Country Shoppe Has
Local Headquarters
(Continued from page IB)
monogramming for 300
to 400 customers at
Christmas, has been
transformed into a ship
ping room.
A nook with a desk in
her kitchen and break
fast room qualifies as
the official headquar
ters of "The Country
Shoppe."
On the perimeter of
the farm stands a log
cabin that Phyllis is
eyeing for possible use
as a retail shop where
she could market her
wares at certain times
of the year and on holi
days.
The only problem is
that she wants the cabin
in her front yard, not
over the hills and
through the woods.
"I'm trying to talk
Earl into having it
moved," she said, ad
ding that it was a long
term project.
The success she now
enjoys and the enthusi
asm with which she
plans for the future are
two things she never an
ticipated four years ago
when she had what she
terms a "run-in" with
cancer.
"I didn't think then I'd
ever be 40." she said. It
was during recuperation
from surgery that
Phyllis had time to con
centrate on her art, and
realized she wanted to
devote more time to it.
"I didn't want to go
back to an indoor nine
to-five job," she explain
ed. "I thought, 'If I ap
ply myself, I can do
this.' It took me three
years to turn a dollar,
but even when the
ecomeliny was off, I was
selling things. That
tickled me."
She still has the check
from her first substan
tial order from a
Dorothy's Ruffled
Originals shop in Ral
eigh's Crabtree Valley.
She acquired that ac
count, which she now
supplies on a regular
basis, by walking into
the store and casually
commenting on items on
display. Not one to
mince words, she sim
ply said, "That folk art
isn't as pretty as mine."
Apparently it wasn't,
because before long,
Phyllis had a $1,500 or
der.
She tries to keep a
balance between work
for her wholesalers and
for friends.
"I don't ever want to
get so busy I can't sup
ply the local people who
helped me get started,"
she said.
Phyllis now has about
55 items in production
and in addition to her
own work, currently
spends about two days a
week assisting Littleton
potter Tom Gray with
brushwork for his
wares.
"My bears and sea
scapes are okay,"
Phyllis commented,
"but he says my rabbits
look like Volkswagens."
She noted humorously
that she is Gray's ap
prentice. "I'm not an
employee—they get
paid, don't they?" she
quipped. "If Tom's
patience holds out, I'd
really li'.»c to get into
pottery. But Tom told
me it would take 12
years to get as good as
he is."
The last comment was
related with a good
natured laugh at the
jovial barbs that some
times pass between the
two artists. But the
twinkle in Phyllis' eye
suggests that the
challenge is accepted
and that there might
someday be Phyllis
King pottery to add to
the Phyllis King folk art,
and tole designs, and
ceramics.
"The frustration is
that I want to do it all,"
she said. "It's over
whelming."
Fair Is Reported
Good By Thompson
All the signs were
favorable last week for
the Warren County Fair,
and J. B. Thompson
reported that it was one
of the most outstanding
of his 23 years as fair
manager.
The clear autumn
weather encouraged at
tendance, which Thomp
son surmised may have
been the second best on
record. While having no
way of making an ac
curate assessment of
the attendance, he
guessed it to have been
approximately 10,000 to
12,000. The weather con
ditions, he said, were
the most perfect for fair
going in his experience
with fair management.
Thompson compli
mented those attending
the fair for their excel
lent conduct The mid
way he judged to have
been one of the clean
est he could remember.
In addition to the
favorable weather and
orderly crowd, Thomp
son attributed the suc
cess of the fair to the
fine cooperation and
support given by the
general public, area
schools and fair exhibi
tors. He noted that the
exhibits this year were
among the most out
standing ever.
The cattle show was
particularly impres
sive, according to
Thompson. He quoted
the judge, Jim Butler,
extension animal hus
bandry specialist, who
expressed that the cattle
shown on Wednesday at
the fair were among the
best he had seen.
On behalf of the
Warrenton Lions Club,
sponsor of the fair,
Thompson expressed
appreciation to Areola
Lumber Company for
providing shavings and
sawdust for the cattle
barn and to E. B. Harris
of Goins and Harris
Realty and Auction Ser
vice for auctioneering
the poultry sale.
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Taking part in banquet program were left to
right, first row, Rosa Thorpe, Jerry Hicks, Sandra
Greenwood, Sheree Swift and Amanda Moss; back
row, Carolyn Sontherland, Winnie Prince,
Jacquelln Heath, teacher aide advisor; Lydia
Powell, program head and special education ad
visor; and Marie Murdoch, early childhood advisor.
(VGCC Photo)
Winners Of Warren County Fair
Exhibits Are Listed By Officials
Winners abounded at the Warren County
Agricultural Fair which ended last Saturday. Ac
cording to fair officials, the event was one of the
best in recent years.
Entrees were judged in three categories: in
dividuals, clubs and civic groups, and livestock.
Livestock winners are featured elsewhere in this
issue of The Warren Record.
Winners in clubs and civic groups are listed
below. Individual winners are also listed below, but
because of the number of entries in {hat category,
only first place winners are listed.
Individual entries in canning, pantry,
needlework, arts and crafts, ceramics, flowers, hor
ticulture, and field crops. The winners are: Can
ning—Mrs. L. H. Clary, peach preserves, canned
squash, lima beans, peas, pimento; Mrs. Robert
House, pickled beets, jams and preserves; Mrs.
Carol Beddingfield, dill pickle; Mrs. Ella Moseley,
tomato ketchup: Mrs. G. C. Robinson, fig preserves,
cherry preserves, black berry preserves, six
jar preserves collection, six-jar jelly collection;
Mrs. Zeta Ingle, canned beets; Mrs. Rebecca Gup
tin, peach pickle, strawberry preserves; Mrs.
Lovine Thompson, snap beans, tomatoes, peaches;
Mrs. Donna Smiley, cucumber pickle; Mrs. Sylvia
Ellis, canned okra; Mrs. L. C. Harris, watermelon
rind pickles, blackberry jam; Mrs. Ramon Fitts,
pear preserves; Mrs. Frank Twitty, canned corn,
peach jam, pear honey, bread and butter pickle;
Mrs. J. D. Russell, applesauce; Mrs. Mary
Cameron, whole cucumber pickle, Mrs. Maxwell
Howard, canned pears, canned blackberries; Mrs.
Clyde Perkinson. grape jelly; Mrs. James Clark,
crab apple jelly, black berry jelly, strawberry jam,
canned apples, grape juice, pepper relish, apple
jelly; Mrs. Mary Shelton, chow-chow, tomato juice,
pear pickle.
Pantry—Mrs. Robert House, oatmeal cookies,
white loaf bread; Mrs. L. H. Clary, deviled foods
cake; Steven Bender, strained honey; Mrs. J. D.
Holtzmann, plain cookie; J. D. Holtzmann, cured
bacon, cured ham; Mrs. Ellen Moseley, fudge, but
termilk biscuits, cheese wafers; Mrs. Janice
Spruill, boiled soap, brown eggs; Mrs. J. D. Russell,
rolls; Mrs. James Clark, pound cake; Mrs. Maxwell
Howard, dried apples, cold soap; Mrs. Marie King,
noney in como, cnocoiaie pouna cane.
Needlework—Mrs. Annie Pegram, crocheted
afghan, Mrs. Edith Wright, unlined suit, skirt, two
piece dress, pocketbook; Mrs. Frank Twitty,
crocheted afghan, crocheted cape, knitted scarf and
hat, pocket-book; Mrs. Ellen Moseley, pillow cases,
carriage robe; Mrs. Joe Daniels, afghan; Mrs.
Billie Perkinson, knitted sweater; Mrs. Clyde
Perkinson, novelty pillow, place mats.
Arts and Crafts—Mrs. L. H. Clary, crewel em
broidery; Steven Bender, wood carving; Yvonne
King, oil-painting, free-handed; Cathy Shearin,
pencil and charcoal painting; Mrs. Frank Twitty,
ear bobs; Mrs. Ellen Moseley, cross-stitched pic
ture, finished needlepoint; Mrs. J. B. Russell, stuf
fed toy; Mrs. Joe Daniels, broom; Mrs. F. H.
Thompson, tin punch; Vicki Perry, pencil drawing;
Sherman Johnson, pencil drawing; junior
division—Kevin Carter, crayon painting; Paula
Lancaster, water color; Catherine Harris, charcoal
drawing.
Ceramics—Mrs. Rebecca Gupton, animal.
Flowers—Mrs. Lovine Thompson, rose
specimen; Mrs. Carol Beddingfield, dried
arrangement, Sylvia Ellis, tuberous begonias,
specimen bedding plant not in bloom; Mrs. L. H.
Harris, Mexican sunflower, Mrs. Julie Ingle,
coleus; Mrs. Edith Wright, snake plant, Mrs. Frank
Twitty, miniature arrangement, specimen foliage
plant; Mrs. Ellen Moseley, fall asters; Mrs. Janice
Spruill, cactus; Mrs. Mamie Weaver, table
arrangement; Mrs. Ira Weaver, rose table
arrangement; Mrs. James Clark, afghan marigold,
mixed arrangement, ageratum, scarlet sage,
petunias, Wandering Jew, hanging basket,
geranium; Mrs. Wallace Allen, sultana, hanging
basket; Wally Allen, begonia; Mrs. Vance Robert
son, dahlias—one color; Mrs. Marie King, zinnias
collection, dahlia collection, cockscomb,
gladioli—one color, african violet, zinnias—one
color, gladioli collection, dahlias specimen, French
marigold, gladioli specimen, dahlia-one color,
moct unusual arrangement, specimen flowering
plant, Mrs. Quay Robinson, tuberose; Mrs. Edwina
Rooker, fern.
Horticulture—Mrs. L. H. Clary, bunch lima
beans, best watermelon; Clarence Boyd, biggest
watermelon; Irvin Haithcock, sunflowers, rarest
exhibit, foot-long peas, wonderful peas, black-eyed
peas, scuppernong grapes, butter peas; Mrs. Carol
Beddingfield, collection ot gourds, half-runner
snaps, Indian corn; Mrs. Rebecca Gupton, collec
tion of gourds; Mrs. Sylvia Ellis, banana peppers,
bell peppers, pole snapbeans; Mrs. Ruby Jones,
squash; Robert Ingle, largest pumpkin, mammoth
pumpkin, pecans; Mrs. Zeta Ingle, chestnuts, figs;
Mrs. Edith Wright, ice-box watermelon, cashaw;
John H. Wright, onions, rarest exhibit; R. J. Holtz
mann, sweet potatoes, canteloupe, rarest exhibit;
Mrs. Frank Twitty, Golden Delicious apples, Starks
Delicious apples; Richard J. Holtzmann, Jr.,
hickory nuts, Puerto Rico sweet potatoes, honey
dew melons, citron, persimmons, peanuts; Mrs.
Mary Pollard, winter squash, vegetable collection,
James grapes, red-ripper peas, shelled peas;
James Clark, gourds, locusts; Mrs. Ellen Moseley,
crowder peas, Stuart pecans, dates; Mrs. Maxwell
Howard, black walnut, hot peppers, tomatoes;
Clyde Perkinson, red- bliss potatoes, Irish Cobbler
potatoes, Keiffer pears, pole lima beans, okra, egg
plant; Mrs. J. B. Russell, potatoes; Bonnie and
Allen Campbell, pumpkin; Mrs. Thelma Byrd, pep
pers; Mrs. Mamie Kearney, pears; Dan West,
rarest exhibit, bunch snapbeans; Mrs. Mary
Skelton, pimento pepper; junior department—Chad
Vaughan, gourds; Julie Ingle, tomatoes, cabbage,
lima beans, peanuts, hot peppers, pumpkins.
Field Crops—Clyde Perkinson, tobacco, lemon
wrappers; Mrs. Anna Fuller, tobacco orange wrap
pers, tobacco lemon lugs, tobacco orange lugs; Ir
vin Haithcock, yellow popcorn; R. J. Holtzmann,
barley, a stalk of corn, a stalk of cotton, bale of
clover, bale of grass, bale of lespedeza, jar of
Korean lespedeza, sheaf of oats, rye, jar of wheat,
fescue seed; Richard Holtzmann, Jr., barley sheaf,
yellow hybrid corn, jar of oats, yellow popcorn, jar
of soybeans.
BOOTHS — Blue ribbon winners were War
renton Junior Woman's Club, Greenwood Bap
tist Church, Warren County Friends of Black
Children, FHA-HERO-Warren County High School,
Ideal Club, and Three Points 4-H Club; red ribbon
winners were Community Base Alternatives,
Friendly Three Development Club, Warrenton
Woman's Club, Warren County High School Art
Students, Warren County Schools Exceptional
Program, Warren County Arthritis Support Group,
and North Carolina Senior Citizens Federation;
white ribbon winners were Town and Country Gar
den Club, Army National Guards Wives and North
Carolina Food Service Federation.
Fourteen Graduates
Are Given Banquet
Fourteen graduates of the Education Associate
Program at Vance-Granville Community College
were honored at a banquet recently at Silo Restau
rant in Henderson.
Lydia Powell, program head, presided over the
festivities and welcomed those present. Jacquelin
Heath, instructor, offered the invocation, then
recognized each of the class members and com
mended them on their accomplishments. After
wards, Marie Murdock, who also serves as faculty
member with that program, presented each of the
graduates with a gift.
Several of the students responded with special
remarks, following which a steak dinner with all the
trimmings was served.
The Education Associate Program trains in
dividuals interested in working in one of the sub
divisions of education leading to an Associate
Degree in the areas of Early Childhood Specialist,
Special Education and Teacher Aide.
Listed according to their specialized field of in
struction, the following students earned degrees:
Teacher Aide—Amanda Moss of Granville County
and Winnie Prince of Warren County.
Early Childhood Specialist — Carol Fequiere and
Arlesa Whitley, both of Vance County; Sandra
Greenwood, Granville County; Audrey McKnight,
Franklin County; Geraldine Alston and Winnie
Prince, Warren County.
Special Education—Sheree Swift, Carolyn
Southerland and Rosa Thorpe, Vance County; Jerry
Hicks, Peggy Mason and Regena Yancey, Warren
County.
HealthCo Has Part
In National Week
HealthCo, Inc., head
quartered in Soul City,
is participating in
National Community
Health Week, Sept. 23
29, according to Ms.
Deborah Carter-Davis,
patient service coor
dinator. This special ob
servance is planned to
acknowledge the
positive contribution
which community
health centers are mak
ing to their communi
ties.
Ms. Carter-Davis
reported that HealthCo,
Inc. is one of over 700
community health cen
ters located in both
rural and urban areas
throughout the country.
I*i 1983 over five million
people were served by
such centers.
HealthCo has served
the residents of Warren
and Vance counties and
the surrounding areas
for 10 years. During
these 10 years HealthCo
has progressed from
providing services in a
trailer to operating out
of a newly built building.
Under one roof, Health
Co has six medical
examining rooms, four
dental rooms, a well
equipped laboratory and
a pharmacy.
Presently the center
offers medical, dental
and podiatry (foot care)
services. A women's
speciality clinic and a
prenatal clinic are held
each Wednesday. Also,
HealthCo works very
closely with the Warren
School System to help
youngsters obtain
needed health services.
As the clinic strives to
improve its con
tributions to the com
munity it strives to keep
you and your family
"healthbound year
round." For an appoint
ment or more informa
tion call 456-2181, 492
7768 or 1-800-682-1850.