Published Every Friday By The Record Printing Gompany B1GNALL JONES. Editor ? DUKE JONES. Business Manager Member North Carolina Press Association ENTERED AS SECONDCLASS MATTER AT THE POST OFFICE IN WARRENTON. NORTH CAROLINA, UNDER THE LAWS OF CONGRESS "Second Cists Postage Paid At Warrenton, N. C." SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year. $8.00; Six Months. $1.50 Welfare Essential It ia understandable how a people hard pressed for money and con stantly faced with rising taxes might look askance at expenditures for public welfare and for other social services. But at the same time it might be well for people to understand that the welfare concept is a part of our way of life and that public welfare _ could not be well abolished even if there were no moral obligation for the strong to help the weak. Welfare aid not only helps the needy, but without it we would have a police problem prob ably beyond our power to handle. A normal man or woman will turn to crime before he or she would be willing to see their children starve. Most of us, fortunately, seldom find ourselves at our wits end with nowhere to turn. Most of those who pay any substantial amount of taxes have the resources or the skills to make it most unlikely that they will find themselves on the welfare rolls. But there are hundreds of Warren citizens, many sick, many with large families, without marketable skills to provide for minimum standards of living. These can not turn to rel atives, they can not turn to the Forgotten Athlete (Dunkin (Ho.) Democrat The American society has devised all kinds of awards, honors and trophies for distinguished physical feats. Thus we name not only a Most Valuable Player for baseball, but also give awards for the most valuable players in the an nual Pamiscot-Dunlin football classic. There has hardly been a week gone by this summer that StanMfosfal hasn't re ceived some kind of an award or trophy for his long tenure with the Cardinals. They're even planning to erect a statue for him. But when it comes to sheer physical en durance, fitness and athletic stamina, Americans seem to be overlooking one very deserving athlete. That's the poor American father who takes an extended vacation in an un-air conditioned car with children under the age of three. Now that's real fortitude. Yokels The Had (Lnta) an account in a London paper of recent efforts to add urban gaiety to the rusticity at a country town its in habitants were spoken of as yokels. If that word be derived, as some think, from the yoking of oxen or horses and the drhr . ing of a plough the yokel was a man of some ability. In the same paper eras a description of the complicated machinery of a combine-harvester which the alleged JtOUl hu BOW to master?Thai vehicle of several purposes has saved an immense amount of labour?and, one thing is cer tain, it cannot be kept in trim by a lub - berly fellow. So far from being unskilled the general labourer on a farm is a man of many crafts. To lay a hedge, keep gates and fencing secure, and lend a hand with several kinds of animal when the specialists in those cases are off duty de a variety of Skills mands a variety of Skills which ir not to he sneered at by the man with a routine an office or a factory, names bestowed on the yokel have absurdly insulting. He a chaw church, for the problem is beyond the resources of the church. Most of these unfortunate people need money, but they also need counsel ing, they need understanding?and we think they need to know that someone cares. They need to know that a county that claims to be christian will not turn its back on them. Of course, there are always chisel ers, those who will take advantage of any situation, but that is true of everything. Certainly everyone in the church does not live the life of 1'hrisTtHii, but few advocate the abolishing of the church because of that. Of course, there are mistakes made in the administration of wel fare, but there are mistakes made in every public and private business. Certainly there are some incongrui ties in a nation-wide policy when it is applied to a rural community. The chiselers should be reported. The administrative mistakes should be held to a minimum. The incongrui ties should be met with the realiza tion that no perfect system can be worked out. The Welfare Department serves a useful purpose and it is not going to be abolished. Its cost is borne in large part with federal funds. Were it to be abolished, the needs would still exist, and the cost would prob ably be beyond the abilities of the county to solve. One hears talk about the reestblishment of a county home. The county home system is no doubt better than the system of the Eskimos who leave their old and weak on the ice to die, but it is still barbaric. In addition, in the light of the farm revolution and the ur banization of the country, Warren County would probably find that its cost would greatly exceed what it is now putting into the welfare system. NEWS OF FIVE, TEN. 25 YEARS AGO Looking Backward Into The Record Bob Chewning, Warren ton police chief, and Bonnie Stevenson of Norlina, who operates a service station here, are sheriff elect Jim Hundley's choice for deputy sheriffs. Leonard A. Kilian, Jr., of Norlina has been appointed as watershed forester for the Abbotts Creek and Deep Creek Small Watersheds in Piedmont North Carolina. Jimmy Hecht, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Erich Hecht of Norlina, won first prise at the recent N. C. State Fair for submitting the best stamp collection offer ed by an exhibitor under 16 years of age. He is a student at Norlina High School. ?Miss Jean Rose a# Norlina was srownad Homecoming Queen at Norlina last Friday night during halftime ceremonies of the Warrenton-Norlina football game. The two teams played to a scoreless tie for the second year in a raw. 6, IMS The Rev. William M. Wells, minister of the Warren Methodist Circuit, has been assigned to Trinity Church at New The Warrenton Rotary Club will a fiddlers convention at the Warrenton Armory on December 4, it ws 4, IMS Beta Ctah | at Hotel Warren in the near To The Editor: Tho recent court actio trend settlement in the Tucker will cue la very thought provok ing. It teems that in the law profession at least, you're bound to be a wtnndr. One realizes that our. representa tives to the Legislature have done a wonderful job in look ing after their own. Settle ments of this nature, like the high coat of funerals, are made possible because the one who pays is in no position to protest. . Witnesses Have Successful Meeting Jehovah's Witnesses of cir cuit 36 held a very successful assembly at Lincoln High School in Chapel Hill last weekend with hundreds of delegates attending. There were 392 present at the opening session Friday evening to hear Willie Ander son of New York deliver the welcome address on the as sembly's theme: "Watching the Ministry That You Fulfill It" Mr. Anderson, aided by R. H. General, also conducted a model ministry development program. At 1:30 p m. Saturday the witnesses held baptismal ser. vice, after which 13 new wit nesses symbolized their dedi cation by water baptism. There were 479 present for the evening session Saturday. Sunday morning found the delegates going from house to-house offering the colorful Bible aid book, "From Para dise Lost to Paradise Regain ed." An enthusiastic audience of 603 were present to hear Wil lie Anderson deliver the key note address, "The Bible Tri umphs in a Scientific World." The speaker told his hearers: "Contrary to popular opinion the Bible doesn't contradict proved science. In fact, it triumphs when put to the test on four basic issues (1) origin of life, (2) origin of man, (3) solutions to life's prob lems, (4) what the future holds. While science im proves living standards, it produces anxiety, tension, neurotics, to offset its gains. It is responsible for weapons of mass slaughter in our time: it stands helpless to solve world, social, moral and spir itual decay. The Bible on the other hand answers life's problems, improves social, moral, spiritual life necessary lor peace and happiness. Most of all it opens the door :o man's future." "We certainly received a lot from the Chapel Hill con vention," Local presiding min ster, said. "We are determin ;d to apply the things learned n our daily living." f AMM FOR SALE! 1*0 ACM* With tobacco allotment, ?t BENTON RIAL ISTATI PhOM 257-3476 or 2S7-42M . Isn't it possible, however, that our representatives have not done so well by the peo ple whom they represented. Of the $18,000 awarded lor legal services a sizeable share will no doubt go to the state and federal government in the form of taxes. It is doubtful if Warren County will get one penny. We are constantly be ing made aware of the school needs and of the inability of the county to provide them. What we don't realize is that we are attempting to provide a jet-age school system financ ed by a horse and buggy sys tem of taxation. On t he local level our school system is still heavily farmer supported. Farmers pay as much as 10% of their annual income to the county in the form of prop erty taxes. There are many non-farmers in both the low and high income groups who do not even pay 1%. I am not protesting the high cost of my personal county tax bill. It is discour aging though to be paying for a much better educational system than I am receiving. I am sure also that the fault lies not altogether 'with our lawmakers. It is largely ours ?we who have been too timid in making our thoughts and; wishes known. WTT.T.TAM H RFNT>FH Norlina, Rt. 2. il III H II111111.1111 I !?? RIDGEWAY i Mr. and Mrs. Stuart -West and baby of Littleton and Mrs. Robert Etheridge of Warrenton visited Mrs. R. N. Stainback on Sunday night. Mesdames Weldon Daeke, Joe Brown and Louie Daeke visited their sister, Mrs. Frank Moorefield, in Ports mouth, Va., on Sunday. " Mrs. Annie Champion and Mrs. W. A Kimball and Ruby were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stevenson in Henderson on Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Pearce of Henderson were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Seaman on Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Wood ruff of Henderson were sup per guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Seaman on Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Kim ball visited Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Kimball in Oxford on Sunday. Miss Betty Williams, Miss Patricia Lorenz, Butch Carter and George Holtzman attend ed the N C Studpnt Congrpss held in R. J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem this week. Miss Darlene Paschall spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Luke Gupton in Louto burg. Mr and Mr*. Walter Carter and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jack ?on Carter risitad Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Holtzman on Son day night, fv MissP Phyllis Seaman of Raleigh. Mrs. N. L. Williams Jr., and Master Miduel Sea man were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Walker on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. L Mitchell and family of Henderson and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Seaman visited Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Holtzman during the week end. Bender Named President Richard Bender was elected president of the Young Luth -eran?Club at?the?regular meeting held in the Parish Hall on Sunday night. Other officers elected were Joyce Seaman, vice-president; Pa tricia Franke, secretary, and Cheryl Kilian, treasurer. Carl Robert Bender and Richard Bender were hosts and served sandwiches, cook; ies and Pepsi-Colas. In the absence of the president, Richard Bender presided over the meeting. Billy Seaman was in charge of entertain ment and the Rev. M. E. Franke?led in topic?discus sion. YPS Holds Meeting Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sea man were host and hostess to members of the Young Peo Ritz and cake. Fall flower* were placed at point* throughout the hall. . Tttf Rev. At. E. Frank* opened?meeting with prayer and^crlpture reading 3 and Mrs. Alma Matthews, vice president, presided. Mrs. . Chris F. Holtzman was in , charge of entertainment Specialist Hilliard Completes Coarse FORT BELVOIR, Va^ Army Specialist Four Robert T. Hilliard, 24, son of Samuel A. Hilliard, Norlina, N. C.. completed a five-week precise power generation course at the Engineer Center, Fort Belvoir, Vs., recently. Specialist Hilliard received training in the installation, operation and maintenance of gas turbine and diesel gen erators. Hilliard, who attended Nor lina High School, entered the Army in January 1960. Trouble Ahead "I don't want to scare you," the third grader told his teacher. "But my daddy says if I don't get better grades somebody is gonna get spank ed." STRee-tcH YOUR FUEL "DOLLARS it ilh