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VOLUME 66 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1962 NUMBER 17 !
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May Be Filmed Here
Price's Book To
Be Made Movie
Reynold Price's "Long and
Happy Life" will be made into
a movie with part of the filming
likely to made in Warren
County, according to an article
in Sunday's The Durham
Herald, which reads as fol
lows:
Motion picture rights to "A
Long and Happy Life," highly
praised first novel by Duke
University faculty member Rey
nolds Pr'ce, have been pur
chased b- Fred Coe, television,
stage and screen producer and
director.
Coe, who took an option on
the book at an unclosed sum,
plans to start filming the novel
early next year. He wants" to
produce the book as a "major
offering and at least partly on
location." The novel's setting
is in Warren County which
would mean that part of the
movie will likely be filmed
there.
"A Long and Happy Life,",
released last month by the,
Atheneum Publishing Co. of
New York amid accolades from
critics throughout the country,!
is the story of a young North
Carolina farm girl, who is
deeply in love with an elusive
adventurer, and, and her dream
of their "long and happy life"
together.
The novel received rave re
views in Time magazine and
Saturday Review, one of the
nation's leading literary maga
zines, and was published in
full in a special supplement
of Harper's magazine.
Price, who is the author of
numerous short stories, won
third prize in the 1960 nation
al O. Henry competition for
his story, "One Sunday in Late
July," which is a part of his
first novel.
A native of Macon, Price is
currently at Merton College in
Oxford, England. He plans to
spend the summer in Crete
and will return to North Caro
lina at the end of the summer, j
The author, a graduate of j
Duke in 1955, is an assistant j
professor of English at Duke, j
He joined the faculty in 1958,
following study at Oxford as a
Rhodes Scholar.
Man Must Spend
Weekends In Jail
A Warren County man may
put in a week's work, but must
spend his weekends in jail for
the next several weeks, under
a judgment banded down in
Recorder's Court by Judge
Julius E. Banzet on last Fri
day.
When Nathaniel Towns was
found guilty of an assault on
a female. Judge Banzet order
ed that beginning on April
20 and continuing through
June 11 the defendant spend
his weekends in jail. He is to
be locked up each Friday at
4:30 p. m. and released on
Monday at 7:30 a. m. during
this period.
Vance Perry was found
guilty on a charge of posses
sion of non-taxpaid whiskey.
He was sentenced to the roads
for two years but the sentence
was suspended for five years
upon condition that he have
no quantity of illegal whiskey
in his possession and violate
no prohibition laws for five
years, and pay a $250 fine
and court costs.
A two-month road sentence,
suspended for two years, was
given Leroy Brown Lewis, who
appeared in court to face
charges of reckless driving and
no operator's license. In the
latter charge he was fined S25
and costs.
Henry Lee Durham, charg
ed with assault on a female,
was ordered returned to Cher
ry Hospital at Goldsboro after
it was learned that the de
fendant was on probation from
the hospital.
Court cases crowded Friday's
docket, with the following
judgments handed down by the
court:
Fred Alston, drunk driving,
$100 and costs.
Amos Edwards, no operator's
license, possession of non-tax
paid whiskey and drunk driv
ing, nol pros with leave.
Howard Boone, no chauffer's
license, $25 and costs.
Earl Richard Scott, improper
lights, costs.
Don Edison Swain, speeding,
costs.
Arthur Vann, speeding, $15
and costs.
Hazel Sylver Williams, speed
ing, $5 and costs.
Sidney Leroy Carlton, speed
ing, costs. f
Littleton Planning
Commission Meets
LITTLETON ? The first
meeting of the newly organiz
ed Planning Commission for
Littleton was held in the mu
nicipal building on Tuesday
night with Mayor Milton
Stokes and several members
of the Board of Town Com
missioners present with mem
bers of the commission.
George Moneghan of the
State Department of Conserva
tion and Development spoke
informally to the group, giv
inr several suggestions with
which to get started as a
planning group.
Joseph P. Newsom will head
this group as chairman and
Mrs. Francis T. Ricks will
serve as secretary. Others
comprising the Planning Com
?ntg?inn will bo K. C. Cheves.
Milton Umphlett and Ray
Brown. Present at the meeting
in addition to the members
were Mayor Stokes, Commis
sioners Roger Gupton, Mason
Hawfield and Joe Pope. Mar
vin Newsom of the Tri-County
Board also was present
Moneghan had an aerial
phot" which enabled the group
to see just what the situation
of the town and surrounding
area will be. "You're In pretty
good shape to start making
physical plans," Moneghan
said.
He advised them that they
would need to haxe Informa
tion on the population trends
firing place in the community;
population by age and by sex
and the rural and urban pop
ulation. "You also want It
make a study of the economj
of the area?the strength and
the weaknesses, then you're ir
position to begin making long
range plans."
The main development would
show the best use of property
whether industrial or resi
dential, and the major roads.
"You have to bring all ol
these uses together in a mean
ingful pattern for an overall
comprehensive plan."
"After the planning is de
veloped, you are concerned
with a zoning ordinance?zon
ing keeps incompetible uses
out and takes care of your
development plan. Subdivision
regulations are of utmost 1m
portonee," the gruup was tntfl:
Mayor Stokes brought out
the fact that Littleton baa a
fairly recent zoning ordinance,
compiled some three or four
yean ago.
Moneghan suggested that the
first thing the Commission
needs to do is to consider the
possibility of adopting the sub
division regulations for the
town. He plans to send a copy
of regulations as used in other
towns, for them to study.
lfaps must he prepared and
a basic survey secured, he
said.
The group will meet with
Moneghan in the Home Eco
nomics building nest Tuesday
night at ? o'clock for further
(See PLANNING, pops tt>
FIRST ? Warrenton Chief of Police Robert D. Chewning sits at the wheel of his car
Easter Monday on the south edge of the new bridge over the Roanoke River near Eaton's
Ferry after having driven across the new bridge and back. Chewning was the first person,
not connected with the construction crew, to >'rive a car across the bridge. (Staff Photo)
Chief Chewning Is First To
Drive Over Roanoke Bridge
Robert D. Chewning, Chief
t>f Warrenton's Police Force,
drove his ear across the new
bridge over the Roanoke River
near Eaton's Ferry on Easter
Monday afternoon. He was fol
lowed across the bridge and
back by a car driven by J. H.
Hundley.
Chewning is believed to be
the First person not connected
with the construction crews to
drive across the new bridge,
with second honors going to
Sheriff Hundley. Riding with
Chewning was Bignall Jones,
editor of The Warren Record,
present to make a picture of
the event.
Miss Ruby Moore, music
teacher in the Littleton High
School, has the distinction of
being the first woman to ride
across the new bridge.
Miss Moore and Chief
Chewning were each seeking
to be the first to cross the new
bridge. Miss Moore was prom
ised this privilege by Engineer
Logue, while Chewning ob
tained a similar promise from
G. C. Jones of Jones Brothers
' Construction Company, builder
of the bridge. Both Miss Moore
and Chewning arrived at the
bridge with cameras around 4
o'clock to obtain the honor.
The solution was not too
hard. Contractor Jones placed
Miss Moore and Engineer
Logue on the front seat of his
car, while Jones, Hundley and
Chewning climbed into the
back seat for the ride across
the river. Since Miss Moore
was on the front seat, she was
not only the first woman but
the first of the general public
to cross the bridge.
However, Miss Moore did not
have her car, and Chief Chewn
ing became the first motorist
to drive across the new bridge.
Actually, the final few feet
at the north end of the bridge
had to be bridged to enable
the cars to cross, as a dirt
fill remained to be finished.
While the concrete floor of
the bridge has been completed,
the guard rails of the bridge
on Monday had been complet
ed only on the south half of
! the bridge.
Lancaster Rites
To Be Held Today
Mrs. Cora Louise Heuay Lan
caster. 76, died in Maria Par
ham Hospital in Henderson at
11:50 p. m. Monday after a
brief illness.
Mrs, Lancaster had made her
home with a daughter, Mrs.
Johnnie Mae Jordan, in War
renfon. The widow of the late
Robert Wylie Lancaster, who
died in 1948, she was a mem
ber of the Calvary Methodist
Church near Littleton.
Funeral services will be con
ducted this afternoon (Friday)
at 2 p. m. from the Blaylock
Funeral Home. The Rev. Dan
Parker will conduct the last
rites and interment will be in
Sunset Hill Cemetery in Lit
tleton.
Mrs. Lancaster is survived
by three daughters, Mrs. Ber
tha Shearin of Homestead, Fla.,
Mrs. Johnnie Mae Jordan of
Warrenton, and Mrs. Mary
Coley of Macon: four sons,
Robert Irving Lancaster of
Warrenton, Norman G. Lancas
ter of Charleston, S. C., Paul
J. Lancaster of Manson, and
Clinton W. Lancaster of Mays
-villc; a brother, Ifby W7
Heuay of Warsaw; 26 grand
children and 13 great-grand
children.
Legion Auxiliary
To Hold Meeting
The American Legion Aux
iliary. Unit No. 29, will meet
qp Thursday evening. May A,
in.the Amenably Room of Wet
ley Memorial Methodist Church
at 7(20 o'clock.
The Rev. Troy J. Barrett,
pastor, will speak on, "The
Poppy and Memorial Day."
Hostesses will be Meedames
C. P. Allen, Viola Gaskffl. Jane
Montgomery, H. P. Raid and
Sadie Limer and Loinse
Mrs. Morrissette
Dies Wednesday
Mrs. Mary -Van Allen Morris
J stee, 93, died Wednesday al
; the home of her daughter
j Mrs. W. R. Wood in Warren
ton. at 6 a. m. after a linger
| ing illness. Born in Evans
i Mills, N. Y., she was the daugh
j ter of the late Warren and
| Lucia Barnes Van Allen.
Funeral services were com
; ducted from the Warrenton
Baptist Church Thursday at 11
j a. m. by the Rev. John Link,
? pastor. Interment was in the
! Tomahawk Baptist Church
j Cemetery, Chesterfield County,
I Va.
Mrs. Morrissette is survived
by two sons, L. W. Morrissette
of Raleigh and K. G. Morris
sette of Richmond, Va.; three
daughters, Mrs. W. R. Wood
of Warrenton, and Mrs. W. G.
Voorhees and Mrs. G. H. Wills
of Richmond, Va.; one brother,
Howard Van Allen of Evans
Mills, N. Y.; ten grandchildren
and 30-great-grandchildren.
Baptists To Hold
Spsrial ServicG?
A special service on the Or
dinances of the Church will be
held at the Warrenton Baptist
Church on Sunday, April 27.
The Ordinance of Baptism will
be followed by the Holy Com
munion at the eleven o'clock
worship hour.
The following are to be bap
tised: Brian Rogers, Linda
Roope, Nettie Lou Elam, Bev
erly Johnson, Myra Johnson,
Deborah King. Linda King and
Charlie Davis.
Bill Taylor attended the Beta
Club Convention held in Ral
eigh recently. He is president
of the John Graham High
The bridge is nut open for
"public travel and Miss Moore
and Chief Chewning and his
companions were permitted to
cross by special permission.
Jones said that it is not ex
pectcr that the brirge will be
open for public traved until
sometime in July. Guard rails
will have to be placed on the
dirt approaches to the bridge
and further construction on
the approaches must be made.
In addition the highway lead
ing to the bridge must be
hardsurfaced.
Those crossing the bridge
Monday afternoon were im
pressed with its beauty. They
expressed themselves as being
gratified that the guard rails
of the bridge, while high
enough for safety, were not
high enough to obstruct a clear
view of what will be one of
the prettiest sections of the
Gaston Lake when the reser
voir is filled within the next
year.
Kornegay To Leave
Davis To Be New
Hospital Surgeon
Dr. Wirt L. Davis, a surgeon
at the Community Memorial
Hospital in South Hill, Va.,
will join the staff of the War
ren General Hospital, F. P.
Whitley, hospital administrator,
announced Tuesday. Dr. and
Mrs. Davis will move to War
renton the latter part of May.
Dr. Davis will succeed Dr.
Lemuel R. Kornegay, who
came to' the Warren County
hospital when it opened in
1951.
Dr. Kornegay has resigned
to rejoin his brother in the
operation of a hospital in
M. C. House
Dies Suddenly
At Currituck
Maurice Clifton House. 59,
died suddently at Currituck
while on a fishing trip around
noon?Wednesday.
Funeral services will be con
ducted today (Friday) at 4
o'clock from the Warrenton
Baptist Church with burial in
Fairview Cemetery. The Rev.
John Link, his pastor, will of
ficiate.
House has been engaged in
business in Warren County for
the past 36 years. A native of
Franklin County, he was in
business at N'orlina for nine
years in the pressing and
cleaning business before com
ing to Warrenton to be con
nected in the same line of
work with S. M. Gardner. Lat
er he operated a shoe repair
bnsines here for a number of
years, later adding a line of
dry goods to his business. A
year or more ago he moved
into new quarters and greatly
expanded his mercantile busi
ness, while retaining his shoe
repair shop in the rear of his
store.
He was a member of the
Warrenton Baptist Church, a
members of the Warrenton
Lions Club ,and a member
and director of the Warrenton
(See HOUSE, page 10) I
SURE SIGN OF SPRING ? The seemingly-tireless mule
plods across the Warren County landscape yearly as spring
warms the farm land and countless scores of mules are harness
ed to the plow. On many a farm the mule is regarded as an
absolescent part of the planting picture, but in Warren Coun
ty he clings to the scene with his traditional stubborn ess pro
viding youth with an afternoon challenge and a dream of
automation. (Staff Photo)
Rocky Mount. His resignation
is effective June 30
Dr. Davis received his B. S.
degree from Furman Universi
ty, Greenville, S .C., in 1942
following which he completed
two years of medical training
at Medical College of Virginia
at Richmond. Work for his
Medical degree was completed
in December 1943. Following
this he served his internship at
Grady Memorial Hospital in
DR. WIRT L. DAVIS
Warlick President
Of Ed. Foundation
Sam A. Warlick, Jr., manager
of Leggett's Department Store,
has been named president of
the Warren Educational Foun
dation, Inc., an organization
founded for the purpose of
lending money to needy boys
and girls in Warren County to
further their education. He suc
ceeds John G. Mitchell, presi
dent of The Citizens Bank.
Other officers elected at a
recent meeting held at the
Citizens Bank were Richard R.
Davis, vice-president; and
Charles M. White, III, secre
tary-treasurer.
Directors elected were Claude,
T. Bowers, Pett B. Boyd, Tom
Brown, Frank Daniel, David
Dickerson, Raymond A.- Harris,
Jr., Ed Harvey, Boyd Mayfield,
Duke Miles, Randolph Miles,
John C. Mitchell, A1 Mustian,
Harry Walker, F. P. Whitley
April 30th Deadline
Cotton Insurance
Norlina Man To
Have Art Display
At Rocky Mount
The Rocky Mount Arts Cen
ter will exhibit paintings and
work in various media by Dan
Knight on April 29-May 13.
Knight's paintings have been
shown at the North Carolina
Art Museum, North Carolina
State College, Rocky Mount
Art Show, and the Norlina li
brary. _ ' /
The show aU Rocky Mount
will ape a Sunday, A [nil
with a reception from 3-5 p.
m., to which the public is in
vited.
Knight is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Daniel Knight of
Norlina. He is mar
ried to the former Norma Pit
ta rd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ek N. Pittard of Waxrestoa.
He is now serving his archi
: actual apprenticeship with
John L Thompson, ? Rocky
Mount architect.
To Attend Rally
The men of the Warren ton
Presbyterian Church will at
end the Spring Rally, Ilea of
be Church, the Presbytery of
Iranville, on Sunday afternoon,
Vpril 29, at Presbyterian Point
?n Kerr Lake, Sees A. War
kk, Jr., vke-prealdaHt of
rict 2,
Atlanta, Georgia and progress
ed to Assistant Resident in
surgery from January 1944
through December 1945. Begin
ning in January, 1946, he serv
ed two years in the U. S.
Army. For the last five months
he was Chief of Surgery at
Schofield Barracks Hospital,
Oahu, Hawaii.
Surgical training was con
tinued in the Veterans Ad
ministration Hospital in Mar
tinsburg. West Virginia, under
the auspices of George Wash
ington University until July,
1950, when he went to the
Lahey Clinic as a Fellow in
Surgery. He was Chief Resi
dent in Surgery at the Cam
bridge City Hospital, Cam
bridge,, Massachusetts from
July 1951 through June 1952.
Upon completion of his
training he had a practice of
General Surgery for eight years
at St. Mary's Hospital in Lewis
ton, Mail". For the past two
years he iuu. been on the Staff
at Community Memorial Hos
pital.
Dr. Davis is a Diplomate of
the American Board of Surg
ery and is a Fellow of the
American College of Surgeons.
He is also a member of the
American Roard of Abdominal
Surgeon s.
Dr. Davis is the son of Mrs.
Corinne G. Davis of South Hill,
Virginia, and the late Wirt Lee
Davis.
and A. A. Wood.
Warlick gave a summary of
the work of the Foundation
for the past two years, in
which he stated that ten loans
had been made ta four young
students, in the amount of
$675.00. He also re-emphasised
the purpose of the Foundation,
which, he said, is to obtain
and accept gifts, grants and
contributions to be used to as
sist deserving and worthy high
school graduates in obtaining
a higher education; to giv.i fi
nancial assistance by making
loans to needy, deserving and
ambitious young boys and girls
from Warren County, who de
sire a higher education, and
who otherwise might not be
able to do so.
An application was approved
for a loan to a high school
girl graduating this year.
RALEIGH ? North Carolina
All-Risk Crop Insurance on
farmers will not be eligible for
their 1962 cotton crop after
April 30, Julian Mann, State
Director for FCIC, announced
yesterday. This date applies to
all counties where crop in
surance is offered to cotton
growers.
Applications for All-Risk.
Crop Insurance, Mann 1
cannot be accepted after
eral plant starts.
Federal All-Risk Crop
ance offers a fanner protection
causes such as drought, too
much rain, disease, and uncon
trollable insects.
No definite closing date hasr
been received for the tobacco
applications to be taken. Sal
can be stopped at any time.
The Warren ton FCIC
is located upstairs in the
renton Court
James K. Folk i