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VOLUME 70 Subscription Price $3.00 A Year 10<t Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1966 NUMBER 49
To Represent County
Bolton Named Young Farmer
Of Year At Javcee Banauet
Bolton, In center, receives check from Roy Pat Robertson
committee chairman, as Mrs. Bolton looks on.
Jan. 3 Is Deadline For
Transfer Of Allotments
Farm operators in Warren
County are reminded that ap
plications for transfer of cot
ton allotments for the 1967
crop year must be filed no
later than Jan. 3, 1967, T.
E. Watson, ASCS office man
ager, said yesterday.
Transfer may be permanent
through sale, or may be for
one or more years through
lease, depending on arrange
ments between farm opera
tors, Watson said. These
transfers Include sale or
lease to owners and opera
tors of other cotton allotment
facros.oi'.a transfer. Of. an al
lotment by an owner to another
farm owned or controlled by
him.
Watson said that for a trans
fer to be effective for the
1967 crop, an application
should be filed with the ASC
County Committee not later
than Jan. 3, 1967. Anyone
interested in transferring cot
ton acreage should contact the
ASCS office immediately, he
added.
Peck Company To Have
Holiday Dec. 22 to 27
Peck Manufacturing Com
pany, one of Warren County's
oldest Industries, has an
nounced that It will be closed
for Christmas holidays from
December 22 through Decem
ber 27 so that the employees
may enjoy Christmas with
their families.
A Christmas party for the
children of the employees was
held at the plant, Sunday,
December 18, at 2:30 p. m.
The program Included the
singing of carols and a visit
from Santa Claus, who dis
tributed gifts to all the child
ren who are ten years old
or younger. Refreshments
were served to all.
Vacation pay, amounting to
$9,300, was distributed De
cember 15. This Dav ranges
from 2 to 4 per cent, accord
ing to the length ot service
of each employee. Those with
five years and more service
received 4 per cent of earn
ings for the six months end
ing November 30, and those
with six months to five years
of service received 2 per cent
of earnings for the six months
ending November 30.
During 1966 Peck em
ployees saved $17,800through
the Christmas savings plan,
and individual checks for same
were distributed Novem
ber 23.
For the past four years an
extensive building and machi
nery Improvement program
has been underway, which In
cluded the complete air-con
ditioning of the plant.
Former Students To
Play Benofit Game
Members of the John Gra
ham High School 1962 basket
ball team will again play as
a unit on next Tuesday, Dec.
27, in their annual game with
the Norllna All-Stars to raise
funds for the Gordon Haith
cock Memorial Scholarship
Fund.
The game Is scheduled to
start at 8 o'clock at the John
Graham Gym and will be pre
ceded by a game between the
John Graham Jr. Varsity and
Aycock at 6)30. Admission will
.be SO? and $1.00. All proceeds
Jkwill $o Into the Scholarship
Fund which has had two re
clients - Willie Norwood in
1665 and DodUy Neal In 1666.
Former coach C. E.
"Preacher" Parker has been
Invited to attend the game.
Holiday Tourney
To Be Held Here
John Graham Yellow Jack
ets will be the host team at
a Holiday Basketball Tourna
ment to be played at the local
gym on December 29 and 30
with (our teams participating.
Weldon will play Epsom at
7 p. m. on Dec. 29, and
John Graham meets, Aycock In
the nightcap at 9 p. m.
Weldon and Aycock will play
the opening game at 7 p. m.
on Dec. 30, and John Graham
will meet Epsom at 9 p. m.
Norvelle Holt Bolton, 30
year-old farmer of the Oine
section, has been selected by
the Warren County Junior
Chamber of Commerce as
the Outstanding Young Farm
er of Warren County. He will
represent the county in the
state-wide contest to be held
at Lenoir on Jan. 20.
Announcement that Bolton
was chosen for the honor was
made by Roy Pat Robertson
at the annual Jaycee Christ
mas Party held at Colonial
Lodge on Thursday night of
last week, when Mr. and Mrs.
Bolton were special guests of
the Chamber.
Bolton as winner received
a check from the Jaycees and
a plaque from Carolina Power
and Light Company.
The contest is sponsored in
Warren County by the Jaycees
and the state contest is spon
sored by Carolina Power and
Light Company, Duke Power
Company and Virginia Elec
tric and Power Company, Ro
bertson said.
Robertson headed the com
mittee appointed to make the
selection of Warren County's
Outstanding Young Farmer.
Other members of the
committee were Travis
Pulley and Edgar Neal.
The selection was based on
the amount and diversity of
crops and other farm enter
prises, skill as an operator,
best crops and modern meth
ods of farming. The age limit
for selection is from 21 to
35 years.
Robertson told the Jaycees
gathered at the Christmas
party that Bolton was chosen
from a field of seven and that
the final selection was very
difficult. He said that there are
a number of outstanding young
farmers in the county and that
there was no dearth of
candidates for the honor.
Clinton Capps, Chamber
president, presided over the
ceremonies at the Christ
mas party. Dancing followed
the program.
Bolton, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. M. T. Bolton of Rt.
1, Norlina, is a graduate
of Norlina High School where
he was a member of the FFA
Chapter for four years, stud
lng Agriculture under Clint
Hege. He is married to the
former Pattle Vaughan of
Warrenton. They have one son,
Ricky Holt, 5 years old.
Christmas Services
A special Christmas ser
vice for the entire family will
be held at the Warrenton Bap
tist Church Sunday, Christ
mas Day, at 11 a. m., the
Rev. John Link, pastor, an
nounced yesterday.
Mr. Link said that the fam
ilies are asked to sit together
for the service, which will
close with a service of in
dividual and family dedication.
He said the Sunday School
will not be held Sunday.
Christmas services in the
three Episcopal Churches in
the county were announc
ed yesterday by the Rev.
J. M. Stoney, rector, as fol
lows:
Emmanuel ? -Christmas
party for Sunday School 4
p. m., Friday, Dec. 23. Holy
Communion, 11 p. m.,Christ
mas Eve, Dec. 24; Holy Com
munion, 11 a. m. Christmas
Day, Dec. 25.
All Saints ? Holy Com
munion, 9:30 p. m., Christ
mas Eve, Dec. 24.
Church of the Good Shep
herd, Ridge way - Christmas
Communion Service, 9:30 a.
m., Christmas Day, Dec. 25.
Jaycees To Give Toys To
Toys will be delivered by
members of the Warren Coun
ty Junior Chamber of Com
merce tonight and Saturday to
some 250 children In all sec
tions of the county as the cul
mination of the chamber's
Toys for Tots project.;
Broken toys were collected
by the Jaycees during the
past six weeks and repaired
In preparation for the Christ
mas distribution.
Roy Edmonds, chairman of
the Toys for Tots Committee,
said that the response of the
public to the Jaycees' appeal
for used toys was good and
that the Chamber would like to
thank each citizen whose con
tribution will make the dis
tribution of toys to poor child
ren at this Christmas season
possible.
n?w year dance
The Norllna junior Wo
man's Club will sponsor a
New Year Eve dance at the
Drewry Community House,
beginning at 8:30 p. m. Wil
liam Hicks will have charge
of the recorded music for the
dance. Admission will be $3.00
per couple.
Honored At Party
Mitchell Retires From Active
Duty With The Citizens Bank
John G. Mitchell, chairman
of the board of The Citizens
Bank of Warrenton, will re
tire from active duty with the
bank on Jan. 1 after some
43 years service with the local
institution.
He will retain his title as
chairman of the board and will
perform limited duties at the
bank.
Announcement of Mitchell's
retirement was made by p.
B. Boyd, president, at a din
ner at Warren Plaza Inn Sat
urday night, honoring Mr. and
Mrs. Mitchell. Attending the
dinner were bank personnel
and their husbands and wives
and bank directors and their
wives.
Also attending were Miss
Mamie Williams, a retired
employee of the bank, and Mrs.
Betty Read Foutz, a former
employee, and Mr. Foutz.
President Boyd presided al
the dinner where the benedic
tion was given by Claude Wei -
don, a bank official, William
W. Taylor, Jr., of Raleigh,
a member of the board ol
directors, was the principal
speaker.
President Boyd, Vice Pres
ident Howard Daniel and Tay
lor praised Mitchell's lonf
years of service to the bank
to his town and state, laudec
his character as a man, spoke
of their friendship and lonf
years of association with Mit
chell and reviewed some 01
the progress made by the bank
during the years that Mitchell
has been connected with it
Mrs. L. B. Beddoepresent
ed Mitchell with a gift from
the bank employees. General
Claude T. Bowers presented i
gift from the directors anc
Boyd presented a gift from th<
bank.
Mitchell became connectec
with the Citizens Bank in 1923
and after serving as assistan!
cashier, cashier, and vic?
president, became president
in 1940 and chairman of tht
board in 1963.
During the period that Mit
chell served as president and
board chairman the local bank
has shown steady growth, wltt
the bank being twice reno
vated and enlarged in recenl
years and a drive-in brand
built on the Norlina Road this
fall.
Mitchell has been actlvt
with the North Carolina Bank
ers Association for man)
years, serving as vice chair
man and chairman of grou]
4, and serving as president
of the North Carolina Bank
ers Association in 1955-56,
He has served as chalrmar
of many committees with tht
N. C. Bankers Association anC
is now serving as chalrmar
of the Federal Legislatlvt
Committee of the NCBA. Ht
is a member of the execu
tive council, the governlnf
body, of the American Bank
ers Association, and servet
for three years as state direc
tor of the Independent Bank
ers Association of America,
The son of the late Mr. ant
Mrs. W. Z. Mitchell of Ox
ford, he was born and reared
in Oxford. He attended Jolui
Graham High School at War
renton from the fall of 1914
to the spring of 1916, wher
he was graduated, in 191 f
he went with old Company H
of the N. C. National Guard
to the Mexican Border. While
on the border he became t
member of a National Guard
machine gun company and ser
ved as a machine gunner lr
France during World War
with the rank of Sergeant
While in France he attended
Officers Train in g School atd
was commissioned a second
JOHN G. MITCHELL
lieutenant.
Following the War, Mitchell
entered the University of
North Carolina where he stud
ied for two years. Shortly after
(See MITCHELL, page 4)
Special Services To
Be Held By Baptist:
A special Christmas ser
vice for the entire family will
be held at the Warrenton Bap
tist Church Sunday, Christmas
Day, at 11 a. m., the Rev.
John Link, pastor, announced
yesterday.
Mr. Link said that the fam
ilies are asked to sit together
for the service, which will
close with a service of in
dividual and family dedica
tion.
He said the Sunday School
will not be held Sunday.
Methodist Service
Planned Christmas
Wesley Memorial Methodist
Church will hold its Christ
mas Day worship service at
10 a. m. on Dec. 25, the Rev.
L. T. Wilson, pastor, announc
ed yesterday. He said there
would be no church school
Stores To
Be Closed
Stores, banks, the post
offices and other business
houses of both Warrenton and
Norlina will be closed Mon
day in observance of the
Christmas holiday which this
year falls on Sunday.
In addition, A. C. Fair,
president of the Warrenton
Merchants Association, said
yesterday that a number of
independent stores at Warren
ton would also observe Tues
day as a holiday. However, he
said that chain stores would
only observe Monday as a
holiday, and that Leggett's,
Rose's, Colonial, A&P and
FCX would be open Tuesday.
Warren County schools
closed on Wednesday after
noon. The court house will be
closed from Friday until the
following Wednesday. The Ex
tension Department will also
take the Tuesday holiday.
Also to be closed next Tues
day will be the ASCS offices
and the Soil Conservation De
partment office in the agricul
tural building. T. E. Watson,
ASCS office manager, said
yesterday that while the ASCS
office is supposed to be closed
only on Monday, the closing
of the court house would mean
that no heat would be pro
vided for the Agricultural
Building on Tuesday and would
necessitate all offices in the
building being closed.
The postoffice and other
federal agencies housed in
other buildings at Warrenton
are expected to observe Mon
day only as a holiday.
No special programs have
been planned for the holidays
here, as far as could be learn
ed yesterday. The usual num
ber of small parties and fam
ily dinners are expected to
be held as relatives and
friends come home for the
holidays.
Mrs. Hal White, Jr.
Is Woman Of Year
Mrs. Hal White, Jr., of
Wise has been chosen as Wo
man of the Year by the Nor
llna Junior Club.
Announcement of the selec
tion was made at the club's
annual Christmas dinner and
party held at the Colonial
Lodge in Warrenton on Satur
day evening.
Mrs. White has been an ac
tive member of the Nor
lina Junior Woman's Club for
more than five years. She is
presently serving asvlcepre
sldent and program chairman.
Last year she received hono
rable mention for her work
with the club.
The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. P. Holtzman of Ridge
way, Mrs. White is a grad
uate of Norlina High School
and the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro
where she majored in ele
mentary education. She
teaches first grade at Norlina
High School and is choir di
rector tor St. Paul's Lutheran
Church at JUdgeway.
Mrs. White la the mother of
three children, Oebra 8, Ash
ley 4, and Stuart u months.
Hostesses for the dinner and
party were Mrs. G. A. Daake,
MRS. HAL W?TE . JR.
Jr., and Mrs. Henry Dortch.
Husbands of the club members
were guests for tbe occasion.
The dining room was deco
rated in keeping with the
Christmas season. Gifts were
exchanged and games were
tfayed during the evening.
Each guest was presented a
gift. The club members made
plans to sponsor aNew'Year's
dance at the Drewry Commun
ity House.