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.