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Your Beat Advertising Medium \S: ? HHarrpft Epi [The Standard Printing Company I ?256 South Shelby Street ' Louisville, Ky. 1 Your Best Advertising Medium if VOLUMNE 6S Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON. t JNTY OF WARREN. N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17. 1961 NUMBER 46 FIRST CHECK ? A check for $100 is turnel over to Mrs. S. W. Walker, secretary for the Warren County 4-H development fund, by T. P. Hicks, chairman of the fund-raising drive in the Drewry community. The first of an antici-pated $1500 from 20 Warren communities, the money will be added to a state fund which will be used to further 4-H work in the state by the establishment of scholarships and awards for club members. Warren's quota of $1500, to be raised on a proportionate basis among the participating communities, is expected to be reach ed by the end of this month, according to Coun'y Chairman Paul Lancaster, shown above look ing on as the first check is presented. According to Mrs. Erich Hecht, vice-chairman of the county committee, all community chairmen ar_> reporting satisfactory progress toward their quotas. Board Okehs Well At Vaughan School Steps to remedy a critical water shortage at a large War ren County Negro elementary school were taken here Mon day night at the regular meet ing of the county Board of Education. The five-man board voted to sink more than $2100 into the drilling of 'a new well at the Vaughan Elementary School eleven miles east of here after School Superintendent J. Rog er Peeler reported that lack of water from the school's lone water supply?a deep well lo cated on the school grounds? was causing school children undue inconvenience. Currently the 6S0 students ? attending the school are sup plied with water from a well which should produce approxi mately 20 gallons of water per minute to fully meet the school's needs. "At present?we are getting only about two gallons of wat er per minute and we ace not rare how long that much will MLavailable," Peeler said ' i^tsmbers discussed the situa tion with Manley Martin, local Weil contractor before voting to hire a- contractor to drill a ???w well. TTpon Martin'a rec ommendation, a Wake County firm was given the contract be cause of the time limit. The cost of the' drilling, ex pected to be begun today, will be seven dollars per foot. f*8oard members said they were willing to spend funds suffic ient to have a 300-foot well drilled. The cost of a pump will be added to the drilling cost. Whether or not water is ob tained by drilling a new well is something of a hit-or-miss proposition, Martin told the board. However, indications were quite favorable that wat er would be found by the time the well reached the 300-foot depth. In other business transacted by the board, it was dvided that the Snow Hill building would be advertised for sale, along with the Liberia school building. Both building*?for merly used as Negro elemen tary schools?are now unoccu pied. The election of Joseph Wash ington as a teacher at North Warren High School was ap proved and the board voted to confirm the sale of an old truck to J. H. Gardner for $25 Bible Class Holds Ladies Night Members of the Allen Bible Class of the Warrenton Baptist Church held their-- annual Ladies Night at the John Graham High School cafeteria oh Wednesday night. Some 90 persons, including members of the class, and their wives and sweethearts were present to enjoy a barbecue supper prepared and served by Forsyth's of Henderson. The Rev. Troy J. Barrett was the guesj speaker. .*Gross Retail Sales Up] In Warren County Gross retail sales in War County for August, 1MB, ail increase of nearly fourth over such salwJQi I960, according to the ttearember issue of "The Re ntier official manazine - of Bio North Carolina Merchants ?ales in August of ihis r were $1,109,833, compar 1th $896,406, in 1961. This r "slightly tpore than HnKgr ?-u compares wfth a $9,801. Bted .an increase of til the state for same ? parted?from $446, t? $644,664,eM, * lesg. than 22 per cant. Thanksgiving Service To Be Held A union Thanksgiving ser vice will be held at Emmanuel Bpiscopat Church at Warren ion on Wednesday, November 2ft, at 7:30 p. m. . .The Rev. Troy J. Barrfett, pastor o{ the Methodist Church, will deliver the sermon, "Thanksgiving in Three Dimen sions,'^ and ministers of other churches will participate In the service. - ? Members at all churches are invited to attend the NOTE Due to the Thanksgiving holiday next Thursday, The [Warren Record next week will be printed on Wednesday of Thursday. For this reasoft the adtrt deadline will advanced' to Tuesday at noon, and correspondents at Norlina, Bidgeway and other sections of the county to have tbety. copy in by Tuesday morning of Wednesday morning. Early tending of ail copy i will be geaatly appreciated. ? f-ffifcgM " TliBI?liMm.iirii' ? iii11111111111 Officers Capture Two Men In Raid In Roanoke Twhp ABC and ATU officers and a Warren County Deputy Sheriff nabbed two men and destroyed a whiskey still in Roanoke Township on Satur day morning. Arrested at the still we;e Robert Anthony Shearin and Henry Otis Goysey, both white. Brought to Warren County jail, eaih posted a $500 bond for his appearance in Warren County Recorder's Court to day (Friday). Officers on the raid were ABC Officers Watkins and Mimms of Vance County, ATU officers Hart and Campbell, and Deputy Sheriff Loyd New som. Sheriff Jim Hundley said yesterday that the still, which had been under surveillance for some time,, had just start ed operation at the time of the raid and no whiskey was found. A third man at the still when - the officers approached made his escape. The officers destroyed a 6 foot upright still with a 360 gallons capacity and 2640 gal lons of mash. In addition tbey confiscated a 1958 Ford car i found at the still. I. Fanners Urged To Return Cards Although tobacco and peanut farmers are required by pro gram regulations to return their marketing cards to the local ASCS County Office at the close of the marketing sea son. W. S. Smiley, Chairman of the ASC County Committee, predicts that again this year many farmers w\ll neglect to return their marketing card and will have their 1962 allot ment reduced because of their neglect Last year, according to Smi ley, "several producers in the State had their 1961 allotment reduced for failure to return marketing cards and other vio lations. These few farmer*, compared with the 157,350 to bacco and peanut farmers in the State, represent a small percentage. However, failure to return these cards definitely hurts the farmers whose allot ments are reduced and it also slows up the work in the ASCS County Office eonslderabljt^ Smiley any* that regulations provide that the producer must return each tobacco or peanut marketing card issued for the. (arm to the county office wttfe-l In thirty days after Hi- . if the MMltiuIn in the general locality. Many farmers, be aaid, put off isturntag their tobacco Mid peanut "marketing cards,1 UrtH it la too late. - Jl "If all farmers return their < One Shot,One Cut In Filling Station Fight A cutting and shotting scrape in a Negro operated filling station at Norlina Saturday oight resulted in one man be ing shot in the stomach and another being severely cut. Henderson Townes, 34, was identified as the victim of the gunshot wound. After receiv ing emergency attention at Jubilee Hospital in Henderson rownes was taken to Duke Hospital in Durham for further treatment. Victim of the cutting was listed as Henry Henderson, whose wounds required some 23 stitches at Jubilee Hospital. Hendersc n was brought to the Warren County jail early Sunday morning, charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Tuesday morning he was re leased under $500 bond. Warren Deputy Sheriff and laile'r Herbert Rooker said yesterday that a preliminary hesaring was being delayed pending the outcome of Townes" injuries. He said that he un derstood that Townes was get ting along alright. The fight occurred at Mid way Service Station on High way 1 at Norlina. The station is operated by Henry Thomas. During the fight in which Townes was shot in the stom ach, Henderson was severely slashed around the right jaw and neck. Rooker said that he had been able to learn little about the' cause of the fight, as the men had been taken to Henderson before Warren County author! ties were notified. Young Pianist Wins Plaudits of Audience a uigmy apprwiauve anu enthusiastic audience listened in almost stunned silence on ruesday night as Tasker Polk presented a brilliant piano con cert of compositions by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Aaron Copland. The program was sponsored by the John Graham-Mariam Boyd P. T. A. to raise funds for the local schools and officials were very gratified by the turnout. Giving hometown music lov ers and visitors from several other counties a preview of the concert to be presented later this month in Washing ton, D. C., the young artist per formed in masterful style and delighted the audience with his unusual keyboard technique. Time after time Polk, of rather slight build, attacked the key board with real athletic vigor producing tremendous volume from the Steinway Concert Grand yet maintaining beauti ful tonal quality. In sharp con trast were many moments when his audience was held spellbound in tense anticipa tion of the next soft touch of melodious to n e expressing moods of ecstasy from souls of some of the world's greatest composers. "Polk, who is studying with Dr. Robert Carter, noted pian ist and teacher at East Caro lina College, recently gained National fame by winning the International Bach Festival competition and the opportun ity to be presented in a paid debut in the nation's Capital before music critics from all over the world. Other appearances by Polk are scheduled for Lambert on, Durham, and Raleigh in - the near future. He will also ap pear throughout the State as| piano soloist with the North, Carolina Symphony during the 1961-62 season. Busted Boiler Closes School At Littleton ' LITTLETON ? Alter losing two days this week due to a faulty boiler, students at Lit tleton High School have been assigned to various places in town in order to resume classes. The boiler developed a bad leak during the weekend apd It is undertermined Just whan students will be able to re sume school in the main build ing, according to Principal Cody Robinson. Work was be gun as soon as the leak was liscevered on Monday morn ing, but the students lost Mon iay and Tuesday of this week. The elementary grades have aeen assigned as follows: grades ane through three. Baptist Church; grades four through six, Methodist Church and grades seven and eight will have their classes at the Com munity Building. School buses ire transporting students to ind from school to these lo ?ations. High School classes are be ing divided between the gym nasium, the Home Ec building uH the Agriculture building, vu?h are heated with Mother Bag lunches with milk are Ming served with extra milk i vs liable for grades one ihrough eight High school studentes will iontinue to eat in the lunch All elementary grades will ?eturn to the school to leave it the customary hour of 3:21 ). m., exeept grades one and wo, which will leave from heir assigned places. Warrenton Lions . ? ^ Host Blind People The Wirrenton Lions Club was host to some 18 blihd per sons at its regular meeting at Hotel Warren on last Friday night A. A. Wood, chairman Of Lions Blind Committee, intro duced the guests and recogniz ed Mrs. Agnes Pernell, district blind case worker. She made a few remarks and led the blind in playing a few and singing ? few songs. The meeting was also featur ed by a talk on VarawCtty Re Istlons by W. H. Rentier, conn - airman of the FanfrCtty Relations Committee. Sts was presented by Nat was in charge a< - Bender spoke < tionsbip of fML__ rhe merchant needs the farm ies trade and the fanners need services provided by the The relationship be i and country should >e strengthened, he snicl, by buS ness is and by personal wntacts. Bender pointed out that the iroblem of city-farmer rela :ions is much simpler In n ?ounty such as Warnta than t it In the more urban county. \ community of interest t weeen cltiiens of small town* md farmats exists and only leeds to be strengthened. Be dty relationships are ideal In Warren County. % 'd over the meeting. Th? Rev. E. W. Baxter gave the ion. Lion Monroe Gardner led ha dub singing with Dona tfolNt Gardner at the piano. itty?' .'-V Date For Sub-Division Hearing To Be Dec. 4 A public hearing will be aeld by the County Commis-j doners in the Warren County | :ourthouse on Monday, Decem ber 4, at 11 a. m. to hear thoj iriews of the public on propos-j d sub-division regulations for Warren County. The meeting was called this week by the commissioners after the Warren County Plan ning Board had discussed pro posals covered by the sub division regulations with the commissioners and asked for a public hearing, and followed a meeting of commissioners from Warren, Halifax and Northampton Counties at Roa-' noke Rapids on Thursday night of last week. The commissioners met with J the planning boards of the; three counties and at that time Warren decided to call for a public hearing on December1 4 at 11 o'clock and Halifax decided to hold its public j hearing on the same day at 3 p. m. Northampton County did not j set a date for the public hear-j ing on the regulations which j concern the area around the proposed Gaston Lake to bo created upon the completion of the Virginia and Electric Power Company's Gaston Dam. Tri-County Planning Board members at the Roanoke Rapids meeting were urged "to speed up sub-division plan ning," by Marvin Newsom, board chairman. Around 18 men gathered to hear Robert D. Barbour, Direc tor of Community Planning of the N. C. Department of. Con servation and Development, ex plain some phases of the regu lations. Proper development of the 350 miles of shortline around the "soon to be formed by Gaston Lake" is the major ob jective of the Tri-County Board which in February voted to ap prove bearing the costs of $15,000 for planning and other | expenses. , Counties will pay this cost on a shoreline basis with War ren County paying 40 per cent for their 58 per cent of the North Carolina shoreline and the remaining 60 per cent by Halifax and Northampton. Hali fax has IP per cent and North I ampton 23 per cent of the | shoreline. A substantial amount of the1 lake's shoreline will be | in Brunswick and Mecklenburg j Counties in Virginia. These sub-division regulations I will pertain to the whole coun ! ty, though zoning laws can ' be made for the lake area alone. The brief meeting centered mostly around the need for reshaping government planned regulations to suit "iocal" needs. | Harvey Woodruff, sitting in i for Don Hall, member of the j Halifax Planning Board, told jthe group Roanoke Rapids stu | died a set of ordinances for , three months then called in j members of the Roanoke Rapids Real Estate Board. They found the regulations "shot through with problems for this area," stated Woodruff. "We are still working to re vise these regulations. Don't , get the idea, I'm against the j sub-division regulations, but | once these regulations are j adopted it won't be what some | one intended but what is writ j ten in these regulations that will govern problems." | Barbour answered, "the "l*" ,who worked out these regula | tions has had considerable ex perience with practical phases i of this, but I will agree ?*"if | local level planning is a must" Newsome added the Tri County Board had worked with health officers, commissioners, etc. and others helping to work lout these plans with most of L .?0l?' however being done by the N. C. Planning Commis sion. ... (See HEARING, page 18) Boy Freed In Fatal Shooting Of Father 4. 17-year-old Negro boy, held i 11 the fatal shooting of his j ather, has been released. Judge Julius Banzet ruled at ? i hearing in Warren County's' teeorder's Court last Friday hat John Earle Alston, Jr.,! hot in self defense in the I atal wounding of his father, | fohn Alston, Sr., on Wednes lay of last week. The verdict of the court was hat the defendant acted in relf-defense and the homicide vas justifiable; no probable eause of guilt of defendant, ind the defendant is discharg ed. The senior Alston was shot n the chest with a 22 calibre ifle at his home near Macon luring a family quarrel. The wife of the dead man vas quoted following the shoot ng as saying that her husband lad been drinking and quarrel ng around the home for sev eral days. In other cases heard by Fudge Banzet: John Edward Jones, failure ;o comply with restriction on icense, $25.00. He was found tot guilty on a charge of fail jre to grant right of way. James Lee Paschall appeal ed to Superior Court when he vas found guilty on a drunk Iriving charge, fined $100 and axed with the court costs. Ap >eal bond was set at $100. Morris James V a u g h a n, eharged with reckless driving, vas fined $100 and costs. Robert Edward Ransom, Sr., vas fined $5.00 and costs on a ipeeding count. William Russell G a i t h e r, eharged with speeding, was tax ed with the costs of court. Julius Madison Daniels was ined $10.00 and costs on a ipeeding count. Solomon Junious Kearney vas in court on charges of laving no operator's license, md driving on wrong side of oad. Prayer for judgement vas continued for two years on j ondition that defendant vio ate no motor vehicle laws of tate for two years and pay ourt costs. Jessie Pail Price was charg id with reckless driving, im >roper registration, and no in iurance. A 60 day road sen ence was suspended for two rears, pay $11.00 to Warren Jeneral Hospital and $6.00 to Jr. Cline for medical attention >rovided; and pay a $15.00 fine ind court costs. Arline Boyline Eakes was ined $25.00 and costs when le was found guilty of operat ng a motor vehicle without a iriver's license. Board Membera fo Attend Hearing The Board of Commissioners jf the Town of Warrenton will i>e present at a public hearing it the court house on Decem jer 4 when the adoption of sub livision regulations for War en County will be considered. This was decided at the regu ar meeting of the town board in Monday night, when Com nissioner Hugh Holt pointed jut the need for regulations :overing sub-divisions outside Iowa limits, during a discus Jon of the Gardner-Currin rub-division development. The owners of this proper ly, off the Golf Course Road, ire attempting to work out a jlan whereby water and sewage 'acilities of the town can be connected with the develop nent. The commissioners tabled iny action on this develop npat, but agreed that the 1m lortance of a county-wide sub livision plan to the town war ranted their appearance at the tearing on December 4. Hearing of reports and other -outine matters occupied the ittentlon of the commissioners luring a session that lasted or less than an hour. On? of the state's few surviving ferries will be retired at Baton's Ferry as the River when the new bridge, shown above undo,- construction, la completed ih the no*. Steel and concrete no* teach from shore to ihwe a few hundred yards west of fee sermal run and w? link Roanoke Township with the remainder of Warren County.