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Public Education will be the.!
dominant issue in his campaign
for Governor, Terry Sanford of j
Fayetteville, told a small but
representative meeting of Warren
County citizens at Hotel
Warren on Monday afternoon.
Sanford was introduced by
General Claude T Bowers who
called the meeting and who
praised Sanford and his ability
to get things done.
Sanford said that he would
yraake his formal announcement
~'as a candidate for Governor
early in February and would
set up state headquarters and:
announce his state campaign j
manager. He said his appear-:
ance at Warrenton was in the'
-jf. nature of a get-acquainted j
meeting prior to his formal j
announcement.
In traveling over the state in
the interest of his campaign.
Sanford said that his chief
gain was the opportunity to]
draw ideas from the people for;
the advancement and develop-, j
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? PTA Gives S
For Laboratoi
t. The John Graham High
School Partent-Teacher Association
voted to give $500 to the
school to be used under the
Federal Matching Aid Program
to buy needed laboratory j
equipment, giving the school'
$1000 for this purpose.
The donation was made upon
the recommendation of the
school affairs committee of
which W A Miles is chair-;
man. i
Miles said yesterday that this,
gift exhausted the funds in the;
PTA treasurer and that the
PTA would welcome donations i
to the PTA fund for this purT?r?CA
T nharatnrv Anninment ic
badly needed for the school ]
and it will aid the school great-,
ly in its goal toward accrediti^jgation,
Miles said.
Featuring the program wasi
a film shown by Charles P. j
Hardy of the district office of,
the March of Dimes, talked on,
the needs for funds and cx<1
plained how they would be,
*<sed.
Bill Perry was in charge of
the program.
Winners in the room count'
were primary, Mrs. Fuller, i
Leigh Trayloi
Heart Drive 1
Leigh Traylor, Norlina merchant
and dvic leader, hasj
been appointed Heart Fund
Chairman for Warren County. |
Organization forthe Heart!
campaign is now going on in
I the county in preparation for1
the drive which last? through'
I February.
|jv. Traylor said yesterday that
volunteers are needed for many
V; jobs in connection with the
;l\ . pamptign and anyone interest
-ed in signing up for whatever
hours of work they can give!
I are asked to call him at 2556
-or mi, Norlina.
I The i960 Heart Fund Drive
; B 3 ;<jn'N Nort|h Carolina will be
W i headed by Wake Forest's
V Bones McKinney, one of the
| I nation's top basketball coaches.
Commenting on McKinney's
appointment. Traylor said
V "There is no question about
" m?HB| our goal with a coach
I like Bones calling the plan
Making goaU and winning vie
f tafias come naturally to kla
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riant of the state.
Sanforu said that while pub
:ie education would be the
lominant issue in hvs campaign
wo other issues must go hand
n hane' with the promotion ol
setter education facilities foi
.he boys and girls of the state
In order to broaden the base
:or financial support of the
schools it is necessary to in
urease the income of the peo
ile through a continuing ef
ort to attract industry anc
ihrough improvement of the
people.
Agriculture is still the prime
source of our income and the1
mportance of agriculture wil!
lot decline with the growth
>f industry, he said. In fact
ic added, better opportunities
'or farmers for a richer life
lie ahead.
While many people have the
'eeling. Sanford continued, thai
Farm aid has become a federal
aroject and that there is little
that the state can do. this i?
in error Even as the prestige
:>f the Governor's office ha*
been sucessfullv thrown be
bind the campaign for indus
trial deveopinent of the state
in the samp manner it may be
thrown behind a movement te
improve agriculture in the
state. If elected governor, thi;
tie pledge*! to do.
Sanford said that there were
many other important issue;
to be decided b\ the people
of North Carolina and tha
many of these would be dis
cussed by him as ihe campaigr
developed.
Acompanying Sa nf o r d te
Warren ton and presented t<
the group were Burt Sennet
of Winston-Salem, who San
ford intimated would be hi:
campaign manager, and Wood
row Teague of Raleigh.
chool Money
y Equipmenl
grammer, Mrs. Campbell an:
high school, Mrs. Banzet.
Japanese Student
Is MYF Speaker
Miss Masako Yamada, a stu
dent at Ix>uisburg College fron
Japan, will speak to the youn;
people of the M e t h o d i s
Church at their regular M. Y
F. meeting on Sunday evenin
at 6 o'clock
All young people of the
churches are invited to hea
Miss Yamada. Those who hav
heard this young Japanese sa;
that she Is a most interestim
speaker.
On Television
The Five K's, Mike Robir
son, Alvin Weaver, Jacki>
Young, Linda Miller and Toit
my Hight, will perform ove
television, Channel 5, Raleigh
on "Teen Age Frolic." Satui
day afternoon from 1 to
o'clock. The group were als<
guest stars on the Greenvill
TV station last Saturday 01
Marie Wallace "Dance
armona."
r To Head
[n Warren
and I'm sure the people o
Warren County are going t
back up our State Chairmai
and Heart Fund team 10095-.
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BONES McKINNEY
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I The new John Graham Hij
1 School physical education huildii
! is shown above as seen from tl
f parking lot on the north. To t!
left is the lobby containing conct
[ sion stands, and public t"itots
lithe bottom picture taken from tl
athlectic field is shown the hat
| room on lop floor with girls ai
. boys dressing rooms, laundry roe
. and furni.cc room underneath.
- stairway leads front the drcssii
rooms 10 i no nana room arm i
? gymnasium on the top floor Jo]
Graham teams will play their fii
' game here tonight as they me
teams from Weldon.
Local Scl
In New (
The Warren County School; F
System has accepted the John | o
. Graham High School new physical
education building andjc
. U?o first basketball game is'c
scheduled to be played there I r
tonight wheu John Graham h
^ hosts Weldon. i
^ In approving acceptance ofip
the main contract, the county| p
*| withheld $2,000. until comple-;
I tioji of some minor contracts. |t
in u-L_ n!i._ 1
ourrougos ivues j
'To Be Held Here
This Afternoon ,
el
William Hamner Burroughs.1
r'ace 76 years died in the War- (
r|ren General Hospital at 11:35)/
e|a m Wednesday. January 20, .1
yj after a lingering illness. He|f
g had been critically ill for the1
! past month. (a
; Mr. Burroughs was a mem- *
.her of the Wesley Memorial %
j Methodist Church which he had,0
'* served as Steward for a num-j?
ejber of years, part of which
'"j time as chairman. He had serv- f
r i ed a number of terms on the' c
I'| Warren County Board of Com- f
'1 missioners also served as chair-It
I man a number of years. j T1
ei Mr. Burroughs was for sev- ^
njeral years Chief of the Warren- ip
| ton Fire Company and for 40j *
years or more owned and op-1
. erated the Burroughs Grocery 1
Company with his brother, I
Stephen, who died several i
years ago. Declining health
forced him to retire a year or'
Funeral services will be con- f
ducted from the Wesley Me-1 ^
' morial Methodist Church at 3i
a o'clock this afternoon (Friday). |F
* The pastor, the Rev. Troy Bar-Id
rett. will conduct the last rites.* C
He will be assisted by the Rev.! r
John Link and the Rev. Law- j 0
rence Baxter. Interment will i F
\ be in Fairview Cemetery in F
Warrenton. ! r
Mr. Burroughs is survived,v
by a sister, Miss Mary Russell I
Burroughs. I *
Dances At Armory a
To Be Continued 1
Dances under the sponsor- '
ship of the Warrenton Rural 8
Fire Department will be con- r
tinued each Saturday night at *
the Warrenton Armory, Billy. *
jConnell, publicity chairman for
J the rural department said yea- 8
terday. T
Connell said that at the conclusion
of the dance at the
Armory last Saturday night, i
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logor Pooler, superintendent
'f schools, said yesterday
The heating, plumbing and
lcctric contracts have not been
ompleted Peeler said on Wedlosday.
but the building will
?e ready for play tonight even
f some minor heating and
dumbing details are not corndented.
Peeler stressed the fact that
he parking lot adjacent to the
Linwod Ward
ro Come Here
\s Ag. Teacher
I.iowood Ward. 23. of Tabor
"itv has accepted a position as
Kcricultural Teacher in the
fohn Graham High School, ofective
February 1.
Ho succeeds Phil Beaman.
igricultural teacher hero for
ho past year and a half who
vi 11 return to Wilson to beome
connected with a fertilizer
concern. .
Ward, who will graduate
rom State College at the end
>f this semester, will report
or his duties here on Febrlarv
1 He is a Prnrtnate of
tfakina High School near
'ahor City and is now doing
ractice teaching in Tabor City
ligh School. He is unmarried.
sond* And Streams
\re Being Stocked
Warren County streams and
onds are being stocked with
ish by the North Carolina
Vildlife Commission.
Alton Pridgen. local Game
'rotector. said yesterday that
luring the past two weeks the
Commission had stocked Waren
County streams with 42.00
Robins, and put 10,000
Hue Gills in Rider's Mill pond,
le said that the dim has been
ebuilt and that the Dond
yould be completely restocked.
Pridgen also called attention
o the damage done to deer by
logs in the closed season, and
aid that it was unlawful to
illow dogs to run or chase deer
luring the closed season.
Doe deer heavy with young,
>ridgen said, are helpless when
ittacked by dogs and for this
eason it is very important
hat dogs be kept up during
he closed-season. He said that
he deer season is now closed
ind will not be reopened until
text fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Scott
ind son of Richmond were
veekend fit**? here.
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Play First Game
night At 7:30
. gym has not been completed ends of the playing court,
j and that the gate to this lot Wooden cross-coat backboards
would be locked tonight. Per- are expected to have been
sons desiring to attend the erected before tonight,
game are asked to park on | Football bleachers have been
Main and Ridgeway streets and, brought into the building to
I walk from the school to the serve as temporary seats and
! physical education building. J probably chairs will be brought
Peeler said that a short ded-iin to be used until such time
; icatory exercise would be held'as permanent seats can be contonight.
This will probably take structed and placed,
place during the half-time pe- Members of the Boosters
riod of tho cirls came. Owen c)ub wcrc b eslerd tock.
I Smith, architect, will speak j
! briefly and the Rev. Trov Bar- ins the concession stand in the
I rctt. local Methodist minister. htbby. where soft drinks,
will sive a dedicatory prayer, i popcorn, and other articles are
| rnc gym Moor was complet-, scneauiea 10 oe on sale,
j ed at the end of last week, and; Work on the physical educaj
Monday a crew began the erec- tion building was started here
j tion of glass backboards at the last spring.
Sheriff's Department To
Collect Privilege Taxes
I The Warren County Sheriff's using loud speakers. $5.00; auc,
Department will begin the col-! tioneers. $25.00; bowling alleys,
j lection of privilege license; $10.00 an alley; carnivals and
i taxes next week. Sheriff Jim j rides. $50.00; cigarette dlspen]
Hundley said yesterday. .sers, $10.00; circuses, horse
The collections will be made j and dog shows, $5.00; launfrom
a list supplied to the de-: dries. $12.50; motor vehicle
| partment by County Attorney j dealers, $10.00 and $12.50;
| Jim Limer under a recent or-'music machines, $5.00; peddles,
der of the board of county | $25.00; pool and billiard tables,
j commissioners. $20; service stations, $5.00;
| Among the taxes to be col- sewing machine salesmen, $5;
, lected are those on advertisers stamps for trading. $100.00.
Two Men Arrested While
n 11* r* rfc rv i
selling Booze By Unnk
1 Two alleged bootleggers were
i arrested by members of the jBids On New
| Sheriff's Department and Con- Dp T D
stable Wiley Vaughan on Sat- Dy-r&8S I O Be
urday night Opened February 2
Willie Joyner of the Snow
Hill section and Floyd Shearin Among the bids which have
of Liberia were charged with been asked and which will be
i having illegal whiskey for the opened at Raleigh by the State
I purpose of sale and selling Highway Commission on Febr!
same when arrested at their uarV 2 are bids for fencing
I homes and erection of signs on 17.60
| Sheriff Jim Hundley said m''es of 1-85 in Vance and
that Shearin had about a half Warren County, from Henderj
gallon of whiskey and Joyner son n?rth to a point approxiI
nearly a half gallon and that mate'y one mile south of the
I both men were selling whiskey Virginia line, and the fencing
by the drink at the time of ?f *bis route,
ithe arrest. Project 1-85 Is the No. 1
1 Shearin was cited to appear by-pass now under consbrucj
in Recorder's Court and Joyner *'on 'n northern Vance and
j was released under bail. Warren Counties.
Daughter Born Overnight Guests
Mr. jnd Mrs Edward Carl Mr. and Mrs. Will fleyS- ot
Spent* of Warrenton announce Elk ton, Va., were overnight
the birth of a daughter, Tam- gu<,rts ?{ Mr ,nd Mrs K, D.
my Jo, on January 20 in War- pi, un
ran General H?piUl Mr. ?" ? ?
Spenee la the former Miss Lin- Meyer la the former Mlaa Alice
da Butler of Tartoro. Scott of Rldgeway.
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ilDAY, JANUARY 22. lUfjf
Recreatio
Are Goin
Plans for a recreational pro- j
grain for the Warrenton area
during the summer of I960:
| were approved by an advisory
|jzroup^>f representative citizens
at Hotel Warren on Wednesday}
night.
Charles Katzenstein. chair-1
man of the steering committee
appointed at a mass meeting
on December 2, presided over I
| the meeting and laid before
the group recommendations of
'his committee With minor
j changes these were approved
; by the advisory group.
Present for the meeting was
Lonnie Powell, assistant direc
tor of the North Carolina Recreation
Commission.
Tentative plans call for the
setting up of a recreational
area to be known as the Warronton
community recreational
area which would be the Warronton
school district, to employ
a recreational director to:
conduct a six weeks program!
j at Warre.nton beginning on or
i about June IS.
Under this director baseball, j
Softball, swimming, and other
I sports and possibly arts and'
crafts would be offered this)
'.summer to boys and girls of!
| from 9 to 17 of the school
i district this year The newly |
erected John Graham Highi
School physical education build-1
I in? and Ihn
I field would ho the center for!
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M. C. McGuire
i Dies At Hospital |
Thursday A. M. ?|
Milton Cayce McGuire, 66.
died at Warren General Hospital
at 12:45 a m. Thursday,
i as a result of cerebral hemmorhage
which he suffered at
the Warrenton Golf Club on
I Tuesday afternoon.
I Surviving are his wife, the
i former Winifred McWhorter of
I Roxboro, to whom he was mar
I ried in January. 1958 He was]
j first married to Elizabeth Boyd i
[Jones of Warrenton who died!
in 1954. In addition to his j
j widow he is survived by one;
'sister, Mrs. Annie L. Martin of:
I Stamford. Conn , and a numi
ber of nieces and nephews. j
Funeral services will be con-i
ducted from Emmanuel Epis-|
I copal Church Saturday at 11:001
! a. m. The rector, the Rev. LawI
rence Baxter, will conduct the
| last rites and Interment will
jbe in Fairvlew Cemetery in
I Warrenton.
I Mr. McGuire. until his recent
retirement, was for many
years employed by American
Supliers. Inc.. and was well
known in tobacco circles. He
was active in the civic affairs]
of Warrenton, being a charter
member and a past president
of the Warrenton Country Club,
a charter member of the Lion's
Club, a member of Johnston|
Caswell Lodge No. 1ft a P
A.M., and a member of the!
j Sudan Temple Shrine. Mr. McI
Guire served many terms as j
I vestryman and was a former i
Senior Warden of Ejnmanuel
Episcopal Church.
ASC Personnel
To Attend Meeting
| Most of the ASC office perj
sonnel will attend an area staff
; conference in Greenville on
[January 28 and 29, T. E. Watison.
ASC office manger, said
t yesterday.
j Those attending the meeting
I from Warren County will include
a member of the county
committee, office manager,
chief clerk, marketing quota
clerk, performance clerk, and
ACP and CR clerk. This will
leave only two employees to
run the office for those two
days.
Watson said that all phases
j of the ASC work would be disi
cussed at the Greenville meetling
and it should be of aid. to
an those attending In administering
Die various programs
for 1980.
Granted Cttlseashlp
Mrs Barbara strelk Gllliland
was granted her cltbenship
papers in Raleigh thin week.
'??. Gllliland is formerly of
Germany.
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lhi* activities. j
The director, and probably
his wife, would be oaid from 1
monies to be raised in a campaign
here at an early date
Urider the direction" of H. M.
Hardy The committee suggested
that a goal of S1500 should
be sot to finance the program.
Alter some discussion, the advisory
group held that no definite
goal should be set at the
present time, but at a meeting
to be held as soon as project
chairmen could study and report
their needs.
While swimming. softball.
baseball, tennis, arts and crafts
were suggested as parts of the
summer program, the group
agreed that what recreational
projects would be carried out
would also have to be determined
after further study.
Chairman Katzenstein said
that the purpose of the meeting
was to inform the group of
the recommendation of the
steering committee and to obtain
its advice.
The Rev. Troy Barrett, one
of the instigators of the movement
for a recreational program
here, said that he was
much encouraged by the interest
shown and the action taken
by the group at the meeting
and that a good start has been
made toward obtaining the program
here this summer.
Serving with chairman Katzenstein
on the steering committee
are Roy Dixon, Mrs.
William Taylor, the Rev. Troy
Barrett, the Rev. John Link,
Mayor W A Miles, and Mrs
Dixon Ward.
So mi* 25 persons were pres i
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WILBUR J. SCHNEIDER yM
Assigned Job
To Get Land For
Gaston Reservoir
Wilbur J. Schneider, assist- -'ja|
ant real estate manager for the fa
Virginia Electric and Power |
Company, has been assigned m
to Warrenton where his duties j
will involve land procurement $
for the proposed Gaston Dam
reservoir.
Schneider came to Warren- |
ton on Tuesday of last week w|
but will not move his family to . J
Warrenton until after the mid- i
die of February. He has an of-. /-Jl
fice in Hotel Warren as does i
Parker Little, Stone and Web- :|I
ster engineer, engaged in the ;|l
plating of property in the rei- . i
ervoir.
Schneider came to Warrepr ;' &?
ton from Elizabeth City where
he was manager of the Electrie
Virginia and Power
pany. Notice of his
ment as assistant real estate ;J
manager and his new assign*,.; ;;
ment was given by R. H. Good- J
win, southern division vfce ^
president. The appointment U
effective February I. iv.'imm
Vepco has an appUcgttetg^lSH
pending with the Federal Peij^
er Commission requesting lira?!
cense to construct a 200j6(HKj''^
kilowatt hydroelectric station
on the Roanoke River* jHraHi
Gaston. Construction of will
$190,000,000 project it expect-,
ed to start as soon as auifcjatqSjRgB
zation is granted. .
Schneider began hi* car*^
With Vepco 30 y^
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