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VOLUME 70 Subscription Price S3.00 a Year 10c Per Copy WARRENTON. COUNTY OF WARREN. N. C. FRIDAY. ILLY 8. 1066
NUMBER 27
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Tobacco damaged by hail oil the "Doc"' Thompson farm
near Macon is shown above, liail did considerable damage
to the crop in the Macon-Oakvtlle-Churchill area last
Monday and Tuesday, County Extension Ch'trman Frank
W. Reams reported yesterday Examples of the heavy
hail damage has been observed on the M. B. (Doc'i Thomp
son and William Wilson larnts. Although official hail
reports have not been made, casual observation indicates
that some fields were damaged considerably over flO'",.
There were reports of scattered light hail all over the
county. Reams said that it is too early to estimate the
total loss in the county. (Photo by Reams)
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In top picture is shown the
old ladder wagon used for
many years by the Warrenton
Fire Company. The vehicle
carried on its top. ladders,
and slung beneath the body
are 20 five-gallon cans to
hold water obtained from
cisterns. At left is the reel
cart Both of these vehicles
were pulled by the firemen
a' a run and both were used
here for many years
Firemen From Towns To Meet
Here Next Week For Convention
Firemen from ten cities will
converge on Warrenton Mon
day when the Warrenton Fire
Department will host the North
Carolina Volunteer Firemen's
Association in its 76th annual
convention from July 11
through July 14.
Cities and town to be rep
resented here next week are
Greenville, Wake Forest, Wil
son, Maple Hill, Farmville,
Loulsburg, Tarboro, East
Nash, Ayden and East Spen
cer.
Activities will begin on
Monday at noon with regis
tration at the John R. Haw
kins High School Gymtorium.
At 4 p. m. the firemen will
stage a parade from Hawkins
School to John Graham School.
On Monday night at 8 p. m.
a public program will be held
at the Hawkins Gymtorium.
The principal speaker will
be Capt. Calvin Beck, area
consultant Fire Service
Training, Richmond Technical
Institute, Rockingham. A
dance will follow at 9 p. m.
with music being furnished by
Professor Hudson and the
Pastels in the Hawkins Gym
torium.
On Tuesday the firemen will
hold a business session at
9:30 a. m. at the gym. A ball
game will be staged at the
Warrenton Park at 3 p. m. and
that night at 8 o'clock asocial
hour will be held in the gym
for members of the Ladies
Auxiliary.
On Wednesday from 8 a. m.
to 5 p. m. a Fire Training
Program will be held at Wil
son. The firemen will return
to Warrenton for a dance at
the gym from 9 p. m. to 1
a. m. Music will be furnish
ed by the Pastels.
On Thursday a business
session will be held at the
Hawkins gym, beginning at
9:30 a. m. At noon the War
renton Fire Department will
give a truck demonstration.
Activities will be concluded
Thursday at noon with a
Firemen's dinner at the Haw
kins High School.
Members of the Warrenton
Fire Company are Cleveland
Anderson, James Arrington,
Walter Barnes, Charles
Brown, Leon Cheek, Robert
Coleman, Haywood Evans,
Clarence Green, Frank Jones,
Archie King, Joe Reed, Per
cell Reed, Joseph Richardson,
Manson Williams, Otis Wil
liams, Herbert Davis, Hugh
Plummer, Alfred Davis, and
McC a. 11 Alston.
Warren County commissioners who parti
cipated In a one-day program at Murdoch
Cepter In Butner which was designed to por
tray the role of county commissioners In the
development of community action programs
tor the mentally retarded are shown at the
conclusion of the Thursday meeting. They are,
left to right, A. J. Ellington, Chairman Amos
L. Capps and J. A. Wilson. (Stall Photo)
Co. Board
Awards Oil
Contract
A contract to furnish heat
ing oil to the jail, the Health
Department and the Welfare
Department for the coming
winter was awarded to the
Warren County FCX service
by the tioard of county com
missioners in session here
Tuesday.
The bid to the cooperative
was made on the basis of ttie
low bid. PCX's bid was 2.T>C
below the consumer tank
price, plus a lri cash discount,
and was lower than the iden
tical bids of Bullock Oil Com
pany and Bow ers and Burrows.
Little business was trans
acted at the board's session
held on Tuesday because the
July 4 holiday came on Mon
day, and adjournment came
around 4 o'clock in the after
noon.
The State Highway Commis
sion was requested to grade,
drain and stabilize county
roads Nos. 1214 and 1215,
known as the "Norlina School
Building Road,'' a distance of
one nule.
The State Highway Commis
sion was also requested to
establish a 35-mile-per-hour
speed zone ttirough Drewryon
Road No. 1224.
A. P. ltodwell. tax collec
tor, reported 19G5 taxei col
lected during the month of
June, 19G6. in the amount of
$3,843.65, making a total of
1965 taxes collected to date
of $413,285.81. The percent
age of 1965 taxes collected to
date is 94.68.
Roy Piftman Named
To ABC Board For
Three-Year Term
Roy Pittman was appointed
chairman of the Warren
County ABC Board at a Joint
meeting of the Board of Edu
cation, the Board of Commis
sioners and the Board of
Health met in the Commis
sioner's room Tuesday after
noon. James H. Limer, coun
ty attorney, presided over the
brief session.
Pittman was appointed as
chairman of the ABC Board
for a one-year term several
weeks ago. His appointment
for thrpe years Tuesday was
made to conform with form
er practice of the three
boards.
Present for the Joint
meeting were Commissioners
Amos L. Capps, Alfred J. El
lington, Richard R. Davis, Ro
bert P. Thorne, and John A.
Wilson; Robert Gupton and J.
R. Peeler of the Board of
Health, and Dr. S. H. Massey
and Mayor W. A. Miles of
the Board of Health.
PURCHASES BULL
Thomas Scott Gardner of
Warrenton recently purchased
an Aberdeen-Angus bull from
Edward Jenkins of Millwood,
Va.
Traffic
Violators
In Court
Warren County Recorder's
Court had the appearance of a
traffic court la>t Friday as
27 of the 31 cases docketed
were concerned with viola
tions of motor vehicle law>
with most of these concerned
with speeding.
In cases not concerned with
violation of traffic laws, the I
state took a nol pros with |
leave in the case of David
Lee Woodlief. charged with
non-support.
Johnell Richardson.charg
ed with the possession of illi
cit whiskey, was ordered to
pay court costs. She was or
dered. to he held in jail un
til the costs are paid or she
shall he discharged otherwise
hy the court.
In another case in which
Johnell e Richardson was
charged with possession of
illicit whiskey for the purpose
of sale, she was ordered 'ohe
held in jail until she pays
court costs and a $2T? fine or
shall be discharged otherwise
according to law.
Junius Taylor pled guilty
to an assault. Prayer for judg
ment was continued upon con
dition that the defendant keeps
the peace towards all persons
and pays court costs.
Phyllis Diane Etheridge
pled guilty to a charge of
reckless driving. Prayer for
judgment was continued for
one year provided the defen
dant does not violate any motor
vehicle laws of state for one
year and pays court costs.
Walter Pierce Hicks was
ordered to pay a $300 fine when
he pled guilty to drunk driv
(See COURT, page .8^
One Man Hurt In
Single Car Wreck
C. Isaac Pringle, Jr., 29,
a resident of Washington,
D. C., was injured and taken
to Jubilee Hospital in Hender
son following a single-car ac
cident near Warrenton on Sun
day afternoon.
The wreck occurred at 1:50
on rural road No. 1116, three
and a half miles west of War
renton.
Highway Trooper Sam T.
Webster reported that the 1966
model auto operated by
Pringle was eastbound on the
road, went out of control, ran
off the road to the righl and
overturned. Damages were
estimated at approximately
$975.
Pringle was charged with
driving too fast for existing
condit ions.
Stoney Appointed
To Welfare Board
The Rev. James M. Stoney,
Jr., Episcopal minister of
| Warrenton. has been appoint
j ed to the Warren County Wel
| fare Board, succeeding Char
les M. White, III, Warrenton
attorney, whose term has ex
pired.
Notice of Mr. Stoney's ap
pointment was made in a let
ter to the county commission
ers from the State Welfare
Board, and read at the Tues
day meeting of the commis
sioners.
This week the Tar Heel Tire and Sale Service of War
renton presented to the Warren County Rescue Squad
re-capped tires to be used on the squad's ambulance.
Shown, left to right, are Eddie Clayton, manager, who
made the presentation on behalf of his company, to Glen
wood Rose and James Moseley, who received the donation
on behalf of the Rescue Squad. The representatives ask
that anyone having gifts tor the Rescue Squad to con
tact Bill Reld, Captain, Littleton, or any member of the
squad.
Rooker Named
Town Manager
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W. B. Neal Appointed
Water Company Supt.
W.B. Neal of Warrenton was
named Superintendent of the
Warrenton Water Company at
an organizational meeting of
the town board on Thursday
night of last week. He suc
ceeds H. R. Skillman, re
signed, in this position.
Neal, had been Skillman's
assistant for several years
and had been trained as a re
placement. His salary was set
at $85 a week. Dallas Bolton
was named assistant Superin
tendent of the Water Company
at $70 per week.
J. Ed Rooker was appointed
town manager at this meeting
and other officials of the town
were re-elected. They In
clude: E. D. Chewning as
Chief of Police and Superin
tendent of Streets; and Police
Officers Howard Salmon, G.
Macon Reavis and Kenneth
Short, and relied officer W.
Lewis Peoples.
Frank Ray Vaughan was
named utility engineer.
Walker P. Burwell was re
named Fire Chief, and Thomas
Gaskill was named First As
sistant Fire Chief.
Re-elected as trustees of
the Firemen's Relief Fund
were J. Howard Daniel and G.
W. Polndexter.
A. C. Fair was re-elected
Civil Defence Director.
Re-elected as members of
the Town Planning Board were
G. W. Polndexter, chairman;
BILL \F \I.
Miss Mariam Boyd, Mrs.
Thomas W. Hawkins, Mrs.
John Kerr, Jr., James Y.
Kerr, Mrs. John G. Mitchell,
Mrs. C.E. Rodwell, and com
missioners.
A. C. Blaylock was re-ap
pointed as the town's direc
tor on the board of directors
of the Warrenton Railroad ?
Company.
Brickhouse To Hold
W. Plains Service
The Rev. R. E. Brickhouse,
retired minister, will speak
Sunday, July 10, at the War
ren Plains Baptist Church at
the 11 o'clock worship ser
vice.
The church choir will sing
the hymn, "Lord, Light My
Soul With Holy Flame." The
words to this hymn were writ
ten by Mr. Brickhouse, who
has written many poems and
hymns.
The Rev. Mr. Brickhouse
is supplying the Warren Plains
Baptist Church in the absence
of the pastor, the Rev. R. F.
Oates, who is on vacation.
RIIXSEWVY SERVICES
Holy Communion will be
celebrated at the Church of the
Good Shepherd in Rldgewayon
Sunday a( 9:45 a. m., the Rev.
J. M. Stoney, Jr., rector, an
nounced yesterday.
IN HOSPITAL
Mr. J. R. James Is under
going treatment at Warren
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Clerk With
Town For
Five Years
J. Ed Rooker, town clerk
and tax collector for the Town
of Warrenton for the past
five years, has been appoint
ed Town Manager by the board
of town commissioners.
Rooker's appointment ,
which carried no immediate
pay increase, was made in a
special ordinance passed by
the commissioners on Thurs
day night of last week dur
ing a reorganizational meet
ing. His salary remains at
$ 423 a month.
Rooker is a native of War
renton, the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Rooker.
He attended school at Miss
Lucy Hawkins, the Warrenton
graded school, and the old
Warrenton High School during
the last two yearsof itsopera
tion by the late John Graham.
Later in life he completed a
three-years extension course
with LaSalle Extension Un
iversity in Higher Accour.tLng
and CPA Coaching.
At the age of 15, Rooker took
a full-time job with Boyd's
Warehouse , with which his
father was connected, and re
mained with this firm for
fifteen years. He left this job
in the early days of the de
pression to accept a position
as district disbursing officer
for W'RA, later CWA, and the
Rehabilitation Corporation,
with offices ir. Henderson.
After about a year and a
half, Rooker resigned from
this office to accept a po
sition with the Peck Manufac
turing Company, upon its re
organization following its
bankruptcy in 1935. He
remained with this company
for 25 years, beginning as an
accountant and becoming vice
president and general mana
ger. When the Peck Mill was
bought by Philadelphia and
Gaston interests, Rooker was
retained with the Warrenton
mill and also made vice-pre
sident of the Clayton Spinning
Co.
Later Rooker resigned to
accept appointment as Re
corder of Sudan Shrine Tem
ple, moving to New Bern,
where he remained a year un
til a breakdown in his health
caused him to resign and re
turn to Warrenton.
Rooker, who is a former
mayor of the town, accepted
a position with the town as
town clerk, tax collector, with
other duties, In 1961. He will
fill these positions as well as
that of his new job as town
manager.
Rooker Is a member of the
Warrenton Baptist Church,
where for more than 15 years
he has served as teacher of
the Allen Bible Class. He Is
a member and past president
of the Warrenton Lions Club,
and a former Tar Heel of the
Week. He is Past Potentate
of Suden Shrine Temple, and
Post Line Officer of the Grand
Lodge of North Carolina.
Married to the former Mary
Crinkley of Warrenton, they
have two daughters, Mrs. Ro
bert L. Elklr.s of Charleston,
W. Va., and Miss Edwlna
Rooker, chairman of the
English Department of Frank
W. Cox High School at Vir
ginia Boach, Va., and two
grandchildren.
GLEST SOLOIST
Miss Kay Fair will be guest
soloist at Wesley Memorial
Methodist Church on Sunday
morning at the 11 o'clock
service.
IN Hosmu, ;
Ronnie King is a
at Ros Hospital
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