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4 VOLUME 69 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year WARRENTON. COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1965 NUMBER 45
PROMISE OF WINTER ? Staff Photog
rapher Bill Jones caught the wintry scene
of early morning Ice and frost Tuesday
morning near Warrenton's pumping plant on
Fishing Creek.
Warren Voters Approve Bond
Issue And Court Amendment
Warren County voters In an
extremely light turnout Tues
day approved both the state
$300 million bond Issue and
a constitutional amendment
authorizing the creation of an
intermediate court by a vote of
approximately two to one.
Voters of the state approved
both the bond Issue and the
constitutional amendment by a
three-to-one vote.
While the vote In favor of the
bond Issue and the amendment
was overwhelming In the county
as a whole, such was not the
case In all of the 14 precincts.
The bond Issue was defeated by
a narrow margin In Hawtree, but
the amendment was passed.
Judklns passed the bond Issue,
but defeated the court amend
ment. Smith Creek defeated the
bond Issue, but passed the court
amendment by one vote, and
Norllna defeated both the bond
Issue and the amendment.
Heaviest vote In favor ofboth
bond Issue and amendment
was In the two Warrenton prer
clnts where the vote for the
bond Issue was 362 for and 126
(See VOTE, page 4)
Yellow J ickets To
Play At Littleton
John Graham Yellow Jackets
will play their next to the last
game of the year tonight (J?rl
day) when they meet the Blue
Jays on the Littleton Athletic
Field.
Next Friday night the Jack
ets end their season when they
travel to Helena In Person
County.
John Graham took a win over
visiting Murfreesboro lastFrl
Lday night by a 14-6 score while
Littleton was being downed by
Frankllnton 7 to 6 In a game
played at Frankllnton.
Norllna, the only other coun
ty team engaged in play last
Friday night, was downed 10-10
it Enfield. Tonight Norllna will
Hay Murfreesboro at Norllna.
State Vote
For Bond
Issue 3-1
Raleigh?North Carolina vot
ers answered a resounding
"yes" Tuesday to the Idea of
issuing $300 million In bonds
for a five-year program of
State road construction.
The bond Issue, Governor
Moore's big hope for meeting
most of the highway needs dur
ing his administration, leaped
toward victory soon after voting
places closed and maintained a
healthy winning margin of
about three to one with most of
the votes counted.
Almost complete returns In
dicated Tar Heels who bothered
to go to the polls had heeded
the Governor's warning that
the State could suffer financial
ly without the bonds.
Most forecasters had figured
that apathy-a typical reaction
to most bond Issues?and alight
voter turnout would lead to a
narrower victory.
The voter turnout of 323,935
(See ROAD, page 2)
Court Vote
Is Pleasing
To Backers
Raleigh -- Construction of
a new rung In the North Caro
lina Judicial ladder, an Inter
mediate court of appeals, won
a strong endorsement from Tar
Heel voters Tuesday.
An amendment to the State
Constitution, clearing the way
for the General Assembly to
establish the court, carried by
a comfortable margin. With
2,145 of the State's 2,162 pre
cincts reported, the vote was
227,709 for and 81,326 against.
Support for the court propo
sal was widespread across the
State. It failed to carry in
only two counties, Franklin and
Greene, both In the East.
Franklin rejected the Idea by
a vote of 1,140 to 1,046. Greene
turned It down 669 to 650.
The margin of victory forth?
proposal was close In two other
Eastern counties, Harnett,
where It passed by 1,291 to
1,289, and Johnston, which
(See COURT, page 3)
Official County Ballot
FOR AGAINST FOR
PRECINCT RONDS RONnf, COURT COUR'
Slxpound 67 34 55 40
Hawtree 48 50 49 44
River 102 42 96 55
Smith Creek 23 28 26 25
Nutbush 58 17 51 25
Sandy Creek 108 32 98 35
Shocco 85 15 85 14
Flahinc Creek 74 23 68 30
Judklna 48 40 38 49
W. Warrant on 228 74 235 87
E. Warrenton 1M 52 143 42
Fork 36 27 33 30
Roanoke 1 10 5
Norllna *00 92 100
1117 SS4 107# S61
Fountain
To Visit
Warren
Rep. L. H. Fountain, sec
ond district congressman, will
be in Warren County next
Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 7
and 8, as part of a trip through
his district.
He announced from his office
In Tarboro this week that be
tween now and the convening
of the 2nd session of the 89th
congress In January he will visit
with as many people as possible
In the Second Congressional
District by spending one-half
day at each county seat and by
visiting each of the sixty-six
post offices serving In the nine
counties he represents.
O n Monday Congressman
Fountain will visit the Manson
postoffice from 4:05 p. m.; the
Rldgeway Postoffice from 4:35
p. m. to 5 p. m.; and will at
tend the Littleton Development
Corporation dinner at Littleton
at 1 p.m.
Congressman Fountain will
be at the Warrenton courthouse
from 9 a. m. until noon Tues
day. He will visit the Norllna
Postoffice from 1:30 p. m. to
2 p. m.; the Wise Postoffice
from 2:15 p. m. to 2:40 p. m;
the Macon Postoffice from 2:45
p. m. to 3:10 p. m.; the Vaughan
Postoffice from 3:45 p. m. to
4:40 p. m.
Congressman Fountain said
that in addition to the visits
throughout his district he will
be In his district offiee in the
(See FOUNTAIN, page 2)
Stockholders Okeh
Merger Of Norlina
And Ry. Mount Banks
Stockholders of the Peoples
Bank of Norlina at a called
meeting held at the bank at
3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
unanimously approved a mer
ger of the? Peoples Bank of
Norl'na with The Peoples Bank
of Rocky Mount. Dwlght Scot
ten, executive vice president,
said that 82 per cent of the
stock was represented.
Raby L. Traylor, president of
the Norlina Bank, who presided
over the meeting, said Thurs
day morning that at a stock
holders meeting of the Peoples
Bank of Rocky Mount Wednes
day at the same hour, the stock
holders of that bank also ap
proved the merger.
The application of the two
banks to merge has been filed
with the State BankingCommls- j
slon. This application will be
considered by the commission
at Its regular meeting to be
held on Wednesday, Nov. 24,
at 10 o'clock In Raleigh.
The merger of the two banks
must also be approved by the
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
Traylor said that the tar
get date for the actual mer
ger of the two banks Is Jan
uary 1, 1966.
BANKS TO CLOSE
The Citizens Bank of Warren
ton and The Peoples Bank of
Norlina will be closed on next
Thursday, Nov. 11, in obser
vance of Armed Forces Day.
Board To Decide Food Plan
Fate At A Called Meeting
Action Is
Deferred
Monday
Whether or not Warren Coun
ty will take part again this year
In the Surplus Commodity Food
Program will be decided at a
call meeting within the next
few weeks.
This was decided at the regu
lar meeting of the board here
Monday after a delegation, with
Ernest Turner as spokesman,
appeared before the commis
sioners to point out the need
for a food program in Warren
County and to ask the board to
take the necessary steps to have
such a program inaugurated in
Warren County.
Members of the board, in de
ferring a decision to a called
meeting, said that they felt that
more time is needed to go into
the cost of administrating the
the program and to determine
the length of time the program
should continue.
Julian Farrar, Welfare di
rector, told the commissioners
that he felt the need for the
food program-U- greater this
year than it was last, due to
the cotton crop failure. He said
that while there were some
Inequities in the handling of the
program last year that his de
partment would do all in its
power to weed out those not
entitled to receive free food.
The Welfare Department last
year handled the certification of
those entitled to receive sur
plus commodities, and Farrar
said that his department would
be glad to perform the same
service this year.
Although discussed by the
board, no decision was made as
to certification of those now
drawing welfare checks. This
Is one of the decisions to be
made at the called meeting.
Dr. R. F. Young, Health Di
rector for Warren County, who
has been in Europe for several
weeks where he delivered a
paper before the International
Union Against Tuberculosis
meeting at Munich, Germany.
Dr. Young spoke briefly of his
trip. He also praised the work
of Julian Farrar as Welfare
Superintendent and expressed
his appreciation for the fine
cooperation between the Health
Department and the Welfare De
partment under Farrar's direc
tion.
The commissioners ordered
that offices In the court house
be closed on Thanksgiving Day.
They also authorized the closing
of these offices on Armed Forc
es Day, Nov. 11, If the ma
jority of Warrenton business
houses close.
Mrs. E. K. Fishel, chairman
of the Warren County Commit
tee on Mental Retardation,
gave a report for her com
mittee in which she stated that
there are 142 mental retarded
(See BOARD, page 4)
NEW CHAMPION?War ronton Country
Club's fitw champion, (MM Harmon, rtgM,
Is shown balnf congratulated by ntnnar-up
OQbart m tha and at thatr (oU match
afternoon. TIM atory will ba
I. (Photo by BUI Jmmb)
Leonard M. Bender, George Watklns, and
Ellis Fleming are shown with the wood and
grass flre-flghting truck the Drewry Com
munity secured this year.
Market
To Close
Nov. 16
The Warrenton Tobacco
Board of Trade voted Thurs
day to close all Warrenton
warehouses at the close of
sale on Tuesday, Nov. 16.
Announcement of the clos
ing date was made yester
day at noon by Owen Robert
son, acting sales supervisor.
Leonard M. Bender, president of Drewry Community,
Ellis Flenvng, and George Watklns are shown standing
by the "Drewry Fire Department and Community Cen
ter" sign erected this year.
Drewry First Place Winner In
Community Development Contest
The Drewry Community won
first place In 1965 competition
of the Warren County Develop
ment Program, Miss Emily
Balllnger, chairman of the Jud
ging committee, announced
yesterday.
Second place winner was the
Inez community with Areola
winning third place and
Epworth - Enterprise winning
fourth place.
Four communities In Warren
County participated with ap
proximately 200 families par
ticipating in the 1965 program.
This is the third year Drewry
community has captured first
place in the county, M'ss Bal
llnger said. In their activi
ties this year the continued Im
provements to the Fire Depart
ment, Community Building and
ties this year they continued
improvements to the Fire De
partment, Community Building
and surroundings. They have a
very active youth program In
the community, too. Commun
ity beauttf cation and coop
erative activities with the
church council also helped win
for Drewry, Miss Balllnger
said.
Officers of the Drewry Club
are Leonard M. Bender, pres
ident; Vernon Whltmore, vice
president; Mrs. C. B. Curtis,
Jr., secretary; Ellis Fleming,
treasurer; and Mrs. Roger
Fleming, photographer.
The Inez community, the
second place county winner, has
also made Improvements in
their community building and
surroundings, the Fire Depart
ment, as well as stressing co
operative work with the two
churches In the community, thus
providing an excellent training
program especially for the
youth. Work was also done to
stress farming practices that
[ would Increase Income.
Areola community was active
in Improving homes and sur
roundings and making Improve
ments in the church aa well as
continuing their Interest in
community building Improve -
ments. Miss Balllnger said
that they, too, were wall aware
of the profit to their commun
ity with the improvements mad*
in tha local lumbar company.
Efforts in the tywuiUi - En
terprise community in 1MB
were directed toward improv
ing tha community buUdlnc, the
Baptist
homes and surroundings.
Drewry, as the winning com
munity, will compete for an
area award with the top rural
communities in the other coun
ties in the Capital Area
Development Association.
These counties are Vance,
Granville, Franklin, Wake,
Harnett and Johnston. Judging
for this award will be held on
Nov. 8 and 9 with the win
ners being announced at the an
nual meeting to be held at
Loulsburg College on Nov. 17.
Judges for the Warren Coun
ty Judging were Mr?. Emma
Smith, assistant home econo
mics extension agent In Hall
fax County; James M. Stew
art, county extension chairman
in Granville County, and Mar
shall Bowden, agricultural ea
ten s ton agent In Vance Coun
ty
Duck Season To
Open On Nov. 20;
Not On November 6
The Duck Season will i
Warren County on Nov
SO and not on Nov. ?
?ertently stated la The Warraa
Record last week Nov. I la Kw
data for tha opening a< the i
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