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VOLUME 71 Subscription Price $3.00 A Year 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1967 NUMBER 23
A BIT OF ACTION SHOWN IN FIRST LITTLE LEAGUE GAME
MAYOR MILES TOSSES BALL COLQRS ABE PBESENTEli
Copley Pitches One-Hitter In Little League Play
Kenneth Copley pitched a
one-hitter to give the Sena
tors a 7-0 victory over the
Tigers In the second game ol
a double-header on Monday
night, opening Little League
play here for the summer.
In defeating the Tigers,
Copley struck out 15 and walk
ed 3. The only hit allowed was
a single down the first base
line by Johnnie Halthcock.
In the first game, the Card
inals defeated the Pirates
13 to 4.
Mayor W. A. Miles opened
the season by tossing out the
first ball following ceremon
ies marked bythe presentation
of the Colors by Legionnaires
Harold R. Sk 111man and Bill
Neal and the Pledge of Alle
giance given by spectators and
players.
A similar exercise was held
at the Fair Grounds on Tues
day afternoon when other
members of the Little League
opened the season. A. C. Fair
tossed out the first ball in
the absence of Mayor Miles.
In the Junior League play
Hawkins Seniors Receive
Awards Totaling $32,000
Graduates at John R. Haw
kins High School received
scholarships and awards
totalling $32,000 at com
. mencement finals on June 5, L.
' B. Henderson, principal of the
school, announced yesterday.
Thirteen Hawkins graduates
received scholarships and tui
tion awards to colleges in
North Carolina and West Vir
ginia.
Henderson said thai some of
the awards grew out at com
petitive testing In the National
Achievement Scholarship
Program while some others
were based primarily upon ac
ceptable SAT (Scholastic Ap
titude Test) scores. However,
he said, testing was not the
only criterion?industrious
ness, creativity and student
need were also considered.
' The Individual awards ranged
s 1m value from $25 to $11,200.
Graduates honored were:
Yvonne Taylor, a Warren
f County Teachers' Association
Scholarship and a tuition grant
to North Carolina College at
Durham.
Cora Dean Jones, the John
R. Hawkins High School Schol
Calvln Curtis Jonas, a War
ren County Teachers' Ac
Scholarship,
ife Ml. Wltor, the
Warren County Extension
Homemakers Scholarship and
a 4-year tuition grant to Eliza
beth City State College.
Patricia Ann Jones, The
Durham Business College
Scholarship.
Thurletta Maureen Brown, a
Duke University Scholarship.
Betty Jean King, a tuition
grant to North Carolina Col
lege at Durham.
Florence Eugenia Greene, a
scholarship and tuition grant
to F ayett erille State College.
Gloria Jean Alston, a 4
year scholarship to Davis and
Elkins Collage, Elk Ins, West
Virginia.
Judith Elaine Perry, a tui
tion grant toFayettevilleState
College.
Gloria Sandra Davis, a tui
tion graat to North Carolina
College at Durham.
_ Robert Earl StevanMn, a
4-year Athletic Scholarship to
Shaw University.
Too late for awarding at
Commencement was a schol
arship and grant awarded $o
Saundra Annette Coleman tar
study at Winston- Salem ~
i'-v
In addtUon to
above, a total of
I seek
following the ceremonies at
the Pair Grounds, the Indians
downed the Yankees 6-4
and the Dodgers defeated the
Braves 4-1.
Senior Little League teams
played their second game on
Wednesday night, with the
Pirates defeating the Sena
tors 12-6, and the Cardinals
defeating the Tigers 13-3.
Thursday afternoon in play
at the Fair Grounds, the Yan
kees were scheduled to meet
the Braves at 4 p. m. and the
Indians were to play the Dod
gers at 6 p. m.
The senior members of the
Little League play at John
Graham's Athletic Field each
Monday and Wednesday nights,
and other members of the Lit
tle League play at the Fair
Grounds on Tuesday and Wed
nesday afternoon. Double
headers are played at each
meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Pryor
Rodwell spent several days
last week with his sister,
Mrs. J. A. Main In Roanoke,
Va. Mrs. Main returned with
them for a visit to Dr. and
Mrs. H. H. Foster in Norllna.
lion Of Year' Honor
Goes To W. L. Turner
rr. A_i# iurner was namea
"Lion of the Tear" at the
regular meeting of the War
renton Lions Club held at
Colonial Lodge on Friday
night.
Presented tor the club hon
or by Lion J. B. Thompson,
Turner won out over Lion John
Andrews, presented by Lion
A. A. Wood, and Lion Duke
Jones, presented by Lion Duke
Miles. Each year three Lions
are nominated tor the honor.
Turner, co-owner of Sani
tary Barbershop and church
and civic leader,- has held
every elective ottlce In the
club and was president during
1865-86. in addition, he has
been active in blind work and
has served in a state capa
city In this field, and has
been White Cane chairman
and hand at the Lions spon
sored calendar drive.
Following his election, he
was presented a "Lion of the
Yetr" plaque by j.B.Tbomp
Lion secretary Clyde Whit
"Llon of the Tear" plaque,
having received this honor lor
mZm.
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featured a report an the Stat*
Convention by Lion Mia
Miles, with others who ^tend
ed the convention adding re
mark*. Grace was said by Lion
Jade Harris and group singing
was lad by Lion P. P. Whit
ley with Lioness Nellie Qerd
nar * th* piano.
A Aort talk on the Lions
Mstasia* wa* mad* by Lion
A. A. Wood. Duke
1 Lion J. B.
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Courtesy
Parking
Pondered
Tentative approval for a
courtesy parking plan for a
90-day period was given by
the Board of Town Commis
sioners Monday night.
John G. (Bennie) Powell,
chairman of a parking com
mittee of the Warrenton Mer
chants Association, appeared
before the commissioners
asking the cooperation of the
police department in a 12
minute courtesy parking plan
approved by the Merchants
Association.
Powell's proposal that the
Merchants print tickets bear
ing the words "12-minute
parking tickets, courtesy
Warrenton Merchants As
sociation," and have them
placed on cars in lieu of tt.e
regular parking tickets. These
tickets would be redeemed by
the Merchants Association.
The proposal ran into a snag
when the commissioners
pointed out that all business
and merchant men did not
belong to the association. II
the Association can come up
with a ticket, "Courtesy War
renton business and profes
sional men," that would meet
the requirements of the police
committee, the board agreed
to give the plan a 90-day trial.
In other business the board
approved the extension of a
town water main to the resi
dence of R. I. Lancaster on
the old Airport Road. Lan
caster is to pay the cost of
installing aone-lnchlinetohis
residence, but as a matter for
its convenience the town will
install a 1.5-inch line and
assume the difference in
costs.
Bids were open for the sale
of the town's 1962 Ford Police
car. Bids were as follows:
Miss Kitty Burwell, $151.52;
Dallas Bolton, $101.35; Walk
er P. Burwell, $76.67. The
board approved the sale to
Miss Burwell, the highest bid
der.
George W. Koonce was
granted a tax release in the
amount of $7.44 due to error
in listing.
Talent
Winners
Announced
Warren County 4-H club
members participated In the
county 4-H Talent SMw on Sat
urday, June 10, at John Gra
ham High School Auditorium.
A total of ten talent num
bers were given by the 4-H'ers
competing for top honors In
the "Share the Fun" 4-H ac
tivity.
The Judges awarded three
blue ribbons. Those receiv
ing the blue ribbons and their
talent were as follows: Sally
Perklnaon, piano solo "Buzz
ing Bee"; LauraBender, piano
solo, "The Shepherd Boy,"
and Arlene Bender, recitation,
(See TALENT, page 8)
Jaycees To Collect
Soft Drink Bottles
The Warren County Jaycees
will collect empty soft drink
bottles in order to ralM&qdB
lor chamber purposes, David
Proctor and Frank Daniel, co
chairman, announced yester
day.
The public Is asked to leave
empty bottles on their porches
on Tuesday night, June 20,
where the Jaycees will pick
them up between 8:80 and
10 a. m.
Anyone needing help to oot
lect the bottles, the chair
men said, are asked to call
257-3082 or 257-3868. ^
CAS WASH
The Yomtg People of the
Wise Baptist Church
sponsor a . .
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School Board Asks
For $240,000 Budget
Blalock Sworn In As
Acting Postmaster
A. C. Blalock, 51, was sworn
in as acting postmaster of the
Warrenton Postoffice on last
Friday night and began his new
duties on Saturday morning.
He took the oath of office
before Lindsey R. Conner,
postal inspector, of Raleigh,
without any public ceremony.
Blalock, a candidate for the
position of pastmaster, suc
ceeds Mrs. Timothy Thomp
son, who has acted in this
capacity for several months.
Warrenton has been without a
postmaster since the resigna
tion of Leonard Daniel on
March 4, 1966. Following his
resignation, Mrs. Fltzhugh
Read served as acting post
master until her resignation
several months ago, when
Mrs. Thompson assumed the
duties as acting postmaster.
The appointment of Blalock
as acting postmaster is not
expected to prejudice his can
didacy as postmaster.
Blalock was born in War
renton on December 21, 1916,
the son of the late A. C.
Blalock and Mattie Miles Bla
lock. He is a graduate of
John Graham High School and
the University of North Car
olina where he received his
degree In Business Adminis
tration In 1938. For the past
20 years he has been connect
ed with Boyd-Boyce Motor
Company, local Ford deal
ers, serving the past ten years
as manager.
He was appointed a member
of the board of commission
ers of the Town of Warren
ton on Dec. 5, 1955, upon the
resignation of the late George
A. C. BLALOCK
Comer, and has been elected
to this position each two years
since that time. He is at pre
sent chairman of the finance
committee. For some 15 years
he has served as a member
of the Board of Trustees of
John Graham High School,
where for a number of years
he served on the executive
committee. He Is a member
of the Warrenton Baptist
Church.
Blaylock is married to the
former Miss Nancy Ellis of
Warrenton. They have three
children, Al, Jr., a rising
senior at the University of
North Carolina; Anne, who
completed her freshman year
at Peace College this spring;
and John Ellis, who will be
In the eighth grade at Macon
Junior High School next year.
Jaycee Beauty Pageant
To Be Held In August
The Miss Warren County
Pageant will again be spon
sored this year by the War
ren County Junior Chamber
of Commerce, It was learned
here yesterday.
Clinton Capps, Beauty
Pageant chairman, said that
work is now underway to com
plete arrangements for the
pageant to be held at the
John Graham High School
auditorium on August 25.
Between seven and ten girls
are expected to compete in
the pageant, Capps said. The
newly crowned queen will
reign tor the year 1967-68
and will participate in the
1968 State Pageant.
The Master of Ceremonies
for this year's pageant will
be J'mmie Capps from the
WKDC Radio Show, "Our Best
To You."
Any young girl, 17 or older,
who Is Interested in entering
the pageant Is asked to see
Clinton Capps or Roy Pat
Robertson.
Mr. Allen Stoney, a student
at the University of North Car
olina at Chapel Hill, Is visit
ing friends at Warrenton this
week.
Members
Talk With
Architect
The Warren County School
budget, calling for expendi
tures of $240,838.90, was sub
mitted to the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners here Mon
day night.
The major part of the bud
get is for current expenses
af operating the schools;
$160,428, during the 1967-68
fiscal year. The request for
capital outlay is for $53,
B75.90; and debt service calls
for $26,535.
J. Roger Peeler, super
intendent of schools, said yes
terday that the budget Is only
slightly higher than the 1966
67 budget, but that the board
is not asking for any increase
in the tax rate of 97? for school
purposes. He said that an In
crease of valuations Is expect
ed to take care of the Increase
in the school budget.
In addition to appearing be
fore the commissioners, the
board had a long discussion
with Owen Smith, architect,
concerning construction of a
proposed edition to the
Mariam Boyd school. Smith
presented a rough draft of the
15-classroom building, and
suggested that the building be
equipped with electric heat.
The members of the board
gave their approval to this
form of heat and asked that
Smith Incorporate it in his
plans.
The Legislature has given
county boards permissive
authority to increase the term
of superintendents of schools
from two to four years. An
action, taken by the board at
its April meeting, appointing
J. Roger Peeler as Super
intendent of schools for two
years was rescinded by the
board Monday night and Peel
er was elected for a four
year term. He was also grant
ed a county supplement of
$1200 a year.
Dr. S. H. Massey presided
over the meeting in the ab
sence of Chairman Eugene
Davis.
Bible School To Hold
Commencement
The Warren Plains Baptist
Church will hold Its Bible
School Commencement to
night (Friday) at 8 o'clock,
Mrs. William Thompson,
principal of the school, an
nounced yesterday. The pub
lic is invited.