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VOLUME 67 10c Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY. JUNE 21, 1963 NUMBER 25
p?uardsmen from Warrenton and Henderson go through food line in Company A area. Q
IN CAMP?National Guardsmen, including members of
the Warrenton Company, are expected to retun to their
home Sunday after two weeks of training. The scene
above is one of many taken by Sgt. Howard Jones during
the encampment. Other pictures and story will be found
on page 5.
School Board Plans
Administrative Bldg.
The Warren County Board
of Education plans to build
an administrative building
here with work expected to
be started this summer.
Thirty-five thousand dollars
has been appropriated for
this purpose, J. Rodger Peel
er, superintendent of schools,
said yesterday.
John Thompson, Rocky
Mount architect, was employ
ed by the board of education
in session here Monday night,
following a discussion of the
project. Peeler said that a
site would have to be found
for the building. He said
the board of education was
under the impression that
the building could be located
on the lot back of the court
house, upon which the county
has an option. He said the
board learned otherwise when
they met with the commis
sioners Monday night to dis
cuss the school budget.
The building will definitely
be built, Peeler said. I
Reasons for the construc- j
tion of an administrative I
building were given as lack
oi room in the court house, ]
and a desire to bring admin
istrative offices and school j
records in one building. This j
has been discussed by the]
board for several months.
Peeler said that additions j
, to the school administrative j
I staff and a growing school
system calls for an adminis
i trative building. He pointed
| out that an assistant superin
| tendent, and another super
I visor, a guidance counsellor,
and possibly an attendance
officer would be added to
the school staff A high school
supervisor, he said, would be
added and Calvin White, who
i now has an office in the
Taylor building several hund
red yards from the court
house, will be retained as
i elementary school supervisor
i In addition to the need
for more space for personnel,
more space is needed for
school books and records.!
Peeler said books and sup
plies are now housed in an
abandoned school building in
front of the Hawkins school.
Pupil records are kept in an
old warehouse at Warren
Plains. There is need to re
fer to these records almost
daily. Peeler said. He added
that the importance of the
records are increasing as
more and more persons arc
seeking to be placed on So
cial Security and using the
school records as a source
of needed information.
During the long session of
the board Monday night, the
members discussed teacher
allotments with Supt. of
Schools, but action was de
ferred to a meeting to be
held next Monday night. It
is also expected that further
discussion and possibly some
action will be taken in regard
to assignment of pupils in the
Drewry area to the Norlina
school.
Three Defendants
Given $100 Fines
Three defendants in Re
corder's Court last Friday
were each fined $100 and
taxed with court casts when
they were found guilty of
violation motor vehicle laws.
They were James Robert
Thompson, found guilty of
reckless driving; George Hunt
er Brown, drunk driving; and
James Alfred Fields, drunk
driving. Fields noted an ap
peal and appearance bond
was set at $125.00.
Samuel Shearin was found
guilty of reckless driving,
and failure to stop for a red
light. A 90 days road sen
tence was suspended for two
years upon condition that the
defendant surrender his op
erator's license for 60 days,
operate no motor vehicle on
the highways for 60 days,
violate no motor vehicle laws
for two years, and pay a
$50.00 fine and court costs.
Alex Bullock was found
guilty of carrying a concealed
weapon. Prayer for judgment
was continued for two years
upon condition the defendant
not violate the law against
carrying a concealed weapon
for two years and pay a
$29.00 fine and court costs.
Philip Jones, charged with
an assault with a deadly
weapon, was found not guilty.
1
, Matthew Ralph Crayton was I
ordered to pay court costs'
!when he was found guilty of
speeding.
John Henry Vaughan was
| found guilty of allowing an
unauthorized person to ope
! rate his motor vehicle. Judge
j Julius Banzet ordered him
I to pay court costs.
Dennis Wade Newton was
| found guilty of operating a
I motor vehicle without an op
j erator's license. He was fined
$2500 and ordered to pay
court costs.
Melvin Leon Richardson
was ordered to pay court
costs and a $25.00 fine when
he was found guilty of reck
less driving.
Thomas Henry Wilson,
found guilty of speeding was
ordered to pay court costs.
Guest Soloist
Mrs. R. W. Hamilton of
Hermosa Beach, California, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. J.
G. Williams, and will be
guest soloist at Emmanuel
Episcopal Church on Sunday
morning. . Mrs. Hamilton is
the former Miss Jean Wil
liams of Warrenton.
Mr. K. B. Boyd of Durham
visited relatives here this
week.
ZIP Codes Assigned
Local Post Offices
"Our five-digit ZIP Code is
27551," Macon Postmaster M.
B Hilliard announced yester
day.
"Everyone in Macon, N. C.,
will use this ZIP Code on all
their correspondence to speed
mail deliveries and reduce the
chance of mis-sent mail,"
Postmaster Hilliard said.
ZIP Code, the Post Office j
Department's revolutionary
new system of improved mail
dispatch and delivery, goes
into effect nationally on
July 1.
Hillard stressed the im
] importance of all citizens of
ZIP Code numbers for
I other postoffices of the coun
| ty, submited for publication
| following the presentation of
j Postmaster Hilliard's article,
are: Warrenton?27589, Man
son?27553, Wise?27594, Nor
lina--27563, Kidgeway?27570.
i
Macon learning this town's
ZIP Code and us.ing it in
their return address on all
correspondence. In answer
ing mail, he said, ZIP Codes
taken from return addresses
on incoming mail should be
used. ">
"The ZIP Code is literally
the last word in mail ad
dressing," Hilliard said. "It
should follow the city and
state in addresses."
He cited this example of
the proper use of ZIP Code:
M. B. Hilliard,
Postmaster,
U. S. Postoffice,
Macon, N. C? 27551
The new ZIP Code plan,
Hilliard said, for the first
time will permit the Post Of
fice Department to short-cut
repeated address reading.
"The address on mail must
often be read as many as
eight or ten times by postal
employees, to get it to the
proper destination," Hilliard
said. "Each handling slows
the process of mail dispatch
and adds to the opportunity
for human error.
"With ZIP Code, a clerk
reeds only to glance at the
Icode to know immediately to
I what national area, state and
'post office the letter is des
j tined, and to speed it on its
I way, cutting up to 24 hours
| off the time between deposit
i and delivery."
Hilliard said that when ZIP
Code is in full swing, the
I United States will have "the
'most modern system of mail
distribution and delivery in
! existence."
Revival To Be Held
At Warren Plains
Revival services will be
held at the Warren Plains
Baptist Church Sunday, June
23, through Friday, June 28.
On Sunday evening the ser
vice will begin at 7:30 P. M.
and each evening thereafter
at 8:00 P. M.
The speaker for the week
will be the Rev. Marion Lark,
pastor of the Hillcrest Bap
tist Church, Raleigh. Mr. Lark
is a graduate of Furman Uni
versity and Southeastern Bap
tist Theological Seminary. He
it a native of Ware Shoals,
S. C., is married and haa one
child.
In addition to the messages
by Mr. Lark there will be
(See REVIVAL, page ?)
In Tentative Budget
Warren County Tax
Rate Upped Five Cents
Warren County's tax rate!
will be 5c higher for the fis
cal year 1963-64 than it was I
for the 1962-63 year under a
tentative budget presented by j
the board of county commis
sioners on Monday night
If the tentative budget is
approved by the board after
lying open for public inspec
tion for 20 days, the 1963-64
rate will be 5175. compared
with $1.70 for 1962-63.
The tentative budget calls
for a total outlay of $734,
863.37, of which $224,678.10
is for schools. However, a
good part of this money is
raised from sources other
than taxes, including intangi
fles taxes, fees, and State and
Federal funds allotted to the
county, principally for welfare
purposes.
Actually less than half of j
the county's budget is raised
by ad valorem taxes. Tax-1
payers are asked to fork over i
a total of $323,848.37, of
which $188,228.10 is asked for ,
school purposes. This in
eludes $101,970.00 for current i
expenses; $64,222.00 for capi-j
tal outlay; and $26,236.10 for :
debt service.
The state intangible tax ac- I
counts for $16,725.00. Funds |
appropriated by the State and j
Federal governments amount |
to $67,769.00. A sizeable i
amount of the revenue to be
raised comes from surplus
carried over in several de
partments. A big bite?more
than $50,000?is taken from
the consumers of alcoholic
beverages. ABC stores are
to contribute $32,000, while
the commissioners estimate
that the county will receive
$19,000 from the state from
the sale of wine and beer in
the county.
The operation of the schools
call for the greatest outlay
of funds, but it costs quite a
bit to operate the county, pay
the salaries of various em
ployees, collect the taxes, run
the courts, donate to a num
ber of agencies, and in gen
eral keep the county running.
The cost of this service is
$163,890.46, next to that of
schools.
In addition, the commis
sioners must find money for
the County Accountant; for
the farm and home demon
stration agents; for Public
Health; for the Poor Fund;
for Aid to the Blind, O. A. A.
Grants, A. D. C. Grants and
A. P. T D. Grants; for Wel
fare Department Administra
tive Expense; for Hospital
Maintenance; and to make a
$3,150.00 payment on the bill
for revaluation.
Local Telephone Co.
Is Being Expanded
Improvement and expansion /
of the Warrenton telephone j
exchange is now underway.
H. T. Pitts, local manager!
for Carolina Telephone, said
yesterday that a $70,000 pro
gram is in progress: to replace
and expand the company's
central equipment here.
Included in the project will
be installation of equipment
to provide facilities to serve
250 new main telephones for
subscribers in this area. This
equipment will make possible
service to new subscribers i
and will permit better grades
of service to present subscrib-1
ers, he said.
Pitts said that the growth ;
of Warrenton in recent years :
has brought about an increas
ed demand for telephone ser
vice. This: demand has taxed
the capacity of present equip
ment.
Telephones in this area
have increased from 960 to |
more than 1,780 in the past j
ten years, Pitts said.
"The construction program
here is in keeping with Caro
lina Telephone's continuing
program to fulfill the tele
phone needs of the commun
ities it serves," he pointed
out.
Pitts said, "The new im
provement and expansion pro
gram at Warrenton was en
gineered to allow for tele- j
phone growth in the future." I
Al Blalock Awarded
$10.00 UDC Prize |
Al Blalock, son of Mr. and j
Mrs. A. C. Blalock, and a
rising senior at John Graham
High School, has won the U. (
D. C. History prize for his I
paper on "Ships of the Con-,
federacy."
Blalock was notified this
week that he was the winner
of the contest by the state I
committee of the U. D. C.
He and Ricky Stoney had |
previously won the local Co-j
lonial Dames history prize.
J. HOWARD DANIEL
J. Howard Daniel Is
Named Lion Of Year
J. Howard Daniel, vice-pres
ident of the Citizens Bank i
and for many years a leader
in civic, school business and
church activities, was named
"Lion of the Year" at a
meeting of the Warrenton
Lions Club on last Friday
night.
I Daniel has been a member
of the Warrenton Lions Club
| for the past twenty-five years
and taken an active part in
Lions activities. He has serv
ed as chairman of committees i
on program, finance, educa
tion and others. He has served
as 3rd vice president, 2nd
vice president, first vice-pres
ident, and president of the
club. While serving as Zone
Chairman, Daniel won a cup
at the State Convention for
being the outstanding zone
chairman. He also served as
Deputy District Governor and
received a citation and plaque
that year for outstanding ser
vice in the district. He has
served on the Warren County
Fair Board since the late
thirties, served one year as
president, and has been on
the front gate at the annual
fairs since before World War
II.
In addition to his activities
in the Lions Club, Daniel
served on the original board
of the Warren County Health
and TB Association. For many
years he has served as treas
urer, a position he now holds.
Daniel served for many
years as treasurer of the War
ren County Chapter of the
American Red Cross, a position
especially active during the
war years. He has for many
years been active in Boy
Scout work. He has served
as Scoutmaster, Merit Badge
Counsellor, and at the present
time is serving as District
Advancement Chairman of
Vanwarco District?which is
the top district of the top
council in the United States
by rating announced in Jan
uary.
He has served as treasurer
of the Warren County Easter
Seal Society for more than
lb years, and was recognised
at the State Convention and
presented for outstanding ser*
vice to the association. Re
ban served on the Board of
Directors of the Warren ton
Golf Club for several
At one time Daniel was
urer of the Red Cross,
T. B. Association and
Easter Seal Society at
sane time.
Daniel's school activities
dude membership on
cal school board since
he served on the 4
(See DANIEL,
MARKETS OPEN?Growers are shown
here Wednesday morning looking on as
their cucumbers are sent through a grad
ing station which opened last Friday. Eleven
other stations of the Mount Olive Pickle
Company opened Wednesday. They arc
located at I net, Areola, Hollister, Medoc,
Littleton, Aft on, Norllna, Drewry, Wise,
Palmer Springs, Va., and Five Forks. Eleven
stations opened in Nash, Edgecombe and
Wilson counties last week, making a total
of 23 station* operated by the Mount Olive
Company in this area under the supervision
of R. B. Butler of Warrenton, area field
manager. The crop, although two
late, ia reported by county agents to
good. Butler said yesterday that with fav
orable rain* a good season is expected.