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Two parking places on tl
west side of the court houi
lawn will be abondoned ai
reseeded to grass under il
= dtreetiotv of the Wft?=rem<
Garden Club, according to j
order passed Monday by tl
Board of County Commi
sioners.
Action of the board was ta
en after a delegation of cli
women pointed out that tl
^ police parking lot on the we
of the aricultural building at
that of the library truck \\c
of the library were unsight
and marring the beauty of tl
town.
v spokesman tor the cii
women was Mrs. Graha
Home, who after telling of tl
club's effort to beautify tl
town and the unsightliness
the parking lot. requested th
the commissioners have tl
lots closed.
Accompaning Mrs. Hori
were Mrs. W. L. Wood, Mt
C. E. Rodwell and Mrs Juli
Banzet.
The commissioners agrei
with the club women concer
ing the unsightliness of tl
parking lots, and said th
they felt that it should nev
have been used for this pi
pose.
The commissioners requesti
of Mayor W. A. Miles, who w
asked to appear before tl
hoard, to have the town gra
parking space on the towi
streets for the bookmobile ai
the cars of the sheriff ai
his deputies. Miles said th
he would take the matter i
Carpenters
Building Foi
Carpenters began on Mond
Allen Building on Main Stre
in preparation for throwii
two former stores into o:
% building to house a new bi
iness at Warrenton.
Who will occupy the n(
store has been one of t
town's best kept secrets, b
Mrs. J. E. Adams, who ms
ages the estate of her la
father T. V Allen, said th
it is expected to be ready f
its new renters by June 1
One of the two buildin;
built as a funeral parlor ma
years ago by Mr. Allen, h
in recent years housed t
Warrenton Police Depart me
and the Central Unit of Jel
vah's Witnesses.
The other building was <
Brother of Warn
v Killed In Louisbi
LOUISBURG?A 34-year-c
Wood man was shot to dea
on Kenmore Avenue here ej
% ly Monday morning and
voung Louisburg man has be
charged with murder in t
slaying.
Louisburg Chief of Poli
William T. Dement said th
Harold Lane Gupton w
struck three times by slu
I from a .22 caliber rifle in t
hands of Ernest Deon Frazh
23. here about 1:30 a. m. Mc
day.
The Louisburg Rescue S<
vice made a vain attempt
save Gupton's life, but he w
pronounced dead on arrival
Franklin Hospital from bull
wounds in the head and bo<
Chief Dement placed t
murder charge against Frazi
after a jury empaneled
Coroner James Edwards n
ommended that Frazier
held for further official actit
^B Coroner Edwards said tes
i mony before the jury indie
HB ed that Gupton had been
^B?-' the home of Mrs. Annie M
I Bumette here last Sunday a
I had returned about 2 a.
Monday, but was refused i
miss:on.
Gupton allegedly broke
K glass in the door of the hoi
and was shot three times
Fra/ier, who roomed at t
B Burnett e home.
B Frazier will be given a he
B ing next week.
K Funeral services for Gupt
B were conducted at Wood Bi
B ttat Church Tuesday at 3 p.
<
Subscription Price $3.0
}uare Par
0 Be Abai
10) with the town commissioners
se , and that he felt that something
ul could be worked out.
le. Sheriff Jim Hundley said
in i that he would lie glad to have
in1 the police parking lots closed
io. as he felt that it should never
is- J have been put on the court
1 square.
k-i Commissioner A. J. Ellington
tb[told the club women that he
it-1 would give subsoil needed to
st} be spread before the grass can
st In other action during a
ly busy day. the commissioners
le I appointed O. D. Ellis, Jr.. to
work under the supervisor of
lb, Associated Surveys in the rein
valuation of real property for
ieil961. Ellis was appointed
to upon recommendation of A. P.
of j Rodwell. Jr. tax supervisor,
at, His salary will be paid by Ashe
socialed Surveys.
Charles White, a member of
no! the Board of Welfare, appear"s.
ed before the commissioners
us j with Welfare Superintendent.
j Julian Farrar to present the
ed tentative budget of the Weiti
fare Department for 1960-61.
he The tentative budget calls for
at an increase of some $2,000.
er J but will not be approved by
ir- ( the commissioners until all
budget requests for the new
ed fiscal year are in.
as A beer license was granted
he to Candies D. Miller, to be
nt issued on receipt of State peri's
| mit.
id | It was ordered that one lot
id j in Littleton listed to Humble
at i Oil and Refining Company for
up i 1960 be reduced from $1850 to
Wnrlcinor On
. - o ?
New Firm
ay j cupied for a number of years
he by Macon Reavis of Afton as
et I a grocery store. Reavis has
ng gone out of the grocery busine
ness and his future plans a"e
is- not known here.
The Police Department has
moved back into their former
uti quarters, a small shedlike
,n_ building on the north of the
,te Perman Building,
lat The Central Unit of Jehoor
vah's Witnesses is temporarily
holding services at the home
gs, j of Ed Riggan on the old
ny j Macon road. Edgar Limer. loas
j cal minister of the Central
be | Unit, said yesterday that the
nt I Unit would build a hall this
10- summer on Route 401. just
outside the city limts of War3C-1
renton.
>nton Woman Is
urg On Monday
ld.by the Rev. Morris Briggs.
th Burial was in the church cemar-1
etery.
a Surviving are his mother,
en Mrs. Mamie Pearce Gupton;
he two sisters. Mrs. Pauline Taylor
of the hone, and Mrs.
ce Owen Shearin of Warrenton;
lat one brother. Talmadge Gupton
as of the home; one son. Howgs
ard, of the home,
he
; Jesse D. Odom
Dies On Tuesday
Jesse Dempsey Odom, 73,
,as died at his home near Areola
on Tuesday. He had farmed
le^ all his life and was a member
ly of Bethlehem Metho^
dist Church of Areola,
ier Funeral services were conh
ducted at Bethlehem Church
y WoHnnoH av ot ? r>
Jf. . ? V?..WWMJ n> * K" "UU
interment in the church cem)n
etery. The Rev. Merle Amspacker
was in charge of the
services, assisted by the Rev.
a*" E. W. Green, pastor of Reedy
,*? Creek Baptist Church.
a? Mr. Odom is survived by his
n" wife, the former Clara Tharrington;
four daughters, Mrs.
Ehlyn Williams of Portsmouth,
Va., Mrs. Lucy Spraggin of
a Littleton, Mrs. Ruth Joyner of
lie Norfolk, Va., and Mrs. Matilda
by Swanson of Washington, D. C.;
he four sons, Charlie Odom and
Harvey L. Odom of Maysville,
ar- J. D. Odom, Jr., of the home
and Millard R. Odom of Litem
tleton; one brother, Howard A.
ip- Odom of Norfolk, Va.; and 14
m. grandchildren.
m i
m
0 a Year 10c Per Cop;
king ?
ndoned w
S250 on account of error in . '
1 listing. 1
The commissioners agreed a
,to -^ $52.00 to help pay for 11?'
I outfitting an office for the i\ei
Probation Officer in Hender- ^ f
son. This officer also works
'in Warren but has his office!0
j in Vance County. \
The contracts to audit the ^rc
county books,- except school co"
books, was awarded to Walter a
: A. Watts. CPA. of Raleigh ' *'11
j A. P. Rodwell, Jr.. tax col- ol
lector, reported taxes collected .!
. for the month of April in the j
! amount of $12,575.56, making, .ol
j a total collected to date of J
. $289,928. This represented1 , '
collections of slightly more
| than 88 per cent. . ,a
Tasker Polk To H
Appear Sunday ti
In Piano Number ia
I Tasker Polk, pianist, son nfl (
Mr. and Mrs. James K. Polk I No
j of Warrenton. is one of seven'Wi
j student soloist at East Caro- 1 in.
' Una College. Greenville, who. las
! with the college orchestra, will wh
;_be presented by the college dei
1 department of music Sunday, tur
i May 8. in a concert featuring the
concertos and vocal numbers, rie
Polk will present Lizt's Con-;Fri
! certo. No. 2. in A major. ' 1
The program will take place yoi
at 3 p. m. in the McGinnis
auditorium and will be open tro
to the public. inv
Scheduled as an event of tor
Inauguration Week at East'ian
Carolina, the concert will be | me
; presented in honor of Dr. Leo; ha<
j W. Jenkins, who will be in-[gin
i augurated as president of the '
j college in ceremonies Friday,! me
I May 13, at 10:30 a. m. in the Ua<
I pnllpoo ctnrtinm TU
! Immediately after the pro- hat
gram, a tea in honor of Dr.! em
i Jenkins and his family willjkn<
I take place in the College ant
j Union. Faculty and staff or
[ members. representatives of: l
'student organizations, members ow
! of the College Union Student he
i Board, and others attending! fro
I the concert are invited to be 1
' present. Re<
The East Carolina Orchestra tli?
.will be directed by Donald ths
i Hayes at Sunday's program. sto
: i !
Change In Hour Of
Service Announced rep
; als
Changes in hour of sen-ices
! of the Church of the Good
| Shepherd in Ridgewav were
announced this week by the rpr
Rev. Lawrence Baxter, rector. 0f
| Mr. Baxter said that the ne;
| services usually held every ser
; second and fourth Surdays at orj
j 3 p. m. would in the future be
held at 9 a. m.
The change in hour of serv- r
! ices, the rector said, is due reg
| to the hot weather of the sum- Ho
j mer months. i ev<
pre
Mr and Mrs. Norman Cald-!r.r
well and son, Leslie, of Cali- a
fornia and Mr. and Mrs. J. A.' nis
Toone of Petersburg, Va., were hel
weekend guests of Mr. and | ges
Mrs. Macon Reavis and family, tar
The Rev. Bill Beeker and gjv
Miss Lula Belle Fuller were,
dinner guests of the T. E. Peo- l
pies family on Sunday. Ad
Tucker Tells Club
About Church's C
Charles A. Tucker, Warren-1 fed
I ton fanner and business man, j ris<
was the guest speaker ai the j ma
/*pru meeung 01 me uogwooa tne
Garden Club at the home of f
Mrs. Dorman Blaylock, hostess, wel
on Thursday evening of last kec
week. Mrs. H. M. Williams, par
president, presided over the Bui
meeting. the
Tucker was presented by the mo
president in the absence of fro
Mrs. Jack Scott, program chair- pec
man. occ
Tucker spoke on the 100th *
year anniversary celebration to
be held at the Emmanuel Epis- 8up
copal Church in April 1961 whl
honoring the Warren Guards the
and the Warren Rifles who be- 1
fore leaving to enter the Cop- Itoi
ro,?
lauii
y WARREN TON.
recinct Meets
) Be Held In
arren Saturday
>emocratic precinct mec
s will be held thrnughoi
rren County at 12 o'cloc
?n. Saturday. May 7. Joh
FrT Jr.. chairman of th
rren County Democrat
?cutive Committee, announ
this week.
it these precinct meetings
cinct Democratic executi\
nmittee will be elected ft
erm of two years, togethi
h delegates to the Warro
jntv Democratic Conve
which will meet at 1
lock noon in the cou
ise in Warrenton on Satu
\ May 14
It the County Convent it
eeates and alternates tn M
(e Convention will be elec
The State Convention wi
ivene at 12 o'clock noon i
Memorial Auditorium i
eigh on Thursday. May l1
hree Young Mei
ly They Were No
t Peete's Pond
?harles Curtis Gupton <
rlina. and John Kilian ar
llic Kilian. cousins of No
a. who were in the nev
t week because a car i
ich they were riding w;
nolished by a train, are di
bed by one statement
account of the wreck ca
d in this newspaper la
iday.
The statement to which tl
ing men took exception wa
'According to Highway P
lman V. R. Vaughan. wl
estigated the wreck. Gu
i. accompanied by John K
and Willie Kilian. your
n of the Ridgeway sectit
i been to Peete's Pond gi
ig frogs."
rhe men said that this stat
nt was in error in that th<
i not been to Peete's Pon
ey said that this statemei
1 caused them considerab
harassment, because th<
ew that the pond was post<
i that they would not fis
hunt frogs in a posted- pon
.Villie Kilian said that the
n pond was posted and th
"certainly would not g
gs in a posted pond."
iiiey asked that The Warre
cord publish a retraction >
it part of the story, and sa
it the remainder of tl
ry ye.s correct.
Phis newspaper is doing so
ne length in justice to tl
ee young men of excellei
mtation. This newspapo
regrets the error.
Banks To Close
The Citizens Bank of Wa
lton and the Peoples Bar
Norlina will be closed c
Kt Tuesday. May 10. in o
vance of Confederate Me:
al Day.
Rotarians Meet
Fhe Rotary club held i
[ular dinner meeting
tel Warren on Tuesdr
:ning with C. P. Gastc
>siding and also in chari
the program. Gaston ga\
brief review of the recei
itrict 771 Rotary Conferen<
d in Zebulon. with a su
rtion that at least one R
y program per month I
en.
Jse Warren Record Wai
s.
Women
entennial
erate Army attended a sui
? prayer meeting at the En
nuel Episcopal Church o
morning of April 22, 186
fe suggested it might fc
II for parh rlnh mpmhpr 1
jp this in mind when pr
Ing their Spring Garden
lbs, which are planted I
fall, usually flower in th
nth of April. Many visitoi
m out-of-town would be e:
led to participate in th:
asion, he said,
frs. T. R. Southerland invi
all members of the club 1
home in Hollister for
per at the May meetin
ich is to be held the last (
month.
Irs. C. A. Tucker was a yi
at this meeting
w? rr"5v ..<'. ; " ;
pit fKi
COUNTY "OF" WARREN, N. C.
At Robinson Ferry Site
Roanok
A bridge across the Roanoke brii
River at or near old Robinson, wot
it Ferry in Warren County has in
^ been approved for construction nor
n. by the State Highway Com-'be
|? mission. in
,c The bridge is now in the to
c" planning stage, but highway >
officials are unwilling to pre- tak
'' diet v. hen actual construction to
'?? will he si art cd
^ The site at or near Robin- T
r son's Kerry has been definitely beb
n set. J I. Norris. assistant disc
" hydrographic engineer with brie
2 the State Highway Commission, \ son
rl told members of the hoard ofjwat
'" county commissioners here and
Monday afternoon He appear- roa<
1,1 ed before the board with .1 V?*. T
Jenkins, division engineer. of:higl
j" Durham, and Roger Dowtin. I agr
11 district engineer. ! met
n The highway officials said I thai
" that " the road leading to the Rati
n Blue Mold Found Cc
t In Nearby Counties
Blue Mond has been report-jVJ
, ed in adjoining counties, Frank I
if | Reams, county agent, said yes- \#
id i terday. \ *
r-1 Reams advises farmers to ^
v? i take no chances, but to fol- i rer
'n I low a complete dusting 01 wjj
as 5 spraying program until the|jng
is*i plants are transplanted to
in 1 field
irJ Pre
51S Jurors Drawn
ie p
sa: For June Term
I j hav
? Superior Court p
1^1 Jurors for the June criminaliton
I term of Superior Court were, ,
{drawn by the Board of Coun-| er
I ty Commissioners on Monday jwe<
^"jas follows: |
J,y j S. P. Odom. J. L. Harris. Jn
! Tvree J. Callihan, Mrs. Ethel jl51n
J*iM. Harris. J. T Lufsey. W. L. sl0'
I Cawthorne, W. B. Browning, j
j C. J. Vaughan, Joe Riggan. IV i
^ Clyde V. Whitford. Willie L. IV
ICurrin, J. Shipp McCarroll.
jr Mrs. Maggie W Watkins. W.|\l
11N. Bennett, H. P Denton,!
I John I. Butler, Jr., Charlie J.1
' Shearin. Paul I.anrasfpr Wit. ^
j liam R Bovce. M. P. Burwell, I
rtf|Jr., J. C. Salmon. John Ball, jsc^
j | A. T. Carroll. Mrs. Mamie I Pre
1 Russell. Rober* L. Salmon. 1
le FHi
Raymond Perry Stegall, J.!
at j Robert Johnson, J. W. Perry, j *nr
ie Thomas C. Currie, C. J. King, j,
0tjM. P. Rose, Clemon Choplin, on
erjMrs. Fred Newsom, R. A. Wil-' ^
, liams, Mrs. Robert Gupton,|of
i W. L. Carter. N. A. Manning, iers
'Mrs. John J. Clarke. R. IJ >nt?
,r.! Traylor. Jr.. Mrs. C. P. Pope, j C
jk H. J. Edmonds, E. Graham C.
m King. M. G. Stegall. H. L. j Hif
1). Pope, Wilbert R. White, E. C. j anc
n- Champion, Charles J. Fleming, |Joh
! Jr., Charles S. Beck. C. J. ret
Fleming, John Cawthorne. j q
by
i Levi Humphreys Abl
iv To Hold Services sen
!"| LITTLETON ? Levi Hum,e'
phreys of the Union Theologi- .
ij| cal Seminary in Richmond,)1"
,elVa., will conduct services at 1 fc
"a.' the Littleton Presbyterian I
q. | Church at the 11 o'clock wor)e!
ship hour on Sunday morning, j ?
(according to Mrs. Stephen a,J"
Acai. chairman of the pulpit J?1"
nt committee. ties
Mr. Humphreys will assume!. ^
_ his duties as pastor of the ?Tr
church the first of June. | ^
An invitation is extended to |
the public. j
Band To Present Iboti
P ? rv mar 1 und
I-, concert kjt\ may Y& llft
m The *John Graham High ?f?
1 j School Band, under the direcie
tion of Robert M. Davis, will ^
:o present its annual spring con- ove
e- cert on Thursday, May 12, at c<*
s. 8:00 p. m. in the auditorium. Kue
n Admission charges will be 60c HaJ
ie for adults and 30c for children. T
ps Tickets will go on sale to- ma*
it- day by members of both bands. Rre<
Is Proceeds will go toward sup- cra'
port of the band. Rloi
t- lem
o Returns From Hospital M
a Mr. Tim Thompson returned due
g home Sunday from Duke Hos- Laa
)f pital, Durham, after undergp- Clai
ing a successful operation, tior
s- Mse. Thompson returned with the
him. wer
prnri
??andafd Pr!
Th* su .v. sYieV
22B6 S? S t
;e Bridg
lye in WaiTen County
lid be started at Five Forks''
Sixpound Township, On the 1
th of the bride a road will i I
built to connect With a road'
Roanoke Township leading.;
Flams.
.'orris said that it would I j
e approximately two years ,
complete the bride after1!
struction is started. I
he highway officials were 11
ore the commissioners to i
:uss the building of the :
ige. the abandonment of,
to roads to be covered by
er.s of the Gaston reservoir
lot the buildings of other'
ds. j
he commissioners and the i
hwuy officials were in
eement over the abandon-!
it of the roads, totaling less |
1 five miles, including fhe 1
on Ferry approach The I
>urt Opens Monday
lilliland To E
v hen His Ca
'he May civil term of Wari
County Superior Court
I convene on Monday morn-i
with Judge Henry A. Mcinin.
Jr.. of Fayetteville
siding
let for trial on Monday is j
ease of James D. Gilliland, 1
dicing attorney of Warton.
whom the North Caro- J
j Bar Council is seeking to !
e disbarred because of al-1'
?d irregularities in practices'*
eral years ago.
rilliland will leave Warren- ,
today (Friday) under or-j,
s to report for annual two i
?ks training duty with the 11
*y aboard the USS Antietain
the Carribean area. Gilli-il
d holds a reserve commisi
with the Navy.
Irs. King Ins
barren Chap
Irs. Mamie King, a mem-.
the faculty of Macon 11
ool, was installed as 1960-61!:
sident of the Warren Coun- \'.
Unit of the North Carolina!'
jcation Association at ani'
lual dinner meeting at the;
nmunity Building in Little-;
on Friday night,
liss Lois Lambi, Presidentl
the N. C. Classroom TeachAssoiation,
was the install- [
officer.
)ther officers installed were
L. Hege of the Norlina
jh School, vice president;
I Mrs. Louise Hunter of
in Graham High School, sec- ,
ary-treasurer. ,
'he meeting was highlighted
a talk by Dr. Amos
rams, editor of "North Carta
Education." He was pre- ,
ted by Calvin White, War- <
County school supervisor. 1
)r. Abrams spoke strongly
defense of the public <
ools. He cited the excel- *
t way in which the schools ,
meeting the basic needs of 1
children they serve and ]
) stressed the complex and ;
ied responsibilities and du-|
of teachers. |
ir. Abrams discussed probis
in education, especially i
t of discovering and deaping
the ability of the ,
ed child. However, he said, j
schools must always conle
to educate all people, h
the privileged and the ,
lerprlvileged, because to \
the level of learning of a ,
pie is to lift the level of
people. I
Irs. Mamie King presided i
r the meeting and welcomthe
NCEA members and I
sts to the banquet. Grady 3
mes gave the invocation. 1
he menu consisted of to- 1
:o juice, country ham,
on beans, candied yams,
> apple pickles, golden?
salad, rolls, coffee, and 1
on tarts. J
[rs. Helen Gardner Intro- <
ed her guest. Miss Lola 1
abi. President of the N. C. .<
wroom Teachers Assods- <
l J. R. Peeler recognised i
other special guests who 1
e Mr. and lfrs. tk K. Har <
I
con*"*
? su?<
RIDAY. MAY 6, 1960
;e To Be
building of a short stretch ofj
connecting road near Eaton j
Peri y approach was suggested!
by the commissioners and ap-j
proved by the highway on-'
gineers.
Before final approval for,
abandonment of present roads j
and building of new roads is j
given a public hearing will be
field at the Warrenton Court I
House. This meeting is expect-1
cd to be held within the nextj
few weeks, and notice of the!
neeting will be advertised in'
Warren County newspapers, j
The Roanoke River cuts off
Roanoke Township from the|
rest of Warren County, withj
its only connections being by!
way of the Steel Bridge or!
Roanoke Rapids or an unde-ji
aendable ferry at Eatons Fer-!
v. Since the building of j
verr Dam the operation of the |
r
le Absent
se Is Called
If the Gilliland case is fried j
in court Monday, and local!
court officials have no instruction
to the contrary, it!
will be without the presence of |
the defendant:
Monday's session of the
court is expected to be consumed
with the hearing of
motions, and a jury previously
summoned to appear Monday
morning has been ordered by
Judge McKinnon not to appear
before Tuesday.
Scheduled for hearing on
i u?u4) aie iwu uivurce cast's
which arc expected to consume
little time 01 the court. The
divorce cases are: Willie
Wood row Sutton vs. Jessie
Powell Sutton; and Herman
Burnette vs. Barbara Wall
Burnette
tailed Head
iter NCEA
vey, Mr and Mrs. Boyd Mayfield.
Dr. and Mrs. S. H. Massey,
M"s. Nellie Register, Miss
Pearl Fishel, Miss Jennie Alston.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. j
Kerr. Mrs. Irene Rodeers. Miss
Helen Thompson. Frank Ran-,
zet. and W. R. Drake.
Methodists To
Have Supper
The entire congregation ofj
Wesley Memorial Methodist 1
Church will gather in the Fellowship
Hall for a picnic sup-|
per on Wednesday, May 11, at
6:30 p. m.. according to Scott,
Gardner, picnic chairman.
Each family is asked to'
bring a picnic lunch and all j
food will be spread and shar-1
ed and it is hoped that every j
family in the church will attend,
Gardner said.
"The Program of the ,
Church" will be explained.
The guest speaker for the
evening will be the Rev. John
T Maides, Jr., minister of
Longview Methodist Church in
Raleigh.
This congregational supper
is part of the Every Member
Financial Canvass of which .
Iratlom Hnmn !c nknivm>,>.
On Tuesday night. May 10,
at 8:00 the Official Board, together
with those helping with
the canvass and any others ,
who wish to attend, will gather
in the Fireside Room, to f
transact church business, pass ,
on the church budget for ,
1960-61 and hold the final
:raining session for those help- j
ing with the canvass.
At the 11 o'clock worship ]
jervice on Sunday morning,
May 8, the sermon topic will
>e "Womanhood?the Caring
Sdge of CiviHtation."
Stew Sal* i
The ladies of Jerusalem I
Methodist Church will sponsor !
i Brunswich stew sale oit'JCri- I
lay, May 6, ab the home of i
Mrs. Joe Riggan. The stew, i
whieli will sell for Ttc per I
luart, if container ii furntebed.
rill be ready by noon. Pro- I
coeds wUI be mod for the (
church. 1
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NUMBER 19
i Built
fof. .. Uc K?
??. ?? isvc.l UII|JICUll'l?UIO
due to the fluctuations in the
level of the river.
_ .Eur. more than a quarter Of
a century citizens of Warren
County have been attempting
to have the state build a
bridge across this river. Some
20 or more years ago, interest
had risen to the point that a
meeting was held in the Warrenton
court house with highway
officials to discuss the
location of t h e proposed
bridge Delegations from Littleton
and Warrenton got into
a squabble over the location
of the bridge, with Littleton
favoring Eaton's Ferry and
Warrenton Robinson's Ferry.
As a result no bridge was
built.
Some two years ago a delegation
of Warren citizens appeared
before Governor
Hodges requesting that he allocate
surplus highway money
for the building of the bridge.
The governor gave his approval
and allocated the
money.
However. uncertainty over
the building of the Gaston
Dam held up planning of the
bridge, other than the survey
of a road from Five Forks to
the site of the proposed
bridge. When the Federal
Power Commission granted a
permit for Virginia Electric'
and Power Company to build
the Gaston dam a few weeks
ago, highway offical began
planning for the construction
of the bridge.
Part of the cost of this
bridge will be paid for by
VEPCO. Norris said that this
would be the difference between
what it would cost to
build the bridge if no dam
were to be built and the cost
of a more expensive bride due
to the building of the dam.
The power company will
also pay for the construction
of new roads to replace those
to be flooded by the Gaston
reservoir.
The site of the new bridge
will be where Sherman's array
crossed the Roanoke 95 years |
ag0
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L.ucdi v^iioir 1 a ties
Part In Festivals
Mrs. J. R. Link accompanied
the Junior Choir of the War
renton Baptist Church to Wit
son on Saturday where a group
of 21 from Warrenton took
part in one of the three State
Choir Festivals in the First '1
Baptist Church of Wilson.
The choirs, totalling 506
voices in all, were under the
direction of Miss Nettie Lou
Crowder of Nashville, Tenn.,
with Mr. Joe Stroud, State
Music Director of Raleigh, in |
charge. . ...?
Drivers from Warrenton |j
were Miss Judy Hudgins, Mrs.
Clinton Neal and son, Clinton, ..^
Jr , Mr F. W Reams, Mrs. W.
L. Turner and Mrs. F. P. Whitley.
Norlina Streets To
Be Hardsurfaced
A mile of dirt streets in
Norlina will be hardsurfaced ' J
this spring, it was decided at ^
the regular meeting of the
Norlina commtesiers on Honday
night.
I The commissioners also do- "gB
bided to have the present - " i
hardsurfaced streets seal-coat- W
ed at the time of hardsurfae- ; /*?
ng the other streets. ^
In addition to approving the j
seal-coating and hardsurfadng 1
>f the streets of the town, the
:ommissioners also ftitrrutinrt.
without action, future plans
"or other street improvement*, J
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Den Mother TtkM 5
Cub* To Raleigh
Mrs B. W. CarHn. Ct*
Scout Den Mother, end tlttl* 5
laughter, Key, accompa&lad kJfM
(roup of boyi to Raleigh
Saturday where they iMmS
he State Prison. Capitol Ml* J
ngs, Cameron Village *|SH
ittended the ScoeyOdlwfl
wM at the State Fair OfaajtB?|
Attending were Rgady Ml
n, Clarence TheMMa.M^^H
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