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VOLUME 68 10$ Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year v WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. Friday, October 9, 1964 NUMBER 40
Board Tentatively Endorses
Anti-Poverty Program; To
Consult With Coordinator
Tentative endorsement of a
Community Action Program for
Warren County as a part of the
Federal Economic Act of 1964
was given by the board of county
commissioners Monday after
noon.
Full endorsement of the pro
gram was postponed until the
commissioners have an oppor
tunity to hear the program as
It would apply to Warren County
explained by James T.w White,
State Coordinator, of Raleigh.
The clerk to the board was In
structed to write White to ap
pear before the board at his
earliest convenience.
Action of the board was taken
after a committee composed
of W, R, Drake, Democratic
nominee for the State House of
Representatives; Julian Far
rar, Welfare Superintendent,
and L, C, Cooper, Negro Farm
Agent, appeared to explain the
need of the program for War
ren County and to ask the en
dorsement of the commission
ers.
Drake, acting as spokesman
for the group, told of attend
ing a meeting, with other War
ren County representatives In
Raleigh on Sept. 16, when the
objectives of the program, fa
miliarly known as the antl
proverty program, were outlin
ed. Drake said that the program
Is definitely not a give away
program
He explained that the pro
gram has much to offer War
ren County citizens to help
themselves to break the pov
erty cycle. Among the programs
suggested are vocatlcr.?! train
ing, and the finding of jobs, or
federal grants to start small
businesses, and loans for agri
cultural developments. Farrar
said part of the program might
well be a public works pro
gram similar to the old Con
servation Service Corps. This,
he said, would be of great
assistance to his department In
providing work for teenagers.
Drake said that the program,
If adopted for Warren County,
would require the service of a
coordinator as no local business
man could give the necessary
time to the project. He said
It Is expected that the funds
for such a coordinator would
be furnished by a federal grant.
Drake said It had been sug
gested that 10 per cent of the
cost of the program be donat
ed by participating counties,
but he was not certain that such
would be required of a county
as depressed as Is Warren.
Farrar said that even If the
county is required to put up a
share of the money, It Is his
Plans Complete For
Regatta At Gaston
LITTLETON ? Plans have
been completed for the annual
boat regatta set for Saturday
and Sunday on Lake Gaston.
The event which Is being
held for the second year on the
new lake, will feature nine
classes of boats Instead of eight
as previously announced. The
extra attraction will be a seven
litre class featuring hydro
planes, which are the fastest
boats to ever run on either
the Roanoke Rapids Lake, where
the regatta used to be held, or
the Gaston Lake. The boats have
a record speed of 151 miles
per run.
WOMAN TO COMPETE
Mrs. Dot Hurley of Hallen-"
dale, Fla., will be the first
woman to compete In the re
gatta and will also ride shot
gun with her husband, Dick
Hurley, on his E. Sem Runa
bout.
The Wldenhouse trophy
which was won last year by
Ennls Smith of Roanoke Rapids,
will again be awarded along
with approximately 50 other
trophies.
The location of the regatta
will be at Eaton's Ferry Marina
at the Eaton Ferry Bridge
across the lake.
Mrs. Grace Boone of Roanoke
Rapids will be hostess for the
event and Ennls Smith, also of
Roanoke Rapids, will be host
to the drivers, which Include
some of the world's foremost
boat racers.
The regatta Is sponsored by
the Roanoke Valley Rescue
Squad as a fund-raising pro
ject. The proceeds are used to
help defray operating expenses
of the squad.
Heats are scheduled to begin
at 1 p. m.
Dairy Awards To Be
Presented On Oct. 14
The Dairy Awards Program
will be held at the North War
ren High School Cafeteria at
Wise on Oct. 14, at 7:30 p. m.,
L. C. Cooper, Negro Agricul
tural Extension Agent, an
nounced yesterday.
George Shearln will serve as
toastmaster. Dr. B. C. Webb,
Dean of the School of Agricul
ture, North Carolina Agricul
tural and Technical College,
Greensboro, will be the guest
speaker.
Cooper said the program will
be attended by the participants
in the Junior Dairy Cattle
Show held at the Pair Grounds
on Sept. 34, and by those fam
ilies who are commercial milk
producers.
CoopeV also announced the
winners In the Junior Dairy
Calf Show held at the Warren
County Fair on Sept. 14, as
wall as the winners In the milk
ing oonteet.
m the milking contest Roy
Boyd, Jr., North Warren High
School NT A club, was present
ad the trophy as champion milk
?j WIU"
received a
milker,
that boys and
girts participating la the jun
ior Calf Show woo a total of
ft07 la prise money. Ha listed
Grand Champion ? Richard
Mom , North Warren High
School NFA, Jeraey Class,
(See AWARDS, page 4)
Macon Boy Dorm
Prexy At Duke
Duke University freshman,
"Roddy" Drake, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Drake of Macon,
has been elected president of
House "M", a freshman dorm
itory on the Duke Campus. Elec
tion as House President auto
matically places Drake on the
Duke Student Council and gives
him privilege of appointing a
fellow House-Mate to the ju
dicial Committee.
Young Drake has declared
hlmalef a candidate for Medi
cal School and Is taking a pre
ssed course. He Is a 1964 gra
duate of John Graham High
and was an honor stu*
HON SUNDAY SCHOOL
Beginning Sunday morning.
October 11, Sunday School will
be held at Zloo Methodist
Immediately following
worship service at 10j50
n. The worship service will
begin promptly at SiSO a. m.
understanding that It could be
put up In kind, In the furnish
ing of an office building and
other local donations of facili
ties.
The concensus of the board
was that the federal coordina
tor would work with the, 25
member board of the steer
ing committee of the North
Carolina Fund Project, of which
Drake Is chairman. Should this
committee be too large, It Is
expected that an executlvecom
mlttee would be named from
this board.
Edwards
Appointed
To Board
A Negro citizen was appoint
ed to membership on the War
ren County Development Com
mission Monday by the Warren
County Board of County Com
missioners.
Named to the commission
was John R. Edwards, Jr., of
Nutbush Township, who will fill
out the unexpired term of the
late E. G. Hecht of' Norllna.
His term of office will be for
three years.
The appointment of a com
munity relations council for
Warren County embracing rep
resentation from white, Negro
and Indian citizens, was defer
red by the commissioners late
In the afternoon, when It was
revealed that one of the men
suggested by Chairman Amos
Capps had not been contacted,
and when one commissioner
said he felt that further study
was needed.
A list of nominees to the
council had been tentatively ap
proved by the commissioners
when It was decided to defer
action until a later meeting.
The board passed a resolu
tion asking that the State High
way Commission construct a
road In Littleton connecting a
road from Rocky Mount to a road
leading from Littleton to Gas
ton Lake to aid in the develop
ment of the lake.
A. P. Rodwell. Jr.. Tax Col
lector, reported taxes collected
luring the month of September
In the amount of $30,901.06.
The commissioners ordered
hat the Register of Deeds be
flven the board's approval to
record land plats In his dls
iretlon In the regular plat index.
Register of Deeds S. E. Allen
ixplalned to the board that the
>lan would he a convenience to
hose searching titles and would
lave the county money.
Renewal Bond Certificates
vere .received and filed for
trthur Pettis Rodwell, Jr., Tax
Collector; and for Mrs. Will
tones Bobbltt, Deputy Tax Col
ector.
Parents Asked To Eat
Lunch With Students
In observance of National
School Lunch Week, John Gra
lam and Marl am Boyd Schools
ire Inviting parents In grades
1-6 to eat lunch at the schools
in Wednesday and Thursday,
Dct. 13-14, Kenneth Brlnson,
principal, said yesterday.
Students will carry bulletins
pome Informing parents of the
ipproprlaie date and time for
hem to visit the school. Par
mts should Inform the school
1 they plan to attend.
Brlnson said that Macon Jun
ior High and John graham High
School will not send .Invitations
io the parents of their students
his year due to the fact that
>ver - crowdedness and short
lunch periods makes serving
additional people Impractical.
WORKSHOP
The Woman's Society of
Christian Service at the Meth
xllet church at Vance-War
ren Sub-district will have a
fall educational workshop at the
ftorliaa Methodist Church <
Wednesday, October 14, at 9:30
l m. All members, are to
uted to attend and are Red
o bring a light lunch.
Commissioners Endorse
State School Bond Issue
Growers
Underplant
Tobacco
Warren County tobacco grow
ers underplanted the county al
lotment by 118.33 acres. T. E.
Watson, ASCS office manager,
announced yesterday.
Watson said that Warren's
original effective tobacco allot
ment for 1964 was 4,432.29
acres and a tabulation of har
vested acres shows that 5,313.
96 acres were harvested on
1607 farms. The tabulation fur
ther shows that 72 allotment
farms with 20.08 acres did not
plant any tobacco.
In 1964 the lease and trans
fer of tobacco allotments was
permissible for the third year
and 273 growers leased part
or all of their allotment to other
farms, Watson said.
He said that some 237 acres
were transferred to other farms
under this provision, but the
acreage was adjusted to 288
acres due to normal yield dif
ferences, an adjustment of 39.0
acres.
Watson said the lease and
transfer program has been ex
tended for 1965 tobacco allot
ments.
Gavin Pays Visit
To Warrenton
Wednesday A. M.
Robert L. Gavin, Republl?
can candidate for Governor,
visited Goldwater Headquar
ters In Warrenton on Wednes
day morning. He was accom
panled to Warrenton by Everet
Peterson, candidate for Stati
Auditor; John Adcock of Hen'
derson, candidate for the Nortl
Carolina Senate from the 13tl
district, and others.
Gavin was feted at a recep
tion of Warren County citizens
at the official opening of the
headquarters for Citizens for
Goldwater on Main Street.
Gavin said earlier in Hender
son to an overflow crowd of
more than 200 people that as
Governor he would do some
thing about the many prob
lems about which the Demo
crats talk.
elaborating on his pi
gram for North Carolina, C
vln deplored the tax on f<
and medicine and promised th
under his governorship, i
farmers themselves would
given a dominant voice in ?
ving their farm problems.
Safer ring to his opponei
Jbdge Dan K. Moore, Gat
said that a man who doea i
know whether or not he c
wpport his own national tick
would be at a lose trying
make decisions a governor m?
8CENE AT HORSE SHOW HERE ON SEPTEMBER 8
Show-deo To Be Held By
Rural Volunteer Firemen Oct. 18
J. G. Plays
At Norlina
Tonight
John Graham and Norlina
High Schools, who had their
football games rained out last
Friday night, will play at the
Norlina athleticfield tonight be
ginning at 8 o'clock.
The game is Homecoming for
Norlina Seniors of that school
will serve a barbecue dinner
to the public from 5 to 7 p. m.
preceedlng the game, and will
hold a dance in the gym fol
lowing the game.
Kenneth Brinson, principal of
the John Graham High School,
said yesterday that the game
scheduled to be played with
Loulsburg last Friday night and
rained out has been re-sche
duled for Friday night, Nov
ember 6.
The game between Littleton
High School and John Graham
High School previously schedul
ed for November 6 has been
postponed until Friday night,
November 13.
Drake Seeks
Support For Party
In Nov Election
F. M. Drake, Jr., a Beverly
Lake campaign manager and
strong supporter of Judge Dan
K. Moore in the Democratic
primary run-off made the fol
lowing statement here this
week.
"We recieved a letter from
Moore for Governor Headquar
ters this week urging us to,
quote, Get on the ball in War
ren as we were in the pri
maries. The big push to elect
Democrat Dan K. Moore to the
Governorship of North Carolina
is on and we Intend doing all
that we can in our minute ca
pacity to cooperate fully with
the request from officials In
State Headquarters.
"With the help of those who
cast their ballots for Judge
Moore in the primary, we ex
pect to give Mm an overwhel
ming victory In Warren Coun
ty on November third. Loyal,
volunteer workers In the Coun
ty will be contacted at an early
date to further the cans# for
electing Dan K. Moore Oov
n
ernor.'
RIDGEWAY SERVICES
Holy Communion will bo ob
served at the Church of the
Oood Shepherd, Ridgeway, on
8unday afternoon at I o'clock,
according to the Rev. James
M. Stoney, rector.
The Warrenton Rural Volun
teer Fire Department will spon
sor another Horse Show at Cur
rln's Arena on the edge of War
renton on Oct. 18, beginning
at 2 p. m., Jesse B. Martin,
publicity chairman, announced
yesterday He said $1,000 In
cash will be given away.
Martin said the show would
be an All Western Show-deo,
and will feature bronco riding,
ring spearing, pony roadster,
i calf roping, pole bending, bull
dogging, barrel race, bull rid
ing, pony express and many
others.
Twenty one classes are sche
duled for the event, a feature
of which will include a chicken
race.
Martin said that those wish
ing to reach the arena are ask
ed to follow the arrows leading
from Halifax Street to the scene
of the show.
Defendant Is Held
Under $500.00 Bond
A defendant In Warren Coun?
y Recorder's Court last Frl
lay Is being held under $500
lond for his appearance In War
?en County Superior Court to
inswer to a charge of assault
vlth a deadly weapon.
Charlie Parks, sentenced to
lerve six months on the roads
chen he was found guilty on the
issault charge, noted appeal and
he $500 appearance bond was
let by Judge Julis Banzet.
Charles Collier was found
fullty on an assault charge
md was sentenced to the roads
or 60 days. The sentence was
suspended for two years upon
sondltlon that the defendant re
naln of good behavior for two
rears, keep peace towards all
rersons, especially Perry Per
lell and Mrs. Edna Pernell,
lot go upon the premises of
Perry Pernell or Mrs. Edna
Pernell for two years, and pay
i $25.00 fine and court costs.
Charlie Williams, Jr., pled
[ullty to a charge of reckless
Irlvlng and was sentenced to the
-oads for 60 days. The sentence
vas suspended for two years
lpon the condition that the de
endant surrender his oper
itor's license and not operate
i motor vehicle on public roads
>f the state for six months,
rlolate no motor vehicle laws
>f the state tor two years and
lay a $25.00 fine and court
sosts.
Haywood Ayscue, charged
clth assault, was found guilty
if aiding and abetting In an ae
tault. Prayer for Judgment was
jontlnued for two years upon
jondltton the defendant remain
if good behavior and keep peace
owarda all persons, especially
Perry Pernell and Mrs. Edna
Pernell, for two years, and not
to upon property of said Per
lalls for two years, and pay
sourt costs.
Winie Prewar, charged with
issault, was found not guilty.
James Wheeler jones was
bond guilty of charges of re
listing arrest and disorderly
sonduct. A 10-days road
ence was
not violate any criminal laws
of state for two years and pay
court costs.
Hansel Griggs, charged with
assault by pointing weapon, was
found guilty of assault by point
ing unloaded gun at William
Levlster. Prayer for judgment
was continued for one year upon
condition the defendant pay
court costs.
James Palmer Perry was or
dered to serve a six months
road sentence when It was re
vealed that he had failed to
carry out the terms of a sus
pended sentence.
Robert Suit, who pled guilty
to a charge of trespass, was
ordered to pay court costs.
Thomas Kersey was In court
on two charges of giving a
bad check. He was given a SO
days road sentence In each case.
The sentence was suspended In
the first case provided the de
fendant pay the check In the
amount of $13.65, plus court
costs, in the second case the
defendant was required to pay
,a $8.15 check and court costs.
Robert Andrew Hall, charged
with operating a motor vehicle
without an operator's license,
was found not guilty.
Defendants in speeding cases
and verdicts of the court were
as follows:
Lotls Graden Bradley, costs;
Jerry Meador Kennon, $15.00
and costs; James Frederick
Collins, oosts; Wei don Frank
lin Freeman, $10.00 and costs;
Richard Albert Campbell,
eosta.
GOLDWATER'S ADDBE88
Goldwstar's Address to the
Nation will be broadcast over
Channel 5 on Friday night, Oct
ober t, at OsSO, according to
Dr. waiter White, chairman ot
Cltisens for Ooldweter <
nation.
? RETURNS HOME
Mrs. George Rudd has
turned after being In Warren
General Hospital fo
time and is with her <
Mrs. C. W. Milliard, la Mwl
SB
Support
Of Public
Is Sought
The Warren County Board of
County Commissioners on Mon
day passed a resolution endors
ing the state $100 million bond
Issue to be submitted to the
voters In the General Election
of Nov. 3.
Should the bond lssuebe pass
ed Warren County Is expected
to receive $562,377.97.
J. Roger Peeler, Superinten
dent of Schools, told the com
missioners that school needs In
the county are beyond the abil
ity of the taxpayers to meet
and that the more than half a
million dollars from the state
?would be a big help In moder
nizing the Warren Schools.
Actually, Peeler said, around
an additional million dollars
would be needed to complete a
program of consolidation and
renovation and additions needed
by the Warren school system.
He listed pressing school needs
as the building of a new high
school at John R. Hawkins, the
addition of rooms at North War
ren and the construction of an
all-purpose room at Vaughan.
in addition, Peeler said, War
ren needs a new consolidated
high school to serve Norllna,
Warren ton and Littleton. He
estimated that It would cost
more than $700,000 to construct
and furnish such a building.
This Is probably the last
time that a state bond Issue
for school buildings will be sub
mitted to the people, Peeler
said. He said that the Piedmont
counties were reluctant to go
along with the bond Issue this
time In the knowledge that they
would have to pay most of the
costs of retiring the bonds.
Pointing out In their resolu
tion that adequate public school
buildings, as well as qualified
teachers and up-to-date cours
es, are necessary Ingredients
of a sound public school sys
tem, the board further stated
that:
Whereas, the construction of
necessary public school build
ings Is Imposing an ever-larg
er burden on county property
taxes and county property tax
payers; and
Whereas, the General As
sembly has offered to help coun
ties meet this burden by author
izing the Issuance of $100
million In state school bonds,
subject to the approval of the
voters at the General Election
on November 3; and
Whereas, If these state school
bonds are approved on Novem
ber 3, the public schools of War
ren county will receive the sum
of $363,377.97 for use In build
ing additional school buildings
when they are needed; and If
these state school bonds are not
approved, the taxpayers of War
ren County will have to raise
this amount from property
taxes; and
Whereas, this amount and
more will be necessary In the
Immediate future if the child
ren of Warren County are to
have adequate buildings In which
to study and prepare for a pro
ductive role la the life of their
community, the county, and the
etatet
Now, therefore, be It resolv
ed by the Board of County Com
missioners of Warren county
that the state School Boodsbe
and they are heartily tfers :
ad, because they will h
And be it further
that all the voters of
County be end there I