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VOLUME 71 Subscription Price $3.00 A Year lty Pt?r Copy WARRENTON. COUNTY r>F wappf.k, w r FRIDAY, 7ULY 7, 196T
Jury Finds Two Guilty
Driving While Drunk
two aerendants, charged
with drunk driving, who rest
ed their cases with a Warren
County Jury in recorder's
Court last Friday found no
relief, as both were found
guilty.
Zollie Preston Tharrlngton
appealed his case to Super
ior Court when the jury ruled
that he was guilty of drunk
driving and he was given a
60 days jail sentence, which
was suspended. Terms of the
suspension, which was for five
years, were that he refrain
from use of alcoholic bever
ages for five years, not vio
late any of the motor vehicle
laws of the State for five
years, and pay a fine of $200
bond was set at $200.
Robert Lee Coleman, also
found guilty of drunk driving
by the jury, was ordered to
pay a $100 fine and court
costs.
In another jury case, David
J. Bender, faced two charges,
one of which was possession
of alcoholic beverages in ex
cess of one gallon, and with
possession of alcoholic bever
ages for purpose of sale. The
jury held that he was not
guilty in the first charge but
held that he was guilty of
possession of alcoholic;bev
erages for purpose of sale.
Bender was sentenced to the
roads for six months, but the
sentence was suspended for
five years provided the de
fendant not violate any
prohibition laws of the state
for five years, remain of good
behavior for five years, and
pay a fine of $300 and court
costs.
?Richard Calvin Brame piled
guilty to a charge of drunk
driving. He was ordered to
pay a fine of $100 and court
costs.
Merlin Cooper pled guilty
to a charge of giving a worth
(See COURT, page 2)
WALTER HURST
Warrenton Boy Scout
Given Life Scout Award
Walter K. Hurst, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Hurst
of Warrenton, was awarded
the Life Scout award In a
Court of Honor at Wesley Me
morial Methodist Church on
Thursday night of last week.
He was also awarded the
Swimming and Cooking merit
badges. The next step for
Walter will be the Eagle Scout
award for which he has met
most of the requirements. \
Other Scouts of Troop 617
receiving awards were: Sears
Bugg, Frank Hunter and Julian
Robertson, Star; Kenny Clay
ton, First Class; William Cox,
Jr., Second Class; Wiley Cole
man, Jr., Gene Ranes and
Stewart Satterwhite, Tender
foot.
Scouts earning merit badges
were: Sears Bugg, Zoology,
Beef Production, Personal Fl- ,
nances, Public Health and
Cooking} Smltty Bugg, Cook
ing; Frank Hunter, Music,
Reptile Study and Citizenship
in the Home; Julian Robert
son, Soil and Water Conser
vation; Public Health; BUly
Watson, Pets and Dog Care.
Burial Rites For Mother
And Children Held Here
Joint burial services for
Mrs. Bar bee R. Alston, 34,
of Henderson and her three
children who were killed In
an automobile collision near
Selma Friday, were conducted
at Fair view Cemetery hare on
Sunday afternoon.
The service* here followed
funeral services at Holy Inno
cents Episcopal Church In
Henderson Sunday at 2 p. m.
The Rev. Robert N. Davis,
rector, officiated.
The children were Mary
B. Alston, 14; William Als
ton, III, 8, and Nancy Eliza
beth Alston, 3 1/2 yeara.
Mrs. Alston's husband, Wil
liam Edward Alston, Jr., 36,
a native of Warr?nton, was
seriously injared and taken
to Wake Memorial Hoapltal In
Raliigb, where he was admit
ted to the extensive car*
unit. His condition is report
ed as i
The Alston automobile was
In collision with a tractor
trailer at the junction of High
ways 42 and 96, north at
Selma, during a heavy rain
storm. Highway Trooper Har
rison said he was present In
Wake Memorial Hospital when
Alston said he was driving the
ear and his wife was in the
front seat with him.
The oar was palling a camp
trailer with a small sail boat
tied on top of the camper,
an eye-witness to the wreck
reported. The Alston family
was en route to the beach.
Mrs. Alston was a teacher
in Rollins school and last
year was secretary at the
parent - teacher association.
Her husband, the son of Mrs.
Archibald Alston of War renton
and the late Mr. Alston, Is a
salesman.
m addition to her husband,
Mrs. Alston Is survived by her
father, J. a Riddick of Green
:,Mpk and two brothers,
Ike Riddick of Oreenvfile and
Mike Riddick of Hampton, va.
NEW FCX BULK PLANT which was put in operation here Wednesday. The plant,
located behind the Stockyard In North Warrenton, has a bulk capacity of 42,000 gallons of
when the local FCX began the handling of gasoline, diesel oil, and other gasoline pro
ducts, the distribution of these products had been from the Henderson plant. Shown In the
picture are Robert M. Stegall, left, who will manage the plant, and Bob Ashley.
Warren County Girl Is Winner
In District 4-H Competition
A Warren County 4-H girl
was district winner in the East
Central District 4-H Demon
stration Day held atCaryHlgh
School In Cary on June 29.
Miss Linda Holtzman, 4-H
member of the Ridgeway Club,
was declared the district win
ner in Junior Dairy Foods.
Miss Holtzman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holtz
man, will represent the East
Central District in the State
4-H Club week at North Car
olina State University In Ral
eigh, July 24-28. She will re
ceive a free trip to 4-H Week
ami a blue ribbon. The'con
test Is sponsored by the
American Dairy Contest of
North Carolina.
Other Blue ribbon winners
are as follows: Nancy Mit
chell, Drewry 4-H Club, Home
Improvement; Valerie Flem
ing, Afton- Elberon-Vicksboro
Club, "Care of the Tack" -
Horse Gear; Sidney Fleming,
Jr., alsoof the Afton-Elberon
Vicksboro Club, Tobacco Fer
tilization; and Sallye Perkln
son, member of the Wise
Paschall 4-H Club, Talent
Contest - piano solo.
The Red ribbon winners are
as follows: Steve Young, Wise
Paschall Club, Dairy Manage
ment; Donna Brauer, Ridge
way Club, Dress Revue and
the Girl's Electric demon
stration - Donna's Electric
demonstration was second
place winner in the District;
Laura Bender of the Afton
Elberon - Vicksboro Club,
demonstration on Egg Cook
<ery; and Arlene Bender,
Alton - Elberon - VJckSbord
Club, demonstration on Fruit
and Vegetable Use.
Also, James Taylor of the
Cool Springs, Sr., 4-H Club,
Poultry Barbecue; Patricia
Russell, Cool Springs Sr.
Club, Senior Dairy Foods;
Richard Holtzman, Jr., Ridge
way Club, Wildlife demonstra
tion; Oscar Long Meek.Wise
Paschall Club, Tractor Oper
ator demonstration.
The White ribbon winners
are as follows: Phillip Flem
ing, Afton-Elberon-Vicksboro
4-H Club, Forage Crops dem
onstration; and James Wil
liams of the Cool Springs,
Sr. Club, Boy's Electric Dem
onstration.
Delaine Meek of the Wise
Paschall 4-H Club, represent
ed Warren County as a voting
delegate in the election of
4-H District officers.
Mr. Joe K. Williams, Jr.,
was awarded a certificate of
membership in the 4-H Lead
er's Honor Club.
L. B. Hardage, Agricultural
Extension Agent, said yester
day that the Extension Agents
wish to thank aU 4-H mem
bers, leaders and parents who
made it possible for Warren
County to participate in this
event.
To Be Closed
The Warren Record office
will be closed all day Friday
In order that employees may
have the holiday denied them
on July 4.
The office will be open on
Saturday morning.
Warren County
Remains In Second
Warren County will remain apart of the Second Congres
sional District under compromls? redisricting legislation
passed Monday night by the North Carolina General Assem
bly.
Granville, long-time member ol the old Imperial Fifth
district, was shifted Into Congressman L. H. Fountain's
Second District during last year's special legislative ses
sion which rearranged district lines.
In Monday night's version, Granville was Joined by Its
old Fifth District neighbor, Person County. Other counties
comprising the Second District are'Vance, Warren, Frank
lin, Nash, Edgecombe, Halifax, Northampton and Greene.
The plan places Fountain in the same district with Re
publican James Gardner, elected by voters of the Fourth
District. Gardner, from Nash, has indicated that he will
not remain in the Second District, but will move Into one
of the five counties of the newly created Fourth District.
This would pit him against Durham County's Nick Gall
fianakls.
The population deviation between the smallest nd largest
districts is about four per cent and the over-all average
Is 1.06 to 1. These figures compare to a 17.3 per cent
deviation and a 1.19 to 1 ratio In the meting plan.
Joint conferees expressed ooafidence that the new plan
will meet a mandate handed down by federal courts.
LINDA HOLTZMA.N
Flue-Cured
Leaf Voting
Due July 1 8
WASHINGTON - Flue-cured
tobacco growers will decide
July 18 whether they wish to
continue the present acreage
poundage control program for
the 1968, 1969 and 1970 crops.
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville Freeman said Mon
day the acreage-poundage
program has proven its effec
tiveness during the first two
years of its operations.
It replaced a control pro
gram based solely on acreage
allotments. Freeman said the
carryover of reserves of this
type tobacco declined 1 per
cent in the two year per
iod, from an all time high.
A favorable vote by two
thirds of the growers voting
will be needed to keep the
present program in operation.
Should the proposal fall to get
the necessary votes, Freeman
said there will be no controls
or grower price supports for
the three crops.
Flue - cured tobacco is
grown in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Florida,- Georgia,
Virginia and a small amount
in Alabama.
Service Station Is
Leased To Holtzman
Serls Sinclair Service Sta
tion, on the corner of Main
and Franklin Streets, operated
here for a number of years by
Wlllard (Buddy) Faucette, has
been leased to Thomas Holtz
man of Ridgeway.
Faucette closed the service
station on June 1.
Holtzman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Phillip Holtzman of
JUdcwmy, formerly worked
with Clayton Mitchell'k Ga
rage la Norlina and since be
ing discharged from the
Armed Services luw been as
sociated with his father la Mm
operation of Holtzman's Ser
vice Station aft Ridgeway. . .
Holtzman will be assisted in
the operation of tbe service
station by A1 Lynch, former
of Bryson Chevro
County Commissioners
Adjust H&W Budgets
Allen Kimball Named
ABC Board Chairman
J. Allen Kimball of Man
son was re-elected chair
man of the Warren County
ABC Board for a three-year
term at a joint meeting of
the Board of Health, Welfare
-ami County CommlssionersofT
Monday afternoon. County At
torney Jim Limer presided
over the meeting.
Prior to Kimball's re-elec
tion as board chairman, he
was elected 10 the board for
a three-year term. He had
been serving as chairman to
fill out the unexpired term of
the late Roy Pittman. The po
sition carries a salary of
$75.00 a month.
There were no other candi
dates.
Present at the joint meet
~nig of thL' board;) wi'i^e-Com^,
missioners Robert Thorne,
Amos Capps, John Wilson,
Richard Davis, A. L. Elling
ton; Mayor W. A. Miles and
Dr. Rufus Jones, J. R. Peel
er and Walter Bender of the
Board of Health; and Com
missioners John Wilson, as
a member of the Board of
Health.
Power Company Office
To Be Closed Saturdays
Beginning with the first Sat
urday In August, the Warren
ton office of the Carolina Pow
er and Light Company will be
closed all day Saturday.
Announcement of changes In
office hours, effective July
31, were made yesterday by
C. P. Gaston, local manager.
The new office hours will be
8:30 to 5:30 p. m. Monday
through Friday.
The present schedule is 9
a- m. to 5 p. m. Monday
through Friday, and 9 a. m.
to 1 p. m. Saturday.
"The new hours will allow
us to open a half-hour earlier
Dr. Bunch Appointed
CC Chapter Advisor
Dr. Charles Bunch, surgeon
at Warren General Hospital,
has been appointed medical
advisor for the Warren Coun
ty Chapter of the N. C. So
ciety for Crippled Children.
He replaces Dr. Lloyd H. Har
rison who recently moved to
Winston-Salem.
Dr. and Mrs. Bunch recent
ly visited Camp Easter in the
Pines at Southern Pines and
obseved this camp for crip
pled children in session.
Homecoming, Revival
To Be Held At Inez
Homecoming services will
be held at the Inez Baptist
Church on Sunday, July 9,
at 11 o'clock, and will be fol
lowed by revival services be
ginning on July 10, the Rev.
Eldwln Melton, pastor, an
nounced yesterday.
Mr. Melton said that Dr. W.
R. Wagner, general superin
tendent of the Baptist Chil
dren's Home at Thomasvllle,
will deliver the sermon at the
homecoming service. He Is a
former pastor of the Inez
church, serving in the early
forties.
The Rev. D. T. Griffon of
Evergreen will be the visit
ing minister for the revival
services, which will being
Monday night at 8 o'clock and
continue at the same hour
through Friday night.
Revival To Be Held
A! Vaifhaa Church
| revival services wfll
at the Vaugh^^^H
Sunday, July 9, at
? P- m., and will be
at
Ttf Rev.
of the
Chorofc, will be the
and close a half-hour later
every weekday," Gaston said.
He pointed out that the new
schedule will add a full hour to
the total office hours through
out the week.
Gaston emphasized that the
new office hours will have no
effect on customer service.
"Service Interruptions and
emergencies may be reported
by telephone at any time," he
said.
Presented TV Set
Paul Cooper, former prin
cipal of John Graham High
School, and Mrs. Cooper re
ceived a surprise gift of a
color TV set at an old-fash
ioned July 4th celebration in
Cary. Mr. Cooper retired this
year after being principal of
the Cary High School for a
number of years.
This was learned yesterday
In a letter from the Rev. Troy
J. Barrett, former pastor of
Wesley Memorial Church at
Warrenton. He said that the
photographer assigned by The
News and Observer to cover
the event was Bill Jones, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Duke Jones of
Warrenton.
Medlin
Named
To Board
The Board of County Com
missioners held along session
Monday with few items of
business transacted.
Lengthening the meeting to
nearly 6 p. m. was a dls
cusston of Welfare and Health ..
Departments budgets in an ef
fort to provide a 10 per cent
increase in pay, while coming
under required steps of the
State Merit System, as well
as to equalize pay In the
two departments for the same
type of work.
Final results after several
hours discussion and debating
several alternate plans, with
objections usually raised, was
that the commissioners decide
to place salaries in the de
partment under two steps of
the Merit System, and to add
to the salaries of nurses and
case workers as salaries the
$15 a month car depreciation
allowance discontinued at a
former meeting of the board.
Seemingly satisfied with the
solution as worked out late in
the afternoon, the com
missioners passed a resolu
tion implementing their deci
sion and called It a day.
With this item of the bud
get apparently settled, the
board decided to meet later In
the week to adopt the county
budget.
Following the decision not
to adopt the budget until later
in the week, the commission
ers passed a resolution ap
propriating funds to pay sal
aries, principal and Interest,
until the budget is adopted.
In other business, the com
missioners appointed J. D.
Medlin, cashier of Peoples
Bank and Trust Company of
Norllna, a member of the
Warren County Industrial
Commission, to fill the
unexpired term of Graham P.
Grissom. Earlier the board
had accepted Grissom's
resignation with regrets.
The commissioners agreed
to appropriate the sum of
$225 to match a donation of
the Town of Warrenton for the
(See BOARD, page 2)
Mitchell Appointed To
Warren Jury Commission
John G. Mitchell, chairman
of the board of Citizens Bank,
was on Monday appointed a
member of the Warren Coun
ty Jury Commission for the
next two years by Resident
Judge Hamilton Hobgood of
Loulsburg.
The Clerk of Superior Court
and the County Commis
sioners are also required to
appoint one each to the three
member Warren County Jury
Commission.
In making the appointment,
Judge Hobgood said, "War
ren County is fortunate in
obtaining the services of such
a capable and dedicated citi
zen for this very responsi
ble service to the county."
In his letter of appointment,
Judge Hobgood said the
appointment Is for two years
from My 1, 1967; and "I
do hereby confer upon you all
the rights, privileges and pow
ers useful and necessary to the
Just and proper discharge at
the duties at this appotot
Hnbtood said that It
of
SESHpjMi
MITCHELL
age, who have not s?rvad on
the jury during the
tag two years and
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