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Warrenton's trees got a trimming this week as work
men cleared the path of power lines in the business and
residential sections. A tree expert, riding in a man
euverable capsule, uses a portable saw during trimming
operations on Warrenton's Main Street.
(Staff Photo)
Laundromat Opens
In Warrenton; Grand
Opening Is Planned
A coin-operated laundry has
been opened on Warrenton's
West Franklin Street and plans
are under way for a grand
opening.
J. E. Jordan of Smlthfleld,
"pawner of the new establishment,
4 this week announced the open
lng of the Warrenton Laund
romat. Jordan owns a similar
commercial laundry on College
Street in Henderson and In Ral
I eigh and Dunn.
The Warrenton Laundromat
is housed in a frame structure
located in front of Thompson's
Warehousp and opposite White's
Gin. Jordan has installed 15
automatic washers and five
automatic dryers in the build
ing.
The building was remodelled
and a graded parking lot is
planned by the owner.
James Jones, Warrenton
merchant, is supervising oper
ation of the laundromat.
Prospective Teacher
Loans Now Available
Scholarship loans for pro
spective teachers are now
available to Warren County
seniors, Mrs. Rachel Fishel,
guidance director of Warren
County schools, announced yes
terday. She urges interested
y seniors to contact her or any
*hlgi school principal for Infor
mation.
Mrs. Fishel said that approx
imately 450 scholarship loans
of $350 each are awarded from
4 the N. C. Prospective Teachers
Scholarship Loan Fund to resi
dents of North Carolina who
intend to enroll in North Car
olina colleges or universities
and prepare to teach in the
public schools of North Car
olina. Many applications are
already on file, she said.
In awarding Scholarship
Loans the Awards Committee
considers the applicant's high
school scholastic record, his
character and financial need,
his purposefulness and intention
to teach, as well as the areas
and subject* in which the de
mands for teachers are con
sidered greatest.
These loans may be repaid
in full, including interest, by
teaching in the public schools
of North Carolina. Application
must be made no later Than
March 1, 1M4, to the Pros
pective Teachers Scholar
- ship Loan Fund, Stale Depart
ff Mt Of Public Instruction,
V Ratal
Raleigh, N. C.
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PRINCIPAL BEGINS WORK
Bernard Lowry of Pembroke,
former teacher and principal
the Robeeon County achool
system, has been nam ad princi
pal of the Haliwa school In
Warren County.
Break-in Is Probed;
'
Norlina Man Charged
A police investigation is con
tinuing at Norlina following the
Wednesday night break-in of a
Norlina grocery store md the
theft of approximately 40 car
tons of cigarettes.
Police reported that the
break-in was discovered Thur
sday morning by G. D. Knight,
owner of Knight's Food Market
on Hyco Street.- Entry hadbeen
jSdned TUy forcing an frori bar
wMch covered a rear whidow
of the store.
In addition to the cigarettes,
a small amount of change, be
lieved to be less than three
dollars, was reported missing.
Earlier, a hearing was set
for Monday night before Nor
ltna Mayor G. P Grtssom for
John H. Hunt, Jr., former man
ager of the Norlina Supermar
ket, who was charged with
breaking and entering, larceny
and receiving Saturday night.
Hunt was arrested in front
of the supermarket by off-duty
policeman Charles Wilson,
shortly after-il p.m. Saturday.
He was charged with the theft
of 19 cartons of cigarettes and
a ham.
Hunt was Jailed shortly after
his arrest, but was released
Sunday morning under $500
bond.
Battleship Museum
To Honor War Dead
"Plans for the establishment
of the Museum aboard the USS
North Carolina Battleship
Memorial have progressed to
the point where we are about
ready to submit the Roll of
Honor of North Carolina World
War II Dead to the engraver,"
Rear Admiral Robert B. Ellis,
USN (Ret.), Superintendent, said
this week In a communication
addressed to all North Car
olina newspapers seeking the
names of all those who died In
World Wai; II. He added:
"As you know, this Roll of
Honor will be the most Im
portant feature of the Museum.
We are making every effort to
insure that there will be no
omissions or other errors In
It. For that reason, I will
be extremely grateful if you will
publish the attached list of
names of men and women from
the area served by your news
paper who lost their lives in
World War n while In a llne
of-duty status. It Is further
requested that your readers be
Informed of the significance of
the list and to be told to report
any discrepencies directly to
the to the Battleship Memorial,
P. O. Box 17, Wilmington, North
Carolina "
The list as submitted by
Admiral Ellis Follows:
Thomas A. Alston, Joseph
N. Cola, John Collins, Joseph
R. Daniel, Mows 8. Davis,
Robert E. Davis, Ollle M. Den
ton, WtUlam P. Dowtin, Eugene
P. Dunston, Jerry Ellis, James
Fisher, Floyd F. Fleming,Jr.
Jessie Good*, Rodgers J.
Harris, Cornelius Bracey Hen
dricks, Jr., Andrew J. Hundley,
James W. Hunter. Louis C.
Jones, Benjamin F. Jordan,
Fred D. Kearney, Arthur D.
Kelly, Haywood D. Latta, Wil
liam S. Meadows, George w.
O'Neal, Walter C. Paynter, Al
lan L. Peoples, Russell W. Par
kinson, Romeo Lamont Powell,
Jr., Williams C. Rivers, Sam
T. Robertson, Wallace S. Rod
well, Dudley A. Rosa, Arthur
IB. Sherin. Junius Stallings,
j George C. Stegall, Alvin Wil
I liam Stephenson, Robert E.
Thornton, John E. Wall.
Snowfall Probably
To Prompt Extension
Last week's snowfall will
probably cause an extension of
the 1963-64 school term, Super
intendent J. R. Peeler predicted
this week.
Peeler said students who got
a week-long holiday because of
the year's first snowfall will
probably remain in school until
June 3. A formal decision is
expected to be reached Feb. 10
during the next regular meeting
of the Warren County Board of
Education.
"Our experience with Sat
urday classes has not been
good," Peeler said.
The current school term was
scheduled to end on May 27
prior to the cancellation of,
classes last week.
Jones Named Preyer
Campaign Manager
Howard F. Jones, Warrenton
newspaperman, has been named
Warren County campaign man
ager for Democratic guberna
torial candidate L. Richardson
Preyer.
Warrenton will serve as
woman's campaign manager for
Preyer In the county. She Is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. Lunsford Long of Warren
ton.
RETUBNS FROM HOSPITAL
Mrs. Harry O. Flshel has re
cently returned from Duke Hos
pital, Durham, and is now visit
ing her daughter and family,
Mr. and Mrs. James White, In
Scotland Neck.
Young Norlina Girl
Is Contributor To
1
Children's Magazine
Mary Dowell Taylor, 9-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. !
Clayton Taylor of Norlina, is j
a contributor to Jack and Jill j
magazine, the 25-year-old |
children's magazine published
by The Curtis Publishing Com
pany.
The written item is included
as a news note in a special de
par'ment of Jack and Jill called
North, East, West and South
and is an excerpt from a letter
to the editors. The letter tel s
about "having no excuse to be
late for school because she lives
right across the road from it."
This news note was selected
from among many hundreds
which are submitted by children
throughout the United States and
the entire world, Each contri
butor receives a framed "Cer
tificate of Merit" from Jack
and Jill magazine, signed by the
publisher.
PTA Speaker Cites
Need To Consolidate
Small County Schools
A member of the State De
partment of Public Instruction
Tuesday might made a strong
case for school consolidation!
in Warren County.
J. L. Cashwell, supervisor, 1
of supervision and curriculum,
told members of the Boyd
Graham-Macon PTA that per
student costs in small schools
is high, while the curriculum
is limited.
Cashwell, a former teacher
and principal, did not call for
school consolidation as such,
but pinpointed the drawbacks
of operating small schools.
He urged the use of an in
dividual approach in teaching,
and outlined the state require
ments for graduation. Cash
well also told of curriculum
trends In different subject
areas.
Mrs. J. Boyd Davis, presi
dent, presided over the meet
ing. Mrs. W. Monroe Gard
ner was program chairman.
Haithcock Funeral
Held On Tuesday
Funeral services for Leonard
Wilker Haithcock were con
ducted from?the Inez?Baptist
Church Tuesday at 3 p. m. by
the Rev. J.T. Wilson. Burial
was In the Haithcock family
cemetery.
Mr. Haitncock, 77, died on
Sunday. He was a member of
Reedy Creek Baptist Church
and was a native of the Lib
eria community where he was
a farmer.
Surviving are his wife, the
former MozeUe Powell; two
sons, L. M. Haithcock of Macon
and Coroner Norman I. Haith
cock of Warranted; one brother,
Walter M. Haithcock of Hender
son; one sister, Mra. Angle Rob-'
ertson of Marmaduke; 11 grand
children and four treat-grand
children.
Warren Schools Rank
High In State Survey
Prayer For
Judgment
Continued
Six defendants In Recorder's
Court last Friday charged with
larceny received a reprieve
when prayer for judgment was
continued in each case.
The defendants were Bonny
les Lewis Wortham, Charlie
Williams, Nathaniel Bullock and
Sammy Davis. Judge Julius
Banzet ordered that prayer for
judgment in each case be con
tinued for one year upon con
dition that the defendant not
violate any criminal laws of
state for one year, remain of
good behavior and pay court
costs.
The State took a nol pros
with leave in the case of Wal
lace Neal, charged with larcery.
The court found James Hay
wood Foster not guilty. He
was charged with operating a
motor vehicle without an oper
ator's license and with pre
senting a license not his own.
James Plummer Alexander
was charged with recklessdriv
ing and with speed competition.
Prayer for Judgment was con
tinued for 60 days upon con
dition the defendant surrender
his operator's license for 60
days, and pay a $25 fine and
court costs.
Arthur Evans was found guil
ty of non-support. Prayer for
judgment was continued for one
year upon condition that the
defendant pay into the office of
the Welfare Department $20
per week for the support of his
minor children.
James Edward Alexander was
charged with speed competition
arrd"reckless driving. Prayer
for judgment was continued for
60 days upon condition the
defendant surrender his opera
tor's license for 60 days, not
operate a motor vehicle upon
the highways of North Carolina
for 00 days, and- pay a $25
fine and court costs.
Willie Lee Haskins appeal
ed a 30 days road sentence.
He was found guilty of non
support. Appeal bond was set
at $100.
Jimmie Roope, given a sus
pended sentence on July 12,1963,
when he was found guilty of a
larceny charge, was deemed to
have carried out the provision
of his sentence and was order
ed discharged.
Cromwell Homer Kimball
pled guilty to a charge of reck
less driving and was ordered
to pay a $25 fine and court
costs.
Frederick Realson Parks i
pled guilty (o a charge of reclt
less driving and was ordered
to pay a $25 fine and court costs.
The State took a nol pros with
leave in cases of two defen
dants?Larry Patterson Davis
and Robert Lee Nash?charged
with speeding. In other speed
lng cases defendants and court
verdicts were as follows:
Thomas Alphonso Kirkland,
costs; Harvey Bingham Carlton,
$10 and costs; Thomas Daniel
George, costs; Peggy Mary
Bender, $10 and costs; Robert
Griffin Edwards, costs; Wln
fred Overman. $ 10 and costs;
Wendell Edward Koener, $15
and costs; Carlton Norrls Rea
vls, costs.
Donnle Lee Bovd. charged
with speeding and failure to obey
a stop sign, was ordered to pay
a $10 fine and court costs.
NAMED TO COMMITTEE
Raby Traylor, Norllna bus
inessman, has been named to
a four-man membership com
mittee at the Carol in as Hard
ware Association.
The committee wUl hare
a membership goal at eoonreifi
bers during 1944. Traylor la
owner of Traylor's Hardware
Of Norllna.
A bulldozer operator breaks ground for an administrative
office building which will be erected adjacent to the Warren
General Hospital. The $45,000 structure is expected to be
completed by July 1. (Staff Photo)
Administration Office
Building Work Starts
Construction of an adminis
! trative offtce building to serve
! the Warren County school sys
! tem began here this week at a
j site adjacent to the Warren
General Hospital.
The brick building, expected
!to cost approximately $45,000
will be erected by Hutchins Con
[struction Co. of Durham and
will consolidate existing county
Girl Scout Troop
Holds Investiture
Service At Church
! The Brownie Girl Scout Troop
379, sponsored by the Men's
Bible Class of the Presbyterian
Church, held its Investiture
service on Thursday night of
last week at 7:30 o'clock. This
group includes 23 girls of the
second and third grades.
After the girls had received
their pins around a simulated
campfire with the girls forming
a semi-circle, the members
gave the Pledge of Allegiance, ]
i Brownie B's, and Brownie Scout
[ Promise.
Girls who received their
national cards and pins were
Kimberly Ayscue, Catherine j
Blankenshlp, Carolyn Coleman,
Lou Ann Coleman, Beth Elam, j
| Debbie Hll'lard, PatriclaOdom, |
Elizabeth Overby, Pamela Po-j
well, Cheryl Shearln, Barbara!
Strickland, Susan Thompson,
Lynette Comer, Eleanor Davis, j
Sharon Jones, Lynne Maynard, j
Sharon Mustlan, and Bonnie^
Hamm.
Refreshments were served I
after the program to Scouts and
j thelr guests from a table daco^j
| rated with small Brownie Scout |
I doll, white church, Junior Scout
doll and golden table cloth.
The Brownie Girl Soout Troop
379 Is a member of the Pines
of CarollnaCouncll. Adult lead
ers are Mrs. Walter White and
Mrs. W. B. Thompson.
Mr. G, W. Davis returned
home Sunday from Duke Hos
pital, Durham , where he
recently* underwent ft major
operation.
| Miss Emily Burt Person
underwent a major operation in
Mary Elizabeth Hospital,
Raieigfi? last week.
school offices.
"We expect the building to
be completed by July 1," Supt.
J. R. Peeler said yesterday.
Peeler is currently negotiating
with low bidders, iollowing a de
cision by the Warren County
Board of Education in Decem
ber not to approve bids !
amounting to $47,978.
The building, which will con- i
tain approximately 4,000 feet
of floor space, will be erect
ed north of the hospital.
Meanwhile, inclement wea
ther has slowed progress on the
South Warren elementary
school, Peeler said. He said
the project was progressing
"very slowly," and did not
give an estimated completion
date.
Peeler indicated that another
school project in the county?
the addition of a cafeteria and
four classrooms at Northslde
elementary school--would be
completed in "about two
weeks." He also expressed
pleasure over the rate of pro
gress at a lunchroom at North
Warren High School. ,
Graduates
Continue
Education
Warren County has been
ranked among the top five coun
?)' educational units in North
-arolina in the number of 1963
Mgh school graduates continu
ing their formal education
n -^ti^^Wuie^^hools
schools placed fifth in the tenth
annual follow-up survey of 1963
graduates prepared by the State
Department of Public In
struction. The survey was re
Whi*.? uh'S Week bv Calvin
White. Warren County school
supervisor.
100 county unUs
n?tgfoupecr witF~fITe~72~
city units, which tended to have
a higher percentage of high
school graduates continuing
their education.
*Ten'S rankine was based
on (1) number of students en
rolling in four-year colleges;
(2) number enrolling in two
year colleges;. (3) number en
schnni trade schooIs- business
schools, nursing schools, etc
and (4) number entering mill
tary service.
Warren white schools had
B4.5 per cent of their 1963
graduate? continuing their
formal education, while the
Warren Negro school percent
age was 54.9 per cent.
White county units ranking
above Warren, in order of rank
were Currituck, Duplin, and
Wake^ Mecklenburg, which did
include city schools, was fifth.
Among the leaders in the Negro
county units, in order of rink"
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^PTfr-yarrgrr^.tg-amj Negro -
schools ranked above the state
average, 56.2 for white units,
38.6 for Negro. Each topped
stood0"?'5'* Un" avera?e- w>>lch
and i* w f?r Whl,e """s
and 35. l for Negro units. War
ren Negro schools surpassed
the city unit average of 46 3
the county's white schools
oWfe67.5bel?W ,he C"y
The follow-up report showed
in the number of
graduates entering college and
military service, but showed an
Increase, m the number en?
tering business, trade, and
nursing schools.
The high schools of the state
graduated 48,480 students l?
1963, an Increase of 412 over
he previous year, of these
graduates. 51.88 per cent c"!
their formal education.
Unbeaten Warrenton To
Tackle Wildcats Tonight
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Undefeated Warrenton and
once-beaten Mlddleburg tangle
tonight In the nightcap of a bas
ketball twlnbill In the John Gra
ham High School gymnasium.
Winners of 13 In a row, the
Yellow Jackets are currently
In first place In the Halifax
Warren Conference race. Mld
dleburg, playing It tMCwr
Lake Conference, dropped Its
first game after 12 consecutive
wins Tuesday night when Ay cock
ton* a ?
Warrenton downed Ay cock
78-47 earlier this month, and
warmed up for the meeting
with a win over Littleton on
Wednesday night.
High scorer for the Jackets
has been forward A1 Blaylock,
who also boasts the best accur
acy mark from the floor.
Graham's quintet, coached 1
Jimmy Webb and Jon Burwel!
has a balanced offense but I
not been consistent from
foul line where It
a 53.2 peri:
Coach Joe Stepusln's Mid
burg Wildcat* have an
centered around Jimmy 1
who dumped in MpotaUi
Aycock Tuesday night.
In the openlnc game
Friday doubieheader,