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VOLUME 71 Subscription Price $3.00 A Year 10<? Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1967 NUMBER 48
Banzet May
Seek Place
As Judge
Julius Banzet, Warrenton
attorney and Judge of Warren
County Recorder's Court, may
be a candidate for one of three
judgeships for the intermedi
ate court to be set up for War
ren, Vance, Franklin, Gran
ville, and Person Counties un
der the courts reorganization
al plan. The new court will be
put in full operation in 1968.
Banzet said yesterday that
he was giving consideration to
becoming a candidate for one
of the judgeships, but that he
had not definitely decided to
run. He is expected to an
nounce his decision at a later
date.
Two candidates from Vance
County have also been men
tioned, without any confirma
tion of their intentions. They
are Judge Tom D. Hardie of
the Vance Recorder's Court
and Linwood T. Peoples, Hen
derson attorney. It is likely
that there will also be candi
dates from the other three
counties.
The three judges will be
nominated in the primary next
May and formally elected in
November, taking office the
first Monday in December.
The district court is designed
to relieve congestion in super
ior court, and at the outset
will concern itself with ali
mony and custody issues.
The district court phase of
the new court system will be
activated in December, 1968.
All judges v.-tll be paid by the
State and will be responsible
to State jurisdiction, with the
existing superior court sys
tem continuing largely as now,
except that it will be relieved
of much of the routine of the
old system.
'Jaycees To Hold
Toys For Tots
Project This Year
The Warren County Junior
Chamber of Commerce will
again hold its Toys For Tots
Christmas project, Roy Pat
Robertson, Jaycee president,
announced yesterday.
He said the Jaycees are now
collecting toys for needy chil
dren in the county. These toys
will be repaired and distribut
ed to needy children in the
county who otherwise might
have little Christmas.
Anyone having old toys or
new ones that are not needed
are asked to contact any mem
ber of the Jaycees. Robert
son said that the Jaycees will
collect the toys this week and
next week during week days
at Thompson's Warehouse in
Warrenton between the hours
of 7 and 8 p. m. Anyone un
able to deliver the toys to
the warehouse are asked
to call a Jaycee member who
? will pick them up.
"We would like to thank
the public which has cooperat
ed with the Jaycees on the
} project," Robertson said.
"We hope that your Christ
mas will be brighter because
of your efforts to make others
happy."
Local Bank Donates
Funds For 4-H Clubs
WILSON-The Citizens Bank
of Warrenton has joined a
growing group of North Car
olina bankers who are doing
their part in "Service to
youth" by contributing to the
National 4-H Club Foundation
in Washington, D. C.
Foy N. Goforth, State Bank
i Chairman, called the bank's
share in the 4-H Club pro
gram "an investment in the
future." "Our banks are plan
ning and building for tomor
row and it Is our re
V sponslblllty to plan also for
the youth that will be part of
that tomorrow," said Mr. Go
forth.
Through this annual Na
tionwide 4-H Bank Campaign,
the National 4-H Club Foaa
d at Ion provides bankers with
an opportunity to help all
4-H'ers and to reinforce the
(Bee BANK, P*H>2)
U': ?jS'i
ROBERT A. CLARK
Bobby Clark Promoted;
Transferred To Ahoskie
Robert A. (Bobby) Clark,
42, Highway Patrol Trooper
at Norlina for the past 17
years and nine months, has
been promoted to Corporal and
transferred to Ahoskie.
Clark, whose first assign
ment was to Norlina, was
sworn in as corporal in cere
monies held at Raleigh last
Friday.
He left Norlina Monday for
Greenville to report to Troop
A headquarters, from where
he reported to Ahoskie. His
family will remain at Nor
lina until he can find accom
modations at Ahoskie.
A native of Greenville,
Clark is a graduate of Green
ville High School. He is mar
ried to the former Rebecca
Hundley of Norlina, daughter
of Mrs. Andrew J. Hundley and
the late Mr. Hundley. They
have two children, Lynne, 14,
and Wayne, 8.
He served for many years
as a member of the Norlina
School District, and later as a
member of the Norlina School
Board. He is a member of
Norlina Methodist Church and
is Past Master of Francis S.
Packard Masonic Lodge at
Norlina.
Clark said on the eve of his
departure for his new assign
ment, that he regretted to
leave Warren County, whose
people he described "as the
finest bunch of people in the
world." He said that he wish
ed he could see everyone per
sonally before he left, and ask
ed that this newspaper express
his appreciation for the
friendships shown and the
many actsofkindnessshownto
him and to his family by the
people of Warren County.
Jurors Drawn Under
Jury Commission Plan
Jurors were drawn last Fri
day afternoon for the January
term of Warren County
Superior Court by Mrs. Lanie
Hayes, Clerk of Court and her
assistant, Miss IsabelNelson.
This marks the first time
that a Warren County jury has
been drawn in the office of the
Clerk of Court and is a part
of the procedure for jury se
lection under the reorganized
court system.
In the Jury box from which
names were drawn are names
of residents of the county se
lected by a special jury com
mission appointed by resident
Judge Hamilton Hobgood.
Members of this commission
are John G. Mitchell ol War
renton, Sam E. Allen of Ax
telle, and Ernest R. Whitley
of Rt. 2, Littleton. MitcheU
was nominated by Judge Hob
good; Allen by the Clerk of
Court, and Whitley by the
County Commissioners.
A number for each resident
on jury list is kept In the
office of the Clerk of Court,
corresponding with names
which are under lock and key
in the Register of Deeds of
fice. Numbers drawn by the
Clerk of Court were matched
with names in the Register of
Deeds office, which were turn
ed over to the Sheriff for noti
fication, as previously.
Hitherto, for decades, Jur
ors have been drawn by the
county commissioners, with a
small child picking names
from the jury box. All this 1*
abolished now. The Clerk
draws the numbers without any
knowledge of Identification un
til matched by names.
For the January Court term,
48 names were drawn forduty
during the leMloa. in addition,
18 others were drawn to can
stitute the new grand jury. All
will be new. While the stagger
ed terms for grand jury mem
bers will continue, a fresh
start will be made now, with
an entirely new panel select
ed. All will serve the first
six months of 1968, but half
then will go off and nine new
ones will be selected.
The new procedure is much
more complicated than the old
one, but marks the first stage
of establishment of the new
system for superior court.
Lists will be revised at in
tervals of two years, as here
tofore, but in a different man
ner. Preparation of the jury
box has been in preparation
all fall.
JURY LIST RELEASED
BY REGISTER OE DEEDS
The first list of jurors se
lected under the new plan
were released this week by
Register of Deeds Jim Hund
ley. They will serve at the
January Term of Warren
County Superior Court which
will convene on Tuesday, Jan.
2, with Judge Henry A. Mc
Kennon, Jr., of Lumberton
presiding. Tfiey are as fol
lows:
Earle L. Jones, Mrs. A. E.
Perkinson, Mrs. Stella B.
Frazier, William Louise
Evans, Harry H. King, Char
les Bunch, Leon Cheek, Mrs.
R. K. Carroll, Jr., Mrs. Al
bert Seaman, Margaret Bid
lock Jordan, Jimmie Brown,
Eddie Plnkney, Nancy D.
Moseley, Mrs. Fred Thomp
son, Ivy L. Coleman, Shirley
R. Ellis, Handy Klrkpatrlck,
Frank WlUiam Bolton, Esther
R. Perklnson, C, A. Jones,
I OSee JURT, page 11)
A contract for revaluating
real estate in Warren
County was on Monday
awarded by the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners to Con
solidated Appraisal and Map
Ping Company at a cost of
$36,400. No mapping was in
cluded in the contract.
Work in revaluing property
in the county is expected to
be startea early in January.
List Taxers for listing 1968
taxes were approved by the
commissioners upon recom
mendation of Tax Collector A.
P. Rodwell, Jr. They are
the same list takers as ap
pointed last year and are as
follows:
River Township?J. Robert
King; Sixpound?Mrs. Edna M.
Harris; Hawtree-Gid W. King;
Smith Creek-W. S. Hicks, Jr.;
Nutbush-Mrs. Annie N. Wil
son; Sandy Creek-W. W.
O'Neal; Shocco - Boyd M.
Reams; Fishing Creek-Mrs.
Louise H, Gupton; Judkins
Mrs. Alma W. Reid; Warren
ton-A. E. Wilson; Fork-Mrs.
Patsy D, Coleman; Roanoke
L. W. Kidd.
The salary of Harry M. Wil
liams, jr., manager of the
distribution of surplus food
commodities, was set at $2.00
per hour.
Sam Walker of the Warren
County Rescue Squad appear
ed before the board relative
to the possibility of the coun
ty subsidizing ambulance ser
vice by this agency, but was
told by the commissioners that
this question would be fully
discussed at a meeting of the
board early In January.
W. H. Cordell appeared be
fore the board to ask for aid
in getting support for five
dependent children of John
Andrew Boyd. He was refer
red to the Welfare Depart
ment.
A delegation from the Snow
Hill Church Community, with
D. Y. Cooper as spokesman,
appeared before tha board to
request the State Highway
Commission to hardsurface
the road leading to Snow Hill
Baptist Church, a distance of
2/l0 of a mile.
C. J. Fleming, Dog Warden,
gave his monthly report to the
board.
A. P. Gooch appeared be
fore the board to request that
the State Highway Commis
sion be asked to repair and
extend County Road No. 1115.
It was ordered that $25.00
be paid to Brown's Funeral
Home for the funeral expense
of Enoch Davis.
A. J. Ellington, John May
field and Frank Newell were
appointed to appraise the life
time interest of Ruby Wiggins
Johnson in a six-acre piece of
property deeded from Ruby W.
Johnson et al to James White
and R. L. Traylor, Jr.
It was 0: dered that the tax
valuation for 1968 be fixed at
40% of the appraised valua
tion as established in 1960.
A. P. Rodwell, Jr., Tax
Collector, reported 1967 tax
es collected during the month
of November in the amount of
$78,467.53, making a total of
1967 collection of $225,711.21
47.42% of the total 1967 levy.
It was ordered that the 1966
delinquent tax list be turned
over to the county attorney for
collection.
Contract To
Revalue
Land Given
In Hospital
Patients in Warren General
Hospital were listed on Tues
day afternoon as follows:
Lola Devine, Edna Strick
land, Jessie Hasklns, Joe B.
Walker, Devilla Vlck, Alice
Wyckoff, Janice Ellis, Fannie
Jones, Dollle Simmons, Syn
dor Williams, Emily Milam,
Hope Williams, Annie Pas
chall, Neil Capps, Thomas
Hawkins, Grace Haithcock,
Willie T. Robertson, Henry
Conner, John Shearln, William
Richardson, Thenia Williams,
Pattle Richardson, Cora
Christmas, Herbert Johnson,
William Lyons, Martha
Twltty.
Mrs. Alfred J. Ellington,
Jr., and family visited Mrs.
Roy Davi'f in Vane* Manor
RHt Homo In Hand arson re
cently.
Voters To Decide The Fate Of
$100,000 Bond Issue Tuesday
Reams Resigns As Extension
Chairman; Hardaqe Appointed
Frank W. Reams 011 Monday
resigned as County Extension
Chairman for Warren County,
effective Dec. 31, ana his
resignation has been accepted
"with regrets" by the Board
of County Commissioners.
The Board has appointed L.
B. Hardage, long time county
agent, to replace Reams as
Extension Chairman.
Reams will become execu
tive director for the Warren
County Industrial Develop
ment Commission on Jan. 1.
In offering his resignation,
Reams said that he was leav
ing his position as Extension
Chairman with extreme re
gret, and expressed his appre
ciation for the fine coopera
tion he has always received
from fho Board of County
Commissioners.
In accepting the promotion
to Extension Chairman, Hard
age said that he accepted with
some reluctance as he was
happy in his present job, and
liked the outdoor work as
CHRISTMAS Ml SIC
The Saint Paul's Evangeli
cal Lutheran Church Choir,
directed by Mrs. Hal White,
Jr., will present a program
of Christmas music, "Unto Us
The Christ Is Born", on Sun
day evening, Dec. 10, at eight
o'clock at the church. The
public is cordially invited to
attend.
WREATHES FOR SALE
Christmas wreaths will be
made and sold by the ladies
of Wesley Methodist Church at
the church on Dec. 15, at $3.00
each.
BREAKS SHOl'LDER
Friends of Mrs. Norfleet
Gibbs in Warrenton will re
gret to learn that she broke
her shoulder in a fall last
week in New Bern. She is the
mother of Mrs. Robert
BaskerviU of New Bern, a
former Warrenton resident.
BREAKS HIP
Mrs. H. E. Coleman of Wise
is in Maria Parham Hospital
in Henderson receiving treat
ment for a broken hip she sus
tained in a fall last week in
the yard of her home.
REAMS
HARDAGE
sociated with it. He said that
it had been agreed bytheState
Extension Service that he
might continue to live in Vir
ginia until the end of the
1967-68 school session, when
he would move to Warren
County, probably to Warren
ton. For a number of years
he has lived on his dairy farm
in Virginia.
The Extension Service and
the Commissioners plan to
obtain a replacement for
Hardage as county agent as
soon as one can be found
after the first of the year.
Reams graduated from
North Carolina State Univer
sity in July, 1933. Following
three years of teaching Vo
cational Agriculture at An
gier-Caats High School, he
served as County Farm Se
curity Administration super
visor from July, 1936 to Oct
ober, 1937.
In November, 1937, he mov
ed to a Branch Extension Of
fice In Scotland Neck, Halifax
County, serving three years
as assistant county agent. As
a Reserve Officer, he was or
dered into World War II, se
parated a Lt. Col. after some
over five years active duty.
Alter army separation, he ar
rived In Warrenton on De
cember 10, 1945, where he
has served in his present ca
pacity for 22 years and 22
days.
Reams has been awarded the
Distinguished Service Award
of the National County Agents
Association and has served as
president, vice president,
secretary - treasurer and
chairman of many committees
of the North Carolina Associa
tion of County Agricultural
Agents.
He is married to the form
er Maybelle Barker of Fuquav
Springs. They have two daugh
ters, Mrs. Michael Busby,
(See REAMS, page -1)
Gardner Announces
Reams' Appointment
As Industrial Director
W. Monroe Gardner, chair
man of the Warren County In
dustrial Commission, an
nounced on Tuesday that Frank
W. Reams would assume the
duties of industrial director
on Jan. 1.
He said that the commis
sion feels that it is fortunate
in being able to obtain a per
son of Mr. Reams' calibre
and knowledge of Warren
County to direct the commis
sion.
Reams' office will be locat
ed in the Taylor Building in
Warrenton.
Gardner said that he hopes
the citizens of Warren Coun
ty will cooperate with Reams
in trying to bring industries
into Warren County in order
to provide new Jobs for our
citizens. He also said the com
mission wants to work with
any local industry and help it
in any way that it can.
Funds To
Be Used For
Water Tank
Warrenton voters will go to
the polls on next Tuesday
morning, Dec. 12, to decide
the fate of a proposed
bond issue which would per
mit the issuance of not
more than $100,000 to erect
a water tank to replace the
one destroyed in the ware
house fire here the latter part
of last summer.
Water pressure is now be
ing maintained by a 50,000
gallon pressure tank which the
town has rented tor six months
at a cost of $5,000.
Should the bond issue be
carried, as is anticipated, the
town commissioners hope to
have a 150,000-gallon tank
Installed on a site at the War
ren Fair Grounds before the
lease period on the pressure
tank expires.
While v citizens are being
asked by the town commis
sioners to approve a maxi
mum of $100,000, it is not
anticipated that the full
amount will be used. J. Ed
ward Rooker, Town Manager,
said yesterday that the town
is very hopeful of obtaining a
federal grant covering 60 per
cent of the cost of erectingthe
tank. In that event it Is an
ticipated that only $40,000
of the bonds will be issued.
But Rooker said that the town
had to prepare for the ex
penditure in the amount of
funds derived to take care
of eventualities in case the
grant is not made.
Rooker said that in either
event it is not anticipated
that there will be any increase
in the town tax rate as a
result of Issuing the bonds.
He said that the commission
ers raised the water and sew
er rates two months ago and
funds raised by this increase
should be sufficient to retire
the bonds.
The election will be held in
the Fire Station at the Muni
cipal Building. The polls will
open at 6:30 a. m. and close
at 6:30 p. m. Mrs. Mary
Eleanor Grant will serve as
judge of elections, and Mrs.
Wiley G. Coleman and Miss
Zenobia Lancaster will ser
ve as judges of election.
The ballots on which the vot
ers will vote for or against
the bond issue reads as fol
lows:
"The ordinance authorizing
$100,000 of bonds to finance,
together with any other funds
which may become available
therefor, the improvement
of the system maintained by
the Town to provide a supply
of water to said Town and
its Inhabitants by the con
struction of an elevated water
tank and the installation of
water mains, Including the ac
quisition and Installation of the
equipment, machinery and ap
paratus required therefor and
the acquisition of the neces
sary lands or rights-in-land
and a tax therefor."
Defendant Tried On Four Counts Of
Assault With D.W.;0ne Affray Charge
A defendant In Warren
County Recorder's Court last
Friday was found guilty on
four counts of assault with a
deadly weapon and one charge
of an affray, and given 30
days road sentences on all five
charges.
Alfloyd Alston pled not guil
ty to the four counts of as
sault with a deadly weapon
and with an affray, but the
court found him guilty and Im
posed the road sentences. The
defendant gave noticeof appeal
and appearance bond was set
at $250.
Jerry St eg all, charged with
an affray, was found not guil
ty.
The Court found probable
causes in four cases In which
Wllbert Campbell was charged
with forgery. He was order
ed to appear at the January
term of criminal court and ap
pearance bond was set at $200
In each case.
Tommie War lick was sen
tenced to the road* for 30
days when he waa found guil
ty of an affray. The sentence
was suspended for two years
provided the defendant does
not fo on the premises of the
Balcony Club of Norllna for
two years, remains of good be
havior and does not violate
any of the criminal laws of the
State for two years and pays
court costs.
Warlick was also charged
with assault with a deadly wea
pon, but was found not guilty.
Carter Smith was found
guilty of an affray and sen
tenced to the roads for 30
days. The sentence was sus
pended for two years provid
ed the defendant does not go
on the premises of the Bal
cony Club in Norllna for two
years, remains of good be
havior and does not violate
any of the criminal laws of
the State for two years and
pays court costs.
Robert Epps, charged with
drunk driving, entered a plea
of reckless driving. He was
ordered to pay a $100 fine
and court costs.
Julian Clarence Stegallpled
guilty to charges of drunk
driving and hit and run. On
the charge of drunk driving
the Judgment of the court was
that the defendant pay a fine
f T $100 and court coat*. On
Hm charge of hit and ran, the
Judgment of the court was that
the defendant be sentenced to
the roads for 60 days. The
sentence was suspended for
five years provided the de
fendant does not drink any al
coholic beverages for five
years, not violate any of the
criminal laws of the State
for five years and be placed
on probation for five years.
Curney Edward Allen, who
pled guilty to a charge of
escape, had 30 days added to
the road sentence he was ser
ving at the time of escape.
Allen Mace, found guilty on
a non-support charge, was or
dered to serve two years on
the roads.
Bryant Caulder and Sher
wood Harrell were each found
guilty of an affray and sen
tenced to the roads for 30
day*. Each sentence was sus
pended tor two years provided
the defendant does not go upon
the premises of the Balcony
Club In Norltna tor two years,
remains of good behavior and
doas not vtalrte any of the
criminal laws of the state tor
(See COURT, page 9)
Carol Service To Be
Presented At Oxford
OXFORD - The Choirs of
Oxford Presbyterian Church,
constituting over SO voices,
will present a Carol Service
In the sanctuary of the Church
on Sunday, December 10, at
4:00 p. m. under the direc
tion of Mrs. D. D. Hocutt.
Preceding the program
there will be a 20 minute
prelude of Christmas selec
tions for the organ by com
posers Bach, Brahms, Rich
ard Purvis, and D'Aquln, play
ed by Mrs. D. D.
organist and
At MOO p.
composing all of
School
the first