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VOLUME 68 10c Per Copy ' Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1964 NUMBER 14
Lancer
Crusade
The annual American Cancer
Society Crusade to save more
lives through research, educa
tion and service was launched
In Warren County Wednesday
under the general chairman
ship of Alvin Weaver, Warren
ton Insurance agent. The drive
will continue through April.
Mrs. M. C. McGuire is rest
dental chairman of Warrenton,
and Mrs. Bertha B. Forte,
Negro '.lOme economics agent,
will head the Negro division of
the county.
Weaver said men and women
everywhere are becoming In
creasingly aware of the urgency
of the cancer problem and what
they can do about It personally.
Last year, he pointed out, more
than 44,000 men and women
were saved from cancer who
would have died had they de
veloped the disease ten years
ago.
The American Cancer Society
explains that It Is now possible
to save at least one out of
two of those who develop can
cer, but only one out of three
is actually being saved. "This
means," Weaver said, "some
90,000 persons will die of
cancer this year simply be
cause they did not get to their
doctors in time for early
diagnosis and prompt treat
ment.
Weaver said that the Society's
No. 1 goal in the April Cru
sade will be saving those lives
that are lost unnecessarily and
"that means getting everyone to
a doctor in time for early de
tection and prompt treatment.
k Delay can be fatal. One's best
protection against death from
cancer Is an annual health
checkup should be observed as
regularly as a birthday."
* The second goad, he said, will
be to raise money for research
education and service. "The
hope of saving half of those who
develop cancer rests In re
search, and with the growing
number of scientists Involved
In It," he added.
Books To Be Shown
At Warren Schools
The public Is cordially In
vited to attend a book display
to be held In the John R. Haw
kins Gymnasium on April 6 and
7, and in the John Graham Gym
nasium on April 8 and 9, Comer
Griffin, assistant superinten
dent of schools, said yesterday.
The book display will include
selections from the basic list
of required books, supplemen
tary books, reference books,
and general selection that would
be of Interest to the public.
Patrons of all Warren County
schools, Griffin said, are en
? couraged to attend and if they
desire to purchase a book.
Griffin said that he hoped
patrons who would buy books
would later turn them over to
( the school libraries.
Live Births Double
Deaths In Warren
Live births exactly doubled
the deaths In Warren County In
February, Dr. Robert F. Young,
Health Director, reported this
week.
He said that there were 26
live births and 13 deaths in the
county in February. Of the 26
births, 22 were non-white, with
mldwlves delivering 14 of these.
Dr. Young said that of the
deaths heart disease and can
cer accounted for seven, or over
half the deaths. He said that
a disturbing Item of the report
was that there were four
deaths in one family as the re
sult of fire.
t Want Advt. Pays
"Please withdraw my advt.
from The Record," Dr. Rufua
Jones, Warren ton dentist, said
Tuesday. "I could have sold
? ten car* if 1 had had them."
Dr. Jones, who ran a small
want advt. last weak advertis
ing a car, said that he receiv
ed Ms first enquirybeforenoon
Friday.
Mrs. J. B. Randolph of Kin
ston is visiting Mrs. J. T. Har
ris and relatives in Norltnathis
Girl Scout cookie sales begin today (Friday) with young
girls selling boxes of cookies to raise funds for Scout
purposes. Three young Scouts pose with boxes of cookies
at the home of their leader, Mrs. Calvin White. They are,
from left to right, Marilyn White, Annette Vaughan and
Sharon White. (Staff Photo)
Warren Communities
Selected For Study
Warren County Is one of five
counties In North Carolina
which have been selected for
study of disadvantaged families
during the week of April 6-xO.
Announcement of the study
was made yesterday by L. C.
Cooper, Negro county agent,
who said that the study would
be made by a committee from
the North Carolina Agricultural
Extension Service and the Fed
eral Extension Service.
The purpose of the fact find
ing committee is to gather data
prlmarly on disadvantaged
families to be used in developing
a training program for disad
vantaged families.
Snow Hill and Forke Chapel
Collins To
Speak At
Meeting
Dr. Thomas A. Collins, pres
ident of North Carolina Wes
leyan College In Rocky Mount
will be the principal speaker at
a meeting of the 15th district
organization of North Carolina
Home Demonstration Clubs at
the John Graham High School
auditorium on Wednesday, April
8. Dr. Collins will speak at the
morning session.
Warren County Home Demon
stration Club women will be
hostesses for the meeting which
will begin at 10 a. m. with
registration at 9:30. Mrs. C. M.
Haithcock, Rt. 1, Macon, chair
man of the 15th district organ
ization, will preside over the
meeting. About 300 women are
expected to attend the meeting.
Lunch will be served at Wes
ley Memorial Methodist Church
by Warren County Home
Demonstration Club members
with the group returning to John
Graham school auditorium for a
short afternoon program.
The Rev. Troy Barrett,
pastor of Wesley Memorial
Methodist Church, Warrenton,
will show slides of his trip to
Europe last summer with the
North Carolina Methodist Con
ference Youth Caravan. Mrs.
Mary McAllster, Northeastern
District Agent, will also bring
greetings In the afternoon pro
gram. This will be followed by
a short business meeting.
The 15 th district Is made up
of Home Demonstration Club
women from Franklin, Gran
ville, Vsnce and Warren
Coantles.
communities will represent the
county as sample communities
for the study, Cooper said.
He said that he is pleased that
Warren County has been select
ed as a pilot county in the study
and believes the communities to
be samples can make a worthy
contribution to the development
of the program that will result
from the study.
Cooper explained that Snow
Hill and Forke were selected
because of the farm and non
farm population as well as the
high school graduates and num
ber of children enrolled in
school and the community part
icipation in the county agricul
tural program.
Forke was selected because
of the structure of the com
munity, its fully rural, and 98
per cent of the non-whites are
farmers. The committee feels,
he said, that both communities
will cooperate to give all in
formation possible to the inter
viewers and that the interview
(See STUDY, page 2)
Miss Davis To Vie
For Beauty Crown
A Warrenton girl will be
among contestants in the 1964
Henderson Pageant to be con
ducted by the Junior Chamber
of Commerce tonight (Friday).
Miss Sylvia Davis, 17, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Macon Davis of Warrenton is
one of seven young ladies now
seeking the Miss Henderson
title, which is currently held
by Mary Helen Harris.
Miss Davis studies voice,
pipe organ and the flute and
says her major interest revolv-.
ed around music, particularly
the piano. Other favorites of the
contender are charcoal draw
ing, oil painting, sewing and
needlework, water sports and
golf.
Mrs. Scoggin Dies
Funeral services for Mrs.
George R. Scoggin, who died
Thursday morning, will be con
ducted from the home Saturday
at 11 a. m.
D. Driving
Cases Are
In Court
Three cases of drunk
driving were held in Warren
County Recorder's Court last
Friday with two of the defen
dants each paying a $100 fine
and court costs. The third de
fendant, also fined $100 and or
dered to pay court costs, ap
pealed his case to Superior
Court.
Paying $100 fines and court
costs on the drunk driving
charges wer e George Smith,
Jr., and John Henry Leonard.
David Elmer Burdick appeal
ed his case and appearance bond
was set at $125.00.
Gilford Jones, found guilty of
assault, was sentenced to the
roads for six months. The sen
tence wa s suspended for two
years upon condition that the
defendant pay into the office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court
the sum of $75 for the use of
Juhiiee Hospital, the sum of
$50 for the use of Dr. Green,
and pay court c.sts.
Frank Harvey, found guiltyof
an assault on a female and
sentenced to the roads for six
months, appealed his case to
Superior Court. Appearance
bond was set at $200.
Frank Harvey, also found
guilty on a larceny charge,
and drawing a second sentence
of six months on the road, ap
pealed this case. Appearance
bond was set at $200.
Edward Davis , found guilty
of assault, was sentenced to
the roads for six months. The
sentence was suspended for two
years upon the condition that he
pay into the office of theSuper
(See COURT, pa;e 2)
Drewry Firemen
Called To Scene Of
Tragedy On Lake
Drewry firemen, answering
an emergency call at Bullocks
Park on Monday afternoon at
3 p. m., pulled two bodies from
the lake and took a lone sur
vivor and the two bodies to
Maria Parham Hospital in Hen
derson.
Three Raleigh Explorer
Scouts were drowned at Kerr
Lake a short distance from
Bullocks Park about 25 yards
from land when their sail boat
capsized around 3 p. m. Julian
Mann, 17 swam to shore for help
and was safe after treatment at
Maria Parham Hospital. The
bodies of Carl Proctor, 17, and
Glenn O. Randall, Jr., were
taken to the hospital. The body
of the fourth member of the
crew, Rick Waddell, 17, has
not been recovered.
The Drewry Fire Department
answered a call at 1:15 p. m.
Monday, three miles north of
Drewry on Julian Hargrove
farm where approximately
three acres of woods and under
growth were burned before the
fire was brought under control
at 2:15. Firemen were cleaning
up their equipment at the scene
of the fire when the call to
Bullock's Park was received.
Boycott Continues In
Schools
FRANK BANZET
Banzet Is
Candidate
For House
Frank B. Banzet, Warrenton
attorney, and former member
of the State Senate, on Tues
j day aiinounced his candidacy
j for (he State House of Rep
resentatives, subject to the will
of the voters in the Democratic
Primary of May 30.
Banzet is the third Warrer
County citizen to enter the race
for <he State House. W. R.
Drake, Macon mayor and War
j renton insurance agency head,
and T. T. Clayton, Negro at
torney of Warrenton, have pre
viously announced their candi
dacv.
In making his announcement,
Banzet said:
"I have today filed with the
Warren County Board of Elec
tions notice of candidacy for the
(office of Representative of War
ren County in the North Caro
lina General Assembly, subject
to the will of the Democratic
voters in the primary of May
30, 1964.
"If I am elected to this re
sponsible position, I shall de
vote my best ability, skill and
experience in the service of my
county and state. I believe that
my friends in Warren County
know, from my record in the
Senate of 1961, that I stand for
sound principles of government
and that I oppose the waste of
public money. I shall be glad
to state my views on any specific
question which I am called upon
to answer."
Over 100 Arrested
In Demonstrations
Warrenton experienced Its
first racial demonstration here
last Saturday when alarge num
ber of young Negro boys and
girls engaged In singing "free
dom songs," handclapping and
sit-down tactics In the town's
two drug stofes, and in slt
Negro Leaders Are
Cited To Court
Ernest Turner, president of
the Warren County Chapter of
the NAACP, has been cited to
appear in Recorder's Court on
April 10 to answer to a charge
of refusing to be deputized dur
ing a racial sit-down here
Tuesday afternoon.
Also cited to appear were
six other alleged leaders of the
demonstration who refused to
serve as deputies when called
upon by Sheriff Jim Hundley
and Mayor W. A. Miles ofWar
renton. They are T. T. Clayton,
Warrenton lawyer and candi
date for the House of Repre
sentatives; Thurston Brown,
Negro mortician o! Warrenton,
and Melvin Tunstall, Francis
Alston, D. Y. Cooper, and the
Rev. Alex Brown.
Two other Negro leaders,
Tom Baskett and Stewart Wat
son, were deputized by Mayor
W. A. Miles and helped load the
sit-downers-in the horse van in
which they were transported to
jail.
Pre-School Clinics
Listed By Young
The Warren County Health
Department has scheduled the
followingpre-school clinics for
examination of children enter
ing school in September, 1964.
April 8?Vaughan?1 p. m.
to 3 p. m.j Haliwa?3 p. m.
to 4 p. m.
April 15?Mayflower, North
side, Hecks Grove.
April 22?Hawkins, Afton.
April 29?Norllna, Marlam
Boyd, Littleton, Afton-Elberon.
May 13?Cool Springs, Coley
Springs.
May 27? North Warren,
Axtell.
June 10?Stoney Lawn.
Dr. Robert F. Young, Health
Director, said that all clinics
would start at noon unless
otherwise stated. He asked that
those reporting for examina
tion be on time.
Children may attend on the
dates scheduled for their school
only, Dr. Young said.
ting in front of the drug stores,
The Warren Theatre and the
Puritan Cafe, blocking the en
trances.
The demonstration Saturday
resulted in 56 demonstrators
being jailed on trespass charges
and a white leader from New
York being placed under a
$1,000 bond. Elliott Eisenberg
of New York, an 18-year-old
student at Amherst College, was
charged with trespassing and
with inciting to riot. Bond for
the appearance of the other
demonstrators was set at $100
each for their appearance in
Recorder's Court on April 10.
All were out of Jail Sunday
morning.
The Negro school boy
cott Tuesday morning was fol
lowed by a second demonstra
tion on Tuesday afternoon when
Hotel Warren was added' to
boycotted businesses here.
Fifty-eight were Jailed on Tues
day afternoon on trespass
charges and bail for their ap
pearance in court on April- 10
was set at $100 which was pro
duced on Wednesday morning.
Saturday's sit-down practice
caused quite a bit of difficulty
for four Warren policemen and
two deputy sheriffs as the tres
passers had to be bodily car
ried to a police car and taken
a few at the time to the jail.
Police and deputies were ex
hausted after hauling more than
half a hundred boys and girls
to Jail, and resorted to tear
gas near the close of the bus
iness day which effectively
cleared the street.
Tuesday afternoon's demon
stration, which started later,
number of strong deputies,
deputized by Sheriff Jim Hund
ley. Of some assistance were
[wo Nwgro leaders of the dem
onstration who were deputized
by Mayor W. a. Miles and
Sheriff Hundley and helped load
and unload the trespassers.
Turner Is Co-Manager
For Preyer In Warren
W. L. Turner, Warrenton
barber, has been named co
chairman of Preyer for Gov
ernor Committee tn Warrenton
County.
He will serve with Selby Ben
ton, furniture store operator,
who was appointed Prayer's
manager when Howard Jones,
who had served in this capacity,
left for Roxboro to assume the
editorship of the Roxboro
Courier-Times.
Pupils Are
Returning
To School
A boycott of Negro schools
here Tuesday that kept more
than half of the Negro students
out of schools over Warren
County Is still in effect, although
some gain in attendance was
noted Wednesday and Thursday.
The boycott of the schools was
coupled with racial demonstra
tions here Saturday and Tues
day afternoon, called by the
local chapter of theNAACP wty>
allege that requests for steps
toward integration have not been
taken at Warren''.n and that the
requests for the replacement of
a Negro principal and other
school improvements have not
been made as asked in a meet
ing here on March 9.
At the March 9 meeting a
delegation of NCAAP members
charged that the retention of
J. E. Byers as principal of the
John R. Hawkins school was not
in the best interest of the school
and harmful to the educational
progress of the county. The
members were told by the
chairman of the Board of Ed
ucation that Byers was under
contract and that this Is not
the proper time for his replace
ment even If the Warrenton
school board had any desire to
replace him.
Monday night the Boar''
Education members will hew
from a group of other Negro
school patrons who are not
In favor of the replacement of
the John R. Hawkins principal.
Hardest hit of the Negro
schools in the boycott was John
R. Hawkins where only some 200
pupils of the 1370 enrolled
showed up for classes Tuesday.
At the other Negro high school,
North Warren, of which G, H.
Washington Is principal, 330
our of an enrollment of 1050
were present. In addition, Supt.
J. R. Peeler said, many small
Negro schools over the county
failed to open. Less than half
the Negro students were In
classes Tuesday, he said.
Wednesday's enrollment at
Hawkins was 357 and on Thurs
day had reached 405 Supt
Peeler said. North Warren's
enrollment Wednesday was 411
and by Thursday had Increased
to 491.
Of deep concern to school
officials Is the affect the boy
cott is going to have on teacher
employment next year. Comer
Griffin, assistant superin
tendent of schools, said Tues
day that the present month Is
crucial in computing average
dally attendances upon which
teacher allotments are made by
the State. "There is no pos
sible way to make up absences''
caused now," he said.
(See SCHOOL, page 2)
Warrenton Girl Tells Of Experience Durina Earthquake
Miss Peggy Mustlan, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Mustlan of Warrenton, who Is
now teaching on the Air Force
Base at Anchorage, Alaska, was
unhurt'but badly flrghtened by
the earthquake of last Friday,
It was learned In a letter re
ceived by her parents this week.
Miss Mustlan was at the home
of a friend when the earthquake
occured at 5:30 p. m., Alaska
time, and was Instrumental In
saving her friends life. She
?pent Easter weekend In a Red
Cross emergency hospital with
this girl friend. She managed
to get a telephone Call through
to her parents Monday morning.
"! thank God that I'm here
to write to yew today," Miss
Mustlan said In her latter to
her parents, dated Saturday,KI
with news stories and bulletins
In the lower 48 hadn't been
?o sensational, because it only
ts causing undue worry and con
fusion.
"R la the wor?t thing I've
ever experienced and seen, but
the fatalities aren't so high as
?taled. As far as we know
only eight or ten were killed."
After recounting events of the
day, leading to her arrival at
the home of her (rlend a few
minutes before the earthquake
occurred-, Miss Mustlan re
counted:
"We were having a cup of
coffee in the kitchen at a table
by the window, when the rum
ble began. Marlben said that it
was an earthquake, and I calm
ly said sit tight; It may be Just
a tremor. I said this because
we had had slight ones before.
This was about 5:30.
"But in a split second I
heard crumbling and we were
swaying all ways. We were on
the 4th floor and all I could
think or w'ai we've got to get
down for there are nine floors
above us, Marlben was almost
in shock. I've always hoped
I'd keep relatively calm If any
thing a? cast rophlc as this ever
happened (I'm cool and nervous,
s o I hope you can read this.)
. "I grabbed Marlben by the
elbow and practically dragged
her out, tor the was ao frigh
tened and couldn't really decide
what was best to do. We almost
made tt to the stairway, but it
was so bad we both found our
selves on the floor. I was try
ing to decide if It were safe
to go down the stairway, for It
was dark, and I felt we were
on a roller coaster. Plaster
was falling all around and all I
could hear was a terrible
crunching sound.
"I just started to say after
24 hours these tremors are sup
posed to have subsided, but all
we've been doing all day Is hop
ping up and running at the slight
est sound or tremor. We Just
had a slight tremor. Poor Mar
lben is a wreck.
"I collected my senses some
what when the shaking felt sligh
ter, and grasping Marl ben's
arm I clung to the railing and
fait my way down. We were
some of the first o?t, with
no coats, boots/rtc- Thank good
ness, it's been warmer recent
ly, but it had been snowing and
was still then. We weren't hurt.
"My car was right by the
building and was locked. Dennis
was at work, and at first I
thought he'd come back and was
in looking for Marlben because
I saw his car. So I went back
In the bottom floor and called.
The trembling had stopped then.
"A military man came back
in with a light and was headed
for the 8th floor, so I latched
to his elbow and went back up
to get jackets and keys. Gosh,
that place was a shambles!
It's so strange, tor when we
were going through what seemed
like a 30 minute ordeal, I don't
remember looking out or at any
thing except Marlben and that
dark stairway.
"I got the heck out of there
and got my car, so we could
get out to Dennis. On the way
we had to back track because
of a 4ft. buckle la ttM earth.
At any rat*, we met Dennis
on the way, a/id we three went
out to the Natural Gas Company
where we stayed untK 1 a. m
We felt slight tremors while
there. Dennis and the company
employees were trying to
orgainlae crews to take care of
the homes supplied with fas. Of
course lights and water were
off.
"We started home in dense
fog and crawled at a snail's
pace back to base In my car.
We stopped at L. Street and went
up so Dennis could get clothes.
Was that ever erie! We stayed
with one of the teachers who
got married last year. Need
less to say, I was bug-eyed
and didn't sleep a wink.
"Dennis was going out to work
about 7:30 and we were going
to get up about 6:30. I felt a
shaking all the two hours I
lay there. At 10 of 5 I sprang
out of bed because we were
shaking again. It wasn't bad.
"Well, today has been an
eternity. We had seen some top
pled buildings, and I'd talked
with a Medic I knew. He had
been down town at the time of
the quake and had sees a whole
block on 4th Avenue ge dawn so
that only the roof tops showed.
The National Guard la ?arrttng
downtown, and only peqfie Witt
permits may entefc 8MM
cracks were 40 feet dee*
We're all being taken care o<
try no to worry.
HhhI0
Fire Calls Listed
For Afton-Elberon
Persons living In the Afton
Elfreron area of Warren Cow-,
ty can save valuable time by
phoning the Aft on - Bfljefon
Fire Department directly in
stead of having call* relayed
through Warrantee, Macon Rea
vis, Fire Chief, said this week.
Reavts Hated numbers for the
Aft cm - Elberon Fire Depart
ment as follows: jjpB
Ay cock's Store, 287-40*
day.
Plnnell Bros., SS7-?ew?<hv
or night. ?
W. It Abbott, jr.,
night ami Sunday.
Muetlan,