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<3ub exhibit one of two from this
Extension Service district end one
of 12 at the State Fair) won 11th
piece in judging this week.
RAY ELLIOTT, M-year-oid son
of Mr. and Mrs. Howard EUlott.
landed a five - pound bass,
estimated weight, from his father's
pond Monday. He used a spinner
reei for his catch.
LT.-COL. E. E. FULLER Jr. re
cently returned from Vietnam
where he served for a year as a
battalion commander, m the ear
lier issue it was inadvertently
stated that his recent service was
in Korea when as a fact it was
Vietnam. .
SATURDAY is date for the Wild
life Club's annual tUrkey shoot,
which is to be held at the club
house a mile off 96 on the Satter
whlte Shop road. Shooting is to
begin at 9 am.' add will continue
until dark. In the event of rain, the
shoot will be held a week later. Oct.
26. "" ' --f ''
STOVALL RURITANS have been
notified that their holiday supplies
of fruit cakes are being baked this
week and will be shipped in the
early future. The Stovall club has
sold fruit cakes in late October.
November and December for several
years to help finance ah educational
project supported by the club. F.
C Boyd Jr. is the local sales agent.
MRS. SETH CLOVER of the
Safety Department of Mary Jamie
son Woman's Club hits directed at
tention to the importance of re
moving the automatic latching de
vices from discarded refrigerators,
stoves and other items which might
betxgne an attractive nuisance for
children, Taking the locks off. she
said, will eliminate the possibility
of a child being unintentionally
locked inside, possibly with fatal re
sults. .
school of the State Highway Patrol
in Chapel HM1. Turaage will not
meet appointments ih Creedmoor
Monday or Tuesday or in Oxford
Wednesday or Thursday. He wili
return to his office in the court
house here on Friday. Meanwhile,
persons seeking renewal or new
licenses may apply in either Dur
haitA cr Henderson
EM Harry Watts
Leaving today For
'Huntington' Duty
Ens. Harry Watts Jr., a 1968
graduate of the U. S. Naval Aca
demy. after a seven days visit here
with parents, wiii leave today for
a flight to Hawaii to begin duties
on the US6 Huntington as damage
control officer. His ship is assigned
to Vietnam area waters.
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Bur/dmg iDt^c/i^rcyf/on
on Program Sunday a/
Hester s ihfotn<3<:ory!tft(y
me nev. neorge i lunstait,*
Rev. Roger WiHiams and
Others on Program at Hes
ter Baptist Church
A history - making program is
planned Sunday at Hester Baptist
Church as homecoming is observed
and a three-story addition to the
church plant is dedicated.
The Rev. Leslie Giles, pastor for '
seven years, said the program would }
include the homecoming service at i
11 with the Rev. George T. Tuns
tall of High Point as speaker, and
dedicatory sermon at 2 with the
Rev. Roger Williams of Kinston as
the speaker. Both are former pas
tors of the church. P. R. Barlowe
will recount some of the past his
tory of the church. Also in the
afternoon, there is to be a song
service, with Hester Church Quartet
and visiting vocal groups partici
pating. Picnic dinner is planned
at noon.
'It was during the ministry of
Mr. Tunstall that the existing
brick church building was erected
at Hester in 1918, a year after he
came to the church, which he
served until 1926, at which time he
was followed by the late Rev. W.
D. Poe.
Mr. Williams, who now is super
intendent of the Baptist Orphan
age, Kennedy Home, near Kinston,
was pastor at Hester from 1949-53.
He served a Hickory Church before
becoming pastor of Mills Home
Baptist Church at Thomasville,
moving from that duty to his pres
ent post in Lenoir County.
Hester Church, with over 600
members, is the largest church
both in membership and plant size
of any rural congregation in the
Plat River Baptist Association, of
which its pastor is moderator.
'The three-story addition, au
thorized in early summer after the
congregation voted to provide
mate adequate facilities for the
growing Sunday School and
church, is in final stages of com
pletion. The building contractor, C.
T. Wilson Construction Company
of Durham is this week adding
cabinets and other equipment.
The lower level of the building,
which is equipped with kitchen, is
to be used for fellowship and rec
reational assemblies and on the
main floor is to be the office, a
choir loom, nursery suite and a
married couple's department. The
top floor will consist of 12 class
rooms for junior, junior high and
senior high students.
The total cost of the building,
including furnishings, will be about
$160,000. Charles P. Jones Jr. is
serving as general chairman of the
building committee; Howard Mor
ris, construction chairman; Johnny
C Currin, building fund chairman;
Mrs. G. P. Wilkinson Jr., furnish
ings and purchasing; P. R. Bar
lowe, legal; and Nelson Currin,
grounds.
Defendant /?! JE)<yyna<yt:
Action /ts&s Court to
Juror ifr Case
Durham Attorney Says Dam
age Award of $4,800 "Con
trary to Weight of Evi
dence" and "Not a Proper
Verdict"
A Oranville County woman, Mrs.
Mary Alice Bentley, wife of Arthur
W. Bentley Jr., was awarded **.
MO by t Jury in Granville Super
ior Court the past week which
found Samuel Marrow negligent,
resuiting in a wreck that Injured
Mrs. Bentiey.
Judge Robert M. Martin of High
Point has under advisement a mo
tion by Marrow's attorney, George
W. Miller Jr. of Durham, that the
verdict of the jury be set aside as
being "contrary to the weight of
the evidence" and that the Issue
of damages be set sside as being
contrary to the weight of the evi
dence, "and excessive. "
Miller aiso moved that the verdict
be set aside on the basis that it
was "not a proper verdict " and
that it wae. in fact, "a quotent
verdict."
Thereafter. Miller had Attorney
s. s. Royster ewnm and examined
for the defendant Marrow in sup
port of his motion.
The unusuai action occurred after
Royster revealed that he had found
in the waste can of the Jury room
a sUp of paper on which H sums
<
were written. Those sums, added
and divided by 12, gave the figure
(4,900. Miiier, upon learning of the
find, offered his motion in court
and asked that Royster be swom
and examined.
In pursuing his contentions in
court, Marrow through his coun
sel, Miiier, moved the court that
a juror be recalled "in order to
determine if an agreement had
been reached at any time that each
juror would submit a figure of
damages in this case, and did agree
that the total of those figures,
divided by 12, would be their ver
dict on the issue of damages."
Judge Martin did not immediately
rule on the motions and agreement
was reached that his determina
tion of the motions and the judg
ment might be signed outside the
court.
The jury held that Arthur W.
Bentley Jr., in whose car Mrs.
Bentley was a passenger at the
time she was injured several
months ago. did not by his neglect
contribute to injuries or neglect.
Support Authorised
Mrs. Shirley Strickland Oakes,
granted a divorce from her hus
band. Julian B. Oakes, was granted
custody of minor children born of
the union and the court awarded
her from the defendant in the case,
Julian B. Oakes. (30 per week for
the support of the children. Oakes
See COURT on Page 7
WILLIAMS
TUNSTALL
UM!CEF Ca!)s To
Be Made by Youth
Supervised Crews to Make
CaH^ on Sunday Evening,
October 27
Plans are now underway for the
youth of Oxford to join over 3%
million other boys and girls in
America in collecting for UNICEF
this year.
Under auspices of the Methodist
Youth Fellowship of Oxford Metho
dist Church, UNICEF representa
tives will visit homes in Oxford in
small, supervised groups on Sun
day night, October 27, between 5:30
and 7:30 p.m., according to Sam H.
Stallings, Associate Minister of Ox
ford Methodist Church.
"UNICEF is assisting in over 500
tong-range programs in over 100
countries of the world. This is done
With an annual budget equivalent
to what is spent on world arma
ment in two hours of one day.
The UNICEF trick-or-treat will be
identified by their official collec
tion box; only those carrying one
of these orange and black con
tainers will be authorized to collect
for UNICEF," Stallings said.
"In the developing countries, 900
million children, 3 out of every 4,
tack medical attention, proper and
enough nutritious food and an ade
quate education. The youth of Ox
ford want to urge all our citizens
to participate in this campaign on
Sunday, October 27, and know that
ss a result of our work many more
children will be given the oppor
tunity to grow up healthy, and
with the skills necessary to lead
Ltseful and productive lives," he
concluded.
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Born to Mr. and Mrs. James
Robert WHliams, of Rt. 1, Oxford,
a son, Robert Dalton, weighing
seven pounds, nine ounces, Oct. 9,
at Granville Hospital. Mrs. Wil
Hams is the former Miss Betsy
Howard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Howard of Oxford and Mr.
Williams is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert P. Williams of Rt. 4, Ox
ford. Robert Dalton is their first
child Mr. Williams is employed by
Pine State Creamery.
CCB teases Strip j
FromGranviMe;
$6,000 item OK'd
County to Get $50 Per Month
for Use of Strip Wear
Library
During an Adjourned meeting
here Tuesday night, Granville
County Commissioners authorized
a iease of county lands to Central
Carolina Bank and approved an
additional $6,000 to meet expense
of installation of a water and sewer
line beyond limits of the city.
The land to be placed under
lease is a strip 60 feet wide and
extends from the line of Richard
H. Thornton library on the west
to Wail Street and abuts city
owned property earlier leased to
CCB for location of a temporary
banking facility.
The county will receive $80 per
month for use of the property and
the lease is to be for one year.
Also before the board was an
application for a beer permit for
sale at 66 Restaurant on U. S. 18
at Creedmoor. The applicants were
Maurine or Maurice Currin and
Milton Averett.
The $6,000 authorization will sup
plement an expenditure of $30,000
earlier approved for installation of
water and sewer lines to serve the
Bandag plant on western outskirts
of the city.
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Litter ProMem
To Get Attention
Four-County Kick Off Din
ned Staged Monday Wight
by Beer Industry
The problem of Utter on the na
tion's highways, byways and muni
cipal areas was discussed during a
dinner meeting in Durham Mon
day night which drew attendance
from Granville, Person, Orange and
James A. Stutts, district director
of U. S. Brewers Association, toid
the gathering that Utter is "a strain
on the nation's conscience," and
during the meeting, pians were out
lined for a more effective control
of the problem.
The dinner featured a menu of
beer-steeped food from roast beef
to apple strudel. It was jointly
sponsored by the Brewers Associa
tion and the North Carolina Beer
Wholesalers' Association in connec
tion with Governor Moore's desig
nation of October as "Industries
Litter Prevention" month.
Stutts said the Utter problem
costs the nation's taxpayers over
$500 million annually to do an in
effective and half-hearted job of
correcting.
The industry is distributing 10,
000 Utter posters in North CaroUna
and is encouraging the use of con
venient Utter deposit boxes.
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GC Ptexy Resigns
GREENSBORO — Dr. J. Ralph
Jolly, president of Greensboro Col
lege since 1904, tendered his resig
nation Tuesday to the executive
committee of the college's trustees,
giving the urgency of "family re
sponsibUitles" in his native Ala
bama as reason for his decision.
FORD
DevM Ford Joins
CCB Organization
Oxford Native with PNB in
Ahoskie Returning to
Oxford Nov. 11
William David Ford of Ahoskie
and Oxford has accepted a posi
tion on the staff of Centra! Caro
iina Bank and Trust Company. The
announcement came from James 1.
Carey of Oxford, CCB vice presi
dent.
Fofd was born in Qranviiie
County, was graduated from Ox
ford High, and attended Louisburg
Coilege. He is married to the for
mer Shiriey Edwards of Hender
son and they have a son and a
daughter. The Fords will be mov
ing back from Ahoskie to Oxford
and wiii live in their home on
Salem Road.
Associated with Union National
Bank for three years, he was em
ployed as City Clerk and Tax Col
lector of Oxford from 1964 to 1967.
Since 1967 he has been associated
with Planters National Bank, hav
ing served in the Oxford Office
pr#- to moving to Ahoskie.
. ff mehaberof Providence Baptist
Church, Ford also belongs tb Ox
ford Lodge No. 122 AF&AM. During
his stay in Ahoskie he was active
in the local Jaycee organization.
Ford has been elected an of
ficer of Centra! Carolina Bank, with
the title of Assistant Treasurer, ef
fective November 11.
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GranviHe Winners
ot State Fair Named
Two residents from Granvilie
County received awards in the
Flower and Garden Show competi
tion at the N. C. State Fair this
year. Cooper H. Barnes, Oxford,
won second place in grounds, and
his son Donald Barnes, was win
ner of first place in gourds.
Nelson Burchette of Route 1, Ox
ford had the best broad breasted
bronze turkey in the Poultry Com
petition this year at the N. C.
State Fair.
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DR. MARTIN NAMED
GREENVILLE — Dr. William B.
Martin of the East Carolina Uni
versity School of Education faculty
s the new president of the North
Carolina Association for Retarded
Children for the coming year.
jhfornwform Byes L/secf
By Swec//sh Doctor
Here /or Research
A Swedish physician engaged in
research on the tine structure ot
the eye Wednesday concluded a
month-long stay in Oxford during
which he worked with tobacco horn
worms in an effort to expedite his
investigations.
Dr. Gosta Gemne of the Depart
ment of Physiology n. Karolinska
Institute, Sweden, explained that
information sought during his visit
to the Oxford Tobacco Station is
related to the "physiology of insect
vision."
He came here, he stated, because
of his acquaintance with Alfred H.
Baumhover, Investigations Leader,
in Entomology at the USDA Sta
tion. and the knowledge that Mr.
Baumhover is doing a significantly
outstanding job in his field of en
deavor.
Fine Structures of Eye
Some problems which physicians
have encountered, he stated, point
ed up the need of studies of the
very fine structure of the eye," and
because of difficulties of working
with tUnndK in such studies, Dr.
Gemne turned to the use of in
sect eyes—and to Oxford because
of the abundant supplies of in
sects at the Tobacco Station, where
they are produced under controlled
conditions by the "tens of thou
sands."
Dr. Gemne said the structures are
so small that it is not possible
to study them with an ordinary
microscope. He, therefore, uses elec
tron beams instead of light beams.
The Tobacco Station has no elec
tron microscope in its array of
laboratory equipment, but Dr.
Gemne was given access to one in
the Department of Zoology at the
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, and he has. therefore,
been a frequent visitor there dur
ing his 90-days in Oxford.
During his North Carolina visit,
Dr. Gemne has conducted a semni
nar in the Department of Ento
mology at North Carolina State
University, Raleigh. During a stop
over visit today at Yale University,
New Haven. Conn., Dr. Qemne will
conduct a seminar in the Depart
See EYES on Page 7
Jai! Site Locked !n
By GranviHe Board
Commissioners to Situate New Jaii Structure with Sheriffs
Department on Site of Agricuiture Building
on Wiiiiamsboro-Watkins Streets
Granville County Commissioners,
in an adjourned meeting here
Tuesday night .adopted a resolu
tion which figuratively locked the
door on a site for the iong-sought
Granvliie County jaii.
Commissioners voted unanimously
to locate the Sheriff's Department
in a new building which is to
be situated on the existing site of
the property known as the Agricul
ture Building, which extends from
Wiiiiamsboro on the south to Wat
kins Street on the north and is
adjacent to a county-owned lot at
the comer of Watkins and New
College Streets.
The Ag building, erected around
the turn of the century when bug
gies were the most popular form
of home-to-market transportation,
was erected to house a local in
dustry engaged in manufacturing
buggies. It later was used for manu
facturing furniture. For the past 30
years, it has been used to meet as
sorted needs. It is to be removed
from the site to makeway for the
Sheriff's Department, which will
attach to the jail at the rear,
with the principal entrance to the
house of detention from Watkins
Street.
Commissioners settled on the site
after strong opposition was voiced
to locating the facility on either
a site at the rear of Richard H.
Thornton Library or on any part
of the Seaboard property, which
corners on Gilliam and Littlejohn
Streets. Approximately 100 persons,
following a presentation of prob
lems related to selection of a site
by Commissioner T. W. Carrington,
and in response to questions by Mr.
Carrington, in*ja voice vote and
show of hands, presented a united
front against both proposals.
City Manager Tom Ragland, ap
pearing with a City Board dele
gation, told commissioners it was
the desire of the municipal board
to offer more of the Seaboard prop
erty with a view to assisting Coun
ty Commissioners in solving their
problem of a site.
Commissioner Carrington had
earlier read a letter from Col. Leslie
D. Smith, Chief of Jail and De
tention Services, State Board of
Welfare, In which Col. Smith had
stated that he would not approve
a site on the railroad property.
Mayor Tom Jordan told the com
missioners that the Oxford Board
had no Intention of antagonizing or
attempting to make their task more
difficult, but it was the "expressed
desire" of the municipal board to
assure the County Commissioners
of a willingness and a desire to co
operate in solution Of their problem.
W. T. Yancey, one of Oxford's
senior citizens, and a long-time ad
vocate of civic and public better
ment programs, drew a Mg hand
when he expressed the belief that
the "old buggy company property
was "a pretty place, a nice place
and the best place" for the county
jail.
Col. Smith repeatedly said he
would oppose putting "in a back
alley" the county's new $200,060
jail."
Baptists Compiete
P/ans tor 7wo-Da/
Association Meeting
Routine Reports to Be Sandwiched with Inspirationai Pro
grams and Music Beginning Tuesday Afternoon at Moun
tain Creek and Wednesday Morning at FeUowship
The 175th annual session of the i
Flat River Baptist Association is!
to convene next week, Tuesday, Oct.
22, at Mountain Creek Church com
mencing at 4 pm. and the fol
lowing day, Wednesday, at Fellow
ship Baptist Church commencing
at 9:30 am.
The Association's moderator, the
Rev. Leslie Giles, pastor of Hester
Baptist Church, reminding that the
theme Is "Christ, the Only Hope,"
said a program of unusual interest
has been developed, and with spec
ial music, for each of the sessions.
The Rev. Clarence E. Godwin,
pastor of Oxford Baptist Church,
will give the annual sermon at the
afternoon session Tuesday and the
doctrinal sermon will be given by
the Rev. W. J. Edwards, retired
former superintendent of missions,
on Wednesday morning.
Guest Speakers
Several guest speakers have been
scheduled, according to Mr. Giles.
Appearing Tuesday afternoon will
be Dr. Ben Fisher, director of the
division of Christian Higher Edu
cation, Baptist State Convention,
whose topic Is to be "Baptist Col
leges." Wednesday morning, Dr.
Donald Moore, director of counsel
ing and Associate Professor of
Pastoral Care at Southeastern
Baptist Seminary, will speak on
"Christian Life."
Presenting the annuity program,
the Rev. Guy Cain of the Baptist
State Convention Is to speak Wed
nesday morning, as will the Rev.
W. Isaac Terrell of Thomasviile, a
former minister in the association,
and whose topic will be Children's
Homes.
Appearing in the afternoon will
be the Rev. Robert C. Hensley,
missionary to the Bahamas, who
will present the annual message
on missions.
Music Planned
The Rev. Steve Perrou, pastor of
DelraynO, is to be in charge of
music at all sessions. Tuesday,
there will be a solo by Mrs. Hildred
Parham, soloist of Mountain Creek
Baptist Church: the Youth Choir
of Fellowship Baptist Church, Ra
leigh: and the Youth Choir of
Mountain Creek Baptist Church.
The program for Wednesday will be
vocal selections by Mr. Perrou and
by a quartet of Flat River Baptist
pastors.
The Mountain Creek church will
be host for the supper at 9:39 pm.
Tuesday and the Fellowship con
GILES
gregation will provide the meal at
noon Wednesday.
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Kiwanis information
Giyen C!ub Assembly
On Tuesday Evening
Bob Howell Presented as New Mem
ber—John R PerMnson Speaker
for Gathering
A program on Kiwanis education
featured the Oct. 16 meeting of the
Oxford Kiwanis Ciub heid at
Thorndale Country Ciub with Presi
dent Arch L. Taylor Jr. presiding.
John R. Perlcinson, a former
lieutenant governor of Kiwanis In
ternational and also a former presi
dent of the Oxford Club, gave
pertinent information about the
organization, its founding and
growth and some of the aims of
the organization .
Bob Howell, principal of D. N.
Hix Elementary School, was pre
sented as a new member.
Five members of the Chapel Hill
Kiwanis Club were visitors and Bill
Gay. plant manager for Bandag,
Inc., was the guest of Doan
Laursen. Two members of J. F.
Webb Key Club. Hamlin Landis and
Gary Angle Jr., were guests of the
host club.
Dr W. G Woltz. who is attend
Ing a tobacco conference in Rich
mond, Va.. will be joined today by
Mrs. Woltz and daughter, Betsy,
for an overnight stay.
Surviving in
mother aw his wf
Hicks Ymmg of tha
Street: a son, Walt)
Greensboro, and Af
ryn Young, of tha ht
Childwn. throe sish
Young and Mfa.Au)
of Oxford, a^d M)
Willis of Portsmo)
brothers, AMrad and
both of Raleigh. *
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