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VOLUME 66 Subscription Price >3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1962 NUMBER 22
Only One Change
As Result Of Vote
Some 2400 voters went to
the polls in the 14 precincts of
Warren County between the
hours of 6:30 a. m. and 6:30
p. m. to choose a coroner, a
sheriff, five commissioners and
a constable in the Democratic
Primary Saturday.
As a result of the thousands
of votes casts for the 23 candi
dates seeking nomination for
office, .,pnly one change was
made among Warren County
officials. John Wilson, a for
mer commissioner, defeat
ed Clanton Perkinson of Wise,
who had unseated him in 1938.
to get his old seat back on the
board of county commissioners.
Fair Undecided
A. C. Fair, runnernp in
Coroner's race Saturday, said
yesterday that he was un
decided about calling for
runnoff.
Wilson received 1636 votes and
Perkinson received 1324 votes.
As had been freely predict
ed Commissioner Alfred J. El
lington, led the ticket with a
total of 2626 votes with Com
missioner Amos L. Capps in
second place with a total of
2055 votes. Ellington was op
posed by George L. Rudd, who
received 577 votes, and Capps
was opposed by William Skin
ner of Littleton, who received
1171 votes.
In the other races lor the
board of county commissioners
Robert Thorne of Littleton re
tained his seat by defeating
Willie T. Robinson of Sixpound
1685 to 1382; and Richard R.
Davis of Warrenton defeated
William H. Bender of Afton
1917 to 1166.
Sheriff Jim Hundley was re
nominated for sheriff over for
mer Deputy Sheriff Clarence
Davis and Charles Wilson, al
though the race between Davis
and Hundley was a close af
fair, with Hundley winning
principally by the strengtli of
his vote in his home precinct
of Norlina where he picked up
300 votes to Davis' 61. Hund
ley won by a vote of 1774 to
1514 for Davis. Charles Wilson,
with 104 votes', failed to get
enough votes for a second pri
mary.
N. I. Haithcock, seeking re
election as Warren County
Coroner in a field of eight, led
his nearest competitor, A. C.
Fair, by 391 votes?1167 to
77<L?but failed to obtain a
majority, giving Fair the right
to call for a second primary.
Thurston Brown, Negro mor
tician, was in third place with
567 .votes. Hunt polled 358
votes, King 141, Burton 80.
Dowtin 41, and Walker 238.
In other voting, Doug
Vaughan, encumbent, defeated
W. E. Hamm, 241 to 196 for
the position of Warrenton
Township Constable.
Humphreys Speaker
At Memorial Service
"While we are gathered here
in a singleness of pumose to
pay tribute to those who gave
their lives that we might be
free at this memorial, words
are not enough," the Bev. Levi
Humphreys, Presbyterian min
ister, told those gathered on
the court square for memorial
services on Sunday afternoon.
"We must dedicate our lives
to the purpose for which they
gave themselves.'"
The tiny crosses here, in the
cemeteries all over the world
and the crosses of Flanders
Field testify that freedom is
worth dying for and are re
minders of the cost and worth
of their sacrifice, the speaker
said.
Each man who died on the
battlefield gave himself that
we might enjoy life more
abundantly and is proof that
there is no greater love than
that a man will lay down his
life for a friend, the minister
_aaid
^ "The tiny crosses which
stand as memorials to the sac
rifices of 'bur fellow Ameri
cans stand in the shadow of
the Great Cross upon which
our Savior died, and as Re
gave His life to save our souls,
they gave their lives to pre
serve our freedom," Mr. Hum
phreys continued.
"Only through remembering
this, only dedicating
our lives for the purposes for
which they gave their lives,
can we be sure that they have
not died in vain," he conclud
ed.
Legion Commander Charles
White presided over the mem
orial services sponsored by the
Legion and Legion Auxiliary,
which were opened with the
group joining in the Pledge of
Allegiance to the Flag.
Commander White recogniz
ed Paul Brauer of Norlina,
Commander of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, and Mrs. Anna
Fuller, president of the Legion
Auxiliary, and turned the pro
gram over to Mrs. W. L. Wood
for a short memorial service
to Legionnaires, an Auxiliary
member, and Gold Star Moth
ers who have died during the
past year. These were Legion
naires Alston Twitty, Harry F.
Kelly, Herbert Stegall, J. P.
Southall, Archibald Alston,
Francis B. Thornton, and
Douglas Mustian; Mrs. Walter
M. Gardner, a charter member
of the Legion Auxiliary; and
Gold Star Mothers Mrs. Lettie
Daniel and Mrs. Irene Stegall.
Following the memorial ad
dress by the Rev. Mr. Hum
phreys, the exercises were con
cluded by the firing of three
volleys by a firing squad from
Company B of the National
Guard.
Following , the ceremonies,
Legionnaires carried flags and
flowers to various cemeteries
of the county where they dec
orated the graves of their fal
len comrades.
Vital Witness Fails
To Appear In Court
Failure of the prosecuting
witness to appear in court to
testify in a non-support case
caused her to be charged with
the court boats in Warren
County's Recorder's Court last
rridSFj
Davis, charged with non-sup
port, was dismissed when his
wife, who had sworn out aj
warrant against him, failed to |
in court to
the costs.
4t The seven other cases he
fare Judge Banset were con
cerned with violations of the
motor vehicle lawn, with six
of the defendants
Ronald Ralph Johnson, $10.00
and coats; Norman G. Pleas
-nta, costs; Fred Klnthy Wil
son. $15.00 and costs; and Wil
?.a Lancaster Critz, $10.00
an- costs.
IraFt Board Office
To Close Jane 4-11
11m Warren County Draft
Board office here will be dos
ed from June 4 to June 11,
Selby Benton, chairman of the
board, sold yesterday, while
Mrs. Ellington is on vacation.
, Benton askb that boys whose
birthday falls on the days In
which the office will be dosed
to report for registration on
Monday, tana 11.
Te Mali Male .1
The Aaearieaa Legion Aux
iliary will hold its annnal pic
nic at the home of Mia. C. M.
Bullock in ^ Warranto* ?
Wndnnnday afutnoan, Ana
at 0*30. ?. ?
Named To Boys' State
PHILIP J. BENDER, JR.
Two rising seniors in War
ren County schools have been
selected as Limer Post's repre
sentatives from Warren Coun
ty in the American Legion's
Boys State to be held at the
University of North Carolina
in Chapel Hill on June, 17-23.
Chosen for this honor by
the local American Legion
Post were Fred Hurst, Jr., of
John Graham High School and
Phillip J. Bender, Jr., of the
Norlina High School.
Hurst, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Hurst of Warrenton,
was on the staff of the annual,
"The Warrentonian," during
his freshman year, and was a
member of the Band during
its tenure. He is a marshall
for the graduation exercises
this year, a member of the
Civil Air Patrol, and sings in
the choir of the Warrenton.
Baptist Church.
FRED HER ST, JR.
Bender, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Philip Bender of Ridge
way, is a member of the Nor
lina High School Beta Club.
He is a member of the Future
Farmers of America, a bus
driver and member of the 4-H
Club of the Norlina High
School. He is a better than
average student and is in the
upper fourth of his class.
A11 expenses to Boys State,
except transportation, are paid
for by the American Legion
and offers an opportunity for
these boys to make a study
and practice of citizenship and
the laws of democracy
Girls To Vie For
Dairy Queen Title
A dozen Warren County girls
are expected to vie for the
judges" eye here on Tuesday
night in the annual Warren
County Dairy Princess Contest
slated to be held in the John
Graham High School audi
torium.
A $25 savings bond and an
opportunity to join eight other
contestants for the area t itle
will be awarded the winer, Wil
liam J. Hicks, June Dairy
Month chairman, and Mrs. W.
T. Skinner, Woman's chairman,
announced yesterday.
Hicks said he was hopeful
that 12 contestants would be
on hand when the contest gets
underway at 8 p. m. Tuesday.
The winner will represent the
county in area competition and
area winners will gather in
Asheville in July for the state
contest.
Out-of-town judges will se
lect the winner on the basis
of natural beauty, poise, speak
ing ability and a host of other
qualifications, Hicks said. The
winner will be crowned by
Miss Nancy Wilson, the 1061-62
Warren County Dairy Princess.
Following the program re
freshments including milk pro
ducts, will be served, Hicks
and Mrs Skinner said.
Warren Scouts
Win Top Honors In
District Camporee
Warren County Boy Scouts
won all of the top honors at
a District Camporee held at
the W .D. Campbell Explorer
Base last weekend.
The three county Troops
finished one-two-three.
Troops finished one-two-three.
Troop 618 of Norlina with a
point total of 960 out of a
1,000 won the top spot and
with it received a blue ribbon
and the President's Citation
for the most outstanding Troop.
Troop 681 of Macon took the
second spot witn a point total
of 958 which won them a blue
ribbon and a President's Cita
tion for Runner-tip. Troop 617
of Warrenton took third place
with a point total of 960 and!
a blue ribbon.
Talent Show And
Dress Revue To
Be Held Here
Warren County's annual 4-H
Pageant, Talent Show and
Dress Revue will be held on
Wednesday night, June 6, at
the Norlina High School Gym
at 8 o'clock.
Announcement of the event
was made this week by Ann R.
Kilian, assistant home econom
ics agent, and L. B. Hardage.
assistant county agricultural
agent.
All local blue ribbon win
ners in the dress revue are ask
ed to be at the gym Wednes
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, pre
pared to remain through the
night's program. The senior
winner in the dress revue will
represent Warren County in
the district contest June 11,
the agents said.
Talent numbers will be pre
sented by representative win
ners from all of the school
clubs in the, county. The win
ner of the talent act will also
represent the county at the
district contest.
During the Health Pageant,
the King and Queen of Health
will be crowned. These will
be the senior club girl and
boy who turn in the best
health improvement record.
The County King and Queen
will represent the county in
the State Health Pageant dur
ing the State 4-H Club Week
in July.
The agents said that all 4-H
members, leaders, parents and
friends are cordially invited to
attend this event.
Students Honored
By Gov. Sanford
Two Warren County students
were dinner guests of Gov. and
Mrs. Terry Sanford on Tuesday
night at the Governor's Man
sion in Raleigh.
One of the students provided
the entertainment for the
night, while the other student
was one of 30 winners of top
high school scholastic prizes.
Tasker Polk, winner of the
International Bach Prize, a na
tive of Warrenton and a stu
dent at East Carolina College,
performed various piano se
lections during the recital
which followed the banquet
given by the Governor and
the First Lady.
Phil Perkinson, a Norlina
High School student whose
project?"Basin Survey of Roa
noke River"?won honors in
the State Science Fair, was
one of the 30 students from
across the state who were
honored at the occasion. Mrs.
Ann Baxter, Norlina science
teacher, was also a guest at
i the event.
Perkinson was among win
ners of the statewide scholastic
prizes in biology, chemistry,
math, Latin, Spanish and
French, and science fair win
(See STUDENTS, page 10)
OFFICIAL COUNTY PRIMARY VOTE
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HUNDLEY
173
88
124
173
86
73
110
95
48
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300
189
301
5
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WILSON
6
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1
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4
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39
15
11
3
107
DAVIS
207
127
87
149
24
23
93
39
59
147
61
237
242
23
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HAITHCOCK
97
76
88
165
39
54
56
30
31
99
104
168
146
16
1167
BROWN
44
31
34
43
15
8
66
57
31
20
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59
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567
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27
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155
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141
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Superior Court To Open
Criminal Term Monday
One murder and one kid
napping case are expected to
add interest to the June term
of Warren County Superior
Court which will open here on
Monday morning with Judge
Heman Clark of Fayetteville
presiding.
In spite of a heavy docket
the term is scheduled to run
for only three days.
James M. Hargrove, Negro,
of the Manson section of War
ren County, will be tried on a
murder charge growing out of
an investigation of the death
of an accquaintance in Virginia.
He will also be tried on the
charge of conspiracy.
In January a Warren County
grand jury indicted Hargrove
and two other men with mur
der and conspiracy after the
body of a Negro man, who was
an acquaintance of the men,
was discovered in Virginia.
Jailed, but releastd under a
writ of habeas corpus, Har
I grove was arrested at a whis
key still in Vance County on
May 14.
Three young white men of
Warren Schools Plan
Exercises For Grads
Five Warren .County high
schools have the stage set for
the graduation of hundreds of
seniors who began their edu
cation a dozen years ago and
who will reach the end of the
public school trail during the
next few days.
Commencement programs are
scheduled at John Graham,
Norlina, Littleton, John R.
Hawkins and North Warren
high schools and exercises
highlighted by graduation ora
tory, academic recognition and
the awarding of diplomas are
scheduled to bring to a close
the 1961-62 school year.
Scores of students will offi
cially end their high school ca
reers today (Friday) when
graduation exercises are held
at the John R. Hawkins High
School here. Dr. James A. Boy
er, president of Saint Augus
tines' College of Raleigh will
deliver the commencement ad
dress. The valedictory address
will be given by Audrey Diane
Fitz and Candis Emme Wil
liams will give the salutatory
address. Exercises are schedul
ed to begin at 11 a. m.
The 38th annual graduation
exercises of the North Warren
High School are slated to be
gin at 3 p. m. Sunday with Dr.
Edwin Thompkins, dean of the
Theological Seminary of John
C. Smith University of Char
lotte, scheduled to deliver the
commencement address.
On Monday night all three
white high schools in the coun
ty will hold commencement be
ginning at 8 p. m. Jesse Helms
Raleigh television commentator,
will be the graduation speaker
at John Graham High School;
Ross A. Caudle, director of ad
missions and vice president
of Chowan College of Murfrees
boro, will address the graduates
at Norlina High School; and
Dr. Ralph Brimley, director of
extension at East Carolina Col
lege of Greenville will deliver
the graduation address at Lit
tleton High School. The vale
dictory address at the Norlina
school will be given by Roy
Young.
Sunday night baccalaureate
sermons will be preached to
the white graduates, each of
the Sunday night services slat
ed to begin at 8 p. m. The
Rev. Levi Humphries, Presby
terian minister, will preach the
sermon at John Graham; the
Rev. Billy Fallaw, Baptist min
ister, will deliver the sermon
at Norlina; and the Rev. Colie
E. Rock, Baptist Minister, will
| preach the baccalaureate ser
(See SCHOOLS, page 10)
Honor, Awards
Day To Be Held
Here Monday
Outstanding students and
athletes will be recognized and
awards will be presented here
on Monday morning when the
annual honor and awards day
Graham High School.
Principal Tom Brown said
yesterday that athletic awards,
perfect attendance certificates.
Beta Club seals, honor roll
certificates and other awards
will be presented members of
the student body after the pro
gram gets underway at 10 a.
m. Brown said that parents
and friends are invited to at
tend.
He said school would be dis
missed at noon and reminded
students that school buses
would run an hour behind nor
mal schedule on Monday morn
ing.
Coach Parker Heads
Recreation Program
Charles "Preacher" Parker,
John Graham High School
teacher and coach of three
championship athletic teams
this year, will direct the sum
mer recreation program for the
John Graham, Afton-Elberon
and Macon school areas, ac
cording to an announcement
made here yesterday by the
recreation commission.
Parker, a native of Washing
ton who began his teaching
and coaching career here last
fall, will direct recreational ac
tivities expected to draw more
than 150 boys and girls.
Youths from the fourth
grade level up will be eligible
to participate in the summer
program, which has been Suc
cessfully staged here for the
4>aat two years.
"We hope that all of our
boys and girls will participate
in this summer program of fun
and wholesome fellowship,"
Parker said, "and I am looking
forward to working and play
ing with these youths."
The program is supported
financially by the Warrenton
city fatten, various civic clubs,
women's organisations
churches. Members of the re
creation commission which
guide the program said in a
Joint statement that they
pleased and felt fortunate in
securing a director "of the
calibre and character of Coach
Parker."
In making the
COACH PARKER
uals and groups who desire to
aid in the program to
their contributions to J.
McCarroll, commission treasur
er, or to other members at the
commission, which includes the
Rev. John Link, S. H.
the Rev. James Stoney, W. A.
Miles, the Rev. Troy Barrett,
Mrs. Dixon Ward, Mrs. William
Taylor and Mrs. Buns
The program falfar under the
supervision of
ef two
and Rotary Clubs, the
government, the
^ptistTMlfiri
tartan churc
Warrenton, LeRoy Vaughan.
Ired Powell and Sam Cheek,
Jr., are scheduled to be tried
on a kidnap charge on Mon
day. They are charged with
forcing Clyde Dowell of Smith
Creek Township into a car
"on or about" the 30th day of
October, 1961, transporting him
some three miles, assaulting
him and leaving him lying be
side the road.
The majority of cases to be
tried here next week are con
cerned with whiskey in some
form or another?manufacture,
sale, possession, drunk driving,
or mayhem committed while
under the influence.
In addition to the murder,
kidnapping, and whiskey cases,
defendants will be required to
answer charges of assault, in
voluntary manslaughter, non
support, forgery, violation of
motor vehicle laws, larceny,
manslaughter, assault with
deadly weapon, and diverse oth
er counts.
Cases docketed for trial in
clude:
Monday ? Lucy Farrar, pos
session, and possesion for pur
pose of sale; James Stegall,
forgery: Roy Carey, wilful fail
ure to support and maintain
his illegitimate child; Thomas
Starnes, involuntary manslaugh
ter, and driving after license
suspended; Walter Crews, lar
ceny; John Bill Hall, Jr., as
sault on female and drunk
driving; Joe N. Hinton, em
bezzlement and escape; David
Alexander, possession non-tax
paid beverages, possession of
equipment for manufacture of
illegal whiskey, and manufae
turing non-taxpaid whiskey;
Henry George, possession of
non-taxpaid Whiskey and pos
session of equipment for the
manufacture of illegal whiskey.
Richard Lewis Games, pos^
session of non-taxpaid whiskey,
possession of equipment for
manufacture of no n-taxpaid
whiskey, and manufacturing
non-taxpaid whiskey; John
Charles Reld, escape; Jessie
Allen King, drunk driving;
Johnnie Blackwell, non-support;
George H. Brown, larceny;
Edward Dowtin, larceny; W1L
lie Johnson, possession of
equipment and material for
"""^"ture of illegal whiskey;
Willie Johnson, possession; Joe
Parrish, manslaughter and as
Mult with a deadly weapon;
James Carl Alston, reckless
driving; Le Roy Vaughan, kid
nap, Fred Powell, kidnap
Sam Cheek, Jr., kidnap; How
ard Lewis Powell, no opera
tor's license, and failure to re
main at the scene of an ac
cident.
p?l!5eS<Uy ~ Floyd Edston
Pendergrass, speeding; Willie
Rogers?Dale, -non-supp?rt;
George Roberts, attempting
breaking and entering; Thorn
ton Woodard, assault on fe
m?!f' A- p- Henderson, assault
p?JL8 ^eldly we#Pon; Robert
il^^Parte.r' drunk driving;
Joe Edward Lyncfa, assault,
forces ble trespass and malici
ous injury to personal proper.
?*' IT6? steve Clark, speed
tag; Robert A. Etheridge, non
support; joe Bob Walker
drunk driving.
Wednesday?James M. Har
Srove, conspiracy and murder;
l*e Pasehall, drunk
Chaplaincy Plan
To Get Underway
At Local Hospital
A chaplaincy program init
iated by the administration at
the Warren General Hospital
and the Warren County Pas
ton' Conference will get un
derway in the local hospital on
June 4.
The Rev. 1. R. Link, pastor
of the Warrenton Baptist
wt chaplain on duty at
the hoapitaL
Each pastor will
chsplain for a week's
and will he either at
Vital