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VOLUME 70 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY. JANUARY 14. 1966 NUMBER 2
Harrison
Named To
Heart Post
Dr. Lloyd H. Harrison of
Warrenton has accepted the
position of Medical Represen
tative for the Warren County
Heart Association, It was an
nounced yesterday by the Rev.
Red Wilson, president of the
local heart group.
We are very pleased that Dr.
( Harrison will represent the
health and medical profession
In our Heart Association lead
ership," Mr. Wilson said.
"Since 1949 when the North
11 Carolina Heart Association was
founded by 33 physicians and
six laymen at a state Medical
Society meeting, physicians
have worked closely with the
Heart program."
In accepting his volunteer
post, Dr. Harrison pointed out
that through the N. c. and
American Heart Associations,
he can provide members of
local health professions with
research reports and other
Medical materials to assist In
the diagnosis and treatment)
of the cardiovascular diseases.!
Physicians can also secure)
printed Information to give their|
(See HARRISON, page 4)
Three Are
Hurt In
Wreck
Two men were seriously In
jured and a third painfully hurt
In a head-on collision on U. S.
Highway No. 1 near the Vance
County line In Warren County
around 6 o'clock on Saturday
afternoon.
Seriously Injured were Wade
Llndburg Vaughan, white, driv
er of one car, and Frank Perry,
Negro, 26, passenger In the
other. Vaughan received head
Injuries and the loss of one eye
and Is recovering at Maria Par
ham Hospital. Perry, who suf
fered a broken leg, was trans
ferred to Memorial Hospital at
Chapel Hill.
Nelson Burchette, 40, Negro,
driver of the other car, receiv
ed bruises and abralson but
was released from Jubilee Hos
pital following treatment.
The wreck occurred when
Vaughan, driving a 1963 Mer
cury Comet drove his car
across a yellow line and It
plunged head on Into a 1955
Plymouth, headed north, and
driven by burchette, accord
ing to Highway Trooper Sam
Webster, who Investigated the
accident.
Vaughan has been charged
with driving on the wrong side
of a highway.
Webster said that damage to
the Plymouth has been esti
mated at $250, and damage to
the Mercury at $800.
Del bridge To Be Cited
By Postmaster General
William K. Delbrldge, Nor
llna postmaster, Is one of 14
postmasters who will receive
Citations of Merit from the
Postmaster General in special
ceremonies In Washington on
next Thursday, January 20.
The citation Is being award
ed In appreciation of the part
the postmasters have played In
the President's Natural Beauty
program by improving the ap
pearance of postofflce buildings
and grounds.
In a lettar received by Del
bridge Wednesday, Tyler Abell,
assistant Postmaster General,
said that "Thegeneral response
to this request has been most
gratifying, m your particular
case It has been superior. And
1 salute you for this fine ac
complishment."
Tyler continued:
"The Postmaster General
also desires to recognize your
extraordinary achievement In
carrying out the President's
program, about which Mrs.
Johnson has been so vitally con
cerned. It therefore gives me
great pleasure to Invite you to
be present in Washington on
January SO, XB66, for a cere
W.K. DELBRIDGE
mony at which you and thirteen |
other Postmasters will be pre
sented Citations of Merit from
Postmaster General O'Brien.
The event is scheduled for 11
a. m. in the Postmaster Gen- |
eral's reception room. Please
assemble In the reception room
a few minutes before the time
for the ceremony to com
mence."
REMAINS OF HOME WHERE BODIES WERE FOI'ND
Sheriff's Department Is Still
Investigating Origin Of Fire
The Warren County Sheriff's
Department is still investigat
ing the origin of a fire that
took the lives of two young Negro
children in a Saturday night
blaze that destroyed a one
story frame building in the Car
rolltown section of the county.
Warrenton Rural firemen
responding to the call around
10 o'clock Saturday night found
the charred bodies of Freddie
Hicks, 7, and Patricia, 8,
children of Mrs. Dorothy Hicks,
in the smouldering ruins of the
home.
Mrs, Hicks and her baby and
two older children, Larry 11,
and Carl 10, escaped from the
home.
Sheriff Clarence Davis said
yesterday that at the time
of the fire, Mrs. Hicks was
watching "Gunsmoke" on TV
and had her baby with her.
The four other children were
locked in another room.
Discovering the fire, the
children knocked on the door
airl their mother opened It
and two of the children came
out. Mrs. Hicks, according to
Sheriff Davis, said she took the
baby outside and when she re
turned so much fire was In the
room that she was unable to
bring out the other children.
Sheriff Davis said that Mrs.
Hicks told him that the fire
originated around a light in the
[room occupied by the children.
He said that an investigation
of the origin of the fire would
be continued.
Bank Branch Approved
By Fed. Dep. Ins.Corp.
Construction of a drlve-ln
branch of the Citizens Bank will
begin as soon as plans can be
drawn, Pett B. Boyd, presi
dent, said yesterday.
Boyd said that approval of
the bank's plan to build a drive
in branch on the Norllna Road
by the Federal Deposit Insur
ance Corporation'Vas received
last frlday. Approval of the
State Banking Commission was
given on Nov. 24.
The proposed building will be
located on the Norllna road near
the Warren General Hospital on
a lot now occupied by the old
E. A. Skillman home, used for
some time as a Church of God
Church before the congregation
built a new church. The bank
has also purchased an adjoin
ing lot which will provide atotal
120-foot frontage on the Nor
lina Road.
Boyd and Board Chairman
John G. Mitchell said that while
plans for the building have not
been completed, that It is con
templated that the building will
be a one-story structure of
brick construction. Tentative
plans call for one drive-in win
dow with provisions for the ad
dition of others should the need
arise.
The bank officials said that
the?large?lot should provide
ample parking space for the
bank's customers.
Funeral Rites For
T. Pag: Perkinson
Conducted At Wise
Funeral services for Thomas
Page Perkinson, 51, of Wise
were conducted Thursday at
2:30 p.m. at the Wise Baptist
Church by the Rev. a. T. Ays
cue, pastor. Burial was in the
Wise Cemeterv.
Mr. Perkinson died Tuesday
In Maria Parham Hospital In
Henderson. He was a member
of the Wise Baptist Church,
was a Mason and Shrlner, and
a farmer, merchant and truck
er. He was a graduate of Oak
Ridge Military Institute.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Pattle R, Hendricks Ter
klnson; one daughter, Mrs. J.
Branch Bobbltt of Madison; one
son, Thomas Pace Perkinson,
Jr., of the home; one brother,
Clanton C. Perkinson of Wise;
and one sister, Mrs. 8. G. RIrs
if Wise.
Drake Amendment Approved
Warren May Be Put Back
In Second Cong. District
H. M. Hardy
Registers
Protest
Protesting the removal of
Warren County from thesecond
congressional district by a
special Legislative committee
uid the placing of the county in
:he First Congressional Dis
trict, H. M. Hardy Monday told
the Legislature that Warren
County has as much business
in the First Congressional Dis
trict as Elizabeth Taylor has
In a YWCA.
The Warrenton business man
Mid civic leader appeared
before the Legislature at the
request of Rep. W. R. Drake
Df Warren County, and pled with
the Legislature to disregard the
recommendation of the special
reapportionment committee and
put Warren County back into the
second district. His appearance
was carried on TV and his re
marks drew the applause of
members of the Legislature.
The full text of his talk follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen of
The General Assembly:
My name is H. M. Hardy,
and I am from Warren County.
I hold no public office nor do I
aspire to any. I am simply here
today to protest Warren County
being made an Island. Maybe
mine will be only a voice cry
ing In the wilderness, but the
good people of Warren Coun
ty simply cannot take this lying
down. Since last Wednesday
(See HARDY, page 3)
Tobacco Diversion
Payment 12* Pound
Tobacco farmers who divert
tobacco acreage under the 1966
Cropland Adjustment Pro
gram will receive 12? a pound
times the farm yield, T. E.
Watson, ASCS office manager,
said yesterday.
The diversion payment for
cotton will be 6? per pound
times the farm yield.
Watson said the program will
offer farmers an opportunity
to divert cropland from the pro
duction of crops Into conser
ving uses for periods of from
five to ten years. He said
the program will give farmers
an opportunity to make long
term plans in their farming
operation.
Diversion payments In ad
dition to those for cotton and
tobacco Include: peanuts, 31/2
cents per pound times the farm
yield; wheat, 56 cents per bush
el times the farm yield; corn,
47 cents a pound times the farm
yield; and barley, 36 cents per
bushel times the farm yield.
Non-allotment crops will go
In at a rate from $4.00 to
$5.50 per acre. Thefarm rates
on non-allotment crops vary
and will be based on the farm's
yield of feed grains or wheat.
Watson said these diversion
payments will normally be made
after Oct. 1 of each year for
the term of the agreement.
However, farmers may request
a lump sum payment to be made.
Lump sum payments will be
reduced. 5 per cent per year
for each year they are paid
ahead of when they would be
earned.
In addition to the annual di
version payments, farmers may
earn cost - sharing payment
for establishing an approved
cover on the designated acre
age. Watson said the payments
will general'" be about the same
as for slmll.a- practices under
the counties' agricultural con
servation programs.
Farmers will have a good
selection of approver practices'
that may be used on the desig
nated acreage. They will in
clude permanent vegetative
cover, trees, farm ponds, wild
life, and recreation practices.
Most North Carollnafarmers
can qualify for agreements un
less ownership of the land has
changed In the past three years.
(See FARMING, page 4)
One Critically Hurt,
Two Others Injured
One white teenager was criti
cally Injured and two others
were seriously hurt In a one
car accident at Norllna around
9 p. m. Monday.
Critically Injured was Ed
ward Coley, driver o< the car;
who is receiving treatment at
Memorial Hospital In Chapel
Hill.
Seriously hurt war* T. P.
Ball and Tommy Wagner.
The accident occurred when
the car driven by Coley went
out of control on a curve on
the Warren Plains Road In the
town of Norllna and struck a
telephone poll.
All three of the occupants of
the car were taken to Maria
Parham Hospital In Henderson
from where Coley was trans
ferred to the Chapel Hill Hos
pital.
The 1055 Bulck automobile
Involved In the accident was
completely demolished, ac
cording to Carlton Prldgen,
night policeman at Norllna, who
was the investigating officer.
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tiberon Boy To Get
God, Country Award
Wayne Short, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Snort of Fiber on.
will receive the Boy Scout God
and Country Award 011 Sunday,
Jan. 16, at the Sulphur Springs
Baptist Church during tire 11
o'clock worship service, the
Rev. J. M. Long, pastor, an
nounced yesterday.
Thurman R. Batten, scout
master, and several scouts plan
to be present and participate
In the service, Mr. Long said.
He added that the public is in
vited to attend this important
service.
Wayne has been active in Boy
Scout work for several years
and has attained the rank of
Star Scout. He is a member of
Warrenton Troop 617, spon
sored by Wesley Memorial
Methodist Church of Warrenton.
License Agency Here
Issuing Many Tags
The license agency, spon
sored by the Warren County
Chamber of Commerce and lo
cated In the Taylor Building on
Main Street in Warrenton, re
ported yesterday that durlngthe
first full week of sales 550
Individuals purchased their
1966 license plates.
Warren County has 5,253
motor vehicles registered and
WAYNE SHORT
In order to avoid any delays
in purchasing new tags, agency
officials ask that individuals
purchase their new license
plates as soon as possible.
The license agency is now
open each day, Monday through
Friday, from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.,
and on Saturdays from 9 a. m.
to 1 p. m.
In Viet Nam
Washington - president
Johnson disclosed a new
total for U.S. military manpow
er in his address Wednesday
night ?190,000.
Senatorial
District
Approved
Aii amendment nifered by
Warren Rep. W. R. Drake
Thursday morning to put War
ren County back into the Sec
ond Congressional District was
approved by the House meeting
a* a committee of the whole.
Drake said in a telephone
conversation with a represen
tative of this newspaper at noon
Thursday that should no compli
cations arise the amended bill
is expected to pass.
He said that the Durham del
egation was scheduled to
offer an amendment at 2
o'clock to kill the whole bill,
but that he didn't expect it to
receive the approval of the As
sembly. "1 am v-ry happy about
our prospect," Drake said.
L'nder the reapportionment
plan submitted by a special con
gressional committee. Warren
County had been removed from
the second district and put in
the first. An amendment of
fered by Senators Herman
Moore oi Mecklenburg and
Worth Gentry of Stokes, which
would have put Warren back
in the second district and add
eu uuihdiu v_oumy to the dis
trict, failed to receive approval.
Both of these plans would have
scrapped the recommended plan
of a special House-Senate study
committee. The plans chang
ed drastically proposed Second,
Fifth, Seventh, Eight, Ninth, and
11th districts.
Moore's proposal was put to
an unofficial test during a com
mittee - of - the - whole ses
sion Tuesday. He made amotion
that the plan be adopted, but
Senator Tom White of Lenoir
objectec.' because some of the
lawmakers were absent. A vote
on the motion failed to carry.
The committee's proposal
that Edgecombe and Pitt coun
ties be added to Warren and
Halifax as a new senatorial
district has passed both houses
of the Assembly. The new dis
trict would have two senators.
This plan has been stron^lyop
posed by both Warren and Pitt
Counties, but Drake said Thurs
day that there appeared no way
to change the alignment without
drastically upsetting other dis
tricts.
Warren has been placed In a
House district with Vance and
Franklin Counties, with two
representatives to be elected
from the district. Drake said
that the only chance that War
(See DRAKE, page 3)
Warren ton Police force moved into their
new quarters on Market and Main Street
Tuesday. The new building retfUcea a
smaller building on the Mm* site.
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