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Patient Load At
Hospital Dips As
Surgeon Sought
The patient load at Warren
General Hospital here has
dropped "roughly 25 per
cent" since the departure of
Dr. Wirt L. Davis, hospital
surgeon, last month, F. P.
Whitley, administrator, said
yesterday.
"We have no one lined up
to fill the vacancy created by
the resignation of Dr. Davis,"
Whitley said. Dr. Davis, sur
geon at Warren General Hos
pital for a year prior to his
resignation in June, is cur
rently undergoing a three
SAN A. WARLICK, JR.
Warlick Is
Installed
Post Head
Sam A. Warlick, Jr., War
renton businessman, was in
stalled as Commander of
Limer Post No. 25 of the
American Legion last Thurs
day night during a meeting
held at Hotel Warren.
Warlick was installed by
Legionaire Frank Banzet. He
succeeds J. B. Thompson as
local post commander.
Other officers installed by
Banzet during the ceremony
were W. Bill Neal, first vice
commander; Si Hoskins, sec
ond vice commander; H. E.
Shaw, third vice commander;
Palmer King, sergeant-at
arms; Leonard S. Daniel, his
torian; and Frank H. Daniel,
adjutant.
Some 16 Legionaires were
present for the ceremony.
During a business session
which followed, Legionaires
expressed interest in the
building of a Legion hut here
in the near future.
Dairy In County Is
Ended With Sale Of
Equipment And Herd
Warren County's oldest
dairy has been closed with
the sale of cows and equip
ment by J. H. Hundley, War
ren County sheriff.
A herd of 17 cows and
dairy equipment were pur
chased last week by Lyman
Wright of Vance County and
Harold Reavis of Granville
County, milk producers for
Pine State, a large dairy serv
ing a multi-county area of
North Carolina.
The dairy was established
about the turn of the century
by Walter E. Hundley, father
of the sheriff. The founder
began delivery of milk In the
town of Norlina after con
struction of the old Norlina
hotel. After W. E. Hundley's
death, delivery of milk was
continued by his son until the
end of the Second World
War, when delivery was
stopped and milk sold to
Pine State.
After his election as sher
iff, Hundley and his son, Wal
ter, operated the dairy on a
partnership basis. Hundley
said his son would continue
the operation of the family
farm, located on the eastern
edge of Norlina.
year orthopedic surgery resi
dency at the Medical College
of Virginia.
"We have had one or two
surgeons to express interest
in coming here," Whitley
said. "But as yet we have
been unable to contact any
one who will give us a defi
nite commitment. I hope that
within a week the picture
will improve."
Whitley said that although
"innumerable persons" are
being forced to go to other
hospitals for treatment re
quiring surgery, "some are
coming back here to recupe
rate."
Whitley said that since the
hospital was left without a
surgeon, there had been few
emergency cases reported in
the county. "In the case of
a serious highway accident,
we can still be of service.
We can treat for bleeding and
shock and then send the
victims to other hospitals, "he
emphasized.
At the time of Dr. Davis'
departure, the 35-bed hos
pital was carrying an average
patient load of slightly above
22 patients' daily. Hospital
officials said at that time
that they anticipated a drop
in the number of patients.
Funeral Services
Held For Clements
Funeral services for R.
Erskine Clements, 76, a na
tive of Warren County and
judge of Vance County Re
corder's Court for more than
20 years, were conducted at
5 p. m. Thursday at the
Church of the Holy Innocents
in Henderson.
The Rev. Herbert Nash
Tucker, rector, conducted ser
vices and burial was in Elm
wood Cemetery.
Born in Shocco Township,
Warren County, Mr. Clements
was a director of the Harriet
Henderson Cotton Mills and
the People's Bank and Trust
Co. He was first president
of Occoneechee Council of the
Boy Scouts of America, a
past president of the Hender
son Rotary Club and a past
senior warden of Holy Inno
cents Episcoal Church. He
served on the Henderson city
council for many years and
was owner of Clements Motor
Co. in Henderson.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Eleanor Davis Clements; one
son, R. Erskine Clements, Jr.;
one sister, Mrs. Lloyd Smith
of Farmville; and one grand
daughter.
Visit Traylors
Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Baker
and children, Maureen and
Jimmie, of Lexington, Va.,
were weekend guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Raby Traylor of
Norlina. Mr. Baker is mana
ger of Alpine Angus Farms
at Lexington.
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JULY COULD BE LAST MONTH FOR OPERATION OF TOWNOWNED HOTEL HERE
Industrial Tenant For
Littleton Being Hunted
Efforts to find an indus
trial tenant for a planned in
dustrial shell building have
begun in Littleton.
D. A. Rose, president of the
Littleton Development Co.,
sponsors of the fund-raising!
drive to finance construction!
of the building, said leaflets
have been mailed to 2,000
manufacturing firms through
out the nation.
Copies of the promotional
pieces have also been furnish- j
ed the N. C. Department of
Conservation and Develop-'
ment, the Seaboard Airline
Railroad Co. and Carolina j
Power and Light Co.
Featuring a picture of the
industrial building to be
erected in Littleton, the leaf
let describes Littleton as "an
untarnished territory for in
dustry" with adequate labor,
favorable tax structure, pro-1
gressive government, an'
abundance of electric power I
and proximity to Gaston Lake.
Grading at the industrial
site has been completed, and
work on the new building is
expected to begin as soon as
legal work in connection with
construction contracts are
ready. The industrial site is
a seven-acre tract adjacent to
the Littleton Fairgrounds on
the eastern edge of the town.
Littleton citizens and busi
ness firms have pledged more
than $30,000 toward construc
tion of the project. The new
building will be sold or leased
to a qualified tenant with to
tal financing if needed.
In Hospital
Mrs. W. Stanley Wilson of
Ridgeway is a patient in
Maria Parham Hospital in
Henderson where she under
went surgery.
Motorist Appeals $100
Fine In Recorder's Court
A motorist charged with
reckless driving and leaving
the scene of an accident has
appealed a $100 fine levied
in Warren County Recorder's
Court.
George Allen gave notice of
appeal here Friday when sen
tenced by Judge Julius Ban
zet. Allen, fined $100 and
costs of court, will be tried
in Warren County Superior
bond of $150 was ordered.
fn other cases called on
Friday, the following action
was taken:
Osborne Davis, possession
for purpose of sale, six-month
sentence, suspended for two
years upon condition he not
violate any prohibition lawi
of the state for two years,
not have in his possession any
non-taxpaid whiskey for two
years and pay a fine of $100
and costs.
Samuel Royster, drunk
driving, $100 and costs.
Ernest Allgood, Jr., no
operator's license, $25 and
costs.
John Daniel Hedgepeth,
non-support, not guilty.
Robert Kearney, reckless
driving, not guilty.
Murray Matthew Bernard,
speeding, $10 and costs.
Johnnie Jackson Harris,
non-support, prayer for judg
ment continued for a year on
condition defendant pay $15
per month for support of
three minor children and pay
costs of court.
Harvey Tunstall, drunk
driving, $100 and costs.
Mary Moore Rowe, speed
ing, costs.
Floyd Bullock no operator's
license, reckless driving and
improper mechanical equip-'
I ment, state took nol pros in |
reckless driving charge; case!
remanded to Justice of Peace
j on charge of improper me-1
j chanical equipment.
Jacob Whaley, two counts j
j of larceny, not guilty of one |
| charge; prayer for judgment
j on second count suspended I
for one year upon condition J
defendant not violate any |
criminal laws of state for one |
| year and remain of good be
havoir.
Jimmie Roupe, two counts
of larceny, prayer for judg
ment in each continued for
two years upon condition he j
violate no criminal laws of
state for one year and re
main of good behavior.
Manson Youth Wanted
Ink, Got Car Instead
A Manson youth who want
ed a supply of free ink and
wound up winning first prize
in a national sweepstakes con
test is today awaiting the ar
rival of a new automobile.
William Ellis Fleming, 10
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ellis E. Fleming of Manson,
has been notified that he is
to be the recipient of a
Thunderbird converitible as
national winner in a contest
sponsored by a fountain pen
manufacturer.
'It's the only thing I ever
won, except maybe a bingo
game," Fleming, a rising soph
omore at St. Andrews College,
said.
Young Fleming Mid it took
a while to convince his par
ents that he had won th?. new
automobile and that it'a diffi
cult for him to realize that
he' was the top winner. Flem
ing's father is postmaster of
the Manson Post Office.
Fleming said he entered
the contest unwittingly when
he mailed a portion of a
package containing a new
fountain pen in order to re
ceive a free supply of ink.
He said he later learned that
this automatically entered him
in the contest.
"While I was working at
Nags Head sometime later I
received a form to fill out,
have notarized and return. I
still didn't know I had won.
Then last week I received no
tification that the new car
would be mine," he said.
Receive First Bloom
The first cotton bloom
brought to the office of The
Warren Record this year, but
not the first reported, was
brought in last Friday. It
waa picked on July 11 from
the field of G. A. Richardson
on the farm of W. D. Martin.
Hotel Ordered
Closed If Lease
Is Surrendered
Operators
Of Boats
Get Stay
Operators of boats on Kerr
Lake will have until October
1 to show evidence that boat j
sanitary facilities are state i
approved, Col. J. S. Grygiel
of the U. S. Army Corps of j
Engineers announced this
week.
Boat owners previously had
until August 1 to meet sani
tation requirements. The ex
tension of deadline was grant
ed at the request of the Kerr
Reservoir Development Com
mission. The Commission,
favoring action to keep the j
waters of the mammoth reser
voir unpolluted, felt that the j
fall months would be the I
proper time for making i
changes in existing facilities;
or installing new ones.
Colonel Grygiel, district en-;
gineer, said that during the j
fall months many boats are
(See BOATS, page 4) j
Solar Eclipse Can
Cause Damage To
Eyes Of Observers
Saturday's solar eclipse can
cause permanent damage to
the vision of Warren County j
residents who try to look at j
the darkened sun.
Health officials yvarned this I
week that there is no safe I
way to look directly into the j
eclipse without risking incura
ble burns of the eye caused ^
by invisible infra-red rays of
the sun.
Officals warned against the
use of sunglasses, colored
(See ECLIPSE, page 4)
J. COMER GRIKFIN
Assistant
Co. Supt. i
Selected
J. Comer Griffin, a 1958
graduate of East Carolina
college, has been named as
sistant superintendent of the
Warren County school system.
His election to the newly ere-,
ated post was announced here !
by J. R. Peeler, Warren
schools superintendent.
A native of Martin County,
Griffin was born in 1936 and !
graduated from Bear Grass
High School in 195^. During ?
the past year he served as
elementary supervisor of New
Hanover County elementary
schools'.
Search Is
Begun For
Operator
An eleventh-hour search
for a new operator of Hotel
Warren is under way this
week as Warrenton citizens
seek to prevent the closing
cf the hotel at the end of
this month.
Closing of the hotel ap
peared more than a possibil
ity following a special session
of the Warrenton board of
commissioners Monday night.
Town aldermen, notified by
the Hotel Warren Corporation
that its three-year-old lease
wold not be renewed before
its Aug. 1 expiration date, an
nounced that the town would
not underwrite operation of
the municipal-owned hotel.
A C. Fair, chairman of the
hotel corporation-?a non
profit organization which be
gan operation of the hotel.
three years ago after secur
ing a lease agreement from
the town of Warrenton?said
efforts were being made to
find a person interested in
either leasing or buying the
hotel.
Hiring of Griffin followed
several weeks of interviewing i
prospective candidates for the ;
post, the first of its kind in ,
the county. Peeler said Grif-;
fin would be assigned as sup-j
erintendent in charge of in
struction and curriculum.
"He will coordinate instruc- j
tional programs and will make
studies of our curriculum,'"!
Peeler announced. In addi-1
tion, Griffin will have admin
istrative duties dealing
with personnel, transporta
tion, maintenance and other
aresa where assistance is re
quired.
Griffin holds a degree in
science from the Greenville
college and in 1960 was
awarded his master's degree
in secondary education and
administration by ECC.
He began his teaching ca
reer as a biology and math
instructor in Sunset Park
Junior High School in Wil
mington in 1958. In 1960 he
was appointed assistant prin
cipal of the Roland-Grise
Junior High School in Wil
mington. He had been elect
ed principal of the Carolina
Beach High School for 1963
1964.
He is married to the for
mer Miss Vivian Lois Powell
of Greenville. The couple
have an 18-months-old son,
Stephen. They are members
of the First Christian Church
of Wilmington.
Warrenton Man Gets
Hole-tn-One Here
Lonnie Odell Harmon of
Warrenton shot a hole-inone
Saturday while golfing at the
Warrenton Country Club Har
mon's single shot to the cup
came on the 200-yard 16th
hole.
Harmon, playing in a five
some with W. S. Davis, Merle
Harrington, W. R. Drake and
T. M Drake, Jr., carded a
two-over par 75 for the 18
hole match. He collected cus
tomary one dollar gifts from
other members of the five
In operation here since
1922. the three-story brick
structure was operating at
considerable lo-'s when the
Hotel Warren Corporation
was formed. The corporation,
composed of townspeople who
joined to insure continued
operation of the hotel after
commissioners voted to cease
its operation, has poured some
512,000 in capital improve
ments into the community
project during the past three
years.
"We do alright financially
during the summer months,
but the added expense incurr
ed during winter months has
proven burdensome." Fair
said. However, he added that
the hotel had shown a profit,
| but the proceeds from its
| operation had been plowed
| back into the enterprise.
During Monday night's spec
| ial session, commissioners
agreed that upon termination
of the lease by the hotetl cor
poration, the hotel should be
closed. They voted to notify
the hotel corporation that at
the conclusion of their lease
that the building should be
vacated and locked and the
keys turned over to Mayor
W. A. Miles.
Miles said Wednesday that
he felt the town board might
be wise to sell the structure
if a buyer can be found. He
said the cost of tearing down
the building would be high,
due mainly to the thickness
of the walls.
Fair, also a town commis
sioner, hopes that if the hotel
is purchased the new owner
will continue to operate it as
in the past. "We dont have
a community meeting building
as in other towns and the
hotel serves as a civic cen
ter," he said.
During Monday night's
meeting. Fair requested that
the town assume several
thousand dollars in financial
obligations assumed by
hotel corporation.
of the board members,
consultation with Town
ney Frank Bantet, was
it would be illegal for
town to assume or pay
obligations.
Commissioner A. D.
son, who was absent,
Fair, who abstained
vote on the hotel wa
were the only
not giving
proval to the
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Workmen sink a well at the site of a new
Negro elementary school In southern War
ren County. The well, completed over the
weekend, paves the way for the construction
of the new building which ifjll serve Negro
youngsters who previously attended school
in mall one- and two-room building* scat
tered throughout the southern portion of
the county.
(Staff Photo)