A study In geometric patterns Is provided by Littleton's
two water tanks and a handful of fuel storage tanks lining
the railroad tracks which divide the town. The old town
tank is at left, while a new industrial tank built by
Warren County to serve industry is shown at right.
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Irene Fitz Named
TV Coordinator
Irene Fit? has beet:
appointed Warren Counts
coordinator for VVKAI. I \
Volunteer-a-thon to be telecast
this September Ms
Fitz 's currentlv asset lated
with the Warren Counts
Department of Social Services
As Warren Counts coordinator,
Ms Fit? joins coordinators
from 18 neighboring
counties in the drive to
encourage non-profit p.:blic
service organizations that
need volunteers to participate
in the Volunteer-a-thon
Unlike conventional telethons,
the WRAI.-TV Volunteer-a-thon
is designed not
to raise money, but to
recruit volunteers from'the
community for the dozens of
public service groups who
need volunteer help "he
program, to air Sunday.
September 11th from 8 a m.
to 8 p m , will be a live,
twelve-hour broadcast originating
from McKimmon
Center in Raleigh Amateur
and profejsional performers
will entertain a live audience
as well as television
viewers. Throughout the
day there will be interviews
uith service group representatives
who will specify
the needs and requirements
of their particular agencies.
To take part :n the Volunteer-a-thon,
agencies must
be public service, registered,
non-profit agencies and
health care groups. A
Volunteer-a-thon committee
will judge whether each
agent'} is qualified on a
case-by-case basis. Agencies
will be responsible for
preparing descriptions of
e'-ich job for which volunteers
are wanted.
Members of public service
groups in Warren County
may contact Ms. Fitz
directly about their group's
participation in the Voiunteer-a-thon,
or contact Joel
I.aw hon at WRAL-TV,
828-2511.
Briefs
One-sixth of France's
population lives in Paris
The U S has about 250
osteopathic hospitals.
The purple finch is NewHampshire's
state bird.
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Director Of CAP Activity
Locally Promoted To Major
In ceremonies held July 12
at the CAP building at
Durham Sky Park, Capt.
Allen A Smith, Commander
of Group Five, N. C Wing
Civil Air Patrol, promoted
Capt Richard L. Mathews
of Henderson to major
Major Mathews directs
the CAP Safety Program in
20 N. C. counties including
Warren County. He promotes
safety in the home, on the
highways, the waterways, in
business, in pleasure as well
as in the air
He has been active in CAP
and other volunteer services
for many years In 1970, he
was awarded the N C Wing
Commanders' Award as the
state's Outstanding Senior
CAP member for the year
Mathews win also named
Outstanding CAP Safety
Officer for 1972, Outstanding
Safety Officer for the M iddle
East Region in 1972, and
received a letter of congratulations
from the National
CAP Director of Safety as
the most impressive nomination
in the nation for the
award
He was one of the first
Emergency Medical Technicians
in this area, and was
responsible for bringing that
service to Vance and
Warren counties He has
served as a first aid
instructor since 1964, and
rh^irman of thp First AiH
Program of the Vance
County Chapter of the
American National Red
Cross since 1967. He is a
member of the Vance
County Rescue Squad, and
the N. C. Association of
Rescue Squads, and has
been an honorary member
of the Vance County Fire
and Ambulance Service
since 1969.
Mathews was vice president
of the Henderson
Exchange Club in 1968 and
1973 and president of that
club in 1969 He was man of
the year in 1968
Left Turns Lead
To Mishaps For
Warren Drivers
Two separate accidents
involving left turns occurred
last week in Warren County.
On July 15 a pickup
collided with a farm tractor
about nine miles south of
Warrenton on U. S. 401.
According to Trooper Bennett.
William Nathaniel
Southerland of Rt 2.
Warrenton, driver of the
tractor, attempted a left
turn and was hit by a pickup
operated by Ed Chambers
Temple of Raleigh. Temple
was passing the tractor at
the time of the mishap.
Southerland was charged
with failure to give a proper
signal. The pickup received
damages estimated at $150
with $20 in damages to the
tractor. No injuries were
reported.
About 11 30 p m on July
14 Wanda Faye Green of
Warrenton slowed her vehicle
to make a left turn into
a driveway on U. S. 1 about a
mile south of Manson when
she was struck by a tractortrailer
operated by Jeremiah
Nicholson of Richmond,
V'a Nicholson was
attempting to pass Ms.
Green.
Charges of failure to see
safe movement were lodged
against Nicholson Damages
to the Green 1973
Pontiac were estimated at
$1000 and $100 to the tractortrailer.
Ms. Green was transported
to Maria parham
Hospital for treatment of
injuries.
According to Trooper A.
M Bennett of the Highway
Patrol, Elizabeth Ann Inscoe
of Rt. i, Warrenton
pulled onto the shoulder of
U. S. 1 about two tenths of a
mile south of Norlina on
July 13. As she attempted to
return to her traffic lane the
sun glare obstructed her
vision and she struck a
vehicle driven by Harry Lee
Vaughan of South Hill
Damages of $240 were set
for the Vaughan vehicle and
$150 for the Inscoe vehicle.
No injuries were reported
and the trooper listed the
accident as unavoidable.
Some 30,000 women now
are employed as over the
highway truck drivers.
MAJOR MATHEWS
He is a member of the
choir and Sunday school
teacher at Tabernacle Methodist
Church of the Townsville
community of Vance
County
He has received an annual
certificate of appreciation
from the Warren County 4-H
clubs each year sinc'e 1965
for his aid in their first aid
and safety programs. He
was credited with saving
two lives in 1968 by using
i CPU i cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Major Mathews is married
to the former Alma
Holtzman of Ridgeway.
New Facts Surround Pirate
Never - before - published
information on Blackbeard
the pirate and glimpses into
the quality of life of 18th
century North Carolina are
contained in the newest
volume of "The Colonial
Records of North Carolina "
Volume V of the series,
entitled North Carolina
Higher Court Minutes," just
published by the Department
of Cultural Resources,
covers the court records of
North Carolina between
1709-1723
Edited by Or William S.
Price, ,Ir . former Warrenton
resident, the new volume
includes documentary
and literars materials on
the period v. ith the introduction
offering more detailed
explanations on the Cary
Rebellion, the Tuscarora Indian
War, growth of new
towns of Bath, Kdenton and
New Bern, and new information
on the capture of
Blackbeard
Although the records are
more than 250 years old, the
material contained is much
like tiie recoids of today and
offers an insight into the
daily lives of early North
Carolinians, I)r Price observed
Volume V contains many
lists of personal effects I of
North Carolinians I — what
they owned, what they ate,
what they wore or worked
with, their amusements.
This is one of the real
strengths of the series
court records offer a fuller
picture of the social life of
North Carolina than any
other group of records," he
added
In the material concerning
Blackbeard, Dr Price
was able to utilize documents
recently copied in the
London I England I Admiralty
Office outlining the
November, 1718 overland
expedition from Virginia
Hp explained that Virginia
had launched two expeditions
— one by land and one
by sea in order to be sure to
capture the pirate The sea
expedition finally subdued
him, but materia! on the
overland expedition, which
had involved the cooperation
of North Carolina
contains information fuller
than any previously published,
Dr. Price said
The book contain^ detailed
accounts of the Car\
Rebellion, an early uprising
against the colonial government
concerning dissenting
Quakers' efforts to lessen
political discrimination toward
them from the
Anglican-oriented government
The straggle took its name
from Thomas Gary who
served as chief executive of
North Carolina from 170517t)7
and 1708-1711, and who
was prominent among the
dissenters
Also in Volume V is an
account of the tw o year Tuscarora
War, "the most
destructive war in North
Carolina's history in per
capita injury and loss," I)r
Price pointed out After
years of being cheated b>
white traders and watching
their lands rapidly being
invaded by w hite settlers, on
Sept 'JL\ 1711 the Indians
moved .swiftly while the
colony was weakened by the
Cary Rebellion, and < ontmued
to attack for two years
A three-da) attack beginning
on March 2U, 17K1, in
the Indian fort in present
Greene County forever
o;oke the strength of the
Tuscarura in the colony
Must of the remaining tribal
members left North Carolina
for New York where
they became the sixth
nation of the Iroquois
Confederacy around 1~2L'
Also contained are accounts
of the development of
the eastern towns of Rath,
New Hern and Kdenton as
^ower centers of ihi young
colon>
The Colonial Records
series offers a 'clear sense
of the quality of life in North
Carolina,'' Dr Price observed
Volume V is available at
$21 pel copy from Historical
Publications Section, Division
of Archives and
History 109 K Jones St .
Raleigh
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