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KV!? Your Best Advertising Medium Harrrn l&pra^b Your Best Advertising Printing Company X Medium 7,258 South Shelby Street i -"' t VOLUMNE 65 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON. COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1961 NUMBER 37 | Mnless Funds Can Be Obtained From Literary Fund Board Will Ask School Bond Issue Town Board Takes Dim View Of Trucks With Loud Exhausts The Warrenton Commission ers take a dim view of noise and smoke from a large num ber of trucks passing through Warrenton. The commissioners readily agreed that trucks should be required to obey the law in regard to type of exhausts use when Commissioner Hugh Holt called attention to the growing abuse of trucks with straight mufflers and undue amount of smoke passing through Wart renton, and quoted law to show that such procedure is illegal. Following a short discussion of the noise created by cer tain trucks and the need for abatement, the commissioners instructed Chief of Police R. D. ; Chewning to have the Warren ton police bear down on truck* which violate the muffler laws. In other matters before the board, the commissioners or dered that a street light be in stalled on Franklin Street be tween Main and Front Streets, across from the Community: Center, and approved a $2.50 a week raise for two men on the garbage truck,' increasing their pay from $35.00 to $37.50 a week. In granting the raise It was pointed out that these men work six full days and a part of Sunday and that they have been doing a good job. BurweH Is Named Town CD Director Walker P. Burwell, Warren ton warehouseman and former member of the board of town commissioners, was appointed Civil Defense director for the Town of Warrenton on Mon day night. He succeeds W. E. Perry, Jr., resigned. Burwell's appointment was made by the Board of Town Commissioners after Commis sioner A. C. Fair; chairman of the town's Civil Defense com mittee, told the board that Perry had requested that he be relieved of his duties. Later in the evening Fair also showed a film on fall-out shelters. Burwell, who was present at the board meeting on another matter, agreed to accept his appointment as Civil Defense director, although be pointed out that he could devote little time to the job during the to bacco season and suggested to the commissioners that they make some other appointment. Burwell's appearance before I the board was due to his con cern about lack of directional | signs at the intersection, ofi Route 1 and Highway No. *85 (the Norlina by-pass). He said that this lack of signs had re sulted in several truck loads of tobacco scheduled for sale on the Warrenton market landing in Henderson and Oxford. The Highway Commission has been contacted, Burwell said, and a representative has visited Warrenton concerning the matter. Tills' representative told interested people here that directional signs were erected only at points where a highway led off to another designation. Or, in effect, that , since rflghway 1 at its inter 1 section with Highway 83 did ! not lead to Warrenton that no sign could be erected at this point to help Warrenton. Burwell suggested that the! answer might be to have High way 401 terminate at the in tersection of Highway 85 in-1 stead of at Norlina. The commissioners agreed' with Burwell's view and in structed Town Attorney Wil liam W. Taylor to put the re-, quest of the board in proper j legal form and forward it to, the proper authorities. Warren Towns To Get Powell Funds The four incorporated towns of Warren County will receive a total of $14,948.89 from state allocations of Powell Bill funds, it was announced in Raleigh on Monday. The largest amount of the Warren County allocation, $4, 891 98, will go to Norllna which has a population of 927 and 8.86 non-system miles of streets. Allocations are based on a com bination of population and non highway-system streets.. Littleton is in second 'place with $4,870.80. Littleton's pop ulation is 1024 and its non system street milage is 0.96 Warrenton, with a popula tion i of 1134 and non-system street milage of 5.10 miles, will receive $4/473.51. Macon will receive $912.18. Macon's population is-191 and Its nonsystem street milage IS 1X1 miles. Warren County's share In the Powell BUI fund is a part Of $7388,138.97 allocated ta 418 participating municipaUtles. The tends are The (otal allocation this j?~ represents an increiute over 1960 of 9337,234.25, but in the case of approximately 00% of the participating munclpalities, this year's allocation 'will - be leas than the 1960 allocation. This is brought about by the fact that a new municipal ity population base is being used for the first time. The Powell Bill statue calls for the use of the latest certified fed eral decennial census figures. The 1960 census figures were certified during last winter and Were used in figuring this year's allocation. Previously, from the beginning of the Powell, Bill in 1951 through last year, the 1950 Census fig ures were used. The 10-yeaf population growth of participating municipalities has increased 25.3%. Where a municipalities growth has not equaled/25.3%, the population factor may very well ammo a decrease hr Pa wall BIB cation. Some of the larger municipaliflea have experienced populating - increases greater SNOW HILL SCHOOL is now vacant as former students are attending John R. Hawkins High School in Warrenton following a boycott of the^small Negro school. (Staff Phnto) | Four Are Hospitalized Following 2-Car Collision Four Negro youths were hos pitalized following a two-car collision on the Warrenton Henderson highway three miles west of here Sunday night. An ambulance carried two of the youths to Warren Gen eral Hospital here, while pass ing motorists carried two oth ers. All four suffered super ficial injuries and have been released from the hospital. The smashup occurred at approximately 9:30 p. m. as a car driven by 19-year-old Mary Elizabeth Milam of near Afton attempted to make a left turn. Her car, in which the other three injured persons were riding, was smacked broad side by an automobile driven by William Hargrove, Warren Negro. * Both can were teest bound at the time of the ac cident. Investigating Officer V. R. Vaughan of the N. C. High way Patrol said that Hargrove applied the brakes of his car before plowing Into the Milam car- and skidded a considerable distance before striking the other vphicle. The patrolman said that the impact knocked the Milam ve hicle some 60 feet from the point of collision, but that neither car overturned. Injured in addition to the driver of the rammed vehicle were Willie Edward Perry, 20, Defendant Is Fined On Liquor Charge Possession of whiskey for purpose of sale cost a defendant in Recorder's Court last Fridaj a $190.00 fine and the cost of court. Judge Julius Banzet, presid ing over the weekly session of Warren County court, ruled that Robert Lee Wilkins be al lowed, to pay a fine and -court costs instead of serving a two years road sentence. The road sentence was suspended for five years on the condition that Wilkins pay the $150 fine, court costs, and-violate no pro hibition laws during the period of probation. Frank ft. Brown, ? charged with an assault on a female, was given a suspended sen tence. The court ruled that his 60-day road sentence would be suspended for two years upon condition he not assault his wife and children and pay court costs. ? Other cases before Judge Badzet included: Martin Vaughan. Jr., reckless driving, prayer for Judgment ued tor continued for one year provid ed the defendant surrender his driving license for 80 days and operate no motor vehicle for 30 rlaya. Cleveland Hawkins, no op erator's license, speeding, 80 day road sentence suspended for two jtw i fines of $85DO upon payment of and $15.00 and operate no actor vehicle until Champion, larceny, B. L. Shook, larceny, not '"cSrveland ^towMna. awiilt . S ? r with a, deadly weapon, 90-days road sentence suspended for five years provided defendant violate no criminal laws and pay a $25,00 fine and court costs. Calvin T. Williams, reckless driving, $25.00 and costs. Thomas Stanley Waddell, speeding and driving on wrong ?ide of road, $10.00 and costs. Leroy Pope, speeding, cost of court. Mrs. Harris To Attend Meeting Mrs. James C. Harris of Inez, chairman of the 15th District Organization of Home Demon stration Clubs, will be a dele gate from Warren, Vance, Granville and Franklin Coun ties to the National Confer ence of Citizenship to be held in Washington, D. C., Septem ber 15-19. Mrs. Harris is one of some 20 borne demonstration club women from North Carolina who will attend the meeting. Other organisations such as PTA, Farm and Youth organi zations will also be repre sented. All sessions of the 10th National Conference will he held in the StaUer Hilton tel. Dr. Thomas H. President of George We ton University, will give the lion ho J2S of Perrytown; Richard Jones, 20, and Thomas Edward Camp bell, 10, both also of Warren County. Patrolman Vaughan charged the Milam girl with failing to give a proper signal, while the driver of the other car was charged with reckless driving Both cars were considered total losses by the investigat ing officer. Norlina Train Stop Eliminated RALEIGH ? Seaboard Air Line Railroad's Train 33, the Silver Comet, can discontinue its regular stops at Norlina in Warren County, the State,Utili ties Cm amission ruled Monday. Under the terms of the com mission order, the train can "continue through Henderson and Raleigh without stopping at Norlina, except to discharge passengers originating at Pet ersburg, Va~ and beyond." The commission said Its ac tion will allow the railroad to "save a small amount in opera tions costs, reduce its passen ger train deficit and afford the public better service." Train 17 will continue to stop in Norlina within 20 min utes of the arrival of Train 33, the commission said. In a separate order, the commission authorized Sea board's Train 4 to change its regular stop at Norlina to a flag stop on Sundays only. Both orders will become ef fective after Seaboard files re vised schedules with the com mission. Merchants To Give Fashion Show At PTA Meeting Pretty models and new fash ions will be combined here on Tuesday night when the W*r renton Merchants' Association stages a fashion show at the regular meeting of the John Oraham-Mariam Boyd Parent Teachers Association. The fashion show is sche duled to. be given during the meeting, which begins at eight o'clock. Mr*. Tim Thompson of tor and models will come from various sections of the county. Fuhions to be_dl*phtyod will com* from The Style Shop, Ed ward's Department Stem, Leg gett's Department Store, Long's Men's Shops and Rose's! "i Consolidation Of Small Negro Schools Is Object Unless necessary money can be obtained from the State Literary Fund, the Board of Education will ask the Board of County Commissioners to call a bond issue in order that the remaining small Negro schools of the county may be consoli dated. Meeting on Monday night to discuss further plans for elim inating a number of small Ne gro schools in the county, the board decided to first appeal to the State I.iterary Fund and in the event that money can not be obtained from this source to call for a bond issue. Commenting on the action of the Board of Education, Supt. Roger Peeler said: "The Board of Education plans to continue its efforts to obtain a loan for the purpose of constructing a new school in the southern part of the coun ty from the State Literary j Fund, and a definite answer on this matter should be received I within five or six weeks. "If, however, the Board of Education is unable to secure a loan from (he Literary Fund on or before the first Monday in November, the Board wiU ask the County Commissioners to calr- a bond issue in an amount sufficient to consoli date all of the small Negro schools If said bond issue is approved by the voters, the Board promises the Negro pa trons that a contract for a new school will be let on or before September 1, 1962." Peeler said that members of the Board of County Commis sioners contacted individually had promised to call for a bond issue if requested to do so by the Board of Education. The amount of the bond is sue has not been definitely determined, but it is hoped that it will be small enough to be retired under the present capital outlay levy with no irt ! crease in the tax rate. Action of the board of Edu cation this week followed the ending of an almost complete boycott in the small Negro school at Snow Hill and par tial boycott in a white ele ! mentary school at. Macon. The boycott at Snow Hill was called by the patrons la protest of conditions at their school, and the Afton-Elberon partial boycott at the Macon school was due to dissatisfac tion with the assignment of the 7th and 8th grade at Afton Elberon to the Macon 7th and, 8th grade school. Monday morning the 45 pupils of the Snow Hill school entered the John R. Hawkins school -at Warrenton, and the Afton-Elberon school pupils entered the Macon school. Peeler said that all but one student transferred by the Warren County- school board , from the 7th and 8th grades at jthe Afton-Elberon School show j ed up for classes Monday. Some patrons of the Afton i Elberon School refused last week to enroll their children at the Macon School. Superior Court Judge Raymond Mallard denied a motion last Wednes day that would have restrained I the students from attending school at Macon. The patrons I (See SCHOOLS, Dare 1*1 County Schools Use New Report Cards The Board of Education at its meeting here Monday night adopted a new report card - which has been under special committee | f:;:-. ittee was under ; th.e ci nship of Calvin White, jl supervisor, and was composed of Superintend ent of Schools J. Rodger Peeler, and the principals of the Warren County schools. The purpose of the study was to work out. a report system that would more nearly reflect the calibre of work being done by the students. In the elementary school, the report card will continue the use of letter marking, but there will be a tightening of the grade system. Under the old system, C was average and A and B were based on a de gree of above average. UndeT the new report card A will | represent a grade of 94-100; B, 86-93; C, 77-85; D, 70-76; F, Failure, below 70; I, in complete. The report card for grade 1 is the same as the form used for the first two grading pe riods of the 1960-61 school year. This form is to be used for the entire year of grade 1 or for six reporting periods. This form provides for a writ ten evaluation by the teacher of the pupil's readiness and progress .in grade 1.' In the high school numeri cal grades will be used to re cord pupil achievement on the report card. Numerical grades will also be used in the Cumu lative Records, as on the report cards. Each teacher in grades 9-12 will give the pupil a Conduct Grade, as well as a Subject Grade. Both of these grades are I to be recorded on the report card. The subject grade will I be numerical and the Conduct I Grade will be lettered as fol j lows: A, excellent; B, good; C, fair; D, poor, j Each teacher should be pre j pared to explain to parents , the reasons for any and all | grades on the report card, in grades 112. Every effort should be made by teachers and par ents to improve the aevhieve ment level of under-achieving students in all grades. White said that an effort has been made to put meaning in the honor rolls where used. Honor rolls, he said, should not begin before grade 4. In any event, a pupil should achieve between 94 and 100 on each and all subjects in order to be placed^on the honor roll of pupils. Other matters covered by the report card study had to do with examinations. No exemptions will be allow ed on mid-term examinations, (See CARDS, page 12) Farmers Choose Committeemen Results of the election of the ASC community committeemen for Warren County in the ref erendum on Monday were re leased yesterday by W. S. Smiley, chairman. County Agri cultural Stabilization and Con servation Committee. Farmers elected in each community are listed below in order of their position, chair man, vice-chairman, regular member, first alternate and second alternate, as follows: Fishing Creek ? Roy Pitt man, Billy L. King, Owen Davis, C. E. Harris, George D. Hooter. Fork ? Cary A. Dlllard, Ernest E. Davis, Martin Fowl er, BiUie Davis, T. F. Overby. Hawtree ? Luther F. Steg fciW. King, Nat Green Perklnson, Albert Parkinson, Judklns ?. Vance Robertson, M. D. Nelson, Jr., O. O. Over by, J. M. Overby, Dennis Harris,i&ria&xjfc- *? Nutbush ? W B. Ellington, C..F EUingtOd, H. B Render, R. Spain, Wilson Fleming.. River ?* Herbert Harris, J. Robert King, R. L. Salmon. 8. W. Walker. L. R. Babbitt Roanoke ?- R. L. Godaey, K, R. Clary, Marian Jones, R. W. Jones, Roy Jenecg Sandy Creek ? Linwood : ir ? ? -gft,-. Mga Charles Hobgood. Sixpound ? E. P. Daniel, L. H. Clary, E. C. Edmonds, C. W. Duncan, W. T. Robinson. Smith Creek ? Jack L. Hawks, J. Thomas Burton, W. D. Martin, M. P. Harton, O. T. Rose. Warrenton ? A. Kenntth Mustian, E. C. Brauer, R. K. Carroll, Jr., E. R. Wood. Leon ard Wilker. Shocco ? M. T. Abbott, W. L. Fuller, Boyd M. Reams, Jo? Andrews, A. R. Frazier.. Smiley said the ASC com munity committee chairman and vice-chairman automatical ly become the delegate and al ternate delegate, respectively, to the county convention where the county ASC committee wOl be elected. The county con vention will be MA., in the Agricultural Building (a War White To Speak At Club Meeting Warrenton Attorney Charles M. White will be the guest speaker at the Warrenton Wo man's club meeting scheduled to be held at Hotel Warren OB September 21. The meeting will be a sup per affair and is slated to be gin at 7 p. m. The club's new president, Mrs. Thomas W. Hawkins, a Warrenton civic leader and former head of various civic organizations, will preside over the club meeting for the first time. A spokesman for the organi zation said yesterday that all members are urged to attend the meeting. At College WlU^ Warren County well underway former uates have entereCor to college. Among those Warrenton now in college Mary Brodte Jones, well. Tommy Miles, Ed and BUI Farmer, the ty' of North Carolina; Hardy and Rosa lary's, Raleigh; David legs; Ja Ann White,