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\ Your Best Advertising Medium . Harmt Err Your Best c- " Advertising Medium \/>v'V?vU Hopes For Early Vote Receive Setback Here Plans to call a bond elec tion to provide for the con struction of a sewage dispos al plant here were postponed * by the Board of Town Com missioners Monday night JM i ti m MRS. LEIGH TRAYLOR Norlina To Play Host To Crowning Mrs. R. Leigh Traylor will be crowned "Mrs. North Car olina" April 16 during a cere mony at the Norlina High School gymtorium. Norlina Mayor Graham P. Grissom will crown the 36-year-old Norlina woman who will com pete in the "Mrs. America" contest in Miami Beach, Fla., April 22-29. The coronation is expected to draw a number of.visitors, including officials of the Gen eral Federation of Women's Clubs. Gov. Terry Sanford, one of many guests given in vitations, said this week that he would be unable to at tend, but Congressman L. H. Fountain tentatively accepted an invitation. Sam Beard, public relations official with a Raleigh tele vision station, will serve as master of ceremonies during the event slated to begin at 8 p. ill. Also expected are Mrs. Mar garet Harper of Southport, president of the N. C. Fed eration of Women's Clubs, and R. S. Lee of Henderson ville, manager of United Cities Gas Co., sponsor of the "Mrs. North Carolina" con test. Mrs. William Skinner of Littleton, president of Dis trict 14 of the N. C. Federa tion, will also attend. A reception will be held in the gymtorium following the crowning, Mrs. Stephen A. Daniel, president of the Nor lina Junior Woman's Club and chairman of the corona tion, said yesterday. Mrs. Daniel said runners-up in the "Mrs. North Carolina" contest had been invited to attend the ceremony. Mrs. Traylor won over Mrs. Helen Sibley of Charlotte and Mrs. Margaret Ann Feitkel of Asheville. Her selection was announced last week by the "Mrs. America" Homemaking Council, composed of home economists and representa tives of the General Federa tions of Women'* Club*. when it was revealed that Government funds would not be available before July. Mayor Miles informed the commissioners that funds al located by Congress to aid municipalities in public works programs have been exhaust ed Warrenton had applied for a $100,000 grant, covering 50 per cent of the estimated cost of the project. Mayor Miles said that he had been infrmed that Con gress would make another ap propriation after July 1. But, he said, plans to call the bond election at the same time that the town election is to be held in May would have to be abandoned. The commis sioners agreed that it would not be feasible to call an election before federal funds are assured and said that the election would probably be called during the next fiscal year, which begins in July. The commissioners voted to advertised real estate upon which 1962 taxes have not been paid in June and sell the property in July. In other business during the hour-long session, the commissioners voted to do nate $200 to the Warren County Memorial Library, praised the work of firemen and citizens during the forest fire of last Friday, and learn ed that the town had provid ed more than $125,000 gal lons of water to the firemen. There was also a brief dis cussion concerning the need for a new fire engine for the town and plans to consider its purchase following a dem onstration of an engine here within the next few weeks. Gacden Clubs Here Plan Flower Show At Club On May 7 A standard flower show will be presented here May 7 by the Warrentcn Garden Club and the Little Garden Club of Warrenton. Scheduled to be held at the Warrenton Country Club from 3 p. m. until 9 p. m., the show will be entitled "Symphony of Flowers," Mrs. Boyd Davis and Mrs. Monroe Gardner, co-chairmen of the event, announced this week. In announcing the event, the co-chairmen released a list of committees and chair men selected from i*ie two clubs. Included were the schedule committee, compos ed of Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. Margaret Barnes, Mrs. Bob Bright and Mrs. Duke Miles; staging committee, headed by Mrs. Julius Banzet and Mrs. Scott Gardner; entry and classifica tion committee, headed by Mrs. Rufus Jones and Mrs. W. F. Farmer; publicity com mittee, headed by Mrs. R. B. Butler; judge's committee, headed by Mrs. Tim Thomp son; and an admission com mittee, headed by Mrs. C. P. Allen. The Junior GA's of the Warren Plain* Baptist Church recently toured interesting places in Raleigh. They were accompanied by Mrs. Albert Lynch and Mrs. Albert Hlght. FAtMKK AND MVUt BENEATH AN AMUL SUN EMMANUEL EPISCOPAL CHURCH WINDOW HERE . . . depicts crucifixion of Jesus Christ Easter Services Set; Firms, Schools Close Church members through out Warren County will pause this weekend in remembrance of the crucifixion and resur rection of Jesus Christ as the Christian church observes the miracle of Easter. Holy communion services will be observed in at least three Episcopal churches in this area and all churches will hold Easter Sunday services. Holy Communion will be observed at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Ridgeway at 9:15 a. m., at Warrenton's All Saints Episcopal Church at 7:45 a. m., and at Emman uel Episcopal Church at 11 a. m. Sunday School services will be held at Emmanuel Episco pal church at 4 p. m. and will be followed with a traditional iegg hunt at the home of Mr. land Mrs. James P. Beckwith. School children wlil have ! a three-day holiday as schools 1 close Friday afternoon and open Tuesday morning. Merchants will take advan tage of the Easter holiday 'and the Citizens Bank of War renton and the Peoples Bank at Norlina, and the post of fices in the county will re main closed Easter Monday. Easter Offering By Methodists To Be Sent To India "The God of the Living" will be the topic for Easter Sunday morning at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, the Rev. Troy J. Barrett, min ister, announced yesterday. The Adult Choir will render an Easter anthem. The Special Easter offering will go to the Leonard Theo logical College in Jabalpur, India, where Dr. and Mrs. Rodrick Dail serve. Dr. Dail is a member of the N. C. Methodist Conference and served as counselor of the European Caravan in 1954. Mr. Barrett also announced that Dr. Howard P. Powell of Raleigh will preach at the Wesley Memorial Church on Sunday, April 21, at 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m., beginning a series of revival services that will continue through Friday, April 26. Referendum Vote Light Warren County cattlemen, and poultrymen favor assess-1 ments for marketing promo-1 tion, but interest in the plan ' has drawn little enthusiasm This was revealed in the ? joint referendum held in the agricultural building here Tuesday when a total of 30 producers expressed their1 wishes. Twenty-two persons] voted in the cattle referen- j dum and 8 in the poultry1 referendum. Frank Keams, county agent,! said yesterday that the vote 'In the cattle referendum was 18 for and 4 against, with 82 | per cent of the vote cast in' favor of assessments; and the j poultry vote of 5 to 3, was j 63 per cent in favor of as sessments. Reams said that the small ness of the vote was very disappointing. Hurst Wins CAP Honor Cadet Fred M. Hurst, Jr., i a second lieutenant in the | Warrenton squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, has been chosen as a nominee for the International Cadet Exchange. Hurst was chosen by the North Carolina wing of the CAP to compete for a place on the list of persons qualify ing for the 22-country ex change program. Hurst was also named second top cadet in the North Carolina wing. Cadets are selected after j having received a certificate j of proficency, passed tests in | character and citizenship, and I successfully participated in | the mission of the CAP. I Hurst is the second Warren County cadet to be selected as a nominee in the exchange program. Bonnie Stevenson, Jr., was an exchange cadet in 1957 and went to Canada. 'God's Trombones' Slated By Baptists The famous drama, "God's Trombones," by Weldon John son, will be presented Satur day night at the Warrenton Baptist Church at 8 o'clock, the Bev. John R. Link, pas tor, announced yesterday. He said the public is cordially invited to attend. The drama group from the Petworth-Montgomery Hills Baptist Church of Silver < Springs, Maryland, will begin > their spring tour with the j program at the lofcal church, Mr. Link said. Thf group is made up of college and high school students and will be accompanied by Miss Jean Ed i wards, formerly of Warren ton. "This program promises an entertaining and inspiring evening," Mr. Link said. FIRE PICTURES On Page 2 Warrenton Merchants Hear Smithfield Story A town without an empty store, a town where ware houses and a fish market have been converted into modern stores and where other merchants are only kept out of town by a lack of buildings, as the result of cooperative efforts of mer chants, business men and cit izens is the "Smithfield Story." This story has been played up in press and has resulted in scores of delegations from towns in this and other states visiting Smithfield to see for | themselves what co operative effort can do This story was told to members of the Warrenton | Merchants Association, town i officials and representatives of civic clubs at the annual dinner meeting of the asso ciation at Hotel Warren on I Tuesday night i Telling the story were Har ^old Creech, secretary of the Smithfield Chamber of Com merce, and his assistant, Joe Grimes, guest speakers Merchants Association Names Lanier Head William K. Lanier, Jr.,1 hardware merchant, was elect ed president of the Warren ton Merchants Association at the annuel dinner meeting held at Hotel Warren on Tuesday night. Lanier, who served last year as vice president, suc ceeds Fred Hurst, whose term has expired. N. M. Hilliard, manager of Rose's Store, was elected vice-president, to succeed Lanier in this position Lanier and Hilliard were unanimously elected follow ing a report of the nominat ing committee, headed by A. C. Fair, and with Milton Ays cue and Dick Mile? as mem bers. Nominated as directors by the committee and unani- j mously elected were: Hi ] Diamond, Leon Knight, Ver- j non Whittmore, three-year di-! rectors; Selby Benton, Mel j Hicks and A. J. House, two- i year directors, Mrs. Margue- j rite Miles, Thomas Gaskill' and J. E. Cheves, one-year di- j (rectors. Retiring as one-year direc-1 ! tors, whose term has expired, j were A. C. Fair, W. K. i Lanier, Jr., and Walker Bur-, ' well. The secretary-treasurer will be named by the board of di rectors. Mrs. Helen B. Har mon has served in this ca pacity for several years. Retiring President Fred Hurst presided over the meet ing. Dinah Clarke Winner Of Wood Scholarship A Norlina high school stu dent has been named winner of a $200 scholarship given by the American Legion Aux iliary of Warrenton. Miss Dinah Joy Clarke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Clarke of Norlina, was named the first recipient of the Lillie Wood Scholarship given by Unit 25 of Warren ton. The scholarship is given annually to a deserving sen ior at John Graham or Nor lina High School. Miss Clarke is a member of the Beta Club and was chie,f commencement marsh all last year. Treasurer of the senior class, she is busi ness manager of the school annual and president of the Future Homemakers of Amer ica at Norlina High School. She has earned the "state degree" for her FHA work and is a former delegate to Girl's State. Active in the Norlina Meth odist Church, she is presi dent of the Youth Fellowship and vice president of the MYF Sub-District and a mem ber of the Commission on Membership and Evangelism. DINAH CLARKE EASTER CANTATA The Adult Choir of the Warrenton Baptist Church will present an Easter Cantata at the 11 o'clock worship hour Sunday. Robert Macon Davis is the director and Mrs. Monroe Gardner is the or ganist. The pastor has announced as his Easter sermon topic, "The Darkest and the Brightest Days of Christianity." He Mid those not attending other churches are cordially in vited. Damage Estimates Unavailable In County's Largest Fire Forest Fire Scorches More Than 1500 Acres Here A huge forest fire?largest in the county's history?horn ed over between 1800 and 1800 acre* last week as it cut a six-mile swath through Warrenton Township, Forest Ranger Wilbur F. Davis said yesterday. Davis based his estimate on a study of maps of the Soil Conservation Service. He said an estimate of damage waa 4 available. It is expected to be released by the State Forestry Service after farther Woodlands owned by the K. T. Watson estate, Albert Bugg, Hugh Holt and portions of the Bronson tract Buffered the greatest damage. Several smaller tracts were also irned over, Davis said. The Ore, discovered about >1 a. m. flnr<"Uy on the of Warrenton, the county daring the decade, Davis said. Shortly after the blaxe was ?potted, firemen were on the scene and were hopefll the blaze could be contained tore it crossed US 186 on the northeastern outskirts of the town. But goaty winds car ried flajnes through tree leaped the road and quickly in a southeasterly di rection. Department, a with aeren fir* at its by t Pw m. Friday. "I know at leaat a don* Mates would km hw da / ' stroyed if it had not been for the firemen," Sheriff J. H. Hundley said. "They did a tremendous Job." Firemen radio responsible m Jimmy bringing the (ire under con trol, uid the blm was check ad early Friday when winds * a back-fire pror fire's path aerred coffee and food to firemen on Tlmraday night as the Warren ton Country Club waa a Chief of tho to the ladle* who the food. Alao The C. If. Bollock OU Co. pabltdy thanked by tl For the loan of brought to the meeting by A. C. Fair, chairman of the program committee, and N. M Milliard, a member, who had previously visited Smith field to see the program in operation Creech said that there was not a new idea among the 24 projects adopted by Smith field in the past la months, but an adaption of projects in other towns adapted to Smithfield's needs He said the program was spurred by a tour of business men sug gested by Tom I.assister, editor of the Smithfield Her ald For four days, at their own expense, this group of 20-odd business men toured other towns seeking ideas to give Smithfield business a boost He said that the group came back filled with en ihu?'.?sm and sold their idea to othar groups. The first step, he said was the canopy idea, which has won wide acclaim Only two merchants at first agreed to erect these canopies, nine feet high and reaching from the store front to the edge of the street But others, seeing the results, joined in the project until now cano pies extend along principal streets, almost without a break, providing shelter to shoppers in rain and sun shine, and emphasizing the window displays of merchants. In the ceiling of each canopy are lights and a loud-speaker through which background music is piped, and announce ments are made from time to time. A big step in the program, Creech said, was entering Smithfield in the "All-Amer ican City" and "Community Improvement Program." "We didn't win a prize," Creech said, but we gained a great deal of enthusiasm and prob ably won more than a prize. Following the erection of canopies, the Chamber o f Commerce sponsored a color experts to advise the most effective method of painting stores and business houses. In pursuit of the improve ment plan, Creech said, civic groups were urged to partici pate in the program, and re sponded magnificently. The extent of this participation was revealed in the fact that out of the 24-projects already adopted, only three were sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. In addition to the canopy and color projects, the Chamber* of Commerce also sponsored a Clean-Up, Paint Up, Fix-Up Campaign. The other 21 projects, explained in some detail by Creeph, and their sponsors are as fol lows: "What Smithfield Needs" Contest, Merchants' Commit tee, Neuse Picnic Area, Jay cee Club; U. S. Flags and 1 Flagholders , American Leg ion; "Dollars for Scholars," Kiwanis Club; Central Busi ness District Survey, Town of Smithfic-id; United Fund, United Fund Board of Direc tors; Smithfield Airstrip, Lions Club; Market Street Trees, Rotary Club; Truck Lane Picnic Area, Lions Club; Town Tree and Flower, Gar den Club; 3rd Street Parking Lot, Parking Committee; Traiu Receptacles, Town of Smithfield; Downtown Side walks, Town of Smithfield; Citizenship-Know Your Gov ernment, Senior Woman's Club; Store Lighting meat Project, Committee; Town Codification, Town flf field; Formation of ity Council, Clutt ~ N. C. Studept
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