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- B1GNALL JONES, Editor
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Trailers Are Long Enough
Having increased the width of
trucks on the North Carolina
highways the trucking industry
is back again asking that the
length of trucks may be also
increased to the point where
double-trainers may be used.
This is provided in a bill
introduced in the House of
Representatives by Rep. David
Bumgardner, D-Gastonia, a
member of the State Board of
Transportation.
The Durham Morning Herald
says that "the only good thing
that can be said of the bill is that
it was introduced reasonably
early in the legislative session.
That gives the people time to
rally to the cause—and to let
their legislators know that they,
not special interest, deserve top
priority on North Carolina's
highways." To which we say
amen.
Already hundreds of thousands
of persons are avoiding
truck routes on some of our
finest highways as they take
inferior roads to avoid the giant
trucks that are dangerously
crowding our highways. If our
legislators will but listen they
will hear the protest of many of
these motorists, as well as the
protests of North Carolina
newspapers speaking in their
interest. .
Admitted, trucks play an
important part in this state, but
there should be a limit to all
things, and in our opinion it is
time that truckers should be told
that limit has already been
reached, and exceeded in some
cases. To those who must travel
the highways of this state, it is
perfectly evident that present
length trucks are a hazard, and
we feel that most of them will
react with a sense of outrage to
proposal for even longer and the
more dangerous double-trucks.
If one trailer-truck may on
occasion jack-knife, what will
two trucks hung to the same
tractor do?
While the proposal to place
multiple trailer trucks on the
highways of this state is a
betrayal of common sense, the
reason given for the longer
trailers makes even less sense in
the face of the President's plea
for a shift from trucks to trains
in order that oil may be
conserved. Would you believe
that the stated purpose of the bill
is to take automobiles which are
being transported on freight
trains from such trains and
place them on trucks? One must
wonder just how far greed will
go in North Carolina. We believe
that an aroused citizenry and an
intelligent legislature will say
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Rigs Would Abuse Roads
The Durham Morning Herald
If you travel North Carolina's
highways in an automobile, 'you have
good reason to look back over your
shoulder. The trucking industry, but
thundering horde of mammoth
machines, is at it again. It is making
another effort to put twin trailers on the
state's highways.
The industry almost succeeded 10
years ago, in the 1967 General
Assembly, in its effort to add 10 feet to
the legal limit for truck lengths. The
twin-trailer measure was slipped in
late, but finally was rejected when the
public became aware of what was
happening.
Other efforts to lengthen the trucks
have been made through the years, but
have failed. The general run of the
traveling public has been the
beneficiary.
But the trucking industry, in its
never-say-die spirit, is trying again.
This time around, Rep. David
Bumgardner, D-Gaston, a member of
the state Board of Transportation, is
carrying the ball.
One reason for introducing the
legislation to increase the permissible
limit for trucks from 55 feet to 65 feet,
thus making the twin rigs possible, is
the energy shortage, Bumgardner
says. He contends such rigs could save
16.4 million gallons of fuel a year in
North Carolina.
Another reason, he says, is that a
major track manufacturer is giving
thought to locating an assembly plant
in the state. Still another is that all but
15 states authorize twin rigs.
A lot of abuses (as well as a lot of
good things) will probably be
perpetuated in the name of the energy
shortage. And twin trailers would be an
abuse of the worst sort for the motoring
public.
The state needs more industry, to be
sure, but not at the cost of life and limb
on the highways, as well as the
additional expense to repair highway
damage inflicted by longer and heavier
trucks.
North Carolina isn't lagging in
progress, as Bumgardner indicates, by
saying "No" to mammoth rigs on the
highways. That is a badge of honor, an
expression of good sense.
The only good thing to be said for the
Bumgardner bill is that it was introduced
reasonably early in this legislative
session. That gives the people time to
rally to the cause — and to let their
legislators know that they, not special
interest, deserve top priority on North
Carolina's highways.
County Democrats Pick Officers
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Mrs. Edna D. Wright,
secretary-treasurer; and
Mrs. Elizabeth Evans, Mrs.
Shirley Hicks, George
Flood, Ernest Brauer and
Mrs. Nell Whitley.
Hawtree-Albert Perkinson,
chairman; William J.
Hawks, first vice-chairman;
Richard Alexander, second
vice - chairman; Gladys
Thompson, third vice-chairman;
Vernell Seward, secretary
- treasurer; Haiel
Perkinson, Julia Alexander,
Mrs. Henry Thompson,
Robert Stegall, and Mrs.
Harry Leete.
Judkins-Matt Nelson, Jr.,
chairman; Thomas Hndgins,
first vice-chairman;
Mrs. Sue Skinner, second
vice > chairman: Charlie
Lewis, third vice-chairman;
Emma S. Greer, secretarytreasurer;
and J.M. Overby,
James Jordan, Roy- B.
Clark, Betsy Clark and Alex
Henderson.
Also reported was the
Norlina precinct meeting.
Norlina Precinct
The Democratic precinct
meeting for the Norlina
precinct was held as
scheduled on Thursday
evening, May 5, at 8 p. m. at
the polling place in Norlina.
Francis Alston, Chairman of
the Committee, called the
meeting to order.
The business was the
election of the precinct
committee officers and
delegates and alternates to
the county convention. '
Elected to fill the Chairman's
position was James
A. Overby. The first vice
chairman was Francis Als
ton with Mrs. Barbara
Rowlett second vice chairman
and Leon Pridgen as
the third vice chairman.
The secretary-treasurer
elected was the Rev. G.
Elton Cooke.
The delegates, seven in
number, elected to represent
this precinct in the
County Convention were
Clyde Edwars, Mrs. Rosa
Russell, Mrs. Lou Traylor,
James A. Overby, Alfred
Coleman, Ronald Hargrove,
and Hallette Lifsey.
The seven alternates are
Francis Alston, Mrs. Carolyn
Dickerson, Mrs. Nita
Fuller, Mrs. Lillie Branch,
Mrs. Helena Hargrove,
Woodrow Shearin, and
James Hargrove.
These nominations were
accepted by unanimous
vote, and the meeting was
adjourned.
Chatting during the Child Development Center's open house Thursday are [left to
right] County Manager Charles Hayes, Tom McBrlde, administrator for the Area
Mental Health Program; and Carolyn Klyce, Warren County health director. The
center is run by the Area Mental Health Program.
Exchanging pleasantries dnrlng an open house held (or the Child Development
Center at All Saints Episcopal Church are [left to right] Duncan Munn, mental
retardation services coordinator; the Rev. Robert Orvis, priest in charge of All Saints;
Bishop Thomas Fraser; and Mrs. Jessie Walton, senior warden of All Saints.
[Staff Photos]
Bishop Gives His Blessings
To Use Of Church Building
» Bishop Thomas A. Frae*^
formally gave the blessings
of his office Thursday to a
program for handicapped
youngsters being operated
at All Saint's Episcopal
Church here.
The bishop, who presides
over a 39-county area of
central North Carolina, was
the featured speaker at an
open house held by the Child
Development Center.
*»■ ^-ke-^iMbop Wcraed use dIu
(he church facilities a fine
thing, noting that he had
worked to have church
property in his diocese used
for more than one day a
week.
The Rev. Robert W.Orvis,
priest in charge of AH
Saints, was master of
ceremonies for the Thursday
afternoon ceremony, at
which 11 children attending
the.i center were treated
to punch and cookies along
with a host of local and
regional guests.
The center opened last
September and has attracted
wide-spread support
from civic groups and
individuals from throughout
Warren County. The Warren
County school system furnishes
many supplies used atthe
center.
Letters To
The Editor
PRAISES FIREMEN
Letter to Editor:
The dedication and loyalty
shown by the local Warrenton
firemen is outstanding!
This fact is demonstrated
time after time when the
need arises.
It was my recent privilege
to witness "first hand" an
example of this quality. One
of the firemen, Lee Cheek,
was attending to his
personal banking needs in
Branch Banking and Trust
Company when the fire
siren sounded. With a quick
"Hold this until I get back"
to the attending teller, Lee
was out of the door in a
flash!
One's money matters are
all important, but to Lee, a
genuinely dedicated fireman,
they certainly did not
supercede his duties with
the fire department.
Warrenton may justly be
proud of these men who give
their time, talent and efforts
to the well being of the town.
ELSIE R. WELDON
THANKS PUBLIC
To The Editor:
The Norlina Fire Department
of the Smith Creek
District would like to thank
all who braved the rain
Thursday night and came
out to support the circus
which was sponsored by the
Norlina Fire Department.
Plans are in the making
for a circus next year and it
is hoped that the weather
will be more permissible.
THE NORLINA FIRE
DEPARTMENT
Father's Day is the third
Sunday in June.
Ernest Turner, member of the Warren County Bonrd of
Education, greets Episcopal Bishop Thomas Eraser
during open house ceremonies. Behind the two men is
Howard Oakley.
Warren General
Hospital Patients
Patients in Warren General
Hospital on Tuesday at
'5 p. m. were listed as
follows:
Kirk Frazier, John H.
Shearin, Bertha M. Vincent,
Mary M. Mills, Melissa K.
Matthews, Jay C. Pope,
Lizanna T. Terry, Jessie J.
Talley, Elizabeth H. Weston,
Ophelia W. Hargrove,
Lelia H. Vaughan, Wiley C.
Privette, Richard Rawlings,
Ida M. Shearin, Agnes W.
Taylor, Ossie Lynch, William
H. Short, Roseanna
Webb, Mattie W. Jones,
Herman Winatead, Herbert
C. Ross, Richard Hargrove,
Charlie Spruill, Roy M.
Southerland, Elizabeth C.
Benson.
Mostly Personal
'Battle-Scared' Vet
Surfaces Once Again
By BIGNALL JONES
During the spring convention
of the Eastern North
Carolina Press Association
in New Bern last week a
group of newspaper men
were sitting around a table
discussing some of the
problems of publishing a
paper when the matter of
errors arose. All agreed that
the papers were guilty of
making too many errors,
but none came up with any
plan to abolish them,
although copy reading is
recognized as one way to
reduce them. But in the rush
of getting out a newspaper,
the smaller papers have
difficulty, except for advertising,
to find one person to
read proofs, much less an
additional person to hold the
copy.
The program chairman
introduced the subject of
errors by recalling the
well-known story of the
Editor and the Confederate
Veteran, which years ago
was used in this column. The
story is that the editor of a
small weekly paper in
paying tribute to an old
Confederate Veteran wrote,
or thought he wrote, the
following sentence: "A
large crowd gathered to pay
honor to the battle-scarred
veteran. This with other
words of praise tfere added
to the eulogy which was
turned over to the type-setter
and finally reached the
printed page.
The editor, feeling that he
had written a pretty good
story that would not only
please the veteran, but his
family as well, settled back
that night in a comfortable
chair at his home under a
good light to enjoy the fruits
of his labor. To his horror he
found that his "Battlescarred
veteran" had been
transposed into "Battlescared
veteran."
The editor knew that there
was little that could be done
School Request
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request by a former board.
■ Upon motion -of" Henry
Bobbitt, seconded by Mrs.
Joyce D. Odom and unanimously
passed by the board,
it was ordered that Principal
Terry be notifed to park
the car he has been using in
the county school garage
and to leave it so parked
until he has complied with
the orders of the school
administration in regard to
making monthly reports as
to the operation of car.
Following recommendations
of all principals the
election of personnel for the
nine schools of the county
was approved by the board.
The board voted to accept
the resignation of Ellen
Thigpen and Mrs. Cynthia
Thomas, kindergarten
teachers in the South
Warren School.
The Vance County Board
of Education had agreed to
allow the five children of
Mrs. Shirley Bacher to
remain at school in Vance
County for 30 days provided
this met with the approval of
the Warren County Board of
Education. Supt. Peeler
explained that Mrs. Bacher,
who had previously lived in
Vance County, had moved to
Warren County for 30 days,
and wanted to allow her
children to finish the school
term in Henderson. The
Warren County board authorized
the children to finish
the term in Vance County.
immediately except perhaps
to call the veteran and
leading members of his
family, apologize and promise
a correction in the next
week's paper. Knowing that
he had a week to write an
even more elegant account
and include the correction,
be told himself that any
newspaper could make a
typographical error, and
feeling a little better he went
off to bed.
In the course of time the
editor wrote what he
considered a fairly good
explanation, explaining the
error and pointing out that
since the veteran was distinguished
for his bravery in
both war and peace that the
readers would know that it
was a typographical error.
He said that unfortunately
the paper had made an error
and instead of saying battle
scared it had meant to say
"bottle scarred."
Someone has said never
explain; your friends don't
need it and your enemies
won't believe you. I guess
the editor may have felt this
way after his second error.
Like the fabled editor, I
looked over our paper last
Wednesday night in a
manner similar to the
author of the veteran's
eulogy. On the v^hole I was
pleased with the paper, but I
too errored.
In writing an account of
the commissioners meeting
I pointed out that James
Morton Jones was present
as a spectator and that
Oliver Jones appeared to
discuss some housing problems.
Both men were black,
and I suppose that I meant
to write was whether the two
men were kin was not
revealed. What was printed,
however, "Whether the two
brothers were kin" was not
revealed. I was embarrassed,
but it sounded so stupid
that I had to laugh.
Sandy Creek
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alternate, calls for abandonment
of the Red Bud Creek
plant, installation of pumping
stations at the Red Bud
site and at a point where
Martin Creek and Sandy
Creek converge west of
Weldon's Pond and the
upgrading of the Nutbush
Creek plant to handle 3.7
million gallons of effluent
daily. Radian Corporation,
which was chosen for the
study, set the cost at 112,494.
A Sandy Creek plant is not
envisioned in this alternate.
The supplement indicates
that all three alternatives
are considered environmentally
sound and equally
acceptable, but promised no
decision until after comments
from next Tuesday's
public hearing are received.
Henderson now relies on
its Red Bud plant, with a
capacity of .24 million
gallons daily, and its
Nutbush Creek plant, with a
daily capacity of 1.84 million
gallons.
Art Being Shown
Working artists from the
classes of the Continuing
Education Division at
Vance-Granville Community
College are having a
display of their work at the
First Citizens Bank and
Trust Company in Warrenton.
The show opened on May 9
and will close on May 20.
Hcwerton Antique Shop's
Conclusion of
Antique Auction
Fri., May 13, 7:00 ,
Virginia Carolina Warehouse
Clarksville, Virginia