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'^Ca - . u Your Best Advertising Medium i Sijp Harrett Errurfi 9 Your Best Advertising Medium ? VOLUME 71 Subscription Price $3.00 A Year 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARKEN, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1967 NUMBER 3 Civil Term Of Court To Convene Monday The January Civil Term of Warren County Superior Court will convene on Monday morn ing with Judge William Y. Bickett of Raleigh presiding. Cases are docketed for trial for three days, Monday through Friday, with few cases of wide interest. The docket is as follows: Monday?Doris Norman Richardson, by next best .friend, B. B. Richardson vs. "james Richardson and Collie Richardson; Butler Land and Timber Company, Inc., vs. Mercury Motor Express, Inc., and W. E. Stewart; Annie Louise MillsPaschall vs. Jack Paschall, Jr. Tuesday?Walter B. Rivers vs. W. C. Martin, et ux., Carrie Ball Martin. Wednesday?Raymond A. Harris. The motion docket contains only one case, Charles H. Mit chell vs. Sallie K. Mitchell. Jurors summoned for the term are: E. C. Reid, Jr., Van Earl Coleman, John Reavls, J. Allen Kimball, David Bell, Thomas P. Redwell, Perry Pernell, Fred Newsom, R. Twitty Cheek, Mrs. W. T. Comer, Clanton C. Perkinson, Clyde Perkinson, Grady C. Wilson, Mrs. Prentice Goode, Floyd Knight, Julian Johnston, Miss Anne Burwell, E. L. Pike, Edward Walker, Leon ard I. Paynter. Also, C. H. Taylor, Mrs. C. P. Pope, H. A. White, Jr., Thomas S. Gardner, Willie Fitts, W. G. Coleman, Walter B. Thompson, Willie R. Gay, M. G. Moseley, Earl B. Lynch, Mrs. Alberta S. Harris, John Andrews, R. 1^. Miles, J. Robert King, W. J. Egerton, R. I. Lancaster, John E. Stegall, Ned Gray, D. P. Mc Ginnis, Peyton Roeers. Feed Grain Signups Beain January 23 Signup on cotton, feed grain and wheat will begin on Jan. 23 and continue through March 3, T. E. Watson, ASCS office manager, announced yester day. He said farmers have already received their notice of allotments, bases and pay ment rates. The 1967 cotton reduction program is essentially the same as in 1966, Watson said. The payments aTe a little higher. The price sup port rate on the planted acre age will be 11.53 cents per pound times the projected yield set for the farm, where as in 1966 it was 9.42 cents per pound. The farm diversion rate is 10.78 cents per pound times the farm yield, compared to 10.5 cents in 1966. Watson said the 1967 feed grain program is baslcallythe same as in 1966 on farms with a base of 25 acres or less. The only changes are a little Increase in the payment rates per acre and barley is not included in the feed grain base this year. The farms with a base over 25 acres will receive no diversion payment if part of the base is plant ed. In order to qualify for price support payments, the planted acreage cannot exceed 80 per cent of the base for the farm. There will be no diversion payment for 1967 wheat, Wat son said. Producers who sign up will receive a payment based on the acreage planted to wheat If they are planted within the farm allotment. Harrison Accepts Post As Medical Representative Dr. Lloyd Harrison, War renton physician, has again accepted the post of medical representative for the War ren County Heart Association. Announcement of Dr. Har rison's acceptance of the post was made this week by the Rev. L. T. Wilson, president of the local heart group. Mr. Wilson said, "We are most pleased that Dr. Harrison will represent thehealth and medi cal professions in our organ ization's leadership, Physi cians have worked closely with the statewide heart program since the North Carolina Heart Association was founded in 1949." In accepting his volunteer position, Dr. Harrison pointed out that through the North Car olina and American Heart Association he can provide members of local health pro fessions with research re ports and other medical assistance in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease. Dr. Harrison also noted (See HARRISON. Dare 41 Three Deer Killed When 'Hit By Transfer Truck Warren County prisoners hre having a diet of venison as deer killed on the highways In the county are turned over to the Prison Camp by the North Carolina Wildlife al most every week. On Tuesday night of last week three doe deer were turned over to the prison camp by Game Protector Alton Pridgen. All three were kill ed at one time by a trans fer truck between Vaughan and Littleton on Tuesday night, but the kill was not reported until after the paper went to press last Thursday after noon. f, jJPridgen said that the three ^Heer were from a herd of nine crossing the highway. The driver of the transfer truck was not Identified, but he re Y ported the accident to the St at e Vj Highway Commission. State Highway Trooper notified Pridgen who want to the Lit tleton Police Station, picked them Up and carried them tc the prison camp. Deer are plentiful in War ren County, more than havi been here In the past IS yeeri and Increasing In number, Pridgen said. He attributed the increase to the abandonment ol many (arms In the county and their growing up in woods and thickets. He said with a smile, that perhaps the Wild life Commission could also take part of the credit. Twenty-five years ago, the Game Protector said, there were hardly any deer In the county, but now there are plenty. More and more of these are being killed by motorists. Hardly a week passes, he added, that the Wildlife Division doesnotturn over a deer so killed to the Prison Camp. Pridgen said that the law requires that any deer killed on the highways must be re ported to the Wildlife Com mission which has Instruction to turn the animals over to the prison camps of the state. Usually, he said, such kills are reported to the Highway Patrolmen who notify the game Protector although sometimes the report Is made directly. No motorist, Pridgen said, has the legal right to keep a deer that he has killed ae the highways at North Carolina. HILDA HARRIS Warrenton Native To Sina In Cameaie Hall A Warrenton native will make her New York debut as a Mezzo Soprano on Sunday, Jan. 22, when she gives a recital at Carnegie Recital Hall. She is Hilda Harris, daugh ter of Mrs. Charles Harris of Warrenton and the late Charles Harris. She graduated from North Carolina College of Durham and continued her vocal studies in New York City with Lola Hayes, musical coaching with Jonathan Brice and special coaching in Ger man Lleder and French with Aksel Schietz and Marcel Chassagne. A publicity release from Carnegie Recital Hall says: "The beauty of voice and promising talent of this in telligent young singer have al ready won the attention and ap proval of outstanding teach ers, coaches and singers; for Miss Harris has won both the Young Artists' Award (1963) and the Shull Bequest Award (1965) of the New York Singing Teachers' Associa tion. * "An extensive and varied musical experience has en riched Hilda Harris' back ground, Including: Member ship in the chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, recital and solo appearances in New York City and on tour with String Quartet (Clarmoot), Vocal Extravaganza (Clyde Turner), Radio, television and the Broadway Lyric Theatre, (mostly 'Golden Boy' and 'Mame')." Miss Harris, who will be accompanied by Jonathan Brice at the piano, will sing selections from Handle, Mo zot, Wolf, Strause, Barlioz, Faure, Rprem, Nlckerson, and Johnson. Traffice And Other Cases Are Heard Failure to stay within the speed limits and other viola tions of the motor vehicle laws was responsible for the majority ot cases in Warren County Recorder's Court last Friday, although tljere were a number of other cases. Robert Thomas Horton was charged with drunk driving, possession of non-taxpaid whiskey and with trans potation of non-taxpaid whis key. The defendant pled guil ty to the drunk driving charge and was ordered to pay a $100 fine and court costs. The state took a nol pros with leave in the possession and transpotation cases. Ernest Brandt and Sidney Perry Cooper in, charged with reckless driving, failed to appear in court. Capais for each man was ordered is sued to Cumberland County, care of the Provost Marshall. Charles Parks, who pled guilty to an assault, was sen tenced to the roads for 12 months. The court recom mended that the prisoner be placed on work release. Thomas Elmer Johnson, Jr., charged with drunk driv ing and with having an im proper exhaust system, plod guilty to a charge of reck less driving and was sentenc ed to the roads lor 30 days. The sentence was suspended for two years upon condition that the defendant not operate a motor vehicle except in go ing to and from his regular place of employment and upon the business ot his employer during the course <4 bis em ployment, and pay a t?M ot $100 tad court coats. James William Jones was ordered to pay a fine of $100 and court costs when he pled guilty to a charge of drunk driving. Hayward (June) Cheek was charged with an assualt on a female. A capias ad testi ficandum was ordered issued to the sheriff of Warren Coun ty George Clark pled guilty to a charge of non-support. He was sentenced to the roads for 60 days. The sentence was suspended for two years upon condition that the defendant pays into the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court the sum of $7.50 today for the support of George Hicks and that he pay into the office of the Supt. of Public Welfare the sum of $7.50 each week, com mencing Friday, Jan. 20, 1967, and continuing until the further order of the court, and that he pays court costs. James Crossan was ordered to serve 60 days on the roads when he pled guilty to an as sault on a fenflQe. The sen tence was suspended for two CSee COURT, page 4) Games Tonight The JOhn Graham Yellow Jack at and the Norllna Blue Wave* will meet In the second double-header of the season at Norllna on Friday night at 7 o'clock. m the first game of theses son, played at the Warrenton gym, Norllna won both games. On nest Tuesday night John Graham win be at Wat don wad Norllna will be a Helena. Chewning Rites Meld On Monday Funeral services for Robert Dlckerson Chewning, 61, former chief of Police of Warrenton, were conducted at 3 p. m. Monday at the Vaughan Baptist Church by the Rev. Russell Morris and the Rev. John R. Link. Burial was In Sunset Hills Cemetery In Lit tleton. Warrenton business houses were closed during the hour of the funeral. Mr. Chewning died at Duke Hospital Saturday. He was taken to the hospital on Jan. 6. \ He became deputy sheriff under Sheriff Roy Shearin in July 1946, and served in this capacity until he resigned in 1950. In 1956 he again be came deputy sheriff under Sheriff Jim Hundley, where he served for around two years before returning to the ser vices of the Town of War renton. Prior to assumingthe job as deputy sheriff in 1946, he was engaged as contract foreman for Cline Construc tion Company. In Oct. 1952, Mr. Chewn ing was elected Chief of War renton Police and Street Su pervisor. He was connected with the town in these capa cities until a few months be fore his death, with the ex ception of the time he served under Sheriff Hundley. Several months ago, due to declining health, Mr. Chewning was re lieved of his duties as Chief and became a member of the Police Force, serving in this capacity until his death. Long interested in politics and law enforcement, Mr. Chewning was an unsuccessful candidate for Sheriff af War ren County in 1950 and again in 1954. The son of the late Robert Fulton Chewning and Eunice Jones Chewning of Mecklen burg County, Va., Mr. Chewn ing was born on Sept. 20, 1905. He was a member of the Vaughan Baptist Church, the Warrenton Lions Club, and the Royal Hart Masonic Lodge, No. 497, of Littleton. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby P. Chewning; one daughter, Mrs. Ruby C. Thompson of Darmstadt, Ger many; one son, Robert, Jr., of the home; one brother, M. C. Chewning of Richmond, Va.; seven sisters, Mrs. Nancy Bobbitt of Littleton, Mrs. Elizabeth Briggs of Rich mond, Va., Mrs. Eura Jones of Clarksville, Va., Mrs. Cath erine Bobbitt of Vaughan, Mrs. Mary Horton of Bruns wick, Ga., Mrs. Lou Brown of Littleton, and Mrs. Margaret Nicholson of Brunswick, Ga.; and two grandchildren. Construction Plans For Highway 1-85 Have Been Prepared HENDERSON - Plans for construction of U. S. 85 from Henderson to a point east of Oxford have been prepared by the State Highway Commission and rights of way are now be ing sought, It was revealed to day In a statement from A, L. LeBlanc, right-of-way agent. The route to be followed has already been surveyed and staked out, it was said by Wayne Adklns, district engi neer of the Highway Com mission. Adklns said contracts for building of the road from Hen derson to the Neuse river, ten miles north of Durham, will probably be let In five parts, the first understood to be the section from Henderson to the suburbs of Oxford, which may be let to contract In 1967. He added that present plans call tor all 1 sitings to be made by or during 1068. Die project for which rights of way are being sought*this time begins * a point 3,465 test northeast of the intersec tion of u. 8. 1M and Secon dary Road 1600, thence across country in an easterly dlrec $ee U. s. 86, page S) Warren County's Gross From Tobacco Is Up Boyce Promoted Head Of Circulation Dept. NEW YORK - James B. Boyce, III, formerly assistant circulation director for Time Life International, has been appointed circulation director for Time International, Ralph P, Davidson, publisher of Time International, announced today. Boyce, a native of Warren ton, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. J, B. Boyce, Jr., of Warrenton, was graduated from the University of North Carolina (B.S., 1944). He did postgraduate work at the American Institute for For eign Trade in Phoenix, Ariz., from which he received aB.S. in Foreign Trade. In July 1947, he joined Time-Life In ternational. Boyce has traveled for TLI on various assignments in Eu rope, Asia, the South Pacific and Latin America. In 1963 he was appointed Assistant Circulation Director for TLL He is amemberof DeltaKappa J. B. BOYCE. ill n dici miy <uiu nit; win ner of the first "American Business Enlightenment Award" from the American Institute for Foreign Trade in 1952. He lives in New York City. Body Of Woman Found After Hunt An aged Negro woman was found depd In the woods a mile from her home by a searching party around 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. The body of Delia Alston, around 75, operator of a nurs ing home near Grove Hill, was discovered by Or a Lewis, a member of a searching party organized by Sheriff Clarence Davis. Mrs. Alston left her home Monday at around 11 o'clock to see that pulpwood cut ters working on an adjoining farm had not cut any timber on her farm. She failed to return home during the night and an inmate of the nursing home notified Roy Pitt man at 11 a. m. Tuesday that she was missing. Pittman notified the sheriff's department. Sheriff Davis said yesterday that their search revealed that the woman had gotten In a swamp on Reedy Creek and be come lost. Signs were evident, he said, that as she wander ed she would stop from time to time to rest. She was ac companied on her walk by a little dog, and signs showed that every time that she sat down to rest the dog would nestle nearby. The dog re turned to her home Tuesday morning. LateTuesday afternoon the Warrenton Rural Fire Depart ment was called to join in the search. The use of a Fire Department truck enabled the body to be brought out and carried to a funeral home here in a truck driven by Roy Pittman. Without the Fire men's aid it would have been (See FOUND, page 5) John Graham Senior Is Candidate For W. Point A John Graham High School Senior has been appointed as a candidate to compete lor admission to the United States Military Academy. The appointment of Robert. Louis Shearln as a candidate was announced In Washington Tuesday by Congressman L. H. Fountain. He is one of three candidates appointed by the Second District Congress man. Shearln, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Shearln of Rt. 1, Hollister, Is an outstand ing student at John Graham. He Is a star athlete and has been a member of the football, basketball and baseball teams for four years. As a sophomore he was a member of the French Club and was a candidate for Mardl Gras King. As a sophomore he was president of his homeroom, a member of the French Club, a member of the Monogram Club, a member Of the Student Council. He was president of the MYF of his church and treasurer of the Sunday School As a Junior he was presi dent of the Jmior Class, pree of his homeroom, trea of the Student Council, ROBERT LOUIS SHEARIN a member of the French Club, the Monogram Club and the Pep Club, and was a College Day Guide. He was MYF pres- ] ldent and secretary of his Sun day School Class. Shear In was president of the Student Council In his Senior year. He is Hall Moni tor, Is a m ember of the French Club, the Monogram ClUb, and the Pep Club. He was a Collage Day Guide. He attended Boys state this past summer. He was eo-cwtala of the football team, and la co-captain of the basketball team. Summary, Comparison Released Gross income to Warren County tobacco farmers from the 1966 crop was more than that of the 1965 crop, largely because of increased planting and marketing, T. E. Watson, ASCS office manager, said yesterday. Watson made public a summary and comparison of the two seasons. The 1966 crop was valued at $4,984,212, compared to $4,853.09 for the year 1965, or an increase of $131,173. Marketings in 1966 were 7,935,380 pounds from ap proximately 4,864 acres, for a marketing quotaof 8,363,180 pounds, which meant the coun ty undermarketed its quota by 417,800 pounds, or 5 percent. The 1966 price average on the Warrenton market was $61.81 per 100 pounds, compared to a 1963 average of $60.70. Sales in 1965 were7,865,542 pounds. Yields per acre in Warren County in 1966 was approxi mately 1,630 pounds, com pared to 1,650 pounds in 1965 or a decline of 20 pounds. Watson said that the in creased planting and market ing in 1966 resulted from in creased allotments and quotas due to carryover of under marketings from the 1965 crop. Warren County had very un favorable weather conditions during the growing season last summer, Watson pointed out. When a virtual crop failure appeared in prospect, there were generous rains which brought the wilting crop into speedy growth and maturity, but not as near normal as had been hoped for. Warrenton Man Dies From Combat Wounds Received In Viet Nam A Warren County man has been killed In Viet Nam, it was learned hero yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. James Bul lock of Rt. 1, Warrenton were notified Monday that their son, Pfc. Nathaniel Bullock, 19, died in Viet Nam Sunday as the result of wounds re ceived in combat action. Bullock, a 1964 graduate of John R. Hawkins High School, entered the service in May of 1966 and was sent to Viet Nam on Nov. 26. Survivors in addition to his parents, are four sisters, Mrs. Barbara Rhelnhardt of Warrenton, Glora, jocelyn and Imogene Bullock of the home; and five brothers, Lt. Ran dolph Bullock, serving with the Armed Forces In France, James Earl Bullock of Wash ington, D. C. and Carl, James Earl and Reginald Bullock of the home. Funeral services will be held at Oak Level Christian Church following the arrival of the body from Viet Nam. attend convention Among those attending the North Carolina Fair Asso ciation Convention at Ute Jack Tar Hotel In Durham last Thursday and Friday war* Duke Miles, W. A. Miles, A. A. Wood, J. B. Thompson, C. W. Currln , Melvln Shearln, and Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Qarckier. others i banquet and floor Friday might were Mr. and Mrs. Duke Jones, Mrs. W. A. Mflss, Mrs. A. A. Wood, Mrs. Falter and Mr. <