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VOLUME 66 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, JANl ARY 19, 1962 NUMBER 3
Joint Health Plan Held
Up By Franklin Board
A joint health plan whereby
Warren and Franklin counties
would be served by the same
health director has been held
up by failure of the Franklin
County Board of Commission
ers to act.
A plan whereby Dr.- W
B u ills Jones, Warren Health
Director, would serve both
Franklin and Warren counties,
previously approved by the
Warren County Board of Com
missioners at their January
meeting. The Franklin County
commissioners were supposed to:
approve the matter on the
same day. but for some reason
failed to do so.
An article in The Franklin
Times Tuesday said that the
-pint for a joint heMlh" "director"
had been confirmed by Dr. J.
B. Wheless, chairman of the
. Franklin County Board of
l Health. The plan needs only
the confirmation of the Frank
lin County Boaid of Coiumis
sinners, he said.
Under the plan. Dr. Jones
will direct the Health Depart
ments of both counties, giving
two and one-half days to each
department. Dr. Jones, who
has been health director ill
Warren County since June
19(10. will continue to reside
in Warrenton.
The Times article said the
change in the Health Depart
ment set-up will mean a say
ings of some $2,000 to S3.00C
I annually in Franklin County?
$4,000 in Warren. As joint di
[ reel or of the health depart
ments of the two counties, Dr.
1 Jones will receive a salary of
'$11,400 a year?$5,700 from
j each of the two counties. He
j has been receiving a salary of
$9,100 a s Warren County
Health Officer alone; plus a
travel allowance of $70 per
month. This change would also
cut his travel allowance from
Warren County to $35.00 a
month.
Franklin County's last health
officer, Dr. W. C. Perry, drew
an annual salary of $7,200 and
before that Dr. A. J. Holtou
received S8.400. Dr. Perry re
signed several months ago,
however, on account of reasons
of personal health, throwing
the burden of the job on Dr.
Wheless, who has his own
practice.
The Times said that the
Franklin Commissioners are ex
pected to consider the matter
at a special meeting within the
next several weeks.
INGLE SERVICE STATION
where man was shot in robbery attempt
Man Shot In
Attempt To
Rob Station
Hundley Says
He Will Again
Run For Sheriff
Only 4 Cases Tried
In Recorder's Court
Jim Hundley, serving his |
first term as Sheriff of War
ren County, announced this |
week that he would be a can
didate for re-election in the]
Democratic May Primary.
Rumors that Hundley would
have opposition have been rife
for several weeks, but have
not been confirmed.
Hundley, a Norlina dairyman
and president of the North
Carolina Dairymen's Associa
tion. was elected sheriff m
1958 for a four-year term.
Prior to that time he had serv-j
er for several terms as a coun
ty commissioner and for one j
term had been chairman of the,
board.
Other than the rumor that
Hundley would have opposition,
political discussion has been
practically nil, but this state
of affairs is expected to show
a marked change as the May
Primary draws closer.
Fire Chief Lists
Company Aims
At Lions Meeting
A fire-fighting unit for each
four square miles of Warren
County is the dream of the
Warrenton Rural Fire Depart
ment. , .
Chief Jimmy Roberts, speak
ing at the Warrenton Dions
Club on last Friday night, said
that local firemen envision
units equipped with necessary
trucks and equipment to fight
fires within a four-square-mile
district sometime in the future.
Currently the Warrenton
unit, organized in 1956 by a
grouu of citizens interested in
rural fire protection, has ex
panded and has two auxiliary
units in operation. Areola and
Inez communities have fire
fighting equipment on hand
and local firemen are procur
ing equipment for the com
munities of Afton and Elberon,
Roberts said.
"Some $35,000 worth of
I equipment has been paid for
I by the local company," Roberts
said. On hand at present are
[ six fire trucks and an emer
gency vehicle.
Roberts, in tracing the growth
of the fire department, said
that initially the company was
forced to procure equipment
by holding fund-raising events.
Although the department is
partially subsidized by county
and town funds, dances and
auction sales are still used as
a means of raising needed
funds.
"We average answering 150
calls a year," he said. Member
ship in the company is now
frozen at the 35 member mark.
Roberts was introduced by
Lion Monroe Gardner, program
chairman for the night. Presi
dent Duke Jones presided over
the meeting held at the Hotel
Warren. ?
Guests of the club Included
Sidney Gibson and Harry Hoi
st eln. It was announced at Hie
meeting that approximately a
dozen Lions would be attend
ing -the mid-winter convention
held in Rocky Mount on lion
day and Tuesday.
??-v ? . I
Receives Bust
Mr. Russell M. O'Bflen is re
cuperating at Ms home to
rayettexille from buras sustalo
ed during a fire In Us home
tart -Friday night
Only four cases were tried
in a short session of Recorder's
Court here on last Friday anil j
all involved violations of the i
motor vehicle laws.
Henry Everctte Hubbard was]
in court on a charge of speed-i
ing. He was taxed with costs!
of court.
Bennie Gray Perry, was also
charged with speeding. Judge
Banzct ruled that he should
pay a $10.00 fine as well as
court costs.
Two defendants were in court
on charges of reckless driving.
They were Benjamin Franklin
Henderson and Alphonso Twis
dale. Judge Banzet ruled in
each case that the defendants
should pay a $25.00 fine and
court costs.
Bishop To Conduct
Services Sunday
The Rt. Rev. Thomas A.
Frazier will hold confirmation
services at Emmanuel Epis
copal Church here and at the
Church of the Good Shepherd
at Ridgeway on Sunday.
The Rev. James Stoney, rec
tor of the two churches, said
yesterday that Bishop Frazier
would preach and hold confir
mation services here at 11
o'clock and at Ridgeway at 3
o'clock.
Youths Of Two
Towns Meet Here
The Youth Fellowship of the
Warrenton Baptist Church had
is their guests on last Sunday
evening the Youth Group of
the Norlina Baptist Church.
The program for the evening
consisted of supper, a "Candid
Camera" program and games,
i Larry Hayes, president, pre
sided, and Carolyn Medlin had
charge of the program. Benny
Powell directed the games.
JAMES RICHARD WILLIAMS
Local Student
Nominated For
UNC Scholarship
Norlina Man To
Face Charge Of
Embezzlement
A Vance County grand jury
Monday returned a true bill ot
indictment charging two Hen
derson business men with 12
counts of embezzlement.
The indictment charged
Henry Sherman Owens, 51, of
Henderson and William Thomas
Comer, 35, of Norlina?former
agents for a shell home com
pany located on the Raleigh
road?with embezzling approx
imately $1900.
The men were relieved from
their jobs with the Economy
Home Builders, One, in Au
gust, a company spokes
man said Tuesday. Com
er was employed as manager
and Owens as salesman. Both
men left the firm in August,
and a month later the SB1 en
tered the case upon the re
quest of District Solicitor W.
H. S. Burgwyn, Jr.
The bill returned shortly be
fore noon Monday charges the
pair with embezzling the sum
from a 62-year-old Negro wo
man during a three-month pe
riod beginning April 15, 1961.
Testifying before the Grand
Jury Monday were Goldie G.
Burwell, of Rt. 3, Henderson,
along with SBI Agent L. M.
Harton.
The Burwell woman was re
portedly the victim of the em
(See CHARGE, page 8)
A 20-year-old Negro man
snot while attempting to bur-1
galarize Ingle's Esso Service
at Ridgeway last Friday night,
was identified* by the FBI on
Tuesday from fingerprints sup
plied by the Durham Police
Department.
He was Alphonso Claude
Grady, 20, a native of Danville,
Va., whose last known address
was 81 South Queen Street
Dover. Delaware.
Grady was shot in the fore
head with a shotgun around
11:30 as he attempted to enter
a room in which Francis
Ingle, properietor. sleeps
through a small window in the
upper part of the room.
Ingle said yesterday that he
heard the intruder as he was
climbing up to the window and
shot him when te tried to
jcoine into the room.
Grady was taken to Warren
General Hospital and later
transferred to Duke Hospital
where he died on Wednesday
j afternoon. According to Sheriff
IJim Hundley, who investigated
the shooting, Grady had a
wound more than an inch in
size near the center of his
forehead.
The shot was fired from al
j most point-blank range as
jingle .fired from his bed at
the man entering a window
near the ceiling,
j Hundley said that Grady had
| an unidentified compaion had
taken a ladder from a nearby
(building and placed it beneath
the window which was about
10 feet from the ground.
Grady mounted the ladder, was
i shot and fell, back to the
| ground where he was deserted
jby his companion.
The large lot enclosing the
rear of the station and a near
by fertilizer shed, is surround
ed by a woven wire fence with
three strands of barbed wire
on top of It. It has no en
tranoe other than crawling
over the top of the fence.
Hundley's investigation re
vealed that two men got off a
bus from Richmond at Norltna
about 7:30 on Friday night and
were later aeen walking up
the road toward the Norllna
an unidentified companion had
R ? creationCenter,
which was broken into
that night. Two acts of
tracka were found near where
the break-In of the Recreation
Center occurred. Hundley aaid
one of these seta matched
those of the man shot at
Ridgeway. He said that on
the wounded man were found
? "J.1 *>?*?. ? pepper shaker,
vanilla extract and several
Packs of cigarettes. The shakers
and extracts were identified as
tavlog been taken from thel
Noritoa Recreation Canter. He
said the robbers wen probably
looking for food ?
Ingle, who aealats her'
husband in operating the ser-j
vice station, said that she i
sleeps at her home a distance
from_ the service station, but!
that her husband had been;
sleeping in the station for,
sometime as a protection
against robbers. She said that'
the station had been robbed
several times.
Station At Wise Robbed
Sheriff Hundley also said
that Highway Motor Company
at Wise was robbed sometimes
during Sunday night. He said
the robbery was discovered the
next morning by the owner,
M. C. Hicks, who found the
only things missing were two
sets of tire chains and three
gallons of anti-freeze.
Three Students
Receive Degrees
Three Warren County stu
dents are among the 141 candi
dates for degrees who com
pleted their work at the end
of the fall quarter at East
Carolina College at Greenville.
They are: David Lee Harvey,
B. S., Littleton; Cassie Carty
Jones, B. S., Warrenton; and
Kenneth Alan Barlow, M. A.,
Route 1, Hollister.
Church School
To Hold Supper
The adult division of Wes
ley Memorial Methodist Church
will have a covered dish supper
I on Thursday, January 25, in
the fellowship hall of the
church at 6 p. m.. Scott Gard
ner, church school superinten
dent, announced yesterday.
All adults are asked to bring
a covered dish and attend the
supper, Gardner said.
I '
Tho window in the' above picture, middle photo, fa some ten
gr moie feet from the ground. It was reaohed by ladder shown
Is bottom picture. (Staff Photos)
John Graham Seniors
Comnile High Scores
Scores made by John Graham
senior students who took the
college board entrance exami
nations In December were de
scribed yesterday by Principal
Thomas J. Brown as outstand
. hl?.
nh Total scores made by the
SB students taking the exami
nation ranged from .708 to
1MB. Brown said that ft is In
teresting to note that a score
g of 780 has been the minimum
accepted score for entrance to
many colleges. Usually, he said,
a student who scores 1000 or
better is accepted by almost
any university. A score of 1100
or more is around the scholar
"Wt are vary proud of
senior* end their achievement*,M
'Brown said. "Theso senior* in
dicate a community where
students, parent* end teacher*
are interested fti a sound edu
cational program. It is our de
sire that we continue to mete
tain these high standards, con
stantly striving towards /morn
improvements. Oood schools
build good communities."
Club Te Meet
The Couples Child Study
Club of the Warren ton Bap
tist Church will meet on Mon
day at 6 30 p m. for their self
tular aupper and program meet
|ing. Dr. Joseph Allen will be
mm
Basketball
Basketball action resumes
among members of the Halifax
Warren Conference on Tues
day night following a week's
respite for the seven league
schools.
Tuesday Norllna goes to En
field for a crucial tilt between
the first and second place
teams fn the girls division. En
field has a 49-31 decision over
the Norlina lassies in an ear
lier meeting of the two schools.
Also on tap . Tuesday night are
Littleton to Weldon and Au
relian Springs to Davie. War
renton will entertain Gold
Sand in a con-conference en
counter.
In Hospital
L. B. Bed doe, manager of
Warren County ABC stores, is
a patient in Warren General
Hospital.
In Hospital
Mrs. John Dore of N^rMna
is recuperating in Dc'e Hos
pital after undergoing ts?Jor
James Richard Williams has
been nominated by the 'John
Graham High School faculty as
a candidate for the Herbert
Worth Jackson Scholarship at
the University of North Caro
'ina.
Williams, a senior and honor
Student at John Graham, is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bark
er Williams of Warrenton.
Thomas J Brown, principal
of the local school, said that
this scholarship memorializing
the late Herbert Worth Jack
son, graduate of the Universi
ty of North Carolina Class of
1886, was established by his
widow, Mrs. Annie H. Jack
son, in 1938. In December,
1940, Mr. and Mrs. Jackson's
sons, Herbert Worth Jackson,
Jr., and Samuel S. Jackson,
supplemented the original trust
(See STUDENT, paga 8)
ATTEND CONFERENCE ? Erich E. Hecht, president of Warren County Farm
second from left, was among Farm Bureau president! who attended a Presidents
Durham on January 4 and 5. Others in the picture are, left to right, John Helms oI
v' County, Bill little, field representative, Gray Faulkner of Vance County, and K. G.
of Franklin County.
he Durham meeting, according to Farm Bureau Publicity Chairman W. A.
hud to discuss the future of N. C. Farm Bureau as to services provided
activities, county office facilities, promotions, programs and membership dues,
in January and February meetings will be held in each county to inform aO
proposed recommendations. The general meeting will be held in
February IE