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""" Your Best Advertising Medium \ r I VOLUME 64 ' <kl ? _ Schools , More Th The County Science Fairs, scheduled to be held at the John Graham High School and?the?John R. Hawkins High School this afternoon and tonight (Friday) has beetu postponed due to the snow. Roger Peeler, Superintendent of Schools said yesterday that a new date for holding the fair could not be set un til the resumption of schools, which were closed Thursday. By BIGNALL JONES There is a great deal mon being taught in the publii schools than familiarity witl tj the three R's. This was learned by severa hundred persons on Tuesda; night when they attended thi John Graham-Mariam Boy< Science Fair in the J o h r Graham High School physica education building. Some o those also learned that a phy sical education building ha more functions than trainini basketball players as the; saw exhibits displayed in th< large, well-lighted and com fortable building. Dr. Sam Massey. one of thi judges of the fair, telephone! The Warren Record Wednes day morning to express hi amazement at the scope o knowledge displayed by stud enhs and the executions o their projects. "It certain! gave me a greater appreciatioi of our school." he said. Dr. Massey's remarks wer typical of many comments es pressed by persons attendini the fair. 4rniinH t hn fr\nr- tif o 11 c i\f fV-i. building and on tables a fev feet out were scores of ex bibits, ranging from a mode of the Warrenton water sys * tem and the stages of a but terfly to a Sterophonic Souni set. Rocks had been classifed sections of wood had beei , identified, the solar systen sketched, animals had beei dissected and parts classified A model electric motor wa on display, the little childrei nan musiraiea pans 01 flower. The formation of coa was explained by charts am pictures. A water thermoir eter was in operation, and s was a weather station, and model steam turbine had bee: built and was ready to b< fired. As in most science fairs, model still was on display an could well be used for disti! lation water for chemical e> periments and for other pui poses. On a larger scale i -Beginners Day Tc Mariam Boyd Sell Beginners Day for student who will be in the first grad at Mariam Boyd School nex year is sceduled for Wednes day, March 16, J F. Hockadaj principal of the John Grahar High School, said yesterday. Children who will start t school next year and their pai ents are invited to the Mariar Boyd School at 9:45 a. m., h said. First grade teachers wil care for the children whil L ..-.1 :ii w.t_ it M'llUUl UUltlau Will UCip ill parents register the beginners The parents will be asked b complete two forms. One ton asks for information whic! goes in the school records. I second form requests informs tion for the health record-card In order for a child to be gin school next school yeai he must be six years "of ag on or before October 16, 196( Hockaday said it is hopef by school officials that pai enta of all school beginner will attend the Beginners Da with their children. A vial to the school by the beginnin . school child will be helpful t * the child, he said. Also, th early registration of student will eliminate problems fo students, parents, and teacher , on the first day of schoc ' It is necessary that parent ef children who were bor outside of Wsmn^County^t M ( Subscription Price S3.01 Are Teac ian The T could well bo used in the swamps and woods of the county for less legitimate purpesos I A stuffed owl was described as a "Living Mouse Trap." ; Methods of photography were , explained, as was the causes I j of hurricanes, and the habits, | and habitat of a mole. The j i history of artificial lighting | was given in models of means i of illumination. As Dr. Massey said there | were so many good exhibits ' that it was hard to select a ' j limited number for prizes, j One thing was evident, and that was a great deal of tjhought and an unusual ' [ amount of hard work connect' ed with the local school fair. ; Those who saw the exhibits ' believed that the results were 1 worth it. I Paying his tribute to the fair was Calvin White, supervisor ' | of schools. He said that the , fair at John Graham was good 'j (See See FAIR, page 10) -Emily Kalter To . n < A < , uive concert At * Local School f Emily Kaltcr will present a v i concert of varied songs at the ^ I .lohn Graham High School on Thursday night. March 17. at E 8:30. Mrs. Charles Johnson, . [ publicity chairman for the a I Warrenton Woman's Club, said 1 yesterday. j The concert is sponsored by L' i the Woman's Club and there I will be no admission charge. ' The public is invited. Mrs Johnson said that the club would not have a dinner " i meeting this month. Mrs. Kalter was born in (See KALTER, page 10) n I i. B s I n I a I \\m d< V e I a I t EH1I.Y KALTER ) Be Held At The iooI On March 16 sj certificate of birth. No birth e \ certificate is necessary for a t child born in Warren County i- since the names of beginners U born in the county will be preri SPn t Pfl tn tho T? nrri r^t - | ? *"V ?l I Deeds for verification of birth o! date. Hockaday said it is not necn essary for the children to have e had or get the required innoculations for school entrance by 1 March 16. No innoculations e or examinations will be given e on this day. These are to be ' given at the Pre-School Clinic 0 which is to be held at the ? Warren County Health Clinic ^ at a later date. i. Keyes Speaker At !" Rotary Meeting ? 0 , Robert Keyes. engineer in j charge of field work for Stone ^ and Webster, was the guest s speaker at a meeting of the ? Warrenton Rotary Club at I Hotel Warren on Tuesday g night. o His topic centered around e the sub-W?facing investigation s at the Gaston dam site and he r explained details to this effect s and some of the problems in,1 volved. Roy Dixon, president, pre sided, and Selby Benton had n charge of the program. P Parker Little was a guest of C. P. Gaston. lift ? 0 a Year 10c Per C hing hree R's I Winners In Local School Science Fair Announced Prize winners in the John j Graham Science Fair, held in j the school physical education j building on Tuesday night, j were announced yesterday by J. F. Hockaday, principal of the school. He listed the winners as: Primary Grades?First prize, i Mrs. Andrews' room, 1st grade, | "Air"; second prize, Mrs. | | Pridgen's room, 2nd grade.) "Rocks"; third prize, Miss ' i ?A **? tt-..11? uiuici 3 uuu mis. r unci s niuin, I 3rd grade. "Shell Collection." ' Grades 4-6?First Prize, Mrs. Hurst's room. 5th grade, "Parts of a Flower"; second prize. Mrs Campbell's room, 6th grade. "Weather Bureau";' ' third prize. Mrs Drake's room, I 4th grade. "Animals"; honor; able mention: Mrs. Pearsall's ! room. 5th grade, "Shells," and Mrs. Blankenship's room. 6th grade, "Insects." Grades 7-9?First prize, Mrs. ; Daniel's room. 8th grade. "For-| mation of Coal"; second prize, J Harriet Cheek. 0th grade stu| dent. "Reptilia"; third prize,' Mrs. Hunter's room. 7th grade, "Water Cycle": honorable men-; ' tion. Benson Ayeock, 9th I grade student. "Soil ConservaI ?inn"' IJ . J T I Invrn . * uni oaiuri ufiu i;<Jv. renee Boyd. 9tb grade stu-j i dents. "The Moon"; Sandra! Jones, 9th grade student. ! "Mushrooms." High School i Biological Science)?First prize. Marga-1 j ret Carroll and I.lnda Adams, j , "Anatomy of a Chicken"; ; second prize. Lyndell Aycock, : "Contact Lenses": third prize,; | Jimmie Cheves. "Eyelfght and i Development"; honorable tnen-i | tion: John Link and Richard' Williams, "Evolution of the Brain"; Anne Twitty. "Mole"; Carolyn Shearin. "Thallophyta " High School (Physical Science)?First prize, Tommy' Miles, "Sterophonlc Sound"; second prize. Pat Harp, "Smoke Precipitator"; third prize. Ronald Shearin, "Cloud' Chambe.'". honorable mention., Shirley ~quino, "llydroponic i Plant"; John Newell and Sid I ney i^anier, "Distillation " Judges were Dr Sam Mas| sey, dentist; Frank Reams, county agent; and Mrs. Arthur Williams. former home ec teacher Dr. Massev said yesterday that the exhibits were so vari-, ed and so excellent that it was almost impossible for the j judges to eliminate many of them in choosing the winners Prize winning exhibits in the local school fair will be displayed in the county science j fair scheduled to be held at the John Graham High School j physical education building on| Friday afternoon and night' when they will be in eompetii tion with winning exhibits' I from Norlina and Littleton | ; High Schools and other ele-j j mentary schools of the county. It Was C< j After a month of very cold [ weather, followed by a very disagreeable snow and sleet storm and a week of freeling weather, local persons mayi be wondering whether the cold1 spell set a new record. It was j cold alright, but it has been1 1 much colder. This was revealed in an ar-| (tide contributed to this newsI paper this week by She Rev. i j R. E. Brickhouse, retired Bap-; tist minister of Warren Plains, i The articles from the U. 8. Department o f Commerce,' Weather Bureau, National! Weather Records Center, Ashevllle, N. C., was headed "Notes! on Weather In January, 1857," and reads as follows: "A review of the Smith-J sonian Collection on microfilm; for January 1857 reveals the j j following information for sta- j ti in.s in North Carolina and Virginia: "Goldsborough, N. C.?Snow togan In A. M. of January 18 and ended Jan. IB leevljg 13 inches of anew o?. the i/roun4.1 03arri op.v WARRENTON, C( HH / PTtj I I I I k JOHN KKRR. JR. John Kerr, Jr., To Be Candidate For State House John Kerr, Jr . Warrenton attorney and veteran tn political affairs of the state, announced on Tuesday that he j would be a candidate for re-1 election to the State House of Representatives in the Mav Primary ' In announcing his candi-;. dacy. Kerr said: "I expect to be a candidate for renomina- ' tion to the State House of J Representatives from Warren County irj the Democratic Primary I deeply appreciate the confidence and trust reposed in. me by the people ot Warren County throughout the ' years." , In 1943 Kerr served as j Speaker of the House of(j! Representatives, and with (he ] See KKRR, page 10) I Littleton Woman ; Named Census Crew Leadei Mrs. Vera H King. 210 Roa-\ noke Avenue. Littleton, has: ] been appointed crew leader for Warren County for the 1960 census. Her district will a consist of Warren County in a its entirety 1 Announcement of Mrs. King's 1 appointment was made yester- a day by Samuel K Rouse, sup- r ervlsor of the Census Bureau's * temporary district office in Wilson. c Applicants for jobs as enum- 1 erators in Warren County are i t requested to apply to Mrs. I King An applicant must be t over 18 years of age. be a citi- s zen of the United States, and have a high school education r or its equivalent Candidates i \ will be required to pass a se-! " lection test demonstrating t their ability to understand j " written instructions and read t maps. r r\uuse saia mat each crew I. leader will supervise about 20 p enumerators in the big nationwide census which begins on n April 1 Crew leader train- v (See CENSUS, page 10) d old In Th< (No remarks entered on ree- R ord). b "Gaston. N. C.?The Roanoke River at this place was closed j s by ice on January 11 and up! A to January 31, 1857, remained so All navigation was sus- j pended and teams are driven| ^ across the ice a distance of i s 1200 feet. I have examined the j 0 ice in several places and find it averages 14 innKou " =" , C "On the evening of the 17th i f, a snow storm lit in with wind! Ii from the N.E. which changed j w to North and continued until j w the morning of the 19th. Snow, p fell to the depth of 22 inches \ fi on a level and in banks was as { ii deep as 10 feet. I am. inform-' n ed by persona venerable for n their age and. intelligence that | si they have never before experi-, Is enced such a January.? <*. K *> Moore (Observer) "Portsmouth, Va., January , H 1857?Harbor obstructed by floating ice five (5") inches d thick T January 13, 1?7?Elisabeth t m IS H'NTY OF WARREN. N. Commissioners To ^Ieet On Monday The Board of County Comnissioners will meet on Monlay. Match 14. when they will it as i Board of Euqalizaion and Review, to hear com-' tlaints of citizens dissatisfied vith valuations put on theirs >roperty by list takers. The view was cxp: cased shttj ^nce all real estate in the j ounty will be re-appraised! his year, that few persons | vould appear asking for adustments Civil Term Of Superior Court Meets Monday The March civil term of Superior Court will convene ( n Monday morning with Judge Henry A McKinnon. Jr. of .umberton presiding Scheduled for trial on Monlay are three divorce eases II 1' Rurwell vs. Elizabeth 0.: Rurwell. David H Nicholas vs. j Jorothy M Nicholas, and Jeorgia B Jones Sutton vs. Stewart Sutton; two cases, it art in Well Company vs. John Russell. Jr . and Nancy Peetej Jlankenshlp vs. Freneau Metitt Blankenshlp; and two cases! >n the motion docket. "In the j "natter of the last will atnd ' estament of Mary Penderjrass." and Kins Feed Com-: >anv vs. R T. Toppins. Jr.. et I tl. Other eases on the docket: ind the days set for trial are: j Tuesday?W. D. Martin et tx vs State Highway Commislion: Willie Christian vs. Kat:enstein Farms: Blanche P. kleyers et al vs. Elizabeth 3ark: Charles M White, III, I Incilliary Administrator o f .uther (Jartand. vs. Fanner 8 loss et vir. Wednesday?Roy Jones vs. A'lllie J. Montgomery et als: Barbara V Coolidge vs. W U! -ong Thursday?W E. Mulchi, (See COURT, page 10) Tractor School To Be Held At tVise Friday A tractor school will be held : t the Hi-Wav Motor Company; t Wise todav (Fridav) at :30 p m.. F. W. Roams and . B. Hardage, county agent nd assistant county agent, anlounced in a joint notice this' keek JoHn Glover. F.xtension Agriultural Engineer, will give winters on tractor care at the! ractor school, the agents said, te will have available several I ractors and actually demon- < trate what he is talking about. "A tractor has become a lecessity on most farms in Varren County," the agents pointed out in announcing he meeting this afternoon, j Carp and nrpvpntivo mnirt.l enance of this machinery isj nighty important and a dol-i ar timely spent may save! lenty of dollars later on. "This should be a good neeting and we believe you .ill learn how to save many ollars by being present." 5 Winter i VP r hotu/p**n Pr\rt cmnnt Vi anH lorfolk frozen a few hours. "January 18, 1857?Severe j now storm commenced at 11 k, M. and continued until 10 i. M. 19th. This snow in some laces drifting to depths of 10; eet. Average depth of snowj ixteen Inches In the woods. ?n tihe 19th business suspend-1 d, Post Office and stores losed. River frozen to Nor?lk and as far as Cramy Is-1 ?nd. Hundreds of persons j ralking on the river shooting! did ducks about the open laces. Vast number of ducks sund in the woods and even; i the street chilled to numb-; ess. About 1:30 A. M. a chhney near the Collegiate Intitute blew down filling a idy and severely injuring her usband and child. "January 22, 1857?Hampton; loads frozen entirely over. | "January 23, 1BS7?Coldest ay yet 5 degrees below satro.i housands of persons crossing rom Norfolk on Um ice, and ! miri Statu 2256 Sou c F Contrac Revalui A contract to revalue real estate in Warren County was awarded by the county com missioners at their regular meeting here on Monday Work is expected to be started within the next few weeks and completed in time for 1961 tax listing. The successful bidder was Associated Surveys of Greensboro. whose bid of S31.500 was the lowest submitted Other bidders were Carroll and Phelps of Winston-Salem. $32.000; and Southern Appraisers of Greensboro, $39,500 Some 25 of the 100 counties of the state have awarded revaluation contracts to Asso Man Says He Woman; Cut Irving Crossan, Negro, about 25 years of age, is being held in Warren County jail charged with the murder of Martha Tuck, about 50, at Norlina on Monday night of last week. Crossan was placed in jail last Thursday and on Friday afternoon confessed to Sheriff lim Hundley that he killed Martha Tuck during an argument on the Warren PlainsNorlina Highway near the outskirts of the town. He said that both had been drinking. According to Sheriff Hundley, Crossan said that Martha Tuck had accused him of running around wltii another man's wife and was cursing and abusing him at the time of the slaying. He said that he picked up a truck staunchon-a piece of wood about three or four feet long and about three inches square ? lying beside the road and struck Martha Tuck on the head. He said he also used a pocketknife to cut her throat. | Crossan said he took the| piece of wood to his home and ] the following morning chop- j ped it up and burned it. When j he arrived home Monday night, j he said, he washed the blood! off his knife and hid it un-j der the mattress of his bed. Sheriff Hundley said that | following the confession, he went to Crossan's home and I found the knife where CrossProgram For Pure Potatoes Announc A program for the purchase of sweet potatoes for distribution to the school lunchroom program and other eligible outlets was announced March 4 by H. D. Godfrey, administra- j tive officer for North Carolina ASC office. Sweet potatoes must be of 'Pnrin Pinon" . 1 a U> VU sws.au val iciy, VJI va* | rieties of similar varietal char-i acteristies and packed in new| tub bushel baskets, containing; not less than SO pounds net j Of 1857! some even to Hampton. "January 31, 1857?Copious j rain removed the snow mostly! but the river is still frozen sol as to prevent the ferry from; running. "Since the 8th of January | the ground has been frozen to j the depth of 8-to-8 inches. "Smlthfleld, Va.?Snow January 17 through 19, 1857? about 12 inches with drifts 78 feet. Extremely high wind! with snow P. M. of 18th audi A M of 19th. Winds equal storms of March 1 & 2 of 1840. Continued cold through end of month " Captain William Wallace White of D re wry also referred lo this snow In his diary. In an entry covering January 8 to February 18, 1887, he said: "Snow continuously for three days, snow IS inches deep, it drifted to 8 feet in places, very cold, milk froce in basement, first time this winter, 10 to M below aero lb some localities." \ itsud Punting Company X [_ th Shelby Street RIDAY, MARCH H. 1960 t Aware ng Real dated Surveys, tn their action Monday the I commissioners in ordering a revaluation of Warren County real estate were following a ; mandate of the State Legisi lalltra HikUk ~?> 1 .U-. HIII1.II ".uiricu inai II1IS work be done. Making the motion to give the contract to Associated Surveys was made by Commissioner Richard R Davis and seconded by Commissioner Robert Thorno The vote was unanimous. Davis said that before he came on the board he was opposed to any revaluation of Warren County property, but that was because he did not : Clubbed Her Throat ? an said he hid it. Martha Tuck was still conscious when her body was dis covered by Sheriff .Tim Hunlev around 7:30 on Monday \ night of last' week, but was ! pronounced dead upon arrival i at Warren General Hospital. I At Brown's Funeral Home at Warrenton. the woman's body was examined by Dr. H. H Foster, Norllna physician. He described her injuries as a fractured skull and two ! gashes around her neck and head! One of the gashes ex- i tended from the back of her' ; head to the jaw and the other, on the same side of the head, j extended about half way | around her throat. Sheriff Hundley said that Dr. 1 Foster stated that the fracture j of the skull was responsible for the woman's death The possibility that the woman was the victim of a hit-1 and-run driver, was considered, but investigation of the deathby the Sheriffs Department I resulted in the arrest of Cross- j an on last Thursday and his j confession on Friday after-' noon. Sheriff Hundley said yesterday that Crossan said he | could not remember whether he cut Martha Tuck's throat with his pocketknife first and then stuck her on the head, or I whether he hit her first. hase Of Sweet ed By ASC Office i weight. The sweet potatoes must be of U. S. No 1 grade or better, with not more than 1 tolerance for soft rot or, wetbreakdown. and must be in- i spected by the Federal-State I Inspection Service. The price will be $2.30 per i bushels, loaded on cars or| trucks at the operation of j USDA at the point of purchase, for sweet potatoes purchased and accepted under thej program. Purchases will be! limited to growers, eoopera-] tive associations of growers, or J growers' authorized agents. Further details of the pro-j gram may be obtained from | the county ASC office. Growers desiring to sell sweet potatoes under this program should submit their offer to the county AS<" office not later than 5:00 p. m? Tuesday, March 15, T. E. Watson, ASC office manager, said yesterday. District Music Contest To Be Held At Norlina The 14th Didstrict General Federation of Woman's Clubs will hold its district music contest at the Norlina gymtorium on Saturday, March 12, at 1:30 p. m. Senior high school students throughout the district will compete for the right to enter the state contest at Raleigh on March 19. There are five categories, including soloist, pianist, other musical instruments and dub choruses. The public k invited to at/ , .-J. Your Best Advertising Medium NUMBER Tl led For I Fctafa I appreciate the inequalities ill valuations. 1 was just plain ignorant." he saiii. All the commissioners agreed that under the directive of the Legislature they had no choice but to order real estate revalued. The commissioners ordered that Chairman Capps and Clerk S E Allen sign the con tractNotified by telephone Monday afternoon that his company had been given the contract. Frank Cooper of Associated Surveys, said that his company was ready to begin work at once. In addition to revaluing real estate in the county. Associated Surveys has agreed to pay and train a local man to value property, in order that he may know how to put new buildings on the tax lists. This man is to be appointed by the commmissioners. In addition to awarding the ! contract for revaluation of county real estate, the commissioners heard pleas of two i or three citizens that they re1 quest the State Highway Commission to take over and?or improve their roads: heard 1 oral reports from the white and colored farm and home agents and written reports from other agencies, which were ordered 11.ed. On motion of Commissioner Thome, seconded by Commissioner Davis, and unaimously carried, it was ordered that the commissioners be paid S10 00 a day plus travel for each called meeting of the board attended. A P. Kodwell, Tax Collector. reported total tax collec tions for the fiscal year in the amount of $270,761.21 Of this amount $22,123.89 was collected in February. The meeting was adjourned around 4 o'clock, after a break down in the furnace caused the heat to go off. The commissioners will meet on next Monday, March 14, as a Board of Equalization and Rev'ew I I L. H. FOUNTAIN 4 L. H. Fountain i Files For Seat a In U. S. House a I. H. Fountain, Represent*- ? tive from the 2nd Conceitsional District of North Caro- % Una in the National House of Representatives, yesterday fll- Jfl ed for re-election to this office, subject to the will of a the Democratic voters in the 1 May 28 Primary. In announcing his candidacy, Rep. Fountain said: 1 "I appreciate very much the onnortimitv tho n/wvnU a# ^ -ym second district have given me to serve them in the Congress of the United States, f sincerely hope my record will : merit their continued conflr *; dence and support." JOHN GITX TO PREACH AT BAPTIST CHURCH The Rev. John Gill, proese. tional director at Chowan Col- | lege and a former pastor, will V*J| preach at the Warreetsa BsfMi list Church on Sunday, HwcOi* 3 13., at the eleven otdeskjflHj dially invited. ,i