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' *' " Advertising jf ^ Medium VOLUME 63 Fair En< -m daturda Lions P U : ? The 21st annual Warren. County agricultural fair is ^ scheduled to end here on Saturday night. The shouts of barkers, the milling throngs of cotton-candy-eating children, the revolv-| 1 ing lights of the Ferris Wheels! will all come to an end here as the fair draws to a close | until next year. Members of the Warren ton j Lions Club, sponsors of the! annual event, yesterday ex-: pressed pleasure over the large number of persons -"ho l?ave| turned--out-for -the?week of j midway activity and to touri the local fair's, exhibit hall, j "Although the crowds have not been as large as they were I last year, we are very pleased. with the fair thus far," Niles Serls, assistant manager of the fair, said yesterdav afternoon! (Thursday). Serls blamed unseasonable heat as the main factor detracting from the fair's appeal, and said that new rides brought in 4 by the Endy Shows, which began playing the midway on Monday, should have been enough to have caused a sub-j stantial increase in the fair's r attendance. Serls. who is managing the fair with another local Lion. C. M. Bullock of Warrenton. said | that) the local civic club was i p'jastJ with comments from various persons concerning the lack of gambling booths on the midway. He also pointed out that many favorable comments had been received by the Lions about the exhibits being shown in the fair exhibit hall. He said that the Lions were highly pleased in the interest that school children had seemingly taken in the exhibit hall. | An outstanding event of this year's fair was the two school days, Serls said. Wednesday was white school day while Thursday was set aside for the Negro school pupils of the county. ?[ On both days students were admitted free and fairway rides were reduced in price. Prizes were also drawn for 1 among school children who attended on school days. Serls said that three Warrenton youths won approximately $100 in merchandise on Wednesday when prizes were drawn for white school day. Winners included Linda Additional Telephc To Warrenton Mai Two men have recently been transferred here by Carolina Telephone and* Telegraph Company in order to provide this area a maximum of efficiency in telephone service. They are Curtis Morris who comes to Warrenton from Wilson as a central office repair^ man, and H. B. Cutler, an in* staller-repairman previously as signed here, according to an announcement by L. E. Tuten, local plant manager. * Curtis Morris is a native of Tarboro and a graduate of Tarboro High School. He began his telephone career in 1956 as a central office repairman at Wilson and has worked there in ^hat capacity tinI fl ' r^i Subscription Pries $3 ds Here y Night; leased Fleming, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Boyd Fleming, first prize; Jimmy Barrett, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Troy Barrett, third prize; and Fred Hurst. Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hurst, third prize. Linda I.oyd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Loyd, drew the winning numbers. Canned food, produce, cooked articles, knitting and a host of other articles have been pouring into the exhibit hall since Monday. The food booth in the fair hniiHitiff^ppratpd bv theAmerican Legion Auxiliary, aS3 ffie" food booth on the grounds, operated by the Negro Home Demonstration Clubs, have both been reporting good sales throughout the week. This afternoon the annual 4-H poultry show and sale will be held, beginning at two o'clock. Educational booths and individual exhibits are an important part of any agricultural fair, Miss Emily Ballinger, home agent, and Mrs. Sue D. Skinner, assistant home agent, pointed out yesterday. They said that this year's exhibits proved to be exceptionally good ones, making it a most difficult assignment for the judges to select the winners. The winners in the six white home demonstration club] booths were as follows: First. "Home Freezing for J Today's Living," by Areola i Club; second, "Flowers Arranged for Our Home," Drew-' ry Club; third, "Quick Tricks; With Master Mix,"? fTilUlllp Club; fourth, "Selecting Rugs and Carpets," Wise Club; fifth,] "Chair Caning, Lnez Club; sixth, "Wheel of Good Eat-j ing," Vaughan Club. The club winning first place received a $35 cash award, and) the other five clubs received, $30.00 each. The prizes for the Negro! home demonstration clubs were] as follows: First, Coley Springs Club with the booth entitled "Our Home Demonstration Club Teaches Us," and second, Thrift Hill Club, "Steps in Good' Health." The first place Negro 4-H Club booth was on) "Aromatic Tobacco," and thei second on the "4-H's." Other blue ribbon booths! were the white 4-H Club booth, "50th Anniversary of 4-H Club me Men Assigned 0 ntenance Crew til his recent transfer here. Morris is a member of the N. C. National Guard, an Episcopalian, and is married to the former Agnes Phillips of Tarboro. They are the parents of an infant son, Curtis Allen. H. B. Cutler was born at Washington, N. C., graduated from Bath High School and served 18 months in the U. S. Army. He came to work with the telephone company in 1955 as cable splicer's helper. Since that time he has been assigned at Rocky Mount as a lineman and later as an installerrepairman. Unmarried, he attends the Christian Church. ?ic . 1 .w i ie?r iuc fei Steel beams, weighing in th place atop the partially-complc above, laborers guide the beair ture hoists them into place. 1 on Wedeneday carpenters bega roof. (Staff Photo) Annual Ha To Be Helc Final plans are shaping up i j and all will be in readiness on I next Wednesday, October 14, for the Warren General HosI pital Auxiliary's annual Hari vest Festival at the Warrenton Armory. Mrs. John Kerr, publicity chairman, said yesterday. I Mrs. Kerr asks that those who are willing to give artf I cles for sale at the Harvest Festival not to wait to be askj ed for contributions, as the committee is unable to see leveryone. "Bring any contributions for sale to the Armory Wednesday morning," she said. "Please everyone contribute to at least one of the booths." The booths sales will begin at 3 p. m. and Mrs. Kerr said that many unusual items had already been donated for sale as well as some valuable arti-j cles. These include country! hams, hig schools mascots handWork;" the Tarkiln Commun-j ity booth on "Beautify Your Community;" the booth by J the County Forester on "For-, estry;" the John Graham FHA: booth on "Eat A Good Break-j fast," and John Graham and. Norlina FFA booth on "Soil I Conservation." A red ribbon : was awarded Mr. and Mrs. I William A. Thompson for their | farm booth. The judges for the fair this year were: Mrs. Ruby UzzJe, Extension Specialist in Marketing at N. C. State College, Raleigh; Mrs. Sullivan Fisher of Red Oak; Miss Patsy Carr, Home Demonstration Agent, Boydton, Va.; Mrs. Rufus S. Jones, Warrenton; and J. W. Sanders, Henderson. Chicken Show And Sale Is Staged The annual 4-H chicken show and sale were held recently at the Fair Grounds with all exhibiting blue ribbon coops. 4-H members showing were Margie Thompson, Wayne Haithcock, Earl ' Rlggan, Jr., Delores Lancaster, Justice West, Richard Bender, Jean Holtzman and Sally King. The top price pen was exhibited by Margie Thompson and the birds were purchased by Henry Twitty. The chain is sponsored by Stars-Roebuck who gave $68 Uk prize money to the exhibi, Ibo money brought In by this year'a aale will purchase puneta lor 10 4-H members next year. Judging the show was Kenneth Bean, Extension Specialist in Poultry. fader fees 8ar(ery Hr. Edward Bell of Veterans Hospital, Richmond, Vs.. underwent a major operation there on Tuesday. He is formerly of Churchill. Mr. J. W. Garrett is in Duke Hospital, Durham, for treatment Mrs Garrett accomanied him on Tuesday. Wiilitfiifr- - fflarr r Codt wTHRRNTfvi e neighborhood of two and o ted John Graham High Schoo i with ropes as a crane locate 'he beams were set and welde i the job of putting on the rvest Sale 1 At Armoi dressed dolls. Thanksgiving and Christmas articles, plants, food, and many good used clothes, especially children's clothes. Mrs. Kerr also announced winners in the poster contest for the Harvest Festival. They are Anna Fishel of Littleton, Joyce Cobb of Norlina and Linda Hardy and Harriet Cheek, jointly, at Warrenton. Members of the Hospital Auxiliary placed tickets on sale this week for the supper which begins at 5 p. m. and the pubTic' is urged to purchase these tickets. However, those who dc not buy tickets are urged to come on anyway. Col. Bob Butler will auctioneer items during the supper period. Mrs. Kerr said that the public would not want to miss this. All proceeds from the Har vest Festival will be used for the benefit of Warren General Hospital. Convict Escapes, Recaptured After 8 Hours Freedom A Negro convict, sentenced to prison less than three months before, bolted from a road gan? near Axtelle shortly after noon on Tuesday. The prisoner, Willie Chil ders, who had worked his way to an honor grade rating, fled an unguarded gang and remained at large for almost eight hours before he was recaptured some five or six miles from Axtelle. Childers, who was serving a three to five years term for breaking, entering and larceny in Mecklenburg County, was captured by Prison Guard Allen Campbell after the convict had been'pursued for several miles through nearby woodlands by bloodhounds from the local prison camp. Deacons To Be Ordained Here Charles Johnson and Clinton Neal wlil be ordained as deacons of the Warrenton Baptist Church in special services on Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev. A. T. Ayscue, pastor of the Wise Baptist Church, will preach the sermon, and the Rev. John Link, pastor, will deliver the charge. All ordained ministers and deacons are invited to participate in the special service, Mr. Link Mid. Episcopal Services Morning prayer and sermon will be held at Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Sunday morning, October 11, at 11 o'clock. This will be the last service for the rector, the Rev. Howard Hartzell, who will retire next week. Attend Rally 4 large number of members of Wesley Memorial M. K. Church attended the Man Evangelistic rally held in William Neal Reynolds Coliseum to Raleigh on Monday. ; ... . . pit IS i, COUNTY OF WARREN, ; ne-halt tons each, were set into 1 Gymnasium on Monday. Shown d on the exterior of the strucd on Monday and Tuesday and physical education plants' main Scheduled y On Wed. ["news in brief Powell 111 Mr. Joseph C. Powell of Portsmouth, Va., formerly of Warrenton, is critically ill. Hugh Allen Here Hugh L. Allen, formerly of this county, was here Tuesday for the funeral of W: B. Fleming. He recently celebarted his 60th year with public utilities. He began work for the late Howard F. Jones in telephone business in Wilson. He and Mrs. Allen make their home in Cambridge, Md. Leaves For Japan CT2 and Mrs. James H. Pearce, who have been spend! ing some time with their relatives here, left by plane Monday for Seattle. Washington. They will sail Friday aboard the U. S. S. Mann for Yokohoma, Japan, where he will do a three year tour of duty with i the U. S. Navy. Mrs. I^ouise . Stegall, Maxine Stegall and James T. Young accompanied them to the National Airport, Washington, D. C. ] Macon PTA To Meet | The Macon P. T. A. will hold its regular meeting on j Monday night, October 12, at: | 17:30 in the school auditorium. | The program will be on Civil Defense and a guest speaker, | from Raleigh will be present, j The public is cordially invited I to attend. A social hour will be held following the" program in honor of the new parents. Breaks Leg Tommy Holt, son of Dr. and Mrs. Tom Holt of Warrenton, ;c o If ? KMiniu III nancu ueucrai | Hospital recuperating from a | broken leg sustained while I playing football at prep school i on Friday night. 11959 Tobacco I Acreage Larger i Warren County farmers harvested a total of 5,893 acres of tobacco in 1955, according to figures released yesterday by the local ASC office. In 1958 a total of 5,129.01 acres of tobacco was harvested on 1534 farms. There was one farm that harvested in excess of its allotment In 1958 and three farms in 1959. T. E. Watson, loeal ASC office manager, said there was an increase of 165 farms planting tobacco in 1939 over 1958 and an increase of Y64.93 acres. This increase, he said, was due to the eleminatiw of the Acreage Reserve part of the Soil Bank for IBM. The yield per acre for the county tor IBM was 1402 pounds Watson said it la expected that the yield for IBM will be lower due to weather conditions. * prnrfi The Standard Ptinllil^S 2256 South Shelby Stb^ N. C. ~~~ FRIDAY, Social Se Total $6( Social Security payments in, Warren County are approximately $600,000 a year. Charles! H. Meyers, Jr.. told the board! of county commissioners it i their Monday afternoon session, j "' This,"Meyers said, is not only* a big help to older persons of. the county, but is a direct boost to the economy of the county. Meyers said that there are! at present some 1500 persons | drawing Social Security in No Retiremen County Board The Warrett-Geunty- -Board of County Commissioners in session here Monday turned thumbs down on a request to place Warren County employees under a retirement program. Appearing before the board to ask for the program were Dr. L W. Kornegay, acting Health Officer, and Julian Farrar, superintendent of Public Welfare. The plan as explained by Dr. j : Kornegay would be to have the j I county withhold six per cent from the wages of employees after two-thirds of them had j voted to come under the pro- j gram, 3 per cent of. this for! ! social security and 3 per cent I I for a retirement fund. Dr Knrnpaav said that Sn.! I cial Security payments are not enough to properly care for many old persons, but that these payments plus retirement fund payments would go a long ways toward supporting those who can no longer work. He said that the retirement fund, unlike Social Security, was based upon the amount of pay- j ments made by those coming under it. The part of the program that disturbed the commissioners was a retroactive phase that would require the county to I pay back premiums on long| time employees. This, the com! missioners said, might cost the j county at least $10,000, and I result in a 6 cents boost in | the tax rate. i Dr. Kornegay said that while he knew that the plan if accepted would cost the county some money at first, he felt that in the long run that it would pay in "the obtaining and keeping of more efficient help. He said that he did not ask the commissioners to adopt Two Wise Be Honors In Co Two Wise boys took top honors at the Warren County Dairy Calf Show held Wednesday afternoon at the Warren County Fairgrounds, L. B. Hardage, assistant county agent, announced yesterday. I Grand Championship for the show was awarded to William Perkinson on his Guernsey heifer, and the Reserve ChamI pion was Brute Perkinson who j exhibited a Holstein heifer. William Perkinson is the son ! of Carl Perkinson of Wise, and Bruce Perkinson is the son of Frank Perkinson, also I of Wise. I Judges for the show were Harry Privette and Dave Ashworth, fieldmen for Pine State Creamery Company. Nineteen dairy heifers from all sections of the county were exhibited. The Danish system of judging was used. The Fitting and Grooming award was given to Jim Davis for his Gumnsey heifer and the showman ship award was given to Larry Vaughan whe showed a Holstein. v,Other winners Ln the show TSue ribbon class?William Perkinson, Bruce Perkinson, Jim Dwis, Larry Vaughan, Jim Overbv. Marcaret Ami Mate. oat, Ctrl Bender. George Perkinson, George Holtanan, John Skinner Ac?i. A. C, Collier, Paul Lancaster, Jr., CUffie Ann King, Egerton Rtdout, Jr., and Emily Ridout. Red ' ribbon claas?Richard Bender, Maeey Paynter, Bradley Vaoghaa and Karen Lancaster. i, t ? \ _v... OCTOBER 9, 1959 curity Pa1 30,000 In Warren County, but there ar.from 700 to 1000 au'u J : persons in the county er'r.'ec to quality tor these pey.nen s. i V> ere t^esc- person, placed on i the Socia' Security rolls, he saidrtne pa rents would run ^ around SI,000.^00 in Warren County. Meyers told *!.e commissioners that failure of Qualified persons to file for Social Se- < curity payments is what Ls worrying him and caused him t Program, 1 Rules the plan, hut Hi?have a h?ari. _ quarters man appear for a more detailed explanation of its value. Farrar, too, said that he endorsed the plan and that all members of his department had expressed a desire to have such a program for Warren County. . After the departure of Dr. Kornegay and Farrar, the com missioners said that the plan might have some merit, but that they felt that Warren County simply cannot afford it. The commissioners ordered that the tax audit of the auditor and tax collector's books be accepted and that the books he turned over to A. P Rod well, Jr.. tor the collection of 1959-60 taxes. It was ordered that a beer license be issued to the Norlina Supermarket upon receipt of the state permit. A beer license was also issued to Louis Rooker of Norlina. S. E. Allen, Register of Deeds, reported 78 marriage lij censes issued for the quarter ending September 30, for which $380.00 was turned into the General Fund. A plan to change the set up i of books in the office of the Clerk of Court in order to t simplify the records and make feasible monthly reports to the commissioners was approved. Julian Farrar, superintendent of the Welfare Department, was authorized to destroy all GR invoices and other financial invoices through June, 1956. The commissioners also approved the purchase and installation of a sink at the Warren County jail at a cost of around $500. The condition of the sink ati the jail has been an item on the Grand Jury's report for several terms of Superior Court. >ys Take Top . Dairy Show The event was sponsored by the Warren County Fair Association which awarded a total of $250.00 in Driz* monpv Hardage said that he and Mrs. Sue D. Skinner, assistant home agent, wish to take this opportunity to thank the club members, parents, and the Fair Association for the wonderful support given. Bible Conference To Be Held Here The Warren Subdistrict of Methodist Churches is sponsoring a Bible Conference at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, Wednesday-Friday, October 28-30, 7:30 to 8:30 each evening. Dr. Hugh Anderson, Divinity School of Duke University, will lead the forum period and the Rev. Troy J. Barrett, host pastor, will lead the group work period. The study will be on "The Gospel of Luke." Everyone is encouraged to re-read the Gospel . of Luke and plan to attend, Mr. Barrett said. The entire community is invited. Supper And Sale A turkey supper and harvest sale will be held at the I net Club House oh Friday, October : S, from ?:00 to 1:00 p. m? sponsored by the Shady drawn Methodist Ctaah for the benefit of the Methodist parsonage. Plates will sell tor $1JM. Col *. B. Butler still auction i the lteets during the sale. Your iBest Advertising Medium NUMBER 41 yme s Vy cyi ren m appear before the commis> ,ners to ask their aid that | Warren County citizens might | get what they are legally entitled to | Failure to apply by those in Che from 40 to 50 years age I group is the most disturbing ; part of this failure, Mayers said He attributes some of this failure to fear that in- vflH comes would be revealed. | However, Meyers said, if JH | people could learn the full advantage of Social Security, in death payments, in sur- | vival care, in accident pay- H | ments for the 50 to 60 years group, he believes that there I would be a great deal fewer persons failing to file for So- | cial Security _ Meyprs said,?a?d?the?com missioners agreed, that the problem seem to be one of [ education. The commissioners I had no plan to get the people | to file, but thanked Meyers for | his appearance before the ^H| board. | Fleming Rites I Are Held Here I On Tuesday Funeral services for Walter | B Fleming 87. retired Warren- | ton business man. were conducted at the ^Warrenton Baptist Church on Tuesday at 3 p. m. with interment in Fair- | view Cemetery. The Rev. John Link, pastor of the church, officiated. Mr. Fleming died at Warren | General Hospital at 8:20 p. m /H Sunday after a long illness. The son of the late Dr. R. $ D. Fleming and Anna Virginia Watson Fleming, Mr. 9 | Fleming was born in Hopkins, -fl j Ky., on February 19, 1872. He 9 returned with his parents to ?fl Warren County as a child and 'ja j after attending school in Kentucky, engaged in farming at 'Jm Bridle Creek farm near War- | renioii ior many years. lie | moved to Warrenton in 1920 M and founded the Warrenton 9 Service Station which he operated until his retirement 9 in 1944. Mr. Fleming was a lifelong member of the Warrenton Bap- | tist Church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Joe N. Ellis of Warren- 9 ton: two sons, Robert P. Flem- 9 ing of East Orange, N. J., and W. Joseph Fleming of Louis- 9 | ville, Ky.; two grandchildren, 9 and one great-grandchild. - 9 I Road Meeting To Be Held At Court House A public hearing in import- JH ant matters in the Fifth High- IB way Division will be held od 9 Wednesday, October 14, J. W..&9 Jenkins, division engineer, an- M nounced yesterday. \ Rrepresentatives of the Fifth 9 Division will be on hand to Jjfl discuss road requests and prob- i lems with city and county of- M ficials and the general public. H The meeting will be held from 9 10 a. m. until noon, and from ? 2 until 4 p. m. in the War-? ren County court house. This is one of a series of I meetings being held in the }? Fifth Divisions, which is com- j'? posed of Person, Gramrill#, ft] Vance, Warren, Franklin. Wake and Durham Counties. Bible Classes To Be T aught Here The Rev. Troy Barrett and 1 the Rev. John Link will teach J a community-wide Bible Class each Wednesday evening from 1 7 to 7:30 p. m. for the next 9 eight weeks. Mr. Link will deliver the J first lecture on "How To Read 9 on Wednesday at 7 p. m. at.fl the Methodiat Church. ) The (tret four claas sesaiona? will be held at. the Wertrtjl Memorial Methodiat ChurehtSLi] the aecond four dame eillB held at the Warrenton Church. All young people and who are intereated in a tody of the Bible en naSH ly invited to attend.