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Upkeep Of
Schools Is
Large Job
Maintenance Men
Stay Busy Getting
Ready For Opening
holiday for Warren County
school maintenance men who,
have been busy readying
schools for the 1963 64 ses
sion.
When the students file |
from school at the end of a I
school year and the teachers
return to their homes, main
?^ten-ince men know that the
signal nas been Riven for
busy Weeks of work. Supt. J.
Rodger Peeler said this week.
In all schools, he said, win
dows have been cleaned,
blinds cleaned, all wood
floors cleaned and refinished.
with quite a bit of touch-up
painting. Tile floors have
been scrubbed and waxed
Gutters have been cleaned
out and downspouts repaired
in all schools just as a part ;
of the summer routine
One maintenance m an,
spends his full time cutting
the grass and sprucing up the
school grounds at all the !
schools of the county. Peeler
said.
Perhaps the maintenance
work will be most eonspicious
a! Xorlina, where painters
have boon busy on both the
insirlo and outside of the
building. "We try to get to
each school one every five
,, years." Peeler said.
Cement walks are also be
ing added at Norlina, running
from each end of the main
building to a street where
^school buses park. Other
high schools in the counlv
receiving a helping hand
from the maintenance crews
this summer include:
?North Warren. , where a
S20.000 school cafeteria is
rising, new shingles have
been placed on the school
roof, and concrete walkways
have been added.
?Hawkins High School,
where general repairs are be
ing made by maintenance j
men.
?John Graham H i g h 1
School, where a $15,000 re-1
wiring job is nearing com-:
pletion, improvements made
at the athletic field (includ-j
ing improved drainage and j
the erection of a backstop on I
the baseball diamond), and a j
covered walkway planned I
from the main school build- j
ing to the agriculture and
home economics shops.
?Littleton High School,
where the rest rooms have
been painted, floors tiled in
the teacher's lounge and a
m (See SCHOOLS, page 4)
Currin Named Head
Of Boy Scout Drive
B. W. Currin, Jr., Warren
ton businessman, has been
named chairman of the 1963
Warren County fund raising
drive for the Boy Scouts of
America. Currin's appoint
ment was announced this
week by John T. Church of
Henderson, Vanwarco dis
trict finance chairman.
The County's annual fund
raising drive will be launched
here on Aug. 20 with volun
teer workers soliciting "Cen
tury Club" and "major" gifts,
Church asrid. Heading the
drive for "Century Cluh"
memberships will be H. M.
Hardy, while A. E. Wilson
will be in charge of "major"
gift solicitation.
"Special" and "General"
gift drives will be held in
September, with Milton Ays
i cue in charge of the special
gift drive.
Community chairmen nam
ed by Church include the
Rev. J. E. McGrier, Warren
ton; James Short, Afton-El
' beron; and Vernon Whitmore,
Manson-Drewry. The drive in
Norlina will be conducted by
members of the Norlina Riiri
tan Club. A search for a
chairman to head the Areola
drive is under way.
Group chairman are cur
rently recruiting volunteers
to assist in the campaign.
Tobacco losses were estimated at
more than a half-million dollars follow
ing severe hail storms in two sections of
Wa. ;'en County. At upper left. Vernon
Fleming inspects a field of tobacco on
the Warren-Frank line which was de
stroyed by a brief storm Sunday. At
lower right, E. C. Robertson of Marma
duke checks his tobacco for punctured
leaves. (Staff Photo)
SBI Will Aid In Probe
Of Leaflet Circulation
The State Bureau of Inves
tigation will aid in the search
for the person or persons re
sponsible for the distribution
of leaflets hearing the unau
thorized names of two War
ren County officials.
Sheriff Jim Hundley said
yesterday that the SSI had
agreed to assign an agent to
a>si>t in the hunt for the
party responsible for affixing
the name of Amos Capps,
chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners, and
that of Julian S. Farrar, sup
erintendent of the Warren
; County Welfare Department, I
to a number of handbills1
which have been distributed
in this area during the past1
several days.
Telephone Expansion Is
Completed At Norlina
A projoct to improve and (
expand the Norlina telephone i
exchange has recently been j
completed.
Carolina Telephone Mana-,
per H. T. Pitts said yesterday j
that a $10,700 program just j
concluded has expanded the j
company's central office
equiment at Norlina.
Included in the project was
the installation of equipment
to provide facilities to serve
75 new main telephones for
subscribers in this area. This
equipment will make possible
service to new subscribers
and will permit better grades
of service to present sub
scribers.
Pitts said the growth of
Norlina in recent years has
brought about an increased
demand for telephone service.
This demand had taxed the
capacity of existing equip
ment.
Telephones in this area
have increased from about
280 to more than 560 in the
past ten years.
"The construction program
here is in keeping with Caro- j
lina Telephone's continuing I
program to fulfill the tele- [
phone needs of the communi-|
ties it serves," he pointed
out.
Pitts said, "The Norlina j
improvement and expansion [
program was engineered to |
allow for telephone growth in
the future."
Communion Services
Services of Holy Commun
ion will be observed at All
Saint's Episcopal Church on
Sunday morning at 9 o'clock,
the Rev. James M. Stoney,
Jr., announced yesterday. He
said services of Holy Com
munion will also be held at
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
on Sunday morning at 111
o'clock.
Both Capps and Farrar said j
they were not aware that the!
handbills were being prepared
and that the use of their
names was not authorized.
Hundley said his department
was conducting an investiga-)
tion on the grounds that dis-j
tribution of the leaflets con
stituted a libelous action.
Both the names were print- j
ed on the handbills with rub- j
ber stamps. The handbill it- j
self was printed on a stand-1
ard printing press. Produced 1
on six-by nine-inch yellow
paper, the leaflet called for I
the person receiving the hand-1
bill to "trade your farm for:
real security . . . sell now."
The leaflet further advised
the recipient to "continue to
live in your present house!
and receive monthly relief
check. No work involved!
Act Now. Enjoy a sure, ever j
increasing income. Have more j
time for pleasure. Statistics j
prove welfare increases. Why
risk farming?"
Hundley said the person
who printed the leaflets
would probably not be guilty
of a violation of the state's
libel laws, since the original
handbill did not contain the
name of an individual or
firm. However, he said,
grounds for a libel action by
either Capps or Farrar may
be warranted following the
stamping of their names on
the leaflets.
Hundley, who began inves
tigation of the leaflet distri
bution Monday, said yester
day that no arrests had been
made in the case.
Newly-installed lights at the John
Graham High School athletic field give
the appearance of three moons as the
field is illuminated by the new system
for the first time. Erected by the War
renton Boosters Club, the new system
will provide adequate lighting for both
night football and baseball games.
Farmlands Are Lashed
By Hail; Crop Damage
Will Exceed $700,000
Man's Body
Recovered
From Lake
Negro Is Second
Drowning Victim
Within Four Days
A 21-year-old man drowned
Saturday afternoon after he
jumped from a bridge over
looking an inlet of Gaston
Lake north of the Eaton Fer
ry bridge.
The body of Luther Patillo,
Negro resident of the Elams
community, was recivered |
from the waters of Gaston
Lake by rescuers Saturday af
ter he drowned at approxi
mately 1:30 p. m. He was
the lake's second drowning
victim in four days, and the
third person to lose his life
in the reservoir.
Warren County Coroner N.
I. Haitheock said Patillo
drowned two miles north of
the Eaton Ferry bridge. He
said Patillo and a group of
companions were swimming
when Patillo decided to jump
from a bridge over the inlet.
He reportedly jumped and
failed to return to the sur
face.
Haithcock and Deputy
Sheriff L. W. Newsom said
the death was attributed to
accidental drowning. Haith
cock said no inquest would
be held.
Patillo's body was recover
ed near the Sikes Boat Land
ing. Earlier in the week, M. J
C. Wright of White Plains
was found in the waters of
Pea Hill Creek, down stream
from the spot where Patillo
drowned.
Two Defendants
Draw Road Sentences
In Recorder's Court
Two defendants were given
road sentences in Warren
County Recorder's Court last
Friday by Judge Julius Ban
zet and a third defendant was
fined $100. In addition, a
defendant, sentenced to the
roads had his sentence sus
pended for two years.
Leondres Williams and
David Lee Alston, were charg
ed with an assault with a
deadly weapon and each was
sentenced to the roads for 90
days.
Ray Williams, charged with
an assault with a deadly wea
pon, was also sentenced to
the roads for 90 days, but his
sentence was suspended for
two years upon condition that
he not go on the premises of
J. B. Lynch for two years,
pay a $25 fine and court
costs.
James George Drumgo,
found guilty of drunk driving,
was fined $100 and taxed with
court costs.
In other cases involving
violations of motor vehicle
laws Leon Pate, Jr., was
found guilty of driving 49
miles an hour in a 35-mile
tone, was taxed with court
?8ts.
George Hurley Carroll, Jr.,
tound guilty of speeding, was
trdered to pay a $15 fine and
tourt cost*.
Marshall William Ellis,
jwrence J. Edmonds and
Villiam Henry Burwell were
(See COUKT, page 4)
Dr. R. A. Kilby, left, a major in the U. S. Army Medi
cal Corps, gets instructions from Dr. Robert F. Young,
Warren County health director. Dr. Kilby, a graduate of
Williams College and the University of Buffalo, will
spend a one-year residency in public health in Warren
and Halifax Counties. He will assist public health of
ficials in both counties. Prior to his arrival here, he
served a residency in internal medicine at the Mayo
Clinic and attended the Harvard School of Public Health.
The father of three children, he and his family will live
in Roanoke Rapids. (Staff Photo)
Parker Resigns As
John Graham Coach
Charles E. Parker, head
coach at John Graham High
School here since 1961, has
resigned to accept a position
with the Deacon Club Founda
tion of Wake Forest College.
Parker's Warrenton teams
compiled a record of 70 wins
and 21 losses during the past
two years. His football teams
represented the Tar-Roanoke
Conference in district or state
playoffs both seasons, and his
bovs' basketball squad played
in the State Class A finals in
1962.
Parker, who was a member
of the Wake Forest football
varsity, directed three of his
teams to conference cham
pionships dnring his first year
of coaching.
In his letter of resignation,
submitted to W. R. Drake,
chairman of the John Graham
Executive Committee, on Mon
day, Parker said he would
"never cease to be grateful
for the opportunity I had to
serve in Warrenton."
He added that "the most
rewarding phase of my job
was being able to work with
the very fine people here and
to coach boys of such high
caliber. John Graham High
School's success in athletics
has been accomplished by
boys with determination and
desire to do their best always,
and I am sure in the future
they will continue to do so."
Drake said that school of
ficials have begun efforts to
secure a coach for the next
school year, but that no suc
cessor to Parker has been
found yet. Drake said the
Executive Committee had ac
cepted Parker's resignation
with a "feeling of regret and
appreciation for hii fine ser
vices during the past two
years."
Drake said that Parker's
"superior qualities of charac
Resignation Given
By Rev. Dan Parker
The Rev. Dan Parker, pas
tor of Macon Baptist and
Brown's Baptist Churches, re
signed on Sunday, July 28, to
accept a call as pastor of the
Bethel Baptist Church of
Stonewall, Ga.
Mr. Parker and hi* wife
are both natives of Georgia.
A ministry of ? little over
two years will be concluded
it the churches on Aug. 18.
| ter and leadership among our
youths have been reflected in |
: the success of the programs j
| he has undertaken as well as
in the classroom, and the
I continued success of our ath
i letic and scholastic programs
j will be enhanced by his hav
| ing devoted these two years
! to service in the school and j
j community."
[ Parker will report to work
in Winston-Salem on Monday.
His wife and two children
j will move the latter part of
I this month. In his new posi
j tion, Parker will divide his
I time between fund raising
' and recruiting.
CHARLES E. PARKER
New Business Slated
To Open On Monday
A new business will begin
operation near here next
week when Baxter's Tire and
Recapping Service opens Mon
day on the Warrenton-Nor
lina Highway.
The new firm, housed In a
concrete-block building with
large plate glass windows
across the front, will handle
new tires in addition to pro
viding a recapping service.
Owner of the firm is Wil
liam A. Baxter, a former
Warrenton resident and re
tired member of the N. C.
Highway Patrol. Mr. and
Mrs. Baxter, who will live in
Norlina temporarily, plan to
build a home in Warrenton.
Baxter said his firm plana
a grand opening, when prizea
will be given away and open
house held, at a later date.
la
Mr. W. R. Strickland la a
patient in Warren General
Hospital for treatment.
Tobacco Is
Hard Hit;
Corn Hurt
Hail As Large As
Hen Eggs Level
Fields Of Cotton
Two violent hail storms
which lashed Warren County
farmlands during the week
end caused damage estimated
at nearly three-quarters of a
million dollars.
County Agent Frank W.
Reams said yesterday that his
crop damage estimate of
8733,500 could be conserva
tive. "I have never seen
crops harder hit by hail," he
added.
Hardest hit was a two-mile
square in southwestern War
ren County. There a Sunday
afternoon storm dropped hail
stones as large as hen eggs,
stripped tobacco from the
stalk, peppered pea, pepper
and corn fields, and laid
waste to hundreds of acres
of cotton, before skipping
into Franklin County.
The day before a severe
hail storm ripped crops in a
wide area of the Mnrmaduke
community. Main damage in
both storms was inflicted on
tobacco, the county's princi
pal cash crop. Reams said to
bacco farmers lost more than
a half-million dollars during
the two brief stijrms.
Reams made his estimates
following a tour of the strick
en areas on Monday. He said
approximately 500 acres of to
bacco was damaged by hail.
Some 500 acres of cotton,
1,000 acres of corn, 200
acres of peppers, and 2,000
acres of peas, hay, soybeans
and other crops were heavily
damaged.
Saturday's storm cut a mile
wide path through from three
to four miles of farmland
near Marmaduke. "The loss
would be considerably higher,
but this area is heavily for
ested. Cultivated fields are
not butted end on end as
they are near the Franklin
County line," Reams said.
Sunday's storm struck at a
heavily-concentrated area of
tobacco production. In min
utes it had stripped what
farmers considered one of
their best crops in recent
years.
"Birds fell as if they were
struck by buckshot during the
storm," one farmer comment
ed. Another said his children
had been busy burying fallen
birds during the day after
the storm.
The storm came at the peak
of the growing season, when
few farmers had still most of
their tobacco in the fields.
Insurance coverage ranged
from $1,000 per acre to none.
At the southeastern tip of
Warren County, rows between,
the head-high tobacco stalks
were covered with punctured
leaver On some stalks only
two or three good leaves re
mained.
"I wish it had destroyed
all the tobacco," one farmer
said. "At least then 1 could
plow it up. Now I have to go
down each row looking for a
few good leaves."
Many fields were totally
stripped of leaves. Young
corn was also destroyed, aa
the pellets shredded leaves
and la some instances bowled
the younger plants over.