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/OLUME 68 10<f Per Copy Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1964 NUMBER 41
Seven John Graham High School girls are candidates
for the title of Homecoming Queen for activities to be
held at the local school tonight. The queen will be chosen
during half-time activities of the Warrenton-Franklinton
Homecoming At John Graham
football "game. Seeking the title are, left to right: Dianne
Etherldge, Nancy Ayscue, Debbie Joyner, Janet Harmon,
Beverly Miles, Gall Fleming, Sherry Wilson, and Rachel
Long.
John Graham To Face A Tough
Franklinton Team Here Toniaht
John Graham High School
faces both homecoming and a
tough ball game here tonight
(Friday) when It faces unde
feated Frankllnton, a team that
downed Oxford Orphanage last
Friday night 21-20. Warrenton,
which lost only Its Initial game
with Weldon, downed Norlina
21-0 last Friday night.
Franklinton Is ranked 9th
among Class A teams of the
eastern part of the state by
Grady Elmore In his "Prep
Clipboard" In The News and
Observer. Warrenton Is rank
ed 11th. First spot Is held by
Aberdeen, with Weldon fn sec
ond place. On the basis of this
rating, John Graham will be
the underdog In play here to
night.
The game will be featured by
halftlme activities when a
Homecoming Queen will be
chosen from a bevy of beauti
ful contestants. Homecoming
activities will be rounded out
with a dance In the gym for
students of both schools.
End sweeps, optional plays
and passes enabled John Gra
ham to advance the ball against
an Improving Norlina ball team
with a good line on Friday
night and resulted In the visit
ing team's 21-0 victory.
Norlina won the toss and
elected to receive, and began a
drive down field that threaten
ed to upset all predictions, but
the attack tiogged down when
Norllna neared Warrenton's
goal line. That was the story of
Norllna's efforts for most of
the night, an ability to advance
jthe ball in the middle of the
field, but an inability to go for
jward near the goal line. Once
John Graham held Norlina for
downs on the two-foot line.
A play that gave Norllna a
j victory over Louisburg earlier
in the season, almost worked
j again for Norllna and a touch
;down was only halted by fast
j pursuit by the Warrenton team,
j downing the runner near the
| goal line. It was the old sleep
er play, and it almost worked,
j Warrenton scored its first
play in the first quarter when
;Quarterback Charles Edmonds
I skirted his left and ran 70
i yards behind good blocking for
the TD. John Coleman threw the
I key block. Warrenton rushed
lover the extra point.
The second TD came in the
second quarter when Edmonds
| tossed a pass to John Coleman
i who went the distance. Again
j the extra point was rushed over.
In the third quarter Halfback
jElree Milliard broke lose on an
j option play and made a nice
i run for Warrenton's final touch
jdown. For the third time the
extra point was rushed over.
The fourth quarterwas a see
saw affair, with neither side
able to make much gain.
?Bad Language Over
Telephone Charged
Alleged use of profane lan
guage over a telephone result
ed in a man being tried In
Warren County Recorder's
Court on last Friday.
Vaden Thrower entered a plea
of nolo contendere when charg
ed with the offense. Prayer for
Judgment was continued for one
year upon condition the defen
dant pay a $10.00 fine and court
costs.
Cecil Adams was found guil
ty of public drunkenness and was
sentenced to the'roads for 30
days. The sentence was sus
pended for two years upon con
dition the defendant keep peace
towards all persond, not violate
any criminal laws of the state
for two years, and pay a $10.
00 fine and court costs.
Llnsey Alston was ordered
to pay a $100 fine and court
f costs when he was found gull
' ty on a charge of reckless driv
ing.
Leandrew Williams pled guilty
to a charge of an assault with
a daadly weapon but appealed
his ease when judge Banset
sentenced him to the roads tor
?0 days. Appeal bond was set
at $100.
Homer Floyd Troutman,
charged with speeding, pled
guilty to a charge of follow
ing another vehicle too close
ly, and was fined $10.00 and
ordered to pay court costs.
Franklin Earl Bolton pled
guilty to a speeding charge
and was ordered to pay a $10
fine and court costs.
James Robert Baber was or
dered to pay a $15 fine and court
costs when he was found guilty
on a speeding charge.
Marvin Mitchell Hardee,
found guilty of speeding 50 m.
p. h. in a 35-mile zone, was
ordered to pay court costs and
a $10.00 fine.
William Puller pled guilty to
a speeding charge and was
fined $10.00 and ordered to
pay court costs.
Nanle Bell Alston, found guil
ty of an assault with a dead
ly weapon, was sentenced to
serve six months in Central
Prison. She noted an appeal to
Superior Court and appearance
bond was set at $100.
Kenneth Laughter Twledale,
jr., pled guilty to a charge
of speeding. He was ordered to
pay a $10 fine and court costs.
The game was homecoming
for Norllna and halftlme was
featured by the crowning of
Miss Louise Taylor as Home
coming Queen by NorllnaMayor
Graham Grlssom. A dance In the
Norllna gym followed the game.
Norllna will play Littleton at
Norllna tonight.
Limits Of
Speed On
Streets Set
Principle act of business be
j fore the Town Commissioners
I In a quiet and routine session on
| Monday night was the passage of
j an ordinance regulating speed
limits on certain state-maln
! talned streets of Warrenton.
i The ordinance was passed at
| the request of the State Hlgh
' way Commission,
i The commissioners included
j In the ordinance an Item regu
jlatlng the speed limit on WU
| cox street, because of the nar
| rowness of this street, and be
| cause of some complaints of
; speeding on It.
The State Highway Commls
j slon Is expected to erect suit
able signs on the designated
I streets setting forth the speed
J limits.
In other action the coramls
! sloners donations of $50 each
I were made to the Boy Scouts
and to the Girl Scouts; renewed
(See LIMIT, page 2)
Show-deo
Plans have been complet
ed and all is In readiness
for the Rural Firemen's
Show-deo at Currln's Arena
Sunday afternoon, J. B. Mar
tin, publicity chairman, said
yesterday.
A show-deo Is a western
type horse show. Twenty
one classes are scheduled
for the event which will be
gin at 2 p. m Martin said
$1,000 In cash will be given
away in prizes.
Thousands Watch
Racing On Gaston
Lake Sunday
Littleton-Thousands of peo
ple watched boat racing com
petition of Lake Gaston Satur
day and Sunday during the an
nual Boat Regatta.
Racers came from as far
away as Australia and Canada,
as well as from al 1 parts of
the United States.
Lake Gaston, where the event
was held for the second con
secutive year, Is "one of the
finest" for racing In this area,
the boat enthusiasts re;orted.
Approximately 50 trophies
were awarded during the event.
The top award, the CarlWlden
house Trophy, was won by
Skeeter Johnson of Cambridge,
Md.
Johnson was presented the
trophy by Regatta Hostess,
Mrs. Grace Boone of Roanoke
Rapids, and by Ennls Smith of
Roanoke Rapids, last year's
winner.
Johnson's boat, called the
;
'Wa Wa Too," was In the 266
Hydro competition.
! Sunny skies prevailed for the
event which was sponsored by
I the Roanoke Valley Rescue
;Squad as a fund-raising project.
Survey To Continue
Through October 24
The x-ray survey, now being
conducted In Warren County
under the local sponsorship of
the Warren County Health and
Tuberculosis Association and
the Health Department, will
continue through October 24,
Tuesdays through Saturdays,
from 10 a. m. until. 4 p. m.
each day, Dr. Robert F. Young,
Warren County Health Director,
said yesterday.
Dr. Young said the office bus j
tor the Warren County Chest
X-ray Survey was moved in'
place near the Health Center '
and Is serving as headquarters
tor Miss Helen F, Gregson who
Is record analyst for this pro
gram Miss Gregson began her
career In Tuberculosis Control
in IMS In Halifax County when
the first chest x-ray survey
was held in that county. Only
three previous surveys had been
held in North Carolina at that
Tony Rlnnant and Donald Ted
der are serving as x-ray tech
nicians on the buses, with Mrs.
Stephen Daniel, Mrs. Wiley
Coleman, Mrs. Glenn Perkln
son, and Mrs. A. T. Ayscue
serving as secretaries.
The technical personnel and
equipment are under the super- 1
vision of A1 Chlswell who Is >
another veteran in the war on!
tuberculosis.
Still a fourth bus has been,
brought into the county and has ?
been parked alongside the office
bus at the Health Center. Dr.;
Young said this x-ray bus In
being used for taking follow- ?
up film s on cltlsens called
back for further examination
with Miss Margaret Lyons ser
ving as x-ray technician.
Persons who require ad
ditional x-ray examination are
being notified by mall accord
ing. Dr. Young said. Notices
will not be mailed to persons
to be normal, he said.
Board Of Education
Endorses Bond Issue
Board Of Education Praises
School Following Inspection
Both the Board of Education"
and Supt. of. Schools J. Roger'
Peeler are highly pleased with !
r the construction, the beauty and
| the cleanliness of the newly
f completed South Warren Ele
mentary School.
This was revealed on Monday
night when the school men made
a tour of inspection of the build
ing prior to the regular meet
ing of the Board of Education.
I They expressed their pleasure
at the size of the library and
class rooms and the functionally
! arrangement of the building.
' They described the building as
one of the prettiest In thecoun
I ty
O. H, Hawkins, principal of
1 the school, who was present to
conduct the board members
through the school's 13 class
rooms, its library and assembly)
room and Its modern cafeteria,
said that both students and pat-;
rons were very much pleased I
with the building.
School buses bound for thej
Norllna school will not be per-'
mitted to pick up the children;
of Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow|
Shearln who live just within i
the corporate limits of Norllna
on Highway 158. This was de
termined by the board follow
ing their return from Inspect
ion of the South Warren school.
Action of the board followed
a discussion In which Supt.
Peeler and Boyd Mayfield
reported on a meeting held with
the Norllna school board and
Principal W. O. Reed when a
resolution was passed asking
that the Board of Education not
permit the picking up of the
children of Mr. and Mrs. Shear
In.
Peeler and Mayfield said the
district board expressed the
wish to help Mr. and Mrs.
Shearln and realized that their's
was a hardship case, but said
that more than a dozen other
children were involved In any
action taken by the board.^ Par
ents of these children have in?i
slsted that If any students are
picked up In Norllna that their
children be picked up toe. More
problems will be raised than
will be solved by picking up the
1 Shearln children, the district
committee was quoted as
saying.
Following the discussion thel
members of the Board of Edu-i
cation, at the request of the;
Norllna school committee and
Principal W. O. Reed, ordered
(See SCHOOL, page 2) j
CAROLYN MEDLIN
Beauty Queen
JIMMY HARRIS
FFA Officer
Carolyn Medlin, a senior at
John Graham High School, has
been chosen Sweetheart of the
John Graham Chapter of the
Future Farmers of America,
Ronald Wells, publicity chair
man, announced yesterday. She
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Medlin of .Warrenton.
Miss Medlin is active in
school affairs and is reporter
for the John Graham Chapter
of the Future Homemakers ol
America. After graduation she
plans to attend college and ma
jor in business.
Ticket Sale
Booster Club ticket sales for
the 1964-65 school year total
200, Bud Gaston, ticket sales
chairman, reported on Tuesday
night at a meeting of the Boos
ters held at John Graham
School. Peyton Rogers, club
president presided over the
meeting.
Gaston said yesterday that the
sale of 200 tickets this year
compares with a Total of 264
tickets sold last year. He said
that it is to be hoped that ad
ditional sales will be made and
pointed out that tickets could be
bought at the gates tonight when
Warrenton hosts Frankllnton,
or from any. Boosters club
members.
There are four more home
Football games and ten basket
ball games, as well as a num
ber of baseball games next
spring, Gaston pointed out.
Boosters ticket admit holders to
all home athletic contests.
Jimmy Harris, president of
the John Graham Chapter of
Future Farmers of America,
has been elected vice-presi
dent of the Roanoke FFA Fed
eration.
The Roanoke Federation con
sists of the FFA Chapters from
John Graham, Norlina, Little
ton, Aurellan Springs, Enfield,
William R. Davie, Scotland
Neck, Gaston, and Northhamp
ton high schools.
The officers In this Federa
tion will have charge of the
various FFA activities conduc
ted between these schools dur
ing this school year, Ronald
Wells reporter for the chapter,
said yesterday.
Scout Drive
The annual Boy Scout drive
Is now underway in Warren
County. The campaign opened
on Tuesday of last week under
the chairmanship of Pett. B.
Boyd, president of TheCltlzens
Bank.
H. M. Hardy Is head of the
century club part of the drive.
Gene Wilson Is special mem
bership chairman, and Milton
Ayscue Is neighborhood chair
man.
Boyd said yesterday that the
public Is urged to donate as
liberally as possible to the
Boy Scouts.
Checks may be mailed direct
ly to Boyd at the Citizens Bank
of donated to canvassers.
Mrs. J. S. Scott spent sev
eral days last week In Greens
boro.
J. Shtpp McCarroll, secretary-treasurer
of the Warrmton Rotary Club, la pictured
Wednesday moraine presenting a $100 cheek
to Mrs. J. Boyd Davie, president of the War
rantor Foundation for Better Education, Inc.
The Foundation is a non-profit organization
that operates solely for the purpose of mak
?ng financial contributions available 10 tha
John Graham, Mart am Boyd, and MaeonJtm
lor High achooii for the Improvement of their
educational programs. Patrons of theee
schools are urged to contribute to the Fowi
datlon. interested persona stay contact Ids.
J. Boyd Dsns. V V
Dr. Massey
To Head
Campaign
The Warren County Board of
Education Monday night gave
Its formal endorsement to the
State Bond Issue of $100,000,-'
000 and the members of the
board pledged their support to
Dr. S. H. Massey who Is to
head the campaign for the bond
Issue In Warren County.
Massey was appointed to this
position by the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners following
their endorsement of the bond
Issue at their meeting on Mon
day of last week.
In his discussion of the bond
issue with the members of the
Board of Education Dr. Massey
pointed out that Warren Coun
ty needs 86 classrooms for
Warren County schools. He said
under the bond Issue the coun
ty would receive $562,377.77.
Urgent needs of the schools
depend on the success of this
bond issue to be voted upon on
November 3, he said.
In a letter mailed out Tues
day to a number of citizens,
Dr. Massey said In part:
"1. We are assured that there
will be no Increase In taxes
as a result of the bond Issue.
North Carolina Is In a very heal
thy fiscal condition due to Its
1 expanding economy. It Is esti
mated that there will be a
$75,000,000 surplus fund at the
end of this blennlum. Both of
the candidates for governor
have pledged not to raise taxes.
We have every reason tobelleve
that this Is true.
"2. Warren County would re
ceive $562,377.97 for Its part
of the bond issue. This amount
would, to say the least, be dif
ficult to raise locally. This bond
issue definitely would be to the
advantage of our small county.
Warren County needs at least
$1,500,000 to bring Its facili
ties up to modern recommended
standards. This would be a ma
jor step forward for us.
"Your Superintendent and
Board of Education will do their
best to spend the money as
wisely as possible. Being al
ways short of funds has at
least taught us how to stretch
our available dollars. Will you
please use your Influence to
help us carry Warren County
oy a large majority."
In a letter to school com
mitteemen this week, Supt.
(See MASSEY, page 2)
W. W. Johnston
Dies On Tuesday
LITTLETON ? Funeral se
vices for William Willis John
ton, 64, who died Tuesday, we
conducted Thursday at 2;
p. m. from the homeonColle
Ave. by the Rev. O. V. Elkli
his pastor, and the Rev. Ke
Wilson of Loulsburg, a form
pastor. Burial was in Suna
Hill Cemetery.
X native of Weldon, the loc
plants r was a graduate of N.
State College and a memb
of the official board of the LI
tleton Methodist Church. Hew
a former town commissioner
former member of theLlttlet
Lion's Club and a member
the Littleton Development Co>
poratton.
Surviving are his wife, Ml
Martha Exum Ransom Johnato
two sons, W nil am R. Johnston
Weldon and Matt R. Johnston
the hornet one daughter, Ml
Lettle Elizabeth Johnston,
student at Salem College.
for Adoption
The Warren County
Department has tw? male l
five years of
oowrtee snould a
fsru Dspurtmsot