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Your Best Advertising Medium btanaard Co. comp 3129 Randolph 40206 ?tjp HHarrnt Errurfi Your Best Advertising Medium VOLUME 70 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1966 NUMBER 5 LOCAL SERVICE STATION HAD FEW CALLS FOR ICE WATER Two Banks Merge People's Bank And Trust Co. Opens The People's Bank of Nor llna ceased operating as a separate bank at the close of business on Jan. 31 and on Tuesday morning began oper ating as the Peoples Bank and Trust Company of Norllna, a branch of the Peoples Bank and Trust Company of Rocky Mount. The merger, approved by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington, D. C? Friday, Increases the re sources of the Norllna Bank from $1,846,386 to more than $73,000,000. In addition the merger adds a trust department, a farm management service and an experienced forestry agent to the Norllna bank as a branch of the Peoples Bank and Trust Company of Rocky Mount. C. B. Vlck, vice president with the parent bank, said Tuesday that the .Norllna branch would continue to oper ate in the same manner and with the same personnel. He said that within the near fu ture a cashier would prob ably be added to the bank per sonnel to serve as an assist ant to Executive Vice Presi dent Dwlght Scotten. He said that other personnel would be added as growth Justifies. Vlck said that Peoples Bank and Trust Company Is happy to have become a part of the Norllna community and trust ed that the enlarged bank could be an aid In the develop ment in Warren County. The Peoples Bank was es tablished In Norllna In 1947 with total capital stock of $40,000. Raby L. Traylor was elected president at the first Heart Fund Campaign Underway In Warren The 1966 Heart Fund Cam paign opened here and throughout North Carolina Tuesday and will continue through Feb. 20, Heart Association volun teers during the month, work lng under the general direc tion of the Rev. Ted. Wilson, Warren County Heart Association President, will contact every home and farm In the neighbor-to-neighbor effort In the Warren County area, Mr. Wilson said yester day. They will work under the statewide banner of a '?Hope for Hearts" theme. Mr. Wilson said that the vol unteers would serve a dual purpose. They will distribute Information telling how to safeguard the hearts and lives of all members of the family, and they will also receive heart fund contributions. Eric Hecht has been ap pointed by Mr. Wilson to head tiie rural campaign in the Mrs. Julius Banzet, Heart Fund chairman, who will dl rect the campaign in Warran to?, announced Tuesday night that Leigh Traylor will direct the nampalgn in Norllna, and that Mrs. Roger Qupton will ^direct the drive in Littleton. Mrs. Ban set said that Heart Fund balloons and tags would be eeld the second Saturday la February. Mr. Wilson said that re ceipts at last February's fund raising efforts in Warren County totalled $1,376.80, ac cording to the report of the state agency. He said that state Heart Fund receipts came to an all-time high of $652,000 -? the record for any voluntary health agency In the state. The 1966 Heart Fund Chair man for North Carolina is Wil liam C. Friday of Chapel Hill, president of the Consolidated University of North Carolina. This will be the second year that the State Heart Associa tion is using the "Hope for Hearts" theme. The theme was selected to call public attention to the hope for all hearts made possible by the recent progress In Medicare and Community health and to reinforce the Heart As sociation appeal for stepped up financial support of the heart group's broad programs of cardiovascular research, education and service. llore than 2.5 million Heart Fund dollars for heart re search at North Carolina Med ical Centers has already been clpally at Duke, Bowman Gray and the University at North Carolina Schools of Medicine. Nationally, the American Heart Association has chan neled more than 100 million Heart rund dollars tato scien tific Investigation ot the eaasii. cutm wh mtns of pronation of hoart and blood stockholders meeting and Dwlght L. Scotten was named cashier and later made exe cutive vice president. The bank has shown substantial growth from the time of Its founding. Time For Listing Taxes Is Extended The date for listing 1966 taxes In Warren County has been extended from Jan. 31 to Feb. 15, due to bad weath er, It was announced this week from the office of A. P. Rodwell, Jr., Tax Collector. The snow and cold weather has hampered listing of taxes and reporting of taxes already listed, and the percentage of listings over the county is not known. Eugene Wilson, tax collec tor for Warren ton Township, said Tuesday that he would es timate that about 70percentof property owners had list ed their taxes at the close of business Jan. 31. Tax listings for Warren ton Township are made at the Warren County court house. Youth Service To Be Held Here Sunday A youth emphasis service will be held at the Warren ton Baptist Church on Sunday, Feb. 6, at the 11 o'clock wor ship hour, with the program being led by the young people of the church. The speaker will be Richard Lynn St. Clair of Dallas, Texas. Richard, a 20-year Defendant To Serve 3 Terms A defendant In Warren County Recorder's Court was ordered to serve three road sentences, but since they run concurrently the defendant will only have to serve a six months term. Samuel Alston pled guilty to two counts of breaking and en tering and was ordered to serve six months on the roads on each count,. He was also sentenced to the roads for 60 days when he pled guilty to a charge of carrying a con cealed weapon. Arthur Durham was order ed to pay court costs when he pled guilty to charges of pos sessing Illicit whiskey and public drunkenness. Shirley Elizabeth Boyd pled guilty to having no operator's license and was ordered to pay a $25 fine and court costs. Ltnwood Lee Copeland was taxed with court costs when he pled guilty to allowing an unauthorized person to drive. Roy Fletcher pled guilty to speeding and was ordered to pay a $15 fine and costs. Silas Oscar Nunn, charged with speeding, entered a plea of nolo contendere. He was taxed with court costs. Charles Furman Parrlsh was ordered to pay a $100 fine and court costs when he pled guilty to a charge of drunk driving. old ministerial student at Car son-Newman College, Is visit ing the Rev. and Mrs. Louis Hutton. Dudley Neal, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Neal, Sr., Is president of the Church Youth Fellowship. The Rev. John Link, pas tor of the church, In making the announcement yesterday, said that young people are cor dially Invited to attend this Mrs. H. E. Edwards Is a patient in Maria Parham Hos pital for treatment. Mrs. Alpheua Jones visited Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Weather ly m and family In Eliza beth City over the weekend. Funds Are Advanced To Warren Farmers A total of $45,914.05 haa already been advanced to War ren County farmer* who will participate In the IBM Feed Grain and Cotton adjustment programs, Thomas B. Watson, manager of the local ASCfi office, said Wednesday. This figure represents par tial payments to >90 feed grain producers tor a total at $19, MO. 89. a total of SM ootton producers hcvtreoriv" ed $>?,S3$.S?. Watson said that producers participating In tht <BHiifc and feed grain programs may re n advance pays eat equal to one-half of the pay ment on the acreage diverted. The remaining payment and the additional price aqpport payment will be made In the late anmmir after perform ance la determined. LEGION TO MEET Liner Poat No. ts of the Leftoo will hold Ita leetlnc at the War ns Plaaa Mi cm Feb. 10, * 7 p. ?. The Warren Ooan ty Rarairirel By Federal Government Nearly Half Million Allotted To Schools Warren County schools are expected to receive a total of nearly half a million dollars from the Federal Government for an enrichment program, Coy Lewis, assistant superin tendent of schools, told mem bers of the Warrenton Lions Club at their meetlnglast Fri day night. The money to be spent In Negro schools and the Hallwa Indian school?the only schools to qualify under the project?will be used for the Boards To Meet At Henderson County commissioners from eight counties will meet at Henderson on Thursday, Feb. 10, with the Vance County commissioners as hosts. The meetings, a part of the annual series of district meetings scheduled by the North Caro lina Association of County Commissioners, will begin at 10 a.m. at the Vance County office building. County commissioners, ac countants, attorneys and other officials from Durham,Frank lin, Granville, Person, Vance, Wake, and Warren counties will attend. John Morrlsey, the associa tion's general counsel, an nounced yesterday that sub jects scheduled for discussion at the all - day session will Include reapportionment and the actions of the recent spec ial session of the legislature, the tax studycommlsslon, new welfare programs and the de fined services concept, tech niques of administration, re lations between counties and their school systems, and other topics of special inter est to county officials. As a part of the session, Fifth District Highway Com missioner J. B. Brame will meet with the officials and dis cuss the state's road program. Shortly after noon the dis cussions will recessfor lunch. After lunch the sessions will be resumed and continue until mldafternoon. Scholarship Tests To Be Held Feb.S Finalists for the Alston Pleasants Scholarship to the will be Interviewed in the law office of Hill Yarborough in Louisburg Feb. 5. Young men and women who | plan to be freshmen here In the fall may still apply for the| four-year scholarship which is restricted to residents of 1 Franklin, Halifax and Warren Counties. Information con cerning the $1100 a year \ scholarship Is available from the Office of Student Aid at UNC. All finalists will receive at least tuition scholarships. Mrs. Missouri A. Plea sants , who was born In War ren County, established the trust fund for the scholarships In 1988 In memory of Willis Alston. Finalists will bt interview ed by four members of the University Scholarship Com- { mittee. Students currently holding Alston - Pleasants scholar ships Include Dennis Wayne Organ erf Roanoke Rapids, sen ior j Joseph A. Peerce jr., of LoaUbort, Junior; Jacob Leon Dickens ot Halifax, sopho mores and Helen a, Mether outt at improvement of libraries, health services, guidance ser vices, and food services. The basis for the allocation Is the family Income. Under the formillat submitted by the government only schools having a certain percentage of their students from under privileged homes would be allowed to participate in the program. The line marking underprlvilege was wheie the family Income was less than $2,000 a year. A survey con ducted by the board of educa tion showed that approxi mately two-thirds of the child ren were in this class. The government ruling then pro vided that no school having - less that this percentage of underprivileged enrolled could qualify for aid. No white schools qualified under this percentage basis. Lewis, presented by Monroe Gardner, said that specific Warren County Man Killed In Viet Nam A Warren County soldier was killed In Viet Nam on Monday, Jan. 31., the first Warren County man to fall in the Viet Nam war. Mr. and Mrs. George Shearln of Wise were notified Tuesday that their son, Sgt. Don Roger Shearln, 20, was killed In action by shrapnel Monday. Sgt. Shearln was a member of company B, 2nd Brigade, of the 25th Division. He en listed In the Army on June 11, 1963, and completed his basic training at Fort Gordon. Fol lowing the completion of his basic training he was sent to Hawaii. In April he was sent to Viet Nam, where he was wounded and returned home. He was returned to Viet Nam in January, arriving about ten days before his death. Sgt. Shearln attended Nor Una High School but enlisted In the Army before complet ing high school. In Hawaii he Inspection Stations Authorized Thirteen Inspection stations have been authorized for War ren County, Mrs. Bill Mlnette, secretary of the Warren Coun ty License Bureau, announced Tuesday. Inspection goes Into effect on Feb. 15. Authorized stations, with number of mechanics In pa renthesis, are as follows: Afton Motor Gorvloo (3), Rt. 2, Warrenton; B. & D. Garage, Inc. (3) and Mitchell's Auto & Tractor (3), Norllna; B. & D. Motors (2), Munn's Esso (3), Odom Motor Service (4), Bryson Chevrolet, mc. (3), Boyd-Boyce Motor Co. (4), and Warren Tire Service (3), War renton; Kearney's Service(1), Rt. 3, Warrenton; Hi-Way Motor Motor Co. (8), Wise; J. W. Atkins a). Littleton. Mrs. Mlnette said that cars would be Inspected according to the last digit on the license tag. Digits and months are as follows; 3, March; 4, April; 5, May; 6, June; 7, July; 8, August; 9 , Sept.; 0, Oct.; 1, Nov.; t, Dec. Fewer Killed !UEEia!r-N<m5 Cklolina motorists slid into ditches got stuck In snow banka,fusa ed and fumed, dug out and generally had a miserable Bat, less of them died dur ing the six days of mom and bitter temperatures than did of the same period la* jr V 1 I DON R. SHEARIN studied with the Army and ob tained his high school diploma. He Is survived by his par ents; a brother Clifton Earl Shearln; two sisters, Holly Ann and Hazel Shearln; and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary w. Collins. Thaxton Decorated With Bronze Star Army Chief Warrant Officer Robert L. Thaxton, 31, whose wife, Jane, lives at 530 Roa noke Ave., Henderson, stands In the formation at which he received the Bronze Star Medal January 12 In Vietnam. Thaxton received the award for outstanding meritorious service In combat operations against hostile force*' while serving as a pilot with Troop B, 1st Squadron of the 1st Cavalry Division's 9th Cavalry. Tl>k award carries the "V" device denoting the recogni tion of valor. The warrant officer entered the Army in 19S8 and arrived overseas on this tour of duty in Septem ber 1M4. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Brlndle A. Thaxton, Norllna, he la a graduate of Oak Ridge Military Institute and attended Wake For oat Col lege. i ' ? ? objectives of the project are to meet educational, physlclal and cultural needs of deprived children. It would expand educational services through smaller -classes; greater reading and other library resources to im plement language arts; em phasis on developing concepts and skills In mathematics; increase use of instructional materials and audio-visual aids; and augument guidance services to -alse inspira tional levels of children to build self-reliance and self confidence. In addition the project would provide food services to meet the nutritional needs of the hungry child; health services to identify and correct phy sical conditions that handicap the normal progress of the in dividual; cultural enrichment through additional Instruction in arts and music; cultural enrichment through field trips; and provide personnel to administer the project. Other needs to be met by future proposals will include; Special education to provide mentally retarded or disabled persons ?lth saleable skills; vocational training for pupils, drop-outs and adults, to pre pare these individuals to be worthwhile contributors to so ciety; other projects as they can be developed, that will attempt to ralsethe education al and social-economic levels of Warren County schools and related-populations. Since the allocation to a county can not exceed 30 per cent of the total costs of operating the schools, Warren County Is expected to receive only $491,071.34, Instead of the more than $600,000 origi nally suggested. All the funds must be spent by the end of August, 1966. Personnel could be a large factor in carrying on the pro ject. Lewis pointed out that more than 60 additional persons will be needed if the full program is to be com pleted. These Include a pro ject coordinator and 'book keeper for administering the program. In the field of In struction the need will be for two teachers to reduce class ' size, 10 library clerks, 1 music-helping teacher, 25 part-time aids, a part-time reading help teacher and a part-time art-helping teach er, a guidance counselor, two guidance aides, a library co ordinator, two summer li brarians, two summer librar ian aides; ln-servlce for 3? aides and clerks, 3 ln-servlce instructors. In addition a nurse for the health service, a maintenance engineer, and a food services coordinator and bookkeeper will be required. The program calls lor minor remodeling of libraries and lunchrooms, and the pur chase of much additional equipment. This equipment In cludes sis mobile libraries, two mobile classrooms, and two mobile offices for ance service, and for these units, and mart for lunchroom, andc offices. The Hillman Shows will play the midway at the Warren County Fair not fan, Lton Duke Mil as, who recently #~ tended the North Carolina Pair Association meetlnc in Dur ham, r ported.
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