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-^Volume 66 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1962 NUMBER 6
Board Takes No
Action On Plea
Planning Group
f The expected failed to hap
pen on Monday when the Board
of County Commissioners fail
ed to take any action on the
adoption of a subdivision reg
ulation requested by the War
ren County Planning Board.
Action on the adoption of
the subdivision regulations was
Requested at the December
meeting of the commissioners,
but postponed by that
body to the January meeting,
and again postponed to the
^February meeting, when anoth
er request from the Planning
Board in meeting here Tues
day night of last week was
ignored.
Attending the meeting of the
Planning Board were Commis
sioners Chairman Amos Capps
and Commissioner Robert
Thorne who is also a member
of the Planning Board.
Chairman Capps said near
the clo^e of the meeting when
reminded by Clerk Sam Allen
that no action had been taken
on the subdivision regulations,
"I take full responsibility for
the failure of the board to act.
I promised at least six good
citizens of the county that no
action would be taken at this
- meeting."
Commissioner A. J. Elling
ton, when reminded that he
had said on Tuesday night that
he favored the adoption of the
regulations, said that he did
not remember making the re
mark?in the presence of two
members of the staff of this
newspaper?but said "If that
was what I said, I meant it."
Commissioner Cooper Perkin
son stated definitely that he
was against the regulations.
Other commissioners failed to
commit themselves at the
Monday meeting.
The major item of business
before the commissioners was
the selection of a temporary
janitor to replace Ernest E.
Collins who died of a heart
attack on Saturday afternoon.
The task proved to be no easy
one with a score of candidates
applying for the position.
After narrowing down the
field to four or five, the
commissioners named Jack
Richardson of Warrenton as
janitor for a 30-day period. He
j is currently janitor for the
Warrenton Episcopal church,
and began his new duties on
Tuesday morning.
The commissioners instruct
ed Clerk of Court Joe N. Ellis,
custodiam of the court house,
to provide a mimeographed
form, stating the duties of the
janitor, and containing a ques
tionnaire to be filled out by
each applicant. In addition to
filling out the form?which
will be mailed to each appli
cant?applicants must furnish
two written references.
The commissioners are ex?
pected to make a permanent
j selection at their March meet
| ing for the job of court house
janitor, which pays $40.00 a
' week.
Areola Man Given
Xong Road Term
A young man of the Areola
community was given three
s road sentences totaling six
years by Judge Julius Banzet
in Recorder's Court here last
Friday.
Joe Edward Lynch, non-white,
was in court charged with
Mayfield Named
Head District
School Group
A Warren County man has
been elected president of De
partment 6 of the State School
Board Association.
Boyd Mayfield of Norlina, a
members of- the Warren Coun
ty Board of Education, was
elected head of the school
group at a meeting held in
Gary on Thursday night of last
Mayfield is a former mem
ber of the Norlina school dis
trict committee, a farmer, a
..youth worker ,and a member
j\?f the Zion Methodist Church.
Present at the Cary meeting
in addition to Mayfield were
Principal W. O. Reed of Nor
lina, W. R. Drake, chairman
of the John Graham school
board; J. T. Brown, principal
of the John Graham School;
Marvin Newsom and Mrs. E.
K. Fishel of Littleton, Loyd
Dickens of Littleton; and J. R.
Peeler, superintendent of War
ren County schools.
Department 6 is composed of
i, Vance, Granville, Dur
and Wake Counties.
' forceable trespass, assault with
| a deadly weapon and malicious
| injury to personal property.
Evidence was that Lynch
went to the home of Arthur
Richardson on January 27
raised a window and threw a
knife at him. The knife missed
the target. Then Lynch broke
a window in the 1953 Mercury
car of Richardson's wife, Addie
Mae Richardson.
Further evidence was that
Lynch, around 20 years of
age, bore a bad reputation in
the Areola community, and
that he had previously serv<33
a road sentence.
Judge Banzet sentenced
Lynch to the road for two
years on the trespass charge,
two years on the assault charge,
and two years on the malicious
injury to personal property
charge. The court ordered that
each sentence was to be served
separately.
Notice of appeal has been
given, but appearance bond had
not been arranged by Wednes
day morning.
Edwin T. Gupton was in
court on an assault charge, but
the court held that the charge
was frivilous and ordered that
the plaintiff be taxed with the
court costs.
John Bill Hall was fined
$25.00 and costs on a reckless
driving charge.
Clyde Oliver Massenburg, Jr.,
was in court charged with reck
less driving and speeding. A
60-day road sentence was su
spended for two years upon
condition that the defendant
surrender his driver's license!
for one year, operate no motor
vehicle on highways of North
Carolina for one year, and pay
court costs.
Lonnie Alvin Tippett was
charged with driving on wrong
side of road, and that he did
pass in the face of oncoming
traffic when such pasting
could not be made in safety.
Prayer for judgment was con
tinued for two years upon pay
ment of court costs.
Norman Judkins, Jr., charg
ed with trespass, was given a
60-day road sentence, which j
was suspended for two years
upon condition that defendant!
remain away from the lands,
and premises of Sidney Hem-1
tag for two years, remain of
good behavior and pay court'
by March 2.
Gil lam Ragland faced Judge'
*?*? on a charge of an as-!
(See mil. page ?) I
mm
Three persons were injured and two cars were demolished in a head-on collision two
miles east of Areola -on a. rural paved road early Saturday night. Hospitalized were William
Henry McGee, 20, driver of one car, Dorothy Silver Williams, driver of the other car, and Mrs.
Williams' young son, James Edward Williams, Jr. McGee was released from the hospital on
Wednesday; Mrs. Williams and her child were released on Tuesday All were non-white.
According to Trooper Bobby Clark the driver of the car shown in top picture was travel
ing at high rate of speed and veering from one side of the highway to the other when the
crash occurred. The force of the impact snapped the steering wheel of the bottom car off in
the woman's hands. (Staff Photos)
Tax Listing Time
Extended By Board
The time during which citi
zens may list their 1962 taxes
was extended from January 31
to February 15 by the Board
of County Commissioners in
regular session here on Mon
day.
In ordering the extension of i
time, the commissioners follow-1
ed a procedure of several i
years, as usually bad weather!
in January delays listing of
taxes.
Another step towards the
calling of a bond issue for
capital outlay for schools was
taken when the commissioners
ordered that the law firm of,
Reed, Hoyt, Washburn and
McCarthy, New York bond at-1
torneys, be employed to assist
in the preparation for and
conduct of the proposed is
suance of $400,000 school
bonds.
Beer license was ordered to
be issued to Shirley Medlin
(Medlin's Grocery) on recepit
of permit from the state.
The commissioners ordered
that $18.00 be paid to Green's
Funeral Home for ambulance
service to a trip to Duke Hos
pital, and that Blaylock Fun
eral Home in Littleton be paid
$50.00 for burial expenses of
Frank Tucker.
A. P. Rodwell, Jr., Tax Col
lector, Reported taxes collected
to date in the amount of $283,
346.97, of which amount $39,
115.84 was collected in Jan
uary.
Farm Bureau To
Meet On Feb. 12
All Warren County Farm
Bureau members are requested
to attend a meeting on Mon
day night, February 12, in the
County Agricultural Building
in Warrenton.
Erich Hecht, president, who
announced the meeting, said
that its purpose is to discuss
future activities, services pro
vided members, county office
facilities, promotions, pro
grams, and membership dues
of the Farm Bureau.
"This is the most important
meeting affecting the future of
farming you will attend this
year or for probably several
yean," Hecht said.
Hecht said that County Farm
Bureaus all over North Caro
lina are holding similar meet
ings. Each county will make
its decisions and electing vot
ing delegates to vote on these
decisions at the state meeting
of delegates in Raleigh on Feb
ruary 18. He said the vote
of the majority of Um dele
gates to this meeting, will af
fect all Farm Bureau mem
"The effectiveness of your
Farm Bureau," Hecht said, "in
representing fanners in legis
lation, public relations, agricul
tural policies and regulations',
and the time we can provide
our members in this county
with adequate office facilities
and the services you have a
right to expect will depend
upon the course our members
decide to take.
"You and your welfare will
be affected by decisions made
at the meeting here. Come
and help make sure these de
cisions are right."
Box Supper
The Boy Scout Troop 881
Hid Cub Scout Pack 856, spon
sored by the Macon Methodist
and Baptist Churches, will
sponsor a "box supper" at the
Methodist Church there on
Monday night, February 12, at
7:00 o'clock.
Mrs. C. L. Galbreth of Bra
Va., wts a luncheon guest
~ L. Purdy on Wed
Jurors Drawn
For March Term
Superior Court
Jurors for the March Civi
Term of Warren County So
perior Court were drawn 01
Monday by the Board of Cour
ty Commissioners as follows:
Mrs. F. H. Cheek, C. J.Flem
ing, J. C. Pegram, L. W. Wells
Tom M. Brown, Clifton B
Kidd, Nat B. White, W. C
Collins, C. C. King, Peytoi
Rogers, J. E. Howard, Jame
D. Matthews, N, M. Hilliard
Walter B. Newman, C. E. Car
ter, Manley Martin, Charlii
H. Duncan, B. W. Smith, Mrs
Margaret J. Leach, Joe D. Rig
gan, Gerald F. Estes, W. El
mer Thompson.
Vincent Williams, Peter C
Brown, Edgar Gi Neal, Mrs
W. H. Daeke, Charles E. Lyles
Mrs. Amos L. Capps, H. Evan:
Coleman, J. A. Kimball, Charle:
A. Hobgood, W. R. Drake, S
T. Hight, Mrs. Margaret H
Fitts, Mrs. Edna M. Harris
Robert Matthews, Ben J
Ayscue, Thomas N. Harp
Thomas A. Peoples, C. E. Mus
tian, Jr., James E. Perkinson
Charlie H. Sammons, Richarc
W. Davis, C. E. Thompson, C
H. Lambeth. -
Premeasurement
Deadline Feb. 15
February IS is the last daj
the Warren County ASCS of
fice can accept requests foi
premeasurement of allotted
crops, T. E. Watson, offlct
manager, said yesterday.
Any fanner who desires tc
have this work done must
make a deposit by this date,
he said.
Watson said that the farmei
la required to pay only the
actual cost of the visit to hit
farm and the determination ol
acreage on hit farm. The cost
la 93.00 plus $1.10 per acn
for tobacco, 00 cents for cot
Ion, or a minimum coat ol
?8.50 per farm.
Green Says Area
Good Drama Site
The Memorial Recreation Forest in Southeastern Warren County is a fine lo
cation for an outdoor drama of the Negro race, Dr. Paul Green said on Tuesday
afternoon, according to the Rev. G. E. Cheek, who accompanied him on a tour of
the site.
Dr. Green, noted playwright of Chapel Hill and author of The Lost Colony, the
Common Glory, and many other dramas, earlier in the afternoon had told a group
gathered in the County Agricultural Building that he had been interested in writ
ing such a drama for years, but he did not know whether or not the location
was suitable.
Kerr Announces
House Candidacy
John Kerr, Jr., on Tuesday
announced his candidacy for]
the House of Representatives
from Warren County.
In announcing his candidacy,
Rep. Kerr said:
"I expect to be a candidate
for renomination to the State
House of Representatives from
Warren County in the Demo
cratic Primary. I deeply appre
ciate the confidence and trust
reposed in me by the people
of Warren County throughout
the years."
In 1943 Kerr served as Speak
er of the House of Representa
tives, and with the execption
of William Miller who served
as Speaker for three consecu
tive sessions, 1812, 1813 and
1814, is the only other citizen
of Warren County who has
served as Speaker. Mr. Ken
has also served as Chairman of
the House Appropriations Com
mittee in 1941, and Chairman
of the House Finance Commit
[tee in 1945. In the 1957 Gen
eral Assembly he was Chair
stitutional Amendments. In the
1959 and the 1961 General As
sembly he was Chairman of
the Committee on Rules which ]
prescribes the method of con
ducting the business of the
House and the consideration
JOHN KERR, JR.
of legislation. With the excep
tion of the sessions of 1951,
1953 and 1955, Mr. Kerr has
served as Warren County's
Representative in the General
Assembly since 1939.
In 1955 he served in the
State Senate as a Senator
from the Third Senatorial Dis
trict composed of Northamp
ton, Vance and Warren.
Only One Files
Three Men Now
In Race For Sheriff
While three men are candi
dates for Sheriff in the May
Democratic Primary, only one
has filed for the position.
He Is Charles Wilson, who
filed his announcement with
Wiley Coleman, Chairman of
the Board of Election, on Jan
uary 28, but failed to make
any announcement to the Press.
Encumbent Sheriff Jim Hund
ley announced several weeks
ago that he would seek re
election as Sheriff of Warren
County, and last week Clarence
Davis, former Deputy Sheriff,
announced that he would be a
candidate for the sheriffs po
sition.
Wilson is a resident of Nor
lina, but works in South Hill,
Va. He is a former policeman
at Norlina and at one time
operated a taxicab here. He
is a brother of Eugene Wilson,
assistant tax collector, and
Carl Wilson of Warrenton.
John Kerr., announced on
Tuesday that he would seek
re-election to the State House
of Representative..
Wiley Coleman said yester
day that beginning next Mon
day, February 12, he would
be in the court house from
10-12 six days a week to re
ceive filing fees from any
candidates wishing to seek
county offices
Ex. Committee To
Meet On Feb. 12
A meeting of the Warren
County Democratic Executive
Committee will be held on
Monday,,-February 12, at 11
o'clock in the Warren Court
House, John Kerr, Jr., chair
man, announced this week.
Kerr said the meeting has
been called for the purpose of
recommending appointees as
Democratic members for the
Warren County Board of Elec
tions. The county executive
committee will select the i
of three Democrats to submit
to State Chairman Bert
natt, who in turt will?
recommendations to the
Board of Elections for
ment for two-year
In a letter to all
county chairmen this
Bennett asked that the county
committee select the names in
the order of local
since two will ha roesMM
ed. The third member of
local election board Ik a
her of
la ?
In his letter calling the
meeting, Bennett pointed out
that all 100 executive commit- j
tees in the state will be meet
ing on the same day, but that
the exact time and place of
meetings are set at the discre
tion of the county chairman.
The State Board of Elections
will meet in March to make
the official appointment for
both parties.
Kerr, in announcing the call
for the special meeting, urged
all members of the comity
committee to be preeant for
the important meeting.
* Phflathea Class Te
The V. L. Pendleton Phila
thea Class af.'Big.f
Baptist Church will meet with
Mrs. C. P. Allen en Toeeda
night, February ?, at 8:00.
Only routine matters were
transacted at the regular meet
ing of the Board of Comm
the Town of Nor
Following the meeting
Dr. and Mrs. Green accom
panied the Rev. Mr. Cheek
to the site, where, accord
ing to Cheek, he showed
much enthusiasm for the
proposed project. Dr. Green
is honorary chairman of
the Advisory Board of the
Recreational Council of the
Memorial Recreation For
est, Inc.
Dr. Green was one of a
number of distinguished per-,
sons here to hear a discussion
of plans for developing a Ne
gro recreational area in War
ren County and the possible
creation of a Negro drama as
a part of the plan.
The meeting was called by
the Warren County committee
of the Capital Area Develop
ment Association and Mayor
W. A. Miles of Warrenton,
chairman of the county com
mittee, presided.
Tentative plans for the Rec
reational Forest call for an
estimated expenditure of $651,
800, and among other items
calls for an outdoor chapel
theatre, a nine-hole golf course,
and a 25-unit motel.
Governor Sanford and the
Federal Government have
shown an interest in the pro
ject, according to information
released at the meeting, at
tended by Hubert Henderson
of the State Recreation De
partment, George Stevenson, on
the advisory committee of
Governor Sanford's Staff, and
Wayne Shields, Southeastern
coordinator of the National
Area Development Administra
tion in Washington.
Henderson described the pro
posed project as most worth
while, with tremendous possi
bilities and a real challenge.
Stevenson said that he was
much taken with the project,
and Shieds said that it was one
of the most, if not the most
imaginative project to cross his
desk.
Shields said that the pro
moters of the Memorial Forest
must think in terms of basic
economics in its development.
Since Warren has been desig
nated as a distressed area,
| funds may be borrowed at a
low interest rate for the de
velopment of projects creating
employment. However, the
maximum amount that can be
borrowed is 65% of the total.
Shields pointed out. He said
that provision must be made
for raising the remainder of
the money and for repayment
of any government loan.
The pageant is one of the
most promising ways for rais
ing funds for the operation of
the project and meets the goal
of the ARA whose prime ob
jective is to better the econ
omy of a section. He
that a successful pageant
bringing thousands into (he
county would not only bring
in money to the section, but
would provide many jobs.
Someone, he added, has to
feed the visitors and someone
has to provide sleeping ac
comodations for many of the
visitors?this should mean add
ed wealth and added jobs.
Shields said that while tile
Government would make no
grants under its ARA program,
it would provide funds for a
training program of 16 weeks
Bp hlao promised technical
help free of charge, and said,
(MR request, that ha would
send one of the best recrea
tional coordiaatpMi .lj*f|?K|
ceontry to aaaiat-lh (be eq
?Men -and promotion of WMfc
the backing of ene ef the 1
in ess Foundations of the*
try would do
(he success of
At the k
meeting, the