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VOLUMNE 65 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN. N. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1961 NUMBER 50
Leaf, Cotton
Controls Gets
Farmers' OK
Warren County farmers vot
ed overwhelmingly on Tuesday
for tobacco and cotton quotas,
tor Tobacco Associates, Inc., as
sessment program, and to con
tinue the peanut assessment
? program.
The vote for cotton quotas
was 1248 for and 37 aga ?.st.
The tobacco quota vote was
1241 for and 37 against.
Eleven hundred and ninety
seven voting farmers express
ed their desire to continue To
bacco Associates. Inc., assess
ment plan for promotion of
the crop, while only 64 farm
ers opposed the plan. The
Peanut Assessment program
was favored by 27 growers and
opposed by three.
T. E. Watson, local ASC of
fice manager, said that the
turnout was good considering
the extremely bad weather. It
was 300 votes greater, he said,
than the referendum of 1958?
when it snowed.
The vote in Warpn County I
was part of the vote in the j
state and nation when growers
said they favored the continua
tion of quotas on tobacco and
cotton and Jobacco and peanut
growers voted to continue as
sessments for promotion of
these crops.
Tar Heel farmers who went
to the polls in 72 counties vot
ed 121,371 to 2,055 to con-J
tinue the tobacco marketing
program for another three
years.
The Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service,
which sponsored the referendum
said 99.3 per cent of the North
Carolina farmers voting favor
ed the program.
The turnout in the State was
about 9,000 less than in 1958
when farmers went to bat for
the program by a 96 per cent
majority. A driving, all-day
rain cut into the total Tuesday.
Tar Heel cotton farmers vot
ed 57,367 to 1,057 or 98 2 per
cent In support of continuing
the marketing program for
another year.
-Both the tobacco and cotton
balloting were conducted on an
interstate basis. A two-tbirds
majority of those voting was
required to carry the issue.
Tobacco and peanut farmers
in North Carolina also voted in
favor of continuing self-help
assessment programs to pro
mote their products.
Tar Heel tobacco growers
voted 114,257 to 5,314 in favor
of their assessment to Tobacco
Associates, Inc. Last year, the
assessment amounted to 50
cents an acre.
Peanut farmers voted 17,248
to 386 to assess themselves two
cents a hundredweight to pro
mote their product through the
North Carolina Peanut Growers
Association.
Teacher Added
At Littleton
LITTLETON ? An increase
in enrollment and attendance
covering the first 60 days at
Littleton High School has re
sulted in the employment of
another teacher, Cody L. Rob-;
inson, principal, announced yes
terday.
Mrs. Wallace E. Brown of
Vanghan began teaching at the
Littleton school on Thursday.
GREET SANTA ? Hundreds of men, women and children gathered on Warrenton's Main
Street Friday night to give Santa Claus a rousing welcome on his annual pre-Christmas trip
here. St. Nick entered town riding on the Warrenton fire truck and stopped off at his head
quarters on the Court House square to pass out candy and hear wishes from children. The
jolly visitor is pictured a&ove waving to crowds before entering his headquarters (Staff Photo)
Santa Has A
Busy Schedule
Of Many Visits
Santa Claus who turned his
toy-making operations over to
Mrs. Santa Claus in order that
he might spend more hours in
his headquarters on the court
house square at Warrenton, has
discovered that he must get
around quite a bit in order to
see more boys and girls.
All this traveling Imposes n
busy schedule on eld Santa,
but he was quite cheerful yes
terday when he dropped in the
office, much elated over invi
tations to appear in other com
munities of the county. "It
keeps me busy," he said, "but
it is ray greatest pleasure."
The purpose of Santa's visit
to the "newspaper office was to
give the editor a schedule of
his appearances over the coun
ty in order that more children
might have an opportunity to
visit him. His schedule from
this_ afternoon until Christmas
Eve night is as follows:
Santa will be at his head
quarters here from 4 to 6:30
] tonight, and on Saturday night
I his hours will be from 4 to 7.
Sunday, December 17, Santa
! will be at the Wesley Memorial
Methodist Church here at 4 o.
| m.; at Macon Baptist Church
at 5:30 p. m.; and at Zion
Methodist Church at 8 p. m.
On Monday, December 18,
Santa will be at his headquar
ters here from 4 to 6:30 p. m.
On Tuesday, December 19,
Santa will be at his read
Postoffice from 3 to 5 p. m.;
and will be at his headquarters
here from 6:30 to 7 p. m.
Santa will be at his hear
quarters here from 4 to 7 p.
m. on Wednesday, December
20, and will be at the Warren
ton Presbyterian Church at
8:15 p. m.
On December 21, Santa will
be at his local headquarters
from 4 to 7 p. m., but that
night will be at Jerusalem
(See SANTA, page ?)
Nativity Scene To Be
Staged At Norlina
Forty Norlina church mem
bers will participate in the
staging of a live nativity scene
at Norlina during four nights
next week.
Members of the Norlina Bap
tist Church and the Norlina,
Zion and Jerusalem Methodist
Churches will take part in the
scene which will be located
near Hyco Street from Decem
ber 20 through December 24.
Using funds provided by the
Norlina Merchants Association,
the churches serving the town
of Norlina will present the na
tivity scene nightly from 7:00
until 0:00 o'clock.
Christmas anthems and carols
will be sung by church mem
bers as the scene is presented
Prizes To Be Given
For Decorations
Some $40 in cash prizes will
go to Norlina residents with
Christmas decorating ingenuity.
According to an announce
ment made by the Norlina Mer
chants Association, cash prizes
will be awarded the town's
residents who display the best
outside Christmas decorations.
Out-of-town judges will in
spect the exterior decorations
on Wednesday night, Decem
ber 20, according to the an
nouncement
Decoration Contest
The Town N' Country Gar
den Club will sponsor its An
nual Christmas Decoration Con
test for the residents of the
Warrenton Community. A prize
will be given for the best in
door decoration as seen from
the outside, and a prize will
be given for the best outdoor
decoration.
Judges will inspect the dec
orations on Saturday night,
December 23, 1961 between the
hours of 7 p. m. and 10 p. m.
adjacent to the SAL depot.
The four-night presentation
will be highlighted by a com
munity vesper service on Sun
day night, December 24. Dur
ing this service, pastors of the
participating churches will lead
in the singing of carols, scrip
ture reading, prayer and spec
ial music.
Serving as co-chairmen of
the presentation are the Rev.
C. W. Wooten, pastor of the
Norlina Methodist Church, and
the Rev. Billy Fallaw, pastor
of the Norlina Baptist Church.
The idea was originated by the
Rev. John Andrews, former
pastor of the Zion and Jeru
salem Churches, now served by
the Rev. B. F. Funderburk.
Santa To Visit
Norlina Postoffice
Pre-school age children and
first and second grade children
of the Norlina area are expect
ed to gather at the Norlina
Postoffice on Tuesday, Decem
ber 19, from 3 until 5 o'clock
to chat with Santa Claus.
Letters have been mailed
from the Norlina Postoffice by
Santa Claus, who has answered
the letters for the past five
years, telling the children that
he will be present to answr
their questions in person.
Santa asks that any little
children who have not receiv
ed their letters, to come to the
Postoffice to see Santa just the
same.
Young People
To Sing Carols
Students home from college
and boys and girls in junior
and senior high school will
gather at the Baptist Church
Sunday, December 24, at 5:30
o'clock to go caroling over the
community. The group will
come back to' the Methodist
Church for refreshments, after
they go caroling.
All students home for the
holidays and those in junior
and senior high are invited to
come and help carol, according
to the four ministers partici
pating, the Ec John Link, the
Rev. James S'-ney, the' Rev:
rroy Barrett, and the Rev. Levi
Humphreys.
Called Meeting
A called meeting of th<
Wise-Paschall Home Demon
it ration Club will be held or
Monday night, December 18
it the Wise school at 7:30
rhis meeting is to try to in
trease the membership of th?
dub and all members and nen
nembers are urged to attend
few officers will also be elect
id at this time.
To Sponsor Dance
The Wise-Paschall Home!
>emonstration Club will spon-,
ST*dance at the Wise School
? Saturday night from 7:30,
o 11:00. Adndaaion will be 23c,
ad girls will be admitted free.!
Funds Allocated For
Gaston Lake Planning
Allocation of funds in the
?mount of $11,300 to help fi
nance the planning and devel:
opment of Gaston Lake in '
Warren, Halifax and Northamp
ton Countiea wax announced'
this week by Marvin Newsom, i
chairman of the Warren Coun
ty Planning Board.
The allocation was part of a'
$97,790 grant made by the|
Federal Government to the
North Carolina Department of
Conservation and Development,
.for development of towns and
iauntles In the state.
The grant, together with
from the three counties,
Inake available $18,850 for
financing the mapping, plan
ning and development of the
,fgfce area, Newaosn said,
t "And we need every penny
I
of it," Newsom said.
In addition to the $3300 re
ceived by Halifax, the $3300
received by Northampton, and
the $4,000 received by Warren
County, the Town of Littleton
also received a grant of $700.
The lake is expected to reach
within two miles of Littleton's
town limits.
The federal money will be
admistered by the State De
partment of Conservation and
Development. Bob Barbour, ad-.l
ministratop of C&D'g Common- !i
ity Planning Division, said the i
planning project will be launch- ?
ed Immediately. Happing, stu- i
dies of land use, preparation
of a capital improvements pro- <
gram and a business district'
study of the Town of Little- :
ton will be included in the \
planning project
The federal money was ap
proved under the urban plan
ning assistance program author
ized by the Housing Act of
1094.
Planning activities are sched
uled to be completed in two
rears. The results will be pre
lented in the form of reports,
naps, plans, charts and other
graphic material.
liie project is designed to
nelp insure the orderly growth
ind development of Littleton
ind the Gaston shoreline area
vhich is expected to become a
najor recreation attraction.
Federal funds to help finance
he cost of the planning pro
gram were applied for several
m.jan- Lm T ItolotAM A
Bontui ifo oy utueton bm
ha three counties.
Commissioners Discuss
Sewage Disposal Plant
Plans for the building of a
sewage disposal plant at War
renton were discussed by the
Board of Town Commissioners
at its regular meeting here on
Monday night.
It was estimated by the
commissioners that the cost of
such a plant would be around
$150,000 with one-third of this
cost being borne by the Fed
eral government, and that the
town would be required to
complete the project within
the next four or five years.
The grace period, however,
docs not mean that the com
missioners may wait tour or
five years before starting to
work on the project, according
to Harold R. Skillman, super-:
intendent of the Warrenton
Water Company, who attend-,
ed a meeting of the Stream j
Sanitary Commi'lion in Rocky;
Mount on November 9, and re
ported action taken at that
meeting to the commissioners 1
Monday night.
Skillman said that the pur-;
pose of the meeting at Rocky j
Mount was to make plans for
the cleaning up of the Tar-r
ramlieo River Basin, and that
notices that Warrenton's sew
age is polluting Fishing Creek,1
a tributary of the Tar, would |
probably be received by the '
town within the next 30 days. ;
Skillman said that the dump-]
ing of raw sewage into Fishing ;
Crock and into PoSsamaquaddy j
Creek, which flows into Fish
ing Ci eck, had been noted by j
the Sanitary Commission. This i
had resulted in some pollution
of the water as far down the
crock as Enfield The condi
tion at Enfield is no so bad as
to prevent the use of water by
Enfield, buit it makes the
water objectionable ,he said.
There is little doubt that
Warrenton and other towns
dumping raw sewage into the
streams of tho Tar-Pamlico
Basin will have to end this
practice within the next few
years, Skiilman told the "Com
missioners. He said that he
gathered from discussions at
the Rocky Mount meeting that
four or five years would be the
maximum time permitted to
end this practice.
Fo Replace Burned Building
Board Of Education To
Buy Mobile Classrooms
Holiday
Warren County schools
will close for the Christmas
holidays on Wednesday, De
cember 20, at the close of
the school day, it was learn
ed yesterday at the office of
Supt. of Schools.
Supt. Roger Peeler said
that the schools would re
open on Tuesday, January
2, at the regular school
opening hour.
Error Made In List
Of Club Winners
In making the awards at the
Home Demonstration Club
Achievement Day program on
Tuesday night of last week an
error was made in prizes given
for the score card on excel
lence, Miss Emily Ballinger,
home economics agent, said
yesterday.
The Kinship Club tied
Churchill for first place; Afton
won second place; and Embro
third place.
The Warren County Board
of Education will purchase two
mobile school units to house
students left without class
rooms because of the destruc
tion of the Ellington Negro
school by fire early Monday
morning.
The Board members instruct
ed Supt. Roger Peeler to enter
into negotiation for the pur
| chase of the two units at a
I meeting held here Monday
I night. The units are expected
| to cost around $5,000 each
| and will be placed at the
I e irl Co
Northside Elementary School.
The Ellington students are
being temporarily taken care of
at Northside and North War
ren schools, with one of the
two teachers being assigned to
each of the two schools. Supt.
Roger Peeler said that this was
only a temporary arrangement, j
The two-room Ellington
school was completely destroy
ed by fire originating around
a flue in the ceiling around i
8 o'clock Monday morning.
About half of the students were
at the school at the time the
flames were discovered. They1
filed from the building un
harmed.
The building and equipment
and many texbooks were de
stroyed in the fire, Peeler said.
He said that the building was
insured for $1800 and the
equipment for S100. The text
hooks were fully insured by
!he slate and will be replaced
in the school without cost to
.he county.
The Ellington school was one
af the eleven small Negro
schools in the county to be
consolidated in the event that
a bond issue to be submitted
early next year is approved by
the voters.
Mobile school units, fashion
ed like large trailers, have
been recently placed in sev
eral counties of the state, in
cluding Vance and Wake Coun
ties, to take care of temporary
overcrowding in some schools,
l'hcy are air-conditioned and
will house a teacher and some
25 pupils. Since they contain
no toilet facilities they are
located on the grounds of
schools having such facilities.
The units, according to a
recent article in The News
(See BOARD, page 12)
However, Skillman said, the
towns affected would have to
show progress reports during
the intervening years.
reports, he said, would include
the hiring of an engineer, the
1 obtaining of a site, and the
accumulation of funds for the
I construction of a sewage dls
j posal plant. He said that, in his
opinion, towns showing good
I faith and reasonable effort
I might be permitted to operate
without such a plant for "
I long as four or five years, but
I there is practically no doubt
I that the policy of dumping raw
I sewage into streams of the
state would be soon ended.
Water at the intake pipe on
Fishing Creek, is very good,
Skillman said, with a classlfi
, cation of A-2, but below the
.outfall of the sewage line the
I classification drops down to
c, which means that it lfli net
I suitable for fishing or bathing,
i although it will support fish
I life As the water flows down
'the creek the bacteria count
drop? and the count 7*
enough at Enfield for the water
to be used for human con
sumption, but citizens find It
objectionable because of War
renton's action, Skillman said.
The commissioners, after
| hearing Skillman's r e p o r t,
? agreed that preparation should
be made at once for the build
ing of a sewage plant at War
renton. They agreed that an
I engineer should be consulted
following the Christmas holi
days, and that plans should be
(See DISCUSS, page 12)
Man Dies From
Injuries Received
In Recent Wreck
An 18-year-old Littleton Ne
rro has died in a Roanoke
Rapids hospital, bringing to
three the number of persons
who have died as the result ot
a train-ear collison In Littleton
on November 28.
Donald Williams, the driver
of the automobile which was
smashed by a train on th?
outskirts of the Warren-Halifax
community, died Wednesday
after never having regained
consciousness.
Halifax County Coroner Rw
f?s Britton said the youth died
of head and internal Injuries.
TVo other Negro youths,
Lewis Settler and MacArthur
Millis were killed Instantly
when the train struck the the
car in which the trio was rid
ing. . 4.v ? Jl
Littleton police reported that
the train carried the ear ap
proximately 1000 feet down tne
track after the Impact Tl?
automobile, which was demol
ished, was driven Into the
train's path by Williams.
Annual 4- H Clubs
Event To Be Held
Wednesday, December 10, id
7:30 p. m. it the date and ttrae
for the annual 4-H Club
Achievement Program which
will be held at the Warrow
County Courthouse in Ws
ton, according to Ann f"
Mat. home economies
and L. B. Hardage, smt.
ty agricultural agent, *
"Since this tea busy season.
5 ^SST4
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CONGRESSMAN L. H. FOUNTAIN presents United States Flag to Postmaster William K.
Delbridge at dedication .exercises at Norlina on Saturday morning. (Staff Photo)
Norlina Postoffice Dedicated
jsven as tne Norilna postoi
fice is dedicated to the service
of its patrons, the lives of
these patrons should be dedi
cated to the service of their
country and their fellowman.
This is the view expressed
Saturday by Congressman 1>.
H. Fountain of the tod N. C.
Congressional District at de
dicatory exercises for the new
Norlina post office on Satur
day morning when he was the
principal speaker..
In dedicating the post of-,
flee, built by private capital.
Rep. Fountain contrasted the j
free enterprise system of Amcr-.
lea with the communistic sys-;
tern of Russia. He told of a re-1
cent visit to Berlin and con
trasted the hope and progress
of West Berlin under a capital
istic system and that of East
Germany under the communist
ic system. He described the
capitalistic system as practic
ed in America as a system
striving to give dignity to .fig&
through the examples . laid
down by Christ, and the Rus
sian system as anti-Christ,
seeking to exploit the common
man for the glory of the
state.
Rep. Fountain told the need
for keeping America strong,1
but said that it is not enough,
to have military might alone. |
If America la to be truly strong
it must be morally strong with'
its people dedicated to the j
teachings of Jesus Christ
O. If. Martin, real estate <
manager, u. S. Post Office De
partment, who followed Rep.
Fountain, credited the congress
man for the part he played In
obtaining the Norlina post of
fice, before briefly describing
improvements made by the
Postal Service in improving ef
ficiency, lowering cost and pro
viding better service to the
183,000,000 American citizens.
Postmaster W. K. Delbridge
opened the hoar-long sendees)
shortly after 11 o'clock by pre
senting the Rev. Larry BrysonJ
Secretary of Mission of the
Cullom Baptist Association, who
served as Master of Cera
vice-president of the Norlina,
Ruritan Club,
tion of the sf
See POSTOFFICK,
of the Norlina,
'"his presents
ICE, page IS) '