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VOLUME 73 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1969 NUMBER 30
Cucumber harvester built by students at Join R. Hawkins High School Agricultural De
partment under the direction of W. R. Price, advisor, is shown on the farm of Joe King Wil
liams in the Largo section of Warren County. Standing, in front of the machine is Joe King
Williams, Jr.
Students Build Cucumber Harvester
Students at John R. Hawkins
High School Agricultural De
partment, under the direction
of W. R. Price, advisor, have
constructed a cucumber har
vester to ~ determine the pro
fitability of its use in this area.
A similar type has been in
use in the eastern part of
North Carolina for several
years and has promoted the
production of cucumbers tre
mendously, Johnny Silver,
FFA Reporter, said yesterday.
This type cucumber har
vester with the aid of five
pickers and a tractor oper
ator can harvest an average
of 125 bushels of cucumbers per
day, Silver said. It can also
be adjusted to harvest pep-_
pers.
The Agricultural Engineer
ing Classes in the Hawkins
High School have constructed
two cucumber harvesters, a
number of tobacco trailers,
tractor carriers and other
equipment for experimental
purposes. Silver said that as a
result, the research data
shows that students who were
Involved In the project had a
better understanding of science,
and mathematics because of
their relationship to the pro
ject.
"Our research data showed
several units In chemistry can
be taught effectively as to how it
relates to plants and animals
grown locally, Sliver said.
"Several units In physics can
be taught effectively as to how
it relates to agricultural ma
chines and equipment and their
method of operation. A number
of unl# In general mathematics
More Warren Students
Are Attending College
NEW YORK, July 22-Di War
ren County, the proportion of
young people who will be going
to college, when classes resume
in September, will be greater
than ever.
And, at the same time, as the
parents of these college-bound
youngsters are discovering,
tuition costs will be at an all
time high.
On the basis of local enroll
ments and the new schedules
of rat"-. ? for tuition, fees,
room, board and Incidentals?
the parents of these students
will be shouldering a $1,428,000
load for the coming academic
year, it Is estimated.
The Institute of Life In
surance finds that the cost of
sending children to college for
four years could amount, for
some families, to the biggest
expenditure of their lives.
Th e total could very likely
add up to more than they Invest
ed In their homes.
This is particularly so In
Warren County families that
have become available through
surveys made by the Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare, the United States
Chamber of Commerce and
others.
They show that no less than
7,000,000 Americans will be at
tending college this year, as
against 2,935,000 in 1960.
Of this total, Warren County
will be supplying approximate
ly 510. In 1960 the number from
the local area was 250.
As to cost, at state colleges
and other publicly supported
Institutions, the bill will come to
about $l,600on average, for tui
tion, fees, room and board.
Some charge more for out-of
state students and less for local
ones.
At private colleges, the aver
age will be close to $2,700 this
year. '
To these figures must be add
ed the cost of books and sup
plies, clothes, transportation
and Incidentals.
The grand total, for those In
public colleges, comes to ap
proximately $2,200 and,' for
those In private colleges,
$3,400.
The $1,428,000 overall cost,
for Warren County families, is
based uporifkgf of the students
going to pdBOc colleges and
half to private ones.
Heavy as this financial burden
has become, more and more
local families are finding It
possible to handle It, thanks to
rising Incomes.
Warrenton Lion* gaUiarad at the Lion* Den at the Fair Ground cm Tuesday afternoon to do a
JA t* cleaning up ana* the building and landacaptag of the ground* torn up mi part by the
rebuilding of the Warrenton-Norllna Highway. Duke Jones, Warren Record photogr*)her,
catches a bit
can be taught effectively as to
how they relate to land mea
surement, the construction of
tobacco barns and other build
ings that students have assist
ed In constructing.
"The project Involved the
study of the chemical process
es of plants and animals grown
In this area, how physics Is
applied in the construction,
operation and maintenance of
machines and equipment used
on farms.
"The students Involved In
the agricultural research pro
ject discovered that It Is just
as Important for students to
have a scientific method of
learning as for the teacher to
have a scientific method of
teaching. Therefore, for each
unit in the research project
the student uses a scientific
approach to solving the problem
with step by step procedures.
Thus, the group concludes that
science should be skillfully ap
plied when solving problems
regardless of the job or area."
Spendirig Cut
WASHINGTON ? President
Nixon said Tuesday he has or
dered government agencies to
reduce spending by an addition
al $3.5 billion to offset what he
described as a worsening budget
picture.
Nixon said the reduction is
necessary to bring soaring
spending estimates back down
to the $192.9 billion target he
set In April.
In Hospital
Patients In Warren General
Hospital as of 3:00 p. m. on
Tuesday were listed as follows:
Lawrence Bed doe, Mar
guerite Beddingfield, Thelma
Aycock, Katherine Hight, Helen
S, Rooker, Hattie Sorrell,
George Rlggan, Charles Rod
well, Reuben Shear In, Edgar
Campbell, Walter Rochelle,
Loyd Edwards, Herbert Munn,
Bobble Harris, George Bur
chette, Fannie R. Baltrip, Viola
Kearny, Magnolia Watson,
Tommle Davis, and Willie Wil
liams.
SIDEWALK SALE
Warrenton merchants will
hold a town-wide Sidewalk Sale
on August 1 and 2, Hy Dia
mond announced yesterday.
Voters Approve School
District For Littleton
Voters In the Littleton-Lake
Gaston Special School District
approved the creation of the
district on Tuesday. The vote
Was 383 for, 130 against.
The vote also approved the
levying of a special school
ta x of not more than 50?
on the $100, and the approval
of a district school board of
five members set up in the
special act of the Legislature
creating the district. Under the
act this board must call a sec
ond election as soon as prac
tical to elect a permanent
board for the district.
Serving as the temporary
board are Fred Owen, E. A.
Daniel, Paul A. Johnston, Mar
vin Newsom and Herbert Har
ris.
Dove Season To Open
In State On Sept. 1
RALEIGH - The Wildlife Re
sources Commission has an
nounced the seasons and bag
limits on doves, marsh hens,
woodcock, and Wilson's snipe.
The dates and bag limits were
selected from a framework
authorized by the U. S. Bureau
of Sport Fisheries and Wild
life, Washington, D. C,
First to open will be shoot
ing for doves and marsh hens
on Labor Day, September 1.
Dove hunting will begin at 12:00
noon and end at sundown dally
throughout the season. Shooting
hours for marsh hens will be
from one-half hour before
sunrise to sunset.
Biggest surprise to game bird
hunters is the bag limit on
doves: 18 birds dally, 36 In
possession after opening day.
The Commission was not given
an alternative to the 18-36 bird
bag limit. Biological studies
have shown that 80 percent of
the summer population of doves
each year are lost by natural
mortality by the beginning of the
next breeding season, regard
less of whether or not they are
hunted. The 50 percent Increase
in the bag limit this year Is an
experiment to determine
whether heavier gunning of
doves would have a noticeable
effect on next year's crop of
birds. The Increased limit
applies only to states east of
the Mississippi River.
The Commission, despite an
ticipated complaints from
hunters about the usual hot
weather around September 1,
selected that date because re
search has shown that the birds
begin leaving the State late In
August for their southward
migration. The peak of the dove .
population will have been passed
by September J, but this was
the earliest date allowed by the
Bureau.
The first segment of the dove
season will end October 11.
The second segment will run
from December 18 through Jan
uary 15, 1970.
Bag limits on marsh hens
will be 15 daily, 30 in posses
sion after opening day. This
limit may Include any single
species or a combination of
several species of marsh hens.
The Commission chose the
latest allowable datesfor wood
cock and Wilson's ' snipe to
take advantage of flights of birds
coming in from News England
states.
The woodcock season will
open on November 28 and run
through January 31, with a daily
bag of 5, 10 inpossession after
r the first day, while the season
on Wilson's snipe will begin
December 13 and end January
31. Bag limits for snipe are
8 daily and 16 in possession
| after the first day.
Seasons on ducks, geese, and
other waterfowl are still under
consideration by federal and
state authorities and will be
announced early next fall. An
excellent crop of birds this year
is not expected to be reflected
in any important relaxation of
seasons and bag limits due to
an accumulated shortage of
birds during the past decade.
PRIEST TRANSFERRED
The Rev. Henry J. Becker,
pastor of St. Joseph's Mission
on the Norllna Road, has been
transferred, effective Aug. 1,
to Holy Angels Catholic Church
at Mt. Airy.
MOVES
Mrs. Katie R. Creech has
moved to her new home on
Church and Bragg Street.
Boosters Re-elect
Officers For Year
All officers of the Warrenton
Boosters Club were re-elected
at a meeting held In the library
at John Graham High School on
last Thursday night. President
Mack Hllliard presided.
Re-elected in addition to
President Hllliard were Tom
Watson, vice president and B.
G. White, secretary-treasurer.
The Boosters agreed to buy a
whirlpool for a first aid room
at the gym, after Coach Harvey
Brooks told them that such a
machine would be very benefi
cial in treating injuries to foot
ball players. B. G. White, Tom
Watson and H. V. Massenglll
were appointed a committee to
serve with Coach Brooks In lo
cating and purchasing the
machine, the cost of which was
estimated to be around $500.
The Boosters also decided to
held their annual kick off sup
per on August 14 when tickets
tor the 1900-70 athletic events
at John Graham will $ot? sale.
Football Players To
Be Honored Friday
A nclner
supper will be served to pro
spective football players at John
Graham High
field on Friday night, July SB,
H I o'<
CM*.
Decision to hold i
I at a meeting of the
City Board Defendants
Judge Orders Warren
School Case Reopened
Warren Boy Js Praised
For Skill By Governor
A Warren County boy, a stu
dent at John R. Hawkins High
School, at Warrenton, was on
Tuesday commended by Gover
nor Bob Scott for being the
No. 1 bricklayer in the nation.
Waverley Brinkley, 18, was
presented a trophy by Gov. Scott
during brief ceremonies in the
capitol. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. George C. Brinkley of
Route 1, Littleton, and a mem
ber of the bricklaying class
at Hawkins taught by W. E.
Exum.
Writing in The News and Ob
server on July 23, Charles Cra
ven gives the following ac
count of the exercises at
the capitol:
Gov. Bob Scott put it this
way: "To be No. 2 in North
Carolina is to be No. 1 in the
Nation."
And Waverley Brinkley, 18, of
Warrenton, bears out the
governor's axiom. He was
runner-up in North Carolina's
state bricklaying contest here
last May 17. However, Scott
on TuesHay present edhlm With a
trophy for winning top place in
the national high school brick
laying contest in Memphis,
Tenn., on June 24.
Runner-up Brinkley entered
the national competition after
personal circumstances pre
vented North Carolina's top
winner, Dennis Reaves of
Greensboro, from entering the
national contest. Reaves at
tends Dudley High School in
Greensboro.
Brinkley is a rising senior of
J. R, Hawkins High School in
Warrenton.
In the -brief presentation
ceremony in the Capitol, Scott
said of Brinkley's victory: "It
only goes to show what is sec
ond in North Carolina is still
first in the nation."
The governor praised the
state's high school vocational
education programs. "We must
redouble our efforts in our
WAVERLEY BRINKLEY
public schools, technical in
stitutes, and jui dor colleges
to train masons, i ilectricians,
plumbers, draftsman and other
tradesmen whose si tills are so
eagerly sought in o ur housing
efforts," Scott said.
Brinkley was acct impanied
t o the award present atlon by
his employer, Richai'd Rob
ertson, a Burlington m asonry
contractor. He comn lended
young Brinkley for his skill
and energy.
"The boys who come l'rom
the smaller schools .stick: >'?<> it
better," Robertson stild.
"Some of the others you ha ve
to teach to work."
Robertson said that in Nortih
Carolina apprentice brick
layers make from $4.50to $-4.75
an hour. A journeyman brick
mason can make from $7 to
$8 or more.
Scott commended Robert son
for presently employing seven
high school brick masons on
commercial structures he is
building.
DIANE THARRINGTON
HARRIET SABROWSKI
ELIZABETH DANIEL
'Good Citizens' Announced By DAR
Warren County's "GoodCiti
zens" for 1969 have been se
lected by the Warren Chapter
of the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution. Mrs. J. II.
Stokes of Littleton, chairman
df> the DAR "Good Citizens"
made the announce
Selected were Miss Mary
Elizabeth Daniel of Littleton
from Littleton High School;
Miss Harriet Ana Sabrowskl
of Norlina from Norllna High
i of Warrenton fro?o
?pupi
The three girls are rising
<er of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Sabrowski of Norllna. She is a
member of the Zton Methodist
Church at Norllna. Rex Gordon
was principal at this time, but
has moved.
Miss Tharrlngton Is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin R. Tharrlngton of Route
t, Macon. She la a member of
the Macon Methodist Church.
Ffad Bartholomew Is principal
at Mm Graham High School.
? The three girls ware select
ed on the following qualities;
i Idles trdhfiilwiti. 1
punctuality (JO
$100 savings bond will fa
awarded to each of the state
winners who will be goedto of
the 9tate Society at the State
Conference. Hie Warren girls
will compete fbr district an
state honors.
Mrs. J. S. Klrchhelmer of
Raleigh is DAR director of the
Sixth District. Mrs. J. Edward
Rooker of Warr anion is War
ren Chapter DAR Regent and
Mrs. J. Milton Stokes of Lit
tleton is "Good Cltisens"
chairman. of tR? Warran Chag
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KALEIGH?The U. S. East
ern District Court reopened
the Warren County school de
segregation case here last
Thursday by allowing the plain
tiffs to list additio nal defend
ants, including state and local
officials.
The complaints come from
167 Negro children and their
parents contesting the consti
tutionality of the 1SX59 General
Assembly's authorization for
separate school units; for War
renton and Littleton-l^ake Gas
ton.
They claim the separate
school systems are a deliber
ate attempt to preserve se
gregation becau se they would
create school systems with sub
stantially reduce d numbers of
Negro students.
In permitting the case to
be reopened. Chief Judge
Algernon Butler. allowed the
protesting pai rents to add the
State Board of Education and
State Supt. of Publtlc Instruc
tion A. Craig l'hillips to the list
of defendants.
Judge Butler refused to dis
miss the Stato Board of Edu
cation and st at e superintendent
from a John;ston County de
segregation s;uii last week.
The complaint also adds to the
list of defendants the Warrenton
City Board of Education, the
Littleton-Lake Gaiston Board of
Education, the board of com
missioners of W arrenton, and
the Halifax Coisnty Board of
Education.
Attorneys repre tsenting the
Warren County Nep:roes asked
the court to allov" the com
plaints to be filed as a sup
plement to an existing case
against Warren County that
was closed in 1967 when the
county was put und.er a court
ordered desegregation ,olan.
Warren Citizens
Watch Astronauts
Take Moon Walk
Apollo Is on a smooth courne
following a trip to the moo.n
and Is' expected to splash down
In the Pacific this afternoon
(Thurso'ay).
The homeward bound moon
explorers beamed back to earth
Tuesday i.light a humerous ami
educational 17-mlnute color
television : >how for "kids" of
all ages. \
The three astronauts, Nell
A. Armst ro ng, Edwin E.
"Buzz" Aldirln, Jr., and Mich
ael Collins, ai'.so asked about
the weather ita the Pacific Ocean
area where the.v will splash
down Thursdiiy, and told ground
control:
a;
"No matter wheroyou travel,
It's always sloe to gmt home."
Thousands of Warr.vn county
citizens followed ttv? acti
a .txattfBi
the moon and watted Astro
naut Armstrong take Utf first
step on the moon, soon .to ba
followed by his cdmpanldn, As
tronaut A ldrln, while Aat.ro
naut Colli na fco.pt the parent
ship revolving around the mow.
a majority of wnt chars Son- \
day nioM (low Mia. sflhwHUI m