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VOLUME 69 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1965 NUMBER 10 i
Mrs. Miles
Is Named
Club Head
Mrs. R, d. Miles was elect
ed president of the Warrenton
Garden Club at the club's March
meeting held at the home of
Mrs. w. L. Wood on'Tuesday.
Other officers elected were
Mrs. James Stoney, first vice
president; Mrs. Wiley Coleman,
second vice president; Mrs.
John Williams, secretary; Mrs.
Charles A. Tucker, assistant
secretary; Mrs. Rufus Jones,
treasurer and Mrs. John Dam
eron, assistant treasurer.
The meeting was featured by
an illustrated talk by Carlos
Btckford, who is connected with
the fertilization department of
the State Extension Service.
Bickford's offices and in
terests are at Castle Haynes,
an area settled by Dutch Im
migrants who brought their love
of bulbs and flowers from their
mother country with them. Here
one sees acres and acres ol
many different kind of flowers,
but the gladioli are their
specialty, of which the Castle
Haynes growers are the third
largest in the country.
As he talked, the speaker
showed colored slides depicting
the life cycle of the gladiolus
from planting to marketing,
which were mute evidence of
the hand labor Involved. Slides
of many other flowers grown In
the area were also shown.
Following the program a
business session was held when
a slate of officers was present
ed by the nominating committee
and unanimously elected. It was
also announced that the club
would have a bake sale in April
at a date to be announced later.
Lions To Meei In
Basketball Hatch
Members of the Warrenton
Lions Club will meet members
of the Epsom Lions Club In a
basketball match at the John
Graham High School Gym on
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock.
Coach Whitford'S Warrenton
team lost at Epsom on February
15 by the score of 56 to 54.
Tuesday night the local players
will be seeking revenge for the
loss.
Admission will be 50? and 25?
with proceeds going to a War
renton Lions project.
Wise Woman Nominee
For 'Mother Of Year'
Mrs. M. S. Dryden of Wise
has been selectedbytheWarren
County Council of HomeDemon
stratlon Clubs as a nomlneefor
the state and National "Mother
of the Year" award. Her appli
cation was submitted this week
to the State Mother of the Year
Committee.
Mrs. Dryden, a homemaker
living In the Wise Community,
la active In religious and com
munity activities. A native of
Warren County, she was the
former May Sallle Parkinson.
She has been a widow for S9
years. Her two daughters, Mary
Eleanor and Anne, were young
when their father died and It
was necessary for Mrs. Dryden
to rear them alone. Both girls
made commendable records in
high school and college. Both
are college graduates.
Both daughters are married.
Mary Eleanor now lives In San
Diego, California. Her husband,
lit. Robert A. Nichols, Is In
the U. S. Navy. They have no
children. Mary Eleanor Is a
homemaker and also working
as a medical technician. Anne
Uvea In Lanrenburg where her
husband, Hector McNeil Lytch,
Mm aatotooMle dealer. They
have three children - Hector,
Jr., 8aUle and Jane. Anne Is
a homemaker.
Mrs. Dryden is a member of
Wise Baptist Cbwreh. She Is
active in all church activities
having taught the Women's Bible
Class for M years, flbo kaa
Of Im Woman's
. M. 8. MYDEN
and the Retired Teacher As
soclatlon.
For 2S years, Mrs. Dry den
taught in the public schools in
North Carolina. Her Influence
has been far reaching through
her contacts with students.
Other nominees from various
home demonstration clubs for
the Mother of the Year recogni
tion in Warren County were:
Mrs. Frank Harris, Enterprise
Club; Mrs. B. L. Reavts,
Alton Club; Mrs. J. C. Wat
kins, Drnrry club; Mrs. T. M.
Aycock, Elberon dub; Mrs.
Owen Davis, Inez club; and Mrs.
c. r. Holtzman, 8r.
Officers of the Warrenton Rural Volunteer
Fire Department are shown with Items to be
sold during the broom sale. Pictured left
to right, are: Roy Harmon, second assist
ant chief; Charlie Bowen, chief; and Bill
Connell, first assistant chief. The brooms
are made by the Blind.
Rural Firemen To Sell Brooms
Members of the Warrenton
Rural Volunteer Fire Depart
ment will canvass the county
on a door-to-door basis next
week offering housewives their
choice of four useful housekeep
ing articles, BUI Connell,
publicity chairman, said yes
terday.
These articles Include
brooms, whlslc brooms, silicon
treated Ironing board covers
and a kitchen package contain
ing two large dish cloths and
two large dish towels.
The nightly drives will be
gin Monday night from 7 to 9:30
and continue each night during
the week. These sales will be
conducted in Areola, Inez,
Afton-Elberon and Drewry by
the auxiliary company in these
areas.
Connell said that the public
is urged to support this fund
raising campaign by the rural|
firemen.
Asst. Home Agent To
Begin Work April 1
Miss Dorothy Rena Goodwyn,
assistant Negro home extension
agent, appointed by the board
of commissioners at a special
meeting on Monday night of last
week to begin work on March
1, will not assume her newdut
les here until April 1.
Mrs. Josephine W. Patterson,
District Home Economics Agent
told the commissioners here
Monday that Miss Goodwyn
would not be able to report
for work until April 1. The de
lay is due to a technicality be
tween the college and the ex
tension service, Mrs. Patter
son said.
Mrs. Patterson appeared be
fore the commissioners around
noon Monday with County Agents
Frank W. Reams and L. C.
Cooper and Mrs. Bertha Forte,
Home Agent, to discuss the
starting Pay of the new agent.
The former assistant had re
ceived $786.00 from the county
and $3714 from the state for a
total of $4500, and the commis
sioners were under the Impres
sion that this would be Miss
Goodwyn'8 starting salary.
However, Mrs. Patterson point
ed out that the State had set
the starting salary of all as
sistant home agents at $5,000
and Miss Godwyn was under the
Impression that this would be
her salary.
Mrs. Patterson said the state
had agreed to Increase Its share
of the agent's salary by $200.
The commissioners said that
they did not think it wise to
Increase any salaries after the
budget had been made up, but
promised to consider the
increase when it made up Its
1965-66 budget. Reams said that
he would appear before the com
missioners at that time to ask
for Increases for other exten
sion agents.
Mrs. Patterson said that she
realized that It might 6s dif
ficult for the board to grant
any increases at this time, but
expressed the belief that Miss
Goodwyn would ecc?pt the $4700
figure until July 1. She said
that she hoped that the com
missioners could grant the In
crease when the new budget
Is made.
Beta Members
. Two John Graham High School
Red Oak Eliminates
Weldon In Playoff
At Rocky Mount
ROCKY MOUNT ? Red Oak
High's Wake-Nash - Edgecombe
champions stopped previously
undefeated Weldon, Halifax
Warren tltleholders, by 46-38
here Wednesday night in the
first District Three Class A
preliminary playoff game.
The victory sends Red Oak
Into next week's district play
here, while Weldon Is elimi
nated. Weldon, winner of all 22
starts this years, wasoutscored
three points In the second
quarter and five In the third,
and that proved the difference.
Mrs. Butler
Is Named
Alt. Trustee
Mrs. R. B. Butler of Warren
ton has been elected as alter
nate trustee of the National
Society for Crippled Children
and Adults.
She was named to the new
post at a meeting at Greens
boro on February 28 of the
Board of Directors of the North
Carolina Society for Crippled
Children and Adults of which
she is a member.
Mrs. Butler is also chairman
of the Warren County Chapter
of the State Society, sponsored
by the Warrenton Woman's
Club.
The annual Easter Seal Cam
paign for Crippled Children Is
being conducted throughout the
month of March and will con
tinue through April 18, Easter
Sunday.
FOOD SALE
The Episcopal Church Women
will have a bake sale at Tray
lor's on Saturday morning,
March 6, at 10:30 a. m. Cakes,
pies, rolls and other goodies
will be sold.
Traffic Cases Heard
In Recorder's Court
Violations of the motor
vehicle laws were responsible
for the majority of cases tried
In Warren County Recorder's
Court last Friday with speeders
being the principal offenders.
Assaults, bad checks, non
support, public profanity, and
trespass cases were also heard
by presiding Judge Julius
Banzet.
Clinton Davis was found guil
ty of an assault with a deadly
weapon. A 30-days road sen
tence was suspended for two
years upon payment of costs.
'Obert Etheridge, charged
with ' r sspassing, was found not
guilty.
Johnnie Bell was ordered to
pay court costs when ho fgd|
guilty to piddle profanity and
with refusing to leave premises.
,.>)ttvy Townps charged with
contributing to delinquency of a
minor was found not guilty.
Sam Jackson pled guilty to
giving a bad check. He was
ordered to pay >24.20 to Jhtdri;
Grocery to make good the check
and to pay court costs.
Frank Harvey pled guilty to
'adMiit with a doedfl
and was sentenced to the reads
for SO days. The rood i
drunk and disorderly, was or
dered to pay court costs.
Robert Etherldge pled guilty
to a charge of non-support and
was sentenced to the roads
for two years.
John MlloBurchett pled guilty
to a charge of allowing an un
licensed person to drive a motor
vehicle and was ordered to pay
court costs.
Ramus Randolph Baker was
ordered to pay a $100 fine and
court costs when he pled guil
ty to a charge of reckless driv
ing.
William River Dlckerson was
.found guilty of drunk driving.
He was ordered to pay a $100
fine and court costs.
George Mansfield Davis was
ordered to pay a $28 fine and
court costs when he pled gutl
ty to a charge of reckless driv
ing.
Estelle Poster Adams was
charged with failure to yield
right-of-way. The State toafrj
not pros with leave when it was
found that witnesses were In
New York and unavailable to
testify. . Y- Y- Y i-ivlM*
Defendants and verdicts of the
court in speeding caseswereas
follows: 3Y-Y
Ted Roosevelt wilkle, Jr.,
0 and costs; WtlllgeaAtHe
Science Fairs To Be
Held In Four Warren
Schools Next Week
Four Warren County schools
will hold their 1965 Science
Fairs next week, Calvin White
school supervisor, announcec
yesterday. The theme for the
fairs will be "Science Is Dis
covery."
Participating schools will be
Littleton, Macon, Norlina and
John Graham High School at
Warrenton.
The purpose of the fairs,
White said, is to give each
student an opportunity to do
some creative and original work
in the area of work. The fairs,
he said, also tend to give the
public an opportunity to see the
work of the schools in the area
of science
The first of the four fairs
will be held at the Littleton
school cafeteria on Tuesday
from 3:30 to 9:30 p. m. with
some 70 to 89 exhibits on dis
play. There will be two sec
tions, biological science and
physical science, with two di
vision, Junior high, (grades 7-9)
and senior high (grades 10-12).
Food Registration Ends
With 5662 Applicants
A total of 5,662 persons had
qualified to receive food com
modities under the Warren
County surplus distribution
when registration ended on
Thursday afternoon of last
week. This was over 600 more
persons than had been estimated
earlier last week.
The number of those regis
tering for food was released
to the board of county commis
sioners Monday by Bill Hall
and George Davis, Jr., com
modity supervisors for the
county.
The commissioners express
ed surprise at the number of
registrants and took note of
discontent with the program on
the part of some of the mer
chants. However, both Chair
man Amos Capps and Commis
sioner John Wilson, who operate
stores, said they had not noticed
that the program had hurt their
business. Capps said that some
merchants had told him that the
program h ad actually helped
them as it kept a lot of poor
accounts off their books.
Negro Farm Agent L. C.
Cooper and Negro Home Agent,
Mrs. Bertha Forte, who were
present during the discussion,
said that they felt that the pro
gram had been of real value
to their people.
Whether the program is good
or bad, the commissioners
agreed, the county Is now In
it and will continue the program
until early In April.
The commissioners hadafull
program lasting until after 5:30
in the afternoon, with rather
lengthy discussions of the pay of
the new Negro assistant home
agent, and over the advisability
of the county taking part In the
economic Opportunity Act, with
no decision reached. The mem
bers also discussed a number
of road matters with J. H.
Beedlngfield, superintendent of
the highway maintenance divi
sion, but with no a cti on taken.
The commissioners ordered
that $25.00 be paid to Green's
Funeral Home on the burial
expenses of Lou Hinton.
A. P. Rodwell, Jr., Tax Col
lector, reported total taxes col
lected to date in the amount
of $342,120.69. Of this amount
$22,345.74 was made in Feb
ruary.
The commissioners ordered
that the tax valuation of 1965
be 40 per cent of the assess
ed valuation as established in
1960.
Water Department
To Host District
WWO Meeting
The Warrenton Water De
partment will be host today
(Friday) to the by-monthly
meeting of the Southeastern
section of the North Carolina
Waterworks Operators As
sociation.
Announcement of the meeting
was made yesterday by Bill
Neal, assistant water superin
tendent.
The group will meet at the
water plant this afternoon at
5 o'clock for a discussion of
"Operailon of Water Plants."
Following the meeting at the
water plant the group will meet
at Colonial Lodge for dinner
when election of officers will
be held.
Neal said that approximately
50 members of the association
from the southeastern section
of the state are expected to at
tend the meeting.
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71m Warren County area labor
im March 1, will cioae on March 1
of tba boxes' used to collect formt
days ago under the direction of t
Science Fair guides will be on
duty during the fair.
The Littleton PTA will also
meet on March 9 when members
may view the fair, and when
Robert Clary, director of
mathemetics instruction In the
Roanoke Rapids High School,
will lead a discussion on "Pa
rents and Modern Mathe
matics."
The Norlina Science Fair will
be held on Wednesday, March
10, in the school cafeterlafrom
3:30 to 8:30 p. m. The ap
proximate number of exhibits
will be from 50 to 60.
There will be two section of
the fair, biological science and
physical science, with two divi
sions, junior high and senior
high. Science Fair guides will
be on duty during the fair.
The Macon Junior High School
will hold its fair in the school
library on Thursday from 2 to
5 p. m., with biological science
and physical science exhibits on
display. Approximately 45 ex
hibits are expected at the Macon
school.
White asked the puhlictonote
that the John Graham-Marlam
Boyd -Macon PTA will meet
at the Macon school on Tues
day, March 16, when science
fair exhibits at the Macon school
will also be on display at this
time.
The last of the fairs will be
held on next Friday night, March
12, when John Graham High
School Will hold its fair fh
the school from 7 to 9 p. m.
(See FAIRS, page 2)
GEORGE D. KNIGHT, JR.
Former Norlina
Han Is Licensed
As An Architect
George Daniel Knight, Jr.,
of Rocky Mount was one of IB
persons licensed by the 'North
Carolina Board of Architecture
at Its February meeting tn
Winston-Salem, It was learned
here yesterday. He is an associ
ate architect with the Rocky
Mount firm of Edwards, Dove,
Parker and Associates, Archi
tects and Engineers.
Knight is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel Knight of Norlina,
and Is a graduate of Norlina
High School and North Carotins
State College. His wife Is the
former Norma Plttard of War-1
rent on They have been res
idents of Rocky Mount sines
1MO. He is a member of the
East Carolina Council of Archi
tects, Carolina Bird Club and
the Methodist Church.
Portions of Knight's
in drawing and painting
been exhibited in a
show tn the Rocky Mount
and crafts Center.