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VOLUME 69 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10<t Per Copy WARRENTON. COUNTY OF WARREN. N. C. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 31. 1965 NUMBER 52
Preliminary District Plan # 2
population of coutties
i960
State Population: U,556,155
Averse population par Senator:
Minima controlling percentage:
Largest to smallest ratio:
Range of deviation from average:
Average relative deviation per Senator: 6.1*9%
12/13/65
HOUSE OF R3EPRESHTTATIVES
Preliminary Dlatrlct Flan # 2
POPULATION OF COnfTIES
I960
State Population: U,556,155
Average population per Representative:
Minimus controlling percentage:
Largest to amallest ratio:
Range of deviation from average:
Average relative deviation per Representative: 6.k2%
(PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS ON PAGE 2)
Norlina All-Stars
Down J. Graham
Norlina All-Stars downed the
John Graham High School 1962
63 championship team In a bene
fit game played at the John Gra
ham gym Tuesday night by the
score of 78-76.
Proceeds from the game and
from concessions went to the
Gordon Haithcock Memorial
Fund, and those who braved the
cold night air got their money's
worth in watching a close, hard
fought basketball game.
The Norlina All-Stars were
composed of former players at
Norlina High School and were
coached by Bob Price. The
Warrenton team wascoachedby
Jimmy Webb and by Charles
(Treacher) Parker, coach of the
1962-63 team, who came down
specially for the game.
Like a similar game last
year, the battle of the players
from neighboring towns was a
see-saw affair, and Norlina won
it by a basket, as did John
Graham the previous year.
Norlina took a quick lead and
was ahead six points early in the
first quarter, but was unable to
hold this position. After a see
saw battle, John Graham forg
ed ahead and at one point late
In the final quarter six points
ahead, but Norllna forged ahead
and held a three-point lead with
some 30 seconds to play. At
this point Warrenton's Clinton
Neal was fouled and went to the
line with two shots. He sank the
first ono, and missed the sec
ond , but Norlina got the re
bound, but lost the ball on a
miscue. With 3 seconds showing
on the clock Neal took the ball
out and tossed it into Chocky
White, but his hurried shot went
wide as the final buzzer sound
ed.
Billy Fuller of Norllna was
high scorer for the night with
28 points and his play con
tributed much to Norllna's vic
tory. But a great factor In the
win was the play of Buck Wig
gins, who blocked several lay
up shots attempted by A1 Bla
lock, high scorer for John Gra
ham' with 24 points. Many play
ers on each team hit in double
figures.
Playing for Norllna, with
(See GAME, page 2)
Auto Licenses May
Be Bought Locally
Over 2,400,000 license re
newal application cards for ob
taining 1966 license plates were
placed in the mall on December
18. The Department of Motor
Vehicles Officials say: "Please
tell us If by January 1 you do
notrecelve this all-Important .
card necessary for obtaining a
new plate."
The proper procedure is to
write to the Department of
Motor Vehicles, Raleigh, giving
the make and identification
number of the vehicle, the last
year's tag number and the re
gistered owner's full name and
complete address. The de
partment will than prepare and
?end another application card
as quickly as the volume of
request* can be handled.
IMS plates expire December
their use beyond that date
Isstble only if they are
duly registered by the depart
ment to the vehicle on which
display Is made. Owners who
have their vehicles properly re
gistered by the department have
until February 15 to obtain new
plates.
Surrounding area residents
may obtain their 1966 (dates
at Warren County Chamber of
Commerce, Taylor Building,
Warrenton, N. C. beginning Jan
uary 3, 1966. Office hours will
be Monday, Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday from 9 a. m. to
4 p. m. and Tuesday and Sat
urday from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
The local agent, Mrs. Beth
Mlnette, says that it wlU great
ly expedite the issuance ai
keep long lines from forming
if you will "open your appli
cation card* and complete them
In accordance with instructions
before presenting them for new
plates."
Applications For
Cotton Transfers
Due By January 3
One of the major changes In
the Food and Agricultural Act
of 1965 was In cotton legisla
tion, T. E. Watson, ASCS of
fice manager, pointed out this
week. For the first time since
the cotton program was started,
cotton farmers are authorized
to transfer cotton allotment
acreage through sale, lease, or
transfer.
Watson said that the price a
farmer received when he sells,
leases or transfers allotment is
a matter of negotiation between
the parties involved. However,
the application for transfer
must be filed with the local
ASCS office not later than Jan.
3, 1966.
In the cotton referendum on
Nov. 23, farmers voted to de
termine If cotton sale, lease or
transfer would be limited with
in the county or If allotments
could be transferred across the
county line. Watson said that in
North Carolina cotton farmers
In 55 of the 77 cotton counties
approved the transfer across
county lines.
The counties that did not ap
prove the transfers were An
son, Bertie, Carteret, Chowan,
Cleveland, Currituck, Davie,
Gates, Granville, Guilford,
Hoke, Johnston, Lincoln, Mar
tin, Moore, Nash, Pender, Per
quimans, Polk, Rutherford,
Union and Warren. In each of
(See CHANGES, pace 2)
Young White Man
Returned To Butner
The peace and quiet of a
Christmas week was broken on
Tuesday night by the turning
In of three false fire alarms
and by the smashing of windows
In the police station now under
construction on Main and Mar
ket Streets around 11 o'clock.
_ Arrested Tuesday night and
returned to Butner Wednesday
from where he ran away Tues
day, was Mark Burwell, young
white man. Police Chief R. D.
Chewnlng said that Burwell
eluded officers alter turning In
false alarms in the south end
of town and came to the po
lice station and amashed
the windows. He aurrendered
voluntarily to Highway Trooper
M Webster after smashing
the windows.
Co. Board
Dislikes
Proposal
Warren County commission
ers are dissatisfied with a plan
to change the eighth senatorial
district from a one-senator to
a two-senator district by the
addition of Edgecombe and Pitt
Counties to Warren and Halifax
counties.
Meeting here early last week
the commission jrs adopted the
following l esulution:
"Whereas the committee ap
pointed by Lieutenant Gover
nor Robert W. Scott to recom
mend the redisricting the sen
atorial districts of North Car
olina and recommended that the
Eighth Senatorial District com
posed of Warren and Halifax
Counties be abolished and that
a new senatorial district be
created embracing Pitt, Edge
combe, Halifax and Warren
Counties with two senators, and
that the report of said com
mittee will be presented to the
special term of the General
Assembly beginning January 10,
1966; and
?wnereas me population ol
Warren and Halifax Counties
appear to meet the reappor
tionment requirement of a sena
torial district and makes a
logical and compact district
with a common interest, and
whereas this Board sees no
need of changing the present
district and Is of the opinion
that such a change will not be
for the best Interest of the
district and state; and
"Whereas this Board desires
that the senatorial committee,
prior to the convening of the
General Assembly, reconsider
and oppose any change In the
present Eighth Senatorial Dis
trict;
"Now, therefore, be it re
solved;
"That the Warren County
Board of Commissioners go on
record as opposing any change
in the present Eighth Senatorial
District composed of Warren
and Halifax Counties and re
quest* the Honorable Robert W.
Scott, Chairman of the Sena
torial Committee, to call a
meeting of said senatorial com
mittee prior to the convention
of the General Assembly for re
consideration of proposed
change In Senatorial District,"
No Leads To Norlina
Bank Robbery Friday
Mrs. Currin
Dies From
H. Attack
Mrs. Ava B. Currin, 65, well
known resident of Vance Coun
ty, died at 6:30 p. m. Monday
in Maria Parham Hospital in
Henderson after suffering a
heart attack at her home in
Middleburg.
Mrs. Currin was the widow
of D. G. Currin, Warrenton
warehouseman for several
years, and was associated with
him in the operation of Cui
rln's Warehouses. Following
his death in 1961 she was as
sociated with her sons andsot*
in-law in the operation of the
warehouses here.
The former Ava Bowden, she
was born in .Warren County in
1:900; daughter of the late John
and Maria Barnes Bowden. Mrs.
Currin was educated in Norfolk,
Va., and for some years'taught
in the Oxford school system.
Active in a number of com
munity organizations, Mrs.
Currin was a member of the
Middleburg Garden Club and the
Home Demonstration Club. She
was also a member and taught
Sunday school at Middleburg
Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held
at the Middleburg Baptist
Church Wednesday at 2 p. m.
by the Rev. Rowell Lane. In
terment was in the Middleburg
Cemetery.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. David E. Tlllotson of Mid
dleburg and Mrs. Charles G.
Watkins of Raleigh; three sons,
Daniel G. Currin, Jr., of Route
1, Henderson, Carroll W. Cur
rin of Middleburg and George
S. Currin of Ashevllle; one sis
ter, Mrs. W, E. Turner of
Route 2, Henderson; and eight
grandchildren.
Criminal Term Of
Court Opens Monday
The January criminal term of
Warren County Superior Court
will open on Monday morning
with Judge E. Maurice Bras
well of Fayetteville presiding.
Four manslaughter cases,
assault cases, cases involving
violation of the motor vehicle
laws and the prohibition laws
make up the bulk of cases sche
duled to be heard during the four
days for which trials have been
docketed.
In addition to the criminal
cases, two divorce cases and
a writ oi habeas corpus have
been doc keted for Monday. The
calendar ? ol cases is as lol
lows:
Monday?Sarah Hawkins vs.
Cleveland Hawkins: Lizzie Har
grove Bender vs. Cleveland
Alexander Bender, Jr.: Robert
Lee Carter, writ of habeas cor
pus: Ernest Ayscue, larceny;
Tom Lewis Rooker, drunk driv
ing: Forest Richard Harris,
(See COURT, page 2)
Couple Lose All In
Christmas Eve Fire
A destroyed home with loss
of all household furnish
ings and clothing was the
Christmas Eve present of an
elderly Warren County couple.
The home of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry J. Norwood near Warren
ton was burned around 9:30
on last Friday night. The couple
were not at home and arrived
after the home had been en
veloped in flames. The Wart
renton Rural Fire Department
answered the fire call but when
they arrived the home was a
mass of flames. Origin of the
fire is unknown.
Persons desiring to contri
bute clothing or furnishings to
the couple m?y make their do
nations to Willi.. Norwood at
Areola.
The Norwood fire was one of
three house fires to which the
Warrenton Rural Fire Depart
ment responded during the
Christmas holidays.
T' e home of Thomas Bur
chette on the Warren Plains
Road a short distance north of
Warrenton was destroyed by
fire around 3:00 o'clock last
Thursday morning. Some of the
furniture was saved.
The new home of Macon
Weymss in Norlina was dam
aged by fire around 4 a. m.
Monday. Damage was to the
floor around a furnace, where
the fire is believed to haveori
?ginated, and considerable
smoke damage. The Rural
Fire Department assisted the
Norlina Fire Department in
fighting this fire.
The Afton Rural Fire Depart
ment extinguished a blazing
Christmas tre" at the uome of
J. K. Williams on Christmas
night. Williams lives on the
Largo road near Elberon.
The Warrenton Rural Fire
Department ans wered 30 fire
calls during the month of De
cember. the majority of which
were brush fires.
McRORJE FAMILY Is shown while visit
ing Warrenton. Members are: front row
Johnson, Jr., Kathryn L., Leon G.; bacl
row, Patricia E., Charles, Johnson W. and
Kathryn Marie.
Maryland Family Visits Warrenton
By DUKE JONES
Seeking Information that
would help his daughter with her
term paper, which had to do
with her family history, John
son W. McRorle, his wife and
five children came to Warren
ton from their home in Hyatts
vlUe, Maryland to seekin
formatlon about his great
great - grandfather, William
McRorle.
The McRorle family came by
Warrenton on Wednesday where
he spent the greater ?rt of
day searching the Warren Coun
ty records. They spent Wednes
day night at the Warren Plaxa
inn, leaving on Thursday
morning for Monroe to spend
the holidays with his mother.
Both Mr. and Mrs. McRorle
are natives of North Carolina
but have lived in Maryland (or
the past 7 years where he
holds a position in the Govern
ment Printing Office in Wash
ington.
From his search of the War
ren County records, McRorie
learned that hu great-great-^
grandfather, William McBorle,
came to Warrenton from Scot
land in 1789, where he mar
ried Mary Best of Warrenton
and where they had 8 sons
and three daughters. While in
Warrenton he worked as atallor
and evidently was quite suc
cessful In his prof?5M'*> **
records show thti* t' v a? ? >?
owner of that Mock of jsr.-r >r
jty from what Is ikuv R?se> 5
and 10$ Store to CXtom'fl
Service, at which location was
their home. Records also show
that he was the owner of the
property which is now occupied
by Diamond's store.
William McRorie and hU en
tire famllyleft Warrenton lnthe
early part of 1800 and made
this home in Davidson County
where descendants of tMsfihH
ily still live.
Mrs. John Kerr, who does
much historical and ftftwl?
gical research assisted M
McRorie In obtaining &?
formation he Was seeking. I.
also said that Mrs. MootgPAt
ery's book "Old Times In War
renton" was also of much help
to him and has much Informa
tion about his grea
grandfather, William
Loss Is
Covered By
Insurance
No leads have been found
in the $10,000 robbery of the
Peoples Bank of Norlina around
12:30 last Friday.
The bank loss is fully cov
ered by insurance, Dwight Scot
ten, executive vice president of
the bank, said yesterday.
State and county police and the
FBI are still searching for the
man who robbed the bank at
gunpoint and his accomplice who
escaped in a 1957 Oldsmoblle
and evaded all road blocks to
make their escape.
At the time of the robbery
only Theo Stallings, assistant
cashier and Mrs. Julian Farrar,
teller were on duty. Other em
ployees were_ out for dinner
The robber entered the bank
at 12:33 p. m. and asked Mrs.
Farrar for change for a $5.00
bill. She gave him three one dol
lar bills and two dollars In
change. The man said that he did
not want the change and handed
Mrs. Farrar a cloth bag and
told her to fill it up. The bag
appeared to be a pillowslip, tied
at one end. As Mrs. Farrar at
tempted to untie the bag, the
robber told her to turn it around
and fill it up.
As~ the robber ordered Mrs.
Farrar to fill the bag, he point
ed a pistol at Stallings and or
dered him to lieflat on thefloor.
As Mrs. Farrar hesitated mo
mentarily Stallings told her to
do what the man said.
After Mrs. Farrar had com
piled with the order to fill the
bag, the robber told her to lie
flat on the noor. He told both
Stallings and Mrs. Farrar if
they moved he would kill them.
When the employees heard the
door close, they gave the alarm,
and State Trooper Wallace
Brown, at that time at the of
fice of Magistrate N. G. Hud
glns, was quickly reached, and
he contacted other officers as
he drove rapidly up Highway No.
1 towards Mlddleburg.
The robber was seen running
down the street towards Mitch
ell's used car lot across from
the Norlina Methodist Church
with a package under his coat.
At the used car lot he jumped
Into a 1957 Oldsmoblle, de
scribed as being whiteandpink,
and the driver raced up No. 1
Highway for a few hundred
yards before turning toward
Oine. Officers said that the
car turned on 1-85 at Oine and |
headed towards Henderson.
That was the last officers saw
of the car.
The robber is described as
being a Negro, light in color, I
and about 35 years old. He had
a "Beatle" type haircut and was
wearing a brown cap and a
three-quarter length top coat. $
Highway troopers quickly
(See BANK, page J) -
Don't Forget
Christmas isn't long past
and chances are that some at
the kids' toys are already gone
aeyend repair, Mrs. C. V. Whtt
tord, executive secretary of the
Warren County Tuberculosa
and Health Association,
yesterday. She added)
"But Christmas Seal i
buttons will continue their 1
against TB and other i
tory disease all year 1
you forget? it Isn't i
Christmas Seals ? Ml
lasting gift you'll havegiwiht