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Members of Boy Scout Troop 617, with their Scout
master, who attended a camporee on Kerr Lake during
the weekend are pictured above. They are, left to right:
First row-Scoutmaster Thurman Batten, Smltty Bugg, Wal
ter Gardner, Bill Davis, Garry Andrews, William Cox,
Jim Elam, Sandy Batten; second row?Mike Ayscue, Billy
Watson, Walter Hurst, Franky Blaylock, Jay Williams,
Sears Bugg; back row?Paul Stoney, Kenny Clayton, Julian
Robertson, Bobby Miles, Bob Chewnlng, Chris Stoney,
Frank Hunter, Bill Stainback, and Dwlght Ayscue, Junior
Assistant Scoutmaster. Not pictured were Wayne Short and
Jimmy Whitley.
Vehicle Law Violators Tried In
Recorder's Court On Friday
Violators of the motor
vehicle laws were the prin
cipal defendants in Warren
County Recorder's Court last
Friday.
Elmo Thomas Pullen was
ordered to pay court costs
when he was found guilty of
driving with an expired opera
tor's license.
Forest Eugene Vaughan,
charged with reckless driving,
driving at speed greater than
reasonable under existing cir
cumstances, and with failure
to stop for blue light and
sirene, failed to appear in
court. Kis bond was ordered
forfeited and a capias was
issued to Vance County.
Joseph Thomas Manning
was sentenced to the roads
for 90 days when he pled
guilty to charges of ditmk
driving and failing to ylSld
right-of-way. The sentence
was suspended for two years
provided the defendant sur
renders his license for one
year, not drive a motor ve
hicle upon the public highways
of North Carolina for one
year, not violate any of the
motor vehicle laws of the
state for two years and pays
court costs.
Gene Arring. n entered a
plea of nolo contendere to a
charge of reckless driving.
Prayer for judgment was con
tinued for two years upon
condition that he surrender his
operators's license for 30
days, not drive a motor ve
hicle upon the public highways
of North Carolina for 30days,
not violate any of the motor
vehicle laws of the state, of
North Carolina for two years
and pays court costs.
Jerry Mason was senterc
ed to the roads for 30 days
when he was found guilty on
charges of being drunk and
disorderly.
James Edward Davis,
charged with non-support, was
found not guilty.
Charles Russell Cole was
ordered to pay a $100 fine
and court costs when he pled
guilty to a charge of drunk
driving.
The state took a nol pros
with leave in the case of
Norman Timothy Williams,
charged with speeding.
Defendants in other speed
(See COURT, page 4)
Woman Hospitalized
Following Wreck
Lillian Edwards Davis, 39
year-old colored woman, was
hospitalized following a single
car wreck near Embro on
Monday afternoon around 2:15
o'clock.
At Warren General Hospital
It was found that the woman had
a severely Injured back and
was paralyzed from the waist
down, according to Highway
Patrol V. R. Vaughan, In
vestigating officer.
4 Vaughan said that the ac
cident occurred about 0.7 mile
northeast of Embro on the
Vaughan road while she was
driving a 1955 Mercury over
a road that was covered with
crushed stone. Vaughan said
she evidently lost control of
the car, which ran off the road
and overturned. She was alone
it the time.
Vaughan said that no
charges would be preferred.
Woman's Club
District Meet Award
The Warrenton Woman's
Club received the Betty
Weathers Award at the annual
meeting of the 14th district
held at Wake Forest on Satur
day.
The award, a silver tray,
presented (or the first time,
was given to the Warrenton
Club in recognition of an in
crease in membership.
The meeting, held at the
Wake Forest Baptist Church,
was attended by Mesdames
W. R. Baskervill, R. B. But
ler, Leonard Daniel, J, Allen
Tucker, Harry Williams and
Miss Elizabeth Rooker.
Mrs. E. A. Latta, District
14 president, presided, and
Miss Marjorle Yokley, .presl
dent of the N. C. Federation
of Women's Club, gave the
principal address.
Mrs. R. B. Butler, presi
dent of the Warrenton Wo
man's Club and vice-president
of District 14, gave the re
port of the year's work of the
Warrenton club and received a
certificate of excellence for
the club as well as the mem
bership award.
Mrs. Butler, on behalf of
the Warrenton Woman's Club
and Junior Woman's Club, also
invited the clubs in the district
to hold their annual meeting
in October, 1967, at Warren
ton. The invitation was ac
cepted.
Organizations Engage
In Fund Raising Efforts
DOUGHNUT SALE
The Norllna High School
senior class will sponsor a
Doughnut Sale on Thursday
night, Oct. 27. Doughnuts
will be sold lor 60? per dozen.
STEW SALE
The Rldgeway Community
Club will sponsor p Bruns
wick stew sale at the Norllna
Woman's Club on Saturday,
Oct. 22, at noon. Stew will
be sold at $1.00 per quart
where customer furnishes
container; otherwise, $1.10.
For reserve orders or for
orders to be delivered, call
Mrs. John K. Killan, 456-2671,
before Saturday morning.
BAKE SALE
The ladies of the Providence
Methodist Church will have a
bake sale October 22 at 9:00
o'clock In the AAA Gas Co.
Store. Proceeds will go for a
communion table.
BAKE SALE
Norllna Chapter No. 158,
Order of the Eastern Star,
will sponsor a bake sale at
k. Knight's Appliance Center In
^ Norllna on Saturday, Oct. 22.
Proceeds will be used for
.
chapter projects during the
.year.
NORL1NA HOBO DAY
\
The Sophomore Class of
Norllna High School will spon
sor Hobo Day on Saturday,
Oct. 22, at 10:00 o'clock.
Bnel *3a*
Odd jobs such as car wash,
raking leaves, etc., will be
done by the members of the
class. Anyone having a job
for the class to do, please
contact Jan Hawks, 456-4631
as soon as possible.
STEW SALE
The Woman's Auxiliary of
the Warrenton Pentecostal
Holiness church will sell
Brunswick stew at Audry Ays
cue's home, across from the
Sportswear factory, on Thurs
day, Oct. 27, for $1.00 per
quart.
LIGHT BULB SALE
Chahofal Assembly No. 45,
Order of the Rainbow, will
conduct a light bulb sale In
Norllna on Monday, Oct. 24,
and In Warrenton on Tuesday,
Oct. 25. This will be a door
to-door sale. Proceeds will
be used for Rainbow projects
during the coming year.
BAKE SALE
The Warrenton Woman's
Club will sponsor a Bake Sale
Friday Oct. 28th from 10:00
o'clock a.m. until 12:00
o'clock noon at the AAA Gas
Office on Main Street.
STEW SALE
The Zlon Methodist Church
will hold a Brunswick stew
[ sale on Wednesday, Oct. 26,
at the church educational
building, stew, at $1.00 per
quart, will be ready by noon.
Scouts
Attend
Camporee
Twenty-three Boy Scouts of
Troop 617, one Cub Scout of
Den 5, Thomas E. Watson,
James Short and Scoutmaster
Thurman Batten attended the
Fall Advancement Camporee
held by the Vanwarco district
this past weekend at W. D.
Campbell Scout Camp on Kerr
Lake.
Batten said that the purpose
of this camporee was to help
the Sccuis In r'/ret-andSeoond
Class requirements. Scouts
who had already passed these
requirements helped with the
training.
A campfire program was
held on Saturday night with
each troop presenting a skit
and participating In singing
and a talent show.
Troop 617 is sponsored by
the Wesley Memorial Metho
dist Church.
Week Of Prayer
The Woman's Society of
Christian Service of Wesley
Memorial Methodist Church
here will begin its Week of
Prayer on Monday, Oct. 24,
at 10:30 a. m. when Mrs. R.
L. Jerome of Smlthfleld will
lead the Day Apart service.
Mrs. Harry Williams, In an
nouncing the meeting, said that
each one attending Is asked to
bring her own lunch and that
the church would furnish cof
fee. She said that the ladles
of nearby Methodist churches
are especially Invited and urg
ed to attend this spiritual up
lift which will close by 2:30
p. m.
Afternoon meetings will be
held on Tuesday, Oct. 25, and
Wednesday, Oct. 26, when
missionary needs of the world
will be the topic for discus
sion by ladies of Wesley Me
" mortal WSCS.
X-Ray Unit
To Be Here
Next Week
The North Carolina State
Board of Health Mobile X-Ray
Unit will be In operation In
Warren County for a four-day
period bo ginning on Oct. 25
Mrs. Clyde Whltford, execu
tive secretary of the Warren
County tb and Health Associ
ation, announced yesterday.
Mrs. Whltford said that all
persons needing chest X-rays
for health cards or for a year
ly check-up are urged to visit
the clinic for this free service.
The mobile unit will be
parked at the Medical Center
on me hospital grounds on
Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 10a.m.
to 12 noon and from 1 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m.; and on Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday
^om a a.m. to 12 noon and
from 1 p.m. t0 3;30 p m
The clinic is sponsored by
the North Carolina State Board
of Health, the Warren County
Health Department and the
Warren County TB and Health
Association.
Norlina Man Would
Make Washing Easier;
Patents Bath Miff
Raldolph Rooker ofNorlina,
whose recently patented land
anchor is being developed at
North Carolina State Univer
sity, has received another pa
tent.
The latest patent Is for a
Bath Mitt, which was patented
Oct. 11, 1966. Rooker said that
he obtained the. idea for the
mitt while working In Alaska.
The patent covers a bath
mitt in which a wash cloth is
formed as a glove. This, Rook
er said, avoids the sloshlngof
water on the floor, and is fast
er and more effective. It has
a grip that makes It suitable
for washing babies, for awash
cloth for bathing, or for any
other purpose where a wash
cloth is used.
Rooker said that he plans
to have the mitt manufactured
on a royalty basis and said
that he Is already in contact
with a textile manufacturer.
Rooker said yesterday that
he has five additional patents
lending.
Church To Sponsor
Country Store Sale
Members of Emmanuel
Episcopal Church will con
duct a Country Store at the
Episcopal Parish House on
Monday from 12 noon to 5:30
p. m.
The Country Store will In
clude a food booth where ex
cellent and delicious food may
be obtained; a bake shop,
where various kinds of bread
may be obtained; a book sale;
a furniture department; pot
ted plants, crafts and hand
work and novelties of all kinds.
Civil Term Of Superior
Court To Open Monday
Robertson Accepts
Position With Bank
Roy Pat Robertson of War
renton, who for the past four
years has been in the Insur
ance business at Warrenton,
has accepted a position with
the Citizens Bank, effective
Monday, Oct. 24.
Robertson, a 1958 graduate
of John Graham High School,
where he was a star athlete,
was graduated from Chowan
College in 1960. After taking
a special training course at
Chapel Hill he became con
nected with the State Highway
Patrol in the business office
where he worked for one year
before becoming an insurance
agent with Home Security Life
of Durham. Last April he com
pleted a first year course in
LUTC.
The son of Mr. and Mrs.
Vance Robertson, of Macon,
Robertson is a member of
Macon Baptist Church where
he is Sunday School superin
tendent and a former chair
man of the board of deacons.
He is a member and director
ROY PAT ROBFRTSON
of the Warren County Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
Robertson is married to the
former Carolyn McCrary of
Lexington. They have two
daughters, Rhonda Kay, 3
years, and. Marsha Gay, seven
months old.
Johnson
To Preside
Over Term
The Civil Term of Warren
County Superior Court will
open on Monday morning with
Judge William A. Johnson of
Lillington presiding.
Cases have been docketed
through Thursday with few
cases of outstanding interest
except to the litigants. The
docket is as follows:
Monday ? Clissie Ann
Milliam Johnson vs. Robert
Lee Johnson; Pessie Brodie
Townes vs. Nathaniel Townes;
Frances Whittington Arm
strong vs. Thurman Kinlaw
Carroll.
Tuesday? Effie C. Collins,
Admx. of the Estate of Bern
ard Edward Collins vs Char
les Herbert Tharrington, Jr.,
a minor, and Theressa R.
Tharrington, his mother;
Joseph L. Ayscue, Admr., of
Estate of Joseph Lee Ayscue,
Jr., vs. Theressa R. Thar
rington and Charles Herbert
Tharrington, Jr., a minor;
Jack Hunter Collins, an infant,
by next friend, Effie C. Col
lins, vs. Charles Herbert
Tharrington, Jr., aminor, and
Theressa R. Tharrington, his
mothec William Edward
Perry, Jr., vs. Charles Ed
ward Schuster.
Wednesday?Ralph Wallace
Fleming vs. George Herbert
Rooker, Eddie Lee Lewis and
Kenneth Mustian; MyrtleStal
lings Fleming, Admx. of estate
of Sol B. Fleming, deceas
ed, vs. George Herbert Rook
er, Eddie Lee Lewis and Ken
neth Mustian; Rosa Pearl Boyd
vs. Jeff Bullock and Charles
Lassiter.
Thursday ? A. D. Harris
vs. C. T. Oakley, Sr.; Clan
ton C. Perkinson vs. Ben
Lynch; In the Matter of the
Will of Mattie D. Harris, de
ceased.
Jurors summoned for the
term are:
Mrs. B.G.White, N. P. Bob
bitt, Wiley Brewer, Hal W.
Connell, J. W. Riggan, Howard
Adams, Mrs. John A. Wilson,
M. H. Felts, J. c. Pegram,
Willie A. Fleming, W. A. Reid,
E. T. Jackson, M. W. Als
ton, R. M. Lynch, C. P. Pope,
Augustus Alston, C. B. Bot
toms, S. D. Duke.
Also F. J. Harris, W. K.
Delbridge, W. L. Cc:t, Lewis
T. Ayscue, William S. Davis,
B. T. Smiley, Jr., George H.
Harris, N. G. Perkinson, T. F.
St all in gs, James Elmo Ellis,
W. Glenn Coleman, L. M.
Halthcock, Sr., Ava W. Per
kinson, John w. Clark, Robert
J. Maxbaurer; GuyOverby, G
W. King.
Mrs. Walker To Speak
At Farm Bureau Meeting
Revival To Be Held
At W. Plains Church
The Warren Plains Metho
dist Church will hold revival
services from Sunday, Oct.
23, through Thursday, Oct.
27, with services each night
at 7:30 o'clock, the Rev. Al
Thompson, pastor, announced
yesterday.
The, guest minister will be
the Rev. Demont Reid, pastor
of the First Methodist Church
of Henderson for the past two
years. He went to Henderson
from the First Methodist
Church In Loulsburg. He has
also served pastorales in Bur
lington and Elizabeth City.
In making the announce
ment, Mr. Thompson said,
"We are looking forward to
having the Rev. Mr. Reld par
ticipate in our services. We
want everyone to Join us and
to pray for these services.
Our Methodist Board of Evan
gelism Is calling for all our
members to join in a'Venture
of Faith' this year. This Is
our response to this call.
Faith Itself challenges the In
dividual to venture Into new
areas of Christian concern,
both private and public. We
hope all who come will respond
to that challenge and will seek,
to respond accordingly."
Mrs. Irby Walker of Ral
eigh, State Farm Bureau
Treasurer, will be the guest
speaker at the annual meeting
of the Warren County Farm
Bureau to be held In the Agri
cultural Building here on Mon
day night, Oct. 24, at 7:30
o'clock, John K. Kilian, presi
dent, announced yesterday.
Door prizes and refresh
ments will be features of the
meeting, and Kilian said that
all bureau members, their
wives and other interested
persons are Invited to attend
the meeting.
Reports on the annual Farm
Bureau membership drive will
be made at this meeting. E.
C. Robertson is county mem
bership chairman. Dennis
Harris is serving as women's
chairman for the drive.
C. 0. Turner Dies
Funeral services for C.
O. Turner, 60, of Hickory,
who died on Monday night,
were held on Wednesday. He
was the brother of W. L.
Turner of Warrenton.
He Is survived by his wife,
and four children; his father;
two sisters and four broth
ers.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Turn
"er attended the funeral.
HYF To Sponsor
Fall Festival
The Warco Subdistrict MYF
will sponsor a Fall Festival
on Hallowe'en night, Oct. 31,
at the Warrenton Armory,
Larry Shearin, president, an
nounced yesterday.
Larry said that games, con
tests, cake walks and other
events will be held. A trans
istor radio will be given away
as a door prize, and prizes
will also be awarded In a cos
tume contest.
The festival will last from
7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Admission will be 35$ for
children and 50$ for adults.
Larry said that all children
and parents are Invited to
attend and that proceeds will
be used for MYF mission
work.
RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP
URBAN A, m. - William
B. Duke, . son at Mrs. W.
O. Coleman, Warrenton, N. C.,
has received a Wright Fel
lowship for graduate study In
agrowomy at the l
"a?01*- masm
John Graham Hlch School's tuns with Gaston bars to
night will b? a homecoming gam*. Among the activities
will be the crowning of a Homecoming Queen during the
half. Candidates. for this position are shown aa pictured
at the school on Thursday morning. They are, left to
right: Nancy Ayscue, Carolyn Shear In, Janet Fait, Jennifer
Taylor, Linda Fleming, Helen Diamond, Barbara