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Coop, Your Best Advertising Medium llarren iSrnirii Your Best Advertising Medium 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.