Cancer Campaign Rolls Into Gear As Plans Are Announced The 19?7 cancer campaign for Warren County was geared up on Monday night during an organizational meeting held at Soultech I in Soul City. Meeting with eight captains from last year. Mrs. Bertha Forte, unit manager for Warren County, and Floyd McKissick, chairman of Warren County's cancer campaign, the group made plans for the campaign. During a fund-raising discussion, plans were made to MISS FOUNTAIN Miss Fountain Is Parade Princess Miss Nancy Dail Fountain of Tarboro and Washington, D. C., has been selected by the North Carolina Society of Washington, D. C., as the Cherry Blossom Princess to represent North Carolina in the annual Cherry Blossom Festival March 28 to April 2. Miss Fountain is the daughter of the Honorable L. H. Fountain, Congressman fr>. 1 the Seiond District of No th Carolina and Mrs. Fountain. The North Carolina State Society will honor its 1977 Princess at a dinner and coronation ball on March 26 at the Kenwood Country Club in Bethesda, Md. She will be officially crowned by Senator Robert Morgan. One of the assistant . qt fhe general chairman for the ball will be Mrs. Harry Wake formerly of Warrenton. At the Grand Presentation Ball on April 2, all princesses will be presented and one will be chosen as Queen of the 1977 Cherry Blossom Festival. MISS DAVIS Miss Davis Will Wed In Summer Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Davis of Route 2, Warrenton, announce the engagement of their daughter, Natalie Rose, to Larry Envin Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Harris of Route 1, Warrenton. A June 25 wedding is planned for three o'clock at Union Grove Baptist Church in tha Hecks Grove community. All friends and relatives of the couple are invited to attend. canvass the area door-to-door by captains and volunteers, to request contributions from area businesses and merchants in Warren County and to have a program in the school system. The school program will be "Send a Mouse to College." Local school children can become involved in the project by donating money for mice to be used in research. According to campaign members, a rqouse used in college and hospital research for a cure of cancer costs 51 cents. McKissick has written a letter to the county commissioners asking them to proclaim April as Cancer Crusade month and for permission to install a thermometer on the courthouse lawn to indicate monies received. Another meeting has been scheduled for April 4 at 8 p. m. at the Warren County Courthouse "to kick off' the April campaign. A guest speaker from the state cancer society will be at the meeting. Littleton News Items Mrs. Helen West was a Wednesday visitor of her mother. Mrs. Arthur Etheridge in Guardian Care Nursing Home in Louisburg. Mr. and Mrs. Chesley Stokes of Smithfield, Va., were Friday visitors and accompanied Mrs. Etheridge here for the day's visit with them. Mrs. E. C. Dickens of Richmond, Va., spent several days last week with Mrs. K. C. Cheves, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Salmon were Thursday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Roland Ferrell and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Salmon, Jr., in Roanoke Rapids. Mrs. Raymond G. Harris and Phil Harris were weekend visitors of the Rev. and Mrs. L. Clay Cooke in Colfax. Mr. and Mrs. 0. G. Hodges of Potomac, Md., spent several days this week with the Rev. and Mrs Herbert W. Bancom, Jr. Miss Mary Frances Little of Boiling Springs spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Conzelle Little. She visited Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Little and Mrs. Gladys Stansbury. Miss Carolyn Beattie of Shelby spent the weekend with Miss Little and they returned to Boiling Springs on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart G. Moretz left for their home in Atlanta, Ga., Thursday after spending some time with relatives here. Jack Newsome of Roanoke Rapids was a Tuesday visitor of Miss Alice Newsome. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith of Asheville were Thursday visitors of Miss Newsome and Robert Riggan. Lowell Harris of Grove Hill was a Thursday visitor of Robert Riggan. Mr. and Mrs. Robbie Paynter of Norlina were Sunday visitors of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Salmon. They also visited Mrs. J. A. Myrick and Mrs. Paynter visited Mrs. Edwin Stansbury. Grover L. Shearin of Warrenton, Miss Ann Bell of Youngsville, Mrs. Bruce Camp and Mrs. Florence Grant of Roanoke Rapids were Sunday afternoon visitors of Mrs. Gladys Stansbury. Mr. and Mrs. Whit Neville and children of Cary were visitors recently of Mr. and Mrs. Robert West and Mr. and Mrs. Bernard P. Babbitt. Mrs. Peggy Clark and son of Portsmouth, Va., spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. L. E. Morris. Sunday Mrs. Edna Isles and children, Mrs. Christine Morris of Roanoke Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Steve Harris, Bill Neatherland and Mr. and Mrs. Craig Wilson of Roanoke Rapids were dinner guests of Mrs. Morris. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Wheeler and children were Saturday night visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Bernice Aycock and visited Mrs. L. E. Morris. Mrs. Douglas Seuis, Mrs. Nathaniel Robertson and Mrs. Vera Robertson of Macon were Friday visitors of Nathaniel Robertson in Duke Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. E. Thomas Shearin of Whitakers were Saturday night visitors of Misses Mamie and Josephine Stansbury. Mrs. Rosemond West and Mrs. Virginia West were visitors of Nathaniel Robertson in Duke Hospital on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Warren and Miss Esther Spragins of Roanoke Rapids were in Richmond, Va., on Friday, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Warren and Miss Esther Spragins of Roanoke Rapids were in Richmond, Va., on Friday. Miss Beverly Freeman and Mike Moore of Greenville spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Moore. Mrs. Fred Harris is a patient in Halifax Memorial Hospital in Roanoke Rapids. Mrs. Elizabeth Harris was a patient in N. C. Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill several days last week. Mr. and Mrs.Sol B. Bobbitt and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bobbitt were in Rocky Mount Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Benny Mark of Hopewell, Va., were Sunday visitors of Mrs. R. A. King and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Umphlett. Mrs. Edith C. Cannon of Colonial Heights, Va., visited Mr. and Mrs. George McMah'an during the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Moore of Sanford spent Saturday night with her grandmother, Mrs. Bonnie Wilson. Miss Ann Bell of Youngsville spent Sunday night and Mrs. Julian Johnson and daughter visited on Monday. Mrs. Earl Powell of Lawrenceville, Va., was a Sunday afternoon visitor. Club Gathers In Leach Home Mrs. William Leach recently entertained her bridge club with two tables set up for play in her home. The home was decorated with floral arrangements of spring flowers. Mrs. W. C. Jones, Jr., was high score winner, Mrs. Churchill Brown was second high and Mrs. R. H. Ward won the high guest prize. Mrs. Ferdie Moore won the bingo prize. Others playing were Mrs. J. N. Moseley, Miss Anna Wollett, Mrs. W. H. Myrick, and Mrs. E. Leslie Crawley. A sweet course with coffee was served. Soul City Jaycees Attend Sunday Meet Three members of the Soul City Jaycees attended the Northeast District Jaycee meeting in Elizabeth City on Sunday. Attending were George Silver, vice-president of internal affairs; Lewis Myers, president; and Alvin B. Turner, director. During the meeting officers were elected for the region and discussions were held on the state Jaycee meeting to be held in Asheville and the national meeting to be held this summer in Seattle, Wash. Patience Is Urged The abnormal weather of this winter is reason for rose growers to be patient in beginning their pruning work, according to a North Carolina State University agricultural extension horticulturist. Henry J. Smith, NCSU extension landscape horticulturist. notes that the first week in March is usually the time when rose pruning begins in earnest in much of North Carolina. With the kind of weather that has predominated this year, early March may be too early. Smith sugests that you consult a long range weather forecast for your area to help determine if there is the risk that another server* killing freeze is likely to come in late or mid-March. "Once you prune the roMi," Smiith explais, "they will begili to prepare buds to emerge through the bark. We surely don't want these buds killed by a late freeze." This is a picture of the first Baptist church ever built in Warrenton. It was service was held April 14, 1849. The couple standing: beneath the umbrella is located where the residence of Mrs. Alpheus Jones now stands. The first Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Gardner.

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