Your Best Advertising Medium (2% UHarrptt UrnV* * lie. *> rintm? c" ^ *<c0t Your Best Advertising Medium 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,

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