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Your Best Advertising Medium Uarmt IRrmr* she\by slT * 225? Your Best Advertising Medium VOLUMNE 65 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN. N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1961 NUMBER 36 I Short Court Term Is Adjourned Here Early Wednesday ' An unusually short term of criminal court ended here at I noon Wednesday when Presid ing Judge Raymond Mallard of Tabor City adjourned the Sep tember term of Warren Coun ty Superior Court. Convening on Tuesday be -cause of the Labor Day holi day, the court proceedings last ed only a day and a half as a number of cases were either continued or not prosecuted. The majority of the cases were concerned with violation of the prohibition laws, and the only jury case to arise dur ing the brief term wm con cerned with drunk driving. A total of only 23 cases were brought before the court, and none of the cases held much spectator interest. In the sole jury case of the term, Mrs. Addie G. Majewski Rodwell was found guilty 0f driving an automobile while drunk, and was given a six months suspended sentence and ordered to pay a fine of $150 and court costs Active prison sentences handed down by Judge Mallard during the term included Roy Lee Buckner, charged with lar ceny, six months; Richard Har< grove, manufacture of non-tax paid whiskey, eight months; Walter John Ogozaly. speeding, four months; and Len Hender son, armed robbery, five to ten years. Other cases tried during the term included Robert Edwards, assault, forfeiture of $100 bond; Perry Newman, breaking and entering, six months sus pended sentence; (3audie Jones, assault on a female, 18 months suspended sentence; Raymond Whitimore, larceny, six months suspended sen tence; Kemal Haywood Burt, ! assault with a deadly weapon, i 12 months suspended sentence; and Richard Hargrove, failure to stop for patrolman's signal and no operator's license, 30 days suspended sentence on each count. Tom Lewis Rooker, charged with drunk driving, pleaded guilty to charges of careless and reckless driving and was given a six months suspended sentence. Cases continued for the term included Lucy Farrar, two charges of violating the state liquor laws; Howad Lewis Powell, no operator's license j and failure to remain at the scene of an accident; and Joe Bob Walker, drunk driving. The state, through Solicitor |W. H. S. Burgwyn, Jr., and as I sistant Solicitor Charles M. I White, III, did not prosecute (the cases of Norris Leaman | Shafer, no operator's license; ? Robert Edward.s six counts of I prohibition law violations; and | Rlcharti Hargrove, possession ' of equipment to manufacture non-tax-paid whiskey and im proper lights. Royster Heads Tobacco Council HENDERSON ? Fred S. Royster of Henderson has been named president of the Nation al Tobacco Tax Council. The election was at the recent an nual meeting of the council held in Richmond, Va. He had previously been vice-president. Relected as secretary was W. P. Hedrlck, of Raleigh, while Carl T. Hicks of Walstonburg was reelected treasurer. William A. O'Flaherty was named fulltime executive direc tor of the Council, succeeding F. M. Parkinson, who had held the office since establishment of the council in 1949. Parkin son resigned after being with the Tax Council, and previous ly with the National Associa tion of Tobacco Distributors, for a total of 25 years in the tobacco industry. Royster was for many years president' of the Bright Belt Warehouse Association from its its beginning, and in more recent years has been man aging director of the associa tion. He is a former president of the Middle Belt Warehouse ??Association, was for many years a warehouseman in Hen derson. He is also a former State legislator, with four terms in the House and one in the State Senate. National Guard To Stage Deer Hunt At Butner HENDERSON ? Major Gen eral .Claude T. Bowers, State tAdjutant General, announced Monday that the North Caro lina Guard will hold a public deer hunt on the National i Guard military reservation at Butner on November 20, 21 and 22, 1961. The general public may make application to participate in the hunt at any North Caro lina Army National Guard armory between September 11 and October, 1961. All applica tions will be forwarded to the 80th Infantry Division head quarters in Raleigh. . Colonel Clarence B. Shimer hns been named hunt supervis or and will direct all phases of the hunt. A drawing of names for each 'a hunt will be made on 18th of October in Raleigh, ?elected to participate be notified through the J Guard unit where ap raa filed. ?anted M Yeara Far New IJceaae After being married 80 yeara and Mrs. Robert Green of Blaek River Fans,, applied for a "white an'a marriage license." The Greengrassea have ttred, i Indian mission since they married in an Indian rit-. 1911. Now they have to property tat Ne They figured a veld K Warren Boy Jailed; 'Never Had Chance' Seven years ago a Warren County home fell apart when J young Len Henderson's mother left to find employment In the north. Len Henderson was thirteen I years old them, and he made his first big decision all by himself a little later. He quit school. Perhaps it was the orjv thing to do, his neighbors re call that he-had gotten in trou ble when he created a disturb ance on the school bus. He tried living for a time with his mother in a northern state, but did not like life there, and soon returned to an unoccupied three-room house near Drewry where he tnade his home alone. From time to time he tried his hand at odd jobs and made enough money to insure his existence. One night nearly three months ago Len Henderson walked to Wilson Brothers' Store north of Drewry and poked a shotgun into the back of store operator Gene Wil son? Finding himself the victim of a robbery attempt. Wilson grabbed the gun barrel, and Henderson, taken by surprise, jerked the gun away and ran. He was later arrested by a state patrolman an*" placed In jail. Tuesday morning Len Hen derson stood in Warren Coun ty Superior Court and pleaded guilty to charges of armed robbery. He had neither law yer nor defense. He admitted committing a crime for which he could be sentenced to as < much as 30 years in prison. "You never really had a chance in life," Judge Mal lard told the boy after learn ing that Len Henderson's fath er was currently serving a pris on term. "If you try you can still j make something of your life," the veteran jurist said as he sentenced the youth to from five to ten years in prison. A short time afterwards, of ficers led the lanky Negro boy away to begin serving his ! sentence. It may be that In prison young Len Henderson has found a home. Fair Outlines CAP's Role For Rotariana warrenton Kotanans tot a look at the part the Civil Air Patrol plays in Civil Denfense on Tuesday night when Major A. C. Fair, commandant of the CAP unit, outlined their pro gram. Major Fair, a Warrenton merchant instrumental inform ing the loeal CAP unit, recent ly attended a meeting of the N. C. CAP and discussed na tional and local plans pertain ing to this Civil Defense branch as outlined at this meet tag. A motion picture showing various types of aircraft and missiles was shown tha local Rotartans. N.irrator of tiWi movie was Brig. pen. Jameal Stewart, | Hollywood actor urho was a World . War n pilot ] and more recently a member of the Strategic Air Command. Man Given Medical Care First Time la 87 Tears When struck by a car and taken to a hospital, Frank Hot Us, 88, of Rochester, N. Y.. told officials that it was the) first ti he had been treated by * doctor in 87 yean. . j KThe last time was ta 180*., to ' ? ? yttfeatoi! ssaSmLi -M' Cabinet Officer To Address Two Farm Cooperatives RALEIGH ? Orville L. Free man will make hi* first public appearance in North Carolina a* Secretary of Agriculture Friday, September 18, before a joint session of two farm co operatives In Raleigh. Occasion will be the annual meeting of the Farmers Co operative Enhance and the N, C. Cotton Growers Cooperative Association. The event is sche duled to be held at the N. C. State Fair Araana. G. D. Arndt. general manag er tt the two organisation, said an audience of mora than S, 000 is expected to be on hand to bear the Cabinet member. Also included on the pro gram will be Governor Terry Sanfovd who win deliver the address of welcome. Commissioner of Agriculture h. Y. Balientine is scheduled to Introduce the Secretary. FrotAun has not yet indicat ed the subject of his talk but Jurors Drawn For October Term Superior Court Jurors for the October civil term of Superior Court were drawn by the County Commis sioners on Monday as follows: I James W. Clark, Albert G. I Bender, Ralph R. White, R. L. Robinson, Jerome Boyd, Mrs. T. H. Aycock, Mrs. R. A. Har ris, Jr., J. H. Burnett, M. H. Felts, W. H. King, Jr., J. E. Floyd, George W. Davis, T. P. Perkinson, Hector Aycock, Ed-1 ward C. Conn, O. H. Yancey, Linwood R. Ivey, James Holt Young, Milton J. Ayscue, E. P. Daniel, Mrs. Hal W. Connell, Arthur Willis Gooch, Albert Lee Coleman, Horton King, Cicero Alston. Lucius M. Brown, William C. Paschall, Mrs. Alberta Harris, W. A. Reid, Mrs. Evelyn S. Stegall, William Riggan, Fletch er Paschall, Wilbert E. Stain back, Gordon Limer, James Bullock, R. W. Mincher, S. A. Warlick, Grover Tucker, Mrs. D. S. Wimbrow, J. P. Williams, Willard Faucette, John A. Joy ner, Ruth M. Mincher, D. S. Wimbrow, Robert C. Burdick, A. Marvin Newsom, Walter P. Jones, Grady C. Wilson, G. C. Robinson, Miss Laura Short. Board Requests Speed Zone In Town Of Norlina Route 401 from the Norlina city limits ft) its junction with Route No. 1 will be designat ed as a 35 miles per hour speed zone, if the State High way Commission heeds a re quest of the Warren County Board of Commissioners. The commissioners at their meeting here Tuesday passed a resolution asking for the zoning of the stretch of Nor lina street after Highway Pa trolman Bobby Clark had pointed out the need for the restriction and said that it would greatly help officers in curbing speeding in the area. Following Clark's request, the commissioners, upon mo tion of Commissioner Richard Davis and second of Commis sioner Ellington, passed the following resolution: "It appearing to this Board that a number of school chil dren have to cross U. S. High way Nos. 401 and 158 to walk to the Norlina school. "Be it resolved, the Board of Commissioners of Warren County recommends to the State Highway Commission that it designate the area on U. S. Highway 'No. 401 and U. S. Highway No. 158 between the town limits of Norlina and the intersection of said high ways with U. S. Highway No. 1 as a thirty-five mile per hour speed zone." The resolution was one of only three minutes recorded by Clerk S. E. Allen durfhg the entire day?one of the quietest session in years. One of these minutes dealt with the drawing of a jury for the October civil term of Su perior Court, and the othjer was a motion that an agree ment of July 1, 1961, between E. A. Hendricks et *ls and Warren County concerning property on Front Street be accepted. The remainder of the- day was largely spent In waiting for business that failed to ma terialise after the usual rou tine business of the board was transacted. County Agent Frank Reams, ASC Office Manager T. E. Watson, ASC Committee Chair man W. 8. Smiley, who with Commissioner Richard J)avl? were previously appointed as a committee to study plans for renovating the baaement of the Agricultural Building, ap pealed before the commisaion wKh plans for tip renova When It was revealed that although several bids had been requested that there were M competitive bids for the wortu the commissioners deferred' ?ny action until a ruling can Ite obtained from the County who was In Patrons Appeal As Injunction Denied Judge Raymond Mallard late | Wednesday afternoon denied a' motion that would have re-j strained 7th and 8th grade i pupils from the Afton-Elberon j school district in Warren Coun ty from attending a school in Macon. Plaintiffs in the action were j a number of patrons of the Afton - Elberon School district i who objected to the transfer j of the 7th and 8th grades to1 Macon on the grounds that the Macon building was not suit able, t'iat the distrance to be traveled by the students was too great, and that lost time in traveling resulting in a shorter school day to the great harm of the students. They also said that moving pupils from the school district would: result in great harm to the community and to the school. The defendants, the Warren Cuunty Board of Education and Supt. of Schools J. Roger Peel ;il3B&BB3XSKBB1I or, denied the allegations and: supported them in great part with affidavits. Among these | were affidavits from Dr. W.j Burns Jones, county health of-( ficer, who said that no health hazard existed at the school; from Howard Stultz, county sanitarian, who said that the' sanitary conditions at the j Macon school were excellent; I and from Calvin White, school supervisor, who said that the pupils should be able'to learn nore during the shorter school lay because there is a teacher 'or each grade in the Macon ichool while at Afton-Elberon here were two grades to each eacher. However, Judge Mallard bas ?d his decision almost entirely an the powers of the Board of Education to assign pupils to other schools, and the question was to determine whether the transfer of the pupils was an assignment or a consolidation. County boards have great authority under the Pearsal \ct to assign pupils. After some three hours of studying legal opinions Judge Mallard ruled that the Board nf Education had not exceeded its authority and denied the motion for an injuction. Notice of an appeal was given. xmi icaumuiiy ?aa given except by plaintiffs' attorney Blackburn and Blackburn of Henderson and defendants' at torney, Frank Banzet of War renton, and the greater part of this testimony was in answer to questions by Judge Mallard. The Afton-Elberon school has been operating a four-teacher eight grades school for a num ber of years, but enrollment in the school has declined be cause of loss of population In the rural community. At Macon there will be a teacher for each grade. Graduates of both the Macon and Afton-Elberon ele mentary schools enter the John Graham High School at War renton. Supt. of Schools J. Roger Peeler said following the de cision of Judge Mallard that he hoped that now the pupils would return to school. "It is my sincere hope," he said, "that all parents will now send their children to school. Pupils who remain out of school after this week will get behind in their studies and will have difficulty in making th?ir grade." Ben D. Wilson Dies In Durham DURHAM ? Benjamin V. Wilson, resident of Clearwater, Fla., died Wednesday at the Veterans Administration Hos pital here. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p. m. at Clements Funeral Chapel. Interment will' be in Arlington National Ceme tery. Mr. Wilson was born in War renton, the son of the late Samuel Gray and CI r r 1 e Vaughan Wilson He graduat ed from John Graham High School in Warrenton, wfiere he. lived until moving to Cali fornia in 1935. He lived there until he moved to Florida in 1954. Mr. Wilson was a member of the Warren Plains Methodist Church. He served in the Army dufing World War n and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a member of the Lions Club and a Mason. Surviving are hia wife, one daughter, Vickie Wilson; one son, David Wilson; eight sla ters, Mrs. W. C. Wilson and Mrs: W. E. Stanley, both of Durham. Mrs. Mary Murray of Philadelphia. Pa., Mr*. Richard Webb of Vista. California, Mrs. Harry Wake of Sliver Springs, Md? Mrs. S. B. Hamlet of Reidsville, Miss Mildred Wlleon of Clearwater. Fla., and Miss (Catherine Wilson and Martin Wilson, all of Rocky Mount, and Stewart G. Wilson of Em jorla, Va. Bo* Driver Halts Vehicle Aa StMk ??? Passengers OH a Blackburn, England, prised .when Colin driver, stoppa* Jg| raced for signaled Joan, was (boot to baby. jHf- - that tion was not to to tha Members of the Warren County Board of Education study briefs and affadivits during in junction hearing held before Judge Raymond Mallard here 'on Wednesday afternoon. Members of the board are, left to right, Ed Harvey of Littleton. Chairman Eugene Davis of Inez, Super intendent J. Roger Peeler, and Dr. S. H. Mass:y of Warrenton (Staff Photo) Academic Foundation To Be Formed At J. Graham John Graham High School is to have an academic founda tion the purpose of which is to strengthen the academic de partment of the school through private donations. This was determined on Tuesday night at a called meet ing of the Warrenton Boosters Club to discuss school needs other than athletics with the Warrenton school committee. Committeemen present at the meeting were Chairman W. R. Drake and members A. C. Bla lock and Dr. Tom Holt. Drake acted as spokesman. Drake told the Boosters that it was impossible to maintain a high standard school without some form of subsidy, and pointed out a number of needs of the John Graham, Mariam Boyd and Macon schools, which could only be solved by pri Contempt 0! Court A Henderson man, E. L. Shook, began serving a ten day sentence in the Warren County Jail here on Wednesday after Judge Raymond Mallard charged him with contempt of court. Shook, subpoenaed to appear in Warren County Superior Court this week to testify in a larcenv case, failed to appear when the case was called. Jud7> Mallard ordered the man found and brought before the Court. Shook was subse quently brought before the Tabor City jurist and was sen tenced to ten days in jail when the judge saw that the delayed witness was druhk. According to the judgment at the Court, Shook'* behavior 'Interferred with and disrupt sd the business of tike court,-!' tnd that furthermore "Ms de liberate conduct exhibited a total lack of respect of the law, ?* the process of the court' tnd the authority of the law, * Of J*-! vate donatiors. Some 30 Booster Club mem bers were present and readily agreed to help raise the money for such a fund, but a major ity of the members were un willing to attempt to raise such funds as a part of the annual Boosters ticket cam paign. Spokesmen for the group said that they feared such action would weaken the Boosters' ef fort without greatly strengthen ed the academic part of the school. Following more than an hours' discussion, during which no disagreement with the need for extra funds for the promo tion of the schools was voiced, the concensus of the group was that an academic foun dation should be formed, the name to be later selected. The sole purpose of this foundation would be to raise funds for the John Graham, Mariam Boyd and Macon school. It was further agreed that after the foundation is organized and func tioning that the Boosters Club would have no connection with the foundation, and that all monies raised would be ex pended by the school admini stration. The group upon motion in structed Boosters Club presi dent Eugene Wilson to name a committee to organize the foundation and have this com mittee report to the Boosters Club at a called meeting at an early date. Committeemen To Be Elected Monday Warren County fanners wit elect community ASC commit teemen in an election to be helc on Monday, September 11, to the twelve (immunities of th< county. The polls will open at 8 a. m. and close at 6 p. m. Every fanner who is eligible to participate in any program administered by the Count} ASC Committee is eligible to vote, W. S. Smiley, ASC chair man, said this week. This means, he said, any owner, operator, tenant or sharecrop per on a farm participating in the Agricultural Conservation Program, the Soil Bank Pro gram or who is eligible foi V'~-~r ?n?"t on any crops pro duced. ? Smiley aski that any farmer who is in donbt about his eligib" vote to see his County ASC Committee or call the County ASC office. Smiley urged that farmers not let the polls close without voting for th< bast men in their commun ity for committeemen. "This is your chance to help select the you can find," Smiley said. "Don't let your neighbors down by passing up this opportunity when elections are held in your community on Monday, September 11." The following are the poll ing places for the twelve com munities in Warren County: Fishing Creek ? Pittman's Store and Davis* Store (Areola) Fork ? W. K. Thompson's Store ' Hawtree ? Perkinson's Store Judklns ? Triangle Service Station and Mrs. Blanche Stal ling'* Store (Embro) Nutbush ? J, C. Watkins* Store River ?? H. L. Salmon's Store Roanoke ? Jones' Store Sandy Creek ? Aycock's Store and Pendergrass' Store Sixpoand ? Stegall's Store (Macon) and Edmond's Store Smith Creek ? Mayor's Of fice (Norilna) and Paynter's Store. Warreiton ? Aricultural Building ? Pinnell's State