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Your Best Advertising Medium Errnrd Your Best Advertising Medium VOLUME 69 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1965 NUMBER 7 Warren County Finalists In the National Merit Examina tion are shown In the office of the Superintendent of War ren County Schools on Tuesday morning as they pose with Supt. J. Roger Peeler. They are, left to right, Kenneth Cawthorne of Norlina High School, Marvin Newsorae, in, and Lynn Mincher of the Littleton High School. Three Qualify As Merit Scholarship Finalists Three Warren County high school seniors have qualified as National Merit Scholarship finalists, it was announced at the office of the Superintendent of Schools this week. Qualifying were Kenny Caw thorne of Norllna High School, and Lynn Mlncher and Marvin Newsom, III, of Littleton High School. To qualify, these seniors took a merit examination in March, 1964, and made outstanding scores in the Scholastic Ap titude Tests. Mrs. Rachel Fisher, super visor of Warren County schools, said yesterday that the honor of finalists was won by 1/2 of 1% of all high school sen iors. Of this number some 14, 000 will be awarded scholar ships to the colleges of their choice by the National Merit Scholarship Association. All of the winners have out standing school and community records. Newsom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Newsom, J of Littleton. He Is Chief Mar shall of . the Littleton school, a winner of the U. S. His tory Award, a member of the basketball team, co-business manager of the Annual staff, and subdtstrlct MYF president. He served as president of the Junior class, vice-president of the freshman and sophomore classes, and business manager of the senior class. He Is trea surer of the Student Council, a member of the Beta Club, the Library Club, the folk-sing group ? The Travelers. He Is a bus driver and was the More head nominee from the Little ton school. Miss Mtncher Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mln cher of Littleton. She Is a sen ior Girl Scout, a member of the Annual Staff. She Is 4-H district champion of Girls' Home Economics and State win ner In the Fruits and Vegetables Use Demonstration, a member of the 4-H Key Club, a member of the FHA, second vice pres ident of the North Carolina Di Warrenton Pianist To Play At Raleigh RALEIGH?Twenty-three year old Tasker Polk, who te rapidly gaining national and inter national attention an one of the moat promising of the young American pianists, will be heard this Sunday at the North Carolina Museum of Art in a recital of all-classical music. Set for 4 p. m. In the Flem ish galleries, the presentation will be free and open to the public, with seating on a first come, first-served basis. The career of the young War renton, N. C., pianist has been watched closely by North Car olina music circles since his 1951 victory in the N. C. Fed eration of Music Clubs' compet ition. That same year he also was awarded top honors in the soloist com petition for the East Carolina symphony orchestra, a win ha repeated in both 1959 and 1861. in those later years he also took first place in the Mahal first-place winner In the impor tant International Bach Festi val auditions in Washington, D. C. Culminating many years of piano study, Polk has for the past two years been a student at the famous Konservatorium in Basel, Switzerland. While there, be studied with many of Europe's 'pranking musician" including the highly regard*! pianist, Paul Banmgardner, who is well-known for his duo-con certs (on the RCA-Victor label) with such tamed musicians as Casals, Feuermann, Kulen kampff, and Foamier. Among other top-flight musicians on the faculty of the Swiss academy is composer Pierre Boulez. Polk is currently a student of Loren Withers, heed of piano Instruction at Duke University and himself a recognized cert pianist. -Mm For Sunday's cert. Polk will. ' ' ' in D Minor by Beethoven, Pa plllons by Schumann, and Varl vision of the Children of the Confederacy. She ts a Junior marshall, a member of the Library Club and the Glee club, past president of the Pres byterian youth Fellowship, and a bus driver. Cawthorne is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Cawthorne of Norllna. He was a member ol the football team for four year! and co-captaln of the 1964 team He has been a 4-H member for two years, a member ol the FFA for two years and i member of the Btfa Club for three years. He was a More head nominee from the Nor llna school. Adult Educational Survey To Be Made The Warren County Board of Education Monday night ordered that a survey of county needs be made prior to deciding whether an adult education course should be conducted in the county by the Wilson Tech nical Institute under theFeder al Economic Opportunity A<* The survey Is the first step in applying for the course. The survey was ordered after Phillip Beaman of the Wilson Institute had appeared before the board to explain procedure In setting up the course and the work to be offered under the program. The only cost to the county would be to provide (daces for holding classes and Janitorial services. The Institute would provide the cost of textbooks and teachers salaries. Beaman said that the class es, to be held In the evenings, might be held in schools, churches, libraries or even, in some cases, private homes. In structions would be 'given in classes of from 8 to 18 and may be held In any section of the county where need dictates. The program would not only teach Elementary reading and writing, but high school courses leading to an adult high school diploma. The clasaee may be continued in the training center through the Junior college level, Beaman said. In addition where facilities are available vocational train ingi the Rev. P. G. Davis, pres ident of the Warren Count; Emancipation Association. Cheek told board member: that the program would pro vide needed work for many War ren County young people and 'a the same time would allow much needed work to be done on school grounds and other publlt utilities. He pointed out thai the entire cost would be born: by the. Federal Government Commissioners Seek To Raise Salaries One salary decrease and sev en salary increases were ap proved by the board of towi commissioners at their regulai meeting on Monday ntght. The commissioners agreed t< reduce the salary of Harold R Sklllman, water superintendent from 9141.50 a month to a month, effective on January 1, 1965. Sklllman, who has reach ed the age of retirement an: now works onapart-tiiMbasis asked for the cut in his salary The commissioners also *> proved a motion to have Warr? County Representative W. R Drake request that the towi charter be amended so their ewi salaries may be Increased. Th: proposed |s to be front $20.00 s ifionth to* $25.00 l month. . A better check of the park NORLINA PTA TO MEET The Noiilna PTA will 5, Ml Labor Survey Of Warren County To Be Conducted A labor survey of the War ren County area will be made under the direction of the War ren County Industrial Commis sion early in March. Plans for the survey, to ob tain Information needed by in dustry interested in locating in the area, were made at a dutch luncheon meeting at War ren Plaza Inn Wednesday at tended by civic and industrial commission members and by representatives of the State Employment Security Commis sion. Bill Minette, Industrial Com mission Director, presided over the meeting. Representing the North Caro-? lina Security Commission were Dave Garrison and Thelbert Langley of the Raleigh office and Hall Brooks, manager of the Employment Security Com mission office at Henderson. Garrison explained the pro cedure necessary to make the survey and offered suggestions as to form and distribution of questionnaires to be distri buted in Warren and surround ing counties, including the southern part of Mecklenburg County, Va. He said the in formation obtained by the ques tionnaires would be coordinat ed by the Security Commission and placed in a printed bro chure which would be available to prospects interested in War ren County. Following an hour's discus sion. it was decided that: Thirty thousand question naires would be printed and distributed. The questionnaires would ask, "Would You Take A Job If A New Industrial Plant is located In the Warren Coun ty Area? Room is to be pro vided on the questionnaires for pertinent information as towage, race, sex, address, training, etc. of those interested in a job In Warren County. These questionnaires are to be distributed through the schools, civic organizations, and by special committees, and are to be mailed, where pos sible, to former Warren Coun ty citizens who may be in terested in returning to the county if jobs are available. The questionnaires are to be distributed as soon as forms can be printed and will be cir culated by all feasible means | and the Information they con tain will also be published In Funeral Held For W. R. Strickland Wilbur R. Strickland, 81, re tired railroad president, died In Warren General Hospital at noon on Tuesday alter being ill for several weeks. The son of the late John C. M. and Theresa Toundtree Strickland of Nash County, Mr. Strickland came to Warrenton some 50 years ago and for a number of years was engeged in the automobile business here. He later entered into the plumb ing business and for a number of years conducted a plumbing and heating business on Main eceht Street, selling out in reed years to J. B. Martin. He work ed with Martin as office man ager on a part-time basis until he became ill. Mr. Strickland was active in civic development of the town and was one of a group of busi ness men who established the Warrenton Building and Loan Association and for a number of years served as a director of the association. For many years he served as a member of the board of town commissioners and was at one time mayor of the town. Before coming to Warrenton, Mr. Strickland served as a railroad engineer for several years. Railroading was his hobby and for many years he and Mrs. Strickland frequently drove to Norllna to see the trains roll in. One of his plea sures In later years was to talk with friends about his rail road experience. As a member of the board of town commis sioners he served on the rail road committee, and was named President of the Railroad by the town commissioners . He was also a stockholder of the rail road company. A few years ago he resigned as president but never lost his Interest in the welfare of the townowned rail road company. Mr. Strickland also for many years served as a judge of election for county primaries and elections. He was an elder In the War rent on Presbyterian Church where last rites were held on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock with the Rev. James H. Grant, officiating. The body remained at the Kesler Funeral Home in Henderson prior to the ser vices. Interment followed at the graveside of Bethel Lutheran Church, Salisbury, with the Rev. Mr. Troutman conducting last rites as 3:30 o'clock on Thurs day afternoon. He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Edna Cauble, of Warrenton; three sisters, Mrs. C. J. Williams of Golds bo ro, Mrs. Nannie Coneof Cas talia and Mrs. Louise Bradley of Rocky Mount; and one bro ther, Leslie of Roxboro. Funeral Held For lietMid R.R. Official Funeral services for Archi bald Davis Daniel, 85, a re tired railroad executive, were held at Emmanuel Episcopal, Church here on Sunday at 3 p. m. with interment in Fair view Cemetery. The Rev. James M. stoney, jr., rector, offlclat !#- . '" Mr. Daniel died on Saturday, following an illness of several months. ? ?The son of Walter W. Daniel and Laura A. Davis Daniel, Mr. | IDaniel was born at Halifax on June 9, 1880, but came to War renton as a small boy. He at-f tended school in Warrenton and a business college In Washtng ? by the At Hi fifty of which he faal two Ms homo with hls aunt, Mis Estelle Davis, who died j|M weeks ago. Mr. Daniel attended the first Officers Traininf Camp si Port Mcpherson at the beginning of the First World War and was commissioned ss a second lieu tenant. He served in the Trans portation Corps and was pro moted to Captain. Following the war he remained in the Army Reserves where he was promot ed to Colonel... ?' $ He was a member of Em manuel Episcopal Church and a member of Johnston-Caswail Masonic bodg*and recently was made a Life Member of the Mr Daniel is servivsd by his the two newspapers of the coun ty Following the distribution of the questionnaires, the actual survey will be made from March j 1 through March 12. Monroe Gardner thanked those present for attending the meeting and said that there were two matters upon which he want ed to comment. The first of these, he said, is the need to reactivate a County Chamber of Commerce. The second was to make clear the position of the Industrial Commission relative to publicity. There are no se crets in the commission, he said. It is a county-owned com mission and the meeting on the third Thursday nights of each month are open to the public. "We have absolutely nothing to hide, and we need the interest and full cooperation of the pub lic. Attending the meeting in ad dition to Minette and members of the State Employment Secur ity Commission were: A. C Fair, president of the Warren ton Merchants Association; W. A. Miles, Mayor of Warrenton; Blgnall Jones, editor of The Warren Record; Emily Bal llnger , Home Economics Ex tension Agent; Mrs. L B. Har ris, representing the Littleton Ohserver; Frank W. Reams, of Warrenton, County Extension Chairman; W. A. Delbrldge of Norllna, member of the In dustrial Commission; Selby G. Benton, member of the Indus trial Commission; A. A. Wil liams, representing the War renton Rotary Club; J. comer Griffin, assistant Superinten dent of Warren County Schools; Hal W. Paschall, representing the Norlina Ruritan Club; W. L. Turner, representing the War renton Lions Club; Graham P. Grissom, Mayor of Norlina; J. Milton Stokes, Mayor of Lit tleton; Matt R. Johnston, rep resenting the Littleton Develop ment Commission; Howard F. Oakley of Warrenton, secretary of the Warrenton Merchants As sociation; Carlvle King, repre senting the Littleton Merchants Association: Leigh Traylor, representing Norlina mer chants; and W. Monroe Gard ner, chairman of the Warren County Industrial Commission. Plan To Reactivate Chamber Of Commerce Plans are being made to re activate the Warren County Chamber of Commerce, Bill Minette, Industry Director for Warren County, announced yes terday. Minette said that a county wide Chamber of Commerce is needed to promote the county in such areas as can not be reached by the County Industrial Commission. He said that com mittees from such an organiza tion could be of great help to the Warren County Industrial Commission in its efforts to attract industries to the coun ty. Minnette said that he had been in Raleigh discussing the or ganization with officials of the Department of Conservation and Development and had discussed e reacttwfctflft obtheC-hamber with many local leaders. He said that a meeting to reor ganize the County Chamber would be held soon. M/i LEGISLATIVE NEWS By Representative W. R. DRAKE Of WARREN COUNTY Raleigh ? In beginning this series of articles, I am grate ful to the editor for the op portunity of communicating with my constituents each week and keeping you Informed of legisla tive and political matters which affect you. First of all, I want to ex press appreciation to all the Warren citizens who attended the opening session of the Gen eral Assembly last Wednesday and who attended "Open House" sponsored by very, gracious friends, incidentally, the War ren County delegation was sec ond in numbers only to the An County delegation which honored the Speaker of the House, Honorable "Pat" Taylor of Wadeaboro. Those in attend ance were extended courtes ies of the House by Speaker Tay lor and enjoyed fellowship later with many State Senators, Rep resentatives and Members of the Council of State. The first days of the session were taken ig> mostly by routine matters of organisation and in troduction of resolutions and a f?w bills. Two of the billSia troduced are of some in tance and may I verslal. One has to do increasing the fori from Md the other I nor Moore's Message on Thurs day to a joint session of the House and Senate. The program he outlined Is one of continued progress and advancement in many fields with major em phasis on Education. Consensus among legislators is that the greater portion of the Gover nor's proposals can bo carried out with some revisions and compromises in certain are Committee assignments have been of chief concern to most of us during these flrist days. Although, it la impossible for the Speaker to comply with wishes of each House Member, I can report to you that I highly pleased with my I ments though I am not U 1 ty to divulge all or the time of this announced in time, they I no
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