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Business in Warren County,
through January, 1961, showed [
a marked improxement over
the previous twelve months, according
to gross sales and used
tax collections.
These figures are considered j
a reliable barometer of general
business conditions over the
state.
Collections in Warren County
from February, I960, through
January, 1961, totaled $139,135,
as compared with $129,457 from
. 1959 through January, 1960. It
marked an increase of $9,678,
or 7 48 per cent. The average
increase for the state was 2.80
per cent.
Collections and percentage
increases in adjoining counties j
for the February 1960-January
Back Alleys
District To 1
Back alleys in the business
section of Warrenton will be (
lighted as soon as Carolina
rower ana i^ignt i. ompany i
can install the lights.
At their regular meeting!
meeting here Monday night, j
the board of town commission-'
ers ordered that the Carolina
Power and Light Company be
requested to place street lights
in the following locations: Alley
back of stores on east side
of Main Street between Franklin
and Market Streets; alley
back of stores on east side of
Main Street between Market
and Macon Streets; Alley back
of stores on Weat Main Street
between Franklin and Market
Streets. ->r-Action
of the commissioners
in ordering lights to be placed in
alleys of the business section
was part of the business con1
ducted in a two-hour session of
Commit
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A committee to choose sites
for Negro consolidated schools
in the southern part of Warren
County was named by the
Board of Education here on
Monday night.
The Aboard members expressed
themselves as being eager
to build these schools as soon
as money is available. Hope
was expressed that the Federal
government would soon
make available funds for school
construction in the state and
, that the construction work could
* be started without too much
delay. j
Regardless of whore 'the
money is to eome from, the
I v Duaru niciuucrs satu uwi iod i
f * schools must be built Since
this is the case, the members'
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Units required for graduation
from John Graham High School
srfU be increased from IS to 18
beginning in 1064, the board
of education decided in a meeting
bore on Monday night.
Action of the board came
after Calvin C. White, school
supervisor, gave a report of
the conclusions of a special
study committee ^apytoted
tlon requirements. This comI
mittee eras composed of foyt
I ef . Schools J. R. Porter, Supervisor
White, and the principals
of the Warren County High
L Of the 18 units 18 will be
Kj- required and sin will be eleeW
"while 18 unite will be required
in 1864 for a^dtplonm.
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KKAe recomraeneationa at tb?
were pprov*
fc ?i fry the board, readt aa felMttea:
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1961 period were:
Vance, $489,718?up 8.22 per
cent; Franklin, $242,117 ? up
8:30 per cent; Halifax, $835,183
?up 4 01 per cent; Nash, $1,017,133?-up
8.47; and Northampton,
$128,431?up 4 24 per.
cent.
Mecklenburg County led the
state in collections with $10,152,238,
altthough its increase
for the year was only 5.84 peri
cent. Camden County had the
smallest collections during the'
period, $15,657, a less of 0.61 j
per cent.
Warren County ranked 79th
in the state in sales and gross
tax collections from February,
1960, through January, 1961. j
Its rank for the previous year
was 82nd.
In Business
3e Lighted
the commissioners largely dc-'
voted to a discussion of budget
preparation and a number of
minor matters.
The commissioners donated;
$200 from the contingency fund I
to the Warren County Me-|
morial Library after Dixon
Ward, a member of the library j
board, appeared to point out
needs of the library.
The commissioners also orfhnt
AAA Ita tnlrnn
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from the current contingency
fund for a $1,000 appropriation
to Bute Development Company.
Another item of business
transacted was an order that
a notice with reference to mowing
vacant iots l>e placed in
Present In addition to the
regular members of the board |
were David Dickerson and .
Thomas Gaskill, commissioners-J
elect, who were present by.
special invitation of the Mayor.
tee Nan
Site For
said the work could be expedited
by going ahead with
the selection and the purchase
of site or sites for a consolidated
school. Where this site or
sites will h.; can not be determined
until after a survey is
made, they said.
Appointed to this committee
were Board Chairman Gene
Davis and members Sam Mas....
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The board members heard a
report from Calvin C. White,
school supecviser, concerning
the results' of the Iowa Tests
of Educational Development
taken by students of the three
white high schools of the county.
The summary was of a confidential
nature, but it did
tend to show that the schools
ro Be Added
inty Schools
A. In order for a student to
graduate with a diploma in 1964,
he or she must have satiafac
lomy completed is units or
high school work, Including
state requirements listed on P.
94 of IMS State Handbook.
B. A student who moves into
a Warren County School daring
Grade 9 (before the beginning
of Grade 10) must fulfill this
C. A student who mores into
a Warren Ceen* School aftar
the beginning of Grade IS, onA4
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ten at tne same grade lewei
held hi the fednar school. Dm
student wffl then come under
but may be awarded a diploma'
with less than IS units of work,
if such la the case.
D. A student who fails to
nfcjscts) must gndoete odor
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Warren Girl Is
State President
Children Conf'r'cy
Miss Panthea Anne Twitty
was elected president ot the
North Carolina Division, Children
of the Confederacy at the
24th annual Convention which
was held in Washington, N. C.,
Juno 8 and 9, and will officially
take office in August following
the General Convention in
Biloxi. Mississippi
A former Chapter presideni.
Miss Twitty lias served the
State Division as chairman of
publicity in 1958-'59; historian,
'59-'60; and is currently serving
as recording-secretary. I
Miss Twitty was a lunchean
guest of Miss Robin Robinson
who entertained the Division
officers in her home on Thursday.
The Washington Grays Chapter
was host to the Convention,
with John Baxton Flowers III
of Mount Olive, Division President,
the presiding officer.
At 2:30 p. m. on Thursday,
the 87 registered delegates and
visitors enjoyed swimming or
skiing at the Yacht and Country
Club, and were then taken.
out on the "Sea Hawk", a 55 ft.!
sail boat, for a side down the j
river and into the sound. A
fish-fry supper at the Country
Club was served to 107 delegates
and leaders.
Wilbur George Kurtz, Jr., of
rtiiamu, vja., was guesi speaKer
at the Welcome Evening program
at the Washington High
School. Kurtz, the grandson of
Capt. Wm. A. Fuller who was
the commander of the locomotive
"General", told a stirring
story of "The Great Ixicomotive
Chase."
Miss Twitty gave the response
to the welcome which
was given by Miss Robin Robinson,
President of the Washington
Chapter. A prelude of
organ music was presented by
Zoph Potts, who finished his
formal program with a rendition
of "Dixie". Also included
in the evening program were
(See MISS TWITTY, page 7)
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School
have shown some improvement
over the past years, and that
they were weak in vocabulary,
and except for John Graham
were weak in uses of sources.
The board approved a resolution
to pay the teachers on
the 25th of each month; accepted
the resignation of J. W.
Shear in as a member of the
Littleton School Committee, and
tabled a resolution concerning
the employment of extra help
at the school garage.
(See COMMITTEE, page 10)
McCarroll To Give
Tennis Lessons Two
Afternoons A Week
Young people participating
in the summer recreational
program of the John Graham
High School district will havo
an opportunity to obtain tennis
lesooni as a part of their recreation.
Shipp McCarroll, Warrenton
insurancy manager, said yes
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the Werrenton Country Club
each Monday and Thursday afternoon
through June and July
from 3 to 8 o'clock for the
purpose of giving tennis instructions.
The lessons will start on
Monday, June 19, and McCarroll
said that everyone is.Invited.
.A tournament will be held
at . the end of the season, ho
aid.
Draft Board Office
To Close June 22-26
The Warren County Draft
Board office hem will he dosed
froes June 92 to IQ-Mock
June 26, Selby Benton chair
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Nancy Wilson, a rising senior i 1
at John Graham High School, 1
Was' crWri&d "WJtrren Coonty j
Dairy Princess in a Dairy Prin- t
cess contest held in the John! a
Graham High School auditorium J
on Monday night.
The daughter of Mr. and s
Mrs. William Wilson of Macon, f
Miss Wilson was crowned by r
Faye Rose of Norlina, last s
year's Dairy Princess. She was r
presented red roses by Mrs. j
Wiilliam Skinner of Littleton, \
and a $25.00 saving bond by s
Bill Connell. a
Miss Wilson will be a guest
at a luncheon at Oxford at 1:00 \
o'clock today (Friday) where >
she will represent Warren t
County in a district Dairy Prin- c
cess contest. s
Runner-up was Linda Stegall t
of Norlina. She was presented a: a
box of candy by William Hicks, s
Warren County Dairy Month j J
chairman. Miss Stegall is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John 1
Stegall of Norlina. c
Other girls taking part in
the contest were Misses Linda c
Dure, Carol Jones and Alice t
Rooker of Norlina, Betty Jean I
ASC Field
Measuring
Some 26 seasonal ASC em- i:
ployees trained in acreage v
measurement work are now ii
checking crop acreages on t
farms participating In. the acre- p
age allotment, price support, a
fppd crrain and nnil Kanlr k
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grams, T. E. Watson, ASC of- s
fico manager, said yesterday, c
In connection with the aero- I
age measurement job, Watson o
said, farmers are urged to give
complete co-operation when the f
reporter visits the farms. "Pro- c
ducer cooperation," he added, a
"can help us do the iob faster ,
and more economically. ,
Watson said that some of a
the ways the farmer can help (
are: (1) See that stakes are in |
place on premeasured farms;
(!>- make sure plantings are r
within the staked area on pre- a
measured farms, and (8)- have ,
someone who is famijlsr with ,
Hie crop available to help the j
reporter if the operator igaway i
from the farm. r
ASC reporter* who visit the p
farm to measure the acreage |
are oat there to perform a c
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by Miss Faye Rose of Norlii
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the Contest.
Vilson C
Dairy P
Vest of Littltton, and Patsy
larmon of Warrenton.
The Dairy contests
>einjj held throughout the state
ire a part of the observance of
lunc Dairy Month.
The girls, who appeared in
treet clothes, were judged on
riendliness and tlie ability to
neet people, poise, beauty, peronality,
healthy appearance,
latural attractiveness, photoirapliic
qualities, pleasing
'oice, and abilty to think and
ipeak effectively before an
ludience.
Each girl was asked to ansver
two questions: 1. What are
'our plans for the future? Say
wo years from now? 2. What
lualities would you look for in
electing a husband? In addiion
Miss Wilson and Miss Steg>11
were called back to the
tage to tell the purpose of
<une Dairy Month.
Judges from Henderson were
lill Wester, Mrs. John Falken r.
and Mrs. Charles Jackson.
William Hicks welcomed parnts
and friends of the conests,
and presented Leon
'ridgen of Norlina who served
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Fields
3 greatly to the farmers' adantage
to be there and assist
n the measuring," Watson con-|
mued. "By being present the
iroducer will realize how the
crenges are determined and
ie will be able to assure himelf
that the reporter has reeived
correct information and
08 correctly plotted the fields
n the aerial photograph."
Allotted crops to be measurd
in this county include flueurcd
tobacco, cotton, wheat
nd peanuts. Watson said that
II Soil Base crops will be
neasured on soil bank farms,
Iso all corn, miio and divertd
acreage on farms partieipatng
in the 1961 foed program.
Performance reporters will
sensure approximately 1MOO
crei of crops this season, Waton
said, and added: "The
mrk of the reporter is only
rt of the petfin?in ? cheek.
anted acreage on an aerial
hotograph, and that photoraph
U returned to the A8C
ounty office Whore the acrege
it computed by ate cornT
office staff. The acreage ia
omputed by the nee of a piaai
tetee. an taetrtimen^ which ]
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To the left is Miss Linda
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rincess
as master of ceremonies. Pridgen.
in his opening remarks
spoke of the ~saiue of the dairy
industry to Warren County and
said that dairy farmers were
paid over $800,000 hy Pine
State alone during the past
year.
Pridgen also thanked Mr.
Farmer of Boyce Drug Co. for
making the princess" crown;
Mr. Odom for placing greenery
on the stage; the John Graham
School for allowing use of the
building; each one furnishing
talent' and nil three eemmlt.
tees of Warrenton, Littleton
and Norlina for their activities
Between the appearances of
the contestants on the stage,
several talent numbers were
given. These participating were
Kay Fair, solo; Eunice Smiley,
solo; Margaret Ann Paschall?
dance, "Charleston"; Mary
Claire Coker, solo; Gloria and
Linda Mitchell, duet; Emily
Rideout, solo; Mike Wimbrow,
solo.
Following the contest and
the crowning of the princess,
[ punch and cookies were served
in the school hall through the
courtesy of dairymen, bankers
and feed dealers.
Memorial Fund In
Honor Miss Davis
Started At Library
a memorial luna Honoring
Miss Mabel Davis has recently
been started at the Warren
County Memorial Library, it
;was learned here yesterday.
| Miss Davis was first librarian
for the county library and
served for 30 years, from 1824
to 1994 During that time the
number of volumes in the library
expanded from a few
hundred books to more than
20,000.
The purpose of the material
is to honor the memory of Miss
Davis by creating a fund that
may be used for maintenance
and other purposes which
are not covered by state and
federal funds.
Friends of Miss Davis who
may wish to contribute to this
fund am naked to make cheeks
to the Davis Miaaariil Fund of
The Wahren County Memorial
Library,
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Mn. W. M. Gardner Is in
Warns General HwpflB, for
jaml ^ ^ n.'.*** f'W*
trr^ij' .
Mr. BwM lajfciaof at Jacksonville
la spawning tkU week
with Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Raid.
Mr. Pattwar Burweli of Walterboro,
3 C.. la visiting Mrs.
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FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 196
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The unification of the War-! t\
renton ami Norlina telephone | oi
exchanges moved a step closer j tl
tnis ween witn notification of j ir
a public hearing on the con-[w
solidation by the State Utili- t<
ties Commission. rr
The date of the hearing has 1
been set for Wednesday, July'^.
5, at 10:00 o'clock, in the hear-! q
ing room of the Utilities Com-1 g
mission in the State Library n
Building in Raleigh. | p
Endorsement of the proposal I c]
to consolidate the Norlina and!
Warrenton telephone exchanges!
along lines proposed by the i
Carolina Telephone and Tele- j tl
graph Company was endorsed j J
I around a vear aeo hv the I c,
boards of commissioners of the ' w
Woman Ki
Wreck At
A 48-year-old Negro woman ?
was killed within the Norlina I v
town limits around 8:45 p. m.1C
Sunday when the I960 Chevrolet j n
car she was driving went out r
of control and its side smashed'a
into a tree near the home of ii
Woodrow Shearin on Route ti
158. a
Mervin Brand Parker of tl
Murfreesboro died on the way o
to Warren General Hospital [ ii
following the acident as a result
of a crushed skull. Her j
husband, William Baker Park- .
er, riding with her, suffered 11
painful hut not serious in- I
juries. if
According to Buck White, i
Inquest De
Pending Pi
ROANOKE RAPIDS ? Hali
ifax Coroner Rufus Britton said v
Monday no inquest will be held' c
1 in the early Sunday morning v
hit and run death of Norris
1 Richardson of the Hollister v
area until investigation of the c
i fatality is completed by Britton v
and Highway Patrolman J. G.
Rhodes. s
Richardson, about 35, and ?
identified by Britton as a Hali- f
wa Indian, was found dead in
the middle of a rural paved y
road near Hollister by a small c
boy around 6:30 a. in. Sunday, r
Britton said Richardson ap- v
peared to have been dead for t
about two hours. He said death
resulted from head and chest L
injuries. t
'Preacher'
Named JG
Charles E. "Preacher" Park- c
er of Winston-Salem has been t
elected as coach at John (
Graham High School for the
school year 1061-62. I
He suceeds former coach i
Fate King who has resigned to s
accept the princlpalship of the 1
Macon Junior High School.
Announcement of Parker's ?
selection by the school com- '
mittee was made yesterday by
J. F Hockaday, principal of '
the John Graham High School, i
The 25-year-old coach, a aa- 1
tive of Winstoe-Satan, coached
the freshman team at Wake 0
Forest College this poet year, i
He attended Wake Forest aa a r
football scholarship mi played ,
at that aehoel for four years.
Parker attendad Maw BM*'
High School for three and am- p
SOBUSUS;.
He played basketball and base- ?
ball hi high school, and in foot- p
hall In high aehoel be was Alt- c
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tion
yu i uwhs as wen as me Doara
f county commissioners. Since
iat time it has been held up
1 the Utility Commissions by
hat has been described by
lephone company officials as
linor technicalities.
Confident that it would oblin
a favorable ruling, the
arolina Telephone and Teleraph
Company has purchased
ecessary materials and made
lans to connect the two exhanges.
It is expected that should a
avorable report be given by
ie Utilities Commission on
uly 5 that work on the conolidation
of the two exchanges
'ould start almost immediately.
illed In
Norlina
Jorlina police chief, who inestigated
the accident with
ifficer Dorsey Capps, the woaan
apparently ran off the
ight shoulder of the highway
nd attempting to swing back
nto the road lost control of ^
he car, which smashed into
tree and bounced back into
he ditch. There was no evidence
f high speed or reckless drivtig.
White said.
The car received a bad dent
n its right side and the glass
n the side and rear was comiletely
shattered. Damage waa
estimated at between and
11800.
;Jayed
robe i
The spot Richardson's body
as found is about one mQe
in the rural road west of Highfay
561.
Britton said a coroner's Jury
pas impaneled but will not bo
ailed into session until the inestigatnon
is completed.
He said Richardson was last
een alive around 2:30 a. a.
Sunday and added the nua relortedly
had been drinkinf.
Britton said the unidentified
outh who discovered the body
m the little traveled road did
tot know the man was dead
then he reported his finding -j
o his parents.
The coroner said Wtliatfla?
s married' and the father ?#
hrce children.
Parker
\ Coach
each the vanity tean ud
each Physical Education and
General gclancn. .
ucy Anne Phillips ol Washlalem
College, and an ) ?
try teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Parker wOl
love to Warrenton around te
irst of August
Veils To Preach
Methodist Church
The Rev W. ML Walla. *,
'lT?e0peNfc to invito to ?*.
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