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Your Best Advertising Medium Ol^p Hiarnut ?sVle\W S Your Best Advertising Medium VOLUME 66 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy W'ARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1962 NUMBER 23 CROWNED DAIRY QUEEN?Miss Nancy Harris is shown being crowned Dairy Queen by Miss Nancy Wilson, . 1961 queen, at ceremonies at the John Graham High School on Tuesday night. Looking on are Miss Faye Rose of Norlina, first runnerup, left, and Miss Joan Winstead of Littleton, sec ond runnerup. (Staff Photo) Nancy Harris Crowned Princess Miss Nancy Harris, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Har ris, was crowned Dairy Queen of Warren County in a con test in which ten girls from three towns of the county competed. She was crowned by Miss Nancy Wilson, retiring queen. Faye Rose of Norlina was first runnerup, and Joan Win stead of Littleton was second runnerup. Other girls compet ing were Joyce Weaver and Barbara Hight of Warrenton; Ann Edwards and Linda Dore of Norlina; and Betty Jean West, Jane Riggan and Joyce Moore of Littleton. William Hicks, chairman of the Warren County Dairy Com mittee, presided over the event and Larry Bryson of Norlina served as master of core monies. The Norlina High School Chorus, under the direction of Mrs. Glenn Weldon, rendered vocal numbers. Talent num bers were presented by Mar.. Blake Acai of Littleton. Teresa Hicks and Michael Wimbrow of Norlina, "Mitch" Mitchell and Vicki Abbott of Norlina, Phil and Joy Lyn Daniel of Warrenton, Judy Kelly of Nor lina, Charlie Davis and His Uke of Warrenton, a minstrel act from Littleton, and a spec ial number by the Four Stars of Norlina, Kenneth Frank", William Perkinson, Paul Lan- j caster, Jr., and Arthur King ' Bake Sale Members of the Warrenton Presbyterian Women of the Church will sponsor a bake sale on Saturday morning, June 9, from 10 to 12 o'clock at Traylor Appliances on Main Street. Pies, cakes, rolls and sandwiches will be featured. Forty-Two Seniors Graduate At J. G. | Forty-two seniors at John | Graham High School received I diplomas and certificates at ' graduation exercises held at ' the school auditorium on Mon day night. I Jesse Helms, radio and TV commentator of Raleigh, was I the speaker for the occasion. He was presented by Frank Banzet. The will to succeed is the cornerstone of success in life, Helms said, for what a per son wants to do and what a person wants to be will de pend on him or her. The world can be a very good world if one will let it. Helms praised Warrenton for its beauty and for main taining its sense of values and for itS ghili*y tr< rir) fnr itcolf, "as exemplified in the estab lishment of the educational foundations here. He decried the modern tend ency to get something for noth ing, to let the government do it, as foreign to the concept of the Founding Fathers who laid the foundation for the world's greatest nation. He cited the example of the New York Electricians Unions in seeking a 20-hour week and accepting a 25-hour week as an example of a trend that is threatening our country. He told the seniors to decide whether they wanted to be 40 hour clock watchers, but warn ed them that this was not tho way to success. "Do the best you can whatever you do," he said. "If yon want to just get by," he said, "prepare to go by and pick up your groceries i'rom the Welfare." The invocation was given by the Rev. John Link. Anne Twitty gave the salutatorian's address. Dixon Ward announc ed winners uf Ward Scholar ships, and Principal Tom Brown announced winners of other scholarships. The valedic torian's address was given by William W. Taylor, III. The diplomas were presented by W. R Drake, chairman of the: school committee, and the (See GRADUATES, page 9) DINAH CLARKE VIRGINIA ROBERTSON Girls Chosen To Attend Girls' State Two rising seniors from Warren County high schools have been selected by the War ren County American Legion Auxiliary to attend the annual man's College in Greensboro from June 17 through June 22. They are Miss Virginia Rob ertson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, N. J. Robertson of Route 2, Macon, a student at John graham High School, and Miss Dinah Clarke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Clarke of Nor lina, a student at the Norlina High School. Announcement of the selec tion of Miss Robertson and Miss Clarke was made this week by Miss Sadie Limer, Girls' State Chairman of the local unit. Miss Robertson is a mem ber of the Future Homemak enr of America, a member of the 4-H Club, the Monogram Club and the Beta Club. She was a member of the Future Teachers of America In 1960 61, and a member of the drill team the same year. She WSS~ a member of the Jr. Varsity Basketball Team In the 9th grade and of the varsity team in the 10th and eleventh grades. She was FHA reporter in 196041, and during the past school year was president of the Junior homeroom, treas urer of the Beta Club, andi class marshall. She is a mem ber of the Macon Baptist Church, a member of the choir and secretary of the Young People's Class. Her hobbles are sewing and basketball. Miss Clarke wae a class.re porter and class marshall in her freshman year. As a sopho more she was reporter for the (See CHBL8, page ?> Criminal Court Is Still In Session Here The June Criminal Term of Superior Court, which conven ed here on Tuesday morning with Judge Heman Clark of Fayetteville presiding, is not expected to adjourn until late today (Friday). >. The trial of Thomas Starnes, charged with involuntary man slaughter and driving after his license had been revoked?as an aftermath of a wreck on the Norlina By-Pass several weeks ago in which two men were killed?was being con ducted as this newspaper went to press late Thursday after noon/ In one of the two capital cases on the docket, in which three young white men of Warrenton?Fred Powell, Le roy Vaughan, and Sam Cheek ?were charged with kidnap ping, the state accepted a plea of assault, but sentence had not been pronounced yester day afternoon. In other cases disposed of: Barbara Gray Jernigan was granted a divorce from Dong las Jernigan on the grounds of two years separation. A case against Lucy Y, Games, charged with posses sion of non-taxpaid whiskey for the purpose, of sale, was nol prossed. John Bill Hall, Jr., pled nolo contendere to two cases, one of which charged him with assault on a female, and the other with drunk driving after his license had been revoked. Judgment of the court in the first case was that the defend ant should serve nine months on the roads, but the sentence was suspended for three years and the defendant placed on probation. The state took a nol pros with leave in the drunk driving case. A case against Roy Carey, charging non-support, was con tinued. Jessie Allen King pled guil ty to a charge of drunk driv ing and was given a 60-day road sentence. Edward Dowtin pled guilty to a charge of breaking and entering and larceny, and was ordered committed to state prison for 18 months. The commitment is not to issue until October 1, 1962, and bond was set at $2000.00. George H. Brown, plead guil ty to a charge of larceny. An 18-months prison sentence was suspended for three years. .'-.Johnnie Blackwell pled guil ty to a charge of non-support (8ee COURT, page 1$) Board Asked For Funds For Industrial Engineer The Board of County Com missioners were on Monday afternoon requested to place funds in the 1962-63 budget for the employment of a full time industrial engineer to work to secure more industries for Warren County. The sug gested figure was up to $15,000 The request wi/. made by a delegation representing incor porated towns of the county, civic clubs and an industrial group, with Selby Benton, pres ident of the Bute Development Company, acting as chief spokesman. Composing the delegation were Dennis Rose, represent ing the Mayor of Littleton; Mayor Graham P. Grissom, rep resenting Norlina; Mayor W. A. Miles, represeniting Warren ton; Monroe Gardner, repre Fair Calls For Runoff A. C. Fair, Warrenton jewel er, second high man in the race for coroner in the Demo cratic Primary of May 26, on Monday called for a run-off with encumbent N. I. (Shot) Haithcock. The Second Primary will be held on Saturday, June 23, with the polls opening at 6:30 a. m. and closing at 6:30 p. m. Haithcock polled 1167 votes in the May 26 Primary to Fair's 776 votes for a lead of 391 votes out of a total vote of 3367 cast for the eight con testants in the Coroner's race. Fair said yesterday that his decision to call a second pri mary was reached only after serious and careful study and much discussion with many of the voters of the county. "With encouragement from them," he said, "I therefore felt it was my civic duty to proceed to fill the need and responsibility of the position of Coroner. Red Cross Drive Now Underway In| Warren County The annual Red Cross Drive is now underway in Warren County, A. C. Fair, county roll call chairman, announced yes terday. The county goal is $2,843, which is $1000 less than the goal last year, Fair said. The support of the Red Cross is an obligation and privilege of every citizen, the chairman said. He pointed out that in 1961 the people of North Caro lina made possible the collec tion of 98,627 pints of blood and while Warren County is not an active participant in the blood program, the coun ty received free 180 units of gamma globulin, made avail able by the Red Cross to the State Health Department. In times of natural disaster the county is eligible for im mediate aid with funds and blood needed. In 1954, follow ing a hurricane, five families received $915 in Warren Coun ty as direct grants. No loans are ever made in times of dis aster. Warren County veterans re ceived monetary benefits of 51.292 as a result of Red-Cross (See RED CROSS, page 9) Cucumbers W. A. Connell and Daniel Williams delivered the first cucumbers from the INS cms to the Warren tan Cucumber Market on Thursday morning. Children's Day Children's Day will be ob served at the Warrenton Bap tist Church Sunday with the Primary and Junior Choirs singing. There will also be a parent-child dedication service. Mis. John Morrison and Helen of Concord are visiting Mrs. T. J. Bolt senting the Bute Development Company; Pett B. Boyd, repre senting the Citizens Bank and Bute Development Company; Marvin Nevvsom, representing the Warren County Planning Board; Troy Barrett, represent ing the Warrenton Rotary Club; and Duke Jones, repre senting the Warrenton Lions Club. Benton pointed out that War ren County had lost more pop ulation than any county in the state and that people are con tinuing to leave the county due to lack of job opportuni ties. He said that it is very difficult for a county without professional help to obtain industries in the face of com petition of towns and counties with industrial engineers work ing full time. He pointed out the results obtained by Oxford through the employment of an industrial engineer, and of an effort being made in that town Rural Firemen Seek Site For A Building The Warren County Rural Fire Department wants a home of its own. Bill Connell and Irving Lan caster appeared before the Board of County Commission ers Monday to ask assistance in locating a site upon which the fireman might erect a building. They said that while all the auxiliary companies have their own buildings, the parent company at Warrenton is still in temporary and in adequate quarters. Previously, Sheriff Jim Hund ley had told the commissioners that local firemen had approach ed him about building a fire house on county-owned proper ty back of the jail and upon present jail property. He said the proposed building would come within six feet of the rear of the jail, alowing no room for needed storage of confiscated cars and other ma-j terial, and no room for the jailor's family for hanging outl clothing and other domestic needs. In addition, if erected the building would make im possible the bringing of prison- j ers into the rear of the jail I by car. For these reasons, he | said, he could not approve the jail site, although he realizes I that the Warrenton Rural Fire j Department "is one of the most | worthwhile agencies in the county." The commissioners agreed wtih Sheriff Hundley. In ad dition they said that the loca tion would be bad because of j the narrowness of Bragg Street and the fact that it is often j (See BUILDING, page 9) to secure a contractor to build 50 houses for people brought into the county through the obtaining of industries. Benton also referred to the experience of Franklin County, which last year employed a full-time in dustrial engineer. Pett Boyd said that he feels that more industries are essen tial if the county is to arrest its population loss, and Marvin Newsome said that he feels that it is imperative to hire an industrial engineer now when the Gaston Lake is offering such an attraction, which should be pointed out to prospective industrialists. The group pointed out the value of the Carolina Sports wear Factory to the economy of the county, and said that many other such industries were needed. At the time that this factory was obtained the county had no industrial en-' gineer, but General Claude Bowers devoted a major part of his time to obtaining the in dustry. One of the commission er remarked that if the county could employ General Bowers as the engineer, that he would be all in favor of such employment. All agreed that the employ ment of Bowers?now in Ral eigh as Adjutant General would be impossible, but the consensus was that a cheap man would defeat the purpose of such employment. Chairman Capps wanted to know if the towns of the coun (See BOARD, page 10) ZION METHODIST CHURCH Church To Observe 125th Anniversary The Zion Methodist Church will hqld a homecoming day celebration on Sunday, June 10?Pentecost Sunday?to cele brate the 125 anniversary of the church. The Rev. W. G. Farrar, pas tor from 1946 until 1952, will bring the morning message at 11 o'clock, following Sunday School at 10 o'clock. All members, former mem bers and friends are invited to attend both these services, the Rev. D. F. Funderburke, pas tor, said in announcing the homecoming event. Each per son attending, he said, is in vited to bring a picnic lunch which will be shared on the church grounds following the worship service. This shaould be a wonder ful day in the life of the church when thanks be givep to God for the Christian heri tage of the church and when old friendships and acquaint ances are renewed," the min ister said. Located in Warren County, near Norlina, Zion Methodist Church has been a place of worship for about six genera tions Mr. Funderburk said. The first Zion Church, a one room log building, was con structed about 18S7 .nearly twenty-five years before the Civil War. Mr. Funderburk continued his sketch of the his tory of the church as follows: Around the year 1870, the first trustees were appointed ' ?? V ? - as follows: J. H. White, Ham Fleming, Captain J. H. May field, John Potillo, R. F. Rose and William Paschall. The next church house, built in 1874 by the Mayfields, Whites, Flemings and Potillos, had board seats. At this time it was customary for the ladies in the congregation to be seated on one side of the sanc tuary with the men on the other. A shed was built onto this room where the colored people could sit and worship; there was a hole in the wall of the main part of the build ing so that the colored people could see and hear the service. The meetings, which were held. every year, lasted two weeks; people came from miles around to worship and even filled the grounds, because the rtTOPCh never held large erowds. In 1000, the third Zion Church building was construct ed of plank as the one befofe it had been. The committee in charge of this building In eluded: Mr. Ed. WhMC Mr. Jim Burchette and Mr. Joe Harton. This structure was later re placed by the beautiful stone edifice which Is used for serv ices of worship _ today. The present church, which has grown from ? one-room log house of worship to its pres ent site with a membership of around SOQ people, warded! RONALD w. surra Ronald Seitz To " Be Ordained At Lutheran Minister Ronald W. Seitz will be or dained into the Lutheran ministry at St. PNl'l eran Church, Ridgcway, at o'clock on Sunday, Mr. Seitz ia a Nor Una High School, ia Theological field, Illinois nlveraity, Ho will at ML Hope
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