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Your Best Advertising Medium UT* Harmt Sternrii Your Best Advertising Medium VOLUME 70 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10?f Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 1966 NUMBER 8 Members of the Cub Scout Troop who received awards on Tuesday night. They are left to right: front row?Sandy Bottoms, Glenn Coleman, Glenn Benton, Charlie White, Jay Andrews, Richard Blankenship, Steve Ellington; second row Frank Holt, Walter Gardner, Neblett Bullock, William Cox, Jr., N. M. Htlliard, Jr., Clyde Perklnson, Jr., Charles Lyles, ?Wlley Coleman, Stewart Satterwhite; back row? Committeeman Creed Satterwhite and Asst. Cub Master William Cox, Sr. Cub Scouts Hold Blue And White Banquet Cub Scouts of Pack 671, Warrenton, held their annual Blue anc! Gold Banquet In the Warrenton Armory on Tues day night, February 22, at 6:30 with 157 attending. A pot luck dinner was ser ved by mother of the cubs, consisting of ham, string beans, potato salau, apple rings, pickle, celery, cup cakes, coffee and Coca Colas. Five dens were represented with the Den Mothers and their assistants. Den 1-Mrs. Frances Hll Uard and Mrs. Lucy Lancas ter. Den 2-Mrs. Harriett Allen and Mrs. Nancy Blankenshlp. Den 3-Mrs. John Andrews and Mrs. Gladys Cox. Den 4-Mrs.. Emma Jean Greer. Den 5-Mrs. Sallle White and Mrs. Janice Batten. The Flag Ceremony was given by William Cox, Sr., William Cox, Jr., Smltty Bugg, Wiley Coleman, Stewart Sat terwhite, Bill Davis, Steve Ellington, Gary Roope and Walter Gardner accompanied by Miss Faye Hllllard, organ ist. The Rev. John Link gave the invocation. After the dinner, guest speaker, Bill Delbridge of Norllna gave an interesting talk on "Why Scouting is Good for Youth," followed by some film strips on Warren County Scouts and leaders participat ing in various events in and around Warren County and also Valley Forge, Pa. This month's attendance award was presented to Den 3 and the table award went to Mrs. Allen's Den 2, who had an attractive centerpiece on February's theme, "Strong for America." These awards and the achelvement awards were presented by Dr. Sam Mas sey, William Cox, Sr., Tom Watson and Creed Satterwhlte. Judges were the Rev. John Link, Dr. Sam Massey and Earl HalthcOck. The Cub Scout song "Good night Cub Scouts," conclud ed the program. Cub Scout Pack 671 Is spon sored by the Allen Bible Class of the Warrenton Baptls' Church. Three Men, One Woman Given Hearing In Recorder's Court Three men and one woman held in connection with the break-in and burning of the tiamboo, piccolo joint on High way No. 1 near the Warren Vance line on Feu. 2, were given a hearing in Recorder's Court Friday. Leandrews Williams pled guilty to a charge of break ing and entering and to theft an"! was given a four months road sentence on each charge. Williams also pled guilty to a charge of arson. Judge Ban 'zet found probable cause and ordered him to appear at the June term of Superior Court to answer to the charge. John Daley was found guilty on charges of breaking and entering and was given a 4 months road sentence. William Edward Jones, Jr., breaking and entering and arson. He was sentenced to the Vroads for 60daysonthebreak J lng and entering charge and ordered to appear at the June term of Superior Court to ans wer to the charge of arson, i Minnie Yancey Jones pled A not guilty to a charge of aid ing and abetting in arson, but the court found probable cause and ordered her to appear at the June term of Superior Court to answer to the charge. Appearance bond was set at $250. John Frank Davis, Jr., was sentenced to the roads for two years when he was found guil ty to a charge of assault and attempted robbery. The sentence is to begin at the ex piration of a sentence he is now serving for armed robbery. James Jones was In court to answer charges growing out of the entry of two old build ings at Ridgeway recently and damaging the same and property which they contained. He was charged with malicious damage to property, with breaking and entering and malicious damage to property,' and with malicious damage to personal property. He pled guilty in all three cases and was sentenced to the roads for two years in each case. All the sentences were suspended for two years. In one case he was required to pay $37.50 to Alice Wyckoff to reimburse her for damages to her pro Two Warren Teams To Play In Semi-finals Two Warren County high school basketball teams will play In seml-flnal games at the Warren-Halifax Tourna ment today; three teams were eliminated In the first night of play, and one team fail ed to qualify for participation. Littleton routed the John Graham girls Monday and will play In the semi-finals today, and Norllna boys, victors over William R. Davie Tuesday, . will meet Murfreesboro In the ' semi-finals at 8:30 tonight. The Norllna girls were eli minated by Murfreesboro Tuesday night; the Littleton boys were eliminated by Mur freesboro Tuesday night and John Graham High School boys, winners of only two game during the season, failed to qualify for tournament play. The tournament which opened Monday, will end Saturday night. William R. Davie Is the host school, uslngthe Roanoke Rapids gym, because of lack of space In Its own gym. Hayes Funeral Is Held At Norlina Funeral services for Arthur Leonard Hayes, 47, wAe held Tuesday afternoon at the Nor lina Methodist Church by the Rev, Bruce Pate, pastor. Burial was In Warren Dale Cemetery at Norlina. Mr. Hayes died Monday In Veterans Hospital In Durham. He was a native of Norlina but had lived In Raleigh for the past nine years. He was a member of the Norlina Meth odist Church. He Is survived by his wife, Mrs. Luna Mae Fleming (See HAYES, pace 1) perty, and In another he was required to pay Paul Brauer $25 to reimburse him for damages to his property. Fur ther conditions in all three cases was that he not violate any criminal laws of the state for two years and pay court cost. Woodrow Bolton pled guilty to giving a bad check. Prayer for judgment was continued upon payment of $32.94 to N. C. Department of Revenue and court costs. David Ray Turner was or dered to pay a $100 fine and court costs when he pled guil ty to a drunk charge. Roger Wilson, charged with larceny, pled guilty. He was sentenced to the roads for 90 days, but the sentence was suspended and the defendant was placed under probation for two years upon payment of costs. Mary Towns, charged with falling to send a minor child to school, was found not guilty. Debrow Wheeler Ayscue pled guilty to charges of reck less driving and speeding and was ordered to pay a $25 fine and court costs. Annette YeVonne Champion pled guilty to having no valid operator's license and with driving without two headlamps in good working order. She was fined $25 and taxed with court costs. James Alfred Owen pled not guilty to a speeding charge. Prayer for judgment was con tinued upon payment of costs. Walter Shafter Smiley, charged with exceeding a safe speed, was found not guilty. Defendants in order speed ing charges and verdicts of the court were as follows: Raymond Robinson Sim mons, costs; Warren Percy Walker, costs; Donald Wayne Maye, costs; Robert Glenn Mulder, costs; Morris Natter, costs; Joe Louis Simmons, $15 and costs. R1DGEWAY SERVICES Epiaoopal services will be held at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rldffeway on Sun day at 9iS0 a. m., the Rev. Jama* M. Stoney, rector, an nounced yeaterday. Children Have Teeth Examined Three hundred and eighty five Warren County school children out of 536 examined by the school dentist, Dr. H. M. Holt, during the past several weeks were found to need dental treatment, Dr. Robert F. Young, health di rector, said yesterday. Dr. Young said that during the period from Nov. 29 to Feb. 11 , Dr. Holt gave 20 classroom lectures on dental health, attended by 536 child ren, all of whom's mouths were examined. He found 385 children needing dental care, and treated 328 on his first visit and 98 in return appointments. During this period Dr. Holt completed dental work for 167 children and referred 13 for dental treatment. Amalgam fillings numbered 76, silicate' base fillings 6 and cement bases 20. He gave^328 pro phylaxes and administered (See DENTIST, page 2) Parents-Teachers Ball Games Prove A Success The Parent - Teacher bas ketball game at the John Gra ham High School gym Friday night proved a big success both from a financial stand point and fun-wise. Gate receipts totaled $265 and $150 was received from sale of chances on cakes In a half-time drawing. In ad dition "the PTA received slightly more than $46.OOfrom the concession stands. These funds will be used to sponsor a music program at Macon Junior High School. The ladles may have been a bit short on skill but thai was made up by enthusiasm as the parents downed the teachers by the score of 30 to 26. Selma Tharrlngton was leading scorer for the parents with 16 points. Others playing were Juanlta Wood a, Ana ttemlng, Rose Endlootte, Madge Reld I, Anna Fuller 4. Leading scorer tor the teachers was Nellie Oantoer wlth 10 point*. Others playing, Including three non-teachers, were Sue King 8, Joe Ellen McLean, Jane Fleming, Fran ces King, 8, Verlle Stegall, and Grace Young 2. MEN'S GAME The game between the men teachers and parents proved to be a pretty fair ball game, with the parents winning 48 to 38. Buck Fleming led the par ents with 15 points. Others playing were Lewis Rooker 12, Jack Wilson 6, Claiborne Ay cock 2, Clinton Capps 6, Bobby Fleming 2, Carl Fleming 6. Billy Fleming and Sidney Fleming, filling out the teach er's ranks, led the scoring for the teachers with 12 points each. Others playing were Jimmy Webb 7, Bernard Thompson 2, Fate King 2, Mr. SUgall 4. Coaches for the women teachers were Sandra Wood, Gall Fleming and Sarah Wood. Mr. Chandler coached the men Officials war* Allan Hob food sod Dudley Neal. Census Report Shows Drop In Population In Warren Meeting Of Cucumber Growers To Be Held At Court House Former Norlina Pastor Dies Funeral services for the Rev. Walter Gaston Farrar, 76, who died Saturday, were conducted Monday at the West over Methodist Church in Ral eigh by the Rev. Ralph Flem ing and the Rev. N. W. Grant. Burial was in Montlawn Ceme tery. Mr. Farrar, a former pas tor of the Norlina Methodist Church, is the father of Julian W. Farrar of Norlina, wel fare superintendent for War ren County. He graduated from Trinity College in 1916 and later at tended the University of North Carolina. He was admitted to the N. C. Methodist Con ference in 1919 and was an active minister for 37 years. In 1956 he retired and moved to Raleigh. In addition to serving as' pastor of the Norlina Church, Mr. Farrar also served as pastor of Methodist Churches in Princeton, Rocky Mount Circuit, Clinton, Nashville, Bailey, Seaboard, Carthage, Surviving, in addition to his son at Norlina, are his wife, Mrs. Bessie York Farrar of Creedmoor; another son, Wal ter Gaston Farrar, Jr., of Richmond, Va.; two daughters, Mrs. Marvin Upchurch of Highfalls and Miss Margaret Farrar of Raleigh; a sister, Mrs. Electa Mills of Apex; six grandchildren and two gr eat- gr andchildr en. INDUCTS NEW MEMBERS The John Graham .BetaClub Inducted it's new members on Friday, Feb. 18. They were Terry Wilson and Ronald Wells, seniors, Ann Duncan and Paul Whitley, sopho mores. CONFINED TO HOME Mr. Howard Salmon has been confined to his home here for several weeks due to ill ness. A meeting of Warren Coun ty cucumber growers wll! be held at the Warren County courthouse 011 Feb. 3, at 8 p. m., L. C. Cooper, coun ty agricultural extension agent, announced yester day. All cucumber growers In the county are asked to attend. Cucumber production will be discussed by Bob Butler of Warrenton, John Allen of Ridgeway, Grover Shearln of Vaughan, Edward Conn of Ar eola and Buck Fleming of Hecks Grove. This panel will confine their topics mostly to the problem of planting, harvesting and marketing of pickling cucum bers. They will discuss the prices on cucumbers for 1966 harvest, which has been set at $1.50 for No. 3; $3.0C for No. 2, and $6.00 for No. 1. Cooper said this meeting will point out ways and means for profitable expansion of the county's cucumber acre age as well as increasing yields per acre resulting in Increasing net income. "We look at the cucum ber situation as an opportunity for family farms to engage in a new source of farm income and also as an added source of income," Cooper said. "There are many farm fam ilies who could handle ad ditional acreage without inter fering with their present farm patterns." Warren farmers who are growing more and better pick ling cucumbers are giving a big boost to their farm in come as well as a boost to the economic growth and de velopment of the county and state, he added. Cooper said that we can envision that cucumbers will be the leading money crop In the county in the very near future, as technology develops and proven research practi ces are applied to Warren County farms. Training Program For Wise Firemen To Start The fire house for the Haw tree Auxiliary Fire Depart ment at Wise Is nearly com men will start Monday night. This was announced at a meeting of the Paschall Rurltan Club, sponsors of the department, at its regular monthly meeting on Thursday night of last week, when it was stated ti it $3400 was raised by the Ruritans and fire department and spent on the fire house in 1965. A truck will soon be needed. ? Three members of the War - renton Rural Fire Department were guest speakers at the meeting when the Paschall Home Demonstration Club was In charge of the supper. A. A. Wood, Roy Lee Har mon and Charlie Bowen dur ing their talks gave the ten rules of the Warrenton Fire Department. Firemen who have been se lected to begin their train ing Monday night are Ernest Moody, Cooper Perklnson, Harry Leete, Leonard Payn ter, Albert Perklnson, Harry Norvell, Holt Rivers, Emory Keeter, Gerston King, Harold Moseley, Red King, Arthur Holt King, Charlie Keeter, Jr., Luther Paynter and Freddy j Paynter. The club will sponsor a tal ent show for the fire de March 25, at 8 p. m. at the Wise school building. Any one who is interested in tak ing a part in the show is asked to get in touch with Robert Young or W. C. King as soon as possible. It will be a three-prize show. Daniel Funeral Is Held On Thursday Funeral services for James Edward Daniel, 67, salesman and farmer, were held on Thursday at 2 p. m. at the Warrenton Baptist Church by the Rev. John R. Link, pas tor and the Rev. Wayne Wing field. Burial was in Berea in Granville County. Mr. Daniel, a native of Granville County, died at his home here Monday. He had resided here since 1948. He was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church of Berea and a member of Johnson-Caswell Lodge 10, AF&AM of Warren ton. He Is survived by his wife, (See DANIEL, page 2) Tray lor And Scotten Named To Bank Board R. L. Traylor and Dwlght L. Scottenof Norllna have been elected directors of the Peo ples Bank and Trust Company, Rocky Mount. Traylor was also elected chairman of the local board of managers of the Norllna Branch and Scott en was elect ed executive vice president and a member of the local board. Theo F. Stalling* waa elected assistant cashier and all other members of the staff were retained. m addition to Traylor and Sootten, E. F. Benton, P. E. Brauer, W. K. Delbrldge, M. C. Hicks, T. P. Hicks, W. V. Hicks, John Kerr, jr., O. D. Knight, J. L. Read were elect ed to the local board at man agers including two new mem bers, William 8. Bngg Leigh Trrfyior. Towns Also Show Loss Of People A preliminary figure of 17,590 for the population of Warren County was announc _Qa_T"'":Hav b- Grady Howard. supervisor of the special cen sus conducted by the U. S. Bureau of the Census. Official figures will be pub lished in a final report sev eral months from now, but they are not expected to vary greatly from those released Tuesday, Howard said. With the census work com pleted in the county, Howard is closing the temporary head quarters office in Warrenton. The preliminary figures show apopulationcjrop in War ren County of 2,062 since 1960, and is 979 below the estimated census of Dr. C. Horace Ham ilton, Reynolds Professor of Sociology at State University released several weeks ago. Warren County's population in the 1960 census was 19,652. This preliminary 1966 figure of 17,590 represents a decrease of 11 percent In the population. Hamilton's es timated figure was 18,569. The preliminary figures also show a drop in popula itu.i m of the four Incorporated towns of the county, with a possible loss at Littleton. The preliminary figures for Littleton only cov er the Warren County part of t'ais .own, while Me 1960 flg -w?-ar? for the entire town. Warrenton's loss is 62; Nor lina, 15; and Macon, 4. Following are the prelimin ary figures showing the pop ulation for towns In Warren County: Vaughan 100 Macon 183 Littleton 500 Warrenton 1062 Korlina 912 The final official report will show the number of persons by sex, race (white, Negro, and "other") and 5-year age groups for the county as a whole. For smaller commun ities and townships, total pop ulation figures will be shown. Much of the planning by state and county officials, school and health officers, business men, local organizations, and market analysis depends on reliable and reasonably recent facts about the population, Howard said. He pointed out that up - to-date statistics are inval uable for those who have the responsibility of planning for public services such as fire and police protection, water supply, streets and roads, and for evaluating the needs of housing, offices, and business sites. The special census of War ren County was taken under provisions ofthe Voting Rights Act of 1965, which calls upon the Director of the Census to determine for certain areas whether less than 50 percent of the population of voting age voted In the 1064 presidential election. Whether Warren County was above or below the 50 percent Una will be m nounced at about the time the final report of the special census Is Issued. - Birgwya Filts For tatatioi Woodland ? W. H. S. Bur gwyn Jr., has filed (or re election as Third District solicitor. Burgvyn has served two four year
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