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VOLUME 71 Subscription Price $3.00 A Year 10<f Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1967 NUMBER 33
Scott Gardner, manager of Warrenton Furniture Ex- bris from the warehouse fire last Tuesday would be corn
change, said yesterday that he hoped that removal of de- pleted this week. Pictured are workmen removing debris.
Warren County Schools To Begin
Year's Work On Next Thursday
Warren County schools will
begin their 1967-68 school
year on Wednesday, Aug. 30,
with orientation for all stu
dents from 9a. m. to 11 a.m.
The first full day, Thursday,
Aug. 31, will take in at 8:20
a. m. and dismiss at 3:15
p. m. Lunch will be served
at the schools on Thursday.
Students and teachers will
have Monday, Sept. 3 Labor
Day, as a holiday.
J. Roger Peeler, Superin
tendent of Schools, said yes
terday that all out-of-state
students who have moved here
:md have not filled out a choice
of school form, may obtain
these forms from the officeof
Mrs. Leonard Daniel
Becomes Librarian
Mrs. Leonard Daniel has
accepted a position as librar
ian at the Warren County Me
morial Library, succeeding
Miss Georgie Tarwater, who
retired after 29 years ser
vice.
Miss Tarwater's resigna
tion was to have become ef
fective at the end of April,
but consented to serve until
her replacement could be
named. She was r.nt replaced
until the end of July when
Mrs. Daniel was chosen foir the
position.
the Superintendent of Schools
or from the principal'soffice.
Peeler said that a health
examination is required of all
beginning pupils and that those
who do not have a health cer
tificate may obtain one from
the office of Dr. Tom Holt at
Warrenton on Friday, Sept. 1.
He said that the cost of these
examinations are $5.00 where
parents of pupils are able
to pay. The cost to indigent
pupils will be paid by ESEA.
Faculty Completed
At John Graham
With the employment of two
English teachers last week,
the faculty at John Graham
High School has been com
pleted, Fred Bartholomew,
principal, announced yester
day.
Also employed to head the
Industrial Cooperative Train
ing program is Arthur Wil
liams of Warrenton, who suc
ceeds Bernard Thompson, who
resigned to accept a position
as director of the Warren
County Recreational Center.
Williams is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill and has done
post graduate work at N, C.
State University.
The new English teachers
employed are Miss Edwina
Used Storage Bins To Be
Offered For Sale Here
1
The U. S. Department of
Agriculture is moving grain
storage bins from the Mid
west Into North Carolina and
other southeastern states
where they will be sold on
an auction or sealed bid basis.
The truckloads of bins (10
bins per truck) have been or
dered for Warren County, T.
E. Watson, ASCS office man
ager, said yesterday.
Watson said that the bins
will be a big help to the
storeage - short Southeast,
especially this year when huge
crops oi corn and soybeans are
expected. A farmer must have
storage to qualify for price
support loans.
The bins being brought in
are 3,250 bushel capacity.
They art 10 years old but in
excellent condition, according
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to Weldon B. Denny, State Exe
cutive Director of the Agri
cultural Stabilization and Con
servation Service. The bins
are bringing a minimum of
$475 - $500 each. New they
would cost around $900.
Bins were in short supply
last year. USDA officials hope
to stimulate both the produc
tion and purchase of new bins
by making available the used
bins from the Midwest.
"We encourage farmers to
continue buying grain bins and
dryers from their local deal
ers and to purchase govern
ment bins as a supplement
where needed," Denny said.
Eligible farmers may bor
row through ASCS up to 85
per cent of the cost of a grain
storer facility or grain dry
ing equipment.
Rooker and Edgar Outland.
Miss Rooker, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rook
er of Warrenton, for several
years has been teaching at
Virginia Beach, Va., where
she was chairman of the Eng
lish Department. She attended
John Graham High School and
was graduated from high
school at Salem Academy at
Winston-Salem. She is a grad
uate of Duke University where
she did her undergraduate
work, and has done post ?
graduate work at both Duke
and the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Outland, 23, a native of
Northampton County, is a
graduate of Rich Square High
School and Campbell College,
where he majored In English
and minored in social stud
ies. He has been particularly
active in Boy Scout work in
his area. This is his first
year as a teacher.
Other members of the fac
ulty, in addition to Prin
cipal Bartholomew, who have
returned to their teaching jobs
here, are:
Jon L. Bur well, Science;
Mrs. Nancy H. Williams,
Science; Arthur F. Smoot,
Science; Miss Emily B. Per
son, Home Economics; Har
old Stegall, Agriculture; Mrs.
Rachel Fishel, Guidance; Mrs.
Elba Banzet, Librarian; Mrs.
Katherine Mustian, Mrs.
Nancy P. Blankenshlp, Mrs.
Mamie L. King and Mrs.
Annie Lee Drake, Elementary
Teachers.
Mrs. Patsy K. Pierce,
French; Mrs. Mary w.
Shields, Business; James L.
Soufas, Business; Jimmle
Webb, Math; Mrs. Linda H.
Dill, Math; Robert O. Steph
ens, English; Miss Martha
Wilson, Social Studies; Wayne
Plaster, Health and Physical
Education; Miss Jo Ellen Mc
Lean, English.
EPISCOPAL SERVICES
The Rev. Edwin T. Wil
liams, rector of St. Barna
bas's Episcopal Church In Dil
lon, S. C., will be the guest
minister at an evening ser
vice on Wednesday, Aug. 30,
at 8 o'clock when Holy Com
munion *01 be celebrated.
Th? Rev. r. c. Balrd, chap
lain at St. Mary's junior Col
lege In Raleigh, will conduct
morning prayer at 11 o'clock
on Sunday morning, Sept. 3,
with no communion.
Edgar Wood, Jr.,
Is Licensed As CPA
Edgar R, Wood, Jr.,
of Greensboro, has received
I his CPA license, it was learn
ed here this week. For rhe
past two years he has been as
sociated with Merrick-Mit
chell CP Afirm in Greensboro.
Wood, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. R. Wood of Warren
ton, is a graduate of John
Graham High School at War
renton and an honor graduate
of the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. In
1964 he received a cash award
for the second best essay on
accounting. He is a member
of Beta Gamma Sigma honor
ary society at the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
He is married to the form
er Miss Betsy Baxter ofWar
renton. They have two chil
dren, Eddie, III, 5, and Shel
ley, 13 months.
Change In Time Of
Manson Mail Receipt
Due to a recent change In
receipt of mail at the Man
son postoffice, the rural car
rier schedule will changed,
effective Aug. 26, Ellis Flem
ing, Postmaster, announced
yesterday.
Carriers will be ap
proximately 30 minutes earl
ier than the present schedule,
he said.
Fleming reminds patrons '
that the Man son postoffice will !
close at noon on Saturday. |
IN HOSPrrAL
Patients in Warren General
Hospital on Wednesday after- '
noon were:
Mamie Rooker, Charlie
Keeter, Jessie Hasklns, Bes- i
sie King, Jesse Gardner, !
Grady Moseley, James Wil- (
lis, Walker Burwell, Selma
Conn, John Waddell, Billy |
Hawks, Llllle Bell Goode and
baby girl, Anne Duncan, Mel- |
vln Conner, Walte Pltchford,
Henry Conner, Johnny John
son, Robert Reeves, Harvey
Williams, Clara Fleming, El- j
len Alston, Glenda Perry,
Cora Christmas, Julia Davis,
Paul Reynolds, Lee Rogers
Solomon, Claude Bottoms,
Nora Purdy, Costello Reld,
Robert Jacobs.
TO VjEET
The Norllna Athletic Asso
ciation will hold a meeting
In the Norllna High School
building on Monday night at
8 o'clock, Hal Paschall, pres
ident, announced yesterday.
Paschall said that this Is an
important meeting and urges
all members to be present.
Town Of Warrenton Rents
50.000-Gal. Pressure Tank
Farmers Receive Nearly Quarter
Million In Diversion Payments
Nearly a quarter of a mil
lion dollars have been mailed
to Warren County farmers
participating in the voluntary
cotton, feed grain and wheat
programs. The bulk of the
payments are for diversion of
the cotton acreage.
T. E. Watson, ASCS office
manager, said yesterday that
checks have been mailed to
1874 cotton producers,total
ing $229,434. Those cotton
producers had already receiv
ed diversion advance pay
ments totaling $77,106.
Drafts are being computed
this year by the USDA Com
puter Automatic System in
New Orleans from data furn
ished by the local county
office. Checks are returned
to the county office for signa
tures and to be checked for
accuracy; then they are mail
ed to producers. Watson said
that all drafts received here
have been mailed, and that
others will go out as soon as
received from the New Or
leans office.
In addition to the checks
mailed to cotton producers,
final price support: and diver
sion payment checks have
oeen mailed to 835 feed
jrain and wheat producers in
he county, totaling $62,771.
These food grain producers
lave already received diver
sions and price support ad
vance payments totaling
$60,302.
Total final payments al
ready made total $292,205.
Of this amount the Warren
County office prepared checks
totaling $89,911 and the Com
modity Credit Office in New
Orleans prepared the balance.
Watson said that these pro
grams are designed to meet
national agricultural pro
blems. He outlined the four
basic goals in the current
program as follows:
1. To work off surpluses
?vhere they still exist.
2. To maintain a reasonable
valance between production
md use of farm commodi
;ies.
3. To maintain and improve
John Graham Booster
Tickets Placed On Sale
Booster tickets for John
Graham High School athletic
events are now on sale and
may be purchased from a
number of Booster members
at $10.00 each. The tickets
entitle the owner to attend all
home games of football, bas
ketball and baseball without
further charge.
The tickets were distribut
ed to members to sell at a
dutch supper of barbecue and
stew on the terrace of the
Warrenton Country Club last
Friday night. Nat White,
Boosters president, presided
over the meeting. Edward
Rooker asked the blessing.
The program consisted of
brief remarks on the pro
spects for football by Coach
Jimmie Webb and boy's
basketball by Coach Jon Bur
well, who received a bit of
ribbing over his TV appear
ance in connection with the
fire here last week. Both
coaches were presented by
Fred Bartholomew, prlnci
pal of the John Graham High
School.
Coach Webb said that he did
not yet know what the results
of the football team would be
this season. This year, he
said, the team had more
weight, but less speed than
last year and that he was
working on the speed angle h
the line. A key factor would
be how a new quarterback
would develop. John Graham's
starting quarterback, Robert
Louis Shearin, graduated last
spring. Webb said that his re
placement, Edward Shearin
Is showing good promise. He
invited those present to come
by the school after the game
and watch practice.
Webb said that John Graham
would open its season at
Louisburg on Sept. 1 with a
team coached by John Graham
player TommleTwitty, and the
following week would play
Weldon here In its first home
(See TICKETS, page 2)
farm income.
-4. To hold down and cut tf
possible the cost of farm pro
gram administration.
Watson noted that the goals
are achieved through incen
tives to encourage producers
to voluntarily reduce their
cror acreage and production.
Diversion payments are made
in cotton and feed -grains.
"The size of payment a
farmer gets," Watson said,
"reflects the degree of par
ticipation in s program. The
primary purpose is to keep
production in line with de
mand."
Rites For Dr. Fitts
Held Here Wednesday
Funeral services for Dr.
Nathan Palmer Fitts, 68, were
conducted at Blaylock's Fun
eral Home on Wednesday at
3 p. m. by the Rev. C. J.
Bradner of Greenville. Bur
ial was in Fairview Ceme
tery.
Dr. Fitts, a graduate of
William and Mary College of
Virginia, died Tuesday morn
ing at the Veterans Hospital
in Durham.
He is survived by one sis
ter, Mrs. V. T.LammofWar
renton and one brother, the
Rev. Robert N. Fitts of Oxford.
In Case of Fire
In case of a rural fire,
citizens are asked to call
257-3456
Allen King, assistant
chief of the Warrenton
Rural Fire Department,
said yesterday that delay
caused by persons calling
the Warrenton Police Sta
tion Instead of the Rural
Fire Department causes
unnecessary delay. A de
lay while the call is being
relayed can cause the loss
of valuable minutes with
tragic results, King said.
He asks that readers clip
the number from this
article and paste it on their
telephones.
An added attraction to be presented at the Warrenton Jaycee Beauty Pageant at John
Graham High School tonight.
All In Readiness For Beauty Contest
All Is In readiness for the
Warren County Jaycees Beau
ty Pageant which will be held
at the John Graham School
auditorium tonight (Friday)
beginning at 8 o'clock when
eight girls will contend for the
title of "Miss Warren Coun
ty."
The winner will be crown
ad by Miss Kay Pair, 1968
"Miss Warren County." Also
expected to attend the pageant
Is "Miss Roanoke Rapids."
David Proctor, publicity
chairman, said yesterday that
additional attractions have
been added for tonight's pro
gram. Among these will be the
performance of the Modes and
ten girls modeling bikini swim
suits.
The eight girls who will seek
the crown tonight are Hud
May King, Deborah Kay Joyn
er, Gayle Harmon, Linda Faye
Norwood, Sandra Pay* Davis,
Janis Gayle Paynter, Patricia
Satterwhlte, Rebecca Eliza
beth King.
Proctor said that the Jay
cees are looking for each and
every one to be present to
night to support the girl ofhls
or her choice.
Tickets may be purchased
from Jaycee members or aft
the door for $1.80 tor adult b,
and $1.00 tor children throngfc
High
Tank To Be
Rented For
Six Months
A 50,000-gallon pneumatic
tank has been rented for six
months by the Board of Town
Commissioners to serve War
renton's water need until a
permanent tank can be erect
ed.
Warrenton's water tank was
destroyed in a disastrous
warehouse fire here on Tues
day night of last week.
J. Ed Rooker, town man
ager, said yesterday that the
tank should be in operation
within a few days.
He said that the Water De
partment had secured a trac
tor operator irrigation pump
and connected it to the water
main on a standby basis. He
said that this would enable
Warrenton to keep up its water
pressure should their be a
failure in electrical power.
Rooker also said that
in spitp of the large fire
here last Tuesday, nothing
but filtered water had been
pumped into the town's water
mains.
The decision to rent the
compression tank was made at
a called meeting of the town
board on Monday night with
all members of the board
present. Also present was a
representative of John A. Ed
words and ComPMy, a Ral
eigh engineering firm retained
by the to'.vr>., who discussed
installation of the com
pression tank and plans for the
erection of a permanent tank.
The installation of the tem
porary tank will remove the
need for the pumps at the
filter plant to be run around
the clock as has been the
case since last Tuesday night
in order to maintain pressure
in the water mains.
The commissioners agreed
Monday night that the destroy
ed tank should be replaced by
a 150,000-gallon tank, locat
ed at a point in the northern
section of the town. Reason
for installing the tank In the
northern part of the town was
due to a suggestion by the
engineer that such a location
would give the town two
sources of pressure In case
of fire-one from the tank
and the other from the pumps
at the filter plant.
Suggested as a site was
the Warrenton Fair Grounds,
as the cost of Installation
would be reduced as the town
already has a : 0-inch water
main at this source. However,
this point is still in the sug
gestion phase.
A bond issue will be re
quired to raise funds for the
erection of the new water tank
as the board has been advis
ed by the Local Government
Commission against the issu
ance of town revenue bonds,
as this would tie up all re
venues from the water de
partment.
It Is estimated that It will
take at least six months tor
the engineers to draw up
specification, receive bids for
the town and conduct a bond
issue, it is anticipated that
the Economic Development
Administration will make a
grant towards part of the coat
of erecting the tank. At a'
called meeting of the board
last Thursday afternoon the
(See TANK, page 4)
final services
Th? Wn?l August Union wor
ship services at the Warrao
ton Baptist Church aad Vn
Church will beheld
* 11 o'clock.
Pharlln of M*|
la Invited.
Mrs# Robert |