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VOLUME 66 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1962 NUMBER 16
All Commissioners
To Have Opposition
In Democratic Primary
All members of the Board
of Commissioners will have op
position in the Democratic
Primary of May 26 and the
number of candidates for the
Coroner's place reached eighl
as the result of last-minute
filing last Friday, prior to the
closing of the books at nOon.
Entering the commissioners
race as a candidate against A1
fred J. Ellington of Warrentor
is Leonard Rudd, 42, operatoi
of a furniture shop near War
renton. He was bom and rear
ed in Warren County and at
tended school at Norlina and
John Graham High School. He
is a veteran of World War II,
with five years service, and
winner of the Bronze Star with
Oak Leaf Cluster. He is a
member and on the official
board of the North Warrenton
Baptist Church, and a member
of the local Boy Scout Com
mittee. Married to the former
Grace Fleming, he is the fath
er of two girls, 15 and 11.
In addition to Ellington, who
is opposed by Rudd, Chairman
Amos Capps is opposed by Wil
liam Skinner of Littleton; Com
missioner Robert Thorne is op
posed by Willie T. Robinson
of Sixpound; Commissioner
Clanton C. Perkinson is oppos
ed by John Wilson of Manson;
and Commissioner Richard R.
Davis is opposed by William
H. Bender of Afton.
Jimmie Burton, who makes
the eighth man running for j
the Coroner's position, is a res-1
ident of Warrenton, a sales
man, and the father of four
children. Others in the race
are N I. Haithcock, encum-j
bent, of Warrenton; Thurston,,
Brown, Negro mortician of,
Warrenton; R. G. Hunt, res-!
taurant and motel operator of|
Norlina; A. C. Fair, Warrenton |
jeweler; J. A. Dowtin, Jr., and1
William H. King, Jr., both of
Warrcnion; and Luther J. Wal
ker of Littleton.
Also filing on Friday was
Lemuel n. Aycock tor Shocco
Township Constable.
Three men are in the race
for Sheriff. They are Jim H.
Hundley, encumbent; Clarence I
Davis of Marmaduke, and
Charles Wilson of Norlina.
All members of the Board of
Education- have filed for re
election They are Eugene
Davis of Inez, J. T. Gupton of
Areola, Ed Harvey of Little
ton, Boyd Mayfield of Norlina,
and Dr. Sam Massey of War
renton.
Clerk of Court J. N. Ellis
and Julius Banzet, Judge of
Recorder's Court, are without
opposition, as is Jofcn Kerr, Jr.,
a candidate for the State
House of Representatives.
Taylor Asks Help
For Three Schools
William W. Taylor, Jr., ap
peared before the Warrenton
I.ions Club on Friday night in
behalf of the Foundation for
Better Education, whose ob
jective is the improvement of
educational facilities at the
John Graham, Nathaniel Macon
and Mariam Boyd schools. Tay
lor, president of the Founda
tion, was presented by Howard
Daniel, who was in charge of
the program.
Taylor told of the needs for
these schools which are located
in a county whose financial
condition makes a tax subsidy
impractical. Yet, he said, the
needs for more funds are ap
parent, if our schools are to be
on or near a par with the
schools of such cities as
Greensboro, Charlotte and Ral
eigh
Today there ore 70,000 stu
dents in colleges in North Car
olina and "by 1070 there will
be 110,000, Taylor said. In the
face of this increase, colleges
are raising their standards and
it is becoming harder for high
school graduates to enter the
colleges of the state This
means, he said, that if the
children of the smaller schools
are to have a chance to enter
the better colleges, they must
be better prepared. To do this
money is needed.
Taylor said that he hoped
the Lions and other civic
clubs as well as patrons of the
three schools would contribute
to the Foundation for a better
future for our children.
A report was made by the
chairman of the nominating
committee, Past President C.
M. Bullock. Nomination will be
held over for election at a
future meeting.
Cub Scout Phil Daniel ap
peared before the club to sell
tickets to the members for the
Boy Scout Circus which was
held in Raleigh on the follow
ing day. Every member bought
one or more tickets.
Present at the meeting were
Lion Don Pennington, Lion
Ed Scott and Lion Harold
Dodge of Burlington, who
brought greeting from the
Burlington Club and also ap
peared in behalf of John D.
Xanthos, their candidate for
District Governor of 31-G?.
Also present at the meeting
was. Edgar (Skeeter) Neal,
a guest of Lion W. L. Turner.
President Duke Jones presid
ed over the meeting at Hotel
Warren where Ralph's of Roa
noke Rapids served barbecued
pork and chicken, and Bruns
wick stew.
Larger Cotton
Crop Expected
In Warren County
Warren County's 1962 cot
y.ton crop is expected to be
considerably increased as a re
sult of released acreage by
those not wishing to grow the
crop.
Tho.nas E. Watson, local
ASCS office manager, said yes'
terday that a request for
1654 3 acres for additional cot
ton acreage had been granted
Warren County farmers.
Of this amount, 732.1 acres
were released by Warren Coun
ty farmers. The county also
obtained 922.4 from the State
Committee which was released
to them by other counties who
did not need the acreage. "By
obtaining this acreage from
?he State Committee," Watson
said, "the County Committee
was able to give each producer
the'exact amount of additional
cotton allotment that he re
Watson said that this add!
tional acreage is effective for
only one year. In 1962 this
allotment goes bade to the
farm from which it was re
The final effective allotment
-Ja Warren County is $9,404.9
Watson said.
Mary Brodie Jones, a
student at the University of
Neath Carolina, is spending the
Nancy Baae Harris, of
Peace College, Baieigk, la
? the "spring ?
Two Men Die In Crushed Car
In Wreck On Highway No. 85
By HOWARD JONES
The death of two soldiers?
killed when a huge transfer
truck crushed their car on In
terstate 85 seven miles north
west of here Sunday night?
still has investigating officers
trying to determine what
actually happened on the mul
ti-lane highway minutes before
the spectacular accident.
Many of the accounts given
by witnesses of the fatal
crash do not correspond and
authorities are certain that some
of the incidents which led to
the fatal crash may never be
brought to light.
The accident occurred at
about 9:50 Sunday night' as a
flat-bed transfer truck towed
? car containing two Army
Reservists north on the high
way. A heavily-loaded tractor
trailer failed to stop when it
approached the two vehicles
from behind, smashed the car
and lodged atop the rear of
the flat-bodied truck.
Wreckage was strewn 475
feet along the highway where
the car was dragged beneath
the body of the tractor-trailer.
All three vehicles cleared the
Ridgeway Road bridge, which
carries traffic over the busy
interstate highway, before com
ing to rest on the edge of
the highway.
killed in the accident were
Dusan B. Miljkovic, 29, of lit.
Vernon, N. Y., and Norman T.
Wasserman of Ft. Gordon, Ga.
Both men were mmiilata aa
rigned to the 302nd Civil Af
fairs Group at Ft Gordon on
?ctive duty status.
Miljkovic, a native of Yugo
davia, was a co-owner of tie
Optimum Contact Lena Co., an
imatuer fencer, accomplished
liguist and a former employee
>f the United Nations.
Authorities were unable to
furnish any information on
Miljkovic, who reportedly
baa no family connections in
this country, waa believed to
save been en a tnovreek leave
from the army and an route
to New York. He had boon In
Charleston, 8. C . during the
to Mb officiate a
HERE TWO DIED ? Seen* of a wrack on Interstate High
way No. 89 near the Ridgeway overpass where two men were
killed when their ear was crushed by heavy truck. Another
picture on page 12. (Staff Photo)
?tractor in Yugoslavia and Ger
many and fencing gear was
found among the wreckage of
his car.
The car, drivin by Miljkovlc
and owned by Ma Ann, waa
pinned beneath the tranafer
truck for mere than seven
hours. The bodies were not
moved until the truck's cargo
of 38,000 pounds of metal
?crews were tranafered to
mother van.
Among the questions which
have not been sua wired to the
at to
officers are:
?where along the - highway
did the two soldiers, who ap
parently had noticed engine
trouble in their car, flag down
a state-owned flat-bed trans
fer in order to move their
vehicle?
The driver of the state-own
ed rig, Herman Lee McDufZie,
53-year-old Raleigh Negro, told
he had Just hooked a
to the ear and begun
when the wreck occur
But a hitchiker in his
chaoi Outt of
ioiu siaie troopers he knew
that the truck had been tow
ing the car for at least five
miles.
?Did the death" car, a 1957
Chrysler^ have tail lights burn
ing at the time it was struck
by the tractor-trailer?
The driver of the tractor
trailer, Charles T. Starnes, 39
year-old Charlotte resident cm
ployed by the Southern Screw
Company of Statesville, says
not. Yet Gutt says he remem
bers looking through the rear
glass of the truck towing the
automobile and seeing the car's
tail lights reflecting on the
cement highway.
?How far was the state-own
ed truck to have pulled the
automobile?
McDuffie told highway pa
trolmen that he was only at
tempting to pull the car from
the path of approaching traf
fic. Troopers say that the
truck had gained a speed of
12 miles an hour at the time
of the crash, well above the
speed required to pull a ve
hicle to the road's shoulder.
?Why did the two truck
drivers, according to Gutt's
testimony following the acci
dent, tell the youthful hitch
hiker "to get lost"?
No one seems to know.
Both truck driver were later
charged by the Highway Pa
trol. Trooper V. R. Vaughan of
Warrenton said that Starnes
was charged with dtlVlBg~after~
his license was suspended. He
had lost his license following
two convictions for speeding.
McDuffie was charged with
operating a vehicle with more
than the legal number of com
binations.
A coroner's jury, empanelled
by Warren County Coroner N.
I. Haithcock, met here on
Monday afternoon, listened to
testimony concerning the wreck,
but failed to take action.
Meanwhile insurance adjus
ters have begun their investi
gation of the crash that may
take weeks to complete.
Witnesses are being re-ques
tioned, and eventually investi
gators hope to leant the truth
about the incidents leading to
tbe'eraeh.
tt)
Number Wrecked
Stills Climb Over
Hundred Nark
Warren County officers join
ed with an ATU officer anc
ABC officers from Vance Cour.
ty in the destruction of tw<
stills and the arrest of ont
man in Perrytown near War
ronton on Monday afternoon.
Vance Perry was arrested al
his home and charged Witt
possession of whiskey for pur
pose of sale after the officer!
had found two gallons of moon
shine whiskey between th<
floor and ceiling of his house
following the destruction 01
one still. After the arrest, th?
officers destroyed another still
?in?the?area. " '
Both stills were of the sub
marine type with one having
a capacity of 200 gallons and
the other 300 gallons. Also de
stroyed were about 200 gallons
of mash.
Sheriff Jim Hundley said
that the run had recently been
completed at one still and the
other still had been mashed
up when raided by the officers.
Qther Warren officers on
the raid were Deputies Loyd
Newsom and Bonnie Stevenson.
Sheriff Hundley said the cap
ture of the two stills Monday
were the 111th and 112th still
captured by him and his of
ficers since he became sheriff
JG Seniors Are
Given Scholarships
To University
Richard Williams and Chock
White, seniors at John Grahai
High School, have been a wart
ed 4-year tution scholarships a
the University of North Cart
lina by the Pleaaants-Alato
Scholarship Foundation o
Louisburg.
This foundation, which ii
addition to tuition scholarship
offers a full four-year acholai
ship at the University, we
created by Mr*. Missouri All
ton Pleasants, a native of Wax
ren County. The full acholai
ihip last year was awarded h
Pat Harp, ton of Mr. and Mn
federal Harp at Wamnton.
Williams, the son of Mr. ant
Mrs. Barker Williams, ant
White, the son of Mr. and Mn
Snarly Q. White, won into
dewed in4
lav.
Warehouse To Be Built Here
Warrenton Man Is
Sentenced To Road
a warrenion wnite man was
;entenced to the roads on
hree counts by Judge Julius
Sanzet in Recorder's Court
ast Friday.
Thomas Lewis Rooker was
found guilty on charges of
spcrating a motor vehicle
ifter his driver's license had
been revoked, with public
irunkness and disorderly con
luct, with public drunkness,
iisorderly conduct and using
profane language, and with as
sault and disorderly conduct,
rhe assault and disorderly
conduct was not prossed with
leave. The judgment of the
:ourt on the other charges was
that Rooker serve three months
on roads for operating a motor
vehicle after his license had
been revoked; 30 days on roads
for .disorderly conduct and
public drunkness, and 30 days
on road for disorderly conduct,
public drunkness and profane
language] The two 30 days
sentences will run concurrent
ly, beginning at the end of
the 3-months sentence, for a
total of four months.
Probable cause was found in
the case of Jame^ Stegall,
charged with forging a check,
and the defendant was bound
to Superior Court under S50O
bond.
Plummer Durham was found
not tniiltv on a laroonw ehornn
Alvin Wimbush was in court
on a charge of trespass. Prayer
for judgment was continued
for two years upon condition
that the defendant not go into
the place of business of R. C.
Mitchell for two yeais ur upon
the premises of R. C. Mitchell
for two years and that he pay
the court costs.
Norman Ejfvin Brown was
fined S25 and taxed with
court costs when he was found
guilty on a reckless driving
charge
Seven defendants were in
court on charges of speeding.
Penalties imposed by Judge
Banzet were: William Cecil
Walters, $10.00 and costs; Clar
ence Samuel Graham, costs;
Billy Eugene Henderson, $10.0C
and costs; James Hurschel
costs; Wiley Frank Armstrong
I costs; William Gamble Skinner
costs; Cleveland Hayruth Out
law, costs.
Scout Leaders
Tell Needs At
MeeliugHeie
Parents and interested
friends of Girl Scouting in
Warren County met at the
Episcopal Parish House on
Monday, night to hear local
Girl Scout leaders?and?mem
bers of the Bright Leaf Coun
cil of Durham discuss the
needs for and rewards of Girl
Scouting.
H. M. Hardy acted as Master
of Ceremonies. He told of the
needs for Girl Scouting in
| Warren County and the un
usual facilities offered by near
by Camp Graham on Kerr
Lake. It is a shame that we
have not and do not take ad
vantage of these facilities which
could mean so much to the
young girls of the county, he
said. "We have a beautiful
cake before us in these camp
ing facilities, but we seem un
willing to pick up the knife
and cut it," he said.
'Hardy introduced members
' of the Bright Leaf Council
j members who stressed the need
I for adult leadership and the re
| ward of working with young
| girls. They pointed out that
1 adult leaders are the heart of
i the Girl Scout movement,
Here in Warren County, they
pointed out .are the girls and
the camping facilities, which are
wasted unless adult leaders can
be obtained.
What Camp Graham can
mean to young girls of the
county was shown in a film
picturing the activities of young
To Be Located
On Norlina Road
Construction of a tobacco
warehouse containing, approxi
mately 30,000 square feet of
floor space is expected to be
gin on the Norlina Road in
the near future.
The new structure will bring
to seven the number of ware
houses on the Warrenton To
bacco Market and is the first
warehouse to be built outside
the city limits of Warrenton
The new building will be
owned by M. P. Carroll, owner
of Centre Warehouse here, and
two Centre associates?Edward
M. Moody of Henderson and
Edward Radford of Centerfield,
both of whom have been as
sociated with Carroll in the
warehouse business since short
ly after the latter began man
agement of Centre Warehouse
in 1951.
The warehouse will be a ce
ment block structure located
1 on land adjacent to the War
I ren General Hospital.
Grading of land has begun
and Carroll says that approxi
mately two acres will be pre
pared in order to insure ample
parking space for warehouse
customers.
Carroll said that he will
continue to operate his ware
house on East Franklin Street
and that the new warehouse
. will be- known as-t-Jvnli e Warc
house No. 2.
Plans are to have the ware
house ready for use by the be
ginning of the 1962 tobacco
selling season.
"We definitely plan to com
plete the building by the first
of August, if not before," Car
roll said yesterday.
He said that the construction
of the warehouse would be
handled by John A. Franklin
of Henderson.
Three warehouses have been
built in Warrenton since the
Second World War. Currin's
Warehouses No. 1 and No. S
and Thompson's Warehouse! ?
were all built within the past
decade. -
Warrenton has two other
warehouses?Boyd's Warehouse
and Farmer's Warehouse
girls in camp, the training and
the fun available.
Members of Girl Scout Inter
mediate Troop No. 174 ? of
which Mrs. Lelia Holt and
Mrs. C. M. Bullock are leaders
?presented a skit, showing ac
tivities of Girl Scouts,
Members of the Brownie
Troop were also present, par
ticipated in the program, and
sold cookies at the door. Mrs.
Dixon Ward is Brownie leader.
Col. Frank BarizeF
Leaves N. Guard
Frank B. Banget, Warrentor
attorney who holds the rani
of lieutenant colonial in the
North Carolina National Guard
will end a 15-year associatior
with the Guard on April 3C
when he officially steps dowr
as assistant chief of staff, G2
of the 30th "Old Hickory" In
fantry Division
His retirement will mark the
end of a 20-year military ca
reer which began in April, 1942
when he entered the Army as
a private. Seven month* later
after completion of basic train
ing at Camp Wheeler, G*., and
graduation from the infantry
school at Fort Benning, Ga.
Banzet received his?couimll
sion as a second lieutenant.
During the war yean that
followed, Baniet attended the
School of Military Government
at the University of Virginia
and the Civil Affairs School at
the Univenity of Michigan. In
November, 1944 he was sent
overseas as a military govern
ment officer with thte rank oi
captain.
He participated in the New
Guinea, Southern Philippines
and Luson campaigns before
being sent to Japan after the
Japan surrender. After a brief
tour of doty there he was
transferred to Kane when he
was subsequently made mili
ary supervisor of all
Civilian
duty, and served for a year In
the Army Reserve before Join
ing the National Guard when
the 30th Infantry Division was
reorganized In 1947.
For the next six years he
served with the 2nd Battalion,
119th Infantry?first as execu
tive officer and later as com
manding officer. In 1949 be
received his promotion to lieu
tenant colonel. Later he tarr
ed as regimental executive of
ficer for the 119th Infantry.
In 1954, with the reorganisa
tion of the division into an i
North Carolina Infantry d
slon, Banset was
tor General of
Wy" dWfckmT
his present assignment as chief
of the division's intelligence
branch In 1087.
Banset was bom March 4.
1907 in Ridgeway and later
attended high school In
Una. He attended law
at Northwestern University.
He is active In both dvtc
and church work and
mayor of Warrenton from
until 1981 During
served as assistant U. S.
Met attorney.