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Your Best Advertising Medium (She Jflarrnt iRrmrft Your Best Advertising Medium VOLUME 69 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1965 NUMBER 30 Head Start Centers To Hold Open House At Six Schools Op?n House was held this week In two of the six Head Start centers being operated In Warren County under the direc tion of the Board of Education, and other such programs are to follow within the next ten days. The first of these Open House programs was held at the Vaughan school at 7:30 o'clock on Tuesday night and a second program was held at South War ren on Thursday night at the same hour. Mrs. Rachael Flshel, di rector, and Mrs. Vilet c. Hen derson, assistant director of the program, said that the public is invited to attend these pro grams where progress of the children will be discussed. They said that Open House programs would be held at Northslde on Monday, July 26, at North War ren on Tuesday, July 27, at Hawkins on Thursday, July 29, and at Marlam Boyd on Tues day, August 3. Project Head Start, the di rectors said, Is arousing nationwide Interest as profes sionals and volunteers join forces to create a pre-school program primarily aimed atone million young children who suf fer poverty and neglect and reaching, alao, many young children who come from middle and upper classes. The directors said thai 306 children are enrolled in the Driving With Revoked License Proves Costly Driving after one's license has been revoked can be ex penslre business, a defendant in Warren County Recorder's Court found out last Friday. t Alfred Ray Hlnes was found guilty of driving after his license bad beea revoked. He was ordered to pay a 9200 \ fine and court oosts. Herman Williams, charged Jt with druak driving, pled guilty to ?. charge ot reckless driv ing. Ha was ordered to pay a |I00 flat and oourt costs. The state also aceeptedaplea at reckless driving frocn Floyd Boyd, who was charged with drunk driving. Ha vu ordered to pay a $100 fin* and court coata. A case agalnat MoKlnlay Brown, charged with realatlng arraat, waa nol proas ad with leave. Claudia Jbnaa, charted with > assault on a female, waa found not pUlty. Fred Hudson Taylor waa or dered to pay court ooata when he was found guilty on a apaed Hg ohirft. Nelson Basket, found guilty of driving without an operator's 11 canes, was ordered to pay a $SB fine and eourt oosts. directed by the Board of Edu cation. Each class Is directed by a teacher, assisted by an aid and at least one volun teer. Three lunchrooms are In operation to serve the six cen ters. There are a total of 51 employees with payment also being made to 47 person3 who bring children to the centers. One hundred seventy-five peo ple, professionals andnon-pro fesslonals, have served as vol unteers in many capacities. Each child has had a pre school medical examination, and efforts will be made to fol low up the examine physician's recommendations, the direc tors said. A visit to th? den tist Is scheduled for each child at which time his teeth are examined and cleaned, cavities plotted and a flourlde treatment applied. Again, there will be follow-up treatment insofar as time permits. Each family will be visited at least twice by the teachers and will be Invited to the cen ter for special functions. Weevils Bed Boll weevil infestation In Warm County was described Wednesday by County Agent Frank W. Reams as being the worst he has ever seen in the oounty. He said that farmers should ?tart to spray Immediately or whore spraying has already started to keep on spraying. Mrs. Allen Ifilllard spent the weekend with 1Mr sister in Chapel mil. In the upper picture James Rivers and young son, Ronald, 'look over the damage to truck jcaused by falling tree at his (home, the former S. G. Wil son home place. At right Is shown Will Allen Connell. The wind which toppled the tree also caused considerable damage to a nearby shed and to the Rivers' home during the late Monday afternoon wind and nail storm. At left County Commissioner Alfred J. Ellington looks over the damage to his tobacco crop. (Extension photos by F. W. Reams.) Pittard Rites Held On Sunday Funeral services for George Norman Plt'ard, 63, Warrenton businessman, were conducted from his home here on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 by the Rev. Mr. Grant. Burial was In Sun set Cemetery In Littleton. The son of John Bernard and Fannie Perklnson Pittard of near Littleton, Mr, Pittard was born In Judklns Township, War ren County, on August 31,1902, and was educated at Littleton High School. He came to War renton in the early thirties and worked for Harold R. Skill man and his brother In the opera tion of a service station In North Warrenton, later going to Nor llna where he operated a ser vice station for some time. Around 193S he bought Boyce Service Station which was lo cated on Main Street where the service station of E. T. Odom, Jr., Is now located, changing the name of the busi ness to Pittard's Motor Ser vice. Mr. Pittard operated hlabusi ness at this site for around 28 years, during which time he added the Studebakar agency, the Firestone Agency, and the Ferguson Tractor agency to his business. In 1960, Mr. Pittard moved his business to enlarged quarters which he built on East Macon Street. For a number of years, Mr. Pittard served as chairman of the Warren County ABC office. He never held public office, although he was influential in political affairs of the county. He was a member of the War renton PreM>yterlan Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Blanche Jenkins Pittard; three daughters, Mrs. Dan Knight of Rocky Mount, Mrs. Tommy Peete Davis of Yanceyvllle, and Mrs. Robert Vaughan of Suit land, MCLj two sons, George N. Pittard, IV., of Raleigh, and Robert Pittard of the home; one brother, i, Bernard Pit tard of Jacksonville; six ?later*, Mrs. viola Oaaklll, Mr a. B. T. Odom, Sr., and Miss Verleen Pittard, all at ton; Mrs. Charlie jea klna and Mrs. W. W. Flmple of Littleton and Mr*. T. E. of WUmb; aad one crand r^ ; ? ,* In Small Area Hail And Wind Damage To Tobacco Crop Heavy NAACP Asks Town Officials To Circumvent Klan Activities Designating the Ku Klux Klar. as a group of race haters, the Warren County Branch of the NAACP, In a letter to Mayor W. A. Miles Wednesday said J-WraMj3an activity will definite ly haiyn the entire county per manently. They asked that of ficial action be taken to cir cumvent Klan activities In War renton. A copy of the letter was also sent to the board of county commissioners. "Unless our town and coun ty officials take the responsi bility that !t now faces," the letter said, "the sad result Is jortain to be that the business community will have to look to the Klan organization for the Ku Klux To Hold Walk In Saturday Members of the Ku Klux Klan will stage a walk-In at Warren ton on Saturday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The walk-In at Warrenton will be followed by a rally at Elber on on Highway 401 at 8 o'clock. Announcement of the march here and the meeting at Elber on was made early this week In handbills being circulated over the county. According to this source the meeting at Elberon will be held about a mile south of the Afton Elberon school on the old Hay wood farm on Rt. 401. Bob Jones, the Grand Dragon of North Carollna,_and "other good speakers" will be present, according to the announcement. The meeting Is for the white public only. The march here and the meet ing at Elberon is expected to follow the pattern of recent meetings recently held over the state as the Klan seeks to in crease Its membership. Two Warren Women In Mrs. N. C. Contest Two Warren County Club members left (or Burlington Thursday where they will be contestants tn the Mrs. North Carolina contest during cere monies lasting through Satur day. The winner will represent North -Carolina 1n the Mrs. America contest to be held In California during August. Mrs. Alice Marie Rooker Is being sponsored by the Norllna Junior Woman's Club of which she Is president. Mrs. Sue Dorsett Skinner, who enters the contest as "Mrs. Warren-Halifax Coun ties," lssponsoredby Leggett's Department Stores of Warren ton and Roanoke Rapids. Mrs. Robertson, who has long been active In the Norllna Jun ior Woman's dub, is nowser vlng as awards chairman for the 14 districts of Woman's Clubs. She Is also active In 4-H Club work and In the Zlon Methodist Church where she teaches a Sunday School class. She Is the mother of three child ren. Mrs. Skinner Is a member of the Littleton Woman's Club. A former assistant home demon stration agent in Warren Coun ty, she has remained active In home demonstration and 4-H club work. She is a former president of the 14th district Federation of Woman's Clubs. She is an active member of the Littleton Presbyterian Church and the mother of two child ren. Winners will be announced at Burlington on Saturday. sale of goods and mer chandise." The letter addressed to Mayor Miles and made avail able to the press, was signed by Theaosus T. Clayton, Hin ton Jones, E. D. Crossan and Ernest Turner, Warren Coun ty Branch of the NAACP. It reads as follows: Dear Mr. Miles: "We are certain that you must know by now of the widespread publicity of the fact that the Ku Klux Klan Is planning a parade down the streets of War - renton on Saturday at 4:30, to be followed Saturday night with a meeting at one of our public schools (Afton-Elberon) at 8:00 In the evening. You must further be aware that at the meeting only the White public is being Invited and the subject for dis cussion Is to?be Whiter Supremacy and Race Hatred. "The purpose of such activity can only be to Intimidate and humiliate the Negroes in the area and create racial strife. While the latter may seem cer tain to occur, it should be well proven by now that the type of activity carried on by the Klan does not frighten the Negro. "Even though the proposed activity of the group of race haters will in no way accomplish their purpose, such activity will definitely harm the entire county permanently. The entire business community has in dicated a desire to improve and develop Warren County by en ticing new Industry to come Into our area In order that good Job opportunities may be made available to all our citizens. Once it Is apparent to officials of Industries that might other wise locate in this area that there exists an abundance of low class activity such as is generally carried on by the Klan, no Industry will locate in Warren County In years to come. This of course, will leave hopeless the desire of theWar ren County Community to develop and Improve its con dition. "Our town and county of ficials have always been able to circumvent any act or acts that they have desired which (See NAACP, page 2) Ml ft p?rlodte pftlatlnf. Tin high p?rch?d paiMar wma mmm *f Mm Bin Hall and tornadlc winds in a small area of Warren County late Monday afternoon caused damage to tobacco estimated at around $75,000. Frank Reams, county agent, who Investigated the damage Wednesday morning, said the hall and winds seemed to have been confined to an area of around six square miles from Clark Town to Just beyond the old Airport. Suffering the heaviest losses were A. J. Ellington, James Rivers, E. R. Wood and T. R. Frazler, with Rivers suffering damage to property when wind blew down a tree and crushed his truck. While the hall damage ap pears to have been largely con fined to the crops in the vicinity of the old Airport, heavy rains and Intense electrical storms have been reported in many sec tions of the county. A violent electrical storm oc curred in the vicinity of Kim ball Point on Kerr Lake and while there was much rain there was little or no wind. The only high wind reported was on the "farm of james"Rivers. The rains were welcomed In many sections where no hall occured. Crops, which two weeks ago were described as very poor due to drought, early in the week were described as excellent. Tobacco, In bad shape, has staged a remark able comeback following a heavy rain several days ago, describ ed by many as a three-million dollar rain. Reams said that crops In the county generally are in ex cellent conditions. Three Drown In Kerr Lake On Sunday HENDERSON - Two teen agers and a Creed moor man drowned Sunday In Separata areas of Kerr Lake. The two teenagers were Iden tified as William Roy Carpen ter, 15, and Carl Ray Blssett, 14, both of Nashville. Authorities said Carpenter was swimming In the Bullocks recreation area when Blssett, a member of the same party, went to his aid. Both drowned as Blssett's father and other members of the party watched from shore. Hal Bullock Crews, 22, of Ft. 2, Creed moor, drowned In the lake about 10 miles west of Henderson. (See DROWN, page 2) Safety Program To Be Held At Lake A water safety program will be given Sunday afternoon, July 25, at 2 p. m. at Salmon's Land ing on Lake Gaston by the Roa noke Valley Rescue Squad from Roanoke Rapid*. The event la being spor sored by the Epworth- Enterprise Community Club In an effort to Impress upon the public oa the Importance at safety measures to us* In and around th* water. In boating, skiing, and swim ming. Th* club also plan* to cook a brunswlck *t*w which th*y will sell. Proceeds from tbe stew win go toward renovation of th* clubboua*. RECUPERATING J. T. Mltchlner 1* recuparat ig iu Duk* noa^ttal in Durhaa last Satarday. He Is to be making * good r*oov*ry. RECUPERATING gjjj p. u. i
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