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VOLUME 37 10c Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREl - .uiuai, DECEMBER 13, 1963 NUMBER 50
Local Girl
Had Left
Doomed Jet
A Warrenton woman and|
rOnne only a few minutes bo
fore it crashed and killed 81
persons in Delaware Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. David Schoon-1
over wore on route home]
from thoir wedding trip in
rticrto Rico, aboard a Pan
American jet. en route from
Pi'ertn Rico to Philadelphia,
carrying 138 passengers and
8 crewman, when the plane
stopped in Baltimore. Md ,
where Mr. and Mrs. Sehoon
over and 63 other passengers
Wt the plane. A few mo
ments later the plane crash
rd near Wilmington. Dela
ware.
Mrs. Schoonover. the for
mer Carolyn Satterwhite.
daiiehter of Mr. and Mrs. T.
, C Satterwhite of Warrenton,
fnd Mr. Schoonover were mar
ried at McLean. Va.. on No
vember 30.
Nearing completion here is the new
firehouse being built by the Warrenton
Rural Fire Department. The volunteer
fire-fighting group began construction
of the building two months ago on a
lot purchased in 1962. (staff photo)
Jury List Is Drawn
For Criminal, Civil
Superior Court Terms
Jurors for two terms of
Warren County Superior
? Court have been drawn by
the Board of County Commis
sioners. Chosen in the draw
ing were those who will serve
as jurors at the January
Criminal Terra of Court which
convenes on January 6 and
the Civil Term which will
convene on January 27.
Jurors drawn for the crim
inal term are:
Horace Hunt, J. Theo Rob
ertson. Mrs. Vance Robertson.
Glenn St. Sing, Joe T. Shaw,
Mrs. Anne G. McPherson,
Sandy Davis, L. B. Beddoe
cr"gr TmBmwon. ? w: Miwn!
Wemyss, Mrs. Clyde N. Johns
1 ton, W. S. Smiley, Mrs. Norma
M. Mitchell, Edward F. White,
Thomas A. Peoples, Sam N.
Moore, Brit Caulder, W. Z.
Harris, Johnnie W. Paynter,
W. K. Delbridge, Mrs. Wil
liam R. Brauer. Sam P. Cheek,
M. D. Nelson, Jr., William J.
Leach, Ernest Bolton.
C. D. Carter, Mrs. B. A.I
Thaxton, George Lee Edwards.
J. Roy Devine, Luther Car-|
roll, Gilbert G. Egeiton, Jr.,
Mrs. Thomas J. Harrington,
Perry Pernell, R. W. Harvey,,
Mrs. F. M. Rainey, James H.
Stegall, Robert Stegall, Rich
ard T. Harris, Roy C. Neal,
James M. Stewart, Hercules
Overby, Jimmy L. Peoples, C.
H. Thompson. Thomas D. Rod
well, Mrs. A. D. Alston, Rob
ert H. Shearin, Mrs. Mildred
Steed, O. D. Ellis. Jr., H. D.
Bcbbitt, III, Frank R. Ryler,
Jr.
Civil Term Jurors
Jurors drawn for the civil
term are:
Mrs. George R. Johnston,
Lewis P. Ayscue, Mrs. Wylie
G. Mitchell, Ben J. Ayscue,
James T. Clark, Mrs. Evelyn
S. Gupton, Frank B. Newell,
Jr., Benjamin E. Howard, A.
I). Johnson, Clyd?; Adams,
?> Sandy Davis, R. L. King, Mrs.
Alberta S. Harris, Mrs. C. F.
Burrows, Henry Twitty, Clif
ton R. Hicks, Kenneth J.
Mrs. Hal W. Connell, R. L.'
Traylor, Jr.
W. H. Pendergrass, Brooks
Overby. Ollie Young, Jr., Wil
liam C. Paschall, Lin wood
Robinson, Mrs. W. Glenn Cole
man, Jr., Mrs. Norman N.
Bullock, W. Elmer Thompson,
Randolph B. Morris, Jack
Thompson, T. H. Kimball, F.
M. Rivers, Z. V. St.Sing, John
W. Clark, Herman Burnett.
Mrs. Virginia _R. Stokes. H.
Evan* Coleman, E. P. Whitby,
NfrWwan mehardaon, Vernon
E Myrick.
Lions Attempting To
Spur Tardy Donors
i
Jack Harris, chairman of
fe the White Cane Committee of
?Hi.- Warrenton?I .ions?Club
asks those who have not al
dy contributed to the drive
please aetid hi contribu
in the enclosed postage
envelopes which were
to thert. T 2T v
e this to ? worthy
i,M Harris said, "please
as soon as possible and
be appreciated "
Overwhelming Approval
Is Given Cotton Quotas
Cotton growers in Warren
County gave overwhelming
approval Tuesday to market
ing quotas and price supports
for their 1964 crops.
The count in Warren was
753 for and 26 against, ac
cording to Thomas E. Watson,
Warren County's ASCS office
manager.
A two-thirds favorable vote I
was necessary lo retain quotas |
on the 1964 crop, but ballot
ing in the state and through
out cotton-producing areas I
rs?n far in exccss of this mar-|
gin.
I.ike tobacco, wheat andl
other crops, cotton has been |
in trouble because of big sur
Road Terms Handed
To Four Defendants
Four road sentences were
imposed by Judge Julius Ban
joiL.UuIU,ew4tcXi;e?r.t...Usi
Friday, two of which were
suspended and another was
appealed to Superior Court.
Leonard Davis, found guil
ty on an assault charge, ap
pealed his case when he was
ordered to serve 60 days on
the roads Appearance bond
was set at $500.
Henderson Towns, found
guilty on charges of larceny,
drunk driving and operating
a motor vehicle without an
operator's license, was sen
tenced to the roads for 18
months.
Melvin Edwards, who pled
guilty to a charge of reckless
driving and with leaving the
scene of an accident, was sen
tenced to the roads for 30
days The sentence was sus- [
pended for one year upon!
condition that the defendant i
surrender his driver's license j
for one year, not operate a j
motor vehicle on North Caro-i
lina highways for one year,
and pay court costs.
William Twitty, who pled
guilty to an assault charge,
was sentenced to the roads
for 30 days. The sentence
was suspended for one year
upon condition x that the de
fendant remain of good be
havior for one year, keep the
peace towards all persons,
particularly Edgar Burnettc,
pud pay court costs.
Mack Patillo, who pled
guilty to charges of speeding
and failure to drive on right
side of highway, was ordered
to pay a S10 fine and court
costs.
Ernest Daniel, pled guilty
to a charge of operating a
motor vehicle without a driv
er's license, and was ordered
to nay a $25 fine and court
costs.
John Richard Bullock was
ordered to pay court costs
vhen ho pled guilty to a
charge of sneeding.
Rohhv James Fox. pled
guilty to a charge of allowing
an unlicensed person to drive
a motor vehicle. He wast fin
ed $25 and ordered to pay
court cost*.
Bobby Jones was ordered to
nay a $25 fine and c"urt costs
when he pled guilty lo a
charge of allowing an nn
Itcemed minor to operate a
motor vehicle.
R?s Berry Hawkins, pled
guilty to operating ? motor
vehicle without an operator's
license, and with improper
brakes, and was ordered to
pay a $23 fine and court
Edward Burnett, found gnil
tv of drunk driving, was or
dered to par a $100 fine and
court costs. He noted an ap
peal to Superior Court anc
appearance bond ..was. set .ai
$130.00.
Clark Gable Davis was tax
ed with court costs when he
pled guilty to a speedinj
charge.
Flavious Vaughan.-Jr., plec
guilty to a speeding charge
and was ordered to pay court
costs.
Norman Baskervill pled
guilty to a charge of permitt
ing an unlicensed person to
operate a motor vehicle. He
was ordered to pay a S25 fine
and court costs.
?Jesse Frank Weaver was
taxed with court costs when
he pled guilty to a speeding
charge.
Arthur Graham Warren pled
Kuilty to a speeding charge.,
He was ordered to pay a S10
fine and court costs.
Vance N. Ncal pled guilty
to a charge of damage to per
sonal property. He was or
dered to pay court costs and
SH'80 for use of R. C. Mit
chell in replacing car window.
James Arnett Copeland.
pled guilty to a charge of
rcckless driving, and was or
dered to pay a 525 fine and
court costs.
Farmers Gamble By
Late Card Return
Farmers will gamble on los
ing vital tobacco and peanut
acreage because of failure to"
promptly return marketing
cards to the Warren ASCS
office, W. S. Smiley, ASCS
committee chairman, said this
week.
Tobacco and peanut farm
ers arc required by program
regulations to return their
marketing cards to the local
ASCS office within 30 days
following the close of mar
kets in the .general locality.
Many farmers. Smiley said,
delay?returning marketing
cards and are penalized by
reduced allotments.
Local Merchants To
Close For Two Days
Wanrenton merchants will
close their stores on both De
comber 23 and December 26,
\ < rnon Whit more, chairman
of the hours and holiday com
mittee of the Warrenton Mer
chants Association, said yes
terday.
Merchants will also take
New Year's Day as a holiday,
Whitmore said. Local stores,
he added, will be open until
0 o'clock tonight and on next
Friday night.
pluses, and the 1963 crop
added to the problem be
cause of bumper yields.
I.ast year, marketing quotas
for the 1 crop were ap
proved in a similar referen
dum with 93.7 per cent of
those voting favoring upland
controls and 81.0 per cent
quotas on extra-long staple.
Cotton producers voted
Tuesday to determine wheth
er marketing quotas, with
marketing penalties on "ex
cess" cotton produced, will he
in operation for the 1964
crop
Approval means price sup
ports will be available to
growers who comply with
their farm allotments at levels
set by the secretary of agri
culture
' The'seereTary can *wr the
1964 price support between
65 and 90 per cent of parity
?now 40.27 cents a pound.
Littleton Native Is
Selected For Job
As County Sanitarian
Samuel Nathaniel Moore of
l.iltlelon has acepted a posi
tion as Sanitarian with the
Warren County Health De
partment
Notice of Moore's appoint
ment was made this week by
Or. Robert F. Young. Warren
County Health Director, who
slid that Moore would spend
lhe next two or three months
in training with Health De
partments' in Halifax and
Vance Counties.
The position of sanitarian
in Warren County has been
vacant sincc the resignation
of Howard Stultz in July.
Moore is a graduate of Lit
tleton High School and has
spent his entire life in War
ren County. Dr Youngs said.
Moore's wife is the former
Helen Watkins of Drewry.
Mailing Is Begun
The warren County Draft
tive Service questionnaires to
registrants reaching the age
of 19 and older Monday', Sel
by Benton, chairman, an
nounced yesterday. He said
the questionnaires are being
mailed as rapidly as possible
and the board requests each
registrant to complete and re
turn them promptly.
Benton said that all men
are still required to report to
the- S^leetivp SprvicR office
for registration upon their
eighteenth birthdays.
Board Sets Date For
Opening Plant Bids
Autopsy
Shows No
Foul Play
The death of a young Ne
Sro child near Areola on
Monday morning cf last week
i\as probably due to a heart
attack, according to a prelim
nary report from the Depart
ment of Pathology of the
University of North Carolina
Mcdical School.
An autopsy was ordered by
Coroner N. I. Haitheock fol
lowing I ho death?of?three
months-old Otis Lynch, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ossie Lynch of
tear Areola. The child was
found dead in bed early Mon
day morning. Haithcock or
dered the autopsy following
consultation with the board of
ff.unty commissioners and
<pon advice of a local physi
cian who said he recommend
ed it as a health measure.
The preliminary report from
he University Medical School
=aid that it was indicated that
i heart condition was respon
se for the child's death. The
report stated that no external
Inuises or lacerations were
noted and an x-ray examina
ic.n revealed no broken bones.
"The heart, particularly the
right heart, was dilated and
tulamed. Examination of the
nthcr organs revealed no
;.;i (i.-.s abnormalities. The
child was well nourished," Dr.
(?'. I). Norvich and Dr. N. F.
Rodman, Jr.. Professor of
Pathology, said in a report to
Warren County Coroner
liailhcock. under date of De
cember 7.
The physicians said I he re
port would be completed in
I wo to three weeks.
Warrenton homes began this week to reflect the ap
proaching Christmas hohd.iy season Above, a lamp post
decorates the front yard of the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Scott Garner of near Warrenton. The home was the
scene of an open house staged by members of the War
renton Little Garden Club on Tuesday. Both interior
and exterior decorations were displayed by members
(Staff Photo)
Bids For
Truck Will
Be Sought
Warrenton Unbeaten
Norlina Boys Climb To
Top Of Cage Conference
Iii<ls for the construction of
a sewage disposal plant for
Warrenton will be opened at
the office of the Town Clerk
on Wednesday. Dee. 18, at 2
o'clock, at a special meeting
ci the Town Board.
The disposal plant will also
include a lift pump in the
eastern section of the town
The project, with the pur
chase of a site and other cx
penses. is expected to cost in
the neighborhood of S2007000.
Another bid will be opened
ii: January. This is for the
purchase of a truck chassis
rrd fire engine and other
equipment as the town plans
to replace- its 25 year-old fire
truck The commissioners at
their reguln meeting on Mon
day night ordered that adver
tisement for bids be placed
and that the bids be opened
on Monday. January 13.
In other action, the com
n.is.sioherj ordered that Thurs
ton Thomas llrown be given
a permit to operate a taxicab
in Warrenton.
The commissioners authoriz
ed a donation of S50 for the
Capital Area Development
Association and a Christmas
donation of S50 to be divided
between the three employees
of the street department and
the two employees of the
water department.
The Board authorized the
Water Department to lay a
2-inch water line to the new
"ire station of the Warrenton
Volunteer Rural Fire Depart
ment. now under construction.
Mid ordered that the company
only be charged for materials
for the water and sewer laps.
The Board ordered that cer
tf.in delinquent curb and gut
ter assessments against prop
c ty be turned over to Police
Officer Bcavis for collection.
The ?commissioners granted
permission to the Boy Scout
tioop of the Pack Manufac
turing Company to use the
one-story log building on the
cast side of North Main
Street as troop headquarters
and meeting place.
'Do-lt-Day' Planned
By Warren County
Tuberculosis Group
"No time like the present
?and no present like good
health!" That's the theme
song for Friday, Dec. 13, des
ignated by the Warren Coun
ty Tuberculosis Association as
"Do-It-Day"?the day for all
good citizens !o catch up with
the mail and respond to their
Christmas Seal letter.
Charles- T. Johnson. Jr.,
Seal Sale Chairman of the
Association, pointed out that
Christmas Seal contributions
are the sole support of the
organization, whose continuing
effectiveness in fighting TB
and respiratory diseases will
depend on the degree of pub
lic response. The funds are
used for health education.
x-rays, tuberculin testing,
patient services, research, and
activities in connection with
all respiratory diseases.
"Of course during the
Christmas season everbody's
swamped with things to do,"
Johnson said. "I'm sure lots
of people, who've been trying
to get a chance to answer
their Christmas' Seal letter,
just haven't had a moment to
do it That's what "Do-It,
Day" is for. To all?those
Holiday Schedule
The Warren Record will be published on next Friday,
December 20, as usual, carrying news, features and ad
vertisements in a regular edition.
On Monday, December 28, the Christmas week edition
of TTie R?corrt wttr br published, cirrylni; "Christmas
greeting advertisements, and necessary legal notices. No
advertisements for this edition can be Mcepted after
Saturday, December 21, at noon.
who have not been contacted for their
sked to notify this
will be submitted o<
h? in this office by
. be in U>e office by Sunday's
tog mail Si"
Warrenton Is Winner
Of Third Dual Outing
John Graham's Yellow
Jackcts made it throe in a
row Friday night as they
downed Littleton here in a
double-header. The locals had
won double-headers in the
opener here with Dabne.v on
Tuesday night of last week
and in a return match at the
Vance County schonl on Fri
day night.
The girls game with Little
ton was a nip-and-tuek affair
and Warrenton was behind
by four points as the half
ended. A third quarter spurt
by the Yellow Jackets result
ed in their taking the lead by
5 points and winning in the
final quarter by a 35 to 31
score.
Knox Polk of Warrenton
was high scorer for the even
ing with 20 points, followed
-by?Vivian Abbott?with?~L
G-ail Fleming with 4. Brcnda
Clark with 3, and Emily Ride
out with I Other Warrenton
players were Helen Andrews
and Wanda McGowan.
Dorothy Hilliard led Little
ton with 15 points. Betty
Weaver netted 7, Frances
Isles 4, Gail Stainback 3. and
Gail Spraggins 2. Other Lit
tleton players were Judy
Isles. Catherine Clark, and
-Syhria- Shearin.?
John Graham won handily
over a young and inexperienc
ed team from Littleton by
the seore of 51 to 27. War
renton took a first quarter
lead and held it all the way.
with most of the last half
played by reserves.
A1 Blalock and Ray Shearin
tied for scoring honors with
11 points a?cb. Roddy Drake
and Willie Norwood each
netted 0 points. Billy Ben
son scored 7 points. John
Coleman 4, and Jack Pin
nell 2
Bobby Hoot* led Littleton
with 12 points Kirby Moore
netted V Francis Foster 1,
Marvin Newsom 3. George
Norlina vaulted into firsl
place in the Halifax-Warren
boys' division Tuesday night
iis three starters hit in dou
ble figures to carry the Blue
Waves to a 59-56 overtime vic
tory over visiting Weldon.
Charles Hayes' 19 point ef
fort led the Waves, winning
their third of the year, but
the unbeaten Norlina club got
a big hand from Buck Wig
gins, who bucketed 14. and
Andrew Hundley, who netted
13.
The two clubs, pre-season
favorites to battle for the two
county conference crown,
fought to a 50-50 deadlock nt
iho end of the fourth period,
before the Waves, who trailed
by a point going into the
final stanza, caught fire in
the extra period.
Guard Marion Wise led the
visiting Tornadoes, dropping
in 25 points. Joe Peterson
had 17 for the losers.
In the opening game Tues
day night. Norlina's Lady
-AVnvoc Hi-nppett their third de
cision of the season, bowing
to Weldon by a 30-20 count.
Weldon bolted from an 8-8
halftimo tie to take the con
test, with Florence Wom
mack's 10 pointfe leading the
way. Norlina's ^ Bunny Wim
brow took scoring honors with
11.
Last Friday night Norlina's
clubs made their Halifax-War
ren debut, with the boys roll
Trig past William IT Davie/
5SWT. Charles Htyes ha4 15
points to lead the winners,
while Hundley and Johnny
Mayfield collected 12. and
Wiggins finished with 13.
Billy Watson paced the losers
with 15.
In the first game of the
twinbill, Davie finished ahead
in a low scoring contest to
take a ?eidlct?Doiutlij
Blamer and Rebecca Faison
each had 11 points for the
winners, while Kay Floyd's
five points led Norlina.
?V,Tonight Norlina plays
GS Littleton in L
douhleheader Tuesday night
Norlina again takes the "
court. entetWtf^l^PPl^l
a league contest.
Funeral Rites Held
In Henderson For
Mrs. Faye R. Killian
Funeral services for Mrs.
Faye Roberson Killian, 33,
will be conducted at the Har
riet Baptist Church in Hen
derson Friday at 2 p. m with
the pastor, the Rev. Albert
Ellis, in charge. Interment
Gardens in Henderson.
Mrs. Killian died at 4 a. m.
Tuesday in Memorial Hospital
in Chapel Hill where she had
been a patient since last Fri
day. She was born February
5. 1930, in Vance County, the
daughter of Hayes Roberson
and Mattic Parrish Roberson,
who survive.
Other survivors are the
husband. Leonard J. Killian
of Ridgeway, where the fam
ily resided; Tr Infant wm.
John Kenneth Killian, of the
home: and one sister. Mrs.
Kathleen Roberson of Hen
derson.
Mrs. Killian was an active
member of Harriet Baptist
Church in South Henderson,
and was for year* a * ''
keeper for the He
Grocery Company.