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Defendant
Appeals
Road Term
One of two defendants
drawing road terms in the
Friday session of Warren
County Recorder's Court ap
pealed a 60-day sentence im
posed by Judge Julius Banzet.'
George Suitt, who entered
a plea* of guilty to a charge
of non-support, appealed his
case to Superior Court after
hearing sentence. His ap
pearance bond was set at
$100.
The other defendant who
drew an active sentence Fri
day was Lawrence Moss, who
pled guilty to a charge of as
sault. Moss was also given
a 60-day sentence.
Other cases disposed of dur
ing Friday's session included^
Claude Jones, non-support,
six-month sentence suspended
five years upon condition he
pay into the office of the
Superintendent of Public Wel
fare each Friday the sum of
S25 for support of his wife
and two minor children until
further orders of the court.
William Bailey Overby,
found guilty of drunk driving,
was fined $100 and taxed with
court costs.
James Leonard Pierce, I
charged with allowing an un-1
licensed person to operate a,
motor vehicle and with allow- j
ing a person under the influ-1
ence of alcohol to operate a I
motor vehicle failed to appear |
in court. The court declared |
his bond forfeited, and his
bondsman. A. O. Kearney, had
to pay $250 as forfeited bail
in the case.
Hoover Webb was fined
$100 and ordered to pay court
costs when he was found
guilty of a drunk driving,
charge.
Cases against William
Meadows, charged with as-1
sault, and Mary Davis, charg-!
ed with assault Inflicting .ser-i
ious bodily injury, were nol|
piossed with leave.
William Reuben Perry,
charged with drunk driving!
and with operating a car with
an improper muffler, was
found guilty. The court or
dered the defendant to pay [
court costs and a $100 fine. ,
Clementine Robinson, charg
ed with assault, was found
not guilty.
Minnie West Newell was
fined $100 and ordered to
pay court costs when she was
found guilty of drunk driving.
Thomas Robinson, charged
with non-support, was found
not guilty.
Speeding cases included:
Johnnie David Robbins, costs;
George Elbert Lamb, costs;
Jimmy Thomas Graham, $10
and costs; Thompson Russell
Poston, $10.00 and costs; Jack
Tcdford Satterwhite, costs;
Wilson Lynch, costs.
! nci; of rainfall in recent weeks has
caused waters of Kerr Lake to drop to
the lowest level in seven years. Water
level at the huge lake, which covers the
northwestern tip of Warren County, was
reported at 284.5 feet during the past
weekend. Lowest point recorded in the
lake's ten-year history was 280.5 feet in
1956. At Satterwhite Point in Vance
County, shown above, boats have been re
moved to await rising waters. During
the drought work is in progress to up
root and burn hundreds of stumps found
below the normal water line.
(Staff Photo)
Plant Major
Accreditation Hurdle
Warren school officials must
clear a major hurdle at the
-cotmtyV-largest?high school
during their two-year race to
retain accreditation of five
county higji schools.
At John R Hawkins High
School, where almost 700
Negro high school students
arc enrolled, pupils still
study beside pot-bellied stoves.
Hundreds of students attend
class in a two-story brick
structure which would not
meet minimum building code
requirements when accredita
tion standards are placed fn
effect two years from now.
This brick building could
well be the largest obstacle
blocking the path toward con
tinued accreditation. Certain
ly, local educators say, it
will hp the most expensive
obstacle to remove.
The main high school build
ing, with its uneven heating
and lack of library space, and
an outdated vocational build
ing do not lend encourage
ment to school officials who
must meet the new accredi
tation standards prepared by
the State Department of Pub
lic Instruction.
But on the brighter side,
school . officials see a new
trades shop, an adequate gym
nasium and a comparatively
modern elementary school
lessening their problem of
removing deficiencies at Haw
kins. Although students who
overflow the elementary
school are currently housed
in mobile classrooms, school
men will probably focus main
ly on the high school build
ings during the next two
i years.
I However, not all deficien
cies at Hawkins are physical
shortcomings, as Assistant
Supt. J. Comer Griffin learn
ed during a visit to Hawkins.
Griffin began last month
to study school deficiencies
throughout Warren County in
Jan effort to determine how
'much work and money would
I be needed to up-date War
ren's schools.
Among the new standards
causing the most concern at
Hawkins are:
? ?The school organiiation
provides for a teaching load of
no more than one hundred
fifty pupil periods per teacher
per day in academic courses
and a pupil-teacher ratio of
not more than 28 to 1.
At Hawkins there are five
teachers with mere than ??
pupil periods per day; how
ever, there are none above
153. The pnpO-teaeher ratio
la S3 to ?
?Clans groups not in ex
of thirty-five pupils Jn
IfpdfThV* TSOO.
?Qualified guidance coun
selor on the basis of one hour
of counselor time for each
100 students, or major frac
tion thereof, in enrollment.
To naeet this ?'
Efforts to hire a
-The ochooi has developed
for each aubject la Ita w
objectives are
Mrs. Haithcock Is
Representing 15th
District HD Clubs
Mrs. C. M. Haithcock, mem
ber of the Churchill Home
Demonstration Club, and
chairman of the 15th district
Home Demonstration Cluba,
is representing the district at
the National Home Demon
stration Council Meeting in
Little. Rock, Arkansas, this
week She is one of 35 North
Carolina home demonstration
club women attending the
meeting.
The 15th district is compos
ed of clubs in Franklin, Gran
ville, Vance and Warren
counties.
The North Carolina delega
tion traveled to Little Rode
by chartered bus, leaving Fri
day. Sept 15. and will refan-n
Sunday, Oct 27. The meet
ing in Little Rock opened
Sunday, Oct. 20, with a re
ception at the Marion Hotel.
Outstanding speakers ap
pearing on the program dur
ing the week were John Trier
Caldwell, Chancellor N. C.
State, UNC, Raleigh; Dale
Cowling,
tist Church, Little
' ?
William Mbright; and Dr.
Second In A Series: John R. Hawkins
r?r
stated; in which scope and se
quence of instruction content
are clearly delineated; and in
which available instructional
equipment, materials, and sup
porting services are listed.
The faculty at Hawking has
done some work in this area,
but at present we , do not have
such an outline for any sub
ject. (
?The school keeps up-to-j
date in the acquisition and use
of State-adopted textbooks,
teachers' guides and supple
mentary materials in all areas
of instruction.
Hawkins is deficient in
supplementary materials; how
ever, textbooks and teachers'
guides are very up-to-date.
?The school library is a
resource center used as an
extension of the classroom.
The Hawkins library facili
ties are inadequate in avail
able space, library service,
books and work area. This
problem is compounded In
that the library must be used
for classroom instruction in
English during four periods of
the day.
?Librarians and guidance
personnel hold Class A or
Graduate Certificates in their
respective fields.
There is no guidance coun
selor at Hawkins. Guidance
U left to the classroom teach
er during study hall and
homeroom period.
?The school has a basic
collection of appropriate and
uaable supplementary books
and the collection contains
titles in all subject areas to
accomodate the total instruc
tional program.
Hawkins High School has a
of S? supplementary
??
books for all subjects. The
suggested average of 6 per
pupil would require an addi
tional 4,128 supplementary
books.
?The collection is varied
to permit selectivity in read
ing and interest levels in ac
cordance with the differing
abilities and needs of individ
ual pupils.
The collection is not suf
ficiently varied in interest
and ability levels to ade
quately provide for individual
differences.
?The central library has a
balanced collection, averaging
as a minimum, eight volumes
per pupil and including a
basic collection of 3,000 titles
properly catalogued and
shelved.
Hawkins does not have the
basic collection of 3,000 vol
umes. There are 1799 books
In the library. To meet the
recommendation of 8 books
per student, an additional
3305 books would be needed.
The central library has a
basic collection of recordings,
films, filmstrips and slides, all
properly catalogued.
The Hawkins collection Is
Inadequate in scope and con
tent; however, the school Is
served from the county film
library.
?The central library sub
scribes to magazines for pu
pil and professional staff use
?thirty magazines suitable
for the high school grades,
where the enrollment is over
800.
Hawkins has 17 magazine
subscriptions for pupil nso.
?The central library has a
basic collection of up-to-date
(8ee SCHOOLS, page 4)
Local Man
Given Sum
For Timber
A Warrenton man was
iwarded double indemnity in
Warren County Superior
i'ourt this week in a suit con
cerned with the unauthorized
cutting and removal of tim
jer from his land.
A jury said that W. F. Als
:on was entitled to recover,
:he sum of $463.35 in dam-1
sges from Archie W. Rozier
ind Eugene S. Teiser, trad
ng as Home Building Supply
Jo., a partnership. They
?vere charged with the unau
thorized cutting and removal
)f timber from lands of Als
ton. Under the law, in a
:imber cutting case, the plain
tiff is entitled to recover
double?the?amount?of dam
sges awarded. Alston will re
cover the sum of $926.70.
The civil term of Superior
Court opened on Monday
morning with Judge Hamilton
Hobgood of Louisburg presid
ing. Principal interest in the
term centered on the Tucker
Will Case, which is still being
tried. Other cases disposed
of at the term include:
Four absolute divorces were
granted on the grounds of j
two years separation. Receiv
ing divorces were Eleanor
Rodwell Hendricks from Mat
thew Hendricks; John A. Hol
loday from Ruth Alexander
Holloday; Elizabeth K. Hayes
from Edward Hayes; and
Gracie King Gooch from Ar
thur Willis Gooch.
In the case of Dr. S. H.
Massey vs. Robert Champion
and wife, Etta Champion, the
court ruled that the Magis
trate's judgment in the
amount of' $90.25 become
final.
The case of Barbara V. Col
lidge vs. W. L. Long was con
tinued.
A motion for non-suit was
allowed in the case of Ben
jamin F. ' HendersOh ~vs.
Claude Coleman Bolton and
J. Earlie Johnson, trading as
Johnson Auto Sales & Ser
vice.
The cases of Charles Adler
vs. Haywood Montague et als.,
and Harry Lawrence vs. Hay
wood Montague, Neomi John
son et als, were continued.
Warrenton Merchant
Is Slightly Injured
A Warrenton merchant es
caped serious injury early last
Friday morning when his car
ran out of control on a rural
paved road and overturned 10
miles south of here.
Alvin Delbridge Mustian,
26. manager of a local cloth
ing firm, sustained a lacera
tion of the head and other
minor injuries in the 12:45
a. m. accident. He was taken
to Warren General Hospital
for treatment and released
the same day.
Hospitalized as a result of
the wreck was Henry Powell,
18-year-old Negro of Rt. 3.
Warrenton. Powell received
bead injuries in the wreck.
Troop W. E. Brown said
Mustian's vehicle travelled
mo j than 000 feet down the
right shoulder of the road
before crossing the highway
ind jumping a ditch. He said
the car overturned "at least
anee" before coming to rest
some 168 feet from the ditch.
Brown charged Mustian with
reckless driving.
Tucker Will Case
Enters Second Day
Case Could
Continue
Next Week
MISS SYLVIA DAVIS
Warrenton Girl Crowned
VES Homecoming Queen
Miss Sylvia Davis, senior at
John Graham High School,
was crowned Homecoming
Queen at Virginia Episcopal
School, Lynchburg, Va., on
Saturday, Oct. 19. Among the
weekend festivities was a buf
fet lawn dinner prior to the
homecoming game with Nor
folk Academy, which VES
won 23-0.
Miss Davis was crowned
during intermission at a semi
formal dinner dance on Sat
urday night. She was escort
ed by George Harvin of Hen
derson. On this same occa
sion Archibald Hicks of Ox
ford was awarded a trophy
for being the most outstand
ing player in the homecoming
game.
Miss Davis accompanied Mr.
John Graham Pupils
Will Collect Funds
John Graham High Schools'
fourth, fifth and sixth grades
will collect funds for the
UNICEF on Hallowe'en
night, instead of participating
in the usual trick or treat ac
tivities.
UNICEF is sponsored by
the United Nations with funds
raised being used to provide
food and medicine for under
privileged children all over
the world. The public is ask
ed to contribute.
and Mrs. L. H. Harvin of
Henderson and Miss Jean
Dore of Henderson, guest of
Archibald Hicks, to homecom
ing weekend at VES. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert M. Davis.
Hundley And Davis
Named On Committee
Sheriff Jim Hundley and
R. M. Davis, rural mail car
rier of Warrenton, have been
named to the committee of j
the Warren County Program
on Alcoholism, the Rev A.
T. Ayscue, Baptist minister |
of Wise and chairman of the I
committee, announced thisj
week.
The recently organized pro !
gram, to be financed by the j
Warren County ABC Board,
has a number of objectives. |
Ayscue said. Among these i
he listed:
1. To help provide drinkers
and non-drinkers with ob
jectives, factual knowledge.
about beverage alcohol.
2. To help provide users of j
beverage alcohol with a know
ledge of the progressive j
symptoms of problem drink
ing and alcoholism.
3. To help the general pub
lic gain a true understanding
of the alcoholic and alcohol
ism as a treatable, prevent
able illness.
4. To help acquaint the
public with existing treat
ment facilities.
5. Along with allied agen
cies, to help stimulate an in
creased interest in improved
mental health and ways of
achieving a higher level of
emotional health.
6. To aid those profession
ally concerned with the alco
7. To aid families and in
dividuals affected by alco
holism or problem drinking.
9. To refer those in need
if special treatment to proper
agencies or Institutions.
9. Ultimate objectives; the
reduction and prevention of
alcoholism.
Ayscue said these objec
tives will be purLjed,
?Kh
A large number of witnes
ses were being called to testi
fy Thursday as the Mattie
Tucker Will Case entered
its second day of hearing.
Court officials say Ffie trial?
could continue until next
week.
A jury is to decide whether
the will of 81-year old Mrs.
Mattie I,. Tucker, was written
under "duress and improper
influence."
The case in which five
cousins of Mrs. Tucker are
seeking to have the court
set aside the provisions of
tbe-eontested will was docket-?
ed for trial Wednesday. All
of Wednesday morning was
taken up with the selection
of a jury, and on Wednesday
afternoon, the first witnesses
for the defense testified.
Selected as jurors for the
case were Edward R. Munn,
H. J. Edmonds, Reuben Palm
er, O. I, Hayes, Sr., Mrs.
Carrie H. Davis, A. E. Perk
inson, Orange Epps and Guy
Overby
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 in
firmity." Mrs. Tucker's will
was signed on February 18,
1963, two weeks before her
; death.
In her will Mrs. Tucker
said, "After the payment of
my just debts, funeral ex
penses, costs of administration
and inheritance tax, I give,
devise and bequeath one-half
(%) of my net estate, real
and personal, to mv friend,
Mrs. Sadie Bolton Thompson,
and the other one-half (%)
to her daughter, Grace Thomp
son Young."
The will, naming Julius
Banzet as executor, was wit
nessed by Sheriff Jim H.
Hundley, County Auditor A.
P. Rodwell, Jr., and Mrs.
Roberta W. King, an employee
in the auditor's office.
Contesting the will are
John Morris Tucker of Dur
ham. Mary Scott Craver of
Yadkin County, and JHWt
Pryor Tucker, Betty Jean
Tucker Morris, and Barbara
Tucker Knight, aU of Norfolk.
Va. They are being repre
sented by John Kerr, Warren
ton attorney, and W. W. Tay
lor, Jr., of the firm of
Maupin, Taylor, and Ellis of
Raleigh. >
Mrs. Thompson and Mrs.
Bolton are being represented
by the law firm of Banset A
Banzet of Warrenton, and
Howard Manning of Raleigh.
Students in Mrs. Milton
new look for a ism
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Quiet Day Service
Planned Monday
A Quiet Day Service
be held by the Won
Society of Christian I
of W iley Memorial Me
Church next Monday,
is a part of the H
Prayer and Self Denla
held Oct. 38-31.
The
Aberdeen,
retary of the
of the '
Christian
it 10.10
hy 1:30 p.
to