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VOLUME 66 Subscription Price $3.00 ft Year 10c Per Copy WAKRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1962 NUMBER 21
JOHN GRAHAM SENIORS are pictured holding their
trophies at Monogram Banquet at school cafeteria on Friday
night. They are, left to right: front row?Richard Williams,
Chocky White, Wilson Bolton, Billy Mitchiner, and George
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Pittard; back row?Herman Rooker, Bobby Edmonds, Johnny
I.ink. Bill Taylor, Thurman Rooker, Clinton Neal and Gordon
Haithcock. I
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SENIOR GIRL BASKETBALL PLAYERS hold trophies at
Monogram Banquet on Friday night. They are, left to right:
Brenda Davis, Margaret Carroll, Nancy Wilson, and Linda
Adams. (Staff Photos)
Athletes Honored At
Monogram Club Banauet
Friday night was a time Of
recognition and a time of praise
for efforts well expended and
players, coaches, cheer lead
ers, and others heard their
work lauded and received
awards for their efforts at the
annual Monogram Club Ban
quet at the John Graham High
School cafeteria.
WflMiflMlnfl tt.? -affair ?p?n.
sored annually by the John
Graham Boosters Club, was a
brief talk by Fred Tullai, as
sistant football coach at the
University of North Carolina.
He was introduced by W. A.
Miles, Jr.
The three great values of
^ athletics, Tullai, are the devel
opment of a competitive spirit
the learning of self-discipline,
and the value of team work.
Without a competitive spirit
accomplishments will be little
on the athletic field or in the
business of making a living, he
said. Their must be a desire
to win, a love of competition,
he added.
No athlete can be success
ful unless he is able to dis
cipline himself, the speaker
continued. He must, of course,
?wpnt the discipline imposed
upon him by his coaches and
the training rale, bui in addi
tion he must learn to dis
cipline himself.
Athletic ability is important,
but nnloM the ability is chan
neled into team work it will
count for little, Tullai said.
A football team, he said, is no
place for individual stars, and
unless a player is willing to
sacrifice his own aggrandize
ment for the good of the team!
he has no place on that team.
This training on the athletic
field, he added, will serve a
person well in life.
But as fine as are the values
taught on the athletic field,
Tullai concluded, they can
count for nothing unless there
is academic excellence. No
matter how great an athlete
may he he will have little
chance to show his skill unless
he keeps up with his lessons.
Schools are becoming more
and more selective, Tullai
pointed out, and no boy has a
chance for a scholarship at a
first rate school unless he is a
good student. He said that ho
knew this lesson was too late
for boys and girls of the grad
uating class, but he hoped that
students in the lower grades
(See MONOGRAM, page 2)
-Three Rising Seniors Are
Named DAR Good Citizens
Three Warren County High
Ichool girls have been selected
ts D. A. R. Good Citizen* by
(he Warren County Chapter of
the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution.
?-They are Sandra Jones,
daughter aI Mr. and Mrs. Duke
Jbaes, from the John Graham
High School; Sandra Walker,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stith
Wtfker of Macon, representing
the Littleton High School; md
CUppie Ann King, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. King,
from the Norllna High School.
Announcement of the selec
tion of the three rising seniors
as Good Citizens was made by
Mrs. Milton Stokes of Little
ton, chairman of the Good Cit
isens Committee, at a meeting
of the local DAR Chapter held
at the home of Miss Mary
'Frances Rodwell on Saturday
with Mrs. Nora Purdjr serving
as Joint hostess.
The three good citizens were
by students and fa
following lour qualities: (1)
Dependability, which includes
truthfulness, loyalty and punc
tuality; - (2) service, coopera
tion, courtesy, consideration of
others; -<3) leadership, person
ality, self-control, ability to as
sume responsibility; (4) pa
triotism, unselfish interest in
family, school, community and
nation.
The winner in each school is
entitled to a certificate of
award and a Good Citiaen's
pin. A $100 savings bonds will
be awarded to each at the two
state winners, who will be
guests of the State Society at
the State Conference. Judging
for the state awards will
based upon enrollment of the
schools which the contestants
attended.
Mrs. J. E. Booker, Jr., Re
gent, presided over the Satur
day meeting. Mias Edith Bur
wel reported that a box of
slothes, valued at $16.00 had
>een sent to Crosenore School
a Kay. Mrs. W. A.
VI,
held in Durham.
A report was also made of
the Continental Congress of
the National Society, held in
Washington in April. Relative
to this meeting, a letter from
Mrs. Ralph Williams, a mem
ber of the Warren County
Chapter who lives in Chevy
Chase, Maryland, was read,
and interesting clippings about
the meeting, sent by Mrs. Wil
ilams. were reviewed
Members expressed their
thanks to Mis* Mamie Willams
for a 'most delightful program'
and to the hostesses for a most
enjoyable chapter meeting.
Lovely spring flowers were
used in decorating the Rodwell
home and a delicious tweet
course, with coffee and
The Woman's Auxiliary of
Emmanuel episcopal Church
irttl sponsor a Bake Sale on
Saturday morning, beginning
it ten o'clock, at Traylor Ap
pliance* Stare here on Main
ttreat. t
Would Change
Name From Ken
To Buggs Island
WASH INGTON?Rep. Wat
kins M. Abbitt, D-Va., Tuesday
defended his bill to change
the name of Kerr Reservo1:.' to
Buggs Island Reservoir.
"The purpose of the bill is
to cut out confusion, to make
federal law conform with state
law," said the Virginian.
He pointed out that the bill
would not change tne name 01
the John H. Kerr Dam.
The reservoir, most of which
is in Virginia, and the dam,
which is also in Virginia, are
named for the late John H.
Kerr, who represented North
Carolina's Second District for
many years.
Rep. L. H. Fountain, who
now represents the district,
commented, "I didnt know he
(Abbitt) had introduced the
(See CHANGE, page 12)
Memorial Services
To Be Held Sunday
Memorial service* will be
held on the court house square
on Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock under the auspices of
the American Legion and the
American Legion Auxiliary.
The Rev. Levi Humphreys,
Presbyterian minister, will be
the guest speaker and a firing
squad and bugler from Com
pany C will take part in the
ceremonies. Commander Char
les M. White, ID, will be in
charge of the services.
Following the exercises on
the court square, members of
Limer Post of the American
Legion and Legion Auxiliary
will decorate veterans graves
with flags and flowers. ?
Persons wishing to donate
flowers for decorating the
graves are requested to bring
them to the court house by
1:30 on Sunday afternoon.
The public is cordially invit
ed to attend.
At Kldgewsy
An evening prayer service
trill be held at the Church of
the Good Shepherd, Ridgeway,
>n Sunday afternoon ,-t 3
j'clock, the lev. jan.ee M.
"* - " M ^ m m M - - ? ?
r, announced yee
Voters To Nominate
County Officials Saturda v
Candidates have intensified
their efforts this week as they
go down the home stretch to
wards the Democratic Primary
of Saturday, May 26.
Warren County voters on
Saturday will decide the Dem
ocratic nominee for Sheriff, for!
I Coroner, and for five positions
I on the Board of County Com
missioners, where all members
have opposition. In addition
! there will be a contest for
, Constable of Warrenton Town
ship.
The polls will open at 6:30 a.
m. and close at 6:30 p. m. and
a rather heavy vote is expect
ed due to the large number
of candidates seeking office.
There will be no state or con
gressional contests in the
county.
Greatest interest is being
shown in the race for Sheriff,
where encumbent Jim Hundley
serving his first term in of
ficers being opposed by Clar
ence Davis, former deputy
sheriff, of Marmaduke, and by
Charles L. Wilson, a former
polke officer at Norlina.
Eight cardHates are seeking
the nomination for Coroner.
They are encumber,t N. I.
(Shot) Haithcock, Thurston
Brown, Negro mortician of
Warrenton; William H. King,
Jr., J. A. Dowtin, Jr., James
Burton, Jr., and A. C. Fair,
jeweler, of Warrenton; R. g!
Hunt, motel and restaurant op
Construction Of Gaston
Dam Said On Schedule
Work on the G<aston dam is
I on target and it is anticipate
[ ed that the filling of the Gas
| Ion reservoir will be started
j early in October, according to
| Charles Beverage, operating
engineer with the Virginia
Electric and Power Company.
Actually, Beverage said, the
construction of the dam may
be slightly ahead of schedule.
Only two condemnation suits
remain to be settled, he said,
and prospects for filling the
reservoir this year are bight.
Beverage was guest speaker
at a meeting of the Afton-El
beron Ruritan Club in the
clubhouse on Tuesday night,
devoting most of his illustrated
talk to the development of a
power plant in the coal fields
of West Virginia. During the
talk he gave his audience
glimpses of the magnitude of
the problem and the value of
the project in reducing the
cost of electric power.. Inter
esting was his descriptibn of
an interlocking power grid
? hat covers the eastern part of
the United States, on which
power is shuttled from one
company to another as need
arises.
Beverage was accompanied
j to the meeting by J. B.
I I.ankee, also a production en
! sineer with VEPCO, who show
ed slides illustrating Beverage's
i talk. Both Beverage and Lan
kee were presented by Frank
W. Reams.
Following the discussion of
the West Virginia project and
a question period, Lankee
showed slides showing the
monthly progress on the Gas
ton Dam from its beginning al
most up to the present. Dur
ing a question period follow
ing. Beverage told of the prog,
pects for the completion of the
dam by early October.
, Vice-President Stephen Dan
iel presided over the meeting
in the absence of President
Jim Elam and welcomed the
Cornmeal Muffin
Contest To Be
Held Saturday
The 4-H Junior Enriched
Cornmeal Muffin Contest will
be held tomorrow (Saturday)
morning in the county agricul
tural building at 9 o'clock. All
supplies for making the muf
fins will be furnished.
All giria enrolled la this pro
ject are asked to be there
promptly on time and to bring
all the utensils they will need
by Mrs. Ann R. KlUan, assist
ant county home economics
agent She said each girt
should also bring her complete
muffin record to torn in.
The first place winner of
this project in the county will
receive an expense paid trip to
Camp Millstone, paid by the
Milieu Association of North
Carolina.
Poppy Day
'? Annual Pappy Day will b?
observed here Saturday, under
sponsorship of the American
Legion Auxiliary.
Volunteers will sell the red
memorial poppies, which pay
tribute to the disabled war vet
erans and to the servicemen
who lost their lives In battle.
The poppies are mad* by
disabled veterans and all funds
lertved from the sale of them
ira used to aM the disabled
speakers and special guests.
David Dickerson, a charter
member of the Club, who is
soon to be transferred from
Warrenton to another town by
his Insuance Company, told the
group of the wonderful exper
ience of being a member of
the club and of his regret that
he would soon no longer be a
member.
Dickerson was given a rising
vote of thanks for his contri
butions to the club amid ex
pressions of regret that he
has to leave the club.
Boyd Reams asked for recog
nition that he might say a
few words in praise of Dicker
son, whom he described as not
only a fine Ruritan member,
but a high tone gentlemen and
splendid citizen. He will be
greatly missed. Reams said, by
not only the Ruritan members
but by citizens of the county
generally.
During a short business ses
sion, the members voted to
change the meeting hour from
7 o'clock until 7:30 o'clock dur
ing the summer months.
A turkey dinner was prepar
ed and served by the Woman's
Missionary Society of the Prov
idence Methodist Church.
Drunk Driver Given
Time To Pay Fine
A man convicted in Warren
County Recorder's Court last
Friday on charges of drunk
driving and operating a motor
vehicle without a driver's li
cense will be given several
months in which to raise a
stiff fine.
Judge Julius Banzet sentenc
ed Elijah Rodwell to the roads
for six months ori the drunk
driving and no operator's li
cense charge, but suspended
the sentence for two years
upon condition that he pay
court costs and a fine of $300
on or before October 19, 1962.
Willie James Bright, found
guilty of non-support, was sen
tenced to the road for 60 days
but his sentence was suspend
ed for two years upon condi
tion that he pay court costs
and pay the Welfare Depart
ment the sum of $17.50 per
week for support of his minor
child, first payment to be
made on May 25.
Robert Bryant was found
guilty of non-support.
Anne Overby Rooker, charg
ed with reckless driving, was
found guilty of driving on the
wrong side of the road and tax
ed with court costs.
Mathew Taylor, charged with
non-support, was given a 60
days road sentence. The sen
tence was suspended for two
years upon condition the de
fendant pay court costs and '
pay to the Welfare Department
the sum of $5.00 per week for
the support of his minor chil
dren, beginning May 25.
Willie Joe Msynard, found
guilty of an assault upon a fe
male was given a 60 days road
sentence which was suspended
for two years upon condition
that the defendant pay a $25.00
fine and court costs.
Woodrow Wilson Jr., was
taxed with court costs when he
<See COURT, page 12)
Charlie Johnson
Wins Promotion
KINSTON?Charles T. John
son, Jr., has been named as
sistant trust officer of First
Citizens Bank and Trust Com
pany, Lewis R. Holding, presi
dent of the bank firm, announc
ed yesterday.
Johnson, previously an ad
ministratlve assistant serves U
the trust department of tht
bank's Kinston office.
A native of Seaboard and s
graduate of Wake Forest Law
School, Johnson, prior to join
ing the staff of First-Cittxem
Bank, engaged in the practice
of law in Warrenton. A mem
ber of the First Baptist Church
of Kinston, Johnson is married
tp the former Mildred Stewart
Crinkley of Warrenton. The
couple has one son, Charles
r. Johnson, in.
Jesse Helms To Speak
At Graduating Exercises
Jesse Helms of Raleigh,
well known television
commentator and rice
president of Capitol
Broadcasting Company,
operators of WRAL-TV
and DRAL-Radio, will
make the commencement
address at graduation er
wlsw >i ha hH?at
J o h n Graham High
School on Monday night,
June 4, It waa announced
this week by
Tom Brown.
Although Helms' career
covers a wide ranee of
activities, be to probably
for hto
erator of Norlina, and Luther
J. Walker of Littleton.
In the race for county com
missioner Alfred J. Ellington,
Warrenton, cf District No. 1 is
being opposed by Leonard
Rudd of Warrenton; R. P.
Thome, Littleton banker. Dis
trict No. 2, is being opposed
by Willie T. Robinson, large
farmer and timber owner of
Sixpound Township; Clanton
C. Perkinson of District 3,
farmer and business man of
Wise, is being opposed by John
A. Wilson, Jr., farmer and
businessman of Manson, and a
former county commissioner;
Richard R. Davis of District
No. 4, lumber, farmer and bus
inessman of Warrenton, is be
ing opposed by William H.
Brauer, farmer and civic lead
er of Axtelle; and Amos L.
Capps of District No. 5, pulp
wood dealer, farmer and busi
nessman of Areola and War
renton, and presently chair
man of the Board of County
Commissioners, is being oppos
ed by William Skinner, III,
large livestock farmer of Lit
tleton.
In addition W. E. Hamm
and Wiley Douglas Vaughan
are seeking the position of
Warrenton Township Constable,
a position now held by
Vaughan.
Postoffice To
Be Dedicated At
Littleton Sunday
LITTLETON ? Congressman
L. H. Fountain will be the fea
tured speaker at the dedication
of Littleton's new pott off if
at S o'clock on Sunday, May
27. Mrs. Stephen A. Acai and
other members of the Littleton
Woman's Club are in charge of
plans for the special program.
Fountain was instrumental in
getting the new postal facility
here. The building has 8,000
square feet of floor space and
features a large parking lot
and loading zone in the rear, a
circular drive, and parking
spaces in front.
Jack Willikms, postal service
officer, will also bring remarks
at the dedication event Open
house will follow the service.
Robert B. Patterson is post
master of the second class of
fice which contains 380 boxes,
340 of which are rented.
There are three rural car-_?.
riers and one carrier for tik
Star Routfr Tho threp rarrir
are J. E. Stansburg, who i**.
been a carrier since 1940 ana^
had served part-time in the
office and as a substitute car
rier before that time, Archie
Hamlll and Clyde Spragins.
Hamil worked in the post of
fice for several years prior to"
receiving a mail route. Roy
Slasgow is Star Route carrier
tnd substitute mail carriers
(See POSTOFFICE, page IS)
Two Warren Boys
Win Scholarships
To State College
Two Warren County youths
wen among 10 scholufchlp
recipients recently announced
by North Carolina State Col
lege.
Carlton Horace Hunt, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Horace F. Hunt
of Macon, Rt 1, hat been
awarded a Smith-Dougles Com
pany Scholarship; and Boy
son of Mr.
Mrs. Eugene Yo
Rt 1,
Sears Rotbuek
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