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Your Best Advertising Medium Slip Harmi iRrmrfi Your Best Advertising Medium VOLUME 70 Subscription Price $3.00 A Year 10<? Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY 22. 1966 NUMBER 29 Shown above are gifts that Lion Monroe Gardner, dis trict governor, received at the International Convention held in New York July 6-9. Each'district throughout the world gave presents to all the district governors-elect. The district governors were installed at the close of the convention. Gardner attended a school for district governors in New York July 3-5. Local Lions and Lion esses attending the convention in addition to District Gov ernor Monroe Gardner were Mrs. Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Burrows and John Andrews. Viewing the exhibits with District Governor Gardner are Mrs. Gardner and two children, Walter and Jan. Warrenton Man Kidnapped And Robbed By Two Hitchhikers Police In two counties and the State Bureau of Investi gation are still searching for two white men who kidnapped and robbed aWarrentonNegro late Sunday night. John Lyons, an employee for many years of W. A. Miles Hardware Company, was forced bv two hitchhiker* drive his car to a point near Rocky Mount wheije he was pobbed of his pocketbook, con taining eighteen dollars in cash and his driver's license, before releasing him and his car. Lyons told a representative of The Warren Record on Tuesday morning that as he was returning from the home of a friend near Macon be tween 10:30 and 11 p. m. Sun day that he slowed down at the railroad crossing in Macon. Here a white man asked him for a ride to Warrenton. As he was getting in the front seat of the car a second white man came around from behind a boxcar and crawled into the back seat. Lyons said that he couldn"? tell the ages of the men, Ljt Judged they were somewhere around 40. When Lyons reached the intersection at the Macon and the Warrenton roads, the man in the back seat told him they wanted to go to Rocky Mount. Lyons protested that he had to go to Warrenton, but glancing over his shoulder he saw that the man In the back had a gun leveled at his back. Lyons said he could not describe the pistol, except that It was big and shiny. "I was pretty excited," he said. l'ne man in the back seat ordered Lyons to stop his car and get In the back seat with him while his companion got under the steering wheel. The mail drove the car to a point near Rocky Mount, off the highway, where they again stopped. Here Lyons was told to get out of the car. The men got out of the car with him and took his pocketbook, then told him to take his car and leave. Lyons said that he tu un familiar with the road to Rocky Mount and became lost. As a consequence it was nearly 8 o'clock Sunday morningbefore he reached his home here. He changed his clothes and re ported for work at 8 o'clock before notifying Sheriff Clar ence Davis of the kidnapping and robbery. Sheriff Davis called in the SBI and on Monday afternoon they carried Lyons to a point near Rocky Mount where he identified the spot where he was robbed. Lyons said on Tuesday morning that he is still con siderably disturbed and ner vous as a result of his ex perience. He said that he would not have stopped at the Macon crossing had he known that thei e was more than one man wanting a lift. He said that he had been to the home of Mrs. IdaTownes where he had been sitting with the body of a member of the family. Lyons said that he suffered no physical harm from the two men except from the shock of his experience, but that his car became overheated as a result of the drive to Rocky Mount and the engine has de veloped a knock. Miss Warren County Returns From Pageant Miss Tessa Karen Fair, "Miss Warren County," re turned to her home here Sun day after a week of arduous competition in the Jaycee pa geant at Greensboro for the title of Miss North Carolina. "While Kay did not become a finalist, she proved herself every inch a queen by her deportment at Greensboro during the week of com petition," Bobby Blaylock, who with his wife chaperoned Miss Fair. "We are very proud of Kay," he said. In an open letter address ed to the citizens of Warren County, Miss Fair yesterday said: "I want to express my sin cere appreciation and heart felt thanks for your support through letters, telegrams, and flowers while I was com peting in the North Carolina State Pageant. "An extra special thanks go to the Warren Jaycees, Bobby and Donna Blaylock, and Mr. Wright Tisdale, Sr., of Ford Motor Company." Blaylock said that It was evident during the pageant that Miss Fair received quite allft from the evidence of support from Warren County citizens. (See PAGEANT, page 2) Coaching Staff Changes Made At John Graham Major changes have been made In the coaching staff of John Graham High School for the 1966-67 school year, It was learned yesterdayfrom the office of the superinten dent of schools. Instead of one head coach, a coach has been hired for each of the three major sports at the local school. Jlmmle Webb, head coach and lone coach at John Graham last year, who resigned at the *end of the school year, has J^een re-hired as head foot ball ooach and Math teacher. He will also serve as golf i ooach. L John Bur well, former ooach Ut John Graham who has been poaching at Apex for the past two years, has accepted a position as head basketball coach. He will also teach his tory and physical education. Burwell Is a graduate of Gull lord College. Mrs. Burwell, also a graduate of Guilford College, will teach the third grade at Mar lam Boyd school. Wayne Plaster of Columbus High School, where he coached basketball and baseball, will be head baseball coach. He is a graduate of Atlantic Christian College where he was a pitcher on the varsity team. He will teach physical education. His wife, Mrs. Sue Plaster, also a gradual a of At lantic Christian College, will teach English at John Graham High SchodL' Assault Cases Tried Two assault cases, result ing in suspended sentences, were tried in Warren County Recorder's Court last Friday. The remainder of the cases were concerned with viola tions of the motor vehicle laws. Leroy Hawkins was senten ced to the roads for 60 days when he pled guilty to an assault on a female. The sentence was suspended for two years provided the de fendant remains of good be havior, does not violate any criminal laws of North Caro lina for two years and pays court costs. Robert Johnson was found guilty of an assault with a deadly weapon and sentenced to the roads for 60 days. The sentence was suspended for two years provided the defendant not violate any criminal laws of the state for two years, remain of good be havior and pays court costs. Vinson Alston, Jr., was charged with reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. Prayer for judgment was continued upon payment of costs. Morris Drumgold was or dered to pay a $200 fine and court costs when he pled guil ty to a charge of operating a motor vehicle while his driver's license was suspen ded. Dallas Boyd pled guilty to a charge of driving without a valid operator's license. He was ordered to pay a $25 fine and court costs. (See COURT, page 4) Shown In the picture Is Ben Carroll and three sons of the Warren Plains community happily topping large tobacco that gives one the impression of a wonderful growing sea son. In the background, Is the Irrigation system applying the second irrigation. Mr. Carroll la irrigating some 20 acres but he says you should see the four acres In contrast that la too far from a pond to pump water. 1 Adjoining this farm Is beautiful Irrigated tobacco on the Tom Frazler and Charlie Keeter farms. When you hit this ares, tobacco looks wonderful and proving that Ir rigation does a mighty good Job in dry weath er. (Caption and picture by Frank W. Reams, county extension chairman.) Man Held As Result Accident Joseph Towns, 40-year-old Warren County Negro who works in Baltimore, Md., Is being held under $1,000 bond for his appearance in the Sept. term of Warren County Super ior Court to answer a charge of leaving the scene of a fatal accident. Ulsless Brown, 57-year-old Negro of Rt. 2, Warrenton, is dead as the result of be ing struck by an automobile as he was lying in the pub lic highway at Afton around 1 a. m. Saturday. Brown was struck by a 19C0 Pontiac automobile driven by Joseph Towns and contain ing four additional passengers who work in Baltimore. A coroner's jury, meeting at the court house Saturday at 7 p. m., held that Towns was not guilty of killing Brown. The jury report read: "We, the jury, don't think that Joe Towns were guilty of killing Ulyses Brown by runningover him." Members of the coroner's Jury were Stover Vaughan, W. Elmer Thompson, James Bur ton, Rufus Burnett, Willie Ravis and Alex Brown. Highway Trooper Wallace Brown, who investigated the accident, said that the body of Brown was the most mangled that he had ever seen. Blood, portions of the body and shreds of clothing were found under the front of the Pontiac and shreds of flesh were found near the rear of the car. The body looked 'like an old cow hide," Brown said. Brown said that the body was seen in the road by Clinton N^aJ, Jr., shortly after 1 o'clock Saturday morning. Heal notifiedWarrenton Night Officer Kenneth Short who no tified Trooper Brown of the accident. Clinton Neal, Sr., and Clinton Neal, Jr., accom panied Patrolman Brown to the scene of the accident. Trooper Brown said that he found the car driven by Brown in a driveway two-tenths of a mile beyond the scene of the accident and that four colored men were sitting in the ca.. He identified these as Louis Towns of Rt. 1, Warrenton, Early Richardson of Rt. 2, Warrenton, and Roy Porter of Baltimore, Md., and a fourth man unidentified. He said the (See TOWNS, page 2) BRANCH A PPOINTFD Joseph Branch, Enfield at torney, was on Thursday ap pointed a Justice of the State Supreme Court by Gov. Dan K, Moore. Branch was Moore's campaign manager in Halifax County and his liaison officer with the State Legis lature. fit F.ST SOLOIST Leonard Daniel will be the guest soloist at Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Sunday July 24th at the eleven o'clock service. In Spite Of Drought Warrenton Has No Shortage Of Water There is plenty of water in Warrenton for customers of the Warrenton Water Company to water their lawns, gardens, wash their car and allowthelr children to play in, Bill Neal, water superintendent, said Tuesday. While many towns are hav ing to curtail the use of water Warrenton has plenty, he said. Neal said that while Fishing Creek, from which Warrenton obtains its water, is_low, it contains many times as much water as the town is using. Normal consumption of wa ter for this time of year, Neal said, is about 180,000 gallons per day. The filter . plant would have to run about eight hours to produce that amount. Neal said that during the month of July the plant reach ed a record high of 211,000 gallons per day. The filter plant has to operate about 14 hours per day to filter this amount of water. He said even at this rate the water plant is under no strain and could produce as much as 450,000 gallons of water per day. When the- town abandoned its wells and went to Fish ing Creek for its water sup ply, the town was using about 75,000 gallons a day, Neal said. Chandler Resigns As Asst. Supt. Of Warren Co. Schools S. C. Chandler, assistant superintendent of Warren County Schools, in charge of the federal school program in the county, has resigned, ef fective Aug. 1. Chandler, former principal of John Graham High School, who resigned the end of the past school year to accept the position as assistant super intendent oftheGoldsboroCity Schools. The new position carries a considerable Increase in salary. DONNA BRACER Miss Brauer To Compete For State 4-H Award Donna Brauer, a member of the Ridgeway Community 4-H Club and winner in the East Central District 4-H Electric demonstration con test, will compete for a state award during State 4-H Club Week in Raleigh July 25-30, Miss Emily Ballinger, home economics agent, announced yesterday. Donna's demon stration will be "Electric Knives?Their UseandCare." Other Warren County club members to attend 4-H Club Week for the week are Shir ley Seaman, Ruby Kimball, Delaine Meek, Robert Bender, Robin Capps and Philip West. Other club members planning to go for special events dur lng the week are Butch Meek and Phil Harris. Shirley Seaman and Phil Harris, Warren County 4-H Queen and King of Health, will participate in the State Health Pageant on Tuesday night. Butch Meek and Robert Bender will receive recogni tion at the Leadership Award Banquet. Mrs. Wilson Fleming and Mr. Alvis Fleming, War ren County 4-H Adult Lead ers and State winners in 4-H Alumni Recognition, will re ceive awards at a banquet on Thursday night. Miss Emily Ballinger, Home Economics Extension Agent, will accom pany the club members to Raleigh. Three Warrenton Firemen Re-elected As State Officers Three Warrenton firemen were re-elected to State of fices at the annual Colored Volunteer Firemen's Conven tion held here last week. McCarroll Alston was re elected state treasurer; Cleveland Anderson was re elected financial secretary; and Alfred Davis was re elected state marshall. Alston, deputy chief of the Warrenton Company, said yesterday that the convention was a decided success and that the firemen apparently had a good time at the con vention. Alston said that on behalf of the Warrenton firemen he wished to express their sin cere thanks to the com missioners, the Merchants Association and other citlzehs who donated for the floats or otherwise assisted In giving such a warm welcome to the visiting firemen. Much oLthe success of the convention, he said, was due to their assist ance. SERVICE AT RIDGEWAY A service of Morning Pray er will be held at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Rldge way on Sunday morning at 9:45 o'clock, the Rev. J, M. Stoney, rector, announced yesterday. GUEST SOLOIST Miss Janle Williams will be guest soloist at the 11 o'clock service at Wesley Me morial Methodist Church Sun day. Negro Boy Scout Is Drowned At Kerr Lake A 16-year-old Negro Boy Scout from Bahama in Dur ham County drowned at Bul locksvtlle Park on Kerr Lake Saturday morning while on an outing with his Scout troop. This was the second drown ing reported from Kerr Lake this season. Herman Lee Bates, 15-year-old Negro youth, drowned at Kerr Lake on July 7. Capt. Ranger Wilkerson of the Vance County Rescue Squad Identified the victim as Larry Roberts. The youth was a member of a group under leadership of W. S. Evans, Scoutmaster, Wilker son said. This was the second drown ing reported from Kerr Lake this season. Herman Lee Bates, 15-year-old Negro youth, drowned at Kerr Lake on July 7. Witnesses said young Ro berts got into difficulty and called for help while swim ming in water about eight feet deep, some 15 feet from shore. Evans reportedly made a rescue effort, but was un able to support the splashing youth, and finally had to re turn to shore to save his own life. C.Jled at 10:25 a.m.j the Rescue Squad crew was joined at the Satterwhlte Point boat dock by Deputy Sheriff W. W. Shear in, and Kerr Reservoir Commission Rangers Law rence Kearson, Billy Twlsdale and Wayne Par ham. They re covered the body at 10:45a.m. Kearson said a lifeguard assigned to the swimming ares at Bullock svllle had not re ported tor duty when the drowning took place. Members ot the Rescue squad who answered the call included: Capt. Wllkerson, Ray Crews, H. A. Reams, Webb Miller, Richard Mat thews, and Murat Kearney. Fitts Funeral Is Held Here Tuesday Funeral services tor Wil liam Clatbourne Fitts, 64, who died Monday, were csonducted at Blaylock FuneraJ Home Tuesday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Ted Wilson and the Rev. Cleveland Bradner officiating. Burial was in F air view Ceme tery. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Annie Fitts Lamb of Warrenton; and two brothers, the Rev. Robert Fitts of Ox ford and Dr. Nathan P. Fitts of Warrenton. IN LOST COLONY Ellen Baxter, a former re sident of Warrenton, Is danc ing this summer with the Lost Colony at the Ro moke Tfcertre in Manteo. Her mother, Mrs. Ann Baxter of Chapel Hill, and Mrs. Barker Williams plan to attend the pignsi at Manteo Sunday. Miss Barter Is the granddaughter of the Rev. and Mrs. E.W.1 Mr. William P. York la visiting Us Mrs. W. P, Conn. ?.
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