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The Nativity scene on the Warrenton courthouse lawn, office to Sinclair Service Station. Lights on these trees
Is part of the Christmas decorations being sponsored will be turned on tonight (Friday) at 6:30 o'clock and
here by the Warrenton Woman's Club. Small Christmas will be followed by a visit from Santa Claus at 7:30 o'clock,
trees have been placed along Main Street from the Post
Group Seeks To Keep
Warren Hospital Open
Warren General Hospital Is
In serious financial difficulties
and may be forced to close on
January 1, David Richards, hos
pital administrator told a group
of citizens Interested In main
taining the hospital Friday
night.
Some 40 persons were pre
sent at the meeting held at
Richard Davis's Cabin near
Warrenton when plans were dis
cussed to keep the hospital In
operation. John Kerr, Jr.,
chairman of the Hospital borad
of trustees, called the meet
ing to order and presented Rich
ards.
Richards said the hospital
was $25,000 In debt, but had
enough funds on hand to keep
the hospital operating until the
first of the year. Unless addi
tional funds are forthcoming, he
said, the hospital will probably
have to close. He said, in an
swer to a question, that only
five patients were in the hos
pital Friday.
Immediate cause of the Hos
pital's difficulties, Richards
said is the lack of a surgeon.
There is some hope of obtain
ing a qualified surgeon here by
the first of March, he said, but
provision will have to be made
to keep the hospital in opera
tion until that time. It will be
several days before It Is knowr
whether or not the surgeon will
come to Warrenton, he added
A more far reaching cause ol
the hospital's difficulties, Rich
ards said, Is the economic dif
ficulties of the county. If this
difficulty Is to be overcome,
he said, It is going to talcs
the full cooperation of all tht
people. "I mean," he said,
"all the people, without regarc
to race, color or creed, 01
financial responsibility or lack
of financial responsibility."
The success of any hospital
the administrator said, is the
support of the doctors and the
number of doctors who are
Basketball play here Friday
night will start 30 minutes late.
Scheduled to play are boys and
girls teams from Murfrees
boro.
-f Kenneth Brlnson, principal of
John Graham High School, said
yesterday that due to the Christ
mas lights being turned on and
service Friday night at 7 p. m.
the girls game with Murfrees
boro will not start until 7:30
In order that the public might
attend both festivities.
practicing In the hospital. If
we are to obtain more doctors,
he said, we will have to offer
more Inducements for them to
come here. Among these in
ducements are suitable offices
and living quarters for young
(See HOSPITAL, page 3)
Basketball Game To
Start At 7:30 P. M.
Games Toniqht
John Graham High School will
play its third home basketball
game of the season tonight (Fri
day) when It hosts teams from
Murfreesboro In a double-head
er.
On next Tuesday night John
Graham again will be at home
when it will entertain teams
from Weldon.
Norllna will also be at home
for Its next two games. Tonight
It will host non-conference Ay
cock, and on next Tuesday night
will play teams from Littleton.
Santa Claus Letters
A number of letters to Santa
Claus have been recelved~By
The Warren Record and for
warded to the North Pole.
Copies of these letters will ap
pear in next week's edition of
this newspaper.
CHOIR TO SING
The Beginner, Primary and
Junior Choirs of the Warrenton
Baptist Church will present a
program of Christmas Music on
Sunday, December 13, at the
11 o'clock morning worship
service.
The choirs are under the di
rection of Mrs. John Link with
Mrs. w. A. Miles as accom
panist.
RIDQEWAY SERVICES
Services of Holy Communion
will be observed at the Church
of the Good Shepherd, Rldge
way, on Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock with the Rev. James
M. Stoney, rector, In charge.
IN HOSPITAL
Miss Estelle Davis Is a pal
lent In Warren Oeneral Hosplti
I for treatment.
LYNNE FRAZIER, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Tommy Frazler of Norllna, la shown
with Warren County's favorite Santa Claus at
the annual Santa Claus party given by Post
master William K. Delbrldge at the post
office. The party thia yaar, held on Tues
day afternoon, was attended by around 400
children. A tape of the party was made
by TV Station WRAL, Raleigh, and put on
the air at 0 o'clock on Tveeday afternoon.
Growers To Vote On
Quotas Next Tuesday
Cotton
Vote Also
To Be Held
Just what a "yes" or "no"
vote will mean In the Decem
ber 15 referendum on upland
cotton marketing quotas was
jx plained yesterday by w. ?.
Smiley, chairman of the Agri
cultural Stabilization and Con
servation County Committee.
All farmers who engaged in the
production of upland cotton in
11964 are eligible to vote in the
j referendum.
j The Chairman said that the
| basic program choices are:
1. If at least two-thirds of
the growers who vote in the
referendum approve of quotas,
the quotas will be in effect
for the 1965 upland cotton crop,
-marketing-penalties will apply
to any excess cotton produced
on a farm, price-support loans
at a level within the range of
65 to 90 per cent of parity
will be available to farmers
who do not exceed their acreage
allotments, and - in addition -
price-support payments can be
earned by farmers for keeping
their acreage within the farm's
"domestic" allotment.
2. On the other hand, if more
than one-third of the growers
who vote oppose the quotas,
then thve will be no quotas and
no penalties applicable to the
1965 upland cotton crop, no
"domestic allotment" program
providing price- support pay
ments, and price support to
farmers who comply with their
acreage allotments will be
available at 50percent of parity,
as directed by law. The regu
lar acreage allotment program
is not affected by the outcome
of the balloting. The allot
ments will remain in effect?
whether or not quotas are ap
proved?as a means of de
termining eligibility for the
available price support.
Smiley pointed out that, while
the Secretary of Agriculture is
directed by law to proclaim
quotas for the next crop when
the total upland cotton supply
(See VOTE, page 6)
Polling Places Listed
and J. W. Bolton's Store, Pas
Chall.
Judkins ? Triangle Service
Station and Mrs. Blanche Stal
! lings' Store, Embro.
Nutbush?J. C. Watklns' Store
and Buchanan's Store.
R*ver ? R. L. Salmon's Store,
Gray's Place and King's Gro
cerv. Littlpton
Sandy Creek?Aycock's Store,
Ayscue's Store and Bill's Place.
Slxpound ? W, J. Wilson's
Store, Macon, and Edmonds'
Store.
Smith Creek ? Mayor's
Office, N'orlina, and Pavnter's
Store.
Warrenton ? Agricultural
Building and Bolton's Store,
Warren Plains.
Shocco?Pinnell's Store.
Polling places where Warren
County producers may cast bal
lots in the tobacco and cotton
referendums on marketing
quotas were announced yester
day by W. S. Smiley, chairman
of the ASCS Committee. Polls
will be open from 7 a. m.
to 7 p. m. on Tuesday, Decem
ber 15.
Smiley said that all eligible
|voters are urged to go to their
'nearest polling place within the
! county and vote.
The polling places are locat
ed as follows:
Fishing Creek ? Pittman's
j Store and Davis's Store, Ar
| cola.
Fork ? W. K. Thompson's
Istore.
' Hawtree ? Perklnson'sStore
Teenage Gang Here
Broken Bv Police
i
Wholesale arrests here Sat
urday morning by town and
county officers are believed to
have broken the back of a gang
of teenage Negro shoplifters
who have worked here for some
time.
Seventeen warrants have been
issued charging the members
of the gang with larceny and
with cutting an awning in-front
of a business house here. In
addition to the 14 boys and one
man over 21 allegedly Involved
in the charges, four young boys
were also charged with the
crimes. Their names were not
released by police because they
are under 16 years of age.
The arrests Saturday morn
ing resulted from investigations
followed by the police after a
stolen watch had been found
on one defendant, Town Police
Chief Bob Chewnlng said yes
terday. The investigation, he
said, covered from a week to
ten days. County officers,
Chewning said, aided In round
ing up defendants living outside
of Warrenton.
Most of the defendants are
around 17 years of age, Chief
Chewning said. The defendants
and the charges are: Clarence
Jones, larceny, cutting awning;
John Hargrove, larceny;
I Robert Dale, larceny; Curtis
Kearney, receiving stolen goods
\ knowing them to have been
j stolen; Roy Kearney, larceny;
Charlie Cheek, larceny; Wil
liam Bland, larceny; Alfred
Alston, cutting awning; Len
Simms, in, cutting awning; John
Hargrove, receiving stolen
goods knowing them to have been
stolen; William Thornton, lar
ceny; Alfred Alston, larceny;
| Claude Champion, larceny;
Thomas Christmas, larceny.
The defendants are expect
ed to be given a hearing in
Warren County Recorder's
Court today (Friday).
Many of the stolen articles
ha"ve been recovered, Chief
Chewning said. He listed the
business places from which
articles were stolen as follows:
The Warrenton Department
Store, Warrenton Supply Com
pany, Edwards' Department
Store, Nu-W'ay Shoe Store, La
nier's Hardware Company, Dia
mond's Department Store.
Growers
Are Urged
To Vote
Warren County farmers will
go ;o the polls on next Tues
day, December 15, to decide
whether or not qno'as chilli he
continued on flue-cured tobac
co and cotton.
In addition the grow-ers will
determine whether or not as
sessment shall be levied on
peanuts and tobacco for re
search and sales promotion.
Eligible to vote in the tobac
co quota referendum ts any
person who had a share In the
1964 crop of flue-cured tobac
co or its proceeds?as owner,
. operator, share tenant, or
sharecropper?is eligible to
vote in the referendum. Also,
each person who was either the'
owner or operator of a farm
for which a 1964 tobacco acre
age allotment was established Is
eligible to vote, even though no
tobacco was actually produced
on the farm in 1964, if an al
lotment was established for the
farm for 1965.
W. S. Smiley, chairman of the
Agricultural Stabilization and
i Conservation-County Commlt
| tee, pointed out yesterday that
in this referendum growers will
! have the choice of approving or
disapproving quotas for the next
j three crops. If at least two
thirds of the growers voting
approve quotas by voting *'yes"
| the quotas will remain in
! effect.
A favorable vote will mean
a continuation of the present
tobacco program, with penal
! ties on marketing access to
| bacco, and price supports on the
| 1965, 1966 and 1967 crops of
| flue-cured tobacco.
| An unfavorable vote will mean
no quotas, no penalties, and no
[price support on the 1965 crop
I of flue-cured tobacco. In this
event, Smiley said, another re
ferendum will be held next year
on quotas for the following three
crops.
Growers in Warren County
and the remainder of the to
(See COTTON, page 6)
The Warren County Board of County Commissioners
were sworn Into office on Monday afternoon by Mrs. Lanle
Hayes, Clerk of Warren County Superior Court. Shown,
above taking the oath of office, left to right, are Com
missioners Robert P. Thorne, Amos L. Capps, Alfred
Ellington, Richard R. Davis, John Wilson. In lower pic
ture, Sam E. Allen, Register of Deeds, Is sworn In by
Mrs. Hayes. j
Capps Re-elected
Amos L. Capps, Warren
County pulpwood dealer, wUl
again serve as chairman of the
Warren County Board of Com
missioners.
Capps was unanimously re
elected chairman at an organi
sational meeting of the commis
sioners Monday afternoon after
they had taken the oath of office
before Mrs. Lanle Hayes, Clerk
of Court. The term of the com
mlssloners expired at the close
of the morning session, and,
re-elected in the General Elec
tion, they began their new two
year term at the beginning of
the afternoon session.
Prior to the swearing in of
the commissioners, Mrs. Hayes
administered the oath of office
to Register ? Deeds Sam K.
(See CAP PS, page 2)