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VOLUME 72 Subscription: $3.00 A Year; $4.00 Out Of State, 10* Per Copy WARRENTON, COUNTY OF WARREN, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1968 NUMBER 21
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MEMBERS OF NORLJNA HIGH SCHOOL GLEE CLI B
Norlina Glee Club To Present Program Friday Night
The Norlina High School Glee
Club will present its Spring
Concert, Friday at 8 p. m.
in the Norlina High School Audi
torium. The 85-voice mixed
chorus is under the direction
of the Rev. R. Bruce Pate.
Tommy Currie is the accom
panist.
The concert will feature a
full range of selections from
sacred and classical to popular
Power To Be Off
Power service in the Warren
ton, Norlina, Littleton, Macon,
Vaughan, Wise, Middleburg,
Manson, Drewry and Rural
areas will be interrupted Sun
day, May 26, from 4:00 a. m to
7:00 a. m. and from 4:00 p. m
to 4:30 p. m., it was announced
this week by the Warrenton
Carolina Power & Light Office.
This will also Include some
REA customers in this area.
This interruption is neces
sary in order to install a switch
on the Henderson-Warrenton,
( 110,000 volt transmission line.
and patriotic music. The con
cert will open with a group of
sacred selections, beginning
with two traditional selections,
"Prayer of Thanksgiving" and
"Beautiful Savior". Two selec
tions by Bach, "Allelui" and
"Now Let Every Tongue Adore
Thee" will follow. Saint-Saen's
"Praise Ye The Lord" will
conclude this section.
A group of choruses from four
operas will comprise the clas
sical group a setting of a chorus
from "The Magic Flute" by
Mozart, "The Soldier's
Chorus" from "Faust" by Gou
nod, the familiar "Anvil
Chorus" from Verdi's "IlTro
vatore" and "Toreador Song"
from Bizet's "Carmen".
The last group before inter
mission will, include five folk
style selections?"If I Had A
Hammer", two Negro Spiri
tuals, "Go Tell It On The Moun
tain" and "Were You There"
and the Englishfolk song "Shen
andoah". The folk ballad, "Born
Free", will conclude this group.
Following intermission, the
Glee Club will be heard in a
group of Rogers and Hammer
stein favorites "Whistle A Hap
py Tune" and "Hello, Young
Lovers" from "The King and I"
and "Bali Hai" and "Nuthin'
Like a Dame" from "South
Pacific."
Popular and patriotic selec
tions will conclude the concert,
beginning with "Hey, Look Me
Over" from "The Unsinkable
Molly Brown," followed by the
popular "Dream The Impossi
ble Dream" and "Exodus
Theme" from the movie "Exo
dus". The final choral num
ber will be Fred Warlng's ar
rangement of "This Is My
Country".
Also a part of the program
will be solos by two seniors,
Jeanna Bobbitt and Michael
Macon.
The public is cordially invit
ed to attend. There will be no
admission charged. A free-will
offering will be received at the
door following the concert.
Former Spring Hope
Mayor Fatally Hurt
A former Spring Hope mayor
was fatally injured in an auto
mobile accident in Warren
County on last Thursday night.
James Lee Pearce, 56, form
er Spring Hope mayor for two
terms and a member of the city
council, died at Warren Gen
eral Hospital on Friday as the
result of injuries received in
a one-car accident the night
before. He owned and operated
Spring Hope Cafe and served on
the Nash County Industrial
Commission.
The accident occurred on
Highway No. 1, approximately
one mile north of Wise, at
approximately 11:30 p. m., ac
cording to Highway Patrolman
Sam Webster who Investigated
the accident.
Webster said that the 1962
Chevrolet driven by Pearce ran
off the right side of the high
way, traveled for 312 feet and
overturned. He said there were
no skid marks, which may have
indicated that the driver fell
asleep.
Pearce was found some 10
or 12 feet from his car. He
was unconscious. He was taken
to Warren General Hospital,
where he died without regain
ing consciousness.
Webster said that Pearce was
en route to South Hill, Va., to
visit his mother.
Funeral services for Pearce
were held at 3 p. m. Sunday
at Gibson Memorial Methodist
Church by the Rev. Robert Mor
gan. Burial was in Oakdale
Cemetery at Spring Hope.
Surviving are two sons,
James Lee Pearce of High
Point, and William (Butch)
Pearce of the home; one daugh
ter, Mrs. Ann Morgan of Nash
ville; his mother, Mrs. J. B.
Pearce of South Hill, Va.; two
brothers, Foster and Bobby
Pearce both of South Hill, Va.;
three sisters, Mrs. Mildred
Narren of Middlesex, Mrs.
Elizabeth Lloyd of Signal Moun
tain, Tenn., and Mrs. Louise
Wells of South Hill, Va.
Junior Woman's Club
Wins Five Awards
The Warrenton Junior Wo
man's Club received five
awards at the annual conven
tion of North Carolina Fed
eration of Women's Clubs held
at Plnehurst on May 15-18 at
Carolina Hotel In Plnehurst
which was attended by 509 wo
men.
Awards received by the local
club were;
Certificate of Appreciation
from the People to People
Health Foundation for work
on Project HOPE.
Gateway to Friendship Award
?A certificate for 100 percent
participation In the CARE Phi
lippines program.
Merit Award Winner? A
division winner for outstanding
work In the United Nations and
Specialized Agencies Division.
Special Junior Project Win
ner?A silver bowl presented
by the Klnston Junior Woman's
Club In 1M4 and given each year
to the Junior Club in North Cain'
ollna doing the best work for
the hospital ship HOPE.
Prances Parrel Bishopric
Award-A silver traypresented
annually to the club in the
state doing the best work in the
International Affairs Depart
ment. This is one of only six
departmental awards and com
petition is between clubs from
all over North Carolina, both
senior and Junior clubs. Club
projects in this department in
cluded work with project HOPE,
U. N. Day, UNICEF, CARE,
International Affairs Day in
Chapel Hill, current events
quizes and newsletters.
Linda Webster and Ann
Harris are International Af
fairs co-chairmen.
With the two silver awards
the club was presented two
Owl "Oscars," representing
the theme of the convention, "On
With Learning," and the theme
of Awards Night, "Feathering
Our Nests With Oscars."
Members of the Warrenton
Junior Woman's Club attending
the convention were Mrs. 8am
Webster, corresponding secre
tary; Mrs. Bobby Barlow, sec
ond vice president; Mrs. W. K,
Lanier, president; and Mrs.
Coley Parkinson.
Warrenton Eliminated
In District Playoffs
A single by Marty Allen
scored Wayne Liles and ruin
ed lefthander Paul Miller's
chance for a no-hitter and a
shut-out as the John Graham
Yellow Jackets were eliminat
ed Tuesday night in the third
game of district playoffs in a
game at Devereux Meadows in
Raleigh 4 to 1.
Warrenton's lone tally came
In the third inning after
Wayne Lyles reached first when
hit by pitched ball, and Short
walked. Myrick scored on
Marty Allen's hit.
The Yellow Jackets commit
ted four errors.
Ayden's Paul Miller struck
out 17 Warrenton batters as
Ayden collected 8 hits off
Jimmy Rivers.
The loss Tuesday night was
Warrenton's first and only loss
of the season.
Coach Plaster said yesterday
that he was extremely proud of
the Yellow Jacket team and the
fine support it received from
the student body and Warrenton
fans. He said that this would
be a great help next year.
District Fourteen Wins
Outstanding Award
uistrict Fourteen of the
North Carolina Federation of
Women's Clubs received an
outstanding award at the an
nual convention of the North
Carolina Federation of Wo
men's Clubs, Inc., held at
Pinehurst last week. The award
was received for the district
by Mrs. E. A. Latta of Hen
derson, district president, and
Mrs. Joe K. Bryan, Jr., of Ox
ford, junior director of the
district.
The award was the Katie
McCauley Rankin silver pitcher
given to the district which
most effectively stimulates the
cooperative envolvment of its
member clubs in working to
gether to carry out the ob
jectives of the district, state and
Warrenton Native
Wins Promotion
A former Warrenton man has
been promoted by the North
western Bank of North Wilkes
boro, state's fifth largest bank
with over 80 offices in 45 towns
and communities.
O. V. Deal, senior vice pres
ident of the Northwestern Bank,
has announced the promotion
of T. V. Adams from assistant
vice president to vice president.
Adams joined the crldit de
partment of Northwestern in
July, 1966, and was soon elect
ed assistant vice president. He
was affiliated with The Citi
zens and Southern National Bank
of Georgia from September,
1963 until June 30, 1966. A
native of Warrenton, Adams
received an A.B. degree from
Davidson College and a Mas
ters degree in Business Ad
ministration from East Car
olina College ip 1963. He is
married to the former Miss
Nancy King Newton of North
Wlikesboro. The Adams', who
have one son, live in West
wood Hills in Wlikesboro.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott
"it, Robbie, were <
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
mMkmm
general federation.
There are 16 districts in the
State Federation and district
fourteen is composed of 27
clubs in Wake, Franklin, Vance,
Granville, Warren, Halifax and
Northampton Counties.
The officers for the past two
years in the district were Mrs.
Latta, president; Mrs. R. B.
Butler of War renton, vice pres
ident; Mrs. Bryan, junior
Director; Miss Elizabeth Har
ris of Seaboard, treasurer;
Mrs. A. S. Wyckoff of Norllna,
chaplain; and Mrs. Ralph
Beasley of Louisburg, par
liamentarian.
New officers for the next two
years were installed at the
convention, they are Mrs. R. B.
Barham of Butner, president;
Miss Mildred Joyner of Jack
son, vice president; Mrs. Dick
ie Baker of Henderson, Junior
director; and Mrs. John San
derford of Wake Forest, trea
surer.
Citizens
Thanked For
Seals Help
"The people of Warren Coun
ty have opened their hearts to
help the crippled of our county
again," Mrs Hugh W. White,
chairman of the Warren County
Easter Seal chairman, said yes
terday, in announcing that seal
sales this year had surpassed
last year. She said that a few
donations are still coming in and
that it is not too late to send
in a donation.
Mrs. White said that she and
the Warrenton Woman's Club,
sponsors of the Easter Seal
campaign, wish to thank each
individual, each business con
cern, each club and every
one who contributed of their
time, their efforts and their
money in this successful cam
paign.
"Through your generosity,"
Mrs. White said, "The Society
will be able to do more for the
crippled and handicapped chil
dren and adults In Warren Coun
ty. This is a most worthy cause,
one that is close to the hearts
of us all. With your sup
port we hope to brighten the
lives of our handicapped and do
all we can to help them be
come more useful citizens of
our county.
Poppies To Be Sold
Mere On Friday
And Saturday
Poppy Days in Warren Coun
ty will be Friday and Saturday,
May 24 and 25, Mrs. Leonard
Daniel, publicity chairman for
the American Legion Auxiliary,
announced yesterday.
Mrs. Daniel said that the lit
tle red memorial poppy, so
familiar to everyone, makes its
annual appearance throughout
the United States as American
Legion Auxiliary volunteers
seek to obtain contributions
from the citizens of the land to
be used in their rehabilitation
programs.
Disabled veterans, she said,
in many VA hospitals fill their
long, lonely days with useful
ness by fashioning popples out
of red crepe paper. The mater
ials are given by the auxiliar
ies and each veteran Is paid for
the number of popples he makes.
Mrs. W. L. Fuller and other
volunteers of Auxiliary Unit
No. 25 are making a special
effort this year to place a poppy
over the heart of all citizens
who wish to contribute to this
fine effort directed toward dis
abled veterans and their
families, Mrs. Daniel said.
She added:
"Let us pause In our busy,
hectic lives to offer a silent
prayer In memory of those who
gave their lives that we might
enjoy our freedom in this big,
wonderful country."
TO PRESENT PLAY
The Harris Kindergarten
class will present a graduation
play, A Revue "A through Z",
at the Wesley Memorial Meth
odist Church on Monday, May
24, at 8 p. m. The public Is
invited.
Criminal Term Of Warren County
Superior Court Opens Mondav
MRS. L. O. ROBINSON. JR.
Norlina Club Woman Is
Named To State Office
A Norlina club woman was
elected to serve as a State
project chairman at the 66th
annual convention of North Car
olina Federation of Women's
Clubs, Inc., at the Carolina
Hotel in Plnehurst on May 15
18.
Mrs. L. O. Robertson, Jr.,
was elected to serve as state
chairman of the new Junior
Project "VIPS" (Volunteers in
Public Schools) for the next two
years. This is a program of
carefully chosen non-profes
sional people volunteering their
services through an organized
group to their local school sys
tems, trying to aid and enrich
the educational facilities of the
community. VIPS serves only in
schools where the principal ac
County Convention
To Be Held Saturday
North Carolina Democrats
will hold conventions in each of
the 100 counties Saturday, May
25, stated State Democratic
Chairman I. T. Valentine, Jr.,
yesterday. He urged all party
members to attend their coun
ty conventions. Democrats
should contact their county
chairman about the time and
place of their convention.
Delegates to the State Con
vention, to be held June 6,
will be elected at the county
conventions. Each county Is en
titled to elect to the State Con
vention one delegate and one al
ternate for every 300 Demo
cratic votes or major fraction
thereof cast in the county for
Governor at the last guberna
torial election.
Valentine urged all Demo
crats to attend -their county
conventions.
cepts their help and then only
with teachers who request them.
Special guest speakers for the
convention were Gov. Dan K.
Moore, the Rev. Edward L. R.
Elson, minister of the National
Presbyterian Church, Washing
ton, D. C.; Ellen-Ann Dunham,
vice president of General Foods
Corporation, Dr. Guion John
son and Charlotte Montgomery,
columnists for "Good House
keeping."
Mrs. Robertson will serve on
the state junior board for two
years and attend three board
meetings a year. The delegates
at the convention elected five
members from junior clubs, out
of 16 districts, to serve on the
nominating committee. Mrs.
Robertson was one of the five
elected to serve.
She has been State Clothing
Closet chairman for the past
two years and gave her reports
and presented silver awards at
the convention. She also served
on the projects evaluation corti
I mittee for the past two years.
I Mrs. Robertson has also been
very active in her local Junior
Woman's Club, having served as
various chairmen and president
of the club. She was "Club Wo
man of the Year" in 1964-65
and was selected to be in
"Outstanding Young Women of
America" in 1965.
Memorial Services
The American Legion Auxili
ary will conduct the memorial
service Sunday, May 2b, at 2
p. m. on the court house square.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Mose
ley of Norlina and the Rev. Ro
bert Oates visited in Greens
boro on Saturday. Mrs. Oates
and son returned with them.
The May criminal term of
Warren County Superior Court
will convene on Monday morn
ing with Judge Henry A. Mc
Kinnon, Jr., of Lumberton pre
siding.
One capital case and one sec
ond degree murder case are on
the docket.
George Thomas Jones, 31,
is charged with the fatal shoot
ing of James Smith, 32, at the
home of James Henry Williams
near Park Town on March 17.
Smith was shot twice over the
heart with a 22-calibre pistol
and died later in a hospital.
Mary Lyon Maynard, charg
ed with second degree murder,
allegedly killed her husband on
Sept. 15, 1967.
Five manslaughter cases are
on the docket which is large
ly composed of cases growing
out of violations of the motor
vehicle laws, many of which
were appealed from Recorder's
Court verdicts.
Cases are docketed for three
days as follows:
Monday?George Washington
Davis, drunk driving; Levi
Terry, drunk driving; Plummer
Debnam, operating a taxicab
without town license; AlexHar
grave, Jr., drunk driving; Perry
Williams, five charges of man
slaughter; Minnie Silver, drunk
driving; Arthur Cooper Boone,
speeding and reckless driving;
Alston Kearney, assault on fe
male; Robert Cornelius Towns,
drunk driving; Mary Ann Davis,
reckless driving; Fred Robert
son, drunk driving and no opera
tor's license and failure to ex
hibit license to officer; Tom
Lewis Rooker, drunk driving;
Albert Salmon, larceny.
Also, Ernest Jefferson Dan
iel, drunk driving; William Ro
bert Southerland, speeding;
Claudle Jones, public drunken
ness (third offense); James Van
Deloach, escape; George Thom
as Jones, murder; Robert Ter
ry, Jr., speeding; HigganOrlan
do Patton, drunk driving, speed
ing, no lights; Clanton Terrell
Sharron, drunk driving; G. T.
Thompson, forgery; Lucious
Towns, larceny; Sylvester Wil
burn, larceny; Charles Meeks,
aiding and abetting in larceny;
Raymond Stainback, assault on
female; Samuel Roy Sanders,
aiding and abetting in larceny;
Raymond Whltemore, public
drunkenness (fourth offense);
Willie Smith, jr., larceny;
Thurman Forte, aiding and
abetting in larceny; Willie Jig
getts, assault with deadly wea
pon with intent to kill; Frank
Brown, assault with deadly wea
pon.
(See COURT, page 8)
Williams Funeral
Held On Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs.
Maria Eaton Williams, 85, of
Warrenton were held at 11 a. m.
Tuesday at Wesley Memorial
Methodist Church by the Rev.
L. T. Wilson. Burial was in
Falrvlew Cemetery.
Mrs. Williams, the widow
of John B. Williams, died
at her home at 2 p. m. Sun
day after an illness of three
years.
Surviving are four daughters,
Mrs. Margaret W. Barnes of
Warrenton, Mrs. F. A. Shan
non of Santa Rosa, Calif.,
Mrs. J, G. Shannon of Silver
Spring, Md., and Mrs. T. H.
Wilder of Raleigh; three sons,
R. M. Williams, of Atlanta,
Ga., John B. Williamsof Ahos
kle, and Sam A. Williams of
Raleigh; a sister, Mrs. B. G.
Tharrington at Warrenton; a
I half-brother, Harry M. Wil
liams of Warrenton; is grand
children, and nine great-grand
children.
In Hospital
Patients la Warren General
Hospital on Toes day afternoon
were aa follows:
Henrietta Burwell, Graham
Home, j. l, Overby, Bertha
Hecht, Kolda Warner, Martha
Dowttng, Ethel Loyd, John
W add ell, Pearl Odoaa, Pay- '
tohla Rogers, Myrtle
Nellie Register,
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MEMBERS OF MASSEY SCHOOL OF DANCING
School Of Dancing Holds Revue At PTA Meetings
The Massey School of danc
ing cave a revue Monday night
May 20th In the Norllna High
School auditorium, and Tuesday
night at the John Graham High
School. Both revues received
a very enthusiastic response.
The program was entitled
"jazzballatap" and consisted
oI over a dozen sketches fea
turing children from five to
Junior High school *e.
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(Ully done, and the various types
of dancing from Jazz to tap,
war* displayed.
Several of the numbers
were pat oe by studs** of
Mrs. M assay's dance school la
Zebulon, and received a
tremendous applause. Ooe num
ber, "Music To Watch Girls
By," was an exhibition In baton
twirling.
A number entitled "Five
was paftenhyfive
jAuiiita - > ?'?winifrnfel'
year olds, and could only be
described as "cute".
"Way Down yonder In New
Orleans" featured the second
graders and "Petite Fleur"
was enacted by the senior dance
students.
All received their diplomas
from the Dancing School a* the
conclusion of the program.
The Norllna program was
sponsored bp the PTA, and the
overall reception to the danc
ing school has b?en so good,
Mrs. Massey said she has
agreed to continue holding
classes in Warren County.
Those Interested in tap danc
ing, and baton twirling are ask
ed to contact Mrs. :
phone number 650(1 or Mrs.
Jimmy Medlln phone number 6
5811 aft Norlina.
Those interested In 1
isr da