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Your Best Advertising Medium HHamn Emirfi f. VOLUME 72 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY IS. 19*8 Your Best Advertising Medium NUMBER 7 Town Board Objects To Building Use The use of the Doctor's Building on Graham Street as an office for the distribution of Food Stamps In the county is opposed by the board of com missioners of the Town of War - renton. F. M. Drake, Jr., appeared before the board on Monday night In behalf of himself and ^ other citizens of the area to ! protest the location of the of fice in the Doctor's building, a residential section, as an office for the distribution of Food Stamps. The board agreed * that such occupancy of the building would cause a traffic problem in a residential area and on motion by Commission er W. G. Coleman, seconded by Commissioner Gasklll, voted unanimously to voice its opposi tion to this location of the food stamp center. The Board of County Com missioners at their February meeting last Monday authorized Julian Farrar, Welfare Direc tor, to enter Into negotiations with Monroe Gardner for the rent of the building, after Far rar had told them that more space was essential to carry on the stamp program. The rent was to be on a temporary basis until such time as the present Welfare building on the hospi tal grounds could be enlarged. The commissioners voted to discontinue paying rental on off street parking areas now rent ed from W. M. Gardner, Al pheus Jones, Jr., Mrs. Eliza beth J. Hughes and Mrs. Lucy J. Knox, effective April 1,1968. This area is located back of the old Tasker Polk Building, / the Warrenton Department Store and other buildings on Main Street between Main and Front Streets. The matter of an operator for the town's street sweeper I was referred to the street com mittee. Because the Economic De velopment Administration re quires that all officials author ized to sign checks against the construction account to be set up for funds granted by this agency be bonded for the full amount of such funds, the com missioners ordered that the only signature required on checks drawn against the construction account will be the signature of J. E. Rooker, Jr., town treasurer, since he Is the only bonded official. The board unanimously adopted by reference the North Carolina Uniform Residential ^Building Code 1968 Edition. Tournament To Begin On Next Monday The Roanoke Conference tournament will open at Mur freesboro on Monday and con tinue through the week. Pairings will not be known until Saturday. John Graham boys will enter the conference on a winning streak, having won 10 of their last 12 games. They have a conference record of 9-6. The John Graham girls are 9 to 7 in the conference. Norllna will not conclude its season's play until Friday night when It plays at Aurellan Springs. Nutrition Course To Be Taught Here A Basic Nutrition Course will be taught beginning Feb. 22 at the Hawkins lunchroom for the benefit of those Interested in food service, Mrs. Sue D. Skinner, Warren County school fund coordinator, announced yesterday. Mrs. Skinner said the course Will be 60" hours in length and wtl'l be taught by Mrs. Ann R. Kill an and herself. ! ' ^Pre-Tournament Hop To Be Hold Friday The Annual staff of John Gra ham High School will sponsor a pre-toumamsot sock-bop dance on Frtda? night In the John Gra ham gymnasium from 8 until 11:30. Single tickets will s?U ? for $1.00 j couples lor $1.80. Music win be furnished by The Lost Colony at Raleigh. The public U invited. The overturned car on the Warren Plalns Oakvllle road is one of three Sunday wreck's from which Roy Harmon took Injured to Hen derson hospital. Harmon Kept Busy With Ambulance Roy Harmon, member of the Warrenton Rural Volunteer Fire Department, kept the de partment's ambulance rolling on Sunday as he carried injur ed persons from threeseparate wrecks, scactered over the county, to the Henderson Hos pital. Harmon made three trips and took eight persons to Maria Parham Hospital in Henderson. His first trip was at 1:30 a. m. Sunday morning when he was called to a wreck scene on 1-85 and carried a man and his wife to Maria Parham Hospital. The couple were from New York, but as the wreck was investigated by patrolmen from Henderson details are not known. It is understood that Injuries were not serious. Harmon was called at the scene of a wreck in Shocco Township at 4:30 p. ni. and car ried Sam Harris, 59, of Louis burg, Route 3, to Warren Gen eral Hospital, and when he found that Dr. Bunch was out of town, carried his patient to the Hen derson hospital. Harris was Injured In a one car wreck on the Llcksklllet road about two n>Ues from Romeo Powell's Store. Sheriff Clarence Davis said that Har ris, who was driving a 1956 Plymouth c ar, ran off the shoul der of the road and travel ed 120 feet before cutting back across the road and continu ing 150 feet before striking a bank causing the car to over turn. Harris was found to be suf fering with a head injury but was discharged from the Hen derson hospital on Sunday night. Davis said that the car was completely demolished. He said that his investigation was con tinuing. While en route to the Hen derson hospital, Harmon re ceived a call to the scene of a wreck on the Warren Plains Oakville road. Returning from Henderson, he carried five per sons injured in a single car ac cident to Henderson. Only one of the five was astretcher case. Patrolman Pete Vaughan, who Investigated the wreck, said that John Lee Jones, driver of the 1965 Chevrolet, received abraisons and cuts In the single car accident. Riding with him were his brother and his broth er's wife, not identified, and other passengers. Vaughan said that the driver of the car told him that as he was crossing a bridge near where the Warren Plains road Intersects the Wise-Oak vllle road that he saw a driv er approaching on the wrong side of the road and in an ef fort to avoid an accident that a tire on his car blew out causing the car to swerve into a ditch bank and overturn. The car was completely de molished, Vaughan said. He said that his investigation is being continued. Harmon was accompanied on his early Sunday morning run by Walker P. Burwell of War renton. On the other two trips to the hospital he was accompan ied by Burwell Powell of Inez. Board Takes Dim View Of House Trailers In Town The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Warrenton takes a dim view of house trailers within the city limits. At their regular meeting on Monday night, the com mission ers ordered that Section 12, Chapter 0 of the "Code of the Town of Warrenton, 1963," reg ulating the use of trailers with in the fire or business district of the town be amended to include the entire town both business and residential. The members stated that the effect of the change is to pro hibit the occupancy or use of trailers within the town with the exception of those already in use. The Governor's Committee on Law and Order has offered to train the town police of ficers in an area school within a commuting distance of the town and pay the officers at tending $2.50 an hour for two Postmaster Ellis Fleming Is shown receiving certificate of merit from Postal Service Officer John Thompson during exercises at the Man son Postofflce Saturday. Manson Postoffice Gets Citation At Exercises The Mail son Post Office was recognized Saturday as being one of the very few recipients of the Postmaster General's Citation of Merit under Presi dent Johnson's Natural Beauty Program. Postal Service Of ficer John Thompson made the presentation to Postmaster EUla Fleming. Present lor the presentation were many patrons of the Man son post Office and all of the Postmasters from Warren and Vance counties. To be eligible for this par ticular award, excellent or good Is not considered. A rating of superior is necessary for this signal honor. One of the requi sites for consideration is the creating and reflecting the most favorable Image possible of the government by the facility. This Is the second Post Office In Warren County to receive this award in tiro years. The Nor llna Post Office was the reci pient In 1M8. Following the ceremony, re freshments were served by the Manson-urewry Home Demon stration Club. hours per day, two days per week for 15 weeks. Brought before the commissioners for discussion Monday night, the rraHer was referred to the police comtrlfittee. The board approved issuing a permit to engage in the busi ness of operating a taxicab to Len Slmes who is to operate the taxicab formerly operated by Mrs. Roberta Telfair. The board also approved permits to drive a taxicab to Len Slmes and Roy Allen Green. Present at the board meeting were Commissioners w. G. Coleman, A. C. Fair, Thomas Gaskill, Gordon Halthcock, A D. Johnson, Major Pope Powell and a. A. Wood, constituting the entire board. Also present were Charles T. Johnson, Jr., attorney and H. H. Salmon, chief of police. Burwell Funeral Is Held Here Saturday Funeral services for John Harwell Burwell, 68, of Wash ington, D. C., were conducted on Saturday at 11 a. m. at Wes ley Memorial Methodist Church by the pastor, the Rev. L. T. Wilson. Burial was In Fairview Cemetery. Mr. Burwell died at his Wash ington home on Thursday. He was a native of Warrenton, the son of the late William Arin stead and Olivia Burton Burwell and had made his home In Wash ington for more than 40 years. He Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ethel Perowne Blesl Bur well; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Virginia B. Lamb of Wash ington, D. C.; one sister, Miss Olivia Burwell of Greensboro, and one brother, Pettway B. Burwell of Walterboro, S. C. Local Betty Crocker Winners Announced Seniors In four Warren Coun ty High Schools who scored highest In their respective high schools in the 1#68 Betty Crock er search for the American Home maker of Tomorrow test given nationwide on Dec. 5, were this week listed as follows: Laura W. Turner of John Graham High School at War renton, Judy Gayle Wert of Lit tleton High School, Orlnda W. Smith of North Warren High School at Wise, and Sylvia A. Briggs of Hawkins High School at Warrenton. The winners were among 603,7M girls in IB,07? high schools who registered tor the IMS knowledge and attitudes examination dealing wtthbone " (See WINNERS, page I) State Asks Removal Of Light The Traffic Control Division of the North Carolina State Highway Commission has or dered that the traffic signal recently installed on West Franklin Street, a state main tained street, be removed. Town Manager J. Ed Hook er informed the board of town commissioners at its regular meeting of the order. He said that the representative stated that the traffic control division would make a survey of this street and ascertain if a traf fic signal installation was in dicated. If so, he stated thajthe commission would install a dou ble signal. The board ordered that the Traffic Control Division be re quested to promptly conduct a survey at their expense with the idea of replacing this signal and also installing new traffic signals on the other state streets of the town. The board voted to request the Neighborhood Youth Corps, a branch of the O. E. O. to supply a young man for training in the Water and Street Depart ments. His salary is to be paid by the O. E. O. and the town's only obligation will be to super vise and train the youth se lected. Manager Rooker related to the board the request of the North Carolina State Highway Commission that the town re place acertalnterra-cottasew er line on U. S. 401 outside the town limits with a cast iron line and construct two man holes at town expense. The commissioners ordered that the com mission be request ed to have a representative ap pear before the town board and outline its proposed re-locat ion of water lines, sewer lines, fire hydrants, and utility poles on U. S. Highway No. 401 and U. S, Highway No. 158-Business in connection with planned improvements of these highways. Warrenton Native is Resident Manager Samuel W. Plnnell, a Warren County native, has been ap pointed resident manager of the Washington, D. C., office of the B. C. Morton Corp., It was learned here this week. The Morton Corporation Is a firm dealing in mutual funds, insurance, realty trust shares and other financial services through 75 offices of the nation. Prior to accepting his new position, Plnnell had been a group manager for another in vestment financial firm at Washington. A graduate of West Point, Plnnell had served 26 years In the Army before re tiring with the rank of colonel. Most recently he was assist ant director of civil works In the office of the Chief of En gineers. Plnnell Is the son of Mrs. Alice Southerland of Warren ton and the late Sam Pinnell. Lions Observe Ladies Night Members of the Warrenton Lions Club, their wives and special guests gathered at the Warrenton Country Club on Sat urday night to observe their annual Ladies' Nlgiit and Valen tine party. Approximately 75 attended the gala event to enjoy a cocktail party at 6:30, dinner at 7:30 and dancing from 9 until 12. The clubhouse was de corated In a valentine motif by a special committee of the club. President F. P. Whitley pre sided with Lion Ed. Rooker say ing the grace. Following the ad dress of welcome, given by Lion Ted Wilson, and a response la behalf of the ladles, by Lion ess Nellie Gardner, special guest Lion District Deputy Gov ernor BUI Benton, of Littleton was mcofntaed and made n few remarks. He i by bis wife, Prior to dancing to the music of c orobeetra those present enjoyed several i of bingo. ' ' ' ' t\ Freedom Of Choice Approved By Board RONALD EDWARD MORRIS Son Of Warrenton Man Is Killed In Vietnam A Warrenton man has been notified of the death of his son in Viet Nam. William W. Morris was noti fied Sunday by a Marine major that Ronald Edward Morris, 18, a member of the Marine Corps, had been killed in action at Queng-Nam, Viet Nam on Feb. 6. A volunteer, Morris joined the Marines in July, 1967 at the age 17, and arrived in Viet Nam on Nov. 6, 1967. Funeral plans have not been completed. Morris Is survived by his father; his mother, Christine H. Morris of Littleton; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Morris of Warrenton; a sister, Mrs. Brenda A. Allred of Roanoke Rapids, two broth ers, JimmieF. Morris, station ed at Viet Nam on the Aircraft Carrier Tlconderoga, and Wil liam W. Morris, in, of Roanoke Rapids. President's Council Organized In Warren A President's Council, com posed of the presidents of the eight women's clubs of the county, was organized at a dinner meeting at Warren Plaza Inn last Thursday night. The purpose of the council will be to provide an opportun ity for the presidents of the clubs to work together on com mon problems and to promote an unified effort toward State and Federation projects. The council will meet every month. Mrs. R. B. Butler, retiring president of the Warrenton Wo man's Club, was hostess for the meeting. A Valentinethem9was carried out with the decorations and each guest was presented a red corsage. Those present Included Mrs. Butler; Mrs. W. K. Lanier, Jr., president of the Warren ton Junior Woman's Club; Mrs. A. S. Wyckoff, president of the Norllna Literature and Music Club; Mrs. Lillian Klllan, pres ident of the Norllna Woman's (See COUNCIL, page 8) Ma!Till* Broughton of Ril?l|b, fUlMito tor tha ] nomination lor Governor, U shown ilnMm hand* with frlaoda at Colonial bode* hare on Tvawlajr afternoon. BroocMon, win apant around an how at Warraoton wu antertalned at an In formal taa in tha botal lobby whara ha greeted nwoitara and othar frlands in tha intarast at Ids candidacy. Tha ao tlra affair was Informal mi ?: Vt: Easter Holiday Curtailed The Warren County Board of Education approved a Freedom of Choice plan for the opera tion of schools during the 1968 69 session at its regular meet ing here Monday night. This is the sams plan under which the schools have operat ed for the past several years. Easter holidays will be cut by two days in order to make up two recent days attendance lost because of snow. The schools were scheduled to close on Thursday, c x iaay, Monday And Tuesday at Easter, but due to the snow will be closed only on Good Friday and Easter Monday. The board had pre viously decided that three days lost earlier because of bad weather be added at the end of the regular term. The board approved an In Service Training Class for teachers next summer. Coy Lewis, assistant super intendent of schools, gave are port on the Neighborhood Youth Program. He said that 25 stu dents are now working within the schools as library aid, cafe teria aids and clerical assist ants, and that one boy is work ing out of school as mainten ance assistant. Supt. J. Roger Peeler re ported that an additional bus has been ordered for the North Warren School. Considerable time of the board was consumed in a dis cussion with Owen Smith, archi tect for the Marlam Boyd School. Bids on the construc tion of the building at Marlam Boyd exceeded Smith's esti mates by a large amount. Mon day night the board asked Smith to rework his plans In order that they may more nearly com ply with bids on the project. The board elected Miss Betsy Clark as English and French teacher at Littleton, and elect ed Mrs. Bonnie G. Fleming as fifth grade teacher at Hallwa School. Hospital Gets $6(3 /? From Endowment Warren General Hospital, Warren County's 35-bed hos pital at Warrenton, this week received an appropriation of $663 from the Duke Endow ment. This was part of the $2,016, 665 distributed by the Endow ment to Carolina hospitals and child care institutions It as sists, and is based on $1 a day for each fr*? day of car* In the fiscal year which ended Sept. 30, 19#f, James R. Felts, Jr., execu tive director of the Hospital and Child Care sections of the Endowment, said 191 hospitals are receiving $1,360,990 and 43 child care lnst Italians, $646,718. North Carolina's total is $001,506 for hospitals and $428,991 for child car* Insti tutions; South Carolina 442 for hospitals and $>17,714 for child car* Institutions. QUALIFIES FOR AWARD The newly formad Boy Scout Troop No. 907, sponsored by Oak Chapel AMC Church, has qualified tor the Display Award toy > manning a display L*gg*tt's Depart m John t. Hawkins, Loafer, an nounced this < PTA BASKETBALL GAME All A. A.
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