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VOLUME 66 Subscript!* Price *3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1962 NUMBER 28
Mrs. A. A. Wood
Is Installed As
Auxiliary Head
Mrs. A. A. Wood was install
ed as president of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary Unit No.
25 for the 1962-63 term at ?
meeting of the Auxiliary held
in the assembly room of tho
Wariv-nion Baptist Church on
Tuesday evening of last week.
Other officers installed were
Mrs. W. B. Neal, first vice
president; Mrs. P. W. King,
second vice-president; Mrs. Ed
ward Hunter, third vice-presl
dent; Mrs. Leonard Daniel,
corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Thomas Gaskill, recording sec
retary; Mrs. S. A. Warlick,
treasurer; Mrs. John Fodgers,
assistant treasurer; Mrs C. M.
Bullock, historian; Mrs. Hy
Diamond, chaplain; and Mrs.
Thomas Ellington, sergeant-at
arms.
Mrs. J. D. Roberts was In
stallation officer.
Mrs. W. L. Fuller, retiring
president, presided over
meeting.
It was reported that a profit
of $216.60 was made from the
Poppy Sales, with plans being
made to use this money for
rehabilitation of veterans and
their families.
Mrs. W L. Fuller gave ? de
tailed report of the American
Legion Auxiliary State Conven
tion which was held in Raleigh
in June.
Mrs. Hy Diamond, Mrs. P.
W. King and Mrs. H. E. Shaw
served refreshments.
Littleton Han
Wins Promotion
LITTLETON ? Commander
Thomas Rudolph Topping, U.
S. N. R., a native of Littleton
and husband of the former
Miss Mabel Wiggins of Rodqr
Mount, has been promoted
commanding officer of the
Naval and Marine Corps Re
serve Training Center in Char
lotte. Comdr. Topping relieves
Cmdr. Gerald Wright in the
high post.
In addition to assuming com
mand of the Sixth Street Cen
ter in North Carolina's Queen
City, the Littleton native will
also be in charge of the Naval
Reserve Electronic*) Facility
located at Rock Hill, S .C.
Cmdr. Topping was commis
sioned in 1945 and is a vet
eran of duty in the Mediteran
nean and Red Seas and the
Chosen Reservoir operations in
Korea. His service includes
operations officer of Destroyer
Squadron Eight. Prior to his
oppointment to command in
Charlotte, he was affiliated
with Vie Bureau of Naval Per
sonnel in Waahington, D. C.
Cmdr. Topping is the son of
Mrs. Mamie E. Topping of Lit
tleton and the late Kenneth B.
Topp-'fg. He is the father of
two daughters, r Charlotte - IS,
and Anne 13.
Comdr. and Mrs. Topping,
Charlotte and Anne are mak
ing their home at 2226 Rocky
Knoll Drive in Charlotte.
Makes Honor Roll
Edgar Raymond Wood, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Wood of Warretiton, a sopho
more at the University of
North Carolina, made the hon
or roll during the spring se
mester, 1962, with a grade of
B or higher on all work taken
?not leu than 15 hours.
"Less than 10 per cent of our
students achieve such high aca
demic distinction," Dean J.
Carlyle Sitterson said in mak
ing the announcement.
Board To Work For
Bond Issue Passage
The Board of
which asked the County Com
missioners to nbait a $400,
000 school bond Issue to the
vote of the people, will
for Its passage on Augost 11.
AI a recent meeting the
board appointed itself a
Ittee to inform the poopte on
the issue* involved and of the
needs for funds lor build tog
Improvements. Dr.
sejr was named chairman of
mk "
will also supervise the print
ing at pamphlets giving full
details on the condition* of
the schools and relating
the money will bo spout
The principal purpose of the
bond issue, called by the way
at their July.
ing, is the elimination of ao#>
oral avail Negro schools
their consolidation in ? sow
building in the southern put
of the county lgg
meat of the
near Arabia.
No increase in
fc
READY FOR THE CARAVAN?Shined and
polished a 1911 Empire Touring Car waits for
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hayes of Norlina to drive
it U? Raleigh ntf.t Monday to engage in the
Horseless Carriage Tour next week. Mr. and
T.trs. Hayes will lead the Caravan from Hen
derson to Norlina next Tuesday afternon for
a stop over at the Norlina baseball park.
Old Cars To Stop At Norlina
Local lovers of old autorao-;
biles will have an opportunity
to see some 75 vehicles of an-1
cint vintage, ranging in ages j
from 1900 to 1927 at the Nor
lina baseball park on next!
Tuesday afternoon around 2:30
o'clock.
The occasion will be the'
eleventh annual tour of the
"Horseless Carriage Club of
America," which will begin at
Raleigh on Tuesday morning
and end in Williamsburg, Va.,
on Friday night.
W. R. Hayes of Norlina, a
memher nf the club, who has
been on the tours for several i
years, said this week that
plans have been made (or a j
stop over in Norlina on Tues
day afternoon.
The route of the tour will
be from Raleigh to Oxford,
Henderson, Emporia, Va., Suf
folk, Norfolk, Virginia Beach,
Cape Charles, Newport News,
Jamestown, Yorktown and Wil
liamsburg.
An antique show will be
held in Raleigh on Monday af
ternoon, sponsored by a Ral
eigh Civic Club near Hotel Sir
Walter Raleigh where judging
will be done. The tourists
will spend two nights in Wil
liamsburg and on Friday night
an Awards Banquet will be
held at the Williamsburg
Lodge, which will be the offic
ial end of the tour.
Members of the club have j
been requested to wear cos- J
tuines to match the era during
the tour. While requested,
this is not required, but watch
ers at Norljna Tuesday will
probably not only sec many
old cars but will also have an
opportunity to see just what
kind of clothes grandpa and
grandma wore while motoring
50 years and more ago.
Littleton Scouts
Spend Weekend
At Kerr Lake
LITTLETON?The members
of the local scout troop, ac
companied by their leaders, E.
K. Fishel and Reid Robinson,
spent the weekend at Palmer's
Point on Kerr Lake. The
group participated in hiking,
swimming, fishing and cooking.
They attended religious ser
vices Sunday morning.
Those attending were Marvin
Newsom, III, Willis Pinnell,
Charles King, Keith Fishel,
Thomas Alston, R. J. Myrick,
Bryant Rod well. Lloyd Salmon,
Norfleet Morris, Bill Winstead
and Freddie Harris.
On Honor Roll
Leon Patterson -Marp of War
renton, a student at the Uni
versity of North Carolina on a
Pleasants-Alston Scholarship,
made the honor roll in the
General College for the spring
semester of 1962, with a grade
of B or higher on all work
taken?not less than IS hows.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Junious F. Harp of Warrenton.
Less than 10 per cent of the
students achieve such high
academic distinction. Dean Car
lyle Sitterson said in making
the announcement.
A tend Market
Mr and Mrs. William A.
Connell of C. 4 S. Sales of
Warrenton are attending the
Southern Furniture Market in
High Point this week.
Breaks Ankle
T. F. Stalling* was in War
ren General Hospital for sev
eral days this week as the re
sult of breaking his ankle.
[Insurance Will Pay
Huge Sum For
Rain Damage
The Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation will pay an esti
mated minimum of one half
million dollars and a probable
maximum of two million dol
lars to insured tobacco farmers
in the rain damaged -area of
eastern North Caroliha, ac
cording to Julian Mann, State
FIC Director
Most of the claims will be
[ paid after tobacco markets
open and farmers sell the leaf,
reduced in quantity and qual
ity by the torrential rains of
recent weeks. The tobacco in
surance contracts provided that
the FCIC will pay the differ
ence between insurance guar
antees, geared to labor and
other costs of production, and
the value of tobacco sold.
It's impossible at this time
to accurately forecast how
much tobacco will be harvested
from water damaged fields
and even more difficult to pre
dict the quality and price of
such tobacco, according to
(See INSURANCE, page 10)
Chewning Improving
R. D. Chewning, Warrenton
Chief of Police, who has been
seriously ill in Warren Gen
eral Hospital for a week, was
yesterday reported to be im
proving. Chief Chewning un
derwent an appendectomy on
Thmday of list week.
Move To New
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Alston
of Inez have moved to their
renovated ancestral borne. Re
cent guests of Mr. and Mrs. I
Alston were Mrs. Elton Dil
Hard of Reidsville, Miss Caro
line Alston of Richmond, V*.,
and Mr. and Mrs. John Bot^ |
TORT and son of Rocky Mount.
Attend Services
Mrs. L. W. Perkinscn and
Mrs. M. H. Hayes of Wise at
tended services at Mt. Auburn
Christian Church near Drewry
on Sunday when the Rev. R.
If. Kimball of Burlington was
guest minister. He is a cousin
of Mrs. Perkinson. Mrs. Hayes
?ml Mrs. Perkinson wen
luncheon guests of Mrs. W. H.
Reed at Palmer Springs, Va~
following the services.
In
Mrs. R. T. Watson is a pa
tient in Warren General Hos
pital for treatment
Uoyd is In Warm
Hospital tor treat
Norlina Ruritans
To^Rent Larger
Dancing Quarters
The Norlina Kuritan Club
voted at its Tuesday night
meeting to rent the Carver
Furniture Store on Highway 1
as a place in which to hold
teen-age dances.
In the discussion prior to
the decision to rent the build
ing it was pointed out that
larger quarters were needed
for these dances which have
been held in the Woman's
Club building. Hope was ex
pressed that the new quarters
could be developed into a com
munity recreation center.
Clint Hege, in charge of the
program, showed a film on
"Alaska." The members voted
to admit the Rev. J. B. Parvin
and H. A. Perone as new
members of the club.
K. C. Severance, president,
presided over the meeting held
in the Woman's Club building.
To Present Program
As a part of their sesqulcen
tennial celebration of 150 years
of Methodism in Warren Coun
ty, the Music Committee of the
Worship Commission of the Of
ficial Board of Wesley Mem
orial Methodist Church has
asked Mrs. John C. Burwell,
organist at the church for over
30 years, to present a program
of organ music on the evening
of July 22 at 8 o'clock. The
public is cordially invited to
attend.
Attend Teachers Forum
Mesdames William Davis,
Marvin Drake and Duke Jones
attended a teachers forum at
Greensboro on Monday and at
tended a teachers', observer
class at East Corolina College,
Greenville, Wednesday. Mrs.
Drake and Mrs. Jones are
members of the John Graham
Mariam Boyd faculty in War
renton, rnd Mrs. Davis is a
member of the Henderson
High/School faculty.
To Stag On TV
The senior choir of the War
renton Baptist Church will
ling two hymns on Television
Channel 5 on Sunday, July IS,
it 1:00 p. m. Ike hyms are
"The Battle Hymn of the Re
public," and "Hall, Thou One*
Despised Jesus."
??line At
A service of Holy .
Ion will be held at the Church
?f the Good Shepherd at
Ridgeway on Sunday 11
it S o'clock, the Rev.
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Commissioners Adopt
Budget: Tax Rate $1.70
No Arrests Made In
Supermarket Theft
No arrests have been made
following the robbery of a
cash register at the Norlina
Supermarket on last Friday
and officers so far are baffled
as to the identity of the three
men engaged in the robbery.
An unarmed Negro man
snatched a handful of bills
from a cash draw at the sup
ermarket while two compan
ions held the attention of the
cashier.
The trio fled from the sup
ermarket after the robbery
was discovered and eluded
highway patrolmen and depu
ty sheriffs attempting to ap
prehend the men.
The robbery, which took
place at about 1:45 Friday, was
{carried out after one of the
? three men believed to have
participated in the robbery
I made a purchase and then held
| the saleswoman's attention
I while a companion rifled the
open cash drawer.
| Manager Johnny Hunt said
; the robbery netted only about
j $70.00.
| The three men sped from
the scene in a black 1955
| model Plymouth, according to
; a report received by the High
[ way Patrol.
j Law enforcement officers
j combed a network of roads
j leading from the supermarket
j but found no trace of the au
tomobile.
Price Support For
Cotton Announced
Cotton support rates in j
North Carolina for 1962 will
be 33.51 cents per pound in
the western part of the state
and 33.43 cents per pound in
the eastern part of the state
for the base quality, middling
1-inch cotton, according to A.
P. Hassell, Jr., executive di
rector for the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
State Committee.
The lower, eastern rate, ap
plies to all.- counties east of
Person, Durham, Chatham,
Lee, Moore and Richmond, j
The western rate applies to the
countie- named and to all
counties west of the line form
ed by these counties, he said.
Price support in North Car
olina this year will be accom
plished through loans on farm
and warehouse-stored cotton
only.
Premiums and discounts for
eligible qualities of cotton un
der the ASCS price support
program have also been an
nounced. The premiums and
discounts, according to Hassell,
have been determined on the
basis of market difference* for
the various grades and staples
in a manner similar to that
used in previous years.
State Tobacco Crop
Expected To Be Up
RALEIGH?Based on reports
from producers as of July 1,
the North Carolina Crop Re
porting Service has forecast
1962 production of flue-cured
tobacco at 856,700,000 pounds.
Such a crop would be about
24.5 million pounds, or almost
three percent, greater than the
832,215.000 pounds harvested
in 1961, and it would exceed
the 1951-60 ten-year average
by almost 10 million pounds.
It would also be the state's
largest flue-cured crop since
1956.
Record high prospec
tive yields in the Old and Mid
dle Belts and in the Border
Belt, with an increase of 4.3
per cent in allotted acres, are
responsible for the expected
increase. The total flue-cured
acreage is estimated at 485,000
acres, or 22,000 more than for
1961. First of the month in
dications point to a flue-cured
yields of 1,776 pounds per
acre, or 21 pounds short of
the average for last year.
Droughty conditions at trans
planting time delayed the
transfer of plants to fields and
resulted in uneven and broken
stands. Widespread resetting
was necessary, and some fields
were plowed up completely
and replanted. Dry weather,
with localized exceptions, con
tinued through May, but dur
ing most of June conditions
were almost ideal for the rap
id growth and development of
tobacco.
Just prior to the end of the
month, prospects were for re
cord high yieldsr in all areas
of the state. Destructive rains
in a number of coastal coun
ties during the last two days
of June and additional rainfall
early In July have considera
bly reduced the over-all pros
pects in the Eastern Belt. Ex
cessive moisture has resulted
in slight damage in other
areas, also. It is yet too early
to appraise fully the net dam
age resulting from excesssive
rains.
Farmers Warned Of
Crotalaria Danger
Crotalarla is still a problem
and one that the farmers of
North Carolina cannot afford
to forget, warns W. E. Lane,
head of' the grain section of
the North Carolina Depart
ment of Agriculture's market
ing division.
"There will be no market
for corn and soybeans contain
ing crotalarla seed at harvest
time this fall," he said. "There
fore, farmers should rid their
fields of the plant bow, before
It goes to seed, else^ttwy ran
at the
or argricultural teacher will
help in its identification."
Crotalaria teed has in re
cent years been found to be
highly toxic to livestock, poul
try and humans and there are
strict state and federal laws
against the sale of food or
feed grains containing crota
laria seed.
"Where federal officials find
persons ta violation, Bm grain
win be embargoed ttd heavy
penalties iwD be forthcoming,"
Land. "In the artwWtrsUrwi
of state food and toed laws
the North Carolina Depart
sent will be equally
Warren County's tentative |
budget became the official
budget for 1962-63 when it was
adopted by the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners in an ad
journed meting held here on
Saturday morning.
The budgets calls for a coun
wide Jax rate of $1.70?down
4 cents from the 1961-62 levy.
Calling for total expendi
tures of $525,078.47, the bud
get is based on a valuation of
$20,500,000, with an estimated
90 per cent collection.
Warren County Schools will
account for $206,640 of the
total budget, with $122,940 ap
propriated for current ex
penses, $48,700 for capital out
lay, and $35,000 for the capi
tal reserve fund.
The poll tax rates on all
males between 21 and 50 will
be $2.00.
The commissioners levied a
license tax of $2.00 on all
open femsle dogs and a tax
of $1.00 on all male dogs and
: on each female other than an
; open female of the ages of
six months or older.
The marriage license fee will
remain at $4.00.
Privilege license taxes will
be the maximum amount per
| mitted by the statutes.
In other business before the
I board, the commissioners in
| structed the County Auditor
j to deposit $25,000.00 in the
j Peoples Bank of Norlina on a
: certificate of deposit bearing
14 7c interest provided the bank
i put*, up government bonds in
; like amount as security,
i It was ordered that a beer
license be issued to Leonard
j L. Perkinson upon receipt of
state permit.
David Dickerson
Wins Promotion
DURHAM?Watts Hill, Jr.,
President of Home Security
Life Insurance Company of
Durham, yesterday announced
the appointment of David E.
Dickerson of Warrenton to th>
position of District Manager
of the Rockingham District.
In his new post Dickerson
will manage Home Security
operations in a seven-county
area which comprises Mont
gomery, Anson, Cumblerland,;
Stanly, Scotland, Union and
Richmond Counties.
Dickerson Joined Home Se
curity in 1951 as Insurance
Agent in the Roanoke Rlkpld*
District and made outstanding
records leading to promotion
to Staff Manager in 1856 As
Staff Manager in charge of the
Warrenton Office, he super
vised agents in parts of War
ren, Halifax, Franklin and
Nash Counties. He was one
of the Company's leading Staff
Managers, having directed his
staff into top position for the
entire Company in 1960, an
achievement which won for
him the honor of "Staff Man
ager of the Year."
Dickerson will assume his
new duties on July 16.
A native of Warrenton, Dick
erson is married to the for
DAVID DICKERSON
mer Barbara Ann Haithcock
and they have two sons, David
Wayne and Richard. The Dick
ersons have been active in the
Provkience Methodist Church
where he has been a steward,
chairman of the Board of
Finance, a lay speaker, MYF
Counselor, and teacher of the
Young People's Class. In 1900
Mr. Dickersoq was elected to
the Warrenton City Council.
Speeders Pay Fines
In Recorder's Court
Motorist continue to speed
in Warren County and a con
siderable number of them find
themselves in Recorder's Court
where they pay for the viola
tions of the motor vehicle
laws.
Of the nineteen cases before
Judge Julius Banzet in Re
corder's Court last Friday
eighteen were charged with
speeding. Seventeen of the
defendants pled guilty and
paid fines or cost or both.
The lone exception to the
speeding charge was one in
which Ernest Ball was charg
ed with larceny. He was
found not guilty.
Defendants and verdicts in
the speeding cases were at
follows:
Ralph Lee Chambers, 110.00
and costs; Robert Leslie Bob
bard, costs; Nelson Hummer
Williams, $10.00 and
and costs;
HenderMh,
arker WH
Alston Deleno
costs; Thomas Barker
liams, not guilty; Betty
Berry, $25.00 and costs; Ivey
Steve Clark, costs; Evan* Lee
Huffstetter, $10.00 and coeta;
Hilliard Thomas Hardee, $13.00
and costs.
Also John Ralph Lain. Jr.,
costs; Douglas George
costs; David Francis
$16.00 and costs; Wilbur Bett
Kenney, costs; Woodrow Wil
son Ross, costs; Betty
Spillman, $18.00 and
Louise Hopper While,
Robert Irving Lancaster,
N. A. Faucette, Jr., $1040
Give Vegetables To
Warren Hospital
Warren County person*
surplus vegetable* can
m to food use.
They will gladly be
by the Warren