B; Your Best Advertising i Medium VOLUME 64 May Have Been Mm Officers ! Clues In Of Negro The Warren County Sheriff's j Department and Norlina police | j are still seeking to fix the, hlamo frap HuofK r\( o Mon- I lina Negro woman on Monday 1 ^ night Martha Tuck, about 50, was found lying in an unconscious condition in the outskirts of Norlina on the Norlina-Warren Plains highway about 7:30 -j, o'clock on Monday night by Sheriff Jim Hundley. She was taken by ambulance to Warren Genera! Hospital, but was pronounced dead upon arrival. Taken to Brown's Funeral Home at Warrenton, the body was examined by Dr. H H. Foster, Norlina physician. He described her injuries as a fractured skull and two gashes around her neck and head. One of the gashes extended from the back of her head to the jaw and the other, on the same side of her head, extended about half way around her throat -Sheriff Hundley said that[ Dr. Foster stated that the frac-i ture of the skull was respon-j sible for the woman's death, j Officers lean to the view License 1 o Expected 1 By BILL PIERCE LITTLETON ? The March I r deadline set by the Federal Power Commission for replies; to its order authorizing con-! struction of the Gaston Dam passed with only two minor replies submitted. Neither is expected to delay issuance of the FPC order which will permit Virginia Electric and Power Company to proceed with1 the hydroelectric pioject. A VEPCO official said Tuesday the order is expected to' be issued some time during the month of March. One reply to the proposed order was from VEPCO. The company accepted the order as an amendment to the license under which the Roanoke Rapids Dam was built rather than as a new, separate 50-year liecense. Tthe other was of a technical nature submitted by North Carolina only as a matter of record in the order. Meanwnue, survey crews are working for VEPCO to complete studies at the upper end of the reservoir area and at the dam site. VEPCO officials have indicated that they expect to let a contract for construction of ?. the $50,000,000 project by June 1 and perhaps sooner. The FPC order stipulates that construction must begin before May 1, 1961, and be completed by May X, 1964 Full-scale employment on Warrenton Youl Keith Scholarsh An East Carolina College music student from Warren ton was awarded the Keith Scholarship for college piano students Saturday, it was announced by his parents Monday. Tasker Polk, who has been cited many times for his musical skill on the piano, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James K. Polk. Mrs. Polk is the former Ann Hunt Flsbel of Vaughan. This award entitles Polk to enter a national music contest from the southern division of seven states. Musical entries to I tke national event will be sent B-1 in as taped recordings for judging. Winner of the national F - event will receive a $250 scholarship t" Polk also won the WilliamE son Scholarship by the North Br Carolina Federation ot Music | * Clubs. He won the 1080 stuB dsnt music competition of ftorth r^arol'na^ at ^Gr^nvtllc, <3 Subscription Price $3.00 rder i Seek Death ' Woman that) the woman was the victim of a hit-and-run driver, but do not discount the possibility of murder. A coroner's jury, scheduled to meet at 2 o'clock yesterday (Thursday) afternoon had not reached a verdict when this newspaper went to press. Sheriff Hundley said that he saw the body lying beside the road as he was on his way . from Norlina to his home, a short distance away. He said as he passed the woman a man was standing nearby, but when he returned a few minutes later to pick up what he believed to be a drunk, the man was gone. He said his 13-year-1 old son was riding with him when he first saw the body j beside the road and he took ^ his son home because he did | not wish to have him around , while he was fooling with a j drunk. Hundley said that officers j have not yet been able to establish the identity of the man j i standing beside the woman j" when he passed or of two t other persons who are said to I have seen the woman lying i i. ? :ti i UC3IUC II1C lUdU. Build Dam rhis Month the project is expected by j summer, however, and the reservoir is expected to be filled ! with water bv the spring of i 1963. ; VEPCO will employ somej 1,500 men during the con-j struction project, and an esti-, mated $20,000,000 will be put J into local circulation through j payrolls and expenditures for; material and services during1 the three-year construction j period. Play-Off Games Postponed Due To Bad Weather I" Basketball games scheduled 11 to be held at Rocky Mount j | last night when Norlina and; Weldon teams were to partici-1 j pate in the playoffs have been j J postponed to Thursday night, j \f"jPpVi in Rr?K Pn' on nf Norlina said yesterday. Post-jt ponement was due to bad!. ; weather. : j Norlina, winner over Gold|c Sand of Franklin County last j, | Saturday night, was scheduled I to meet a Jackson team in j | the second of the night's j game. Weldon, winner over Wendell of Wake County last ( week, was scheduled to meet , Red Oak of Nash County. c Norlina was Warren-Halifax Conference and tournament ] winner and Weldon was run- j ner-up in the tournament h Receives ' ip Award jl 1058 he won the musically ad-j vanced state solo contest. In | 1957 he was named best piano < student at the East Carolina I j College Summer Camp. He will appear with the East t Carolina Symphony Orchestra j! on May 8 at East Carolina!' College. j < Dr. Robert Carter of the' , ECC faculty is Polk's teacher, j. n . ?* rtotari&ns near i Welfare Talks J The RoUry Club held its ! regular meeting on Tuesday night at Hotel Warren with William Baker in charge of the program. , Julian Farrar and Mrs. J. E. , Adams of the Warren County | Welfare Department wertf i guest speakers and explained the various programs - and functions of the Welfare De- 1 partmant ] Hu- 5 a Year 10c Per C H -r B **?> The above picture was take; avine near Benton's Service S iy car Man Crit Car-True A white man was critically lurt at Norlina at 4:30 a. m. ast Friday in a car-truck t rash that demolished the car1 nd sent the tractor-truck ilungtng down a 20-foot emlankment at Benton's Service vtation. James Arthur Koyfield, 47, if Stanley was pulled from 1 inderneath the rear bumper of i lis 1955 Buick. where he was-' hrown by the impact of the lollision. and carried in an inconscious condition to Waren General Hospital. He was ater transferred to Duke Hos>ital in Durham. His condiion is not known by Norlina >olice officers who investigate id the wreck. Delbert Clarence Parrish. !14 Kelly Streets High Point. Iriver of the trailer truck beonging to the R D. Fowler Jotor Line of High Point, reeived minor injuries. He was reated at Warren General -fospitai for a leg injury. >ruises, and a cut on his left Daniel Heads Methodist Men Leonard Daniel. Warrenton 3ostmaster, was elected presilent of the Methodist Young] den's Club of Wesley Memoral Methodist Church at an irganizational meeting held at he church on Monday night. Purpose of the organization s to promote the spiritual veil being of the church. Other officers chosen were '. B. Boyd, vice president of he Citizens Bank, vice presi-j lent; and Allen Tucker, local ippliance dealer, secretary. The program for the even-! ng was presented by W. D. 3ayne, superintendent of Hen-| lerson City Schools and Disrict Lav Leader. who showed he group slides of similar or-1 ionizations and of the Metho-1 list Camp at Kerr Lake, 'ayne also installed the newly ilected officers. Members of the Joyce Vereen Circle served dinner to; !he more than 40 members I present. Guests included officers of i he Henderson, Providence I ?nd Macon Methodist Men's :iubs To Observe World Day Of Prayer LITTLETON ? The World' 3ay of Prayer Service will be| leld Friday afternoon at 3:30 it the Littleton Presbyterian Ihurch, with all churches in j Jttleton participating. Critically III Mrs. W. L. Harris, sister ofj Krs. W. D. Rodgers, is criti-j rally ill in a Charlotte Hos-j >ital. She is the former Miss; Jan Rod well of Warrenton. Mr. R. iT Capps is a patient n Memorial Hospital, Chapel 9111, Mrs. Capps Is with him. IBarr opv WARRENTON. ( ; shortly before a truck and it at ion where it plunged on Kr i ically Inji k Crash I: arm. and released. The wreck occurred when Royfield. driving at a high rate of speed, crashed into the side of the truck driven by Parrish at the intersection of Highway 401 with U. S. No. 1 at Henton's Sendee Station. The accident was witnessed by Dorsey Capps, Norlina night police officer, through his rear-view window, Chief Buck White said Wednesday. Capps had seen the ear approaching and passing and was seeking to turn around for a chase when he saw the crash. After being struck by the car. the truck veered from the highway, tearing down a telephone pole and 230 feet of cable before plunging down the embankment, but failing to overturn. Parrish. driver of the truck, said the car struck the left wheel of his tractor, making it impossible for him to control the vehicle. He described his escape as a miracle and Humphreys Accepts Call I.evi 11 Humphreys, who will graduate this spring from Union Theological Seminary of Richmond. Va., has accepted a call as pastor of the Warren Mm, i.iiurion ann iiruvcr Memorial Presbyterian churches Mr Humphreys, who - has been supplying the puilpits of tjhe three churches once a month, will make his home at Littleton. His wife is a graduate of the Assembly's Training School for lay workers They have one child, 18 months old. John W. Dowling Dies At Norlina John White Dowling. 52. died at his home at Norlina Friday night of a heart attack Mr Dowline was for manv years manager of Colonial Stores at Warrenton where he made his home. In 1953 he went to Norlina as manager of the new Norlina Supermarket and was serving in that capacity at the time of his death. He had been making his home at Norlina for several years He was a member of the Norlina Methodist Church. Funeral services for Mr. Dowling were conducted at the Norlina Methodist Church on Sunday at 4 p. m., with interment in the Collins cemetery near Norlina. The Rev. Charles Vale, pastor, and the Rev. Mal(See DOWLING, page It) Returns From Hospital Mrs. H. N. Walters returned to her home here Friday after spending several weeks at Warren. General Hospital. ? ? en & L'oV.NTY or WARREN. N. *3I11WRCW "MT" x-tv-r. a RliST RO i 1 H { I ! tractor was pulled out of the [ idav morning after being struck i (Photo by Allen King) ' ired In XT 1 n in or una said 4t was his first accident . in 18 years as a truck driver. The demolished car was taken to Whitmore's tlarage, where it was described by veteran police officer Buck White as "the worst wrecked car I have ever seen " After several hours of work the tractor and trailer truck; was pulled from the ravine by j two wreckers, one of which' ' was anchored to a tree and the other chocked In the yard of the Norlina Motor Lodge. I Traffic on Highway 1 was j halted momentarily several j tiimes while the wreckers strained on their cables strung i across the highway. In the pulling process, one; of the wreckers turned over on its side and the driver was pulled through the door which was opened by fellow workers "He escaped without injury. The wrecker was uprighted and the enginge was refilled1 with oil and the radiator with ] water and chained to a large i oak tree. This time the pulling was sufficient to drag the vehicle out of the ravine From a point on the edge of the highway the truck was I taken to Mitchell's Garage forj repairs on the tractor. Damage to the tractor and trailer) was estimated at $1500 Scores of persons watched j the salvaging operation for; hours and were on hand when ; the job was completed around 1 o'clock Friday afternoon. Chief Buck White said that no charges have been preferred against the driver of the car pending' the outcome of his injuries. To Hold World Day Of Prayer j The Girl Scouts of Warrenj ton and Norlina will have a 'birthday party next Wednesday) I in the Fellowship Hall of the | Warrenton Methodist Church j from 4 to 5 p. m. Refreshments will be served j land a short program will be| presented by the Scouts. The | public is invited. Stew Sale The Norlina Senior Class' will sponsor a Brunswick stew sale on Saturday, March S, at the Norlina Club House. The stew, at 78c s quart, will be ready by noon. / :?(;? ' ?fe The Standard Pt 2256 South Shell C. I Science F [n Warre Science Fai ? vill L~ ne!v n white dome"' .. , .no hiah schools of 'he county on Turv lay nigh' ..'".-ii exhibits will be displayed a:, i judged and he winners set' cted for the ,'ounty Seience Fair to be held it John Graham High School next Friday night, March 11 :\ manner pi ine science fairs have already been held in the Negro schools of the rountv. but the Negro County Science Fair will be held at the John R Hawkins school Business Men Removal Of t Warrenton business men will oppose a petition of the Seaboard Airline Railway Company before the Utilities Commission to abolish the freight depot at Warren Plains A hearing on the petition is scheduled to be held in Raleigh on March 18 First stop in the opposition to the petition was taken on Wednesday night of last week when a group of local business men gathered at Hotel Warren to formulate a plan of action ml. j : J-J liit* group nennea 10 wrne ui letter to the president and] .:.V |J| aB 4 ? "Laborers Together With God" will be the theme of the World Day of Prayer to be held at Emmanuel Episcopal Church here at 10 o'clock this morning (Friday), Miss Amraa I Graham announced yesterday The four churches of thej I town will participate in the! ! service and Miss Graham, in| making the announcement, said i that the World Day of Prayer j comes but (xnce a year, always i ! on the first Friday in Lent, i Girl Scouts To Observe Birthday I K m FRANK B. Banzet Anno Candidate F< Frank B. Banzet, Warrenton attorney, announced on Tuesday that he would be a candidate for the North Carolina Senate, subject to, the will of the Democratic voters as expressed in the May 28. Primary. Banzet became the first Warren County citizen to announce for public office in the May Primary. In making his announcement, Banzet said: "Issues of far-reaching importance will be determined in the forthcoming General Assembly. No one could, with remress To RIsconstituents, state his position on every question which may arise in the 1961 Legislature, for the conditions and requirements of our people change rapidly. "However, there .arises at every session one matter upon which I am resolute. I refer to the increasing demand for central authority. The Constitution of North Carolina visualises a maximum decentralisation of power to the and that locaf government be kept In the hands of the people at the -"Vvfe"-'-- ' il- * v-.i *. ????? I luting Company X by Street KIDAY, MARCH I. 19?(l 'airs To B n Schools Hm-- ai he same lime that j tnc wh.te fair is being held at John Graham gymnasium i In the fairs 011 Tuesday t night entries will be judged t in the primary grades, erades I 4-6. 7-9. and 10-12, with blue < a n d while ribbons being awarded ( Three ribbons, blue, white r and red. will be awarded in f both the Biological and Phy- c sieal Science displays, and the j judges will give honorable mention to any worthy pro- j i To Fight l?. P. Depot vice president of the Seaboard Company, pointing out the ; volume of business from War ronton going to and from War- ( renton to Warren Plains and stating the adverse effect the closing of the station would have on the business life of Warrenton and asking that the petition be withdrawn Should this petition not be withdrawn, a spokesman for the group - aid this week, it is i likely that an attorney would be "tnployed to carry the fight before the Utilities C'ommis-stoft ?' Ait ?b"? V - i 1 wM BANZET unces He Is >r Senate j County, City and Town level. | i It is my opinion that it should I be kept there. I commit my-j self, if elected as your Senator, to favor all measures to improve the effectiveness of local government and to oppose every measure, in whatever form cast, designed to shift this power to Raleigh. "The Third Senatorial District has been represented by many distinguished sons of I Warren, Vance and Northampj ton Counties. If elected to [ this honored office, I shall en-| ; deavor to the limits of my | lability to maintain this tradition and to reflect credit upon those whom I represent." j Other political news of interest to Warren County citizens during the past week were the announcements of i Beverly Lake, former assistant N. C. Attorney General, tihat he would be a candidate for Governor, and Addison Hewlett of Wilmington that be would be a candidate for the seat now held in the United States Senate by Sdhator Jordan. ,i. jfli; ' . *5 c ' ?&? \i& k * ' '--.j Your Best Advertising Medium NUMBER UT I 1* UM I Tuesday I ects. Projects from grades 1-9 that I vim blue ribbons will go to he County Fair, as will the I op three projects in boili the iiological and Physical I icicnces The science fair at John jtahani will be held in con- I lection with the Parent-Teach- I rs Association meeting in or- I ler that members may see the I irojects of the local school. Judges for the Tuesday night I air here will be Dr. Sam H. rtassey. Jr . Frank Reams and I Irs Arthur Williams. Details of the science fair I it I.ittleton on Tuesday night I lave not been learned, but hey are expected to be simi- I ar to those at N'orlina and I .Varrenton N'orlina High School will I holds its science fair in the halls of the school on I Tuesday. March 8, from 3:30 to I 5:30 o'clock at which time re- I freshments will be served in I the library by the third year home economic class. Judges for the event will be I Mrs Barker Williams, science I teacher at Avcock School in I Vance County, and Hugh W. H Holt and Dixon Ward of War- I ronton They will chose the three I best entries from the biologi- I cal science class and three best H entries from the- physical science class of the 10th, 11th. and 12th grades to be I entered in the County Science I F\ir to he held at oJm Graham H School on Friday. H Judging will be on scientific 1 thought. 30 points: creative H ability, 30 points; thoroughness. I 10 points, clarity and dramatic H value, 20 points; and technical I ttkill 10 nnintc 1 t " r Also to bo chosen by the judges al Norlina will be the best exhibit from the elementary grades. 1 to i?, the best from the intennedif.te grades, 4-6; and the best from the junior high school, grades 7 to 9. Charles Mulchi. a senior, has been appointed Science Fair director at the Norlina school. Mrs I.awrence Baxter of Warrenton. science teacher in the Norlina High School, said that the senior high school winners from Norlina would go to Durham this spring as guests of Dr. Robert W. Wheat, direc?/v.. e t Din . t ?V iui ui liic uiu-v;uciiui?uy uav oratory of Duke University. At Durham the winners will inspect some of the scientific eciuinment in the research building of Duke University Medical Center, including the high altitude chamber, elec- : tron microscope, techical apparatus, and possibly a heartlu.ng machine. In addition, the elementary schools at Wise, Macon and Afton-Elberon will each enter * three of their winning exhibits. At the county fair Friday. 11 ...Ill iuai vii 11, iviiiiicia win u*: ac- r | lectccf to enter the State Science Fair. PTA To Attend Science Fair The John Graham-Mariam a Boyd PTA will hold its regit- I lar March meeting on Tuesday night. March 8, instead of i March 15, as originally ached Purpose of the change in 1 date is to allow metnben of the PTA to visit the Science J Fair in the Gym Tueeday night, which will make up the program for the night. Baxter Announce* Lenten Service* M I.enten services will be held I at Emmanuel Episcopal Church at Warren ton each Thursday night during the Lenten see- . son. the Rev. E. L. Baxter, no ^ tor. announced yesterday. A list of speakers and the I listed yesterday by Mr. Bato^ a e_?? - - w ?s ioiiows: . , ^ lurch 10?the Rev. W. XL