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^VOLUME 67 10c Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1963 NUMBER 40
Vance Board Accepts Compromise
Newly elected officers of the Youth
Fellowship of the Warrenton Baptist
Church are, front row, left to right,
Sandra Wood, group captain; Valerie
Miles, group captain; Sarah Reams, vice
president; Deborah King, group captain;
Beverly Johnson, president; and Judy
Hight, secretary; Back row, left to right,
Dudley Ncal, Tommy Satterwhite, Bob
Neal and Ronnie Hight, all members of
the recreation committee. Adult leaders
are Mrs. W. A. Benson. Jr., Mrs. Cathe
rine Medlin, and Mrs. A. D. Johnson.
(Staff Photo)
Eight Hurt In Year's
Worst Traffic Weekend
Eight persons were injured
in Warren County over thej
past weekend in a rash of (
highway accidents described ?
by state troopers as the coun- j
ty's worst of the year.
A light rain Saturday night
and early Sunday was blamed |
for five of the accidents. At
Friday afternoon collision j
during clear weather was |
blamed for the sixth.'
Three persons were hurt
in the first weekend collision,
which occurred at the inter-1
section of rural road and US j
Highway 158 two miles east
of Norlina. Injured were1
William Tyrone Wilkes, 27,
of Kannapolis; William Allen
HendricCs, 31, of Rt. 2, Nash
ville; and Harry Elliott Gil
more, 39, of Burlington.
Gilmore was westbound on
US 158 when his car collided
with a vehicle driven by Ed
ward Allen White, 40, of Rt.
2, Nashville. White was-charg
ed with failure to yield right
of way by Trooper R. A.
Clark. Damage to both cars
totalled $900, Clark said.
Two separate accidents oc
curing at 7 p. m. Saturday
marked the beginning of a
series of accidents which
troopers blamed on weatherj
conditions which slickened
highway across the county.
One driver, Catherine Har-|
mon Medlin of Warrenton, re-1
ceived minor injuries when I
her car was involved in a I
one-car accident three miles j
west of Warrenton on the!
Henderson road. Trooper V. j
R. Vaughan said Mrs. Med'.in I
was alone at the time of the j
accident. No charges were |
preferred.
In the other 7 p. m. acci-j
dent, which occurred five I
miles north of Norlina, no one :
(See WRECKS, uage 8) I
Students Take Honors In Show
By L. B. HARDAGE
Assistant Agricultural Agent
The Warren County Junior j
Dairy Calf Show was held'
at the County Fairgrounds on
Wednesday, September 25 as
part of the Warren County I
Fair.
Twenty boys and girls ex
hibited 22 top dairy calves
and cows in the show. The
quality of the animals was ex-1
cellent as the placings indi
cate. All animals were judg
ed according to the Danish
system which means that ev
eryone in the show received a
blue, red or white ribbon and
a cash prize. The placings
were as follows:
Conrad Bender, blue and
also Grand Champion; Sidney
Fleming, Jr., blue and Re
serve Champion; Ronnie King,
1 blue, 1 red, and showman
ship; Ed West, 2 blues and
best fitted; Lois West, blue;
Brenda West, blue; Robert
Bender, blue; Travis White,
blue; Robert Hideout, red;
Hal Paschall, Jr., blue; Donna
Brauer, blue; George Sterling
Perkinson, blue; Coleman Per
kinson, blue; Bill Hicka, blue;
William Peiry Rooker, blue;
Marvin Rooker, blue; Allen
Myrick, red; Shirley Seaman,
blue; Roy Irvin Pelts, red;
and Anne Craft, blue.
The following are to be
thanked for making tbia show
possible; First, the boys and
girls who entered calves and
their parents who made it
possible for them to enter;
the Warren County Fair As
sociation who furnished the
prize money for the show;
? Boyd-Boyce Motor Company
for letting us use their space
to park and unload trucks
that hauled the cattle to the
show; the judges?Mr. Dave
Aohwerth of Pine State
Creamery, Oxford, and Mr.
John D. Mackie. Agricultural
Agent of the Oxford National
Grand Champion of the Warren County Junior Dairy
Calf Show is the Holstein shown by Conrad Bender,
member of the Ridgeway Community 4-.H Club (right);
Reserve Champion of Show is a Guernsey shown by
Sidney Fleming, Jr., of the Afton-Elberon-Vickaboro
Community 4-H Club (left).
the animal winning the
Holiteln shown by Ronnie King of tho Nor Una Senior
4-H Club (right). Beet fitted animal in the ahow was
HoUteln shown by Phillip Edward West of the Uttl*
ton 4-B Club (left).
Buses Not To
Enter County
The Vance County Board
of Education, faced with
court action, accepted a com
promise agreement submitted
several weeks ago by the
Warren County Board of Ed
ucation and agreed that Vance
hoses would not pick up
students in the Drewry area
of Warren County.
The Warren County Board
of Education on Tuesday or
dered that pupils previously
assigned to Middieburg school
under the compromise agree
ment be released to attend
the Middieburg school.
J. C. Stabler, superinten
dent of Vance County School,
in a letter dated Oct. 1, no
tified Supt. J. R. Peeler,
Warren School Superinten
dent, that the Vance Board
of Education had amended its
resolution calling for Vance
buses to pick up students in
Warren County.
Stabler said that parents of
the children involved had sub
mitted a resolution to the
Vance County Board of Edu
cation stating that they would
prefer to provide their' own
transportation rather than to
enter a lawsuit in regard to I
their children attending the I
Middieburg school. "There-1
fore, our -previous action . . 1
is amended to comply with I
the Warren County Board of
Education's complete resolu-j
'ion of August 5, 1963."
The resolution of August 5,
to which Stabler referred,
provided:
1. That all pupils now eiul
rolled in the Middieburg
School may continue, provided
they make application to the
Warren County Board of Edu
cation ? on the proper applica
tion forms;
2. That the Vance County
Board of Education will not
send buses into Warren
County to pick up pupils;
3. That all r.aw pupils
(Beginners and Tranfers) en
tering school in 1964-65 will
be assigned to the Norlina
School;
4. Ttfkt pupils now enrolled
in the Middieburg High
School will not be released to
attend any other high school;
in Vance County.
On Sept. 12 Supt. Peeler
received a letter from Stabler
stating that the Vance Coun
ty Board of Education had
voted to defy the wishes of
the Warren Board and that
Vance buses would pick up
students in the Drewry area
of Warren County and trans
port them to the Middieburg
school.
In a special meeting of the
Board of Education on Mon
day of last week, the mem
bers ordered that the Vance
County Board of Education be
notified that the Warren
County Board of Education
(See AGREES, page 8)
Birthday Calendar
Sale Begun Here
Sale of community birth
day calendars began here
this week with Warrenton
Lions canvassing homes in
Warrenton and surrounding
areas.
F. P. Whitley, chairman of
the birthday calendar com
mittee, said proceeds from
the sale of calendars would
be used to underwrite work
with the blind and various
Lions-sponsored community
projects.
Prior to this year the sale
of birthday calendars was a
fundraising project of War
renton Rotary Club. How
ever, this year the Rotarians
abandoned the sale of calen
dars In favor of another pro
ject, and the local Lions Club
took over the calendar sale.
Mrs. W. I. Wood Is
Appointed Chairman
Mrs. W. L. Wood hat been
appointed Department Chair
man of Radio and TV of the
American Legion Auxiliary by
Not a harvest moon, but ?
a sunset at Gaston Lake,
a recreational paradise spill
ing ?ver the northern end
of Warren County.
(Staff Photo)
Norlina Gets
Chain Store
l
Norlina's first chain grocery
began operation Monday after
stockholders of the Norlina
Supermarket signed a fran
chise agreement with the In
iependent Grocers Alliance.
Under the agreement reach
ed Monday afternoon, owner
ship of the firm will remain
n the hands of a group of
Warren County businessmen
,vho underwrite costs of con- [
structing the Norlina Super
narket in 1953.
Raby L. Traylor, president'
the supermarket, said that
le need of a chain grocery
in Norlina prompted the de
cision to josin forces with IGA,
sne of the nation's largest J
chains with more than 6,0001
stores in the United States 1
snd Canada.
No change had been plann-]
?d in the management of the
supermarket, Traylor said, but
vith the resignation of Mana
ger Johnny Hunt, IGA offic-1
als called in a new manager.
The new manager is Gerald
\dams of Havelock, who was
jndergoing a two-year train
ing program with IGA when
le was called to Norlina. He
reported to work this week.
Supermarket officials said he
vould be replaced by a perm
inent manager within the
next few months.
Traylor stressed that own
ership of the firm remained
n the same hands, but that
GA would assist in the man
igement of the store. The
supermarket, which will
change its name to IGA Sup
ermarket, will be supplied by
)uinn Wholesale Co. of War
taw.
The Norlina switch repre
(See GROCERY, page 8)
Warren Woman's (Jin
On lll-Fated Plane
. A brother of Mrs. L. A.
Fowler of Inez was one of
the 10-man crew of a C-133
Transport Plane which went
down in the Atlantic on a
flight from Dover, Del., to
lazes in the Arozes on Sept.
22. it was learned here this
week.
Mrs. Fowler's brother, Sgt.
Carl McClung, a member of
the crew, had flown with
C-124 and C-133 all over the
world. With 18 year* of aer
vice. he would have retired
in two years. A tail gunner
in World War II, he flew 30
missions over Germany.
Sgt McClung was a resi
dent of Dover, Delaware. He
is survived by his wife and
two childraa.
Bona Vote Is
Almost Solid
178 Vote
For Issue,
3 Against
One hundred and eighty
one voters went to the polls
Tuesday and cast an almost
unanimous vote for a bond
issue to raise funds for the
construction of a sewage!
treatment and disposal plant
here. The vote was 178 for
and 3 against. There were
no spoiled ballots.
The approved bond issue
provided SI 10,000 to be added
to a $97,000 grant from the
federal government.
Lack of opposition to the
bond issue is believed to
have been responsibt?~1Jor the
light vote. The fiftf votes
cast Tuesday compared with
265 votes cast in the town
election in May.
Mayor W. A. Miles yester-t
day expressed his gratifica
tion for the support given the
bond issue by thp voters, lie
said the vote was not unex
pected but gratifying.
Mayor Miles said the engi
neers said that they hoped to
have specification ready for!
a call for bids within the
next two. or three weeks. He
said that he expects that con
struction on the plant should I
start around Dec. 1.
New Motel Owners
! Plan Open House
Sunday Afternoon
Owners of a new motel and
restaurant two miles north of
here will open their doors
to the public inspection Sun
day afternoon during an open
house.
Hundreds of persons are
expected to attend the open j
house at the Warren Plaza |
Inn. a public lodging and
dining facility opened this
week by Mr. and Mrs. I. M.
Clark.
Located on the Warrenton
.Macon Highway, the 16-unit
motel and restaurant began
| operation on Wednesday after
i noon.
Refreshments and favors
will be given those attending
Sunday's oDen house?slated j
to be held from 2 p. m. until |
5 p. m. In addition a tour of I
the new motel will be offered
visitors.
Construction of the motel
began several months ago,
and neared completion this
week. Still to be constructed
are a swimming pool and
concrete approaches.
The motel features tele
phones and televisions in each
room, wall-to-wall carpeting
throughout, and is heated and
cooled electrically.
Agriculture Dept. To
Aid Warren Body
WASHINGTON ? The De
partment of Agriculture Wed
nesday announced- signing a
cooperative agreement with
the newly organized Warren
Soil and Water Conservation
District of North Carolina
with headquarters in Warren
ton.
Under the agreement USDA
will lend its assistance in soil
and water conservation, water
shed protection, flood preven
tion, farm forestry and rural
areas development.
Warren District was former
ly a part of the Fishing
Creek Soil and Water Con
servation District.
Mamliata of the governing
body are William H. Bender
of Norlina, chairman; Pettway
B. Boyd, secretary, and Albert
S. Bugg, both of Warren ton;
Walter S. Smiley ol Macon
and William B. Ellington of
Fishing is a growing sport in Warren County with
the daily visits of hundreds of anglers to Gaston Lake
in search of both bream and bass. (Staff Photo)
Full-Scale Search For
Convict Is Called Off
A full-scale search for a
Negro convict who fled a
road gang in southern War
ren County Monday was call
ed off Tuesday afternoon by
officials of the Warren Coun
ty prison camp.
Some 15 prison guards' and
officers began the search
about 4 p. m. Monday when
Charles Wilkins, 27, escaped
into a densely wooded area
two miles north of Areola.
Bloodhounds were called to
the scene but lost the prison
er's trail several miles away.
Capt. R C. Holt, superin
tendent of the local prison
camp, said prisoners were
clearing trees and vegetation
from along a school bus route
when Wilkins made his break.
A guard fired at the prison
er as Wilkins entered a thick
ly wooded area, but Wilkins
continued to flee. "The guard
had little chance of hitting
the man," Captain Holt said.
Wilkins, who was sentenced
in Martin County to a road
term for assault of a female
last year, has a record of
previous escapes. He manag
ed to elude bloodhounds for
"fi?e or six hours," Captain
Holt said, but was later track
ed in the direction of the
Halifax County line.
Sometime after 9 p. m.
Monday a store in the Hali
fax County community of
Brinkleyville was entered and
a shotgun, shells, clothing
and cigarettes were taken.
Prison officials have not been
able to link Wilkins with the
burglary, although there was
speculation that he may have
been in the vicinity at the
time of the break-in.
Reckless Driving Is
Costly For Motorist
Eleven of the ^thirteen case:
tried in Warren County Re
corder's Court last Frida;
were concerned with viola
tions of the motor vehicli
laws and one of these provec
very expensive to the defend
ant as he was required 11
make restitution for damage:
inflicted
Philip Thomas Jones was
found guilty of reckless driv
ing and was sentenced to th?
roads for 80 days. The sen
tence was suspended for twc
years upon condition that the
defendant pay into the offie<
of the Clerk of Superioi
Court Friday the cost of th<
action, and the sum of $40.0C
for the use of John Edwarc
Clark (to be paid to his moth
er, Thelma Clark), and $25.0(
for the use of Bessie Lot
Jones; and pay into the of
fice of the Clerk of Superioi
Court on Nov. 15 the sum o(
115.00 for the use of Warren
General Hospital bill of John
Edward Clark and $50 for use
of Warren General Hospital
for hospital bill of.
)y Dr. W. L. Davis of
Loa Jones; and pay into the
office of the Clark of Super
ior Court by April 15, 1964,
the sum of $100 for the use
of Dr. Lemuel Baker of Duke
Hospital, and the further turn
of $50.00 for the use of Duke
Hospital.
Robert Watkins, charged
with reckless driving, was
found not guilty.
Theodore Carter, found
guilty of operating a motor
vehicle without an operator's
license, was fined $25 and tax
ed with court costs.
Mac Arthur Terry, charged
with reckless driving, was
found not guilty.
Ralph W. Lowe was found
guilty of operating a
vehicle without an
license and with drunk driv
ing. He was orded to pay *
$125 fine and court easts.
Carrie Bell Alston,
with operating a
hicle without an
license, was found
JHM
with cm
guilty to a charge of
tag.
Will R.
to a charge ?f