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VOLUME 66 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1962 NUMBER 4
Court Opens
On Monday
The January Civil Term of
Warren County Superior Court
will convene on Monday morn-j
ing with Judge Heman Clarke
of Fayetteville presiding.
The term is scheduled to run
for lour days ,with few cases,
if any, of outstanding interest
docketed for trial. The calen
dar shows the following cases
ir~ trial:
Monday ? Naomi Dunson
Jones vs. Giles McCarroll
Jones; Roger Limcr vs. Joseph
N. Cates.
Tuesday ? King Feed and
^Grocery vs. R. L. Topping, Jr.,
and Richard Drewry; King
Feed and Grocery vs. R. L. j
Topping, Jr., and Lawrence
McPhail; R. W. Thornton, In-j
compt., vs. J. B. Stansbury et
als. |
Wednesday?Calvin C. Mass
enburg vs. Clara Fogg; Warren j
General Hospital vs. Walter
Bender, Spencer Henderson et
ux.
Thursday ? Security Loan
Corp. vs. Tom and Ota Wilson:
Louise Simms vs. Haywood
Townes et als.
A case of H. M. Williams et
al. vs. Howard Hawkins et al
has been placed on the docket
for judgment.
The following cases have
been placed on the Motion
Docket:
Park View Hospital vs. E.
Odies Whitley et ux; Calvin
C. Massenburg vs. Clara Fogg;
Dr. R. R. Huntley vs. Etta
Champion et vir; Dr. L. W.
Kornegay vs. Mr. and Mrs. S.
K. Carroll.
Jurors drawn for the civil
term are: R. S. Rodwell, W.
L. Hight, Mrs. John I. Butler,
Jr., Jefferson Daniel, Hubert
L. Bobbitt, Lula Belle Fuller,
Grover C. Tucker, H. D. King,
Mrs. W. S. Bugg, R. H. Perkin
son, J. R. Smiley, J. J. Sheartn,
Willie R. Felts, W. A. Connell,
III, Mrs. W. T. Comer, Sidney
G. Burton, Julian Acree, Mer
ritt Davis. L. J. Kimball, M. P.
Harton, David Bell, Mrs. Ver
non Mabry, Henry L. Gums.
C. B. Miller, James A. Hayes,
Jr., Mrs. V. Taylor Mustian,
Miss Emily Ballinger, W. K.
Thompson, O. L. Hayes, Wil
liam J. Leach, Alex T. Ayscue,
Clinton Neal, Mrs. J. T. Powell,
Margaret C. Pulley, J. H. An
drews. Calvin G. Young, V.
Taylor Mustian, M. C. Hicks,
B. .M Jones, Jesse L. Bumette,
James S. Wilson, J. W. Perry,
Marion H. Perry, George Willis
Shearin, J. P. Ratliff, Jr.
MOBILE CLASSROOM?One of the two mobile classrooms
put into use this week by the Warren County Board ol Edu
cation is pictured above at the Northside Elementary School
north of Norlina. The mobile building, one of two recently
purchased by the board following the destruction of a small
Negro school by fire, was purchased at a cost of $5500. De
signed to be used at various schools in the county if condi
tions warrant, the rooms are easily transported and set up in
a new location. The school room, completely finished and
lacking only a water system, met with the approval of the
board members who toured the two now units on Monday
night. (Staff Photo)
Bloodhounds Lose
Trail Of Fleeing
Man At Manson
The trail of a robber fleeing
from Fleming Store at Man
son early Thursday was lost
by bloodhounds a short dis
tance away.
The unidentified man fled
from the store as a paper
route man approached the
building around 4 o'clock this
morning, according to Deputy
Sheriff Herbert Rooker, who
investigated the robbery with
Sheriff Jim Hundley.
Rooker said that the dogs
from the Warren Prison Camp
followed a trail leading from
the store down the Drewry
road for a short distance be
fore losing the trail where a
car had been parked.
Missing from the store is a
radio. Rooker said that he
didn't. know whether or not
! anything else was missing as
I the results of a check by
I Sheriff Hundley had not been
i reported.
Mothers March To
Be Held Tuesday
Erring Motorists
Have Day In Court
County School Term Extended
Taylor Advances
In Quest For
Scholarship
Twelve of the 14 cases be
fore Judge Julius Banzet in Re
corder's Court on last Friday
were concerned with violations
i of the motor vehicle laws. The
' other two cases involved tres
passing.
Douglas Alston received a 30
days road sentence when he
was found guilty of trespass,
e .The "sentence was suspended
for One year on condition that
the-defendant violate no crim
inal laws of the state for one
year and pay court cost.
The court ruled that Edward
Woodard, charged with tres
pass, was not guilty.
The motor vehicle laws viola
tions included two cases of
drunk driving. Arlie Jamer
son Reynolds and Henry Clark
Richardson were found guilty
on this count, and each was
fined $100 and taxed with
court costs.
The state took a nol pros
with leave in the case of Jac
queline Taylor, charged with
speeding.
- Other cases heard by Judge
Banzet included:
Wilfred Elliott Isles, speed
ing, $15 and costs.
Wayne Leo Martlett, -speed-J
ing, court costs.
James Earl Kersey, speed
ing, $15 and costs.
Calvin Thomas Williams,
speeding, court costs.
Lawrence Marion Jones, reck
less driving, $25 and costs.
William H. Shearin, reck
less driving. The defendant
was found guilty of driving
too close and failure to yield
right-of-way. Prayer for judg
ment was continued for six
months upon payment of costs.
James Baskerville, reckless
driving, 30 days road sentence
suspended six months provided
I defendent surrender driver's
1 license for 60 days, operate no
' motor vehicle on highways for
[ 60 days, and pay a $25 fine
and court costs.
Lawrence Marion Jones,
reckless driving, $25 and costs.
| Roosevelt Evans, no opera
tor's license, court costs.
Church Group To Meet
vfiere On Monday Night
The Associational Brother
hood and Woman's Missionary
Union will jointly sponsor "As
sociationai Minions Night" at
the Warren ton Baptist Church
on Monday night, January 39,
at 7:30 o'dook.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mltchi
ner of Oxford will be the fea
tured speakers. They will show
slides, give testimonies, display
curios, and relate first hand
information concerning Baptist
mission work around the world.
G. W. Tunstall, Asaociattonal
Brotherhood President, will
preside and welcome those pres
^Mr Rymns win be lead by Ce
cil Faulkner, Associational
Brotherhood Personal Steward
ship Leader; the scripture will
be read by Mrs. Sol Perkinson,
president of Wise WMU, and
prayer will be given by Sam
Eastwood, Associational Broth
erhood Christian Witness
Leader
A Cooperative Program Skit
?m be presented by the Lid
Baptist Church WMU.
D. T. Ayscue and Cecil
Faulkner of New Sandy Creek
" wIS give a home
missions display.
Rev. Larry Bryson of Nor
wtB present the speakers,
will he
^^?of the
Church of Saw
Leon Pridgen,
otherhood
Vice President, and Howard
Edmonds, Associational Broth
erhood, Secretary.
Mrs. ? Mitchiner is a graduate
of Meredith College; superin
tendent of Married Young Peo
ples Department, Oxford Bap
tist Church; past president of
WMU of Church and Raleigh
Region; for the past three years
WMU State Stewardship Chair
man; and member of Foreign
Mission Board.
Mitchiner is a graduate of
North Carolina State Colege;
deacon and Sunday School
teacher, Oxford Baptist Church;
member of the General Board
of North Carolina Baptist
State Convention; vice-presi
dent of North Carolina Broth
erhood; and member of Home
Mission Board,
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchiner dur
ing the past several years
have used vacation time to vis
it home mission work in the
United States, Panama and
Alaska; and foreign mission
work in Mexico, Central Amer
ica, Europe, Africa, and the
Near East.
Wrecks Car
Stewart Rooker, 17-year-old
Senior of Norlina High School,
received minor cuta and bruises
on Friday night when his c
skidded on ice and overturn
three miles South of Norlina.
to the car.
for a Mnr K "?unty candidate
I the aITlJforehead Scholarship to
Uhn6a U"^ers,ty of North Caro
I "na successfully taken
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Welfare Dept. Staff
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Saturdays will remain a holi
day for hundreds of Warren
County school children.
This was decided on Monday
night at a meeting of the
Warren County Board of Edu
cation here when members vot
ed to extend the school term
until June 1. Agreeing that it
would be best if all the schools
of the county had the same
closing date, board members
unanimously agreed to make
up time lost due to recent in
j clement weather at the end of
the school year.
While the decision will leave
a majority of the county's stu
dents unburdened by Satur
' day classes, Littleton High >
School pupils will find classes
I in session on two Saturdays.
I In addition to losing five
school days because of the
weather, the Littleton school
was forced to close its doors
for two days after a boiler
burst at the school,
j Board members said that in
order for schools to close sim
ultaneously, Littleton students
would have to attend school
on two Saturdays. The dates
were left to the judgment of
j the Littleton district school
I board, which normally makes
i policy involving a particular
school in its district.
Supt. Peeler Says
School Buildings
Wiring Obsolete
Wiring in the John Graham
High School is 40 years old, is
obsolete and should be re
placed, J. Rodger Peeler, su
perintendent of Warren Coun
ty Schools, said Tpesday morn
ing following a small fire at
John Graham High School here
on Monday morning.
The wiring in at least six
other schools is worse, he add
ed. The cost of doing needed
re-wiring of Warren County
Schools is estimated by Peeler
to be $50,000. He said the
county did not have the mon
ey to do this work.
As for the John Graham
school, Peeler said that its
wiring was inspected b y
Thomas J. Harrington, electri
cal inspector for Warren Coun
ty, on December 19, and re
ported by Harrington to be
in good condition.
The Fire at John Graham
originated in a switch box in
I tht ceiling of ^the janitor's
room in the basement. Peeler
said that he did not know
why the fire started in the box
as there was no evidence of a
short circuit there. He said
that R. C. Comer, electrician
and Plumber with the school
system, reported that examr.
nation of a circuit breaker
control panel showed that it
was in good working condition.
Peeler said that much of
the wiring in Warren County
school buildings was not in
cables nor were connections
soldered as required by pres
ent-day wiring codes. In addi
tion the wires were placed in
a building before the day of
appliances and in many cases
may be too small to carry the
electric load. However, he add
ed, the circuit on which the
fire originated only served two
rooms and did not carry a
heavy load.
Parker Working With
Green On Negro Drama
John W. Parker, director of
the Carolina Playmakers at the
University of North Carolina,
is working with Paul Green on
an outdoor drama depicting
the story of the Negro In
America, according to Tom
Wood of N. C. State College.
Wood's story, printed in The
News and Observer on Thurs
day of last week and picked
up by The Warren Record,
was cut and as a result much
pertinent material was left out
of the story.
The article last week ended
with the statement that "Dr.
Paul Green, the Chapel Hill
Playwrlgnt whose outdoor dra
mas in North Carolina and
Virginia have become world
famous, is honorary chairman
of the Advisory Board. He
has expressed high interest in
presenting a drama that tells
the story of the Negro flm >1
America since the first slave
from Africa."!
The remainder of the article
follows:
"Chairman of the Advisory
Board is R. E. Jones of A & T
College in Greensboro, who
heads the Negro agricultural
extension program in North
Carolina.
"John W. Parker, director of
the Carolina Playmakers at th?
University of North Carolina,
is working with Green on the
drama, and is also a member
of the Advisory Board.
"N. A. Cheek of Durham is
chairman of the Trustee Board.
S. A. Davis of Warrenton
heads the Executive Board.
"The Recreation Council
seeks ways of financing the
Memorial Recreation Forest
Help may be available from
the federal and state govern
ta, through the Area Re
Program, -fjeorge
a member of Gov
While agreeing that no Sat
urday classes would be held in
the majority of county schools,
members said that a further
postponement of classes due to
weather would probably neces
sitate the operation of schools
on Saturdays.
The board accepted the res
ignation of Mrs. Norman Mc
Arthur as commercial teacher
at John Graham High School
here, and approved the elec
tion of Miss Verna Faye
Bowcn, an East Carolina Col
lege graduate, as her replace
ment.
In other business before the
board, the resignation of K.
C. Severance as a member of
the Norlina school committee
was accepted.
Board member S. H. Massey
went on record as praising
Severance for his interest in,
and support of the county's
school program during his ten
ure as a committee member.
Massey's action received the
endorsement of the other four
members of the board and a
letter to that effect was order
ed sent Severance.
School Children
Watch Coming
Of Fire Engine
Some 450 children, most of
them with pleased expressions,
watched as the town's fire
truck-rolled up to the John
Graham High School shortly
before 9 o'clock on Monday
morning.
The children had left the
buildings a few minutes after
school had taken in and calmly
marched out of the building
as the signal for a fire drill
was sounded. This time the
signal was for real, but the
training stood the children in
good stead as they filed from
the building without mishap.
The alarm was sounded when
smoke was detected in the
basement of the building. Fire
men and school officials lo
cated the source of the smoke
in the janitor's room where
a defective switch had ignited
from a short-circuit. The firej
was quickly extinguished and
the damage was almost neg
<See CHILDREN, page !?>
Mrs. Vereen To
Be Guest Speaker
Mrs. L. C. Vereen of Raleigh,
formerly of Warrenton, will be.
the guest speaker at the Wo
man's Society of Christian Serv
ice meeting in the Fireside
Room of Wesley Memorial
Methodist Church on Monday!
afternoon, January 29, at 2:30.
Mrs. Vereen will review the'
required study book, "Under'
Orders", by Barnes. She is,
currently treasurer of the1
North Carolina Confer sacs
WSCS Members of neerby
churches are cordially Invited
to attend. " I
The annual March of Moth
ers to raise money for the
1962 March of Dimes will be
held at Warrenton on Tues
day night, January 30, from
7 to 8 o'clock, C. P. Gaston,
Warren County chairman, an
nounced yesterday.
The January 1962 March of
Dimes will help finance an ex
panded patient aid program to
provide skilled medical care
for victims of crippling birth
defects and arthritis and for
continuing aid to polio vic
tims where necessary, Gaston
said.
The Mothers' March here on
next Tuesday night will have
for its purpose the raising of
funds to carry on this program.
Gaston asks that each house
holder leave his or her porch
light on during the time of
the march and to give as liber
ally as possible.
Gaston said that the new
aid programs approach would
involve setting up special treat
ment centers or evaluation clin
ics at community levels to
treat victims of birth defects
and arthritis.
The centers would be fin
anced directly by individual
National Foundation, March of
Dimes, chapters or groups of
chapters. Initiated in 1960, the
program was accelerated this
year with a number of centers
established in the county, he
explained.
(See MARCH, page 10)
THE EEV. L. C. VEREEN
Former Pastor
To Preach Here
Sunday Morning
The Rev. LeFon Carpenter
Vereen, minister of Wesle7
Memorial Methodist Church
from 1949 to 1952, will deliver
the first in a series of ser
mons by former ministers on
Sunday, January 28 at the 11
(See PASTOR, page It)
Planning Board To
Meet With Com'srs
LITTLETON ? George J
Monehan, head of the Raleigh
area office of the North Caro
lina Division of Community
Planning, and Jerry Turner, a
member of the staff of Com
munity Planning, Will be guest
speakers at a joint meeting
of the Warren County Planning
Board and the Warren County
commissioners in Warrenton
Tuesday night, Marvin New
som chairman of the planning
board, has announced.
Monehan and Turner will give
a detailed account of the work
planned for the three North
Carolina counties bordering on
the Gaston Lake, which will
proceed at once. Monehan gave
a similar report at a meeting
held Wednesday of last week
at the Fairfax Restaurant in!
Roanoke Rapids of the plan-|
ning boards of four counties,
Warren, Halifax, Northampton
and Mecklenburg, representa
tives of Virginia Electric Pow
er Company and members of
the Community Planning Divi
sions of North Carolina
Virginia.
Newsom was requested
the Wednesday meeting to
tact Representative L. H.
tain and request that be ex
pedite an order requesting that
aerial photoes of the lake area
including Littleton be sent im
mediately so the work would
not be held up. Newsome said
Tuesday that he had talked
with Fountain and that the
order through him had been
forwarded as requested.
Following the luncheon meet
ing held Wednesday fco SO
persons attending went en a
conducted tour of the
Dam.
Four Boys Arrested;
On Break-In Charge
Four young Negro boyi were
taken into cortody this
after Warren and Vance Coun
ty officers linked them with
the theft of approximately 943
a country atom in north
ern Warren County.
The youngster*, all in their
teens, were arrested on Hoe
day and charged * _
officers identified- Owes of the
youths u James ^Terry, Theo
dore Williams
Bullock. A fourth boy
not Identified, because of
. Warren Sheriff J. H.
ley said the hoys lhred
than a mile from the
5??* *
According to offleets,
boy* want to the store Satur
day afternoon and as MHM
tendant was ssiVHijFiHfl
in front of the store,
parentiy opened a
er and i
contents.
until that night,
nt of the day's