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Should Re-Use Waste
One of the problems that War
renton is having with its trash dump
is that numbers of persons dump
non-flamable objects there such as
old appliances, metal bed parts,
parts of automobiles and a number
of similar objects. When Town Man
ager J. Ed Rooker mentioned this,
we agreed, but asked what are
the people going to do with such
objects?
This is a question that all should
ask. People are very much con
cerned over the population explo
sion and governments are spending
increasing amounts of money in an
effort to curb it, but it seems to
us to be a race as to whether
man is going to be crowded off
the earth or is going to be smoth
ered in his records and in his
waste. It appears that he may be
driven out of his office by his re
cords only to find the outside taken
up by his waste.
Disposition of waste, an increas
ing problem, is not as difficult of
solution as is the population explo
sion, for we can solve the former
by the judicial use of money, but
it will not be done without great
cost. It must be done through the
abandonment of a skim and waste
policy for which future generations
must pay in depleted resources. It
has been said that many a country
could live on America's waste. We
see it daily locally in our timber
operations, although there has been
some improvement here, and every
where in the failure of industry to
re-use its metals.
Thus far it has been easier and
cheaper to use bountiful new mater
ials than to gather and re-use the
old, but our resources are not limit
less and there must come a day
of reckoning.
Disposition of old automobiles was
not a major problem as long as the
steel mills bought scrap. Most metal
waste would be reclaimed if indus
try would pay a reasonable price
for scrap metal, cheaper now than
when men worked for $1.00 or less
a day. But it is hard to see how
this is going to be done with an in
dustrial philosophy that finds it
cheaper for a carpenter to use a
new nail than to pick up one he
has dropped. But if we are to con
serve our resources and not be
smothered in waste, it is high time
that a change is made in this prac
tice.
Free Lunches Are Needed
? Since the foilowinr editorial was written,the Board of Education, to its
| credit, has^rescinded its action. However, as it took a vote of the chairman to
? accomplish'this, we feel that comments on the board's former action are per
" tinent.-fftr Editor. 1
If anyone had set out to worsen
race relations In Warren County,
which many of us had hoped was
slowly growing better,and to make
more difficult the successful oper
ation of our school system, it seems
to us that he could not have found
a more successful means than that
taken by the Board of Education on
Monday night of last week when it
decreed that there would be no more
free lunches in the schools this
year, or the action of "The Con
cerned Citizens of Warren County"
in launching an attack on the school
system for Its handling of certain
cases of school children whose par
ents live out of Warren County.
Since the majority of those who
were receiving free lunches are
black, blacks are quite naturally
going to think that the action was
taken out of spite for black citizens,
and in addition the- board has arous
ed the anger of many white citizens
who feel that their unnecessary ac
tion caused the rise in school lunch
prices to all children, as well as
hundreds of Warren County citizens
who feel that the proper thing to do
for a hungry child is to feed it.
Just what caused the board to
tak3 its action is not known. Supt.
Peeler said that be had no com
ment, and Board Chairman Boyd
Mayfield, who had no vote in the
matter, said he did not know why
all the members favored it, except
that they said if any of the school
children received free lunches all
of them should. We have long felt
it desirable that all text books and
all lunches should be free; unfor
tunately we have not been able to
figure out any way to get the citi
zens of Warren County to tax them
a sum equal to the $110,
the children paid for their
are over their heads with a prob
lem that has been a bone of con
tention with many citizens for a
number of years and which has been
studied by the Board of Education
for many years. Since the number
of teachers available each year is
dependent upon enrollment, one
may be forgiven for believing
that keeping these out-of-county
children in school was not always
totally activated by an interest in
these children, but that may be
unfair. At any rate, if there is
ample room in the school, there is
not a great deal of additional cost
to the county since the state pays
the teachers. The only other rea
son for keepingthese "undesirable"
children out of school is to reduce
the white-black ratio in schools, but
the spokesman for the Interested
Citizens was careful to point out
that this is not a racial matter.
Actually, it is not fully a racial
matter but only a major racial
matter as some of the children af
fected are white.
But at any rate the picture given
the state and damning War re nCoun
tv is the fact that the Board of
Education seemingly is willing to
let children go hungry because they
have "sorry" parents, and the
Interested Citizens are willing to
let a poor, largely neglected child
be denied the opportunity of an edu
cation because they feel that the
child's parents are "unworthy."
Of course there is cheating, but
this is held to a minimum by care
ful investigation in both the hungry
child and out-of-county children
cases. But only God really knows
who is worthy and who Is unworthy,
and the Christ who said "Suffer
little children to come unto me,"
also said "Peed my sheep," with
out adding If they are found worthy.
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Personal
By BKNAL.L JONES
When we were children at
tending the old War renton grad
ed school we received certain
Instructions In good manners in
the home. We were taught to
remove our hats In the pre
sence of a lady, to rise and
remain standing when a lady or
an elderly person entered a
room, to say thank you, you are
welcomed upon being thanked,
to say yes sir and yes ma'am,
to address our parents as moth
er and father or mama and
papa, and to address older
People as Mr., Mrs., or Miss
as the case might be.
In addition, as we grew older,
we were taught to ask a lady's
permission to remove our
coats, to smoke In hor pre
sence. At dances we were taught
not to dance with a lady without
a proper Introduction, and when
we where introduced to Mary
Jones, we called her Miss Jones
until such time as we knew her
well.
We had a certain reserve
with strangers that I still find
attractive after fifty years and
I still find it odd to be in
troduced to people ss Blgnall
Jones and to have the Introduc
tion acknowledged by "How
are you Blgnall." In those long
gone days it would have been
Mr. Jones.
Of course, this was often car
ried to extremes. For in
stance, my father must have
courted my mother for at least
two years before they were
married, and yet, I have been
told, It took at least a year of
married life for my mother to
get him to stop calling her
"Miss Estelle," and until the
day of her death I never heard
her address my father except as
"Mr. Jones." Incidentally, If
they had their differences as
all married couples do, they
never aired them before their
children, or disagreed on our
conduct In our presence, which
made it easier for them to
hold our respect. We were
treated with indulgence and
perhaps with a certain amount
of spoiling, but there was never
any doubt about who held the
authority in our household. What
was true of us was true of our
playmates and It was an age of
good manners.
But it lacked a lot of being all
good. Personal hygiene in the
days of bathing in a pan was
not all that could be desired,
and, perhaps due to the large
number of children, certain re
finements in table manners
were not sufficiently stressed.
I am not one who believes
that children are going to the
dogs because of the certain
shocking behavior of a small
number of our young people. I
believe that the young boys and
girls attending John Graham
and other schools today are a
great deal more knowledgable
than the ones who attended the
old graded school, that they are
no worse morally than the chil
dren of my generation, that they
are healthier, and as idealis
tic. They are much better
groomed and on the whole 1
find them delightful.
On the whole I think they
are better than the children of
my generation, but with much
poorer manners. And yet, Lord
Chesterfield defined good man
ners as treating another as you
would have him treat you,
and perhaps here they measure
up. At least, I no longer see
members of the old families
chewing with their mouth open
or leaving the table with a tooth
pick stuck out of the corner of
the mouth.
In memory 1 see the grace
ful low of a young man ov the
deep and beautiful courtsy of a
pretty girl acknowledging a
compliment, the blush of a con
fused girl on cheeks not cover
ed with paint and powder, and I
suddenly realize that I am old.
New Attitude
Toward Living
Families who are elevated
from substandard to minimum
and above minimum standard
housing have a more favorable
attitude toward living.
That' ? the observation of
Mrs. H. Vivian Morris, home
economics Extension agent,
Martin County, who has helped
10 marginal-income families
Through educational meet
ngs, the families learned about
he FHA low-Income housing
MRS. HENRY FLOYD HILLIARD, JR.
Miss Whitesell And
Mr. Hilliard Marry
Miss Paula Kay white sell
and Henry Floyd Milliard, Jr.
of Elon College were united
in marriage Saturday, Sept.
27 at 4 p. m. In the Shlloh
Methodist Church. Dr. S. J.
Starries officiated.
H. Eldrlge Matkiiis, or
ganist, and Mrs. Thorn as lne B.
Sparks, soloist, rendered a
program of music. Mrs.
Sparks sang "Whither Thou
Goest," by Singer, "The
Ring," by Schumann, and "The
Lord's Prayer," by Malotte.
The vows were pledged be
fore an altar flanked with
candle trees and fern. A
kneeling bench was used by
the couple for the prayer. The
pews were marked with rib
bons and nosegays.
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore a full
length gown of candlelight peau
de sole along empire Unes
with slightly gathered skirts
and bodice. Her mandarin
collar was covered in import
ed French lace. Bishop
sleeves of lace and a lace
Cathedral train were used.
The elbow length veil of tulle
was attached to a ring of peau
de sole which was appllqued
with lace and seed pearls.
Her bouquet was a nosegay of
pom poms and llly-of-the
valley.
Mra. William F. Hodge, Jr.
of Norfolk, Va., was matron
? of honor. Her flamingo peau
de sole empire gown had chif
fon bishop sleeves. She car
ried a single mum.
Bridesmaids were Mrs.
Joseph F. Trent of Elon Col
lege, Mrs. Michael Wilbum
of High Point, Mrs. Rockie
D. Troxler of Elon and Miss
Lydla Prltchett of Charlotte.
Their dresses were identical
to that of the honor attendant.
They also carried a single
mum.
Henry F. HlUlard, Sr. of
Elon served as his son's best
HlUlard and PhlUp E. West
of Littleton, Michael Wllburn
of High Point, and Joseph F.
Trent of Elon.
Other attendants were Miss
Winona Ann HllUard of Elon
and Jeffrey Otis Hodge of Nor
folk, Va.
Miss Patricia Lorenz of
Burlington and Wise directed
the wedding.
Parents of the bride are
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Benjamin
Whltesell of Elon College, and
Henry Floyd HlUlard, Sr. of
Elon CoUege and Mrs. Annie
West HlUlard of Littleton are
parents of the bridegroom.
Mothers of the couple wore
mint green dresses with
matching accessories and
corsages.
The bride is a graduate
of ^WestanL Alamance High
School ami has completed a
secretarial science course at
Elon CoUege. She is a mem
ber of the Burlington Chapter,
National Secretaries Associ
ation and was employed by
Carolina Biological Supply
Company prior to her mar
riage.
The bridegroom Is a grad
uate of Western Alamance
High School, and ts presently
serving In the U. S. Army
Reserves and Is employed by
United Parcel Service In
Greensboro.
FoUowlng a wedding trip to
Western North Carolina they
wlU reside at Elon College.
Cake Cutting
A cake cutting was given
at Altamahaw-Osslpee Com
MaiU
the tride, greeted the
Miss Lydla Pritchett served
the cake and lira. Rockie
Troxler poured punch. The
table was decorated with a
epergnette of mums.
Wedding Breakfast
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Hil*
llard, Sr. entertained the wed
ding party and out-of-town
(wests Saturday morning In
Hetty's Steak House.
Sfcov:*r
Miss White sell was enter
tained at a shower at the Alta
mahaw-Osslpee Community
Center, given by her aunts,
Mrs. James Bailey, Mrs.
Vernon Barber, Mrs. Lacy
Smith, and Mrs. Mack
Murdock. She was presented
a corsage of white carnations
to wear with her navy blue
party dress.
A green and white color
scheme was carried out In
decorations and refresh
ments, which consisted of fruit
punch, bridal cake squares,
cheese straws, and nuts.
Mrs. Q. B. Whltesell,
mother of the bride-elect,
presided at the punch bowl.
The hostesses remember
ed M lss Whitesell with a start
er set of breakfast china in
her chosen pattern.
Dinner
A dinner in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. T. Wesley Win
stead honored Paula Kay
Whltesell and Henry F. Hllll
ard, Jr. on aSaturday evening.
The Winsteads and their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Jamie T. Fonvllle,
Jr. were hosts.
Miss Whltesell was pre
sented a pink rose corsage
to complement her gray and
white ensemble, and received
gifts from the hosts and host
esses.
Miss Whltesell's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Otis B. Whitesell
and her sister and brother-#
In-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
F. Trent.
Miscellaneous Shower
A miscellaneous shower
honored the bridal couple on
Thursday evening at the Elon
College Community Church
Parish House. Two co-work
ers, M rs. BUI Griffin and M rs.
Giles Longest were hostesses.
A white carnation corsage
to complement the green party
dress was pinned on the
honoree.
A green and white color
scheme was carried out in
the decorations and refresh
ments.
The party table was cov
ered with a white linen cloth.
At one end a silver eperg
nette holding an arrangement
of green and white mums and
fern was flanked with white
candles. At the other end
was a crystal punch bowl fill
ed with lime sherbet, punch.
Assisting at the punch bowl
were Miss Jan Davis and Miss
Janice Terrell.
Bridal squares, cheese
straws, mints and nuts were
served to an>r?xlmalely 25
guests.
The bride-elect was re
membered with an electric
can opener by the hostesses.
Birds have the keenest vision
of all living things, the National
Geographic says. A soaring
eagle can spot its prey a mile
away.
Miss J?m Connell, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hal w.
Connell of War rent on, won the
Reserve N. C. Slate Amateur
5-fatted Championship with her
horse, High Tyde, at the Dorton
Arena In Raleigh on Sept. 19,
It was learned here this week.
Jane recently retired the
Governor's Challenge Trophy
at Fayettevllle after winning
the 5-galted amateur stake.
This horse, also a West Vir
ginia State Champion, won*the
Amateur 5-galted stake In En
field on Labor Day.
Card Of Thanks
I would like to thank my
friends, relatives and the hos
pital staff for the cards, visits,
flowers and other kindnesses
shown to me while a patient
at Warren General Hospital.
MRS. MAMIE H1GHT
In Memoriam
On September 26, 1969, at
7:30 p. m. our beloved husband
and father, IRVING L. GREEN,
SR., departed this life after a
long illness, for a more peace
ful resting place.
He was born in Warrenton,
North Carolina, October 27,
1898 to the late Richard and
Clara Green. He attended
school there and later attend
-ed-Hamptofr Institute, IUmpluuj
Virginia.
He joined Oak Chapel AME
Church in 1910. Hewasamem
ber of the Trustee Board and
served as an officer. He was
also a member of the Men's
Club.
After working many years in
North Carolina with his
brothers in the first Negro
owned shoe repair business, he
moved to Baltimore with his
wife in 1953 where he. worked
with the Army Air Force Ex
change Service, until his retire
ment in 1963.
Talented in many ways, Mr.
Green entertained many with his
violin music and his skilled
magic tricks. Always ctive
with church work and P.T.A.'s
he found Joy in being with peo
ple.
He leaves to mourn his pass
ing, a devoted wife, Qvieenle,
one daughter, Pattie Hodges of
Baltimore; two sons, Irving,
Jr., of Glen Burnie, Charles
T. of the West Coast; two daugh
ters-in-law, five grandchil
dren, one nephew, three neices
and a host of friends.
We will miss his sweet and ten
der smile
His kind and gentle ways
We will miss his constant plea
santness
The rest of all our days.
We wiU miss the care and In
terest
That he has always shown
We will miss the love he gave us
A love we have always known.
But though we cannot see his
face
We know he has found a "peace
ful, resting place
In God|s eternal home.
THE FAMILY
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