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Drivers Are
Fined In
D. D. Cases
Two drunk driving cases and
one case of reckless driving
were tried In Warren County
Recorder's Court last Friday.
In addition a number of speed
ing cases, cases Involving the
giving of bad checks and as
saults and non-support cases
were heard by Judge Julius
Banzet.
Melvin Lee Crews pled guilty
to a charge of drunk driving and
was ordered to pay a $100
fine and court costs.
Clyde Gholson Mitchell was
ordered to pay a $100 ftne
and court costs when he pled
guilty to drunk driving.
Russell Ray Gunter was found
guilty on a charge of reckless
driving and was fined $25.00
and taxed with court costs.
Earl Price, charged with non
support, was found not guilty.
Jimmy Perry, charged with
non-support, was found not guil
ty
Otis Green, charged with giv
ing a bad check, was found not
guilty.
Robert Christmas was in
court on a trespass charge. The
State took a nol pros with leave.
Robert Lyons was charged on
two counts of giving a bad
check. The State took a nol
pros with leave.
Lilton Bryant was charged
with speeding. The State took
a nol pros with leave.
John Raby Payne was charg
ed with speeding. The State took
a nol pros with leave.
Edward C. Ren was charg
ed with assault with a deadly
weapon. The State took a nol
pros with leave.
Wilson Delmonte Hux pled
guilty to a charge of speeding
and was ordered to pay court
costs.
Rlchar- Gray Bumby, It", was
^ordered to pay a $10.00 fine
and court costs when he pled
guilty to a speeding charge.
Alvin Brewer pled guilty to a
charge of assault on a female
and was ordered to pay court
costs.
John William Beddlngfield
pled guilty to charges of speed
ing and with Improper paas
(See COURT, page 4)
District Governor Bryant Klrkland of Ral
eigh is shown addressing the Warrenton
Lions Club during his official visit here
Friday night at the Warren Plaza Inn. Seat
ed at his right Is District Deputy Governor
John Maekie of Oxford.
District Governor Kirkland Visits
Warrenton Lions Club Friday
Bryant Klrkland of Raleigh,
District Governor of 31-G
made his official visit to the
Warrenton Lions Club at a
regular dinner meeting held at
the Warren Plaza Inn on Fri
day night. Also present for the
meeting was John D. Mackie,
Deputy District Governor, of
Oxford. ..
TTifc meeting was -also attend
ed by a number of Lions from
Epsom, here in the interest of
the Jungle Prowler Award con
test.
Presented by Monroe Gard
ner, Past District Deputy Gov
ernor, Governor Klrkland made
a short talk on Lionism and its
work in this and many foreign
countries, of which its work with
the blind is the most outstand
ing. He also stressed some of
the outstanding work of thelocal
Lions Club and praised thelead
ershlp and membership for a
fine record.
Plans for the White Cane
Drive were discussed by Lion
Joe Gilbert, White Cane Chair
man, and contributions from
members of the club were taken.
President A. A. Wood pre
sided over the meeting and the
invocation was given by Lion
Sam Warlick.
Following the regular meet
ing officers and directors of the
club met with Governor Kirk
land and Deputy District Gov
ernor Mackie.
Mr. J. N. Ellis is receiving
treatment in Veterans Hospital,
Durham.
Horse Show Is
Described As A
Limited Success
The Warrenton Rural Volun
teer Fire Department sponsor
ed a Show-deo here Sunday and
was described by firemen'as a
limited success.
Lateness of the season Is
partly blamed for decreased at
tendance as the cold of Sunday
prevented many horses from
being brought to the show. How
ever, the firemen realized a
small profit from the venture
and are planning other horse
shows for next summer.
JOHN COLEMAN CROSSES GOAL LINE . for Warrenton's onlv score
A Long, Cold Night
Visiting Gaston Clobbers Yellow Jackets
Friday night was not only a
cold night but It was a long
night for shivering John Gra
ham fans here as they watch
ed their favored team slaugh
tered by powerful Gaston 35 to 6.
Inability to penetrate the Gas
ton line or to defend against
a passing attack, plus three
costly fumbles led to Warren
ton's downfall.
The teams battled on even
terms for the first quarter.
In the second quarter John
Graham mounted a sustained
drive that carried to about the
Gaston 15-yard iine, when they
tumbled the ball and Gaston
I* recovered. From this point the
'' visitors mounted a sustained
drive, gaining most of their
yardage through the air as the
team hit on six straight pass
es for substantial gains, and a
touchdown. Gaston made five
touchdowns during the night and
ran over every extra point, an
indication of the strength of the
line; Warrenton made one
touchdown, but was unable to
rush the extra point over.
John Graham boys may not
have played their best game,
but they played hard and they
battled to the final minutes,
but were no match for the
fast, well-coached Gaston team
and its deceptive quarterbacks.
In the second quarter, Buddy
Wray recovered the Warren
ton fumble where the Gaston
Rebels took command and
marched 87 yards for the first
touchdown.
Boo Massey hit Jackie John
son in the end zone with a
10-yard paas which produced
the first touchdown. Wayne Tol
bert picked up the extra point.
Massey later In that same
period found Johnson In the
clear and shot him a 15-yard
er for the second Gaston TD of
the quarter. Tolbert moved
over for the extra point and
moved Gaston ahead 14-0.
After half-time John Graham
camey on strong and scored
Us lone talley with John Cole
man going over from the two
for the score. The extra point
attempt was no good. The touch
down highlighted a 65-yard
drive by Warrenton.
Following the kickoff after
John Graham's score, Wayne
Tolbert shot his brother, Jim
my, a pass. Jimmy raced 71
yards for the third touchdown
by Gaston. Danny Copeland
scored the extra point.
Warrenton took to the air late j
in the third period, but Buddy
Wray intercepted a pass to
stop the drive. Massey hit
Wayne Tolbert In the end zone
with an 8-yarder for the fourth
Gaston score. Copeland added
the extra point.
The fifth and final Gaston
touchdown came after Andy
Crew intercepted a Warrenton
pass in the fourth quarter.
Copeland, on an off-tackle
play, went tnto the end zone
from the 12 and Wayne Tol
bert carried the pigskin over
for the extra point.
In the final minutes of the
final quarter, John Graham was
marching down field after a
couple of fine runs, when the
game ended.
Tolbert was the Gaston off en
slve spark. He threw two pass
es for 96 yards and rushed
109 yards himself.
A bright spot In the Yellow
Jackets' play was the defensive
work of Willie Norwood, who
was credited with making 29
tackles.
Games Tonight
John Graham High School
Yellow Jackets, clobbered here
by Gaston Friday night, will
Journey to Murfreesboro tonight
to meet another highly rated
team.
Norllna, down at Nash
ville last Friday night, will host
Gaston tonight.
General Election To
Be Held Next Tuesday
Civil Term
Expected To
End Today
The civil term of Warren
County Superior Court, which
opened here Monday morning
with Judge Leo Carr, presid
ing, Is expected to adjourn to
day (Friday), it was learned
yesterday around noon when this
newspaper went to press.
At that time Judgments had
been rendered in only three
cases?all divorce cases, asthe
time of the court has been con
sumed with the hearing of two
condemnation suits brought by
Virginia Electric and Power
Company to secure title to lands
covered by the waters of Gas
ton Lake. Evidence in one of
these cases was being given at
press time yesterday. The
length of the court session will
depend on how long it takes to
complete this case, and whether
other cases docketed will be
heard at this term.
The two power company cases
are against William V. Moseley
et ux. and against Dorothy Kidd
Ellis et als.
In the only completed cases
this week divorces were granted
to John Artis Richardson from
Bessie Richardson; to Maxine
Clark Clark from Marvin Davis
Clark; and to Eunice Nallej
from Henry Nalley.
Children To Collect
Funds For UNICEF
On Saturday Night
"This year Hallowe'en will
become a 'Hallowed Evening'
for many children in Warren
ton when they dress up as ghosts
and witches and ring doorbells
to save the lives of less for
tunate boys and girls in other
parts of the world,"Miss Gall
Tucker, organizer of the Trick
or Treat for UNICEF program
here, said yesterday.
Funds received by the young
people will providehelpforless
fortunate youngsters in more
than 100 countries aided by the
United Nations Children's Fund,
Miss Tucker said.
Miss Tucker said UNICEF
Trick or Treaters will be iden
tified by the orange and black
label around their half-pint
milk containers. They will be
escorted from door to door in
small groups by adults and
responsible teenagers.
Following the collection a
Hallowe'en party will be held at
Wesley Memorial Methodist
Church when the beneficent
"treats" will be counted.
Miss Tucker said interested
persons should meet in the Fel
lowship Hall of Wesley Mem
orial Methodist Church at 7
o'clock Saturday night, October
31
Special Services
Wesley Memorial Methodist
Church will hold special ser
vices beglnlng on Sunday even
ing November 1 through Wed
nesday evening November 4.
The services, under the spon
sorship of the Commission on
Membership and Evangelism,
will begin at 7:30 each even
ing.
The Rev. N. W. Grant, Dis
trict Superintendent of the Ral
eigh District, will preach on
Sunday evening and conduct
the First Quarterly Conference.
Special Music will be provided
by the three choirs of the
church. The pastor, Rev. L, T.
Wilson, will preach on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday even
ings.
A coffee hour will follow the
service on Sunday. "The public
Is Invited to worship with us
during the services,'* Mr. WH
Capps Urges Voters
To Vote For Bonds
Amos L. Capps this week
| Issued an appeal to Warren
I County voters to support the
! $100 million state school bond
Issue on next Tuesday.
j Capps, chairman of the War
i ren County Board of Commls
| sioners, said that he was mak
| lng the appeal on his own be- \
I half and on behalf of the com- j
I missioners. The board formal- j
| ly endorsed the bond Issue ati
' Its October meeting.
At the present time, Capps
pointed out, schools are con
structed from the proceeds of
property taxes, and total pro
perty taxes are becoming very
burdensome. This Is particu
larly true of Warren County
which has a tax rate of $1.89,
with many school needs yet un-;
met. Capps said, and added
that the $562,377.77 that War- I
ren County would receive for
school construction If the bond
Issue Is passed would mean a
great deal to holding down fur
ther tax Increases.
For the state as a whole,
Capps said, county property
taxes have more than doubled
In the last ten years, to meet
rising school, welfare, health
and other costs. Municipal tax
es have also doubled, with the
result that the total property
tax bill In North Carolina now
amounts to more than $250
million dollars a year. Sixty
per cent of this comes from tax
es on homes, farms, and in
dividual personal property, and
20 per cent comes from build
ings and Inventories of stores,
shops, and other commercial
establishments. Therest comes
from Industries and utilities.
"It has been estimated that
school construction In the next
five or six years must total
$400 million If we are to build
the classrooms that our child
ren need," Capps continued.
"If counties are to meet these
needs from property taxes alone
our tax rates for school con
struction will have to be doubl
ed. This would Impose a tre
mendous burden on the property
tax. But with $100 million In
help from the State, as would
be provided under the proposed
bond Issue, the goal can be
reached.
"Our State officials have as- '
sured us that the proposed State
bond Issue can be repaid with
out any increases in State tax
es. But if the bond issue is j
defeated, It is clear that coun- i
ty property taxes will have to :
be Increased. And the increase
will be substantial. In terms of i
present assessed valuations, j
$100 million is equivalent to j
88 cents on every $100 of as
sessed valuation in the State.
"For these reasons, thepeo- j
pie of this county should vote 1
FOR the State bond issue on
November 3. It will not in- [
crease their State taxes. But j
if the bond issue falls and ,
school needs have to be met
from property taxes alone, they
will certainly have to pay high- I
er property taxes."
MASSEY ALSO URGES
SUPPORT FOR ISSUE
Also urging voters to support
the bond issue this week is Dr.
Sam Massey, Warrenton den
tist, and member of the Board
of Education. Massey was
chosen by the County Com
missioners and the Board of Ed
ucation to head the campaign
for the state bond issue at the
October meeting of the two
boards.
Dr. Massey in his appeal
said that he asks each voter
to consider the needs of today
that face each parent in seeing
that their child has made avail
able to him adequate facilities
for his education. And I am cer
tain, he said, that after con
sidering this issue we must
agree that "our children
deserve and urgently need our
vote for the school construc
tion bond issue."
Massey also pointed out that
this program has been en
dorsed by Judge Dan K. Moore
and Robert Gavin, candidates
for Governor, the North Caro
lina Association of County Com
missioners, North Carolina
School Boards Association,
North Carolina Education As
sociation, State Board of Ed
ucation, United Forces for Ed
ucation, Parent Teachers As
sociation, the State Grange, and
various Chambers of Com
merce and local civic organ
izations.
A Close
Vote Is
Expected
Voters of Warren County will
go to the polls on next Tues
day, November 3, to assist in the
election of a President, State
and County officers and to de
cide the fate of a $100,000,000
State Bond Issue for schools.
The election will mark the
end of a long and sometimes
bitter contest in the Presiden
tial race between President
Lyndon Johnson and Senator
Barry Goldwater, and it is con
ceded that the presidential race
will be close but the edge is
given to the Democratic can
didate Johnson and also to the
gubernatorial candidate Dan K.
Moore.
Old line politicians herepre
dlct that the Civil Rights issue
which gives Goldwater much of
his strength in the county, will
be offset by Goldwater's state
ment that he would abolish farm
subsidies and traditional loyal
ty to the Democratic Party by
Warren County voters.
There will be no contest for
| Warren County offices and the
J Democratic nominees as well
as the District Senatorial nom
inee Julian R, Allsbrook of Roa
noke Rapids, chosen in the Pri
mary will be declared elected.
Nominated for Warren of
fices were Wilton R. Drake,
House of Representatives; S.
E. Allen, Register of Deeds, and
Julius Banzet, Judge of Record
er's Court.
Also nominated were: Coun
ty Commissioners Alfred J. El
lington, Richard R. Davis, R.
P. Thorne, John A. Wilson, Jr.,
and Amos L. Capps; and Board
of Education members S. H.
Massey, Jr., Robert C. Gupton.
G. E. Harvey, W. Boyd May
field, and Eugene R. Davis.
Running without opposition on
the State ticket are: Charles F.
Carroll, Supt. of Public Instruc
tion; Frank Crane, Commis
sioner of Labor; Elbert S.
Peele, Judge Second Judicial
District; William A. Johnson,
Judge Eleventh Judicial Dis
trict; and John D. McConnell,
Judge Twentieth Judicial Dis
trict. Also running without op
position is L. H. Fountain, for
Member of Congress, Second
Congressional District.
Democratic candidates op
posed by Republican candidates,
in addition to the Presidential
race are:
Nearly 6,000 Citizens
Take Free X-Ray Tests
The Warren County Chest
X-Ray Survey completed Its
schedule Saturday, Oct. 24, with
a total of 5,818 citizens having
been x-rayed, Dr. Robert F.
Young, Health Director, said
yesterday.
Dr. Young said this number
represents approximately 50
per cent of the population of
the county over 15 years of
age. Although It exceeded the
average of the previous group
surveys, he said, the recent
project still did not dig deep
enough Into the segment of the
population which usually pro
duces most of the new cases
of tuberculosis. Experience, he
added, has demonstrated re
peatedly that most of the new
cases of active tuberculosis
comes from the group of people
who do not respond to routine
preventive measures such as
chest x-ray surveys.
To date not a single definite
case of tuberculosis has been
found by the survey, Dr. Young
said; however, the retake x-ray
program Is not complete. One
case of lung cancer has been
found so far.
The various communities
visited by the x-ray bases re
follows: Carolina
, 29ft; Peck Mfg. Co.,
150; Wise, 556; Norllna, 492;
Drewry, 175; Areola, 240; Lit
tleton, 925; Warrenton, 2,981.
"Symbolic of the season, au
tumn or season of decline and
death, during which the survey
was held, word was received
during the last days of the pro
ject that this type of program
would be discontinued at the
close of 1964," Dr. Young said.
"Thus Warren County barely
got In "under the wire*."
Community Service
"Peace? ? Man and Nations
In A Changing World Commun
ity" will be the topic for a
World Community Day Program
to be presented by the War
renton Baptist, Methodist,
Episcopal and Presbyterian
Churches at the Presbyterian
Church on Friday, Nov. ?, at
s p. m. u?
IN HOSPITAL
Mr. Kearney Thompson of
In as is a patient in Dtfke Hos
pital, Durham, for treatment.
Mr. James Robert Rodwellof
Charlotte was a weekend i
of his sister, Mrs. W. D.
For Governor-Dan K. Moore,
Democrat, vs. Robert L. Gavin,
Republican.
For Lt. Governor-Robert W.
(Bob) Scott, Democrat, vs. Clif
ford Lee Bell, Republican.
For Secretary of State ?
Thad Eure, Democrat, vs. Ed
win E. Butler, Republican.
For State Auditor-Henry L.
Brldgers, Democrat, vs.
Everett L. Peterson, Republi
can.
For State Treasurer-Edwin
Gill, Democrat, vs. Charles J,
Mitchell, Republican.
For Attorney General ?
Thomas Wade Brut on, Demo
crat, vs. T. Worth Coltrane,
Republican.
For Commissioner of Agri
culture-James A. (Jim) Gra
ham, Democrat, vs. Van 8.
Watson, Republican.
For Commissioner of insur
ance-Edwin S. Lanier, Demo
crat, vs. Jotia C. Clifford, Re