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VOLUME 68 10c Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WAKREN, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1961 NUMBER 9
Miss Rooker
To Direct
Seal Drive
Miss Elizabeth Rooker has
been named chairman of the
1964 Easter Seal Campaign In
Warren County. The drive
sponsored by the Warrenton
Woman's Club, will begin on
March 1 and will end on Easter
Sunday, March 29.
The appointment of Miss
Rooker to head the drive was
maiie yesterday by Mrs. Leon
ard Daniel, publicity chairman
for the Warrenton Woman's
Club.
In making the announcement,
Mrs. Daniel pointed out that the
Easter Seal Society is a volun
tary agency which has worked
to help the handicapped in the
nation for 43 years. She said
it Is the earnest wish of the
society to bring this good work
to as many crippled children
and adults as possible on the
local level.
? Rehabilitation work is pro
vided to all those who need it
regardless of the cause of crip
pling, race, religion, national
background or economic status.
The Warren County Chapter
Is one of 1^326 Easter Seal af
filiates of the National Society
for Crippled Children and
Adults that will conduct the
annual Easter Seal campaigns
to finance rehabilitation ser
vices throughout the nation,
Mrs. Daniel said. The War
renton Woman's Club has re
ceived a personal letter from
Commedlan Bob Hope, presi
dent of the Nations Society, who
stressed the serious purpose of
this work and the great need
for funds throughout the coun
try.
Mrs. Daniel said that
scholarships and fellowships
provided by the Easter Seal
Society have added more than
5(XKphysiclans, thereaptsts, and
othef professional workers to
the number of skilled persons
serving the physical handi
capped. Researchers are at
work in medical schools and
hospitals to find the causes
and cures of crippling and
means of Improving the educa
tional, emotional and vocational
adjustment of the crippled.
"When you receive your Eas
ter Seals," Mrs. Daniel said,
"give generously so that this
very Important work may con
tinue and grow to help expand
research and restore the physi
cally disabled to productive liv
ing." ?
Warlick Re-elected
President Of Warren
Educational Group
Sam A. Wai-Uck, Jr., manager
of Leggett's Department Store,
was re-elected president of the
W4rren Educational Founda
tion, Inc., at the annual meet
ing held at Warren Plaza Inn
at 7 o'clock on Saturday night.
W. Boyd Mayfleld was elect
ed vice-president, and Randolph
Miles, secretary-treasurer.
Directors elected were Dr.
Joseph J. Allen, P. B. Boyd,
Miss Marlam Boyd, J. R, Peel
er, Frank H. Daniel, J. Howard
Daniel, Richard R. Davis, W. R.
Drake, G. E. Harvey, R. P.
Thorne, S. O, Nunn, R. Leigh
Traylor, Harry W. Walker and
Dr. Walter White.
The Rev. MUtonMann, pastor
of the Macon Methodist Church,
was speaker.
Jury Is Unable
To Reach Verdict
Two defendants faced a Jury
In Warren County Recorder's
Court last Friday on charge* of
operating a motor vehicle while
under the Influence of whiskey.
In one case, that of Henry
Alston, the Jury was unable
to agree and a mistrial was
ordered In the other the Jury
?aid that Albert Carl Brletkze
was not guilty.
William Eugene Orlseom waa
In court on a charge of drunk
driving. The court accepted
a plea of reckless driving and
the defendant was ordered to
pay a $100 fine and court coats.
Russell Ray Gunter, charged
with reckless driving; racing,
was found not guilty.
Cornelius Russell waa found
03ee COURT page 4)
Members of Macon Boy Scout Troop No. 618 attending
a Boy Scout birthday supper at Macon Methodist Church
on Monday night were, left to right; first row, Louis Thomp
son, assistant patrol leader; Clarence Thompson, assistant
patrol leader; Marshall Carroll, Jerry Bolton, Jimmy
Four Persons Injured
In Head-on Collision
Reported Improved
Four persons hospitalized as
the result of a head-on collision
nf Iwn aiitrimnhtlog hern last
Saturday, were reported yes
terday to be making satisfactory
recovery.
Injured In the wreck which
occurred near the home of Mr.
and Mrs. B. G. White on Ridge
way Street at 6:30 were Deputy
Sheriff and Jailer Herbert
Rooker and his daughter,
Paulette, 16, and Sol Fleming
and son, Ralph, 25, of Norlina.
Rooker suffered a cut on his
forehead and several broken
ribs and is recovering at Maria
Parham Hospital In Henderson.
His daughter suffered cuts and
bruises and a patient in
Warren General Hospital. Sol
Fleming, who suffered a bad
cut on his throat, was sent to
Maria Parham Hospital. Ralph
Fleming, who suffered abroken
pelvis, was taken to Rex Hos
pital in Raleigh.
According to Warrenton
Police Officer Macon Reavis,
who with officers Peoples and
Capps Investigated the wreck,
the accident occurred as Rooker
in passing a farm tractor and
trailer crashed head-on with a
car driven by Sol Fleming.
Rooker was en route to War
ren General Hospital where his
daughter was expected to under
go a tonsillectomy.
The Chevrolet car driven by
Rooker was demolished, and
Fleming's Oldsmoblle suffered
damages estimated at several
hundred dollars.
Lenten Speakers
The Rev. Robert Turner will
be the guest speaker at All
Saints Episcopal Church on
Tuesday evening, March 3, at
8 o'c'.ock, the Rev. James M.
Stoney announced yesterday.
Mr. Stoney also announced
that the Rev. John E. C. Harris
of Rocky Mount will be the
guest speaker at Emmanuel
Episcopal Church on Wednes
day evening, March 4, at 8
o'clock.
To Enter Playoffs
John Graham Yellow Jackets,
Halifax - Warren Conference
champions, will enter district
playoffs at Rocky Mount next
Wednesday night.
Oral Polio Vaccine
Campaiqn Plans Made
Plans for a mass oral polio
ivaccine campaign aimed at
! reaching thousands of Warren
County residents during the
next three months were outlined
here Monday night.
Members of a steering com
mittee representing various
civic clubs of the county heard ]
officials of "10 Warren County
Medical Society call foracoun
ty-wide effort to immunize all
Warren residents six weeks of
age and older.
Dr. Robert S. Cline, presi
dent of the Warren County Med
ical Society told members of
the steering committee meet
ing at Warren General Hospit
al that the vaccine will be ad
ministered on one Sunday during
each of the next three months.
Vaccine will be given the pub
lic at the Warren County Health
Department here, the Aiton-El
beron Rurltan Club House in
Afton and the Norllna Woman's
Club Building in Norllna. The
vaccine will be given March
22, April 19, and May 17.
For a successful vaccine pro
gram, Dr. Cline recommended
that between 65 per cent and 75
per cent of the county's popu
lation be immunized.
"The immunization proce
dure will be permanent and con
fer lifetime immunity on the
individual receiving all three
Special Membership Drive
Planned By Farm Bureau
Warren County Farm Bureau
will hold a special member
ship drive th e first two weeks
In March.
Announcement of the drive
was made yesterday by Boyd
Reams, president, who said that
while the special winter cam
paigns have been conducted
successfully in many other
states.
The drive will be headed by
Hal Paschall of Norllna, drive
chairman. He will be'asslsted
by President Reams, John
Klllan, Mrs. Erich Hecht, Wil
son Fleming, J. W. Smlthwick,
J. Robert King, E. B. Ride
out and Frank Perklnson.
"Farm Bureau membership
doesn't 'cost', it pay," Reams
types of the oral vaccine. The
Sabln-type vaccine Is com
pletely sale and offers grer.ier
protection than lnjectlon-type
vaccine since It is taken by
mouth and reaches the rest of
the body through the Intestinal
tract," Dr. Cllne said.
Types I, II, and III of the
Sabln strain vaccine will be of
fered with a minimum donation
of 25 cents being requested to
help defray costs of the pro
gram. Dr. Cline said no one
would be refused Immunization
for lack of donation.
The county-wide program,
also planned for the neighboring
counties of Franklin, Halifax
and Northampton during the
next three months, will be the
only time in the foreseeable
future that mass Immunization
will be offered, Cline said. The
vaccine will be available only
through various physicians' of
fices following the mass cam
paign, he added.
Committee members named
Monday night to aid in the cam
paign were Mrs. R. B. Butler
and the Rev. Philip E. Lykes,
publicity; William J. Hicks,
Frank H. Daniel and Norman
Llmer, Mrs. Thomas Gaskill
and Leonard Daniel, manpower;
J. Howard Daniel, finance; and
Mrs. F. P. Whitley, records.
said.
"No other organization in
North Carolina or the nation
offers farmers and other rural
people such a high-quality,
comprehensive program of leg
islative service as Farm
Bureau. There are three times
as many members In Farm
Bureau as In any other general
farm organization?over 1,628,
000 In American Farm Bureau
and more than 57,000 In North
Carolina Farm Bureau."
Reams said that Warren
County Farm Bureau offers the
member a wide variety of ser
vices, such as farm and life
insurance, aid with gas tax
refunds, high-quality tires at
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STAFF PHOTO
Rivers. Second row, Clarence Young, partol leader;
Larry Rivers, assistant partol leader; Robert Thompson,
Harry St. Sing, Joel Walker, Ttonald Rlggan, Kermit Copley.
Back Row, Scout master, >v. B. Thompson, Brian Rogers,
assistant patrol leader; Lane Myrick and Bill Young.
Golden Anniversary
Of Boy Scouting Is
Observed At Macon
Macon Boy Scout Troop 681
under the direction of W. B.
Thompson, Scoutmaster, ob
served the 50th anniversary of
Scouting In America at the Ma
con Methodist Church at 6:30
on Monday night.
Prior to a program consist
ing of a demonstration, a skit,
the presentation of awards, and
closing ceremonies, a delicious
buffet supper, prepared by
members of the Scouts'
families, was served. Inadark
ened room, with a spotlight on
the United States Flag, the
Pledge of Allegiance was led by
Louis Thompson, patrol leader.
The Rev. Milton Mann, Metho
dist minister, pronounced the
blessing.
Following the supper a
demonstration on the use, care
and honors of the American
Flag was led by Clarence Young,
patrol leader.
A skit showed am operation
on Scout Bill Young by Scouts
Lane Myrlck and Brian Rogers,
with a backdrop shadow in a dark
room.
Thirteen merit badges were
presented by Scoutmaster
Thompson. Of these Clarence
Young received 4; Bill Young 1;
Clarence Thompson 3; Brian
Rogers 1; Larry Rivers 2j and
Lane Myrlck 2.
The ceremonies were closed
in a dark room with an ex
planation of the twelve points
of Scout Law led by Patrol
Leader Louis Thompson over
a PA system.
Minister To Speak
At Ladies Night ~
A former Warrenton Metho
dist minister will be the guest
speaker at the annual Ladles
Night banquet to be held here
Tuesday night by the Warren
ton Rotary Club.
The Rev. LaFon C. Vereen,
executive director of the N. C.
Conference Board of Missions
and Church Extension, will ad
dress Rotarians and guests at
Hotef"* Warren. The banquet
is scheduled to begin at 7 p. m.
Rotarians wishing to bring
guests to the annual event have
been requested to notify
Rotarlan J. Shipp McCarroll by
noon Monday. ?
Poverty Attack Plans
Amplified In Meeting
Proposed
Welfare
I Plan Hit
Members of the Warren
County Board of Commission
ers have expressed opposition
I to a plan to place local wel
fare programs directly under
boards of county commission
ers.
Amos Capps, Warren board
chairman, said he was person
ally against the proposal and
that he felt he could speak for
other members-of the-county's
I five-man board.
"I think It Is in the right
| hands now," Capps said follow
ing a recommendation Sunday by
a consulting firm that the ad
ministrative shift be made.
The North Carolina Associa
tion of County Commissioners,
I which requested the consulting
J firm of Griffenhagen-Kroeger,
| Inc. to look into welfare ad
I ministration, began studying the
| proposals this week.
Alex McMahon, association
! general counsel, has said that
I the -"true effect of these re
commendations would be to put
1 administrative responsibility,
now resting with local welfare
[boards, in the hands of the
.county commissioners where
1 the financial responsibility now
lies."
To do this, the counsulting
firm suggested that county com
missioners, rather than the
State Board of Welfare appoint
welfare directors. It also
recommended abolishing local
welfare boards as administra
tive agencies and setting them
up as advisory units to the coun
ty commissioners.
The firm recommended that
boards of commissioners be
made "clearly and directly"
responsible for all aspects of
local welfare programs, sub
ject to standards established
by the State Board.
It called on the commission
ers to delegate administrative
responsibility to the county
directors for day-to-day opera
tion of the welfare programs,
f Currently-, - Warren -County
j Commissioner Alfred Ellington
j represents the board of athree
1 man county welfare board,
i Other members of the welfare
j board are Charles White of War
i renton and Joseph P, Newsom
j of Littleton.
"The county commissioners
| have all they can handle now,"
Capps,
Capps said. He predicted that
the proposed plan would cause
members of the Warren Board
of County Commissioners to
"meet weekly rather than
monthly."
The proposal is expected to
be a major topic of discussion
at a district meeting of boards
of county commissioners to be
SYLVIA I)AVIS
Local Girl
Is Finalist
A John Graham High School
senior will be one of three young
musicians representing Di
strict 14 of the North Carolina
Federation of Women's Cluos
in a state talent contest in
Winston-Salem next month.
Miss Sylvia Lynn Davis,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Macon Davis of Rt. 2, War
renton, wil compete with
entries from 15 other districts
of the NCFWC for a $100 prize
In the state contest.
Miss Davis was named one of
three winners in district com
j petition in Roanoke Rapids Sat
j orday. Her selection as win
| ner in piano competion followed
] a rendition of "Fantasy" by
Mozart.
Mrs. M. C. Crane, District
I 14 music chairman, also named
i Beth Johnson of Roanoke Rapids
I as winner In the female vocalist
competition and Michael Berry,
j male vocalist winner.
Sponsoring clubs of winners
were the Roanoke Rapids Wo
man's Club, Study Club, and the
Woman's Club of Warrenton.
Acting as Judges were Mrs.
H. B. Browder Jr. of Weldon,
Mrs. Marvin N'ewsom of Lit
tleton, and Mrs. James T. Bar
nette of Roanoke Rapids.
Mrs. W. W. Wicks, District
14 junior director and the Fine
Arts Department of the Roanoke
Rapids Junior Woman's Club
assisted Mrs. Crane in the con
test.
The state contest at Salem
I College in Winston-Salem will
| be held on March 14 at
I 1:30 p. m.
j held in Raleigh on March 10.
Capps said members of the
j Warren Board of County Com
| missioners had discussed the
proposal and were "opposed
j to any administrative change."
Miss Sarah Hawkins of
| Charlotte is visiting relatives
here.
Col. and Mrs. Randolph Wat
son M Raleigh ware visitors
here this week.
Officials
Pay Visit
To County
Members of a Warren County
committee hoping to launch an
assault on povertyoutlined their
plan of attack here Tuesday
night before a four-man dele
gation representing the North
Carolina Fund.
Representatives of the fund,
an organization attempting to
break the "Cycle of Poverty"
in the Tar Heel State, heard
tv's four-point proposal put
in a strong bid for $1,054,237
in N. C. Fund allocations
stretching over a five-year
period.
W. R. Drake of Macon, chair
man of a 25-man steering com
mittee charged with guiding
Warren's effort to receive Fund
aid, told the delegation that
2,645 of the county's 4,112 fami
lies fall into the "poverty
stricken"category.
The Fund places any family
having less than $3,000 annual
Income in that category.
Thomas J. Pearsail of Rocky~
Mount, a director of the Fund
toid Warren Co'.mty commis
sioners and members of the
local steering committee meet
ing in the Warren County Court
house, that a final decision on
Warren's proposal would not be
made for several weeks.
"If the Fund wants something
different, they've got it here."
Pearsail said after hearing
Warren's proposal? entitled
"Operation Uplift"?outlined.
Presenting Warren's four
prong proposal were the Rev.
G. E. Cheek, who called for the
aid of the Fund in helping be
gin a major outdoor drama;
J. E. Byers, who outlined a
creative training program
designed to "reach those per
sons missed by the school";
Mrs. EvaClayton, who proposed
a folk school that is designed
to substantially reduce ignor
ance among the "poverty
stricken"; and L. C. Cooper,
who amplified plans for a farm
family industry _proJectL
The N. C. Fund is In the
process of selecting 10 to 12
areas for pilot projects
aimed at reducing poverty.
Some $14 million earmarked for
the statewide poverty program,
represents grants from the
Ford Foundation and private
North Carolinasources.
Other members of the North
Carolina Fund delegation visit
ing here Tuesday were Dr.
Samuel Duncan, president of
Livingstone College In Salis
bury; Mike Brooks, Fund re
search director; and William A.
Darlty, assistant director for
community development.
Farmers Urged To
Release '64 Cotton
Pointing out that March 2 i*
the deadline for requesting ad
ditional cotton acreage and
March 16 is the deadline for
releasing cotton acreage, W. S.
Smiley, chairman of the War
ren County ASC Committee, re
quested that no farmer fail to
release cotton that will not be
planted in 1964.
Smiley said that any farmer
who has cotton allotment that
he does not intend to plant should
release it to the county eom
ittee at oaee,?lit
he stressed, farmers
their allotment, and at the a
time the released acre
be re-apportioned to otheri
ducers who deaire more i
lor 1M4.
represents