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SANTA CLAUS ... a feature
afternoon.
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Blessed - by good weather,, i
Warrenton staged its largest, j
most colorful and best parade j i
here Thursday afternoon as |
thousands of persons, of all;
ages lined the street from the j
postoffice to the Dameron building
and beyond. I
Sponsored by the Warrenton
Merchants Association, the pa-1
rode -had some half a hundred I
entries, ranging from floats ]
with beautiful girls, floats car- 1
rying out the nativity theme,
? . to-toy-automobiles. It included ! ]
a show horse, ponies, old and!<
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Mrs. Sue Dossett. Skinner, as-It
si- tant home agent in Warren t
County for the past eight years' j
has resigned, effective on ti
February 2ft.
Mrs. Skinner gave notice ol tl
her resignation to the board ti
of county commissioners here h
on Monday afternoon, stating t
uiai was resigning 10 De- a
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of the Warrenton Christmas p,
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bristmas ]
new cars, trucks, tractors four!
sands and jnaporettes and a'
:allopede.
In the parade were marchng
firemen, Cub Scouts and
Irownies. a kindergarten group,
ind many others. Bands in the
>arare were the John Graham
!Iigh School Band, the John R.
Hawkins High School Band,
he Rollins School Band of
Henderson and the Roanoke
Rapids High School Band.
Forming at the John Graham
High School at 2 o'clock, headid
by the officiaT car" carrying
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leir regret over the resipuon
of Mrs. Skinner, thanked u
enderedlo the county and or- n
ered that her resignation be t
ccepted with regreii- jj
Mn SUaMft the. former C
list Sue Domett, a former n
Exchange student to Finland,
ame to Warren County (ram
Kentucky, and has made an
utstanding record in 4-H work I
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arade held here on Thursday
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5t. Nick
Parade
Mayor Miles, and with a float
carrying Santa Claus in the
rear, the parade moved down >
Main Street to the Colonial
Stores corner, around the block
and re-entered Main Street at
the court house.
Scott Gardner, president of
the Warrenton Merchants Association,
said yesterday afternoon
that he was well pleased
with the parade and believed
it to have been the best ever
held in Warrenton. Numbers
af local business men echoed'
Gardner's view that it was
the best parade ever held here
Jurors Drawn
For January J
Court Term
Jurors for the January crimnal
term of Superior Court,
vhich opens on January 11,
vere drawn by the County
Commissioners on Monday as
Ollows:
Mrs, C. A. Jones,'John L. |
^ynch, 7T. B. Blackwell, Boyd |
Fleming, Glenn St.Sing, R. C...
Comer, Jr., A. A. Williams, W.|
t. Taylor, E. H. Pinnell, Jameslobinson,
Wilson Fleming, W. j
*. r rShel, Charlie L. Basket
col.), Mrs. James P. Beckwith,';
Villiam J. Hawks, W. T. Buron,
Henry L. James, Mrs. B.
1. Thaxton, W. Leon Knight,
Villiam H. Faulkner, Mrs.
tnna Fuller, Gene Hudgins,
ack Newsom, Harry M. Wlliams,
Jr., Zeb V. Sutton (col.),
Irs. Melvin Shearin.
G. H. O'Neal, James Harold
tobertson, F. E. Bobbitt, Miss
Cula Allen, Mrs. R. L. Harmon,
5. G. Hecht, Jr., J. H. Duke,
fance Robertson, C. B. King,
'im M. Stewart, Z. V. St.Sing,
I. J. Haithcock, Eugene B.
tichardson (col.), Mrs. R. C.
Jitchell, Mrs. Margie O. Burows,
W. B. Bobbitt, Sr., Hu)ert
L. Bobbitt, Vernon Myick,
Mark S. Harris, George
V. Edwards, Emily Balltnger,
obn T. Allen, E. P. Fitts, G. I
V. King, Randolph Morris,
ames T. Evans.
iVoman'i Club To
Meet December 17 i
The Warrenton Woman's
Hub will meet at the Warrenon
Country Club on Decern- 1
er 17 at 8:00 p. m. 1
Dinner win not be served as 1
isuai, but instead the program '
rill feature a colonial Christmas
party, "Christmas in Eigh- 1
eenth Century Wllliamburg" I
Members of the Woman's
Hub may invite gueats to the 1
meeting.^ /. 'M 1
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In Hospital i
Master Henry Milliard of
Ion is ill in Duke Hospital, 1
Hariri
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Board Orders
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An increase In
Registration Fees
Rising costs of office supplies
caused the board of county
commissioners at their meeting
here Monday to raise registration
fees in the offices of
the Register of Deeds and the
Clerk of Court.
Costs of deed books and othei;
registration-books have
than tripled. Register of Deeds
Sam E. Allen, told the commissioners
in a discussion that '
preceded their action.
Following this discussion, 1
Commissioner A. J. Ellington
moved and Commissioner 1
Richard Davis seconded a mo- 1
tion that the Clerk of Court
and the Register of Deeds
should charge a fee of $1.00.
fnr tha fii-el O" '
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for additional sheets or fractions
thereof, plus the present
indexing fey for all instruments
presmfcd to tV?m for
phntographii ' or for typing!
in lieu of photographing, said
instruments to be clear enough
to make good copies. The recording
fee of the following instruments
of statutory or
standard form shall be as follows:
chattel mortages, 50c
each: crop liens, $1.00 each;
deeds of trust, $1.75 each.
In other business during the
day, the commissioners ordered
that Edward Conn of Fishing
Creek Township be given
a rebate of $1,000 on tax value
for 1959, due to an error in
listing.
It was ordered that $25 be
sent to the Caswell Training
School as a Christmas offering.
Beer licenses were ordered
issued to R. W. Gupton of
Warrenton. Thomas B. Vaughan
and Jacob T. Tanner of Norlina,
Mrs. Pauline and Herman
Burnette of Ebony, Va.,
Herbert Frank Pernell of Warrenton,
Thomas and Hender'
son, operators of the Mid-Way
Service Station, of Norlina.
The board accepted the resignation
of Mrs. Sue Dossett
Skinner, assistant home agent,
with regret.
All bonds of the county officials
were examined and approved.
It was ordered that all coun- J
ty offices in the courti house
be closed from the end of 1
business on December 23
through December 26 for the 1
Christmas holidays. It was also
ordered that January 1 be ob- '
served as a holiday.
The board ordered that all '
delinquent real estate taxes for
1958 be turned over to the 1
county attorney for collection.
(See BOARD, page 14) !
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James C. Harris, president of
shown above showing check woi
members?Mrs. E. R. Davis,
Williams.
Reams Speak
[Community C
a "never-eay-die" attitude \l
can do much to improve; a l|
community. Warren Farm r
Agent Frank Reame told members
of the Inez Community s
Club at a regular nyeting of c
the club on Mondajr night. I a
Reams, in commdhtlng on the r
prise won last Friday night by
the Warren County community, e
bad nothing but praise for the <1
members of the club. t
"Although many of ue h
thought that perhaps you vauld
tain a bigger prize, (Inec won b
i |90 award given by the e
Capital Area Development Co.) h
the work that you did paid h
iff in a big way for the com- ii
munity," Reams said.
"Perhaps next year yeu will p
be the winner of the tat fl
prize-all that it takaa ia hard o
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I, COUNTY OF WARREN,
Electronic npvirc
To Be Shown
Here Tonight
It is possible not only to
dim the lights on one's own
car with a flick of the horn
button, but to dim lights of approaching
cars and the headlights
of cars pulling up from
the rear through an electronic
device inverted by A. N.
Moore, formerly of Sout*'
Va., who is interested in manufacturing
the devices at Warrenton.
Moore has had pilot models
of his invention plcaed on two
cars and will give a public
demonstration of its operation
on Front street back of the
court house here tonight (Friday)
at 8 o'clock.
Moore, inventor of a moneychanging
machine, which will
give change for bills of any denominations,
said that the
machine is now entering production
and will soon be on
the market. He sold this invention
several months ago.
. Automatic dimmers are in
operation on a number of cars
at the present. Moore said
that these dimmers are worked
through the electric eye principal
in which the lights from
an approaching car dims one's
(See DEVICE, page 14)
Board Makes No
Change In List
Takers For 1960
The same list takers who
served in 1959 will again serve
in 1960.
Reappointment of list tckers
for the twelve townships of
the county was made by the
board of county commissioners
in session here Monday. They
are:
Mrs. J. H. Northington, River
Township.
Jasper W. Shearin, Sixpound
Township.
Gid W. King, Hawtree Township.
W. S. Hicks, Jr., Smith
Creek Township.
Mrs. Annie Wilson, Nutbush,
Township.
W. W O'Neal, Sandy Creek!
Township.
Boyd M. Reams, Shocco
Township.
Mrs. Louise Gupton, Fishing
Creek Township.
Mrs. Gilbert T. Reid, Judkins
Township.
A. E. Wilson, Warrenton
Township.
Mrs. Richard A. Coleman,
fork Township.
L. W. Kidd, Roanoke Township.
the Inez Community Club, i*
1 by Inez club to fellow club
center, and Mrs. Frederick
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Hub Meeting
rork and a spirit of communty
cooperation," he told the
n embers.
Reams was on hand at tho
upper meeting, held at the
omnaunity clubhouse, to show
. motion picture of farm techliques
employed in California.
By seeing what methods ethr
pieces employ in their lane
pe rations, we are often anie
? improve our own methods,
following Reams' Ulk, memera
of the club were lnformd
that a dining room suite
ad been given to tha cfatb
ouse and would be put into
A supper was served the apueeU^^rment"by'Sp'woma
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N. C. FRIDAY, DEC
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Shown above is the Warren
dition to regular monthly busin
to be held next Tuesday, Deeen
sessment referendums. The an
ing, regular member; W. S. Sr,
Johnson, district fieldman: Fran'
Growe
On Qu
Smiley Defines
Farmers Eligible
To Cast Ballots
Farmers "eligible to vote" in
the upcoming referendum on
the 1960-erop cotton marketing'
quotas were this week defined
by W. S, Smiley, ASC chair-1
man.
"The general rule is that j
anyone who engaged in the
production of cotton in 1959 is
eligible to vote in the December
15 referendum," the chairman
explained. "This, of
course, would include all persons?whether
owner, operator,
tenant, or sharecropper?who
had an interest in the 1959
cotton crop. .
"However, under provisions
of law now in effect, the term
'eligible voters' also includes
some other persons whose
Tight to vote on cotton quotas
may not be so well understood,"
Smiley said.
"For instance, any grower
who had a 1959 cotton allotment
for his farm but who produced
no cotton this year is
also eligible to cast a ballot
on 1960-crop quotas.
"Likewise, a farmer who
placed his 1959 cotton allotment
in the Soil Bank is eligi(See
GROWERS, page 14)
Open House To Be
Held At Factory (
Interesting citizens of the
area will be given an opportunity
to see Warrenton's new- i
est and largest industry.
Claude T. Rowers nresiHent J
of the Bute Development Company,
said that an open house
wj^ild be held at the factory i
on the Norlina road on next 1
Friday, December 18, from 7 1
until 9 o'clock. 1
- Bowers said that a special i
invitation was being mailed to j
purchasers of A and B bonds, i
but that the general public is
Incited to attend, inspect the j
machinery and building and i
enjoy a social hour. Refresh- (
ments will be served. - j
The factory is now employ- \
tag nearly 300 persons. It is t
expected that the 300 mark
will be reached by January 1. i
Robinson Wins
Scout Honor I
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A former Warren ton boy .
was presented the highest serv- (
ice award given by the Boy <
Scouts of America this week
in ceremonies conducted at
Roanoke Rapids. . i
...falter Robinson, son of Mr. 1
and Mrs. George Robinson of <
Warren ton was presented the 1
God- and Coutry award in a c
ceremony at the Rosemary 1
Baptist Church.
Robinson, 18, b an Eagle c
Scout tad is currently enrolled (
in Chomp College trrTluKl
tfte Rternary ??jc
list Church ever to win the a
coveted award. 7
Robinson is a former.rest: "
dent oi Warrenton but moved
to Roanoke Rapids vitfe his a
family several years ago. a
ith Shelby Strv.
2MBER 11, 1959
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County ASC Committee in the
ess, they are discussing the Co
fiber 15, and their cooperation
;, left to right: W. E. Mulchi, .
niley, chairman; Thomas E. Wi
k W. Reams, ex-ofl'icio member.
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Polling places for the cotton |
and peanut referendums to bei
held on Thursday of next]
week, December 15, were announced
yesterday by the local
ASC office.
farmers of Warren County,
and the. nation will by their!
vote next Thursday decide!
whether quotas penalties will |
apply, the kind of allotment j
program in effect, and the!
level of price support for the J
1960-crop cotton.
The refprendum will be held
between the hours of 8 a. m.
and 6 p. m. Polling places will
be as follows:
Fishing Creek Community?
Pittman's Store.
Fork ? W. K. Thompson's
Store, Inez.
Hawtree?R. P. Perkinson's
Store, Wise.
Judkins?Clark's Service Station.
Nutbush ? J. C. Watkins'
Store.
River?Salmon's Store:
Roanoke?Jones' Store.
Sandy Creek ? Aycock's
Store, Elberon.
Shocco?Junior Order Hall.
Sixpound ? Stegall's Store,
Macon.
Smith Creek?Mayor's Office,
Norlina.
Warrento n?Agricultural
Building.
The cotton referendum is of
vital concern to every grower,
Walter S. Smiley, ASC commitTwo
Offices E
Here On Wed
Warrenton police are continuing
their search for an unknown
person or persons who
broke into the offices of a doctor
and a dentist here and
made off with approximately
5140 sometimes Wednesday
sight.
Police Chief Howad Salmon
said yesterday afternoon that
so definite leads had been unearthed
concerning the two
hefts, but that his department
vas continuing its investiga- <
ion.
The offices of Dr. Wallace
White and Dr. Sam Massey on |
Graham Street were broken
n n Itfn rrn.ifn.1 Qt
jome warren ton oi
) P. M. Christmas I
A number of Warren ton i
itores will keep holiday hours i
for the convenience of- the <
Christmas after-supper trade, i
frs. Helen Harmon, secretary
if the Warren ton KerchtttS t
Association, said yesterday. <
Some of the stores will huh
on until 9 o'clock tonight J
Friday) and cm Friday night,
hrough Wednesday night, Do- I
ember 23, tfaeao a tores wfll be I
pen until I o'clock, c-lnutnt at c
o'clock on Christmas Mb t
a* til *
11. t..KJflnaon said that it had a
ot been determined just what ?
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ir monthly conference. In adtton
and Peanut Referendums
ivith the peanut and cotton asIr.,
vice chairman; W. M. Flem ?
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now ii, winwc manager; van n.
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tee chairman, said yesterday.
He explained that farmers
would have a choice of two
programs and cited the results
of a favorable and an unfavorable
vote.
The marketing quota program
will be in operation for
next year's crop, the chairman
explains, if at least two-thirds
of the votes cast in the referendum
are in favor of the program.
In that case, farm 3
operators will have an opportunity
to elect a choice between
(A) complying with their
"regular" farm allotments?
with price support available at
not less than 75 per cent of
parity for the 1960 crop of upland
cotton, or (B) complying
with ar. increased farm allotment
40 per cent larger than
the "regular" farm allotment?
with support at a level 15 per
cent of parity lower than under
the first choice; quota penalties
will apply to any cotton
produced in excess of the
chosen allotment. -
If more than one-third of the
votes are against quotas, there
would be no quota penalties,
only the "regular" allotments
would be available, and the
price support level to eligible
growers would drop to 50 per
cent of parity.
All farmers who were engaged
in the production of cotton
in 1959 will be eligible to vote
in the referendum.
Iroken Into
nesday Night
intq, police think, between A <
and 8 p. m. .
The officee, in separate^
h.illriinoe nl/dU ' ?
vi? >U1 uiuiimrl 1
around 5 p. m. each day. A$|l
proximately $90 was taken I
from the office of Or. White, j
while $49 in currency was I
grabbed from Dr. Ifaaaey'a of- J
Shortly after 8 o'clock Wed- j
nesday night a woman in the 1
Wise community discovered t |
:heck made payable to Dr. J
She notified the Warren ton jj
physician, but thinking noth- I
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nosing nour
'hoppa^fc ^
1UK for U?l%rtsttnaa holiday.^
m next Friday afternoon,
ember 18. and will reopen ton9
anuary 4. 9 '.^Bl
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iere Monday ordered . tbatjmHK