Advertising ' Your Best dvertisir Medium tEljp HHarrrtt Sim Your Best Advertising Medium 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 2 f J | ^ $ 9. t* z w 'f For 8heriff HUNDLEY 173 88 124 173 86 73 110 95 48 9 300 189 301 5 1774 WILSON 6 6 1 15 0 2 4 1 3 0 39 15 11 3 107 DAVIS 207 127 87 149 24 23 93 39 59 147 61 237 242 23 1518 For Coroner 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 26 59 129 4 567 FAIR 18 44 55 66 19 12 47 34 27 23 74 155 202 0 776 HUNT 27 18. R 40 15 17 10 5 i 8 174 ?0 958 KING 0 10 10 13 2 5 5 1 16 5 11 31 32 0 141 BURTON 25 1 4 vi 8 6 0 8 4 4 2 2 9 9 0 80 DOWTIN 5 3 0 0 8 0 5 2 1 0 2 2 6 7 ? WALKER 157 40 12 3 6 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 1 3 237 Far Comer. ELLINGTON... 296 16T SUDD 42 35 DAVIS 248 109 BENDER 84 88 PEBXINSON-. 108 78 188 100 sso no ROBINSON..^- 88 OB m 810 181 07 147 280 96 76 173 118 99 114 300 326 410 30 2626 SO 41 7 19 27 14 9 19 91 100 123 0 577 94 200 35 30 120 91 71 112 162 278 337 30 1917 88 108 66 58 80 38 30 24 200 129 186 0 1166 78 237 25 20 111 84 21 78 122 161 233 29 1424 108 82 82 82 80 56 76 54 258 235 261 1 1686 78 187 ? 12 8* 78 00 90 117 288 280 8 1685 118 177 82 73 87 48 40 84 251 ISO 212 28 1382 81 MS K 47 142 108 78 140 194 305 874 30 8066 108 188 48 48 88 26 81 13 188 121 145 0 1171 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

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