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Your Best Advertising Medium Qltir Uarrpn Em The Standard PrhUhW Company X 3258 South Shelby Street I-ovisviUe, Ky. Y our Best Advertising Medium VOLUMNE 65 Subscription l'rice $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WAHRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1961 NUMBER 45 Warren Defeats! Ten Bond Issues Warren County joined with the rest of the state on Tues day to (jcfeat all ten of the bond issues submitted. In a light vote. Warren vot ers made it known in no un certain terms that they were not in favor of the bond issues totaling $61.6 million, although the vote for mental institutions irJvl^d up a good vote in many cf ihe precincts. precincts. Only one of the 14 precincts of the county voted in favor of all the issues. Shocco gave all of the bonds a majority jrote. West Warrenton favored State Training School and Slate Mental Institutions, and East Varrenton voted in favor of | State Mental Institutions. Fork , favored State Training School, I State Educational Institutions, ! State Ports, State Mental Insti tutions, and State Agriculture : Capital Improvement. Sandy Creek voted in favor | of State Mental Institutions, i Hospital Capital Improvement, ' and State Agriculture Capital ! Improvement. All other prc | cincts, led by Roanoke with all ; 15 votes, voted against all the issues. Contract Awarded For Basement Steps A contract for the building ? of now steps and retaining wall on the west side of the j Agricultural Building was awarded to Greystone Products Company, Inc., at a cost of i ?1,000, by the Board of County; Commissioners on Monday afternoon. The bid of the Henderson firm was the lowest submitted and the award was made upon motion of Commissioner A. J. Ellington, seconded by Com missioner Robert Thorne. The awarding of the con tract came during a busy after noon session following a quiet morning meeting when little business was transacted. Rush of business in the afternoon kept the commissioners in ses sion until 5:00 o'clock. During the afternoon the commissioners heard a discus sion of the need for subdivi sion regulations by the War ren County Planning Board; discussed and awarded the contract for steps at the agri-l cultural building; discuss-1 ed with Highway Engineers Merle Adkins and Roger Dow tin, road plans for the county, and discussed a Negro recrea 'tion development in the south ern part of the county with the Rev. G. E. Cheek and Ne gro County Agent L. C. Cooper. Adkins told the commission ers that the allocation of some $7 million dollars from the government surplus fund to the Highway Department for rural roads would mean a little ad ditional road building in War ren County. He said that War ren's part of the allocation would be $68,610. Adkins said that Highway Commission plans to use this allocation in Warren County for the grading of three rural roads and the building of nec- j essary structure from the sur plus and balance during the 1961-62 year. Blacktopping of the roads would be done from the 1962-63 allocation. The roads to be graded, trained and stabilized from iurplus fund and balance would be: Extension of Warren Street it Warrenton, a distance of 2.0 miles; Club Pond Road, 3.5 miles; and Mikel road, 1.7 miles. In other matters before the Hoard .the commissioners pass ed the following orders: After due consideration of the matter of J. B. Stansbury's taxes, the following was order ?d to be put into the mit.u.es: viz: The Board could find no (See CONTRACT, page 10) Benton Receives R. Estate License Selby G. Benton, Warrenton business man, has been licens ed as a real estate broker and will maintain an office here for the sale and renting of property. Benton recently passed an ;xamination conducted by the Vorth Carolina Real Estate Licensing Board, according to Secretary Joseph F. Schweil ler. Benton said he would be ivailable to persons wishing to ocate property for sale cr ?ent, or to persons wishing to ;ell or rent property in this irea. Church Women To Hold Bazaar Women of Emmanuel Episco-| >al Church of Warrenton will! ponsor a baazar at the Parish louse on Wednesday, Novem icr 15, from 2:30 p. m. until 0 p. m. Dinnel will be serv d from 6 to 8. Mrs. J. E. Cheves is in harge of the sale of tickets. Bill Taylor Named Morehead Gan'idate William W. (Bill) Taylor, HI, a senior at John Graham High School of Warrenton, has been chosen Warren County's candidate for a Morehead Scholarship at the University of North Carolina. He Is the son of Mr. and irs. William W. Taylor, Jr., ef Warrenton. Taylor was selected from a field of five candidates, repre senting the three white high schools of the county, on Mon day night. Notice of his se lection was released Tuesday by Dixon Ward, chairman of the selection committee. The scholarship is worth $1250 each year the success ful candidate maintains' good grades and remains single, Ward said the selections are based on the same require ments used for selections of Rhoads scholarship. These are excellent in scholarship, ath letics, citizenship and person ality. Need is not a basis fori the selection. Nominees from the various] achools were Taylor andi ? jUchard Williams from John Graham; Paul Lancaster, Jr.,' and Arthur Holt King of Nor-1 Una; and Keywood Cheves of Littleton. Among the honors received by Taylor at the John Graham' BILL TAYLOR High School are Letter of Commendation from the Na tional Merit Scholarship Pro gram; president of Senior Class; participant in all sports; member of Varsity football team; assistant business man ager of Annual; chief marshall of Junior Class; participated in Math Program at Western Carolina College for gifte<J students. Principal Thomas J. Brown said yesterday that "Bill is an outstanding student; it is a pleasure working with him." \RCOLA COMMUNITY HOUSE ... In prize-winning community Areola Community Is A Winner In Area Contest The Areola Community De velopment Club was declared [he 1961 Warren County win ner in recent judging of the Farm Home and Community improvement Contest, which is sponsored by the Capital Area Development Association Other clubs throughout the :ounty participating in the con iest were Drewry, Epworth-En lerprise, Inez and Vaughan. Inez was judged second place winner and Epworth-Entcrprise third place in the county. Kay Fair Wins D. D. C. Prize; Others Ottered Miss Kay Fair, daughter of VIr. and Mrs. A. C. Fair of iVarrenton and a senior at lohn Graham High School here las been named state winner n an essay contest sponsored >y the N. C. Division of the Jnited Daughters of the Gon ederaey. Miss Fair, who was awarded i silver Jefferson Davis medal luring a program held at the ocal high school on Friday, ubmitted an essay entitled The True Story of Fort Sum er." Another essay contest is open o students in Warren County ligh schools in 1962, according o an announcement made yes erday by Calvin C. White and Irs. H. F. Twitty. Three awards, totaling $500 a scholarship money, will be warded the winning contest nts who write a historical es ay on the topic, "Jefferson iavis and His Confederate abinet." The contest is being ponsored jointly by the UDC nd the Sons of Confederate 'eterans. Complete information con erning the contest may be ob lined from high school prin ipals in Warenton, Norlina or ittleton. Judges for the contest were C. T. Dean, Franuiin County Agricultural Agent, Wilbur Smith, Franklin County Soil Conservationist and Mrs. Adams, a community leader in Franklin County. The Areola community will compete with other county winners in the seven county Capital Area Development As sociation Area judging will be done on November 13 and 14 with the winner to be announc ed at the annual Capital Area Association dinner in Raleigh on November 16. Mrs. George D. Hunter is chairman of the Areola club; Mrs. K. L. Harmon, \<ce-chair muu, Mr. " W. Davis, secretaiy King, reporter. Miss Ann Rack* distant he.ne economics a .nd B. Hardage, assist. agricul tural agent, have worked very closely with the Areola club 1 during the past year. ( Development Area Plans Are Discussed Plans for a 125-acre recrea tion area in the southern part of Warren County to be used primarily by Negro citizens of Warren and adjoining counties j are well underway. This was revealed on Mon day afternoon when the Rev. G. E. Cheek appeared before I the commissioners with Negro County Agent L. C. Cooper to discuss the development. Cheek presented a map show ing plans for the development of the area, containing a base ball diamond, an eight-acre lake, a chapel, and other buildings, and the possible development of a golf course, as well as serveral compsites. He said the camp was used last week by Scouts of the Occoneeche Council, and read a letter from the director of the camp in which he praised the fine camping site provided for the young boys. The recreation area is locat ed near the site of Jones Springs and a short distance off Highway 401 near the Franklin County line. Check said that he and his committee are working closely with the State Recreation Com mission and it is hoped that Federal funds may be obtain ed for the development of the site. It will be operated under the direction of an advisory board made up of a number of prominent men of the state. The land would be leased to the Warren County Memorial Area for a term of 99 years without charge by the Cheek and Davis families and would be a memorial to the contribu tions made by the Negroes of Warren County prior to 1865. Cheek said that the laying off and mapping of the area cost $880 and half of this amount had been paid, but that the second installment of $440 was now due. He express ed the hope that the commis sioners would be able to make a donation towards this install ment. The commissioners tabled the request until they could make a study of the legality of the donation and the amount of funds available for this pur pose. Banks To Be Closed The Citizens Bank of War renton and the Peoples Bank of Norlina will be closed on Saturday, November 11, in ob servance of Veterans' Day. Board To Set Date For Subdivision Hearing The time for a public hear ing on r, ibdivision regulations in Warren County was expect-' ed to be determined last night, when the Warren County j Board of Commissioners were j scheduled to meet with coin-, i missioners from Northampton land Halifax Counties at Roa-! noke Rapids. A decision to hold the meet-1 ing the first Monday in No- j vember was deferred until i after the joint meetings of the three boards by the Warren j County Commissioners at their regular meeting here Monday. | The time for the meeting will likely be set at a called meet- i ing when the commissioners 1 will study an application for a 1 bond issue fur Warren County t schools. Action on this was also deferred at Monday's meet- ? ing Members of the Warren , County Planning Board met with the commissioners on Monday afternoon, when Mar- j vin Newsom as chairman, point ed out to the commissioners some of the reasons for plan ned development of subdivi sions, and asked that the board call a public hearing. Newsom also asked that the commis ioners call a mass meeting so hat a public hearing may be icld on the various phases of he proposed regulations. Members of the Planning Joard present in addition to v'ewsom were Jack Harris, sec ?etary, and Frank Reams, Dr. iV. Burns Jones, Howard Stultz, ind Monroe Gardner. Also present by invitation of he Planning Board was Boh Butler, auctioneer and real ?state promoter, who has al -eady mapped a development lear the Gaston reservoir. But ler told the commissioners that be feels that subdivision reg ulations are essential for the proper development of the Gas ton reservoir. He said that such regulations would protect the buyer of lots as well as the persons promoting develop ments. One of the points brought out was the size of lots needed for the proper operation of septic tanks and wells. Lots should contain at least 20, 000 square feet of space where no municipal sewage plant is p:?sent. vvi.'ih of reads and streets, and their eo : cci'ich with other developac's was pointed out as another rcas n for siibdiv' en regulation-'. Butler !? id the commission ers that the adoption of sub division regulations would not only increase property values of Warren County as houses are built along the lake, but that they would greatly "in crease the value of real estate ta the area of the rese-voir. The sundivision regulations would be adopted pr'rouri ; to assist in 'he proper develop ment of the Gaston reservoir, hut would be affected in all scjtions of Warren County out side incorporated towns. The adootion of subdivision regulations have nothmg to do with any zjning plans Newsom tr.ld the commissioner; Boy Held For Fatal Shooting Of Father A 17-year-old Negro boy is | being held without bond in j Warren County jail for the | fatal shooting of his father j around 7 o'clock Wednesday! night. John Earle Alston, Jr., was arrested following the shooting of his father, John Earle Als ton, Sr., at his home on the Oakville road near Macon. Alston died at Warren Gen eral Hospital around midnight as the result of a bullet being fired from a .22 rifle into his body just below the heart. Sheriff Jim Hundley said Thursday morning that the boy alleges that he shot his father to protect his mother during a family quarrel. The wife of the dead man is quoted as saying that her hus band had been drinking and quarreling around the home for several days. Hundley said that the boy would probably be given a hearing today (Friday). Officers say that Alston's wife shot his eye out during i a quarrel a few years ago. Tasker Polk To Give Concert Here Tasker Polk, 20-year-old War renton artist ana son of Mr. and Mrs. James K. Polk, will be presented in piano concert at John Graham High School next Tuesday night, November 14, at eight o'clock. An overflow audience is ex pected to hear what is actually a full preview of Polk's paid debut recital to be performed in the John Wesley Powell Auditorium in Washington, D. C., later this month. The re cital will consist of works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and Aaron Copland. Sponsored by the Warrenton P. T. A. as its fund-raising event for the local schools, tickets are being sold by vari ous members of the association at $1.00 each and are also on sale at Boyce and Hunter Drug stores in Warrenton, Three witts Drug store in Littleton and Welker Drug store in Nor llna. In making this announce ment, W. R. Drake who Is chairman of both the P. T. A. Finance Committee and the John Graham Executive Com mittee, issued the following itatement: "It is with real pride that >ur school and community can joint to the accomplishments >f this fine young artist. He vas an outstanding student at fohn Graham High School and jxemplifies the merits of. hard vork and diligence as he now eflects credit upon his com nunity as well as himself. "Not only will it be an en TASKER POIJC joyable opportunity to hear him play, but an opportunity for us to show a real apprecia tion of his work and boost him further toward a great musical career." Polk has spent two summers studying at Chicago Musical College with Dr. Rudolph Ganz and is presently studying at East Carolina College in Greenville with Dr. Robert Carter, noted pianist and teacher. Among his accomplishments are: 1958 winner of solo Piano Competition and 1259-60 win ter of N. C. Division of Stu (See POLK, nage 10) IB Seal Sale Campaign To Start Monday The Warren County TB and Health Association will launch its annual drive on Monday when 2200 Seal Sales and Bonds letters will be mailed to Warren citizens and business establishments. Announcement of the open ing of the drive was made this week by W. L. Turner, Seal Sale Chairman. Turner pointed out in an nouncing the drive that TB strikes young and old alike, and that the Warren County TB and Health Association is striving to arrest and conquer this dreaded disease. This year, the chairman said, i total of 5,338 free chest K-rays were given during the 21-day X-ray survey in Warren County and at the four chest :linics. Twelve patients were (See TB, page 10) Service At Rldgeway Holy Communion will be celebrated at the Church of he Good Shepherd on Sunday ifternoon at 3 o'clock by the ?ector, the Rev. James Stoney. Philatheas To Meet The V. L. Pendleton Phl athea Class will meet on Tues lay night at eight o'clock in he home of Mrs. W. L. Wood. Bags Bock W. C. Martin of Warrenton >agged a 200 lb. buck while luntlng in Northampton Coun y on Saturday. Designated Warren County has been named by the Area Develop ment Administration of the Department of Commerce as one of 38 areas in North Carolina which has been de signated eligible for Federal assistance under area rede velopment program. Notice of the designation was wired The Warren Record Thursday afternoon by Congressman L. H. Foun ... -?gasH Unofficial Bond Issue Vote In Warren County c o ?a p ? 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