Your Best ast ?lfp Hijirrrn IRpii^sr A^-g % Your Best VOLUME 67 10c Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 2K. 1963 NUMBER 26 It's a long way to China, but three youngsters at Kerr Lake appear unperturbed by thoughts of distance as they begin construction of a tunnel through the earth. But the shaft was abandoned moments later when the boys spied an empty inner tube floating nearby and climbed aboard, leaving the tunnel to China in favor of an adventure at sea. Sec related editorial on page 6. (Staff Photo) Warren Red Cross Chapter To Cease Operation This Month Apathy and lack of funds have combined to spell the end of local Red Cross work in Warren County, Mrs. A. D. Harris of Warrenton, execu tive secretary of the county chapter, announced this week. Mrs. Harris, who also has been a home service case worker for the Red Cross here since 1951, said chap ter operations would end June 30 "Warren County win be the only county in the state that I know of which will have no local Red Cross headquarters," she said. Mrs. Harris blamed lack of citizen interest and limited operating funds as the main reasons behind the planned shutdown of local Red Cross facilities. "You just can't find people Expenditure Figure Listed Incorrectly Warren County's overall ex penditures under the tenta tive budget submitted by the board of county commission ers last week total $547, 264 37, and not $734,863.37 as stated in this newspaper last week. The error was due to error in addition of figures in this office, and is re gretted. The error in the amount of total expenditures has no bearing on the 1963-64 tax rate. If the tentative budget is adopted by the commis sioners after lying open for 20 days the tax rate will be $1.75, a 5c increase over the 1962-63 budget. Warrenton Firms To Take July 4 Holiday A number of Warrenton business firms will remain open Wednesday afternoon, but all firms will be closed on the following day in ob servance of the July 4th hol iday, W. K. Lanier, Jr., pres ident of the Warrenton Mer- J chants Association, announced yesterday. Newspaper Will Be Published Day Early Due to the July 4 holiday falling on Thursday, The Warren Record will be printed on Wednesday?a day early. Advertiser!, correspond ent* and other* wishing to have news Items Inserted In next week'* paper arc ask ed to have their copy Li this office a day earlier. Birth and Death Mr. and Mrs. James Clark of Richmond, Va., announce the birth and death of a son on June 18. Mrs. Clark is the former Mis* Hazel Allen of Warrenton. I who will take the responsibil ity for keeping a chapter here," she said. Mrs. Harris ] added that the annual fund ? drive held in March fell more than $1,500 short of expecta tion. "We have to send approxi mately 40 per cent of our contributions to national head quarters. After this had been sent this year, we just didn't have enough to go on," she said" ' The campaign, headed by Thomas E. Watson of War I ronton, netted $827.40 Mrs. | Harris said that Watson and |W. Faulk Alston, rural chair ; man, worked hard during the j campaign, but the response j was poor. In order to be officially ! recognized as a chapter, Mrs. Farm Income Could Receive Big Boost Warren County's farm in come could be boosted by more than $90,000 this year? provided farmers ask for it. Farm Bureau officials esti mate that 907 farmers would average $100 each in gasoline tax refunds if they meet a Sept. 30 deadline. Refunds are available for both state and federal taxes paid on gas oline used for non-highway use from July 1, 1962, to j June 30, 1963. Last year 150 Warren farm ers received more than $15,000 in refunds, but more than 750 farmers failed to file for refunds. Filing forms and informa tion on how to fill them out are available at no charge from the Warren County Farm Bureau office secretary. Record books for listing gaso line used during a year are free to Bureau members and for a ten-cent fee to any oth er county farmer. Fire Fighting Gear Has Not Been Found Forest Service equipment used in fighting the recent "Big Fire" near Wanenton is still missing, Wilbur F. Davis, Warren County Forest Ranger, said this week. He listed the missing equip ment as two back pumps and two fire rakes. ?Davis asks that anyone knowing the location of this equipment please call him before 7 a. m. or after 7 p. m. or write to him at Rt. 2, Macon, N. C. His telephone number is 521-0. Presbyterian Services The Rev. James H. Grant, Jr., of the Union Theological Seminary of Richmond, Va., will conduct the 11 o'clock worship service at the War renton Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning, June 90. Harris said, a county must have a home service case worker responsible for the service man's dependents. Also required is a disaster chairman, a post filled by A. C. Fair for more than a de cade. Currently serving as chap ter chairman is Mrs. Malvern Hayes of Wise. Mrs. J. R. Paschall, also of Wise, has been co-chairman for four yeafs, and Stephen Kodwell of Warrenton is treasurer. Rodxvell became treasurer when J. E. Cheves of War renton left the post in 1961 after ten years. Although Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Paschall are resigning effective June 30, Mrs. Harris said she hopes the chapter could be revital ized. "I think it would be awful for the boys to be drafted when there was no chapter here to take Core of their loved one," Mrs. Harris said. Mrs. Harris has been the only salaried Red Cross em ployee in the county since 1951. "I have worked for nothing at times, and the most my salary has been was S50.00 per month; I have been forced to carry on Red Cross business in my own home since funds for office rental were exhausted three years ago," she said. Since 1951 the local chap ter has trained 16 nurses, aides, given advanced first aid courses to 16 rural fire men, and trained 16 Negro j citizens in home nursing. Cur- j rently one Red Cross Grey | Lady spends one or two days[ of volunteer work in the War ren General Hospital. Looking over the accom-j plishments of the chapter, | Mrs. Harris extended her ap preciation to "the many peo- ? pie who have helped me dur ing the past years in my. Red Cross work." Warren Negroes Seeking Increased Civic Participation A campaign to encourage mere "effective participa tion' in civic affairs among Negro citizens of Franklin and Warren Counties will be launched in the two counties Saturday and will continue through August 23 Announcement of the cit izenship education project in volving a group of students under the auspices of the American Friends Service Committee was made this week by Ernest Turner, chair man or the steering commit tee. The group will consist of 12 college students from vari ous states including North Carolina and from England and Africa. The Rev. James Howard from Philadelphia, Pa., will be the gioup's lead er. He will be accompanied by his wife and two children. They all will live in Warren, ten. Turner said the project comes at the invitation of citizens from the communi ties in which the project group will work, and it will act under the direction of a steering committee composed of leaders of these communi ties "This," Turner said, "is a project in citizenship educa tion. It will work through local organizations in setting up a series of workshops, designed to increase know ledge on the part of local citizens about local, state, and national government and to encourage more effective participation in civic affairs." The project members will ( also participate in various] aspects of community life? churches, work projects, rec-j reation, home visiting and meetings of other organiza-j tions. "Since the promotion of freedom at home and abroad requires that each citizpn j exercise his rights fully and | fearlessly, religious, social (See CAMPAIGN, page 4) ! Bids Cut; Work Set To Begin Contracts for the erection of a Negro elementary school in South Warren and for ad ditional classrooms at North side are expected to be sign ed this week, J. Roger Peeler, superintendent of schools, said Tuesday. Work is ex pected to be started on both projects immediately. The signing of the contracts was made possible by a re dustion in bids by Contractors from S318.847 to approxi irotelv S310.000. due to some minor changes in specifica tions. Owen Smith of Raleigh, ar chitect for the two projects, appeared before the board of education Monday night to explain the modifications in plans, which were acceptable to the board. Supt. Peeler, at the Mon day night meeting, said that he had been informed by Richard R Davis, a member of the hoard of county com missioners. that he would dis cuss with his' board the first Monday in July a site for a school administration build ing. Davis had indicated that the board of education cop1 use either the Hendricks lot back of the court house or a lot near the hospial. Peeler asked the board members to make known their wishes to the commissioners before the July meeting. The Board approved, the employment of Mrs. E. K. Fishel of Littleton as guid ance counsellor for the three white high schools of the county. Peeler said that coun sellors would also be employ ployed for both the John R. Hawkins and the North War ren Negro high schools. Mrs. Fishel. a former teacher at Littleton, has taken a special course in guidance at East Carolina College. The. Board approved the election of Grover Cleveland Cardell as teacher at >Haw kins High School and Annie R. Bullock as teacher in the Hawkins Elementary School. The Board also approved the resignation of Levonia Street er of Heck Grove School. The employment of Watts and Byrd, accountants, to audit all Warren County school financial records was approved contingent upon their employment by the county, which is expected. J. Comer Griffin of Wil mington appeared before the board in regard to his candi dacy for the position of as sistant superintendent of Warren County schools. He is one of several seeking this a patient in Rex Hospital, Ral eigh, with a broken hip sustained in a fall on day. She was accon to Raleigh by Mr. Cook Mr. and Mrs. J. B. In Mr*. Norman Jr., is in Wi pital for Pour tree fanner* were recognized for their management of Warren County woodlands Wednesday night during a meeting of the Warren Coun ty Forestry Club at Satterwhite Point in Vance County. In photo at left, J. Allen Minetree of Henderson, forester with Union Bag Camp Paper Corp. (left) presents a metal sign to Leonard G. Bender of Kidgeway, and R. A. Southerland and A. T. Harris, both of Henderson. A fourth tree farmer, H. B. Ben^r of Ridge way, was not present when certificates and tree farm signs were preaented. At right, dab members are shown during a fish fry which preceeded the awards presentation. The meal was served by women of the Areola Community Club. Paul Anderson, super intendent of the Kerr Reservoir Development Commission, was guest speaker for the occasion. (Staff Photo)