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Your Best Advertising Medium ' Ulamn Emird Your Best Advertising Medium % VOLUME 71 Subscription Price $3.00 A Year 10$ Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1967 NUMBER 41 First place winners In the Kick, Punt and Pass Contest held here on Saturday morning are pictured, left to right, as follows: First row?Larry Richardson, Terry Edmonds, David Paschall; second row?Mike Aycock, Walter Coker, Jeff Egerton. (Other pictures on page 8). Six Boys To Participate In Kick, Punt And Pass Contest At Raleiah Eighty - three boys from throughout the county parti cipated in Warren County's first Pass, Punt, and Kick con test, sponsored by Fowler Barham Ford of Warren ton and held at the John Graham High School Athletic Field on Saturday morning. Bill Delbridge, director of the event, said yesterday that the event was a huge success. He added, "With-th? enthai. siasm shown by the boys and response from the parents and friends, I wouldn't be surprised to see 150 to 200 boys entered next year." Eighteen beautiful trophies and winners patches were giv en to the first, second, and third place finishers. The first place winners will leave Warrenton Saturday morning for Raleigh when they will compete with other first place winners in zone com petition at 10 a- m. Delbridge said that he was real pleased with the high scores made by the local winners and feels sure that they will reflect an excellent showing in Raleigh. Don Barham, manager of Fowler-Barham Ford, pre sented the trophies with his congratulations to the first place winners as follotfssv , Eight - year - old group ? Larry Richardson of Norllna. Nine - year - old group Terry Edmonds of Warren ton. Ten-year-old group? David Paschall of Norlina. Eleven-year-old group ? Mike Aycock of Warrenton. Twelve-year-old group Walter Coker of Manson. Thirteen-year-old group? Jeff Egerton of Norltna. The following boys won sec ond place in their respective groups: Mike Pullen of Nor lina, Henry Fitts of Macon, Marvin Cox of Warrenton, Banner Brannock of Norlina, Tom Traylor of Norlina, and Tommy Quick of Norlina. Third place winners In their ' respective groups were: Wil liam Spence of Warrenton, Robert Carter of Norllha, San-' dy Batten of Warrenton, Stev en Bender of Norlina, Andy Short of Norlina, and Gilbert Floyd of Norlina. Postmasters Attend Dedication Of P. 0. Mrs. Eva S. Holtzman, Ellis E. Fleming, Bruce Bell, A. C. Blalock, G. Ed Harvey, and Mrs. MUdred Perklnson, postmasters of Warren Coun ty, attended the dedication of the new postoffice at Hen derson on Sunday. Guest speakers were the Hon. L. H. Fountain, second district con gressman, and the Hon. C. Banks Gladden, regional di rector of the Postoffice Department In Atlanta, Ga. The Henderson High School Band presented music. Miss Mary E. Rogers, daughter of Junlous Rogers, Henderson postmaster, sang "God Bless America." Milton L. Walters led In singing "The Star Spangled Banner" and Lester Bumette of the VFW chapter led the Pledge of Allegiance. Colors were presented by Troop 630 Boy Scouts of America. Refreshments were served to approximately 1,000 guests. Staff Members To Sell 'Cue And Stew Prior to the John Graham Homecoming football game on Friday, Oct. 27, a barbecue and brunswlck stew supper will be served In the high school cafeteria under the sponsorship of the Warren tonlan Annual Staff. Advance tickets are being sold by members of the An nual staff of $1.50 for adults and $1.00 for children under twelve. Ralph's Barbecue of Roanoke Rapids will serve from 5:30 to 7:00 p. m. Tick ets will also be sold at the door. Members of the Annual staff said yesterday that the public is cordially Invited to attend this supper and following the meal to support John Graham In its homecoming game against Murfreesboro. Miss Mamie Williams has returned home after a visit to Quebec, Canada, and northern points. Lions White Cane Drive To Be Started On Friday The Warrenton Lions Club Annual White Cane Drive will officially begin on Friday, Oct. 20, Fred Bartholomew, drive chairman said yester day. He said the Lions are hoping that this will be the most successful year ever. The White Cane Drive is the one annual fund raising drive of the North Carolina Asso ciation for the Blind, a non profit organization state-wide organization, organized by the Lions Clubs of North Caro lina. All funds derived from the drive are spent either direct ly or indirectly on the blind people of this state. Bartholomew said that many people in the county will re ceive letters asking for con tributions. Others will be con tacted by membersof theWar renton Lions Club. Anyone who falls to receive a letter or who is not contacted by a member of the Lions Club is asked to please mail his or her contribution to the White Cane Fund, Warrenton, N. C. Bartholomew said the Lions hope to have containers for contributions in many of the business establishments In Warrenton and throughout the county. Mobile X-Ray Unit To Be At Warrenton Monday The North Carolina State Board of Health Mobile X-ray Unit will be at the Warren County Health Department to provide Free chest x-rays for citizens of the county with res piratory diseases and others 18 years of age and older. The X-ray Clinic will begin Monday, Oct. 23. The first ,f four days of the survey, Oct. 23, 24, 25, 26 will be for people needing small films (70mm). Arrested patients, contacts, doctor referrals, and people with chest prob lems will be x-rayed beginning Friday, Oct. 27, Monday Oct. SO, Tuesday, Oct. 31, and Wed nesday, Nov. 1. The hours will be from 8:30 a. m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m. This x-ray clinic Is spon sored by the North Carolina State Board of Health, the Warren County Health Depart ment and the Warren County TB and Health Association. We hope everyone needing a chest examination will take advantage of this opportunity, Mrs. Clyde Whltford, execu tive secretary said yesterday. CHICKEN DINNER A chicken dinner, with all the trimmings, will be served In -the home of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hawkins, 315 E. Bute Street, on Saturday, Oct. 31, from noon until sold out, lor the benefit of Oak Chapel Afri can Methodist Church at $1.00 per plate. Plates will be delivered to anybody, any where. For delivery, call 257 4800, Hall Rites Held Here Saturday Funeral services for Alex ander Weldon Hall, Sr., 88, retired tobacconist, were con ducted at Emmanuel Episcopal Church at 3 p. m. Saturday by the Rev. E. W. Baxter. Burial was In Fairvlew Ceme tery. Mr. Hall, who had been In declining health for several years, died at Warren Gen eral Hospital last Friday. * The son of Emma Jenkins and John Hall, Mr. Hall was born at Oine in Warren Coun ty on March 5, 1879, but spent practically his entire life at the ancestral Hall home in Warrenton. He was educated at Miss Lucy Hawkins School at War renton and the old Graham High School. He was a mem ber of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. His entire adult life was spent In the tobacco business. He worked with Burwell and Boyd for a number of years and was at one time connect ed with Export Tobacco Com pany. For many years he was an Independent commissioner buyer and at one time was connected with Frank Newell as tobacco buyers on the local and Border Belt markets. He Is survived by one son, Alexander Weldon Hall, Jr., of Durham, and by two grand children. Perry Funeral Held On Wednesday Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Perry of Warrenton, widow of the late Wash Perry, were conducted at Wesley Me morial Methodist Church on Wednesday at 2 p. m. by the Rev. L. T. Wilson. Burial was In Fairvlew Cemetery. Mrs. Perry died at her home on Sunday afternoon after a long illness. She Is survived by a grand daughter, Mrs. Sylvia Mc Dowell Pltchford; one sister, Mrs. Annie Varker of Fred ericksburg, Va. United Nations Week To Be Observed Here The week of Oct. 24-31 is United Nations Week with special emphasis being plac ed on the 24th United Nations Day. Exhibits about the United Nations will be placed In John Graham High School, John Hawkins High School and In tbe display window of the WPM Store here by the War ren Junior Woman's Club. The public Is asked to see these exhibits and to become more familiar with the U. N. action agency tor peace and Boy Killed In Wreck Saturday Cllft Edward Alston, 19 year-old Negro boy, was kill ed In a single-car accident near Grove Hill around 10:15 o'clock on Saturday night. Alston, driving a 1962 Chev rolet, was fatally Injured when his car overturned. His head caught under the top of the car, and he was pronounced dead upon arrival at Warren General Hospital. State Highway Trooper Wal lace Brown said that had Als ton been wearing a seat belt he would probably have escap ed death. Three colored pas sengers, not identified by Brown in his telephone report to this newspaper, riding with Alston escaped serious injury. Brown said that evidence was that Alston was driving at a speed estimated at around 75 miles per hour, when he at tempted to slow down to pass a car that was slowing down in front of him and that the car overturned. He said that he came upon the accident within a couple of minutes after it had hap pened, and that he and Deputy Sheriff Bonnie Stevenson pull ed the car off of Alston. Women To Hold Day Apart Service The Women of Wesley Me morial Methodist Church wil hold a Day Apart Service oi Oct. 30 In the Fireside Roon of the church. Mrs. J. H Cutchin of Whitakers, a form er president of the North Car olina Woman's Society o Christian Service, will be thi leader for the day. <TUe service will begin a 10:30 a. m. and close abou one hour after lunch. Eacl one is asked to bring her owi sandwich. Coffee will be ser ved by the church. This is a Week of Praye: service, Mrs. John C. Bur well said In making the an nouncement. Anyone, she said who would like to share ii this special service is cor dlally invited to come. "Wi hope many," she added, "re gardless of denomination, wil come to be uplifted and en riched by hearing Mrs. Cut chin." Sub-District Meeting To Be Held On Oct. 26 The Warren-Vance-Franl lln Sub-District meeting - the Woman's Society Christian Service will be he at Cokesbury Methodi Church on Thursday, Oct. 2 at 10 a. m. Mrs. Miria Coleman announced yestei day. Registration will beg at 9:30 a. m. Mrs. Coleman asks thi those attending carry a sant wich. Drinks and dessert wl be furnished by the church, nursery will be provided. Judge Hobgood To Preside Civil Term Of Superior Court To Convene Here Monday Morning The October Civil Term of Warren County Superior Court will convene on Monday morn ing with Judge Hamilton Hob good of Loulsburg presiding. Cases are docketed through Thursday, with an unusually large number of cases being docketed for judgment on Mon day. Judgments on these cases are expected to be rendered and the cases removed from the docket. Among the cases docketed for trial on Monday are six divorce cases and the case of the Matter of the Will of Mat tie D. Harris. The divorce cases docketed are: Mamie Elizabeth Baskett Durham vs. Henry Lee Dur ham; Bessie Wrenn Smith vs. Walter demon Smith, Ammie D. Baskervllle vs. Jeff Bas kerville; Ella Mae Smith vs. Robert Lee Smith; Endie Mae Dortch Lewis vs. John Wes ley Lewis; Robert Jackson King vs. Peggy Ann B. King. Other cases docketed for trial are as follows; Tuesday ? White's Building Supply vs. Bruce H. Galling et ux; Mary Louise R. Thorne vs. Charles W. Robinson et ux; Mary Louise R. Thorne vs. Charles W. Robinson. Wednesday - Raymond A. Harris, jr., et al, vs. R. a. Harris et ux; Raymond A. Harris, Jr., et al, vs. R. a. Harris; Walter B, Rivers vs. W. C. Martin et ux; Ralph Wallace Fleming vs George Herbert Rooker et al; Myrtle Stallings Fleming vs. George Herbert Rooker et als. Thursday?Clanton C. Per kinson vs. Ben Lynch; Bessie Lyles vs. William Louis Sew ard et al; Myrtle Allen Lyles vs. Willie CWUliam) Louis Seward et al; William Ed ward Perry, jr., vs. Charles Edward Schuster; James Jul ius Howard vs. Owen Fitts et al; John Henry Cheek vs. Iola Royster Cheek; Lillian M. Robinson vs. Ernest Fleet wood White. Motion Docket, Thursday - Josephine Griggs Broadle vs Charles Wlnfred Cadule et al; Warren County, a Municipal Corporation, vs. Mrs. M. L. Schultz et als. Judgment Cases Cases docketed Monday tor judgment are as follows: Clarence Van-Daren Jones vs. Jerry Lee Powell; Mary Perkinson Taylor et vir. vs. Ruby Perkinson Johnson et als; Sallie R. Pendergrass vs. E. J. Pendergrass et als; Wise Homes vs. Eugene Har Kroys?._51nQlair Refining Co. vs. the Rev. John E. Barnes et ux.; Phillip t. Jones vs. Edward Scheldt, com. of Motor Vehicles; Becky Ellen Small Burton vs. Donald Lee Burton; Reynolds Baird vs. Vaden Thrower; Woodrow Newell vs. Beatrice Newell; Josh Newell vs. Angle Newell; Robert Earl Johnson, Jr., vs. Ada R. Johnson; Margaret C. King vs. Wade G. McCargo; Etta Louise Harris Loyd vs. Walter Eden Loyd. Also, Mrs. Jessie E. Harris and Mrs. Etta H. Loyd vs. Wal ter E. Loyd; S. D. King vs. A. S. Bugg, Tom White and Warrenton Box and Lumber Co.; Joe Stallings vs. Dennis W. Harris; Easy Pay Tire Co. vs. John Cawthorne; F. B. Newell vs. James Williams; W R. Baskervm, t/a Norllna Block Co., vs. Exum Clark et ux; Amle Durham vs. Benjam in A. Tjvans; Florence Reavls Long vs. Roy E. Long; George Robinson vs. F. J. Burton; W. G. Prultt vs. R. k. Carroll et als: Sunshine Laundry vs. R. G. Hurt, t/a Hunt's Tour ist Court; Louise Culbreath vs. John Culbreath. Also, Sears Roebuck and Co. vs . Willie Burwell and Lee A. Burwell; Henry J. Hill vs. James Monrow Ward; Benton and Green Furniture Co., inc., vs. Ernest Macklln; Eugenia Tucker Nelson vs. Thomas O. Nelson; J. Boyd Williams vs. Charlie Paige, Jr.; Elizabeth King Mabry vs. Wlndol Hunt er Mabry Holt Stallings vs. Wiley G. Mitchell; Minnie B. Kearney vs. Edward Plum per; R. M. White and Sons vs. Alford Carroll; Ethel Fau cette Orerby vs. Curtis Allen Overby, Jr.; O. Green Abbott vs. Richard Jones and Charles E. Jones; Roy Jonas vs. Joseph (See COURT, page 2) Power Interruption Power services in and rural areas around Lh. ton aarved by Carolina Po and Light Co. will be M mptad SucJay, Oct. 22, ft 7 a. m. to #:S0 a. m., it Oaaton, local CPAL this Is tMt 3Hi9 Rural Firemen To Begin Fund Drive Members of the Warrenton Rural Volunteer Fire Depart ment and its five auxiliary departments will begin their annual fund raising campaign on next Monday night under the chairmanship of Allen King. The directors of the depart ment met at the firehouse here on Tuesday night to com plete plans for the drive which will be in the form of a house-to-house canvass by members of the six com panies. King said yesterday that the purpose of the drive is to raise funds to provide two way radios on all auxiliary units. In addition to the parent company at Warrenton, five auxiliary companies will par ticipate in the drive. They are Areola, Afton, Inez, Drewry and Wise. King said that the Warrer. ton Rural Fire Department and its auxiliaries have a total membershipof more than 100 firemen. Coroner Asks Partial Autopsy On Negro Man Uncertainty over the cause of death of a Negro man In his mld-thlrties on Sunday afternoon caused Coroner Bobby Blaylock to order a partial autopsy on Monday morning. Clifton Hendricks died sud denly on the Airport Road around 7:30 on Sunday night. Sheriff Clarence Davis, who went to the scene with Coroner School Lunch Course May Be Re-offered Anyone desiring to enroll In "Overview of School Lunch," a 60-hour adult education course In quantity food service, Is asked to contact Mrs. Sue Skinner, Warren County Lunchroom Super visor by phoning 257-3184. ! The course, which is currently being taught by Mrs. Skinner and Mrs. Bill Del bridge, will be re-offered if enough people are Interested. It Is open to all those Inter ested in receiving training in food service. Blaylock said yesterday that Hendricks was talking with Ethel Mae Jlggetts and John Jlggetts, Jr., when a dog ran between his legs, tripping him, and he failed to get up. Dr. Charles Bunch, surgeon at Warren General Hospital, performed a partial autopsy on the body of Hendricks, and sent the contents of his stom ach and part of the stomach wall to Memorial Hospital In Chapel Hill for an analysis. Blaylock said yesterday that he expected It would be sev eral days before the report from Memorial Hospital Is re ceived. Mrs. Stokes Elected DAR District Officer A member of the Warren County Chapter of the Daugh ters of the American Revolu tion has been elected a dis trict officer of the DAR. Mrs. J. M. Stokes of Lit tleton was elected historian of District 6 at a recent dis trict DAR meeting held at Henderson. WARRANT OFFICER MIKE ORISSOM fives a report to the WtrTfjjli Legion Post on his recent trip to the Netherlands as a member of the ] Cadet Exchange Program. Seated la CAP Major A. C. Pair, commander of the ] son CAP Squadron. The meeting was held ft the Onlnelal Lodge'ln War ronton last Thurs day (pet. IS) with Legion Commander Jesse Martin preetitlng.
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