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Your Best Advertising Medium co; "3 Your Best IHanttt Sprurr"-? ~'n* fevS- **? ? J Medium )LUMNE 65 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON. COUNTY OF WARREN. N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1961 NUMBER 39 ?jit*-'. --mi. - --*?! ? E WARREN COUNTY FAIR Is Being Well Attended Good Weather Brings Crowds To Warren Fair By HOWARD JONES AH of the excitement, color and pageantry that surround a county fair are here this week as Warrenton plays host to the 25th annual- fair sponsor > ed by the Warrenton Lions Club. Clear skies and an appetite for the Carnival atmosphere have had huudreds of Warren citizens turning out at Hie ^ Warrenton Fairgrounds since t the autumn spectacle roUed into town on Monday morning. "It is one of the cleanest and best fairs we have ever had," Fair Manager C. M. Bul Jock of Warrenton said yester ! day. ? Nightly some six shows, 35 concessions and -_ dozens of rides crowd the midway, and Wednesday and Thursday chil dren in large numbers turned out for the "school days" fes tivities. "So far we have had good attendance and if the weather remains fair, we might well have the best crowds ever," HAZEL JEAN PKKKINSON Norlina Girl It FFA Queen '- Miss Hazel Jean Perkinson was chosen Chapter Sweetheart of the Norlina Chapter of Future Farmers of America for 1M1-62 in a recent election, | It was revealed here yesterday. Clint Hege, advisor for the Norlina Chapter, said that Miss Parkinson won a closely con tested race over a field that included Miss Gertrude Floyd, tfias Anne Awards and Miss Dlanoh .Cam* She succeeds the frast sweet? -V ft, Miss Judy Kern peon. Miss Perkins , the daughter of Mr. ?nd Mrs. Albert Perkin f son of Wise, is a member of ?5* the sophomore class of the Norlina school, a member of girls dnrsity basketball and a member of the club. Hege said that Misa Perkln wiR reign oyer all FFA this year aa part of duties. He added that the were chosen on the Bullock said. , Fair owner Milton N. Mc- J Nease of Chesneo, S. C., is another who is pleased by the county-wide turnout. "We are very pleased with both the reception given us i here and by the enthusiasm of the crowds," McNeace said. Children and adults alike are paying much attention to a crowded exhibit hall where the "cream of Warren's agri cultural crop" is on display. Food, handiwork, flowers and various other exhibits are dott ed with multi-colored ribbons, representing $2,000 in prem Outside a Ferris wheel tow ers above the fairground, while beneath ihe merry-go-round, octopus, train and many other j rides are almost constantly in ! operation until the fair closes down about midnight nightly. Skippy, a high-diving dog, | puts on a daily display of can I nine courage as he leaps from a tower to thrill the onlookers. Barkers compete with one another for attention from' in i front of a half-dozen tent shows. ! and a minstrel combines song, > jokes and dance for the scores ! (See FAIR, page 12) Man Charged With Rape Of Daughter A 31-year-old Warren Coun ty man has been bound oVer to the January term of Super ior Court following a hearing held here Friday during which his wife testified that he rap ed his 12-year-old daughter. Johnny W. Wychc, Negro ol near Manson, was ordered held in the Warren County jail here without privilege of bond after Judge Julius E. Banzet heard testimony offered by his wife and daughter during the hear ing. Wyche's wife told court of ficials that she walked eight miles to Warrenton from her rural farm home a mile east of Manson following the as sault on her daughter. She said that her daughter had told her previously of the attacks by her father, rat that she did not believe the child. TV French To Be Taught In Local Schools Television French is again being taught in three white elementary schools of the coun ty, Calvin White, school super visor, said yesterday. French is being taught by TV in the fifth, sixth and sev enth grades at Norlina, and grades five and six at John Graham High SchooL * The couue is also being giv en In the Littleton High School in grades six and seven with first year French being taught in the sixth grade. No TV French courses are being given at the Nathaniel Macon School at Macon. "We defcinitely feel," White said, "that foreign. language experiences in the elementary school will give a better back ground for success in the Language Arts.'' * Mr. W. C. Burroughs return ed to his home In Alton on Tuesday 4MF,Undergoing' a Par ISSgSMPfTS vr.r. > - A .' ? The woman testified that on the night of September 12, Johnny Wyche entered the girl's bedroom and told her he | was going to take her to see a doctor. The girl testified that she told her father before that she had a headache. The girl's mother, suspicious of the father's actions, follow ed them when they left the house and saw that the father was not taking the girl in the direction -of the doctor's of fice. Instead, the woman testified, the father took the girl Into a deserted wooded area. Three days later the mother walked to Warrenton to swear out a warrant for Wyche's arrest. Banzet ordered the defend ant held for trial at the next criminal term of Superior Court after finding probable cause of rape against the 31 year-old father of three. New Business To Open Here On Monday Morning A new business will open in Warrenton next Monday. Gowen-and Atwill Gas Serv ice, with main offices in Roa noke Rapids, will open a store in the old Boyd-Boyce Motor Company building, corner of Front and Market Streets, where they will sell gas appli ances and from where they will service gas appliances as well "as receive orders for their products. F. M. (Junie) Drake, Jr., will manage the local office. The company, with the first LP gas store in Warren Coun ty, will serve Warren and sur rounding areas with bulk and cylinder gas for every gas need, according to company officials. LP (propane) gas is a man ufactured non-poisonous liquid gas used fop fuel in home heating, cooking, tobacco cur ing, crop drying, taactor fuel and numerous other uses. In addition to distributing LP gas in this area, the local firm will display and sell gas (See BUSINESS, page 12) High Price Boyd Smith, a tenant on the Charles A. Tucker farms, sold 220 pounds of tobacco on the Warrenton Tobacco Market yesterday for a price of 76c a pound. Smith sold his entire .offer ing of 824 pounds for an av erage of 74.54 cents a pound. Officer Assaulted; Man Is Jailed i A Negro man who assaulted i a Warrenton police officer I here early last Saturday morn |ing is in Warren County jail' awaiting trial in Warren Coun ty Recorder's Court Friday morning. Charlie Edwards waived a hearing before Mayor W. A. Miles Saturday morning and was bound over to court un der $1000 bond, which he was unable to give. His brother, Claude Ed wards, charged with an at tempted assault on an officer, also waived a hearing and was placed under $1,000 ap pearance bond, which be gave. The assault, which began when Sepcial Officer Lewis Peoples attempted to arrest Charlie Edwarda on a public drunknees charge around 8:00 o'clock Saturday morning, in volved Mayor Milan, Chief of Police R. D. Chewning and two Warren County deputies t the two'km* were finally pJac ea in me warren county jail. According to Peoples, who was hospitalized following the attack, he spotted a man gett ing a drink from a soft drink j dispenser at Dan Limer's place. Curious about anyone being on the street at that hour, the of-j ficer kept the man under ob servation. . - | When Peoples drove his car across the street from where Charlie Edwards was standing in front of the FCX store on Macon Street, he said that Ed wards cursed him and wanted to know what he was doing following him. Seeing that the man wast drunk, Peoples said he want across the street and informed Edwards that he was under ar rest. As he did so, Edwards struck Mm serosa the face un-j der the eye with a soft drink bottle and attempted to choke htm. ; As Peoples was .trying to drag Edwards to the nearby }aii, he broke sway and nut towards his home immediately back of Richard (Red) Harris' garage, a short distance away. Peoples overtook Edwards as he neared his porch, calling for his brother, who lives with him, for help. As Peoples struggled to place handcuffs ?on Charlie Edwards, Claude Edwards appeared on the porch of the homer carrying a stick. Fearing the combined attack of the two men, Peoples sprang back, drew his pistol and fired a shot into a sill of the Edwards home as the men fled indoors. Peoples then came up town and summoned Police Chief Chtwning from his home in Vaughan and called Mayer W A. Miles for a warrant to en ter the Edwards home. Upon the arrival of Chewn ing and Mayor Miles, Peoples went to Warren General Hos tel where bo waa treated not to ha of a Peoples' eyeglasses were also broken In the scuffle. Chief Chewning called upon Deputy Sheriff Herbert Rooker for assistance, and Rooker summoned Deputy Bonnie Stev enson. The three officers went to the Edwards home and call ed for the men to come out, but there was no response from the house. A threat to use tear gas, after some delay, brought the men out of the home, where they were arrested sad taken to the Warren County' JifL . Red Cross Seeks Funds For Relief The National Red Crosa has issued an appeal for funds for the relief of victims of Hurri cane Carl a in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma. Local funds may be mailed to A. C. Fair, Red Cross dis aster chairman for Warren County, at Warrenton. Zone Meeting Lions Club Held At Warrenton Lions Club officers of Zone 7 met at Warrenton on last Friday night for a zone meet ing following the regular meet ing of the Warrenton Lions Club at" Hotel Warren. Lion E. J. Pierce of Youngs ville. zone chairman, presided over the zone meeting, which was attended by District Gover nor A. D. Pierce of Goldston, and the presidents and secre taries of the clubs in zone 7, The districct governor and the zone chairman discussed activities for the coming year, the White Cane drive and goals and activities for each club. Present at the zone meeting, in addition to the District Gov ernor and the zone meeting, were James T. Moss of Youngs ville. International Counsellor and immediate past District Governor, and the following club presidents and secretaries: Franklinton?President Kate L. Thomas and Secretary James W. Hamra; Littleton?President Eugene R. Stallings and Secre tary I. D. Moon; Youngsville? President George D. - Wiggins and Secretary Robert E. Cheat ham; Warrenton ? President Duke Jones and Secretary Clyde V. Whitford. John Ed Davis of the Shelby Lions Club was the guest speaker at the regular meeting of the Lions Club, which pre ceeded the zone meeting and which was attended by all Lions here for the zone meet ing. Lion Davis. State White Cane Director, spoke on Blind Work in the state and the White Cane drive which furn ishes much of the funds for work among the blind. He told the Lions that the goal for the White Cane drive this year is $100,000, and that all blind work carried on by the Lions in the state would be combin ed instead of having separate efforts for glaucoma, the eye banks, and visual aid clinics. Davis pointed out that North Carolina is the leading state in the nation in work among the blind by members of its Lions Clubs, and was one of the first states in which the Lions start ed a blind program. The state also has the largest library for the blind in the nation and the neighboring state of South Carolina frequently uses this library, he said. The speaker pointed out that the State Blind Commission is a state organization and that the State Blind Association i3 made up of Lions Clubs. There is a close cooperation in visual aids between the two organi zations, he said. Praising the Warrenton Lions (See MEETING, page 12) GOVERNOR SANFORD FRANK GRAHAM John Graham FFA Chapter Is Winner At Fair The John Graham FFA Chapter was first place winner in its local fair entry in Vo cational Agriculture Division. The exhibit was entitled, "A Modern Dairy Farm," and was composed of a lay-out of a dairy farm. The farm consisted of a farm house, barn, equipment shed, cattle lounge, silo, milking room, milk room for storage, pastures and pond. It was en closed in a white fence. All buildings, fences and the pond were built by the Senior Vo cational Agriculture members. The buildings were painted white with green tops and were set off by white fences and green pastures. ? Wilson Bol ton, reporter Plans Completed For Education Day Sanford, Graham And House To Be Speakers School children, patrons, and officials will celebrate and "old grads" will com memorate on next Wednesday when all get together in what has been designated as "Education Day" for John Graham Mariam Boyd and Nathaniel Macon Schools. , Governor Terry Sanford will kick-off his previously ? announced plans to tour every County of the State in the interest of "Quality Education" when he delivers I a major address during exercises at Nathaniel Macon I School at Macon which begins at 10:00 a. m. Registration A registration desk will be open in the lobby of John Graham High School for alum ni of Warrenton High School (1898-19131. All alumni are asked to register and receive their luncheon tickets. Tickets Tickets for the barbecue and Brunswick stew luncheon hon oring the Governor and school alumni are going fast, W. R. Drake said yesterday. A limit ed number are still available | and are being sold by various i Education Day supporters, j Scott Gardner is chairman of j the ticket committee. Alumni of the Warrenton, High School (1898-1918) who j have not made voluntary pur-1 chases will receive complimen tary tickets upon registration. Searchers Find Bodies Of Three Young Girls ^ bones "'ere found early Sund? ^ 18 hours ,n Sunday some began a" ful scal^eLr*6? eove ?f ,he Joh? HeaKerrm ' ervoir. Kerr res - allP kS ?f the young girls ?a|l members of a w,? county family?were ^ en . ^d in 1*5 f?of wer* discover-1 ima ely 30 v "atCr a?ro* shore of toe War fr?m ,he' recreation area whe7enthe?Unt.y 1 were last seen alive g'rlsj sters was rClhaUnchedheafte?rUn a"1 srr?srztss&srl Sed'rher ^ orhoc girt^'tef o0nethef gowned children of John i e ,en Holloway. of ?^4?| utes after the girls left shore and one of the girls was ?m! to swim back. bIe The parents notified the Vance rescue ?mno/i . squad upon learning of thp . SHS^S Va.. unit, aJS,"^ of Engineers boat, the sqiied conducted a spar^i, ^ ????. ??S a ?""" <??? ?d SSI The bodies of the ?i.i identified as Dori? d if? 13. Stella h?, ^' nine-year-old h^Ldiby?Ves^r^?r'PPUn? after 8 ? m after the search tnomlng "'C search was renewed. , Cooperation between tw Vance, and Warren i? sheriffs deoartri-JT ?nnty resulted in the ^bodies, which^T^ to .Wyito, funeral ho?e '^ccorniTicv fa - ....icuion xunen According to Capt. ?au.dr^L<rf ,be resets ?null boat usedte ? ?** 222 K> re triers it The Governor will be welcomed to Warren Coun ty by an official greeting party on the grounds of Mariam Boyd School where the pupils of that school will also be on hand to welcome him. He will be accompanied by Dr. Ray mond Stone, Chairman of the State Citizens Commit tee For Better Schools, and possibly by Hugh Can non, the Governor's Ad ministrative Assistant. but he sure dirn't knows beans about frywheels." A motorcade will proceed from this point to Macon where official exercises will be gin with students of the re cently established Nathaniel Macon School forming the nu cleus of attendance. An over flow crowd is expected at Macon where Governor San ford will be introduced by County Schools Superintendent J. R. Peeler, and W. R. Drake, chairman of the local school executive committee, will be master of ceremonies. At 11:30 a. m. alumni of Warrcnton High School (1898 1918) will commemorate their Alma Mater in honor of its founder, John Graham, and its teachers. Featured speaker for this occasion will be Dr. Frank P. Graham, United Nations Medator, former U. S. Senator, and former President of U. N. C. Dr. Graham, an alumnus of the school, will discuss "John Graham The Educator", and is also expected to touch on activ ities of the United Nations Or ganization. Dr. Robert B. House, also an alumnus of Warrenton High School and former Chancelor of U. N. C., will present a solid bronze tablet commemo rating the school and bearing the names of its founder and ' teachers. This will be accepted by a school official and per manently placed in the lobby of the institution. Responding to this gift will be Miss Mariam Boyd, who is one of the honorees and for many years also taught in the pres ent public school. Funds for the purchase of the tablet and for a John Graham Memorial Shelf to be established in the Warren County Memorial Library were contributed by alumni of the former school headed by Dr. Verne S. Caviness, Raleigh physician. The day's activities will be concluded with a luncheon at the Warrenton Country Club when barbecued pork, barbe cued chicken and Brunswick stew will be served by For (See DAY, page 12)