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THE END OF THE FERRY . . . . . . . . . . Highway workers dismantle Ferry Approaches
Bridge Carries Traffic
Eaton's Ferry
Is Abandoned
A Warren County ferry that
may have been in- operation
for more than 200 years was
this week abandoned by the
North Carolina Highway Com-!
mission.
Warren County highway
forces on Monday and Tuesday
dismantled the approaches to
Eaton's Ferry and tore down
the long cable that guided
boats across the Roanoke River
for generations.
Traffic is being carried
across the Roanoke a short
distance above the ferry site
on a new bridge. Although
the highway leading to the
bridge has not yet been com-]
pleted, traffic has been using
the bridge for several days as
workers put the finishing
touches on the hardsurface
road leading from Judkins
Township to Roanoke Town
ship by way of the new bridge.
When Eaton's Ferry?named
for the Eaton family of Roa
noke Township?was first es
tablished is not known, but
William Eaton, I, founder of
the family in Warren County,
had settled in Roanoke Town
ship prior to 1746, when he
was elected a Justice of Edge-'
combe County, of which War
ren was then a part. He had
previously been granted 1700
acres of land lying along both
sides of the Roanoke River,
and it is presumed that he
used the present ferry site.
Before the advent of the gas
oline engine, many ferries
were propelled by the force of
streams, pushing against boats,
held by cables, with assistance
in the propulsion being given
by men with poles pushing
along the bottom of the
streams. This was the way
the Eaton Ferry was operated
for many years.
Eaton's Ferry, on the high
way from Littleton and Vaugh
an to Lawrenceville, Va., was
for many years a loll ferry
operated by private enterprise,
but was taken over by the
State Highway Commission
some 25 or more years ago
and maintained by the high
way until its abandonment
this week.
A landmark for years, the
Eaton Ferry approaches and
the long dirt road leading to
them will within a few weeks
be covered by the waters of
Gaston Lake and will be only
a memory to thousands of cit
izens who have used this mode
of crossing the Roanoke. Only
(See FERRY, page 10
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Workers with the Highway Department this week removed
the pillar which held one end of the cable ctrvtchlng mnn
the Roanoke Hirer for generation*. (Staff Photos)
'
Speeders Find Way
To County Court
All but three of the 13 cases
in Recorder's Court last Fri
day dealt with violations of
the motor vehicle laws.
Erwin Lynch was found
guilty of an assault on a fe
male and sentenced to the
roads for 12 months. He gave
notice of appeal to Superiour
Court. Appearance bond was
set at $500.
Henry Powell was found
guilty jon a larceny charge.
Due to the defendant's age,
prayer for judgment was con
tinued for two years upon con
dition that the defendant re
main of good behavior for two
years and 'pay the court costs.
In the third case not involv
ing violations of the motor ve
hicle laws, the state took a nol
pros with leave. In this case
Roy Lee Bobbitt was charged
with non-support.
In other cases the state took
a nol pros with leave in the
case of James Thomas Currin
charged with operating a motor
vehicle with an expired oper
ator's license.
Thomas Edward Minute was
fined $10 and cous when he
New School Not
To Be Located
At Hawkins Site
The consolidated Negro ele
mentary school to be built
with funds to be obtained from
a recently passed bond issue
will not be located at the John
R. Hawkins School.
J. Rodger Peeler, Superin
tendent of Schools, told the
Board of Education, Meeting
here Monday night, that the
Survey Team with the Divis
ion of Schoolhouse Planning,
refused to endorse the Haw
kins site at their meeting
here. The campus is already
too crowded, the team ruled.
Peeler said that while here
the team visited several other
sites, but made no recommen
dations. They are expected to
return the middle of next week
for further investigation.
Among the sites proposed at
the September meeting of the
Board of Education was that
of the John R. Hawkins School,
principally because of a saving
to coats. At that meeting the
question was raised if enough
additional land could be ob
tlaned tor the proposed school.
Concensus of the Board Mon
day night waa that the new
building Should he erected in
the southern part of the coun
ty not far from the present
Coley Springs school, bat no
definite site has yet been rac
om mended. J
Sopt. Peeler told the Board
members that he had engaged
pacity for the building of addi
tional rooms at
was found guilty of speeding.
Doris Garrison Davis, found
guilty of speeding 70 miles in
a 55 mile zone, was fined $15
and taxed with court cosas.
Modecai Shearin was found
guilty with driving without
glasses and with driving on
the wrong side of the road. He
was ordered to pay court costs.
James Carlos Harris, i n
court on a speeding charge,
was found guilty of exceeding
safe, but not stated speed, and
was taxed with court costs.
Arthur Evans was fined $25
and taxed with court costs. He
was found guilty of reckless
driving.
Thomas Raymond Dezurick
was found guilty on a speeding
:harge and fined $10.00 and
taxed with court costs.
The state took a nol pros
tfith leave in t^ie case of Ran
dolph Bullock, charged with
speeding.
Earley Richardson was or
dered to pay court costs when
he was found guilty on a speed
ing charge.
Town Hires Engineers
For Sewage Plant Survey
The Town of Warrenton ha>
signed a contract with an en
gineering firm to make a sur
vey of and recommendation!
for a sewage disposal plani
here.
Employed by the town or
Wednesday afternoon was the
engineering firm of Boney and
Newcome of Raleigh. The con
tract was signed by Mayor W
Miles, Jr., and Town Clerk
I. Ed Rooker.
Employment of the Raleigh
[irm was authorized by unani
mous vote of the Board ol
Town Commissioners at theii
regular meeting on Monday
night. Following the appear
ance of Boney and a discu'
sion by the commissioners, the
Mayor and Town Clerk wer;
instructed to sign a contraci
with Boney and Newcombe.
The Raleigh firm was se
lected after two other engi
neering representatives had ap
peared before the board ai
previous meetings.
Mayor Miles said Thursdaj
afternoon that the reason foi
the early employment of th(
engineer was due to an effor'
Wilson Named
Night Policeman
Charles Wilson, former po
lice officer at Norlina and un
successful candidate for sherif
in the May Democratic Pri
mary, began his new duties a
night officer of the Town o
Norlina on Thursday night o
last week.
Wilson succeeds Dorse:
Capps, night officer at Norlini
for the past three years.
Capps resigned as night ol
ficer on September 20, effe<
tive October 1, to go into pri
vate business. He has Leei
operating a service station unc
store in Norlina while alsi
serving as night officer.
Capps said Tuesday nigh
that he would operate a usc<
car lot in Norlina and con
tinue the operation of th<
store, He gave as his reasoi
for resigning from the polic<
force that night work in con
nection with the operation o
the store was too much foi
him to handle and that hii
duties on the police force kep
bim away from his home a
night.
that the town would make to
participate in an accelerated!
program of the Federal Gov !
ernment for distressed areas:
under which the government!
would participate 50 per cent
in the cost of the program in-j
stead of one-third.
He said that to participate!
in this program, Warrentonj
would have to make its appli-j
cation before July, 1963. Be-,
fore this may be done, a sur-1
vey must be made to Jeter
mine the type of disposal unit
and an estimated cost of the
project.
Mayor Miles said that liar
old R. Skillman, superintend
ent of the Water Company, had
been in on all the discussions
with the Water Committee who
made tha recommendation for
ths employment of an engi
neer now.
In other matters during the i
hour and a half session, the
commissioners authorized the
expenditure of $100 from non
tax sources for an advt. in the
Warren County edition of the
State Magazine, and authorized
the Town Clerk to write a let
ter to Albert Coates, retired
director of the North Carolina
Institute of Government, thank
ing him for his service to the
State and founder and director
of the Institute.
NEW ROANOKE RIVER DAM?Here is an ground. Gates of the Dam (inset) will be
aerial view of Virginia Electric and Power closed this week and the reservoir will begin
Company's new Gaston Dam on the Roanoke filling. The new lake to be formed will be 34
River near Littleton. A portion of the 20,300- miles long with more than 350 miles of
acre reservior area is shown in the back- shoreline.
Warehouses To Close
For Five-Day Holiday
A week-long sales holiday
>eginning Monday, October 15
las been set for all flue-cured
obacco markets.
The sales committee of the
Jright Belt Warehouse Associa
ion announced the holiday
ast Friday at the request of
Li. T. Weeks, general manager
>f the Flue-Cured Stabiliza
ion Corp., which receives all
.obacco placed under the gov
ernment's pitce support sche
lule. '''M.
Markets will close as usual
Friday after sales, but will not
reopen until October 22.
Weeks reported that the co
>p has been swamped with leaf,
ind lacks personnel and facil
ties to keep up with the flow
>f tobacco from the warehouse
floors.
For the first four days of
ast week, Weeks said, stabili
sation took aion thou XI pet
?ent of aQ flue-cured tobacco
For the season through last,
Friday ? total of 119 million
pounds or 100.7 pert*at
tales had gone
sent <*!
govern
khool. The employment of an
irchitect lor this school had
>een delegated to Peeler at
i previous meeting of the
Board.
There has been some discus
don with State' Supt. of
Schools Carroll on the part of
Warren and Halite school m
|t, nrU| li ii ,i il ,???, III
tuonucs couconiui
ion of the Hallwa
juilding plans but no
(Bee SCHOOL,
nent price supports.
Last year the corporation
ook in only 70 million pounds
'or the whole selling season.
Season High Hit Monday
Volume of sales was report
ed heavy on most markets on
Monday throughout the Old
Belt. Average prices were
mostly steady to a little higher
than last Friday's quotations.
Increases were only $1 in most
Instances with a few grades
up $2 and $3.
f
NEW EATON'S FERRY BRIDGE ?
Gaston Dam Gates To Be
Closed Over Weekend
Sluce gates in the Gaston
Dam will be closed this week
end and a 34-mile long reser
voir covering parts of three
counties in North Carolina and
two in Virginia will begin to
fill.
Announcement that the gates
would be closed this weekend
was made Tuesday by the Rich
mond, Va., office of the Vir
ginia Electric and Power Com
pany.
The 20300-acre lake is being
created as a part of Vepco's
new $46,500,000 hydroelectric
station now nearing completion
on the Roanoke River some
eight miles upstream from Roa
noke Rapids.
Project engineers say that
beginning at 8 a. m. Sunday
releases of water from the
John H. Kerr dam near Clarks
ville, Va., will be substantially
above average for a period of
two to three days, during
which the level of the reser
voir will rise rapidly. After
the first several days the level
of the water will increase grad
ually and from one to two
months will be required for
the reservoir to fill to its es
timated capacity of 448,000
acre feet.
Unlike other hydroelectric
developments In the Roimoko
River basin where seasonal
variations in reservoir level,
L-xcluding flood control storage,
may be as much as S3 feet,
the Gaston reservoir level will
vary less than one foot at the
dam under normal operating
conditions. This will make it
an ideal recreational facility
for fishing and boating and
(Sea DAM, page 10)