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VOLUME 67 10c Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 20. 1963 NUMBER 38
County Drought
Sufferers May
Get FHA Funds
Warren County has been
designated as a disaster area
for the purpose of Farmers
Home Administration loans.
Under the designation drought
sufferers may borrow funds
for the purchase of hay and
ft ed grains for basic herds
and for the operation of
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MRS. JESSIE E. HARRIS
Local Woman
Writes Book
A Macon woman has joined
a growing list of Warren
County authors wltlr the pub
ligation of a book?"Legends
? of Famous Trees."
Mrs. Jessie Eubank Harris,
widow of Lemuel R. Harris of
near Maccn. has collected the
histories. descriptions and
stories of many famous trees
and incorporated them into a
book printed by Dorrance and
Company of Philadelphia. Pa.
Sale of the book began here
this week.
Mrs. Harris is the third
Warren County author to pub
lish a book within the past
two years. Others writing
books were novelist Reynolds
Price, a former Macon native,
and Mrs Frank H. Gibbs of
Warrenton.
Mrs. Harris was born near
Bethel, a community in Pitt
County, but spent most of her
childhood in- Maysville.?She
later moved to Wilmington.
She is a graduate of Wash
ington Collegiate Institute,
where she taught for several
years. She also attended
t Columbia University and the
University of North Carolina.
Last year , she taught in the
IJittleton High Schopl.
She has served as an officer
? of the Woman's Club, the
Home Demonstration Club,
the PTA, and the Woman's
Society of Christian Service.
She hac also taught a Sunday
School class in the Macon
Methodist Church for a num
ber of years.
their farms.
Warren County was already
among the 35 counties of
the state declared disaster
j areas as the result of a sc
|vere and prolonged drought
I'ndcr this designation pro
ducers could buy hay and
feed grains for foundation
herds at reduced rates. Now
such farmers may apply for j
loans to buy such supplies.
Notification that Warren
County had been eligible for
disaster loans was received
Monday from Congressman L.
II Fountain. In his wire he
did not say what other coun
ties were included in the
designation.
Applications for disaster
loans are now being received
at the local FIIA office,!
James Flam, supervisor, said
yesterday Approval of the
loans will follow the same
procedure as in other FHA
loans he said.
Flam said that this type
loan is to supplement regular,
sources of agricultural credit
and the applicant must show
a definite connection-between
his need and drought or
other causes. He said that
the loans not only cover
funds for the purchase of j
hay and feed grains for
foundation herds ? but also
funds for the production of
crops and other necessary
expenses.
I.oans will not be approved |
after June 30. 1964, Elam
said. He added that the in
terest charge would be 3Cr
upon the .balance due.
Three Warren Towns
Will Share $15,000
In Powell Bill Funds
Three Warren County),
towns will share in more l
than 515,000 in Powell Bill!
i w**/,ww 111 a uncu uui |
funds made available fori'
| street improvements.
Allotment of $4,808.84 toj]
Warrenton," $5,233.12 to Nor-1
j lina, and $5,008.27 to Little-'
ton was announced this week I'
by the State Highway Com- i
mission.
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The funds are distributed'
annually by the State to qual-|
' ified cities and towns for use |'
| in non-highway system street j'
i work within their corporate
-limits Checks for the muni
cipalities are expected to be
received by October 1.
Powell Bill funds are based;
on a formula using the popu-1.
lation and street mileage in j
the municipalities.
Total distribution of the (
funds by the State this year|,
is $8,078,232 to 420 munici-i,
palities. The figure repre-j
sents an increase of $437,
524.08 over last lear. In the
13 years of Powell Bill allo
cations, more than $81 mil
lion has been distributed,
and the number of participat
ing municipalities has grown
from 386 to 420.
Mayor W. A. '?
ceivM copies of now Girl Scout books
during a presentation bald bora Tues
day. Warrenton troop
aontad the books to tho
in the Warren County Memorial Lib
? , . Ttlaiulhaali*?? a! f "
la tin
ot the Gtrl Scout*. Now members will
be divided Into Brownie, Junior,
Cadette. end Senior Girl Scout unit*.
Each unit will fee provided with book*
directed at the age level ot the unit
. Looking like forgotten figures from a Great Depres
sion, two members of a clown troupe parade along
Warrenton's Main Street on Saturday. Occasion for
the unusual garb and beaten umbrella was a Shriners'
parade held during a light drizzle Saturday morning to
acquaint Warrentonians with the work of Shriners
with crippled children. (Staff Photo)
History Makes News
History became news this
?veek when Warren County
school patrons voiced dissatis
faction over what they charg
:d was an inadequate supply
>f textbooks and adopted a
resolution calling for more
pooks.
Members of the Graham
Macon-Boyd PTA voted Tues
lay night to send the War
?en County Board of Eduea
:ion a request that additional
Morth Carolina history text
>ooks be made available for
>11 seventh and eighth grade
listory students at Nathaniel
Macon Junior High School.
Objections of parents were
raised after students in both
grades were told they would
lave to share a limited num
ber of "North Carolina, His
tory, Government Geogra
phy," a text written several
years ago by UNC professor
Hugh T. Lefler. ^The sharing
plan stemmed from a decision
by state school authorities to
shift the teaching of North
Carolina history from the
eighth grade level to the
seventh.
Warren County school of
ficials, advised of the change
in February?when all his
tory teachers and principals
in the county were notified
of the transition to take ef
fect during the 1963-64 school
year?were disturbed about
what Supt. J. R. Peeler term
ed a "misunderstanding."
Peeler said Thursday that
the State Division of Text
(See HISTORY, page 4)
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School Enrollment
j Figures Show Slight
I Decrease In County
1 Total enrollment in Warren
1 County schools for the first
two weeks of the 1964-63 ses
sion showed a slight drop
from figures for the same
period last year, according to
I figures released yesterday by
the office of the Superin
'dent of Schools.
_ Enrollment of all schools
during the period covered was
6,108, compared with 6,198 in
1962-63?a drop of 90. Small
er enrollments in both the
white and Negro elementary
! schools was responsible for
the reduction. An increase
was noted in white, Negro
and Haliwa high schools.
Total enrollment figures
show that 1697 white and
4 411 non-white children are
enrolled in the schools^
Among the non-whites are 347
Haliwas.
The 1697 white students en
rolled during the first two
weeks of 1963-64 compared
with a total of 1681 for the
same period last year. White
hrph schoels this year show
an enrollment of S22, com
pared with 502 in 1662-63; m
the elementary schools, the
1963-64 enrollment is 1,175,
compared with 1,179 last year.
Negro high schools showed
an increased enrollment this
year 1160, compared witn
111'1 tnr the first two weeks
of 1962-63; The drop in Uie
Negro elementary schools was
170?from 3,074 in 1962-63
| to 2904 In 1963-64. .
While enrollment in tne
i Haliwa elementary school
showed a drop of 4 this year,
from 276 to 272, the hig
school showed a
Increase. For the first two
weeks of 196364 the high
school enrollment was 73For
the same period In 1962-63
the enrollment WaalC
High school enrollment for
the five high eehoola of the
I county for 1963-64 and for
1962-63, respectlTely, foU?w?-'
John Graham 947, Vn,
in; Littleton?
113, 11*;
North Warren- 471, 4*3.
Robii
nson
Case Is
Continued
The special term of War
ren County Superior Court,
called Monday to hear an
appeal by Virginia Electric
and Power Company from
damages awarded by a com
mission to Nannie P. Robin
son and heirs of the late J
E. Robinson, adjourned on
Wednesday afternoon. Judge
Howard Hubbard of Clinton
presided over the three-day
term.
As a result of the hearing |
a tentative negotiated settle
ment was made but no defi
nite figure was decided upon,
according to attorneys for
the Robinsons. The tentative
settlement was made follow
ing the appearance of the
eleventh witness for the Rob
insons on Wednesday morn
ing. Ten witnesses had ap
peared for the Robinsons pre
viously. The power company
put on no witnesses.
Following the report of a
tentative agreement, Judge
Uubbard ordered?the? case
continued to the January
term of Superior court, and
instructed the attorneys to
attempt to negotiate a firm
settlement by that time.
Board Of Education
To Map Strategy In
Two-County Hassle
Members of the Warren
County Board of Education
will meet in a special session
here Monday night to mat
strategy in a two-way tug ol
war between the Warren anc
Vance boards of education.
?Xhe^ two counties are cur
rentiy caught in a dispute
over whether a handful ol
pupils living in the western
section of Warren County
should attend school in Nor
lina or Middleburg.
The Warren board some
months ago ruled that the
pupils must attend Norlina
High School, but after con
ferring with members of the
Vance board, agreed to let
the students already enrolled
in Middleburg High School
continue their schooling there.
Under the new plan, students
enrolling in the first grade
after the resolution was pass
ed would be required to at
tend Norlina High School.
However, last week the dis
pute grew hotter with a decis
ion of the Vance board to
send a bus into Warren
County to pick up children at
tending Middleburg school?a
decision contrary to a compro
mise agreement fostered by
the Warren board.
Teachers Are Feted
By Warrenton Lions
Club On Saturday
Teachers of the John Gra
ham High School, Mariam
Boyd Elementary School and
the Nathaniel Macon Junior
High School were honored
by the Warrenton Lions Club
at a Junior Ladies' Night
dinner at the Warrenton
Country?etub?on?Saturday
night. ?
A. A. Wood, 1st vice presi
dent, presided in the absence
of President Nat White, who
was absent _,ue to illness.
Past President J. Howard
Daniel was toastmaster.
The Rev. Milton Mann, mln
later of the MSCOn Methodist
Church, was the principal
speaker, and talked on "Drop
outs In School". Mr. Mann
was introduced by W. R.
Drake. J. Edward Rooker,
past president, gave the in
vocation, and Lion Sam War
lick extended a welcome to
the teaehers and Lionesses.
Members of the school facul
ty were recognised by Ken
i>eth Brinson, principal of the
John Graham High School.
Dinner music was provided
by W. R. Drake, Hugh Holt
and Shipp McCarroll. who
also played for a dance which
followed the dinner. A apodal
ad by "The Villagers", a
string quintette from Raleigh
Warren Fair To
Begin Monday
The Rev. John R. Link seems a sure bet to win at
least one blue ribbon when the Warren County Fair
opens here on Monday. The Warrenton Baptist minis
ter is shown with a 110-pound pumpkin which he grew
here this summer. Link, who has an assortment of
mammoth vegetables in his back-yard garden, said the
pumpkin was the largest he has seen in Warren
County. (Staff Photo)
Giant Bird, Fish Draw
Blame For Power Failure
A hungry bird and a fisK i
combined to disrupt electrical
power in the southeastern
section of Warren County j
Sunday. j
I.lnesmen were called to |
the scene of a power inter- j
ruption at 12:30 p m. Sun
day. Between M. T Harris'
Store and Fishing Creek on
NC Highway 43, they located
the source of the failure.
A large bird, alleged to
have been a hawk, an eagle,
or an osprey, was found dead
atop a power pole. Linesman
discovered that the bird, j
which had a wingspan of 64 j
inches, had perched atop the
pole to eat a 16-inch catfish
it had clutched in its talons.
Repairmen said that appar
ently the fish contacted a
7,200 volt power line, result- j
ing in the death of the bird
and the loss of power.
Warrenton Man Hurt
William A. Baxter, Warren
County businessman and re
tired state trooper is recover
ing in Granville Memorial
Hospital in Oxford from in-j
juries sustained in an auto
mobile collision near Creed
moor about 4 p m. Sunday.
Baxter, who was traveling
alone in the direction of Ox
ford. was involved in a col
lision with Dr. George Hunn,
a Chapel Hill professor re- ?
turning to Chapel Hill. The |
cause of the accident was
not determined. Baxter suf-l
fered five fractured ribs in I
addition to several cuts and
bruises. Neither Dr. Hunn I
nor his family was injured, j
Both cars were reported bad- J
ly damaged.
Lions Will
Hold 25th
Fall Event
The 251 h annual Warren
County agricultural fair is
scheduled l? 8?'t under way
here on Monday
.1 1$ Thompson, manager
of the I.ions-sponsored event,
said the fair would begin its
week-long run on Monday
morning and continue through
Saturday night. Sept. 28.
Thompson, in his first year
a< lair manager, said?ycstcr-.
day that this fair promised
to he one of the best ever
s'aged on the Warronton
Fairgrounds, located west of
I town on the Norlina Road.
Assisting Thompson in the
direction of the yearly fall
spectacle will be W. Monroe
Gardner
Performing on the midway
this season will be the Pal
metto Exposition Shows. Doz
ens of tractor-trailers are ex
pected to bring the carnival
to town Sunday. Scores of
rides, amusements and tent
shows will crowd the midway
[as the Palmetto company re
turns to the local fairgrounds
I for the third straight year.
An outstanding event of
the fair will be the two
j school days. Thompson said,
j Wednesday?is?white?school
i day and Thursday has been
set aside for the Negro school
| children of the county. On
I both days students will bo
! admitted free and fairway
| rides will be lowered in price.
In an effort to promote
the educational aspect of this
year's fair, billed as the fair
which puts "Warren County
on Parade," the Warrenton
Lions Club will 'offer a prize
to the teacher conducting
the largest number of pupils
through the fair's exhibit hall
on each school day.
Additional prizes worth an
approximated S200 will bo
given children during the
two school days. A junior
(See FAIR, page 4)
Harold E. Lloyd of Nociina, loft, am
Eller of Nor Una examine the cauao of a power failure
in Warren County on Sunday. The large bird the two
men are holding waa electrocuted when the catfish,
held by Lloyd, held in the bird1! grasp. Struck a high
voltage line during a light rainfall. (Staff Photo)
Graham Grissom To
Operate Cleaning
Plant In Warrenton
Grahamp P. Grissom, opera
tor of a dry cleaning plant
at Norlina, has purchased
Fashion Cleaners in Warren
ton, a firm operated for a
number of years by N. H.
Clark.
Grissom announced this
week that he retains both
plartts under his personal
management, and that he
would share supervision of
both plants on a daily basis.
"I am looking forward to
an opportunity to serve my
many.,_ WarrentoiL friends,''
Grissom satd:?He sahl he is?
.prepared to receive cleaning _
and pressing orders at the
present time, and added that
he hopes planned improve
ments in the Warrenton plant
could be carried out by the
first of the year. Additional
modern finishing equipment
is expected to arrive within
a month.
He said he planned to mako
no change in the operation
of Griaaom's Service Cleaners,
a Norlina plant he has operat
ed for the past 17 years.
Clark merged
of th? jld Harris *
^
operated ior
May, into a
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