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War re
Gilliland C
Tried At S]
After Judge Henry A. Mc
Kinnon, Jr.. of Lumberton
presiding judge, had grantei
a motion to continue the Jame
D. Gilliland case on Mondaj
the civil term of Warren Cour
ty fuperior Court adjourne*
? early Tuesday morning.
Only one case was heard b,
the jury, summoned for Tue.<
day and which served fo:
about 30 minutes. A divorc
was granted to Herman Bui
y nnette from Barbara Wai
Burnette.
The only other case dockei
cd for trial, other than th
Gilliland case, was that of Wi
lie Woodrow Sutton vs. Jessi
Powell Sutton. This case wa
continued upon request of th
plaintiff.
In a motion in the Matte
of Will of Mary T. Pendei
grass, the court allowed a
torney fees in the amount c
Muuu eacn to A. A. Bum
Gholson & Ghol.son, and Joh
Kerr, Jr.. and SI.000 jointly t
William W. Taylor and Charle
Johnson.
The delay in the trial o
_Jamos D. Gilliland Warrenta
attorney. facing disbarmen
proceedings, was granted upo
motion of defense attorney
upon the ground that Gillilan
was not able to be presen
because he is away on an ar
nual two-weeks training cruist
Gilliland is a reserve office
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WOODBOW NEAL
Woodrow Neal
To Graduate
From Seminary
WAKE FOREST?Wood roW.
Neal of Big Island, Va
has completed the requin
ments for graduation from th
Southeastern Baptist Theolog
I cal Seminary. He will b
awarded the bachelor of divii
ity degree at the regular sen
inary commencement exe:
cises on May 13.
Neal, the son of Mrs. Mami
Neat Shearin and the late E
lis H. Neal, is a graduate c
John Graham High Schoo
Campbell College and Wak
Forest College. He has ser
ed as pastor of Communit
Center Baptist Church, Hal
fax, and Sandy Creek Bapti:
j Church, i,ouisourg, ana is no
pastor of Hunting Creek Ba;
' list Church, Big Island, Va.
j Neal is married to the fo
| mer Ruby Doris Bowles <
Clinton.
With the graduation of th
class. Southeastern Seminal
| Will end the ninth year of i
operation. The Seminary
tenth anniversary celebratic
K will begin with the Septembi
registration of students ar
% will extend through the 196
K* 61 school year.
Open House
| Open House will be held ;
j wzw Camp Graham on Sunday t
| ternoon, May 15, 'from 4 to
| o'clock. All interested persoi
| are invited to attend and vie
| 1: the'camp.
to Hospital
K' Mrs. R. L. Capps is
patient In Memorial HotplU
Chapel Bin.
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Subscription Price $3.00
;n Cour
ase To Be
pecial Term'
in the Naval Reserve, with i
:1 ( The case was continued un-lj
s! til June 20 when a special L
j term of Civil Court will be
i-j held.
dj Practically all the morning's'
session was consumed in con-i
y | sulfation in the Judge's Cham-J
? her. and much of the after-j
r j noon session was taken up
e with the arguing of motions I
- on issues after the continuance j
11' of the case had been granted
I a continuance.
L-j The judge put in a request ,
e.to the Chief Justice of the
I-; State Supreme Court for aj
ej.special term of Warren Sup-j
s j erior Court beginning June 20'
eifor trial of the case The next
regular civil term of Warren
r Superior Court Ls set for Oc-:
- j tober.
t-( Gilliland was ordered dis-'
if i barred by the State Bar Conn .
i. oil April 13. 1957. The Coun-j
nicil said Gilliland had "comnjmitted
criminal offenses . .
sI violated the canon of ethics of
| the bar . . been guilty of un|
lawful deceit, fraud and unpro-j
I lessionai conauct.
OrTGilliland's appeal to Sup-; !
erior Court, the Bar Council j i
njwas upheld by Judge Raymond |:
s B Mallard. However. Judge \\
d I Mallard's decision was reversal
it | ed by the State Supreme i 1
l-i Court which ruled a juryp
v, should hear ihe disbarment; 1
r proceedings. I
Macon Reavis
To Join Town's
Police Force
* Macon Reavis of Afton. for
several years operator of a
? grocery store here, will on
t Unn^o,. Knmn U;o ?
I police officer with the War-!,
renton Police Department.
Reavis will replace Mrs. Al-1
| vin Reid. who has been trafIfic
officer here for some fourj
years. She did not have the
powers of arrest.
The town commissioners at
their regular meeting here on
Monday night praised the fine1
service rendered the town byi
Mrs. Reid. They said that she
had been a good. and a conscientious
officer and that it i
was regretable that conditions:
made the termination of her,
services necessary.
The commissioners said thatj
the only reason for replacing |
Mrs. Reid with Reavis was the I \
need to have two officers with j.
w the power of arrest on duty' J
here during the day hours. i
The employment of Reavis J
c gives the town four full time j'
officers and one relief officer. |1
* Other officers are Howard '
I Salmons, chief: Claude Bottoms '
v and Kenneth Short, who serve
r- late afternoon and night shifts, i
The relief officer is Willis!1
e Neal.
Hugh Holt, chairman of the
police committee, also an-!
nounced that a remote control
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f Puoils To Present
it P. T. A. Program
W i
p. Mrs. Charles Johnson's seventh
grade pupils will present
r. a program, "The John Graham'
>f Follies of 1960," at the meeting
of the John Graham-Mariam
is Boyd PTA meeting on next
y Tuesday night. May 17, at 8
ts o'clock in the auditorium of
g the John Graham School.
,n Officers for the 1960-61
>r school term will also be in- i
id stalled at the meeting.
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Reading Clinic
Miss Emma Lewis Whitaker,
Warren County School Libit
rary Supervisor, said yesterday
f. that she would hold a Reading
6 Clinic at her home on East
M Halifax Street from June 16
w to July 15 for the benefit of
slow readers. i
The clnics will be held each :
morning, Monday through Fri
day, from 9 a. m. until noon,
il, Interested persons ere asked
to contact Miss Whltaker
i wi J''.1
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a Year 10c Per C
ity Sul
Two Rising
To Attend
Miss Betsy Rose Turner of.
he John Graham High School!
ind Miss Linda Dore of the;
sorlina High School have been
elected by the American.
,egion Auxiliary. Limer Post,
*Jo. 25. fc. the coveted honor'
)f attending Girls' State at
(VCUNC. Greensboro, in June.;
Mrs. Frank Reams, a member:
>f the Auxiliary, announced'
his week.
Miss Turner, the daughter of;
Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Turner,
)f Henderson. Rt. 2. has an j
outstanding record at John j
jraham. Mrs. Reams said. In
ner freshman year she was a
nember of the Student Council.
class reporter, and a Fu- j
lure Homemakcr In her]
;ophomore year she was sec-:
retary of her class and a
member of the Beta Club. In
tier junior year she was presi,,f
knr ,.Ucc .. mnmknr
)f the Future Teachers Club,
and Beta Club, secretary of
her home room and has been
ehosen as editor of the Annual
For next year
Miss Pore is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Dore of
Norlina. She is an honor
student and has been active j
n many phases of school work
and in extra-curricula activities.
In the ninth grade she
was class treasurer and a
member of the Glee Club. In ;
the tenth grade she was ai
eheer leader. In the eleventh
?rade she has been FHA historian
and Beta Club treasurer.
She has also been a member
of the 4-H Club and the |
FHA during her three years j
in high school.
Mrs. Reams said that in j
past years the Auxiliary has
sponsored only one girl each j
year. but this year decided to j
send two girls.
The girls, who are rising!
Red And Wh
Here By J. D
A Red and White Supermarket
is expected to begin operations
in the Allen Building
on Main Street around the
middle of June.
The new store will be owned
and operated by A. Durwood
Johnson and Jimmie D
Roberts, local men, for many
years connected with Colonial
Stores.
The building has been in"
process of being remodeled
since the first of May and up
until the first of the week the
type store and its operators
have been a well kept secret
since it was announced in
April that a new store would
:ome to town.
Both Johnson and Roberts
Henderson C
The Chapel Choir of the
First Methodist Church of
Henderson will present a program
of sacred music at Wesl
e y Memorial Church at
Warrenton on Sunday afternoon,
May 10, at 0 o'clock.
The Chapel Choir is one of
six choirs at the Henderson
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Seniors Ai
Girls' State
I.INDA DORK
seniors, will take part In the
I six-day program They were
' selected on the basis of character.
leadership, ability, and
scholarship. Mrs Reams said
it is an attempt to teach and
inculcate in our young cilL~zens
a love of God and country
and to give them the
proper understanding of American
government and our
American way of life.
At Greensboro the group
will elect among themselves a
governor, lieut. governor and
other officers of state government.
They are then taken
by bus to Raleigh for a day
where they will take over the
cap14ot and stage a simulated
session of the legislature
Mrs. Reams said that the
Auxiliary has already sponsored
fifteen girls to the Girls'
State. The first girl, sponsored
in 1945. was Miss Olive
Collins Overbv. now Mrs
Olive O. Matthews, from War
ren Plains. She listed other
lite Store To
Roberts, A.
have long been active in town
affairs. Johnson is a member
of the board of town commissioners
and Roberts is assistant
chief of the Warrenton
Rural Fire Department.
Roberts came to Warrenton
from Sanford in 1938 as meat
market manager for the local
Colonial Store and has served
in that capacity here for the
past 22 years.
jonnson came to warrenton
from Williamston in 1953 as
manager of the Colonial Store
and is presently serving in
that capacity.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, who
make their home on Battle
Avenue are the parents of
three young girls. Beverly.
!hoir To App
Hi
Church under the direction of
Mrs. H. M. Hardy of Warrenton.
It is composed of girls
9 to 12 years of age. The 35
voices of this particular group
do 2 and 3 part work and have
a very large repertoire for
such a young choir. The War
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OL'NTV OF WARREN, N
opulat
re Chosen
In June
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BETSY ROSE TURNER
1 selections, in order of spon
! sorship. as follows:
Miss .lane Reavls. now Mrs
Rov Purser, from VVa: ronton
I Miss I.oia Fleming from Nor
j lina: . Miss Louise Shcarii
I irom niacon: .miss Jeanmnt
; Hunt, now Mrs. James Rjd
j ford, from Warrenton. Rt .'5
: Miss Belle Limer. now Mrs
j Elwood Burgess, from Elbe
j ron; Miss Mattie Willis Hun
j ter, now Mrs. Nat Weldon
i from Areola; Miss Laura Bun
j Williams, now Mrs Leonard
; Killian. from Inez; Miss Joyce
j Ann Pope. from Churchill
Miss Bettie Haitheock. now
; Mrs. J. Fenner Peoples. Jr.
| from Liberia; Miss Patrick
j Fave White from Wise; Mis:
I Barbara Pittard from Warren
jton; Miss Cynthia Matthews
i now Mrs. Dorsey Capps, ol
: Embro; Miss Jeanette Boltoi
from Wise; and last year the
! representative was Miss Anr
White from Warrenton.
Be Operated
D. Johnson
Myra and Sharon
Mr and Mrs Roberts liv#? ir
the new development in North
west Warrenton and are th<
parents of two little girls
j Deborah and Bridget.
! Johnson said yesterday tha
i the new store would be 2
complete self-service ston
] with both grocery and tnea
! departments.
In Critical Condition
Randolph Vaughan of Nor
I lina remains in a critical con
i dition in Memorial Hospital
! Chapel Hill, as a result ol
I head injuries sustained in ar
j automobile accident last week
His wife, the former Irma
I Fleming, is with him.
tear At Metli
KB HHHj II
renton program will feature
works of Bach, Gounod, Handel
and others.
Mrs. George W. Holden, or
ganist of the first Methodist
Church of Henderson, will be
at the organ dfec this service.
The fmbOr-ls cordially in
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2256 South sn
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Warrenton G
Norlina Incr<
1950 196
j Warrenton 1.166 1 23
Norlina 869 97
Littleton 1.173 1.01
! Macon 234 18
I Warn n f'nnnlv 0"X 107^
I Warrenton has become th
I most populous town in Wai
ren County, replacing Littletoi
in this category, according t
1 preliminary census figures rc
leased this week by Samuel F
| House, census district supei
visor, from his Wilson office
Xorliifa. as in 1950. showe
the greatest gain in populf
tion of any town in the cour
ty. and Littleton for the set
ond straight census showed
population loss
Warren County showed th
greatest population loss in an
decade in its history and fo
the first time in 60 vears fe
; below the 20.000 mark. II
. 1060 population is given i
19.752. eompared with 23.53
In 1950. a loss of 3.787.
i Warrenton for the first tini
in more than 90 years passe
"'the 1200 mark. Its 1960 poj
it illation is given at 1238; con
^ pared with 1166 in 1950 Muc
of the growth here can be a
i tributed to annexation of tei
ritory on the northwest edg
l of the town.
Norlina's 1960 population i
j given at 972. an increase u
103 over it< 1950 figure o
I j 869. Its growth compared wit'
Wise Scho
i:
Students T
rj
> j The Wise elementary schoc
' | will be closed at the end o
I the present school term an
! next year its pupils will b
I transported to Norlina.
This was decided at a boar
of education meeting here o
Monday night when a delegj
' tion of patrons of the Wis
school asked that funds be a\
propriated for a special teacl
| er, or, if that was not pract
11 cal. that the Wise school b
-! closed and the pupils tram
i! ported to Norlina.
, Roger Peeler. superlntenc
i ent of Warren Schools, sal
11 yesterday that the poor en*
a | dition of the building at Wis
? | and a declining population i
j I the community was responsibl
( for the board's decision.
Citizens of Wise have for
| long time been exceptional!
- interested in their schools an
. here was located the first put
, lie high school in Warre
F County, at a time when a larg
i rock quarry was in operatioi
. | and Wise was a thriving conr
11 munity. Since that time poj
ulation of the district ha
lodist Church
ilvited to attend.
. After this program, the jun
iors and 7th graders of Wea
(ley Memorial Church and the!
; parents will entert in the vti
' itors in the fellowship hall, S<
) cording to Mrs. Jimmie Rot
I etrs, chairman of the musi
>any *
FR1 DA Y. MAY 13, I960
ss Of i
i n ? ?
irows rrom II
iased From 86!
0 an increase of 64 at Wrrren-,'
8 ton and a loss of 162 at Lit-, <
2 tleton and a loss of 47 at ]
0 Macon. i
7 Littleton, for many years
2 the most populous town in <
the county, fell into second 1
e place, counting that part in; I
Halifax County Its 1960 pop- I
n illation is given at 1011, com-|l
? pared with 1173 in 1950, and :
is being crowded for second |
place by growing Norlina <
which is now only 38 behind ;
in its population count. 1
d Macon, which showed a I
> slight growth in the 1950 cen'*
sus when 234 inhabitants were 1
counted, dropped to 187 in '
a the 1960 count, a loss of 47. i
| Figures on the townships ,\
e and unincorporated towns have I
y not been released. ;;
r A gain of something over I
II 7.000 population was shown in !
:s the second district, according :
it to a story in Tuesday's News
9 and Observer, quoting Super- i
visor Samuel E. House in ree
porting his tentative figures
rt at Wilson Of thp rlistrirt's !
3- eight counties, four showed
v gains and four losses, as com--:
h pared with the 1950 count. I
t By counties, the figures |
r- were as follows, with the 1960 !i
e census figure first: Lenoir, j:
53.272 and 45.953: Wilson. 57.- '
s 531 and 31.634; Halifax. 58,-ji
if 818 and 58.377. These four i
if showed losses: Bertie. 24,312 '
h for 1960 and 26.439 for 1950;
ol To Be Clc
ransported 1
>1 j been decreasing and a number <
f i of years ago the high school '
d j was consolidated at Norlina,
e some two or more miles away, i
The board decided to reno
d vate the Norlina school as <
n recommended by the State I;
j. Fire Marshall's office, and to |!
e , provide four additional class-. i
y j rooms in the old auditorium
i. of the school to provide room ;
[. | for pupils which will be ;
e 1 brought in from Wise.
5.[ A delegation of Negro citi- ;
; aens representing patrons of a
j , number of small schools of '
.1 the county, also appeared be- :
,J fore the board. They requeste
1 ed that these schools be conn
| solidated as soon as possible.
eiThe board promised that this
! would be done.
"Hie board, after the delegaa
i tlon's departure, explored the
y | possibility of borrowing money
d i from the State Literary Fund
)- and building two consolidated!'
f Two Cars Smash
Attempts To Pas
Two men were hurt in what i
| was almost a head-on collision 1
about one mile north of Norlina
on Route 1 around 3:30 ]
on Sunday afternoon when the
driver of one of the cars at- j
tempted to pass on a hill. r
Taken to Warren General!
Hospital were Col. John A.
Cosgrove of Pope Air Field, i
and Curley Junior Tuck, a lo- '
cal Negro. Cosgrove, who suf- !
fered head injuries, was taken i
to Fort Bragg bv helicoDter !
on Monday morning. Tuck
suffered a cut lip, possibly a
broken jaw, and a leg cut.
According to Highway Patrolman
W. E. Brown, who investigated
the accident, Tuck,
who was driving north, attempted
to pass on a hill and
collided with a car driven by
Colonel Cosgrove, headed
south. Cosgrove had managed
to pull part of his car to the
shoulder of the highway and
It was struck along the left
front side.
Both drivers were alone in
h their cars.
h Dameage to the 1969 Buick
r driven by Colonel Cosgrave
h waa estimated by Brown at!'
s from 91800 to $2000. He esttl,
h mated the damage to the 1906
c Ford driven ^Tuek at $80O|
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3,787
66 To 1238;
fv m mm
d 10 y/z
Warren. 19.752 and 23,539;
Srecne. 16.788 and 18,024; and
Northampton, 26,617 and 28,132
All the district's larger
:ities and towns showed gains.
Kinston increased from 18,336
lo 24.648; Wilson from 23,010
to 28,578: Roanoke Rapids
from 8,156 to 13,312; Rocky
Mount from 27,697 to 29,900
(includes all of city, which is
divided between Edgecombe
and Nash counties); and Tarboro.
a slight gain from 8,120
to 8,389.
According to a story in The
Henderson Daily Dispatch,
Vance County had a decrease
in its overall population of 2
per cent, from 32,101 in 1950
to 31,338 in 1960. This overall
decline was prevented from
being larger by the growth of
Henderson which increased its
figures from 10,996 in 1950 to
12,679 in 1960, a gain for the
city of 1638. or approximately
15 per cent.
When the first census was
taken of Warren County in
1790 a population ot 9,397 was
shown, which ten years later
had increased to 11,284 From
1800 to 1830 there was virtually
no change in population
figures, but from 1830 to 1870
there was a steady growth in
the number of persons in the
:ounty, with 17,768 counted,
rhis tendency continued until
(See CENSUS, page 12)
tsed And
lo Norlina
schools in the southern part of
the county, at sites to be determined
Due to the lateness
of the hour, around 10:30,
when this subject was broached,
the board agreed to have
a special meeting on Tuesday
night of next week for further
exploration of the idea.
The board discussed student
accident insurance for next
year, and heard a request
from a delegation of Lions
asking that a half holiday be
granted for school children
one day during the Lions
sponsored agricultural fair
next fall. Both matters were
tabled until the next regular
meeting of the board.
The board approved the
scnoois tentative Duaget ior
1960-61, to be submitted to the
Board of County Commissioners
for approval. The budget ,1
as approved requests no increase
in taxes.
i As Driver
is On Hill
crossing a yellow line on a
hi?- . |
Recreation Meet
To Be Held Here
Wednesday P. M.
A Youth Recreation meeting
wilt be held at Hotel Warren
on next Wednesday night, *
Msv 1R whan H M TTarrtv 39
finance chairman, will discuss
final plans for financing a j
recreational program here thia
iummer. -All
appointed represent*fives
from the civic dubs are
asked to please be present,
and all other Interest^ citizens
will be welcomed.
Commenting on the meeting,
a member of the youth recroation
committee said yesterday:
"This program will take our . |
time, our energies and our |
money?but what Is more re- . M
warding than knowing that J
when the Job is done it was j
well done? We hope alncuwj^jjg
that, with your help. Odr/J|
pounff citizens can look tN*fe.^j
it the end of summer and say, J
We had fuj^let'. do
igalnV
Mra Dorothy Campbett
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