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-y r; f ^ *9V FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1961 INVESTIGATE OranvUle County has many business and farm opportunities. In vestigate, then invest. ... ... . . .ii— NO. 50 ^Skthn Mishap ^Diane Hipks, Route*5, Hurt Critically len Hit by Truck -year-old Stiovail child re in critical condition Thurs [at 8haw Memorial Hospital result of injuries sustained Tuesday night when struck Hght truck in front of her one and a half miles east of is Linda Diane Hicks of ^ute 5 Oxford, whose mother is i Hicks and a witness to the sc at. [Highway Patrolman W. T. Fel who is continuing his inves ation said he learned that the child and her mother were riding with Pete Cooper, Route 5, Oxford; that Cooper stopped his car in front of the Hicks home to iet out his passengers; (hat a car foilow ing the Cooper car halted to per mit safe passage. The mother, attracted by the foliowing vehicle, held the hand of the child until she saw the sec ond car slow. The child then dart ed across the road into the path of a light truck, traveling west, and which had been unobserved by the mother. Driver of the truck was Mrs. Mary Faucette Williamson, 38, Bullock white Woman, who veered to her right in what the officer said was an attempt to avoid the child. < ^Brought to the hospital in "poor" condition, Dr. Joseph Colson said Thursday that some improvement has been noted. The child is suffer ing with a brain concussion, a fractured leg and multiple cuts and bruises. Court Suspends Sentence in Non-SuppofMng Fathers of legitimates Two Creedmoor men, John Har old BuUock, Jr., 24, white, and Spurgeon Morton, 47 Negro, plead guilty in Recorder's Court here Tuesday to charges of manufactur ing and possession of materials and utensils designed for manufactur ing whiskey. Judge Will Z. Mitchell gave each a term of six months, suspended upon payment of fines of $100 and costs and upon thb condition that neither violate an AiBC law for a period of two years. Lennie Lyon, 37, Negro, plead not guilty to a charge of larceny, but at the end of State's evidence entered a plea of nolo contendere and was given a term of 30 days suspended upon payment of costs and $13 to the use of 6. B. Brymer. Frank Harold, 47 Negro, was found guilty of assault upcn a fe male and was given a term of four months, suspended upon the con dition that he pay the costs and that he not assault Halite Mae Howard for 12 months. Daniel Gregory plead guilty to a charge of disposing of mortagaged property and was given a term of three months, suspended upon payment of costs and $3330 to Pey toh Rogers. Non-Support Case William Thomas Harris, 32. Ne gro, plead guilty to a charge of non-support and was given a term of 12 months, suspended upon pay ment of costs and $5 per week for support of the child of Beatrice Horton. Roy BuUock, Negro, also was found guilty of non-support of his illegitimate child and was given a term of 12 months, suspended upon payment of corns add upon the condition that he p$y $S par week to the Welfare Department for support of the chUd Of Dora Dixon and that he also pay $M medical expenses. He gave notice of appeal and bond was fixed at $300. Clinton Dicks, 2$, Negro, plead guilty to a charge of non-support and was given a term of 12 months, suspended upon the condition that he pay the costs and $6 per week for support of the child qf Jennie Frances Moss, Eibert Oakiey, Jr- M. white, paid p fine of $M and costs for -.. ..---- - -.. L.*-LJL.n.... Sthoo! Construction Jobs Are Progressmg Haskins and Rice Preparing Finai Drawings of New Con solidated High Schooi Bniiding—Work Begins on Mary Potter Structure Architects are at work on the fin al draft of plans for the new con solidated high school for Oxford and Northern Granville County and preliminary work is underway on the site of a new school building at Mary Potter High. Haskins and Rice of Raleigh, architects, are preparing pians for the new building to be situated northwest of town on a site acquir ed from G B. Watkins. Oxford School Superintendent C. W. Dug gins said he believed the necessary preliminary preparation for the construction will advance at a speed that will premlt occupancy of the building in the fall of 1962. The general contractor on the Mary Potter building, East Caro lina Construction Company of Dunn, has men on the job and foundations are behtg prepared. Water has been carried to the con struction site and work is expected to advance steadily on the (253,000 project providing 16 additional rooms and other facilities for Mary Potter, according to Sup't C. W. Duggins. The Oxford Board of Graded School Trustees also has confirmed a bid of 41,750 made by Dr Joseph Colson for a dwelling on Raleigh Street, opposite Shaw Hospital, which was left to the Board by a i former teacher in the Oxford schools. Stova!) Revtvo! To Begin Monday Rev. Maurice Giiiiam of WhiteviHe to Be Preach er for Series A revival will begin Monday at Stovaii Baptist Church and con tinue through the week with a guest preacher assisting the Rev. Curtis Knowles, pastor. Services are to be held at 8 each evening, Monday through July 2, with the Rev. Maurice Gilliam, pastor of New Hope Baptist Church, Whiteville, as the evangel ist. The Rev. Mr. Knowles said friends of the congregation are in vited to participate in the services. The pastor will direct the song services ifUMag the week, which is to include special music. Mr. Gilliam is a native of Reids ville and was pastor of Woodland Baptist Church in Wake County white he attended Wake Forest Coltege and Southeastern Baptist Seminary. He also has served the Baptist Church at Hiddenlte. Mr. Gilliam is a family man and has a son and a daughter, both teen-agers. -—. BiHs to !nc!ude More Information On Teiephone Ca!!s "Telephone subscribers here will notice a change in the appearance of their long distance telephone bills dated June 15 and thereafter." according to D. F. Holliday, local manager for Carolina Telephone. He said the new list of calls and telegrams will include more detail ed information concerning long distance calls. For regular long distance calls, where the distant point has a 7 digit numbering system, the new bill will normally show the tele phone number which was called in addition to the name of the town and state. For special types of mes sages such as credit card and col lect calls, the terminating point and originating point, including the name of the state, will be shown. The different types of special calls will be identified by a code explained on the reverse side of the bill. "A new mechanized method of long distance billing, resulting frcm months of study and prep aration, has enabled us to provide this additional information to our customers. We hope that it will be useful and helpful to them," Holh ay concluded. Geneva Church WiM Have Guest Preacher A Metter, Ga..minis ter, the Rev. Robert Cochran, will supply the puipit at Geneva Presbyterian Churoh at li am. Sunday. \ Mr. Cochan is pastor of the Pres byterian Church in Metter. Alvis Clement of Geneva Church said members of Grassy Creek, Oak Hiii and Hebron Churches are invited to participate in the service - INDIANS ASSIGNED The Hamett County Board of - education has admitted 30 Indian children to the previ ously all-white Dunn High School, effective in September. At the same time the board denied reassignment of 30 In dians to the city's elementary school on grounds that the school is already overcrowded. Posta! Charges To Advance on Ja)yl Money Orders, Special Deliv eries to Cost More at Post Office Rates on several postal services will advance on July 1 Postmaster Vernon W. Taylor has been advis ed by Washington superiors. Advancing will bd the cost of money orders, parcel post special deliveries, out-of-country first class mail and the cost of certain other services. Money orders will cost 20 cents for up to $10.00; 30 cents from $10 $50 and 35 cents from $50-$100. There will be no advance in spe cial delivery rates on first class mall, but the cost of special deliv ery of parcel post aim be .36-. cents for up to two pounds; 65 cents for two to 10 pounds; and 00 cents for more than 10 pounds. The charge for letter mall to Canada and Mexico will he four cents per ounce and to countries ether than Canada and Mexico, 11 cents ..for the first ounce and 7 cents for each additional ounce. Postcards to Canada and Mexico wili be three cents and six cents for cards to other nations. Air mail sheets will advance to 11 cents and air mail that now costs 10 cents will advance to 13 ents per half ounce. Publishers' second class maii go ing to most nations of the world wlii also advance July 1, Taylor ex plained. -+-—— Auto Damaged, Cow Destroyed in Mishap A Virgilina woman lost her cow and a Greensboro man had his car damaged Monday night in an accident one and a haJf miles south of Virgilina on Highway 49. Highway Patrolman W. T. Felton said a* Greensboro man, Eugene Merton Hayes, was headed in the direction of Virgiiina when a cow ran into the path of his vehicle. The left side of Hayes' 1959 Chevrolet was damaged and the cow came out with a broken leg .md was destroyed. Effle Whitt, Route i, Virgiiina, claimed the animal.' Florida Traveler Pays Off, Goes On A traveler frcm Florida made quick settlement of damages he brought to another vehicle here Wednesday and continued on his way; Police Officer Herbert Grissom said the Meridian, headed north and driving a heavy sedan, hooked the back fender of a taxi driven by William Lockett. Damage was ap proximated at $86.00. The Florida man, whose name was pot recorded, settled the bill and drove away. ; -r-r-4--;—0 Sunday "Blue Law" PdSsed by Assembly Supported by the North Caro lina Merchants Association, the Legislature, this week passed a Sunday "biue law" for North Car (Mnh. The act . provides, however, that Boards of County Commissioners or Boards of City Commissioners may exempt their area from the law. The act prohibits Sunday retail sales of furniture, clothing, Jewelry and several other types of house hold furnishings. Mrs. R T. Grten To Head Rod Cross Emergency Fund Drive to Be Undertaken by Finance Committee Eiectidn of Mrs. Reuben Green to head the Granvilie County Chap^ ter of the American Red Cross feajs) tured the June meeting heid Mon day night at the court house. A finance committee, consisting of W T. Yancey, T. H. Speed and J. P. Floyd, Jr., was named dur-' ing the business meeting. A Na tional Red Cross representative has given the' iocai chapter permission to conduct a special fund drive, with the entire totai of coliections I to be used at the iocai level to keep ) the organization in tact. The goai iof the drive is 0500. During the board meeting, $50 was subscribed toward the objective. A. F. Cozart was given commen dation for his efforts in getting the iocai disaster committee set up. There was considerable discus sion of Grey Ladies' activities and Dr. Lokey of Umstead Hospital ex pressed a need for this service at Butner. Mrs. Green said an effort wiii be made to get this phase of Red Cross in operation by Septem ber i. Meeting with the Granviiie group was Mrs. Mary Katherine Gunneii, ARC field representative; Mr. Yan cey, Mrs. Green, Mr. Floyd, Mrs. Gladys Montague, Norman Keiiy, G. T. Eakes, T. H. Speed, J. 3. Rudder and Dr. Lokey. Peace's Chape! Te CommenceReviva! Rev. Grady Buchanan of Shreveport, La., to Con duct Week-Long Series The annual summer revival at Peace's Chapel Baptist Church is ,to begin the Rev. 1 Grady Buchanan of Shreveport, La., as preacher. Services are to be held through the week ahead at 8 p.m. A native of Granville, Mr. Buchanan now is pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Shreveport. He has been re turning annually for the revival for several years and he has written friends that lie is anticipating with interest his return to Granville. Chora! and congregational sing ing are to be featured during the week. Rev. Phillip Marrow, sup ply pastor, is to assist with the se ries. Mt. Zion Revivn) To Begin Sunday Rev. Duane Highlander, Home Missionary, To Preach Next Week A revival wiii begin Sunday at 11'a m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church and continue through the week. The pastor. Rev. W. 1. Johnson, stated Rev. Duane Highlander, a missionary with the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, wiii be the preacher ror the series. Services are to be heid during the week at 8 p.m. daiiy. The Rev. Mr. Highiander presently is assign ed to work in Chattanobga, Tenn. Mr. Johnson extended to the pub lic an invitation to attend the sev eral services. Jason CarfoM, 54, Found Dead Sunday A Negro sawmUl hand, Jason Carroii, 44, was found dead Sun day night at the steps of a neigh bor, Sadie J. Harris, on Black Street off Alexander. Deputy Coroner Roy T. Breed iove, assisted by Mice Officers result of naturai ^irgiiina Ruritans ^iay Bait, Ride :ys on Tuesday rgmna Ruritans are witling to e a faii f<y the Virgilina Fire Department. ' ' That became obvious when an nouncement was made yesterday that the Ruritans would sponsor a donkey ball game at the Virgilina schooi Tuesday at 9 p.m. Ruritans and their friends will play bail and ride the donkeys — the donkeys willing — to make money to operate the volunteer fire department. no REV ARCH V TURNER . : v3t' -! - Arch V. Tamer To [Preach at Hester Virgitina Native, Pastor in Scotland Neck, to Lead Revivai for Week The Rev. Arch V. Turner, pastor of First agonist Church, Scotland Neck wmS&! the preacher for the summer'revival commencing Sun day at Hester Baptist Church. The paster, the Rev. Paul C. Mattox, will begin the series at 11 a.m. Sunday with Mr. Turner tak ing over for the evening worship at B. Mr. Turner is to preach at the same hour during the week ahead. A native of Virginia, Mr. Turner is a graduate of Eastern Baptist Seminary and a trustee of Chowan College. H.W.Bautom,Jr., n. Creek Geest ord Pastor to Preach in seinniny Sun y Night Rev. Herbert, W. Baueom Jr., pastor of Oxford Baptist Church, wiH be the guest minister at re vival seryices at Grassy Creek Baptist Church, June 25-June 90. Rev. Glen Holt, pastor of the church, will preach at the morn ing service on Sunday, June 25, and Mr. Baucom will preach at 8 pm. Services will begin each even ing at 8 o'clock. The choirs of the church will furnish special music at each service. Cottage prayer meetings are be ing held in six homes in the com munity, on Tuesday, June 20, and Friday, June 23 in preparation for die revival. Eyeryone in the church commun ity is Cordially invited to attend these special services, the Rev. Mr. Holt stated. Severny-Three in Summer Session At Oxford High Schoo) Seventy-three students, with one or more from each of the six high schools in the county, are partici pating in the summer program at Oxford High, according to Principai B. F. Sloan. Sloan said with a single excep tion, the work is make-up for the student enrollees or an effort on the part of the individual to get a better grasp of work taken dur ing the past year. A new course in creative writing is being offered for the first time in the school. Miss Eugenia Boyd of the English staff is the instruc tor. Others assisting in the sum mer pregram are Miss Lorena Av erett and Mrs. Walter Nutt. $ John Asa Parham and A) Habit are offering instruction in driver education to a group of 24 students, the first of tn!ee sections to be trained during the summer. A special program of summer training is aiso underway for the schcoi band. Director Frank Mc Culloch has about 20 students from both the Credie and High Schools participating in this program, which is to be continued until mid July, . -4- - At Media Conference Mrs. Lillian Adcock Aid Miss Audrey Cprien of Berea School, Robert Hunt Principal of Wiiton High! Miss Mary W. Han, Super visor of Oranville County Schools and Miss Annie Cray Burroughs, Supervisor of Oxford Schools, this week attended the North Carolina Conference on. Newer Media of In struction at^e University of North Carolina. The theme was "Better Teaching Thro&gh Effective Use of the Newer Media of instruction." Granvi/ie ./l/3%3arenf/)' Passed L/p /n Choices For Pood (C?ory!iT!isi5i(?r! Granville Friends Apparently Unsuccessful in Quiet Ef ford to Gain Appointment for Claude A. Renn Unless Terry Sanford is holding surprises in his bag of political tricks, Granville County likely will not get a Highway Commission ap pointment. Over a period of several weeks, friends and political associates here had sought to have the Governor choose a commissioner from Gran ville, which has never possessed such an honor. The Legislature opened the door for reorganization qf the Highway Commission and some 18 members wih be named for positions on it. Although Sanford will not take of ficial action on the appointments until he returns from Hawaii where he now is attending the Na tional Governors' conference, word has gone out to his political lieu tenants as to choices for most of the positions. There has* been no hint that San ford would tap for the policy-mak ing body his old friend and political crony, Claude A. Kenu, who beat the bushes here last spring and summer in Sanford's behalf. Renn, a tall, slow-sueaking cat tle grower, had nothing to say of the possible appointment before he left for Fort Sill, Okla., for summer training as an artillery instructor for two weeks. Win or lose he said his friendship for Sanford is un shaken. But others in the city and county with a finger on the political pulse were not pleased with the trend of events. "We've done everything within reason. Certainly Granville .deserves recognition of this kind," 'said one who has been in ciose I touch with the situation. "It looH ! now as if we must iook with renew ed hope to the political batties of the future. From the standpoint of a highway commission appoint ment, this ,cause aopears lost." Among those who apparently have reasonable assurance of high way commission appointments are Hep. D. G. Byli of Morehead City, Northampton County Commission T. G. (Sonny) Joyner, Tom Mc Leod of Fayetteville, W. E. (Bill) Horner, Sanford newspaper pub lisher; James G. McClamroch of Greensboro, a lawyer; Jack Kirk 'sey of Morgantcn, a Sanford cam paign worker; Murray Tate of Ca I tawba County, a Sanford county manager; Elsie Webb of Rocking ham, another lawyer - manager; Clint Newton of Shelby, an area campaign manager; Yates Bennett of Yancey County, a former Reg ister of Deeds and chairman of the county Democratic Executive Com mittee; Worth Joyner,* a Rocky Mount oil dealer; Lock Faircloth, Sampson County farmer and auto mobiie dealer; Watson Brame, North Wilksboro mayor and San ford supporter; Ted Jordan, Gra ham County clearing contractor; James Glenn, Winston-Salem law yer; Paul Younts, Charlotte real estate developer and Graham I Elliott, Washington auto dealer. Henderson Man !s ^ Qfven Prison Term A Henderson man, joe Paul Biackbum was given concurrent prison terms cf 15-23 years and 10 15 years after he plead guiity this week in Vance Superior Court to charges of kidnapping and attempt ed rape. Biackbum, 45, married, was ac cused of kidnapping Judy Hester, 19 from the yard of her grand mother's home. The man and the girl were found a short while later in his parked car in a church yard. Biackbum was originally charged with the capital crime of rape. Af ter pleading guilty, to the lesser crime of attempted rape Judge; Clarence W. Hall of Durham, sen- i tenced him to 15-25 years on the kidnapping count and 10-15 years ^ for attempted rape. LATE NEWS LIGHTHOUSE WRECKED Stannard Rock lighthouse in Lake Superior was wrecked Sunday by a blast which left three men stranded and a fourth missing. A Coast Guard cutter reached the lighthouse Wednesday. GENERAL ASSEMBLY QUITS The 1961 Genera! Assembly finished its work Thursday af ternoon, four months and 13 days after it convened in Ral eigh. The Legislature passed or killed a total of 1,262 House bills and 512 Senate meas * ures. EAST CAROLINA STORM Wind and rain of storm pro portions raked sections of East Carolina Wednesday, leaving heavy damage tq buildings and crops. Much of the damage was in Wayne and Duplin Counties. Several houses, to bacco barns, one church and a number of outbuildings were wrecked by the cyclonic winds. SLOW-DRIVEKg BANNED A bill to discourage motorists [ from driving too slowly, on i main highways and causing traffic tieupa was enacted into law by the General Assembly this week. Under the act, cars and pickup trucks would have to maintain minimum speeds no less than 13 miles an hour under top posted speed of primary and interstate high ways. Generally, this would mean a minimum speed of 40 miles an hour cn primary highways arid 49 an inter state and superhighways. Truck Damped, Auto Demolished Creedmoor Youth Charged with Careless and Reck less Driving Heavy property damage and no persona! injury resuited from a smash on Lewis Street at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to Sgt. E. N. Conneii of the PoiiCe Depart ment, who investigated. A resident of Route 2, Creed tnoor, Robert Morris Perry, IS, was charged with careiess and reckless driving after his pick-up truck smashed into the. rear of a Ford driven by Roland Daniel Wilson, 27, white, (Route 4, Oxford. Connell said damage to the Per ry vehicle would approximate $800 and that the Wilson car was de stroyed. 'Home' Movies Shown At Kiwonis Meeting Kiwanians pointed fingers and laughed at themselves att thjelr meeting Tuesday night. ' The occasion for the guffaws and finger - pointing was the screening cf movies made during the Oaso rama which members of the cluh staged several days earlier. Club members took over gas-pumping responsibilities at the Hillman Currin Esso Station for' a day. The movies were made and screened by E. H. McFarland, Jr. During the business meeting, members of the club approved a plan to have outdoor meetings at Dr. R. L. Noblin's cabin during July and August. -:-_. Major Ciaude A. Renn Leaves for FortSM! Major Ciaude A. Renn of the Army reserve leaves today for Fort Sdl Okia., where he wii! be on active duty for two weeks as an instructor in the Artiliery Schooi there for 17 days. This will be the fifth annua! summer trip to Fort Sili for Major Renn and this year his students will come from 12 states of the Eastern Seaboard. -... Thurman E. Burnett* Awarded Schoia rehip Thurman E. Burnette, an Oxford High School graduate and now a student at State College, made the dean's list for the second yeari having maintained an average of 3.7 for ^e year. He has been awarded a Manly O Mann memor ial scholarship by the Nationwide Insurance Company for his junior year at State. Truck Overturns, Driver Avoids SAL TroinNear Town < — — Tom Toby Charged with Vio lation After Close CaH on Highway 96 A truck, operated by a Rich mond, Va., man, and Its load of laundry supplies were heavily dam aged near here Tuesday afternoon when the truck overturned as the driver succeeded. In avoiding coi lision with a train. Highway Patrolman W. T. Felton said Herbert Tom Toby, 30, Negro, of Richmond, traveling south on 96, pulled his vehicle off the road to his right causing the machine to overturh on its left, as he sought to avoid a Seaboard Airline train at the Olay's Station crossing. Toby was charged with exceeding a Safe speed and driving with im proper brakes. The driver escaped injury. Toby told Officer Felton that he observed the train as he approach ed, and applied brakes, but when it became obvious that he could not halt his vehicle short of the tracks, he made a turn to the right while moving at excessive speed. The shift of weight caused the ve hicle to topple over, he said. The van-type body was loaded with acid and soap, used in com mercial laundries and garment hangers. The 1957 - model OMC truck was owned by Binghtfm Truck Service, Inc., Riciimond. -+--. (hartie P. Sadter Passes at Age M Funeral For Resident of Route 1, Creedmoor, to Be Heid 2:30 Friday Chariie P. Sadler, H8. farmer of Route ^ a.m. Thursday at home Mlowfng an Illness of several weeks: The funeral will he conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev. James A. Lewis, assisted by the Rev. H. W. Baucom, Jr., of Oxford Baptist Church. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. The remains will rest at the G. T. Eakes Funeral Home in Oxford until taken to the cliurch SO min utes prior to the service. The fam ily wiil be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman Suttt. J Mr. Sadler was a native of Franklin County, but came to Gran ville at an early age and spent the greater part of his life here. He was the son of the late John and Sallie Sherron Sadler, a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and a former member of Woodmen of the Worid. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Re becca Wagstaff Sadler Of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Hoffman Suitt and Mrs. Elmo Lynch, both of Oxford; and Mrs. A. B. Mat sick of Henderson; two sons, Ches ter L. Sadler, Route 1, Creedmoor, and Charlie Compton Sadler of Oxford. There are also eight grand children. Active pallbearers named are Carson Wagstaff, Billy Lee Chalk, Meivin Overton, Robert Ed Sadler, Wade Sadler and Marvin Sadler. Nationa! Guardsmen Are Returning Home The local unit of the North Car olina National Guard Is this week end winding up a training period of two weeks at Port Bragg. Officers and men of the unit will begin the trek back to National Guard headquarters here tonight, with the last of the 66-man con tingent coming In Sunday. [Preliminary reports' from Bragg Indicate that the training has beam Intensive, strenuous arid thorough. Wiiiiom Dixon Hurt in Fuji From Porch William Dixon employee Of Tom's Auto Supply, sustained a painful injury a week ago when he accidentally fell from the porch of his home on Grace Street where he was at work. . Dixon waa engaged in sanding a small table when he missed his step and fell backward, crushing a vertebrae of the spine. After hos pital treatment he is at home resting on a hard bed pending im provement of the Injury.
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