Traffic Violations Lead Most To Court
Traffic violators comprised
most of the 46 cases tried
during Friday's mixed session
of Warren County District
Court with Judge Claude W.
Allen, Jr., of Oxford presiding.
Sixty-five coses were docketed
with 19 continuations granted.
Cases disposed of included:
William McKinley Alston,
driving under influence, ordered
to jail for 90 days, suspended
for 12 months on the condition
that he pay fine of $100 and
court costs, surrender operator's
license and not operate
motor vehicle on highways until
allowed to do so by the
Department of Motor Vehicles.
Michael Aycock, passing
stopped school bus. fined $25
and court costs.
William McLean Davis, two
charges of breaking and
entering and larceny. Defendant
waived right to preliminary
hearing on each charge and
ordered bound over to next
criminal session of Superior
Court to answer charges. No
bond set because he is
presently in jail.
Parran Logan Foster, 111,
speeding 67 in 55 mph zone,
prayer for judgment continued
upon payment of court costs.
Eddie Lewis Gilchrist, speeding
45 in 35 mph zone, called
and failed. Ordered arrested for
appearance on April 22 with
bond set at $100.
Eroy Green, motion on bill of
particulars, case ordered continued
for six weeks with
defendant to make payments of
$25 weekly to the office of Clerk
of Superior Court to be
remitted to department of
Human Resources. The court
reserved the right to recall the
case.
Elijah Hargrove, Jr., nonsupport,
ordered arrested for
appearance on May 20 with
bond set at $1000.
Tony Dale Harris, improper
passing, prayer for judgment
continued upon payment of
court costs.
Frank Edward Jones, driving
under influence, failure to drive
right half of highway, driving
while license revoked, speeding
in excess of 15 mph while
attempting to elude officer,
failure to stop for blue light and
siren and resisting arrest.
Attorney's motion for speedy
trial due to defendant being
incarcerated, denied and case
set for April 22 with motion to
reduce bond denied. Bondsman,
having delivered defendant to
the jail was relieved of his bond
obligations.
Roy Jones, simple affray,
called and failed. Ordered
arrested for appearance on
April 22 with bond set at $100.
Stanley Ray Lancaster,
driving under influence, found
guilty of careless and reckless
driving after consumption of
alcohol, fined $100 and court
costs.
James Louis Lewis, speeding
67 in 55 mph zone, called and
failed, ordered arrested for
appearance on April 22 with
bord set at $100.
Stanley Ray Lynch, failure to
drive right half of highway and
driving under influence, order
ed to jail for 60 days, suspended
for 12 months on condition he
pay fine of $100 and court costs,
surrender operator's license
and not operate motor vehicle
on highways of N. C. for 12
months.
Teen Lynch, three charges of
assault, not guilty. On two
charges of selling beer to
minors, he was ordered to jail
for 30 days in each case,
suspended for six months on
the condition that he pay $50
and court costs in each case and
pursuant to G.S. 18A-56 (c) the
court ordered his license to sell
beer and wine revoked for six
months. The suspension sentences
will run concurrently.
Notice of appeal given to next
criminal session of Superior
Court.
Morris Silver, assault, ordered
to jail for 30 days, suspended
for 12 months on the condition
that he pay fine of 140 and court
costs, pay to Clerk of Superior
Court $47 for use and benefit of
Teen Lynch as reimbursement
of medical expenses and that he
not go on premises of Lynch's
Grocery for 12 months unless
he has written nermission from
owner.
John Stepl. .. Nowakowski,
speeding 70 in 55 mph zone,
called and failed.
Robert Earl Perry, no
operator's license, voluntary
dismissal.
Albert E. Phipps, speeding
76 in 55 mph zone, called and
failed. Voluntary dismissal
granted.
Ace Eugene Silver, failure to
stop at scene of accident, not
guilty.
Charlie Smith, Jr., speeding
45 in 35 mph zone, voluntary
dismissal.
Phillip Hunt Smith, speeding
76 in 55 mph zone, found guilty
of speeding 70 in 55 mph zone,
fined $30 and court costs.
Annie Marie Taylor, speeding
45 in 35 mph zone, prayer
for judgment continued upon
payment of court costs.
John Charles Townsend,
speeding 85 in 55 mph zone,
found guilty of speeding 75 in
55 mph zone, ordered to jail for
60 days, suspended for six
months on the condition that he
pay fine of $65 and court costs,
surrender operator's license
and not operate motor vehicle
on highways until allowed to do
so by Department of Motor
Vehicles and that for six
months he not be found guilty
of any crime involving a motor
vehicle.
Leroy Vaughan, public
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drunkenness, ordered to jail for
20 days, suspended for 60 day*
on the condition that he pay
cost of court and fine of S10.
Notice of appeal given to next
criminal session of Superior
Court with bond to remain in
effect.
Percy Lenard Vaughan, failure
to comply with restricted
license, prayer for judgment
continued upon payment of
court costs.
Thomas Macon Watson,
failure to drive right half of
highway, driving under influence.
no operator's license,
improper registration, ordered
to jail for six months,
suspended for two years upon
the condition that he pay fine of
$150 and court costs, not
operate motor vehicle on
highways of N. C. until allowed
to do so by Dept. of Motor
Vehicles and that for one year
he not be found guilty of any
crime involving alcohol.
Thomas Macon Watson, no
insurance, voluntary dismissal.
Richard West, improper
passing, not guilty.
Ernest Dean Wilkins, no
inspection sticker, called and
failed. Ordered arrested for
appearance on April 22 with
bond set at $30.
Charlie Williams, Jr., tailure
to yield right of way, second
offense of driving under
influence, found guilty of first
offense and other charges,
ordered to jail for six months,
suspended for three years on
the condition that he pay fine of
$165 and court costs, surrender
operator's license and not
operate motor vehicle on
highways of N. C. until allowed
to do so by Dept. of Motor
Vehicles.
Scott Cunningham Williams,
following too closely, voluntary
dismissal.
Patricia Ann Ball vs. Ivory
McGlen Hinton, attorney ordered
to remit money held in the
Clerk's office to the Dept. of
Human Resources and to see
that case is dismissed.
Linda Marie Fogg vs. Jerry
Macklin, attorney's motion to
issue an order of show cause
and set bond for appearance
allowed. Motion to be issued
and Sheriff to hold defendant
until a $500 bond is posted for
his appearance on April 29.
Shirley D. Hayden vs. Sandy
Jarrell, court found child was
never adopted and ordered
defendant to pay $10 each and
every week for the support of
minor child.
William Alvin Milam vs.
Ethel Green Milam, absolute
divorce granted.
Calvin Jones, disorderly
conduct, ordered to jail for 35
days, suspended for 12 months
upon the condition that he pay
fine of $15 and court costs and
that for 12 months he not go on
premises of Starlight Club
without written permission of
owner.
Jimmy Silver, assault with
deadly weapon, motion for
nonsuit allowed and case
dismissed.
Easter Program
Given At Plaza
By MABEL H. DAVIS
Ms. Emma Alston, Mesdames
Marie V. Block, and
Mabel H. Davis, of the Golden
Age Senior Citizens Club, and
Nathan Block, Jr., Electronic
Engineer, NASA, Greenbelt,
Md., son of Mrs. Block,
rendered a brief Easter
program at Warren Plaza Rest
Home on Friday, April 8.
Included were an Easter
Prayer "Thank You God," an
"Easter Meditation," "The Old
Rugged Cross," "Were You
There," "He Arose." ,1'How
Great Thou Art," and "Amazing
Grace."
Many of the patients
personally thanked us for our
role in making their day most
enjoyable, and we were happier
with the knowledge that we
shared a bit of sun, a bit of
work, and a bit of fun in giving
of ourselves to others.
Attends Workshop
Mrs. Mabel H. Davis of Wise.
Warren County Board of
Health member, attended a related
health workshop sponsored
by the UNC School of Public
Health, the N. C. Health
Directors Association, and the
N. C. Division of Health
Services at Howard Johnson's,
Crabtree Valley. Raleigh, on
Thursday, April 7.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Block,
Jr., and son, of Silver Springs
Md., were Easter holiday
guests of their parents, Mrs,
Marie V. Block, and Mr. and
Mrs. William Hawkins.
Flea Market
and BAKE SALE
Sponsored by Warren Co. Historical Ass'n.
SATURDAY
10 A.M. • APRIL 16
210 Plummer St., Warrenton
Mayor W. A. Miles [seated] it shown signing a proclamation declaring April 24-30 as
"Secretaries Week" locally in conjunction with National Secretaries Week. Witnessing the
signing is Mrs. Odessa Hawkins [left] and Mrs. Patsy Hargrove |right|, secretaries for Warrenton
attorneys T. T. Clayton and Frank Ballance, and Mrs. Catherine Reavis, president of Wake
Forest Chapter of NSA, which includes residents of Franklin, Vance, Warren and Wake
Counties. I Staff Photo)
African Homeland In 'Roots'
Would Surprise Slaves
Alex Haley's African ancestor
probably would never
recognize his old homeland.
On the other hand-, Gambia
might not be all that
unrecognizable, despite some
200 years of change. After
centuries of colonizing and a
decade of independence,
modern ways are still new
visitors in this sliver of a
country on the western
shoulder of Africa.
Yet there have been changes
since the day when Kunta
Kinte, "the African" as his
descendants thought of him,
was captured and sold into
slavery in Virginia, eventually
becoming the roots of the
family tree Haley describes in
his book and the television
serial.
When the colonists were
gone and Gambia was its own
master again on February 18,
1965, the country was a
"riverine enclave" to geographers
and a "geographical
absurdity" to statesmen, the
National Geographic Society
says.
Backbone River
The Gambia River is the
backbone of the country, with
the borders only about 14 miles
distant, following the twists of
the riverbank. From the mouth
on the Atlantic, the Connecticut-size
country stretches some
300 miles inland, surrounded on
three sides by French-speaking
Senegal.
Kunta Kinte today would
find many of his Mandinka
tribespeople, the majority of
the population, speaking the
strange tongue that slave
masters taught him, English. It
is the official language, adopted
from Gambia's century and a
half as a British colony.
Since independence, Gambia
has retained ties with London
as a member of the Commonwealth
of Nations. However,
Bathurst, the Victorian-looking
seat of the colonial governor at
the river's mouth, is now the
capital, renamed Banjul.
"The African" would find his
people have become a nation of
peanut farmers: 80 percent of
the half-million population are
farmers, and in 1976 they
produced some 140,000 tons of
this number-one crop.
He would see waters of the
river being diverted into
flooded fields, where strangers—Chinese,
once from Taiwan,
now from the Chinese
mainland—are showing the
people how to plant another
crop, rice.
Lift That Bale
Cotton, the staple of the Old
South, might surprise him in
eastern Gambia where it has
been introduced as a new and
promising crop.
Back in Banjul, Kunta Kinte
would find crowds of different
strangers, blond, blue-eyed
Scandinavians apparently determined
to outdo the Gambians
in the lightweight clothing
that helps make the tropical
climate more comfortable.
Bahama-like beaches and the
Gambians' willingness to be
friendly have attracted Euro
peans for more than half a
dozen years, the tourists
arriving on cruise ships and by
planes landing at the small
airport.
Kunta Kinte would also see
that Gambians themselves are
now masters of his old
homeland. The country's leader
is Sir Dawda Kairabe Jawara,
British-educated veterinarian
who once boasted: "There's not
a cow in Gambia that doesn't
know me personally."
He is the only president
Gambia has ever had, and his
political supporters, the People's
Progressive Party, hold 28
of the 32 seats in the National
Assembly.
Split peas are specially grown
whole peas that are dried and
their skins removed by a special
machine. A second
machine then breaks the peas
in half.
DOG VACCINATION
SCHEDULE
VAUGHAN - April 23, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
EMBRO - April 23, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ARCOLA - April 30, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
BETHLEHEM - April 30, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
INEZ - May 7, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
AFTON - May 7,1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
VICKSBORO - May 14, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
WARRENTON (High Dollar Whse) - May 14 - 1:00 p.m.
to 4:00 p.m.
NORLINA - May 21, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
MANSON - May 21 - 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
DREWRY - May 28, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
WISE - May 28, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
MACON - June 4, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
PEGRAM'S STORE — June 4, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
ELAMS - June 4, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
CLEAN UP - June 11, 8:30 to 11:30 at the Warren
County Landfill
FRANK TWITTY. Dog Warden