Newspapers / The Warren Record (Warrenton, … / April 7, 1967, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of The Warren Record (Warrenton, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
?Ifp Varrrc Hrrnrfc Published Every Friday By The Record Printing Company BIGNALL JONES. Editor ? DUKE JONES. Business Manager Member North Carolina Press Association ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AT THE POST OFFICE IN WARRENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, UNDER THE LAWS OF CONGRESS ' "Second Class Postage Paid At Warrenton, N. C." SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year. $3.00; Six Months, $1.50 Warren's Need Is Jobs The man, who employs quite a number of workers, said that he had to shut his mill down at 11 o'clock Monday because a number of key workers failed to show up for work, as is too frequently the case on Mondays following a two-day week end. The occurrence is not isolated and had led to the frequent complaint that labor is no good and that most of common labor had rather be on welfare than work. And it also leads to statements that people just don't want to work, and that they wouldn't take a job if it were offered to them. Its too easy to get on welfare, is the allegation. While there are good workers and poor workers and many other wise good workers who lose their sense of responsibility after over indulgence in cheap wine over the weekend, the statement that nobody wants to work anymore is but a generalization, as is the statement that all workers want any more is a hand-out from the welfare. This conclusion is hardly borne out by an occurrence of the past week when the editor inserted a three-line want advertisement seek ing some one to iron for his wife. Beginning early Friday morning and continuing through Sunday the phone rang to such an extent that the wife suggested putting another ad vertisement in the paper telling persons to no longer apply for the job. During that period one white woman and nine colored women applied for the job. A testimony to both the effectiveness of want adver tisements and to the fallacy that people don't want to work. It is true that there are many irresponsible persons whose prin cipal interest seems to be in draw ing their check and watching for the quitting whistle and many people who do not wish to work at all, but there is hardly anything unusual about this state of affairs. The editor remem bers a statement made by his father more than 40 years ago when asked why he did not buy a farm. His reply was that "labor has gotten so sorry" that he did not wish to try to farm. All generalizations are dan gerous, as is the one that people just don't want to work. Some do and some don't. But the problem in Warren County is not laziness but lack of job opportunities for the untrained. A Shocking Record The Smithfield Herald That story which received top play in Tuesday's Issue of The Smlthfleld Herald sounds an alarm that ought to be heeded by every Individual and organization con cerned with Johnston County's cultural de velopment. Let it sink in?the revelation that 38.6 per cent of Johnston County's draft reg istrants examined during the five-year period from 1959 to 1964 were rejected by Military Service for mental reasons. Misery supposedly loves company, and Johnston County has plenty of company sharing the shame of large-scale draft re jections. Indeed, Johnston County's rejec tion was lower than the state average of 42.5 per cent. Fifty-seven counties made a poorer showing than Johnston. And some of our people may seek comfort In the re velation that every county touchlng_Johnston's borders had a worse rejection percentage and that Includes Wake, the seat of State Government and a center of culture. But really a county which had 610 of 1,581 draft registrants rejected for mental reasons won't find much comfort In point ing a finger at suffering neighbors. Un questionably, some of the rejections are due to deficiencies In the public school sys tem. The high percentage of rejections also reflects the poverty that continues to exist in shameful proportions in this region. There Is some encouragement In State School Superintendent Charles Carroll's revelation that the state's draft rejection rate for the year 1965-66 was down to 31.3 per cent. County-by-county figures for this most recent year are not available, but ob viously the counties Individually ? most of them perhaps?have lowered their rejection rates. Even If it is fair to conclude that the de cline In draft rejections Is due to recent educational Improvements and not to re laxation of examination standards by Selec Quotes "If the nose of Cleopatra had been short er, the whole face of the earth would have been changed." ? Blaise Pascal "Assist me up and In coming down I will shift for myself." ? Sir Thomas More (said at the scaffold on the way to ex ecution). "I will follow the right side, even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can." ?Montaigne. "Tis an awkward thing to play with souls, and matter enough to save one's own."? Robert Browning. Parents were Invented to make children happy by giving them something to Ignore.? Odgen Nash. "Politics has got so expensive that It takes lots of money to even get beat with." -Will Rogers. "As long as we are lucky we It to oar smartnessf bat bad took we give i credit lor."-Josh Billings. Yl WBSamM. ? 2$ tive Service, the state-wide rejection rate of 31.3 in 1965-66 is shockingly high. The need is great?in Johnston County and all North Carolina?for additional school consolidation, for a more attractive teacher-salary scale, for lower teacher pupil ratios, for greater opportunity among teachers to devote their time to teaching duties, for more attendance and guidance counselors. The need is great fqr continued efforts at local and state levels to raise per capita income and for relentless war against poverty, for there are-as Dr. Car roll acknowledges ? socio-economic de ficiencies underlining the draft rejections as well as educational weaknesses. The public schools, the health agencies, the anti-poverty agencies, the agricultural service agencies, the Industrial develop ment committees, the chambers of com merce?all need stronger support from the people. The size of their task is emphasiz ed by the alarming rates of draft rejections across North Carolina. NEWS OF FIVE, TEN, 25 YEARS AGO Looking Backward Into The Record April 6, 1962 The Board of County Commissioners on Monday authorized the calling of a $400,000 bond Issue for school purposes. The Town of Warrenton on Monday presented a plaque to John Crsli*' School In honor of the championship basket ball team. The Jones Printing Company and the Record Printing Company, operated separately for a number of years, were combined this week. Tasker Polk, young Warrenton pianist, will appear with the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra when it performs in Rocky Mount next Thursday. April 5. 1957 The Warrenton Woman's Club Antique Show and Kitchen Tour will be held here on Thurs day and Friday of next week. The Warren County Chapter of the Ameri can Cancer Society this week began its drive for funds under the chairmanship of Beverly White. Warren's quota this year Is $1500. Bishop Paul N. Garber will conduct dedica tory services at Warrenton and Macon Metho dists Churches on Sunday. The Board of County Commissioners on Monday ordered that land tax sales be held the first Monday In June. April 3, 1942 Warrenton's scheduled blackout of last Thursday failed to materialise. Blame for the failure Is placed on the Slate Office of Civil Defense. The State Board of Selective Service has ruled that men whose wives work are sub ject to the draft. The Rev. E. R. CI egg will hold Good Fri day services at the Methodist Church tonight. John BrUee Bell of the U. 8. Navy is recuperating in the Naval Base Hospital, Nortolk, va., following an appendicitis opera Additional Cotton Now Available In County Additional cotton acreage is now available to Warren Coun ty growers, W. S. Smiley, ASC committee chairman, said yesterday. Farmers desiring more acreage, he said, should file a request with his local ASC committee. It appears that sufficient acreage will be available to cover all requests.' The North Carolina ASC State Committee announced on March 29 that a total of 23, 398 acres of cotton has been released by cotton growers in North Carolina. This acreage will be reapportioned to other farmers who have requested Scotland Keck Boy Wins Scholarship To N. C. University CHAPEL HILL - Bruce Harrell of Scotland Neck has been awarded the distinqulsh ed Alston-Pleasants Scholar ship for study at the Univer sity of North Carolina, Wil liam M. Geer, director of Student Aid at the University, announced here yesterday. The son of Mr. and Mrs. William Lynwood Harrell of Rt. 2, Scotland Neck, Harrell is first In his senior class at Scotland Neck High School and has been very active in school and church activities during his high school years. According to his high school principal, W. L. Hardison, Harrell's "excellent record of academic achievement throughout his school career Indicates consistency of dili gence and perseverance in the pursuit of his school work." Established In 1958 as a $100,000 trust fund to the University memorializing Willis (Congress) AI-Lan by his granddaughter, Mrs. Mis souri Alston Pleasants of Louisburg, the scholarship di rects that the annual earned income from the trust fund shall be used by the Univer sity to provide Alston Pleasants Scholarships for) boy or girl residents of Frank lin, Halifax and Warren Coun ties who are eligible by the standards of the University for admission here. It is annual ly renewable, subject to con sistent scholarstic achieve ment. The 1967 Selection Com mittee Included Dr. J. R. Cald well, Jr., of the History De partment, chairman; William M. Geer, director of Student Aid; Professor Robert Byrd of the Law School; and At torney Hill Yarborough of Louisburg. Tea Is the world's most pop ular beverage, National Geo graphic says. acreage (or 1967. W. B. Denny, Stale executive Director (or the Agricultural Stabilization ami Conservation Service, said that the releas ed acreage exceeds the acre age that has been requested by growers as o( this date. Denny said that the release and reapportionment pro gram on cotton has allowed cotton to be moved into areas and on (arms where additional acreage Is needed. He re emphasized that any (armer who can use additional acre age (or 1967 should contact his local ASCS office and (lie a request by April 14. Brother Warrenton Woman Dies Sunday Herndon Wescott Tuttle, 78, a native o( Wilson, died at Palm Bay, Florida, Sunday. The son o( the late Rev. D. H. and Ella Wescott Tuttle, he was a brother o( Mrs. W. R. Woodall o( Warrenton. Other survivors include his wife, Amy Joseph Tuttle; a son, Albert Tuttle of Palm Bay, Fla.; a daughter, Mrs. Mary T. Haydn of Phila delphia; and two sisters, Mrs. I. C. Moser of Ash boro, and Mrs. W. P. Hed den of Westport, Conn. Girls (Continued from page 1) years of the organization's growth and depict several milestones In its history. Written by Jim Lineberger of Raleigh, the dramatic presen tation will be staged with a background of live choral and orchestral music. Alargecast of FHA members will join sev eral professional actors in the historical vignettes. New state officers will be Installed at the closing ses sion. ACTOR VISITING HERE Earl Hyman of New York, distinguished Negro actor who has appeared in 17 Shake spearan roles, visited rela tives in Warrenton this week. He is the grandson of the late Baker Plum mer of Warrenton. POINT OF VIEW "Grandma, I'm sorry you don't like my new short skirt," said the coed, "but when you were a girl, didn't you have to set your cap for the right young man?" "Well, yes, I did," said Granny, "but not my knee cap." We've just heard about the recently nabbed prisoner who was chatting with his cellmate. "I was making big money," he said ruefully. "Just about one Inch too big!" Scholarships To B? Awarded Three forest scholarships, valued at from $550 to $1200 a year will be provided t. Continental Can Co., Inc., to anumber of outstanding col leges of the South, It was an nounced by the Continental Wcodlands Division this week. The scholarships will be provided at the Schools of Forestry of the University of Georgia, North Carolina State University, Clem son Univer sity, West Virginia Univer sity, Virginia Polytechnic In stitute, University of Florida, Louisiana State University of Louisiana Polytechnic Insti tute, and winners may select the school of their choice. Each year the Hopewell, Va., district; the Hodge, Louisiana District, and Savan nah - Augusta districts of the Continental Can Company, Woodlands Division, select a scholarship finalist. The three finalists will appear at a final screening and be rated as first, second and third place winners. The scholarships awarded will be for: first place, $1200; second place, $750; third place, $550, per year. Scholarships will be award ed to high school graduates from Virginia, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Louisiana. The purpose of the award is to encourage the study of fores try on the part of high school seniors and to further the ad vancement of the profession of forestry. For application forms or further information, any ap plicant for the scholarship should contact his local coun ty agent, high school principal or agricultural teacher. Ap plications, with supporting papers, should be in the hands of the local high school prin cipal not later than April 15. To be eligible for a scholar ship, the applicant must be a Ridgeway Native Wins Promotion Leonard Klllan, district forester of the WhltevilXe dis trict for the past five years, has been promoted to a staff post in the N. C. Forestry Division's headquarters in the N. C. Forestry Division's headquarters in Raleigh. Klllan, the son of Mrs. Maude R. Klllan of Raleigh and the late Leonard Klllan of Rldgeway, attended school at Norllna and was graduated from State College in Raleigh graduate of a high school in which Continental owns land or procures pulp iod and must be Interested in follow ing the forestry profession as a career. vlth a d?(ree In Forestry, ie Is the husband of the for m ir Miss Laura Burt Williams, laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Williams of Inez. Kill an, assigned to the dis :rtct that emtyraces Bruns wick. Columbus, Bladen, Pender, New Hanover and Re ason counties In 1961, received his promotion this tveek. His new position is that of staff forester for administra tion, with his responsibilities Including office management, supervision of communica tions, administration of the di vision's budget and In charge 3f purchasing and supply. L America the Beautiful... Is Everybody's Job It's the job of every family that spreads a picnic on a roadside table. It's the job of every boatman who cruises the lakes and waterways. Every driver, every walker, every flier. That's why our Association throws its whole hearted support each year into the Keep America Beautiful campaign. Lovely country we have here. Let's keep it that way. UNITED STATES BREWERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Branch Bank and Trust Company Building Suite 903 Raleigh, North Carolina !Z WE ARE NOW PAYING INTEREST ON CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT OF S1000 OR MORE HELD FOR 6 MONTHS OR LONGER Citizens Bank and Trust Company HENDERSON, N. C. 'THE LEADING BANK IN THIS SECTION' Member FDIC For the woman with more things to do than... wash dishes! L A a date to go skin diving with your husband? Or jr hiking in the mountains? Or picnicking with the family? Maybe you just want to get supper over, the dishes done and the kids to bed so you can relax. W Here's a suggestion: Get an electric dishwasher. Ifs made for the woman who has more interesting and exciting things ^ to do than wash dishes. Take about ten minutes to load and let your dishwasher do the rest. It will scrub, scald and dry the crustiest pots and pans. Or gently rinse and dry the most delicate crystal and china. Get an electric dishwasher?portable or built-in. Tomorrow your husband may ask you to go skin diving. (" AROIINA HOW I R H. LIGHT COMPANY
The Warren Record (Warrenton, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 7, 1967, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75