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I 1 Your Boat Advertising Medium VOLUME 63 Libraries Are Disc I Hallowe'en ( Be Held Her The John Graham-Maria Boyd PTA sponsored Hall we'en Carnival will be held the Warrentoti Armory on ne: Thursday night. October 2 from 7:30 until 9:30 o'clock. Announcement of the da IJ|or the carnival was made c Tuesday night at the Octob< meeting of the PTA by B. ( U7KUn ~U_: -e ** *? initr, ciiaiiiiiuii 01 me can. val committee. White said th lit is regretted that the cam val has to be held on a scho night, but that Friday night football game has been sche uled between Warrenton ar Norlina and the Armory w: not available for Saturdi night. The meeting, over which Mi Scott Gardner, president, pr sided, was featured by a ta by Miss Emma Lewis Whit kcr. Warren County school li rary supervisor. She was pr sented by Selby Benton, pr gram chairman. Miss Whitaker said that si was pleased with the operatic of the John Graham I.ibrai which is doing an excellei job under the direction < Mrs. Claude Bottoms. She sa that a survey of both the hif ^school and elementary scho "ibraries had been complete and checked against state re ommendations. She added th the survey has not been coi epleted at the Mariam Bo; school. Both the elementary and tl high school libraries have good selection of books, Mi Whitaker said, but there is shortage of books on geogr phies. A weakness of the braries she said is in the dl apportionate number of boo of fiction in the libraries. Th is particularly true of the el 1 .? ... ... fmeniary uorary wnich 111 1106 book"* of fiction, or < per cent of the library book This number, she added, shou be around 500 In spite of this, Miss Wh aker said, the libraries a making progress and that boi shortages are not acute. Oth books will be bought as fun become available and continui improvement may be expecte Miss Whitaker said that co trary to popular opinion, tel vision has actually increasi reading of books by scho , childen. She attributed this, part, to an aroused curiosi and a desire to know mo about subjects touched up< by the television. Reading helps to deveh character. Msis Whitaker sai and a child needs to be so rounded from babyhood 1 books. A child is imitative ai does what his parents do, ar those children who never si their parents read are not I apt to form a desire for rea ing. "A child who comes to tl first ffrnHp ftf onKnnl tuWl. - * sire to read pays a complimei to his parents, she said. MUs Whitaker said that ch drelf should be encouraged read both for information ai recreation. Invocation was pronounct by the Rev. L. R. Campbe pastor of the North Warrentc ^ Baptist Church. Leonard Daniel, chairman i the PTA membership comm tee reported that 320 membe Farmers Are Asl Marketing Cards Warren County farmers at this week reminded by tl local ASC office to return the marketing cards promptly. T. E. Watson; ASC offic manager, *ak) yeaterday tht tobacco famntn '.'MNb..' require by program regulations to n turn their ttaikMitf cards t the local A8C county offic at the close of the? market set son. A Raid-, this year, he add* many fihim will neglect t return their marketing cart and will have theor 1M0 aUo ments reduced oecause of thl neglect. ^ Last year many producers I Jrthe state tad their 1?S0 alio mejfih reduced for failure t * refim SMllteting cards and f? other dMfetions, Watson salt These few farmers, compare with the many toba^o farmm in the state repra^Hfcfcnr g& anall percentage. dHHii v.-... 4^ 4 I Subscription Price $ ussed Carnival To e Thursday ml ships had been obtained foi o- the association and that h< at) hoped that the membershlj Ktj drive could be completed bj 9, the next PTA meeting wher an increase in membershij [e would be shown, in The work of the social com ?r mittee, of which Mrs. Franl J. Reams, is chairman, was prais li- ed by Mrs. Gardner for the ex at cellent social hour at the firs! ii- PTA meeting of the year lasl ol month a | Mrs. Gardner also said tha' H. I fmns Ol 4 -a OC U ?1 ? 11 vjin oo iu oj uuuurics u, id Warren County had been sole as by local PTA members sinci ?y a list of solicitors was publish ed in The Warren Record. She s. pointed out that Manley Wade'! e- History sells for 56.00, but that Ik all FTAs of the county are a- permitted to receive a $1.0( b- commission on each histon e- sold. She expressed the hope o- that several additional histo ries might be sold by PT.A ,e members. )n Mrs. Tom Holt, chairman ol ry | the cafeteria committee, re nt ported that she had recentlj of eaten a meal at the schoo j,j cafeteria. This meal was de ;h licious. Mrs. Holt said, anc 'of added that Mrs. Eleanor Davii ,rl is doing a fine job as cafe c. teria operator, at Room prizes in the eleraen n. tary school went to the room'. .J of Mrs. Charles Johnson anc Mrs. Alton Pridgen. The room: of Mrs. Frank Banzet and Mrs Stewart tied in the high school *a I Carnival To Be ;a- Held At Macon Ills The annual Hallowe'en Carn ks ival will be held at Macot lis School on Thursday night le- October 29, with a barbecui its supper being served from 5:31 19 until 7:30. :s- Plates will be available tt take out and will consist a barbecue, slaw, potato salad it- hush puppies, loaf bread, cof re fee or soft drink. Adult plate ik with cofee will sell for $1.0< er and children's plates will sel ds for 50c plus drink. Pie will alsc ed be available for 15c per slice id. A play entitled, "Old Maid: in. Convention" will be held in thi le: auditorium at 8:00. Admissio: e(j will be 35c for adults and 15< 01 for children. The public is in jn vited to attend. re Carnival To Be >n j Held At Wise JP| A Hallowe'en Carnival wil d-be held at the Wise Elemen T-1 tflrv Schnnl nn ThiircHoir ?y October 29, at 7:30. Mrs. Glenr id Weldon will present a program id | preceding the carnival, in the ee I auditorium. so I Admission prices will be 1C d-1 and 15c. A door prize will be ie' awarded the lucky ticket holdei e- and hot dogs and soft drinks it will be sold also. The public is invited to attend. il to Couples Club Meets id The Couples Club of the Warrenton Baptist Church held id their regular supper meetinf II, on Monday night at 6:30 o'clock in in the Assembly Room of the church. The Rev. John Link, of | pastor, reviewed the book It- "Quit Annoying Your ,Chilt dren," by Dr. Baur. ted To Return To ASC Office e ure to return these cards defile nitely hurts the farmers whose ir allotments are reduced and if also slows up the work in the ,A county office eon*id?e?hlv it "Regulation* provide," Wat. d ton laid, "that the producer g. must return each tobacco maro keting card issued (or the farm ? to the county office within thir? ty days after the close of the 1, market* in the general locality. a Many farmers are still putting If off returning their tobacco t> marketing cards. Is "If all farmers return their marketing cards as soon as . they finish selling their 1MW . crop, they will greatly facilitate the administration of a 0 program that means much to t them. If farmers do not roI. turn their marketing cards d promptly, they will take a chance of losing vital swings y because of their own caralaaa ajppr||i'i'x.-;.'f-.? 3.00 a Tear 10c Per ^^K.y . j|fl . ^ y&s g > / r A 21-year-old student at Helsii . speaker at the monthly meeting The exchange student, who v i ?the International Farm Youth tive Finland, and illustrated the 'j With the visitor, who is curri ~ W. Hawkins, who presided over j I right, assistant home agent for ' Matches Are Be In Golf Tournai l Matches are being played 3 daily in both the men's and | . women's divisions of the cham- I . pionship golf tournament being staged at the Warrenton Golf i Club. With slightly more than two, weeks remaining in the first such tournament to be held in ; j Warren County since 1954, only one golfer has captured 1 j championship honors in his j flight. W. C. Bobbitt, who drew a j bye in the quarter finals and f beat Ted Baxter in the semi- | finals, defeated Duke Jones in >' an 18-hole affair to win honors 5 in the men's second flight, i j | Jones advanced to the finals j i j I opposite Bobbitt with consec- ( , utive nine-hole wins over Mack I] Hutton and Raymond Harris, i: s In the men's championship > quarter-final flight D u k e I i Miles defeated Monroe Gard- < ; ner; Tom Frazier posted a win i . over Bill Delbridge; Dick Miles 1 emerged victorious over Pett j Boyd; and Fred Benton won i by default. s In first flight action among ( the men, Brantly Acree wonli over Gid Alston; Dorman Blay-j | 1 lock downed Bob Bright; Clar-j ence Britton defeated Bill1 ? . Davis; and Pete Burrows chalk-11 1 ed up a win over Arthur Wil-'t . liams. All first flight vic-jj ' tories were in the quarterfinal t ^ stage. ' 1 ; Warren County Re: In Field Crops At N , Erich Hecht, Norlina, won s i first places Fulwood eats, Roa- r r noke soybeans, Jackson soy beans, and for Lee soybeans; J i second for Coker wheat, and | intra tor Arlington oats. 1 , W. L. Kilian of Norlina ex hibited first place displays of 4 Colonial barley, Abruzzi, clover- ( grass mixture bay, Ogden soy- j. beans, N. C. 2 commercial a peanuts and Kobe lespedeza: .second place Korean lespedeza, \ Virginia ^Bunch commercial ( peanuts, ^Roanoke and open n category soybeans, lespedeza v hay, open category barley, and c Thorne and Atlas 50 wheat; y \ and third place Coker 100 wilt cotton. tj First plize went to Herman J Seaman of Norlina for yellow a pop corn and third for Wood- c gratia oats and for lespedeza " hay. In the honey division Mrs. j xrerman aeiman 01 iNornna won ^ first for plain and fruit cookies ^ made with honey; second for . quick fruit bread, honey devil's food cake and for honey spice ? cake; and third for honey _ muffins ? Mrs. Jones Wins fj Mrs. E. M. Jones of Littleton won third place for her lined draperies in the house furnishings division at the P Norlina Carolina State Pair in ai ttolelgfc C Judging in this competition ai was baaed on general appear-pi ?arr Copy WARRENTOf I &JHHB | ' ** *3 <' ' *' iki University in Finland. Hit nf thn Warron Inn Uj'nmon V. i rill be in Warren County fo Exchange, at t e civic meet lecture with s.ides. tntly living with the Erich t the meeting at Hotel Warrei IVarren County. ling Played nent Here In the men's third flight Billy Perry defeated Sam War lick; J. T Mitchiner downec Frank Reams; W. A. Miles wor aver John Andrews; and San Massey defeated H o w a r t Daniel. Only" ofio match has beer played to date in the women'! quarterfinals. Mrs. I.aur; Tucker was downed by Mrs Edith Mitchiner in a ninc-hol< affair. Other entrants in th< first flight include Mrs. Ann! C. Gaston, Mrs. Selma Perkin son, and Mrs. Marguerite Miles. No matches have been play ?d thus far in the women'! :hampionship flight which in dudes Mrs. Helen Banzet, Mrs Ida Taylor, Mrs. Alice Jones ind Mrs. Bob Bright. Sunday the largest crowd ol !he season was on the local rourse, where a special com nittec, headed by William S Davis, has done a tremendous ob in clearing roughs, lmprov ng tees, replanting washed-oul itrips of fairways and various >ther tasks designed at keep ng the fairways in top-notch slaying condition. Duke Miles, chairman of tho ictivity committee of the War enton Country Club said thai he semi-finals will be com >letcd by this Sunday and thai he championship matches will >e completed by November 1 iidcits Winners [. C. State Fair ince, workmanship, and ecolomic aspects Vlina Virginia Duke Dies At Hospital Miss Virginia Rebecca Duke, 11, died Monday at Warren Jeneral Hospital where she tad been a patient for nearly i week. Miss Duke was a member of Vesley Memorial Methodist Ihurch and had taught the tursery class for 14 years. She pas employed by Roses 5-10-25 ent Store here for about ten ears. Funeral services were conucted at Wesley Memorial lethodist Church Wednesday t 4 p. m. by the Rev. W. A. frow, a former pastor. Interlent was in Fairview Cemesry. Survivors include her father, . Howard Duke; three sisters, Irs. Helen Dollar of Raleigh, Irs. Elizabeth Aycock of Henerson and Mrs. Mabel Caulder f Asheville; two brothers, filliam Howard Duke of Roaoke Rapids and Robert Edard Duke of Alberqueque, few Mexico. Pastors Conference The W. R. Cullom Baptist astors' Conference will meet t the Warren ton Baptist hurch on Monday, October 28, 1 10:00 a. m. An interesting ogram u planned. \ -.V m i, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. ^ la ii lj m | s b d. I S' I b d h \ ci c mm h va Hylli. center, was the guest Club on Thursday night. j ? r six weens as a participant of ing described life in her na- jj o fecht's in Ridgeway, is Mrs. T. i, and Mrs Sue Dossett Skinner, " (Staff Photo) | Bobbitt Praises i Work Of Warren I Rural Firemen \ i [ i Frank Bobbitt, whose home J ! near Kmbro caught fire on 1 Monday night of last week, said here on Tuesday that he C j would like to thank the War- is , renton Rural Fire Department t; j for its fine work in saving his o ' home. d , j "They saved my home," Bob-, F jibitt said. |C ^ I Bobbitt said that when he li _ j built a fire in the fireplace in e , j a room of his home his chim- t< ' | ney caught fire and continued | to burn for two hours, burn- F I i n a fnr on Vinne nC*nv 1 {-, tvi Mil IIVU1 ouct II1C III cmen had arrived. He said c "jsome damage was done to the Si ; | roof of his home, but that if b ' it had not been for the prompt \ response of the tire company, ? f his home would have been g I burned. d Bobbitt said that he had no- p ticed the editorial comment in The Warren Record last week commending the firemen, but w t that he felt that he would like p ' to add his own commendation p for the fine service and value f( i of the Warrenton Rural Fire 0 Department to the county and j ! to thank each fireman for the v service rendered to him. C b Norvell Talks To 1 n Secretary Of State j jt S'Sgt. Harry Pett Norvell, f son of Harry Norvell of Wise and grandson of Mr. and Mrs A. P. Rodwell, Sr., of Warren ai Plains, who is stationed in Eng ei land, was one out of 1,000 sol- G diers chosen to represent his H . squadron, the 603 Comm. Sqd.. tl duping the recent visit of Pres- ir ident Eisenhower and Secre- n tary of State Herter to London, it Sgt. Norvell commented on w this visit in a recent letter I to his grandparents, in which rr he wrote: y "When President Ike was 1' over here I was working at the b American Embassy as a rep- if resentative of the 603 Comm. e< Sqd. I had a chance to talk with Herter, Secretary of State. R He held a coffee hour for the SI people in the Embassy. I was H just a few feet away from the M President, but had left my N camera at home." IV Homecoming To Be l Held At W. Plains The Warren Plains Methodist S< Church will hold homecoming rs day on Sunday, October 25, at w; which time a History of the church will be .given* *i"he Rev. te Leon W. Rnsyyujg^ will lead 1 a the worship N< A picnic be enjoyed at no^Lt-4? former A. members and ^HfiMtare in- ca vited to > pc IKWolfe iaH| T W. Wolfe ClMta*. who underwent surgfijji^^BcPher- wi son Hospital on Hi October 17, is ^^^^Eto be 6 improving and to SI be able to reti^^^^B by November 1. eg B "? ? etarb The 81 C. FRIDAY, Of n Election Tuesda barren ^ Decide Fa Whether or not bonds total- for ig more than 34 million dol- 40t irs are to be issued by the ] tate of North Carolina will 00( e decided following Tues- tj0 ay's special election. Bo Warren County voters will Ca o to the polls to cast their me allots on this question Tues- a! ay along with voters through- j ut the state. Little interest o<X as been indicated thus far, ca] ad election officials are ex- the ecting a relatively lignt vote. | cai Polling places throughout the Sta aunty will be open from 6:30 j uesday morning until 6:30 oo( uesday afternoon, Wiley G. taj dleman, chairman of the gj. ounty board of elections, said pr; ere yesterday. ca] Coleman said that voters will , lark ballots either "for" or Ho against" each of the nine Bo roposed bond issues on which Ca hey wish to express an pri pinion . tio He listed the nine proposals Mi Megro Girl I Beating Ear lites For Former B Register Of Deeds T deld Wednesday IV Funeral services for Joseph took Powell, 62, a former reg?ter of deeds of Warren Couny, were held at Wesley Memrial Church here on Wcdr.es- ( ay at 2 p. m. with burial in vel 'aTrview Cemetery. The Rev. Pe :. E. Vale, pastor of the Nor- ~? ina Methodist Church, officiat- ^ a in me absence of the pas- "v or, the Rev. Troy Barrett. ea| Mr. Powell died on Sunday. ' le was a native of Warren ?n !ounty. Mr. Powell was edu- '? ated at Warrenton where he e| pent a great part of his life JJ? efore moving to Portsmouth, 1 ra., several years ago. He ras the son of Mrs. Mary H tewart Cook Powell of Hen- T erson and the late John B. 'owell of Warrenton. ; In addition to his mother, Ho Ir. Powell is survived by his in ife, Mrs. Gertrude Downum n0l owell; two daughters, Mrs. da, aymond P. Smith of Ruther- 3 irdton and Mrs. Howard Slife me f Centra! City, Iowa; a son, ] oseph C. Powell, Jr., of Dan- ch; ille, Va.; one sister, Mrs. Ann jal rews of Henderson, and one ag, rother, Ben C. Powell of War- suj ?nton. tea I James Are Omitted a rrom Story List Cig ! In a news story carried on sur nother page, previously print- me d, chairmen of the Warren ^ eneral Hospital Auxiliary , arvest Sale committee, listed ]ov le names of a number of busless houses and firms who doated merchandise and other * ?' ems for the Harvest Sale last ^ eek. Mrs. Tom Holt, a co-chair- 1 lan of the committee, said eig esterday that in making up net le list, the names of seven Ooi usiness houses of Wise were ure ladvertently omitted. She list- Bui i these as: Dei Charles Keeter Store, Joe con iggan Store, Ernest Riggan ned tore, Glen Perkinson Store, X i-Way Motor Co., Perkinson 101 btor Company, and Lorerae to l ursery. ed Jorlina P.T.A. H? [as Candy Sale Ai Members of the Norlina High li :hool P. T. A., began a fund- Noi ising campaign this week i n l ith the sale of candy. of The candy, old fashioned but- eot r bits, is now on sale at -Tu< sigh's Department Store in T orlina. a i A spokesman for the P. T. Mai said this week that the it re ndy it packed in > one- Air iund cannister and will be atre Id for $1.00. : . i i A turkey and harvest sale Wei 11 be held at the Inei Club den suae tonight (Friday) front Coll to 8 p. m, sponsored by the wee tady Grove Methodist Church Bio r the benefit of the pereoe- aba e. Plates wiU sell for $180 Coll -- i? ? .... KUdart PxMHi* Company X ~ louth Shelby Street [TTOBER 23, 1959 y mm Voters VS te Of Be bond issuance totaling $34. ).000 as follows: i I. The issuance of $18,891. ' ) State Educational Institu- ' ns Capital Improvement 1 nds of the State of North | ' rolina for capital improvents at the State's education- ! institutions and agencies. 1 !. The issuance of $12,053.- ' ) State Mental Institutions 1 J pital Improvements Bonds of I " : State of North Carolina for \ ( >ital improvements at the j ite's mental institutions. I. The issuance of $1,500,- ( ) Community College Capi- j Improvement Bonds of the ( ite of North Carolina for ints-to-aid for community , jital improvements. j 1 The issuance of $500,000 ( spital Capital Improvement < nds of the State of North 1 rolina for the purpose of I jviding funds for participa- j 1 n by the State through the i edical Care construction. ! Shoots -Fat] v ly Sunday ible Conference 0 Be Held At ; [ethodist Church < i The Rev. Troy J. Barrett 11 lead the Group Work peri- 1 and Dr. Hugh Anderson of 1 t Divinity School, Duke Uni- j rsity will lead the Forum ' riod in a three-night Bible ' nference to be held at Wes1 Memorial Methodist Church, 1 nn ??A " A" a ? A~ tuutri io-ou, /:au xo ?:iJU :h evening. 1 Men, women, youth of the < tire community are invited 1 these sessions, which will 1 jin with a film, "The For- 1 ition of the Bible," at 7:30' ' ;dnesday, October 28. J ome Economics , eachers Meet The Warren-Vance County] me Economics teachers met | the John Graham Home Eco- j. mics Department on Wednes- , V afternoon, October 14, at | o'clock for their monthly eting. Mrs. Patricia Hudspeth had j irge of the program and ' ked on departmental man:ment. A discussion on this >ject was held later by the ' chers. Mrs. Esther Delbridge gave ' report of the District FHA 1 lly which was held in Ral- ' h on Saturday, October 3. Mrs. Carolyn- Ricks gave a ' nmary of the District NSEA eting in Durham last Tues- c r. ' V. brief business session fol- j red the program. It Dtton Ginning# 1 re Up In Warren j Three hundred and ???ntu. i ? .-.J 11 ht bales of cotton were gin- J 1 in Warren County prior to :tober 1, according to fig- \ s released this week by the . reau of the Census of the 1 lartment of Commerce. This ipares with 184 bales gin1 to the same period in 1958. 1 n North Carolina a total of * ,282 bales were ginned prior c October 1 this year, comparwith 1101698 hales in 1959. ? 1 enderson Annex* J dditional Area <J ienderson?An area in t th Henderson was voted r to the corporate limits e Henderson by the City n incil at a called meeting on fc sdsy night. L 'he area taken in lie* >lm?l lection of North WlllUm, I n, Bobbitt, David and "Birch I ?U and acreaa the Seaboard p Line railroad to Ohraett E *t. ->*?/. . Lias Ann Bloomenhorst of C lister's Grave, Ma, a atu- H t at Saint MaryV: Junior 1 lege in Raleigh, spent the h bend here with Miss Mary ? die Jooes of Warrantee, 4 i a student at Saint Mary's n lege. a) Your iBest Advertising Medium NUMBER 43 fill Help >nd Issue 5 The issuance of $100,000 State Armory Capital Improvenent Bonds of the State of Vorth Carolina for capital im)rovement for the North Caroina Armory Commission. 6. The issuance of $466,000 State Training School Capital Iiipi UVCIIIC1II DUIlUb OI U10 state of North Carolina for apital improvements at the state's correctional institutions. 7. The issuance of $140,000 state Blind Rehabilitation Cen er Capital Improvement Bonds >f the State of North Carolina or capital improvements at he State's Blind Rehabiliation ?enter. 8. The issuance of $500,000 North Carolina State Ports Sonds of the State of North Carolina for Port facilities at southport, Brunswick County. Morth Carolina. The issuance of $250,000 historical Sites Construction ind Restoration Bonds of the state of North Carolina tier During Afternoon A 17-year-old Negro high school student, charged with shooting her father, posted a 5500 bond and was released from Warren County jail on Monday. Dorothy Harris, a student at North Warren high school. ;old officers that she shot her father in the stomach with a 22-calibre pistol because he was beating her mother. Her father, Thomas Seaward, about 35. was brought to Warren General Hospital on Sunday afternoon by Sheriff Jim Hundley and Deputy Bonnie Stevenson. Seaward was found lo be in a critical condition tnd was transferred to Duke Hospital. No report of his condition could be learned aere yesterday. Sheriff Hundley said that :he shooting occurred at Seawlrd's home near Manson about 2:30 p. m. Sunday. i He said the girl's bond was ow, because she is a high school student and there was so wish to keep her from re- i :urning to school. Draft Board Mails Questionnaires j The Warren County Draft Soard this week began mailing questionnaires to registrants x>rn on or after August 30, , 1922, in Classes 4-A, j-A, and l-F in a project designed to jring the board's records up :o date. Selby Benton, chairman, ask d that those who receive quesionnaires fill them dut and eturn them promptly. "If you lave recentlv moved nie?<u? lotify the draft board of your lew address," he said. Draft boards throughout the > J itate are conducting the ques- _ ; ionnaires project which must >e completed by December 11, 1959. . Workshop To Be | Held At Norlina Anyone interested in making i dried arrangement is invit- i d to (he Norlina high school k in Monday evening at 7:JQ. k Mrs. Esther Delbridge, Vo- ? ational Home Economic* iPeacher, will hold a one night f rorkshop on "Dried Arrange- 1 nents" in the home economics * lepartment. S Mm- Delbridac ?w ' r"*She " said driUd "nwtartiL * My be purchased at this mdhw ng or one could bring one's (
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