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VOLUME 68 10c Per Copy Subscription Price SIJ.OO a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY. MAY 15, 1!)<>4 NUMBER 20
Kerr Lake Scene Of Two-State
Celebration Monday Afternoon
By CH ARLES BARBER
in The Durham Herald
KERR LAKE?North Carolina
and Virginia paid tribute here
Monday to the 20 millionth visi
tor to the Kerr Lake Reser
voir and the five-billionth kilo
watt hour of power delivered by
the $87 million facility.
The governors of both states,
high ranking officers from the
Army Corps of Engineers, and
other state and municipal lead
ers Joined together for the spe
cial ceremony which was at
tended by hundreds. The event
capped three days of special ac
tivity planned for this special
occasion.
William S. Hinton, Jr. of Rich
mond, Va., was honored as the
20-milllonth visitor, and re
ceived prl7.es totaling more than
$1,500 from donors of both
states.
Monday's ceremony was held
at North Bend Recreation area
on the Virginia side of the Kerr
dam near Boydton, and was
sponsored jointly by the Roa
noke River Basin Association of
Virginia and North Carolina and
the U. S. Army Corps of Engi
neers.
Gov. Terry Sanford of North
Carolina told the gathering
Monday the South has discover
ed it has the potential "to
make it the most productive and
most prosperous section of the
country. ..
"Since making the discov
ery," he said, "we have made
tremendous advances. There is
more stability in our region to
day than ever before In his
tory. It is true in North Caro
lina. It Is true In Virginia. It
is true throughout the South."
Sanford said the Kerr Dam
project is an excellent example
of how we can convert an en
emy of man ? flood waters?
into a benefactor of man. "The
dam shows what can be done
through the cooperation of state
and federal governments."
Gov. Albertisb. Harrison, Jr.
of Virginia called the dam a
great monument to the progress
of Virginia and North Carolina
and the ceremonies Monday as
a fitting tribute to the monu
ment and the states.
Also appearing on the pro
gram were Maj. Gen. A. C.
Welling, South Atlantic Division
engineer; Col. J. S. Grygiel,
district engineer of the Wil
mington District office; Joseph
Hammack, Virginia staiedirec
tor of industrial planning; Vir
ginia State Sen C. W. Cleaton;
Mrs. Terry Sanford; N. C. Dem
ocratic Party Chairman Luns
ford Crew; Brig. Gen. James
R. Townsend of the N. C. De
partment of Water Resources;
Clyde P. Patton, executive di
rector of the N. C. Wildlife
Association; A. H. Parsons,
Col Conrad Sturges and T. W.
Ellis, Jr., of the Henderson
Chamber of Commerce; and
Llnwood Holt of the Clarks
ville, Va., Chamber of Com
merce.
Music for the occasion was
furnished by the Henderson High
(See LAKE, page 5)
WINNERS?Members of John Graham
Future Farmers Chapter winners of the
district parliamentary contest are shown
above, left t o right: front, Norman Mc
Arthur, advtaor; middle row, Wayne King,
Johnny Ayscue, Herbert Rooker; back row,
Bttly Thompson, Jimmy Harris, Macey
Paynter. (Story on page 8)
Twentieth million visitor and
family stand with Governors
Sanford and Harrison and MaJ.
Gen. A. C. Welling in exercis
es at Kerr Lake. In picture
to left Sylvia Davis, Hender
son Beauty Queen chats with
Betsy Frazier and Photogra
pher Bill Dennis of Hender
son. (Photos by Bill Jones)
Club Gives
$500 To
Hospital
The Norlina Ruritan Club has
made a donation of $500 to
the Warren General Hospital,
Dave Richards, administrator,
announced yesterday.
The gift by the Norlina club
was the outgrowth of a meeting
of various leadersor represen
tatives of community clubs
throughout the county, called a
few weeks ago by the Warren
ton Woman's Club, when support
to the hospital was pledged by
the clubs.
Richards said that several
other organizations, the War
renton Lions Club, the Norlina
Woman's Club, and theCitizens
Bank, have each contributed
$100 to the hospital. Hy Dia
mond, Harold Skillman and Miss
Nora L. King of Warrenton have
contributed as individuals. The
American Legion Auxiliary of
Warrenton, the Afton-Elberon
Ruritan Club, the Warrenton
Woman's Club and the Little
Garden Club have also added to
the extension fund.
Sufficient funds have now been
gathered to obtain the services
of an architect and complete
the plans and specifications for
the 500-foot addition.
Richards said the addition
is a major step toward com
pleting accreditation of the hos
pital. It will add additional space
in the current laboratory and
x-ray facilities. In addition,
space will be provided for a
medical records library, staff
office and out-patient area.
"I hope that all clubs and
organizations in the entire
county will help us," Richards
said. "Many have already done
so. In addition to already con
tributed funds, many organi
zations have pledged further or
new assistance. Our hospital
Is a county affair and should
have the total support of all
citizens."
J. D. Newell Dies
John D. Newell died sudden
ly at his home at South Hill,
Va., early Thursday morning.
The son of the late Frank
B. and Columbia Egerton
Newell of Warrenton, Mr. Ne
well was the brother of Miss
Mary Newell and Frank B. Ne
well and Ernest Newell, all of
Warrenton.
Other survivors Include his
wife; a step-daughter, Mrs.
Garland Thomas of South Hill,
Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Charles
I. Dolan and Mrs. W. E. Craig
of Richmond, Vs.; one brother,
Louis H. Newell, and a half
brother, Henry Jones, also of
Richmond, Va.
He was an Elder of the
|south Hill Presbyterian Church.
Funeralservicea will beheld
at South Hill, Vs., on Satur
day morning.
Third Oral Polio Clinic
To Be Held On Sunday
Modified Voting Registration
Order Affects Warren County
A modified order concern
fax County issued by Federal
Judge John D. Larkins affects
Warren County as well as Hal
ifax County.
Following a hearing Wednes
day concerned with modifica
tion of a cut-off period for reg
istrants, Judge Lark in asked
defense attorney Frank n. Ban
zet to inform Warren Countv
of the Halifax situation to "pre
vent a similar situation there. "I
T, T. Clayton, Negro attor
ney, Samuel Mitchell and Wil
liam Kuntsler as attor eys for
the Negro plaintiffs saiJ he had
come prepared to institute ac
tion on behalf of Warren voters
Mrs. Rose Kennedy
To Attend Exercises
Mrs. Rose Kennedy, mother
of t! e late President John F.
Kennedy, will be present at
Kenan Memorial Stadium in
Chapel Hill Sunday when the
state pays tribute to her son.
Bignall Jones, Kennedy Li
brary Fund chairman for War
ren County, said that he has
about 20 tickets left for the
event and that he would hold
these tickets for Warren Coun
ty citizens desiringto attend the
ceremonies until Saturday at
noon. They will be sold on a
first-come, first serve basis,
he sakh
The special program, to be
held in Kenan Stadium at 3 p. m.
will offer an opportunity for
every citizen to pay final re
spects to the memory of the
slain chief executive.
Governor Terry Sanford said
"this is NorthCarolina'swayof
saying to Mrs. Jacqueline Ken
nedy and her children that we
recognize their loss of the head
of their family while he was
also the head of our country."
The Governor urged that
citizens from every county at
tend the event.
Dr. Billy Graham, noted
North Carolina evangelist, Sec
retary of Commerce Luther H.
Hodges and others will highlight
the tribute program. The Uni
versity of North Carolina band
will provide special music.
All seats are reserved. Each
adult ticket will cost $10, with
the money going as an indivi
dual contribution to help build
the John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Library. The name of each con
tributor will be sent to Mrs.
Kennedy, along with a complete
film of the event itself.
General Chairman Hugh Mor
ton of Wilmington pointed out
that each adult admission will
provide a free ticket so that any
child under 15 may also at
tend this historic event. The
program is sponsored by a
state-wide committee of repre
sentative citizens on a com
pletely non-partisan basis.
Each county has a ticket
chairman and a committee of
volunteers at work selling
tickets and making plans for at<
tendance at the May 17 pro
gram, Morton said. Tickets may
also be ordered directly from
the Governor's Office, State
Capitol, Raleigh, and the coun
ty of the sender will be cred
ited for the contribution.
Presentation of North Caro
lina's total contribution to the
Kennedy Library will be made
by Governor Sanford at the
close of the tribute program in
Kenan Stadium. A ranking
member of the Board of
Turstees of the Kennedy
Library will be present to ac
cept the funds in behalf of Mrs.
Kennedy and the Board.
President Lyndon B. John
son, who serves as honorar.
chairman of the Kennedy Mem
orial Library Board, has com
mended North Carolina for its
leadership in being the first
state to undertake its campaign
for voluntary contributions for
the Library^
if Judge Larkins had not issued
his warning.
Warren County election of
ficials have denied that there
has been any plan to delay or ob
struct the registration of Negro
voters.
Judge Larkm ruled Wednes
day that with one exception
Halifax County election officials
have complied with a court or
der to speed up voter registra
tion procedures.
The exception said the judge,
-resulted- from a misinterpre
tation of his order that reg
istrars take no longer than
five minutes to test a single
voter for literacy.
In Warren County registrars
were told by election officials
to use a 10-minute period.
Judge Larkin issued the or
der last Friday after Negroes
in Halifax County had complain
ed that registrars were engaged
in slow-down tactics in the reg
istration of Negroes.
"It was not intended, of course,
that the application should be cut
off in the middle of a sentence,"
Judge Larkin said at a hearing
Wednesday. "The spirit of the
order is what I expected to
| be carried out."
The hearing was called by the
judge to determine whether his
order restraining Halifax of
ficials from delaying registra
tions of voters should be made
permanent.
Larkins said He was "con
vinced that efforts had been
made by respondents to com
ply" with the U. S. Eastern
District Court order.
He ordered that his restrain
ing order be dissolved as of
Wednesday, and said -he would
enter a modified order Thurs
day morning clarifying the five
minute time limit.
PROVISIONS OF ORDER
The restraining order had in
structed election officials to:
?Process three applicants for
registration at the same time
when lines formed.
?Give immediate notice of
registration places?other than
registrars' homes?where citi
zens could register conven
iently.
(See ORDER, page 5)
Rooker Hurt In Wreck
Herman Rooker, former star
athlete at John Graham High
School, was seriously hurt when
the car he was driving was
wrecked around 5 a- m. Satur
day morning on the Henderson
road near Brown's Church.
Rooker, who fell asleep while
driving, allowing his car to
run off the road, received a
severe scalp wound, had two
bones In his ankle chipped and
the ankle badly bruised.
Following the accident,
Rooker was taken to Maria Par
ham Hospital in Henderson by
an early-rising farmer who had
witnessed the accident. He is
reported to be recovering sat
isfactorily, and his father, John
E. Rooker of Warrenton, said
yesterday that his son is ex
pected to return home either
Saturday or Monday. Young
Rooker Is a student in an in
dustrial school at Goldsboro,
where his twin brother, Ther
mal), also attends school.
The senior Rooker said that
his son, driving a 1963 Chev
rolet car, was returningto War
renton after taking his date to
her home at Henderson, fol
lowing the John Graham High
School Junior - Senior Prom
here last Friday night, when he
fell asleep. The car struck a
ditch and a mall box and was
completely demolished, he said.
CAR WRECKS WHEN DRIVER FALLS ASLEEP
MMIMlHliii 'ffie""
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The third and final polio clinic
will be .held Sunday, May 17,
when oral vaccine will be given
at the Warren County Health
Center at Warrenton, the Nor
lina Woman's Club building at
Norlina, and the Alton-Elberon
Elementary School Buildings.
The hours of each clinic will
be from 12 noon to 3 p. m.
More than 10,000 personsat
tended ihe other two chrntrs,
and Dr. R. S. Cline said yes
terday that he hopes that at
tendance will reach this mark
Sunday. He stressed the fact
that all three doses are needed
for full immunization against all
three types of polio.
The clinics are sponsored by
the Warren County Medical So
ciety in cooperation with the
State Board of Health, and Dr.
Cline, president of the Medical
Society, is director of the
clinics He is being assisted
by other physicians, pharma
cists, nurses and scoresof vol
unteers.
A charge of 2"> C for each
dose is made at the clinic, and
while all who can do so are
expected to pay, no one will be
refused the vaccine for lack
of funds. Dr. Cline expressed
1 his pleasure at the donations
made at the second clinic, held
on April 19, when numbers
of those receiving the vaccine
made extra donations to cover
the cost of those failing to pay.
He said he hopes that this prac
tice will be continued Sunday.
The small fee is to cover the
cost of the vaccine and inci
dental expenses.
Those who will attend the
Kennedy Memorial Library
Fund celebration at Chapel Hill
on Sunday will have an oppor
tunity to make up the missed
dose Sunday. Dr. Cline said
that Friday, May 22, from
9 a. m. to 3 p. m. will be
"Make-Up" day. This, he said,
will be strictly for those who
were sick or out of town on
Polio Sunday.
Funeral Rites For
Miss Rowe Jones
Held On Tuesday
Funeral services for Miss
Rowe Jones, 77, who died here
early Monday morning, were
conducted at Emmanuel Epis
copal Church Tuesday at 3 p. m.
by the rector, the Rev. J. M.
Stone. Interment was in Fair
view Cemetery.
Miss Jones, the daughter of
the late George Feild andAdele
Smith Jones, was born near
Elberon on August 18, 1887,
in Warren County, but came to
Warrenton while quite young,
and made her home here for
the remainder of her life. She
was a life-long member of Em
manuel Episcopal Church.
She is survived by a sister,
Mrs. W. H. Dameron, of War
renton, and a brother, Ernest
Jones, of Evansville, Illinois.
Time For Wheat
Acreage Signup
To Run To Hay 22
Due to the short time ori
ginally provided for wheat pro
ducers to sign up to partici
pate In the voluntary wheal di
version program, the signup
date has been extended through
Friday, May 22, T. F.. Watson,
ASCS office manager, announc
ed yesterday.
Farm operators with wheat
allotments are urged to vlatt
the ASCS office and dlseuaa the
prortahx?? of this program not
later than May 22, Watson aaid.
- - ? i '
Resigns
Amos L. Cappa, chairn
the Warren Co
CommlMlonera,