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m OUp Varrrn Serorii Published Every Friday By The Record Printing Company BIGNALL JONES. Editor ? DUKE JONES, Business Manager Member North Carolina Press Association ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AT THE POST OFFICE IN WARRENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, UNDER THE LAWS OF CONGRESS "Second Class Postage Paid At Warrenton, N. C." SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year. $3.00; Six Months, $1.50 Tuesday Vote Is Crucial Seldom has there been a more important vote in the flue-cured tobacco area than that to be cast by farmers in the tobacco referen dum on Tuesday of next week. Boiled down to its crux is wheth er growers may be turned loose to produce all the tobacco they want to produce where ihey want to pro duce it and with no price support. In other words, should the present tobacco program be abolished? The alternative is controlled pro duction and price supports. The farmers must determine by their vote whether or not they want afloor under prices and whether or not when they sell tobacco in 1968 they want the Stabilization Corporation on the warehouse floors to see that they get some sort of price for their tobacco. The tobacco program has not Another Example The Little Garden Club has brought favorable publicity to War r en ton and aided In making the town an even more delightful place In which to live by its work in beautifying the grounds of Warren General Hospital for which it this week received a citation and state wide publicity. The citation was from the State Launderers and Cleaners, Inc., as a part of its program to make North Carolina a cleaner and better state. By winning the award the Little Garden Club placed Warrenton among the top ten cities and towns of the statu in the project. We con gratulate the members on both the selection of the project and on winning the award. This is another fine example of the work being done and the leader ship provided by Warrenton's lady club members. In spite of a declin ing economy, largely brought on by an agricultural revolution, War renton remains a fine and a beau tiful town. Credit for much of this is due to the fine work over the years by Warrenton women. Wives Earnings The Hartford Courant Working wives and moonlighting husbands are forming a new pattern in society that has Its drawbacks. But the lack of moonlight and roses in such a busy existence is more than made up, In the opinion of the workers, by the rise in the standard of living that a bigger income allows. With two-car families giving way to three-car families, it takes more cash to keep out of debt. At first a bigger Income Is Justified on the ground that it is necessary to give the children a better education. Then the new standard of living becomes habitual, and the family finds itself caught in a routine in which hard work and long hours are Inescapable. The Women's Bureau of the United States Deportment of Labor reports that nearly half of all women 18 to 64 years of age work. About three out of five of them are mar ried and living with their husbands. Nearly all contribute to family Income. It Is often the wife'* earnings that rals ? family Income above poveitji levels. And, surprisingly, it Is it the middle-Income level that the larg est proportion of wives are in the labor force. The high proportion in the upper brackets wtio work is puzzling until It Is realized that JUty are career women who have been trateed la professions and prefer them to The Bureau found that the high fed Hy Income, the great er la the likelihood that the wife Is In the labor lore*. The participation of wives in the work force was highest tn 1965 In faml i of fit,000 to *5,000. V a been perfect, but for more than a quarter of a century it has been one of the most successful of the farm programs, and that its value has been appreciated by grow ers is attested to the vote of pro ducers in referendum after refer endum. Only once?in the late 1930's?did farmers fail to support production control and price supports. That was an effective lesson as produc tion rose and prices fell, and from that day to this farmers have voted in favor of the tobacco program. As acreage was reduced farm ers learned to produce more to bacco on the same amount of acre age and to some extent control was nullified and stocks began to mount in the Stabilization Corpora tion, depressing the prices receiv ed by growers, who, in spite of this, were bailed out by price sup ports. In 1965 growers corrected this flaw by approving an acre age-poundage proposal, with pro visions for overplanting and under planting, and for the first time the growers had real control over the amount of tobacco marketed. With mechanization of farms and with increased production of tobac co per acre, there is practically no limit to the amount of tobacco that growers can produce. If farm ers are turned loose to grow to bacco in any amount, it is prac tically a certainty that markets will be flooded and that the bottom will drop out of the market and there will be no price supports to cush ion the blow. Older growers have had their lesson. We believe that younger growers who do not remember that lesson, will not be oblivious to the lessons of both history and eco nomics, and that on next Tuesday they will cast their vote not only for control and price support, but also for the continuations of pro grams for research and develop ment of markets for farm products. NEWS OF FIVE, TEN, 25 YEARS AGO Looking Backward Into The Record July 13, 1962 The Board of Commissioners adopted the county budget calling for a tax rate of $1.70 In meeting here Saturday. David Dickerson has been promoted dis trict manager of the Rockingham district of Home Security Life Insurance Company and will move to Rockingham after July 16. Mrs. A. A. Wood was Installed as presi dent of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Ameri can Legion, Unit No. 25, at a meeting of the auxiliary here on Thursday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Alston of Inez have moved to their renovated ancestral home. July 12, 1957 Pett B. Boyd was this week elected presi dent of the Warrenton Railroad Company, succeeding W. R. Strickland, resigned for reasons of health. Citizens were this week asked to contri bute funds to the Red Cross for hurricane relief by Miss Tempe Dameron, Warren County Red Cross Chairman. North Carolina's cotton acreage for 1957 is reported by the Department of Agriculture to be the smallest since 1866. The town budget, calling for a tax rate of $1.15, was approved by the town com missioners on Monday night. July 10, 1948 The county tax rate of 70$ will be 15 cents less than the 1M1-42 under a tenta tive budget adopted by the county commis sioners on Wednesday afternoon. W. K. Lanier, manager of W. a. Miles Hardware Company, was installed aa presi dent ot the Warrenton Lions Club on Fri day night. The Warrenton Tobacco Market will open tU IMS season on Sept. 14. Gasoline and sugar rationing are now un derway in Warren County. Boyd-Boyce Motor Company's wrecker pulled a cow from an abandoned wall at the home of Mrs. 8. K. Clark at Marmaduke on Sunday. The cow which dropped tea feet into twelve feet of water was removed injury. News From The General Assembly By REP. JAMES D. SPEED The 1967 session of the Gen eral Assembly, in which I represented our district of Franklin, Vance and Warren counties, has now come to a close. In my opinion, this legislature compiled a good, progressive, forward-looking record in regard to overall accomplishments and what these will mean to the future of North Carolina and our dis trict. I want to report on this briefly. First, I want to thank The War ren Record for its cooper ation and for permitting meto help keep the people of this district informed of the developments and progress of the 1967 General Assembly periodically during the last few months. This has been a privilege and, I felt, aduty and responsibility to the people of our district. It was a lengthy legislative session, the longest in state history, and, in the words of the House Speaker, Mr. David Britt, it probably was a harder and more difficult session than any In the past because of the fact that state government has grown so rapidly In recent years and assumed so many more responsibilities. These responsibilities Include the public schools, higher educa tion, the highway system, the prisons department, mental health programs, the highway patrol and other functions which for years were not state responsibilities. Now, the state has assumed responsi bility for them and In most cases, I believe, the state Is fulfilling this duty and doing a good job. We rank well in performance in many fields. Also, this legislature had to consider the state's growing population and increased de mands for services and state assistance in many fields, which Increased the legis lative problems and pressures. If anything I think this legislative session was mind ful of total development of North Carolina. It considered across-the-board, wide flelOs of services rendered by the state and the state govern ment, rather than placing emphasis upon certain areas or any one, small group of services and places of public Interest. There are so many of these. The legislature of 1967 tried to look after them all. I feel there was better balance in terms of total de velopment than any in which I have served. For example, there was a record budget for 1967-69, providing large Increases in expenditures for public edu cation?both public and higher?for highways, Indus trial development, state ports, hospitals, mental health, agri culture and other areas of statewide development. Within available resources It Is hard to see what more could have been done. The establishing of pattern legislation for local airports and airport authorities re ceived relatively little public notice, but I believe this will be tremendously beneficial across the state as localities will seek to improve their overall transportation facul ties In the Interest of local | Industrial development and public convenience. I believe this act can be especially beneficial for Franklin and Warren Counties. Vance already has provisions for local airport facilities near Henderson. There are many other things. The legislature ap proved the biggest education budget in state history pro viding for expansion of the educational system, additional services and better pay for educational system personnel. In another important field, mental health programs sup ported by the state will receive an additional $23,180,OOOdur lng the blennlum and Dr. Eugene Hargrove, the state's commissioner of Mental Health, calls this the best bud get the department of Mental Health had ever received. There were salary In creases for state employees up and down the line, tor highway employees as well as other state workers, and these raises were considered both necessary and minimal to In sure a continued high level of public services. Agriculture, a special In terest since I served as chair man of the House Agriculture committee, fared unusually well under the 1967-69 Ap propriations Act and in the matter of legislation related to needed agrlcultui al pro grams. 1 was both interested and directly involved in this sort of legislation and am pleased to report that in addition to maintaining pro grams at present levels, large increases were provided for overall promotion of agricul ture and special agricultural projects, totaling approxi mately $35 million, for pro motion, research and training and some special projects which were felt to be needed. Some of the additions pro vided by legislation which 1 introduced or co-sponsored include H. B. 973, providing $40,000 In appropriations for training and research In beef production; $475,000 tor con structing and equipping an additional laboratory and agricultural engineering building at N. C. State Univer sity with special emphasis on developing agricultural ma chinery, and a$502,950 animal research center also at N. C. State University, which will benefit the livestock Industry In our state. I also co-spon sored bills providing additional funds for research and promotion of tobacco, cu cumbers, cotton, yams and Irish potatoes, and $160,000 for research to promote other farm products. Embro News Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Sail ings spent the weekend and the 4th of July at the beach. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hardy and sons returned to their homelnHyattsvllle, Md., Monday after visiting rela tives in the mountains and Mrs. Blanche Stallings and family and Mr. Lee Hardy at Essex. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Greer and children spent the week end with relatives in the moun tains. Mr. William Paynter and son of Hampton, Va., are visit" ing here this week. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy King July 4th. 1967 By R. E. BRICKHOrSE (Written on July 4) I stand In the crlspness of the morning air And view the beauty every where: Its glory is with me and will ever stay, As I enjoy the- thrill of the day. We have a flag in the breeze outside With stars and stripes tor our country wide; Those stars and stripes tor our freedom wrought, When great men died who bravely fought. The spirit of the Fourth Is with us today; May It live long and forever stay! We prize our freedom and honor with pride. We rejoice to have them; may they abide! May the stars and stripes their message give To the Land we love where free men live; So may our flag forever wave In our Land of the free and the homes of the brave! Philatheas Meet At Home Mrs. Crmkley The V. U Pendleton Phlla thea Class of The Warrenton Baptist Church met Tuesday night In the borne of Mrs. W. B. Crlnkley with Mrs. W. R. Wood as co-hostess. Mrs. C. V. Whitford gave the devotional. Mrs. L. C. Davis, president, presided. After committed reports and the business, Mrs. E. R. Wood gave a program on "As a Man Thlnketh In His Heart So Is He." The hostess served punch and cookies to the 13 mem bers present. Brides-Elect Feted At Tea In R. Mount Miss Mary Catherine Joy ner and Miss Phyllis Brown, brides-elect were recently entertained at a tea by Mrs. W. A. Joyner, Mrs. Burk Lennon and Mrs. C. Horton in the Joyner home In Rocky Mount which bore appoint ments of summer flowers. Miss Joyner will become the bride of Mr. James C. Harris, Jr., and Miss Brown will be come the bride of Mr. Donley Joyner. Mrs. James C. Harris greeted guests with the two honorees. -The?brides'?table?was covered with a cut-work cloth and bore a silver candelabra bearing greenery and lighted tapers. Mrs. Louella Brown poured fruit punch and Mrs. Joyner served bridal cakes. Turkey pick-ups, cheese rings, party sandwiches, nuts and mints were served buffet. The honorees each received gifts in silver. and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Askew of Portsmouth, Va., spent the weekend with Ralph White and attended the Tate White wedding on Saturday. Mrs. Charles A. Jasper and daughter, Melanye, of Annan dale, Va., are spending some time with her mother, Mrs. Blanche R. Stalllngs. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wagner of Littleton were visitors in Embro Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pitch ford and sons of Fort Bragg spent a week recently with her fatter, Mr. Harry Thar rliigton. Mr. and Mrs. Theo Robert son of Macon visited in Em bro Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. John Short spent the weekend In the moun tains. Macon News Miss Lola Kenyon of Clar ence, N. Y? Is visiting Mrs. E. H. Russell. Charles Drake has return ed home after attending sum mer school at East Carolina University, Greenville. Mrs. Helen Moore arrived Friday from Benson, Arizona, to spend some time at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Shaw of Norfolk, Va., visited Mrs. Clara Shaw Monday afternoon. Lib Nicholson, Anne Duncan and Joan Rlggan attended the meeting of the Rainbow Girls In Greensboro last weekend. Miss MarthaLeggettofWil llamston and Miss Louise Haithcock spent the weekend with relatives in Lynchburg, Va. Mr. R. E. Brlckhouse Is spending sometime at his home in Warren Plains. Mr. Henry Fuller is a pa tient at Maria Parham Hos pital in Henderson. William Wilson is a pat ient in the hospital in Rocky Mount. Mrs. Grady Haynes is im proving at Edgecombe Hos pital in Tarboro. FOR THE BEST FURNITURE VALUES IN TOWN SEE US Satterwhites HENDERSON, N. C. First National Bank IN HENDERSON 'BANKING TRUSTS" Member Of Thm P. D. I. C. Congressman L.H. FOUNTAIN Reports TO THE PEOPLE ? WASHINGTON, D. C. . . . Almost 75 lucky officials of the U. S. Office of Educa tion are spending from one to three weeks each in Hawaii this month at taxpayers' ex pense. This was one of the inter esting facts disclosed at a hearing at which I presided shortly before the July 4 Con gressional recess. Mofe than 500 other persons will be going to Hawaii at the invitation of the Office of Edu catioh with the federal govern ment footing most of the bill. The travelers are attending a series of seminars on "in novation" in education being co-sponsored by the Office of Education and the Kettering Foundation. The meetings are being held at the Kamehameha Schools, a private institution just outside Honolulu. Those attending the semin ars, accordingtotheOfficeof Education, will be there to "discuss, evaluate, and en large our national effort to improve elementary and secondary education in the United States." The conferences, howoverT" will not be all work and no play. Those attending have been ad vised to bring their bathing -ulti and golf clubs. The agenda contains a liberal sprinkling of tours, "splash" parties and "poolside hospi tality." Also prominent on the sche dule Is a category called "In dividually Designed Activity," which turns out on closer in spection to be bus transpor tation to downtown Honolulu. The Office of Education has legal authority, under appro priate circumstances, to sponsor or co-sponsor meet ings for educational purposes. Federal funds can be used for this purpose. Undoubtedly, there are meetings of this type which are well worth the cost. Our Subcommittee hearing was not primarily concern ed with whether such meetings should be held. Its purpose was to see if the Hawaiian semi nars are being held at an ap propriate place and financed in a proper manner. Testimony at the hearing In dicated that: ?The Hawaiian location was proposed by the Kettering Foundation and accepted by the Office of Education on the same day, with no comparison of costs at more convenient locations in the continental United States. ? The Foundation is chart ering planes to fly the parti cipants from the West Coast to Hawaii. However, the Founda tion Is receiving more than $150,000 in Federal funds. ?The Office of Education, having no appropriated funds of its own with which to pay its share of the project, de cided to use funds appropriat ed for grants to local school agencies under Title m of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Title III grants are supposed to provide sup plementary services and cen ters for school children. ? The Office of Education invited some 360 persons from school districts receiving Title III funds to attend and instructed those accepting to pay $150 each in grant funds to the Kettering Foundation as a "registration fee." The Foundation will receive an additional $135 each from Title III funds for "per diem." ? Charles F. Kettering, II, a Foundation official, is also a member of the U. S. Com missioner of education's Ad visory Committee on Educa tion Centers and Services. The committee is required by law to recommend whether appli cations for Title III funds should be approved. ??The?Office?of Educa- ~ tlon decided to co-sponsor the conference without checking to see if Title III funds could legally be used in this inci dence for this purpose of to see if payment of such funds to the Kettering Foundation was contrary to Federal poli cies relating to conflicts of Interest. This entire situation dem onstrates an apparent double standard In the conduct of the Office of Education. Commis sioner Harold Howe, who pro fesses to be against discrim ination In any form, is sche duled to speak at the seminar this week. Yet the Kamehameha Schools have been found by Ha waiian courts to be engaging In Illegal religious discrim ination in their hiring prac tices. Moreover, as a prac tical matter, the schools re fuse to admit any student white or Negro?whose racial background is not Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian. If the Kamehameha Schools were a Southern public school, Commissioner Howe would not be going there as an hon ored guest and featured speak er. On the contrary, he would be issuing orders for any school with such a record to be denied Federal Funds. WAIT \ WHILE Freshman, in a barber shop: "How long will I have to wait for a shave?" Barber, after close inspec tion: "Oh. about a year? maybe two." ATTENTION FARMERS Vou get substantial savings on Property Fire Insurance when you INSURE with? Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Association W. J. Hecht, Pres. \V. R. Drake, Sec. & Treas. Phone 257-3370 ? Taylor Bldg. NOTICE MSHIOH CltKHtRS warrent?n, n.c WILL Bl CLOSED FOR VACATION July 24th. lo July 29th. lib- -" PLEASE 6IVE US YOUR CLEANING V*h NEXT WEEK tif ?v.' v)m *
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