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VOLUMNE 65 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON. COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1961
NUMBER 38
Youthful Auto
Theft Ring Gets
Warrenton Gar
Two young Virginia boys
who stole an automobile here
Friday night during a wildj
two-state theft spree have
been turned over to Federal j
Bureau of Investigation agents.
for questioning.
The two youths, part of a
trio which dipped into the
Tar Heel state on Friday night
and committed a number of
auto thefts, were arrested oh
Saturday morning by police of
ficers in Roanoke, Va.
Two other youths who were
travelling companions of the
boys nabbed in Roanoke- were'
caught hours earlier in Rox
boro in another stolen car.
The car stolen here on Fri-J
day night, the property of.
Arch Ayscue, was stolen from
the yard of James Peoples ofj
Warrenton. The names of the (
boys . committing , the theft;
were not released because of
their age.
According to Roxboro Police!
Captain Page Brooks, three,
youths left Roanoke late Fri
day in a stolen automobile.
Hours later, in Collingsvillc,
Va., they stole another auto,
and began their travels in two
cars. They continued to War
renton where another youth
joined the group. Here they
decided to abandon the vehicle
stolen in Roanoke.
_ Ayscue went to Roanoke
Saturday and returned with his
car. He was accompanied to
the Virginia city by Carl Pin
nell. According to local police
officers Ayscue refused to
press charges against the boys
because of their age.
After leaving Warrenton the
youths travelled through Vance,
Granville and Person counties
in North Carolina, leaving be
hind a trail of discared auto
mobiles as they periodically
switched automobiles. In Per
son county two of the boys
stopped for gasoline and drove
off without paying the attend
ant. This led to their arrest.
Girl Jailed For
Gutting Husband
A 16-year-old Negro girl is
being held -under $50u bond1
for the cutting of her husband
on the streets of Warrenton
on Saturday afternoon.
Her husband, about 20, is in
a serious condition in Memorial
Hospital in Chapel Hill.
?According to Chief of Police
R. Chewning, Rose Jean
Williams cut her husband Al
wood Williams over the eye
and in the stomach during a
quarrel on the Perman corner
late Saturday afternoon.
The knife wound in the
man's stomach was about two
or three inches long, but deep,'
Chewning said, causing inter
nal bleeding.
Taken to the Warren General
Hospital, the man was examin
ed by a local physician, and
sent to v the Chapel Hill hos
pital because of the absence
of the hospital surgeon.
Officer Howard Salmon ar
rested the young woman and
lodged her in the Warren
County jail where she was re
leased under, bond on Monday
morning.
Chewning and Officer Macon
Reavis summoned an ambu
lance for the wounded man.
Chewning quoted the woman,
who had been married three
months, as saying the fight
started because her husband
wanted to go to Wise and she
did not want him to go. Chewn
ing also said that the wounded
man told him he did not know
that his wife had a knife.
Road Contract To
Be Let In Late 1961
The contract for the rebuild
ing of Highway 158 .from a
point near Macon to Littleton
is not expected to be let be
fore the end of the year.
Highway Division Engineer
Merle Adkins said here Wed
nesday that surveys for the
road were being made and
that the money for its con
struction is available, but that
it is unlikely that the con
tract would be awarded before
the end of the year.
Adkins said that little would
be gained by an earlier adver
tising for bids and a letting of
the contract, as winter weather
would delay construction.
Adkins was here to discuss
Warren County road needs
with the board of county com
laiailonori . in called session,
Wednesday morning. He was'
accotnpanied to the meeting by,
district engineer Roger Dowtin
and Highway Commissioner
Benson.
The commissioners were in
session for about an hour and
a half during which time they
accepted the road program as
presented by the Highway Com
mission, after a study of a map
prepared by the oommission.
Under this program three roads
wi}l be hardsurfaeed in War
ren county during .the fiscal
year.
Roads to be hardhurfaced
are the Grifton road in Fish
ing Creek Township, between
Areola and Hollister; the
Cedartown road' in Nutbuah
Township, and a road in River
Township north of Littleton.
All the commissioners were
present for the meeting except
Commissioner Richard Davis,
who was side. '
Virginians Discuss
Building Highway 85
Virginia highway official*
and residents of neighboring
Mecklenburg County in Virginia
are meeting to map the course
of a 13-mile section of Inter
state Highway H which .will
join the superhighway already
completed in Warren County.
Construction on the Meck
lenburg County section?part
of Virginia's 1,083-mile inter
state system that will be a
portion of the interstate high
way that will link Petersburg,
.Vs., with Montgomery, Ala.?
Is expected to begin next year.
E. B. Hubbard, Richmond
engMMr, helioses tfeef R wiS
take from two to three years
for completion of the link.
?
from the North Carolina state
line near Braeey and Ha good
in Virginia to Highway 58,
east of South Hill, Va.
The 18 miles of dual lane
highway is expected to coat
more thsh nine million dollar*.
Proposed interchanges will
be at Highway 58 east of
South Hill and at Route 637
near Bracey, Va.
CM
Mrs. Margie Watson was
elected president of the Cou-j
Hag. Club of the Wdrrenton1
Baptist Church at its first fall
meeting on Monday night
Othnr officers elected wore
Thurman Batten, yiee-presl
dent; Mrs. Kathleen Oay, see-1
retary; and Mrs. John Link,!
Smashed cars in head on collision in which one person was killed and seven others injur
ed in wreck near Afton on Saturday night.
Warren Youth Killed,
Seven Hurt In Wreck
An 18-ycar-old boy was kill-,
ed and seven persons seriously
injured when a speeding auto
mobile plowed headon into a
truck five miles south of here
early Saturday night.
Killed instantly in the col
lison was Walter Earl Cheek,
of Route 1, Norlina, the driver
of a car which smashed into a
truck driven by the dead
youth's uncle on a rural paved
road a mile west of the Afton
community.
"The automobile apparently
went out of control in a curve
of the road and crashed into
the truck which was trying to
dodge the oncoming car," State
Highway Patrolman D. M. Wig
gins of Louisburg said Monday.
Two of the accident victims j
were listed in critical condition
shortly after the wreck.
Three local ambulances car-]
ried the injuried to Warren
General Hospital here for
emergency treatment before ]
transferral to a Duram hospital.
"There was no one at the]
scene 1 could talk with?most!
of the injured were uncon-j
scious and one girl was appar-|
ently suffering from shock and,
unable to describe the acci-j
dent," the highway patrolman j
said."
The uncle of the dead youth ?
was identifed as Walter Roy
ster, 41. driver of the flatbed
truck rammed in the 7:30 ac-|
cident. Evidence at the scene'
showed that Royster had at
tempted to get out of the path
of the automobile, rushing to
ward him on the wrong side ol
the road.
"The car was travelling be
tween 70 and 80 miles an houi
when the two vehicles collid
ed," Patrolman Wiggins said
The speed of the truck was
estimated in the neighborhood
of 40 .miles an hour.
Passengers in the truck alsc
included Thornton Woodard,
33, and Alexander Macklin, 19
Both were hospitalized.
Riders in the automobile
were listed as James Edward
Campbell, 20, Delores Towne,
16, and John Clifton Bullock,
16. All of the injured,- along
Warren- County Negroes.
Both vehicles were demolish
ed, according to the investigal
ing officer.
Calendar Sales
Funds To Be Used
For Foundation
r P1e?aeademic foundation at
John Graham high school will
scnooi will
he. the recipient of funds' rais
ed through the sale of com
munity birthday calendars.
Warrenton Rotarians, who
i annually conduct the saie vot
J ed on Tuesday night to donate
Proceeds of the sale to the re
cently-established foundation.
!?7'? calendars began here
on Wednesday night.
*We plan to sell advertise
ments on the calendars to vari
ous merchants, and hope to
!?J,.ln0"gh "Iendars to ?di
rnnfrjh make a substanUa'l
contribution to the founda
tion, Selbv Bentnn ?1__
tion" Sclby Benton, sales
chairman, said this week
Benton said that Warrenton
had been divided into districts
in order to facilitate the sales
AH members of the Warren
'?" ^ota^y Club are currently
working in the districts in an
"fort to wind up the sales
during the three-week selling
time given the program.
TOe calendars, which will be
?old for two dollars for a fam
Jff,?r ?ne dolIar for an in
dividual, will contain the time
?nd place of various civic
meetings and the birthday and
anniversaries of all subscrib
era
In charge of sales outside
Warrenton in the John Graham
Graham school district is Ro
tarian Bill Perry. Rotary
wives will sell the calendars at
local drug stores during the
final week of the sale, Benton
'IVMI
F- M. Drake To
Work With Ga. Co.
ad*". fr' bM "Crept
^ a,.pos't,on with Gowen and
AtweU Gas Company which
will open an office in the old
Boyd-Boyce Motor Company
hjfldtag on Main and Market
Streets on October 1. i
JHw company, with its main
office in Roanoke Rapids, is1
W,rwn Conn,y
uJtr' ^ Mr* Raymond Boy!
2^ is*
?- V"' recently
returned from France, viaited
Mr. and Mrs Jack GlovsT,*
Potato Vote To
Be Held Saturday
North Carolina sweet pota
to growers will vote tomorrow,
Saturday, September 23, in a
sweet potato referendum to de
termine if they are willing to
be assessed in order to pro
mote production and marketing
of sweet potatoes.
AH- Warren County growers
are encouraged to vote in the
referendum, T. B. Weldon,
chairman of the county com
mittee, said yesterday.
Weldon said that yam grow
ers will decide if they are to
join most other commodity
groups in North Carolina in
assessing in the production of
sweet potatoes for sale in 1961
are eligible to vote.
Leaders of the sweet potato
industry Say money is "desper
ately heeded" if North Carolina
is to hold on to Its sweet pota
to markets!
Weldon says a polling place
las been set up in the front
office of the county agricultur
al building, Warrenton. The
polls will be open from 8:00 a.
m. to 6:00 p. m.
If approved, the assessment
will be 2 per cent per bushel >
for fresh market sweet pota
toes and 2 cents per 100 pounds
for cannery stock:
Two-thirds of the growers
voting must be in favor of the!
assessment in order for it to|
carry.. Any person who has a
financial interest in sweet po
tato production is eligible to
vote.
If approved, the board of
directors of the N. C. Sweet
Potato Association, Inc., Willi
decide how the money is to ?be,
spent. The board is composed
of four producers, four ship
pers and one processor. '
If money is made available,
the board is expected to author
bee an extensive promotional
and advertising program in
order to boost the sale of
North Carolina yams.
E. E. Goodwin of Dunn, pres
ident of the association, says
that there is a good possibility
(hat shippers will match the
money contributed by growers.
Any individual grower who
docs not wish to support the
program can apply for a re
fund.
Any grower who has ques
tions concerning the referen
dum is urged to contact Agri
cultural Agent Reams. Or if
he prefers, the grower can con
tact one of the men listed be- (
low who are serving as mem
bers of the county referendum
committee: T. B. Weldon, chair
man, Rt. 1, Norlina; Clarence
Thompson. Wise and Richard
J. Holtzman, Rt. 2, Norlina.
Drowned Man's
Body Recovered
The body of a former Ral
eigh man and the son of
Warren County native who
drowned near Manteo on Sep-1
tember 13 was found by Coast'
Guardsmen patrolling the Pam
lico Sound shore of Oracoke
Island Wednesday morning.
The body was Identified as
that of Oscar D. Williams, Jr.,
32, Hyde County Coroner Pratt
Williamson said. The body
was flown to Washington, N.
C., and then ' taken to the
Hyde County sheriff's office at
Swan Quarter. Coroner Wil
liamson said the dead man's ]
father, who Uvea at 2632 Fair
view Road in Raleigh, made
the identification.
The younger Williams, a
State College graduate who
worked for a banking invest
ment firm in New York City,
was taking a swim when he
drowned. v I
Mr. Williams' father, Oscar I
D. Williams, Sr., was a native
at Inez and widely connected
in Warren County and waa a
frequent vialtor in Warrantor
Sanford, Graham And
House To Appear On
Programs Here Oct. 4
October 4 has been designat
ed as Education Day in the
white schools of the John
Graham School District.
On that day Governor Terry
Sanford, Dr. Frank Graham,
former president of the Uni
versity of Nn-th Carolina and
former United States Senator,
former Chancellor Robert B
House of the University of
North Carolina, and other dis
tinguished citizens will be in
Warwn County and will par
ticipate in educational exer-l
cises.
Governor Sanford will speak
at the Nathaniel Macon School
at Macon at 10 o'clock on
Wednesday morning, October
4. in pursuance of his policy
to make an educational address
in every county of the state.
Alumni of the old John
Graham Academy will meet at
the John Graham School at
1130 when a plaque will be
presented the school in honor
of the late John Graham and
Boy Scout Fund
Drive Is Showing
Good Progress
Reports to date on the an
nual Boy Scout Drive are most
encouraging, Scott Gardner,
chairman of the drive in War
renton, said yesterday.
Gardner issued an appeal to
all canvassers to turn in their
complete report no later than
the end of the' week.
The drive began in Warren
ton on Thursday of last week
following a kick-off breakfast
at Hotel Warren at 7 a. m
Speakers at the breakfast were
Bill Roth of Raleigh and Arm
?Canady .of Zebulon.
Chairman Gardner presided
over the meeting at which
Scout Executive Russell Mc
Lean of Raleigh was also
present.
Others at "the breakfast were
Bernard Thompson, Gene Wil
son, county chairman; Bud
Gaston, Selby Benton, Allen
Tucker, the Rev. John Link
Pete Burrows, Randolph Mor
ris, P. P. WhiUey, Mrs. Will
Graham, Mrs. Hattie Scott,
Mrs. Nora Purdie, Mrs. Heath
Beckwith, G. W. Shearln. W.
A. Benson, Claiborne Aycock
Eugene Odom, and David Dick
erson.
Gardner said that he is
deeply grateful for the fine
spirit of cooperation shown by
the public and the good work
.of the canvassers.
Postponed PTA
Meeting To Be
Held Tuesday
The John Graham-Mariam
Boyd PTA meeting, scheduled
for Tuesday night, will be held
m the John Graham High
School auditorium on next
Tuesday night, September 26
at 8:00 o'clock.
The meeting was postponed
due to threatening weathe;
from Hurricane Esther.
The fashion show, sponsorec
by the Warrenton Merchant!
Association and scheduled tc
be held at the PTA meeting,
will also be held on next
Tuesday night.
Mrs. Moss To
Teach Study Book
Mrs W. H. Moss, Jr.. of
Henderson wfll teach the Wo
man's Society of Christian Ser
vice Study Book. "Churches
For These Timea," in Wesley
Memorial Methodist Church on
Monday afternoon. September I
M. at 3:00 o'clock.
Each member of this church
and m?mben p{ surrounding
churches are urged, to attend.
TO SBOW^SUDES OfT"
RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT
A. C. Fair will shoW train-9
tag slide* of radioactive fall.'
Sf1 ** Kptacopal Pariah'
House on Friday night at 8-IS. I
The public is invited to attend.1
his teachers.
Dr. Graham and Dr. House1
will speak at these exercises j
which will be attended by
Governor Sanford.
Following the exercises in
the school a luncheon for
alumni, patrons and supporters
of the white schools in the
Warrenton district will be held
at the Warrenton Country
Club. W. R. Drake, chairman
of the Warrenton district com
mittee, said this week. He
said the program for the
luncheon has not been worked
out in detail.
The luncheon will be attend
ed by Governor Sanford, Dr.
Graham and Dr. House and
other dignitaries from various
sections of the state.
Drake, who is also a mem
ber of the statewide "Commit-'
tee of 100" for Better Schools,
issued the following statement
yesterday:
"In making our plans for
this occasion our committee
has but one purpose in mind,
and that is to focus attention
upon our local Educational
program and our needs for to
tal support in order to attain
the level in public education
(See PROGRAMS, page 12)
Fair To Open
Here Monday
All next week from Monday
through Saturday will be Fair
Week in Warren County.
The Warren County Fair,
sponsored annually by the War
renton Lions Club, will open
the big six-days event on Mon
day morning and crowds are
expected to through the mid
way and the exhibit hall to the
end of the spectacular affair
on Saturday night.
Palmetto Exposition Shows
will play the midway with
scores of popular rides and
other attractions.
Free admission will be pro
vided on each of the two big
days, when $200 in prizes will
be given away. Wednesday will
be white school day and
Thursday will be colored school
day.
Featuring the fair will be
a Junior Calf Show on each of
the two school days.
With $2000 offered m prem
iums, the exhibit hall is ex
peeled to be unusualy attrac
tive this year.
Food booths will be operated
each day of the Fair. The
American Legion Auxiliary will
operate a food booth in the
exhibit building, and the color
ed 4-H committee will operate
a food booth on the grounds.
Free parking will be provid
ed on the large parking lot ad
jacent to the Fair Grounds
and members of the Lions
Club will be present at each
of the concession stands and
at the gates to assist in the
orderly operation of the fair.
The local Lions committee
promises an unusually good
fair this year and urges the
people from Warren and sur
rounding counties to be on
hand each day for good clean
entertainment and profit.
All proceeds from the Fair
received by the Warrenton
Lions Club will be used for
"Blind TVortc and other club ae
tivities.
Boy Is Badly Hurt
In Freak Accident
A young Warrenton Negro
boy was seriously injured in a
freak accident on the outskirts
of Warrenton around 6 p m.
Saturday afternoon
Ben Richard Burton, 13, son
of Leola Burton, is in Memorial
Hospital in Chapel Hill as the
result of injuries suffered when
a trailer broke loose from a
car being driven by Mrs, Cleve
land Hawkins and catapulted
into the yard in Crinkley Town
where the boy was playing.
The boy was knocked uncon
scious by the trailer and was
taken to Warren General Hos
pital from where he was sent
to Memorial Hospital in Chapel
Hill.
The car was being followed
at the time by Chief of Police
R. D. Chewning and Officer
Macon Reavis and Reavis said
that he saw the trailer when
it overturned several times
and rolled up a ditch bank into
the yard. .
Chewning said that Ernest
Lyons, a local colored man, had
reported to him that Cleveland
Hawkins had taken the trailer
from his boy and was on his
way out of town. The officer
said that he knew that the
driving license of Cleveland
Hawkins had been revoked,
and for that reason as well aa
the trailer report, he and Of
ficer Reavis gave chase to the
Hawkins car in hope that they
could catch it while it was
within the town limits. They
were following it beyond the
town limits when the trailer
broke loose from its hitch about
half a mile from town.
Chewning said that the car
had stopped when they arriv
ed and that he was told it was
being driven by Mrs. Hawkins.
He said he could give no fur
ther particulars as an Investi
gation of The accident was
made by a Highway Patrolman
from Franklin County and hit
records were not available.
Speeders Face Banzet
In Recorder's Court
Warren County's Recorder's
Couijt had all the earmarks of
a traffic court last Friday
when 13 of the 17 before
Judge Julius Banset were con
cerned with violations of motor
vehicle laws.'
A prayer for judgment was
continued for two years in the
case of James Durham, Jr.,
charged with reckless driving,
upon condition that the de
fendant' violate no motor ve
hicle laws for two yeats, and
pay eeurt'costs.
PrtseOla Ellen Smith, charg
ed with speeding, was ordered
to pay court costs.
Sam Pttchford Cheek, Jr.,
speeding, was taxed with court
was found guilty on a speeding
charge.
Melvin Howard Walters ?M
taxed with court coats ear a
speeding count
A case against James Bul
lock, charged with reckless
driving, was nol prosed be
cause the defendant was out of
the state.
A case against Richard Ed
ward Reavts was nol
with leave. ReasH
with speeding.
Benjamin Cornelius