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VOLUME 71 Subscription Price $3.00 A Year 10, Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 28. 1067 NUMBER 17
Civil Court Term To
Open On Monday
The Civil Term of Warren
County Superior Court will
convene on Monday morning
with Judge William Y. Bickett
of Raleigh presiding.
Cases have been docketed
for the first four days of the
week with motions being heard
during a part of Monday
session. Few cases of county
wide interest are scheduled to
be heard.
The docket for the four-day
session reads as follows:
Monday? Anne Hutchins
Privette, by N. F. James Cor
nail Hutchins, vs. SteveO'Neal
Privette; Edward Lee Cham
pion, a minor, by N. F. Gid
M. Champion, v-, Katie Lee
Kearney; Walter B. Rivers vs.
W. C. Martin et. ux, Carrie
Ball Martin.
Motions?State of North
Carolina, ex. Rel W. H. S.
Burgwyn, Jr., Solicitor, vs.
Harry Blake Johnson; Charles
H. Mitchell vs. Sallle K. Mit
chell; State of North Carolina,
Employment Security Com
mission of N. C., vs. Lindsay
Harris.
Tuesday?Etta Louise Har
ris Loyd vs. Walter Eden
Loyd; Mrs. Jessie E. Harris
and Mrs. H. Loyd vs. Walter
E. Loyd; Walter T. Powell,
Jr., vs. Mary Frances Powell.
Wednesday?David Boyd vs.
Leonard Hargrove, Eddie
Brown, Arthur Brown and
Clifton Brown; Charles H.
Mitchell vs. SaUle K. Mit
chell.
Thursday?Milton Wllklns
vs. June Lynn and H. Roy
Strickland, doing business as
H. Roy Strickland Lumber
Company; Bessie Lyles vs.
William Louis Seward and
John A. Williams; Myrtle
Allen Lyles vs. Willie (Wil
liam) Louis Seward and John
A. Williams.
Jurors summoned to serve
at the civil term of court are:
W. H. Porter, J. M. At
kins, Carla B. Williams,
Robert Paschall, W. C.Jones,
Mrs. L, B. Beddoe, Clyde D.
Wagner, T. M. Aycock, Nor
man P. Bobbitt, Mrs. W, L,
Wood, E. T. Taylor, Mrs.
William H. Bender, Gid
Thompson, Charles J. Flem
ing, Jr., J. J. Kearney,
Thomas J. Harrington, J. E.
Cheves, Norman Richardson,
W. Z. Harris, Mrs. W. H.
Porter.
Also, Harvey Richardson,
Garland Myrlck, W. M. Flem
ing, Ruth Rogers, Mrs. Irene
Short, Alfred L. Cooke, R, B.
Taylor, J. W. Shearin, Fred
M. Hurst, Eddie J. Alston,
Bettie M. Solomon, John D.
Neal, James D. Roberts, W.
A. Connell, III, George D.
Hunter, Mrs. Jack K. Bob
bitt, Mrs. Herman Seaman,
Raymond Clark, Reubin
Shearin, Jr., Annie H. Per
klnson.
Never Again, Says Boy
After Starting A Fire
It took Harry M. Williams,
Jr., and Wade Taylor, mem
bers of the Inez Rural Volun
teer Fire Department Just
about five minutes to ex
tinguish a fire at Inez Tues
day afternoon. This was less
time than was needed to cool
the seat of the pants of the six
year-old boy who started the
fire when his father finished
with him.
This Information was sup
plied this newspaper on Wed
nesday morning by a proml
nent Fork citizen who said
that he wanted to remain anon
ymous, but wants to give Harry
Williams, Jr., credit for the
fine work he has been doing as
a fire fighter at Inez. k
The informant alsosaldthat
he promised the child's moth
er that he would not use his
name and for this reason he
would not reveal the home
saved by the Inez firemen. But
he did say that damage to the
home was negligible.
(See FIRE, page 3)
Warrenton Shortstop, Hit
By Ball, Out For Season
Kenneth Davis, Yellow
Jackets shortstop and lead
ing hitter and base runner,
will be out for the remainder
of the season, Warrenton
Coach Wayne Plaster said
yesterday.
Davis, a senior, was hit
in the nose with a line drive
here Monday night in a game
with Enfield when the ball
passed his glove and struck
him in the face. He was taken
to Duke Hospital Monday night
and his nose pushed back in
place. Plaster said his nose
was probably fractured, and Is
badly swollen. He returned
home Monday night.
Plaster said that Davis was
blinded by lights from a car
that pulled into a parking lot
back of the batter's box Just
as the ball was lined over
second and past Davis' glove.
Davis has a season's batting
average of 452, with 14 hits
out of 31 appearances at the
plate, Plaster said. He has
stolen 14 bases and has
made 14 runs, scoring each
time he got on base.
Miss Hilliard Wins
Scholarship To UNC-G
Miss Faye Hllllard, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. N. M.
Hllllard of Warren ton, has
been awarded an Institutional
Scholarship at UNO-G,
Greensboro, where she (dans
to further her education.
Faye Is a senior at John
Graham High School where
she has been active In many
school affairs. She was a mar
shal her Junior year, and was
also nominated for Governor's
School. She has been a mem
ber of the National Beta dub
for the past three years, serv
ing as an officer during her
Junior and senior years.
She also belongs to the
French Club, serving jS vice
president in her Junior year,
and Future Teachersof Amer
tog serving as secretary in
her Junior year and la a mem
ber of the Pep dub. This year
she Is a member of the high
MISS PA YE
school chorus and 1 too-editor
of the school Annual.
Faye Is also active In the
Warrenton Baptist Church
where she is pianist for the
Junior Choir and is also a
member at the Adtttt Choir.
Mrs. A. D. Harris being presented cocktail
tray at reception in her honor at Warrenton
Country Club. The tray was a gift from the
mothers of present and former students of
the Harris Kindergarten Class.
Kindergarten Teacher Is Honored
A Warrenton woman's 24
years of service to the com
munity as a kindergarten
teacher was recognized on
Saturday afternoon when 116
mothers of present kindgarten
and former members honored
Mrs. A, D. Harris at a sur
prise reception at the Country
Club.
Although Mrs. Harris is not
retiring, kindergarten moth
ers gave the reception as a
tribute to Mrs. Harrisforlong
years of faithful and dedicat
ed service to children.
Mrs. Harris, , accompanied
by her daughter and son-in
law, Dr. and Mrs. Elwood
Coley of Lumberton, was
greeted by Mrs. W. S. Bugg
with "This Is Your Life."
Upon entering Mrs. Harris
was applauded and then pre
sented a corsage of white cym
(See HARRIS, page 3)
G. L. PERKINSON
Norlina Junior To
Attend Governor's
School In W-Salem
A Norlina High School Jun
ior will attend the Governor's
School in Winston-Salem this
summer.
Principal Rex Gordon was
notified this week that George
L. (Peepeye) Perklnson has
been selected to attend the
school. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sol Perkinson of
Wise, and is president of the
junior class. Gordon said that
he is one of Norlina's top
students and has been active in
all phases of school activities
as well as community affairs.
While at the Winston-Salem
institution, Perklnson will re
ceive concentrated and exten
sive work In the area of the
social sciences.
Revival To Be Held
At Macon Church
Revival services, "A Ven
ture In Faith and Mission,"
will be held at the Macon
Methodist Church from May
7-12, the Rev. Albert E.
Thompson, pastor, announced
yesterday. The hour of ser
vice each night will be 8
o'clock.
The Rev. George Meglll,
a missionary from the North
Carolina Methodist Confer
ence to Brazil, will be the
guest speaker.
There will be special music
each night provided by several
groups from the churches in
the county.
FUmstrips of the mission
In Brazil and other areas
will be shown. Mr. Thomp
son said that all churches
and their Interested members
are Invited.
VISTING SON
Mrs. A. D. Harris is visit
ing her son, Capt. James C.
Harris and Mrs. Harris at
Myrtle Beach, 8. C? where
Mrs. Harris underwent sur
gery on Tuesday morning.
Capt. Harris Is stationed at
Myrtle Beach Air rorce Base.
Their address la 817 Alder
Drive, Myrtle Beach, ?. C.
Scout Units
From County
At Camporee
More than 150 Scouts from
two counties participated in a
weekend camporee at W. D.
Campbell Scout Camp on Kerr
Lake April 21-23.
Units from Butner, Creed
moor, Oxford, Warrenton and,
Stovall participated.
Troop 617 of Warrenton won
a woodchipping relay, one of
four events comprising a
Frontier Olympic Match. The
troop also finished first in a
wood sawing relay. Two other
members of Troop 617 also
were winners in competition.
Gene Evans won the flint and
steel contest, and WayneShort
was winner in the fire by fric
tion event.
On Saturday morning indi
vidual troops of the JohnPenn
and Moratoc districts worked
on rank advancement. That
night an Order of the Arrow
ceremony was held.
The camporee ended Sun
day morning following church
services conducted by the Rev.
Sam Beard, assistant minister
of the Oxford Methodist
Church.
Units participating were
Troop 638, Creedmoor; Post
638, Creedmoor; Troop 648,
Butner; Troop 617, Warren
ton; Troop 671, Warrenton;
Troop 686, Oxford; Sea Ex
plorer Post 686, Oxford;
Troop 644, Wilton; Troop679,
Oxford; Troop 632, Berea;
Post 611, Oxford; and Troop
633, Stovall.
Graham Students
Collecting Discards
For The Handicapped
Students at John Graham
High School are this week par
ticipating in a discard collec
tion.
The purpose of the program,
which started over the S^mteon
April 17 and will be concluded
on April 26, is to collect do
nations of unsalable and re
pairable clothing, shoes, toys
and small appliances for
Goodwill Industries of the Re
search Triangle areas.
H. Brevard Brown, exe
cutive secretary of the Good
will Industries , who is pro
moting the collection in the
schools of the State, said the
discards make available vo
cational training and jnhs for
handicapped persons, who
clean and repair the itemsfor
sale in the Goodwill Store.
He said much of the money
received from sale of the
merchandise goes to the
handicapped in wages.
Students with the help of
parents will fill Goodwill bags
during the week. Brown said
that articles gathering dust
in the homes of citizens of
this area will be much ap
preciated. He added that all
donations of discards will be
helping a disabled person to
get a new lease on life by
giving him a means of voca
tional therapy.
Goodwill Industries is a
non-profit agency located in
Durham.
During the Spring Semester of 1967 Loulsburg College
Is holding a New Testament Survey Course Religion ^TOt
In Warrenton. The class meets three hours each week
and carries S hours senator credits for those who can
meet the entrance requirements. The Rev. John R. Link,
Is the instructor tor the college. Members of the class, left
to right, are shown above: Front row?El sis Fleming, Nell
Hicks, Ann Fleming, RhaftCvrrln, Margaret Felts; second
row?Pauline Shaw, Irene asm, Alms Onrrett, QUda Six,
Marie Martin; third row-*art Haithcock, Hooker, Bobby
Edmonds, Bobby Fleming^ A* C. Fair; In beck-John Link,
teacher. >
Clocks To Be Set Up
An Hour On Sunday
First Time
Here Since
World War II
Daylight saving time for
1967 will become effective
in Warren County and the
nation on Sunday at 2 a. m.
for the first time since World
War II.
Daylight saving time was in
effect in Virginia and many
other states last year but this
is the first time in more than
a quarter of a century that
citizens have been asked to set
up their clocks an hour.
Clocks will he turned for
ward an hour at 2 a. m. Sun
day, or in most Instances by
residents when they go to bed
Saturday night. The system
will continue in effect until the
last Sunday in October, when
clocks will be set back for an
hour at 2 a. m.
Under ^n act of Congress,
daylight time was made effec
tive throughout the country un
less individual States elimi
nated themselves from the
system. The North Carolina
Legislature failed to remove
the State from the provision
and hence the new time will
apply throughout the State.
First general observance of
the new time will be noted by
churches, which will set up
their services on Sunday to
conform to the new system.
Such business activitiesa^are
operative on Sunday willlike
wise observe the new ;ime,
which will become uniform for
all functions on Monday, May
1.
Regular first Monday meet
ings of county boards will bt
held on the new time sche
dule.
Daylight time was universal
over the country dtjringWorld
War II. But the arrangement
was abandoned after hos
tilities ceased. Some large
centers have observed day
light time regularly since, but
it has never been applicable in
North Carolina except during
the war years.
Revival To Begin At
8 p. m. Monday
The hour of service for the
revival at North Warren Bap
tist Church, which begins on
Monday, is 8 o'clock, daylight
saving time, and not 8:30 as
was stated last week.
The Rev. Gene Lowry of
Richmond, Va., will be the
guest preacher for the ser
vices which will end on Fri
day night.
Candidates To Rest
Cases With Voters
W'arrenton voters will go to
the polls on next Tuesday,
May 2, to choose a Mayor and
seven commissioners. The
polls will open at 6:30 a. m.
and will close at 6:30 p. m.
Two men are seeking the
position of Mayor and nine
men have filed for a position
on the seven-man board.
Mayor W. A. Miles is be
ing opposed for mayor by Fred
Hurst, bookkeeper for Bullock
Oil Company, and a former
member of the board of town
commissioners.
All memoers oi the present
board are seeking re-election.
In addition, two new candidates
have announced. They are
Major Pope Powell, a retired
maintenance Superintendent
for the State Highway Depart
ment in Warren County and J,
B. Thompson, Warrenton
building contractor.
Members of the board now
serving are A. C. Blalock, A.
| C, Fair, Thomas Gaskill,
Wiley G. Coleman, Dixon
Ward, Durwood Johnson, and
A. A. Wood.
Officials elected next Tues
day will begin their duties on
July 1.
Mayor Is Opposed
In Norlina Election
Mayor Graham P. Grissom
and two present members of
the Norlina Board of Town
Commissioners will face op
position in Norlina's town
election on next Tuesday.
Grissom will be opposed in
his race for mayor by E. L.
Perry, office manager for the
Seaboard Airline Railway
Company in Norlina.
Leigh Traylor and John A.
Dore, now serving on the
throe-man board of town com
missioners, are seeking re
election. Leon Pridgen, the
third member of the present
board, is not seeking re-elect
ion.
New candidates are Clint
L. Hege, W. Macon Wemyss,
and James A. Overby.
Jury Gives Verdicts
In Recorder's Court
Two cases of drunk driving
were heard by a Jury In War
ren County Recorder's Court
last Friday with one defendant
being freed and the other de
fendant found guilty, but ap
pealing the verdict to Super
ior Court, under $200 appear
ance bond.
William Foote Rooker pled
not guilty to a drunk driving
charge and a jury held that he
was not guilty.
James William Preweralso
pled not guilty when he was
tried on a drunk driving
charge. The Jury ruled that he
was guilty and the court or
dered him to pay a $100 fine
and court costs. The defendant
gave notice of an appeal to
Superior Court.
In the case of Wilma Allen,
petitioneer, vs. Willie Alleq
respondent, asking for re
ciprocal support, the court
ruled that it appearingthatthe
defendant Is in arrears In his
payment under order of Court,
It Is ordered that he appear
In this Court on Friday, April
28, 1967. Let capias Issue
accordingly.
Roy Perry Alston pled guilty
to a charge of non-support. He
was ordered to pay court
costs.
Daniel Lawrence Munn was
ordered to pay a $25 fine and
court costs when he pled guilty
to a charge of reckless
driving.
Jeanette Richardson was
ordered to pay a $25 fine and
Ci irt costs when she pled guil
ty to a charge of operating a
motor vehicle without an
operator's license.
Defendants in speeding
cases and verdicts of the
court were as follows:
Robert Donald Church,
costs; Leonard F, Weather
ford, costs; Jerry Marshall
White, costs; Ronald Haywood
Evans, costs; Emanuel Cheek,
nolo contendere, $25 and
costs; Hal Wallace Conn ell,
costs; Barbara Kaye Lynch,
costs; Charles Elmer Harn
den, rn, costs.
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Pittman Funeral To
Be Held At Reedy
Creek Church Today '
Funeral services for Roy
Pittman, 49, chairman of War
ren County ABC Board, will
be held today (Friday) at 3
p. m. at Reedy Creek Baptist
Church by the Rev, Wilson
Neal of Washington, D. C?
and the Rev. Edward Oreen.
Burial will be in Fair view
Cemetery at Warrenton.
Mr. Pittman was found dead
In bed at his home at Grove
Hill on Tuesday morning. He
was a lumber dealer and mer
chant. |
Survivors are his wife, Mrs. *
Evelyn Sykea Pittman; his
mother, Mrs. Bessie Warren
Pittman; two daughters, Mrs.
Judith Williams of Fayette
vllle and Mrs. Beth dark of
Macon; three sons, Gordon of
Portsmouth, Vs., and Jan and i:
Scott of the home; two boot
era, Warren rtttman of Mac
and Sgt. David Pittman of the
U. S. Army.