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Children Left Behind
From 1960 until 1966 Warren
County's population decreased from
1.9,652 to 17,591, a loss of 2,071.
This does not tell the whole story
of migration of Warren County citi
zens, for there has been a surplus
of births over deaths, and this means
that to the 2,071 loss reported by
the census that several hundred
more must be added due to natural
increase ??
A large number of these who
left the county left their children
here, usually with the grandparents,
and the education of these children
has become a bone of contention
with many citizens of the county.
Some of those who left the coun
ty and left their children here have
sent money home for their care and
grandparents have been able to keep
off relief.Others have sent no money
home and care of the children has
placed a burden on their grandpar
ents, and no doubt in some cases
added to the relief load of Warren
County. Many of the children are
illegitimate and have nowhere to
go except the homes oi their grand
parents*
According to figures submitted to
the Board of Education by the "in
terested Citizens of Warren County"
last week there are 441 of these
children attending Warren County
schools and 142 of these are not
paying the $50 tuition fee required
the county. This means that the
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tuition fee of 299 of these children
Is being paid either by the parent*
or their grandparents or other rela
tives with whom the children have
been left. It can be assumed that
In many cases It Is the grandpar
ents who have assumed the payment
of these fees because of a sense
of obligation and a love for these
children. The Board of Education
says that it has had a careful exam
ination of these 142 children and
found that they had no place to go
and no money to pav the tuition fee.
To refuse to education these un
fortunate children is to penalize
a child for the misdeeds or lack of
good fortune of their parents. This,
we think, is a moral issue.
But it is more than a moral
-issue, it is an ecuiiuinic issue. If
these children are denied an oppor
tunity to obtain an education they
are being denied the opportunity in
later years to earn decent livings,
for in our modern economy there is
no place for the uneducated and
the unskilled. So It can be assumed
that these children grown to man
hood with no developed skills will
either Join the criminal element or
land on relief or both, while be
coming the parents of other chil
dren who, because of their environ
ment, will never have a decent
chance for a fair life. And it will be
found that the cost to Warren County
will be a great deal more than the
cost of educating them.
R. Nit. Firm Would Operate Branch Here
ROCKY MOUNT - Builders
Federal Savings and Loan As
sociation, with offices In Rocky
Mount and Wilson, today an
nounced that It had applied for
approval to offer mobile unit
service In three northeastern
North Carolina towns.
T. E. Davenport, Builders
Federal President, said the
association had submitted the
application to the Federal Home
Loan Bank Board and Is await
ing action on the request to
start the service.
Davenport said Builders Fed
eral proposes to serve the
towns of Ahoskie, Murfrees
boro, and Warrenton with a
mobile unit that will be a fully
equipped bus type vehicle.
Davenport said the applica
tion stipulates that the service
will be provided in Ahoskie two
days per week and In Mur
freesboro kud Warrenton on a
one day a week schedule.
"Northeastern North Car
olina Is growing and people In
that area are requiring more
and more services as the com
munities develop," he said.
"One of the services they re
quire is that offered by savings
and loans," he pointed out. "As
one of those Institutions already
operating In thai general area
in Rocky Mount, we feel some
obligation to expand our ser
vices to those who need them
In three- communities," he ex
plained.
Highway Commission
Revises Standards
RALEIGH - The state High
way Commission has adopted
revised secondary road stand
ards, slightly changing the
minimum requirements (or in
cluding roads and subdivisions
streets on the Secondary Road
System.
The Commission took the ac
tion by ifcutttit a report from
its Secondary Roads Commit
tee, of which David Parnell of
Robeaon County is chairman.
Under state regulations,
roads are added to the sec
ondary system after they meet
specified minimum require
ments, thus qualifying them
for maintenance by the state.
The committee raised from
four to five as the minimum
number of families on a road
oae mUe or less before it can
qualify as a state secondary
road.
B also placed a minimum of
four homes for one-tenth of a
mile before adding a subdivi
sion street to the system. Pre
viously the number was two.
Assessment of property own
ers for paring was raised from
$1.10 per lineal foot to fl.SO.
There wr? also alight chang
es made In the "point" system
used to qualify a road for In
tato Jhe system. Each
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Tungsten Mine
Operations Told
HENDERSON - Operations
presently under way at the
Tungsten Mine near Townsvllle
and uses of the valuable ore
were described by George
Schaefer in an address before
the Henderson Lions club
Thursday night.
Schaefer, who was Introduced
by program chairman, Henry
Grlssom, Is manager of Ran
chers Exploration and Develop
ment Company, which has re
opened the mine following a
shut-down period of several
years.
With reference to the geolo
gical formation at the local
mine, Schaefer mentioned the
ore Is used for: fluorescent
lights and illumination in gen
eral, tungsten carbide tools,
such as high speed drilling and
cutting bits, tire studs, X-ray
equipment and shields and mis
sile use.
Tungsten has the highest
melting point of all metals,
lending itself to uses where ex
tremely high melting points are
required, club members were
told . to Vance Cocoty, the
geological structure is known as
a shear sooe. The rich deposit
runs approximately 6,000 feet in
I
giving a
at the
it was founded m lM4aa
a cattle i
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Program On Mental
Health Explained
RALEIGH?The North Car
olina Mental Health Association
campaign which is currently
being organized In Warren
County, brings to mind an old
saying: For want of a nail,
the shoe was lost ... (or want
of a shoe, the horse was lost
. . . .then the battle was lost
. . ..and finally the kingdom.
If the missing nail had been de
tected early, the total disaster
might have been avoided.
In like manner, early detec
tion and treatment can prevent
someone you know and love from
losing the kingdom of mental
health. As part of its total war
against mental illness, the
North Carolina Mental Health
Association conducts a con
tinuing public information pro
gram, designed to increase
every citizen's ability to recog
nize mental Illness?to know
what to do, and where to turn
for help, If mental Illness should
strike.
Research, aftercare and re
habilitation services, and vol
unteer services to mental pat
ients and their families are
among the other important
weapons used by the North
Carolina Mental Health Ac
ta the fight
October tl, will
vital efforts and
! water from l
lira la la the
Mostly
Personal
By BIGNALL JONES
Whan I vii a child and even
after I had reached manhood.
Cotton was King In Warm
County and big families were an
?oonomlc mtt Sine# tduciUon
wu not needed to (row cotton
the education of those living on
cotton farma waa not consider
ed a matter of great concern,
and this U reflected In the low
level of education In Warren
County today.
In thoaa days around 40,000
acres of cotton wei-e planted in
Warren. In 1909, according
to ASCS figures, 2,238.3 acres
of cotton were reported plant
ed In Warren County. In ad
dition less labor is used In cot
ton growing due to mechaniza
tion.
While cotton culture was
declining In Warren County
beginning In the late twenties,
tobacco was Increasing. This,
plus demands of World War
n on crops and manpower, was
responsible for Warren County
showing an actual Increase In
population, reaching Its hlghast
peak in the 1950 census with
23,539. By 1960, due to the
Agricultural Revolution, this
number dropped to 19,652, and
to 17,591 In 1966, the latest cen~
sus figures available. During
those 16 years Warren County's
population, dropped 5,948, or
23.6 percent. When the natural
Increase In population due to
an excess of births over deaths
Is considered, I think it can
fourth of Its citizens left the
county.
With little profit In cotton and
tobacco acreage being constant
ly cut due to Increased pro
duction, and farmers belngpald
not to grow crops, plus mech
anization, wcrk was no long
er available In the county and
thousands of its citizens, both
black and white, left for the
cities, with most of the blacks
going to northern cities.
tm same thing that was
happening In Warren County was
happening over the entire South
and millions of unskilled men
and women crowded these cities
where hundreds of thousands
could fine no work, and many of
these landed on Welfare. Among
this group were many from
Warren County.
While 11 Is true that many
Warren citizens displaced on
the farms had relatives In the
cities and found Jobs for their
kin In Warren. These soon
sent for their children and
entire families left the county.
Others found Jobs available but
without enough pay to support
their children, so they left the
children with the grandparents.
Some of these were able to send
some money home; others could
not or would not. Still other chil
dren were deserted by their
parents.
ft would be well, I think,
for us to use our Imagina
tion. Here Is a man and his
family in Warren County unable
to find work. He could moOh-)
shine or bootleg until such
time as he was caught by the
authorities, or he could leave
the county. With no skill and
little education, the chances of
his finding work In the north
was problematic, but there was
always the chance, while there
was none at borne. Under the
circumstances, be left his chil
dren here and he and his wife
went north. Sometimes both
found work; more often the wife
only found work as a domes
tic, and the men could find
no wbrk. But, If the worst
came to the worst, there was
always the Welfare. Since pay
ments were many times greater
than those paid In the South,
they remained in the North, and
sent nothing home.
People who are making a de
cent living through hard work
develop a sense of competence
and are apt to feel that they
could take car* of their famil
ies under any circumstances,
and if anybody Is willing to
work they could find a Job.
This is not true in either in
stance. There are plenty of
people In Warren County who if
they should loae their Job due
to technical changes over which
they ham no control, could not
find work that would take care
of their families, lids Is per
ticularly true V they have bo
special skills aad little educa
Let the reader suppose tint
Ms lob tomorrow.
What would he do? K he cotfd
work In War ran Co
a the
JOHN T. CHURCH
Officers For Kerr
Lake Development
Commission Named
HENDERSON-All officers
were reelected for the yew
1969-70 and leases renewed on
Tar Heel and Meekins Land
ing Marinas at the quarterly
meeting of the Kerr Reser
voir Development Commission,
Howard L. Stewart, Reser
voir manager, announced today.
Reelected were John T.
Church as chairman, Henry M.
Shaw, Jr., vice-chairman, and
A. L. Hux, secretary. Directors
of the commission, all appoint
ed by the Governor are: N. W.
Weldon, J. C. Cooper, Sr.,
T. J. Harrington, J. O. Bishop,
Dr. William B. Tarry, Ralph
Andrews, W. M. Fleming,
-Henry T. Powell ami?J. Holt
Evans.
The two Marinas were leased
for another year to D. L. Meek
lns.
MHHUIIIIIIII |
LITTLETON
HEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Riff in
of Roanoke Rapids were Wed
nesday visitors of Mrs. Hunt
Johnson and Mrs. Edwin Stans
bury.
Mrs. Tommy S. Walker was
In Henderson Thursday.
Mrs. Donald T. Edwards and
son of Louisburg were Monday
visitors of Mrs. VlolaEtherldge
and Mrs. Stuart West.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Shear In of
Whltakers were Thursday visi
tors of Mr. and Mrs. Billy L.
Stansbury. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley
Mason of Colonial Heights, Va.,
were visitors over Thursday
night.
The Rev. C. R. Breeden, Mrs.
L. E. Morris and Mrs. C. P.
Robertson were among those
attending the funeral of Mrs.
Mary Richardson at Gibson Me
morial Methodist Church,
Spring Hope, on Tuesday.
Mr. Roy V. Shear in of War
renton and Miss Carolyn Shear
In of Greensboro were Friday
visitors of Mrs. Edwin Stans
bury.
Mr. Phil Harris of Louls
burg College visited his mother,
Mrs. Raymond Harris, for the
weekend. They visited Mrs.
Louis Shear in in Warrenton
Friday night.
Mrs. W. A. Larrlmore and
daughters of Roanoke Rapids
were Saturday visitors of Mrs.
Edwin Stansbury, Mrs. Lloyd
Salmon and Mrs. James My
rick.
Miss Josephine Batts of
Chesapeake, Va., spent Satur
day night with Mrs. Hunt Johns
ton and visited Mrs. Edwin
Stansbury and Mrs. Lloyd Sal
mon Sunday.
Mrs. Raymond Harris and
Mr. Phil Harris attended the
funeral of Mrs. Alice Price
In Rocky Mount Sunday.
Mrs. Joseph Delbrldge visit
ed her mother, Mrs. Betty Par
kinson, and Mrs. Florence
Paynter in Norllna Friday.
Mrs. Harold C. Smith is visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. O. Edward
Hall in Reidsvllle.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Moore
spent the weekend in Patterson,
Ga., with their grandson, Hor
ace Moore and Mr. and Mrs.
parents because they haw rea
son to believe that the children
would be better off here, as
they no doubt are. From con
versations with the educated and
others with food Jobs, return
lag to Warren County for a va
cation, I believe that the great
majority would return home if
ouid (lad a decent Job.
tea* people still love War
County and many of thee*
usually drl*e good cars,
time* Cadillacs, or other high
Clave Heyers.
Mr. Alan Ntd Vernon West
spant the w^ikend In Sm ithf laid,
Va., with Mr. and lira. Ches
lay Stokes and Mr. and Mrs.
Danny West.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Mose
lay and dancMar of Tartooro
vara weekend visitors of Mrs.
J. N. Moaelay.
Mr. and Mra. Wiley Mason
ot colonial Heights, Va., and
Mr. and Mra. Ed Shear In ot
Whltakars visited In tha home
of Mra. Billy L. Stansbury
Sunday due to the death of Mr.
Stansbury.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Salmon
visited relatives in Chase City,
Va., and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
L. Paynter In Norllna, Sunday.
Gary Paynter returned with
then tor a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gi-?
and son, Timothy, of
Rapids ware Sund?;. vl?'Lo? t.
of Mrs. Tons ray ur?;-. Mr. aA
Mr" li&y Jones ar.d ?"'?.ui'iuer,
Kimberly, of Slam ware also
Sunday visitors of Mrs. Cray.
Mrs. Gilbert Raid has re
turned to bar home from Roa
noke Rapids Hospital after tin*
lac been a patient. She Is now
confined to her bed for several
days.
Sunday callers of Mrs. Gil
bert Raid were Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Salmon, Mrs. J. B. Stans
t>ury, Mrs. David Bobbltt, Mrs.
J. H. Bobbltt and Mr. Stanton
asf*"
Lake Gaston and
Mrs. Joe Thraewttts, Mrs.
Las Rigs an, Mrs. Laura Smith
nd Mrs. JM W. Atkins, Sr.,.
wars tai Rocky Mount Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. YounfBobbitt,
jr., and Donate Bobbltt and
Tommy Williams of Richmond,
Vs., spent Saturday nlfbt with
Mrs. R. A. Klnf. They were Sun
dsy dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. MUton Umphlett.
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