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VOLUME 68 10c Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF W ARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1964 NUMBER 22
TOWN WATER FLOWS INTO TOBACCO FARMER'S TANK ON TRUCK
Town Donates Water To Warren Farmers
The Town of Warrenton will
continue to furnish water with
out charge to farmers for use
in planting tobacco, It was de
cided at a called meeting of the
Town Board this week.
Harold R. Sklllman, Superin
tendent of the Water Company,
told the commissioners that the
town has already. furnished
tobacco farmers well over a
quarter million gallons of water
(luring this season. He said that
since the town Is obtaining its
water from FlshlngCreek there
Is no current water shortage
and none Is anticipated during
the forseeable future.
Mayor W. a. Miles and the en
tire board of commissioners
expressed the view that although
donation of water to farmers
would necessitate extra opera
tion of the town's water fil
tration plant the town should
make no charge for the water
in appreciation of the contri
butions that Warren County
farmers make to the town.
In the only other matter of,
business coming before them,
the commissioners authorized
J. E. Rooker, Jr., Clerk, to
issue permits for the opera
tion of taxicabs to Thurston
Thomas Brown (2), Ben Wil
liams, Alpheus O. Kearney,
Mrs. Roberta Talfair, and Wil
bert B. (Buster) Davis.
Murder Case Highlights Term
Of Superior Court Next Week
The June criminal term of
Warren County Superior Court
will open on Monday morning
with Judge Henry A. McKlnnon,
Jr., of Lumberton presiding.
Cases are docketed for three
days with principal Interest
centered In the case of State
vs. Barbara Gllllland, charged
with the murder of her hus
band James D. Gllllland, War
renton attorney. This case has
statewide Interest and Is sche
duled for trial Tuesday.
Three other capital cases are
scheduled for trial In a rather
heavy docket. Archie Cheek,
young Warrenton Negro, Is
charged with the murder of his
grandfather, Ernest Cheek, and
Theodore Carter and J. Frank
Davis, Jr., are charged with
forciful kidnap. Carter and
Davis are also charged with
assault and larceny in com
panion cases.
Cases also holding more than
public Interest are those aris
ing out of street demonstrations
here several weeks ago result
ing in several Negro defendants
being charged with refusing to
aid an officer and appealing
from the verdicts of Warren
County Recorder's Court.
Charged with refusing to ail
an officer are Melvin Tun
stall, T. T. Clayton, Ernest
Turner, Thurston Brown. Ethel
Davis is charged with delaying
and obstructing an officer and
with blocking the entrance to
Boyce Drug Store, cases also
appealed from Recorder's
Court.
Other cases docketed include:
Monday?Ernest Ayscue, lar
ceny; Richard Russell, assault;
A. A.Wood Named
President Lions Club
A. A. Wood, Warrenton mer
chant, was elected president of
the Warrenton Lions Club at a
regular meeting of the club
held at Hotel Warren Friday
night.
Other officers elected at the
Friday night meeting were: W.
L. Turner, 1st vice president;
C. F. Burrows, 2nd vice pres
ident; F. P. Whitley, 3rd. vice
president; C. V. Whltford, sec
retary; Bob Bright, treasurer;
Allen Tucker, Lion Tamer;
Scott Gardner, Tall Twister.
New directors elected wer?
W. A. Miles and joe Gilbert.
Also named at the meeting
were director* for the Fair
Board as follows: C. C. Brit
ton, Eddie Clayton, Duke Miles,
Monroe Gardner, and A. A.
Wood.
The club officers will be in
stalled the first meeting in
July. The Fair Board direc
tors will take office in Jan
Davis To Organize
Sanday School Class
Richard Davis, Sunday School
Superintendent of the Warren
?on Baptist Church, announced
t yesterday the formation of anew
' class for young people, consist
ing of college students, single
young people and young mar
ried couples.
The pastor, the Rev. J, R.
Link, will teach the class tem
porarily and wfll meet at MS
Sunday morning in the
nest to the kitchen of the
A. A. WOOD
uary, 1965.
Miss Janice Allan, French
teacher at John Graham High
School, was the guest speaker.
She was presented by Howard
Daniel.
Miss Allen spoke on her trip
to France last summer end
showed slides of various place*
she visited and discussed >1
the meeting, w. K. Lanier, pub
Uclty chairman, said yesterday
that the program was most In
teresting and was enjoyed by
all the Lions.
President Nat White presided
over the meeting. The invoca
tion was given by Harold Shfll
man. Monroe Gardner led In
group singing with
Nellie Gardner at t
Mrs. Butler
Woman's
Club Head
Mrs. R. B. Butler was re
elected president of the War
renton Woman's Club during
the final meeting of the year
held at Warren Plaza Inn last
Thursday evening, with 24
members attending.
Mrs. Sue Skinner, president
of the 14th District of the N. C.
Federation of Women's Clubs,
presided over the Installation
ceremony. Other officers In
stalled at this time were Mrs.
W. L. Wood, 1st vice-president;
Mrs. Hugh White, 2nd vice
president; Mrs. M. S. Martin,
recording secretary; Mrs. Leo
nard Daniel, corresponding
secretary, and Miss Mary
Frances Rodwell, treasurer.
Mrs. R, B. Butler presided
and called on various commit
tee chairmen to make complete
reports of the year's activities.
She announced thai Sl.'WO 1. '
been given by the V.'wrec Corn
ty Easter Seal Society, sponnoi
ed by the club, to "Camp I i. ?
ter In the Pines" ?nd the se
lection of L. C. Brannock, Jr.,
to attend the camp this summer
with expenses paid.
The club voted to renovate
the Woman's Club room at War
ren General Hospital in the
sum of $116.00 and voted to give
aa air conditioner to the colored
wine of Warren Oeneral Hos
pital.
Mrs. Hugh White cave a re
port on the State Convent loo held
at Oreeaaboro at which tlmethe
club was presented with trl
colored ribbons tor participat
ing in three club projects this
year aa set 19 by the
(See CLUB, page 3)
Freddie L. Hicks, assault;
Thomas Campbell, assault; By
ron Calvin Brown, driving after
license revoked, and speeding
and reckless driving; Charlie
|W. Bullock, drunk driving and [
J leaving the scene of an ac
cident; Leonard Davis, as
sault; Ollie Boyd, Involuntary
!manslaughter; James Stegall,
iassault; Willie Lee Hasklns,
non-support; Samuel Lewis
Walker, breaking, entering and
larceny; Vernan Odell Buchan- i
an, larceny; Lenburg Clanton, |
breaking and jenterlng; Roy Al- \
bert Williams, receiving stolen!
property; Gene Simmons, bad
check; Arthur Evans, assault; I
Frank Baker, liquor; Walter!
Clemon Smith, non-support; j
Richard Edward Reavls, em- |
bezzlement;
Raymond Whltmore, tres- i
pass, drunk, disorderly; Amos
Ellis, breaking and entering
and larceny; Ernest Alston, lar
ceny and receiving and pos
sessing stolen property; James
Williams, receiving stolen pro
perty; John H. Hunt, Jr., break
ing and entering and larceny;
James H. Burton, driving on!
wrong side of highway; Clay
Evans, carnal knowledge; Char
lotte Baskett, violation of G. S.
163-196; Joseph Jackson Ab-{
bottt, drunk driving; James
Jones, escape; Fred Jenkins, j
escape; Ivan Petway, escape;
Robert L. Thacker, escape.
Tuesday ? Charlie Herbert j
Tharrlngton, Jr., speeding,
manslaughter; Linton Holloway,
liquor; Norman Judklns, Jr.,;
reckless driving, no operator's
license; Leandrew Williams,
forcible trespass; Andrew Lee
Harris, improper passing; Will
Roger Marrow, non - support;
Ralph Alexander, Jr., non-sup
port; Lenburg Clanton, tres- !
pass; Earl Pierce, two charges
at non-support; Frank Harvey,
assault and larceny.
Wednesday ? David E. Bur
dick, drunk driving; James Ba
ker, two counts of trespass;
Burwell Yancey, assault; Enoch
Green, two counts of whiskey
law violations.
jurrora summoned for
term are: Cyrus Boyd, Sr.,
Mrs. R. D. Miles, Raymond
Clark, Mrs. Evelyn s. Plttman,
Mrs. JamM E. Parkinson, Ken
neth s. Tucker, Battle H. Ho
ward, M. P. Rose, C. W. Eger
ton, Jr., E. L. Parry, H. A.
Donald, Walter J. Harris,
Jamas E. Parkinson, Mrs. Mag
fle Atkins, Robert Thompson,
$ee COURT, pace 5)
Heavy Vote Expected
In Primary Saturday
Warren County Schools To End
Year's Work Next Wednesday
Forty-Four Seniors In Graduation Class At
John Graham; Wilson To Be Speaker
Fifty - five seniors will con
clude their high school work
at John Graham High School on
next Wednesday night when gra
duation exercises will be held
at 8 o'clock at the school audi
torium.
The baccalaureate sermon
will be delivered in the school
auditorium on Sunday at 8 p. m.
by the Rev. James M. Stoney,
Jr., rector of Emmanuel Epis
copal Church inWarrenton. The
Invocation will be given by the
Rev. William Puckett, Jr., Bap
tist minister of Warren Plains;
the scripture reading by the
Rev. Milton Mann, pastor of the
Macon Methodist Church; and
the benediction by the Rev,
James Grant, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church.
The Rev. Jack Wilson, as-]
sistant to the chaplain of Duke!
University, will deliver the
commencement address on1
Wednesday night. He will be in
troduced by W. R, Drake, chair-]
man of District No. 1 school
committee. The minister for'
the service will be the Rev.
Troy Barrett, pastor of the
Wesley Memorial Methodist
Church of Warrenton.
The salutatorlan's address
will be given by Edward N.
Shearln and the valedictorian's
address by Roddy Drake.
Class mascots are Michelle
Ayscue, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl B. Ayscue, and
Ronald Rivers, son of Mr. and
(See SENIORS, page 2)
Chapter Gives $1,000
To Children's Camp
The Warren County Easter
Seal Chapter of the North Car
olina Society for Crippled
Children and Adults, Inc., under
the sponsorship of the Warren
ton Woman's Club, has con
tributed $1,000.00 to "Camp
Easter In The Pines," new
camp for crippled children ber
ing built and operated by the
Easter Seal Society.
Announcement of the gift by
the local chapter was made
yesterday by Mrs. Leonard
Daniel, publicity chairman for
the Warrenton Woman's Club.
This camp, which will ac
comodate about 100 children
each season, is located on a
70-acre tract in the Southern
Pines Area. Mrs. Daniel said
that this beautiful secluded site,
covered by pine trees and foil
age, is protected on all sides
from encroachment and a lake
has been developed for water
front activities.
The Warren County Easter
Seal Committee met with Bert
Hawley of the Easter Seal So
ciety of Chapel Hill at a Lun
cheon meeting Monday and
selected a Warren County
child to attend the "Easter In
the Pines" Camp this summer.
This committee Is composed of
Mrs. R. B. Butler, president
of the Warrenton Woman's Club;
Miss Elizabeth Rooker, chair
man of Health and Welfare of
the Woman's Club; Dr. R. S.
Cline,?medical advisor; and
Boyd Reams, treasurer.
The Warren child selected
to attend the camp is L. C.
Brannock, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leon C. Brannock of Rt.
2, Norlina, a fourth grade stu
dent In the Norlina High School.
The local chapter will pay his
fee of $75.00 plus his trans
portation expenses.
Mrs. Daniel said that the
committee also met with Roger
Peeler, county superintendent
of schools, in regard to secur
ing a speech therapist for needy
children and adults in Warren
County, to be sponsored by the
Easter Seal program. She said
it was decided to make this a
long - range program with
details worked out, a therapist
found and equipment bought by
the beginning of the 1965 school
session, if possible.
Martin To Deliver
Graduation Address
At Norlina School
Dr. William B. Martin, Pro
fessor of Education at East
Carolina College, Greenville,
will deliver the graduating ad
dress at the Norlina High School
on Wednesday night , June 3,
W. 0. Reed, principal, announc
ed yesterday. Thirty-six boys
and girls are cnadidates for the
high school diploma.
Commencement exercises
will begin at the Norlina school
tonight (Friday) when Mrs.
Sturgess Collins will present
her piano pupils In a recital.
The commencement sermon
will be held on Sunday evening,
May 31. The Rev. Billy K. Fal
law will be the speaker.
Reed said that all exercises
will be held in the high school
gymnasium and the public is
cordially invited to attend.
PLANS OF GRADUATES
Members of the Class of 1964
of the Norlina High School have
announced their post graduation
plans. Fifteen of the 36 gra
duates will enter two or four
year colleges in the fall; one
will go to business school; two
plan to work one year and then
attend a four - year college.
Eleven of the graduates expect
to go directly to work and five
will enter military service.
Reed said that schools at
which Norlina will be repre
sented by members of the Class
of 1964 are: Chowan, Elon,
East Carolina College; Hender
son Business School; Hardbar
gers', University of NorthCar
olina at Chapel Hill, North Car
olina State College of the Uni
versity at Raleigh, Lousiburg,
and Peace.
BANKS TO CLOSE
The Citizens Bank of Warren
ton and The Peoples Bank of
Norlina Will bi closed on Sat
urday, May 30, Memorial Day.
TO DELIVER SERMON
The Rev. John R. Link will
deliver the Baccalaureate Ser
mon at Spring Hope High School
on Sunday evening at 8 o'clock.
Mr. Bill Reld of Dillon, S.C.,
was here for the weekend.
Board Moves lnft>NS$ Building
The Warren County Board of Education
moved into Its new bulldlnc on the Hos
pital (rounds (above) Monday. Built at a
cost of approximately $4#,000, ths bulld
InC contains 4400 square (set of space,
including the basement, used for the stor
ies of books, supplies and school records.
It contains a conference room for the meet
iaC of the board of aducatlon and for otb?r
two offleti for Meratartoa, a
^ offica and an offlea for
ra, and an offica for a
Warren County's heaviest
vote is expected to be cast
Saturday as voters make known
their choices for state and coun
ty offices in the Democratic
Primary.,
In addition to the election
of state and county officers,
the voters will also determine
the fate of 5^ tax levy to raise
funds for the employment of an
industrial engineer. In a num
ber of townships the voters will
also elect a township constable.
Principal interest In the pri
mary centers in the guberna
torial race and In the three
man race for the State House
of Representatives.
For the first time in more
than 50 years Negroes are mak
ing a bid for county offices, with
three Negroes seeking places on
the Board of Education and two
on the Board of County Com
missioners. One of the three
candidates for the House of
Representatives ? T. T. Clay
ton?is a Negro. In addition
Negroes have Med for Town
ship Constable in four town
ships, and are without opposi
tion for this post in three town
ships.
The NAACP has put on a
voter registration campaign In
all precincts, which has re
sulted In the adding of several
hundred Negroes to the regis
l tratlon books. This has been
j matched to some degree by
j heavy white registration. The
combination, plus the interest
In the race are expected to give
Warren its heaviest vote In Its
history. It has been predicted
that the vote Saturday will ex
ceed 4,000.
Seeking election Saturday ares
For Governor on the Demo
cratic ballot: Brewer, Burle
son, Lake, Moore, Preyer,
Stansbury; Republican, Badg
ley, Gavin, Strong.
Lieutenant Governor, Demo
cratic ballot: Blue, Jordan,
Scott; Republican, Bell, Flynt.
Commissioner of Labor,
Democrat: Castlebury, Crane,
Wardell. No Republican.
Commissioner of Insurance,
| Democrat: Frederick, Lanier,
Whitley; Republican, Clifford,
Pfaff.
For State House of Repre
sentatives: Frank B. Banzet
and W. R, Drake, white, and
T. T. Clayton, Negro. .J*
For Board of Education: Eu
gene Davis, Sam H. Massey, Jr.,
(See VOTE, page 6)
Lake Pays Visit To
Warren County
With Caravan
\jj
The third of the three ma
jor candidates for Governor
In the Democratic Primary ot
Saturday visited Warren County
on Tuesday.
Dr. I. Beverly Lake of Ral'
eigh, accompanied from the
Warren-Franklin County line
by a caravan of from 60 to 70
cars of Warren County
porters, visited a number of
sections in Warren County
Tuesday, greeting supporters In
the Vicksboro Community, at
Warrenton, Norllna, Macon and
Littleton. The caravan was ar
ranged by F. M. Drake, Jr.,
manager for Lake in Warrsa
County.
Dr. Lake spent about 10
utea at each stop, with a
longer stop at Little**
he was greeted by his
crowd, Drake said
afternoon.
At Warrenton Dr.
presented a ham by
Register of
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