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VOLUME 70 Subscription Price S3.00 A Year 10<f Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN. N. C. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER1) 1966 NUMBER 36
A SCI m: at w irhknton warehoise as market opf\s
Sidewalk Status Is Brought
To Attention Of Commissioners
In widening West Franklin
Street this summer, the State
Highway Commission, under
contract with the town, widen
ed the street and placed curb
ing and gutter some ISOyards
beyond the town limits to the
entrance to John R. Hawkins
High School. The Highway
Commission also replaced
sidewalks torn up in the oper
ation to the town limits, leav
ing some 450 feet of sidewalk
unpaved. The Town had crush
ed stone placed on this part
of the walkway when It was
learned that the State would not
pave that section of sidewalk
beyond the town limits.
The failure of the Highway
Commission to pave this sec
tion of the sidewalk and the
town's action in having stone
placed upon it brought Ed
Hendricks, a former commit
teeman at John R. Hawkins,
before the board of County
Commissioners Monday
morning to ask relief.
Hendricks pointed QUt tlvat1
the small stones made walk
ing so unpleasant that pedes
trians leave the sidewalk and
are forced to walk down a
public highway, which offers
some danger. He said that
Soybean Vote Today
A soybean referendum will
be held in Warren County
today (Friday). Voting will be
at the front hall of the agri
cultural building here with
the polls opening at 8 a. m.
and closing at 5 p. m.
The referendum is for the
purpose of seeing if present
soybean growers wish to
assess themselves at the
maximum rate of one-half
cents per bushel or an aver
age of 12 cents per acre for
the purpose of promoting soy
beans in North Carolina, the
United States and in national
markets.
Serving on the Warren
County referendum committee
are John K. Klllan, chairman;
Erich R. Hecht, Richard J.
Holtzman, Dennis Harris,
Wilson Fleming, Henry J. Sea
man, Harry Leete, James C.
Harris, William H. Bender,
and J. A. Ross.
The referendum Is conduct
ed under the direction of the
North Carolina Soybean Pro
ducers' Association, Inc., a
non-profit organization with
the sole purpose of keeping
the soybean adynamic expand
ing crop In North Carolina.
The organization is a pro
ducer organization, managed
by producers, paid for by pro
ducers and is designed to aid
the producer.
-=iT7?e HEARING TESTS
1 UNIT N? 2
Screen Hearing Tests
To Be Conducted Here
Screen hearing tests will be
conducted in an electronic mo
bile hearing test unit which
will visit Warrenton on Satur
day, Sept. 10, from 10:30 to
12:30 o'clock, Thomas Ru
dolph, promotional director,
announced yesterday.
The unit, sponsored" by the
North Carolina Hearing Ser
vices, will be located on the
south side of the oourt house
square.
Rudolph said that the free
tests consist of a series of
tones at normal speech range.
Each ear is tested sep
arately. Results will be given
Immediately. The technician
In charge will give the approp
riate percentage of loss.
Statistical data will be com
piled according to age groups
for research. Any person sus
pecting hearing difficulty Is
urged to take advantage of this
service.
Rudolph said that there will
be no attempt to diagnose any
case on the basis of these
screen tests. People will only
be Informed of their hearing
loss.
when easements were granted
by property owners along the I
street they had been led to
believe that the sidewalk would
be extended as far as the en
trance to the school grounds.
He said that it would have been
better if stones had not been
placed on the sidewalk, and
asked that the Commissioners
request the Highway Depart
ment to pave that s^tlon of
the sidewalk outside the town
limits.
Wayne Atkins, district en
gineer, was at the commis
sioners meeting when Hen
dricks made his appearance.
He said that in the plans
submitted to the State High
way Commission to widen the
streets, it was planned to have
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New Discount Store
Opens On Main Street
A WPM Discount Store
opened In the Harris building
on Main Street Thursday.
The store, to be operated
by Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Harris,
will sell health and beauty
aids at cut-rates. While the
stock will be similar to that
carried In drug stores, the
store will have no prescrip
tion department.
Ollie Bass, of Rocky Mount,
who operates WMP stores in
Rocky Mount and Roanoke
Rapids, with the home office
In Rocky Mount, has been at
Warrenton for several days
this week preparing for the
store's opening.
KICK-OFF SUPPFR
John Kerr, Jr., chairman
of the Warren County Demo
cratic Executive Committee,
yesterday announced that a
kick-off fish fry supper will
be held at the Dorton Arena
in Raleigh on Friday, Sept.
16, at 6 p.m. for the purpose
of launching the fall cam
paigns. Tickets sell for $1.50
each. Anyone In the county
wishing to attend the supper
Is asked to contact Mr. Kerr.
STEW SALE
The Norlina Rurltan Club
will hold a Brunswick stew
sale at the Norlina Woman's
Clubhouse on Saturday, Sept. j
10. Stew, at $1.00 per quart,
will be ready by noon. An ad- j
dltlonal charge of 1 Of a quart
will be madewherethe sellers |
furnish containers.
WINS TROPHY
Miss Jane Connell of War
renton, riding her horse, "Hy
Tyde," at the Enfield Horse
Show Monday won the trophy
and blue ribbon In the flve
galted class. Miss Connell Is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Hal W. Connell of Warrenton.
Grand Jury
Asks For
Kitchen
The Warren County Grand
Jury in its report to Judge
William J. Copeland Wednes
day recommended that a new
kitchen be built at the county
jail with a utility area for
storage and laundry.
The report stated that the
committee visiting the jail
found it to be clean, well
kept, and in good order, but
that none of the recommen
dations of previous grand jur
ies has been carried out.
These recommendations were
to winterize the back porch
by sheathing solid to prevent
dripping of condensation from
the roof on electrical ap
pliances.
The committee inspecting
the Clerk's office found all
guardians, executors and ad
ministrators bonded and their
reports up to date. No recom
mendations to be made.
The committee visiting the
Warren County Prison Camp
reported 51 Inmates and 14
employees. The camp was
found clean, neat, freshly
painted, and everything in or
der and well kept. No recom
mendations to be made.
Highway Patrolman Vaugh
an reported that all "70 school
buses to be In good condi
tion.
The committee, the report
stated, talked with Mr. Peeler,
superintendent of schools, who
reported schools to be in good
condition considering avail
able funds. Each school in
Warren County was visited by
the committee. The schools
were clean and well kept with
the following exceptions:
Littleton school cafeteria
needed painting and cafeteria
chairs refinished.
Haliwa school has had two
rooms painted and the rest
of the rooms need painting
and some light fixtures re
paired.
The John R. Hawkins school
needs as asphalt roof coat
ing on southside cafeteria and
high school,'also to stop leak
in basement classroom. A flue
in the high school needs re
pairing on south endof school.
At Norllna High School there
is need of guttering, painting
of bathroom and cleaning, as
well as new equipment.
There is need of a guard
rail at North Warren gym
nasium.
Everett Harris served as
foreman of the grand Jury.
NOT JAMES SHORT
OF ELBERON
The James Short who was
bound over to Superior Court
on a charge of theft following
a hearing In Recorder's Court
on August 26, Is a resident of
Warrenton, and not the James
Short, operator of Short's
Printing Co., In Henderson,
who makes his home in El
be ron.
Heavy Break Marks Opening
Of Warrenton Tobacco Market
Jurors Are
Drawn For
Civil Term
Jurors for the October civil
term of Warren County Su
perior Court, beginning Oct.
24, were on Monday drawn by
the board of county commis
sioners as follows:
Mrs. B. G. White, N. P.
Bobbitt, Wiley Brewer, Hal
W. Connell , J. W. Riggan,
Howard Adams, Mrs. John A.
Wilson, M. H. Felts, J. C.
Pegram, Willis A. Fleming,
W. A Reid, E. T. Jackson,
M. W. Alston, R. M. Lynch,
C. P. Pope, Augustus Alston,
C. B. Bottoms, S. D. Duke.
Also, F. J. Harris, W. K.
Delbridge, W. L. Cox, Lewis
T. Ayscue, William S. Davis,
B. T. Smiley, George H. Har
ris, N. G. Perklnson, T. F.
Stallings, James Elmo Ellis,
W. Glenn Coleman, L. M.
Haithcock, Sr., Ava W. Per
kinson, John W. Clark, Robert
J. Maxbauer, Guy Overby, G.
W. King.
Warrenton Loses
Fight To Retain
Telephone Office
Warrenton has lost Its fight
- to have the business office
of the Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph Company re
tained locally.
A complaint by Warren
County civic and Industrial
leaders against the closing of
the telephone office at War
renton was dismissed Wed
nesday by a 3-2 vote of the
State Utilities Commission.
"Public interest would not
be affected" by the closing of
the Carolina Telephone and j
Telegraph Co., business of- I
fice, the commission order
said. Plans of the Tarboro
based company to transfer the
operation to Henderson were
approved.
Commissioners Clarence i
Noah and Thomas Eller dis- 1
sented "since the move will
not result In economies to the
company and since, as we view
the record, it will inconven
ience subscribers In Warren
County."
A number of Warrenton
civic, industrial and business
leaders had objected to the
proposed move and had sent
letters requesting Gov. Dan
Moore to Intervene.
One of those objecting,
former Warren Industrial
Director, William Mlnette,
had said losing the Warren
ton telephone facility would
greatly hamper industrial de
velopment in the area.
LEWIS ROOM R
HOW \RI) S\I.\K)\
Salmon Named Acting
Chief Of Town Police
Howard Salmon has been
appointed acting Police Chief
of Warrenton during a sick
leave of Chief R. D. Chewning.
Meeting in a called meeting
on Thursday night of last week
the Board of Town Com
missioner's granted a 30-day
sick leave to Chief Chewning
and voted that Salmon be ap
pointed to serve as acting
Chief of Police during this
interim.
The board also approved
the appointment of T. Lewis
Rouker to work the 4 p.m.
to 12 midnight shift that has
been worked by Officer Sal
mon.
No other business was
transacted by the board.
Salmon and Rooker began
their new duties on Tuesday.
Warren Schools Have
Fine Opening Session
Warren County schools be
gan their 1966-67 terms
Thursday morning with good
enrollment and smooth oper
ations, a check by phone with
high school principals indicat
ed yesterday morning.
No reports were available
at that time at the office of
the Superintendent of Schools.
Fred Bartholomew, new
principal at John Graham, said
the opening at that school was
very good with a few more
pupils in attendance than was
the case last year . He said
that while a few pupils were
out due to the tobacco harvest,
that he hoped that these pupils
would be in school on Friday.
The enrollment at John R.
Hawkins was much better than
expected, Principal L. B. Hen
derson said, and the opening
of school was exceptionally
good.
Rex B, Gordon, new prin
cipal at Norlina, said that the
opening at Norlina was very
good with all departments
working smoothly. He said that
he had not yet completed a
report on attendance.
George Washington, princi
pal of North Warren High
School, could not be reach
ed by telephone for a report.
Thursday was registration
day when students attended
school for a half day for as
signments of studies and
rooms. Today (Friday) will be
the first full day of school
John Graham To
Play Game Tonight
John Graham High School
football team will open its
1966 football team tonight
at Weldon when Coach Webb's
light and experienced team
meets a good Weldon team.
Norlina, which downed
William R. Davie in its open
er last Friday night, will play
at Gaston tonight, and on next
Friday night will host Louis
burg.
Warrenton will have its first
home game next Friday night
when it hosts William R.
Davie.
Average Of
Nearly 67C
Estimated
The Warrentoti Inlarco
Market begun its 1 ifOG sales
on Thursda;. morning with an
estimated average of nearly
67 <
Tlu- first sale was held at
Currin's Warehouse .it 9
o'clock following briel re
ligious service and .i count of
the first 100 {?il? - <ii, that
floor showed an average of
$06.51. Farmers expressed
general satisfaction.
Sales were underway when
the forms of this newspaper
were closed around 1 o'clock
arid total sales volumes on the
six warehouse floors were not
available
Warehouse floors were fill
ed with tobacco long before the
opening hour Thursday and a
heavy sale is also expected
on Friday The tobacco was of
a mixed quality with a con
siderable amount of untied
tobacco on the floors.
Powell Bill Fund
Allocations For
Warren Announced
Warren County's incor
porated towns will receive
m de r; fro v is. iuu-'- of
the Powell Bill, State Highway
Commission Chairman J. M.
Hunt has announced.
Hunt said that State Street
Aid allocations totaling more
than $9-million will go to
qualifying towns and cities in
North Carolina this year un
der provisions of the bill.
The allocations announced
for Warren County are: Nor
lina, $6,204.49: Littleton, $6,
204.49: Warrenton, $9,301.77.
No allocation was announced
for Macon In the table releas
ed by the State Highway Com
mission.
Hunt said that 420 North
Carolina towns and cities will
receive proportional cash al
lotments amounting to $9,
322,714.20. Checks will be
mailed from Raleigh the lat
ter part of September in or
der that they will reach the
municipalities by October 1.
The funds equal to the
amount produced by one-half
cent of the regular six-cents
per gallon motor fuel tax
levied by the State are re
turned annually to participat
ing municipalities in propor
tional shares based on the
relative non-state street
mileage and the relative popu
lations of each of the muni
cipalities.
Towns and cities qualify for
participation under the Powell
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CHILDREN ATRLAY AT MAR1AM BOYD AS SCHOOL OPENS