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Your Best Advertising Medium HHarrett Hrrnrti Your Best Advertising Medium 4 VOLUME 71 Subscription Price $3.00 A Year 10? Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1967 NUMBER 38 Phillip Edward West exhibits his Grand Champion Hol stein cow and Sidney Fleming, Jr., shows his Reserve Champion r.uernspy With the FvhitiUnrn urn i-i.pn.?,Mi|l tives of the dairy show sponsors and judges. Left to right are: J. B. Thompson, rep: >senting Warren County Fair Association, Scott Gardner, representing the Warren County Chamber of Commeree, Phillip Edward West and Sidney Fltmilllg, jr., ana judges Dave Ashworth, PineStateCream ery Field Representative, Henderson, and Aubrey Hardee, Granville County Agricultural Extension Agent, Oxford. Warrants Issued For Three Men Charged With Break-in Six members of a safe rob bing gang, operating out of Danvdle, Va., have been ar rested by Virginia police of ficers. Among the members ar rested are three men charg ed with robbing the safe of Fowler-Barham Ford, Inc., here on The night of Sept. 11. Darry Wayne Brown, 23, Kenneth McCrae Collins, 21, and Ernest Simmons, 26, all white men of Danville, Va-, were among the six men ar rested by Virginia authorities. Brown was among members of the gang caught in Clarksville, Va., last Friday night follow ing the robbery of a safe at Rose's Store there. The ar rest was made by Clarksville police and members of the Mecklinburg County, Va., sheriff's department. Brown implicated Brame and Col lins in the robbery of the Ford agency here. Brown is being held in Boyd ton, Va., Collins andSimmons are being held in Danville, Va. Warren County Sheriff Clarence Davis interviewed Brown in the Boydton Jail Tuesday. Sheriff Davis said that Brown told him that he and Collins broke into the Ford agency building here and robbed the safe while Simmons drove the car around the sta tion. He said that they also robbed the safe at Whitmore Garage in Henderson the same night that they robbed the safe here. Warrants have been issued for all three men, but Sheriff Davis said that he did not know when they would be brought to Warrenton for trial as more than 150 warrants are out charging them with breaking, entering-and theft. The gang of safe robbers has been operating in South side Virginia and Northside North Carolina for several months. Davis said that Brown told him he joined the gang in Decerrtber. Sheriff Davis also said that he and other members of the gang broke into a safe at a business house in South Hill, Va., recently, but were driven away by tear gas re leased when the safe was open ed. He said they went to Greensboro and bought gas masks and later returned to South Hill and robbed the safe. The six Danville, Va., men arrested by Virginia officers have been charged with 50 break-ins in North Carolina and Virginia. "It was one of the biggest safe robbery rings In a two state area I've ever heard of," said SDI Agent W.F.Crocker. The SBI was asked to give an assist to local police and sheriffs departments during the wave of safe robberies that swept several North Carolina areas. The burglars struck with such frequency that they kept officers jumping, Crocker said. For example, four safe jobs were pulled the same night, three in HencJerson^affi} one in Oxford. North Carolina authorities got their first break in the (See GANG, page 2) Notice Given To College Students G. D. Home, chairman, of the Warren County Draft Board announced yesterday that college students who wish to be considered for defer ment must request such de ferment from their local draft board and submit satisfactory evidence of their college en rollment. All acceptable colleges have necessary forms for request ing deferments, Home said. 4-H'ers Participate In Shew Eighteen young people ex hibited nineteen cows and calves in the Warren County Dairy Show held at th< War ren County Fairgrounds Sat urday. Phillip Edward West's three year old Holsteir. was declar ed the Grand Champion ani mal in the show. This animal also won a blue ribbon, plus a trophy given by the Warren CQU?ty, Chanter otCanam&rce tot the "best atrtma. SCOtf Gardner presented the award on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce. This Holstein also won the award for best fitted animal in the show. Sidney Fleming, Jr.,'s two year old Guernsey was award ed the Reserve Champion rib bon, a blue ribbon and the best shown animal of the show. Other awards were as fol lows: Sidney Fleming, Jr.'s Guernsey Junior Calf, Blue Ribbon; Leon Terry, Jersey, Blue; George E. Shearin, Jer sey, Red; Thomas Bender, Holstein. Red: Caesar Palm er, Holstein, Blue; David E. Hendricks, Jersey, R?d; Charlie Royster, Jersey, Blue; Sam Bender, Jersey, (See SHOW, page 4) Warren Students Are Semi-Finalists principal Frederick Bar tholomew announced yester day that two students at John Graham High School at War renton have been named Semifinalists In the 1967-68 National Merit Scholarship Program. The students are Franklin Paul Whitley, in, and Robert Allen Rodwell. Bob Rodwell, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ray Rodwell, is a senior at John Graham where he Is home room vice president, FTA vice president, FTA State vice president, and a member of the Beta Club, the French Club and the Annual staff. In the tenth grade, Bob was a member of the Student Coun cil, Future Teachers of Amer ica, the French Club and the Pep Club. In the 11th grade, he was Student Council trea surer, homeroom vice presi dent and a member of the FTA, Beta Club, Pep Club and French Club. Before coming to Warrenton with his parents, Bob attend ed With row Junior High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, as a mem ber of the seventh grade when he was a member of the Na tional Junior Honor Society, and a member of the Math Science Club. He-completed the eighth and ninth grades at Edina Junior High School in Edina, Minn., where he was a member of the wrestling and baseball teams. He is a member of the Warrenton Baptist Church. Paul Whitley, the son of WHITLEY Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Whitley of Warrenton, Is a senior at John Graham where he is Monogram Club treasurer, j president of the senior class, Beta Club vice president, FTA president, homeroom pres ident, a member of the Annual staff, serving as co-editor, and a member of the school chorus. In his freshman year, Paul was a Student Council repre sentative, and a member of the Future Teachers of Amer ica, and the French Club. In his sophomore year he was homeroom president, a member of the FTA, Beta Club and French Club, and was on the State Honor Hon. He at tended the National Science Foundation' Program at East Carolina UnlversitydBrtnftbe RODWELL summer. In his Junior year, Paul was Junior class treasurer, home room president, FTA vice president, Beta Club treasur er, business manager of the Annual staff, French Club vice president, Library Club pres ident, chief marshall, and a member of the school chorus. He attended the Governor's School of North Carolina dur ing the summer where he stud led English. A Boy Scout, Paul la a mem ber of the Warren ton Baptist Church where he Is a mem bar of the adult choir and president of his Sunday School Tho 14,000 Semifinal lata appointed throughout the nation have advanced to the (See TWO, page 2) Closed Saturday Night Warren County Fair Said To Be The Best In Historv Market To Reopen On Monday The Warrenton Tobacco Market, which was closed for a tobacco sales holiday on Tues day afternoon, will reopen next The industrywide Tobacco Marketing Committee Wed nesday approved re-opening of flue-cured tobacco markets for three days next week Monday through Wednesday. Sales on the Middle Belt Market, of which Warrenton Is a part, will be permitted for only four hours during the three days the market is ex pected to be open. North Carolina - Virginia Old Belt markets, which open ed this week, will be per mitted a five-hour day per set of buyers next week. Growers and buyer mem bers of the committee joined forces to defeat warehouse men in changing sales quota allocations. They said the move was nec essary to relieve pressure on growers to "co-mingle" or combine different grades and qualities of tobacco in an ef , fnrt. to till a basket to the in aAlmimrWO pounds. Several buyer spokesmen said they had been given speci fic instructions by their cus tomers not to bid on bas kets if two grades or quali ties of tobacco were mixed. F. S. Royster, however, said the change could not be put into effect because the action is counter to that taken by the annual convention of the Bright Belt Warehouse Asso ciation. Royster is managing director of the association. He was supported by Law rence Wallace of Smithfield, president of the Eastern Belt Warehouse Association, who said the administrative diffi culties of the switch would prevent It from going into ef fect in mid-season. Bobby Martin, a member of the Zion Community 4-H Club, exhibited the top pen of pullets at the 4-H Poultry Show and Sale on Friday, September 22, 1967. Bobby and Mr. L. O. Pruden of Jackson, N. C. are looking over one of these pullets. Pruden purchased Bobby's pullets when they were auctioned. District Clubwomen To Meet Here Wednesday Clubwomen from the 27 clubs comprising District 14 of the North Carolina Federa tion of Women's Clubs, Inc., ! will con vene in War renton next Wednesday, Oct. 4, for their annual district meeting. The Warrenton Woman's Club, Mrs. R. B. Butler, pres ident, and the Warrenton Jun ior Woman's Club, Mrs. Wil liam Lanier, Jr., president, will be hostesses for the ! occasion. Mrs. W. L. Wood Is chairman and Mrs. Bobby Barlow is co-chairman of the committee on arrangement. The meeting, which will open with a coffee hour from 9 a. m. to 10 a. m., will be held In Wesley Memorial Methodist Church with Mrs. E. A. Latta of Henderson, 14th District president, presiding. Mrs. Joe K. Bryan, Jr., of Oxford is the Junior director of the district. Some 150 clubwomen are expected to be present. The meeting will be con cluded with a luncheon at 12:30 p. m. at the Warren Plaza Inn. Mrs. George Cates of Fal son, president of the North Carolina Federation of wo man's Clubs, Inc., Is expect ed to make her first official visit to the district at the Warrenton meeting. Mrs. Cates was elect ad president in July following the death of Miss Marjorto Vorkley of lit. Airy. Mrs. Cates, a native of Richmond, Va., for marly 11 v?d MRS. CATFS In Georgia and Pennsylvania. Before her election as first vice president In May, 1966, she had served as president of the Sesame Club in F al so n. President of District XI, division chairman of family life and religion, resolution chairman, and division chair man at help-a-hom?. Mrs. Joe Lamb, Jr., of Elizabeth City, Junior director tor ncfwc, will also be fea tured on the program. District 14 Is comprised of clubs in Wake Forest In Wake County, Vance, Frank lin, Granville, Warren, Hall fax and Northampton Counties. Poultrymen Know Good Pullets, Hardage Says H jeeiiiS Tfiai fxjultryrnen know good pullets when they see them, L. B. Hardage, county agricultural agent, said following the annual War ren County 4-H Poultry Show and Sale held at the Warren County Fair Grounds last Fri day. Hardage said that the bidding seemed to indicate belief that this year's pullets were good. The average sale price per pullet was $3.51 with the top prize being$4.25. The top blue ribbon winner this year was Bobby Martin, a member of the Zion 4-HClub. Other blue . ribbon winners were Philip Fleming, Steve Bender, Richard Holtzman, Jr., David Paschall, Mary Leigh Meek, Robert Bender, Warren Bridges and Charlie Royster. White ribbon winners were Clarence Boyd, Walter Alex ander and Norris Davis. T. B. Morris, N. C. Agrl cultural Extension Poultry Specialist at North Carolina State University, judged and was auctioneer for the show and sale. Hardage said this annual 4-H Poultry Show and Sale is sponsored by Sears Roebuck Foundation in cooperation with the Agricultural Extension Service. The foundation start ed this poultry chain by buy ing the first chicks and giving them to 4-H Club members. Sears also furnishes the prize money each year. The 4-H Club members are given 100 baby chicks in March and tl.-'ough the year carry the Poultry Project. In September 12 pullets are brought to the show and sale where they are judged and then the twelve sold at auc tion. The money received from the pullets is then put into the 4-H Club Fund to buy chicks for another year. Presbyterian Women Hold Meeting At Local Church Women of the Church of Dis trict in of the Granville Pres bytery met In the Warrenton Presbyterian Church Tuesday with Mrs. Fred Fansler, Jr., of Roanoke Rapids presiding. Approximately 115 women at tended from 15 churches In Halifax, Warren, Vance and Granville Counties. Mrs. Sam Massey served as organist. The Rev. James Grant pre sented an Interesting outline of the topics to be studied by the women In the Circle Bible Study during the new year. He urged the women to at tend the meetings regular ly, and to participate in this Important work by enter ing Into the discussions and by seeking to interest any member who has . not been attending. Mrs. D. A. Bracey, Jr., of Selma, Presbyterian presi dent, was the main speric ?r. She announced the theme Bible verse for 1968, II Cor inthians 5:18, using Phillips' translation. She made recom mendations to the body as fol lows: They learn the theme hymn, God is Working His Purpose Out) that they cooperate with each other and secure a mis sionary tor the wltnMi cm slon, January 1 through Eas ter ? the Rev. Malcolm Bul lock, formerly of Stovall, now stationed In Taiwan, will be available; that they attend the meeting to greet return ed missionaries to be held In West Raleigh Church on Nov. 5; that they visit the (See WOMEN, page 4) To Preach Here The Rev. David Daniel, vice president of Loulsburg Col lege, will preach at the War renton Baptist Church Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock service. Mr. Daniel conducted a re vival at the local Baptist Church several years ago, and there were many favorable comments on his sermons at tlud tine, the Rev, John R. Link, pastor, said yesterday In making the announcement. WANT NAMES The Norllna Junior Wo man's CUi> would like to have Addresses ofttM who ara station* ; la VM Nam. Please contact Mrs, Walter R. Dortch, chm. of Home Ufe, Norllna or call v~ Warren County's annual Agricultural Fair, which clos ed on Saturday night, was described yesterday by W. K. Lanier, Sr., as the most suc cessful fair ever held in the county. Lanier said the attendance Saturday night was a record breaker with every available parking place in both parking lots filled The two School Days were the best ever and Fair of ficials leuelvRi manycompli ments on the program for school days, Lanier said. The Lions Food Booth, under the management of Lion Clyde Whitford, had a most success ful week, ?with good food and good service making the booth very popular. Lanier said that the Fair Board has been making long range plans for a new build ing program and it is under stood that a big portion of the Fair profits will go into the building fund. The annual agricultural fair is sponsored by theWarrenton Lions Club. Fair Manager J, B. Thompson and Assistant Manager Monroe Gardner this week offered thanks to all who help to make this one of the best fairs in the historv of Warren County. Winners in drawing on the first of two school days was announced in this newspaper last week. Winners in ty a drawlng last Thursday after noon were: first prize, Re cord Eater, MargaretteFlem ing, a student at John R. Haw kins High School; second prize a 9 transistor radio kit, Clar ence Shaw, a student at North Warren High School; and third prize, a folk guitar, Lonnle Perry, a student at Vaughan Elementary School. Miss Gayle Tarwater of Warrenton was the winner of a color TV set in a drawing conducted at the fair on Sat urday nigh' sponsored by Lim er Post of the American Legion. Booth winners were as follows: Extension Homemakers Clubs - first, Wise; second, Zlon; third, Longs - Areola; honorable mention. Snow Hill and Macon. 4-H Clubs?first, Ridgeway; second, Mayflower; third, Hecks Grove; honorable men tion, Norllna. Community, Clubs - first, Ridgeway. FFA?first, John Hawkins; second, John Graham. High School - first, John Hawkins; second, John Haw kins ; third, John Graham. Workers Council- first, N. C. Department of Conserva tion and Development, Fores try Division. Sale Of Pint Cones Will Provide Cash There Is an opportunity to make some quick cash selling pine cones, Frank Reams, county extension chairman, pointed out yesterday. Reams said that A. L. Capps, pulpwood dealer, has a market for hundreds of bush els of loblolly green pine cones at $2.25 per bushel. Pickers following saw mill and pulp, wood operations will dad a ready source of cones. For details, call Capps Pulpwood Office, Areola, 287-4371. "Yen will not only mtite yourself some money twt will help the N. C. Forest service obtain The American Le0onAuxl llary, Un* Mo. 25, will meet lto-u-jjr, Oct. 5, at ? ? % ?MiHi Mrs.
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