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'-m - . Your Best Advertising Medium l&rnirft Your Best Advertising Medium VOLUME 69 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1965 NUMBER 4 Church Street At Warrenton Looking East Closed By Snow Storm Warren County Schools To Be Open On Saturday Warren County school child ren, who enjoyed a two-day holiday thla week, will have to a pay (or their pleasure on Satur P day. J. Roger Peeler, Superinten dent of Schools, announced on Wednesday- afternoon that all schools of the county would operate on Saturday to make up one of the lost days. The other will 1>e made up later in the year In the event that Easter Monday Is a school holiday In the county. The schools reopened on Wednesday morning and Peeler said that attendance Wednesday was nearly normal. The snow fell too late to close the schools Friday, but was responsible for cancelling basketball games by the Yellow Jackets at Murfreesboro on Friday night and the postpone ment of a game by Norllna at Davie on Tuesday night, which was played on Wednesday. John Graham had an open date on Tuesday sight but played a Junior varsity game with Hen derson here Wednesday night. Norllna, in spite of the snow, played host to Enfield on Fri day night. The snow, which closed the schools and disrupted travel and business for several days, was the heaviest snow to fall In Warren County in five years, and was accompanied by the coldest weather for this time of year In years. While there has been much slipping and sliding no highway fatalities have been blamed on the storm In Warren County. Two children lost their lives In a fire at Manson on Sunday afternoon, but this was not di rectly attributed to the storm. Mrs. Hardy Heart Fund Chairman Mrs. H. M. Hardy will serve as general chairman of the War ren County Heart campaign. Mrs. Hardy, a local civic leader, said yesterday that every businessman, employee, every family and organization In Warren County would be contacted ?- during the annual campaign to raise funds for the heart fund In Warren County. Heart Month, officially pro claimed by Congress, begins February 1 and continues through February 28. RECEIVES TREATMENT Mr. J, W. Garrett spent sev eral days last week in Duke Hospital, Durham, for treat ment. Civil Rights Law Affects Employment The manager of the Employ ment Security Commission el Henderson has announced thai his office can no tongsr accept job orders from employers which specify the applicant'! "race, color or creed." Hall Brooks said that refu tations from the U. 8. u*or Department concernlnf provi sions under the newly enacted awl W?hta Lew prohthtf any ? ?fancy reeeivtaf |to acoept whatlt I a "discriminatory job from en employer. ^tatta admin offices have accepted Job orders from employers which specified white or negro applicants. Hie ruling will have no effect on oar policy of referring ap plicants oa the basis of Indi vidual qualifications, only that now employera must be Inform ed that Job orders will not be taken on the basts of race." said that applicants are gregaled la State employ offices, nor are Job ap ftled according to ' reported that the final of any applicant re by the ESC office rea is racelvi office In vedby the 1*. * new policy will be Christmas Seal Sales Total $2,503 In Warren Christmas Seal Sales for 1964 In Warren County totaled $2, 503.00 to date, Mrs. Clyde Whit lord, executive secretary of the Warren County TB and Health Association, announced yester day. "Your Warren County TB and Health Association wishes to thank the 868 persons who contributed to our Christmas Seal Sale," Mrs. Whltford said. "Also the publicity given us by our local newspaper, film strips run by our Warren Theatre, the help and cooperation of our Health Department, the schools March 5Is final Date For Releasing Cotton Acreage The final date for releasing 1965 cotton acreage Is March 5, and the final date to apply for released acreage Is Feb ruary 19. . T. E, Watson, Warren County ASCS office manager, said yes terday that these dates have been revised from the dates used in 1964. "Generally, a grower who does not plant or release at least 75 percent of his allot ment each year faces a reduc^ tlon In allotment the following year," he explained. "A grow er who has released all of his allotment for two straight years most plant some cotton the third year to protect his cotton al lotment base." Polio Vaccine Now Available To Warren Coaaty Children Oral Potto Vaccine has been received at the Warren Coenty Health Department and Is avail able to Infanta throogh sU years of ace. The Health Department said yesterday that doses would bo available for this days and Thursdays <f? weak from ? a. m. to and on Wednesdays fromlp.se. to 4 p.m. - Wmmm for their educational programs, and many others who contribut ed to the success of our Seal Sale." Tuberculosis has been re ported to be a waning disease. Mrs. Whltford said the trouble Is that It has practically stop ped waning. Government statis tics, she said, report that there were 54,405 cases In the country In 1963?a slight rise over the previous year, Indica ting that thelong-continulngad vance against the disease Is at a standstill. Also there are about 10,000 persons In the country each year, having had (See SEAL, page 4) Richard Davis Named As Director Of Bank Richard R. Davis, manager of the Warrenton Box and Lumber Company, was elected a mem ber of the board of directors of the Cltlsens Bank at a stock holders meeting held at the local bank last week. Davis, a lumberman, farmer and businessman. Is a member of the Warren County Board of Commissioners. Hrs. Harris To? Speak At Clurcli Mrs. L. R. Karris of Ma con will be guest speaker at a meeting to be held at the Wes ley Memorial Methodist chxrch in Warrenton on Monday even lag, January SB, Ml 1:30. Her subject will be Spanish Amerl AH Interested in this subject are cordially Invited to attend. BOOKMOBILE OPERATES The Warren County Memorial Library Bookmobile, prevented from operating this vi cause of the snow, will i Its schedule on January SB and IS, Mrs. 81 Hoekins, librarian, said yesterday. Mn ed to Applications For Surplus Commodities Here Are High Registrations by applicants tor surplus commodities have been heavy this week. The Warren County Welfare Department began accepting ap plications for surplus food to be distributed in the county under the Surplus Commodity pro gram Monday morning, and a waiting line has been at the j department office onthehospit durlng the first three days. Junian Farrar, Welfare Su perintendent said Wednesday afternoon that some 125 per sons had already made appli cations to receive the commo dities and that the family aver age of the applicants was about seven. Warren County commission ers voted to accept the program for Warren County at a meet ing held here on January 1, at which time plans were made to hire a manager and lease a warehouse. The major part of the expense of the program will be borne by the state and federal governments. Farrar said that T. E. Peo ples has been employed as warehouse manager and that a representative from the Com modity Division of the Depart ment ~of Agriculture would-be Warrenton either today or Monday to work with Peoples In setting up the program. He said that he did not yet know the location of the warehouse. The program for Warren County will be In effect from February 1 until Aprll l. Far rar said Wednesday that he ex pected that the actual distri bution of food would begin early In February. Two Children Die In Manson Home Fire Two Negro children lost their lives at afire atMansonaround ?4?!l0 p. m. Sunday. ' Eva Francene Allen, 15, and Loris Ann Allen, 4, lost their lives when a bed in the room of the George Allen home at Manson caught fire. The child ren were alone at the time. George Allen, father of Eva Francene and grandfather of borl?-Ann, returning home-de tected the fire and rushed Into the room to find the mattress and bed clothes on a bed on which the two children lay on fire. Lorls Ann was dead at the time and Eva Francene was bad ly burned. Taken to a Hen derson hospital and later sent to Memorial Hospital at Chapel Hill, Eva Francene was dead upon arrival. Allen threw the mattress and bedclothes and other clothes that had caught fire out of the window. Nothing else was burn fifL Cause of the fire Is unknown. to the scene on Monday morn ing, after learning of the fire, said some of the neighbors sus pected that lighter fluid In the room must have spilled on the bed and become ignited. Cotton Program To Be In Effect For 1965 The voluntary cotton domes tic program will be In effect for 1965, T. E. Watson, War ren County ASCS office man ager, announced yesterday. He said the program will be simi lar to the 1964 program. A few of the changes, Wat son reported, are -as follows: The 1965 basic national cotton price support will be 29 cents Lions Contribute $100 To Haithcock Scholarship Fund A contribution of $100 was made to the Gordon Haithcock, Jr., scholarship fund ' by the Warrenton Lions Club at the regular director's meeting held at the Warrenton Country Club Friday night. The directors also voted to support the proposed city de livery mall service for Warren ton and to make Its annual con UlbutlMi tee the seppaat d His Lions Cottage at Boy's Home at Lake Waccamaw. President A. A. Wood pre sided over the meeting. Follow ing the meeting directors and special guests enjoyed a steak supper. W. A. Miles was host for the meeting attended by SI Lions. HOLY COMMUNION - Services of Holy Communion Will be observed at the Church Mi the Good Shepherd, Rldge way, on Ssnday afternoon at S o'clock with the Rev. James M. Stoney, rector, In charge. MOVE I Mr. and Mrs. William Mln nette have moved into the Raid home, formerly by Mr. per pound and the additional price support cash payment will be 4.35 cents per pound on the normal yield for growers who sign up to plant within their domestic allotment. Thislsa24 per cent increase over the 1964 price support cash payment. Watson said that cotton farm ers will receive notice on thel? 1965 domestic cotton allotment and payment rate about January 23, and the signup period will coincide with the feed grain signup February 8 through March 26. "In 1964, cotton growers who complied with the domestic al lotment were automatically] eligible for the price support," Watson explained, "but in 1965 a notice of intention to comply must be filed during the signup period in order to be eligible for this payment." WILLIAM PITT MAN MINNETTE Industrial Engineer for Warren County who began his duties here on Monday. His office Is upstairs In the Tay lor Building. His phone number, listed as Warren County Industrial Commission, Is 257-3114. No One Hurt As Bus Skids From Icy Road ? A Trallway Bus, en route from Raleigh, slipped into a ditch at Afton around 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon and was removed by a Trallway wrecker around 9 o'clock on Saturday night. None of the some 29 passen gers were hurt. They were ser ved coffee and food by citizens of that neighborhood, before be ing brought to Warrenton by a relief bus around 7:30that night. After spending the night at the Colonial Lodge here, the passengers resumed their Jour ney on Sunday morning. The accident occurred at a curve wher e a road leading from the Warrenton-Henderson road connected with 401. After the wrecker pulled the bus from the ditch In about an hour after the passengers had been picked up, the driver drove It to Warrenton. Student Is Finalist In National Program ?. *\ A Warren County Negro Ugh School student is it finalist in national scholarship competi tion. Principal G. H. Washington of North Warren " High School announced yesterday that Ben jamin Harrison Stewart Is among the 639 Finalists In the 1964-65 National Achievement Scholarship Program for out standing Negr students. About 230 of these Finalists will win four-year college scholarships, according to John Stalnaker, president of the Merit Scholarship Corp. The awards will range in value from $1,000 to $6,000 ($250 per year to $1,500 per year), depending upon the stu dent's need. Winners will be announced April 1. Two hundred Achievement Scholarships are underwritten bv the Ford Foun dation and the remainder by corporate sponsors. The 6$9 Finalists ware chosen by a selection com OSee FINALIST, page 4)
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