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Your Best Advertising Medium ? Harrni ifep? Y our Best comP?',v * Advertising Medium ouO* ??"? ? ti<> KV ? \ x>uisv Sledding replaced schooling In Warren County this week as the season's first snowstorm turned the countryside Into a child's playground. Taking, advantage of the snow, above %r? Neblett Bullock, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bul lock of Warrenton, and Walter Blayock, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dorman Blaylock of Warrenton. Neblett, in the foreground, gets a shove on his sled from Walter. Below Cathy Bullock, 12-year-old daughter of Mr, and Mrs. C. M, Bullock of Warrenton, gives a helping hand to Harriet Benton, 12, son of Mr, and Mrs. Selby Benton of Warrenton. (Staff Photos) Warren Voters Favor 'Little Federal' Plan Board To Negotiate Over Bid A low bid of $13,675 for equip ping a new fire truck for the town of Warrenton failed to win approval from the town's commissioners here Monday night Board members agreed to negotiate with the low bidder, Baker Equipment Engineering Co., In an effort to bring the cost of the proposed truck in line with figures earlier sub mitted to the board. Cost of equipping the truck was expect ed to run between $11,000 and $11,500, leaving $3,500-$4,000 for purchase of a chassis. Commissioners expressed unwillingness to exceed the $415,000 mark In securing a repleaement for the town's present truck, In operation for roughly a quarter of a century. On hand at the meeting was D. M. Ross of Charlotte, fact ory representative for the Baker Company. Ross said that the company had followed specifications submitted bjr the town's fire committee, but that some equipment specified could be eliminated without seriously aiiectlng the proposed truck's efficiency. The only other bid received was submitted by the John Bean Company, less than $100 higher than the Baker bid. How ever , the Bean bid did not Include delivery to the town. Members agreed t o have the fire committee negotiate with Ross in an effort to trim costs, and proposed a special meeting of the board to fur ther study low bids. The meet ing is expected to take place within the next few days. Rural Roads Taking Terrific Beating North Carolina's unpaved roads are taking a terrible beating from the worst winter since 1957, Highway Commis sion Chairman Merrill Evans said In a statement released to the press on Tuesday. The loss will run into tens of mill ions of dollars. "North Carolina's 30,000 miles of unpaved secondary roads are taking a terrific beat ing from the worst winter since 1957," the chairman said. "Six weeks of freezing and thawing, coupled with heavy rains and snow, have left thousands of miles of road foundations too soft to carry normal traffic and in far too many areas, too soft to carry any, traffic at all. Roads which were drained, graded and stabilized with from six to ten Inches of stone last summer and fall are now Im passable. Thla is a condition we have not faced In many years and the loss runs Into tens of millions of dollars. . "On numerous occasions In the past month, our Mzces have been on an around- tho? clock shift, placing cruched stone and other materials on roads that have gone to pieces. Freexlng and thawing In the past ten days have left these roads Just as if the'stone never had been placed on them. "When our secondary roads become soft to the point thai they are today. It la practical ly impossible to stabilise them until they are completely dry. "Just as long as many at cm main rural roads are unsur faced, we will continue to fact these Intolerable conditions when winters are as severe as this or.* has been. ?"Complaints are camBflo the Highway Commission by the hundreds from all sections of the State. The problem Is not confined to any on "Highway Commission for ces will conttMM to do i thing possible to hot OFFICIAL SPECIAL ELECTION BALLOT Special Srwisn Wife's Property Amendment Rights Ajvandment No. 1 . No. 2 Precinct For Against For Against River 87 13 71 24 Sixpound 57 11 58 9 Hawtree 78 7 76 5 Smith Creek 26 9 ' 28 6 Nutbush 37 3 28 10 Sandy Creek 58 63 71 50 Shocco - 41 11 38 11 Fishing Creek 30 1 27 3 Judkins 27 15 25 16 W. Warrenton 158 78 197 35 Fork 29 12 37 2 Roanoke ? 16 0 16 0 Norlina 96 28 84 31 E. Warrenton 135 33 130 29 TOTAL 875 284 886 231 Warren Ranks 79th In Per Capita Income Warren County ranks 79th among the 100 counties of the State In per capita Income, according to figures released to Gotfnor Sandford Tuesday by the Scate Department of Tax ReseaWh. The report Is based on 1962 figures and shows considerable Improvement over the 1958 es timate, but the tax report cautions that Improvements in a number of counties may be due to a more accurate method of computation and the Inclusion of several factors ommltted from the 1958 study. Warren County's per capita income in 1962 was $1,115^ com pared with a state average of $1,732, and a national average of $2,566. Leading all counties in the State was Mecklenburg with a per capita Income average of $2,461; followed by Forsyth, $2,372, Guilford, $2,315; Dur ham, $2,228; and Wake, $2,155.' The per capita Income of three other counties was above Commissioners Vote For 18-Year Plan Warrenton commissioners Monday night voted to adopt an 18-year payment schedule to retire bonds sold to underwrite the major portion of the cost of the town's new sewage treat ment plant. The decision followed an hour-lonr study of projected payment plana? one an 18-year plan, the other a 30-year plan prepared by the N. C, Local Government Commission. Adoption of the shorter schedule will mean higher annual pay* ments for the town, but could mean a savings of approximate ly 945,000 in Interest fees. Largest amount to be paid during the 18-year period would be due during the 1064-65 fiscal year, when the town must make a $23,872.50 payment. Had the 30-year plan been adapted, the largest payment would have been $1?,422.50. Commissioners, while In dicating that the town might be hard pressed to meet Mm payments, were reluctant to in crease taxes. A plan to raiee the sewage charged by fly* per oent failed to win favorable consideration. The plan would bate brought an extra 91,600 into the town till yearly. la other business to come baton the bum*, Warrantor Night Officer Dorseycappa was allowed to draw both aalary and ?pr allowance from the town. era explained that $2,000. They are Alamance, Cabarrus and Catawba. All the eight counties whose Inhabitants had average per capita Incomes of more than $2,000 are In the Piedmont. The county with the smallest per capita Income was Clay, a mountain county, with a per capita Income of $768. Six counties had a per capita In come of less than $1,000. They are Yancey, Madison, Avery, Tyrell, Jones, and Clay. Snow And Ice Mark Trail Of First Visit Of Ole Han Winter Ole Man Winter began his annual landscape painting here during the past weekend, un corking an icy brush Saturday night and whitewashing Warren County with a stroke that left the county bogged down In a couple of inches of snow. Paved roads and sidewalks were covered as the season's first real snowfall blanketed the area. School children began a classroom holiday Monday as the snow and ice held Its grip on the county's roads, and cus tomer traffic dropped to a trickle in most of the county's retail stores. Rising temperatures on Thursday promised some re lief to the area, but weather men warned of the possibility of another wintry wallop on Friday. Schools remained closed for the fourth day in a row Thursday, with school officials waiting until mid afternoon to reach a decision on reopening. A decision on whether or not" W siren County schools, closed all this week on account of snow and sleet, will be open Friday was expected to be made yes terday afternoon by J. Rodger Peeler, Superintendent of Schools, after conferring with school principals. The de cision, too late to appear In this newspaper, will be announced over radio. Although Warren schools may be rtoMl tomorrow, this will not necessarily mean the can celling of basketball games among county schools, Peeler said. This decision will re main with the principals. Qaly One Cist Tried In Recorder's Court 4-1 Edge Given In Vote Here Casting one of the llghest votes in recent years, Warren County voters on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly In favor of the two constitutional amendments submitted to the electorate In a sppdal Plwttnn While Warren County was voting nearly four to one for the two amendments?875 to 284 for the redisricting amend ment, and 886 to 231 for the wife's property rights amend ment?the state voted nearly two to one against the redis ricting amendment, with the heaviest adverse vote coming from the larger counties of the state. More than two-thirds of the counties of the State voted in favor of the redisricting amendment. Sixty-seven of the counties favor the redisricting amendment, and only 33 count ies gave a majority against the amendment, but opposition was centered in the more populous counties. All of Warren County's 14 precincts voted in favor of the wife's property rights amend ment, and only one precinct voted against the redisricting amendment. Sandy Creek cast 57 votes In favor of this amend ment and 6$ against. Strongest opposition to the amendmemt was In West Warrenton Pre cinct where 79 opposed, but here 158 voted In favor of the amendment. Roanoke Precinct cast all of Its 16 votes for both amend ments. Fishing Creek Pre cinct was close behind on a percentage basis, casting 30 votes for the redisricting amendment and 1 against, three voters in Fishing Creek opposed the wife's property rights amendment and 27 fav ored it. I ,? Wise Baptist Church To Observe Baptist Men Day Jan. 21 Members of the Wise Baptist Church will observe Baptist Men's Day on January 26, the Rev. A, T. Ayscue, pastor, announced yesterday. During the service the spotlight will focus on the men of the church, he said. Wise Baptist Church is one of an estimated 15,000 churches throughout the Southern Baptist Convention which will recognize their men for past service* on this special day, Mr. Ayscue said. Observance of Baptist Men's Day, an annual event, was begun in Baptist Churches Is IMS. It was known then as Laymen's Day. The name was officially changed last year to Baptist Men's Day to Include all the men, including the pastor. Mr. Ayscue said that among the features planned at Wise Baptist Church involving men will be christian testimony, recognition eervlce, ? men's chorus, and other activities. Sponsor of the special day is the Brotherhood of the Wis* Baptist Church, of which C. ft Thompson is president. ?
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