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m ppi-P Your Best < Advertising Medium VOt-tlME 65 ~ Lie Dete< Fails In S I irrlit On Lilglll VII A lie detector test, administered to & middle-age War; ren County v.iman, has failed **to shed light on the recent mysterious death of a two-yearold child. Conclusive proof that Gladys Jones, Roanoke Township res< ident, had lied about eircumstances surrounding the death of the infant were not turned up by tests given the woman in Raleigh on Wednesday. Warren Sheriff J. H. HundIley had set a hearing for the woman today, but circumstances have delayed the hearing "probably until next week," the Warren law enforcement vuu oaiu jcaiciua;. Investigation on the part of! the Warren County sheriff's department, aided by the Br f-swick County, Virgihia and South Hill, Virginia police department, was launched after young Ernest Coleman was taken to a South Hill medical clinic. Coleman was pronounced dead upon examination by a t clinical physician. The child was taken to the clinic by Glayds Jones, 1 Improved IV Is Sought t LITTLETON ? A petition signed by Mayor D. A. Rose, members of th$y4owti board of commissioners, local raer? chants, and other seeking bet1 ter out-going mail service at the postoffice here on Sundays has been forwarded to Con^. i gressman L. H. Fountain. 1^* rvuumni was asaeu 10 lurn w -the petition over to Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield in Washington. The petition points out that first class mail deposited at the postoffice on Sundays is not handled after 9 a. m. the same day. The neighboring towns of Warrenton and Norlina, which are comparable to Littleton population-wl*., have the mail made up and dispatched at 5:45 on Sundays. The petition asks for equal service to that provided by these Warren County towns. Warrenton has a population of 1,124, Norlina has 927 people, and Littleton's head count is 1,024. Littleton P< Site Option S LITTLETON?The Post Office Department has renewed an option on the property at the corner of Mosby Avenue and Miles Street for the construction of a new post office building here, it was announced this week. The new building will be constructed under the department's commercial leasing program, which means that the site option will be transferred to the successful bidder on the building who will then purchase the land and construct the building to Post Office Department specifications. The building will be leased to the department on a long-term basis, with lease renewal options running up to five years. The property on which the option was secured is owned IfelyS Andrew May. No disclosure was made of the sale price stipulated th the option. ; lot was considered as a rTjprf office site some time ago ^5* the department allowed an earlier option on the property to expire because of objections pn the part of some local citizens to building the post of-1 W tMBIee In what 1> considered Ike | edge of ? residential area. I The alte la approximately I . IS,180 square feat in aim. The Is/ new poat office will contain M ( Subscription Price : wtnrTA?t! M, VV?> bedding i Death who repeatedly told doctors at the clinic that the child had been suffering from pneumonia. The child was thought to have been in her custody for about three months. The mother of the child is identified as Eva Coleman of Suth Hill. A preliminary autopsy was performed on the infant by Dr. Geoffrey Mann, chief medical examiner of the state of Virginia, who confirmed that the child had had pneumonia prior to death, but thought the cause of death was a brain hemmorahage due to a trauma. Bruises on the infant's forehead and top of head were found during the post-mortum. Sheriff Hundley said yesterday that he had been unable to get in touch with Dr. Mann following the lie detector test, and was postponing the hearing for the woman' until he could do so. The Jones woman was arrested and ordered held for investigation on last Thursday by Warren Deputies B. G. Stevenson and Herbert Booker. lail Service it Littleton The petition, adressed to Suxnmerfield, follows: t/"We, the undersigned patrons of the Post Office in Littleton, North Carolina, hereby respectfully request that some change for improvement for the 4 dispatch of outgoing First Class mail from this office be made so as to expedite out-going mail deposited in the Post Office on Sundays for the reason that there is no provision for this mail after nine o'clock Sunday morning. "We're not asking for more service than is provided for the citizens of our neighboring towns of Warrenton and Norlina, located in the same County of Warren, and sixteen miles from Littleton. Mail al Warrenton is made up at 5:45 p. m. on Sunday and dispatched. Mail at Norlina is made up at 5:45 p. m. on Sunday. "We will thank you to give Kio mottoi- mviif ?* tention and %iavorable consideration." >stofBce i Renewed adequate parking space. According to Postmaster Robert B. Patterson, bidding forma, specifications and other pertinent data will be available to prospective bidders in approximately 60 days, at which time the Post Office Department will advertise for bids. Educational Needs Discussed At PTA Meet At Littleton The change In environment end lta related change in educational requirement, from the days of the Meaopotamlana to the prevent time were dlacuaaed before the member! of the Littleton Parent-Teachers Association on Tuesday night Ray Wilkeraon of Rocky Mount chairman of the legislative committee of the State PTA, told of educational tech nlquet end requirements that lived beside the Tigris and Euphrates riven, future, as wen as present, educational needa were discussed by the speaker. The role that the North Carotins General Assembly plays in education ana saw phasixed by WUkerson, who Sbr ; $3.00 a Year 10c I Cheese Richard Rivers. 50-year-old Warren County man, might not be asking himself whether he is a man or mouse. But he will not deny that a love of cheese sprang the trap that landed him in jail here this week. Rivers, currently in the Warren County jail here awaiting a hearing on Friday growing out of charges of breaking and entering, larcency, and damage to private property, was arrested after sending an Growers Urged Submit Wheat Reports Early Wheat farmers are being urged to help simplify the wheat performance check this year, according to W. S. Smi ley, chairman of the Agricul tural Stabilization and Conser vation county committee. By reducing the necessarj field work, he explains, mucl time and money can be saver through farmer's cooperatior in promptly completing and re turning their wheat acreag< post card reports. Double post cards hav< been mailed to wheat grower hv thp fntintv A.Qf1 nffire Thi cards ask farmers to repor the acreage of wheat seede* for grain in 1961, the whea acreage for cover, and wheth er the farmer intends to appli , for a 1961 wheat price suppor loan. If farmers will give this in formation accurately and re turn cards without delay t< the ASC county office, Smile: , said, it will eliminate man: otherwise necessary farm vis . its. Las*-r year,. in Warrei County, the use of tflfr pos . card eliminated many farn visits. Widespread cooperatioi on the part of wheat farmer this year could result in. sav ! ing many dollars in perform ance costs. Smiley said. Organ Dedicated In Service At Warren Plains A special service of dedica tion was held on Sunday af ternoon at 3:30 o'clock at thi Warren Plains Baptist Churcl when the organ was dedicate* ; and presented to the churcl 1 by Mr. A. P. Rodwell, Sr. member of the Board o Deacons. It was received b; Mr T R WoMnn of the Board of Trustees. A recital was given by Mi John Vaughan of Raleigh, 01 ganist, and the hymns wer< played by Mrs. Gid King church organist. The Rev Trenton Bruce, pastor, presid ed over the service. The Rev Larry Bryson closed with th< benediction. A social hour followed ii the assembly room with Mrs Fate King introducing the lin< composed of the Rev. and Mrs . Bruce and daughter, Debbie the Rev. and Mrs. R. E. Brick house, Mrs. Gid King, Mr. am Mrs. A. P. Rod well and Mr and Mrs. John Vaughan ? Raleigh. Party sandwiches, cookies salted nuts and other daintier were served. Coffee was pour ed by Mrs. Horton Brantley and Mrs. Albert Hight. Puncl was served by Mrs. Lizzie Overby and Mrs. Albert Lynch The table bore arranffementi of white mixed flowers, flank ed by white burning tapers. Henderson Bank To Have Birthday HENDERSON ? The Clti tens Bank and Truat Compan] of Hendeiaen will hold opei house on Monday, January 23 from 5:30 until 3 p. m , J. D Wilaon, asst. vice-president announced yesterday. The celebration la in obeenr a nee of the bank's 72nd ami senary (1833-1001) and tlx OLiiasuy of Its newly remodel ed main bank buildinc- Sou* enha win be ?jyen and qa Wilson said that while m joea^ petnonal ^ inyitationa an Jiiii! ii npjL, i IBarr i?er Copy WARRENTC ; Spiring | errand boy to buy a portion of cheese. Officers of the Warren Coun _ty?Sheriff's dppartmant gre\y suspicious of Rivers when a young Negro boy bought the cheese, along with some other groceries, and paid for them with a quantity of small change. Investigation on the part of Warren Sheriff J. H. Hundley and Deputy Herbert Rooker revealed that Rivers had gotj ten the boy to get the cheese. I The money used was believed j by officers to have been the same stolen during a breakin at a Negro dance hall, owned FireVictii I Asks Pub! The mother of two young ' Negro boys who died whec 1 flames leveled their home 1? 1 miles north of here on lasl 1 Thursday morning, has appeal * ed for help from citizens ol ? Warren County. Gracie Williams, a residenl 1 of near Elams in Roanoke 5 Townshio. this week asked foi ; donations of unneeded cloth 1 ing ana household items to re * place those lost when fire de t stroyed her two-story framt ' home. f Two children, four-year-olt * Calvin Williams and his broth er Reginald, 2, were v'ctimi " of the fire which left theii " mother, father, uncle anc 5 grandmother homeless ant f without adequate clothing. f Furniture, kitchen utensils 'r bed covering and clothing ar< 1 among the items requested fo; * the desolate family, Mrs. A a D Harris, executive secretar. 1 of the Warren County Ret 8 Cross chapter, said here yes ' terday. h Anyone having items whicl could be donated to the fam ily are asked to either brinj the articles to the home o Eve Bank Of Lions ( 1 "To know a totally blirn ' person who has had sight re stored has been one of th< ^ most wonderful experiences o 1 my life," Mrs. Helen Merrel told members of the Warren ' ton Lions Club on Frida: '* night. 9 Mrs. Merrell, a resident o ' Winston-Salem who spoke a the regular meeting of th< local civic club at Hotel War ren, told of the rich re wart 9 of knowing a blind persoi made to see again by tin 1 transplanting of a cornea. Speaking in the interest oi the N. C. Eye Bank, a Lions sponsored program througl which persons will their eyei I in order that the blind mighi again see, Mrs. Merrell tolc : club members that more that 8,600 eyes had been willed U the Eye Bank, j Persons throughout the stat? have expressed enthusiam ovei being able to donate theli [ eyes to the blind after death the speaker said. The cornel of the eye is transplanted to the eye of the blind, in manj ' instances with the complete restoration of sight. Accompanied to Warrentor by her husband, Mrs. Morrdl] was introduced by Post District Governor Sam Alford oi Henderson, district chairman of the Eye Bank. Alford wju II presented by Warrenton Lid? |8. Au Warlkk. Auenouig i n e meeting, ' which ww presided over hi lion President C. M. Bullock, were Mr. end Mrs. B. O. White and Mrs. Duke Mllee, winners In various categories oi the Lionsopooaoewd Christmas dec oratioaa contest Those winsera unable to attend Fridatf meeting were Mr. and Mrs. W L. Wood and Mn. O. H Macon Lions were also briefed on > the Midwinter Convention bsM > this week In Huston and ft rn 25 )N, COUNTY OF WARREN [s Trap by Junius Brown, north of the Wise community on last Frijday. Also stolen during the breakin was a quantity of candy and other confection. Officers found these at the home of Doc. Fogg, Wise Negro, who told them that Rivers had been J living there. j Rivers was arrested on MonI day by Deputy Sheriff B. G. j Stevenson. At the time of his ; arrest Rivers denied stealing ! the confection or the money, j which officers believe was tak; en from a piccolo which was j smashed open and devoid of contents following the breakin. ns'Mother lie For Aid ; j Mrs. Harris on Wilcox Avenue, v? iv cvmaui ner anu arrangements will be made to obtain the items. Clothing sizes for the women should be 14-16-18, Mrs. Harris said. She did not stipulate sizes for men's clothing. Minister Accepts Call To Church At Colerain The Rev. W. T. Bruce, former pastor of the Warren Plains and Macon Baptist churches, left on Tuesday to accept a Baptist church at Colerain. Mr. Bruce, a native of Greenville, South Carolina, had been pastor of the two Warren County churches since August, 1957, following his graduation from Southeastern Theological Seminary in Wake Forest. Mr. Bruce, along with his wife and daughter, will make I their home in Colerain. Is Subject 'lub Talk I and W. L. Turner, i- Music during the meeting i was provided by Monroe Gardf ner, who led the singing with 1 piano accompaniment by Lioni ess Nellie Gardner. The inV vocation was given by the Rev. E. W. Baxter, a member of f the club. s March Of Dimes I Needs Told At > Rotary Meeting Efforts to thwart polio and [ ossuvtaicu luuesses ucpeaa 10 . a large degree on the success , of fund-raising drives conduct5 ed annually, C. P. Gaston, 1961 t March of Dimes Chairman for I Warren County, told members t of the Warrenton Rotary Club , on Tuesday night Gaston,- who is president of , the local civic club, urged fel; low Rotarians, along with citi, zens of the county, to support the March of Dimes in order * that research towards a possible cure and prevention of p polio and associated illnesses might continue. Gaston, who used a film in his talk to the Rotarians, said L that the county March of Dimes drive would end on r January 81. ' Appreciation of club mem , oere was expressed to Rotar, Ian Raymond Rarlck, who coo ducted the club on a tour o< the Carolina Sportswear plant I here on January 10. Rotarlana told Rarick,' who la manager of the sportswear concern, that they were Impreeeed with the high quality and efficiency of the plant Mr and Mrs J J. Brltt Jr., and eons of Boyktns, Va? visited Mr and Mrs. Jim Limer of Alton on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and lfrs. W. D. Jones and MMs Sandra Jones ware visitors In Raleigh an Satur standard 2258 South S <*? " ,'?V^ , N. C. Man Sentenced | For Breaking Into FCX Here An 18-month jail sentence was given a Warren County I Negro after charges of breaking, entering and larcency had been heard by presiding judge Julius Banzet during Friday's session of Warren County Recorder's Court. Eugene Kearney, arrested on ; I January 6 after breaking in i the Warren FCX Service here, waived a preliminary hearing. His arrest came after he had forced open a warehouse door di wc mvdi rv,A piaui auu was surprised by Police Chief R. D. Chewning, who was hiding in the building at the time. The Warrenton police chief hid in the store the night of Kearney's arrest in an effort to put a stop to break-ins which had occurred twice earlier in the week. In another case tried before Judge Banzet, Mark Richardson, charged with no operator's license and concealed weapon, was found not guilty of concealed weapon charges, but was fined $25 and costs in the license charge. Other cases tried included: Odell Curtis Terry, reckless | driving, $25 and costs. John Pitchford Link, speeding, costs of court. Issac Bedford Walker, speeding, $10 and costs. Joe Louis Moore, Speeding, costs of court. Clarence McDonald Richardson, reckless driving, $25 and costs. James A. Proctor, no chauffers license, $2f &nd costs. Joe Taylor, Jr., no chauffeur's license, following too closely, $25 and costs. Elbert E. Jackson, no chauffeur's license, $25 and costs. Kenneth B. Edge, no chauffeur's license, $33 and costs. Lin wood E. Felts, speeding, costs of court. Robert E. Christmas, reckless driving, $25 and costs. Gordon Cecil Smith, no operator's license, nol pros. James R. Hargrove, assault, nol pros with leave. Wadell Alston, assault, nol pi ua wiui leave. George Terry, disorderly, nol pros with leave. Raymond Brad Breeden, no operator's license, nol pros with leave. LeRoy Green, Jr., non-support, 60-day sentence suspended for two years. Eugene Lee, allowing a person with no operator's license to drive an automobile, not guilty. Daniel Requests Response To Seal Sale Letters Notwithstanding good response to the annual TB fund drive by Warren County citizens the county goal of $2900 has not been reached, Sales Chairman Frank Daniel of Warrenton said yesterday. Daniel issued an appeal toi county citizens who have not as yet done so to respond to their Christmas Seal sale letters. Daniel reminded the public that the sale does not close until March 1 and that a threeweek X-Ray survey to be conducted in May in the county hinges on the result of contributions between now and March 1. A reminder that 79 per cent of the money raised in the county remains in the county was voiced by Daniel. He said that tuberculosis could be eradicated if the public would act now before resistance to drugs in use develops. Daniel thanked a number oi persons for their help thus far in tha drive. Indfoftdual contributors,. volunteer workers, The Warren Record, Warren Theatre, and the Warren C6unty Schoo^ System were enmng j': fletske At RMgeway Your Best | ? Advertising pnottoeCo x Medium hefty Street FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1961 NUMBER 8 j Confession Of Boy, 14, Solves Several Thefts At Littleton A series of breakins at sev- the same person that a week eral Littleton homes ended j before entered the home of yesterday with the confession'Mrs- Horace Robinson. Mrs. of a 14-year-old boy that he, R?binson caught the boy in was the theft police had sought lh? house but the youthful for more than a month. thief escaped. The boy, who was not identi- bis confession, aired bofield by Littleton Police Chief fore chief Pinnell and OffiMaurice Pinnell, admitted en- cers Bernice Aycock and F. tering two homes in Littleton D Woofruff, the boy admittin past weeks. He was caught ed breaking into the home of Wednesday night as he fled Mrs. Ne<? Lon8 clark during from a carport at the home of a nifibt in December. Mrs. Albert Pike on Mosby He told officers he stole $36 Avenue. from a purse in Mrs. Clark's The boy was nabbed by Mrs. bedroom while the Littleton Pike's son. who saw the boy "om?n W"S an?ther PSrt ?' . . . ' 7 the house. steal a bag of pecans and try jje was turned over to juveto make good his escape. , nile authorities in Warrenton He confessed that he was' shortly before noon yesterday. Rural Fire Department To Staae Aurtinn On Sahirdav 0 - * *"*; The staccato chant of the served, proceeds going to the auctioneer will be heard here fire company. Person not intertomorrow as the Warrenton ested in the sale are urged to Rural Fire Department con- eat at the sale, along with ducts its annual auction sale those who plan to bid. at Thompson's Warehouse be- Firemen were receiving elec-,^* ginning at 10 a. m. trical appliances, tools, furnlWith a pledge ? "if you ture, automobiles, and anybring it, we will sell it", the thing else the public wanted volunteer firemen will sell to offer for sale both yesteranything from farm machinery day and today at the wareto produce. A small com mis- house. sion on all sales will be used Hundreds of items that can for the benefit of the local fire- be purchased for a fraction of fighters. their .real value are on hand, The sale, to be handled by a spokesman for the fire dethe R. B. Butler Auction Cgip- partment said yesterday, and _ 1 pany, will continue until all jfcembers of the company are . " items are sold, the firemen hopeful of the largest sale promised. A barbecue and since the auction sale was inBrunswick stew dinner will be naugurated. llf American Legion Post To Sponsor CAP Cadet Unit Sponsorship of the Warren is highlighted by annual sumCounty Civil Air Patrol cadet mer encampment, program has been assumed by Through the CAP program, Limer Post 25 of the Ameri- wood said, Warren County can Legion, Post Comman- youth will have an opportunity der A. A. Wood of Warren to win scholarships in science announced this week. and areronautical engineering Wood said that the volun- through their work in the proteer auxiliary of the US Air gram ''$3 Wood, who said that the 1!?4, o7?e7ed'^ini"nrin"rtdlo!|I-e?ion Post had 8P?nt ?CTml first aid, discipline, and search I nionth of study on the CAP and rescue operations. program, called attention to Wood said that in deciding the number of Warren County to sponsor the CAP cadet pro- boys and girls who had algram, the local Legionnaires ready found the program bensaw the need of training for eficial, and said that under young people of the county, the sponsorship of flis- lotal The program is offered to both post he hoped that more of boys and girls in the age the county's youth would take group of 14 through 20, and advantage of the program. Warrenton Scout Troop To Receive Charter Sunday The charter for Boy Scout still in the planning stage is , J Troop 617 will be presented at a week at Boy Scout Camp | the 11 o'clock worship service this summer, of Wesley Memorial Methodist Daniel said that with the Church here on Sunday morn- support of the Wesley Mem "?? "?iai ^uiucn ana aeon Bill Church, district execu- hh and the public, scouting I tlve officer, will have charge can mean ao much to theaa I of the ceremony and win pre- bey8 end the Troop win he tent the charter to the church, able to take other boy* late tt which is sponsor of Troop <117. . ? 1 1 ' There are 11 Boy Scouts reg- Couple Invited iatered in Troop 917, of which f VV? n 1 Leonard S. Daniel la Scoutmaa- To Inaugural Ball ' 1 tor. These boys will take part -- ' U in the ceremony and they wffl * ,'orS" Warrenton Magro . be preeentod with their regie- hare been Ineitart to .3 tration cards and tha lot attend the inaugural baa In 3 Scoot Badge? whkh they lave Washington, D. C? in connae- J earned. tK nubile tolneSed w"h the inaugural ef to tU. trnmS ui ltZ **? f- * **? - I quested that the parents of today. STstout. JtMaSS ? _ ?. I Troop 617 was recently ear h thn former TennjjJ^jgB Wthta ttato months'th "awn a'ui l Hl^of"wh5nL?S^ planned for those boys and eigh ott lfonday. ^
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