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VOLUME 68 10c I'er Copy Subscription I'rice $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1964 NUMBER 26
Man Given
Six Terms
On Road
A def? ndant in Warren County
Recorder's Court Friday was
given six four-month road
terms by Judge Julius Banzet.
P. A. Bishop, Jr., pled guil
ty to giving six worthless
checks and Judge Banzet sen
tenced him to the roads for
four months on ? each count.
The sentences will run con
currently.
Robert M. Kersey was found
guilty of reststing arrest and
was sentenced to the roads for
60 days
Richard Perry, charged with
assault, was found not guilty
Dorethea Green was found
guilty of assault with a deadly
weapon. Prayer for Judgment
was continued for two years
upon condition the defendant not
violate any public laws of the
state for two years, remain
of good behavior and pay court
costs.
Roosevelt Hargrove pled
guilty to a charge of breaking
and entering. Prayer for Jud
gment was continued for two
years upon condition that the
defendant pay court costs.
Kenneth Lewis Williams pled
guilty to a charge of operating
a motor vehicle without a
driver's license. He was or
dered to pay a $25 fine and
court costs.
Defendants and verdicts in
speeding cases were as follows:
Howerson Benjamin Black
well, costs; Thomas Holt Davis,
$10.00 and costs; Joshua Lan
don Wrenn, costs; Thomas Scott
Young, $15.00 and costs; Robert
Lee Moore, $10.00 and costs.
^ Board Authorizes
Appointment Of
Negro Committees
?e,Board of Education has
authorized the appointment of
Negroes school committees for
he Hawkins, North Warren
Northside, Vaughan andSSS
Warren schools, It was learned
yesterday from the office of
the superintendent of schools
No actually appointments, how
ever, have actually been made.
that Pthi?J" m' Peeler said
that this action by the board
of education is an attempt to
rive Negroes more voice in the
operation of thelr school^n
said the school committees will
recommend the election of prin
22* teachers' W other
school personnel. Other duties
'nv,olve recommendations
Mncernlng curriculum, trans
Portatlon, buildings, etc.
? Minister Thanks
People For Kindness
The Rev. Troy Barrett, for
mer pastor of Wesley Memorial
Methodist Church, this week
expressed his thanks to the peo
ple of the Warrenton com
munity. He stated:
"The Rev. and Mrs. Troy
J. Barrett and family would
like to take this added oppor
tunity to thank all the people
of Warren County for every
courtesy shown us during the
Past five years and to pray
God's blessing upon you and
yours.
They commend to you the
Rev. and Mrs. L. T. Wilson
and their family and wish them
eve|y success."
banks to close
The Citizens Bank of War
l"1'?"and th* Peoples Bank
<rf Norlina will be closed on Sat
^ banks will
i be open on Moudpy, July g
- refdar banklng hours.'
TO CONDUCT SERVICES
\ Sam A. Warllck will conduct
?^*e regular services at the
Warrenton Presbyterian church
on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock,
to the absence of the pastor.
IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. R n. Walters was at
D*e Hospital, Durham, for
??veral days last week for a
i
WARRENTON'S NEW FIRE TRI CK . . at new home here
Warrenton Has Modern Fire
Truck; First Bought in 25 Years
Warrenton has a new fire
truck, the first purchased by
the town in more than 25 years,
and the second truck bought in
the nearly 100 years of exis
tence of the Warrenton Vol
unteer Fire Company.
The truck was brought
to Warrenton on Saturday af
ternoon by Fire Chief Walker
Burwell and Firemen Leon
Cheek and McCarroll Alston
from Lansing, Michigan, where
the firemen enrolled In the
John Bean Fire School on June
23.
At the fire school skilled In
structors taught the firemen the
theory and mechanics In the
classroom, and gave actual
flreflghting experience on the
John Bean proving ground.
After completing the training
each fireman received a cer
tificate. Cheek and Alston were
the first Negro firemen from
the South to attend the John
Bean Fire School.
The new truck Is a John Bean
HPV Fire Fighter, with a for
ward control chassis, 750 gpm
volume capacity, two high pres
sure fog guns, two pre-connec
ted 1 1/2 inch lines, 32 1/2
inch outlets, 1200 foot capacity
hose bed, and a 500 gallon water
tank. The cost of the truck
was around $18,000.
FIREMAN RELATES
HISTORY OF COMPANY
Among the news items con
tained in an 1868 Warrenton
newspaper brought into this of
fice several years ago con
cerned a mass meeting held in
the court house, the purpose
of which was to provide fire
protection for the Town of War
renton. This story related that
at the meeting it was decided
to form two companies, one
white and the other colored.
How long the white company
lasted is not known, but the
colored company has lasted for
nearly a hundred years, and for
much of that period it has been
the only organized fire agency
the town has had.
Verification of the fact that
the present company is the same
company formed here in 1868
is contained in a thesis sub
mitted by McCarroll Alston at
A. & T. College in 1956. Mc
Carroll Alston is the son of
Jack Alston, for many years a
member of the Warrenton Negro
Volunteer Fire Company, and a
member of the North Carolina
Volunteer Fire Association, in
which most eastern North Caro
lina cities and towns were rep
resented until after the First
World War.
Writing of the history of the
Warrenton Fire Company, Al
ston said in part:
"The Plummer Hook and
Ladder Company was formed
and received its charter in
1868. The company has never
ceased to be a company since
its organization, and through the
years it has furnished the State
Association with the president,
the vice president, treasurer,
(See TRUCK, page 2)
Wood Is Installed As
Lions Club President
Arthur A. Wood, Warren
ton merchant, was Installed as
president of the Warrenton
Lions Club at a regular meet
ing of the club held at Hotel
Warren last Friday night. He
was Installed by John F.
Gonella of Franklinton.
Gonella, past president of the
Franklinton Lions Club, past
deputy district governor of
31-G, past zone chairman and
former member of the state
wide commission for the blind,
also Installed other club of
ficers. They are: W. L. Tur
ner, first vice president; C. F.
(Pete) Burrows, second vice
president; F. P. Whitley, third
vice president; J. Allen Tucker,
Lion Tamer; Scott Gardner,
Tall Twister; Clyde V. Whit
ford, secretary; R. H. Bright,
treasurer; W. A. Miles and
Joe Gilbert two-year di
rectors.
President Wood, who has been
very active In Lions activities,
has held every office In the club
and has been chairman of the
White Cane Committee and
chairman of the Important
Blind Commitee.
A. A. WOOD
Dr. Walter White was install
ed as a new member of the
club by Past President Bob
Bright. Dr. Ralford Douglas
Baxley was a guest of Lion
David Richards and was pre
sented to the club.
Negro Boy Judged Best
Barbecue Cook In State
A Warren County Negro boy
has been judged the best poul
try barbecue cook In the state
among Negro 4-H members.
Alvls Hawkins, a member
of the Russell Union 4-H club
and district winner in the poul
try barbecue cooking contest,
was first place winner in the
94th annual state 4-H Weak
activities at A. and T. College
In Greensboro, G, W. Koonce,
assistant Agricultural Ex
tension Agent, announced
yesterday. Hawkins received a
$29.00 Savings Bond.
Six boys from Warren County
attended the 4-H Week program.
They were Alvls Hawkins of
Russell union 4-H Clitb, Wil
liam Waller and Mckinley
Macklin of the Cool Spring 4-H
Club, and Kenneth Perry,
George and Billy Alston of the
Mayflower 4-H Club. As a dis
trict winner Hawkins attended
on a fully paid scholarship.
Koonce said that many out
standing speakers were In
cluded in the week-long con
ference. Among these were Dr.
L. C. Dowdy, president of
A. and T. College; Mrs. Sarah
W, Herbln, Employment Ser
vice representative from the
Governor's office; R. E. Jones,
Extension 8tate Agent, and Mrs.
Minnie Brown, assistant State
Home Economics Agents.
W. C. Cooper, district 4-H
Club Agent of the Northeast
ern District, indicated that the
conference was one of the best
hstd during his term of office,
Koonce said. He added thai in
view of the recent 4-H Club
concept many 4-H Club leaders
the conference.
W. R. Drake Deft Js
Banzet In House Race
Official Second Primary Ballot
Governor
Lt.
Governor
House
Precincts
Moore
Preyer
Blue
Scott
Banzet ?
Drake
River
337
115
238
189
258
194
SLxpound
187
95
131
129
72
214
Hawtree
359
137
272
194
237
258
Sisith Ck.
108
32
84
54
72
68
Nutbush
136
91
98
106
144
84
Sandy Ck0
181
159
149
179
162
175
Shoooo
96
116
71
127
75
118
Pishing Ck.
141
93
127
85
167
66
Judkins
201
88
143
119
132
159
W. War.
413
308
347
324
326
393
Pork
73
41
37
65
42
69
Roanoke
19
32
14
28
18
34
Norlina
435
162
296
218
314
223
E. War.
38*
180
327
193
286
321
Total
3066
1589
2334
2026
2275
2376
Friends
Return To
County
A citizenship education pro
ject involving a group of stu
dents under the auspices of the
American Friends Service
Committee returned to Warren
County Saturday where they will
remain until August 21.
The group consists of 12
college students from various
states. Watson Mason of Des
Moines, Iowa, is the group lead
er and was accompanied to War
renton by his wife, Charlene.
The group will all live in War
renton.
The project returned toWar
renton at the invitation of cit
izens from the communities in
which the project group will
work and it will act under the
direction of a local steer
ing committee, Charles Cheek,
chairman of this committee,
(See FRIENDS, page 4)
Revival To Be Held
At Sulphur Springs
Revival services will be held
at the Sulphur Springs Baptist
Church the week of July 5-12,
the Rev. J. M. Long, pastor,
announced yesterday.
The Rev. Eugene Johns, pas
tor of the Prospect Baptist
Church, New London, will be
the evangelist. Music will be in
charge of the church choirs.
A regular worship service
will be held on Sunday morn
ing, July 5, with the pastor
in charge. At this time the
Lord's Supper will be observ
ed. Dr. Carl English will be
in charge of the night service
on July 5 at 7:30 o'clock. The
Rev. Mr. Johns will preach op
Monday night and each follow
ing night throughout the week
at 8:00 o'clock. He will be
present to close the series of
services on Sunday morning,
July 12, at 11 o'clock.
The public is invited to at
tend all services.
Mrs. Harris Receives
A Leadership Award
Mrs. James C. Harris of
Warren County will be one of
twelve home demonstration club
women In North Carolina to
receive a 1964 Leadership
Achievement Award to be pre
sented on Wednesday, July 8
at the annual meeting of the
N. C. Organization of Home
Demonstration Clubs at N. C.
State-UNC, Raleigh.
Annually, the Great Atlantic
and Pacific Tea Company, Inc.
awards to each of 12 outstand
ing leaders an engraved silver
tray along with a framed cer
tificate to the recipient's coun
ty council.
Mrs. Harris is first vice
president of the North Caro
lina Organization of Home Dem
onstration Clubs.
During the 17 years she has
been a home demonstration club
member she has been very ac
tive having served as vice pres
ident and president of the Inez
Home Demonstration Club, vice
president and president of the
Warren County Council of Home
Demonstration Clubs; vice
chairman and chairman of the
15th District Organization of
Home Demonstration Clubs and
second vice president of the
State Organization of Home
Demonstration Clubs. In addi
tion to the offices she has held,
she has served on many com
mittees on a local, county, dis
trict and state level.
In 1960, she was a delegate
to the National Home Demon
stration Council Meeting In
Madison, Wisconsin and In 1961,
she was a home demonstration
club representative to the Na
tional Citizenship Conference In
Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Harris Is also active In
church, school and community
activities.
This year at Homemakers
Week to be held In Raleigh
July 7-10, Mrs. Harris will
preside at some of the sessions
and is responsible for present
MRS. JAMES C. HARRIS
ing the annual report of club
work at the annual meeting on
Wednesday, July 8.
No New Cases Of
Rocky Mountain
Fever Are Reported
No further cases of Rocky
Mountain Fever have been re
ported in Warren County, Dr.
Robert F. Young, Health Direc
tor, reported Wednesday.
However, he urged that citi
zens In this area, as well as
throughout the county, continue
the following protective
measures against this deadly
disease:
1. Thoroughly Inspect entire
body, particularly of children
for ticks at least three tlmei
dally.
2. Carefully remove tick:
found on body with tweezer;
or alcohbl sponge, avoidlni
crushing these Insects on handi
or on body.
3. Inspect pet dogs and re
move ticks dally.
4. Where tick infestatloi
is heavy, dust area near home
with 10 per cent DDT.
5. As an additional protec
tive measure, particularly li
the Norllna-Wise area, the
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fsvei
vaccine may be taken In pri
vate physicians' offices.
6. Since severe cases o
measles resemble Spottee
Fever, parents are urged f
call their physician prompt!
In such cases.
Cotton Bloom
The first cotton bloom e
the 1964 year was report*
late Wednesday afternoon t
Foster King who said a blooi
was found June 30 In a del
of Charlie Carter, a tenai
on the farm of the T. C. wll
llams estate near Areola
A self-focusing slide projee
tor la being made.
Things Not Always As They Seem
Littleton-Things are not al
ways what they seem and Mar
vin Newsom, head of a Little
ton Insurance agency, will be
one of the first persons to
agree.
Newsom almost had aflt yes
terday when he was informed
a 75mm World War I artillery
shell sitting on his desk for
several days was "live" and
likely to go off any minute.
At 5:45 p. m. yesterday an
Explosive Demolition Ordi
nance Squad from Fort Bragg
showed up and carried away
the shell, careful not to jar or
bounce the ancient but danger
ous piece of ammunition.
However, that isn't the way
Newsom had been handling Hie
object which he had considered
no more harmless than any
other relic of the war. He
hauled the shell some 190 miles
In the boot of his car without
giving it a second thought.
A few days ago the Newsom
family was visiting Mrs. New
som's mother In Norwood. Dur
ing that period, the shell was
found is the home's basement.
The Newsom children brushed
the shell clean of an accumu
lation of dirt after which New
som wrapped it in paper and
put in his car's trunk. Ar
riving m Littleton, he^put the
object on his desk. ? "4
Yesterday, William A. Bass
of Raleigh, a special agent for
Newsom's insurance oompany,
showed in Littleton. Bass, a
captain of artillery In the N.C.
National Guard, walked Into
Newsom's office and when he
spied the shell almost ran out.
Bass called the Fort Bragg
squad and told them what he'd
found. He was advised to keep
everyone away from the shell
and not touch it himself until
the squad could come for It.
Bass sal.1 It appeared the pro
jectlble had been fired but had
failed to explode. He said It
appeared the fuse and explosive
charge were still In active con
dition. The Fort Bragg outfit
confirmed the statement that
the object was dangerous.
It was brought outbyNefcrsora
no one at the Norwood home
knew how the shell had gotten
In the!
Dan Moore
Takes Win
Over Preyer
In a close second primary
race Saturday, Wilton R. Drake,
Macon mayor and insurance
executive, came from behind to
defeat Frank B. Banzet, War
renton attorney andformerState
Senator, in a battle for the
State House of RepreJentatives.
Drake led Banzet 2376 to 2275.
In the first primary Banzet
led Drake by more than 500
votes?2109 to 1574?with T. T.
Clayton, Warrenton Negro at
torney, in third place with 1344
votes.
Saturday's race also saw
Judge Dan Moore defeat Judge
Richardson Preyer, high man in
the first primary, by landslide
proportions, topping his oppon
ent by nearly 200,000 votes
in the second primary is credit
ed with winning the victory.
Lake polled more than 200,000
votes in the first primary and
he was able to swing most of
these votes into Moore's
column.
Lake supporters in Warren
County in the first primary
voted in block for Moore In
the second primary following
Lake's endorsement of Moore
and a request that his sup
porters support him. This Is
borne out in election returns
Saturday which shows that
Preyer's vote in the second
primary was almost identical
on a percentage basis with his
vote In the first primary.
Preyer polled 34.4 per cent
of the vote in the first pri
mary and 34 per cent in the
second. Moore, who polled only
579 votes in the first primary,
apparently held all his votes
and picked up practically all
of the Lake vote. Dr. Lake
was high man in the first pri
mary with 2716 votes, compared
with 1731 for Preyer, and 579
for Moore.
Indications in Warren County
and over the state is that I art
week efforts of Dr. Lake for
Moore and Governor Sanford
for Preyer m television ap
pearances had little effect on
the vote. The scope of Moore's
victory in Warren County is
Indicated in the fact that Preyer
carried only one of the 14 pre
cincts in Warren County. Lit
Itle Roanoke cast 32 votes for
Preyer and 19 for Moore. The
vote for Preyer was identical
with the vote cast in the first
primary.
Warren County also gave a
majority of Its vote for Clifton
Blue In the race for Lieutenant
Governor. Blue was defeated
by Robert Scott m the state
by a majority of around 14,000
votes, some 30,000 less than
bis lead In the first primary.
In Warren the vote was 2334
for Blue and 2020 for Scott
In the first primary Scott r
eelved 2321 votes, Blue 1982
and Jordan 449. Indications are
that Blue picked up most of the
Jordan votes.
The vote here Saturday, a
record for a second primary,
was some 700 less than the
first primary vote of some
5,300.
Stores To Be Open
Here On SatirdiY
The majority of Warrants*
stores will be open Saturday,
July 4, and will take holiday
on Monday, July 6, In lieu
the re?ular holiday.
However,. Colonial and A.a
P. stores, the Cittsens
as Veil as the Peoples
at Norllaa, will be dosed gat
Many merchants here i
rise sp
Saturday.
Mr. J. N. mis la
in Ve
Mrs. Hits is i
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