v VOLUME ?7 10c Per Copy Subscription Price *3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OP WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1963 NUMBER
The Faces Of Young Artists
Validity Of Tucker Will
To Be Decided By Jury
Cousins Seek
Court Relief
A jury is expected to de
cide next week whether the
will of an 81 year-old Warren
County woman, Mrs. Mattie
L. Tucker, was written under
"duress and undue and im
proper influence."
The case in which five
cousins of Mrs. Tucker will'
seek to have the court set |
aside the provisions of the
contested will is' Scheduled to
be heard on Wednesday dur
ing the October civil term of
Warren County Superior
Court.
Mrs. Tucker's cousins, none
residents of Warren County,
' filed a protest on March 28,
1963, contending that the
Tucker estate, of considerable
value, was bequeathed two
Warren County women by
reason of Mrs. Tucker's "old
? age, disease, and both mental
and physical weakness and
infirmity." Mrs. Tucker's will
was signed on February 18,
1963, two weeks before her
de^th.
The two women named as
heirs in the will are Mrs.
Sadie Bolton Thompson and
her daughter, Mrs. Grace'
Thompson Young. The two,
as propounders in the case,
will be represented by the
law firm of Banzet & Banzet.
Caveators, or those con
testing the will, will' be re
presented by Warrenton at
torney John H. Kerr, Jr. and
and the firm of Maupin, Tay
lor and Ellis.
Contesting the will arc
John Morris Tucker of Dur
ham, Mary Scott Craver of
Yadkin County, and John
Pryor Tucker, Betty Jean
Tucker Morris and Barbara
Tucker Knight, all of Nor
folk, Va.
The October term will be
gin Monday morning with
Judge Hamilton Hobgood of
Louisburg presiding. A dozen
cases-including four divorce
actions-have been placed on
the trial docket. Two cases,
Dr. S. H. Massey. vs. Robert
Champion, and Creative
Homes Corp. vs. Carl Joyncr,
are on the motion docket.
Cues scheduled for Mon
day are Elnora Rod well Hen
"" drick* vs. Matthew Hendricks.
(See WILL, pace 4)
TO IMPROVE EDUCATION HERE
I
| Education Board
Would Like Aid
Members of the Warren
County Board of Education
Monday night moved to have
Warren County -included
among a number of Tar Heel [
counties expected to receive
assistance during a five-year,
$14 million assault on igno
rance and poverty in some
North Carolina depressed
areas.
Board members requested
that school officials look into I
the possibility of having War-1
ren County receive a portion I
of the funds, which Gov. Ter-1
ry Sanford has said would be !
?pant lit "an effort to break)
the "cycle of poverty."
Fifth Annual Cullom
Association Session
Begins Wednesday
The Cullom Baptist Associ
ation will begin its fifth an
nual session Wednesday at
the Littleton Baptist Church
with the prqgram beginning
at 4 P. M. and continuing j
until 9:00 p. m. Supper will
be served by the host chuiert.
Special features of the first
of the two-day meet include
a sermon by the Bev. J. M.
Long, and musical concert by
the Chowan College Choir at
8:45. Other speakers for the
day will include Dr. Carl I
English, associational mission
ary, and Dr. Roger Crook of
Meredith College. The leader
and speaker for the worship
services at the beginning of
all sessions will be the Rev.
John R. Link.
The Thursday session will
meet with the New Sandy
Creek Baptist Church with
the sessions beginning at 10
a. m. and closing at 3:15 p.
m. Lunch will be served at
12:30 p. m. The serqion will
bo preached by the Rev. W.
H. Puckett. Representatives
from the various institutions
of the denomination will be
featured speaker* fo* the day.
The five-year attack will be
financed mainly by private
funds, including a $7 million
grant from the Ford Founda
tion. Funds will be handled
by the North Carolina Fund,
Inc., a nonprofit group set up
in July. The program calls
for:
?Local programs beefing
up educational, social services,
and economic opportunities in
"disadvantaged" neigh
borhoods.
?A $4 million program, ad
ministered by the State De
parment of Public Instruction,
designed to experiment with
new methods of teaching,
reading, writing and math in
the first three grades. This
program will be financed by
$2 million of the Ford grant
and a matching amount in
governmental funds.
In announcing the Ford
grant last month, Governor
Sanford pointed to statistics
showing that more than half
the children who enter Tar
Heel schools never graduate,
and that the State has nearly
700,000 "functional illiter
ates." George Esser, full-time
director of the fund, said the
idea would be to underwrite
programs of action, instead of
concentration on research.
Warren Board Member S.
H. Massey suggested Monday
night that the Warren Board
of Education go on record
as requesting assistance from
the fund, and board members
agreed to ask Supt. J. -R.
Peeler to forward a resolu
tion to that effect to fund
administrators. Peeler, who
told members that Esser had
promised to send him infor
mation concerning the fund,
said that if Warren County
could qualify for participa
tion, the resolution would be
sent.
Board members also receiv
ed welcomed news Monday
night from several building
projects underway in the
county. Peeler said that fair
fall weather lad been re
(See FUND, page 4)
Familiar Subjects
Painting and drawing are
as familiar as the three R's
for scores of elementary
school children in Warren
County. Above, students in
Mrs. Alton Pridgen's sec
ond grade at the Mariam
Boyd Elementary School
here reflect the thought
and energy which goes into
a work of art.
Growers May
Use Program
Warren wheat growers can
use the 1964 feed grain pro
gram?to?help?maintain in.
come from 1964-crop wheat
while continuing progress in
I meeting the program's ob
jectives, T. E. Watson, office
manager for the Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
County Committee, announc
ed this week.
Many wheat growers also
produce feed grains, Watson
pointed out, and by diverting
acreage under the feed grain
program, such growers could
receive both diversion and
price-support payments, thus
offsetting a possible loss of
income from the 1964 wheat
crop. Producers who . divert
40 percent or more of their
farm's feed grain base will be
eligible for the maximum rate
of payment under the prog
ram.
The feed grain program
provision with regard to main
taining a farm's normal acre
age in conserving use also
may be instrumental in help
ing hold down*""wheat plant
ings. It will mean that any
planting of wheat in excess
of the farm wheat allotment
on a complying feed grain
farm would have to be at the
expense of some other soil
depleting crop.
Eats Cake Cap
Teacher Jon Burwell prom
ised his pupils he would eat
his hat on the courthouse
square here if the Dodgers
won four straight games in
the World Series.
Last week he made good
on his promise, much to the
screaming delight of scores of
students who gathered on the
square after learning that the
faculty' member was going to
keep his word.
Burwell fulfilled his prom
ise late Thursday as he con
sumed his hat on the steps
of the Warren County Court
house. Students discoverd
after the first bite that Bur
well's hat was a cake baked!
in the abape of a derby.
Hotel Here Gets Another
Lease On Life From Town
New District 14 Officers Are
Elected Durmg Federation Meet
By RUTH MINCHER
LITTLETON?Officers for
1964-66 were elected for Dis
trict 14, North Carolina Fed
erated Women's Clubs, when
the Littleton Woman's Club
entertained the district club
women here Tuesday. The
meeting was held in the Lit
tleton Methodist Church with
Mrs. W. T. Skinner. Ill, retir
ing president, presiding.
Mrs. J. W. Weathers, Jr., of
Youngsville will lead the
groyp as president for the
next two years."" Serving "with
her will be Mrs. W. W. Wicks
of Roanoke Rapids, vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Stephen Daniel of
Norlina, junior director, and
Mrs. R. B. Butler of Warren
ton as treasurer.
The slate of officers was
announced by Mrs. L. A. Den
ton of Roanoke Rapids, chair
man of the nominating com
mittee. Also on Mrs. Den
ton's committee were Mrs.
Leigh Traylor of Norlina and
Mrs. B. B. Everette of
Palmyra.
Named for the state nom
inating committee at this
meeting were Miss Mary Shot
well of Oxford and Mrs. W.
W. Wicks of Roanoke Rapids,
junior representative.
Mrs. James T. Clark led
the Pledge of Allegiance to
the Flag and later sang "He
Smiled On Me," by O'Hara,
accompanied by Mrs. Marvin
Newsom, organist. The as
sembly sang the Clubwoman's
Hymn, also with Mrs. Newsom
as accompanist.
Mrs. W. W. Johnston, pres
ident of the Littleton Club,
gave the welcome and Miss
Elizabeth Harris, president of
the Seaboard Woman's Club,
gave the response.
Distinguished guests and
pages, state and district chair
man and past presidents and
"Mrs. North Carolina"?Mrs.
Leigh Traylor, were recog
nized.
The roll was called by Mrs.
Fred West, secretary.
Mrs. A. G. Hutton, third
vice president NCFWC, of
Wilmington, was presented by
Mrs. Wicks. Mrs. Hutton
spoke on "Our Growing Re
sponsibilities."
Mrs. James M. Harper, Jr.,
of Southport, outgoing state
president, was introduced by
Mrs. Richard Whitfield, vice
president. Mrs. Harper's ad
dress was entitled "Let Us
Take Time."
A luncheon was served at
the Community Building. The
tables were covered with
white linen damask cloths
and arrangements of red py
racantha berries and minia
ture ivy were used at points
on each table. On the pres
idents' table was a massive
arrangement of fruit, berries
and small pumpkins.
| Mrs. Harper presented 100
per cent certificates to Frank
linton, Henderson, Jackson,
Littleton, Macon Community<
Club, Norlina Literature and'
| Music Club, Norlina Woman's
Club, Oxford Intermediate
Club, Oxford Woman's Club,
Roanoke Rapids Woman's
Club, Scotland Neck Woman's
| Club, Seaboard, Warrenton
[and Youngsville.
j Mrs. Hutton presented 100
I per cent Junior Club certifi
cates to Butner, Henderson,
! Louisburg, Norlina. Oxford,
Roanoke Rapids and Weldon.
Mrs. Melton Synder gave
the Scrapbook report. She
1 (See WOMEN, page 4)
Lease Goes
To Kimball
Defendant Draws Term
In Four Liquor Cases
Four violations of liquor
laws "brought four 18-month
road sentences for a Warren
County man in" Warren Re
corder's Court last Friday.
Lonnie Taylor, who pled
not guilty to all four counts
against him, was ordered by
Judge Julius Banzet to serve
the terms concurrently. Tay
lor was charged with posses
sion, passession of materials
and equipment to manufac
ture illegal whiskey, posses
sion of non-taxpaid alcoholic!
beverages ,and manufacture of
non-taxpaid whiskey.
The four cases against Tay
lor were among 20 cases dis
posed of during Friday's ses
sion. Three of the cases
were remanded to justices of
the peace for hearings. These
included Thomas Robinson,
non-support and trespass;
Clementine Robinson, assault
with intent to kill; and Clar
ence Edward Young, impropei
brakes;
An 18-year-old Warrentor
boy, Charles Moseley, was or
dered to appear at the Jan
uary term of Warren Counts
Superior Court to answer t<
charges of breaking and enter
entering. His appearand
bond was set at $100.
In other cases disposed ol
Friday, the following actior
was taken:
Stewart Kenneth Sutton
non-support, not guilty ol
failure to provide support foi
Stewart Kenneth Powell
guilty of willfully failing anc
refusing to support Evelyr
Marie Powell. He was giver
a 60-day road sentence sus
pended five years upon con
dition that he pay $17 bi
weekly for the support o1
Evelyn Marie Powell and paj
the costs of court.
(See COUKT, Me 4)
doomed to?
bp closed by action of the
board of town commissioners
on Monday night, was given a
new lease on life on Tuesday
afternoon when the commis
sioners agreed to negotiate a
new lease.
A. C. Fair, chairman of
the Hotel Committee and also
chairman of the Warren Hotel
Corpoi ation, told the commis
sioners at their regular ses
sion Monday night that the
Hotel Corporation was sur- .
i rendering its lease, effective
i Tuesday. The commissioners,
; in compliance with an order
j issued several months ago, to
close the hotel when the Ho
| tel. Corporation surrended its
lease, said the hotel would be
closed Wednesday. They in
structed Fair to take neces
sary steps to close the hotel
after draining water pipes
and taking other necessary ac
tion for protecting the town's
property in the hotel.
Fair, who told the commis
sioners Monday night that he
had exhausted every possibil
ity of keeping the hotel in
operation, was informed Tues
day morning that Maurice
Kimball of Manson. who has
been connected with the ho
tel's operation for several
years, desired to lease the
hotel. He contacted the com
missioners and on Tuesday af
ternoon they agreed to leaee
the hotel to Kimball.
While Hotel Warren, whose
operation has proven a head
ache to town commissioners
for many years, has com*
close at times to being clos
ed, this week's escape was
the narrowest it has had in
its more than 40 years of
operation. The commission
ers had decided to close the
hotel some four years ago,
when a group of interested
citizens formed the Warren
Hotel Corporation to keep the
i Jtel in operation, and put
much effort and considerable
money into the venture. Fair
said Monday night that they
(See HOTEL, HI* ?)
No Warren School Would Meet New Accreditation Standar
Today, white and Negro
high schools throughout this
county are accredited. In two
years, such man not be the
cat4. Areas in which Warren
schools would fail to meet
state requirements will be
pinpointed during a series of
five articles dialing with
high school accreditation Tn
Warren County. The first 4*
* the series, a survey in defi
ciencies at Warrenton's John
p Graham High School follows.
By HOWAKD JONES
Warren County's aehooU
lagging behind in a
h?? jut
Two yen from now, five
ficials admit, not a single
white o* Negro high school
in the county would pan tlx
teat if new accrediatiot
standards were need.
Currently caught sprinting
toward ? goal of better phy
sical facilities for thousand)
of children. Warren School
officials now find themselves
facing the unpleasant pro*
pect of having to ran in twe
directions at the same time
One d fraction lead* towards
credatioo standards. The
direction leads to iaa
curriculum.
m Both
be reached by IMS.
ad in effect Both tab*
b?t .
modity as far at school of
ficials are concerned.
Schoolmen covet accredi
tation with the same gusto
that misers eye money. It's
? sign of a Job well done,
it's a symbol that their
schools, if not perfect in
every respect, at least
an over-all up-to-per rati
Warren School Supt. Rbger
candidly:
TPs like walking into a
sanitation rating. The food
may be Just aa good, bat
somehow yoa dont want ta
eat there aa much."
Peeler says the same ia
true aC the aehools. Without
a school auy
gtf a child a
a
' *?
ta some iihub wearing the
First In A Series: John Graham High
Itpi ot thOM
Setting the Job done, a loss
of accreditation could mean
more than a Ion of prestige,
as J. Comer Griffin, assist
ant school superintendant
here. Is quick to point out:
"Losing accreditation could
mean, in futon years, that
Jumdxada?of?Wiihii?high
school graduates would bo
aide and out. What he hat
found leaves much to be de
sired. He describes many of
the areas where Warren
schools fall down at "crucial"
areas. He has painted a pic
ture for Warren Board of Ed
ucation members which shows
? *i
eauca
school patrons are
going to have to cram and
spend, study and sacrifice, if
Warren's schools are going to
pass the accreditation test
Monday night, before Board
of Education members, Grif
fin admitted that smal';
ware going to be hit
to<
to
Tim
of schooUng, present (light
encouragement for Kbool of
ficials. But there are
aging signs Griffin
that few deficiencies in
organisation and
varied, but no
has not, as Griffin ten
the bo*r in
are to bo