburg College, will preach at Wesley Memorial Church here on Sunday morn ing at 11 o'clock. Dr. Robbins, a former pastor of Wesley Memorial Church, will preach in the absence of the Rev. Troy Barrett, pastor, who is on vacation. Kerr Pastes State Bar Examination Among candidates who suc cessfully passed the State Bar Examination in Raleigh last week was John H. Kerr, III, of Warrenton. Kerr, a honor student In the Law School at the University of North Carolina, is the ton !of Mr and Mrs. John Kerr, Jr. He will practice law in Goldsboro. Mr. and Mrs. Clement Riv ers and son, Wayne, of Hen derson, and Miss Virginia Paul of Klttrell spent the on the coast aad visited too, Naci Head, Kill Devil HOI, Kitty Hawk and many of f Jurors Drawn For Sept. Term Superior Court Jurors for the September criminal term of Warren Coun ty Superior Court were drawn by the county commissioners on Monday as follows: Hugh R. Felts, Mrs. O. C. King, Arnold Bender. R. O. !>>ete, Mrs. John A. Wilson, \V I. Turner F D_ - Shearin, James Thomas Reid, W. C. Kim*. W T Pitchford, J. W. Arnold, Mrs. John Thomas Har I ris. James M. Fowler, E. D. j Haithcock. Allie Tunstall, Mrs. I Billy L. King. Paul Lancaster, 'Joe T. Shaw, Jr., G. G. Hen dricks, James P. Beckwith, j Archie Boyd, John A. Dore, Roger C. Moore. John R. Ed wards, Everett J. Young. J* B Lynch, V. D. Alston, Jr., OUie Anstead, Van Earl Coleman, Mrs. Wilton E. Loyd, John Bruce Bell, Price Robert son, Mrs. C. J. Perkinson, T. M Aycock, Mrs. S. T. Hight, Mrs. Frank H. Daniel. Mack Patillo, "4rvin Harris, Stella W. Rose, G. W. Tunstall, Mrs. Wil liam H. Bender, Mrs. B. W. Currin, Jr., B. W. Currin, Jr., L. A. Fowler, E. P. Nicholson, F. L. Robertson, C. P. Elling ton, W. A Benson, Jr.. Mrs. j Willie L. Norwood, John L I Lynch. Deadline Set For Nomination Of Committeemen Persons eligible for member ship on community committees of the various townships of Warren County may be nomi nated by petitions signed by ten or more eligible voters. T. E. Watson, ASC office man ager, said yesterday. Nominations will be receiv ed at the county ASC office until August 21. Community elections will be held on Sep tember 11. Watson said that the names of persons nominated?and in cumbent committeemen may be included in the notice?will be included in the slate of nomi nees if found willing to serve and eligible. If a person nominated byj petition is found ineligible hei will be notified of such de-1 termination prior to the com pletion of the slate of nomi nees and that he may appeal to the county committee any time prior to the date set for the completion of the late of nominees. The community com mittee will make such addition al nominations as are requir ed or as it determines to be desirable. Watson said that plans are now being formulated for the election of around 3500 ASC community committeemen who will assist in administering the ASC farm program in which three ASC committeemen and two alternate committeemen are elected to serve in each ASC communit in the state. Three ASC county committee men and two alternate com mitteemen are also elected in each county after completion of the community elections. Health Department To Hold Pre-School Clinics Aug. 17-24 The Warren County Health Department will hold Pre school Clinics on Thursday, August 17, and Thursday, Au gust 24. Children entering the First Orade who have not been examined should attend the Clinics on one of these two days, or should see their fam ily doctor for a check-up. The Clinics will be held at the Warren County Health Center in Warrenton. Nogro children will be examined from 8:30 a. m. to 12:30 p. m.; Hali wa children from 12 30 until 1:00, and white children from 2:00 until 4:M on both days. All children who need shots should get them before school opens, the Health Dsiiait? t says- Three Polio shots are re quired, plus a booster Small pom vaccination and a booster dose of the DPT. or "baby Long Range Plans Call For Agricultural Building A now agricultural building to house federal agencies in Warren County will probably be built on the Hendricks lot ; on Front Street now leased by ! the county with a purchase j option, , However, it will probably be j at least two years before con j struction on the building starts. Meanwhile, ASC offices will I Ee renovated in the basement ? of the agricultural building on the court square and be used by that agency until new quar ters can be built. This was decided by the board of county commissioners in the August meeting here cd with a committee appointed in July to discuss better quar ters for the ASC office. The committee, with Frank Reams acting as spokesman said that they had visited sev eral places of business here and in Norlina, including the Boyd-Boyce Motor Company building at the corner of Mar ket and Front streets, the Scog gin Motor Company building and the Allen building on Main street, and several vacant store buildings at Norlina. Thev were unable to find suit-1 able quarters at reasonable I rent without a long-time lease, the committee reported. Reams | said that the committee had | also inspected the Hendricks j house but it did not contain sufficient room on the down stairs floor. The committee suggested that this building could be removed to the back of_ the lot, and new quarters constructed on the front of the lot. Commissioners C h a r m a n Amos Capps told the commit tee that the county had a lease on the Hendricks property for five years and expected to purchase the property before the lease expires. However, he said, that the lot could not be purchased until the Legislature again meets, when a special act could be passed allowing the county to make a special levy to purchase the lot. Should there be a special ses sion to call for a school bond issue, as seems likely, enabling legislation could probably be passed at this session, he said. Otherwise, there would be two years wait. Capps advised, and the other commissioners concurred, that the ASC group plan to stay in the present quarters for the jnext two years, after renovat 1 ing the basement. The com | mittee was instructed to draw | up plans necessary for tem | porary occupancy and to re port back to the commissioners. Harris Named To Planning Board Walter J (Jack) Harris, an ?mployee of the Warrenton In- j ;urance Agency, was appointed , jy the county commissioners i jn Monday as a member of the Warren County Planning Board. He succeeds Howard Jones of Warrenton. who re signed as a member of the board in order to return to school. In other action during a rather quiet meeting of the board, the commissioners adopted a revised jury list as selected by the commissioners on July 24 and July 31. The State Highway Commis sion was requested to add to the county road sytem a road in Warrenton Township known as "Dowtin Street." Chairman Amos Capps was authorized to invest $25,000 of surplus school funds at the best interest possible consist ent with legal' requirements and maximum security. This money is capital funds being accumulated for the construc tion of a school. The commissioners ordered that a quit claim deed be giv en to the Virginia Electric Power Company releasing any and all Interest the county has in a tax foreclosure proceed ing entitled Warren County vs. W. A. Moseley et al and all other persons claiming any in terest in the lands described in the judgment of foreclosure dated February 5, 1940, re corded in Judgment Book 8, page 368, Clerk of the Superior Court of Warren County. It was ordered that the bud get for the Department of Con servation and Development for 1961-62 be increased in the amount of $159.07. The increase was granted in order that a nine-county district might pur chase a fire plow: The commissioners gave their approval for an addition to the welfare budget of $6,500, said amount to be appropriated in its entirity by the state and federal governments. Julian Farrar, Welfare Super intendent. explained to the commissioners that this dona tion would go elsewhere unless used in Warren County. He said that the Welfare Board had approved the money being spent in Warren County for salary increases, equipment and for the employment of another case worker. Farrar said that so far he had not been able to find a case work er. Requirements for a case worker is that he or she have four years of college training. Farrar asks that anyone inter ested in this work contact him. j Justin Frank Mpelurabe and Roram Jilanoeka Mgombela, of I Tanganyike, East Africa, told the commissioners late in the day that they had been royally treated in Warren County. The (See BOARD, page 8) House Destroyed By Fire; Man Is Hurt In Jump A two-story frame house at Warren Plains was completely destroyed by fire early Wed nesday afternoon. The Warren County Rural Fire Department answered the fire call but too much head way had been made by the flames upon their arrival. Hurt in the fire was James Cook, asleep in an upstairs room when he was awakened by smoke. Cooker suffered minor burns from the flames and an eye injury and bruises when he jumped from an up stairs window. His injuries are not considered of a serious nature. The house, used as a room ing house for several persons employed at the Gaston dam, was part of the estate of Mar tha Carroll, administered by Lula Jerman of Norlina. The Warren County Rural Fire Department saved a build ing at Liberia on Tuesday. . Webb Named To J. Graham Faculty James (Jimmy) Webb, math' instructor and athletic instruc lor at Spring Hope High School last year, has accepted a posi tion at Math teacher and as sistant coach at John Graham High School. He replaces Don-: aid Bennett, recently resigned. The announcement of Webb's employment was made on Tues day by W. R Drake, chairman j of the local school board, who said he feels the school is fortunate in obtaining the serv ices of Webb. Webb, 26, is a native of Stan-1 tonsburg, and is married to a I Wilson girl. They have two children, a boy and a girl, one year and six weeks old. They are members of the Baptist Church. Drake said that any assist ance given Mr. and Mrs. Webb in finding suitable living quar ters here would be deeply ap preciated. Drake also said that the fac ulty for John Graham is now completed and the school board considered itself fortunate in securing fine replacements for the teachers who have resigned. Webb will assist Preacher Parker in coaching John Graham athletic teams. Parker said Tuesday that football practice at John Graham would start on Tues day, August 15, with the first game of the season to be play ed here with Apex on Septem- ? ber 8. Parker said that two sessions of practice would be held each day from 7 to 9 a. m. and from 7 to 9 p. m. Ha said that next Tuesday physi cals would be given and equip ment issued. Parker said that an effort is being made to have a game here with Littleton on Septem ber 1, but this is still indefi nite. The schedule already adopt ed calls for three home games and five games away from home. The scheduled games are: Sept. 8?Apex, here; Sept. . 15?Weldon, here; Sept. 22?at Spring Hope; Sept. 29?at Nashville; Oct. 6?at Louis burg; Oct. 13?at Littleton; Oct. 29?at Franklinton; Sept 27?Norlina, here. Jury Finds Man Not Guilty Drunk Driving Mahaney Speaker At Rotary Meeting Arthur Mahaney, executive vice-president at' the Imperial Briquet Co., Kenbridge, Va? was the guest speaker at the regular Rotary Club meeting on Tuesday night. He explain ed the process of making the charcoal briquets and present ed each member a five-pound sample bag. J. Y. Kerr, vice-president, presided over the uinner meet ing held af Hotel Warren and H. M. Hardy was in charge of the program. Episcopal Services Eleven o'clock services will be held at Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Sunday, August IS. The Rev. James M. Stoney will be guest minister. After the service, than will be a coffee hour in the pariah house. Mrs. Bettie R. Bowdea of Broomail, Pa., Mra. Mary Ma setti and Mrs. Beulah DelVal llno of Ardmore, Pa., are visit ing relatives and friends in the county this week. Mr. aud Mrs. Dorman Blay lock and children spent laat at WrigbtvrOla Beach. Desmond Junior Harris was found not guilty of drunk driv ing by a Warren County Jury in Recorder's Court on Friday. All cases before Judge Ban zet Friday were concerned with violation of motor ve hicle laws. Jesse Ingram was found guilty of drunk driving by a jury and was fined $100 and taxed with court costs. Flavious Vaughan, charged with speeding, was fined $10 and taxed with court costs. Henry Alston was fined $100 and taxed with court cost* when he was found guilty of, reckless driving. Fred Powell, charged with reckless driving, was also fin ed $100 and taxed with court costs. Charlie William* Myers, found guilty of speeding, was taxed with court coats. Stew A*i "Cue Supper A Brunswick stew and barba cue supper will ha he What the Areola Community House on Wednesday, August 16, from <wr to eight o'clock. The sup per is being sponsored by the Areola Auxiliary Fire Depart ment and plates will sail for Wm-,:,, . 4-H Members To Attend Electrical Congress Two Warren County 4-H Club members will be among Tar Heel 4-H'ers withoutstanding records in farm and home electrication who will meet in Durham August 13 for the 15th annual Electric Congress. Named as delegates from Warren County are John Skin ner Acai of Littleton and Mar garet Rideout from Warrenton. Also expected to attend the conference is assistant Agricul tural Agent L. B. Hardage. They will be guests at Dur ham of Carolina Power and Light Company, Duke Power Company, Nantahala Power and Light Company, Virginia Elec tric and Power Company and the Westinghouse Educational Foundation. -. A program highlight^wW be the presentation of territorial and state awards at the annual recognition banquet Monday, night August 14. The atate's top 4-H*er in electric projects will win an expense-paid trip to the national 4-H convention. Scholarships of $100 will go to territorial winners, with sec ond winners receiving gold watches. The congress will open Sun day afternoon at the Jack Tar Durham hotel. A buffet supper will foHow at 9:30 p. m., and resper services at 9 p. m. will lend a religious atmosphere to the opening assembly. The Rev erend Thor Hall, assistant poo tor of the first Presbyterian church in Durham, win bo Nantahala Power and Light will be host at the Mondi morning breakfast A tour of the Morebead Planetarium at Chapel Hill w? precede a luncheon with Duke Power as host. Dr. Kenneth Goodson, pastor of Centenary Methodist church at Winston-Salem, will deliver the noon address. A 4-H club members' forum will begin at 2 p. m. and gen eral assembly at 3:15, when 4-H electric projects will be demonstrated. L. R Har ill. State 4-H club leader, will preside. W. J. Rideout, jrr? director of CP&L's agricultural devel opment, will preside at the awards banquet at 6:30 p. m. D. E. Stewart, CPAL vice-pres ident; D. W. Booth, assistant to the vice president of Duke Power; R. H. Goodmon, vice president of Virginia Electric and Power; and W. W. Sloan, secretary of Nantahala Power and Light, will present awards to 4-H'ers from their of service. Kimball Re-elected To ABC Board J. Allen Kimball, farmer of the Hanson section of Warm County, waa re-elected a mem ber of the three-man Warren Coanty ABC Board for a three year tern on Monday at a feint meeting of the ioners, ctrllon. County Attorney