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/OLUME 67 10c Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1963 NUMBER 48
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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
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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
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Warrenton will open Hs
1963-64 basketball season here
Tuesday night, Dae. I,
it hosts Dabney High L
ot Vance County in a
confeiew "