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BIGNALL JONES. Editor
Member North Carolina Press Association
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Public Education Needed
In our Mostly Personal
column, found elsewhere on this
page, the writer recalls that
when it was proposed that
Warrenton build a water and
sewage system, it was paid for
by a bond issue. The proposal
was fought by two of the town's
respected and well-to-do citizens.
Each of these men had his
own private water and sewage
system. While their attitudes
showed a wonderful ignorance
of the true value of a sewage
system and the danger of
dumping raw sewage into an
open ditch or shallow stream
where it was picked up by rats
and flies and spread over the
community, it showed a perfectly
human quality and did not
mark either of the men as bad or
thoughtless citizens. They were
just citizens who were ignorant
of the need to protect the
environment. They had their
own systems, bought with their
own money.
Neither do we think that our
board of county commissioners
are bad men, or that they have
less interest in our county than
have we. But we do think that
they lack an understanding of
the value of the public school
system and the necessity for it to
be strengthened. The fact that
not a member of the Board of
County Commissioners has a
child in public school and one of
them has three children ~iii
private school (that he is able to
bear the considerable cost
testifies to the sincerity of his
belief) could explain their
willingness to give credence to
the exaggerated failure of our
public school system.
We are not discounting the
criticism of our schools for their
lack of teaching reading skills
and welcome the efforts being
made to correct the deficiency
by local, state and national
agencies. We went through the
public schools of this county and
in our work we have almost
daily contact with the graduates
of our public and private
schools. A surprisingly large
number of them who have
attended school since the late
twenties when we began to get
our first good public schools, can
neither read nor write nor spell
in the true sense, construct a
correct sentence nor speak good
English or have any understanding
of the value of good
literature, from which we
largely learned our very limited
knowledge. This is also true to a
degree of the small private
schools where too often more
emphasis is placed on sports
than on a good library.
But this does not mean that
these good persons who have
failed in an important respect
have not learned much of lasting
value including the ability to
discharge the duties of citizenship.
Neither should it be
forgotten that where there are
failures there are increasing
numbers of good students. The
truth of this matter is the
extreme difficulty of educating
a person in one generation.
In Iceland, we recently read,
the level of literacy is probably
the highest of any country in the
world and their appreciation
and enjoyment of good literature
is exfemely high. A
student in this small country
must learn five foreign languages
before graduating from
high school. But '.hese people
have been literate ior hundreds
of years. There is bit one jail in
this country of 210,000 persons
and one murder in the country
during the past year. Contrast
this with the money spent on the
police in this country, the
responsibility ,_for which may
w easily"the mark of social
injustice.
Recently we attended the
graduation exercises at Norlina
High School here 89 students
received their diplomas and
where Principal Hege announced
that 58% of these students
would continue their education
beyond the high school level,
highest in the school's history.
We felt good as we watched
black and white students
express themselves with clarity
and good sense, and we reflected
that hundreds of Warren County
black students have at last
attended a reasonably good
school.
Later we reflected on the
remarks about the graduates
who would continue their education
being 58% of the class. This
means, most likely, that 52
students will never go on
welfare. It could mean that we
would need fewer policemen in
the years to come.
Convention A Success
We have attended precinct
meetings for more than 40 years
with little pleasure and less
inspiration for the practice of
politics.
Saturday, we attended what
was the most interesting, the
most democratic, the fairest and
most inspiring convention we
have ever attended.
For the first time we left a
convention with a desire to
attend the next precinct meeting.
This is due to the excellent
work of Chairman Eva Clayton
and her assistants and to the fine
talk made by Mrs. Jane
Patterson of Raleigh, assistant
director in the N. C. Department
of Administration, and former
Chairman of the Guilford
County Democratic Committee.
A white woman who is a
leader in the party said of the
convention, that it was interesting
and informative, and that
she considered Mrs. Clayton's
handling of the convention
considerate, fair and proper.
She added that she has been
closely associated with Mrs.
Clayton in the work of the party
and that she had always found
her courteous, fair and considerate.
We mention this because we
feel it is deserved by Mrs.
Clayton for her superior work as
party chairman, recognized by
her unanimous re-election to the
post.
Mostly Personal
Heritage Of Bond Issues
By BIGNALL JONES
Somewhere around 1915
the board of Town Commissioners
called an election to
decide whether or not
Warrenton should issue
bonds to install a waterworks
system. At the time
there were a few private
waterworks systems in
Warrenton, possibly less
than half a dozen. Among
these were those of the late
Walter Boyd, Edmund
White and a very primitive
system installed in the home
into which we had moved in
the spring of 1909. Across
the street from our home the
Alston family had a windmill
which pumped water
for a private system. There
may have been other
private systems which I can
not now recall.
My father, who had
bought The Record in the
spring of 1909 was active in
the efforts to have Warrenton
install a waterworks
system and The Record
worked to have the citizens
of Warrenton vote a bond
issue for such a system to
serve the town. Walter
Bovd. a tobacconist, and my
father's first cousin, and
Edmund White, a cotton gin
operator, and miller with
other interests, who had
their own private water
systems both worked to
defeat the bond issue. Both
these men were good
citizens and I feel certain
that neither of these
gentlemen knew of the
connection between open
wells and typhoid fever,
although Mr. White had
suffered the disease as had
many other citizens of the
town, including the late
Henry Boyd, my father's
first cousin and my very
good friend, Mrs. Shipp
McCarroll, the former Mary
Burwell who as a child was
my neighbor, and has been a
lifetime friend.
The water bond issue
passed with no great
opposition. Previously the
town had voted bonds for a
railroad, and an electric
light plant, and was to vote
later for an ice plant, and a
hotel and later for bonds to
expand and improve the
water system and bonds to
build the John Graham High
School.
During the years that The
Warren Record has been in
our family, neither the
newspaper nor its owners
have ever opposed a bond
issue and never has it had
occasion to regret its action
in this respect. While we
have never established any
records for our financial
ability, I was pleased to
learn in a recent conversation
with Raby Traylor of
Norlina that he has never
voted against a bond issue.
Some prospered and reinvested
their money in local
enterprises and we passed
Late Planting Proper
For Some Vegetables
Time is rapidly passing
when many of the commonly
grown garden vegetables
can be planted in North
Carolina, but there are a few
that can still be added to
your garden.
One of the most popular
among North Carolina garderers
is the southern pea. It
can be planted until July l,
give or take a week
depending on whether you
live in the mountains or
southern coastal area.
Pole beans can be planted
until July 1 and bush beans
until July 15, according to
North Carolina State University
agricultural extension
specialist*.
Bush limas have a July 1
cutoff and pole limas June
15.
There are still a few days
left for planting sweet
potatoes, but don't go much
past June 15.
You can continue to set
out tomatoes until about
July 15.
There are a number of lateplanted
crops which should
not be seeded or planted for
another month or so. These
include cabbage, beets,
broccoli, cauliflower, carrots,
collards, kale, leaf
lettuce, mustard, onions,
radish, rutabaga, spinach
and turnips.
County extension agents
have free literature on
suggested planting dates for
all commonly grown garden
crops.
bond issues (or those things
too expensive to be built
alone, and thus we built a
town, with every cenau«
showing growth.
And then came the
discovery that money could
be made in gambling on the
stockmarket and folks started
investing in stocks and
neglected to reinvest in local
enterprise and when the
bubble burst Warrenton was
broke for fair except for
those things largely built
through bond issues and
some few institutions whose
owners had resisted the
stock market.
When the depression
came and for some time
afterwards we had some 30
single men of marriagable
age in Warrenton and a
whole crew of pretty young
school teachers as we
danced at my parents home
and at the home of the late J.
Boyd Davis. Ten years later
there were not a half dozen.
Those in power, and
particularly in the county
grew to believe that thrift
was the only answer and the
commissioners adopted as
their goal the determination
to get the county out of debt,
and as other counties were
spending their funds on
matching funds to obtain
government assistance to
rebuild, our commissioners
succeeded in their goal and
got the county out of debt.
There are those who think
that they practically ruined
the county in the process,
and each census report for
thirty years showed a
decline in population.
We built and paid much of
the cost of John Graham
High School while largely
supporting all other educational
costs, payment of
teachers, repair of building,
etc. Now the state has taken
over the operation of the
road system, and the bulk of
the cost of running the
schools. Annually sending
nearly $3 million dollars into
the county each year as the
schools become our largest
industry, and yet our
commissioners now have
difficulty in raking up
$25,000 for the site of a
consolidated school, which
the educators are striving to
build. This should tell us
something I suppose. It
served to recall the old truth
that "True economy is the
wise expenditure of
money." Something I think
our elected representatives
should learn.
Letter To
The Editor
CRITICIZES VIEW
To The Editor:
I have had many agreeable
comment* on my letter
in your June 9 Issue of The
Warren Record. Many said
my letter was too short and
they have asked me to write
another one.
I do not recall mentioning
any names in my letter, but
as the old saying goes, "If
the shoe fits, wear it."
Evidently it fit perfectly!
Let me tell you about
these young men who play
softball. We have six teams
in the league in Warren
County. There are several
other teams made up of
young Warren County men
who also play along with the
six in tournaments. These
young men are some of our
finest and not a group of
wild, drunken hoodlums.
Drinking is not allowed on
the field and I do not
remember anyone being
assaulted or robbed at any
of these games.
We have no control over
what they do after the
games. There is not much
one can do in Warren County
for recreation. I had much
rather my son or husband be
on the ball field than many
other places they could be
giving someone else something
to complain about.
Why not let them enjoy
softball? After all, they are
the ones who pay the taxes
to maintain the school
fields.
Several weeks ago The
News and Observer ran an
article on Governor Hunt's
proposals. He advocates the
use of all school facilities,
including ball fields, for
community affairs and
sports under adult supervision.
Since there has apparently
been a lapse of memory, I
would like to try to refresh
it. A student was using a
yard rake to prepare the
baseball diamond for a
game this spring. Someone
screamed for him to stop for
he was polluting the air. On
another occasion, the same
thing happened when the
field was being dragged.
One day the physical
education class was keeping
up too much noise while
having class on the field.
How many baskets ol
baseballs have been collected?
It would have been jusl
as easy to have thrown them
back over the fence. These
balls are expensive and it
would have saved the school
some money. Since when
have you stopped complaining
about school activities?
Sure, I feel sorry for you. I
feel sorry for anyone who
spends 30 years unhappy
and complaining and making
so many others unhappy.
But, I also think you
shouW^l^ank^fo^e
in quiet warrenton instead
of around Yankee Stadium
or Shea Stadium. Wouldn't it
be ridiculous if these people
complained about the noise
and officials then made
them quit playing and told
them to move the field?
SHIRLEY C.LYLES
Campout Foods Should J
Be Simple To Prepare
Campout meals should
follow the motto "Think
Simple!''
Cooking, refrigeration
and storage facilities can
limit the kinds of foods
suitable for eating in camp,
says Mary Ann Spruill,
extension foods and nutrition
foods and nutrition
specialist at North Carolina
State University.
As much food as possible
should be prepared at home,
prior to the trip, so the cook
has time to join in all the
camping activities.
Hamburgers and meat
balls, for example, can be
prepared at home and
packed frozen. If frozen
solid, ground beef will
defrost in about a day.
Freezing such foods at home
will help to prolong their life
in the ice chest.
Poods that soil quickly
should be avoided. Potato
salad, cream sauces and
sandwich spreads that contain
mayonnaise are items
that should be avoided on
long trips.
Crisp vegetables—carrots,
celery, radishes and
pickles—are good substitutions.
Convenience foods offer a
tremendous variety for
hungry campers. Consider
packaged and canned puddings
or dried fruits, nuts or
raisins for desserts or
snacks.
Nonfat dry milk is perfect
for drinking and cooking
and dehydrated soups used
as sauces and flavoring for
stews are perfect.
Instant rice, mashed
potatoes and beverage mixes
are ready just as quickly
as their name promises.
Dried or canned pre-cooked
meats and peanut butter
or ready-to-eat sandwich
spreads all save time in
meal preparation.
Remember that outdool
activity has a way of
developing hearty appetites,
so plan on cooking a Uttl«.
more than usual.
Be sure to include on eacfeperson's
daily menu: aV
least two pints of milk, darlf.
or enriched bread or cerealstwo
servings of fruit, tw^
servings of vegetables (one"
leafy, one other), meat or».
another protein source an&;
butter or margarine.
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Stew Sale Planned:;
Brunswick stew will be:
offered for sale Saturday by •
members of the DrewryVolunteer
Fire Department.--'
A department spokesmansaid
the stew will be ready
by noon and will sell for f2per
quart.
The Drewry Fire Departs
ment Auxiliary will also be ;
busy Saturday as members
sponsor a yard and bake.:
sale from 10 a. m. until 4 p^;
m. All sales will be held ate
the Fire Department Build- j
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