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ISpi,* Your Best Advertising Medium (Thr Harrptt Si? le Standard PrmUn-T Co pLs:vf""' ???* Your Best Advertising Medium >4 VOLUMNE 65 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON. COUNTY OF WARREN. N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1961 NUMBER 40 Education Day Observed Wednesday GOVERNOR SANFORD .... Shakes hand with Macon School student.3 Board Asks Highway 401 Terminus Change The Warren County Board of Commissioners have joined with Warrenton Commissioners in a request that U. S. High way 401 be terminated at the intersection of U. S. Highway 85 with Route 1 instead of with Route 1 at Norlina. , The comut.lssioners at their regular meeting here Monday passed a resolution asking for" the change in termination of Route 401 following the read ing of a request of the Town of Warrenton for such a reso lution. Reason for the request is that should 401 terminate at the 85-1 junction road signs at this point could be erected di recting traffic to Warrenton, which is not permitted under the present termination. The request was initiated ? with the town board by War renton warehousemen who pointed out to the town board that much tobacco from Vir ginia had been taken through error to Henderson and Oxford markets because there was no sign showing the route to Warrenton. The resolution, on motion of Commissioner Richard Davis, seconded by Commissioner A. J. Ellington, and duly carried, read as follows: Resolved by the Board of Com missioners of the County of Warren: "1. That the Board of Com missioners of the County of Warren recommend to the State Highway Commission that U. S. Highway No, 401 be ex tended" northwardly from Nor lina to an intersection point oh Interstate Highway No. 85, preferably at the point at which old U.S. Highway No. 1 presently intersects Interstate Highway No. 85. "2. That the State Highway Commission be requested to take such . action as may be necessary to have the northern terminus of U. S. Highway No. 401 located at said intersection point with Interstate Highway No. 85. "3. That the Federal Bureau Of Roads, or such Federal agen cy as may be in charge of the location of U. S. Highway No. ' 401 and the maintenance of Interstate Highway No. 85, be requested to extend U. S. Highway No. 401 northwardly to the access point on Inter ?tute Highway No. 85 referred to above. I pr <?4. That copies of this Reso-| , be sent to the Board of commissioners of the Town of | iton, the State Highway Honorable L. H. Fountain, Representative in Congress from the Second Con gressional District. Honorable Sam J. Irvin, Jr., and Honor able B. Everett Jordon, United States Senators from North Carolina ,and that all of them be requested to use their good offices to seek to bring about the results requested in the Resolution." The commissioners also pass ed a resolution approving re location of certain roads in the county designated by numbers on the State Highway map. These roads were concerned with changes necessitated by the Gaston Dam and reservoir. I Man Sent To Roads On Assault Charge Charlie Edwards was -sentenc ed to the roads for 90 days 1 in Recorder's Court - last Frl ' day when found guilty of inter fering with an officer in line I of duty and attempted assault. I He was also fined $10.00 and I costs and taxed with court ' costs when he was found guil ty of public drunkness. Both cases grew out of an altercation with Special War renton Police Officer Lewis Peoples early last Saturday morning during which the of ficer^ was struck on the side of the face with a soft drink bottle. Claudie Edwards, brother of Charlie, who was also bound over to Recorder's Court on a charge of attempted assault, after waiving a hearing in May or's Court last Saturday, is scheduled to be tried at to day's (Friday) session of Re corder's Court. Samuel Stone, charged with on assault with a deadly wea pon, was sentenced to the roads for six months. He gave notice of appeal to Superior Court and appearance was set at $100.00. A case against John Young. Jr., charged with an assault in flicting bodily barm, was sent to Superior Court under $250.00 bond. The state took a nol pros with leave . a case in which Young was charged with as sault with intent' to kill. Sam Smith, alias Andrew J. Dickerson, was in court charg-j ed with a deadly weapon. The judgment of the court was that the defendant pay' $25 00 to L. .R. Vaughan to reimburse him medical expenses as the result of bejng struck by de fendant and pay court costs. Prayer for judgement was continued in the case of L. R. Vaughan, charged with assault on a female, upon payment of court costs. . ?. James Russell was sentenced to the (pads for 30 days when he was found guilty of an as I sault on a lemale. The sen tence was suspended for two years provided tffe defendant pay court costs and remain of good behavior for two years. Willie Goins, charged with an assault, was found not guil ty. Also found not guilty were: Charlie Spruill, assault with a deadly weapon; Howard Rudd, non support; and Vicillis Har grove, larceny. Other cases before Judge Julius * Banzet involved viola tions of the motor vehicle laws. They included: | Roy Corney, speeding, $15.00 and costs. Robert Donald Moss, speed ing, $10.00 and costs. David Williams, reckless driv ing. $25.00 and costs. William Hargrove, reckless driving, 60-day road sentence suspended for two years pro vided defendant violate no motor vehilce laws for two years, pay a $50.00 "line and court costs. James Monroe Carroll, speed ing, and drunk driving, $150.00 and costs. Claude Jones Fleming, speed ing, court costs. Alton Ma'ndy Owens, speed ing,, $10.00 and costs. George Washington Bullock, drunk driving, $100 and costs. George Alvin Fleming, reck less driving, $10.00 and costs. Fun Day To Be Held At Norlina Fun is promised for both young and old at Norlina UKt Wednesday when Circus Amuse ment, Inc., will present "Fun Day" at the Norlina ball park. The show, sponsored by V. F. W. Post 4090, offers a sen sational Jungleland Safari, an elephant train, plus rides en real western ponies and free acta. X The time is from 3:80 until 9 p. m. ' x Bill Taylor and John Link hold bronze tablet presented to John Graham High School in memory of the late John Graham, for whom the school was named. Seated nearby are, left to right, Dr. Frank P. Graham, Governor Sanford and Dr. Robert B. House. (Staff Photos) Warren County Is Now Dnder State Blue Law The Board of County Com missioners took no action to remove Warren County from the counties covered by "Blue Laws" concerning the opera tion of certain type businesses on Sunday at their meeting here on Monday. The last Legislature passed a law forbidding the operation of certain types of businesses on Sunday, but provided that counties could be exempted if requested to do so by the Boards of County Commission ers. The law, which has the backing of the State Merchants Association, would prevent the sale of furniture and many other items of merchandise on Sunday. While, it was stat ed at the meeting, that the law did not cover the opera tion of service stations or the sale, for instance, of ready prepared food, it did forbid the sale of foods that must be , cooked, shoes and many other. items. | Numbers of counties of the | state have asked to be exempt- j ed from this law. Among these counties are neighboring Vance.1 When the matter was brought to the attention of the board late Monday afternoon, they t decided to take no action on the matter. The commissioners said they had received no re quest to exempt Warren from the law, and that they could see no reason to take any ac tion until they had been re quested to do so. | The law became effective on October 1. Now it is legal taj buy a loaf of bread on Sunday, but not * sack of flour. Mrs. Adams To Be Ordained Mrs. Mildred Adams will be ordained as a deaconess in the Baptist denomination on Wed nesday, October 11, at 7:30 p. | m. by the Warrenton Baptist Church. The Rev John Link, pastor | of the church, will preach the sermon and all ordained min-, isters, deacons and deaconesses will participate in the "laying on of hands." ? Gardner Chairman Board Of Deacons Monroe Gardner Was elected chairman of the Board of Dea cons of the Warrenton Baptist Church at a regular meeting on Sunday night. > Stephen Daniel was elected vice^hairman, end Clinton Neal was elected secretary. Other members of the board ara J E. Rooker, Jr.. Dr. S. H. Massey. Jr., T. R. Eraiier. W. A. Miles and Mrs Mildred Board Accepts Tax Books Audit The Board of County Com missioners Monday ordered that' the audit of the tax books by I Watts & Byrd, CPA's of Ral-1 eigh, for the 1960 tax levy be accepted. The audit showed that of the total tax levy of $358, 433.31 Tax Collector A. P. Rod well had received cash remit tances of $327,564.72; penalties $1,499.48 and releases $390,63, for a total tax collection credit of $329,454.83. This left a bal ance to be accounted for of $22,978.48 and uncollected taxes in the amount of $28.980.62? leaving an overage of $2.14. The commissioners voted to lease the Liberia School Prop erty on Route No. 43 to the State for a period of 51 years. Th State in turn is expected to lease, or grant the right of1 use, to the Forestry Service to Fire Tower and for other for est fire fighting purposes. No charge was made for the lease. The Liberia school was clos ed this year and the pupils taken to Vaughan, and the school property turned back to the county by the Board of Education. The State Highway Commis sion was requested to add to the county road system two roads. One of these was de scribed as that road in Shocco Township running from U. S. No. 401.casterly to B. L. Reav is' home and known as "Old Pinnell Road," a distance of about 0.3 of a mile. The other road was described as a road in Warrenton Township run ning by the Baptist Church at Warren Plains, a distance of ahout 0.4 of a mile. When bids wore opened for re-building steps at the couniy agriculture building and for renovating basement of the building, it was discovered that contractors had bid on differ ent specification, and the bid* were rejected. After discussion with ASC C h a* i r h a n T. E. Wat son, Chairman W. S. Smiley and members of the building committee, it was decided to have the two low est bidders refigure their bids on the outside steps to tho basement. The commissioners agreed that money would not be available for the complete |< renovation of the ASC base-* ment and steps during the cur-j rent fiscal year and that the steps should have priority,.' Since'this part of the project Is expected to cost leas than $1,000, the commissioners are Nit required to publish hide. It was decided to award th? bids when satisfactory terms, 041'jj* obtained. Julius Bancet, Warrenton at torney, appeared before the board late in the afternoon to call attention to an apparent error in the tax listing of John Tarwater, Warrei.ton business man. Banzet pointed out that among several parcels of prop erty revalued for Tarwater were a number of stores on Main Street and a garage and lot on Macon Street. After the valuation on both parcels of property and their listing, it pointed out that Tarwater had been charged with one store he does not own. This error was corrected on the card on file in the tax collector's of fice. But, Banzet pointed out, in stead of removing this charge from Tarwater's tax bill, the appraisers added it to the prop erty on Macon Street. This was butnue out by tax record files. The commissioners agreed that an error had been made, and that Tarwater is entitled to a tax refund. But they said, and Banzet consented, that they would like to question Ira Butler, the appraiser, as to why he .added some $2300 to the Macon property after he had taken it off Main street property before taking official action. It is likely that Tar water will be given the tax refund at the November meet ing of the board. The commissioners had a long day. but one without a great many items transacted. Due to the discussion about the agriculture business and about the error in Tarwater's tax listing, the board did not adjourn until around 5:30. Sanford, Graham And House Are Speakers The school yard is as vital t" the defense of America as < military yard, Governor Terry Sanford told an audience it the Nathaniel Macon School M;:con Wednesday mornina Governor Sanford was one1 of three speakers taking part m Education Day in the War ronton school district. The oth er speakers were Dr. Frank P. , Graham, mediator with the iH'ted Nations, and former' Chancellor Robert B. House of! the Lniverslty of North Care-1 una. Graham and House were speakers of an alumni meeting i of the old John Graham School when a bronze tablet was pre- ! sented to the new John! ? l"ham School in memory if1 the late John Graham and his i teachers. Sanford was on the, platform and spoke briefly ad dressing his remarks chiefly to ttje students. Sanford told his audience at Macon that he was happy to make his first educational talk to an audience made up pre j dominant !y 0f students. He told ( the students that there could | be no quality education with |out a will to work. The State ( he said, has provided the' Boy Arrested With Stolen Automobile A 16-year-old boy, arrested ; while driving a stolen auto [mobile at Norlina Wednesday , was taken from the Warren j County jail yesterday by a U. ? S. Marshall to face charges in (Federal Court. ' Daniel Milton Acton of Washmgton d. C? was arrest ed by Night Officer Dorscy j Capps around 2:30 Wednesday He was driving a 1 in ,o Chevrolet stolen around 10.30 on Tuesday night from Norfolk! Va C0D,Pany in j Capps said his suspicion was aroused when he noticed the car bore no license plate in , the rear. He said the car bore ; a stolen license plate on its lront. .Citizens Are Urged To Buy Calendars !rfi"ch'<?rr Jhe_John Graham r?igh Sc'hool District are urged hL o .y Bel,Ion. chairman of | the Rotary Calendar Commit tee,, to buy their birthday calendars as early as possible. Proceeds from the calendar inhn Wr!" ?be donated to the John Graham Foundation for Better Education, Inc. Benton said that ladies in all communities of the John Graham District are soliciting1 ! orders for the calendars this *ee* and 'hat ladies would be at both the Warrenton Drug Stores next week to sell the calendars. Used Clothing Sale Warrenton Woman's Golf Association will sponsor a used clothing sale at Traylor Appliances store on Main Street on October 6 and 7. funds, teachers and principals are renewing their efforts, but a desire to learn and a will insness to work on the part of the p>:pils are necessary if the program is to be a success. The cooperation of the par 1 n.s i > necessary if the school pro ft ram is to suceed, Sanford said He suggested that pupils be given ample home work and the parents see that this home work is done. Sanford said that the whole existence of mankind is being threatened and in the fight for the very survival of the nation the United States is de pendent upon the education of its citizens. The Governor told his audi ence that the hopes, and goals and the ambitions of us all tie | in with the school and its job of educating the citizenry. I There has long been quality I education in North Carolina, the Governor said. In this state | are located some of the best .schools and finest teachers in (the nation ,he added; and also some of the worst. The aver age is low, he continued, and | we can not be satisfied until quality education is brought to every section of the state and North Carolina becomes an educational leader in the nation. Speaking at the John Graham High School here following - the exercises at Macon, Dr. Graham termed Sanford a sec ond Aycock and said that his ? leadership for quality educa tion could put North Carolina in the forefront of the 50 states in education, when it is coupled with Federal Aid to education, which he predicted would come to pass within the next two years. Federal assistance to educa tion, Dr Graham said, is a natural process in the develop ment of democracy. Dr. Graham said that the death of U. N. Secretary Gen eral Dag Hammarskjold was a peat loss to the United Na tions and the world, but his death is also a challenge to ua all to carry on the work of the Lnited Nations. The world is faced with universal broth erhood or annihilation, Dr. Graham said, and in the Unlt Nations is still to 1>e fnnnH Ithe world's best hope. Chancellor House said that the old John Graham school I here was built upon the foun I dations of the old Warrenton | Academy and that the modern* I John Graham School Is an i agency for continuing the work laid down by the former . schools. I Devoting his talk largely to an eulogy of the late John Graham and his teachers. Dr. House traced the life of John Graham from a 16-year-old Confederate soldier, to an 18 year-old teacher and to the founder of the old John Graham School. Thorough, con scientious and able, the late -sag ???.? ?* . _ ??????? ... -m_ Norlina has a new garbage truck. The Packer truck, mounted on a Chev ?hasaiB, was ia said to be both fast