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',?\SG* ?- J Your Best Advertising Medium Warren Urnirfr - ?' / ^ n. "7 f Your Best Advertising Medium VOLUME 71 * Subscription Price $3.00 A Year 10$ Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY. IANUARY 6. 1967 mhuopo , Road Resurfacing Cost To Be Charaed To Bond Aoryfonriritinn The Board of County Com missioners Monday approved a request of the State High way Commission that the cost of resurfacing the Warrenton Henderson Highway in Warren County be charged to Warren County's allocation of road bond money. Chairman Amos Capps told the commissioners that High way Division Engineer Merle Atkins in making the request had estimated that the cost of resurfacing the road from Warrenton town limits to the Vance County line would be about $6,000 per mile. The road map shows the distance to be between eight and nine miles. Wayne Atkins, Jr., district engineer, and A. C. Collier, representing the State High way Commission, appeared before the board to discuss road matters, and during the day the commissioners re ceived several requests for road improvements in the county. In other action by the board, A. P. Rodwell, Jr., was re elected auditor of Warren County. The resignation of Evans Stop Measles Day To Be Held Here The Warren County Health Department will hold a Stop Measles Day on Tuesday, Jan. 10, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Dr. Lloyd Harrison, acting health director, announced yesterday. Dr. Harrison said that the - ft In e-day measles (Rubeola) Is one of the most dangerous of all the childhood diseases. It is characterized by a fever of from 100 to 105 degrees, rash, cough, loss of appetite, redness of eyes and Is often followed by complications of brain damage and damage to the nervous system. The vaccine to prevent this type measles, Dr. Harrison said, will be given free to children one year to six years of age. He asks that parents check the list of symptoms and If their child has not had this nine-day measles, plan to goto the Warren County Health De partment on Jan. 10. Coleman as a member of Warren General Hospital Board of Trustees wa? ac cepted with expressions of appreciation of. Coleman's services to the hospital. No successor was named. However, the board appoint ed Boyd Reams as a mem ber of the board to succeed Commissioner Richard R. Davis, who resigned several weeks ago. Mrs. Alvis p. Fleming ap peared before the board to request a hard-surface road in River Township. The State Highway Commis sion was requested to add to the county road system that road in Warrenton Township known as the "West Street Road." It was ordered that the tax valuation of Warren County for 1957 be fixed at 40 per cent of the appraised valu ation, the same rate in effect for the past several years. The State Highway Commis sion was. requested to add to the County Road system that road in Shocco Township known as the "Reavis Road." A. P. Rodwell, Jr,., Tax Collector, reported 1966taxes collected during Dec. 1966, in the amount of $48,795.71,' making a total of 1966 taxes: collected to date of $271,930.96. J. H. Hundley, Register of Deeds, reported 138 mar riage licenses issued during the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1966, for which $690.00 was turned into the General Punrf Variety Of Cases Heard Bv Recorder While violations of traffic laws were responsible for the majority of cases In Warren County Recorder's Court last Friday, a number of other cases were disposed of by Judge Julius Banzet. These included charges of resisting arrest, non-support, drunk and disorderly conduct, possession of fireworks, pos session of non-taxpaid whis key, assault with a deadly weapon and refusing minor children to attend school. James Perry pled guilty to a charge of resisting arrest and was ordered to pay a $25 fine and court costs. Milton D. Carroll, charged with non-support, entered a plea of nole contendere. Pray er for Judgment was continued provided the defendant pay Into the office of the Superintendent of Public Welfare of Warren County each Friday, com mencing on Friday, Jan. 6, and continuing until further order of the court, the sum of $20.00 per week for the sup port of his two minor child ren, Cindy Carroll (17 months) and M, D. Carroll (age 3), and pays court costs. Shelly Mills and Clarence Extension Agents Are Housed InSameBldg. The white and Negro ex tension agents are now housed in the Agricultural Building on the court square following a government directive sev eral months ago that the two departments must be integrat ed. The Negro County Agent and the Negro Home Agent moved their quarters from the Citi zens Building on Franklin Street during the Christmas holidays. The departments will no longer be designat ed as white and Negro. L. C. Cooper, Negro Agent, Has moved to the office form erly occupied by the Farmers Home Administration, which has moved to the Taylor Build ing. Mrs. Bertha Forte, Negro Home Agent has moved her of fice to an office in what was formerly the assembly room In the Agricultural Build ing. Prior to moving the two groups Into the same build ing, offices were renovat ed In the Agricultural Build ing, with the assembly room being partitioned and with a number of shelves being built. Hawkins Chapters Give Presents To Children Fifty-two children In needy families were remembered at Christmas as a result of the annual "Collect-and-Repalr T?y Project," sponsored t irp by the FFA and FHA ( *ers of JOhn R. Hawkins school. The following items' were completely repaired, painted or reworked for the children: Twelve bicycles, tan tri cycles, two wagons (large), One doll carriage, IB dolls wtth new dresses, fifty small Hems that were contributed by other special Interest groups. Spokesmen tor the two chap tars said this weak that the project was very successful in meeting some of the needs of fifteen families. They said that the FFA and FHA Chap ters of the Hawkins School wish to thank everyone who contributed to the annual pro ject. This project Is the second annual Christmas project sponsored by the Agricultural and Home Economics Depart ment. Advisors are W. R. Price, Vocational Agriculture Teacher, and Mrs. L. K. Me aner and Miss E. Henderson, HoegewJBcoeomtes Teachers. L. B. Henderson U principal of John R. Hawkins Sohool. Richardson, each charged with being drunk and disorderly and with using profane and vul gar language, were found not guilty. Alonza Mills and Lacey Richardson were also charged with being drunk and disord erly and with using vulgar and profane language. Each was found guilty and ordered to pay court costs. Thornton Woodard, Jr., charged with possession of fireworks, was found not guil ty. Danny Bowman was charged with hit and run driving. The state took a nol pros with leave. The state also took a nol pros with leave in the case of Robert Davis, charged with possession of non-taxpaid whiskey. Frank Brown was charged with an assault. The state took a nol pros with leave. The state took a nol pros with leave in the case of Len Henderson, charged with as sault with a deadly weapon. Richard Hargrove was charged with refusing to allow his minor children to attend school. The state took a nol pros with leave. Willie Albery Gill was or dered to pay a $25 fine and court costs when he pled guil ty to operating a motor ve hicle without due caution. Ernest Wilson Harris pled guilty to charges of having no operator's license, with im proper registration, withfail ure to have vehicle inspect ed and with having no liabili ty insurance. He was ordered to pay a $25 fine and court costs. Spencer Henderson, charg ed with drunk driving, enter ed a plea of reckless driving He was ordered to pay a fin of $100 and court costs. Len Henderson pled guilty to a charge of drunk driving. He was sentenced to the roads for 30 days. The sentence was suspended for two years upon condition the defendant not violate any of the motor ve hicle laws of the state for two years, remain of good behav ior, and pays a fine of $100 and court costs. John Henry Lyons was or' dered to pay a $100 fine an< court costs when he pled gull ty to a charge of drunk driv ing. Defendants in speeding cases and verdicts of the court were as follows: William Arthur Smith, $1 and costs; Roger Charles Kor fnendl, costs; Henry Thurmai Roberson, $10 and coats; Ed die Jones Wright, jr., ooets Willie Hugh Tunstall, $10 an ooets; Thompson O. Pace.IH ooets; Robert Yohars Namei $8 and costs; Thomas Bwoo Dowdee, coats; Harli cer Ledford, nol proa leave; Thomas R. Boggs pros with leave; Donald Oglaby, costs. W. A. Palmer Rites Held On Monday Graveside services for Wil liam A. Palmer, 60, who died Sunday, were conducted at Fairview Cemetery on Mon day at 2:30 p.m. by the Rev. James Grant, Presbyterian minister of Littleton. Mr. Palmer, the son of the late Nathan Milam and Rosa Brame Palmer, was born in Macon on July 4, 1906. He came with his family to War renton in 1914. He was grad uated from John Graham High School in 1924 and attended Duke University. After three years at Duke he went to New York where he became con nected with The New \crk Times. After a few years in New York he went to Rich mond, Va., where he was con nected with Bachrach Jewelry firm for 30 years, retiring in 1965. While in Richmond he mar ried Miss Catherine Wood, daughter of R. W. Wood of the firm of T. W. Wood and Sons. His wife died in 1965. Following his wife's death he returned to Warrenton to make his home with his sis ter, Mrs. T. W. Moore. Mr. Palmer was a member of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church. , Survivors Include three sis ters, Mrs. Edgar Brantley of Henderson, and Mrs. T. W. Moore and Mrs. John Gar rett, Jr., of Warrenton. Johnson Funeral Held At Pantego Funeral services for Pa trick Henry Johnson, Sr., 87, were held at 2:30 p. m. Wed nesday at Pantego Christian Church in Beaufort County with burial in the Belhaven Community Cemetery. Mr. Johnson, the father of Mrs. Edward Cheves of War renton, died Monday morning in Pungo District Hospital. He had been in failing health for the past five years. A retired business man and farmer, Mr. Johnson had served in the State Senate for two terms. He was a former mayor of Pantego and a for mer member of the board of education of Beaufort County. In 1936 he was appointed manager of the House Office Building Restaurant in Wash ington, D. C., where he serv ed for a number of years. He was a former member of the Beaufort County Commission ers and a former judge of Recorder's Court in Belhaven. He served for 58 years as chairman of the Pantego Drainage District. He was one of the original members of the State Board of Equaliza tion and one of the framers in the fight for better schools in North Carolina. He was a member of th?.- Christian Church of Pantego. Mr. Johnson was married in 1900 to Adelaide Shaven der, who survives with two sons, Wilbur Johnson of Hampton, Va., and Patrick Henry Johnson, Jh, of Ports mouth, Va.; and two daugh ters, Mrs. George Aycock of Pantego, and Mrs. Edward Cheves of Warrenton. Job Corps Counselor To Be At Warrenton Miss Vicky Ekvall, Job Corps Counselor, will be at the Warren County court house in Warrenton from 10 a. m. to noon on next Tuesday, Jan. 10, for the purpose of Inter viewing youths Interested in joining the Peace Corps. The JOb Corps, Miss Ekvall said yesterday, is for boys between the ages of 16 and ?1 who desire vocational training in one of the 107 residential centers in 36 FRACTURES LEO Patsy An& Salmon of Rt. 1 Warrenton, is at home thli week recuperating from i fractured leg she suffered ii a fall on the iee last Friday Following Grand Jury Report Commissioners Say They Will Build A New Kitchen At Jail Food Applications To End On Jan. 21 Application for surplus food being distributed in Warren County will be closed out on Wednesday, Jan. 11, Julian Farrar, Welfare Director, and the Board of County Commis sioners agreed here Tuesday. After that date no further application for the surplus food will be accepted, Farrar said following discussion with the commissioners. Farrar said that the Wel fare Department has received some 800 applications for food. This, he added, is about 200 short of the application received last year. Applications are being re ceived at a special office in the Hendricks Building to the rear of the court house square. Surplus food is being dis tributed at the Reynolds Ware house back of the Warrenton Railroad Company Depot, the same location used last year. The distribution of food at the warehouse is in charge of Harry Williams, Jr., and Wade Taylor. Criminal Term Of Court Ends Thursday iue criminal term ox war ren County Superior Court, which convened on Tuesday morning with Judge William Y. Bickett of Raleigh presiding, adjourned slightly after noon Thuisday. During the term Clyde Her man Williams was given a divorce from Delores Kersey Williams, and Eugenia Tucker Nelson was granted a divorce from Thomas Omega Nelson. A case against Isham Carrington, charged with breaking and entering dwell ing house at night, was nol prossed with leave. The state took a nol pros with leave in the case of James Short, charged with theft. Harry Blake Johnson, charged with gambling and with keeping a gambling house failed to appear in court. A capias for his arrest_ was issued. Buster Dlckerson was charged with failing to yield right-of-way and with man slaughter. The Grand Jury failed to find a true bill. ? Elijah Randolph Hawkins, charged with drunk driving, withdrew his appeal. He was ordered to pay Superior Court costs and the order of Record er's Court stands. The state took a nol pros with leave in the case of Wal lace Neal, charged with manu facture of intoxicatingliquors. Neal pled guilty to a charge of possession of utensils for manufacturing Intoxicating liquor and was sentenced to the roads for 12 months. The road sentence was suspended for two years provided the defendant remains law abiding and of good behavior and violate no law of the state or federal government or any political subdivision and pays a $500 fine and court costs. In a separate order the court granted Neal permission to pay $100 on the fine now and the balance before the June term of Superior Court. The state took a nol pros with leave in the caseof Jack son Alston charged with man slaughter. Cases against Byron Cal vin Brown, Jr., charged with speeding and driving after his license had been revoked, and Robert Jen kins Plttard, speeding and failure to stop at a stop sign, were continued. William Butler Davis, charged with manufacturing intoxicating liquor, failed to appear in court and a capaia for his arrest was issued. Leroy Green, charged with drunk driving, entered a plea of reckless driving. He was ordered to pay a $100 fine sod James Canady, found guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon with Intent to kill, was sentenced to the roads for two years. \ John Henry Alston, charged with assault with a deadly weapon with Intent to kUi, was sentenced to State Prison for from seven to 10 years. Edward Brodle Woodard, charged with possession of non-taxpald whiskey, posses sion of non-taxpald whiskey for purpose of sale, and pos session of utensils for man ufacturing Illegal whiskey, was sentenced to the roads for from two to five years on each count. The sentence was suspended and the defendant placed on probation under fur ther condition that the de fendant pay a $1500 fine and court costs. Three other cases against Woodard ? manufacturing In toxicating liquor, resisting arrest and obstructing an of ficer, and assault with a dead ly weapon?were non prossed with leave. A jury found Roy Albert Williams guilty of drunk driv ing. A 30 days road sentence was suspended for 12 months provided the defendant pay a fine of $100 and court costs and surrenders his drivers license to the Clerk of Court. Ernest Ayscue was sentenc ed to State Prison for from four to seven years, after a Jury found him - guilt v on (See COURT, page 8) Egerton Ridout Suffers Broken Neck In Wreck Egerton B. Rldeout, well known farmer of Warren County, Is recuperating at Maria Parham Hospital In Henderson from serious In juries sustained In a motor ve hicle accident during the Christmas holidays. His neck was broken In three places. Rldeout and his son, Bob, were on a hunting trip on Wednesday, Dec. 28, when a number r.f hogs appeared In the road near the Rldeout home. In seeking to avoid a collision Oie driver of the truck landed the vehicle In a ditch. Egerton Rldeout was thrown against the top of the track, suffering a broken neck. Bob Rldeout, It la reported, was thrown from the truck and escaped any serious in juria*. ? Mrs. Rldeout said yesterday that her husband was recover ing satisfactorily In the Hen derson hospital. J. T. Ml'STIAN, IR. Mustian Is Named Supervisor A Warrenton native has been named Claims Unit Supervi sor of the Bristol, Va, So cial Security District Office. Announcement that James T. Mustian, Jr., had been named to- this position was made from the Bristol office this week. Mustian was born in War renton where he attended school and was graduated from John Graham High School in June, 1954. He served in the U. S. Air Force and was grad uated from East Carolina Col lege, Greenville, in Feb., 1962 with a degree in business ad ministration. In March, 1962, Mustian joined the Social Security Ad ministration as a trainee in the Social Security School at Charlotte. He was later as signed to the Bristol, Va., district office as_a_ claims_ representative, and then was promoted to a field repre sentative. He served in this same capacity in the Staunton, Va., district office for ap proximately one year when he received the promotion as Claims Unit Supervisor in the Bristol office. Mustian is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Mustian of Warrenton. He and his wife, th.e former Sharon Isom, of Annandale, Va., have two sons. Draft Board Seeks To Find Registrants The Warren County Draft Board is seeking aid in lo cating registrants who have not complied with recent re qulrements of the board, G. D. Horne, chairman, said yes terday. Members of their families, Horne said, are asked to ren der help In locating regis trants listed below, and if any ate deceased to notify the draft board. The list follows; Alston, John Earl, Jr. Griggs, Robert Lee." Harrison, Roosevelt, Jr. Hicks, John Henry. Ivory, James Lin wood. Manley, Herbert Lee? ' Manley, Woodrow Clinton. Mason, Edward McCoy. Overby, Robert Edward. Richardson, Ronald. Shear in, Claudlne Earl. Stevenson, Lawrence Ed ward. Williams, MacDonald Williams, Perry Wheeler. Basketball 6aaas John Graham will play Lit tleton her* tonight and on aay to: Nor Una will ptey Murfreea boro at Norllna tonight and on Tuesday night will Jonrwty to Gaston. The Board of County Com missioners will levy taxes in the county's 1967-68 budget tor the building of a kitchen and for making other recom mended repairs at the Warren County jail. This was informally agreed upon by the commissioners on Tuesday afternoon following the reading of the Grand Jury report at the commissioners meeting. The report stated that the commissioners had carried out Hone of the previous recommendations of the Grand Jury. For several years Grand Juries have asked for repairs at the jail, which recommendations have not been heeded by the Board due to a stated t shortage of funds. The Grand jury in its-re port to Judge William Y. Bick ett, presiding over the January criminal term of court, stated that the committee visiting the JaU reported the Jail to be clean, well kept and in good order, with four inmates. "None of the previous recom mendations have been carried out," the report continued. "These recommendations were to winterize the back porch by sheathing solid to prevent dripping of conden sation from he roof on elec trical appliance. The Grand Jury recommends that a new kitchen be built with a utility area for storage and laundry." The ' commissioners es timated that it would cost the county from $10,OOOto $12,000 to carry out the recommenda tions of the Grand Jury, but that in the face of repeated charges of neglect to carry out the recommendations of Grand Juries that they would increase the tax rate this sum mer to carry out the recom mendations. With the exception of the jail, other affairs of the county came in for no criticism. The Grand Jury reported: "We Intervlewed Highway Patrolman R. a. Clark who informed us that all school buses were inspected Nov. 1, 1966, and are in good con dition. "The committee talked to Mr. Peeler, Superintendent of Schools, who reported the schools to be in good con dition. He also reported that one fire drill per month is held at each school with the time required to evacuate the buildings reported to his of fice. He reported that there are fire extinguishers at all required locations and that these have recently been checked and found to be In good working condition. There are people in each school in structed in the use of fire ex tinguishers. "The committee inspecting the Clerk's office found all guardians, executors and ad mlnifirators bonded and all their accounts up to date. All Justices of the Peace are bonded and their reports up to date. The files are in order and up to date. No recommen dations to be made. ?fThe committee visittngthe Warren County Prison Camp reported 59 inmates and seven employees. The camp was found to be clean, neat, and orderly and well kefct. No recommendations to be made." Thomas p. RodweU served as foreman of the Grand Jury. ridgeway service Holy Communion will be celebrated at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Ridgeway, on Sunday, Jan. I, at 9:46 ???., the Rev. J. M. Stoney, rector, announced yesterday. ?Jjfteeident Thomas ?on relaxed from the of the young republic by play ing his fiddle end training a