pipppflp Your Best Advertising Medium K VOLUME 64 Bullock Ins Linns f!Ink i r . C. M. Bullock, local oil deal-. e?r, was installed as president '= of the Warrenton I Jons Club I at a meeting of that organization held at Hotel j Warren on Friday night. He succeeds Clyde Whitford, whose terra of office has expired. Bullock was installed in impressive ceremonies by C. C. I Cat?s, Jr., of Burlington, disI trict governor, who also in y stalled other officers and newly elected directors. Governor Cates was assisted by Zonei Chairman Monroe Gardner. i Other officers installed were v Duke Jones, first vice president Monroe Gardneir second vice president; Randolph Miles, third vice president; Bob Bright, treasurer; Charles M. White, III, secretary; Nat White, Lion Tamer; A. A. Wood, Tail Twister; Allen Tucker and Pete Burrows, new directors. Clarence B r i 11 o n stood for Nat White, who was absent, during the installation ceremonies. Zone Chairman Monroe Gardner was presented a desk set by Governor Catete in appreciation of his outstanding work as zone chairman. Governor Gates praised Gardner for his character as a man and as a Lion and said tht he was a credit to both his home club and to Lionism. Prior io Governor Cates' talk, retiring president Whitford, who presided over the meeting, expressed his appreciation to the members conferred upon him by electing him president a year ago, and for the spledid cooperation received from the entire membership of the club. He suggested that during the new year that the club engage in more projects. The sponsorship of the Warren County Fair has beten a good rewarding project for the club, Whitford said, but more projects V |~gr^|j?gggg| i 1^ GOVERNOR CATES E. C. Studen t To Give Red GREENVILLE?Tasker Polk of Warrenton, East Carolina sophomore, will be presented by the college department of music Thursday, July 7, in a recital of works for the piano. The program is scheduli, ed for 8 p. m. in the McGinnis auditorium and is open to the public. Selections for the recital range from the classics, through iiic rumanuc, iu uia muuern in compositions for the piano. Two preludes and fugues by Bach, opening numbers for the evening, will be followed by Beethoven's Sonata, Opus 81A. Three Chopin works, two preludes by Rachmaninoff, and Copland's Passacaglia complete the scheduled program, jfe, ; Polk, pupil of Dr. Robert Carter of the East Carolina music department, has won a V % number of honors in music competitions which indicate that he is an outstanding talent among the state's young pianists. ? '. $ - Last spring in the State B Student AudiUons of the N. C. Federation of MuMc Clubs, he ?& ; neeired the Marie Marrisey L Keith National Scholarship of K tSfiO a year for *wo years and the Williamson Scholarship of ( Subscription Price $3.00 tailed As President a J J , . C. W. BULLOCK should be adopted to keep the uivua vngugcu uii mure oi a i yeiar-round basis. Presented by Lion Monroe Gardner as the Outstanding Lion of the State. Governor 1 Gates said that he agreed with i (See LIONS, page 10) No Judgment Yet j Given In Gilliland Contempt Hearing j No judgment had been rendered yesterday in contempt ' of court proceedings brought , last week by the North Caro- ' lina Bar Council against James 1 D. Gilliland. Warrenton attor- 1 ney, following a hearing of ' the case last Friday morning 1 by Judge Walter Bone of ' Nashville. Gilliland, a Naval reserve . officer was charged with accepting a summons fpr duty (frith till! "Navy to avoid appear- . ing at the May civil term of court after his case had been ' docketed Gilliland denied the charge. The hearing was originally ' brought before Judge Henry A. McKinnon on Thursday afternoon of last week; but the jurist, who had presided over the trial of North Camlioo n?r 1 against Gilliland, disqualified J himself and ordered the hearing held at Nashville before Judge Bone at 10 o'clock last Friday morning. Judge Bone, after hearing the evidence, announced that he would reserve his decision until he could make further study of the case. Shortly before Gilliland's contempt case was called here last Thursday a Warren County jury held that he was not guilty of charges brought by the North Carolina Bar seeking his disbarment. 4" omi0 # : ?? it. a iaiuoi tal July 7 Advanced State Solo competi- ! tion, and in 1959 he was i awarded top place in the Student Musicians' Competition s of the Federation. 1 At East Carolina he appear- i ed as soloist with the East Carolina Symphony Orchestra i in the fall of 1059 and last i ! month played the Liszet A. 1 Major Concerto in the annual spring concerto sponsored by | 'the college department of j music. i I Polk is the son of Mr. and ] [Mrs. James K. Polk of War- ( ronton. I H i i I 11 11 I 11 m i 1 11 h Uhe 1 1 a Year 10c Per C Warren Busir Gain, Sales I Tax Returns Retail sales in Warren Coun-P y are showing a substantial 1 lain, according to figures com-1: piled by the North Carolina p nercnant's Association in the rune Retailer. The Retailer listed sales tax md used receipts for each of he 100 counties of the state, rhese figures are generally iccepted as a barometer of business activity. Total sales and used taxes for Warrefci County in April f/ere $10339.94, up from $8,137 in March. In April 1959 hose totalled $9366.31. Mecklenburg County, in : Minister* Assigned Norlina Me Church Ma Thp psfflhllshmont r?f thn Norlina Methodist Church as a station was approved by the North Carolina Annual Conference at the First Methodist Church of Rocky Moun^ Wednesday. The Rev. Charles E. Vale, a former pastor of the Norlina Charge, was returned to Norlina as minister in charge of the new Norlina Station. Assigned as pastor of the iion-Jerusalem Charge was the Rev. J. C. Andrew* He will nakc his home at the parsonige of the Norlina Charge and i new parsonage will be built for the Norlina Station. Assignment of ministers for he new year were read by Sishop Paul N. Garber yester- i lay (Thursday) at noon. .The Rev. Troy Barrett was Jhree Warren 4 Winners In Distr Three 4-H members fromi iVarren County were district! dinners in the Northeastern ; District 4-H Contest Day held ] n Raleigh on Friday of last week, with several Warren i Dounty 4- members participatng in various phases of the irogram and winning prizes. James Clark and Ellen Glenn SVood of the Littleton Senior l-H Club were declared district winners in the Entomology , iemonstration contest. Ginger Hicks of the Norlina Senior Club was the district winner in the Sewing demonstration contest and was one of the six district winners in the dress revue. The prize for each of these winners will be $15.00 scholarly to Stale 4-11 Club Week n Raleigh July 25-30. During i-H Club Wefek in Raleigh they i vill compete with winners from other districts in the itate in order to determine the itate winners. In addition to the scholarship Miss Hicks won an equipped sewing basket as winner n the sewing contest. rrizes awaraea 10 omer war enj, County club members who were not first place winners in be district were as follows: William Seaman of Norlina Senior Club, tied for second slace in the Wildlife Conser- j nation demonstration contest, [n the Tractor operator contest, Paul Lancaster. Jr., of he Norlina Se|iior Club won,: third place. This placing enDrawing Hei Warrsntnn mcmlitiit. Dm. Fourth of July Celebration of /alues, which began here yeaerday, will be climaxed on latarday afternoon at & o'clock with a drawing on the court touse square of five $10 cash The Celebration of Values is lelng sponsored by the War nton Merchants Association nd is featured by tpedal tlues offered by participating nerchanta who ere distrttmtr* Uckeh^to Jheir custcwMSk liarr ?py WARRENTON7 less Shows ^nd Used Reveal which is located Charlotte, led the state with $760,860.07. Guilford was in second place with ?529,475.09, and Forsyth (Winston-Salem) was in third place with $390,442.24. Camden County was at the bottom of the list with 1,055.37. Thirty-one counties paid lessi sales and used taxes than did I Warren and 68 counties paid! more. Sales and used taxes paid in counties which border Warren in April were: Franklin, $16,-1 348.89; Halifa;x, $58,064.67; I Nash, $74,490.41; Northampton, $8,288.47; and Vance, $36,575.64. I thodist de Station returned to Wesley Memorial Church at Warrenton and the Rev. W. A. Beeker was returned to the Warrenton Charge. . The Rev. J. E. Wood was assigned to Bethlehem-Shady Grove. The Rev. Merle S. Amspaeher was assigned to Angler. The Rev. H. L. Harris was assigned to the Macon, Warren Plains and Hebron, churches. The Rev. L. W. Ross was assigned to Mount Pleasant. Both Angier and Mount Pleasant are in the Raleigh District. The ^tewiy assigned ^ministers will hold services in their respective churches on Sunday, as will the Rev. Troy Barrett and the Rev. W. A. Beeker. -H Members ict Contest titles him to compete in a tractor operator cpntest at the aiaie r air Arena during state Pair Week. William Perkinson, Norlina Senior Club, and Macey Paynter, Afton Jr. Club, won a red ribbon for their demonstration in Dairy Management. Jimmy Hecht and George Holtanan of the! Norlina Club won a red ribbon on their demonstration in Forage Crops. Ellen Glenn Wood won a red ribbon on her vegetable use demonstration. In the Soil and Water Conservation demonstration contest Lar-. ry Vaughan and Lacey Fleming of the Afton Jr. Club won a red ribbon. Jimmy Harris of the John Graham?Junior?Club a white ribbon on his demonstra tion in Livestock Conservation. (See 4-H, page 10) Stores To Close Banks, stores and other business houses at Warrenton and Norlina will be closed on Monday in observance of the July 4 holiday. No special events for the day have been announced in the Warrenton-Norlina area, but many citizens are expected to spend the weekend holiday at the beaches, the local golf course and at Kerr Lake. No events will be held on Monday by the John Graham School District Recreation Program. re Saturday does not have to be present to win. All merchants are asked to take their ballot boxes to the court square by 4:30 p. m. Saturday. Stew Sale The leWes of Jerussleai I Methodist Church trill sponsor Brunswick stew sale at the hone of Mrs Jos Riggsn in Who on Fridsjr, July L The Itew, which tsffl be ready by pMSSJS en Seicgg^ COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. F State Goes F \A/ \ T M.ii ^ V? n tnrlaiiflh I daaalidMd was killed Tuesday at around CIark said that Harvey Deb10:30 o'clock when his car nanif wko operates a store at crashed into a tree at Liberia. Liberia, reported that he heard James Elliot Alston, 26, lost a noise like a tire blowing out his life when he lost control just as Alston lost control of of his car at the intersection the car. One of the tires of of Highways 43 and 48 at the car was flat following the Liberia. He was traveling wreck. Testifying as to the alone. speed of the car, were tire According to Highway Pa- marks showing the car skidded j trolman R. A. Clark, who in- 375 feet, Clark said. [ vestigated the accident, Alston Assisting Partolman Clark in was driving a 1950 Chevrolet the inve^igation was Sheriff j at a high rate of speed, trav- Jim Hundley, eling east towards his home Alston, who had been stanear Inez. As he approached tioned at an Air Force Base the intersection of the high- in New Mexico, had been way at Liberia, his car went transferred to Alasak, and hadi out of control, plunged across spent the first day of his 30a rock pile and into a large day furlough with his father,! oak tree. The force of the im- Ned Alston. j pact drove the front end of I The death of Alston markthe car into the seat. It isjed the first highway fatality' believed that Alston was in-1 of the year in Warren County. Lake Road Changes To Be Discussed At Littleton Interested citizens from ton. three North Carolina counties Eaton's Ferry, operated by are invited to attend a public the state, will be eliminated hearing in the Littleton school when the bridge is built, auditorium on next Thursday, The bulMto ?{ ^ d aod y ;! ,K a ,m?, CT .; the creation of a reservoir Z ?hi?8 ^ecktanbur*?Countv W.rrjn Halifax and Northern^ J ????*&?? of Z ?irS 0f 1 TO"* ttorotoc? f h Eaton Ferry ^ of These yrtll also Announcement of the meeting, involving Warren, Halifax A highway map showing the and Northampton Counties, changes has been was made nere by Roger Dow- ?~olcu 01 wurt nouses in wartin, district engineer. ran- Halifax and Northampton Construction of the new ?' * i? bridge has been delayed for ?'nd'"*.. Shocco 61 72 1 Fishing Creek 101 39 - .1 Judkins 140 48 I W. '^Warrenton 247 173 1 Fork 49 35 1 Roanoke 20 1 Norlina 218 79 E. Warrenton 244 111 H TOTAL 1845 936 Rural Carriers Of A. fl Five Counties Stephen A. Dinid I BEVERLY LAKE I mail earner for the Norlina I postoffice, was elected preai- ad with 1962 in the second I dent of the five-county Rural primary, a gain of 117 votes* H Carriers Association at a meet- sanford received 936 votes in .^H ing held in the Warrenton the first primary and 1114 Court House on last Friday, the second, a gain of 178 votis. June 24. The primary passed off quietThe Association is composed ly, without the predicted heat 9 of all rural carriers, substitute developing, and returns f|tMa :J and retired rural carriers. all precincts were turned iifcat 1 | Robert M. Davis, rural mall Warrenton by 8 o'clodc Saturcarrier from the Warrenton day night, with the exception'Jfl | Postoffice, was elected vice of Roanoke, which was phonctd president; and Luther L. Mor- in later during the night. . rts, rural mail carrier from Roanoke was Lake's banner .9 the Norlina Postoffice, was township, on a percentage elected secretary and treas- basis, as it gave him 20 of um m iurv?. 22 votes. Sixpound was Sam* ' ford's best prefcinct with 103 I | First Bloom votcs,,'-i'ke's "? was Lake's strongest prcdnet, ? ! The first cotton bloom of giving him 275 votes to j the year was reported on ford's 80. Thursday morning, June 30, Total vote in the second prt- ia | by John P. Shearin who lives mary was around 150 votes, 'J on the Black Perry road in lighter than in the! first part'Jfl Sixpound Township. mary. I Rumor Is News To Him; i Bowers Has No Comment 1 General Claude T. Bowers of erally conceded, however, "Wpy- i | Warrenton said yesterday that "'<* has done a good Job with 1 he had never heard of a ^e kuar<^" rumor that there might be a '?*n- *?"?* who National &urd almkeup and * *"* ,CTT*d "* iWS his appointment aa Adjutant prtv,le 10 gener*1 General with Terry Sanford in January He laid that be had Ju3t a country boyi* no iTiMnaal hi town," he baa aaid about 9 t^TT . the time in MSI when Wa*. front page article by Hairy ,m*n ?r*anbfcn *: Brandt Ayers In Wednesday! O"""1 Co?Pm?. WM Raleigh Timet, under heading . ? ."k'ng pt#| "Bowers Appointment Tatted. to Jjfc so l algnsd HP,*ptfl National Guard Shakeupt" It (8ee "OWHB, peg* m?* reads as follows: National Guard listening I potts sense a shakeup which mi*t bring in old soldier, I Hal. Gen. Claude T. Bowers H of Warren ton as Adjutant General with Terry Sanford tat January. ^The khaki pundltt remember I command. And^Qen. Bowers' H MmISS ' ill The appointment of iiiiaant Adjutant amerel CapmMHay- I &'v