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* Youi4 Best Advertising Medium IRprorii ?" \ 7<i Your Best Advertising Medium VOLUME 69 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1965 NUMBER 12 V ?UK I HISTORY OF ll I ? Fi.T VI yARR V 1 I VAW HKKTI-4 BUTTCTIFWt J ?cci MOTMI ONE OF MANY EXHIBITS AT JOHN GRAHAM SCIENCE FAIR Science Fair Winners Announced March 26 Deadline Feed Grain Signup Friday. March 26, Is the last day for filing an application to take part In the 1965 feed grain program. T. E. Watson, Officer Manager for the Agri cultural Stabilization and Con servation County Committee, said yesterday. He urges grow ers who are interested In the program to call at the ASCS County Office as soon as pos sible. As last year, Watson ex plains, the feed grain program covers corn, grain sorghum, and barley. Minimum diversion under the 1965 program Is 20 percent of the Individual farm's total feed grain base. For dl Funds Are Sought For Trades Meet The Trades Department of the John R. Hawkins High School has been invited to participate in the National Trades Contest In Atlanta, Ga., on April 22-24, W. E. Exum, trades Instructor at the local school, announced yesterday. Exum said that in order to finance the trip to Atlanta, the members of the Trade Classes plan to present aprogram, "The Crowning Ceremonies of the Queen of Industry," at the school gymnasium at 8 o'clock, March 31. In addition to advance ticket and door tickets, patron tickets will be sold at $1.25 Exum asks that persons list themselves as patrons by pur chasing patron tickets In ad vance of the program. verting more than the mint mum acreage from feed grain production Into a conserving use, the diversion payment will be figured at a higher rate. If the diversion Is 40 percent or more, the higher rate applies to the whole diversion. Besides the diversion pay ments (part of which may be paid in advance if the farmer requests it), a participating grower .also earn* prlc?-*up port payments on the normal production of jhe acreage plant ed to one or more of the three feed grains in 1965, and he Is also eligible to put his crops under the regular prlce-sup port loans or purchase agree ments. Watson also said that March 26 is the final date producers may revise their applications to participate in the 1965 Wheat Program. Hurt In Wreck Wallace Neal, white man of Warrenton, is recovering In Warren General Hospital from a broken shoulder and bruises received about 8 o'clock Wed nesday night when his car slipp ed from the highway on the Warrenton-HendersonhlgliN way Just out of Warrenton. Patrolman V. R. Vaughan, who investigated the accident said that no charges were pre ferred. He said he felt the cause of the accident was due to slick tires and a wet high way. Groups Seek Fishing Pier At Kerr Dam An even dozen town boards and civic organizations In North Carolina have signed petition to Congressman L. H. Foun tain asking that he use his influence to have the Corps of Engineers open the gantry dock over the tall race at Kerr Dam, Charlie Williams of Olne said this week. Williams, ? farmer In North Warren County and an ardent fisherman, said that in addition to the petitions tlgned by War ren civic clubs and municipal units, that a number of organ isations In Virginia have also signed petitions to be mailed to Congressman Abbott of Vir ginia. Williams said that the petitions have not yet been mail ed to Congressman Fountain pending completion of the sign ing of petitions in Virginia, but that he expected the petitions would be forwarded to both con gressmen shortly. Tkose who have signed the petition in North Carolina, Wil liams said, include The War rantor Lions Club, The Rotary Club, American Legion, War renton Merchants Association, the Warren County Board of Commissioners, The Warren ton Board of Town Commission ers, the Norllna Merchants Ax soclation, the Hawtree Rural {Ire Department, the Norllna Volunteer Fire Department, the Warren County Board of Edu cation, the Henderson Police Department, and theWlse-Pas chall Rurltan Club. In addition the petition has been signed by the Warrenton Box and Lumber Company, Inc., ft large employer of labor, and by H. If. Hardy, owner of Vir ginia - Carolina Lumbar Com pany, who has served as Rep. Fountain's campaign manager In Warren County: Working closely with Wil liam* to obtaining signatures for the petitions has been W. L. Turner of Warrenton. Williams s?li that fishing from the gantry dam would be the best anywhere In this sec tion and would draw people to the vlolnlty from many state*. He explained that fish coming up stream were blocked b> the darn and as * result a large picket of all klnda of fish are found just below the dam. Winners In science fairs held last week In four Warren Coun ty schools were announced yes terday by Calvin White, Warren County School supervisor. White described the fairs as probably tne best ever held In Warren County schools and ask ed that his appreciation be ex pressed to students, teachers, and parents for their fine co operation. He said that first, second and third place winners would go to the district science fair at Duke on March 27. The list of winners and the names of their exhibits were listed by White as follows: Norllna Junior High School "Indian Relics of the Roanoke," John Rooker, 1st; "Glass Mak ing," Jane ?- Farrar, and; "Weight of Various Sub stances," Mike Mulchi, 2nd; "Fingerprints," Patricia Paynter and Linda Hamm, 2nd; "The Electronic Computer Game," Alex Rooker, 3rd; "Seeds-How They Grow," Ray Traylor, 3rd; "Plants-How they Grow and Help Us," Con rad Bender and Lee Burrows, honorable mention; "Conserva tion and Erosion," Mary Anne Perklnson, honorable mention; "The Parts of the Frog," Susan Allen and Carolyn Norwood, honorable mention; "Compar ing the Main Kinds of Milk," Dlanne Coleman and Patsy Mc Lean, honorable mention. Norllna Senior Division ? "Study of the Oceans" (biologi cal division), Cheryl Daniel and Sandra Cook, 1st; "The Wood land Period," (Physical Divi sion), Phil Lewis, 1st. Science teachers in charge of fair: Grady Tunstall and Thomas Williams. Macon Junior High School (physical science)-"Dendroch ronology," Sidney Fleming and Randy Currln, 1st; "Pre historic Cultures of North Car olina," Robert Rivers, Tommy Harmon and Larry Collier, 2nd; "How to Use Trigonometry In Finding Rocket Altitude," John Boyd Davis and Pettway Boyd, 3rd. Honorable Mention: "Vol canoes," Jennie Hunter, Joel Walker, and Wayne Short; (See WINNERS, page 8) Littleton Girl Chosen Member Of All-East Team IRENE WELDON Miss Weldon To Give Master's Recital! In Boston March 22 Miss Irene Weldon will pre sent her Master's Recital Jn Re cital Hall at The New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts on March 22. Miss Weldon received her Bachelor's Degree from the Conservatory, and Is now a candidate for the Master of Music Degree 1965. She is active In musical acti vities in and around the Boston area. She has soloed In Jordon Hall, the Gardner Museum, and for various clubs and organizations In Boston and the surrounding area. Miss Weldon has sung with the Con servatory Chorus In perform ances with the Boston Symphony In concerts in Boston and New York City.' At present, she is soprano soloist for the First Congregational Church in Wel lesley Hills. Miss Weldon la the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Ham II ton Weldon of Warrentan. Littleton-Betty Weaver, Lit tleton High School junior and a member of the Lady Blue Jay basketball team, has been named on the All-East Team, It was announced this week. Betty was chosen on the All Conference team for the Hali fax-Warren Conference also. This honor makes Butty a member of the first All-East team ever selected. Twenty-four girls were chos en for the All-East team. Teena White of Enfield was the only other All-East mem ber from the Halifax-Warren Conference. Those receiving honorable mention from the conference and their schools were Gall Spraglns, Sylvia Shearln, Littleton; Florence Wommack, Wei don; Gall Flem ing, and Vivian Abbott, War ren ton; Becky Falson, William R. Davie; Eunice Smiley, Nor lina? Kaye Freuler, Aurellan Springs; Lynny Smith, Mur freesboro; Carol Wood, Penny Slade, Byrd Viverette, Jimmy Lou Hunter and Peggy Morrls ette, Enfield. BASKETBALL GAME Tli* Drewry Rural Fir* De partment and the War rent on Lions club will meet in a bas ketball gam* at th* Mm Gra ham High School gymnasium Saturday night at a o'clock. IN HOSPITAL Mrs. . A. j. Rivers Is re cuperating in Warren General Hospital from back Injuries sustained in a. fall recently. A Notice To The Public LOST H*?ril thousand Labor Survey form* believed to bo lying Incomplete in homea throughout Warren Ooanty. REWARD OFFERED If returned by Tuesdty. March S3, to the Warren County industrial Development Commis sion, Warrenton, N. C. Illegal A rash of chain letters has broken out across the nation and theWarrentonPostofftce Is receiving a number of this type letters, Leonard Daniel, Warrenton postmas ter, said yesterday. Daniel said that these chain letters Include prayer cards and prayer letters but they are chain letters and as such their mailing Is illegal and subjects the senders to prosecution. The postmaster asks that this Information be published for the protection of post office patrons who may be unaware that mailing these letters are Illegal. Food Stamp Plan Discussed Valuation Reduction Asked By Taxpayers Surgeon Prospects Brighter Prospects for securing a sur geon for Warren General Hos pital are brighter than they hay* been in some time, Dave Richards, hospital administra tor, told members of the War renton Lions Club meeting at Warren Plaza Inn last Friday night. Richards, guest speaker, said that while the hospital's latest contact has not definitely accepted the position, indica tions that he will do so are good. He also said prospects for securing one or more ad ditional physicians are bright. President A. A. Wood pre sided over the meeting. Sing ing was led by Lions Dick Miles and Sam Warllck. Grace was said by Lion Duke Jones. Lion "Coon" Currin was Lion X and Lion Comer received the sil ver dollar. Plans for Farmer's Night were discussed and it was an nounced that Commissioner of Agriculture James Graham will be the speaker for the occa sion which will be held at the Warrenton Country Club on Fri day night, March 26. State Highway Maps) Are Off The Press RALEIGH - The 1965 State Highway maps are off thepress and are available (or distribu tion to the public. They may be obtained without charge by ir.MUng a postcard to: State Lo cating Engineer, MAPS, State Highway Commission, Raleigh, N. C. Featured on the cover of the color maps Is a picture of the new Herbert C. Bonner bridge (See MAPS, page 2) BAKE SALE The Warrenton Woman's Club will sponsor a Bake Sale on Sat urday, March 20, at 10 a. m., in the vacant building next to Hunter Drug Co. All types of delicious home-baked foods will be available. STUDY CLASS A Study class on the Book of Genesis will be held on Monday night, March 22 at 7:90 p. m. in the Wesley Methodist Church. The stody will be taught by Mrs. H. R. Odom of Gibson. ACCEPTS POSITION Mr. P. W. (F rankle) Aycock, Jr., has accepted a position with the Geologist Dept of Highway and PWC with In Ashevtlle. He and his family "?ra rsr*"M Willis To Speak At Industrial Meeting Thomas W. Willis, director, Eastern North Carolina Region al Research Institute, Eastern North Carolina College, Green ville, will be the principal speaker at a meeting of busi nessmen, Industrial leaders, professional men and others at the Warren County Armory at 7 p. m on next Thursday, March 25. Announcement of the meeting was made this week by W. P. Mlnette, director of Warren County Industrial Development Commission. Willis assumed his present position during the fall of 1964. Prior to that time, he has served as assistant City Man ager of Raleigh, City Manager of Newton, as a development engineer with the State of North) Carolina, director oftheFarm ville Economic Council and member of the Governor's ad visory group to study Industrial financing. He is a graduate of Wake Forest college. Mlnette said that during this meeting the Warren County Chamber of Commerce will be re-activated. a temporary chairman and secretary will be elected. A "fair-share" dues schedule, suggested budget, committees, by-laws, and or ganization chart will be pre sented for consideration by THOMAS W. WILLIS those attending and the incom ing officers and board of di rectors. The dinner will be prepared by a local group at $1.75 per individual or $3.50 per couple. Checks should be made pay able to the Warren County In dustrial Development Commis sion, and mailed to 265 North Main Street, Warrenton, N. C. Favors will be available to the ladies, together with door prizes for many lucky individ uals. Minette said that reserva tions will be received up to and including March 22. Roanoke Rapids Girl Is Scholarship Winner Helen Shell Nethercutt, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Nethercutt of Roanoke Rapids, has been selected as winner of the 1965 Alston-Plea sant Scholarship at the University of North Carolina. The scholarship carries an an nual stipend of $1,100. Announcement of the selec tion of Miss Nathercutt was made by the University on Tues day, following interview of seven high school students In Loutsburg on March 13. Students Interviewed In addition to Miss Nethercutt were: Mary Cla'.re Coker, Ro le 1, Manson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Coker, Jr., who attends Norllna High School. Larry Carlton Prldgen, Nor llna, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon P. Pridgen, who attends Nor llna High School. Jacqueline Michael Cole, Roanoke Rapids, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lawrence Cola, who attends Roanoke Ra pids High School. Ronald Limer Perkinson, Wise, son of Mr. and Mrs. Streline L. Perkinson, Jr., who attends Norllna High School. Alan Joyner Sykes, Route 1, Enfield, son of Mr. and Mr*. Marlon Parker Sykes, who at tends Enfield High School. , : ' George Thomas Register, Jr., of Scotland Neck, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas Register, who attends Scotland Neck High School. The Alston - Pleasant Scholarship* have been awarded for study at UNO sluce 1959. Current holders of the scholar* shlpa are Jacob Leon Dickens of Halifax County, Joseph Pearce of Louisburg, Wayne Organ of Roanoke Ra pids, and Leon Patterson Harp The winner of the scholar HELEN NETHERCUTT receive this scholarship. She is the first in her class of 189 students at Roanoke Rapids High School and plans to enroll in a pre-med curriculum at UNC. A National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist Helen studied chemistry at the Governor's School in the summer of 1063. She was named a state finalist in the National Council of Teachers of English Achieve ment Awards program in 1964. She Is a member of the Var sity Debating Team, National French Honor Society, accom panist for the Senior Mixed Chorus, member of the Senior Madrigal Group; Folk Singing Quintet and Halifax County Teen-Dems. Both Helen's father and moth er, the former Helen Wlnne frerf Shell, are UNC alumni ? BIRTH AND DEATH Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Greene, Jr., <M Dillon, s. C., the btrth aa Meeting on Monday as a Board of Revaluation and Review, the Board of County Commission ers heard requests for reduc tions in valuations from around a dozen Warren County tax payers, but deferred any action upon the requests until a special meeting on Thursday night, April 1. Prior to beginning their duties as a Board of Equaliza tion and Review, the members were sworn in by Mrs. Lanie Hayes, Register of Deeds. A. P. Rodwell, Jr., Tax Supervisor served as clerk to the board. Following the hearing of re quests for revaluation, the com missioners transacted several Items of business. County Extension Agents Frank W. Reams and L. C. Cooper appeared before the board relative to an assembly room for the Negro Extension Department, with Reams acting as speaker. Reams said that the basement of the Community Center could be renovated for this purpose and estimated that the costs of the renovation and needed chairs would run around $2,000 for the building and $1,000 for the chairs. The com missioners deferred any action until they could determine whether they had the legal right to spend money on a building to which they did not hold legal title and where the actual title to the building rested. They also pointed out that they would not be able to make any ap propriations for this purpose until the 1965-66 budget was adopted after July 1. Clay Stone, Social Security representative for Warren County, also appeared before the board. He pointed out that his quarters upstairs in the court room worked a hardship on many older persons, some of whom suffer with heart con dition. He said that it had been suggested that quarters In the Hendricks Building might be available and if so he thought they would be more suitable. The commissioners agreed with his views and promised an In vestigation of the suitability of the proposed quarters. Julian Farrar appeared be fore the board relative to merit pay of Welfare personnel, point ing out that there would be an Increase for the next year under a state ruling. Pay of person nel of Welfare workers as weil as workers In the Health De partment is based on certain steps or grades, dependent upon the financial conditions of the county. Warren County Is work ing under step 3, one of the lowest, and Farrar suggested that the commissioners send representatives to Raleigh to attempt to keep Warren in this lower grade. He said that M,: feared If the commissioners waited until the budget was pre sented it might be too late to keep Warren's rating. Even under the present rating there will be a considerable increase1 in pay for Wslfare Farrar said. Farrar also briefly dli the stamp plan for surplus food among the tote of the county. He was bringing this 1 the commissioners at their i quest. The stamp cost the county sll| bat wool* be to i ty. Under this present food
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