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A BIRD'S EYE-VIEW OF
Johnson Elected
Supt. Of Baptist
Sunday School
A D. Johnson, co-ownor and
manager of the local Red and
White Store, was elected Gen
prtil (JnnorinfonJonl
v.m. uufviiinviiucur I lie
Warrenton Baptist Church's
Sunday School by the church
on last Sunday.
Johnson succeeds Frani
Reams who has served as
Sunday School Superintendent
for the past several years.
The Rev. John Link, pastoi
of the church, said that undei
the leadership of Reams the
Sunday School has almost
doubled* in enrollment and at
i * tendance. During the past
five years the school has been
departmentalized from the
Cradle Roll through the Senioi
High Department.
Johnson will have as his as?"
sociate Calvin C. White, sup
ervisor of county schools, whe
will be in charge of the curriculum.
These new officers, along
with elected teachers, will assume
their new duties on Sunday,
October 3.
N. C. Legislators
On TV Program
With Sen. Kennedy
A 15-minute program recently
taped in Washington. D. _C?
in which Senator Ervin, Congrcssman
Cooley and Senator
Kennedy discuss problems facing
our state and nation will
be carried over TV stations in
this area on Friday, Septem
ber 30. and Tuesday, Octo-?j
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Tonight (Friday)" the program
may be seen over Channel
11, WTVD, Durham, at
7:30 o'clock.
Monday, Channel 9, Greenville,
will carry at program at
7:30 p. m.
Last night the program was
presented over TV stations
from Charlotte, Asheville, Winston-Salem,
Greensboro, Wilmington
and Washington,
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Fun Day, C
To Be Held
A day of fun has been
planned by members of th#
Warren Volunteer Fire DepartI
ment for children of this area.
And even the name of the
I event carries out the theme
& of the day being planned by
local firemen. To be known
Las "Fun Day," Saturday, Octoi
i' ber 8, will be just that as children
gather on a lot beside
Thompson's Warehouse here
?ur a u?y in uiirnmeui.
I Elephants, Merry-Go-Round
rides, fire truck rides, pony
p rides and two circus acts will
KM featured as Circus Amusemenu
presents "Fun Day."
J, P. Robert,' WRFD chief,
Btttd yesterday that activities
will begin at X p. m. and
ffSfMdd last throughout the day
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PART OF THE WARREN
County's
Will End
: After Big
The Warren County Fair, de(
scribed by fair officials as the
> best in the county's history,
draws to a close here toraor
row night (Saturday).
"It is without a Honht nno nf
> j the finest, if not the finest,
t fair we have ever had here,"
Fair Manager C. M. Bullock of
t Wan enton said last night.
1 Thousands have pammed
1 the exhibit hall and midway of
the 22nd annual fair since it
opened its doors on Monday.
' Even a rainy mid-week spell
' was not enough to dampen the
1 enthusiam of thousands who
braved inclement weather for
a glance at the hundreds of
! items on exhibit and the bustle
' of the midway.
"It has been the biggest
crowd ever," Bullock said
about the week-long fair last
night.
As for the exhibit hall, Bul,
lock said that this year's
booths and exhibits had drawn
praise from several state agriculture
representatives.
individual exhibits in the
flower, canning, culinary
needlework and horticultural
departments were exceptionally
good this year, he said.
One of the most unusual aspects
of this year's fair came
about on white1 school days on
Wednesday. Three Norlina]
students walked off with the
three prizes offered by the!
Lions-sponsored Fair Association.
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Bruce Perkinson won first
prize. Gene Holtzman won second,
and Ginger Hicks made it
a clean sweep for Norlina
when her name was drawn for
third prize.
Yesterday, which fair officials
designated as colored
Circus Acts
I October 8
Two circus acts will he h?M
Roberts said, beginning at
3:30 p. m. and at 8:80 p. m.
Roberta said that the event
would be held regardless of
the weather and said members
of the local fire fighting company
were expecting a largo
turnout.
Tickets have already gone on
sale and may be purchased
from any member of the Warrenton
Rural Fire Department,
he said. '
The senior class of Littleton
High School will sponsor a
barbecue and brunswick stew
(upper next Thursday night
in the high school lunchroom.
Supper wUl^he^ served learn 8
yesterday
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COUNTY FAIR MIDWAY
Best Fair
Saturday
fgest Run
I school day, the upper part o:
| Warren County again furnish
| cd the winners as Mamie Tay
| lor of Northside Elementary
School won first, Ollie Juniui
Griggs of North Warren Higl
[ School took second, and Bur
ton Jones of North Warrer
won third prize.
First prize on both days wai
a portable record player, sec
ond prize was a portable tran
sistor clock-radio, and thirc
prize, given by Loughlin-Good
wyn Jewelers of Warrenton
was a Bulova wrist watch.
This afternoon "the annua
4-H poultry show and sale will
be held, Bullock said.
Performing on the midwaj
thi? week is the Ross Manning
Show, which features more
than twenty rides and ter
shows on the midway.
5,899.68 Acres
Harvested In 1960
In Warren Coijnty
The Warren County Record
er's Court, conducted here
I each Thursday for a numbei
of years, will begin convening
each Friday beginning next
month.
Presiding Judge Julius Ban
zet of Warrenton announced
this week that the weekly sesI
sions of court would be held
I on Friday beginning on October
7.
T? 1.2 iU
in limning nit" announce'
I Judge Ban ret said that court
officials had decided to change
court day in an effort to cooperate
with members of the
North Carolina State Highway
Patrol who will be better able
[to appear in court on Friday.
Judge Banzet said that court
will continue to open at the
regular 9:90 time, as has been
the custom in past years.
Recorder's Court
Time Is Changed;
To Be Held Friday
Warren County farmers harvested
* total of 5,890.68 acres
of tobacco in 1960, T. E. Watson,
ASC office manager, said
this week. He said there were
1837 farms that harvested tobacco.
In 1959 a total of 5,807
acres of tobacco was harvested
on 1696 farms. Tbire were
three farms that harvested in
excess of their allotment in
1MQ Kt.? ...
?out?orcro frerc im CAcess
(arms for 1900.
Watson said for 1900 there
ere 197 farms with tobacco
allotments that did not plant
any tobacco. The allotment on
these farms totals 0697 acres.
The yield per acre for the
county for 1900 was 1990
pounds. Watson sold it la expected
that the yield for .i960
will be a little higher.
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JlVlanson Boy To
Participate In
Tractor Contest
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Paul Lancaster, Jr., of Manson
is one of three tractordriving
4-H boys from the
Northeastern 4-H District of
t the state who have been named
to represent their area in
, the state championship Tractor
Operator's Contest at North
Carolina State Fair, Oct. 4.
r Lancaster, a member of the
j Norlina High School 4-H Club,
, won third place rating at the
. recent district meet. Charles
( Davis of Four Oaks, Rt. 1, won
first place; and Jimmy Brougbton
of Freemont placed sec'
ond.
Each of the boys will enter
I the tractor driving competition
. on even terms and have a
chance to win the coveted and
valuable championship troi
Dhies.
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I From the six 4-ti districts,
eighteen boys won the right to
r compete in the operating con>!
test, and six boys, the top man
s in each district has been nami
ed to compete in the plowing
contest.
| All entrants will receive an
expense-paid trip to State Fair.
They will also be presented a
4-H shirt and helmet to be
worn during the contests.
They will compete for $230
' prize money, with $50 first
prize going to the winner of
f each contest. Special trophies
; in these events and the money
' are contributed jointly by the
Fair management and the Car|
olinas Farm Equipment Dealers
Association.
Revival To Be Held
At N. War. Church
"Christ Is the Answer" is to
! he the theme for the revival
at the North Warrenton Bapi
tist Church October 3-9, the
1 Rev. Lee Roy Campbell, pastor,
said yesterday.
The services will begin on
Monday evening at 7:30 and
continue through Sunday morning
at the 11 o'clock service.
The visiting evangelist will
be the Rev. Paul~M. Sullivan,
pastor of Mt. Olive Baptist
Church, Ware Shoals, S. C.
Mr. Sullivan is a graduate of
Furman University and is now
a student at Erskin Seminary
in South Carolina.
' The church choir will sing
special music for each ser
vice of the revival The congregational
singing will be led
hy the pastor of the church
The church is conducting
cottage prayer meetings this
week in preparation (or the
revival services, Mr. Campbell
said. These services are being
held at the homes of Mr. and
Mrs. James McCowan and Miss
Mabla Hooker, respectively.
Mr.' Campbell aaM the North
Warrenton Church extends a
warm invitation to the people,
of the community and the sur-1
rounding are* to attend these i
services.
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Gordon Haitfacock, Jr., U <
patient in Warren General Hoe- i
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COUNTY OF WARREN, N.
Work Oi
To Be S
Construction of the propos-jd
ed bridge to span the Roanoke c
River will not begin this year. 11
In a telephone interview yes-, I
terday afternoon (Thursday) v
Sam Beard, public relations,5
director for the State High-'11
way Commission, said that it r
definitely would be sometime
in 1961 before the actual con- ,
struction of the bridge is I
"It all depends- on the type |
of bridge design which will be | 1
used as to how long it will be j
before work begins." Beard J
said.
Beard said that he bel'.rved
that the bridge design " juld|
be relatively simple, but that,
it must be designed, contracts
let, and right-of-way procured'
before construction starts.
The bridge will be built one I
mile upstream from Eaton's
Ferry at a point designated by
the Commission as Alternate '
"A." I;
Two locations, "A" and "B"
located approximately 18 miles i
upstream from Eaton's Ferry, j'
The bridge location caused!
a controversy between the 1
towns of Warrenton and Lit- J
tleton several months ago. Lit- i
tleton citizens advocated that;.
had been considered but Beard j
said that the "A" site would j j
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Gill To Keynote
2nd District Rally i,
At Windsor Oct. 5 i
!
Edwin Gill, State Treasurer, 2
will be the keynote speaker
at the Second Congressional ]
District Democratic Rally to |
be held in Windsor on Wed- j
nesday, October 5. ,
With Bertie County Demo- 1
cratic Party officials as hosts, \
supper will be served in the j
Windsor Community House at l
5 p. m. to visiting Democratic <
leaders from each of the coun- <
ties in the Second Congressional
District. A public rally 1
will be held thereafter at 7 .
p. m. at the Windsor National 1
Guard Armory. |
"Sin addition to Gill as keynote
speaker, the Democratic
Caravan will be headed by i
Representative L. H. Fountain t
of this District; Governor \
Luther Hodges; Terry Sanford, t
Democratic nominee for Gov- (
ernor; U. S. Senators Sam Ervin
and Everett Jordan, along i
with the Council of State and ;
other North Carolina Demo- (
cratic leaders. 1
Gill is a native of Lanrin- t
burg, and for many years has <
been an outstanding leader in <
the Democratic Party and one j
of North Carolina's most capa- i
ble public officials. In addi- t
tion to having served in many
other capacities, he has been r
a member of the State Legta- s
lature, private secretary to
Governor Gardner, Commis- j
sioner of Paroles, North Car?- j
lina State Commissioner of t
Revenue, and Director Internal ,
Revenue Service. He is now .
State Treasurer, appointed by
Governor Umstead in 1993.
Rep. John Kerr, Jr? fchairman
of the Warren County
Democratic Executtve Committee,
and Congressman Fountain
have expressed the hope
that a large number of local
Democrats will be present It
will be appreciated by Rep.
Kerr if those who expect to
attend the dinner at 5 o'clock
will notify him as soon as
possible. His office telephone
number is 212-1, Warrenton.
Methodist Men
Hold Meeting
Approximately IS members
of the Methodist Men's Club
met Monday night at the Wesley
Memorial Methodist Church
here ^ ^
h pnjfnm rar ow iww
coining year wti adopted by 1
the members who wtQ moot I
gain on October M.
Mr. and Mr*. Alton Camp- I
Sell and son, Alton, Jr., spent
the weeken
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C. FR
i Roanol
tarted B<
[efinitely be the site of Bridge , e
onstruction The "B" site isjt
he bridge be built at Curl's j t
fill, while Warrenton citizens it
fent on record as favoring a i 1
ite upstream at Robinson's!
^erry Later the Commissionj r
ejected both of these propos i t
Charred 1
Found In
"Nickles" j
Vote Today
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Feed and fertilizer users!;
hroughout Warren County go';
o the polls to day to decide!)
vhether or not to continue the')
Nickles For Know-How" pro- )
?ram for another three years.1 ]
Those voting in today's statevide
referendum will deter- '
nine or not to asses themselves J
!ive cents per ton to finance ,
igricultural research and cdu- |
:ation. The money is collected '
jy the State Department of
\griculture and turned over to I
'Jorth Carolina State College.
It is estimated that the pro-,t
;ram, which was first voted;
nto effect in 1951, costs thei
tverage farmer only 30 cents!
t year.
Warren Farm Agent F W. .
Reams said that funds from j'
Ihe program have furnished j i
enow-how in battling tobacco !
^icflacoc enaU no kln?K ? 1 1- ' -
luuudvo ouv.il do ujativ siiann, i
tematodes, wireworms and'i
weeds. In tobacco production
tlone, he said, the program (
jas meant many millions of (
lollars more profit for farmers \
>f the state. <
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Vliss Moseley Tells '
Rotarians Incidents ;
3f European Stay '
A talk on European customs <
ind on various places of inter- '
;st in Germany and France
was made before the Warren:on
Rotary Club here on Tueslay
night.
Miss Nina Moseley of War- <
enton, who lived in France [
ind Germany for more than t
hree years before her return <
lere several weeks ago, told ;
he Rotarians of interesting
txperiences and places which
ould be seen and had by 3
Vmerirans in Europe H M_J
lardy, program chairman, in- I
roduced the speaker. c
Guests of the cluh were Mrs ?
lancy Bullock of Warrenton 1
nd Bill Church of Henderson. 1
Two new members, Dr. Sam I
lassey and Dr. W. Burns <
ones, Jr., were welcomed Into t
he club by C. P. Gaston, who <
resided over the meeting. i
'hursday night as the Warrenton
ere. - Dotens of prises wave fta
tebecca Griggs of Wurffilln. V
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IDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 19(
ke Bridge
efore Ne:
d sites and stated that the, soi
iridge would be built between! er
hese two sites, somewhere in i so
he neighborhood of Eaton's! foi
"erry. ! Ri
Beard said that the Com-ipr
nission was anxious tn honinhn.
instruction of the bridge aslsti
Body Of F
Ashes Of
An unidentified truck driverjsc:
vas unable to rescue a scream-ikii
ng Negro man who burned toiop
ieath in his flaming house be
lear Littleton on Saturday H<
norning. [th
Firemen discovered j Li
he charred body of Eliis 1 wl
5imms, 39-year-old Negro man, J th
iftcr his four-room frame)
louse had been eaten away by Si
he flames. Simms lived one-!sl?
lalf mile west of Littleton onjfii
Highway 158. ! le;
Warren County Coroner N. [ ha
[. Haithcoek said that the|fri
ruck driver passed Simms'|
rouse about 2:30 Saturday de
norning. He noticed t h e|fii
'lames and heard a man or
County Sco
To Be Held 1
The annual Boy Scouts of in
America fund raising drive
ivill begin here during the it;
nonth of October, Bill <7hureh, wi
Scout field executive for War- th
:en and Vance Counties, an- B<
lounced this week. to
Church said that in various CI
:ommunities throughout the ye
:ounty, community chairmen
will be held responsible for re- vo
:ruiting helpers to carry out ?j
he drives in their respective wj
owns. br
In Warrenton, Church said,
i kick-off breakfast, an annual
;vent planned to give the fund c
aising campaign a big send- re
)ff, will be held sometime dur- no
Smiley Is R
Walter S. Smiley was re- wl
elected chairman of the War- co
en County ASC Committee a
i* the annual ASC County
Convention here last Friday de
ifternoon. of
Smiley will serve for a one- E.
rear term beginning October M,
, as win me tour other mem- j "*
ters of the committee-re-elect-1
d by the Convention. They
re: W. E. Mulchi, Jr., RC X, *"
Jorlina, vice chairman; W. M.
'leming of Manson, regular
nember; H. M. Williams, Jr.,
f Rt. 3, Warrenton, first alernate;
and William R. Brauer w
f Rt. 1, Norlina, second alter- er
iatr. Alternates serve only fo
jwrty ?t the wrot, fawdtodSt j
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si Year I
)n as possible, and that papwork
had been stepped up
as to begin the bridge be- H
re the level of the Roanoke
ver was changed due to the I
oposed Gaston Dam to be
rated several miles down
T J. CI II
: Home
reaming. The truck driver
eked the door of the house
en, but was unable to enter
cause of the raging fire.
; drove to Littleton where
e fire was reported to the
ttleton Fire Department,
iich dispatched a truck to
e scene.
Firemen at first feared that
mms' wife and children were
:eping in the house when the
e started, but they later
arned that Simm's family
id spent the night away
am home
Haithcock, who ruled the
ath accidental, said that the
e was of an undetermined
igin. -"M
ut Drive
In October
g October
in warrenton the common- .
y chairman, C. P. Gaston^
111 be assisted In' IXtMMm op'
e drive by Bruce Bell, Selby
snton, B. G. White and Mil- I
n Ayscne, County Finance I
lairman Howard Jonea said
Gaston will meet with other
ilunteer workers Monday H
ght for the campaign, along
th plans for the kick-off I
eakfast, will be discussed.
Jones said that community I
airmen for the various War- I
n communities will be an- I
unced next week..
e-Elected I
ten they are elevated to'
mmittee membership to fill
vacancy.
Billy L. King, Fishing Creek I
legate, was named chairman
the Convention, end Thomas 1
Watson, County ASQIOfCee H
anager, was elected #-secre
ry- ,
Nominations and election*
?e by secret ballot with I
urality vote deciding the I
nners.
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Patient
Mr. George Levi Perkinson I
is a patient in Warren Geo
al Hospital with an injured
>t for several days last w^tc. |
i $100 <t?M