"i" "l'
' I > -r ' "
r
Your Best
Advertising
, Medium
t VOLUME 64
Town Boar
Cutting Of
iu cui or noi 10 cui irees
at the intersection of Fairview
and Front streets v;as the subject
for a fairly long discussion
of the board of town commissioners
at their regular meeting
here on Monday night.
Whether or not to remove
three sycamore trees an the
west side of Front street near
the intersection of Fairview
.street has been before the
x hoard off and on for more
than a year.
Mayor Miles told the commissioners
that he had contacted
Gordon Poindexter, chairman
of the Town Planning
-*/ Board in regard to removing
the trees. He quoted Poindexter
as saying that he had contacted
some members of the
board and it was alright to cut
down the tree at the south
corner of Fairview Street hut
that he would prefer a meeting
of the board before making any
decision about the two trees in
front of Blaylock's Funeral
Home lot.
During the discussion, the
matter of a stoplight at the
corner of Fairview and Front
streets, was brought up. It
was pointed out that in summer.
particularly during wet
weather, that drooping limbs
from this tree somewhat obscured
the light, making it
hard to see from a distance
An additional purpose of the
stoplight would be to slowdown
traffic on Front Street.
The result of the discussion
was the passage of a motion
declaring the tree on the south
side of Fairview to be a traffic
hazard and to have it removed,
and to remove the other
two trees as well if Planning
Board approval could be
obtained. It Is likely that the
removal of the one tree may
? be delayed until it can be determined
if all trees are to
come down.
? Methodists fl
In Raleigh Oi
Over 900 Methodist laymen
and ministers are expected to
attend the Annual Lay Rally of
the Raleigh District which is
to be held on Tuesday evening,
February 16, at Edenton Street
Methodist Church in Raleigh.
Announcement of the rally
was made yesterday by W. R.
Drake of Macon, associate district
lay leader. The annual
lay rallies are the highlight of
the annual program of Methodist
laymen in this area, he
said.
Drake said that the two
chief speakers will be Bishop
Paul N. Garber, Resident
^Bishop of the Richmond Area,
and Dr. Edwin A. Briggs of
Chicago, associate secretary of
the Methodist General Board
of Lay Activities.
^ A high moment of the rally
"'will come, Drake said, when
Bishop Garber will commission
(See METHODISTS, page 10)
Green Funeral
To Be Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs. E.
L. Green, 84, will be held this
afternoon (Friday) at 2:30
p. m. at Emmanuel Episcopal
Church with interment in Fairview
Cemetery. The rites will
be In charge of the rector, the
Rev. E. L. Baxter.
The body will lie in state at
the church one hour prior to
the service and relatives and
friends will gather at Blaylock
Funeral Home Just prior to the
service,
Mrs. Green, who made her
home at Warrenton for many
years, died at Raleigh on Wednesday.
f . The widow of the late E. L.
Green of Warrenton, who died
in 1003, Mrs. Green was bonii
in Warren County, the daughter
of the late Ridley L. and
Alice Pegram Harris.
; 4 Mrs. Green is survived by
four daughters, Mrs. Boyd
Raams of Afton, Mrs. F. C.
E2 Morin of Petersburg, Vs., Mrs
H. R. Henderson of Washington^D^C^and
JKrs. E^R. HilI
23 great-grandchlld^n, and one
a
Subscription Price $3.00
d Debates
3 Trees
Frank Strickland of Carolina I
Overall Company of Rocky
Mount appeared before the
commissioners in regard to his
(company supplying uniforms to
' town employees. He said his
company would supply five
uniforms without cost to those
town employees approved for
the same, and would launder
two of these uniforms at - a
cost of SI.60 per week forj
each person supplied. The cost
. would be divided between employees
and town on any basis
'the town would determine,
! Strickland said.
Many towns in Eastern Caro,
lina are now using his company
Laundry service. Strick- 1
i land said. |j
, Following Strickland's De- I
parture. the commissioners or- I
: (tared that Strickland's request 2
be tabled.
i ' There was a brief discussion
(concerning a plan of the War!
ronton Rural Fire Department i .
| to hold an auction sale in the!"
I near future at Thompson's I tt
Warehouse. It was brought out j a
that the company would sell j e
donated articles and other ar-,
tides on a commission basis, j
The commissioners held that ?
the town had no ordinance ( 11
covering the matter and had1 p
.nothing to do with it. The j*
(commissioners did say that iflC
1 the sale develoned into a re- i s
fail business that some action j v
i would probably have to be I I
i taken v
I The meeting of the board. ^
. which lasted for one hour, was 3
called at t>:45 in order that j
some ol the commissioners and j h
| Mayor Miles might attend a t<
wrestling match at John I h
I Graham High School.
In the absence of Clerk Edj
ward Hunter, who was ill.
, Harold Skillman, superintend- V*
I ent of the Water Company,
served as secretary at the |
I meeting.
0 Hold Rally J
1 February 16 m
, ei
| c<
^ 01
c<
^ ei
M^ppF ^k or
1 ,J
J. HOWARD DANIEL ! ni
Daniel To Head
| Duke Fund Drive |
! In Warren County | at
DURHAM ? J. Howard Dan- ^
id of Warren has been appointed
an Area Chairman forjjn
the 13th annual Duke Loyalty n(
Fund campaign.
The appointments of 258 w>
such chairmen were announced ^
yesterday by Charles A. Dukes,
Director of Alumni Affairs at afi
Duke. "The area cahpaigns," co
he said, "are of great import- 0f
ance in obtaining our annual etj
goals. "Without the Area Chair- ar
men .and their committee, the
goals simply would not be I
reached." The 1059-60 campaign of
goals are $325,000 and 11,500 ^
donors. ^
Kickoffs for ar?a campaigns jU?
in all parts of the nation are
scheduled for February 12. hi
Workers selected by the chair- m
men will make an effort to to
(See DANIEL, page 10) 8-<
Science Fair
The John Graham High ?J
School Science Fair will be 14
held at the John Graham Gym. an
nasium on March 9, J. F. Hock- dr
aday, principal, aaid yesterday, tr
The County Science Fair, he
aid, would be held in the ac
John Graham Gym on March II. pc
.... .: ' .
iceiving tne most Income i
om a measured acre of land
a meeting of the Norllna ,
uritan Club on Tue.sday night. ,
Shearin produced 2229 pbunds .
: tobacco on an acre of land :
>r which he received $1258.79.
Five other farmers received .
rizes from R. M. White & Sons
: Norlina who sponsored the |
>ntest with the cooperation [
: the Warren County Exten- ,
on Agents. They were Luth- ,
Carroll. $25.00 cash for 2,- .
16 pounds and $1259.18; Law- ]
mce D. Rivers. $15.00 cash i
>r 1932 pounds and $1232.12; <
>mes L. Rivers, $10.00 cash
ir 1917 pounds and $1179.34;
arvin King, $7.50 cash for!,
)75 pounds and $1120.53; Ab-i,
?r Cobb. $5.00 cash for 1905',
junds and $1113.32.
Checks were presented to the'j
inners by Ed White on behalf: <
his company. Also present v
the presentation was R. M. <
rhite, senior member of the t
rm. J. Boyd Williams received ?
e check on behalf of his son-law,
Marvin King, who was f
>t. present due to illness. r
All the winners except Cobb, c
ho planted 402, used 187 I
Icks seed. ;v
Shearin, with a planted acre- i
re of 1.37, planted his tobac-i
1 on May 3, used 1978 pounds i:
3-9-9 fertilizer, topped dress-1 p
I with 73 pounds of 8-0-24,' F
id cultivated his crop with a!l
reuir. 11
Carroll planted hia 7.54 acres 11
tobacco on May 10-20, used r
25 pounds of 3-9-3 and 200 t
unds 8-0-24 top dressing and s
ed horses.
Lawrence D. Rivers planted v
' 2.06 acre crop on May 25, f
ed 1400 pounds of 3-9-9 and t
!> dressed with 100 pounds of *
1-24. He used a tractor in d
Itivation. I
James L. Rivers planted his . e
15 acres on May 10-20, used i a
00 pounds of *44 fertiliser, c
d 100 pounds of 4044 top
easing, and his crop was H
ictor cultivated. f
Marvin King planted his 8.78 h
res on Kay 80, wod 1800 fl
unds of 544 and top dress- t)
ilbr 5
a Year 10c Per C
^ *
V I
1 iH^M V JK
Winners and prize donnors
i the tobacco production cosiest
sponsored by R. M. White
nd Sons of N'orlina in coopration
with the Warren C'oun
Extension Agents arc shown
t the N'orlina Club House durig
a meeting of the Norlina
luritan. Club on Tuesday night,
hey are. left to right. Abner.
!obb, J. Boyd Williams subtituting
for Marvin King who
"as ill, Luther Carroll. Ruben
Shearin, R. M. White. Ed
fhite. and James Rivers,
aurence Rovers was absent on
ccount of school.
To the right Ed White,
ands first prize check
> Reuben I Shearin, while
t. M. White, Sr.. looks on.
(Photos by Frank Reams).
Tobacco
\nnounc
A farmer of the Macon com- (
unity has been judged the ;
ost productive tobacco farm- i
in Warren County.
R. I. Sheartn of Macon re- ;
lived a cash prize of $37.50 |
id first place honor for pro- <
icing the most tobacco and ]
Cflcirrpn
opv WARRENTON, COl'NTY OF WAF
I if ss m * a* - ur-ir ? TT~ u"
m' * iM MhI
k4 . f?VI
^PPP^^*." 4 ***'"
Production W
ed At Ruritan
Li with .'in Dfliimla of a vi ala> "r'"1
and 100 pounds of 3-9-3. He Prior to his disc
jsed a tractor. tobacco, Reams brie
Abner Cobb planted his 6.49 ed upon the need f<
teres tm May 5 Ho used 1400. morc elj ib,e (armej
pounds of 3-9-6 and top dress>d
with 100 pounds of 8 0-24. county on the Socla
He used a tractor in cultivating r?Us- If they are elij
[he crop. have earned the righ
All the winners topped their 'n Profn*am. an*
tobacco and used sucker con- come from this sou
trol and cured their tobacco Srcatly a*d the econo
ivith oil. Cobb was the only county- he said 3
urower to use irrigation. He ir- Persons ,n Warier
rigated his crop 4 times in wcre on Socia.
Tune.
Prior to the presentation of f llQl
Lhe prizes. Frank Reams, coun- /\lCd VsHdl
ty agricultural agent, discuss- _ __
[?d the farm economy of the H Uporf
?ounty with particular empha- * *** llCdll
'is being placed on tobacco.
He was presented by L. B. publicity chan
Flardage, who was in charge s'x area chairmen 1
>f the program. , namcd for Warren 1
....... the Heart Fund Can
sa,d '?at ,hc 'ncon;<! tng conducted over t
arms f? ,?Q 2 UV " * du S <h* ?t
arms in 1969 was $9.5 millions. . :,,l T , ,
,nhaCCO l0,ale" ""a"rt Fund'Chairman
In '1959' Warren',, planted rC"; Said
icreage wa.s 6.083 Due to the Earned to serve as
soil Bank in 1958. the acreage chairman is Mrs. C.
vas 5.128. which farmers pro- of Norlina. Area chj
iuced $4,068.602 01 In 1956 r*!ad-v named are Jim
he planted acreage was 7,318 f'htleton, Ed Cheves
ind the income $5,402,631.43. J"enton B A Thaxto
Calling attention to the fact!:'?8, Gc?t"ge W. Sh
hat the prize winners for the1 Warren Plains, Ric
light had hot.h quality and Ra.vi? of Afton-Elb<
luantity in their tobacco crop,' ,T Kin? of w>
teams urged that farmers dc-i,or said that othcr a
ote more attention to produc-jmen wnu,d be name
ng higher quality tobacco. I Traylor said that
Foreign competition is grow- rcn County Drive wi
ng for the tobacco farmers, by approximately
larticularly from Rhodesia, chairmen in conductii
teams said. He added that the money-raising events
ess to foreign sources has house-to-house solid
>een 1 % a year for the last Heart Sunday, Feb
8 years. Only a growing do- ant* other campaign
nestle market has enabled the!'" both urban and ri
obacco farmer to survive, he ?* tbe county.
a'd f "Governor Hodges
Reams said that the onlyj the concern of all of
?ay to hold our market against i he teims heart dii
orelgn competition Is through' Number One Enemy <
he growing of better tobacco.! (ion's health today,'
lo country, he said, can pro-jaaid, and added: "Th
uce tobacco of the quality of|ance of the Americ
imerica, but It takes care and Association as our
ffort. He advocated topping One Defense is point(
nd suckering tobacco, and a President Eisenhower
onstant fight on nematodes. minds us that for mo
Figures used in his talk, decade this Associs
earns said, were obtained been in the forefron
om the ASC office and ware* campaign against dU
ouse reports and are correct the heart and circuit
> said that in determining teen. Through the N
be prise winners ASC figure* oiina Heart Associai
Scroti
2256 So
tREN, N. C. i
Meeting
rolls. It would mean an add
ussion of tional income to Warren Coui
fly touch- ty of around a million dollai
>r placing a ^ .concluded' , ?
. In a business session, folloi
rs in the ^ng a delicious dinner, an
1 Security prior to Ream's discussion, tl
jib'.e, they Ruritans elected the Rev. Ms
t to share colm Hutton, a member of tl
d the in- Norlina Library Board, ar
rce would named Jim Hundley chairmt
my of the of the finance committee,
ill eligible George Read, president, pr
i County sided over the hour and
1 Security half meeting.
rmpn Arp Named
m mvu A mm. "V A 1MI11VU
Fund Campaign
rman and here in Warren County are
lave been part of the American Hea
County in; Association and of the natio
lpaign be- wide fight against our cou:
he nation try's and our state's bigge
February, killer. As Vice President Nixo
Norlina, suggests, when you give to tli
i for War- Heart Fund, you are helpin
make this a happier an
publicity j healthier land."
L. Hege! Among prominent Amer
airmen al-! cans serving as sponsors <
Limer of the 1960 Heart Fund, Traylc
of War-1 stated, are Mrs. Dwight I
n of Nor-' Eisenhower and Dr. Paul Dui
learin of j ley White, the President's heai
:hard R.1 specialist, as Honorary Can
?ron, and paign Co-Chairmen; Charles 1
Be. Tray-j Cox, President and Director (
rea chair- Kennecott Copper Corporatioi
I National Chairman; Art Linl
the War- letter. National Heart. Sunda
II be aid- Chairman; Desi Arnaz, Pres
ten area dent of Desilu Production
ig special head of the Heart Committe
i; t h e!?f the Broadcasting Industr]
latinn ! Adlfll R RtPVOnC/ln Conntn
ruary 28; and Mrs. Lyndon JohnsOT
activities I Thomas E. Dewey, Georg
iral areas Meany, Kenneth C. Royal
General Mark W Clark, Iren
expresses , Dunne- and many others weli
us when known 'n business, politla
sease the motion pictures, television, am
>f the na- radio
' Traylor In North Carolina, .Bone
e import- McKinney, Wake Forest's fair
an Heart ous basketball coach, is SUt
Number Heart Fund Chairman.
'd ,out by -r ???1?
, who re- FT A To Meet
re than ai The John Graham-Marian
it ion has ; Boyd PTA will medt at tb
it of the John Graham High School ?
teases of {Tuesday night at 8 o'cloc*
itory ays- The program wUl consist of i
orth Car- guided tour of the new physl
tion, wfleal education building.
indard Printing Company X
uth Shelby Street
RIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 18
Blind Won
In Rural I
A blind and partially crippled
Negro woman lost her life
in a rural fire about two miles
iroin vvarrenion early Monday
afternoon.
Sarah Fields, said to be
around 80 years old, was dead
when members of the Warrenton
Rural Fire Department
found her body in an upstairs
room which was destroyed bv
flames.
I Fire Chief Dixon Ward said
it appeared that she died of
suffocation rather than bums.
Also found in the room was
around S240 in charred bills
that she had hidden under a
rug.
Turner Fields, husband "of
the dead woman, said he was
out in the yard chopping wood
When hp riisPOVPrpH the hn.ion
I was on fire and before he
Raiding Offii
Damper On
| Warren County officers put
; a damper on a party at the!
home of Joe Kearney in Sandy
I Creek Township around 11:30
I o'clock on Saturday night, caus|
ing the host to make a hasty
(leave and the early departure
of many of the guests.
| When Sheriff Jim Hundley
j and Deputies Bonnie Stevenson
"crashed" the party, the affair
was going full blast and as the
officers entered the house one
person was seen pouring liquor
from a fruit jar into a bottle
and someone else dropped a
half gallon fruit jar.
Sheriff Hundley said there
were some 75 persons gathered
in the small 4-room house and
in the crush it was impossible
to tell who had the whiskey,
Cows To Be
?-TB And Bang
v> Dr. W B Griffin, N. C. Department
of Agriculture Vetie
j eranian Division, was in Warrenton
this week making plans
ie 10 test iarm cows for tuberid,
cul?sis and Bang's disease,
in The county commissioners
1 have authorized the payment of
e. a helper for Dr. Griffin in the
a; taking of blood test, and he
is expected to get the check
underway immediately.
Warren County is an accredited
county and persons wishing
to sell beef and dairy cows
outside the county do not have
to wait for a special examinaa
tion before sale. The purpose
rt of the tests this spring is to
n. keep the county accredited,
r. Cfllintv A tinn? r> ?
nt said yesterday,
in Dairy cows will not be testie
ed as they are regular tested,
,g but all beef and ether dairy
d < cows are required to V ested
' Reams said,
i-,
f Limer Speaks On I
I Meeting American
n-1
l.l James Limer of Littleton,
>fj Warren County attorney, wasj
! guest speaker at the meeting I
c-1 of the American Legion Auxit-|
y'iary on Thursday evening, Feb-j
jJ ruary 4, in the Fireside Roomi
s, of the Wesley Memorial Meth-j
e odLst Church.
Limer's topic was "AmeriT
canism and Civil Defense" and
^ he stated one is a pha3e of
[ the other as they are both for
g the preservation of American
|. ideals.
i. In three years the Federal
i Government gave aid throush
Civil Defense in one hundred
, disaster areas, Ltmer said,
i- North Carolina was given such
e aid after Hani came through.
Ev?nr week there b a disaster
somewhere and more people
need to know how to give aid.
, The Civil Defense had* up the
a strength of the ngHw in
a homes.
L Adequate Civil Defease
manned by trained workers
I- means the United Stabs could
not he beaten by ens all-out I
Your Best
Advertising
Medium
>60 NUMBER 7
ian , Dies j
lome Fire i
could reach the house the
flames had made so much ,
headway that he could not
reach his wife. No one else i
was at home at the time. >
n?- 1 d?ul:?
IVUUU1II8
Rotary Speaker
Dr. Cecil Robbins, president
of Louisburg College, was the
guest speaker at the regular
meeting of the Warrenton Rotary
Club on Tuesday night.
Dr. Robbins, a former pastor
of Wesley Memorial Methodist
, Church and former president
of the Warrenton Rotary Club,
was presented by H. M Hardy,
who was in charge of the pro
gram.
Dr. Robbins discussed needs
and growth of colleges and the
future of American colleges.
cers Put
Night Party
who was pouring and who
dropped the half gallon jar.
The raid netted a half gallon
jar and two bottles, all partially
filled with whiskey,
Hundley said
Officers were unable to locate
Joe Kearney, host for the
Saturday night party. It was
reported that he left just as
the officers were entering the
house, and it is believed by
officers that he carried some
of the evidence with him.
There was only standing
room in the house. Sheriff
Hunley said. It was so crowdI
ed no one could sit down, and : si
| it is unbelievable that so many
persons could get in such a
small house, the sheriff added.
Tested For
\s Disease
Anyone desiring to have
their cows tested are asked to
call the office of the County
Agent.
Cotton Ginnings
Up In Warren Co.
More than 2000 more bales
of 1959 cotton were ginned in
; Warren County prior to January
16, than for the same
period a year ago.
The cotton ginnings report t
Issued this week by the Bu- |
reau of the Census, U. S. De- }
i partment of Commerce, shows
6,564 bales ginned in Warren
< Coiintv nrinr in To1 a 9
j <w tfauiuuy AO.
I960, compared with 4,321 bales
(ginned to the same date in
1959.
The report showed total gin;
nings in North Carolina of
334,111 bales to January lfl,
| I960, compared with 259,816
bales for the same period hurt
year J9
-ivil Defense At
Legion Auxiliary
assault. Limer said Th?r? *?
265 communities in Nortli Car- . 9
olina who have appointed a director
of Civil Defense and J. .'--M
B. Martin is the director in |
Warren County. Only 48 communities
have developed opera- J
tional survival plane. Everyone
should guard against CQOkplacency
and be readyWtifk
with Civil Defense, l!a?r -Id*
eluded.
(See LIMER, page 2k
Mr*. P. C. Gross ';M
Managing Hotel
The Norlina Motor Voigt,
operated for tile put year by 9|
Walter M. Thompaon, la Mt:|
being operatad by ICra. P. C, t
Gross, a former eti alalia? dial
Hotel Warren in Was*aaM@M
Thompaon left Notts*
cently for WilmlacM^^^H
Mrs Gnu took oror OHM
tol". oj/eratton
The hotel dining room b.