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VOLUME 70 Subscription Price $3.00 a Year 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1966 NUMBER 23
Norlina
Industries
Operating
Norlina Industries Is now In
operation and producing more
than 800 dresses a week, Bill
Minette, Industrial Director,
told the Board of County Com
missioners Monday.
Minette, who appeared be
fore the board to submit the
budget of the Industrial Com
mission, brought with him
several dresses that had been
prepared by the Norlina firm.
Some 27 persons are now In
production or completing
training, Minette said, and
openings are available for
more workers as soon as they
can be trained.
Minette said that the plant
Is fully integrated and that
some of the best work is be
ing performed by two Hallwa
Indians. He said that the man
agement is well pleased with
the skill of the operators and
with the quality of the work
being produced.
In presenting the budget for
the Industrial Commission,
Minette said that Warren's
budget Is one-half of the bud
get provided by Halifax,
Franklin and Vance Counties,
and that he hoped that some
funds could be secured from
towns of the county.
F. L. Harris appeared be
fore the commissioners ask
ing that they request the State
Highway Commission to close
a dead-end road, No. 1358,
at a point on Mr. Harris'
property because there are no
residences on this particular
road.
The chairman of the board
was authorized to sign a con
tract with Watts & Byrd,
CPA's of Raleigh, to audit
the books of the county of
ficers for the fiscal year 1965
66 for a fee of $1,650.
The commissioners re
quested the State Highway De
partment to blacktop the
Fleming Dairy Road.
A. P. Rodwell, jr., tax col
lector, reported 1965 taxes
collected In the amount of
$409,442.16, representing tax
collections to date of 93.80%.
Of this amount $16,064.81 was
collected In May.
Ruritans To Hold
Talent Show At Wise
The Wise-Paschall Rurita
Club will sponsor a Talen
Show on Friday night, June 1
at 8 o'clock, Calvin Young
President of the club, sal
yesterday.
The show will be held In th
old Wise School auditorlur
with talent expected fror
Warren, Vance, Wake Coun
ties In North Carolina an
Mecklenburg County, Va. I:
addition young local talent 1
expected.
Six prizes for talent wll
be given In addition to doo:
prizes.
Admission will be $1.00 foi
adults and 50? for chlldrei
under 12.
IN HOSPITAL
Mr. James Polk is receiv
ing treatment at Roanoke Ra
pids Hospital.
NAJOl'R PRESENTS CERTIFICATE TO DELBRIDGE
Norlina Postoffice Is Cited
The Postmaster General's
"Citation for Excellence" was
presented to Postmaster W. K.
Delbridge at a ceremony Mon
day at the Norlina Post Of
fice by George C. Najour,
Director of Engineering and
facilities of the Post Office
Department.
"The Post Office Depart
ment Is striving to create
and reflect the most favorable
Image possible of Its facili
ties," Najour stated.
"It Is our hopes and ex
pectations that every office
put out an extra effort to
reflect, not only a place of
beauty but of warmth. It
Is obvious that the Norllna
Post Office has gone beyond
our expectations and require
ments. For this reason we
feel this office merits special
recognition for maintaining Its
grounds and facility In a su
perior manner."
Najour continued, "1 could
not help but think of what
effect this must have upon
our young boys and girls and
the stimulant It has upon them.
I can well remember the days
when In a small community
you had to walk up and down
the street to find the store to
buy a postage stamp or pick
up your mall and wait until
the clerk had sold that pound
of meat. It Is one of the
most orderly, if not the most
orderly, Post Office I have
ever visited."
Postmasters from sur
rounding offices, Mayor and
Mrs. Grlssom, Mrs. Wyckoff,
president of the Literature and
Music Club, and Mrs. Stultz,
president of the Norllna Wo
mans Club and their mem
bers, and patrons of the office.
An open house followed from
2 to 4 p. m.
Warrenton Man Is Elected Lions
District Governor This Week
W. Monroe Gardner, War
renton Insurance Agency man
ager, was elected District
Governor of District 31-G
at the Lions Convention
held In Winston-Salem on Sun
day, Monday and Tuesday of
this week.
Gardner was presented for
nomination by Past District
Governor Joe Moss of Youngs
"vllle and- the nomination was
seconded by Marion Hugglns of
the Durham Club.
District 31-G Is composed
of clubs In 35 towns and cities
in North Carolina.
Gardner has been a member
of the Warrenton Lions Club
for thirteen years and has ser
ved as Secretary, Tall Twis
ter, Lion Tamer, Vice Presi
dent and President. Named
Lion of the Year for the War
renton club In 1961, Monroe
has been a Key member since
1960. He has served on all
major committees and has a
perfect attendance record for
the years he has been In
Llonism.
He hais served as Zone
Chairman, Deputy District
Governor, District White Cane
Director, District Member
ship Development Chairman
and Secretary of the North
Carolina Association for the
Blind for two terms. At pre
sent he Is District Extension
Chairman and Is serving on
the North Carolina Bureau of
Employment for the Blind.
A former assistant scout
master, Monroe has served as
chairman of the local Boy
Scout drive. He Is chairman
of the Warren County Indus
trial Commission, and Is now
serving as Secretary-Trea
surer of the Bute Develop
ment Corporation and the
Warren County Development
Corporation. He has been on
the Industrial Committee of
the Capital Area Development
Association for the past seven
years. He has been a member
of the National Guard for 18
years and Is currently First
Sergeant In the Warrenton
unit. A past president of the
Warren County Tuberculosis
Association, he has been
chairman of the TB Seal sale
and the Easter Seal sale.
He helped organize the War
renton Rural Fire Department
in 1955 and has been a di
rector of the department sin
ce its organization. He Is an
active member of the local
Parent - Teachers Associa
tion.
Gardner Is owner of the
Warrenton Insurance Agency,
a leading Insurance agency
In Warrenton.
He is a member of the
Warrenton Baptist Church,
and has served on the
Board of Deacons for eight
years. He was chairman of the
board for two years. He taught
a Sunday School class for nine
years and has been a member
of the church choir for thlr
MONROE GARDNER
teen years. He Is a Past Pres
ident of the Couples Club and
the Allen Bible Class.
Gardner , a native of War
renton, was born May 24, 1928.
He Is married to the former
Nellie Bugg of Warrenton.
They have a son Walter, 10
and a daughter, Jan, 7.
He. attended the University
of North Carolina where he
was a member of PI Kappa
Alpha fraternity and the UNC
marching band.
Those attending the conven
tion In Winston-Salem were
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Gard
(See GARDNER, page 4)
Vicksboro Man Is Held
On Murder Charge
A Vlcksboro man Is being
held In Warren County Jail
without bond as the result of a
fatal shooting In that commun
ity after ml&ilght last Friday
night.
June Coley, 38-year-old
farmer, Is charged with the
fatal shootlngof Arthur Faulk
ner, 88-year-old farmer, at
Faulkner's home, according to
Sheriff Clarence A. Davis.
Ha will be given a hearing
In Warren Oo<mty Recorder's
Court today (Friday).
Faulkner was said to have
died at the scene after a dug
from a .28 calibre pistol
struck him in the stomach
area. Both the accused and the
victim were white men.
Coley was watung at the
scene when officers arrived
and offered no resistance when
taken into custody. He claims
that the shooting was accident
al and that Faulkner was his
best friend, according to
Sheriff Davis.
Officers of the sheriff's de
partment and Warren Coroner
N. I. Halthcock were called
to the scene. An autopsy was
ordered, to be performed at
Memorial Hospital in Chapel
Hill. ?
Funeral services for Mr.
Faulkner were oonducted at
3:30 p. m. Monday at Lancas
ter Funeral Home in Hender
son by the Rev. Moses
Thomas. Burial was In Shoeco
Church.
Survivors Include the
widow, Mrs. Madeline Faulk
ner, of the home, and a sla
ter, Mrs. Mm Will lams of
Stem.
LITTLE LEAGUE PLAYS FIRST BASEBALL GAME OF SEASON
County Commissioners Seek
$100,000 Federal Building
Loan For Recreational Area In
Amount Of $150,000 Approved
Run-Off Is
Requested
By Turner
Warren County will have a
Second Democratic Primary
on Saturday, June 25, in order
to elect a member of the Board
of County Commissioners.
Wiley G. Coleman, chair
man of the Warren County
Board of Elections, said yes
terday that Ernest A. Turner
had called for a run-off elec
tion with Richard R. Davis,
encumbent member of the
Board of commissioners.
Turner, president of the
Warren County Chapter of the
NAACP, was second high man
in a district race with Com
missioner Davis and Leland
Gottschalk.
In the First Primary, Davis
polled 1784 votes; Turner 1122
votes; and Gottschalk 822
votes.
Telephone Company
To Transfer Office
Duties To Henderson
The Warrenton telephone
business office will be dis
continued following the close
of business Friday, July 8,
H. T. Pitts, local manager,
announced yesterday.
Functions of the office wlll_
be transferred to Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph's
business office at Henderson,
Pitts said.
Telephone accounts and
records of subscribers here,
which Includes Norllna, will
be moved to Henderson. "Con
solidation of the Warrenton
and Henderson offices will in
no way curtail service," Pitts
said. He reported that calls
to repair service would be
handled as in the past. Long
distance and Information ser
vice will not be affected in
any way by this change.
Subscribers in Warrenton
and Norllna will reach the
Henderson business office by
dialing 257-9111, the same
number as at present.
Pitts said, "The larger
Henderson office will enable
the company to provide more
efficient service to customers
in the Warrenton area. We feel
that with this new arrange
ment we can better serve the
present and future needs of
this growing ?rea-"
Carolina Telephone, which
(See TELEPHONE, page 4)
Farmers Home Admini
stration announces final ap
proval of $150,000 insured
loan to develop a recreational
area near Warrenton, accord
ing to an announcement re
ceived Tuesday from Con
gressman L. H. Fountain.
The loan for the Warren
County project will financethe
purchase of 44.4 acres of land
previously in cut-over wood
land and pay the cost of
constructing a club house,
swimming pool, ball park,
picnic area, riding ring and
stables and camping area.
The location of the area is
on Highway No. 43, across
the highway from the home of
B. W. Currin, less than a
mile from Warrenton.
The loan was obtained by
the Warren Recreational Club,
Inc., a non-profit organiza
tion of 150 rural families.
The park will serve the com
munities of Warrenton, Nor
lina, Macon, Inez and sur
rounding rural areas. Appro
ximately 10,000 people live in
the area to be served and
some 1,000 will use the fa
cilities each year.
Funds for the insured loan
have been offered by a local
bank. Under the insured loan
program the FHA makes and
services the loan and guaran
tees repayment of the money
borrowed with Interest.
Rep. Fountain said that an
nouncement was made to the
president of the Warren Re
creational Club, W. Bernard
Thompson of Macon.
Local Jaycees To
Stage Pageant Here
Warren County junior
Chamber of Commerce will
stage Its first beauty pageant
tonight (Friday) at 8 o'clock
In the John Graham High
School Auditorium.
Eight lovely young ladles
will vie for the title of "Miss
Warren County" and the pri
vilege of further competition
that could lead to the title
of "Miss North Carolina" and
"Miss America."
Contestants are Miss
Brenda Hale, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. M. Hale, Jr.,
of Littleton, a student at the
University or Norttr Carollira
at Greensboro; Miss Linda
Spraglns, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bernard Spraglns
of Littleton, a student at East
Carolina College In Green
ville: Miss Patricia Sadler,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rus
sell Sadler of Littleton, and
a student at Pembroke Col
lege, Pembroke.
Miss Faye Fair of Warren
ton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Fair, a student at the
University of North Carolina
at Greensboro; Miss Brenda
Raines of Norllna, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Raines,
a senior at Norllna High
School; Miss Reglna Smith of
Warrenton, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Smith, a sen
ior at John Graham High
School.
Miss Gall Harmon of War
renton, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R, D. Harmon and a
senior at John Graham High
School; Miss Courtney Wilson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
S. Wilson of Warrenton, and a
student at the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
Roy Pat Robertson, Jaycee
publicity chairman, said yes
terday that all is in readiness
for Warren County's first Jay
cee Beauty Contest, with pro
grams printed, decorations In
place, and beauty contestants
ready for the contest. He said
that ticket sales have shown
a marked Increase during the
past several days. Tickets
may be purchased from any
jaycee member or at the door
of the John Graham High
Schoo' Auditorium tonight.
Pittman Reappointed
Chairman Of Warren
ABC Board
Roy A. Pitt man of Grove
Hill was re-appointed chair
man of the Warren County ABC
Board for a one-year term at
a joint meeting of the Board
of County Commissioners, the
Board of Health and the Board
of Education Monday.
Prior to his re-election as
chairman, Plttman was elect
ed to the board for a three
year term.
James H. Llmer, County At
torney, presided over the
meeting held In the commis
sioner's room. Plttman's
nomination for board mem
ber was made by G. E, Har
vey of the Board of Education.
His nomination for chairman
was made by Mayor W, A.
Miles, a member of the Board
of Health. There were no other
nominations for either posi
tion.
Serving as board members
with Plttman are W, K. Lan
ier of Warrenton and J. Allen
Kimball of Man son.
Present at the joint meet
ing of the three boards were
Amos L. Capps, Richard/R.
Davis, Alfred J. ElltJifcton,
Robert P. Thome, John A.
Wilson, J. R. Peeler, Robert
Gupton, G, E. Harvey, Boyd
Mayfleld, Mayor W. A. Miles
and Dr. Frank P. Hunter.
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Harris Appointed
Walter Jack Harris, War
renton Insurance man, was
appointed a member of the
board of trustees of the War
ren General Hospital toy the
Board of County Commle
sloners Monday.
Harris will suecaad Hugh
Holt, Warrenton bualneaamwt,
who resided several
Holt had served on the board
of trusteas alnct the board
was organized
years <?>.
Needed By
Government
Employees
The Warren County Board
of Commissioners Monday re
quested the construction of
a $100,000 Federal building
here to house all agricultural
agencies which are receiving
assistance from the federal
government.
The request was made in
a letter to Dr. W.G. Andrews,
District Extension Chairman,
North Carolina State Univer
sity, Raleigh, following the
appearance of Frank W.
Reams, county extension
chairman, to request more
room for extension workers.
Also appearing at the meeting
were Walter S. Smiley, chair
man of the county ASCS
committee, and T.E. Watson,
ASCS office manager.
Reams told the commis
sioners that the extension de
partments must be fully en
tergrated by July 1 and that
he had been informed that
previously all-white and all
Negro departments should be
housed In the same building.
This is not possible, he said,
so long as federal agencies are
houses in the county agricul
tural building.
Smiley and Watson , whose
agency is housed in the base
ment of the agricultural build
ing, said that while they would
prefer better quarters they
were making no protest
against the present arrange
ment. They said, however, that
they were interested in the
construction of a proposed
federal building.
Reams told the commissio
ners that it had been sugges
ted thai the federal goverment
might construct a building
here. He said that is es
timated that It would cost
around $150,000 if all agri
cultural workers were housed
in it, plus additional space
for parking, If the building
is to house only federal agen
cies, he estimated that the cost
would not be less than
$100,000.
The commissioners said
that while they realized the
need for such building, that
the county does not have
funds necessary for its con
struction. 'They expressed the
unanimous view that a bond
issue to raise money for this
purpose would not pass, and
that to pay for its construc
tion would require a tax raise
of 50?, which they considered
prohibitive. This was set forth
in the commissioners' letter
to Dr. Andrews.
Monday was a day for the
submission of tentative bud
gets, with requests for funds
by the Welfare Department,
Agricultural Department and
a request that the Board of
Education's budget be studied
in a special joint meeting of
the two board Thursday night.
In addition, BlU Reld appear
ed before the oommlasloners
to ask for a donation tor Die
Warren County Rescue Squad.
He was accpmpanled to the
meeting by Emory Vaughan,
captain of the Roanoke Rapids
Rescue Squad, sponsors of the
Warren County squad. Vaugh
an explained the purp<H?j of
Rescue Squads and the ser
vices the render to the pub
lic.
Practical! all tentative bud
gets asked for more funds wMh
the