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Hospital Is
Offered Aid
For Time
Efforts to obtain a full
time surgeon for Warren Gen
eral Hospital will not be
slackened despite an offer
made this week by a Hender
son surgeon to assist in the
operation of the hospital
here on a part-time basis.
F. P. Whitley, hospital ad
ministrator, said the search
for a surgeon, begun with the
resignation of Dr. Wirt L.
Davis in June, would continue
and that hospital officials
"have prospects of getting a
full-time surgeon to locate
and work in Warrenton."
An offer of assistance in
the operation of Warrenton's
35-bed hospital came this
week from Dr. Robert T.
Schorr of Henderson, who of
fered to fill in as surgeon
here on a temporary and
part-time basis, Whitley said.
A former Elizabeth City"
surgeon. Dr. Schorr has' prac
ticed in Henderson for about
one year, Whitley said. He
will practice at Warren Gen
eral Hospital three mommies
weekly and will be available
for surgery on consultation.
Whitley said that the as
sistance furnished by Dr.
Schorr was' "in no way in
tended as a permanent solu
tion." However, he said that
the hospital staff was fortu
nate to have Dr. Schorr's ser
vices until efforts to obtain
a full-time surgeon are suc
cessful.
Hopes of landing a surgeon
in the iiear future were some
what dampened this week
when a prospective surgeon
notified hospital officials that
he plans to go into a partner
ship-type practice.
Man Is Held
In Shooting
At Manson
A Franklin County Negro
man, charged with shooting a
Manson Negro, is being held
under S500 bond for his ap
pearance in Recorder's Court
to answer to a charge of as
sault with a deadly weapon.
Leroy Yance^ was arrested
in Franklin County and
brought to Warren County by
Deputy Sheriff Bonnie Steven
son following the shooting of
Howard Allen at Manson on
Sunday afternoon.
Allen, shot in the back and
leg with a shotgun, was hos
pitalized Sunndy but was dis
charged from the hospital on
Tuesday. Stevenson said that
Allen was shot from a dis
tance of about 30 feet. Phy
ricians said, according to Stev
cnson, that fat was respon
sible for Allen's injuries not
being more serious.
Stevenson said t hat his in
vestigation revealed that Yan
cey had gone to the home of
his sister, Mrs. Sam Hicks,
Sunday afternoon to get his
niece to go home with him
(See SHOOTING, page 8)
Minister Is
Named Here
The Rev. James H. Grant,
Jr., of Richmond, Va., a 1963
graduate of Union Theologi
cal Seminary, will assume the
ministry of three Warren
County Presbyterian churches
on August 1.
Mr. Grant, also a graduate
of Hampton-Sydney College,
will make his home in the
Presbyterian Manse in Little
ton. He has conducted ser
vices on several occasions
here as a supply pastor.
Churches to be served by
Mr. Grant include the War
renton Presbyterian Church,
Littleton Presbyterian Church
and Gruver Memorial Presby
terian Church.
He succeeds the Rev. Levi
H. Humphreys, who resigned
to accept ? call from Pied
mont Presbyterian Church in
Burlington. Mr. Humphreys
served the county's Presby
terian churches for approxi
mately three year*.
Passage of a $110,000 bond issue for a
sewage treatment plant here will help
keep streams, such as the one pictured
above, free of pollution. Warrenton voters
will probably go to the polls in August to
decide the fate of the bond election.
CStaif Photo)
Board Authorizes Site
Negotiations To Begin
I Wferrenton commissioners
I Monday night authorized ne
gotiations for the purchase of
a 2.7-acre tract to serve as
the site of a proposed $200,
000 sewage disposal plant.
Appointment of a commit
tee to discuss purchase of the
tract came after Commission
er D. H. Ward, chairman of
the town's water committee,
! told the board that prelimi
nary talks had begun with
| the owner of the desired land.
Ward said that he had con
tacted John Divan of Rocky
Mount, owner of a 36-acre
| tract lying north of Fishing
Creek and west of US High
way 401, about two miles
south of Warrenton. Ward
reported that Divan was op
posed to the sale of only 2.7
acres, but expressed a willing
ness to sell the entire. tract
for a sum of $12,000.
While board members said
they felt the purchase price
was too high, they approved
the appointment of a commit
tee?composed of Ward and
members of his committee,
Mayor W. A. Miles, Water
Superintendent Harold Skill
man and Town Attorney
Frank Banzet?to continue
negotiations with Divan.
Aided by Skillman, Ward
outlined for the board initial
preparations being made for
the possible erection of the
sewage treatment plant. Both
he and Skillman emphasized
that the fate of the proposed
plant lies in the hands of
Warrenton voters, who will
probably decide a $110,000
bond issue during August.
However, they said prelimi
nary steps must be made to
meet a deadline in order that
Warrenton might receive a
$97,000 federal grant.
"For the most part," Ward
said, "property owners from
the eastern edge of Warren
ton to a point on Eaton Ave
nue have been contacted with
regard to a force line which
will cross their property."
Easements must be secured
from property owners to in
sure that no permanent struc
ture is built over the line,
commissioners were told.
Ward said property owners
had been cooperative in al
lowing surveys to be made
and in dealing with town of
ficials in regard to the pro
posed line.
The line would tie into a
pumping station east of the
town limits. Commissioners
currently have their sights
trained on two possible loca
tions, both near the home of
B. W. Currin, Jr., on Country
Club Road.
Several board members
agreed to accompany Ward to
Spring Hope on Thursday for
an inspection of a sewage
plant. While smaller than
the one planned for Warren
ton, the two facilities are
comparable, Ward said.
Although not the main item
on the agenda for Monday
night's special session, discus
sion by commissioners center
ed on the forthcoming bond
I
issue and on work current'!*;
underway by engineers anil
surveyors.
The main item of business,
that of approving the town j
budget and tax rate, was han
dled in short order. By unan
imous vote, board members |
approved the budget in its
entirety and a $1.15 tax rate. I
Commissioners also voted j
unanimously in favor of a
poll tax and an automobile
license tax of one dollar.
Trunk Search Reveals
Well-Hidden Whiskey
An unusual hiding place for
a not-so-unusual product was
discovered here Friday night
when a Warrenton policeman
discoved six gallons of non
taxpaid whiskey stashed in
side a spare automobile tire.
Night Officer Dorsey Capps
made the discovery of the
illegal liquor when he search
ed the trunk of an automo
bile on Kidgeway Street short
ly before midnight.
Three occupants of the car
were arrested. They were
identified as Emma Lyons,
Warrenton Attorney
Will Speak Sunday
Charles Johnson, Warrenton
attorney, will be the speaker
at the Warrenton Baptist
Church on Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock. Stephen Daniel,
moderator of the church, will
preside.
The Rev. John Link, pastor,
in announcing the service,
said that the Presbyterian
Church recently held a con
ference for Christian lawyers
and that many of the denomi
nations are placing emphasis
on lay-leadership in the
churches. "The service for
the 11 o'clock worship hour
Sunday," he said, "should
make a vital contribution to
the work of the church." The
public is invited.
J. E. Rooker of Warrenton
will be the guest teacher on
the "Church of Our Fathers"
over TV Channel S on Sunday
at 1 p. n>. Rooker and the
Rev. John Link are sharing
the broadcasting lessons for
the month of July.
136, of Liberia, driver of the
automobile; Robert Lee Als
ton, 36, of Henderson, the
car's owner; and Mary
I Townes, 35-year-old Liberia
woman.
The trio, released from
I Warren County jail on bonds
j ranging from $50 to $500, will
J be given a hearing here Fri
day in Warren County Re
] corder's Court. Alston and
the driver were each charged
with possession for the pur
pose of sale and transporting
non-taxpaid whiskey. Mary
Townes was charged with aid
ing and abetting in the trans
portation of the liquor.
Hotel Warren To Stay
Open On Monthly Basis
Additional
Courses To
Be Offered
Additional courses in driv
er's education will be offered
Warren County youngsters
this summer if interest in the
program mounts. J. R. Peeler,
superintendent of schools, an
nounced this week.
Feeler said preparation! to
provide additional bchind-the
wheel instruction for prospec
tive drivers were made fol
lowing a General Assembly
act which restricted 16- and
17-year-old youngsters from
obtaining operator's licenses
until they have completed a
course in driver's education.
"Here in Warren County
the new law could mean that
many boys and girls cannot
get their licenses until they
are 18 years old unless they
enroll in a driver training
course immediately," Peeler
said.
The new law goes into ef
fect Nov. 1. and persons un
der 18 applying for licenses
as of that date must show
proof of successful completion
of the training course.
Peeler said extra courses
might be arranged in all
three of the county's white
schools if demand is suffic
ient. He said no summer
courses would be offered- u>
the Negro schools, where
driver's training is conducted
during the regular school
term.
Currently, students 14M
years-old and older are eligi
ble for the program. Courses
now being taught at Warren
ton, Norlina and Littleton of
fer 36 hours of class instruc
tion, six hours of driving and
18 hours of observation prior
to completion. Instructing
the young drivers are B. L.
King, Jimmy Webb and Tom
my Satterfield.
Decline In Number
Of Curers Is Noted
A steady decline in the
number of workers from a
three-county area?including
Warren?assisting in the har
vest of Canadian tobacco was
revealed this week in a re
lease prepared by W. Hall
Brooks, manager of the Hen
derson off:"?! of the N. C.
Employment Security Com
mission.
Figures compiled during
the past five years show that
a severe drop has taken place
In the number of persons
from Warren, Vance and
Granville Counties helping
with the Dominion flue-cured
crop since 1958. That year
(See PERMITS, page 8)
A woman breaks the parched soil of a pepper field near
Warrenton with a hoe Tuesday as storm clouds gather. An
hour later a steady shower soaked the field. Although
Tuesday's rainfall was widespread, several areas of Warren
County got no relief i Staff Pholo)
Warrenton, Norlina
Phones To Gain Digits
All telephone numbers in
the Warrenton exchange will
change to seven digit num
bers beginning with 257 on
September 8, according to
Howard T. Pitts, local mana
ger for Carolina Telphone. In
the Norlina exchange all of
the existing four digit num
bers will be pro-fixed with
the three digits 456 at this
same time.
Pitts said that to avoid call
ing on subscribers at a time
which might be inconvenient,
the company will mail num
ber plate stickers to subscrib
ers who are requested to
place them on their tele
phones.
"We don't like number
changes?but it is necessary
to make these changes to pro
vide the best possible service
here and to keep in step with
technological developments in
telephone communi
cations," Pitts said.
The new numbers will con
sist of seven digits and are
in keeping with the number
ing system which is gradually
becoming nationwide, Pitts
said. This system is part of
a plan which will eventually
enable more and more tele
phone subscribers to dial
their own long distance calls.
The new number plates will
include the area code for the
eastern portion of North Car
olina. As part of the overall
plan for direct distant dial
ing, the nation has been di
vided into areas, each assign
ed a different code number.
Local Draff Office
Will Close For Week
The Warren County Draft
Board office here will be
closed from July 29 to Aug
ust 5, while the clerk, Mrs.
Thomas Ellington, is on vaca
tion, Selby Benton, chairman,
announced Thursday.
Benton asks that boys whose
birthday falls on the days on
which the office will be clos
ed to report for registration
an Monday, August 8.
The code number for this
area is 919.
Pitts said customers in
Warrenton and Norlina should
not use the numbers 919
when placing calls. This code ;
will be used on calls coming
into this area In comment
ing on this Pitts said, "If our
subscribers pass their area
code along to people who call
them frequently from other
dialing code areas the incom
ing calls will be handled
more rapidly."
Directors
Vote For
New Plan
Warrenton's municipal-own
i"l plagued by high
oni-rat ins costs and threaten
ed by closure, got a new
Icaso- on life this week.
The sprawling, three-story
brick building, slated to be
closed on Aug. 1. got a last
minute reprieve from direct
ors of the Hotel Warren Cor
poration who agreed Wednes
day to continue its operation
on a monthly basis.
Tbo decision to continue its'
operation came in response to
requests made by townspeo
ple that efforts be made to
Keep the hotel in operation,
it's the only meeting place
most of our civic clubs have,
and many persons have ex
pressed interest in seeing that
it remains in operation." A.
C Fair, Warrenton jeweler
who heads the hotel corpora
tion. said yesterday.
Closing of the hotel, huilt
in 1922 on a corner lot in
the heart of town, appeared
probable last week when the
Warrenton hoard of commis
sioners ordered it closed
should the hotel corporation
surrender its three-year-old
lease on its Aug. 1 expiration
date.
Action by the Town Fath
ers followed notification by
I jit hotel corpora
tion's directors would not re
iil'.v the lease agreement with
the town Fair, also a com
missioner. said the corpora
tion's directors had agreed to
surrender their lease earlier
this month. Faced by ap
approaching months of higher
operation cost and burdened
by several thousand dollars in
debts, the directors favored
abandonment of the project
to keep the hotel alive.
Monday night, during a
?special session of the town
board. Fair was told by fel
low commissioners that the
town would approve the oper
ation of the hotel on a month
to-month basis. Commission
ers also discussed sale of the
hotel when and if a prospec
tive buyer is found.
(See HOTEL, page 8)
Funeral Services Held
Here For Frank H. Gibbs
Funeral services for Frank
Herbert Gibbs, who died at
his home here on Saturday,
.were conducted at Wesley
j Memorial Methodist Church
on Monday afternoon by Dr.
I Cecil Robbins, president of
| Louisburg College and a for
jmer pastor of the Warrenton
' church. Interment was in
Fairview Cemetery.
Mr. Gibbs had practiced law
here since his release from
jthe U. S. Navy in 1918 where
ihe served as a naval aviator.
He had served three terms in
the State Senate, several
terms as Warrenton mayor,
and was named to the N. C.
Industrial Commission by the
late Gov. William B. Um
stead He was a charter
member of the Warrenton
Lions Club.
Surviving are his widow,
the former Mary Tasker Polk;
a daughter, Mrs. Barnaby
McAuslan of Ashland, N. J.;
a son, Frank H. Gibbs, Jr.;
two sisters, Mrs. Virginia
Pearsall of Warrenton and
Mrs. G. T. Adams of Sanford;
and a brother, John C. Gibbs
of Danville, Va.
The son of the late Dr. J.
T. Gibbs and Mary Overbough
Gibbs, Mr. Gibbs was born in
Rockingham, N. C., on Aug
ust 4, 1896. He attended
school in various towns where
his father served as a Meth
odist minister and was grad
uated from Washington, N. C.,
high school, where he wu an
outstanding athlete, at the
age of 15. Due to his age he
remained out of school one
year before entering Trinity
College, now Duke University,
where he was graduated at
the age of 20, and took the
bar examination that fall after
becoming 21 years old.
Following his discharge
| (See GIBBS, page 8)
Former JG Principal
Accepts Roxboro Job
Thomas J. Brown, principal
of John Graham High School
here for the past two yean,
has accepted a position at
principal of the Roxboro High
School.
Brown, who will be suc
ceeded here by Kenneth R.
Brinson of Sanford, waa
principal of West Davidson
High School near Lexington
when he was named John
Graham High School princi
pal in July, 1961.
A native of Union, S. C.,
Brown graduated from Char
lotte Technical High School,
and received his B.S. and
M.A. degrees from the Uni
versity of Illinois. He had
done graduate work at the
University of North Carolina.
A Methodist, Brown is
ried to the former Miss
ginia Latta of
They have two young
Warrenton Policeman Doraejr Cappa pulls a jar ox moon
shine whiskey from an unusual hiding place. The illicit
cache, measuring three gallons, was discovered inside an
automobile tire. Capps seized the six one-half gallon Jars
when he searched the trunk of a car travelling through
Warrenton. (Staff Photo)