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VOLUME 71 Subscription Price $3.00 A Year 10$ Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY JO, 1967 NUMBER 6
Mitchiner
Rites Held
Saturday
Funeral services for Johi
Tyson Mitchiner, 59, weri
held at Wesley Memoria
Methodist Church of Warren'
ton at 11 a. m. Saturday b;
the pastor, the Rev. L. T
Wilson. Interment wasinOak
dale Cemetery in Louisburg
Mr. Mitchiner died on las
Thursday at Warren Genera
Hospital where he had beei
1 a patient for several months
The son of the late Garlanc
Clifton and Mary Nicholsoi
Mitchiner of Franklin County
Mr. Mitchiner was a gradual
of Franklinton High Schoo
and a 1928 graduate of Stati
College where he was awarder
a B. S. in Business Admini
stration. Following hi:
graduation he worked with th(
Stock Market in New Yorl
until the depression, when h(
returned to Franklinton.
Shortly after his marriage
to Miss Edith Perry, he camc
to Warrenton in 1937 when
he opened the Economy Autc
Store, which he operated foi
23 years. In 1960 he became
connected with General Build
ing Supplies where he re
mained until his health failec
about a year ago.
He was a member of Wes
ley Memorial Church whert
he served as church treasurer
and member of the board of
stewards. He was a formei
member of the Warrenton Ro
tary Club.
Mr. Mitchiner is Survivec
by his wife, Mrs. Edith Plun
kett Perry Mitchiner; tw<
sons, John Tyson Mitchiner o:
f Hyattsville, Md., ar.d WilHair
Clifton Mitchiner of Burling
ton; two brothers, E. C,
Mitchiner of Henderson anc
W. A. Mitchiner of Oxford,
| three sisters, Mrs. J. B. W,
^ Ellington of Kittrell, Mrs,
Wilber Underhill of Wendell
and Mrs. T. W. Mims o
Moncure.
FCIC Now Accepting
Applications For
Crop Insurance
The Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation Is now accepting
applications for Insurance and
emphasizing its Importance in
connection with credit and the
rising costs of making crops,
Mrs. James K. Polk, office
manager, said yesterday.
Mrs. Polk said that 31 to
bacco claims, totalling $10,
697.30, have been paid and
to dale 268 claims have been
filed on cotton with Indemni
ties expected to reach ap
proximately $25,000 for the
1966 crop year.
Claude B. Bottoms, sales
supervisor, who has recently
returned from a sales train
ing meeting In Asheville, Is
Jl'working in the field and can
be reached by telephone at
257-3669 In Warrenton.
For futher information,
Mrs. Polk said, Interested
11 persons m ay come to the coun
ty office on the first floor
of the court house, or tele
phone 257-3780 In Warrenton.
Office hours are from 8:30
a. m. to 12 noon and 12:30
p. m. to 5 p. m. Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, and
from 8 a. m. to 12 noon and
12:30 p. m. to 3 p. m. on
Thursday each week.
Officers Renovate
Office 01 Sheriff
Mrs. Clarence Davis is
l working on curtains for the
Sj^heriffs office in the court
house and when they ere hung
the Job of renovating the office
will have bean completed, and
it is predicted that the office
J/wUl be just about theprettlest
* sheriff's office In the state.
Sheriff Davis, who was a
building contractor before as
suming his duties as sheriff,
his deputies Dorsey Capps
and Lloyd Newsom and
Highway Patrolmen Pete
Vauchan furnished ail the la
CSee OFFICE, page S)
WARREN SCHOOL BI S IN WHICH 15 STUDENTS W'FRE INJURED
Five Of 15 Students Hurt In
Bus Accident Remain In Hospital
Five of the 15 Warren Coun
ty students Injured In a bus
accident at Vaughan Wednes
day morning were still hos
pitalized Thursday with ser
ious but not critical Injuries.
Joan Harris and Bridget
Johnson were In Roanoke Ra
pids Hospital where Jean has
head Injuries and Bridget has
a broken pelvis, according to
James I. Bridges, principal
of the Vaughan School.
Ernestine Alexander, Darry
Boyd and John L. Taylor were
In Warren General Hospital
where Ernestine has a broken
hip, Darry has facial injuries
and John has head Injuries.
Ten of the injured students
are students at the Vaughan
Elementary School and five
are students at North Warren
High School.
Other Injured students were
Gregory Gill, Douglas Rus
sell, Prince Johnson, Richard
Johnson, French Johnson, Ma
bel Alston, Eugene Taylor,
Gregory Russell, Dalphine
Harris and BUI Kearney.
The students were injured
when a school bus skidded on
Ice-coated U. S. 158 into a
tractor trailer near the
Vaughan Elementary School
Tuesday morning.
State Trooper V. R. Vaughan
said the bus was attempting to
turn into the drive of the
Vaughan school when It hit an
Icy spot causing the rear of the
bus to swing Into the oncom
ing truck.
Vaughan said the bus &ent
a few feet under the trail
er. The bus was badly damag
ed and the truck and trailer,
owned by Willie and Carrie
Alexander of Hamilton, had
"substantial damage."
The school bus driver,
Michael Anthony Macon, 17,
of Rt. 1, Macon, and Gene
Gilbert Green, 28, of Hamil
ton, driver of the truck, were
not injured.
Vaughan said he was satis
fied that neither the school
bus driver nor truck driver
was driving too fast for the
road conditions.
"The school bus was a few
feet away from the turn off,"
Vaughan reported. Both driv
ers said they were traveling
about 10 mph when the acci
dent happened at 8:15 a. m.
Vaughan said the bus was
on an elevated curve when it
hit the ice and skidded into the
truck.
Board Wants Warren
To Remain In District
Warren County does not
want to be taken out of the
Second Congressional District
and placed In the First Dis
trict in any reapportionment
plan of the North Carolina
General Assembly, as has
been suggested.
This was the view express
ed by the board of county com
missioners here Monday
afternoon to James D. Speed,
representative In the House
of Representatives from War
ren, Franklin and Vance Coun
ties.
Speed, who will be serv
ing his fourth term in the
House, appeared before the
board to discuss the introduc
tion of possible legislation
want by the county, and to
converse with the commis
sioners on any way in which
he could be of service to the
county. He said that he would
welcome any member of the
board of his Raleigh office and
would be glad to appear before
the board on the first Monday
or at any other time at their
requests.
The commissioners had no
definite legislation they want
ed passed, but expressed some
Interest on the adding of a
one-cent sale tax with the
money being returned to the
county on a per capita basis.
Speed said that he had not seen
the proposals, but it was his
feeling that if the sales tax
is increased it should be on a
statewide basis. He said that
it has been suggested that one
half of the present sales tax
be returned to the counties,
and that there is some pos
sibility that this would be done.
He also said that he felt that
the amount of money re
ceived by the counties and
municipalities from the fran
chise tax might in increased.
However, he said, that no
stand could be taken or no
legislation promised until
after the budget had been
submitted to the General As
sembly.
Speed said that he feels the
General Assembly will be in
session for around five months
with reapportionment and
whiskey legalization con
sumed much time of the
Legislature.
Memorial Gifts Sought By
National Cancer Society
Memorial gifts to the Amer
ican Cancer Society was yes
terday stressed by Mrs. Earl
Maynard, Jr., chairman crfthe
Warren County Cancer So
ciety.
Cancer research has pro
gressed so rapidly, Mrs.
Maynard said, thai available
funds have not been suf
ficient to support all the new
projects considered neces
sary *.rt follow up many
new leads. Memorial gifts will
help to end this shortage of
funds she said.
Mrs. Maynard added that
many scientists now believe
that cancer will be brought un
der control before many more
yearn have passed.
Memorial gifts received by
the American Cancer Society,
Mrs. Maynard said, are not
only made in remembrance
of those who have died of can
cer, bat frequently are made
In the name of the living mem
bers of the family or friends
In honor of birthdays, an
niversaries and other Import
ant events.
Some donors have estab
lished the habit at making
memorial gifts annually or at
regular Intervals of a few
months.
Mrs. Maynard said that
every memorial gift is
acknowledged with a dignified
card naming the person In
whose honor the donation has
been made. This card Is sent
to the person designated by
the donor. It does not state
the amount of the gift. An
acknowledgement and receipt
are also sent to the donor.
Mrs. Maynard said that the
only Information needed for
making a memorial gift Is the
nam* at the person honored
and the name and address of
the person, to whom acknow
ledgement should be sent.
Special envelopes are avail
able and can be obtained by
telephoning 257-3775.
Funeral For Victim
Of Wreck Is Held
Here On Saturday
Funeral services for James
Edgar Hight, 29, were con
ducted from Blaylock Funeral
Home at 4 p. m. Saturday by
the Rev. W, C. Baughman,
pastor of the Norlina Baptist
Church. Interment was In the
family plot In Warren Me
morial Gardens In Warren
Plains.
Mr. Hight died In N. C.
Memorial Hospital Thursday
of last week as^the result of
injuries received in an auto
mobile accident near Hen
derson early Wednesday
morning, In which one man
was killed and two others
injured.
Mr. Hight Is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Arlin* Prld
gen Hight; two children, Fre
da Gale and Ella Kathleen
Hight of Norlina; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Hush E. Hight
at Norlina; and his paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Mamie
Hight of Rt. a, Macon.
Hardy Is
Appointed
Trustee
H. M. Hardy of Warrenton
was appointed by the Board of
Commissioners Monday as a
member of the Board of Trus
tees of Warren General Hos
pital. Hardy succeeds H.
Evans Coleman of Wise, who
resigned in January.
The meeting of the board
Monday was an all-day affair
with adjournment coming after
5 o'clock In the afternoon.
A delegation from River
Township headed by Alvis
Fleming appeared before the
board *.o discuss further the
hardsurfaclng of the River
Dairy Road In River Town
ship.
A delegation from Roanoke
Township appeared before the
board to request that the State
Highway Commission widen
and stabilize road No. 1360.
The State Highway Commis
sion was requested to add to
the county road system that
road known as the "Gooch
Road" in Smith Creek Town
ship, a distance of 5/l0 of a
mile.
Brent F. Chlnault of Con
solidated Appraisal and Map
ping Company of Burlington
appeared before the board to
discuss the revaluation of pro
perty in Warren County In
1968.
A bid of $21.75, submitted
by Charles D. Williams, jr.,
for the refrigerator used In the
colored home agent's office
be rejected. The com
missioners ordered the re
frigerator be advertised
again.
The Hon . James Speed,
representative for this dis
trict In the House of Repre
sentatives, met with the board
to discuss the legislative pro
gram.
A. P. Rodwell, Jr., tax col
lector, reported 1966 taxes
collected In January In the
amount of $66,606.29, making
a total collected to date of
$337,937.25. The percentage
of 1966 taxes collected to date
Is 75.76%.
In Hospital
The list of patients in War
ren General Hospital as of
Wednesday at noon were as
follows: . *"
22
Fred Benton, Ernlstlne
Alexander, Roy Lee Lynch,
Herman Hayes, James L. Har
ris, Wiley Coleman, Fletcher
Bobbltt, James Short, Charlie
King, Lettle Todd, Kearny Pe
tar, Marina Williams, Pearl
Evans, Randy McGowan, Lucy
Alston, John Vincent Allen,
Mark C. Duke.
Also, Sonya Dunston, Henry
Conner, Llston Moore Shea
rin, Phyllis Johnson, Gerthjt
Woodard, Betty Dowtln, Dlllle
M. Johnson, Georfe Yancy,
Sollie Johnson, Darrle Boyd,
Alexander Bullock, Join Wat
son, Harry Oils, Amanda
Skipwith, Ida Alston, Jessie
Alston, John Taylor.
Commissioners Take No Action
On Proposal To Have Sales Tax
Increased Cent For County Use
Gardner Named Officer
Of State Blind Assn
W. Monroe Gardner of War -
renton, district governor
of northcentral Lions District
31-G, was elected first vice
president of the North Caro
lina Association of the Blind,
Inc., at a meeting held in Ral
eigh Sunday.
The association was creat
ed by North Carolina Lions
in 1935 and serves as a link
between the nearly 400 Lions
Clubs in the state and various
other civic groups interested
in aiding the blind and con
serving sight of the visual
ly handicapped.
In addition to electing of
ficers, the association also
adopted a new constitution and
heard reports on progress of
its current White Cane cam
paign for aid to the blind and
conservation of sight.
W. H. Wynns of Powells
ville was elected president,
and will succeed Darreil W.
Morse of Havelock on July
1. Charles G. Monnett, Jr.,
of Greensboro was elected
second vice president; James
H. Nappler of Clayton, trea
surer; and L. C. Stoker of
Asheviile, secretary.
The association also elected
eight directors as follows: R.
M. Griffin of Hickory, Shaw
Brown of Mooresville, Arn
old Hyde of Asheviile, John
Ed Davis of Shelby, Hoyle
Farrell of Graham, Stacy
Budd of Sanford, Donnls R.
Branham of Greensboro and
LeRoy Woodcock of Wilson.
The new constitution and by
MONROE GARDNER
laws limit the terms of all
officers to one year and they
will serve during the new
fiscal year beginning July 1.
Reports on progress of the
White Cane campaign from
each of the nine districts in
the state showed a total of
approximately $112,000. The
campaign goal is $147,000 and
officials are confident that it
will be reached before the
current association year ends.
The association's next
meeting will be held In con
junction with the annual con
vention of North Carolina
Lions Clubs at Charlotte In
June.
The Board of County Com
missioners took no action at
their regular meeting Monday
on a proposal to hava the Le
gislature add one cent to the
present three cents sales tax
with the additional funds being
returned to counties and mu
nicipalities.
This proposal was made at
a district meeting of the As
sociation of County Com
missioners held In Raleigh
last Thursday when the pro
gram was put on by John
Morrisey of the Institute of
Government at Chapel Hill.
Attending the meeting from
Warren County were Chair
man Amos L. Capps and Com
missioners Robert Thorne,
John Wilson, Alfred J. Elling
ton and County Attorney Jim
Limer.
In the discussion of adding
an additional penny to the
present sales tax, several
proposals weremade. Onewas
that the program be put on
a county optional plan. Another
was a statewide plan with funds
being returned to the counties
where collected, and a third
was for a statewide plan with
funds being distributed on a
per capita basis.
Chairman Capps said yes
terday that the only one of the
plans suggested , that of re
turning money to the counties
on a per capita basis, had
his approval. He said he would
favor this plan because sales
tax money spent In other
counties by Warren residents
would be returned to the coun
ty and its towns. He said that
it was estimated that Warren
County and its Incorporated
towns would receive around
$80,000 annually should this
plan be adopted.
A similar view was ex
pressed by the other com
missioners Monday when Rep.
James Speed of Franklin
County appeared before the
board to ascertain if the coun
ty wanted him to introduce
any special legislation.
ed by the resignation of the
Rev. J. M. Stoney, who has
moved to Alabama.
The commissioners told the
committee that there Is at
present no vacancy in the
Sheriff's Department and that
Sheriff Davis selects his own
deputy, subject to approval by
the board. They also told the
committee that the com
missioners only appoint one
member to the Board of
Health, and that he is usual
ly a member of the board of
commissioners. One member
is appointed by the Welfare
Board and the other is ap
pointed by the State Board of
Welfare.
Board Says Timber
Was Valued Too
Low In Appraisal
Timber land will be valued
In a more equitable manner
in the 1969 valuation at War
ren County, the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners indicated at
their meeting here Monday
afternoon.
The commissioners told
Brent F. Chlnanlt, represent
ing Consolidated Appraisal
and Mapping Company, that
while they thought much im
provement had been made in
its attempt to equalise values
in last revaluation, conducted
by Cooper Associates, that
they were very much dissat
isfied wtth the low valMS
placed on timber.
Chinault appeared before
the commissioners to ask that
his company be considered In
QSee TIMBER, pace 1)
Time ExteaddM
NAACP Committee Asks
Year-Round Stamp Plan
A committee from the War
ren County Chapter of the
NAACP appeared before the
county commissioners at their
regular meeting on Monday
to ask that the Food Stamp
program to be used In the
county be extended on a year
round basis.
The commissioners at a
recent meeting had decided to
adopt the stamp plan for the
winter months only.
The committee, headed by
John Ellis, who acted as
spokesman, said that they felt
that there Is a need for this
relief all during the year and
not just during the winter
months. Admitting that the
need Is greater during the
winter, Ellis said that there
are many residents of War
ren County who need this re
lief during the summer as
well.
Other members of the
NAACP committee were Ru
fus Burnett, H. T. Jones, and
the Rev. Alex Brown.
Ellis also requested that
the commissioners appoint a
member of the Negro race as
a deputy sheriff, and said that
he feels that a Negro should
also serve on the County Wel
fare board. There is presently
a vacancy on this board caus
We Are Sorry
We are sorry that the crowded paper and the illness of
a. typesetter caused us to leave out anumber of Items usual
ly carried, Including Home Demonstration Corner, The
Homemakers column and a number of other Items.
Howard Daniel, M, at the Citizens Bank of Warren
ton and Jimmy MedUn, right, of. the Peoples Bank and
Trust Company at Norllna are shown presenting a cer
tificate to Leon 8. Williams, son at Mr. and lira, Frederick
Williams at Inec. Williams has recently completed a Modern
Farming Short Course at K. C. State University, Raleigh.
He attended the course am a scholarship provided by the