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VOLUME 69 Subscription Price $3,00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1965 NUMBER 18
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Members of the Afton-Elberon Rural Fire Department
on Monday afternoon were presented certificates for hav
ing completed both the Advance Course and the Standard
Course of Instruction in First Aid to the Injured. The
presentation was made by John Andrews, chapter repre
sentative of the Warren County Chapter of the American
Red Cross. Firemen receiving the certificates from
Andrews, standing at right, were, left to right: Top row
D. A. Grlssom, instructor; W. H. Abbott, Jr., Gene Mustlan,
L. R. Aycock, W. Pete Jones, Dannie Ray Peoples; bottom
row?G. W. Robertson, G. L. Aycock, Jr., J. L. Peoples
and Frank Maynard.
Board Of Education Adopts
'Freedom Of Choice' Plan
In order to comply with the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, the
Warren County Board of Educa
tion has adopted a plan of de
segregation based on the "free
dom of choice" principle, J.
Roger Peeler, superintendentol
schools, announced yesterday.
He said the principals of the
'respective schools will place lr
the hands of students on Monday,
If ay I, form s on which theli
parents may lndlcatethelr pref
erence of schools they wlsfc
tftieir children to attend during
the 1068-66 school year.
For assignment of pupil pur
poses, the county will be con
sidered as one district and
pupils may choose any school
In the county.
Peeler said that son of the
provisions of the plan are:
1. First-grade pupils have
already been assigned or are
in the process of being assign
ed In accordance With the pro
visions of the Court Order un
der which the Board of Educa
tion Is required to operate for
the 1965-66 school term.
2. Pupils now enrolled In
school will be furnished by their
homeroom teacher with appro
priate forms and Instructions
for use by their parents or
legal guardians in applying for
assignment of their children to
a school of their choice for the
forthcoming school year.
The forms shall be filled out
and returned to the various
schools approximately 15 days
before the end of the school
year.
? The Board of Education will
assign pupils to the school of
their choice, subject to the pro
visions of the Court Order.
In the event of overcrowding,
preference will be given with
out regard to race to thoei
choosing the school who reside
closest to It.
P19IIS will be assigned tothi
school currently attended lnthi
event the application form Is not
returned within the specified
tins. *
Notice of assignment will be
made on the report card of each
pupil at the end of the school
year.
In the event the Board heeds
more time to reach a decision
on any applications for assign
ment, the applicants will be
notified by mail as soon as
practical.
3. Beginning with the 1965-6(
school term, and effective eacl
year thereafter, pupils who art
transferring from another ad
ministrative unit and pupils whc
have changed their place of re
sidence with the administra
tive unit shall make appllcatlor
for Initial assignment or re
assignment to a school througt
their parents or legal guardian!
on forms to be furnished by th<
office of the Superintendent a
Schools and availabl e at the
office and at the varloui
schools. These applications foi
Initial assignment or reassign
ment shall give the parents 01
legal guardians opportunity tc
indicate their first and seconc
preference of schools they wlsl
their children to attend. Th?
Board of Education will asslgi
the pupils to the school of theli
choice. In the event of over
crowding (25 pupils in the pri
nt ay grades and 30 pupils li
the other grades,) pupils wll
be assigned without regard t<
race to a less populated school
4. Any parent who is dis
satisfied with the Initial as
signment of his child may,
within 20 days after notlflcatloi
of assignment, apply for reas
signment of the child to I
different school on forms to bi
furnished by the office of thi
Superintendent of Schools an<
available at that office.
The Board will consider thi
request ai its nocf regulai
meeting after receipt of aal<
request. The request will tx
evaluated on the basis of thi
following criteria: (a) The dis
tance the pupils lives from thi
various schools (b) The avail
ability of space in schools (c
Whether the educational pro
gram of the pupil can be me
Town To Be Cleaned
j&r Governor's Visit
Ttia Warranton Woman's Club
at tha ratpaaf of Mayor W. A.
MOW, will eoadnet a claan op
drWa la Warranton In prtptra
tton for tha vl?lt at Oovaraor
<Dan K. Moon, on May It.
All marchaaU aru aakad to
ciaaa property in front and
Property ownara ara aakad to
a back allays and ctaan *a
_ tat*
Tha Oorarnar will tour tha
that oar banuttfnl and historical
town may make a food lmprw
?ion on our hooorabt* (Mat*.
Mayor Mil as aald yastarday
that tha Woman's Club won
racalva tha fuU support of tha
town's sanitary dapartmant in
Its commsndabla attort to hava
Warranton lock Its baat (or tha
visit of Governor Moora and
otbar dlstlngulahad North Car
oUnlann bars on M*y It.
also said that ha
by the school to which assign
ment Is sought (d) The avail
ability to transportation.
Mayor Grissom Is
Without Opposition
Mayor Graham Grissom will
have no opposition In Norllna
town's election on next Tuesday,
May 4, but there are four men
seeking seats on a three-man
board of Commissioners.
Leigh Traylor, Leon Pridgen
and P. J. Harton, encumbents,
are also seeking re-election. J.
O. Egerton Is also a candidate
for town commissioner.
The election will be held at
the Mayor's Office In Norllna
with the polls openln g at 6:30
a. m. and closing at 6:30 p. m.
A. J. Perrone is registrar and
Mrs. Jimmy Overby and Mrs.
J. B. Lewis are judges of elec
tion.
BEVERLY JOHNSON
Beverly Johnson
Is Selected For
Governor's School
Mitt B?verly Jean Johnson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. D.
Johnson of War rent on, and a
sophomore at John Graham High
School, has bean selected to at
tend the Governor's School of
North Carolina to be held from
Jane II to August l, ontte
campus of Salem collet e, wtn
?Mft-Men.
iss Johnson vas uotlfled of
her sppolntment by Joseph M.
MMoi, Mperiateadent. Bar
subject area will be natural
Uttei.
?1I? Governor's School at
North Carolina is a summer
program tor gifted high school
Miss Johnson is a member
of the John Graham Beta CMk,
of wM<* she is recreation
chairman, t, member of the
' ifj""
a former member of
a
Attorney
To Head
Chamber
Charles T. Johnson, Jr., was
re-elected president of the
Warren County TB and Health
Association at the annual meet
ing of the association held at
the Health Center on Monday
evening. Sidney Gibson, assist
ant manager of Leggett's De
partment Store, was elected
vice president and Seal Sale
chairman. Drs. F, P. Hunter
and Walter White were elect
ed to the Executive Committee,
and Miss Anna Wollett, Mrs.
D. S. Wlmbrow, Alpheus Jones,
E. G. Tarwater and C. P. Gas
ton were named as three-year
directors.
A budget of $1,800.00 was
presented by Howard Daniel,
treasurer, and adopted.
According to reports given
the association had an outstand
ing year. Dave Richards, Seal
Sale Chairman, reported atotal
of $2,556.00 collected during the
Christmas Seal Sale, an In
crease over last year. A 20
Day X-ray Survey was conduct
ed during the year with a total
of 5,818 receiving freeX-rays.
Five active cases of tubercu
losis were found, seven cardiac,
1 cancer and many other path
ologies *<?re reported.
Tnrough the Warren County
Health Director, Dr. Robert
Young, another Special Survey
for tuberculin reactors, con
tacts, and arrested cases, has
been scheduled for October
1985. ,
A $400.00 Bird Respirator
was purchased for the use of
respiratory patients in Warren
County. One of our patients us
ing this respirator presented
the association a beautiful Sun
burst, some of her handicraft,
as a token of her appreciation.
Tuberculosis is still a chal
lenge as five new cases and on*
(See TB, page 4)
Variety Show
Littleton ? The Central Pri
son Variety Show will be pre
ianted In the Littleton High
School audi tori am on Saturday
night, May 1, at 8 o'clock under
the sponsorship of the Little
ton Lions Club.
The show will consist of a
two-hoar profram with a string
band, s swing band, a Negro
minstrel and rtreo singers, in
mates of Central Prison will
participate la the show under the
direction of the Prison Recrea
tion Department.
HoMr-Om
C. V. Whltford Joined the
ranks of the "Hole m One Ctab
ranks <rf the "Hole la One
Clnb" when he mads an ace
on the 170 yard No. 8 hole
at the Warrenton Golf Club on
used a No. 4
wood la accomplishing the toat,
On Poundage Control
Tobacco Growers To
Cast Votes On Tuesday
Bureau
Endorses
Program
The president of the Warren
County Farm Bureau yesterday
urged local leaf farmers to give
a resounding vote of approval to
acreage - poundage controls in
the May 4 flue-cured tobacco
referendum.
John Kilian of Norlina de
scribed the acreage-poundage
measure as "apositive solution
to many of the major problems
facing tobacco today."
The plan will be submitted to
eligible growers as an alterna
tive to the present acreage
control program. A two-thirds
majority of those voting will be
required to carry the referen
dum.
The Farm Bureau leader said
that the "most pressing pro
blem" plaguing the Industry is
an excess of tobacco, which
has swollen the Inventory of
the Flue - Cured Tobacco Co
operative Stabilization Corpor
ation to almost one billion
pounds.
"It's obvious that our acre
age program Is not doing the
Job anymore," he said. "We
have to make a change now to
a program which will effec
tively keep supply In line with
demand. Congress knows that
we are not living up to our
part of the bargain when we
keep price supports but continue
to grow too much tobacco. We
have an opportunity now to get
our house in order."
Kilian also cited the leaf qual
ity problem, which he said, "Is
brought on to a large degree
by the practices we use to
produce high yields. Take the
Incentive off high yields and
well grow the good tobacco
we're capable of producing."
The resulting Improvement In
quality, the local farm leader
(See ENDORSES, page 4)
Tobacco Farmers To
Meet Monday Night
A meeting of tobacco growers
will be held at the Warrenton
Courthouse on Monday night,
April 3, at 8 o'clock, R. H.
Bright, chairman of the Warren
County referendum committee,
and W. S. Smiley, chairman
Warren County ASC committee,
said In a Joint announcement
yesterday.
They said the meeting Is call
ed In view of the time element
and the uncertainty of just what
this program offers.
Marcue Braswell, chairman
State ASC Committee, will ex
plain the program at the Mon
day night meeting. The chair
men said that Mr. Braswell has
worked with this program foi
many years and is well qualified
to give farmers this informa
tion. He Is a farmer as well
as chairman of the State ASC
Committee.
"The production and market
ing of tobacco is of vital Im
portance to you and the prlc<
you receive for your tobacco
Bright and Smiley said in urglnf
all tobacco farmers to atten<
the meeting.
Town Election To Be
Held On Tuesday
Warrenton's municipal elec
tion will be held at the town's
flrehouse In the municipal
building on next Tuesday, May
4. The polls wlU open at 6:30
a. m. and close at 6:30 p. m.
Mayor W. A. Miles and all
of the commissioners will have
opposition as the result of late
filing by three candidates for
commissioner last Friday
and the filing of an addition
al candidate for mayor around
1 o'clock Saturday. The filing
date expired on Saturday at
midnight with two menflllngfor
Mayor and ten men seeking a
place as commissioner on a
seven-man board.
Mayor W. A. MUes and six
members of the present board
of commissioners, Dixon Ward,
Thomas Gasklll, A. C. Fair,
Walker P. Burwell, A. C.
Blalock and A. D. Johnson, as
well as Major Pope Powell,
retired highway department
employee, (lied notice of their
candidacy several weeks ago.
Up until last Friday it appear
ed that those candidates would
i run without opposition. This
picture was changed on Friday
when A. A. Wood, Wiley G.
Coleman and W. L. Turner filed
for commissioners and on Sat
urday when James Burton, Jr.,
filed for Mayor.
A. A. Wood is a grocery
man; W. L. Turner is a bar
ber, and W. G. Coleman is a
farmer and for many years
chairman of the Warren Coun
ty Board of Elections. James
Burton, Jr., is a salesman.
The registration books will
be open on Saturday, the last
day for registration of new
voters.
The election next Tuesday
will be conducted by Mrs. Mary
Eleanor Grant, registrar; and
Mrs. Heath Beckwlth and S. O.
Nuno, judges of election.
Thompson Greenwood , axacotlv* rice
president of the North Carolina Merchants
Association was the speaker at the annual
meeting of the Warrenton Merchants Assort
by Sam A. Warllck, Jr., I aft. At Or?nwood'a
right la A. C. Fair who was re-?lact?d
praaldant at tb? local chambar.
Fair Heads Merchants' Ass'
A. C. Fair, Warrenton Jewel
er, ww re-elected president at
the Warrenton Merchants As
sociation at its annual dinner
meeting held at the Colonial
Lode* an Thursday night of last
The meeting was highlighted
by a talk by Thorn pso
wood, executive vies i
of the North Carolina Merchants
Association dl J
omcera ta addition to Pair,
*9
the reading at a slate ot
by!
cdi
Director* war* elected
follow*: OntyMr-A. 3. Hooae,
Roy Kami and Charlea R?nn;
two jruri-Hr Diamond, Vernon
Whltmore and lira. Dick Ward;
three yeara - adney Olbaoo,
, K. Lanier, Jr., and Walker
P.
PraMoUd by s. A. Warflck,
ft.
to the larger town* to ahop
where "tha |rui looks green
er," bat upon thair m to
find thay could hare purchased
tha vary same brand nam ad
merchandise right in town for
leas than thay bad paid oat at
[Oreeawood further potatad
? that this community aw
?Wduda ?>a professional
people m wM aa tha 'mmb
chant, bacausa of the fact that
the doctor, dartW, lawyer,
araWtoat, aaatrwiiw, and other
Flue-cured tobacco farmers
will vote on Tuesday, May 4,
to decide if acreage-poundage
marketing quotas will be effect
ive on the 1965-66, and 1967
crops of flue-cured tobacco, W.
S. Smiley, chairman of the War
ren County ASC Committee, an
nounced Wednesday. In order
for this program to be In effect,
It must be approved by a ma
jority of two-thirds of all
eligible voters.
Smiley said that this referen
dum Is of vital interest to North
Carolina. Flue-cured tobacco is
the largest source of farm in
come in the state. Tobacco in
come has been in excess of 500
million dollars in each year
since 1960.
Some of the most Important
features of the new acreage
poundage program are:
1. Keep supplies in line with
demand-improve tobacco use
ability - Stimulate U. S. leaf
exports.
2. A large 1965 acreage al
lotment. The new allotment for
each farm will be about 18 per
cent more than the 1965 allot
ment of which farmers were
previously notified.
3. A marketing quota In
pounds. This quota will be de
termined for each farm by mul
tiplying the new acreage allot
ment by the farm yield. Farm
yields are being determined for
all flue-cured tobacco farms.
4. Undermarketings. If less
than the marketing quotafor any
farm is marketed this year,
the difference will be added to
the farm's quota for the next
year.
5. Overmarketlngs. Ten per
cent over the marketing quota
may be marketed penalty-free
with price support If the har
vested acreage is within the new
farm acreage allotment. But,
any marketings above the
farm's marketing quota will
be deducted from the farm's
quota for the following year.
To the individual farmer, the
referendum will offer two
rather clear-cut alternatives. H
acreage-poundage quotas are
approved, farmers will receive
an increase of 18% in their IMS
allotment. Their marketing
quota will be determined by
multiplying their final farm
yield by the acreage allotment.
Notices of each farm's quota
will be mailed Friday, April
90, 1965. The other alternative
will be to accept their present
1965 allotment which is reduced
19.8% from the 1964 allotment.
This Is the program that
been in effect since 1940.
"Each tobacco grower is
urged to study the issues in this
referendum very careftdly.
Smiley said. "The local ASCI
office and other agricultural
acencles will be able to clew
up many of the detailed QPiee
Uoos as to Just bow it will
work on Individual farms. Wo
certainly urge every eligible
voter to cast his ballot in this
important referendum.
All eligible voters are urged
to |o to their polling place and
vote. Poll* win bo open from 6
a. m. to 8 p. m. at the follow
ing polling places;
(See VOTE, oare 41 M
Revival To Be Held
At Warren Pliiis
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RaTtvml service* wlB b<*ln
at the Warren Plains Method!*
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