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VOLUME 68 10c Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 111). 1964 MIMBKR 19
School Men Ask
For Bond Issue
Ask Vote
Be Held
On Way 30
Submission of a hundred mil
lion dollar school building bond
issue to the voters of the state
on May 30 has been requested
by district school men meet
ing at Warrenton.
The request was made to Gov
ernor Sanford in a resolution
passed at the annual meeting
of District 6 N. C. State School
Boards meetings held at John
Graham High School on last
Thursday afternoon and night.
W. Boyd Mayfleld, Mrs. E. M.
president presided over the
meeting.
The school men also request
ed that the State Board of Ed
ucation allot teachers for two
weeks after schools open on the
same basis as teachers are al
lotted in the spring. .
The theme of the meeting
was " A Progress Report: New
Programs, New Facilities, Im
proved Personnel, and Addi
tional Funds, and was featured
by an address by Dr. Charles]
F. Carroll, State Superintendent
of School, at a dinner meeting.
Presented by Frank'Banzet,
former member of the General
Assembly, Dr. Carroll gave a
progress report of the schools
In which gains, goals and short;
comings were discussed.
While North Carolina schools|
have made real progress-In
recent years, Supt. Carroll
said, the things that the schools
have not done should be stress
ed. As an Illustration of school
failures he pointed out the edu
cational level of Warren County
citizens, which he said Is known
to all local educators. While
the actual figure was not given
by Dr. Carroll it Is 6.1 which
means that the average school
level for the county Is the sixth
pva<".e.
A distressing fact, Dr. Car
roll said, is that 35,000school-!
age children have never enter
ed North Carollns schools.
This , he said, calls attention;
to the need for more attendance
officers and better enforcement
of the attendance laws.
Of 100 students who enter
school, only 52 of these gra
duate from high school. Of
these 52 only 25% enter col
lege, and of these, he estimated
that only a third completed their!
college education.
The small number of those
entering school who finish col
lege, emphasises the need for
vocational teaching, Dr. Car
rerond. page 2~i
JANE WILLIAMS
f Warrenton Girt To
-4* In May Com!
A Warrenton girl, Miss Jan*
, Williams, has been chosen to
represent the freshman class in
th? May Court of 8t. Mary's
Jttnlor Collece la Raleigh. May
Day will take place m May J.
Miss WIIUku, KAjWr of
Mr. and Mrs. Villains,
Jr., o* Warrantor tv aiao a
nember Of Um ctonit and
' sis, ballet dar.oe group.
Is her first yeex at St.
Mrs. Richardson Preyer chais with Dr. W. W. Taylor, Sr.,
luring reception at Hotel Warren Tuesday afternoon. Story and
Dther pictures on page 3.
DRAKE
CLAYTON
Drake And Clayton
Announce For House
Two Warren County citizens;
announced Wednesday that they
would be candidates for the
State House of Representatives
subject to the will of the voters
In the Democratic primary of
May 30.
They are Wilton R. Drake, 44,
mayor of Macon and head of a
Drake Has Long
Been Macon's Mayor
In making the announcement,
Drake stated that "I have reach
ed this decision after many
months of deliberation and"
careful consideration, and as
the result of discussions with
literally hundreds of citizens of
Warren County who have urged
me to seek the nomination and
pledged me their support. I
cannot turn a deaf ear to their
expressions; on the contrary,
I yield to their desires and
pledge my unrelenting efforts to
help bring about abetter balanc<
ed agricultural and industrial
economy for the benefit of all
our people."
Commenting further, Drake
stated that "Warren County is
In a crossroads situation;
either we continue backward
economically, as we have for
many years, or we reverse the
trend and begin to move for
ward. We cannot stand still.
We are presently losing our
most highly prised possessions
. . .aor able young people. twos*
who attain an education beyond
the high school level rind lit
tie to beckon them back he
.... Mid many who are >.
able to obtain ample educate
Find It impossible to make.*
livelihood here and have .to go
tisewheru to seek employment,
rhls cycle should and can be
sroken, and with sincere effort
* the part at our leadership
shall be broken. This I intend
? ?; (See DRAKE, page 2)
local Insurance agency, and
Theaoseus T. Clayton, Negro
attorney of Warrenton.
Clayton is believed to be the
first Negro to file for the House
of Representatives from War
ren County since Recon
struction.
Claytonjs Former
Gilliland Partner
Clayton, a young Negro At
torney, is a native of Roxboro,
Person County. He attended the
public schools of Person Coun
ty. He served In the armed
forces during the Korean War.
He received a B. S. Degree
from Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity in Charlotte, N. C. and
Is a Graduate of North Carolina
Law School.
Clayton was licensed toprac
tlc law In August 1961 and dur
ing the same year he entered
into a law Partnership with
a white attorney, James D. Gil
liland, In Warrenton. This was .
the first known Interracial law
partnership la 'he state of North
Carolina.
Clayton has been very active
in local Church and Cibic af- j
fairs and Is past chairman of
the Warren County Heart Fund
and Boy Scouts Campaigns.
Clayton Is married to the for
mer MISS Eva M. McPherson
of Augusta, Georgia. Mrs. Clay
ton is a graduate of Johnson C.
Smith University, where they
net, and received her M. S.
Mgree in Biology from North
Carolina College at Durham.
n>e Claytons have three
children. ?.
Clayton states thai, if elect
ed, he Will represent all of the
people of Warren County to the
best of his aMIKy. Clayton
states, that, If Werrsn County
aspects to improve Its econopile
(Bee CLAYTON, page I)
Special
Term Is
Requested
A special term of civil court
vlll be held in May to try the
:ase of VEPCO vs. Hal Con
lell ? et ux., which was con
inued at the March term of
-ourt.
The request Tor the special
erm was made by the county
commissioners Monday at the
equest of Banzet and Banzet,
ittorneys for Mr. and Mrs.
^onnell. It is understood that
he entire term will be devot
ed to the hearing of this case
vhich is concerned with
lamages in condemnation pro
:eedings against the Connells by
/EPCO in obtaining land for the
Jaston Lake. VEPCO is appeal
ng from the judgment of the
:ommissioners appointed by the
:?urt to recommend damages.
Jurors drawn by the com
missioners Monday for this
special term were Willie N.
ifoung, Carl a B. Williams, Mrs.
iV. M. Duke, Mrs. H. E. Browne,
Mrs. G., V. Boyd, Eugene R.
Davis, Jack K. Bobbitt, G. H.
Washington, Mrs. W. C. Bur
roughs, William A. Pulley,
Eddie Lee Alston, Conzell Lit
tle, George A. Richardson, A. L.
Evans, Mrs. W. E. Mulchi, III,
Glenn H. Weldon, R. L. Robin
son, F. L. Vaughan.
H. A. Hight, G. I. Edmonds,
Mrs. C. P. Allen, Mrs. Irvin
Harris, Mordecai Shearin, P. C.
O'Mary, Mrs. R. A. Harris]
Jr., Allen King, B. T. Smiley,
Jr., Anne Spain, James E. Per
kinson, Ned Gray, PercvSom
merville, C. B. Wilson, D. Y.
Cooper, Richard J. Holtzman]
St. Jones Richardson. Miss Eula
Allen.
Board Receives
Requests For
Change In Values
Adjustment in tax valuations
is requested by a number of
citizens Monday was deferred
3y the commissioners sitting
is a Board of Equalization and
Review ^was deferred until
i later meeting in order that
he board might have time for
further investigation and rec
ommendations.
On motion of Commissioner
Ellington, which was seconded
by Commissioner Wilson and
duly carried, A. P. Rodwell,
Tax Supervisor, was given au
thority to correct tax values
as per G. S. 105-330, Sub
Section 1-5.
Prior to assuming their dut
ies as members of the Board
of Equalization and Review the
commissioners took an oath
of office before Clerk of Court
Joe N. Ellis, and for an hour
or more were busy hearing
complaints of taxpayers, most
of whom requested reduction in
valuations because of removal
of timber. fire loss, or other
things that decreased the value
of their property. Afewclaim
ed that their values were out-of
line with adjoining or similar
property.
"During the day, largely spent
In waiting for citizens to ap
pear with valuation complaints,
the commissioners found time
to hear reports and to attend
to a few items of business.
Among these the request- ing
of a special term of civil court
In April, the approval of a
request for funds to pay a full
(See BOARD, page 2)
Families Removed
From Welfare Roll
Aid to 51 families who had
been receiving assistance from
the Aid to FaaOlf. /1th De
pendent Children Fund was ter
minated by the Warren County
Welfare Board en Monday night.
Termination waa due to summer
employment.
Last year aid to 44 families
was terminated due to the a
v all ability of employment
throughout the county during the
summer months, Julian Farrar,
superintendent of welfare, said
yesterday.
Farrar said that selection
was carefully made by the Board
considering the ages of the
children involved and the abil
ity of the parent or parents
by health
R
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Oral Polio Clinic
To Be Held Sunday
In top picture volunteers are
shown registering for oral polic
vaccine at Health Center in
"wet run" Sunday. At right,
Leon Pridgen is shown taking
the vaccine on sugar cube.
(Staff Photo)
Dan Moore
Appoints
Managers
John Kerr, Jr., and Charles
VI. White, III, have been maned
:o-chairman for gubernatorial
:ondidate Dan K. Moore's cam
paign in Warren County.
The appointment of the War
renton attorney as his cam
paign managers was made here
Wednesday by Judge Moore dur
ng a brief visit.
Judge Moore addressed a
jroup of his supporters and
jther citizens in the court house
Wednesday morning. Warrenton
was one of several places of
lis schedule for that day.
Judge Moore said that if
elected governor his two chief
aims would be the development
if the agricultural life of the
state, with emphasis on dever
sidication, as well as the usual
money crops, and second de
velopment of the state's indust
rial output, to be spread as far
as feasible among counties gen
erally to give the entire state
such adventages.
The increase in milage and
roads was also stressed by
Judge Moore as a need for the
state which would have his full
backing as governor, as well
as continued progress for our
schools and colleges.
Judge Moore, who was intro
luced by John Kerr, Jr., was
accompanied to Warrenton by
hrs wife and his daughter-in
law, Mrs. Dan K. Moore, Jr.
Rodgers Funeral
Held On Monday
Funeral services for John
dodgers, 74, who died Satur
lay were held Mouday at 3 p. m.
rom the Warrenton Baptist
rhurch by the Rev. John Link,
jastor, and the Rev. R. E.
Jrlckhouse a former pastor,
Burial was in Falrvlew Cerrie
ery.
Mr. Rodgers was a native of
Varrenton, a merchant, veteran
it World War I, and a mem
ter of the Warrenton Baptist
Dhurch.
He Is survived by two sisters,
drs. Thomas Ellington of War
enton and Mrs. R. D. Jones
*f Nashville.
Girl Scouts To
Have Cookie Sale
The Girl Scout annual Cookie
lie will start on Friday, April
, Mrs. Calvin White, cookie
ale chairman, announced yea*
?rday.
Mr. and Mra. Freeman CI ea
? of Ashland, Va., are vislt
ig Mr. and Mra. John Edward
looker.
Dorsey Capps Named
Deputy By Hundley
Dorsey Capps, Warrenton
police officer, has accepted a
position as deputy sheriff of
Warren County. He will begin
his new duties on April 1.
Funds for the employment of
the new officer were provided
by the Board of County Com
missioners Monday after She
riff Jim Hundley had asked that
funds be provided for a deputy's
salary.
The commissioners author
ized the payment ot *230 a month
as salary for the new deputy.
Sheriff Hundley told the com
missioners that the Increase In
office expense would hardly be
half this amount as part-time
Deputy Herbert Rooker would be
relieved of his duties. Rooker
will retain his position as county
Jailer.
Since the law requires
that someone be on duty at the
jail at all times, often Rooker
was unable to assist the
sheriff's department when
needed, Hundley said. He said
that this was not Intended as
a criticism of Rooker, but only
as an explanation of his reason
for replacing him with a full
time deputy.
Hundley said that Rooker had
proven an excellent jailer.
Capps, 27, served as Night
Officer at Norlina before join
ing the Warrenton police force
In July 1963.
Mayor W. A. Miles said that
Capps had made a good officer
and the town hated to lose him.
Wilson Resigns As
Norlina Policeman
Charles Wilson, night police
officer of Norlina, has resign
ed, effective April 1, Mayor
Sraham Grlssom said yester
day.
He will be replaced April 1
6y Wallle P. Pegram, a native
sf Warren County, now serving
as assistant chief of police at
Southport.
Wilson resigned In order to
enter the restaurant business
In Emporia, Va.
Mayor Grlssom said that the
board of commissioners ex
cepted Wilson's resignation
with regret s and expressions
of appreciation for his service.
Grlssom said that Wilson had
made a fine officer.
HURT IN ACCIDENT
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde King and
son, Randy, of Warrenton, Mrs.
Stanley Wilson and children,
son of Rldgeway were Involved
in a three car accident In Louls
Iwrg last Sunday. They were
taken to Franklin Memorial
Hospital where Robin, Francee
and Roger received treatment
?nd"'"
II
'Wet Run'
Held Here
On Sunday
The first of three clinics to
stamp out polio in WarrenCoun
ty will be held at three points
in the county on Sunday, begin
ning at 12 noon and continuing
to 5 p. m.
Points of the clinics, to be
conducted under the direction
of the Warren County Medical
Society, will be at the Health
Center at W'arrenton, with Scott
Gardner as co-ordinator; at
the Norlina Clubhouse with
Stephen Daniel as coordinator;
and at the Afton-Elberon Com
munity clubhouse with William
H. Bender as coordinator.
A second and third clinic will
be held on April 19 and on
May 17, respectively. Dr. R. S.
Cline, in charge of the clinics,
said this week that it is very
Important that citizens take all
three of the vaccines In order
to be immune to all three types
of polio.
Stressing the necessity for
taking all three shots, Dr. CUne
said that any person who fail
ed to attend any of the clinics
could obtain the vaccine during
the week at the Health Center
during regular hours.
Doctors, pharmacists, nurs
es and scores of colunteers are
giving their time free to make
the clinics a success.
A "wet run," held at the
Health Center on Sunday after
noon, when volunteer workers,
their families and others took
their first dose of the vaccine,
was declared to be highly
successful. Volunteer regis
trants, doctors, pharmacists,
and nurses were at their post
and some 250 persons quickly
passed from registration desks
in the lobby down a corridor
where they received their vac
cine on sugar and passed on
another station where their re
cords were collected, and on out
of the building. The entire
operations proceeded without a
hitch.
The program is being spon
sored by the Warren County
Medical Society In cooperation
with the North Carolina Board
of Health. The time of doctors
aid other workers are eiven
(See POLIO, page 2)
4-H Members To
Hold Lily Sale
Warren county 4=TT mem
bers will participate In the an
nual Lily Sale or "Tag Day"
to be held Saturday, March 21.
Miss Rita Castleberry.asstst.?
home economist agent, an
nounced yesterday.
She said that small imitation
lilies will be sold to passersby
in Warrenton, Norllna and Lit
tleton by 4-H members wearing
a Lily Day identification tag.
Miss Castelberry said that
citizens are urged to drop a
contribution into the container
when a Warren County 4-H Clab
member asks "Would you Ilk*
to buy an Easter Lilly to help
crippled children?"
Lily Day la a part of the
Easter Seal campaign conducted
by the Warren County Society
for Crippled Children and
Adults sponsored by the War
renton Woman's Club.
Crafts Exhibits To
Be Shown By Club
The Crafts
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be held in
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