Norlina's Perceda Green [25] and Helen Gilchrist [201 hold a slight advantage over John Graham's Lorraine Williams I hidden | in action seen Tuesday night. The Lady Waves gained this rebound over Warrenton but they failed to win the game as Udv Jackets remained undefeated with their 33-27 win over Norlina. Hardy Powell [321 and Anthony Montague [23| provide a combination of ballet dancing and wrestling on Powell's second quarter rebound for the John Graham Yellow Jackets. Warrenton handed the Blue Waves their third conference loss of the season. 68-65, on the Waves' home court Tuesday night. (Staff Photos by Don Stith) Jackets Stay Atop Conference Race John Grali."-!'.. (Warrentonl staved on top of conference Tuesday nitrht with twin wins over Norlina. The Lady Jackets chalked up their 13th consecutive win of the season with a M-27 victory. The hoys rallied in the second half to clinch a 68-65 win. The eirls game got off to a real slow start as first quarter scores read 6-2 in favor of Warrenton. The tempo picked up somewhat in the next period as the Lady Jackets poured in 13 points to Norlina's 4. This cave Warrenton a 19-6 halftime lead. At one point early in the fourth quarter John Graham had a sizable 32-16 lead over the Lady Waves, hut the Lady Jackets were held to one more point before the final buzzer. Pacini; the Lady Jackets were Lorraine Williams (14) and Janet Rell (9L Irene Durham and Helen Gilchrist netted nine and eight points each to lead Norlina in scoring. Norlina gets a break from conference action Friday night. Their next game will he on Saturday night when they travel to Oxford Webh for a hovs double-header. The next scheduled conference game will be Tuesday night when they travel to I,ouisburg. Friday night the Jackets host Runn in a conference doubleheader. The Bulldogs hold a win over the bovs team, but the Ladv Jackets easily won over Runn in their conference opener at Runn. (iametime is 7 p. m. Waves Break Loss Streak T.hi Norlinn Blue Waves (hm v. broke a four-came losing stre.ik at Runri Friday night with a 77-66 win over the Rullfiogs. The girls continued to have problems, losing 48-28 to the Runn girls. Norlina put Runn in a tie for first place with John Graham and I<ouishurg Friday with the victory: it was the Rulldog's scoring. Michael Yancey added another 18 and Shelton Hunter 10. Donald Hopkins and Nate Harris paced the Rulldofcs with 15 and 13 points. The Ladv Rlue Waves failed to win a conference game in their third try. Gwen Jenkins was the leading scorer for Norlina. netting 10 points. Creech and Crudup each made 12 points to pace the Lady Rulldogs. Warren Woman Arrested In Connection With Car Theft A Warren County woman was arrested Saturday by is and charged et^ist ration and e was HfHsSted ' following; an investigation into the theft of a stolen car. The woman. Esther Stetson, and her husband. Morocco, both of Rt. 1, Warrenton allegedly went to a Chrysler dealership in Washington, D. C.. on Jan. 10 and were given a 1974 Chrysler Imperial to test drive. The drive brought them back to the area with the vehicle. Stetson changed the license plate, inspection sticker and registration from his auto to the loaned car and drove to North Carolina. The Sheriff's department ire£fc&e(tlJtt)it Stetson was charged with receiving a stolen car and placed in the Warren County jail under $2000 bond. Additional warrants from the D. C. area may be upcoming, reported Deputy Dorsey Capps. He stated that receiving: a stolen car is a felony and crossing state lines made the offense a federal one. • "It is a mark of genius not to astonish but to be astonished." Aubrey Menon Littleton News Items Mrs. Ronney Hale of Littleton and Rill Hardy of Franklinton, Sam Hardy and Llovd Hardy of Nashville were in the home of Mrs. Rebecca H. Ferrell in Richmond, Va., on Sundav due to the death of their aunt. Mrs. Pearl Hardv Short. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Pope and Mr. and Mrs. George Alston were Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Georere Thorne in LaGrange. Mrs. Stuart West was a visitor of Mrs. Viola Etheridge in Guardian Care Nursing Home in Louisburg on Wednesday. Mrs. Clifton Crawley has returned to her home after being a patient in Halifax Memorial Hospital for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon R. Dickens of Greenville were Saturday visitors of Mrs. Clifton Crawley. Judge and Mrs. Ben U. Allen of Henderson and Mr. and Mrs. Joe L. Shearin of Raleigh were Sunday visitors of their sister, Mrs. Gladys Stansbury. Grover L. Shearin- has returned home after spending several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Moretz in Atlanta, Ga. He also visited Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schealls in Decatur. Ga. J. W. Perry is a patient in Halifax Memorial Hospital. The Rev. and Mrs. Herbert W. Baucom. Jr.. left Monday for a week's vacation in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Harris and daughter of Roanoke Rapids were Saturday evening dinner guests of Mrs. Raymond G. Harris. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Browning of Warrenton were Sunday visitors of Mrs. Harris. Charlie Sewell and Maynard Bobbitt of Murfreesboro were Wednesday visitors of Mrs. J. E. Stansbury. Mrs. Dave Clark and son, Jeffrey, of Portsmouth, V«„ spent the weekend with her mother. Mrs. L. E. Morris. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Spain of Virginia Beach, Va„ spent the weekend with their mother, Mrs. Jesse M. Perkinson and sister. Miss Emma Lou Perkinson. Mrs. Grover Edwards of Portsmouth. Va., and Mrs. Herman Powell of Raleigh. Mrs. Jesse M. Perkinson and Miss Emma Lou Perkinson were Saturday visitors of Mrs. R. I,. Pike and Mrs. Rernice West. Circle Meets With Mrs. R. G. Harris The Majorie Spence Circle of Harris Chapel Church met in the home of Mrs. Raymond G. Harris and discussed home and foreign missionaries. Attending were Mrs. T. R. Wollett. Mrs. Jasper Gupton, Mrs. Charlie Ellington. Mrs. Eugene Alston. Mrs. Sam T. King. Mrs. Ethel Shearin and Mrs. Harris. Mrs. Ada Perkinson was a visitor. Praise Program The Cullom Raptist Association will hold the first of two "Praise Sing" on Sunday. Jan. 30 at 7:30 p. m. in the Littleton Raptist Church. "Praise Sing" will be a time when choirs, individuals, and groups can come together for an evening of praise. Participating in the first praise gathering will be churches from Henderson. Warrenton. Norlina and Littleton. The second "Praise Sing" will he May 29 at 7:30 p. m. in the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Henderson. Everyone is cordially invited to attend and share in the program. Don't let unexpected events back you up against the wall financially. Feel secure with a practical, modern insurance program. Well * be glad to work one out for you. Attend Church On Sunday Warren, Area Deaths And Funerals MRS. EDNA M. HARRIS Funeral services for Mrs. Edna Mustian Harris. 71, who died at her home in Macon on Monday after a short illness, will be held at 3 p. m. today (Thursday) from the Macon United Methodist Church by the pastor, the Rev. Floyd Morrow. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs. Harris, wife of the late Charles A. Harris, was the daughter of the late William A. and Ava Carroll Mustian. She was a member of the Macon United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Woman's Society, the Macon Woman's Club and had served for a number of years as town clerk for Macon. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Louise H. Richardson of Jamestown; five sons. Charles A. Harris. Jr.. of Ahnskie, Walter J. Harris of Warrenton. Albert P. Harris of Mechanicsville. Va.. Samuel W. Harris and Carroll R. Harris, both of Macon: three sisters, Mrs. Landon C. Davis of Warrenton. Mrs. Mattie M. It's a good idea to label all the circuits in a fuse box. Do this by disconnecting circuits one at a time and checking to see what doesn't work. Reavis of Raleigh and Mrs. William R. Brauer of Norlina; five brothers. John Mustian of Raleigh. William A. Mustian of Norlina. Rix Mustian of Roanoke Rapids. Curtis and Taylor Mustian, both of Warrenton; and eight grandchildren. Pallbearers will be A1 Fleming. Scott Gardner. Raymond Harris. Jr., George Harris. I<ewis G. Richardson and Rawlette Shaw. The family has requested that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the Memorial Fund of Macon United Methodist Church. INFANT RITES A memorial service was conducted at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Carey Baptist Church for Baby Boy Harris, infant son of Clarence Wayne and Wanda Peoples Harris of Route 1, Kittrell, who was born and died Friday at Maria Parham Hospital. Other survivors include the maternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Peoples of Route 2, Henderson: the paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence J. Harris of Route 2, Norlina. In charge of the services were Dr. George Braswell, Jr., of Wake Forest and Interim Pastor of Carey Baptist Church, the Rev. Dudley Neal. pastor of Brown's Baptist Church and David Boan, minister of music at Carey Baptist. Mrs. Harris is a X Hay technician at Warren General Hospital. CHARLIE F. JONF.S Funeral services for Charlie Frank Jones. 69. of Warrenton will be conducted Saturday at tl a. m. at the Spring Green Baptist Church. The Rev. Robert Burnette will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Jones died Sunday morning at the home of his neice. Mrs. Agnes Bruce, with whom he made his home. He is survived bv his wife. Mrs. Johnanna Jones: four daughters. Mrs. Harriet Mc Rae. Mrs. Sarah Patterson. Mrs. Marie Williams, and Miss Margaret Jones: one son. Charlie F. Jones. Jr., all of Trenton. N. J.: 23 grandchil dren and 20 great grandchil drer. The hody will lie in state in the church for one hour prior to the service and the family will be at Harris Turner Funeral Home Friday from 7 p. m. to 8 m. PFT BIRWKI.L Funeral services for Pet (Buffalo* Burwell, 65. who died on Jan. 18. were conducted from Oak Level Christian Church in Drewry on Sunday, Jan. 23 at 2:30 p. m. The Rev. R. D. Bullock officiated assisted by the Rev. Leon White. Burial was in the church cemetery. He is survived by three sons, Henry I*ee of Warren County and James E. and Pet, Jr.. of Richmond. Va.; three daughters, Ijou B., Ida B„ and Mary A., ali of Richmond, Va.; one foster son. Wilbert Williams; one foster daughter, Julie Sneed of Henderson: four sisters, Mattie Williams of Henderson, Mary Lee, Aggie Bullock and Alice Bullock, all of Drewry; one brother, Dorsey Bullock of Henderson; 14 grandchildren. WELOON C. ROBINSON Funeral services for Weldon C. Robinson were held at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Macon on Jan. 22 at 1 p. m. with Rev. Harold Timberlake officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Born December 25. 1893 in Halifax County, he died on January 18. Mr. Robinson was a deacon of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church for 34 years. He is .survived by one son. John H. Robinson of the home; one foster son. Henry C. Banks of Philadelphia. Pa.; and one brother, William Henry Robin son of Baltimore. Md.

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