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& Your Best Advertising Medium Harrat iSrr _ Your Best "rue stand-,d Pr.?tw. Co. x Advertising 225fi South Shclhv Strret Medium I.oi'isvilh", Ky. VOLUME 66 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 13. 1962 NUMBER 16 BABY IS BATHED ? Mrs: Irving Hayes bathes her baby, Laurie Lou, in clinic at Health Center, as her husband watches. Others looking on are, left to right, seated- Mrs. Norman McArthur and Mrs. Tom Rodwell; standing, Norman McArthur, Tom Rodwell, Mrs. A. J. Bobbitt, bending, Irving Haye>, Gus Daeke, Jr., and Mrs. Tillie Daeke. (Staff Photo) To Superior Court John Bill Hall, Jr., white man of Afton, convicted in Recorder's Court on March 30 on a charge of drunk driving and driving after his license had been revoked, and also on a charge of assault upon a fe male, has appealed both cases to the June term of Superior ? Court. He was sentenced to the roads for 12 months on the assault charge and six months on the motor vehicles law vio lations. Appearance bond in the assault case was set at *- $500 and in the motor vehicle law violations at $250. Notice of appeal was given at last Friday's session of Re corder's court. In another assault case tried last Friday, involving Doris Richardson, prayer for judg ment was continued for two years upon condition that the defendant remain of good be havior, pay into the office of the Clerk of Superior Court on or before June 6 the sum of $125 for the use of Allen Nor wood?to?u'iiiibuise?him?for damage to his automobile and pay the court costs. James Edgar flight was fin ed $50.00 and taxed with the court costs when he was found guilty of carrying a concealed weapon. Allen Norwood, charged with an assault with a deadly wea Von, was found not guilty. was remanded to Magistrate's Court. He was charged with an assault. Also a case against Walter Crew, charged with assault and theft, was remanded' to Magistrate's Court for final judgment on the assault charge. Spencer Henderson was in court on charges of non-sup port and assault on a female. A 60-day road sentence was suspended for two years upon condition the defendant pay into the office of the Superin tendent of Public Welfare for the support of his illegitimate child the sum of $15.00 on the first Friday in each succeed ing month until a further or der of the court and pay court costs. Freddie Watson Burton was fined $15.00 and taxed with court costs when he was found guilty of speeding and operat ing a motor vehicle wit., im proper lights. ? Defendants found guilty?of speeding and thf ronr'1" diets were as follows: Doris Faye Bibb Garrett, $10.00 and costs; James Edwin Norris, $10.00 and costs; Billy Palo Waldo, $10.00 and costs; James Flanagen, $10.00 and costs; George Robert Hodges, $10.00 and costs; Lucius Haw kins, $15.00 and costs; Albert Roy Pearcc, $10.00 and costs; Henry Bradford King, costs. 2 Warren Teachers Are To Be Retained Next Year Two Warren County teachers who have reached the age of retirement will be permitted to teach for another year. The Board of Education at its regular monthly meeting here Monday night approved the employment for one ad ditional year of Miss Sadie Limer at the Mariam Boyd School here, and Mrs. Helen G. Bell at the Littleton High School. Requests for the employment of theeo teachers was made in writing by the Warrenton and Littleton school committees. Said Board Member Sam Massey, "I don't know Mrs. Bell, but I do know Miss Lim er, who is one of the finest teachers in the county. We onght to keep her just as long tas we can." Board Member Ed Harvey of Littleton said, "I feel the same way about Mrs. Bell, whom I know well She is ? wonderful teacher, one of the Mat 1 ever had. I don't know what we would do without Mrs. Bell." Board Member Boyd May field said, "I don't know Miss Limer except by reputation, bat I want to school to Mrs. Ball. She is one of the bast leacners i nave ever Known. The Board consented to a child of Mr. and Mrs. Macon Reavis of Afton attending the John Graham School for as long as a particular condition prevails. This condition is that both Mr. and Mrs. Reavis work in Warrenton and that should the child be required to attend (See TEACHERS, page 10) I Mother^ Baby Care Classes Are Held Motner and Baby care Classes, conducted at the War en County Health Department ior the past seven weeks, end ?d on Wednesday night with final classes tor couples. Subjects covered in the classes ? conducted by Mrs. rhomas Dean, Health Depart nent Nurse ? included Intro iuctory Class covering philoso phy; Pre-Natal Care; Pre-Natal Exercises; Labor and Child Perkinson Wins ath Prize In State Science Fair Phil Perkinson, junior in the ^orlina High School, and a vinner in the district fair at Durham, won 5th prize in the State Science Fair held at the University of North Carolina jn Saturday, and received a :ash award of $10.00. There were ten awards made it the State Science Fair, five n physical antt4*ye~ln~bTok>gi ?ai sciences: Perkinson ? whose exhibit vas "Basin Survey of the Roa loke Basin" ? also received t special award in antropology, i set of books on this subject, le was the only Warren Coun y student competing in the State Science Fair. Accompanying Perkinson to Chapel Hill were his parents, dr. and Mrs. Hiram Perkinson; us brother, Hiram, Jr.; his eacher, Mrs. Ann Baxter, and ler daughter, Ellen. Revival The Rev. A. W. Winstead, >astor, announces Revival Serv ces at Weavers Chapel Meth >dist Church beginning Easter Sunday . night, April 22, and sach night through April 27 it 7:30 p. m. The Rev. Charles W. Woot >n, pastor of the Norlina Meth >dist Church, will be guest ipeaker. The public is cordial y invited. uu in, rusi-i ariuiu uare, anu Baby Bath. Mrs. Dean said another se ries will begin on April 25 and that classes will be held from 4 o'clock until 5:30 at the Warren County Health De partment. The classes will con tinue for six weeks. Anyone interested in attend ing these classes are requested to get in touch with Mrs. Dean at the Health Department. Norlina Man Makes Seven In Coroner's Race The number of candidates seeking the place of Warren County Corner?now held by N. I. Haithcock?climbed back to seven when R. G. Hunt, restaurant owner of Norlina, filed for this position on Wed nesday afternoon. Hunt, who came to Norlina in 195u to enter the motel ami restaurant business, has had 15 years of police work. From 1939 to 1950 he served on the Rocky Mount Police Force, the last eight years of which was as a special investigator for homocide and robbery. Prior to that he served as police officer in the town of Nashville for three years. During that time ?in 1936?he attended and completed a 10-day law enforce ment school at Chapel Hill, conducted by Prof. Albert Coates and FBI Agent Ed Schiedt. During his fifteen years service as an officer, he attend ed several one and two-day schools conducted by the FBI in various parts of the state. Other candidates for this position are: N. I. Haithcock of Warrenton, encumbent; Thurs ton Brown, Negro mortician of Warrenton; A. C. Fair, Warren ton jeweler; J. A. Dowtin, Jr., and William H. King, Jr., both of Warrenton; and Luther J. Walker of Littleton. te Company uount oiive Ficicie company wants more cucumbers from Warren County this year, and higher prices are being offered aa an inducement to growers to produce them. "We are in a position to take all the cucumbers we can get this season," said Col. R. B. Butler of Warrenton, who han dles acreage contracts for the pickle company in Warren and several other counties, "and prices will be the highest they have been in 15 years." Butler said the firm will pay $5.50 per hundred pounds for number one cucumbers this season as compared to $8.00 last year. The price on two grades has been tipped from $2.00 to $2.25' per hun dred pounds. "We hope Warren growers will take advantage of the op portunity to increase their acreage," Butler said. "We have been pleased with the unusually good quality of cu cumbers'we have been getting from Warren County. . Farmers in the county pro duced a total of some 1200 acres of cucumbers for the com pany last year. Most of the crop went to the Mount Olive firm through eleven stations which operate during the mar keting season. Butler said he would like to see production in Warren boosted to 1500 acres. Growers may sign contracts and obtain seed from any of the following station managers: Areola Station, George Davis; Drewry Station, George or J. C. Watkins; Five Forks, Jesse Gardner; Hollister or Medoc, Bob or R. H. Arlington; Pin nell Station, Bob Butler or Ed ward Sommervllle; Warrenton, Inez, Norlina, Bob Butler; Palmer Springs, Robert Ifoaa; Wise, Glenn Parkinson; Little ton, Julian Acree or Whit Hedlin. The grower must obtain his seed from th^station^ln order pickle-type cucumbers which the pickle company can use. Recommended practices for producing quality cukes are printed on the backs of acre age contracts, and "growers are urged to follow them. , Farm Agent Prank Reams said growers could increase yields by 200 bushels aa acre by following recommended prac tices, provided the growing season is favorable. This would mean an increase of approxi mately $100 per acre from the crop. Warren growers averaged about $138 per acre from cukes Evw year. Even Without an in crease in yields, income should be greater this season because of the price increase. The in crease of 90 cents per hundred for number one cucumbers, for example, represents a boost of 10 per cent Reams said he is encourag ing Negro farmers to go into cucumber production as a means -*e* increasing- theia farm Incoats. For bast be said, tbs crop planted in rich, types of soil and in fteMs that base not been planted to en cumbers, Connell Fish Lands Valued At $147,500 i A Warrenlon man and his | wife were on Tuesday award ' ed the sum of $147,500.00 by commissioners in a condem ! nation suit held in the Warren j ton Courtroom. | Three Warren County Com-] : i missioners, appointed by the i court, held that the 'value of , 1 a 30-acre fish breeding plant j on the Roanoke River, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Hal Connell of Warrenton and operated by Connell for sometime, was $147,500, and that the gain to Mr. and Mrs. Connell by the construction of the Gaston Res ervoir would be nothing. Mr. and Mrs. Connell were defendants in a condemnation suit brought by Virginia Elec trie and Power Company to ac quire the property which will be covered by waters of the Gaston reservoir. The Virginia Electric and Power Company noted an ex ception and appealed the case to Warren County Superior Court. The commissioners judgment, addressed to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Warren County, reads as follows: "We. W. E. Turner, E. W. Shcarin and G. N. Pittard, commissioners appointed by the court, to assess the just com pensation to Hal Connell and wife, Janet P. Connell, the owners of certain lands lying in the County of Warren, JOHN WILSON FILES 4 Commissioners Have Opposition With filing date ending at noon today (Friday) Commis sioner A. J. Ellington is the only member of the Board of County Commissioners who will be without opposition in the Democratic Primary of May 29. Clanton C. Perkinson of Wise was without opposition until Monday of this week when John Wilson of Manson announced that he would bej a candidate. Wilson, a former member of the Board of Com-j missioner, will oppose Perkin son, who unseated him in a former election. Wilson is a large farmer with business in terests in both Warren and Vance Counties. Robert Thome, Littleton banker, is opposed by Willie T. Robinson, large landowner and farmer of Sixpound Town ship. Amos L. Capps, chairman of the Board of Commissioners, farmer, pulpwood dealer and businessman, is being opposed by William Skinner, III, of Littleton. Skinner operates a large stock farm near Little ton, and is the husband of Mrs. Sue Dossett Skinner, for many years assistant home agent of Warren County. Richard R. Davis, Warrgnton lumberman and farmer, is be ing opposed by William H. Bender of the Afton-Elberon section. Bender is recognize as one of the best farmers ii the county, and has long bee! interested in public affairs. All members of the Board o Education have filed for re election. They are not expect ed to be opposed. They are Di S. H. Massey, Jr.; chairmai Eugene Davis, Ed Harvey, Boyi Mayfield and Robert Gupton. Three men are in the raci for Sheriff. They are Jim H Hundley, encumbent;; Clarenc Davis and Charles E. Wilson.* John Kerr, Jr., candidat for the House of Representa (See OPPOSITION, page 10) Easter Seals Have Been Mailed Out Easter Seals have been mail ed to Warren County citizens Boyd Reams, county chairmai for the annual Seal Sale, sail yesterday. Reams said that 60 pe cent of the funds received fron the sale of these seals in War ren County, would remain ii the county' for rehabilitatioi work. He asks that all person contribute as generously a: possible. The annual Easter Seal Sal campaign is sponsored by th Afton-Elberon Ruritan Club. Howard Daniel is count; treasure/. Real Estate To Be Advertised For Taxes Real estate upon which town taxes have not been paid will be advertised for sale on June IS and sold on July 8. This was decided at the regular meeting of the Board of Town Commissioners on Monday night when it was or dered that the property be ad vertised and sold. Most of the session lasting for more than two hours was consumed in a discussion of sediment from the town's water filter plant finding its way into a fish pond of R. D. Har man a short ways off Route 401. Harman appeared before the board when it ODened for business, complained of the sediment being washed into his fish pond and asked for reme dial action. The board promis ed Harmon that it would, pur sue the' matter further upon return of Town Attorney Wil liam W. Taylor. The Board ordered the Mayor to sign easement and agreement with W. Monroe Gardner and others covering water and sewer lines to the Country Meadows development east of town. Othe* matters before the board were of a routine na ture. which the Virginia Electric and Power Company proposed to! condemn for its use and the damages, if any, to the remain-; ing property of the owners by reason of the property which is to be taken, do hereby cer-! tify that we met on Deccember; 12, 1961, and April 5, 6 and 10, 1962, and, having first been duly sworn, we visited1 the premises of the owners,; and after taking into full con-1 sideration the quality and! quantity of the land aforesaid, j the additional fencing likely | to be occasioned by the work J of the corporation, and all j other inconveniences likely to result to the owners, we have | estimated and do assess the j just compensation and damages j aforesaid at the sum of! $147,500. "We have estimated these spe- j cial or general benefits which! the said owners will receive; from the i-nnctnif tinn nf r-lid ? works to be none. "Given under our hand on the 10th day of April. 1962." : Two witnesses for Connell were flown from Louisiana to give their estimations of the value of the minnow business; and to put a value on Mr. and j Mrs. Connell's property, based j on its potential income, and j the power company brought aj witness in from the western i part of the state, to offer his, rebuttal. In addition, Lonnie F. i Thompson, soil conservationist j ?formerly stationed at War-! renton?testified for the Con nells on the particular prop erties of the soil which made it good for the production of" fish. Council said that insecticides used by most farmers made many streams unfit for the production of minnows, but that in his site, he had built a dike around his property, which held back the river waters, and in this dike was a pond the waters of which were produced by a number of springs. In addition, the type of soil is such that it will not allow water to leach from the holes in the bottom. He said that he knew of no other place which such ideal con ditions for the production of minnows exists. Connell said that the destruc tion of this plant on the river would make useless a special fish house built near his home at Warrenton for this purpose, as well as make useless other property he had acquired in the business of producing min iums. He said following the hear ing that the taking of his Roa noke property by the Power Company would force him out of the minnow business, which he described as very lucrative. The property is located on the Roanoke River on what is known as the Lynch land, a short distance above the prop erty of Willie T. Robinson in Sixpound Township. Connell was represented in the proceedings by Banzet and Banzet of Warrenton ,and the Power Company was represent ed by John Kerr, Jr., of War renton, W. Lunsford Crews of Roanoke Rapids, and by E. Mil ton Farley, ITT. Hurst Named Head Merchants Association rrea Hurst, Warrenton Town ( Commissioner, was elected president of the Warrenton Merchants' Association at the annual meeting of the associa tion held at the Country Club on Friday night, W. R. Drake, retiring president, presided over the meeting. W. K. Lanier, Jr., hardware merchant, was elected vice president, succeeding J. A, Tucker. The secretary-treasurer is appointed by the board of directors. This position is now held by Mrs. Helen Harmon, who was re-elected at a direc tor's meeting Tuesday night. Directors, nominated by a committee composed of A. C. Fair, chairman, Dick Miles and Ed Cheves, who also nominat ed the president and vice-pres ident, were: Three-year directors ? Selby Benton. Mel Hicks, and M. C. House; two-year directors? Mrs. Marguerite Miles, Thomas Gas kill, J. E. Cheves and N. M. Hilliard; one-year directors ?A. C. Fair and Walker P. Burwell. Principal item of business, following a report of the sec retary and treasurer and by President Drake, was a discus sion of and increase in annual dues. Dues which have been $10 a year since the chamber was organized were boosted from to $25 to $100 a year, depend ing upon the business catego ries; with the dues of profes sional men remaining at $10. In the past, while the annual duea were only $10.00. several business houses had taken multiple membership, and were called upon during the year for additional funds for some of the larger eeents promoted by the Association. W. K. Lanier, who headed a committee appointed by Presi dent Drake to study a budget and to recomnttad dues, told the group that the annual so licitation of funds placed an unnecessary burden on officers, directors and committee beads <4 the Association, and in light of thair associations in other towns, is unnecessary. said that a budget of $800 larger than of last year?Is to carry out die that the dues ofi FRED HURST professional men be allowed to remain at $10, but that dues for other members be raised. He suggested that merchants employing less than six per sons be charged $29.00 a year and that stores with more than six employees be charged $50. Manufacturing plants would be charged $50.00 a year, lumber mills $25.00 a year, banks $100 a year, and printing and publ ishing businesses and automo bile dealers be charged $25.00 a year. This increase in member ships, Lanier said, should elim inate further calls on bers, and for this reason sented in most cases a slight, if any, increase in contribu tions He said he and his committee members, Sam A. Warlick and N. M. Hilliard, ap proved tne increase ana asked the Association's indorsement of the proposal. Following a brief discussion, the members voted for the (See HURST, page 10) Girl Scouting To Be Discussed Here Executives of the Bright Leaf Girl Scout Council will