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Gunmen Rob
Station Near
Littleton Sat.
Two gunmen walked into a
Littleton service station shortly
after noon on Saturday and
knocked the operator uncon-1
I scious before escaping with
less than $15 in currency.
|. * The armed men ripped the
telephone from the wall and
forced the operator, 58-yearold
Ray Pike, to lie on the
^floor before they ransacked
the station. Pike operates the
rural station, located approxi
wiuli_iv a nine suuin or LUlueton
The State Bureau of Investigation
was called into the case
this week after the youthful
bandits eluded capture by the
Warren County Sheriff's Department.
Warren Deputy Sheriff R.
D. Chewning said that the two
men first came to Pike's station
about 10:30 a. m. Saturday
but left when they found
several persons at the station.
Two hours later they returned
to find Pike alone. One
of the men pulled a .32 calibre
pistol from his pocket and
ordered Pike to come out from
behind the counter.
They ordered Pike to lie
down on the floor, Chewning
said, and Pike told them that
he had recently had an operation
and was unable to lie on
his stomach.
"wen nx it so you can lie
on your stomach," Pike quoted
one of the bandits as saying
as he struck Pike on the
head with a soft drink bottle.
After striking Pike, the two
men grabbed the money and
raced away in a two-door
green 1953-model Ford, the
:v deputy said.
> Chewning said that approxitf
\ mately a dozen suspects have
" "'been questioned in the case,
but that none of the leads*
available to his department
had produced the wanted men.
<^.the SBI and the local Sheriff's
department, aided by Deputy
Sheriff Leslie Crawley of Halifax
County, was continuing.
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TA WILEY D. VAUGHAN
Wiley D. Vaughan
Wins Promotion
'f Wiley D. Vaughan, WarrenI
ton native and member of the
' 30th Infantry Diviaion assigned
to the Leaksville National
Guard unit, was promoted to
the rank of first lieutenant on
September 8.
Lt. Vaughan, who has been
? a member of the National
Guard for ten years, was one
[ of three second lieutenants to
receive the promotion, accordI
ing to orders handed down by
' the N. C. Adjutant General's
! Department.
Local Cafe Under
New Management
The Puritan Cafe, located on
t-Warrenton'a Main Street, ha*
L Tbeen purchased by H. F. Per*
nell, who began operation dh
1 Monday
j The cafe, formerly owned
Land operated by Robert Gup[:ffcn,
will begin remaining
open until 10 p. m. nightly,
nth* new operator said thla
HHp?w?e* ft Cefiepa
ajOe* Eleandor Ruth King left
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Subscription Price $3.0<
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DEPOT AT WARREN PLAINS
Warren I
Be Close*
The Warren Plains depot,!1
in operation for more than
100 years, will be closed on i
Monday under a recent order I
of the State Utilities Commis- I
sion. I
W. Sturgess Collins, agent at 1
Warren Pic in* since the first I
of the year, following the re- (
tirement of Arthur Rodwell, \
will be transferred to another t
position with the Seaboard Air i
line. i
The order signed by the i
Utilities Commission permits j
the Seaboard to close the War- ]
ren Plains Depot and to discontinue
the station as a flag 1
stop for two of its passenger <
trains. I
However, the Seaboard will 1
not be permitted to tear down I
fore the elapse of a six months >
period, during which they must I
demonstrate that the closing
of the depot will not adverse- i
ly effect the service provided I
the Warrenton Railroad Com- 1
pany and the Town of War-1
Town Seek
Dumping E
Persons found illegal- t
ly dumping trash at the War- i
renton trash dump some two j
miles outside the city limits i
will be subject to a fine of i
nn ?K? v. i .<
V?U.VV, IUC UUCUU U1 IUWII
commissioners decided at their
regular meeting Monday night.
By illegal dumping is meant "
dumping trash at any place on
the premises except over the
cliff to the dump in a ravine
below.
Town employees reported to
VFW Seeks To
Find Wheelchairs
The Norlina VFW, which
loans wheelchairs and crutches
for emergency use by citizens
of this area, is attempting to
locate several of the wheelchairs
which are currently in
use.
A spokesmon for the Norlina
civic organization said this
week thct any one presently
using a chair is requested to
report it to a member of the
VFW so that a complete accounting
of the chairs might
be made.
PTA To Meet
The John Graham - Mariam
Boyd Parent-Teachers Association
win be held in the John
Graham High School audi- <
tortum on Toeaday night, 8eptemher
20, at 8 o'clock. t
Following a bualneu iwdia, i
open house will be held whan t
refreshments will be served t
and thoaa present will be gir- a
an an opportunity to meat (
aith teacher a. I
^Tomjiy^H^WMjn ^Warren
[) a Year 10c Per~C
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Ek^ y^ A ?&>. +-^, \
>lains Dej
d; Agent
renton. | pi
In its petition, which was L
?ontested by several Warren- ai
ton business men, the Sea- r<
Hoard said that the removal of ai
he station would not adverse- ai
ly affect the service rendered u]
to Warrenton. Seaboard offi- C
:ials pointed out that there
would be no changes made in in
the handling of carload lots of w
freights and that paper work b;
and the handling of broken in
:ar lots of freights could be
iust as well handled from the ci
Morlina station. w
In its study of the petition, r<
the Commission noted that the tr
:ase was unique ui that no pro- H
tests was made from Warren c;
Plains, where little local s?
freight is handled, but from lo
Warrenton. from where a sub
itantial amount of freight is at
Dandled. d<
As at present operated, li:
frpiffht from nnH in Wapron. u>
:on is handled at Warren te
Plains which is a junction of | tl
he Warrenton Railroad Com ' pi
s To Halt
xcept At [
he commissioners that some. m
persons have been making a at
iractice of dumping the trash di
n an area above the dump,
equiring town employees to is
ihovel the debris over the ei
:liff. While there has been fo
lome debris deposited along in
he road leading to the dump, m
his practice has been limited, bj
he employees reported.
The city fathers decided that th
his practice must be stopped, ar
n an effort to stop it they bi
jassed an ordinance requiring
rash to be dumped only over se
he cliff, and imposing a $29 ro
ine upon those found guilty ?
if violating the ordinance.
In addition, the commlsslonirs
instructed Chief of Police
Toward Salmon to build and
irect two large signs, one to
>e placed at the entrance of
he woods road leading to the
lump and the other at the
lump, stating that trash must
>e dumped only over the cliff.
Te was also instructed to place
everal smaller signs along the
oad leading to the dump.
It is likely that curbing and
[utter will be placed along
lazetwood Drive in North
?arrenton next spring. W.
i Wood, chairman of the
trcet committee, reported that
lit but one of the property
iwners along the drive have
equested that the town lay
urbing and gutter.
The commiarioners decided
hat in the event a decision
made to lav the turbine
iat it would bo butter to do I
Im neceaaary grading this (all I
nd allow the earth to aattio I
Irmly during the winter be- I
m laying the curbing early I
COfficu}n^>ctlon wm poatpon|
untfl the October ?attet .
larri
?py WARRENTON. CC
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C.
tee
To Be Closed On Monday
>ot Will s
Hi;
Moved s
scl
any with the Seaboard Air
ine. Carload lots of freight tr'
re placed on a siding at War- I0*
;n Plains where outgoing cars re}
e picked up by the Seaboard tn
ad incoming cars are picked
p by the Warrenton Railroad ]an
ompany. j c'?
Broken car freijji:' is p'" *'"a
i the Warren Plain.'
ith a way bill, and pici ...
i' the two railroads concerned:
i the hauling of Hit freight.
Under the new plan, broken 1
ir lots will be left with their *1*"
ay bills in a building at War- St
!n Plains and picked up by d
nek and carried to Norlina or
enderson to be assembled in
irs. It is expected that the ye.
ime procedure will be fol- Gr'
wed with carload shipments.
Paper work now being "done [ nr^
tne Warren Plains freight gj
;pot will be done at the Nor- jj0
na office of the Seaboard caj
hich will be connected by i
lephone with the office of t(,(
le Warrenton Railroad Com- on
my. wh
ty.
m | ths
1 rash
I rei
lump |
cnt forms between the town
id the property owners3,
-?wn up.
if the work is approved, it ha]
expected that property own s
will be charged $1.00 a fe?
ot for the cost of the curb- pr(
g and gutter and that the reainder
of the cost-be borner
the town. ex)
The commissioners also uu- lac
orized repairs to windows dis
id doors of the municipal ter
, ; . i is- J-ss
luumg auu us painting.
Other action in the hour's sul
ssion of the board was of a' Ba
utine nature. - '
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lUNTY OF WARREN, N.
N arrei
Zelebre
Jnforseen circum- ii
nces have caused a post-] A
lement in the Appreciation | f(
lebration scheduled to be F
d here tonight (Friday). j p
Instead the event will be ri
ged in Warrenton on Thurs- v.
/ night, September 22, A. v
Fair, arrangements commit- j it
chairman, said yesterday, i r
Fair said that various cir- o
rnstances arose which gave!
Junior I
s Place
A junior high school pro- b
im went into operation here, C
Monday at John Graham I
gh School. I
rhe creation of the junior [ a
;h school at Warrenton, pat- a
ned after junior h i g h g
tools in operation in many o
the state's larger school dis- F
cts, was made possible fol- y
ping the merger of the Wartton
and Macon school dis- t!
cts. a
The merger provided for in
additional 25 seventh and j h
;hth grade students to be: v
nsferred from the Macon | s
"'to the Warrenton j it
?
ilar program has been h
.t Graham High }l
r.hool Band To p
e Discontinued "
rhere will be no band this j!
jr at Warrenton's J o h n p
aham High School. ^
\nnouncement that the band
igram would be discontinu- ?
came this week from J. F.
ckaday, principal of the lo- *
high school. ,
\ lack of student interest in '
! band program, the only ,!
e of its kind in the three
ite high schools of the counwas
given as the reason 1
it the program would have J
be dropped. p
\t the beginning of the curit
school term only 16 stunts
expressed interest in the
nd and after efforts to inest
other students failed, b
ins to continue the band p
ring this school year were |n
indoned. d
'We hope that before long 2
erest will be revived in the u
nd," Hockaday said, "but un- p
that time it will not be d
isible to continue the band
igram." n
Tuesday night members of
1 Warren ton Rotary Club ~
nressed concern over the
k of student interest, and
cussed the renewal of in- tl
est in the local school. u
rhe Rotary Club has been g
jsidizing the John Graham si
nd since it was formed .in n
(Sec BAND, page 14) ci
IA ? Ca?e' Furniture Comp
??d the N jrlin* Theatre, wt
Mi dear privet, la plaened tc
jfffcfi--.. >Jy S&fca'- ' ''
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- *? * -.
fro~
cT ~t
ltons .
ition I
npetus to a change in date.
,mong these, he said, were
jotball games scheduled on
riday night which would comete
with the event. Another
eason listed by the chairman
as that local merchants had
oiced the need for more time
i order to insure a greater
egistration and larger turn
ut.
Fair s iid that the purpose
iigh Pr
d In O]
egun at Norlina, Principal W
?. Reed, said yesterday.
The move to departmentalize
he seventh and eighth grades
t Warrenton provided for the
bolishment of combinatior
rades at this level either here
r at Macon, John Grahair
'rincipal J. F. Hockaday saic
esterday.
"One of the advantages oi
his type of program," Hock
day said, "is that it elimi
ates combination grades. Per
aps. however, the greatest ad
antage is that the program
hould improve the quality oi
istruction since each teachei
rill be able to concentrate or
is or her special field oi
eaching."
Although many of the state's
unior high schools are com
osed of the seventh, eighth
nd ninth grades, only th<
eventh and eighth grades
save been included in th?
rogram at John Graham.
Under the setup begun or
londay, students of these twc
rades remain in one class
oom throughout -the- dajv juS
s they did "under the old ete
lentary program. However
our teachers alternate, each
caching certain subjects tc
lie children.
Food handler
To Be Held 1
A Foodhandlers School will
e held in the John Graham
ligh School gymnasium or
ext Wednesday and Thurs
ay nights, September 21 anc
2, F. M. Drake, Jr., sanitariar
'ith the Warren County Healtt
lepartment, announced yester
ay
The school will begin eacl
ight promptly at 8 o'clock
Drake said that employees
perators and owners of al
>odhandling establishments ii
re county srre invited ant
rged to attend this highly or
anized food service sanitatioi
:minar. Other citizens wh<
tay be directly or indirectly
ynnected with food commer
k
km Printtaf Company X
h Shelby Street
RIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1
Apprec
s Postp
, of next Thursday night's cele- 1
i bration will be to show the appreciation
of Warrenton busi- |
I ness firms for the patronage :
jthey receive from citizens of \
II Warren and surrounding coun- i
I j ties. <
i A $100 cash prize will be i
given to the holder of the
lucky ticket in a drawing to i
lane piace auring me nignt. 1
? The winner must be present t
ogram i
Deration:
Next year the students will
change classes, as is done cur- .
s rently in high school, but
> Hockaday said that this year,
i to avoid confusion, the teachi
ers would change.
! There are no plans to en11
compass athletics or other exI
tra curricular activities in the 1
junior high program, the prtnE
cipal said.
-| Four former elementary
| teachers are included in the
j junior high school program
1 and each teaches only one or ,
II two subjects. Mrs. J. H. Dan'
i iel teaches language arts,
j Grady J. Haynes teaches math- I
> | ematics and physical education,
! I Mrs. Edward Hunter teaches
H.-iencu ana neaitn, and Mrs.
i Charles T. Johnson teaches so
cial studies.
"The transition from ele!
mentary school to high school
) should be greatly lessened by <
s the establishment of the junior
high program. Although ;
i much of the individual free- i
i dom granted in high school is |
- not granted in the junior high, 1
' taste of high school life and
, learn to adjust to some of the ,
i conditions they will confront ,
? in high school," Hockaday
said.
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5 School i
Next Week
I cial handling are also invited, j
i Letters, inviting restaurant, ,
) foodstand, cafeteria, meat mar- ,
ket and other foodhandling perI
I ?
i auuuci, nave Deen mailed tills
i week. Drake said that dairyi
men are considered foodhan
dlers and are urged to attend.
The seminar is sponsored
1 jointly by the Warren County
Board of Health, the North
' Carolina Department of Pub-.
lie Instructions. W. A. (Bill)
Broadway of Asheville will rep'
resent the State Board of
Health. Marley M. Melvin of
1 Raleigh will represent the
' State Department of Public
Instruction. Drake said that
' both these men are professionals
in their respective fields
and will present invaluable Information
during classes each
night
J. N. Pulp, District Sanitarian,
will also assist in the
seminar. Local participants in
the program will include the
Bev. Troy Barrett. Mayor W.
A. Miles, Amos L. Capps, chairman
of the local Board of
Health, General Claude T. Bow- <
ers, 3am A. wariick. Doctor <
W. Burns Jones, Jr., snd F. M. <
pflfch ' 1
Refreshments will be serr- ]
ed each night through the
courtesy of Southern Ice Cream ]
Company, Drake said, and val- 1
able door prizes will be award- '
ad the lucky ticket holders
each alght.
>.Dr.-Jones will '
certificates "to^those persons '
ajetuHag both Di^h. Drake
said that more^thsn 100 perDrake
will preside over the '
seminar which is the that to
be held ir. Warren Ceenty, amtjl
Which is <1 III* 11 at
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960 NUMBER 38
iation
oned
o receive the prize, Fair said.
In addition to the grand
prize, prizes of $25, $10 and
in cash will be given to
ivmte and colored winners of
i jitterbug and rock-'u-roll
contest to be held on Main
Street in the business section,
rhose wishing to take part in
:he contest are asked to register
with any store in the
;own before 3 p. m on Thursday,
September 22
Fair said that in addition to
the cash prizes to be given
iway, that it is planned to give
free drinks and balloons and
favors to those present.
At intervals during the even,ng,
drawings will be held for
.tore prizes being offered by
ndividual merchants. Each
nerchant will take his box of
tickets to the stand where a
lucky ticket will be drawn
from the box. Afterwards
tickets from the individual
aoxes will be dumped into a
large hopper from which the
lucky ticket for the $100
prize will be drawn.
On hand to serve as mistress
of ceremonies will be
Mozelle Moore of radio atation
WHNC of Henderson,
Fair said.
Warren Towns
To Get $16,626.77
Powell BQ1 Foods
Warren County's four incorporated
towns have been allocated
a total of $10,626.77 in
Powell Bill funds from the as
uuai oiiutxiuuii OX $7,1119,112. IV
to be distributed to the 408
participating municipalities of
the state. ~' cation
was made*'last Friday
afternoon by the State Highway
Department.
The funds are distributed
annually to qualified cities
and towns for use in ana.
highway street work wHkte
their corporate limits. Cheeks
will be mailed on September
30.
Littleton, Warrenton and
N'orlina share almost equally
in the division of the funds,
with smaller Macon receiving
a small portion.
Under the allocation for
1960 Littleton will receive $&,160.51;
Warrenton, $5,006.63;
Morlina, $5,075.20; and Maeon,
51,092.43.
Allocations are based on
non-highway mileage within
city or town limits and population
based on the I960 eeoRtS,
Highway officials pointed
>ut that they are required by
orr lu IUC uie ugu OS? ^-flO
'igures for the population facor
since the statute calls for
ising the "most recent qualiied
Federal Decennial Cenius."
The I960 census will
tot meet statutatary requirements
of the Pmdi BUI Mr
Katli H is certified Uflh iaflj.
is is expected to he do?
his winter.
Rates tor computing Ike alocatio?
this year are fW-M
jer mile of non-atate ayateat
itreets plus $S.SO par
ising 1950 census.
Computations for W|TTM
bounty were based on^a
"reets41 Noriina's "^jpXrtas
86 Littleton's pepaMII?
m XM and atroot alH
IJB 1
F?MB BUI MB* n|?i|H
a?Mf coat of tho MjtfwJ
4ate gMotoo ^
*% laerooM over M . jHM
ho Highway Clin llillil ?a"
r, an uy.
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