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Qttp Harrrn Rrrorb Published Every Friday By The Record Printing Company BIGNALL JONES. Editor ? DUKE JONES, Business Manager Member North Carolina Press Association ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS HATTER AT THE POST OFFICE IN WARRENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, UNDER THE LAWS OF CONGRESS "Second Class Postage Paid At Warrentcn, N. C." QTTRQrRTPTTnV T? A Tl?Q . ?NB YEAR, 93*00; SIX M< >ITHSf $1.50 OUDOVjIVir 11U1N Jt A 1 EsO . OUT OF STATE: ONE YK vR? $4.00; SIX MONTHS, $2.00 It Was A Fine Performance We will not say that Warren Coun ty is over-organized in its civic, social and religious affairs, since almost all are voluntary and seem to work out some useful purpose, but we must confess it is highly organized. We have no particular quarrel with this state of affairs, but it does make it physically im possible for the editor to attend all the worth-while programs of fered, and the financial limitations imposed upon a small newspaper makes it impossible to have enough reporters to' cover programs that we would like to cover. If it were not for the splendid cooperation we receive from many citizens we would be unable to publish a newspaper. Most civic clubs have reporters, and some of these are good and the clubs with the best reporters usual ly get the best news coverage. Some schools report their activities, others do not. As a rule we publish all school news sent in, without re gard to race. North Warren High School gets the most publicity all through the year than any school in the county, simply because it has a good publicity department and a sense of news. John R. Hawkins probably ranks second. Neither send in any sport news and thus no sport news is published. Our sports coverage is in adequate, particularly in baseball. The editor would like nothing bet ter than to go to all ball games, but has many other duties to perform. The coverage given John Graham's fine baseball team this year has been inadequate, but it has been far better than that given any other team. That has not been be cause, as many think, it is a War renton team. It has been because Coach Plaster has sent in many of the games. So finally, after a great deal of digressing, we get down to the point for which we started. We have miss ed many fine programs, includingthe joint appearance of Warrenton and Norlina High School choruses, which we understand was very good. But we did attend the concert given by the John Graham Chorus, under the direction of Robert Macon Davis, last Friday night. It was simply superb, and reflects great credit upon the school and upon Mr. Davis. As we listened to the well coached boys and girls render a beautiful program, we thought of how nice it would be if this chorus could be put on the road. We trust that some plan may be worked out by which the chorus can be entered into state competition with other schools. How Much More, Please? In the morning's mail, a few days ago we received a "memorandum to publishers," from the U. S. De partment of Labor, Wage and Hour and Public Contacts Division, Of fice of the Administrator in Wash ington, signed by Clarence T. Lund quist, Administrator. The memorandum stated: "On December 15, 1967, Presi dent Johnson signed the Age Dis crimination in Employment Act. It becomes effective June 12, 1968. "This law affects about 400,000 employers and around 37,000,000 persons between the ages of 40 and 65 "In job opportunities advertising (help-wanted ads) employers, labor organizations, and employment agencies covered by the law may not indicate a preference based on age unless a bona fide occupation al qualification makes it lawful to do so? Director Lundquist also asked us to insert as a "public service" (without charge) the following classified advt: This NEWSPAPER does not knowingly accept HELP-WANTED ADS that Indicate a preference based on age from employ ers covered by the AGE DISCRIMINA TION IN EMPLOYMENT ACT. More In formation may be obtained from the Wage Hour office at 203 Lawyers Building, 320 South Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601, telephone: 828-9031, ex tension 9551. We regret to have to admit that, amid all the laws passed by the Con gress, and the rules, regulations and guidelines issued by numerous government departments, bureaus and agencies, that this was the first that we knew of this law, and are not exactly certain of whom is covered by the law. We knew that those seeking help through the want advts are not to mention sex or race, on the grounds that such would be discriminatory, and we suppose someone came up with the idea that it is not nice to discriminate against the aged and , therefore, be made illegal. sutly hoped that the not also forbid 1, college, or grounds that " " ' these, too, are discriminatory. However noble in conception, such laws are a violation of the rights of majorities, an encroachment upon the fights of businessmen to conduct their businesses in the best interest of most efficient operation, and, in our opinion, they are a violation of common sense. We wonder how much longer the American people are going to have to put up with this type of assinity by day-dreamers who would change the world without understanding much about the world and the cruel ty with which it can operate. For all life is a matter of discrimina tion where the fortunately born get the cake and the unfortunate get the crumbs. Maybe it is not fair, but the bright student gets the A's, the agile makes the athletic teams, the prettiest girl gets the handsome beau, and the trained man gets the highest pay. Knowing that no one would ask to be born stupid, clumsy, or ugly, truly, it does not seem fair to penalize one for the accident of birth. And yet if we fail to discriminate our schools can not operate, our teams can not win, and our business es cannot succeed, and soon there would be no schools, no teams and no businesses? something that seems to be of practically no con cern to those to whom we have in trusted the operation of our govern ment. Quotes A good writer is not, per se, a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk Is automatically a good bartender.?Jim Bishop. You're getting old when the doctor who is giving you a checkup Is younger than you are.?Red Skelton. A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.?Henry David Thoreau. How much pleasant er things would be If backward people wouldn't act so forward.? Howard Brubakar. Uncle Lemuel says three things Indicate you are gatttag old. First, there Is a loan of memory. And be can't recall the Editor Comments On The South's Glowing Horizon, 11 . By C. A. KNIGHT Editor, The Charlotte Observer I have Just re-read a piece In the March 9 Saturday Re view by Ralph McGlU of the At-' lanta Constitution entitled "The South's Glowing Horlson? If. . . It Is a sensitive and percep tive review of the social and economic changes that have taken place In our region since World War n and It concludes with this thought: "The future of the South, then. Is bright, if the south era people will to have tt so. But there remain the three men to the tub?and the big 'If on the borlaon." The three men who "have put to see In' e leaky tub named 'States Rights' ere Gov. John Bell Williams of Mississippi, : "Assistant Governor" George Wallace of Alabama, and Gov. Lester Maddox of Georgia. The key question ? the big "if" ? is whether "the invis ible thousands who follow these men (will) symbolically sail aimlessly with them (knowing) that the Image they create of their region and their coun try ia harmful and ugly." e e e THE KEY QUESTION It may be anomalous that these three men can cast the dark shadow of the Old South while standing in the bright sun shine of the New South. But the key question is not whether southerners will fol low them. Rather it Is whether southerners will try to un derstand some of the character istics that have made our region lag behind the rest of the nation and help to reshape those characteristics. One of these is the continued out-migration of our more tal ented, more ambitious and more energetic young people. Since 1950, the South has lost four million persons in the 20-35 age group, mainly because our region did not offer them chal lenging economic opportunity. A second, which is per haps a corollary of the first, is that our preoccupation with race and our determination to preserve a dual society have left their marks on our region. The abolition of statutory segre gation did not just free the Negro; it also freed the southern white. Until then his institutions and his very being had been shaped and dominated by racial considerations for generations. A third is the imbalance in our economic system. Our region has been undergoing an enor mous shift from an agricultural to an industrial society, yet we had no plans for the four mil lion persons who lost farm Jobs between 1940 and 1960, a trend that will reach a new peak in the next five years. New indus trial Jobs have been filled chief ly by white women, while the number of Jobs for non-white men has declined sharply. A fourth is the southerner's traditional resistance to trade unionism. North Carolina, for ?xample, has fewer ealwi mem bers In manufacturing than any other state In the union. Is It mere coincidence that our aver age manufacturing wages are the lowest In the country? A sixth?so vividly and poign antly detailed In the recent Ob server series by James K. Bat ten and Owayne Walls ? Is that our region has more than its share of pitifully poor people. Thirty-three per cent of the South's families earn lesc than $3,000 per year, yet many mid dle class southerners still take refuge In the complacent thought that "the poor will al ways be with us" and assume that poverty can be kept from getting out of hand with 19th Century notions of charity and benevolence. The fact is that America's poor are no longer content with their lot. This Is the most fundamental change that has taken place in our society, and a consideration of stagger ing proportions. Still another is the traditional southern fear of "big govern ment" and the reluctance of southern states and communi ties to take maximum advant age of federal programs avail able to them. And then, of course, there Is our loyalty to the one party political system. If there is a better way than two-party poll tics to achieve creative and Imaginative government, we have not found It. Certainly Ulna MMNOU to tbe Demo cratic Party, wbose historic mission was to keep the Negro In his place, has stultified pub lic policy In the southern region. Finally, the relative ethnic purity of white southerners, a source of self-satisfaction to many of them, has denied us the talents and contributions of a diversified population. ? ? ? A POWERFUL FORCE It Is not enough to look at these and other regional characteristics intellectually, to dissect them and examine the component parts. The thoughtful southerner must also understand that for a third of our people, these characteristics stir frustration and despair, anxiety and even anger. We have never experienced a force quite so powerful as the current emotional surge of hope and aspiration among our poor. And we will not be able to cope with It If educated south erners continue to sit out the struggle, lamenting the change In their lives and In their sets of values. We will cope with It only If educated southerners Involve themselves In the reshaping and restructuring of our regional characteristics to release the clammy grip of the past and free us to move Into a beckoning fu ture. Washington To Speak At I Memorial Forest Program Dr. L. J. Washington, special assistant to the National Home and Farm Administration, Washington, D. C., will be the principal speaker at the 10th anniversary program of the Educational Council of the Me morial Forest, Inc., on Satur day, June 1, beginning at 11:30 a. m., the Rev. G. E. Cheek, director, announced yesterday. The morning program will consist of Dr. Washington's ad dress and a devotional and mu sical program. Following a coffee break the Bucall Corps will lead the au dience to the ball park where three baseball games will be played. In making the announcement, Mr. Cheek reviewed the pro gress of the ECMF, Inc., since its inception 10 years ago. He said: "Ten years ago a group of North Carolina citizens and the North Carolina Recreation Commission created plans for a new organization to be locat ed in Warren County. The or ganization was soon developed and was called The Recreation Council of the Memorial Rec reation Forest. "During the subsequent ten year period the organization has continued to grow. The legal change of its name indi cates growth, it is now called The Educational Council of The Memorial Forest, Inc. Recre ation was taken out of its name and a broader, new, organiza tion was formed. It Is known as the Tri-County Recreation Center, Inc. Thus was born a Recreation Complex embracing upwards of $100,000 capital outlay, on about ^5 acres of land. It Is now in the making. "The original organization - ECMF, Inc., is currently spon soring a Boy Scout Troop, Cub Pack and Girl Scout Troop," Junior and Senior Baseball teams, Girl Softball team; a dramatic society and parents organization. "The Educational Council Is ourrently making preparation to establish a Sunday School, Church and Family Book Store, and to supply reading materials tor the entire family. The build ing and the rooms are almost ready to be stocked. This store will be located on Highway #401 ten miles south of Warrenton, ten miles east of Henderson and five miles west of Llck skillet. "A great future of services for people is envisioned." Citizens Bank To Run Series Of Ads On Trading At Home The Citizens Bank of Warren ton, announces the start of a "Shop Your Own Community" public service advertising cam paign In today's Issue of The Warren Record. The 13-week advertising pro gram emphasizes community loyalty and reasons why resi dents of this community should patronize local firms when ever possible. For example, one advertise ment In the series reminds readers that "money spent at home Is never far away . and that a part of every dollar spent at home comes back In the form of community Improve ments. Schools, books, parks and playgrounds, streets, police and fire protection and better government are all financially supported by local tax dollars. "Money that stays at home means a growing community", according to J. Howard Daniel, Vice President of The Citi zens Bank. "The series of ads we will run In the next few months", he said, "will act as a friend ly reminder to all of us to sup port our home business com munity." We taxpayers wouldn't ob ject to free transportation for certain government officials If they'd go where we wish they would go. MUTUAL INSURANCE WARRENTON Bank With Confidence ALL BANKING TRANSACTIONS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Savings-Checking-Loans-Trusts-Insurance and Trust Company HENDERSON, N. C. "The Leading Bank In This Section" 1889 - 79 Years Of Service & Security - 1968 Mom's little helper does a lot fora little Bzzz. The alarm algnala Hie beginning All these activities?and count- For all this, you pay the lowest o< another day. lees more?ere made possible or easier price ever per unit of power?about 14 You wash your face, brush your by electricity. In fact, there are 166 percent lower than 10 years ago. teeth, cook breakfast, turn on the news, ways that electric service can help you Long on value, low in price. A You do the dishes, run the sewing ma- around the house. tough combination to beat nil In n uim Ik anrl j|g>, li. . 4eMllu cntncf, wflsn BfliQ ary ino Tswiiiy loiifiOiy# Later, you mix the batter, chill the dessert and carve the roast. Perhaps, t- arouna ine nouse. xougn comomaiion a> Dear. you even sneak a lew minutes of relaxa- ' ?f-f-t ryfr ^rur rrrn.mj ; tion watching television. /-in,- "a-.- ? t ? ? " W ?fiti 'HiMMjMgiBMiii' ' " Wdsmmb
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