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Your Best Advertising Medium ?hr Harmt Hrrni== lard C"? js s??iw ?<?? Ky. Your Best Advertising Medium VOLUME 66 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1962 NUMBER 19 \ . ? Truck Driver Appeals 2-Year Road Sentence Charles Thomas Starnes, 39, of Charlotte, driver of a truck involved in a wreck on High way No. 85 on the night of April 15, in which two men died, was sentenced to the roads for two years when he was found guilty in Recorder's Court last Friday of driving a motor vehicle after his driver's license had been revoked. Starnes gave notice ot ap peal to Warren County Superi or Court and appearance bond was set at $100. Starnes was also judged guilty of involuntary manslaugh ter and bound over to Super ior Court under $1500 bond. Killed in the accident, for which Starnes was given a hearing Friday, were Dusan B. Miljkovie, 29, of Mt. Vernon, N. Y., and Norman T. Wasser man of Ft. Gordon, Ga. Both men were reservist assigned to the 302nd Civil Affairs Group at Ft. Gordon on active duty status. Their ear was being towed by a truck belonging to the State Highway Department, j when it was crushed by a truck I owned by the Southern Screw Company of Charlotte, being driven by Starnes, and which, plowed into the rear and over the towed car. In other cases tried before Judge Julius Banzet Eddie Hicks was fined $30 00 and taxed with court costs when he was found guilty of operat ing a molar vehicle without a driver'* license, passing motor vehicle at Intersection, and operaung a motor vehicle with improper brakes. Clemon Bullock was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle and speeding and was fined $33.00 and taxed with the court costs. Ernest Ball was found not| guilty of larceny, and James i Seward was also found not guilty on a larceny charge. Wiley Bullock, in court on a charge of non-support, v.as found not guilty. Herman Lee McDuffie was charged with operating a motor vehicle with no operator's li cense. Prayer for judgment was continued upon payment of costs. Willie Cooper was taxed with court costs when he was found guilty of assault on a female. Lewis Coley was in court charged with an assault on a female. Prayer for judgment was continued for two years upon condition that the de fendant remain of good be havior for two years and pay a $25.00 fine and court costs. Speeding cases were dispos ed of as follows: James Clemons Lasrlter, costs; John Lee Lynch, costs; Ralph Steward Cowaase, costs; ' Jeremiah Willis, $10.00 and costs; Herbert Jackson Mose ley, $10.00 and costs; Woolard Howard Brame, costs. Governor Terms Lake Affair Misunderstood Governor Terry Sanford has termed the dispute between the State Board of Conserva tion end the Kerr Reservoir Development Commission as a misunderstanding between pub lie agencies and has assured the commission that its power would not be removed. Meeting with the 12-man Commission on Wednesday, the governor commended the Com mission for the Job it is doing in developing and administer ing the 8,000 acres of recrea tion area in Warren and Vance counties. The governor said that if the North Carolina General Assem bly so desires the Commission could be removed as an agen cy of the S&D department, but that if the Commission were placed under the jurisdiction of the State Parks division that the move would bo made for "administrative purposes only." He said that the Com mission would continue to serve as the administering agent. . Sanford went on record as favoring a program that would allow the Commission to re main in authority in response to a question raised by Rep A. A. Zollicoffer, Jr., of Hen derson. Zollicoffer attended the 50 minute session with Rep. Joe Watkins of Oxford, Senator Jolly and Rep. Steed of Frank lin County, Adjutant Gener al Claude Bowers of Warren ton and Henderson Mayor Clyde Finch. Also on hand for the meet ing were Commission Chairman N. W. Weldon of Stovall and Commission members R. C. Mitchell of Manson, T. J. Har rlngton and Charlei Blackburn, both at Henderson, Dr. Wil liam Tarry of Oxford. A. L. Hux of Roanoke Rapids, W. R. Lawrence of Colerain and Ed ward Woodhoum of Raleigh. Other area citizens interested in seeing that the Commission retains its power of administra tion were on hand at the meeting. The controversy between the Commission and the CAD board sprang up In late April follow ing a proposal by CAD Direc tor Hargrave Bowles that the Commission be placed under the jurisdiction of the State Parks division. Under Bowles' proposal, op eration of all state recreation areas on the lake, Including Kimball Point in Warren Coun ty and four in Vance County, would be taken over by the mission would remain in exist ence under Bowies' proposal, but without power to estab lish policies or make decisions. The Commission was set up by the General Assembly in 1951, two years before the lake was filled, and given authority to proceed with broad-scale de velopment plans. At that time the State Park Service declin ed to take part in the area's development. The recreation areas, under a 50-year lease from the Fed eral government, have gained nation-wide recognition, eepe clally for camping, and were recently said by a Corps of Engineers spokesman to be re garded as a model for pro jects on other federal bodies of water throughout the South east. . Farmers Cautioned Not To Graze Soil Bank Crops Warren County farmers who -have contracts were this week eau tfbned by W. S. Smiley, chair man of the Warren Agricul tural Stabilisation and Conser vation County Committee, about compliance with contracts during the current cropping and grating The contracts call for no gnta ing or harvesting on the nated acreage and for ing within the permitted of 8oB Bank base < SC with a contract hat a Mf> acreage of land that : taken out of production is now devoted to Wm ' legumes, water storage, and plantings beneficial to wild life. In retura for annul pay ments, the designated land is kept entirely out of prodne Jurors Drawn For June Term Superior Court Jurors Tor the June term of Warren County Superior Court were drawn on Monday by the Board of County Com missioners from the twelve townships of the county as fol lows: River?Mrs. James E. Per kinson, James G. Perkinson, D. L. Newsome, Mrs. Sammie D. King. Sixpound ? Reubin Shearin, Jr., Robert St. Sing, C. W. Hilliard. Hawtree?William A. Thomp son, Willie Joe Robertson, Glenn Moseley, J. G. Copley, G. W. King, Mrs. Louise Over by. Garland Myrick, N. H. Newell. Smith Creek ? William F. Severance, Irvin R. Hayes, E. G. Hecht, Jr., L. G. Burnett, T. P. Hicks, E. L. Meadors, Raymond Stainback, T. W. Stallings, J. M. Currie, Jr. Nutbush ? Anne Spain, Orange Epps. Sandy Creek ? William H. Bender, Walter B. Mustian, Sr., Kermit Somerville, C. E. Mus tian. Shocco ? Mrs. W. L. Fuller. Fishing Creek ? C. E. Har ris, S. P. Odom, W. M. Duke, Mrs. George D. Hunt, Harvey B. King, Mrs. Clarence Davis. Judkins ? J. Tbeo Robert son, Marvin R. Tharrington. Warrenton ? B. B. Williams, Walter Thornton, R. B. Bulter, John T. Allen, Jesse B. Mar tin, B. P. Smiley, Roy A. Hicks. Fork ? Van Stamper, Mar ton C. Fowler, H. M. Williams, Jr., Charlie Perry. Convention To Be Held Here On Saturdaf The Warren County Demo cratic Convention will convene at 12:00 o'clock noon In the Court House in Warrenton on Saturday, May 12, for the pur pose of electing delegates and alternates to the State Con vention to be held in Raleigh at 12:00 o'clock noon on Thurs day, May 17. Each County Convention is entitled to elect to the State Convention one delegate and one alternate for every 300 Democratic votes, or major fraction thereof, cast therein for Governor in the last Guber natorial election. In the last such election Warren County cast 3,135 votes for the Demo cratlc nominee. Governor San ford. and therefore would be entitled to ten delegates and ten alternates to the State Convention. Immediately following the adjournment of the County Convention the newly elected members of the County Execu tive Committee will convene for the purpose of perfecting the organization of the County Executive Committee. 4-H'ers To Observe Church Sunday During the' months of May and June the various churches of Warren County will observe 4-H Church Sunday in their re spective com in unities, Mrs. Ann R. Kilian, assistant Coun ty Home Economics Agent, an nounced this week. Mrs. Kilian said that 4-H members, under the direction ef local adult leaders, will take charge of some sarvie and, in some instances, have part of the services. This year's suggested pro gram was prepared by Dr. Al bert Edwards' pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Raleigh, and has as its theme "Our Land and Our Lives." "Many of our Warren Coun ty 4-H members attending State 4-H Club Weak have h the privilege of hearing Dr. ?dwards," Mrs. Kilian said. "They will welcome this ma terial prepared by Urn for o ... - ? ^ Miss Patsy Ayscue of Alton a position with Telephone and DAVID L. SHEARIN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy V. Shearin of Warrenton, who was recently elected treasurer of the State Student Legislature of North Carolina. Shearin cur rently is the Assistant Treas urer of the East Carolina Col lege Student Government As sociation, a member of the Theta Chi fraternity, a busi ness major, a member of the YDC, and is active in the na tionaly recognized Future Bus ness Leaders of America. Shearin will serve as treasurer for SSL during the coming year 1962-1963. Robinson Resigns As Principal Of Littleton School L. C. Robinson, principal of the Littleton High School for the past two years, has resign ed to accept the superintend ency of the Freemont City School*!' it was learned yester day from the office of the Superintendent of Warren County Schools. Principal Robinson, Mrs. Robinson?who teaches in the Littleton school?and their two children are expected to move to Freemont soon after thel closing of the Littleton school. Mrs. Br&dner To Sing Here Sunday Mrs. Cleveland Bradner of Greenville will sing "The Lord's Prayer," and "For Mother," both by Malotte, at the H o'clock worship service at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, according to Mrs. Sel by G .Benton, choir director. The sermon for this Mother's Day observance will be from Poverbs 31:10-31. At 1:30 Sunday afternoon the Methodist Youth Fellow ship, as well as other MYFs in the Subdistrict, will go to Fairmont Church in Raleigh for the District MYF Rally from 3 until 7 p. m.?Youths are asked to take a picnic sup per. On Monday, May 14, the cir cles of the WSCS will meet. On Tuesday, May 15, the Of ficial Board will meet. Selby G. Benton, chairman, has ask ed that all members who have served on the board make a special effort to attend this meeting. Larry Hayes Heads Student Council Larry Hayes was elected president of the Student Coun cil of John Graham High School on Friday. Other offigsrs elected were Benson Aycock, vice-president; Janie Williams, secretary, and Roddy Drake, treasurer. Campaign managers were Bonnie Gupton, Harriet Cheek, Joyce Weaver and Bill Taylor. A second vote for president was called when Larry Hayes and Becky ElUs tied with 106 votes each. Benton Awarded Trip To Florida Mr. and Mrs. Selby Benton of Warren ton will spend a three-day vacation at Miami Beach,- Fla., May 11-11. Benton, a local appliance dealer, .was awarded the trip following a drawing held by the Carolina Sales CorpailjD& The Ben tons wiU travel to and from Miami Beach via a char tered airplane. UDC To The Warren County Chapter of the UDC win meet in the homo of Mrs. T. V. Allen oa May 11, at New $2,200,000 Hospital Planned For Henderson HENDERSON ? Procedure for obtaining a new $2,200,000 hospital for Henderson was an nounced Tuesday by Chairman James W. Jenkins of the Maria Parham hospital board of trus tees. The plan was unanimous ly approved by the trustees at a meeting Monday night. Major portion of the cost would come from a grant from the Federal Hill Burton Act and from various foundations. But a sizable amount of the money would be obtained lo cally. Commitment was accepted by the Vance Board of County Commissioners Monday to pro vide $50,000 a year for five years, or $250,000 in all, to ward financing the project. Another $350,000 would then have to be provided privately in the city and county. No pub lic bond issue of any kind is anticipated. The new hospital will have provision for one hundred beds, and so constructed that fifty more could be added without disturbing the general design of the structure. The present Maria Parham hospital would continue to be operated by the hospital board, but used largely for convalesc ent patients or patients not re quiring immediate attention for acute ailments. Maria Parham has 75 beds. Jenkins said five prospective sites in tbe suburban area of Henderson are under considera tion as a location. Not less than twenty acres of land will be needed, with up to thirty acres being acceptable. No dlfi nite decision has been reached as to a location. Jenkins said the planning for the new hospital had been under way about a year and a half, but the wraps were re moved only now when the movement is actually taking shape. One of the first endeavors will be to raise the additional $350,000 which must be provid ed locally. A part of that has already been informally pledg ed. Fairly firm commitments have been obtained from Fed eral sources and from two or more foundations for contribu tions toward the new hospital. Specific procedure in obtain ing the remainder of the funds locally was not outlined. Becky Ellis Heads Youth Fellowship Becky Ellis of Hebron Meth odist Church, Macon, was elect ed president of the Warco Sub district Methodist Youth Fel lowship at a meeting held at Zion Methodist Church on Sunday, May 8. Other officers installed at this time were Diana Clark, Norlina, vice-president; Cliffie King, Zion, secretary; Bill Perry, Wesley Memorial, treas urer; Helen Andrews, Provi dence, publicity chairman. Bob Fleming had charge of the in stallation service. Bob Fleming, president, pre sided over the meeting and de votions were given by Carol Felt* and Cliffe King. Wesley Memorial Methodist Church presented a film on summer camps. Delicious refreshments were served by the Zion and Je rusalem churches.?Helen An drews, publicity chairman. Foote Rites To Be Held Here Today Graveside rites will be con ducted at Falrview Cemtery on Friday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock for Qeoryi Foote, who died at his home in Norfolk. Va., on Wednesday morning after a lingering Ill Funeral services will be held at Norfolk on Friday morning. MT. Feote was the son of the late Dr. and Mm O. A. Foote of Warren ton ukl wen e graduate of Wake Foraot Col Survivors include his wife, Mrs. . See Bowls Fcete of The Wi Club Bond Election Call To Wait On Second Primary The date for holding a $400,-1 000 school bond election in | Warren County may not be set until after the second pri mary, anticipated on account of the large number c.f candi dates for Coroner's in the first primary of May L6. County Attorney James Lim er said Monday, following a public hearing on the issue, that since a special registra tion would be held for the bond issue, it is deemed best to get the primaries behind the voters before calling for another registration. It is like ly that the date fo the elec ly that the date for the elec | meeting of the board. Only one citizen appeared be j fore the County Commissioners j on Monday at an advertised j meeting at 3 o'clock when citi I zens were to state any opposi 1 tion they might have to the | calling of the bond issue. Mordacal Shearin of River | Township was the lone citizen to appear in opposition to call | ing a bond issue. He based his opposition on the view that Commissioners Approve Work Of Rural Firemen Whatever figure goes into the county budget for the War ren County Rural Fire Depart ment, the firemen have appre ciative friends on the Board of County Commissioners. This was revealed on Mon day when a delegation from the Rural Fire Department ap peared before the commission ers with their tentative bud get. Fire Chief Jimmie Rob erts was spokesman for the group. Other firemen present were Cliff Ellis, A. A. Wood and Monroe Gardner. Roberts told the commis sioners of the progress made by the firemen in establishing companies in rural communi ties of the county. One truck is being completed for the Af ton-Elberon Community and another will .soon be complet ed for the Drewry section of the county. In spite of the fact that firemen do all of the work on building these trucks, there is consid erable expense involved, Rob erts said, and the firemen are unable to raise all the money needed for the service. There are 30 active mem bers of the company, Roberts said, who serve without pay, and who give of their time freely in the building of equip ment and in answering fire calls. Roberts said that it ac tually costs each fireman an average of $100 a year to be long to the company, for re pairing and cleaning clothes damaged at fires, in addition to many hours of work. Several of the commission ers, pointing out that the ex tinguishing of two woods fires would more than pay for funds asked by the firemen, said they knew of no more worthy cause than that of the War ren County Volunteer Fire De partment. Commissioner Richard Davis commented that he feels that when the firemen are giving their time and their efforts without any remuneration that it is a shame to ask thein to go out and beg money for the tools with which to work, and the other commissioners ex pressed agreement. In addition to the Warren County Rural Fire Department, the Health Department and the ' Welfare Departments present ed tentative budgets. All call ed for an increase in appro priations. None of the budgets will be approved or altered until all requests from governmental departments are submitted, in order that the commissioners may have the full picture of requests to balance against re sources. Court Term Expected To End Thursday Afternoon The May Civil Term of Warren County Superior Court, which convened here on Mon day morning with Judge He man Clark of Fayettcille pre siding, was expected t; adjourn late Thursday aiternoon. Only one case, that of Jessie Edward Raines, Jr., vs. Judith Carolyn Stone Raines, remain ed to be tried yesterday and that was scheduled to be heard at 2:30 o'clock. Raines was suing his wife for a divorce During the four-day session,. the court granted Alien Taylor Norwood a divorce from Shir ley Lynch Norwood on the grounds of two years separ ation. ?R. W. Thornton. Inept., Lew is C. Lawrence, trustee, was granted a judgment of $2100 against J. B. Stansbury. A jury found that Stansbury had wrongfully cut timber from the plaintiff's lands to that amount. A voluntary non-suit was en tered as to Betty Solomon, j who had been a party to the Roanoke Rapids Boy Wins Pleasants Scholarship CHAPEL HILL ? Dennis Wayne Organ, the sen of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bay Organ of 205 Madison St., Roanoke Fapids, is the winner of the Alston Pleasants Scholarship Award for study at the Univer sity of North Carolina. The amount of the Scholar ship is $5,000. The grant is establishment of a $100,000 trust fund by the late lbs. Missouri Alston Pleasants of award be made for study at UNC and the grant be large enough to allow the student full time at studies without worry about funds. Organ is a senior at the Roa noke Rapids High activities ed __ to ait ;ofy of the Key CM; Col Prcparatory Club, DENNIS WAYNE in Chemical miwel. ky 1 K wnih k XV o* MM. The ? tour ) too much money Is already being spent on schools and that it is not necessary to pro vide additional buildings. Mr. Shearin said that he thought the county would be beter off if it had fewer consolidated schools and more neighborhood schools. Boyd Reams of Afton, who appeared with a delegation ask<ng for the improvement of the Shocco Springs road, spoke in favor of the bond issue when he was requested to express his viwes. Reams said that he was thoroughly familiar with lack of school facilities in Shocco Township, felt that the patrons of that section of the county badly needed a school, and that he is 100 per cent in favor of the bond issue. Following the remarks of Shearin and Reams, when it apeared that there would be no other citizens to appear for the hearing, the commissioners ordered the meeting closed. The commissioners were fair ly busy all day Monday after a late start, and it was around 5:30 before the session ad journed. During the day, in addition to hearing tenative budget re quests and attending to a num ber of routine business mat ters, the commissioners order ed beer licenses issued to the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company and to L. E. Cunning ham on receipt of state per mits. It was ordered that a beer license be refused to Har vey Debnara for the coming year. The commissioners ordered a transfer of funds in the Wel fare Department, embracing a $1,000 transfer- from OAA. ta APTD, and $600 fom OAA to ADC fund. A. P. Rodwell, Jr., Tax Col lector, reported taxes collected to date in the amount of $323, 490.54, of which amount $11." 483.15 was collected in April. May 15 Last Day For Farmers To Ask For Insurance RALEIGH?May 15 has been set as the last day to sign ap plications for Federal All-Ride Crop Insurance on tobacco in the Middle Belt, Julian Mann. FCIC State Director, announc ed this week. Although a final date has been established, applications cannot be accepted after moat farmers start transplanting to bacco, Mann said. Tobacco farmers in the Middle Mt~ who are interested in All-Risk Crop Insurance should apply for protection at once, he said. The Warren County office is located on the second floor of the court house, with office hours from 8 a. m. to 12 noon and from 1 p. m. to 5 p. m., Monday through Friday. suit A non-suit was taken in Am case of Allen Francis Edwards, by Ellbaaeth Edwards, vs. James Edward Perkinson. In the case of Calvin C. Mas senburg vs. Clara Fogg a Jury found that Kassenburg was entitled to possession of and title to the land in dispute. In a consent judgment nie Richard Burton et al awarded damages in the i of $8800 from Cleveland] velt Hawkins, who was with the costs in the The ease of Leon had not been called HL early yesterday afternoon. It was expected that if for trial, ftat this be nontiisnsil The case of Hary Taylor at vbr. vs. et aL.