Writes Letter To Fountain
Mrs. Clayton Issues Campaign Statement
Mrs. Eva Clayton of War
reaton, unsuccessful candidate
for Second District Congress
man In the Democratic Pri
mary of May 4, said yester
day that she has not determin
ed whether or not she will
again be a candidate In 1970,!
but pledged herself to active)
service as a private citizen.!
In an open letter to all news
media, Mrs. Clayton gives her
views on the recent election and
enclosed an open letter to Con
gressman L. H. Fountain con
gratulating him upon his victory
and asked him to address him
self to the issues she brought out
In her campaign. Her statement
is as follows:
"I wish to thank all my sup
porters for the votes receiv
ed. I have written Mr. Fountain
congratulating him and extend
ing my cooperation.
"The question, will i be a
candidate next time - I am not
prepared to state at this time
Two years is a long ways off.
A winner never quits and a
quitter never wins - i am not a
quitter. One fact I am certain
of is that I will be just as con
cerned about the progress and
the welfare of all citlzensof this 1
district as a private citizen and
Pledge myself to active service.
"As a candidate, I realized
that victory in the Democra
tic Primary against Represen
tative L. H. Fountain was dif
ficult. All political observers
and news media continued to
remind us that Representa
tive Fountain was Dean of the
North Carolina delegation with
sixteen years of service and had
not been opposed in a Demo
cratic Primary, m spite of
"tese facts, i was a candidate.
We conducted a very vigorous
Littleton Boy Among
Elite At E. C. Univ.
A Littleton boy was among
the elite at East Carolina Uni
versity last winter semester
when he made all a's the uni
versity announced this week.
Henry B. Howard, director of
Publicity, said that those who
made all A's are the elite of
the University. Next, he said,
are those on the dean's List by
earning a solid B-plus average,
and the Honor Roll Includes
students who made a B aver
age with no grade below C.
Two Warren students?Alice
R. King of Route 1, Norlina, and
Ann L. Kingof Route I, Warren
ton made the Dean's List.
Warren students making the
honor roll were Barbara C.'
Gibson of Route 2, Littleton]
James e. Perklnson, Jr., of 221
Oak Street, Littleton, Elmo D.
Spragins of Route 3, Littleton;
Linda C. Spragins of Littleton;
William M. Fleming of Route
1, Manson; William C. Carter
of Norlina and Lucy K. Rodwell
of Warrenton.
MRS. CLAYTON
and imaginative campaign and
although I did not win the Dem
ocratic nomination, I make no
apology tor our efforts in this
campaign. We truly gave our
best efforts to this cause, and
there were many victories
realized through our efforts
As a candidate, I served as a
source of inspiration for large
numbers of persons to parti
cipate in politics who had be
fore not been involved. This
was truly seen in our older citi
zens and youth. As a woman
candidate, I inspired women to
greater political participation. I
We brought new hope and faith
in the Democratic process.
"We further witness the or
ganization of large groups of
negroes in each of the eleven
counties concerned about good
government. Most of these
groups were responsible for
adding thousands of unregis
tered persons to the voting
rolls. They have great polici
cal potential if used wisely.
"When we seriously look at
the returns and compare cer
tain state candidates efforts
with ours, especially those with
all the money and trained per
sonnel at their disposal and re
ceived 36% or less of the votes,
yet, Eva Clayton, a black wo
man relatively unknown before
becoming a candidate, received
33% of the votes with so lit
tle money and inexperienced
staff. If we did so much with
so little in such a short time,
this means that with time, or
ganization, funds and hard work,
we shall overcome."
Mrs. Clayton's letter to Con
gressman Fountain reads as
follows:
Dear Mr. Fountain:
I wish to congratulate you
on your victory May 4th in the
Democratic Primary and extend
my cooperation to you as the
representative of all the people
in the Second Congressional
District.
As a candidate, I addressed
myself to certain issues, i.e.
(1) the rural poor - how citi
zens of the Second District could
have an opportunity for a decent
living; (2) the problems of the
big cities; (3) law and order;
and (4) our involvement in
Vietnam. I regret that political
expediency prevented you from
doing likewise.
I admonish you now, as the
elected representative, to ad
dress yourself honestly and
vigorously to these issues. I
solicit the full weight of your
moral character in addition to
your political experience in
being the representative of ALL
the people. We remind youthat
all people of the Second Dis
trict include people of ail races,
the poor, the working class and
the rich.
Political expediency suggest
that 33% of the voters repre
sents real political power.
These voters Indicated they
wanted a change but more Im
portantly, these voters want to
see the Second Congressional
District progress. Therefore,
the real challenge In the Sec
ond District is to make It a
progressive place to live for
ALL of our citizens.
Best wishes for a meaningful
term in Congress.
Sincerely,
(Mrs.) EVA M. CLAYTON
Warrenton Minister
Honored By Lions Club
A Warrenton minister who
has resigned his pastorate here
was honored by the Warrenton
Lions Club at their regular
meeting at the Rural Fire De
partment Hall last Friday.
President F. P. Whitley an
nounced that the Rev. John R.
Link had been made an honor
ary member of the Warrenton
Lions Club in appreciation of
the work that he had done when
he was a member of the club.
Mr. Link, pastor of the War
renton Baptist Church for a
number of years, has accepted
a call to the Spring Hope Bap
tist Church. He was the guest
of Lion Billy Lanier.
Ridgeway 4-H Club
Hosts Elec. Clubs
The Ridgeway 4-H Electric
Club was host to the electric
clubs of the county at a meet
ing held in Warrenton on May
8. Wayne Overcash, Carolina
Power and Light Company rep
resentative, was the speaker.
He showed a film on the "Mighty
Atom" and discussed elec
tricity, the projects and the
possibilities of being a winner
in the Electric Congress, which
he urged the members to attend.
Cookies and drinks were ser
ved.
L. G. Bender and Mrs. C. F.
Holtzman, 4-H adult leaders,
attended the meeting. Mrs.
Holtzman announced that an
other workshop would be held
on May 14 at the Ridgeway Club
house.
ATTEND CONVENTION
Mr. and Mrs. Dorman F.
Blaylock attended the North
Carolina Funeral Director's
Association convention in Ral
eigh recently.
It pays to advertise
Lion A. C. Fair presented
a program on Civil Defense. He
was presented by Lion Eugene
Rogers who had charge of the
program.
Lion Duke Miles, convention
chairman of the Warrenton
Lions Club, made a report on
the State Convention which is to
be held In Asheville.
President F. P. Whitley pre
sided over the meeting. Jack
Harris led in group singing.
Lion Ted Wilson gave the in
vocation.
Chef Henry Myrick served the
members a delicious charcoal
steak.
Plans Completed
For New Clubhouse
Final plans for the construc
tion of a new community build
ing at Ridgeway were complet
ed on Tuesday night when a
representative of Mitchell En
gineering Company of Norlina
met with membersof the Ridge
way Community Club.
The meeting was held at the
temporary clubhouse with Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Bender and
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Bender
serving as hosts and hostesses.
Richard Bender, president,
presided over the business
session.
Alter the regular routine
business meeting, the hostess
es served delicious refresh
ments to the 40 members pre
sent.
Mrs. Childers Dies
At Richmond Hospital
Mrs. Elizabeth Gardner
Parker Childers, former resi
dent of Warrenton, died Mon
day morning at St. Luke's Hos
pital in Richmond, Va., after
a brief illness.
A memorial service was held
at Christian Funeral Home in
Richmond, Va., on Tuesday
night at 8:00 o'clock and funer
al rites were conducted at
Greenwood Cemetery in Macon
at 11 a. m. Wednesday by the
Rev. A. E. Thompson, Jr., pas
tor of Macon Methodist Church.
Mrs. Childers was a native
of Warren County, the daughtei
of the late Wlnfleld and Sal lit
Egerton Gardner of Churchill
She attended the Graham School
in Warrenton and graduatec
from Loulsburg College in 1909,
She taught school in Warrer
County.
Surviving are two daughter:
Mrs. John Elliott Cooke an
Mrs. Kenneth Reynolds, and
granddaughter, Hizabeth Slay
ton Reynolds, ail of Rlchmoni
Va.; three sisters, Mrs. LulaC
Harris of West Point, Va., Mr:
W. R. Bowers of Littleton an
Mrs. Turner Vann Allen of Wax
renton; two brothers, Simon N
Gardner and James Herbei
Gardner of Macon.
Members of the John Graham High School Girls Golf
Team stand with Coach Jon Burwell. They are, left to right:
April Andrews, Harriet Benton, Charlotte Wooc Meredith
Bullock and Kay Currln.
Girls Golf Team Added
To John Graham Proqram
Added to John Graham' ath
letic program this year has
been a girls golf team, coach
ed by Jon Burwell.
Making up the team were
Kay Currin, Meredith Bullock,
Charlotte Wood, Harriet Ben
ton and April Andrews.
The team played four match
John Honor Roll
Is Released
The John Graham High School
honor roll for the fifth grading
period was released this week
by Principal Fred Bartholomew
as follows:
Mrs. Nancy Blankenship's
4th Grade ? Claude Burrows,
Cynthia Connell, Susan Gard
ner, David Lancaster.
Mrs. Mamie King's 4th Grade
-Shelia Campbell, Cindy Dil
liard, Kay Fleming, LisaFlem
ing, Louise Limer, Jeanne
Moseley.
Miss Jo Ellen McLean's 9th
Grade?Ann Hardy, Denise Har
vey.
Mr. Wayne Plaster's 9th
Grade? Arlene Bender, Richard
Tunstall.
Mr. Jon Burwell's 9th Grade
? Antionette Iwanicki, Alice
Marie Mustian, Debbie Black
well.
Mrs. Mary Shield's 10th
Grade ? Carl Peoples, Irene
Bowen, Scoggin Jones.
Mrs. Gail Dill's 10th Grade
? Elizabeth Coleman, Marlene
Hunt, DianneTharrington, Ellen
Twitty.
Mrs. Nancy Williams' 11th
Grade - Charles Somervllle,
Clarence Young.
Mr. James Soufas'1 lth grade
? Phyllis Loyd.
Mr. Robert Stephens 12th
Grade-Paul Whitley, Paulean
Richardson.
Miss Edwina Rooker's 12th
Grade?Bob Rodwell.
Hawkins Teacher
Receives Fellowship
Walter Belk, Jr., a Hawkins
High School teacher and 1904
honor graduate of Saint Augus
tine's College in History, has
accepted a fellowship to study
at one of Virginia's leading
private colleges from Sept.
1968 to August 69, it was an
nounced by the local school
yesterday.
Belk wiU complete his stud
ies under Dr. Theodore Wilson
in United States History between
1898 and 1968 this summer
at the University of Kansas. He
is.a member of Sigma Rhe Sigma
collegiate national honor so
ciety for history scholars.
QUART OF SEEDS
Last spring an effort was
made in Hoke County to get
residents to plant green and
yellow squash.
This spring Mrs. E. H,
Bowling, Aberdeen, Rt. 1, do
nated a quart of seeds she had
saved from her last year's gar
den. The seeds were distri
buted to persons who were
eager to plant squash this year.
"These seeds will plwt a
lot of hills and the fruit will
be valuable next fall and win
ter lor baking, broiling and In
making pies," Mrs. Ellen E.
Willis, home economics ex
tension agent, believes.
es in all. Twotri-matches were
played among Warrenton, Wake
Forest and Louisburg. Wake
Forest came in first, defeat
ing Warrenton and Louisburg.
Warrenton came in second, win
ning over Louisburg. The first
match was played at Wake For
est, but the last three were
played on the Warrenton Golf
links.
In the last two matches be
tween Warrenton and Louis
burg, John Graham came out on
top, giving the girls team a rec
ord of four wins and two lbsses.
Hawkins Joint Chorises
To Give Concert Suiday
The joint 55 voice choruses
of John R. Hawkins School
I will present a Spring Concert
of religious, patriotic and con
temporary works on Sunday,
May 19, at 6 p. m. The con
cert will be held in the school
gymtorium.
Soloists will include Elvira
Harrison, soprano, Regenia
Kearney, alto, William Crews,
tenor and William Perry, bass.
During intermission, two piano
solos will be rendered. Fenice
Boyd will play Chopin's
"Etude", and Warren Cheek,
Brahms' "Htgarian Dance No.
5".
There wit not be an admis
sion charg and all students,
parents an friends are invited
to attend tis evening of beau
tiful musi.'
Mrs. c B. Jenkins is direc
tress of .te High School Chorus
and the Jnior High School group
is unde the supervision of Mrs.
W. A. files.
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