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VOLUMNE 65 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year ' 10c Per Copy WARRENTON. COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1961 NUMBER 51
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Ginger Hicks Heads
Warren 4-H Council
Ginger Hicks of the Norlina
Senior 4-H Club was installed (
as president of the Warren
County 4-H Council at the an
nual 4-H Achievement Pro
gram held Wednesday night in
the courtroom of the county
courthouse, Warrenton.
Other new officers installed
are: Emily Rldeout. vice presi
dent; Delores Lancaster, secre
tary-treasurer; Betsy Clark, re
porter; and Sylvia Shearin,
songlcader.
A short skit showing the ac
complishments of Warren 4
H'ers for the year 1960-61 made
up the main part of the pro
gram. Paul Lancaster, Jr., Na
tional Tractor winner, gave a
brief talk on his experiences at
National 4-H Club Congress in
Chicago.
All certificates, medals and
awards for county winners
were given out at this time.
Those receiving awards were:
Adult leaders receiving
awards:
Mrs. Egerton Rideout, Mrs.
R. L. Harmon, Mrs. G. C. Rob
inson, Mrs. L. E. Thompson,
Mrs. Chris Holtzman. Mrs. W.
B. Ellington, Mrs. Cliflon Ste
gall, Mrs. Morten Mu?tian, Mrs.
Guy Over by. Mis. W. B. Stans
bury, Mrs. J. C. Da*is, Mrs.
Elmo Spraggins, Mrs. H. C.
Ellis, Mrs. T C. Pegram, Mrs.
R. D. Chewning, Mrs. D. P.
McGhinnis. Mrs. E. L. Meador,
Mrs. R. B. Payntcr, Mrs. Erich
Hecht, Mrs. Hugh G. Wood.
Mrs. Owen Robertson. Mrs.
Foster King, Mrs. William
Skinner, Mrs. Goode Fleming,
Mrs. Marvin King. Mrs. Walter
Kidd Mrs. F. M. Harris. Mrs.
Freddie Hicks, Mr. Frank Per
kinson, Sr., Mr. Paul Lancast
er, Sr., Mr. Leonard M. Kilian,
Mr. Egerton Rideout, Mr. Erich
Hecht and Mr. T. R. Payriter.
Three county clubs received
both county and state, awardsr
Ridgewav Community in the
Automotive Project: Norlina
Senior for Safety Work; and
Macon Junior Club for work in
Health.
Individual 4-H Club Members
Awards:
tor, medal; Garden, medal
Robert Bender?Entimology,
county winner; Crafts, county
winner; Tractor, medal; Boys
Agricultural Program, medal;
Home Grounds Beautification,
medal
William Bender ? Electric,
medal; Forestry, medal
Paul Lancaster, Jr. ? Trac
tor, county, district, state and
national winner; Leadership,
(boys) county winner; Achieve
ment. (boys) county winner
William Perkinson ? Dairy,
county winner; Boys Agricul
tural Program, county winner;
Beef, medal. Achievement,
medal
George Allen Perkinson ?
Swine, county winner
John Holden Stegall ? Safe
ty, medal; Field Crops, medal
James Clark, Jr. ? Citizen
ship, (boys) county winner;
Leadership, medal
Kenneth Franke ? Automo
tive, county winner
Ronnie King ? Dairy, medal
Danny Peoples ? Field Crops,
medal
Roy Irvin Felts ? Dairy
medal
John Skinner Acai ? Boy's
Electric, county winner; Dairy,
medal; Safety, medal
William Lewis Fuller?Trac
tor, medal
Lester Capps ? Forestry,
county winner
Bennie Harris ? Forestry,
medal
Thomas ' P. Alston?Forestry,
county winner
Cliborne Holtzman ? Health,
(boys) junior county winner;
Garden, medal; Field Crops, co
county winner
Macy Paynter ? Beef Cat
tle, county winner; Boys Agri
cultural Program, medal
Clint L. Hege?Home Grounds
Beautification, medal
Johnny Rrauer?Automotive,
medal
Philip Bender ? Automotive,
raedJL
Richard Bender?Automotive,
medal; Boys Agricultural Pro
gram, medal
Variety Of Cases
Heard By Recorder
Sandra Walker ? Better
Grooming, county winner;
Dress Revue, county winner
Ellen Glenn Wood?Citlzen
g ship, county winner
Virginia Robertson?Garden
county winner; Clothing, medal
Home Improvement. medal
Barbara Hight ? Canning,
county winner
Margaret Ann Rideout?Dairy
Foods, county winner; Food
Preparation, county winner;
Electric, county winner; Lead
ership, medal: Girls Home
Economics, medal
Ginger Hicks ? Clothing,
county winner; Leadership,
county winner; Achievement,
county winner..; Dress Revue,
medal
Delores Lancaster?Freezing,
county winner; Food Prepara
tion, medal
Lynne Mincher?Girls Home
Economics, county winner;
Achievement, medal; Canning,
medal, Junior Clothing, medal
Delores Dlckerson ? Safety,
county winner; Public i Speak
ing, eountv winner
Jean Holtzman ? Health,
county winner
Emily Rideout?Home Beau
tiflwtion. county winner; Jun
ior Health, medal; Junior Dress
Revue, medal
Becky Ellis ? Recreation,
Jf county winner; Clothing, med
^ al; Girls Home Economics,
medal
Dorothy King ? Junior Can-1
nlng, county winner
Bagrid Ellis ? Junior Foods, j
Gall Myrick ? Junior Foods,
medal; Crafts, certificate
Jamas Hecht?Poultry, coun
ty Winner; Marketing, county
?Wu. Forestry, medal; Trac
Speeding and driving witl
no operator's license, and othei
violations of the motor vehicli
laws were responsible for <
number of defendants facinj
Judge Julius Banzet in Record
er's Court on Monday.
In addition, Judge Banze
? heard cases involving larceny
I assault on a female, assaul
j with a deadly weapon and non
, support.
) Edward Alston, Jr., was giv
! en a seven-days jail sentence
and taxed with court cost!
when .he was found guilty of t
charge of larceny.
Frank Brown was in courl
on a charge of assaulting a fe
male. A 30-days road sentence
was suspended for two years
upon condition defendant vio
lates no criminal laws of state
for two years and pay the
court costs.
Roy Reid, charged with non
support, was sentenced to the
roads for 30 days, but the
sentence was suspend
Johnson Heads
Masonic Lodge
A. D. Johnson was installed
as Worshipful Master of John
ston-Caswell Lodge No. 10 A
F. & A. M., at a regular meet
ing held in the Lodge Hall
here on Monday night. He sue
ceeds Jimmie Roberts, whose
term of office has expired
Other officers elected were:
R. B. Morris, Senior Warden;
Hugh Holt Stegall, Junior War
den; J. Boyd 'Fleming, Senioi
Deacon; Robert Stegall, Junioi
Deacon; Owen Robertson, Sec
retary; Clifton Ellis, Treasurer;
Jack Harris, Stewart; J. T. Las
siter, Stewart; Lee Riggan;
Tyler.
Norlina P. T. A.
Holds Meeting
The Norlina P. T. A. met at
the gym Monday night with
William Ellington, president,
presiding. The busincs time
was devoted to the musical
program, which was in charge
of Mrs. Glenn Weldon. with
grades one through eight tak
ing part in the program.
A decorated tree centered
the stage and students of
grade* one through throe sat
around the tree and *ang vari
ous song*. Kenneth Franke was
narrator and gave The Christ
mas Story between songs.
Mr*. Breedlorrt room won
the attendance priae.
ed for two years upon
condition that the defendant
pay into the office of the
Superintendent of Public Wel
;! fare of Warren County the sum
-! of $20.00 per week for the
| support of his wife and minor
t' children, commencing Decem
t j ber 20, and pay the costs of
t court.
. I A case charging Alton Davis
] with assault with a deadly wea
. pon was remanded to Magi
> strate's Court when it was
j brought out that no preliminary
! hearing had either been held
| or waived.
t Arthur Burwell Richardson,
charged with allowing unli
censed person to operate motor
vehicle, was found not guilty.
Ivey Steve Clark appealed
his case to Superior Court
when he was found guilty of
speeding and taxed with court
costs. Appearance bond was
set at $25.00.
Other cases involving viola
tions of the motor vehicle laws
included:
Cyrus Harding Gwynn, speed
ing and driving on the wrong
side of road, $15.00 and costs.
Stephen Thomas Alston,
speeding, costs.
Addie Alston Richardson, no
operator's license, $25.00 and
costs.
Jack Dexter Hinton, speed
ing costs.
Ralph Eugene Witmore,
speeding, $15.00 and costs.
Alfred Sidney Harris, failure
to ascertain that movement of
vehicle could be made in safe
ty, $50.00 and costs.
James Evans, speeding, costs.
Willard Wendell Edwards,
speeding, $10.00 and costs.
Hazel Sylver Williams, reck
less driving, $50.00 and costs.
Gaston Is Director
Warren Polio Drive
C. P. Gaston of Warrenton
has been named director of the
March of Dimes campaign for
Warren County. The drive
will begin January 2 and end
January 31.
Gaston has been an active
worker with the March of
Dimes campaign for many
years.
Mr. and Mrs. George Phillips
of Washington, N. C., are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. K.
Parked and little eon.
I Mr. T. V. Adams of Dmrld
! son College is spending the
holidays hare with
I Mrs. J. E.
Farmers Hear Talk
On Tobacco Culture
R. R. Bennett, Extension To
bacco Specialist from State
College, gave two illustrated
talks on tobacco to Warren
County farmers here on Tues
day.
He talked at a meeting of
growers at the County Agri
cultural Building on Tuesday
morning and to another group
at the Community Center in
the afternoon.
Frank Reams, county agri
cultural agent, said yesterday
that Bennett made a fine pre
sentation at both meetings. He
discussed 1962 tobacco produc
tion recommendations, tobacco
in storage, exports, varieties,
bulk curing, diseases, fertlizers,
plant beds, and other factors I
concerned with the culture ofj
tobacco.
Tobacco accounts for around
50 per cent of the cash farm'
income in Warren County and
on some farms almost 100 per
cent, Reams said. For this
reason, he added, means and
methods of maintaining a high
income is very important
According to a recent sur
vey,a high per cent of tobacco
producers planted Colter's 316
during 1961. The following
new varieties were announced
for 1962: Coker 80-F, Reams
64; McNair 12: Speight G-10;
and Speight G-3.
Bennett told the farmers
that tobacco producers owe it,
not only to themselves, but to
the tobacco trade to produce
the best quality tobaccco possi-1
ble and to deliver it well grad-1
ed to the warehouse for com
petition among all domestic
and export buyers.
Mrs. W. M. Gardner
Dies At Hospital
Funeral services for Mrs.
Walter Monroe Gardner, 68,
were conducted on Sunday at
2 p. m. at the Warrenton Bap
,tist Church by the Rev. John
Link. Interment was in Fair
view Cemetery.
Mrs. Gardner died at Duke
Hospital, Durham, on Friday
afternoon. She had been seri
ously ill for several days and
had been in ill health for some
five years.
Before her marriage, Mrs.
Gardner was Miss Mary Harris,
the daughter of the late An
thony Dowtin Harris and Stella
Shearin Harris of Churchill.
She was born at Warrenton
where she spent 'her entire
life. She attended school at the
old John Graham Academy and
at Meredith College.
Mrs. Harris was a member
of the Warrenton Baptist
Church, the Woman's Mission
ary Society, the American
Legion Auxiliary and the War
renton Woman's Club.
Surviving are her husband;
one son, W. Monroe Gardner,
and one brother, A. D. Harris,
all of Warrenton; and twb
grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. John Van
Pelt and Mr. and Mrs. Hatcher
Crenshaw and children, Mary
Hatcher and William Burwell,
of Richmond, Va., will spend
the holidays here with Mrs
W R.
Perkinson Rites
Held On Saturday
Funeral services for Holt
Macon Perkinson, 57, were
conducted at Wise Baptist
Church Saturday at 3 p. m.
with interment in the Wise
cemetery. The services were
in charge of the pastor, the
Rev. A. T. Ayscue.
Mr. Perkinson died on Thurs
day of last week.
He was a member of the
Wise Baptist Church and until
recently held a position with
Leggett's Department Store.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Hattie Robinson Perkin
son; one sister, Mrs. Curtis1
Overby of Warrenton; two
brothers, Glenn Perkinson of
Warrenton and Carl Perkinson
of Wise.
Mr. and Mrs. James Cave
and Mr. Bill Devorka of Rich
mond, Va.. will be holiday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil
Dillard and family in Inez.
Mrs. David Koontz and daugh
ters of Burlington are guests
of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Davis
in Inez.
Miss Judith Adams of Peace
College is visiting her room
mate, Miss Frances Manning,
at Roanoke Rapids. She will
return to Warrenton for the
holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Mustian
wiU spend the holidays here
with relatives. Mr. Mustian is
a student at ECC, Greenville,
and Mrs. Mustian works in
Washington, D. C.
Most Business Firms To
Be Closed Here Tuesday
While the great majority of
business houses will be closed
here on Tuesday following
Christmas Day, there are a
number of offices and stores
that will reopen for business
next Tuesday.
The Citizens Bank and the
Peoples Bank of Norlina will
both be closed on Tuesday, as
will all the offices in the War
ren County court house. The
court house offices will also be
closed all-day Saturday.
The offices of the Extension
Department in the Agricultural
Building will be closed Tues
day, but the Federal offices in
that building are expected to!
re-open at the usual hour on
Tuesday morning.
T. E. Watson, office mana
ger of the ASC committee,
said that unless Tuesday was.
granted as a holiday by Exec
utive order, his office would'
be open. He was dubious that
such order would be issued.
"We expect to be open," he
said, "if we have any heat."
He explained that heat is
furnished the agricul
Warrenton Youth
Gets Prison Term
RALEIGH?Clarence Fields
alias Mickey Mantle Alexander*
assistant District Attorney A!
ton D. Cummins called out ii
U. S. District Court Wedne:
day.
There were chuckles in th
courtroom as Fields, a youn
Negro originally from Warrei
i ton, .came in. He had bee
|brougm to court on crimin;
information that -he'd bee
dodging the draft. He waive
indictment and entered a guilt
plea.
Mark J. Howe, Raleigh ager
[ for the FBI, took the stan
; and told how the defendar
had failed to appear in Ma;
1960, for an Army physical t
his draft board in" Warrentoi
Fields also didn't show u
when ordered to appear b<
fore a New York draft boar
in November, 1960, and agai
in January, Howe reported.
Several relatives and Field;
landlady in New York wer
contacted, the agent said, an
FBI agents finally found Field
living in New York, and wort
ing at a bowling alley. He tol
agents he had a nine-year-ol
daughter, a family to suppori
that he had been in the sen
ice for four years "all ove
the world," and that he wa
known as "Mickey Mantl
Alexander."
Fields told the FBI he hai
received letters from Selectiv
Service but couldn't read then
and was unable to get anyom
to read the notes to him. How
testified. Also, Howe said, thi
defendant explained he hai
been attacked by "mugs" whi
stole $8 from him and bea
him up when he refused t<
show his draft cards, and wa
unable to appear before thi
draft board.
After testimony ended. Judgi
Algernon Butler, presiding ove
Barrett's Sermon
Topic Announced
"The Beautiful Versus thi
Brutal," will be sermon topii
of the Rev. Troy J. Barrett a
Wesley Memorial Metbodis
Church here at the 11 o'clocl
worship service.
Anthems to be sung by thi
choir are "Sing We All Noel,"
by York, and "Blessed Is Hi
Who Cometh," by Gounod.
Winner*
Christmas decorations h
Norlina homes were Judged of
Wednesday night by out-of
town Judges.
Cash awards were made tc
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Newman
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Delbridgc
and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. May
Mayfield.
Honorable mention went to
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Thaxton
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Knight, Mr
and Mrs. Johk Dote, Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Lloyd, Mr. and Mrs
G. P. Grissom, and Mr. a*d
Mrs. D. S. Wlmbrow.
a day of plea-entering, asked
Fields if bis father had given
him a message to report to the
draft board. Fields admitted
receiving the message, but
said he hadn't reported. "Why?**
the judge queried.
"No reason," the defendant
replied.
Judge Butler, after a con
ference jvith the counsel, sen
tenced Fields to 18 months in
| prison.
Harrington Named
Asst. Treasurer Of
China Grove Mills
Merle Harrington, son of Mr. |
and Mrs. T. J. Harrington of
Warren County, has recently
been elected assistant treasurer
of China Grove Cotton Mills.
Harrington, a graduate of
John Graham High School, was
graduated from Duke Univer
sity in 1957 with a B. A. De
gree. He served for four years
in the Air Force with the rank
of stagg sergeant.
He is a member and past
president of China Grove Civi
tan Club; publicity and public
relations chairman of the
Rowan County Industrial Man
agement Club; a member of
the Board of Directors of the
Civitan Club; and a member of
the First Methodist Church of
China Grove.
Harrington is married to the
former Ann Mayfield of Nor
lina. They and their two chil
dtkn, Scott and David, reaide
at 905 South Franklin StroQ
in China Grove.
Services Change
At Macon Church
The Church School and wor
ship service hours of the
Macon Baptist Church will be
reversed on Sunday,
K the Rev. Dan Parker, pas
tor announced yesterday.
He said that tike worship
service would be held at 10
o'clock aad^ the Sunday School
MERLE HARRINGTON
tural building from the court
house boiler and the court
house would be closed on Tues
day.
Leggett's Department Store,
Rose's 5 & 10. A. & P. and
Colonial are all expected to
be open Tuesday. Red and
White Supermarket is expect
ed to be closed.
Billy Lanier, Jr., chairman of
the hours committee of the
Warrenton Merchants Associa
tion, said yesterday that with
! the exception of the chain
stores, he thought that practi
cally all stores of the town
would be closed Tuesday.
Practically all the stores at
Norlina are expected to bo
closed on next Tuesday.
A majority of the stores in
both towns have been staying
open until 9 o'clock each
night, and such will be the
case with most stores tonight
and Saturday night
Draft Board Office
To Close Dec. 23
Until January 2
,
The Warren County Draft
Bqsrd. offife hare wiH bo
ed from December 23 an
uary 2, 1962, Selby
chairman of the board, said
yesterday.
Benton asks that boys whoaa
birthday falls on the days on
which the office will be dosed
to report for registration on
Tuesday, January 2, 1962.
Rector Gives List
Episcopal Services
I There will be no service at
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
on Sunday morning at 11
o'clock, but there will be a
Christmas pageant held at the
church at 4 p. m. and a Christ
mas Eve service at 11 o'clock
p. m. on December 24, the Rev.
James M. Stoney, Jr., rector,
announced yesterday.
Mr. Stoney said an 11 o'dock
service would be held at the
Church of the Good Shepherd
in Ridgeway on Sunday, De
cember 24, at which time Holy
Communion will be celebrated,
He said that members of ?
manuel Church who may
the 11 a. m. service on
at this time are especially ??
vited to attend this service.
The Rector and Mrs. Stoney
request the presence of the
members and friends of Em
manuel Episcopal Church at an
open house, December 31, tram
4 p. m. to 6 p. m. at the
tory.
McDonald Pictured
In Feature Article
Georgia Cadets at the Unit
ed States Air Force Academy
were the subject of a feature
artice in Sunday's magasfine
section of The Atlanta Consti
tution.
Among the Georgia
at the Academy is
Donald of Newnan, Ge., for
merly of Warren ton. The
of Mr. and Mrs. D. X
aid, Jimmy attended
Graham High School fbc a
number of yean whBft Ml
father was manager of
gett's Department
McDonald is pictured la tM
articla with the Georgia gronp
of cadeta and in aiMwfli
pictured with his two
mate* in one dt the