* 2 Your Best Advertising Medium srrp it SferSS? ?.256 South Shelby Street Louisville, Ky. Your Best Advertising Medium /OLUME 67 10c Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1963 NUMBER 48 1 1 ' t ? ' ? r ? ?? k 'i' h"A."!a Aa,lM- -' --- Christmas Parade Set Last-minute arrangements were being carried out here Tuesday on. the eve of War renton's annual Christmas Parade, scheduled to begin at 4 p. m. Wednesday, Nov. 27. W. K. Lanier, Jr., president of the Warrpntnn Mprrhantg Association, sponsors of the yearly event, said a large crowd is expected when the long line of Chnistmas floats begins moving along Warren ton's Main Street. Santa Claus, probably the top attraction in the parade, is scheduled to make his pre Christmas appearance aboard a specially designed float. Workmen have alrpady set up his headquarters on the Warren County Courthouse Square, where he will hear the requests of children. Lights and decorations were strung across the parade -FOUtc -Monday night as mer chants and other townspeople prepare to usher in the Christmas shopping season. The parade will mark the beginning of the shopping season Lanier said that a majority of Warrenton stores would remain open Friday night, Nov 29, until 9 p. m. The practice is expected to be continued until Christmas. [Holiday House Is Planned PHOTO BY HOWARD JONES PRESIDENT JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY ADDRESSES STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ON OCTOBER 12, 1961 Warren Residents Mourn Death Of President Stunned Warren County residents joined with Ameri cans everywhere in mourning for President John F. Ken nedy fatally shot on a visit to Dallas Friday. Hours after news of his death was received here townspeople clustered about radio and television receivers listening to reports that were long in wearing through a feeling of disbelief. Business activity was far from its usual Friday afternoon pace. President Kennedy, 35th president of the United States, lived about 30 min utes: after being shot by a hidden assassin armed with a high-powered rifle. Less than an hour later, Lyndon B. Johnson, 55-year old Texan who had served as Vice-President, was srworn in as the nation's new Chief Executive. Kennedy, 46, the first Ro man Catholic and the young est man ever elected to the Sen. Mike Mansfield Pays Kennedy Tribute WASHINGTON?Sen. Mike Mansfield, D-Mont., paid tribute to John F. Kennedy Sunday. Here is the text: There was a sound of laughter; in a moment, it was no more, and, so, she took a ring from hei* finger and placed it in his hands. There was a wit in a man neither young nor old; but a wit full of an old man's wisdom and of a chiij's wisdom, and, then in a moment it was no more. And so, siie took a ring from her finger and placed it in his hands. There was a man marked with the scars of his love of country. A body active with the surge of a life far from spent, and in a moment, it was no more. And so, she took a ring from her finger and placed it in his hands. There was a father with a little boy, a little girl and a joy of each in the other. In a moment it was no more, and ?o, she took a ring from her finger and placed it in his hands. There was a hurtxnd who asked mdch arnf gave mush, and, out of the giving and the asking, wove with a woman what could not be broken in life, and, in ft moment it ws no more. And so, she took a ring from her finger and placed It in his hands, and kissed him and closed the lid of a coffin. A piece of each of us died at that moment. Yet, in death he gave of himself to us. He gave >is of a good heart from which the laughter came. He ga<? us of a profound wit, S from which a great leadership emerge. He gave us of a kindness and a strength fused into a human courage to seek peace without fear. ' . He gave us of his love that we, too, is turn, might give He save that we fnight give of our ourselves, that we might to one another until there would be no room, no room all, for the bigotry, the hatred, prejudice and the arro which converged in that moment of horror to strike down. la leaving ui?these gifts, John Fitxgerald Kennedy, Presi mtrt Statae, toavw-with Win we Uke Mr. President. Will we have, now, the sense and the .. and the courage to take them? ?. God that we shall and under God we will. presidency, was the first Pres dent to be assassinated since William McKinley was shot in 1901. ' It was the first death of a president in office since Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Warm Springs, Ga., in April 1949. Warren County citizens paid homage to President Kennedy during a weekend filled with dismay and grief. Flags were lowered to half mast along Warrenton's Main Street and elsewhere through out the county. A memorial service was held at 8 a. m. Saturday and thousands prayed for the slain Chief Executive during Sunday morning church ser vices. On Monday, the county's re tail businesses closed during the noon hour as a Requiem Low Mass for the departed President was held at St. Mat thew's Cathedral in the heart of Washington. School chil dren in ill county schools paid their respects to the fallen President. Some schools Gov. Terry Sanford Eulogizes President In Public Statement North Carolinians mourn the death of John Fitzgerald 1/firmn.l ? ? T*p a?-l ,1 k # ft V n RfnTOcy, rrenocni 01 uie United States of America, and mourn the tragic and dis graceful cause. This wholesome, courage ous, warm-hearted leader of the free people of the world spent moat of his life, in uni form and out, in bold and in telligent attack on tyranny, btjrotry and oppression. With a passionate concern for all people, often harassed from both sides and from be hind, Preaiderft Kennedy set his strength determinedly for human understanding and world peace, remaining al ways resolute in his faith, always undaunted and un afraid. The valiant soldier of free don It 4mmI? All mankind la leas. held special services, in others television sets were made available to pupils. The Warrenton Tobacco Market transacted no business on the day of the Kennedy funeral. The former president was buried Monday afternoon in Arlington National Cemetery, where above his resting place an eternal flame burns. Among his mourners were former Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Harry S. Tru man, in addition to leaders of half the world, including Charles de Gaulle of France and Prince Phillip, husband of Queen Elizabeth of Eng land. Taking their place in the funeral procession were mem bers of the Supreme Court, the Cabinet and representa tives of the 50 states of the Union. Governor and Mrs. Terry Sanford headed a dele gation of North Carolinians attending the funeral. Memories And Reality Blend With Death News By HOWARD JONES Frank Sinatra's voice pour ed from a public address sys tem, lingering here and there on the words of a campaign song that was to become familiar within the next few months. Girls wearing wide brimmed straw hats, adorned with flowing red ribbons, joined in the singing. It was a moment of happiness. "The senator will be late," a voice announced. The sing ing began again as people continued to trickle through the doorway of a large brick building on the University of Maryland campus. It was a spring night and. the town of College Park* radiated an excitement that eve of that state's Democratic primary. A young student passed me a program contain ing a biography of Sen. John F. Kennedy. I read it while I waited for the senator's ar rival. "The senator's here," the same voice shouted. Hie music swelled a* a smiling Irishman waited briskly down the main aisle to the roe trum. The cheering died, the man with the abode of brown hair and the Boston accent _ _ onto Oe pulled off on the roed that '30 ? re led to the White House ... It was the first time in more than two decades that a President was to speak at the University of North Carolina. The crowd was impatient as it waited on that October day for the big Air Force plane that was to bring John F. Kennedy to the Raleigh-Dur ham Airport. Then the plane arrived, the President waved, and the cheering that was heard in College Park more than a year before was heard again. Moments later, after a brief ceremony, the presi dential limousine, its bubble canopy sparkling in the aun, pulled away from the airport. We joined the caravan, watch ing the blue automobile con taining the President wind its Vt tvwtfd Clitiwl Hill. ? A few miles away, children from a rural school lined the highway, waving as the Pres ident returned their greeting. A little boy, getting a hand from fellow classmate*, raised a crudely lettered sign. It read: "Hall to the Chief." In Chapel Hill, a crowd in shirt sleeves listened as the President flooded Kena dium with the phrases carried with a swee' sound. Then it Johnson Meets With Governors; Pledges Support Of Policies WASHINGTON? President Johnson told governors of 35 states Monday night that he will seek prompt congression al approval of President Ken nedy's tax cut and civil rights program. Johnson received a standing bvation from the state leaders after appealing for bi-partisan backing in a moment of crisis following the assassination oi President Kennedy. New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller said Johnson told the group that he would speak to Congress, and re quest action on both the tax cut and civil rights meas ?res orginally requested by Kennedy. Rockefeller said the ova tion Johnson received was "s most sincere demonstration ol writ in this moment of trag edv." ?? The governors were hastily assembled following Kenne dy* funeral services for the evening meeting. Many were halted at the airports and summoned to the Executive Office Building to hear John ton's apveal. kmmM The President, who was 30 minutes behind schedule, ?poke for aTmoat 30 ffitUUte* on the nation's problems. Rockefeller. a leading Re publican, and a presidential aspirant, (aid the new Chief was "impreaaive." Oov. William s ' V-:, i 33! . - -,v The Warrenton Garden Club will hold a Holiday House on Dec. 3. The newly renovated Norwood home Will be decorated with a seasonal motif. The Holiday House will be open from 3 p. m. through 5:30 p. m. and in the evening from 7:30 p. m. until 9:30 p. m. The Norwood house was built before 1850 and has re cently been completely reno vated by its owners, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Davis of Warren ton. It is put together with wooden pegs and tongue and groove construction. Among its unique features are a bay window in the kitchen, and a surved stairway. It is finished in Williamsburg type exterior. Committees working on the Holiday House include: Decorations?rMrs. Hugh White, chairman; Entrance, Mrs. Stoney, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Perkinson; Stairway, Mrs. Tucker, Miss Anne Burwell, Mrs. Horne; Hall, Mrs. Mc Carroll, Mrs. Harry Williams; Living Room, Mrs. Jacobs, Mrs. Miles, Mrs. Banzet. Dining Room, Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Barnes; Kitchen, Mrs. John Williams. Refreshments?Mrs. Rufus Jones, chairman; Kitchen, af tornoon,?Miss Eula Allen, evening, Mrs. Harry Williams; Cookies, Mrs. John Dameron, chairman, Mrs. J. J. Allen, Mrs R. Cline, Mrs. Lamm, Mrs. Daniel, Mrs. Hoskins, Miss Eula Allen, Miss Lillie B. Dameron. Hostesses?Pouring Punch, afternoon, Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Boyd Davis assisting, evening, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Stoney assisting; Entrance, afternoon, Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. Horne, evening, Mrs. Banzet, Mrs. White; Living Room, after noon, Mrs. Boyd Davis, Miss Anne Burwell, evening, Mrs. McCarroll, Mrs. Barnes; Din ing Room, afternoon, Mrs. John Williams, Mrs. Jacobs, evening, Mrsr. Stoney, Mrs. Jones. Motorist Draws Fine In Court A motorist charged with his second offense of drunk driv ing drew a $200 fine Friday in a session of Warren Coun ty Recorder's Court presided over by Judge Julius E. Banzet. Robert Lewis Bryant was founu guilty of drunk driving after entering a plea of not guilty. He was ordered to pay the fine and costs of court. Bryant's case was one of ten involving motorists. In the only case not connected with motor vehicle charges was Dave Hicks, charged with assault. The court ordered, upon recommendation of the mayor and chief of police of Littleton, that the order en tered for the defendant on ~ Nov. 15 be discharged. In other cases disposed of on Friday, the following ac tion was taken: Samuel Parkin Harris, speeding, $10 and costs. Roy Evans Felts, speeding, $10 "and costs. Logan Elmer Crutchfield, Sr., speeding $10 and costs. Bobby Robinson, reckless driving, nol pros. Theodore Lee Davis, rac ing, reckless driving, not,.; guilty. Jeff Junior Bullock," allow ing unlicensed person to operate motor vehicle, nol pros with leave. John Edward Smiley, reck less driving, $25 and costs. James Wesley Smith, speed ing, $10 and costs. James Marion Clayton, speeding, costs. Ten Warren Scouts Will Get God, Country Award Ten Warren County Boy Scouts, representing five churches, will receive their God and Country Award dur ing a ceremony scheduled to be held at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church here at 7:30 p. m. Sunday. Th* nuTubera of Tidop 617 ot Warrenton, are members of the Occoneechee Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The number receiv ing awards in a single cere mony is believed to be the largest in the Council's his tory. Scouts slated to receive the awards include Dwight Ays cue, Jimmy Barrett, Pettway Boyd, Randy Currin, John Boyd Davis, Leon Edmond*, Bert Massey, Edward Shearin, Billy SpruiU and Nat White. Warranto* Cagers Khrushchev fhaaked Open Season Here I With Dibney Chtbs -j ?17" idsSH Warrenton will open Hs 1963-64 basketball season here Tuesday night, Dae. I, it hosts Dabney High L ot Vance County in a confeiew "

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