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WARRENTON, COUNTY OF N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1962 NUMBER 47
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New Haliwa School Is Discussed
Board* of Education from
Warren and Halifax Counties
agreed Monday night to Joint
construction of a proposed
school for Haliwa Indians.
The first official word that
the two neighboring counties
would join forces for the con
struction of the Indian school
came during a meeting of the
two board* held at &e Little
ton High School.
While the two boards offic
ially agreed that they would
cooperate in the construction
of the school, no date for con
struction was agreed upon.
Also left undecided at the con
clusion of the meeting was the
cost of the proposed school.
Members of the two conties
"generally agreed that it would
be desirable to build only
classrooms first," Warren
Schools Superintendent J. R
Peeler said following the meet
ing.
Warren board members hint
ed that the county's 40 per
cent share of the proposed
building would be approximate
ly $60,000.
Reason for the construction
of only classrooms is the lack
of money for a larger plant.
While Warren County is in a
position to appropriate money
for the school since the pas
sage of a bond issue this year,
Halifax County representatives
said Monday nitfht that they
did not know from where the
money for their share of the
bail ding would come.
If only classrooms were con
structed initially, members of
the two boards agreed, con
struction could begin at a
much earlier date than would
be the case if Halifax County
were forced to wait to collect
revenue for a more complex
structure.
Currently 325 students are
enrolled in the Haliwa school,
a frame building near Areola
in southeastern Warren Coun
ty. The Halifax County Board
of Education pays some $18
annually to the Warren Coun
ty Board for each of the 180
pupils who live in Halifax
County but who go to school
in Warren County.
Peeler said the existing In
dian school is rented from the
"Haliwa Indian Club" for 910
per month but is of "very
poor construction with sub
standard classrooms."
"The need for two-county
participation in the construc
tion of a school stems from the
fact that only 50 students are
of high school age and we
only have two teachers in the
Haliwa high school," Peeler
said.
Also discussed during the
joint meeting was the possibil
ity of requesting the General
Assembly to create a "race
commission" to determine the
race of a student who might
desire to enroll in the Haliwa
School.
Board members of the two
counties agreed "that the
boards were in no position to
determine who is an Indian
and who is not."
Rep. John H. Kerr of War
ren County and Rep. Thorne
Gregory of Halifax County,
present at Monday night's ses
sion, told members of the
boards that a "race commis
sion" had been eftablished for
Robeson County. However, no
request for the formation of
such a commission came at the
conclusion of discussion.
"Three Wounded In
iMidnight Gunfight;
One Man Is Jailed
Three men were hospitaliz
ed here early Saturday morn
ing following a midnight
shooting eight miles east of
here.
Two of the three Negro
men were treated for wounds
caused by a .22 caliber pis
tol. A third was treated for
knife wounds.
One of the victims, identi
fied as Kelly Newell, was
transferred from Warren
Tobacco Market
Closes With New
Poundage Nark
the Warrenton Tobacco
Market set a new poundage
record during the 1962 sales
season by selling more than
million pounds of to
Ending sales on Nov. IS,
the single sales market sold
12.803,902 pounds of tobacco
during the season which saw
Tt>Iock sale* often in the mar
ket's five selling houses.
- Sales Supervisor. Edgar
Wood said Tuesday that ware
housemen were "generally
pleased" with the 1962 sea
son, and although prices av
eraged "about $5.00 per hun
dred lower than last season"
there was agreement that the
additional poundage ? more
than two million pounds
more than was sold during
1961?offset the decline in
price.
Farmers selling on the
Warrenton Market averaged
$59.23 per hundred pounds
of leaf. Wood said.
A total of $7,595,931.41 was
paid by warehousemen on the
Warrenton Market this year,
he said.
.Heart Attack
Bettered Cause
.Truck Wreck
A Warren County man was
pronounced dead on arrival
at a Henderson hospital Mon
day after his pickup truck
slammed into an embank
ment at th? head of an In
tersection.
The driver of the truck,
George Schuster, 67, of near
Tforlina. was reportedly
stricken by a heart attack
prior to the crash.
Trooper 8. R Whitten said
the heart attack was the
oraie of death. The accident
occurred on a rural road
some two and one-half miles
?ast of Henderson.
A passenger in the truck,
Thomas Burwell Vaughan, 90,
Rt. 2, Norlina, suffered
I CU1
v.
FFA Team
Contest;
The John Graham Chapter
the Future Farmers of
ron the tool identi
ntest hi the Vance
FFA
the local
. *i_;
of the tool Monti.
General Hospital to Duke
University shortly after the
incident. Hospital spokesmen
said he was treated for a
stomach wound, but his con
dition was not available
Tuesday.
Frederick "Buck" Alston,
22-year-old Negro, was shot
in the thigh and received
treatment at Warren General
Hospital. His condition was
listed as "good" on Tuesday.
Released Monday was Wil
liam Boone, who was treated
for knife injuries and bruis
es.
Deputy Sheriff B. G. Stev
enson said the trio was in
jured in a rural home two
miles south of the Marma
duke community. He said the
owner of the home, Andrew
Williams, had a picdlo in hla
home and the three were ap
parently at a party when an
argument erupted.
Stevenson said he was told
that a fight broke out be
tween Alston and an unidenti
fied man and following this
Fight Boone became engaged
in an argument with Alston
and another Negro man.
Stevenson said Boone told
him he shot twice, striking
Alston and Newell. Boone
was quoted as saying he turn
ed and ran following the
shooting, but that two Negro
men overtook him.
He said one of the pair
"had a knife" and that he
stopped and attempted to fire
his pistol. He was quoted as
saying that the gun would
not fire and the two men
beat and cut him in several
places.
Stevenson said that he did
not learn of the incident un
til some two hours later when
he was summoned by hospi
tal authorities.
Boone was jailed for in
vestigation of assault and
battery with a deadly weapon,
Stevenson said.
Council Plans
To Hold Adult
Farmers Classes
A aerie* of adult farmer
classes is slated to begin at
the John Graham Agriculture
Building here and at the Af
ton-Elberon Clubhouse early
next year.
Plans for the series were
made here Nov. 15 at a meet
ing at the John Graham Vo
cational Agriculture Advisory
Council. Completing plans
for the series were William
Bender, Louis Fuller, Joe
Andrew*, Big*' Frailer and
Norman Me Arthur, JGHS
agriculture teacher.
McArthur said the adult
classes would begin at 7:80
nightly beginning Jan. 9. He
lifted tobacco mechanisation,
farm management, drying and
storing grain, beef cattle,
maintenance and farm weld*
ing as the subjects to be cov
ered during the series.
Man Killed
A Warren County Negro,
Orange Edward Eppa, Jr., 14,
was killed Friday afternoon
when hi* car overturned on
a rural road a mile and one
half north of Drewry. Troop
er W. E. Brown said .that the
Victim, a resident <*? Rt. 1.
at the
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Kny Tot Circus,
Minstrel To Be
Held At Inez
Youth will be king for at
least two days this week in
the Inez community of War
ren County.
On Friday and Saturday
nights the spotlight of the
small community will be turn
ed on the children of the
community who will stage a
production which would be
Impossible to produce with
older actors.
"Tiny Tot Circus" and ?
"Tom Thumb Minstrel Show"
will be staged In the Inez
Clubhouse on each of the two
nights and residents of the
community are as anxious as
the children to see the cur
tain raised at 8 p. m. each
oight.
Directing the production
will be Mrs. Glenn Coleman,
Jr. Furnishing piano music
For the event will be Mrs.
Harry Williams, Jr.
But the main star* of the
two-night performance will be
nich characters at Ignatius
jluepot. Sambo Shinbone and
Pansy Pancacke?several love
ible individuals who have
odd-sounding names bnt Inez
Faces, appropriately blacken
ed for the minstrel.
The amis will be high
lighted by the appearance of
spectators, cowboys, a ring
master. and Doodle Bags, the
lancing dog. Four downs will
bam a total age at eight
The event is sponsored by
WSCS of Shady Gr*e Meth
od Ut Church.
At
Servieea will be held at the
Church of the Good
srd, Ridgeway, on Sunday af
ternoon at 3 00 o'cloek, the
RBav. James M. Stoney, Jr.,
FUN AT INEZ?Children of the Inez Community are
shown in top picture during rehearsal for circus and
minstrel. At left, left to right, clowns Elizabeth Wil
liams, Ernest Floyd Harris and Liza Coleman are pic
tured. Clown Mary Ann Davis was absent when pic
ture was made. Above, right to left, miniature dolls
Susan Davis and Ruth Harris are pictured.
Thanksgiving Holiday
Day Of Rest, Hunting
Thanksgiving to Warren
County school children means
a two-day holiday, but lor
most of their parents the
The Warren Record is be
ing published on Tnesday this
week for the benefit of
pre-Thanki giving advertisers.
pause from work was sched
uled to be a one-day affair.
Schools throughout the
county were slated to end at
the normal hour Wednesday,
and were expected to reopen
their doors Monday morning.
For business houaea, post
offices and banks in -the
three largest towns in the
county, doors will be shot
only on Thanksgiving. A re
turn to work on Friday is ex
pected by all except employes
of the school system.
All offices in the War
ren County Courthouse were
expected to be open on Fri
day with the exception of the
Superintendent of Schools'
office.
The churches of Warren ton
were expected to usher in
Thanksgiving with a union
service on Wednesday at 7:80
p m. at the Warren ton Bap
I
The Woman's
Christian Service will meet
at Wealey Memorial Metho
dist Church on Monday night,
' far a study of
of Need."
It Harris will taaefe the
of an
Mm
tist Church. The Rev. James
M. Stoney, Jr., rector of Em
manuel Episcopal Church,
will preach the Thanksgiving
sermon and music will be
furnished by the Warrenton
Baptist Church choir.
On Thanksgiving Day hun
dreds of hunters are expect
ed to enter the county's
woods and fields in search of
quail, rabbits and turkeys, all
of which become legal game
(or hunters with the arrival
of Thank* giving
The Warren County Draft
Board office here will be
closed on Thursday and Fri
day.
Selby Benton, chairman,
aska that boyt whoae 18th
birthday falls on either of
these days to report for reg
istration on Nov. 26.
Defendant's Death
Causes A Nol Pros
The death of a defendant
was responsible for charges
being nol prossed In Record
er's Court here Friday.
Charges against Echo Davis
Bellamy, charged with reck
less driving, were nol prov
ed when it was revealed that
Bellamy had died aa th* re
sult of Injuries received In an
automobile accident on the
outskirts of Littleton oa No
vember 3.
Hiding with Bellamy at the
time was Edward Evans of
Durham, who was blinded in
the accident. Both men were
Negroes sad both were em
ployed by MeLamb Construc
tion Company, which is work
ing on several road
William Bsfcry
uled guilty to a
false pretense. The
dered that the
court costs and $80.00 to the
court for the use of Currtn*s
m I
to a
'
drank driving. He was fined
$100 and taxed with court
costs.
James Henry Alston was
found guilty of driving 60
miles per hour in a 45-mile
zone. He was fined $20.00
and ordered to pay court
costs.
Ben Mills was in court
charged with operating a mo
tor vehicle without a driver's
license. When it was reveal
ed that the defendant had a
learner's, permit. Judge Ban
set ordered that Judgment be
tor two ye
that the defendant
not violate any moto
laws oi the state for
years and pay court cost
Janes fca* Pulley wm
ha*
gritty of driving 00
hoar in a
Negroes Divide
On Location Of
Planned School
By HOWARD JONES
A dispute between Negro patrons over the pro
posed location of a consolidated school in southern
Warren County has prompted the Warren County
Board of Education to call for a special public
hearing to determine the eventual location of the
school.
County Superintendent J. R. Peeler said Tues
day that dissatisfaction among a group of Negro
school patrons who object to the board's plan to
purchase a 15-acre tract from
T. M. Brown has led the
board to schedule the hear
ing here December 3.
Peeler said the meeting?
slated to be held at the War
ren County Courthouse at 8
p. m.?was arranged after a
number of the Negro patrons
charged that the Board of
Education was attempting to
locate the proposed school
"down in the mud."
Opposition to the tentative
location of the new school
developed in the wake of a
request by Peeler earlier |
this month that the Warren I
County Board of Commission-1
ers approve the purchase of j
the Brown tract.
On Nov. 12, Negro patrons j
objecting to this site appear-j
ed at the Board of Education
meeting to protest the plann-|
ed purchase of the tract and j
two nights later staged a [
mass meeting at the Com
munity Center here to vote
on the Board of Education's
planned purchase of the
Brown tract purchase
"Some 17 persons voted for
the Brown tract," Peeler said,
"while 51 patrons indicated
their preference for a tract
of land located two miles
west of the Brown tract."
Choice of those attending
the Nov. 12 meeting was a
14%-acre tract owned by
Robert Davis. The Davis
tract is located three-quarters
of a mile southwest of Afton
on the Largo Road.
Proponents of the move to
locate the school on the
Davis tract said that the land
could be purchased for $4230.
The Board of Education
had previously agreed to pay
T. M. Brown $4000, or $266.67
per acre, for his tract.
Peeler said that dissatisfac
tion had arisen among a seg
ment of the Negro patrons
because the Brown tract was
located some 400 to 500 yards
from the Afton-Parktown
Road on the Shocco Springs
Road.
?The superintendent said the
board had been assured by a
spokesman for the State
Hilthway Commission that the
road leading to the school
site would be paved and the
Shocco Springs Road would
be stabilized.
Areola Wins
Cash, Mention
At District Meet
The Areola Community re
ceived recognition and a $50
cash award in the Capital
Area Development Associa
tion District Community Im
provement Contest.
First place winner was
Bunn Community in Franklin
County; second place, Carpen
ter Community, Wake Coun
ty; third place, Mountain
Creek Community, Granville
County. Other communities
receiving recognition were
Bethany Community, Johns
ton County; Bobbitt Commun
ity, Vance County; and Long
Branch Community, Harnett
County.
The awards were nude at
the annual CADA awards
banquet held at the N. c.
State College Student Union,
Baleifh, on Wednesday, No
vember 14. Some 280 peo
ple from the Mven counties
?ttended the banquet. There
were 17 persons from War
ren County attending the
Santa
Plans
Visit
Santa Claus will stage hia
annual pre-Christmas visit to
Warrenton on Nov. 30, relia
ble sources with connections
in the North Pole reported
Tuesday.
Santa Claus will abandon
his reindeer for the early
trip South and will arrive in
town at 7:30 p. m aboard a
fire truck, which will carry
the whiskered visitor to a
specially prepared house on
the courthouse square.
Favors will be given chil
dren and a majority of War
renton stores will remain
open until 9 p. m. as the
Warrenton Merchants Asso
ciation helps St. Nicholas in
bringing the Christmas season
to town.
Plana are underway to
transform Warren ton's main
street into a street draped
with Christmas decorations by
the time Santa arrive*.
HD Clubs Hold
Fashion Show
At Norlina Gym
A fashion show, "The Fash
ton Scene," was the feature
of the home demonstration
achievement program held
Thursday night, November 18,
at the Norlina Gymtorinm.
Fashions made from Simplic
ity Patterns were modeled by
dub women throughout the
county. Mrs. Willis Fleming,
president of the Warren
County Council, presided.
The meeting opened with a
song, "We Gather Together,"
led by Mrs. Robert E. Flem
ing, followed by devotions
given by the Rev. Larry Bry
son. Roll call showed an- at
tendance of 165, representing
17 of the 18 clubs in the
county.
The report of club work In
Warren County for 1983 was
given by Mrs. Carlyle King,
vice president of the Wa
County Council.
were given for various '
of club work as follows:
Three clubs had 100% of
their members reading at
least S to 8 books from the
approved reading list Wie
clubs were Kinship, Johnston
and Churchill. For this
?ward, $3.00 was given the
Warren County library far a
book to be porehased with
these club* aa donors. A to
tal of ? individuals received
reading recognition. Mrs. M.
1. Spraggins, Shaw Springs
Club, was given a prize for
the club^member^havlng^raad
during